REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT Dated as of September 11, 2007 Among ALERIS INTERNATIONAL, INC. and THE GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN as Issuers, and DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC., as Initial Purchaser $105,379,000 9% Senior Notes due 2014Registration Rights Agreement • November 13th, 2007 • Aleris International, Inc. • Secondary smelting & refining of nonferrous metals • New York
This Agreement is entered into in connection with the Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 11, 2007 (the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among the Company and the Initial Purchaser, which provides for, among other things, the sale by the Company to the Initial Purchaser of $105,379,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 9% Senior Notes due 2014 (the “Notes”). The Notes are issued under an indenture, dated as of the date hereof (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantors and LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and the Indenture, each Guarantor is required to guarantee on an unsecured senior basis (collectively, the “Guarantees”) the Company’s obligations under the Notes. References to the “Securities” shall mean, collectively, the Notes and, when issued, the Guarantees. In order to induce the Initial Purchaser to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Issuers have agreed to p
