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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Dated as of June 21, 1999
Between
TOWN SPORTS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
as Issuer
and
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES, INC.
as Initial Purchaser
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$40,000,000
9 3/4% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2004
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
1. Definitions..........................................................1
2. Exchange Offer.......................................................5
3. Shelf Registration...................................................9
4. Additional Interest.................................................10
5. Registration Procedures.............................................12
6. Registration Expenses...............................................23
7. Indemnification.....................................................24
8. Rule 144 and 144A...................................................28
9. Underwritten Registrations..........................................29
10. Miscellaneous.......................................................29
(a) No Inconsistent Agreements....................................29
(b) Adjustments Affecting Registrable Notes.......................29
(c) Amendments and Waivers........................................29
(d) Notices.......................................................30
(e) Successors and Assigns........................................31
(f) Counterparts..................................................31
(g) Headings......................................................31
(h) Governing Law.................................................31
(i) Severability..................................................32
(j) Securities Held by the Company or Its Affiliates..............32
(k) Third Party Beneficiaries.....................................32
(l) Entire Agreement..............................................32
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights Agreement (the "Agreement") is dated as of
June 21, 1999 between Town Sports International, Inc., a New York corporation
(the "Company") and Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. (the "Initial Purchaser").
This Agreement is entered into in connection with the Purchase
Agreement, dated as of June 10, 1999, between the Company and the Initial
Purchaser (the "Purchaser Agreement") that provides for the sale by the Company
to the Initial Purchaser of $40,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the
Company's 9 3/4% Senior Notes due 2004 (the "Notes"). In order to induce the
Initial Purchaser to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed
to provide the registration rights set forth in this Agreement for the benefit
of the Initial Purchaser and its direct and indirect transferees and assigns.
The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the Initial
Purchaser's obligation to purchase the Notes under the Purchase Agreement.
The parties hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
Additional Interest: See Section 4(a) hereof.
Advice: See the last paragraph of Section 5 hereof.
Agreement: See the first introductory paragraph hereto.
Applicable Period: See Section 2(b) hereof.
Closing Date: The Closing Date as defined in the Purchase Agreement.
Company: See the first introductory paragraph hereto.
Effectiveness Date: The date that is 150 days after the Issue Date.
Effectiveness Period: See Section 3(a) hereof.
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Event Date: See Section 4(b) hereof.
Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
Exchange Notes: See Section 2(a) hereof.
Exchange Offer: See Section 2(a) hereof.
Exchange Registration Statement: See Section 2(a) hereof.
Filing Date: Within 45 days after the Issue Date.
Holder: Any holder of a Registrable Note or Registrable Notes.
Indemnified Person: See Section 7(c) hereof.
Indemnifying Person: See Section 7(c) hereof.
Indenture: The Indenture, dated as of October 16, 1997 between the
Company and United States Trust Company of New York, as Trustee, pursuant to
which the Notes are being issued as amended or supplemented from time to time in
accordance with the terms thereof.
Initial Purchaser: See the first introductory paragraph hereto.
Inspectors: See Section 5(o) hereof.
Issue Date: The date on which the Notes were sold to the Initial
Purchaser pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
NASD: See Section 5(t) hereof.
Notes: See the second introductory paragraph hereto.
Participant: See Section 7(a) hereof.
Participating Broker-Dealer: See Section 2(b) hereof.
Person: An individual, trustee, corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, joint stock company, trust,
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unincorporated association, union, business association, firm or other legal
entity.
Private Exchange: See Section 2(b) hereof.
Private Exchange Notes: See Section 2(b) hereof.
Prospectus: The prospectus included in any Registration Statement
(including, without limitation, any prospectus subject to completion and a
prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus
filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A
promulgated under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any
prospectus supplement, and all other amendments and supplements to the
Prospectus, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the
Registrable Notes covered by such Registration Statement including
post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed
to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.
Purchase Agreement: See the second introductory paragraph hereto.
Records: See Section 5(o) hereof.
Registrable Notes: Each Note upon original issuance of the Notes and
at all times subsequent thereto, each Exchange Note as to which Section 2(c)(v)
hereof is applicable upon original issuance and at all times subsequent thereto
and each Private Exchange Note upon original issuance thereof and at all times
subsequent thereto, until in the case of any such Note, Exchange Note or Private
Exchange Note, as the case may be, the earliest to occur of (i) a Registration
Statement (other than, with respect to any Exchange Note as to which Section
2(c)(v) hereof is applicable, the Exchange Registration Statement) covering such
Note, Exchange Note or Private Exchange Note, as the case may be, has been
declared effective by the SEC and such Note, Exchange Note or Private Exchange
Note, as the case may be, has been disposed of in accordance with such effective
Registration Statement, (ii) such Note, Exchange Note or Private Exchange Note,
as the case may be, is sold in compliance with Rule 144, (iii) such Note has
been exchanged for an Exchange Note or Exchange Notes pursuant to an Exchange
Offer and is entitled to be resold without complying with the prospectus
delivery requirements of the Securities Act or (iv) such Note, Exchange Note or
Private Exchange Note, as the case may be, ceases to be outstanding for purposes
of the Indenture.
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Registration Statement: Any registration statement of the Company,
including, but not limited to, the Exchange Registration Statement and any
registration statement filed in connection with a Shelf Registration, filed with
the SEC pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including the Prospectus,
amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including
post-effective amendments, all exhibits and all material incorporated by
reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such registration
statement.
Rule 144: Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, as such
Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule (other than Rule
144A) or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC providing for offers and sales
of securities made in compliance therewith resulting in offers and sales by
subsequent holders that are not affiliates of an issuer of such securities being
free of the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities
Act.
Rule 144A: Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act, as such
Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule (other than Rule 144)
or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC.
Rule 415: Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act, as such
Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation
hereafter adopted by the SEC.
SEC: The Securities and Exchange Commission.
Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the
rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
Shelf Notice: See Section 2(c) hereof.
Shelf Registration: See Section 3(a) hereof.
TIA: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
Trustee: The trustee under the Indenture and, if existent, the
trustee under any indenture governing the Exchange Notes and Private Exchange
Notes (if any).
Underwritten Registration or Underwritten Offering: A registration
in which securities of the Company are sold to an underwriter for reoffering to
the public.
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2. Exchange Offer
(a) The Company shall file with the SEC no later than the Filing
Date an offer to exchange (the "Exchange Offer") any and all of the Registrable
Notes (other than the Private Exchange Notes, if any) for a like aggregate
principal amount of debt securities of the Company that are identical in all
material respects to the Notes (the "Exchange Notes") (and that are entitled to
the benefits of the Indenture or a trust indenture that is identical in all
material respects to the Indenture (other than such changes to the Indenture or
any such identical trust indenture as are necessary to comply with any
requirements of the SEC to effect or maintain the qualification thereof under
the TIA) and that, in either case, has been qualified under the TIA), except
that the Exchange Notes (other than Private Exchange Notes, if any) shall have
been registered pursuant to an effective Registration Statement under the
Securities Act and shall contain no restrictive legend thereon. The Exchange
offer shall be registered under the Securities Act on the appropriate form (the
"Exchange Registration Statement") and shall comply with all applicable tender
offer rules and regulations under the Exchange Act. The Company agrees to use
its best efforts to (x) cause the Exchange Registration Statement to be declared
effective under the Securities Act on or before the Effectiveness Date; (y) keep
the Exchange Offer open for at least 20 business days (or longer if required by
applicable law) after the date that notice of the Exchange Offer is mailed to
Holders; and (z) consummate the Exchange Offer on or prior to the 30th day
following the day the Exchange Registration Statement is declared effective by
the SEC. If after such Exchange Registration Statement is declared effective by
the SEC, the Exchange Offer or the issuance of the Exchange Notes thereunder is
interfered with by any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of
the SEC or any other governmental agency or court, such Exchange Registration
Statement shall be deemed not to have become effective for purposes of this
Agreement. Each Holder who participates in the Exchange Offer will be required
to represent that any Exchange Notes received by it will be acquired in the
ordinary course of its business, that at the time of the consummation of the
Exchange Offer such Holder will have no arrangement or understanding with any
Person to participate in the distribution of the Exchange Notes in violation of
the provisions of the Securities Act and that such Holder is not an affiliate of
the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act and is not acting on behalf
of any persons or entities who could not truthfully make the foregoing
representations. Upon consummation of the Exchange Offer in accordance with this
Section 2, the provisions of this Agreement
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shall continue to apply, mutatis mutandis, solely with respect to Registrable
Notes that are Private Exchange Notes and Exchange Notes held by Participating
Broker-Dealers, and the Company shall have no further obligation to register
Registrable Notes (other than Private Exchange Notes and other than in respect
of any Exchange Notes as to which clause 2(c)(v) hereof applies) pursuant to
Section 3 hereof. No securities other than the Exchange Notes shall be included
in the Exchange Registration Statement.
(b) The Company shall include within the Prospectus contained in the
Exchange Registration Statement a section entitled "Plan of Distribution,"
reasonably acceptable to the Initial Purchaser, that shall contain a summary
statement of the positions taken or policies made by the Staff of the SEC with
respect to the potential "underwriter" status of any broker-dealer that is the
beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of Exchange
Notes received by such broker-dealer in the Exchange Offer (a "Participating
Broker-Dealer"), whether such positions or policies have been publicly
disseminated by the staff of the SEC or such positions or policies, in the
judgment of the Initial Purchaser, represent the prevailing views of the Staff
of the SEC. Such "Plan of Distribution" section shall also expressly permit the
use of the Prospectus by all Persons subject to the prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act, including all Participating Broker-Dealers,
and include a statement describing the means by which Participating
Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Notes.
The Company shall use its best efforts to keep the Exchange
Registration Statement effective and to amend and supplement the Prospectus
contained therein in order to permit such Prospectus to be lawfully delivered by
all Persons subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities
Act for such period of time as is necessary to comply with applicable law in
connection with any resale of the Exchange Notes; provided, however, that such
period shall not exceed 180 days after the consummation of the Exchange Offer
(or such longer period if extended pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 5
hereof) (the "Applicable Period").
If, following the date hereof, there has been announced a change in
SEC policy with respect to exchange offers such as the Exchange Offer, that in
the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Company, raises a substantial question
as to whether the Exchange Offer is permitted by applicable federal law, the
Company hereby agrees to seek a no-action letter or
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other favorable decision from the SEC allowing the Company to consummate the
Exchange Offer. The Company hereby agrees to pursue the issuance of such a
decision to the SEC staff level. In connection with the foregoing, the Company
hereby agrees to take all such other actions as may be requested by the SEC or
otherwise required in connection with the issuance of such decision, including,
without limitation, (A) participating in telephonic conferences with the SEC,
(B) delivering to the SEC staff an analysis prepared by counsel to the Company
setting forth the legal bases, if any, upon which such counsel has concluded
that such an Exchange Offer should be permitted and (C) diligently pursuing a
resolution (which need not be favorable) by the SEC staff.
If, prior to consummation of the Exchange Offer, the Initial
Purchaser holds any Notes acquired by it and having, or that are reasonably
likely to be determined to have, the status of an unsold allotment in the
initial distribution, the Company, upon the request of the Initial Purchaser
simultaneously with the delivery of the Exchange Notes in the Exchange Offer,
shall issue and deliver to the Initial Purchaser in exchange (the "Private
Exchange") for such Notes held by the Initial Purchaser a like principal amount
of debt securities of the Company that are identical in all material respects to
the Exchange Notes (the "Private Exchange Notes") (and that are issued pursuant
to the same indenture as the Exchange Notes), except for the placement of a
restrictive legend on such Private Exchange Notes. The Private Exchange Notes
shall bear the same CUSIP number as the Exchange Notes.
Interest on the Exchange Notes and the Private Exchange Notes will
accrue from the last interest payment date on which interest was paid on the
Notes surrendered in exchange therefor or, if no interest has been paid on the
Notes, from the Issue Date.
In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Company shall:
(1) mail to each Holder a copy of the Prospectus forming part of the
Exchange Registration Statement, together with an appropriate letter of
transmittal and related documents;
(2) utilize the services of a depositary for the Exchange Offer with
an address in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York;
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(3) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Notes at any time prior to
the close of business, New York time, on the last business day on which
the Exchange Offer shall remain open; and
(4) otherwise comply in all material respects with all applicable
laws, rules and regulations.
As soon as practicable after the close of the Exchange Offer or the
Private Exchange, as the case may be, the Company shall:
(1) accept for exchange all Notes properly tendered and not validly
withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer or the Private Exchange;
(2) deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all Notes so accepted
for exchange; and
(3) cause the Trustee to authenticate and deliver promptly to each
Holder of Notes, Exchange Notes or Private Exchange Notes, as the case may
be, equal in principal amount to the Notes of such Holder so accepted for
exchange.
The Exchange Notes and the Private Exchange Notes may be issued
under (i) the Indenture or (ii) an indenture identical in all material respects
to the Indenture, which in either event shall provide that (1) the Exchange
Notes shall not be subject to the transfer restrictions set forth in the
Indenture and (2) the Private Exchange Notes shall be subject to the transfer
restrictions set forth in the Indenture. The Indenture or such indenture shall
provide that the Exchange Notes, the Private Exchange Notes and the Notes shall
vote and consent together on all matters as one class and that neither the
Exchange Notes, the Private Exchange Notes or the Notes will have the right to
vote or consent as a separate class on any matter.
(c) If, (i) because of any change in law or in currently prevailing
interpretations of the Staff of the SEC, the Company is not permitted to effect
an Exchange Offer, (ii) the Exchange Offer is not consummated within 30 days
from the effective date of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, (iii) the
holder of Private Exchange Notes so requests at any time after the consummation
of the Private Exchange, (iv) the Holders of not less than a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Notes determine that the interests
of the Holders would be materially adversely affected by consumma-
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tion of the Exchange Offer or (v) in the case of any Holder that participates in
the Exchange Offer, such Holder does not receive Exchange Notes on the date of
the exchange that may be sold without restriction under state and federal
securities laws (other than due solely to the status of such Holder as an
affiliate of the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act), then the
Company shall promptly deliver written notice thereof (the "Shelf Notice") to
the Trustee and in the case of clauses (i), (ii) and iv), all Holders, in the
case of clause (iii), the Holders of the Private Exchange Notes and in the case
of clause (v), the affected Holder, and shall file a Shelf Registration pursuant
to Section 3 hereof.
3. Shelf Registration
If a Shelf Notice is delivered as contemplated by Section 2(c)
hereof, then:
(a) Shelf Registration. The Company shall as promptly as reasonably
practicable file with the SEC a Registration Statement for an offering to be
made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 covering all of the Registrable
Notes (the "Shelf Registration"). If the Company shall not have yet filed an
Exchange Registration Statement, the Company shall use its best efforts to file
with the SEC the Shelf Registration on or prior to the Filing Date. The Shelf
Registration shall be on Form S-1 or another appropriate form permitting
registration of such Registrable Notes for resale by Holders in the manner or
manners designated by them (including, without limitation, one or more
Underwritten Offerings). The Company shall not permit any securities other than
the Registrable Notes to be included in the Shelf Registration.
The Company shall use its best efforts to cause the Shelf
Registration to be declared effective under the Securities Act on or prior to
the Effectiveness Date and to keep the Shelf Registration continuously effective
under the Securities Act until the date that is two years from the Issue Date
(the "Effectiveness Period"), or such shorter period ending when all Registrable
Notes covered by the Shelf Registration have been sold in the manner set forth
and as contemplated in the Shelf Registration.
(b) Withdrawal of Stop Orders. If the Shelf Registration ceases to
be effective for any reason at any time during the Effectiveness Period (other
than because of the sale of all of the securities registered thereunder), the
Company shall
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use its best efforts to obtain the prompt withdrawal of any order suspending the
effectiveness thereof.
(c) Supplements and Amendments. The Company shall promptly
supplement and amend the Shelf Registration if required by the rules,
regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used for such
Shelf Registration, if required by the Securities Act, or if reasonably
requested by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Registrable Notes covered by such Registration Statement or by any underwriter
of such Registrable Notes.
4. Additional Interest
(a) The Company and the Initial Purchaser agree that the Holders of
Registrable Notes will suffer damages if the Company fails to fulfill its
obligations under Section 2 or Section 3 hereof and that it would not be
feasible to ascertain the extent of such damages with precision. Accordingly,
the Company agrees to pay, as liquidated damages, additional interest on the
Notes ("Additional Interest") under the circumstances and to the extent set
forth below (without duplication):
(i) if neither the Exchange Registration Statement nor the Shelf
Registration has been filed on or prior to the Filing Date, Additional
Interest shall accrue on the Notes over and above the stated interest at a
rate of 0.50% per annum for the first 90 days immediately following the
Filing Date, such Additional Interest rate increasing by an additional
0.50% per annum at the beginning of each subsequent 90-day period;
(ii) if (A) neither the Exchange Registration Statement nor the
Shelf Registration is declared effective by the SEC on or prior to the
Effectiveness Date or (B) notwithstanding that the Company has consummated
or will consummate an exchange offer the Company is required to file a
Shelf Registration Statement and such Shelf Registration Statement is not
declared effective by the SEC on or prior to the 60th day following the
date such Shelf Registration Statement was filed, then, commencing on the
day after either such required the effectiveness date, Additional Interest
shall be accrued on the Notes included or that should have been included
in such Registration Statement over and above the stated interest at a
rate of 0.50% per annum for the first 90 days immediately following the
effectiveness date, such Additional Interest rate
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increasing by an additional 0.50% per annum at the beginning of each
subsequent 90-day period; and
(iii) if either (A) the Company has not exchanged Exchange Notes for
all Notes validly tendered in accordance with the terms of the Exchange
Offer on or prior to the 30th day after the date on which the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement was declared effective or (B) the Exchange
Registration Statement ceases to be effective at any time prior to the
time that the Exchange Offer is consummated or (C) if applicable, the
Shelf Registration has been declared effective and such Shelf Registration
ceases to be effective at any time during the Effectiveness Period, then
Additional Interest shall be accrued on the Notes (over and above any
interest otherwise payable on the Notes) at a rate of 0.50% per annum on
(x) the 31st day after such effective date, in the case of (A) above, or
(y) the day the Exchange Registration Statement ceases to be effective
without being declared effective within five business days in the case of
(B) above, or (z) the day such Shelf Registration ceases to be effective,
in the case of (C) above, such Additional Interest rate increasing by an
additional 0.50% per annum at the beginning of each such subsequent 90-day
period (it being understood and agreed that, notwithstanding any provision
to the contrary, so long as any Note that is the subject of a Shelf Notice
is then covered by an effective Shelf Registration Statement, no
Additional interest shall accrue on such Note);
provided, however, that the Additional Interest rate on any affected Note may
not exceed at any one time in the aggregate 2.0% per annum; and provided,
further, that (1) upon the filing of the Exchange Registration Statement or a
Shelf Registration (in the case of clause (i) of this Section 4(a)), (2) upon
the-effectiveness of the Exchange Registration Statement or the Shelf
Registration (in the case of clause (ii) of this Section 4(a)), or (3) upon the
exchange of Exchange Notes for all Notes tendered (in the case of clause
(iii)(A) of this Section 4(a)), or upon the effectiveness of the Exchange
Registration Statement that had ceased to remain effective (in the case of
(iii)(B) of this Section 4(a)) or upon the effectiveness of the Shelf
Registration that had ceased to remain effective (in the case of (iii)(C) of
this Section 4(a)), Additional Interest on the affected Notes as a result of
such clause (or the relevant subc1ause thereof), as the case may be, shall cease
to accrue.
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(b) The Company shall notify the Trustee within one business day
after each and every date on which an event occurs in respect of which
Additional Interest is required to be paid (an "Event Date"). Any amounts of
Additional Interest due pursuant to (a)(i), (a)(ii) or (a)(iii) of this Section
4 will be payable in cash semi-annually on each April 15 and October 15 (to the
holders of record on the April 1 and October 1 immediately preceding such
dates), commencing with the first such date occurring after any such Additional
Interest commences to accrue. The amount of Additional Interest will be
determined by multiplying the applicable Additional Interest rate by the
principal amount of the Registrable Notes, multiplied by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the number of days such Additional Interest rate was
applicable during such period (determined on the basis of a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months and, in the case of a partial month, the
actual number of days elapsed) and the denominator of which is 360.
5. Registration Procedures
In connection with the filing of any Registration Statement pursuant
to Sections 2 or 3 hereof, the Company shall effect such registrations to permit
the sale of the securities covered thereby in accordance with the intended
method or methods of disposition thereof, and pursuant thereto and in
connec-tion with any Registration Statement filed by the Company hereunder, the
Company shall:
(a) Prepare and file with the SEC on or prior to the Filing Date, a
Registration Statement or Registration Statements as prescribed by
Sections 2 or 3 hereof, and use its best efforts to cause each such
Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective as
provided herein; provided, however, that, if (1) such filing is pursuant
to Section 3 hereof or (2) a Prospectus contained in an Exchange
Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2 hereof is required to
be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer
who seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, before
filing any Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or
supplements thereto, the Company shall furnish to and afford the Holders
of the Registrable Notes covered by such Registration Statement or each
such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, their counsel and
the managing underwriters, if any, a reasonable opportunity to review
copies of all such documents (including copies of any documents to be
incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits thereto) proposed to be
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filed (in each case at least five business days prior to such filing). The
Company shall not file any Registration Statement or Prospectus or any
amendments or supplements thereto if the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Notes covered by such
Registration Statement, or any such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the
case may be, or their counsel, or the managing underwriters, if any, shall
reasonably object.
(b) Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective
amendments to each Shelf Registration or Exchange Registration Statement,
as the case may be, as may be necessary to keep such Registration
Statement continuously effective for the Effectiveness Period or the
Applicable Period, as the case may be; cause the related Prospectus to be
supplemented by any prospectus supplement required by applicable law, and
as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 (or any similar
provisions then in force) promulgated under the Securities Act; and comply
with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act applicable
to it with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such
Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as so
supplemented and with respect to the subsequent resale of any securities
being sold by a Participating Broker-Dealer covered by any such
Prospectus; the Company shall be deemed not to have used their respective
best efforts to keep a Registration Statement effective during the
Applicable Period if the Company voluntarily takes any action that would
result in selling Holders of the Registrable Notes covered thereby or
Participating Broker-Dealers seeking to sell Exchange Notes not being able
to sell such Registrable Notes or such Exchange Notes during that period,
unless such action is required by applicable law or unless the Company
complies with this Agreement, including without limitation, the provisions
of paragraph 5(k) hereof and the last paragraph of this Section 5.
(c) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3
hereof or (2) a Prospectus contained in an Exchange Registration Statement
filed pursuant to Section 2 hereof is required to be delivered under the
Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell
Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, notify the selling Holders of
Registrable Notes, or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case
may be, their counsel and the managing underwriters, if any, promptly (but
in any event within two business days) and confirm such
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notice in writing, (i) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or
post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to a
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has
become effective under the Securities Act (including in such notice a
written statement that any Holder may, upon request, obtain, at the sole
expense of the Company, one conformed copy of such Registration Statement
or post-effective amendment including financial statements and schedules,
documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference and
exhibits), (ii) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending
the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or of any order preventing
or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the initiation of
any proceedings for that purpose, (iii) if at any time when a prospectus
is required by the Securities Act to be delivered in connection with sales
of the Registrable Notes or resales of Exchange Notes by Participating
Broker-Dealers the representations and warranties of the Company contained
in any agreement (including any underwriting agreement), contemplated by
Section 5(n) hereof cease to be true and correct, (iv) of the receipt by
the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the
qualification or exemption from qualification of a Registration Statement
or any of the Registrable Notes or the Exchange Notes to be sold by any
Participating Broker-Dealer for offer or sale in any jurisdiction, or the
initiation or written threat of any proceeding for such purpose, (v) of
the happening of any event, the existence of any condition or any
information becoming known that makes any statement made in such
Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material
respects or that requires the making of any changes in or amendments or
supplements to such Registration Statement, Prospectus or documents so
that, in the case of the Registration Statement, it will not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading, and that in the case of the Prospectus, it will not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading and (vi) of the Company's determination that a
post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement would be appropriate.
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(d) Use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any
order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or of any
order preventing or suspending the use of a Prospectus or suspending the
qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable
Notes or the Exchange Notes for sale in any jurisdiction and, if any such
order is issued, to use their best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any
such order at the earliest possible moment.
(e) If a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 and if
requested by the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, or the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable
Notes being sold in connection with an underwritten offering, (i) promptly
incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such
information as the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, such
Holders or counsel for any of them determine is reasonably necessary to be
included therein, (ii) make all required filings of such prospectus
supplement or such post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after
the Company has received notification of the matters to be incorporated in
such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment and (iii)
supplement or make amendments to such Registration Statement.
(f) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3
hereof or (2) a Prospectus contained in an Exchange Registration Statement
filed pursuant to Section 2 hereof is required to be delivered under the
Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell
Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, furnish to each selling
Holder of Registrable Notes and to each such Participating Broker-Dealer
who so requests and to their respective counsel and each managing
underwriter, if any, at the sole expense of the Company, one conformed
copy of the Registration Statement or Registration Statements and each
post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and
schedules and, if requested, all documents incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated therein by reference and all exhibits.
(g) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3
hereof or (2) a Prospectus contained in an Exchange Registration Statement
filed pursuant to Section 2 hereof is required to be delivered under the
Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell
Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, deliver to
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each selling Holder of Registrable Notes, or each such Participating
Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, their respective counsel and the
underwriters, if any, at the sole expense of the Company, as many copies
of the Prospectus or Prospectuses (including each form of preliminary
prospectus) and each amendment or supplement thereto and any documents
incorporated by reference therein as such Persons may reasonably request;
and, subject to the last paragraph of this Section 5, the Company hereby
consents to the use of such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement
thereto by each of the selling Holders of Registrable Notes or each such
Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, and the underwriters or
agents, if any, and dealers, if any, in connection with the offering and
sale of the Registrable Notes covered by, or the sale by Participating
Broker-Dealers of the Exchange Notes pursuant to, such Prospectus and any
amendment or supplement thereto.
(h) Prior to any public offering of Registrable Notes or Exchange
Notes or any delivery of a Prospectus contained in the Exchange
Registration Statement by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to
sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, to use their best
efforts to register or qualify and to cooperate with the selling Holders
of Registrable Notes or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case
may be, the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, and their
respective counsel in connection with the registration or qualification
(or exemption from such registration or qualification) of such Registrable
Notes for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such
jurisdictions within the United States as any selling Holder,
Participating Broker-Dealer or the managing underwriter or underwriters
reasonably request in writing; provided, however, that where Exchange
Notes held by Participating Broker-Dealers or Registrable Notes are
offered other than through an Underwritten Offering, the Company agrees to
cause its counsel to perform Blue Sky investigations and file
registrations and qualifications required to be filed pursuant to this
Section 5(h); keep each such registration or qualification (or exemption
therefrom) effective during the period such Registration Statement is
required to be kept effective and do any and all other acts or things
reasonably necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such
jurisdictions of the Exchange Notes held by Participating Broker-Dealers
or the Registrable Notes covered by the applicable Registration Statement;
provided,
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however, that the Company shall not be required to (A) qualify generally
to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified, (B)
take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any
such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or (C) subject itself to
taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.
(i) If a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof,
cooperate with the selling Holders of Registrable Notes and the managing
underwriter or underwriters, if any, to facilitate the timely preparation
and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Notes to be sold,
which certificates shall not bear any restrictive legends and shall be in
a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company; and enable
such Registrable Notes to be in such denominations and registered in such
names as the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, or Holders may
reasonably request.
(j) Use its best efforts to cause the Registrable Notes covered by
the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other
governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the
Holders thereof or the underwriter or underwriters, if any, to consummate
the disposition of such Registrable Notes, except as may be required
solely as a consequence of the nature of such selling Holder's business,
in which case the Company will cooperate in all reasonable respects with
the filing of such Registration Statement and the granting of such
approvals.
(k) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3
hereof or (2) a Prospectus contained in an Exchange Registration Statement
filed pursuant to Section 2 hereof is required to be delivered under the
Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell
Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, upon the occurrence of any
event contemplated by paragraph 5(c)(v) or 5(c)(vi), hereof, as promptly
as practicable prepare and (subject to Section 5(a) hereof) file with the
SEC, at the Company's sole expense, a supplement or post-effective
amendment to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the related
Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
therein by reference, or file any other required document so that, as
thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the Registrable Notes being sold
thereunder or to the purchasers of the Exchange Notes to
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whom such Prospectus will be delivered by a Participating Broker-Dealer,
any such Prospectus will not contain an un-true statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(l) Use its best efforts to cause the Registrable Notes covered by a
Registration Statement or the Exchange Notes, as the case may be, to be
rated with the appropriate rating agencies, if so requested by the Holders
of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Registrable Notes covered
by such Registration Statement or the Exchange Notes, as the case may be,
or the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any.
(m) Prior to the effective date of the first Registration Statement
relating to the Registrable Notes, (i) provide the Trustee with
certificates for the Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes, as the case may
be, in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company and
(ii) provide a CUSIP number for the Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes,
as the case may be.
(n) In connection with any Underwritten Offering of Registrable
Notes pursuant to a Shelf Registration, enter into an underwriting
agreement as is customary in Underwritten Offerings of debt securities
similar to the Notes and take all such other actions as are reasonably
requested by the managing underwriter or underwriters in order to expedite
or facilitate the registration or the disposition of such Registrable
Notes and, in such connection, (i) make such representations and
warranties to, and covenants with, the underwriters with respect to the
business of the Company and its subsidiaries (including any acquired
business, properties or entity, if applicable) and the Registration
Statement, Prospectus and documents, if any, incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference therein, in each case, as are customarily made
by issuers to underwriters in Underwritten Offerings of debt securities
similar to the Notes, and confirm the same in writing if and when
requested; (ii) obtain the written opinion of counsel to the Company and
written updates thereof in form, scope and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the managing underwriter or underwriters, addressed to the
underwriters covering the matters customarily covered in opinions
requested in Underwritten Offerings of debt similar to the Notes and such
other matters
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as may be reasonably requested by the managing underwriter or
underwriters; (iii) obtain "cold comfort" letters and updates thereof in
form, scope and substance reasonably satisfactory to the managing
underwriter or underwriters from the independent certified public
accountants of the Company (and, if necessary, any other independent
certified public accountants of any subsidiary of the Company or of any
business acquired by the Company for which financial statements and
financial data are, or are required to be, included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement), addressed to each of the
underwriters, such letters to be in customary form and covering matters of
the type customarily covered in "cold comfort" letters in connection with
Underwritten Offerings of debt securities similar to the Notes and such
other matters as reasonably requested by the managing underwriter or
underwriters; and (iv) if an underwriting agreement is entered into, the
same shall contain indemnification provisions and procedures no less
favorable than those set forth in Section 7 hereof (or such other
provisions and procedures acceptable to Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of Registrable Notes covered by such Registration
Statement and the managing underwriter or underwriters or agents) with
respect to all parties to be indemnified pursuant to said Section. The
above shall be done at each closing under such underwriting agreement, or
as and to the extent required thereunder.
(o) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3
hereof or (2) a Prospectus contained in an Exchange Registration Statement
filed pursuant to Section 2 hereof is required to be delivered under the
Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell
Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, make available for inspection
by any selling Holder of such Registrable Notes being sold, or each such
Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, any underwriter
participating in any such disposition of Registrable Notes, if any, and
any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by any such selling
Holder or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, or
underwriter (collectively, the "Inspectors"), at the offices where
normally kept, during reasonable business hours, all financial and other
records, pertinent corporate documents and instruments of the Company and
its subsidiaries (collectively, the "Records") as shall be reasonably
necessary to enable them to exercise any applicable due diligence
responsibilities, and cause the respective officers,
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directors and employees of the Company and its subsidiaries to supply all
information reasonably requested by any such Inspector in connection with
such Registration Statement. Records that the Company determines, in good
faith, to be confidential and any Records that it notifies the Inspectors
are confidential shall not be disclosed by the Inspectors unless (i) the
disclosure of such Records is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement
or omission in such Registration statement, (ii) the release of such
Records is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other order from a court of
competent jurisdiction, (iii) disclosure of such information is, in the
opinion of counsel for any Inspector, necessary or advisable in connection
with any action, claim, suit or proceeding, directly or indirectly,
involving or potentially involving such Inspector and arising out of,
based upon, relating to or involving this Agreement or any transactions
contemplated hereby or arising hereunder or (iv) the information in such
Records has been made generally available to the public. Each selling
Holder of such Registrable Securities and each such Participating
Broker-Dealer will be required to agree that 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 generally available to
the public. Each selling Holder of such Registrable Notes and each such
Participating Broker-Dealer will be required to further agree that it
will, upon learning that disclosure of such Records is sought in a court
of competent jurisdiction, give notice to the Company and allow the
Company to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of the
Records deemed confidential at the Company's sole expense.
(p) Provide an indenture trustee for the Registrable Notes or the
Exchange Notes, as the case may be, and cause the Indenture or the trust
indenture provided for in Section 2(a) hereof, as the case may be, to be
qualified under the TIA not later than the effective date of the Exchange
Offer or the first Registration Statement relating to the Registrable
Notes; and in connection therewith, cooperate with the trustee under any
such indenture and the Holders of the Registrable Notes, to effect such
changes to such indenture as may be required for such indenture to be so
qualified in accordance with the terms of the TIA; and execute, and use
its reasonable best efforts to cause such trustee to execute, all
documents as may be required to effect such changes and all other forms
and documents
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required to be filed with the SEC to enable such indenture to be so
qualified in a timely manner.
(q) Comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and
make generally available to its securityholders earning statements
satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule
158 thereunder (or any similar rule promulgated under the Securities Act)
no later than 45 days after the end of any fiscal quarter (or 90 days
after the end of any fiscal year) (i) commencing at the end of any fiscal
quarter in which Registrable Notes are sold to underwriters in a firm
commitment or best efforts Underwritten Offering and (ii) if not sold to
underwriters in such an offering, commencing on the first day of the first
fiscal quarter of the Company after the effective date of a Registration
Statement, which statements shall cover said fiscal periods.
(r) Upon consummation of an Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange,
obtain an opinion of counsel to the Company, who may, at the Company's
election, be internal counsel to the Company, in a form customary for
underwritten transactions, addressed to the Trustee for the benefit of all
Holders of Registrable Notes participating in the Exchange Offer or the
Private Exchange, as the case may be, that the Exchange Notes or Private
Exchange Notes, as the case may be, and the related indenture constitute
legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against
the Company in accordance with its respective terms, subject to customary
exceptions and qualifications.
(s) if an Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange is to be consummated,
upon delivery of the Registrable Notes by Holders to the Company (or to
such other Person as directed by the Company) in exchange for the Exchange
Notes or the Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be, the Company shall
xxxx, or cause to be marked, on such Registrable Notes that such
Registrable Notes are being cancelled in exchange for the Exchange Notes
or the Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be; in no event shall such
Registrable Notes be marked as paid or otherwise satisfied.
(t) Cooperate with each seller of Registrable Notes covered by any
Registration Statement and each underwriter, if any, participating in the
disposition of such Registrable Notes and their respective counsel in
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tion with any filings required to be made with the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD").
(u) Use its best efforts to take all other steps necessary or
advisable to effect the registration of the Registrable Notes covered by a
Registration Statement contemplated hereby.
The Company may require each seller of Registrable Notes as to which
any registration is being effected to furnish to the Company such information
regarding such seller and the distribution of such Registrable Notes as the
Company may, from time to time, reasonably request. The Company may exclude from
such registration the Registrable Notes of any seller who unreasonably fails to
furnish such information within a reasonable time after receiving such request
and in such event shall have no further obligation under this Agreement
(including, without limitation, obligations under Section 4 hereof) with respect
to such seller or any subsequent holder of such Registrable Notes. Each seller
as to which any Shelf Registration is being effected agrees to furnish promptly
to the Company all information required to be disclosed in order to make the
information previously furnished to the Company by such seller not materially
misleading.
Each Holder of Registrable Notes and each Participating
Broker-Dealer agrees by acquisition of such Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes
to be sold by such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, that, upon
actual receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of
the kind described in Sections 5(c)(ii), 5(c)(iv), 5(c)(v) or 5(c)(vi) hereof,
such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable Notes
covered by such Registration Statement or Prospectus or Exchange Notes to be
sold by such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, until
such Holder's or Participating Broker-Dealer's receipt of the copies of the
supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 5(k) hereof, or until
it is advised in writing (the "Advice") by the Company that the use of the
applicable Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any amendments
or supplements thereto. In the event that the Company shall give any such
notice, each of the Effectiveness Period and the Applicable Period shall be
extended by the number of days during such periods from and including the date
of the giving of such notice to and including the date when each seller of
Registrable Notes covered by such Registration Statement or Exchange Notes to be
sold by such Participating Broker-
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Dealer, as the case may be, shall have received (x) the copies of the
supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 5(k) hereof or (y)
the Advice.
6. Registration Expenses
(a) All fees and expenses incident to the performance of or
compliance with this Agreement by the Company shall be borne by the Company
whether or not the Exchange Offer or a Shelf Registration is filed or becomes
effective, including, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees
(including, without limitation, (A) fees with respect to filings required to be
made with the NASD in connection with an Underwritten Offering and (B) fees and
expenses of compliance with state securities or Blue Sky laws (including,
without limitation, reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel in connection
with Blue Sky qualifications of the Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes and
determination of the eligibility of the Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes for
investment under the laws of such jurisdictions (x) where the holders of
Registrable Notes are located, in the case of the Exchange Notes, or (y) as
provided in Section 5(h) hereof, in the case of Registrable Notes or Exchange
Notes to be sold by a Participating Broker-Dealer during the Applicable
Period)), (ii) printing expenses, including, without limitation, expenses of
printing certificates for Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes in a form eligible
for deposit with The Depository Trust Company and of printing prospectuses if
the printing of prospectuses is requested by the managing underwriter or
underwriters, if any, by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Registrable Notes included in any Registration Statement or sold by any
Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, (iii) messenger, telephone and
delivery expenses, (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and
fees and disbursements of special counsel for the sellers of Registrable Notes
(subject to the provisions of Section 6(b) hereof), (v) fees and disbursements
of all independent certified public accountants referred to in Section 5(n)(iii)
hereof (including, without limitation, the expenses of any special audit and
"cold comfort" letters required by or incident to such performance), (vi) rating
agency fees, if any, and any fees associated with making the Registrable Notes
or Exchange Notes eligible for trading through the Depository Trust Company,
(vii) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Company desires such insurance,
(viii) fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by the Company, (ix)
internal expenses of the Company (including, without limitation, all salaries
and expenses of officers and employees of the Company performing legal or
accounting du-
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ties), (x) the expense of any annual audit, (xi) the fees and expenses incurred
in connection with the listing of the securities to be registered on any
securities exchange, if applicable, and (xii) the expenses relating to printing,
word processing and distributing of all Registration Statements, underwriting
agreements, securities sales agreements, indentures and any other documents
necessary to comply with this Agreement.
(b) The Company shall reimburse the Holders of the Registrable Notes
being registered in a Shelf Registration for the reasonable fees and
disbursements of not more than one counsel chosen by the Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Notes to be included in such
Registration Statement. All other out-of-pocket costs incurred by such Holders
shall be the responsibility of such Holders.
7. Indemnification
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of
Registrable Notes offered pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement and each
Participating Broker-Dealer selling Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period,
the officers and directors of each such Person or its affiliates, and each other
Person, if any, who controls any such Person or its affiliates within the
meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange
Act (each, a "Participant"), from and against any and all losses, claims,
damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, the reasonable legal
fees and other expenses actually incurred in connection with any suit, action or
proceeding or any claim asserted) caused by, arising out of or based upon any
untrue statement or alleged untrue-statement of a material fact contained in any
Registration Statement pursuant to which the offering of such Registrable Notes
or Exchange Notes, as the case may be, is registered (or any amendment thereto)
or related Prospectus (or any amendments or supplements thereto) or any related
preliminary prospectus, or caused by, arising out of or based upon any omission
or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however,
that the Company will not be required to indemnify a Participant if (i) such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any untrue statement or
omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in
conformity with information relating to any Participant furnished to the Company
in writing by or on behalf of such Participant expressly for use therein or (ii)
if such Participant sold to the
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person asserting the claim the Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes that are the
subject of such claim and such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue
statement or omission was contained or made in any preliminary prospectus and
corrected in the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto and the
Prospectus does not contain any other untrue statement or omission or alleged
untrue statement or omission of a material fact that was the subject matter of
the related proceeding and it is established by the Company in the related
proceeding that such Participant failed to deliver or provide a copy of the
Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) to such Person with or prior to the
confirmation of the sale of such Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes sold to
such Person if required by applicable law, unless such failure to deliver or
provide a copy of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) was a result of
noncompliance by the Company with Section 5 of this Agreement.
(b) Each Participant agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify
and hold harmless the Company, the Company's directors and officers and each
Person who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the
foregoing indemnity from the Company to each Participant, but only (i) with
reference to information relating to such Participant furnished to the Company
in writing by or on behalf of such Participant expressly for use in any
Registration Statement or Prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto or any
preliminary prospectus or (ii) with respect to any untrue statement or
representation made by such Participant in writing to the Company. The liability
of any Participant under this paragraph shall in no event exceed the proceeds
received by such Participant from sales of Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes
giving rise to such obligations.
(c) If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or
regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against
any Person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to either of the
two preceding paragraphs, such Person (the "Indemnified Person") shall promptly
notify the Person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the "Indemnifying
Person") in writing, and the Indemnifying Person, upon request of the
Indemnified Person, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified Person and any others the
Indemnifying Person may reasonably designate in such proceeding and shall pay
the reasonable fees and expenses actually incurred by such counsel related to
such proceeding; provided, however, that the failure to so notify the
Indemnifying Person
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shall not relieve it of any obligation or liability that it may have hereunder
or otherwise (unless and only to the extent that such failure directly results
in the loss or compromise of any material rights or defenses by the Indemnifying
Person and the Indemnifying Person was not otherwise aware of such action or
claim). In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to
retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at
the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and
the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed in writing to the contrary,
(ii) the Indemnifying Person shall have failed within a reasonable period of
time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person or
(iii) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties)
include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and
representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to
actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood that,
unless there exists a conflict among Indemnified Persons, the Indemnifying
Person shall not, in connection with any one such proceeding or separate but
substantially similar related proceeding in the same jurisdiction arising out of
the same general allegations, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than
one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified
Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed promptly as
they are incurred. Any such separate firm for the Participants and such control
Persons of Participants shall be designated in writing by Participants who sold
a majority in interest of Registrable Notes and Exchange Notes sold by all such
Participants and any such separate firm for the Company, its directors, its
officers and such control Persons of the Company shall be designated in writing
by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement
of any proceeding effected without its prior written consent, but if settled
with such consent or if there be a final non-appealable judgment for the
plaintiff for which the Indemnified Person is entitled to indemnification
pursuant to this Agreement, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by
reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence,
if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested an Indemnifying Person
to reimburse the Indemnified Person for reasonable fees and expenses actually
incurred by counsel as contemplated by the third sentence of this paragraph, the
Indemnifying Person agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any
proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is
entered into more than 30 days after receipt by such Indemnifying Person of the
aforesaid
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request and (ii) such Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the
Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such
settlement; provided, however, that the Indemnifying Person shall not be liable
for any settlement effected without its consent pursuant to this sentence if the
Indemnifying Person is contesting, in good faith, the request for reimbursement.
No Indemnifying Person shall, without the prior written consent of the
Indemnified Person, effect any settlement or compromise of any pending or
threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could
have been a party, and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such
Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (A) includes an unconditional written
release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are
the subject matter of such proceeding and (B) does not include any statement as
to an admission of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of any
Indemnified Person.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in the first and second
paragraphs of this Section 7 is for any reason unavailable to, or insufficient
to hold harmless, an Indemnified Person in respect of any losses, claims,
damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under
such paragraphs, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder and
in order to provide for just and equitable contribution, shall contribute to the
amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect
the relative fault of the Indemnifying Person or Persons on the one hand and the
Indemnified Person or Persons on the other in connection with the statements or
omissions or alleged statements or omissions that resulted in such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof). The relative
fault of the parties 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 information
supplied by the Company on the one hand or such Participant or such other
Indemnified Person, as the case may be, on the other, the parties' relative
intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent
such statement or omission, and any other equitable considerations appropriate
in the circumstances.
(e) The parties agree that it would not be just and equitable if
contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation
(even if the Participants were
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treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation
that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the
immediately preceding paragraph. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified
Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in
the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the
limitations set forth above, any reasonable legal or other expenses actually
incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with investigating or
defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Section 7, in no event shall a Participant be required to contribute any amount
in excess of the amount by which proceeds received by such Participant from
sales of Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes, as the case may be, exceeds the
amount of any damages that such Participant has otherwise been required to pay
or has paid by reason of such 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.
(f) The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this
Section 7 will be in addition to any liability that the Indemnifying Persons may
otherwise have to the Indemnified Persons referred to above.
8. Rule 144 and 144A
The Company covenants that it will file the reports required to be
filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations adopted by the SEC thereunder in a timely manner in accordance with
the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and, if at any time
the Company is not required to file such reports, it will, upon the request of
any Holder of Registrable Notes, make publicly available annual reports and such
information, documents and other reports of the type specified in Sections 13
and 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The Company further covenants for so long as any
Registrable Notes remain outstanding, to make available to any Holder or
beneficial owner of Registrable Notes in connection with any sale thereof and
any prospective purchaser of such Registrable Notes from such Holder or
beneficial owner the information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the
Securities Act in order to permit resales of such Registrable Notes pursuant to
Rule 144A.
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9. Underwritten Registrations
If any of the Registrable Notes covered by any Shelf Registration
are to be sold in an Underwritten Offering, the investment banker or investment
bankers and manager or managers that will manage the offering will be selected
by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of such Registrable
Notes included in such offering and reasonably acceptable to the Company.
No Holder of Registrable Notes may participate in any Underwritten
Registration hereunder unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell such Holder's
Registrable Notes on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements
approved by the Persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (b)
completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities,
underwriting agreements and other documents required under the terms of such
underwriting arrangements.
10. Miscellaneous
(a) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company has not, as of the date
hereof, and shall not, after the date of this Agreement, enter into any
agreement with respect to any of the Company's securities that is inconsistent
with the rights granted to the Holders of Registrable Notes in this Agreement or
otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. The Company has not entered and
will not enter into any agreement with respect to any of its securities that
will grant to any Person piggyback registration rights with respect to a
Registration Statement.
(b) Adjustments Affecting Registrable Notes. The Company shall not,
directly or indirectly, take any action with respect to the Registrable Notes as
a class that would adversely effect the ability of the Holders of Registrable
Notes to include such Registrable Notes in a registration undertaken pursuant to
this Agreement.
(c) 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, otherwise than with the prior written
consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal of the
then outstanding Registrable Notes. 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 of Registrable Notes whose
securities
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are being sold pursuant to a Registration Statement and that does not directly
or indirectly affect, impair, limit or compromise the rights of other Holders of
Registrable Notes may be given by Holders of at least a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Registrable Notes being sold by such Holders pursuant to
such Registration Statement; provided, however, that the provisions of this
sentence may not be amended, modified or supplemented except in accordance with
the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence.
(d) Notices. All notices and other communications (including without
limitation any notices or other communications to the Trustee) provided for or
permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, registered
first-class mail, next-day air courier or facsimile:
1. if to a Holder of the Registrable Notes or any Participating
Broker-Dealer, at the most current address of such Holder or Participating
Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, set forth on the records of the
registrar under the Indenture, with a copy in like manner to the Initial
Purchaser as follows:
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES, INC.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Corporate Finance Department
with a copy to:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
2. if to the Initial Purchaser, at the addresses specified in
Section 10(d)(1);
3. if to the Company, at the address as follows:
TOWN SPORTS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: General Counsel
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with a copy to:
Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx
000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq.
All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been
duly given: when delivered by hand, if personally, delivered; five business days
after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; one business day
after being timely delivered to a next-day air courier; and when receipt is
acknowledged by the addressee, if sent by facsimile.
Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be
concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee at the
address and in the manner specified in such Indenture.
(e) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties
hereto; provided, however, that this Agreement shall not inure to the benefit of
or be binding upon a successor or assign of a Holder unless and to the extent
such successor or assign holds Registrable Notes.
(f) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts 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.
(g) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of
reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(h) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AS APPLIED TO CONTRACTS
MADE AND PERFORMED WHOLLY WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO
PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES TO SUBMIT TO
THE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR
PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.
(i) Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of
this Agreement is held by a court of compe-
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tent 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 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.
(j) Securities Held by the Company or Its Affiliates. Whenever the
consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Notes is
required hereunder, Registrable Notes held by the Company or its affiliates (as
such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) shall not be counted
in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such
required percentage.
(k) Third Party Beneficiaries. Holders of Registrable Notes and
Participating Broker-Dealers are intended third party beneficiaries of this
Agreement and this Agreement may be enforced by such Persons.
(l) Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the Purchase
Agreement and the Indenture, is intended by the parties as a final and exclusive
statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of
the subject matter contained herein and therein and any and all prior oral or
written agreements, representations, or warranties, contracts, understandings,
correspondence, conversations and memoranda between the Initial Purchaser on the
one hand and the Company on the other, or between or among any agents,
representatives, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, predecessors in interest or
successors in interest with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof are
merged herein and replaced hereby.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of
the date first written above.
TOWN SPORTS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Title: Chief Financial Officer
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx Xx.
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Managing Director
