EXHIBIT (4)-7
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Dated as of February 1, 2001
By and Among
HEALTHSOUTH CORPORATION,
as Issuer,
and
UBS WARBURG LLC,
DEUTSCHE BANC ALEX. XXXXX INC.,
CHASE SECURITIES INC.,
FIRST UNION SECURITIES, INC.,
and
SCOTIA CAPITAL (USA) INC.
as Initial Purchasers
8 1/2% Senior Notes due 2008
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. Definitions...........................................................1
2. Exchange Offer........................................................4
3. Shelf Registration....................................................7
4. Additional Interest...................................................8
5. Registration Procedures..............................................10
6. Registration Expenses................................................18
7. Indemnification......................................................18
8. Rules 144 and 144A...................................................21
9. Underwritten Registrations...........................................22
10. Miscellaneous........................................................22
(a) No Inconsistent Agreements..................................22
(b) Adjustments Affecting Registrable Notes.....................22
(c) Amendments and Waivers......................................22
(d) Notices.....................................................23
(e) Successors and Assigns......................................23
(f) Counterparts................................................24
(g) Headings................................................... 24
(H) GOVERNING LAW...............................................24
(i) Severability................................................24
(j) Securities Held by the Issuer or Its Affiliates.............24
(k) Third Party Beneficiaries...................................24
(l) Attorneys' Fees.............................................24
(m) Entire Agreement............................................24
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights Agreement (this "Agreement") is dated
as of February 1, 2001, by and among HEALTHSOUTH Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "Issuer"), on the one hand, and UBS WARBURG LLC, DEUTSCHE BANC
ALEX. XXXXX INC., XXXXX SECURITIES INC., FIRST UNION SECURITIES, INC. and SCOTIA
CAPITAL (USA) INC. (collectively, the "Initial Purchasers"), on the other hand.
This Agreement is entered into in connection with the Purchase
Agreement, dated as of January 25, 2001, among the Issuer and the Initial
Purchasers (the "Purchase Agreement"), relating to the $375,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of the Issuer's 8 1/2% Senior Notes due 2008 (the "Notes").
The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the Initial
Purchasers' obligation to purchase the Notes under the Purchase Agreement.
The parties hereby agree as follows:
Section 1. Definitions
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
"Additional Interest" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4(a) hereof.
"Advice" shall have the meaning set forth in the final
paragraph of Section 5 hereof.
"Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in the
introductory paragraph hereto.
"Applicable Period" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2(b) hereof.
"Business Day" shall mean a day that is not a Legal Holiday.
"Commission" shall mean the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
"day" means a calendar day.
"Effectiveness Period" shall have the meaning set forth in the
second paragraph of Section 3(a) hereof.
"Event Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b)
hereof.
"Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder.
"Exchange Notes" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2(a) hereof.
"Exchange Offer" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2(a) hereof.
"Exchange Offer Registration Statement" shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 2(a) hereof.
"Holder" shall mean any holder of a Registrable Note or
Registrable Notes.
"Indemnified Person" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 7(c) hereof.
"Indemnifying Person" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 7(c) hereof.
"Indenture" shall mean the Indenture, dated as of February 1,
2001, by and among the Issuer and The Bank 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 Purchasers" shall have the meaning set forth in the
preamble hereof.
"Initial Shelf Registration" shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 3(a) hereof.
"Inspectors" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(n)
hereof.
"Issue Date" shall mean February 1, 2001, the date of original
issuance of the Notes.
"Issuer" shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory
paragraph hereto and shall also include the Issuer's permitted successors and
assigns.
"Legal Holiday" shall mean a Saturday, a Sunday, a federally
recognized holiday or a day on which banking institutions are not required to be
open in the State of New York.
"NASD" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(s)
hereof.
"Notes" shall have the meaning set forth in the second
introductory paragraph hereto.
"Participant" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(a)
hereof.
"Participating Broker-Dealer" shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 2(b) hereof.
"Person" shall mean an individual, trustee, corporation,
partnership, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, union,
business association, firm, government or agency or political subdivision
thereof or other legal entity.
"Private Exchange" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2(b) hereof.
"Private Exchange Notes" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2(b) hereof.
"Prospectus" shall mean 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
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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, including post-effective amendments, and all
material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in
such Prospectus.
"Purchase Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in the
introductory paragraphs hereof.
"Records" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(n)
hereof.
"Registrable Notes" shall mean each Note upon its original
issuance and at all times subsequent thereto, each Exchange Note as to which
Section 2(c)(iv) 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 (i) a Registration Statement (other
than, with respect to any Exchange Note as to which Section 2(c)(iv) hereof is
applicable, the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) covering such Note,
Exchange Note or Private Exchange Note has been declared effective by the
Commission and such Note, Exchange Note or such Private Exchange Note, as the
case may be, has been disposed of in accordance with such effective Registration
Statement, (ii) such Note has been exchanged pursuant to the Exchange Offer for
one or more Exchange Notes that may be resold without restriction under state
and federal securities laws, (iii) such Note, Exchange Note or Private Exchange
Note, as the case may be, ceases to be outstanding for purposes of the Indenture
or (iv) the date on which any such Note, Exchange Note or Private Exchange Note
is distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 or is saleable pursuant to
Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act.
"Registration Default" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4(a) hereof.
"Registration Statement" shall mean any appropriate
registration statement of the Issuer covering any of the Registrable Notes
pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including, but not limited to, the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement, filed with the Commission under the
Securities Act, and all amendments and supplements to any such Registration
Statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the
Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated
by reference therein.
"Requesting Participating Broker-Dealer" shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof.
"Rule 144" shall mean 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 Commission
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.
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"Rule 144A" shall mean 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 Commission.
"Rule 415" shall mean 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 Commission.
"Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
"Shelf Filing Event" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2(c) hereof.
"Shelf Registration" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3(b) hereof.
"Subsequent Shelf Registration" shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 3(b) hereof.
"TIA" shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
"Trustee" shall mean the trustee under the Indenture and the
trustee (if any) under any indenture governing the Exchange Notes and Private
Exchange Notes.
"Underwritten registration or underwritten offering" shall
mean a registration in which securities of the Issuer are sold to an underwriter
for reoffering to the public.
Section 2. Exchange Offer
(a) The Issuer shall, at the Issuer's cost (as set forth in
Section 6 hereof), (i) file (or confidentially submit) a Registration Statement
(the "Exchange Offer Registration Statement") within 60 days after the Issue
Date with the Commission on an appropriate registration form with respect to a
registered offer (the "Exchange Offer") to exchange any and all of the
Registrable Notes for a like aggregate principal amount of notes (the "Exchange
Notes") that are identical in all material respects to the Notes (except that
the Exchange Notes shall not contain terms with respect to transfer restrictions
or Additional Interest upon a Registration Default) and (ii) use its reasonable
best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be declared
effective under the Securities Act on or prior to 120 days after the Issue Date
and (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to consummate the Exchange Offer on or
prior to 150 days after the Issue Date. Upon the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement being declared effective by the Commission, the Issuer will offer the
Exchange Notes in exchange for surrender of the Notes. The Issuer shall keep the
Exchange Offer open for not less than 20 Business Days (or longer if required by
applicable law) after the date notice of the Exchange Offer is mailed to
Holders.
Each Holder that participates in the Exchange Offer will be
required to represent to the Issuer in writing that (i) such Holder is not an
affiliate of the Issuer within the meaning of the Securities Act, (ii) any
Exchange Notes to be received by it will be acquired in the ordinary course of
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its business, (iii) at the time of the commencement of the Exchange Offer such
Holder will have no arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate
in the distribution (as such term is used in the Securities Act) of the Exchange
Notes in violation of the provisions of the Securities Act, (iv) if such Holder
is not a broker-dealer, that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage
in, a distribution of Exchange Notes and (v) if such Holder is a broker-dealer
that will receive Exchange Notes for its own account in exchange for Notes that
were acquired as a result of market-making or other trading activities, it will
deliver a Prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes.
Upon consummation of the Exchange Offer in accordance with
this Section 2, the provisions of this Agreement shall continue to apply,
mutatis mutandis, solely with respect to Registrable Notes that are Private
Exchange Notes, Exchange Notes as to which Section 2(c)(iv) is applicable and
Exchange Notes held by Participating Broker-Dealers (as defined), and the Issuer
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)(iv) hereof applies) pursuant to Section 3 hereof. No
securities other than the Exchange Notes shall be included in the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement.
(b) The Issuer and the Initial Purchasers acknowledge that the
staff of the Commission has taken the position that any broker-dealer that
elects to exchange Notes that were acquired by such broker-dealer for its own
account as a result of market-making or other trading activities for Exchange
Notes in the Exchange Offer (a "Participating Broker-Dealer") may be deemed to
be an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a
Prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any
resale of such Exchange Notes (other than a resale of an unsold allotment
resulting from the original offering of the Notes).
The Issuer and the Initial Purchasers also acknowledge that it
is the staff of the Commission's position that if the Prospectus contained in
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution
containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating
Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Notes, without naming the Participating
Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Notes owned by them, such
Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their
prospectus delivery obligations under the Securities Act in connection with
resales of Exchange Notes for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus
otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.
In light of the foregoing, if requested by a Participating
Broker-Dealer (a "Requesting Participating Broker-Dealer"), the Issuer agrees to
use its reasonable best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement continuously effective for a period of up to 180 days after the date
on which the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective, or
such longer period if extended pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 5
hereof (such period, the "Applicable Period"), or such earlier date as all
Requesting Participating Broker-Dealers shall have notified the Issuer in
writing that such Requesting Participating Broker-Dealers have resold all
Exchange Notes acquired in the Exchange Offer. The Issuer shall include a plan
of distribution in such Exchange Offer Registration Statement that meets the
requirements set forth in the preceding paragraph.
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If, prior to consummation of the Exchange Offer, any Holder
holds any Notes 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 if any Holder is not entitled to participate in the Exchange
Offer, the Issuer upon the request of any such Holder shall, simultaneously with
the delivery of the Exchange Notes in the Exchange Offer, issue and deliver to
any such Holder, in exchange (the "Private Exchange") for such Notes held by any
such Holder, a like principal amount of notes (the "Private Exchange Notes") of
the Issuer that are identical in all material respects to the Exchange Notes.
The Private Exchange Notes shall be issued pursuant to the same indenture as the
Exchange Notes and bear the same CUSIP number as the Exchange Notes.
In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Issuer shall:
(1) mail to each Holder entitled to participate in the
Exchange Offer a copy of the Prospectus forming part of the Exchange
Offer 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;
(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
and the Private Exchange, if any, the Issuer shall:
(1) accept for exchange all Notes validly tendered and not
validly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer and 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 Offer and the Private Exchange shall not be
subject to any conditions, other than that (i) the Exchange Offer or Private
Exchange, as the case may be, does not violate applicable law or any applicable
interpretation of the staff of the Commission, (ii) no action or proceeding
shall have been instituted or threatened in any court or by any governmental
agency which might materially impair the ability of the Issuer to proceed with
the Exchange Offer or the Private Exchange, and no material adverse development
shall have occurred in any existing action or proceeding with respect to the
Issuer and (iii) all governmental approvals shall have been obtained,
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which approvals the Issuer deems necessary for the consummation of the Exchange
Offer or Private Exchange.
The Exchange Notes and the Private Exchange Notes shall be
issued under (i) the Indenture or (ii) an indenture identical in all material
respects to the Indenture (in either case, with such changes as are necessary to
comply with any requirements of the Commission to effect or maintain the
qualification thereof under the TIA) and which, in either case, has been
qualified under the TIA and shall provide that the Exchange Notes shall not be
subject to the transfer restrictions set forth in the Indenture or Additional
Interest upon a Registration Default. 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 none of 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) In the event that (i) any changes in law or the applicable
interpretations of the staff of the Commission do not permit the Issuer to
effect the Exchange Offer, (ii) if for any reason the Exchange Offer is not
consummated within 150 days of the Issue Date, (iii) any Holder of Private
Exchange Notes so requests; or (iv) 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 federal securities
laws (other than due solely to the status of such Holder as an affiliate of the
Issuer within the meaning of the Securities Act) (each such event referred to in
clauses (i) through (iv) of this sentence, a "Shelf Filing Event"), then the
Issuer shall file a Shelf Registration pursuant to Section 3 hereof.
Section 3. Shelf Registration
If at any time a Shelf Filing Event shall occur, then:
(a) Shelf Registration. The Issuer shall file with the
Commission a Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous
basis pursuant to Rule 415 covering all of the Registrable Notes not exchanged
in the Exchange Offer, Private Exchange Notes and Exchange Notes as to which
Section 2(c)(iv) is applicable (the "Initial Shelf Registration"). The Issuer
shall use its reasonable best efforts to file with the Commission the Initial
Shelf Registration as promptly as practicable, but in no event later than 45
days after the Issuer has notice of the Shelf Filing Event. The Initial Shelf
Registration shall be on Form S-3 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 Issuer shall not permit any securities other than
the Registrable Notes to be included in the Initial Shelf Registration or any
Subsequent Shelf Registration (as defined below).
The Issuer shall use its reasonable best efforts (x) to cause
the Initial Shelf Registration to be declared effective under the Securities Act
on or prior to the later of the 60th day after the Shelf Filing Event or the
150th day after the Issue Date and (y) to keep the Initial Shelf Registration
continuously effective under the Securities Act for the period ending on the
date which is two years from the Issue Date, subject to extension pursuant to
the last paragraph of Section 5 hereof (the "Effectiveness Period"), or such
shorter period ending when (i) all Registrable Notes covered by
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the Initial Shelf Registration have been sold in the manner set forth and as
contemplated in the Initial Shelf Registration or (ii) a Subsequent Shelf
Registration covering all of the Registrable Notes covered by and not sold under
the Initial Shelf Registration or an earlier Subsequent Shelf Registration has
been declared effective under the Securities Act; provided, however, that the
Effectiveness Period in respect of the Initial Shelf Registration shall be
extended to the extent required to permit dealers to comply with the applicable
prospectus delivery requirements of Rule 174 under the Securities Act and as
otherwise provided herein; provided, further, that the Issuer may suspend the
effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement by written notice to the Holders
for a period not to exceed 30 days in any calendar year if (i) an event occurs
and is continuing as a result of which the Shelf Registration Statement would,
in the Issuer's good faith judgment, contain an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein not misleading and (ii) (a) the Issuer determines in good faith that the
disclosure of such event at such time would have a material adverse effect on
the business, operations or prospects of the Issuer and its subsidiaries, taken
as a whole, or (b) the disclosure otherwise relates to a previously undisclosed
pending material business transaction, the disclosure of which would impede the
Issuer's ability to consummate such transaction.
(b) Subsequent Shelf Registrations. If the Initial Shelf
Registration or any Subsequent 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 Issuer shall use its
reasonable best efforts to obtain the prompt withdrawal of any order suspending
the effectiveness thereof, and in any event shall as soon as practicable after
such cessation amend the Initial Shelf Registration or such Subsequent Shelf
Registration, as the case may be, in a manner to obtain the withdrawal of the
order suspending the effectiveness thereof, or file an additional "shelf"
Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 415 covering all of the Registrable
Notes covered by and not sold under the Initial Shelf Registration or such
earlier Subsequent Shelf Registration (each, a "Subsequent Shelf Registration").
If a Subsequent Shelf Registration is filed, the Issuer shall use its reasonable
best efforts to cause the Subsequent Shelf Registration to be declared effective
under the Securities Act as soon as practicable after such filing and to keep
such Registration Statement continuously effective for a period equal to the
number of days in the Effectiveness Period less the aggregate number of days
during which the Initial Shelf Registration and any Subsequent Shelf
Registration was previously continuously effective. As used herein, the term
"Shelf Registration" means the Initial Shelf Registration and any Subsequent
Shelf Registration.
(c) Supplements and Amendments. The Issuer 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.
Section 4. Additional Interest
(a) The Issuer and the Initial Purchasers agree that the
Holders will suffer damages if the Issuer 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, in the event that:
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(i) the Issuer does not file (or confidentially submit) with the
Commission on or prior to the 60th day following the Issue Date, or
cause to become effective on or prior to the 120th day following the
Issue Date, the Exchange Offer Registration Statement,
(ii) the Issuer is obligated to file the Shelf Registration Statement
and such Shelf Registration Statement is not filed with the Commission
on or prior to the 45th day following the date on which the Issuer has
notice of the Shelf Filing Event or such Shelf Registration Statement
is not declared effective on or prior to the later of the 60th day
following the Shelf Filing Event or the 150th day following the Issue
Date,
(iii) the Issuer fails to consummate the Exchange Offer on or prior to
the 150th day following the Issue Date or
(iv) the Shelf Registration Statement or the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement is declared effective but thereafter ceases to
be declared effective or usable in connection with resales of
Registrable Notes during the periods specified herein, except if the
Shelf Registration or the Exchange Offer Registration Statement ceases
to be effective or usable as specifically permitted herein or solely as
a result of (x) the filing of a post-effective amendment to such Shelf
Registration Statement to incorporate annual audited financial
information with respect to the Issuer where such post-effective
amendment is not yet effective and needs to be declared effective to
permit holders to use the related Prospectus or (y) other material
events, with respect to the Issuer, that would need to be described in
such Shelf Registration Statement or the related Prospectus and, in the
case of this clause (y), the Issuer is proceeding promptly and in good
faith to amend or supplement the Shelf Registration Statement or the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement and related Prospectus to
describe such events
(each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) above, a "Registration
Default"), then the Issuer shall pay, as liquidated damages, additional interest
("Additional Interest") on the Registrable Notes in cash on each Interest
Payment Date (as defined in the Indenture) in an amount equal to one-quarter of
one percent (0.25%) per annum of the aggregate principal amount of the
Registrable Notes, with respect to the first 90-day period following such
Registration Default. The amount of such Additional Interest will increase by an
additional one-quarter of one percent (0.25%) to a maximum of one percent (1.0%)
per annum of the aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Notes for each
subsequent 90-day period until such Registration Default has been cured. Upon
(1) the filing (or confidential submission) of the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement after the 60-day period described in clause (i) above, (2) the
effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement after the 120-day
period described in clause (i) above, (3) the filing (or confidential
submission) of the Shelf Registration Statement after the 45-day period
described in clause (ii) above, (4) the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration
Statement after the 60-day period or the 150-day period, as the case may be,
described in clause (ii) above, (5) the consummation of the Exchange Offer after
the 150-day period described in clause (iii) above, or (6) the cure of any
Registration Default described in clause (iv) above, the interest rate borne by
the Notes from the date of such filing, effectiveness or consummation, as the
case may be, will be reduced to the original interest rate if the Issuer is
otherwise in compliance with this paragraph; provided, however, that if, after
any such reduction in interest rate, a different
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event specified above occurs, the interest rate may again be increased pursuant
to the foregoing provisions.
(b) The Issuer 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 Section 4(a) hereof will be payable in cash
semi-annually on the Interest Payment Dates specified in the Indenture (to the
holders of record as specified in the Indenture), commencing with the first such
Interest Payment 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 comprised 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.
Section 5. Registration Procedures
In connection with the filing of any Registration Statement
pursuant to Section 2 or 3 hereof, the Issuer 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
connection with any Registration Statement filed by the Issuer hereunder the
Issuer shall:
(a) Prepare and file (or confidentially submit) with the
Commission, a Registration Statement or Registration Statements as
prescribed by Section 2 or 3 hereof, and use its reasonable 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 the Exchange Offer 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 relating thereto, before filing any
Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements
thereto, the Issuer 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 filed (in each case at least five Business Days prior to such
filing). The Issuer 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, their counsel, or the managing
underwriters, if any, shall reasonably object.
(b) Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and
post-effective amendments to each Shelf Registration Statement or
Exchange Offer 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
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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 each of them 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, in each case, in
accordance with the intended methods of distribution set forth in such
Registration Statement or Prospectus, as so amended. The Issuer shall
be deemed not to have used its reasonable best efforts to keep a
Registration Statement effective during the Effectiveness Period or the
Applicable Period, as the case may be, relating thereto if the Issuer
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; provided, however, that the Issuer may
suspend the effectiveness of a Registration Statement by written notice
to the Holders or the Participating Broker-Dealers for a period not to
exceed 30 days in any calendar year if (i) an event occurs and is
continuing as a result of which the Registration Statement would, in
the Issuer's good faith judgment, contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein not misleading and (ii) (a) the Issuer
determines in good faith that the disclosure of such event at such time
would have a material adverse effect on the business, operations or
prospects of the Issuer and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (b)
the disclosure otherwise relates to a previously undisclosed pending
material business transaction, the disclosure of which would impede the
Issuer's ability to consummate such transaction.
(c) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3
hereof, or (2) a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer
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 relating thereto, 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, as promptly as
possible, and, if requested by any such Person, confirm such 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 Issuer, 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 Commission 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 Issuer contained in any agreement
(including any underwriting agreement) contemplated by Section 5(m)
hereof cease to be true and correct in
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all material respects, (iv) of the receipt by the Issuer 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 threatening of any proceeding for such purpose, (v) of the happening
of any event, the existence of any condition or any information
becoming known to the Issuer 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 respect 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 necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading, and (vi) of the Issuer's determination that a
post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement would be
appropriate.
(d) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section
3 hereof, or (2) a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer
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 relating thereto, 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 to
be sold by any Participating Broker-Dealer, for sale in any
jurisdiction, and, if any such order is issued, to use its reasonable
best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any such order at the earliest
practicable moment.
(e) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section
3 hereof and if requested by the managing underwriter or underwriters
(if any), the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Registrable Notes being sold in connection with an underwritten
offering, or (2) a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer
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 relating thereto and if requested by any Participating
Broker-Dealer, (i) promptly incorporate in a Prospectus supplement or
post-effective amendment such information as the managing underwriter
or underwriters (if any), such Holders or any Participating
Broker-Dealer (based upon advice of counsel) 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 Issuer has received notification of the matters
to be incorporated in such Prospectus supplement or post-effective
amendment; provided, however, that the Issuer shall not be required to
take any action hereunder that would, in the written opinion of counsel
to the Issuer, violate applicable laws, and (iii) supplement or make
amendments to such Registration Statement (based upon advice of
counsel).
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(f) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section
3 hereof, or (2) a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer
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 relating thereto, furnish to each selling Holder of Registrable
Notes and to each such Participating Broker-Dealer who so requests and
to counsel and each managing underwriter, if any, at the sole expense
of the Issuer, 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 the Exchange Offer
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 relating thereto, deliver to each selling Holder of Registrable
Notes, or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be,
their respective counsel, and the underwriter or underwriters, if any,
at the sole expense of the Issuer, 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 Issuer 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 any
delivery of a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange
Notes during the Applicable Period, use its reasonable 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; provided, however, that where Exchange
Notes held by Participating Broker-Dealers or Registrable Notes are
offered other than through an underwritten offering, the Issuer agrees
to cause the Issuer's counsel to perform Blue Sky investigations and
file registrations and qualifications required to be filed pursuant to
this Section 5(h); and 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, however, that
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the Issuer 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 excess of a nominal dollar amount 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 request at least two Business Days
prior to any sale of such Registrable Notes.
(j) Use its reasonable 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
reasonably necessary to enable the seller or sellers 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 Issuer 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 the Exchange Offer
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 relating thereto, 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 Commission,
at the sole expense of the Issuer, 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 whom such
Prospectus will be delivered by a Participating Broker-Dealer, any such
Prospectus will 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, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(l) 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 in a form eligible for
deposit with The Depository Trust Company and (ii) provide a CUSIP
number for the Registrable Notes.
(m) 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
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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 Issuer 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 (but in
no event materially more extensive than those in the Purchase
Agreement), and confirm the same in writing if and when requested; (ii)
use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the written opinions of
counsel to the Issuer 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 and
such other matters as may be reasonably requested by the managing
underwriter or underwriters (but in no event materially more extensive
than those required by the Purchase Agreement); (iii) use its
reasonable best efforts to 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 Issuer (and, if necessary, any other
independent certified public accountants of any subsidiary of the
Issuer or of any business acquired by the Issuer 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 (but in no event
materially more extensive than those required by the Purchase
Agreement); 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.
(n) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3
hereof, or (2) a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer
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 relating thereto, 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 Issuer and its
subsidiaries (collectively, the "Records") as shall be reasonably
necessary to enable them to exercise any applicable due diligence
responsibilities, and cause the officers, directors, employees and
agents of the Issuer and its subsidiaries to supply all information
reasonably requested by any such Inspector in connection with such
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Registration Statement and Prospectus. Each Inspector shall agree in
writing that it will not disclose any records that the Issuer
determines, in good faith, to be confidential and that it notifies the
Inspectors in writing are confidential unless (i) the disclosure of
such Records is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or
omission in such Registration Statement or Prospectus, (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 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 the Purchase Agreement, or any transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby or arising hereunder or thereunder, or
(iv) the information in such Records has been made generally available
to the public other than by an act or a failure to act by a Holder or
an Inspector; provided, however, that such Inspector shall take such
actions as are reasonably necessary to protect the confidentiality of
such information (if practicable) to the extent such action is
otherwise not inconsistent with, an impairment of or in derogation of
the rights and interests of the Holder or any Inspector.
(o) Provide an indenture trustee for the Registrable Notes or
the Exchange Notes, as the case may be, and cause the Indenture or any
other 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 first Registration Statement relating to the Registrable Notes; 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 required to be filed with the Commission to enable
such indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner.
(p) Comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the
Commission and make generally available to the Issuer's securityholders
earnings 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) (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 Issuer after the effective date of a
Registration Statement.
(q) Upon consummation of the Exchange Offer or a Private
Exchange, use its reasonable best efforts to obtain an opinion of
counsel to the Issuer, 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 Issuer,
enforceable against the Issuer in accordance with its respective terms,
subject to customary exceptions and qualifications.
(r) If the Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange is to be
consummated, upon delivery of the Registrable Notes by Holders to the
Issuer (or to such other Person as directed
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by the Issuer) in exchange for the Exchange Notes or the Private
Exchange Notes, as the case may be, 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.
(s) 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 connection with any filings required to be made with the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD").
(t) Use its reasonable 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 Issuer may require each seller of Registrable Notes as to
which any registration is being effected to furnish to the Issuer such
information regarding such seller and the distribution of such Registrable Notes
as the Issuer may, from time to time, reasonably request. The Issuer may exclude
from such registration the Registrable Notes of any seller so long as such
seller fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after
receiving such request. Each seller as to which any Shelf Registration is being
effected agrees to furnish promptly to the Issuer all information required to be
disclosed in order to make the information previously furnished to the Issuer by
such seller not materially misleading.
If any such Registration Statement refers to any Holder by
name or otherwise as the holder of any securities of the Issuer, then such
Holder shall have the right to require (i) the insertion therein of language, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Holder, to the effect that
the holding by such Holder of such securities is not to be construed as a
recommendation by such Holder of the investment quality of the securities
covered thereby and that such holding does not imply that such Holder will
assist in meeting any future financial requirements of the Issuer, or (ii) in
the event that such reference to such Holder by name or otherwise is not
required by the Securities Act or any similar federal statute then in force, the
deletion of the reference to such Holder in any amendment or supplement to the
Registration Statement filed or prepared subsequent to the time that such
reference ceases to be required.
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 Issuer of the happening of any event of
the kind described in Section 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 Issuer 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 Issuer shall give any such notice,
each of the Effectiveness Period and the Applicable Period shall be extended by
the number of
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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-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.
Section 6. Registration Expenses
All fees and expenses incident to the performance of or
compliance with this Agreement by the Issuer shall be borne by the Issuer,
whether or not the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or any Shelf
Registration is filed or becomes effective or the Exchange Offer is consummated,
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 in respect of Registrable Notes
or Exchange Notes to be sold by any Participating Broker-Dealer during the
Applicable Period, as the case may be, (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery
expenses, (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Issuer and reasonable
fees and disbursements of one special counsel for all of the sellers of
Registrable Notes (exclusive of any counsel retained pursuant to Section 7
hereof), (v) fees and disbursements of all independent certified public
accountants referred to in Section 5(m)(iii) hereof (including, without
limitation, the expenses of any special audit and "cold comfort" letters
required by or incident to such performance), (vi) Securities Act liability
insurance, if the Issuer desires such insurance, (vii) fees and expenses of all
other Persons retained by the Issuer, (viii) internal expenses of the Issuer
(including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of officers and
employees of the Issuer performing legal or accounting duties), (ix) the expense
of any annual audit, (x) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the
listing of the securities to be registered on any securities exchange, and the
obtaining of a rating of the securities, in each case if applicable, and (xi)
the expenses relating to printing, word processing and distributing all
Registration Statements, underwriting agreements, indentures and any other
documents necessary in order to comply with this Agreement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing or anything to the contrary, each Holder shall pay all underwriting
discounts and commissions of any underwriters with respect to any Registrable
Notes sold by or on behalf of it.
Section 7. Indemnification
(a) The Issuer agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each
Holder of Registrable Notes and each Participating Broker-Dealer selling
Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period
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relating thereto, the officers, directors, employees and agents of each such
Person, and each Person, if any, who controls any such Person within the
bmeaning 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 (or any amendment thereto) or Prospectus
(as amended or supplemented if the Issuer shall have furnished any amendments or
supplements thereto) or any 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 case of the Prospectus in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading, except insofar as 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 Issuer in writing by or on behalf
of such Participant expressly for use therein.
(b) Each Participant agrees, severally and not jointly, to
indemnify and hold harmless the Issuer, its directors, officers, employees and
agents and each Person who controls the Issuer within the meaning of Section 15
of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent (but
on a several, and not joint, basis) as the foregoing indemnity from the Issuer
to each Participant, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that
any loss, claim, damage or liability is 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 Issuer
in writing by or on behalf of such Participant expressly for use in any
Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or Prospectus (as amended or
supplemented if the Issuer shall have furnished any amendments or supplements
thereto) or any preliminary prospectus.
(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 Persons against whom such indemnity may be
sought (the "Indemnifying Persons") in writing, and the Indemnifying Persons,
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 Persons may reasonably designate in such proceeding
and shall pay the fees and expenses actually incurred by such counsel related to
such proceeding; provided, however, that the failure to so notify the
Indemnifying Persons shall not relieve any of them of any obligation or
liability which any of the Indemnifying Persons may have hereunder or otherwise,
except to the extent such failure materially prejudices the Indemnifying
Persons. 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 Persons and
the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary, (ii) the
Indemnifying Persons 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 any Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person or any affiliate thereof
and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate
due to actual or
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potential differing interests between them. It is understood that, unless there
exists a conflict among Indemnified Persons, the Indemnifying Persons 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 shall
be reasonably acceptable to the Issuer and any such separate firm for the
Issuer, their respective directors, their respective officers and such control
Persons of the Issuer shall be designated in writing by the Issuer and shall be
reasonably acceptable to the Holders. The Indemnifying Persons shall not be
liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without their prior written
consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), but if
settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff for
which the Indemnified Person is entitled to indemnification pursuant to this
Agreement, each of the Indemnifying Persons agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by
reason of such settlement or judgment. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the
prior written consent of the Indemnified Persons (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed), 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 such
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) as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. 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 Issuer 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 treated as one entity for such
purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the
equitable
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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) Any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses for
which an Indemnified Person is entitled to indemnification or contribution under
this Section 7 shall be paid by the Indemnifying Person to the Indemnified
Person as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are incurred.
The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 7 and the
representations and warranties of the Issuer set forth in this Agreement shall
remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of (i) any
investigation made by or on behalf of any Holder or any person who controls a
Holder, the Issuer, their respective directors, officers, employees or agents or
any person controlling the Issuer, and (ii) any termination of this Agreement.
(g) The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in
this Section 7 will be in addition to any liability which the Indemnifying
Persons may otherwise have to the Indemnified Persons referred to above.
Section 8. Rules 144 and 144A
The Issuer 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 Commission thereunder in a timely manner in
accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and,
if at any time the Issuer is not required to file such reports, it will, upon
the request of any Holder or beneficial owner of Registrable Notes, make
available such information necessary to permit sales pursuant to Rule 144A under
the Securities Act. The Issuer further covenants that it will take such further
action as any Holder of Registrable Notes may reasonably request, all to the
extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Registrable
Notes without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the
exemptions provided by (a) Rule 144(k) and Rule 144A under the Securities Act,
as such Rules may be amended from time to time, or (b) any similar rule or
regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
nothing in this Section 8 shall be deemed to require the Issuer to register any
of its securities pursuant to the Exchange Act.
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Section 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 shall be reasonably acceptable
to the Issuer.
No Holder of Registrable Notes may participate in any
underwritten registration hereunder unless such Holder (i) 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 (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of
attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents required
under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.
Section 10. Miscellaneous
(a) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Issuer has not, as of the
date hereof, and the Issuer shall not, after the date of this Agreement, enter
into any agreement with respect to any of its 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 rights granted to the
Holders hereunder do not conflict with and are not inconsistent with, in any
material respect, the rights granted to the holders of the Issuer's other issued
and outstanding securities under any such agreements. The Issuer has not entered
and will not enter into any agreement with respect to any of its securities
which will grant to any Person piggy-back registration rights with respect to
any Registration Statement.
(b) Adjustments Affecting Registrable Notes. The Issuer shall
not, directly or indirectly, take any action with respect to the Registrable
Notes as a class that would adversely affect 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 except pursuant to a
written agreement duly signed and delivered by (i) the Issuer and (ii)(1) the
Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then
outstanding Registrable Notes and (2) in circumstances that would adversely
affect the Participating Broker-Dealers, the Participating Broker-Dealers
holding not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Exchange
Notes held by all Participating Broker-Dealers; provided, however, that Section
7 and this Section 10(c) may not be amended, modified or supplemented except
pursuant to a written agreement duly signed and delivered by each Holder and
each Participating Broker-Dealer (including any person who was a Holder or
Participating Broker-Dealer of Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes, as the case
may be, disposed of pursuant to any Registration Statement) affected by any such
amendment, modification or supplement. 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 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
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Registrable Notes may be given by Holders of at least a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Registrable Notes being sold pursuant to such
Registration Statement.
(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
or certified first-class mail, next-day air courier or telecopier:
(i) 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.
(ii) if to the Issuer, at the address as follows:
HEALTHSOUTH Corporation
Xxx XxxxxxXxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax number: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
(iii) if to the Initial Purchasers, at the address as follows:
UBS Warburg LLC
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax number: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Syndicate Department
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; when receipt
is acknowledged by the recipient's telecopier machine, if telecopied; and on the
next Business Day, if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight
delivery.
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 the 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, the Holders and the Participating Broker-Dealers; 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.
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(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.
(i) Severability. 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 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 Issuer 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 Issuer or any of 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, beneficial owners of
Registrable Notes, Participating Broker-Dealers and the controlling persons and
agents referred to in Section 7 are intended third party beneficiaries of this
Agreement, and this Agreement may be enforced by such Persons. No other Person
is intended to be, or shall be construed as, a third-party beneficiary of this
Agreement.
(l) Attorneys' Fees. As between the parties to this Agreement,
in any action or proceeding brought to enforce any provision of this Agreement,
or where any provision hereof is validly asserted as a defense, the successful
party shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys' fees actually incurred
in addition to its costs and expenses and any other available remedy.
(m) 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 Holders
on the one hand and the Issuer 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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement
as of the date first written above.
HEALTHSOUTH CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
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UBS WARBURG LLC
DEUTSCHE BANC ALEX. XXXXX INC.
CHASE SECURITIES INC.
FIRST UNION SECURITIES, INC.
SCOTIA CAPITAL (USA) INC.
By: UBS WARBURG LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Managing Director
Leveraged Finance
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Director
Leveraged Finance
