FACE OF NOTE]Face of Note • May 30th, 2007 • Spartan Stores Inc • Wholesale-groceries, general line • New York
THIS SECURITY AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ("COMMON STOCK") OF SPARTAN STORES, INC. (THE "COMPANY") ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. NONE OF THIS SECURITY, THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN OR THEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION.
110,000,000 AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT SPARTAN STORES, INC. 3.375% CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2027 Resale Registration Rights Agreement Dated May 30, 2007Resale Registration Rights Agreement • May 30th, 2007 • Spartan Stores Inc • Wholesale-groceries, general line • New York
RESALE REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of May 30, 2007, among Spartan Stores, Inc., a Michigan corporation (together with any successor entity, herein referred to as the "Company") and Banc of America Securities LLC and Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. as representatives (the "Representatives") of the several initial purchasers (the "Initial Purchasers") under the Purchase Agreement (as defined below).
95,000,000 AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT* Spartan Stores, Inc.Spartan Stores Inc • May 30th, 2007 • Wholesale-groceries, general line • New York
Spartan Stores, Inc., a Michigan corporation (the "Company"), proposes to issue and sell to the several purchasers named in Schedule A (the "Initial Purchasers") $95,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 3.375% Convertible Senior Notes due May 15, 2027 (the "Firm Notes"). In addition, the Company has granted to the Initial Purchasers an option to purchase up to an additional $15,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 3.375% Convertible Senior Notes due May 15, 2027 (the "Optional Notes" and, together with the Firm Notes, the "Notes"). Banc of America Securities LLC ("BAS," and in its capacity as a representative of the Initial Purchasers, the "Representative") and Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. have agreed to act as representatives of the several Initial Purchasers in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes. To the extent that there are no Initial Purchasers listed on Schedule A other than BAS and Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., the term "Initial Purchasers" as used herein
