EXHIBIT 4.4
EXECUTION COPY
TELECORP PCS, INC.
$186,974,000
Tranche B 11% Senior Subordinated Discount Notes due 2011
EXCHANGE AND REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
October 1, 2001
Lucent Technologies Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
TeleCorp PCS, Inc. (formerly known as TeleCorp-Tritel Holding
Company), a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), proposes to issue and sell to
you as the purchaser (the "Purchaser"), upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth that certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of
April 3, 2001 (the "Purchase Agreement"), between the Company and the Purchaser,
as amended, $186,974,000 aggregate principal amount at maturity of its Tranche B
11% Senior Subordinated Discount Notes due April 15, 2011 (the "Securities").
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to
such terms in the Purchase Agreement.
In satisfaction of a condition to the obligations of the
Purchaser under the Purchase Agreement, the Company agrees with the Purchaser,
for the benefit of the holders (including the Purchaser) 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)(A) prepare
and (B) not later than 60 days (or, if the Issue Date (as defined herein) shall
fall in January 2002 or 2003, as applicable, such number of days, not less than
60, as shall equal the number of days between the Issue Date and the third
business day following the day on which the Company files with the Commission
its Annual Report on Form 10-K with respect to its preceding fiscal year)
following
the date on which the Purchaser gives written notice to the Company to commence
a registration pursuant to the Securities Act as contemplated by this Agreement
(the date on which such notice is given, 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") who are not prohibited by applicable law or interpretations thereof by
the Commission's staff from participating in 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 and registration rights relating to the
Securities, (ii) use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement to become effective under the Securities Act no
later than 180 days after the Issue Date and the Registered Exchange Offer to be
consummated no later than 210 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"); provided that the Company may elect to
close the Registered Exchange Offer 30 days after the commencement thereof
(unless otherwise required by applicable law), so long as the Company has
accepted all Securities validly tendered in accordance with the terms of the
Registered Exchange Offer. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the Issue
Date must occur on or prior to April 4, 2003, the 180th day preceding the second
anniversary of the date on which the Securities were originally issued. The
Exchange Securities will be issued under the Indenture or an indenture (the
"Exchange Securities Indenture") between the Company and the Trustee or such
other bank or trust company that is reasonably satisfactory to the Purchasers,
as trustee (the "Exchange Securities Trustee"), such indenture to be identical
in all material respects to the Indenture, except for the transfer restrictions
and registration rights 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 the 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, (d)
has no arrangements or understandings with any person to participate in the
distribution of the Exchange Securities and (e) is not otherwise prohibited by
applicable law or interpretations thereof by the Commission's staff from
participating in the Registered Exchange Offer) 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 Purchaser and
each Exchanging Dealer acknowledge that, pursuant to current interpretations by
the Commission's staff of Section 5 of the Securities Act, (i) 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
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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 and (ii) if the Purchaser elects to sell Exchange
Securities acquired in exchange for Securities constituting any portion of an
unsold allotment, the Purchaser is required to deliver a prospectus containing
the information required by Item 507 and Item 508 of Regulation S-K under the
Securities Act, as applicable, in connection with such sale.
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, upon the request of any such Holder,
simultaneously with the delivery of the Exchange Securities in the Registered
Exchange Offer, shall 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
commercially reasonable 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 (which may be the
Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee) 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 validly tendered and
not withdrawn pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and the Private
Exchange;
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(b) deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all Securities so
accepted for exchange; and
(c) cause the Trustee or the Exchange Securities Trustee, as
the case may be, 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 commercially reasonable 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 (i) 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 180 days
and the date on which all Exchanging Dealers have sold all Exchange Securities
held by them and (ii) the Company shall make such prospectus and any amendment
or supplement thereto available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with
any resale of any Exchange Securities for a period of not less than 180 days
after the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer.
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 on which interest was
paid on the Securities surrendered in exchange therefor or, if no interest has
been paid on the Securities, from April 15, 2006.
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, (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, (iv) if such Holder is not a broker-dealer, that it is not
engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, the distribution of the Exchange
Securities and (v) if such Holder is a broker-dealer, that it 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 and
that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange
Securities.
Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, the Company will
ensure that (i) any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment
thereto and any prospectus
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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 statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
2. Shelf Registration. If (i) because of any change in
applicable law or interpretations thereof by the Commission's staff, the Company
is not permitted to effect the Registered Exchange Offer as contemplated by
Section 1 hereof or (ii) any Securities validly tendered pursuant to the
Registered Exchange Offer are not exchanged for Exchange Securities within 210
days after the Issue Date or (iii) the Purchaser so requests with respect to
Securities 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 or (iv) any applicable law or
interpretation thereof by the Commission's staff do not permit any Holder to
participate in the Registered Exchange Offer or (v) any Holder that participates
in the Registered Exchange Offer does not receive freely transferable Exchange
Securities in exchange for tendered Securities or (vi) the Company so elects,
then the following provisions shall apply:
(a) the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts
to file as promptly as practicable (but in no event more than 60 days after so
required or requested pursuant to this Section 2, subject to the parenthetical
in the first sentence of Section 1 hereof) with the Commission, and thereafter
shall use its commercially reasonable 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"); provided that no Holder (other than the
Purchasers) shall be entitled to have the Securities held by it covered by such
Shelf Registration Statement unless such Holder agrees in writing to be bound by
all the provisions of this Agreement applicable to such Holder.
(b) the Company shall use its commercially reasonable 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) October 1, 2003
or such earlier date 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 commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf Registration
Statement effective during the requisite period if it voluntarily takes any
action that would result in Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities covered
thereby not
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being able to offer and sell such Transfer Restricted Securities during that
period, unless (i) such action is required by applicable law or (ii) such action
is taken by the Company in good faith and for valid business reasons (not
including avoidance of its obligations hereunder), provided that the Company
within 90 days thereafter complies with the requirements of Section 4(k) hereof.
Any such period during which the Company fails to keep the Shelf Registration
Statement effective and usable for offers and sales of Securities, Private
Exchange Securities and Exchange Securities is referred to as a "Suspension
Period". A Suspension Period shall commence on and include the date the Company
gives notice that the Shelf Registration Statement is no longer effective or the
prospectus included therein is no longer usable for offers and sales of
Securities, Private Exchange Securities and Exchange Securities and shall end on
the date when each Holder of Securities, Private Exchange Securities and
Exchange Securities covered by such Shelf Registration Statement either receives
the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section
4(k) hereof or is advised in writing by the Company that use of the prospectus
may be resumed. Not more than one Suspension Period shall be permitted in any
period of 360 consecutive days. If one or more Suspension Periods occur, the
two-year time period referenced above shall be extended by the number of days
included in each such Suspension Period.
(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
applicable Registration Statement is not filed with the Commission on or prior
to 60 days after the Issue Date (subject to the parenthetical in the first
sentence of Section 1 hereof), (ii) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or
the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, is not declared effective
within 180 days after the Issue Date (or in the case of a Shelf Registration
Statement required to be filed in response to a change in applicable law or
interpretations thereof by the Commission's staff, if later, within 60 days
after publication of the change in law or interpretation, subject to the
parenthetical in the first sentence of Section 1 hereof), (iii) the Registered
Exchange Offer is not consummated on or prior to 210 days after the Issue Date,
or (iv) the Shelf Registration Statement is filed and declared effective within
180
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days after the Issue Date (or in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement
required to be filed in response to a change in applicable law or
interpretations thereof by the Commission's staff, if later, within 60 days
after publication of the change in law or interpretation, subject to the
parenthetical in the first sentence of Section 1 hereof) but shall thereafter
cease to be effective (at any time that the Company is obligated to maintain the
effectiveness thereof) without being succeeded within 60 days by an additional
Registration Statement filed and declared effective (each such event referred to
in clauses (i) through (iv), 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 $0.192 per week per $1,000 of Accreted Value of Transfer
Restricted Securities held by such Holder until (i) the applicable Registration
Statement is filed, (ii) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared
effective and the Registered Exchange Offer is consummated, (iii) the Shelf
Registration Statement is declared effective or (iv) the Shelf Registration
Statement again becomes effective, as the case may be. 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 second to last paragraph of Section 1 or failed
to provide the information required to be provided by it, if any, pursuant to
Section 4(o).
(b) The Company shall notify the Trustee and the Paying Agent
under the Indenture within three business days of 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 10:00 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.
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4. Registration Procedures. In connection with any
Registration Statement, the following provisions shall apply:
(a) The Company shall (i) furnish to the 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 shall, in its reasonable judgment, reflect in each such document,
when so filed with the Commission, such comments as the Purchaser may reasonably
propose; (ii) include information substantially to the effect 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 information substantially to
the effect set forth in Annex D hereto in the Letter of Transmittal delivered
pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer; and (iii) if requested by the
Purchaser, include the information required by Item 507 or Item 508 of
Regulation S-K, as applicable, in the prospectus forming a part of the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement.
(b) The Company shall advise the 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 clause (ii) through (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 so that the 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 or any prospectus forming part
of any Registration Statement, and any supplement to such
prospectus, 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.
(c) If any event contemplated by clauses (ii) through (v) of
Section 4 occurs during the period for which the Company is required to maintain
an effective Registration
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Statement, the Company will as promptly as is practicable 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.
(d) The Company will use all commercially reasonable efforts
to obtain the withdrawal at the earliest possible time of any order suspending
the effectiveness of any Registration Statement.
(e) The Company will furnish to each Holder of Transfer
Restricted Securities included within the coverage of any Shelf Registration
Statement, without charge, 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) and as
many conformed copies of such Registration Statement as such Holder reasonably
requests.
(f) 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 lawful offer and sale
of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto.
(g) The Company will furnish to the Purchaser and each
Exchanging Dealer, and to any other Holder 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 the Purchasers or Exchanging Dealer or any such Holder so requests in
writing, all exhibits thereto (including those, if any, incorporated by
reference) and as many conformed copies of such Exchange Offer Registration
Statement as such Holder reasonably requests.
(h) The Company will, during the Exchange Offer Registration
Period or the Shelf Registration Period, as applicable, promptly deliver to the
Purchaser, each Exchanging Dealer and such other persons that are required to
deliver a prospectus following the Registered Exchange Offer, without charge, as
many copies of the final prospectus included in the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement
thereto as the Purchasers, Exchanging Dealer or other persons may reasonably
request; and the Company consents to the use of such prospectus or any amendment
or supplement thereto by the Purchaser, Exchanging Dealer or other persons, as
applicable, in connection with any lawful offer or sale covered by such
prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, as aforesaid.
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(i) Prior to the effective date of any Registration Statement,
the Company will use commercially reasonable 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 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.
(j) The Company will reasonably 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.
(k) 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 as promptly as is practicable
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.
(l) Not later than the effective date of the applicable
Registration Statement, the Company will provide a CUSIP number for each of 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.
(m) The Company will comply with all applicable rules and
regulations of the Commission and the Company 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; provided that in no event shall such
earning statement be delivered later than 45 days after the end of a 12-month
period (or 90 days, if such period is a fiscal year) beginning with the first
month of the Company's first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date
of the applicable Registration Statement, which statement shall cover such
12-month period.
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(n) 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.
(o) 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 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.
(p) 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).
(q) 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 reasonably acceptable to the
Company) and take all such other action, if any, as Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount at maturity 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.
(r) 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 at maturity 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 commercially reasonable 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.
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(s) In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company
shall, if requested by Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount at
maturity 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 commercially
reasonable 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, substantially in the form delivered
by counsel for the Company in connection with the issuance and sale of the
Securities, (ii) its officers to execute and deliver all customary documents and
certificates requested by Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount at
maturity 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 Purchaser and the Holders for the
reasonable fees and disbursements of Sidley & Austin (in addition to any local
counsel) unless otherwise instructed by the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount at maturity of the Securities, the Exchange Securities and the
Private Exchange Securities to be sold pursuant to each Registration Statement
(the "Special Counsel") acting for the Purchaser or 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 the Purchasers or Exchanging Dealer, as applicable,
the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Holder (including, without
limitation, the Purchaser or any such Exchanging Dealer), its affiliates, their
respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents, 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 (including,
without limitation, any loss, claim, damage, liability or action relating to
purchases and sales of Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange
Securities), to which that Holder may become subject, whether commenced or
threatened, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any 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 in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading, and shall reimburse each Holder promptly
upon demand 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, that the
Company shall not be liable in any such case to the
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extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or
is based upon, 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 in or 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 results from the fact that
both (i) 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 (ii) the untrue
statement in or 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(e), 4(f), 4(g) or 4(h), as applicable.
(b) In the event of a Shelf Registration Statement, each
Holder shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its affiliates, their
respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents, 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), from and 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, any 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 in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, 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 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 no such Holder
shall be liable for any indemnity claims hereunder in excess of the amount of
net proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of Securities, Exchange
Securities or Private Exchange Securities pursuant to such Shelf Registration
Statement or prospectus.
(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, 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 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
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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, 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 (i)
the employment of counsel by the indemnified party has been authorized in
writing by the indemnifying party, (ii) the indemnified party has reasonably
concluded (based upon advice of counsel to the indemnified party) 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,
(iii) 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 (iv) 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 receiving notice of the commencement 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 commercially reasonable
efforts to cooperate with the indemnifying party in the defense of any such
action or claim. No indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any
such action effected without its written consent (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld), but if settled with its written consent or if there be a
final judgment for the plaintiff in any such action, the indemnifying party
agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any indemnified party from and against any
loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. No indemnifying
party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party (which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), effect any settlement of any
pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or
could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such
indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of
such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter
of such proceeding.
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 initial offering
and sale of the Securities, on the one hand, and by a Holder from receiving
Securities, Exchange Securities or Private
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Exchange Securities, as applicable, registered under the Securities Act, 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 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, 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.
8. Rules 144 and 144A. The Company shall use its commercially
reasonable efforts to file the reports required to be filed by it under the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act in a timely manner and, if at any time the
Company is not required to file such reports, it will, upon the written request
of any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities, make 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 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
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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. No failure or delay by the Company
or any Holder in exercising any right under this Agreement shall operate as a
waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or
amendment or discontinuance of steps to enforce any such right preclude any
other of further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. 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 at maturity 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 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:
(i) 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 the Purchaser;
(ii) if to the Purchaser, initially at its address set forth
in the Purchase Agreement; and
(iii) if to the Company, initially at the address of the
Company set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
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.
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(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.
(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 each such
person 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,
each such person 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, 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, (ii) it has not previously entered into any agreement which
remains in effect granting any registration rights with respect to any of its
debt securities to any person other than those registration rights agreements
related to the Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities
issued under the Indenture and (iii) without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, and other than the rights granted pursuant to those registration
rights agreements related to the Securities, Exchange Securities or Private
Exchange Securities issued under the Indenture, without the written consent of
the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount at maturity 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.
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(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 commercially reasonable 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 between the Company and the Purchaser.
Very truly yours,
TELECORP PCS, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
Accepted:
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Name:
Title:
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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 180 days after the
expiration of the Exchange Offer, it will make this Prospectus available to any
broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See "Plan of
Distribution".
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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".
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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 180 days after the expiration of
the Exchange Offer, it will make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented,
available to any 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.
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 180 days after the expiration of the Exchange
Offer the Company will promptly send additional copies of this Prospectus and
any amendment or supplement to this Prospectus to any broker-dealer 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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ANNEX D
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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.
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