Exhibit 4.14
RIVERWOOD INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
$250,000,000
10-5/8% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2007
EXCHANGE AND REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
June 21, 2001
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.
DEUTSCHE BANC ALEX. XXXXX INC.
FIRST UNION SECURITIES, INC.
NATCITY INVESTMENTS, INC.
c/o X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Riverwood International Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"COMPANY"), proposes to issue and sell to X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
("JPMORGAN"), Deutsche Banc Alex. Xxxxx Inc., First Union Securities, Inc. and
NatCity Investments, Inc. (together with JPMorgan, the "INITIAL PURCHASERS"),
upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in a purchase agreement
dated June 7, 2001 (the "PURCHASE AGREEMENT"), $250,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of its 10-5/8% Senior Notes due 2007 (the "SECURITIES") to be guaranteed
on an unsecured, senior basis by Riverwood Holding, Inc. ("HOLDING") and its
subsidiary RIC Holding, Inc., the Company's parent ("RIC HOLDING", and together
with Holding, the "GUARANTORS"). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein
shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.
As an inducement to the Initial Purchasers to enter into the
Purchase Agreement and in satisfaction of a condition to the obligations of the
Initial Purchasers thereunder, the Company agrees with the Initial Purchasers,
for the benefit of the holders (including the Initial Purchasers) of the
Securities, the Exchange Securities (as defined herein) and the Private Exchange
Securities (as defined herein) (collectively, the "HOLDERS"), as follows:
1. REGISTERED EXCHANGE OFFER. The Company shall (i) prepare and, not
later than 75 days following the date of original issuance of the Securities
(the "ISSUE DATE"), file with the Commission a registration statement (the
"EXCHANGE OFFER REGISTRATION STATEMENT") on an appropriate form under the
Securities Act with respect to a proposed offer to the Holders of the Securities
(the "REGISTERED EXCHANGE OFFER") to issue and deliver to such Holders, in
exchange for the Securities, a like aggregate principal amount of debt
securities of the Company (the "EXCHANGE SECURITIES") that are identical in all
material respects to the Securities, except for the transfer restrictions
relating to the Securities, (ii) use reasonable best efforts to cause the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective under the Securities
Act no later than 135 days after the Issue Date and the Registered Exchange
Offer to be consummated no later than 165 days after the Issue Date and (iii)
keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective for not less than 30
days (or longer, if required by applicable law) after the date on which notice
of the Registered Exchange Offer is mailed to the Holders (such period being
called the "EXCHANGE OFFER REGISTRATION PERIOD"). The Exchange Securities will
be issued under the Indenture or an indenture (the "EXCHANGE SECURITIES
INDENTURE") among the Company, RIC Holding and Holding and the Trustee or such
other bank or trust company that is reasonably satisfactory to the Initial
Purchasers, as trustee (the "EXCHANGE SECURITIES TRUSTEE"), such indenture to be
identical in all material respects to the Indenture, except for the transfer
restrictions relating to the Securities (as described above).
Upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement,
the Company shall promptly commence the Registered Exchange Offer, it being the
objective of such Registered Exchange Offer to enable each Holder electing to
exchange Securities for Exchange Securities (assuming that such Holder (a) is
not an affiliate of the Company or an Exchanging Dealer (as defined herein) not
complying with the requirements of the next sentence, (b) is not an Initial
Purchaser holding Securities that have, or that are reasonably likely to have,
the status of an unsold allotment in an initial distribution, (c) acquires the
Exchange Securities in the ordinary course of such Holder's business and (d) has
no arrangements or understandings with any person to participate in the
distribution of the Exchange Securities) to do so, and to trade such Exchange
Securities from and after their receipt without any limitations or restrictions
under the Securities Act and without material restrictions under the securities
laws of the several states of the United States. The Company, the Initial
Purchasers and each Exchanging Dealer acknowledge that, pursuant to current
interpretations by the Commission's staff of Section 5 of the Securities Act,
each Holder that is a broker-dealer electing to exchange Securities, acquired
for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading
activities, for Exchange Securities (an "EXCHANGING DEALER"), is required to
deliver a prospectus containing substantially the information set forth in Annex
A hereto on the cover, in Annex B hereto in the "Exchange Offer Procedures"
section and the "Purpose of the Exchange Offer" section and in Annex C hereto in
the "Plan of Distribution" section of such prospectus in connection with a sale
of any such Exchange Securities received by such Exchanging Dealer pursuant to
the Registered Exchange Offer.
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If, prior to the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, any
Holder holds any Securities acquired by it that have, or that are reasonably
likely to be determined to have, the status of an unsold allotment in an initial
distribution, or any Holder is not entitled to participate in the Registered
Exchange Offer, the Company shall, upon the request of any such Holder,
simultaneously with the delivery of the Exchange Securities in the Registered
Exchange Offer, issue and deliver to any such Holder, in exchange for the
Securities held by such Holder (the "PRIVATE Exchange"), a like aggregate
principal amount of debt securities of the Company (the "PRIVATE EXCHANGE
SECURITIES") that are identical in all material respects to the Exchange
Securities, except for the transfer restrictions relating to such Private
Exchange Securities. The Private Exchange Securities will be issued under the
same indenture as the Exchange Securities, and the Company shall use its
reasonable best efforts to cause the Private Exchange Securities to bear the
same CUSIP number as the Exchange Securities.
In connection with the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company shall:
(a) mail to each Holder a copy of the prospectus forming part of the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement, together with an appropriate letter
of transmittal and related documents;
(b) keep the Registered Exchange Offer open for not less than 30
days (or longer, if required by applicable law) after the date on which
notice of the Registered Exchange Offer is mailed to the Holders;
(c) utilize the services of a depositary for the Registered Exchange
Offer with an address in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York;
(d) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Securities at any time prior
to the close of business, New York City time, on the last business day on
which the Registered Exchange Offer shall remain open; and
(e) otherwise comply in all respects with all laws that are
applicable to the Registered Exchange Offer.
As soon as practicable after the close of the Registered Exchange
Offer and any Private Exchange, as the case may be, the Company shall:
(a) accept for exchange all Securities tendered and not validly
withdrawn pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and the Private
Exchange;
(b) deliver to the Trustee for cancelation all Securities so
accepted for exchange; and
(c) cause the Trustee or the Exchange Securities Trustee, as the
case may be,
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promptly to authenticate and deliver to each Holder, Exchange Securities
or Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, equal in principal
amount to the Securities of such Holder so accepted for exchange.
The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective and to amend and supplement the
prospectus contained therein in order to permit such prospectus to be used by
all persons subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities
Act for such period of time as such persons must comply with such requirements
in order to resell the Exchange Securities; PROVIDED that in the case where such
prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto must be delivered by an
Exchanging Dealer, such period shall be the lesser of 90 days and the date on
which all Exchanging Dealers have sold all Exchange Securities held by them.
The Indenture or the Exchange Securities Indenture, as the case may
be, shall provide that the Securities, the Exchange Securities and the Private
Exchange Securities shall vote and consent together on all matters as one class
and that none of the Securities, the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange
Securities will have the right to vote or consent as a separate class on any
matter.
Interest on each Exchange Security and Private Exchange Security
issued pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and in the Private Exchange
will accrue from the last interest payment date to which interest was paid on
the Securities surrendered in exchange therefor or, if no interest has been paid
on the Securities, from the Issue Date.
Each Holder participating in the Registered Exchange Offer shall be
required to represent to the Company that at the time of the consummation of the
Registered Exchange Offer (i) any Exchange Securities received by such Holder
will be acquired in the ordinary course of business, (ii) such Holder will have
no arrangements or understanding with any person to participate in the
distribution of the Securities or the Exchange Securities within the meaning of
the Securities Act and (iii) such Holder is not an affiliate of the Company or,
if it is such an affiliate, such Holder will comply with the registration and
prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable.
Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, the Company will ensure
that (i) any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and
any prospectus forming part thereof and any supplement thereto complies in all
material respects with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder, (ii) any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any
amendment thereto does not, when it becomes effective, contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and
(iii) any prospectus forming part of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement,
and any supplement to such prospectus, does not, as of the consummation of the
Registered Exchange Offer, include an untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
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statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.
Upon consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer in accordance
with this Section 1 (whether or not the actions or events specified in the first
sentence of this Section 1 occur within the time periods specified therefor) the
provisions of this Agreement shall continue to apply, MUTATIS MUTANDIS, solely
with respect to Securities that (i) were not eligible to be exchanged in the
Registered Exchange Offer and have not been exchanged for Private Exchange
Securities or (ii) are Private Exchange Securities and Exchange Securities held
by Exchanging Dealers, and the Company shall have no further obligation to
register Securities (other than those Securities referred to in (i) above and
Private Exchange Securities) pursuant to Section 2 of this Agreement.
2. SHELF REGISTRATION. If (i) the Company and the Initial Purchasers
reasonably determine, after conferring with outside counsel, that because of any
change in law or applicable interpretations thereof by the Commission's staff
the Company is not permitted to effect the Registered Exchange Offer as
contemplated by Section 1 hereof, (ii) any Securities validly tendered pursuant
to the Registered Exchange Offer are not exchanged for Exchange Securities
within 165 days after the Issue Date, (iii) any Initial Purchaser so requests
with respect to Securities purchased on the Issue Date or Private Exchange
Securities not eligible to be exchanged for Exchange Securities in the
Registered Exchange Offer and held by it following the consummation of the
Registered Exchange Offer, (iv) any Holder either (A) is not eligible to
participate in the Registered Exchange Offer, or (B) participates in the
Registered Exchange Offer and does not receive freely transferable Exchange
Securities in exchange for tendered Securities, or (v) the Company so elects,
then the following provisions shall apply:
(a) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to file as
promptly as practicable with the Commission, and thereafter shall use its
reasonable best efforts to cause to be declared effective, a shelf registration
statement on an appropriate form under the Securities Act relating to the offer
and sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities (as defined below) by the Holders
thereof from time to time in accordance with the methods of distribution set
forth in such registration statement (hereafter, a "SHELF REGISTRATION
STATEMENT" and, together with any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, a
"REGISTRATION STATEMENT").
(b) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep the
Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective in order to permit the
prospectus forming part thereof to be used by Holders of Transfer Restricted
Securities for a period ending on the earlier of (i) two years from the Issue
Date or such shorter period that will terminate when all the Transfer Restricted
Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant
thereto and (ii) the date on which the Securities become eligible for resale
without volume restrictions pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (in
any such case, such period being called the "SHELF REGISTRATION PERIOD"). The
Company shall be deemed not to have used its reasonable best efforts to keep the
Shelf Registration Statement effective during the requisite
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period if it voluntarily takes any action that would result in Holders of
Transfer Restricted Securities covered thereby not being able to offer and sell
such Transfer Restricted Securities during that period, unless such action is
required by applicable law.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, the Company will
ensure that (i) any Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and
any prospectus forming part thereof and any supplement thereto complies in all
material respects with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder, (ii) any Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment
thereto (in either case, other than with respect to information included therein
in reliance upon or in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by or on behalf of any Holder specifically for use therein (the
"HOLDERS' INFORMATION")) does not contain an untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading and (iii) any prospectus forming part
of any Shelf Registration Statement, and any supplement to such prospectus (in
either case, other than with respect to Holders' Information), does not include
an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
3. LIQUIDATED DAMAGES. (a) The parties hereto agree that the Holders
of Transfer Restricted Securities will suffer damages if the Company fails to
fulfill its obligations under Section 1 or Section 2, as applicable, and that it
would not be feasible to ascertain the extent of such damages. Accordingly, if
(i) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not filed with the Commission
on or prior to 75 days after the Issue Date, (ii) (A) the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement is not declared effective within 135 days after the Issue
Date or (B) the Shelf Registration Statement, if required to be filed under the
terms of this Agreement, is not filed within 135 days after the Issue Date (or
in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement required to be filed in response
to a change in law or the applicable interpretations of Commission's staff, if
later, within 30 days after publication of the change in law or interpretation),
(iii) the Shelf Registration Statement is not declared effective within 195 days
after the Issue Date (or in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement required
to be filed in response to a change in law or the applicable interpretations of
the Commission's staff, if later, within 90 days after publication of the change
in law or interpretation), (iv) the Registered Exchange Offer is not consummated
on or prior to 165 days after the Issue Date, or (v) the Shelf Registration
Statement is declared effective within 195 days after the Issue Date (or in the
case of a Shelf Registration Statement required to be filed in response to a
change in law or the applicable interpretations of Commission's staff, if later,
within 90 days after publication of the change in law or interpretation) but
shall thereafter cease to be effective (at any time that the Company is
obligated to maintain the effectiveness thereof) without being succeeded within
30 days by an additional Registration Statement filed and declared effective
(each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (v), a "REGISTRATION
DEFAULT"), the Company will be obligated to pay liquidated damages to each
Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities, during the period of one or more such
Registration Defaults, in an amount equal to $0.096 per week per $1,000
principal
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amount of Transfer Restricted Securities held by such Holder until (i) the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement is filed, (ii) the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement is declared effective, (iii) the Registered Exchange
Offer is consummated, (iv) the Shelf Registration Statement is filed, (v) the
Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective or (vi) the Shelf
Registration Statement again becomes effective, as the case may be; PROVIDED,
that, except with respect to Securities purchased by the Initial Purchasers on
the Issue Date that were ineligible to be exchanged by them for Exchange
Securities in the Registered Exchange Offer, if any, the Company's obligations
to pay liquidated damages will terminate upon the consummation of the Registered
Exchange Offer. Following the cure of all Registration Defaults, the accrual of
liquidated damages will cease. As used herein, the term "TRANSFER RESTRICTED
SECURITIES" means (i) each Security until the date on which such Security has
been exchanged for a freely transferable Exchange Security in the Registered
Exchange Offer, (ii) each Security or Private Exchange Security until the date
on which it has been effectively registered under the Securities Act and
disposed of in accordance with the Shelf Registration Statement or (iii) each
Security or Private Exchange Security until the date on which it is distributed
to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or is saleable
pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary in this Section 3(a), the Company shall not be required to pay
liquidated damages to a Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities if such Holder
failed to comply with its obligations to make the representations set forth in
the third to last paragraph of Section 1 or failed to provide the information
required to be provided by it, if any, pursuant to Section 4(n).
(b) The Company shall notify the Trustee and the Paying Agent under
the Indenture immediately upon the happening of each and every Registration
Default. The Company shall pay the liquidated damages due on the Transfer
Restricted Securities by depositing with the Paying Agent (which may not be the
Company for these purposes), in trust, for the benefit of the Holders thereof,
prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next interest payment date
specified by the Indenture and the Securities, sums sufficient to pay the
liquidated damages then due. The liquidated damages due shall be payable on each
interest payment date specified by the Indenture and the Securities to the
record holder entitled to receive the interest payment to be made on such date.
Each obligation to pay liquidated damages shall be deemed to accrue from and
including the date of the applicable Registration Default.
(c) The parties hereto agree that the liquidated damages provided
for in this Section 3 constitute a reasonable estimate of and are intended to
constitute the sole damages that will be suffered by Holders of Transfer
Restricted Securities by reason of the failure of (i) the Shelf Registration
Statement or the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be filed, (ii) the
Shelf Registration Statement to remain effective or (iii) the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement to be declared effective and the Registered Exchange
Offer to be consummated, in each case to the extent required by this Agreement.
4. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES. In connection with any Registration
Statement, the following provisions shall apply:
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(a) The Company shall (i) furnish to each Initial Purchaser, prior
to the filing thereof with the Commission, a copy of the Registration Statement
and each amendment thereof and each supplement, if any, to the prospectus
included therein and, in the event that any of the Initial Purchasers are
participating (with respect to an unsold allotment from the original offering)
in the Shelf Registration, shall use its reasonable best efforts to reflect in
each such document, when so filed with the Commission, such comments as any
Initial Purchaser may reasonably propose; (ii) if applicable, include
substantially the information set forth in Annex A hereto on the cover, in Annex
B hereto in the "Exchange Offer Procedures" section and the "Purpose of the
Exchange Offer" section and in Annex C hereto in the "Plan of Distribution"
section of the prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement, and include substantially the information set forth in Annex D hereto
in the Letter of Transmittal delivered pursuant to the Registered Exchange
Offer; and (iii) if requested by any Initial Purchaser, include the information
required by Items 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K, as applicable, in the prospectus
forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement.
(b) The Company shall advise each Initial Purchaser, each Exchanging
Dealer and the Holders (if applicable) and, if requested by any such person,
confirm such advice in writing (which advice pursuant to clauses (ii)-(v) hereof
shall be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the prospectus
until the requisite changes have been made):
(i) when any Registration Statement and any amendment thereto
has been filed with the Commission and when such Registration
Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has become
effective;
(ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or
supplements to any Registration Statement or the prospectus included
therein or for additional information;
(iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement or the
initiation of any proceedings for that purpose;
(iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with
respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities,
the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities for sale
in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any
proceeding for such purpose; and
(v) of the happening of any event that requires the making of
any changes in any Registration Statement or the prospectus included
therein in order that, as of such date, the statements therein are
not misleading and do not omit to state a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading.
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(c) The Company will make every reasonable effort to obtain
the withdrawal at the earliest possible time of any order suspending the
effectiveness of any Registration Statement.
(d) The Company will furnish to each Holder of Transfer
Restricted Securities included within the coverage of any Shelf Registration
Statement, without charge, at least one conformed copy of such Shelf
Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including
financial statements and schedules and, if any such Holder so requests in
writing, all exhibits thereto (including those, if any, incorporated by
reference).
(e) The Company will, during the Shelf Registration Period,
promptly deliver to each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities included
within the coverage of any Shelf Registration Statement, without charge, as many
copies of the prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) included in
such Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as
such Holder may reasonably request; and the Company consents to the use of such
prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders
of Transfer Restricted Securities in connection with the offer and sale of the
Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto.
(f) The Company will furnish to each Initial Purchaser and
each Exchanging Dealer who so requests, without charge, one conformed copy of
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment
thereto, including financial statements and schedules and, if any Initial
Purchaser or Exchanging Dealer so requests in writing, all exhibits thereto
(including those, if any, incorporated by reference).
(g) (i) The Company will, during the Exchange Offer
Registration Period, promptly deliver to each Exchanging Dealer that is required
to deliver a prospectus, without charge, as many copies of the final prospectus
included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendments or
supplements thereto as such Exchanging Dealer may reasonably request; and the
Company consents to the use of such prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto by such Exchanging Dealer, and (ii) the Company will, during the Shelf
Registration Period, promptly deliver to each Holder of Transfer Restricted
Securities, without charge, as many copies of the final prospectus included in
the Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such
Holder may reasonably request; and the Company consents to the use of such
prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by any such Holder, as
aforesaid.
(h) Prior to the effective date of any Registration Statement,
the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to register or qualify, or
cooperate with the Holders of Securities, Exchange Securities or Private
Exchange Securities included therein and their respective counsel in connection
with the registration or qualification of, such Securities, Exchange Securities
or Private Exchange Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue
sky laws of such
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jurisdictions as any such Holder reasonably requests in writing and do any and
all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the offer and sale in
such jurisdictions of the Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange
Securities covered by such Registration Statement; PROVIDED that the Company
will not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction
where it is not then so qualified or to take any action which would subject it
to general service of process or to taxation in any such jurisdiction where it
is not then so subject.
(i) The Company will cooperate with the Holders of Securities,
Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities to facilitate the timely
preparation and delivery of certificates representing Securities, Exchange
Securities or Private Exchange Securities to be sold pursuant to any
Registration Statement free of any restrictive legends and in such denominations
and registered in such names as the Holders thereof may request in writing prior
to sales of Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities
pursuant to such Registration Statement.
(j) If any event contemplated by Section 4(b)(ii) through (v)
occurs during the period for which the Company is required to maintain an
effective Registration Statement, the Company will promptly prepare and file
with the Commission a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or
a supplement to the related prospectus or file any other required document so
that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of the Securities, Exchange
Securities or Private Exchange Securities from a Holder, the prospectus will not
include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(k) Not later than the effective date of the applicable
Registration Statement, the Company will provide a CUSIP number for the
Securities, the Exchange Securities and the Private Exchange Securities, as the
case may be, and provide the applicable trustee with printed certificates for
the Securities, the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as
the case may be, in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust
Company.
(l) The Company will comply with all applicable rules and
regulations of the Commission and will make generally available to its security
holders as soon as practicable after the effective date of the applicable
Registration Statement an earning statement satisfying the provisions of Section
11(a) of the Securities Act.
(m) The Company will cause the Indenture or the Exchange
Securities Indenture, as the case may be, to be qualified under the Trust
Indenture Act as required by applicable law in a timely manner.
(n) The Company may require each Holder of Transfer Restricted
Securities to be registered pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement to
furnish to the Company such information concerning the Holder and the
distribution of such Transfer Restricted Securities as the Company may from time
to time reasonably require for inclusion in such Shelf Registration
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Statement, and the Company may exclude from such registration the Transfer
Restricted Securities of any Holder that fails to furnish such information
within a reasonable time after receiving such request.
(o) In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, each Holder
of Transfer Restricted Securities to be registered pursuant thereto agrees by
acquisition of such Transfer Restricted Securities that, upon receipt of any
notice from the Company pursuant to Section 4(b)(ii) through (v), such Holder
will discontinue disposition of such Transfer Restricted Securities until such
Holder's receipt of copies of the supplemental or amended prospectus
contemplated by Section 4(j) or until advised in writing (the "ADVICE") by the
Company that the use of the applicable prospectus may be resumed. If the Company
shall give any notice under Section 4(b)(ii) through (v) during the period that
the Company is required to maintain an effective Registration Statement (the
"EFFECTIVENESS PERIOD"), such Effectiveness Period shall be extended by the
number of days during such period from and including the date of the giving of
such notice to and including the date when each seller of Transfer Restricted
Securities covered by such Registration Statement shall have received (x) the
copies of the supplemental or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 4(j)
(if an amended or supplemental prospectus is required) or (y) the Advice (if no
amended or supplemental prospectus is required).
(p) In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company
shall enter into such customary agreements (including, if requested, an
underwriting agreement in customary form) and take all such other action, if
any, as Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities,
Exchange Securities and Private Exchange Securities being sold or the managing
underwriters (if any) shall reasonably request in order to facilitate any
disposition of Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities
pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement.
(q) In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company
shall (i) make reasonably available for inspection by a representative of, and
Special Counsel (as defined below) acting for, Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities, Exchange Securities and Private
Exchange Securities being sold and any underwriter participating in any
disposition of Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities
pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement, all relevant financial and other
records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company and its
subsidiaries and (ii) use its reasonable best efforts to have its officers,
directors, employees, accountants and counsel supply all relevant information
reasonably requested by such representative, Special Counsel or any such
underwriter (an "INSPECTOR") in connection with such Shelf Registration
Statement. The Inspector will be required to agree in writing, pursuant to a
confidentiality agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Company and the Inspector, that (i) information obtained by it as a result of
such inspections shall be deemed confidential and shall not be used by it as the
basis for any market transactions in the securities of the Company unless and
until such information is made generally available to the public (other than by
or through any Inspector) and (ii) it will, upon learning that disclosure of
such records is sought in a court of
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competent jurisdiction, give notice to the Company and allow the Company, at its
expense, to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of the records
deemed confidential.
(r) In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company
shall, if requested by Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Securities, Exchange Securities and Private Exchange Securities being sold,
their Special Counsel or the managing underwriters (if any) in connection with
such Shelf Registration Statement, use its reasonable best efforts to cause (i)
its counsel to deliver an opinion relating to the Shelf Registration Statement
and the Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities, as
applicable, in customary form, (ii) its officers to execute and deliver all
customary documents and certificates requested by Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities, Exchange Securities and Private
Exchange Securities being sold, their Special Counsel or the managing
underwriters (if any) and (iii) its independent public accountants to provide a
comfort letter or letters in customary form, subject to receipt of appropriate
documentation as contemplated, and only if permitted, by Statement of Auditing
Standards No. 72.
5. REGISTRATION EXPENSES. The Company will bear all expenses
incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations under Sections 1,
2, 3 and 4 and the Company will reimburse the Holders for the reasonable fees
and disbursements of one firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel)
chosen by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities and the Private Exchange Securities to be sold pursuant to each Shelf
Registration Statement (the "SPECIAL COUNSEL") acting for the Holders in
connection therewith.
6. INDEMNIFICATION. (a) In the event of a Shelf Registration
Statement or in connection with any prospectus delivery pursuant to an Exchange
Offer Registration Statement by an Initial Purchaser or Exchanging Dealer, as
applicable, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Holder
(including, without limitation, any such Initial Purchaser or Exchanging
Dealer), their respective officers, directors and employees, and each person, if
any, who controls such Holder within the meaning of the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act (collectively referred to for purposes of this Section 6 and
Section 7 as a Holder) from and against any loss, claim, damage or liability,
joint or several, or any action in respect thereof, to which that Holder may
become subject, whether commenced or threatened, under the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act, or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common
law or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action
arises out of, or is based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in any such Registration Statement or any
prospectus forming part thereof or in any amendment or supplement thereto or
(ii) the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
and shall reimburse each Holder for any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by that Holder in connection with investigating or defending or
preparing to defend against or appearing as a third party witness in connection
with any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are
incurred; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company shall not be liable in any such
case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises
out of, or is based upon,
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an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged
omission from any of such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with any
Holders' Information; and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that with respect to any such
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission from or alleged
omission from any related preliminary prospectus, the indemnity agreement
contained in this Section 6(a) shall not inure to the benefit of any Holder from
whom the person asserting any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action
received Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities to the
extent that such loss, claim, damage, liability or action of or with respect to
such Holder if both (A) a copy of the final prospectus was not sent or given to
such person at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of such
Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities to such person
and (B) the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission from or
alleged omission from the related preliminary prospectus was corrected in the
final prospectus unless, in either case, such failure to deliver the final
prospectus was a result of non-compliance by the Company with Section 4(d) or
4(f); PROVIDED, FURTHER, that with respect to any such untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged omission made in the final
prospectus, the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 6(a) shall not
inure to the benefit of any such Initial Purchaser from whom the person
asserting any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action purchased the
Securities concerned if both (A) a copy of any supplement or amendment to the
final prospectus was not sent or given to such person at or prior to the written
confirmation of the sale of such Securities to such person and (B) the untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged omission from
the final prospectus was corrected in such amendment of or supplement to the
final prospectus, unless, in either case, such failure to deliver such amendment
or supplement was a result of non-compliance by the Company with Section 4(d) or
4(f).
(b) In the event of a Shelf Registration Statement, or in
connection with any prospectus delivery pursuant to an Exchange Offer
Registration Statement by an Exchanging Dealer or Initial Purchaser, as
applicable, each Holder shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its
officers, directors, and employees, and each person, if any, who controls the
Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act
(collectively referred to for purposes of this Section 6(b) and Section 7 as the
Company), to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each
Holder, against any loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or several, or any
action in respect thereof, to which the Company may become subject, whether
commenced or threatened, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or other
federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise,
insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is
based upon, (i) an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact contained in any such Registration Statement or any prospectus forming part
thereof or in any amendment or supplement thereto or (ii) the omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but in each case
only to the extent that the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with
any Holders' Information furnished to the Company by such Holder, and shall
reimburse the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the
Company in connection with investigating or defending or preparing to defend
against or
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appearing as a third party witness in connection with any such loss, claim,
damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this
Section 6 of notice of any claim or the commencement of any action, the
indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the
indemnifying party pursuant to Section 6(a) or 6(b), notify the indemnifying
party in writing of the claim or the commencement of that action; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it
from any liability which it may have under this Section 6 except to the extent
that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive
rights or defenses) by such failure; and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that the failure to
notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it
may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 6. If any
such claim or action shall be brought against an indemnified party, and it shall
notify the indemnifying party thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled
to participate therein and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with any other
similarly notified indemnifying party, to assume the defense thereof with
counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. After notice from the
indemnifying party to the indemnified party of its election to assume the
defense of such claim or action, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to
the indemnified party under this Section 6 for any legal or other expenses
subsequently incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the defense
thereof other than the reasonable costs of investigation; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that an indemnified party shall have the right to employ its own counsel in any
such action, but the fees, expenses and other charges of such counsel for the
indemnified party will be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (1)
the employment of counsel by the indemnified party and the payment of fees,
expenses and other charges by the indemnified party has been authorized in
writing by the indemnifying party, (2) the indemnified party has reasonably
concluded (based upon advice of counsel) that there may be legal defenses
available to it or other indemnified parties that are different from or in
addition to those available to the indemnifying party, (3) a conflict or
potential conflict exists (based upon advice of counsel to the indemnified
party) between the indemnified party and the indemnifying party (in which case
the indemnifying party will not have the right to direct the defense of such
action on behalf of the indemnified party) or (4) the indemnifying party has not
in fact employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to
assume the defense of such action within a reasonable time after giving notice
of the election to the indemnified party to assume the defense of the action, in
each of which cases the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of
counsel will be at the expense of the indemnifying party or parties. It is
understood that the indemnifying party or parties shall not, in connection with
any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for
the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of more than one separate
firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) at any one time for all
such indemnified party or parties. Each indemnified party, as a condition of the
indemnity agreements contained in Sections 6(a) and 6(b), shall use all
reasonable efforts to cooperate with the indemnifying party in the defense of
any such action or claim. The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any
amount paid or payable in the settlement of any such action effected without its
written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), but if
settled with its written
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consent, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any
indemnified party as provided in and subject to the terms of Sections 6(a) and
6(b).
7. CONTRIBUTION. If the indemnification provided for in
Section 6 is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party
under Section 6(a) or 6(b), then each indemnifying party shall, in lieu of
indemnifying such indemnified party, contribute to the amount paid or payable by
such indemnified party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability, or
action in respect thereof, (i) in such proportion as shall be appropriate to
reflect the relative benefits received by the Company from the offering and sale
of the Securities, on the one hand, and a Holder with respect to the sale by
such Holder of Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities,
on the other, or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not
permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not
only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative
fault of the Company on the one hand and such Holder on the other with respect
to the statements or omissions that resulted in such loss, claim, damage or
liability, or action in respect thereof, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand
and a Holder on the other with respect to such offering and such sale shall be
deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering
of the Securities (before deducting expenses) received by or on behalf of the
Company as set forth in the table on the cover of the Offering Memorandum, on
the one hand, bear to the total proceeds received by such Holder with respect to
its sale of Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities, on
the other. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other
things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to the Company or
information supplied by the Company on the one hand or to any Holders*
Information supplied by such Holder on the other, the intent of the parties and
their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or
prevent such untrue statement or omission. The parties hereto agree that it
would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 7 were
to be determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation
that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to herein.
The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the loss,
claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, referred to above in
this Section 7 shall be deemed to include, for purposes of this Section 7, any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in
connection with investigating or defending or preparing to defend any such
action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, an indemnifying party that is a Holder of
Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities shall not be
required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total
price at which the Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange
Securities sold by such indemnifying party to any purchaser exceeds the amount
of any damages which such indemnifying party has otherwise paid or become liable
to pay by reason of any untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the
meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. In no event shall any person have liability to any other
person
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pursuant to this Section 7 in respect of any loss, claim, damage, expense or
liability, or action in respect thereof, for which indemnification pursuant to
Sections 6(a) or 6(b) hereof would not have been available in accordance with
the terms thereof.
8. RULES 144 AND 144A. The Company shall use its reasonable
best efforts to file or cause to be filed the reports required to be filed by it
or any Guarantor, as the case may be, under the Securities Act and the Exchange
Act in a timely manner and, if at any time the Company and each Guarantor is not
required to file such reports, it will, upon the written request of any Holder
of Transfer Restricted Securities, make or cause to be made publicly available
other information so long as necessary to permit sales of such Holder's
securities pursuant to Rules 144 and 144A. The Company covenants that it will
take such further action as any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities may
reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such
Holder to sell Transfer Restricted Securities without registration under the
Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rules 144 and
144A (including, without limitation, the requirements of Rule 144A(d)(4)). Upon
the written request of any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities, the Company
shall deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied
with such requirements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 8
shall be deemed to require the Company or any Guarantor to register any of its
securities pursuant to the Exchange Act.
9. UNDERWRITTEN REGISTRATIONS. If any of the Transfer
Restricted Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement are to be sold
in an underwritten offering, the investment banker or investment bankers and
manager or managers that will administer the offering will be selected by the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of such Transfer Restricted
Securities included in such offering, subject to the consent of the Company
(which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and such Holders shall be
responsible for all underwriting commissions and discounts in connection
therewith.
No person may participate in any underwritten registration
hereunder unless such person (i) agrees to sell such person's Transfer
Restricted Securities on the basis reasonably provided in any underwriting
arrangements approved by the persons entitled hereunder to approve such
arrangements and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of
attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably
required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.
10. MISCELLANEOUS. (a) AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS. The provisions
of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or
consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the
Company has obtained the written consent of Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities, the Exchange Securities and the Private
Exchange Securities, taken as a single class. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a
waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter
that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders whose Securities, Exchange
Securities or Private Exchange Securities are being sold pursuant to a
Registration Statement and
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that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may be
given by Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities,
the Exchange Securities and the Private Exchange Securities being sold by such
Holders pursuant to such Registration Statement.
(b) NOTICES. All notices and other communications provided for
or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class
mail, telecopier or air courier guaranteeing next-day delivery:
(1) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such
Holder to the Company in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 10(b), which address initially is, with respect to each
Holder, the address of such Holder maintained by the Registrar under
the Indenture, with a copy in like manner to X.X. Xxxxxx Securities
Inc., Deutsche Banc Alex. Xxxxx Inc., First Union Securities, Inc.
and NatCity Investments, Inc.;
(2) if to an Initial Purchaser, initially at its address set
forth in the Purchase Agreement; and
(3) if to the Company, initially at the address of the Company
set forth in the Purchase Agreement with a copy to: Debevoise &
Xxxxxxxx, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxxxx, Esq. (telecopier no: 212-909-6836).
All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have
been duly given: when delivered by hand, if personally delivered; one business
day after being delivered to a next-day air courier; five business days after
being deposited in the mail; and when receipt is acknowledged by the recipient's
telecopier machine, if sent by telecopier.
(c) SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall be binding
upon the Company and its successors and assigns.
(d) COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number
of counterparts (which may be delivered in original form or by telecopier) and
by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed
shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall
constitute one and the same agreement.
(e) DEFINITION OF TERMS. For purposes of this Agreement, (a)
the term "business day" means any day on which the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
is open for trading, (b) the term "subsidiary" has the meaning set forth in Rule
405 under the Securities Act and (c) except where otherwise expressly provided,
the term "affiliate" has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities
Act.
(f) HEADINGS. The headings in this Agreement are for
convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the
meaning hereof.
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(g) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(h) REMEDIES. In the event of a breach by the Company or by
any Holder of any of their obligations under this Agreement, each Holder or the
Company, as the case may be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all
rights granted by law, including recovery of damages (other than the recovery of
damages for a breach by the Company of its obligations under Sections 1 or 2
hereof for which liquidated damages have been paid pursuant to Section 3
hereof), will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this
Agreement. The Company and each Holder agree that monetary damages would not be
adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of any
of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby further agree that, in the event
of any action for specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall waive
the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
(i) NO INCONSISTENT AGREEMENTS. The Company represents,
warrants and agrees that (i) it has not entered into, and shall not on or after
the date of this Agreement enter into, any agreement that is inconsistent with
the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with
the provisions hereof, and (ii) without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, without the written consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the then outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities, it
shall not grant to any person the right to request the Company to register any
debt securities of the Company under the Securities Act unless the rights so
granted are not in conflict or inconsistent with the provisions of this
Agreement.
(j) NO PIGGYBACK ON REGISTRATIONS. Neither the Company nor any
of its security holders (other than the Holders of Transfer Restricted
Securities in such capacity) shall have the right to include any securities of
the Company in any Shelf Registration or Registered Exchange Offer other than
Transfer Restricted Securities.
(k) SEVERABILITY. The remedies provided herein are cumulative
and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law. If any term, provision,
covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the
terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in
full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated,
and the parties hereto shall use their reasonable best efforts to find and
employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result
as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is
hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they
would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions
without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal,
void or unenforceable.
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Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the
agreement among the Company and the Initial Purchasers.
Very truly yours,
RIVERWOOD INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION,
By /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx.
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx.
Title: Corporate Counsel and Secretary
Accepted by:
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.,
on behalf of the Initial Purchasers
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
Deutsche Banc Alex. Xxxxx Inc.,
First Union Securities, Inc.
NatCity Investments, Inc.
By /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxx-xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxx-Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
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ANNEX A
Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its
own account pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it
will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange
Securities. The Letter of Transmittal states that by so acknowledging and by
delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is
an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act. This Prospectus, as
it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a
broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Securities received in
exchange for Securities where such Securities were acquired by such
broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading
activities. The Company has agreed that, for a period of 90 days after the
Expiration Date (as defined herein), it will make this Prospectus available to
any such broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See "Plan of
Distribution"
ANNEX B
Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its
own account in exchange for Securities, where such Securities were acquired by
such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading
activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection
with any resale of such Exchange Securities. See "Plan of Distribution".
ANNEX C
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its
own account pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it
will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange
Securities. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to
time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange
Securities received in exchange for Securities where such Securities were
acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities.
The Company has agreed that, for a period of 90 days after the Expiration Date,
it will make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any such
broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. In addition, until
_______________, ____, all dealers effecting transactions in the Exchange
Securities may be required to deliver a prospectus.1
The Company will not receive any proceeds from any sale of
Exchange Securities by broker-dealers. Exchange Securities received by
broker-dealers for their own account pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer
may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the
over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of
options on the Exchange Securities or a combination of such methods of resale,
at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to such
prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices. Any such resale may be made
directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive
compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any such
broker-dealer or the purchasers of any such Exchange Securities. Any
broker-dealer that resells Exchange Securities that were received by it for its
own account pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and any broker or dealer
that participates in a distribution of such Exchange Securities may be deemed to
be an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act and any profit on
any such resale of Exchange Securities and any commission or concessions
received by any such persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under
the Securities Act. The Letter of Transmittal states that, by acknowledging that
it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be
deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities
Act.
For a period of 90 days after the Expiration Date the Company
will promptly send additional copies of this Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement to this Prospectus to any broker-dealer that is entitled to use such
documents and that requests such documents in the Letter of Transmittal. The
Company has agreed to pay all expenses incident to the Registered Exchange Offer
(including the expenses of one counsel for the Holders of the Securities) other
than commissions or concessions of any broker-dealers and will indemnify the
Holders of the Securities (including any broker-dealers) against certain
liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
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1 In addition, the legend required by Item 502(e) of Regulation S-K will
appear on the back cover of the Registered Exchange Offer prospectus.
ANNEX D
CHECK HERE IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER OF THE TYPE DESCRIBED BELOW
AND WISH TO RECEIVE 10 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS AND 10
COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO.
Name:
Address:
If the undersigned is not a broker-dealer, the undersigned represents that it is
not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of Exchange
Securities. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange
Securities for its own account in exchange for Securities that were acquired as
a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, it
acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of
such Exchange Securities; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a
prospectus, the undersigned will not be deemed to admit that it is an
"underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act.
