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Exhibit
10.70
SBA Communications
Corporation
1.875% Convertible Senior
Notes due 2013
Registration Rights
Agreement
May 16,
2008
Deutsche Bank Securities
Inc.,
Citigroup Global Markets
Inc.,
Lehman Brothers Inc.
As Representatives of the
several
Initial
Purchasers listed on
Schedule 1 to
the Purchase Agreement
c/o Deutsche Bank Securities
Inc.
60 Wall Street New York, New York
10005
Ladies and Gentlemen:
SBA Communications
Corporation, a Florida corporation (the “ Company
”), proposes to issue and sell to the initial purchasers
listed on Schedule 1 to the Purchase Agreement (as defined below)
(collectively, the “ Initial Purchasers ”), upon
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in a purchase
agreement, dated May 12, 2008 (the “ Purchase
Agreement ”), between the Company and you, as the
Representatives of the Initial Purchasers, $500,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of its 1.875% Convertible Senior Notes due 2013
(the “ Firm Notes ”) and, at the election of the
Initial Purchasers, an additional $50,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of the Company’s 1.875% Convertible Senior Notes due
2013 (the “ Additional Notes ” and, together
with the Firm Notes, the “ Notes ”). The Notes
will be convertible into fully paid, non-assessable shares of
Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the
Company on the terms, and subject to the conditions, set forth in
the Indenture (as defined below). Capitalized terms used but not
defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the
Purchase Agreement.
As an inducement to the
Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, and in
satisfaction of a condition to the obligations of the Initial
Purchasers thereunder, the Company agrees with the Initial
Purchasers, for the benefit of the holders (including the Initial
Purchasers) of the Notes and the Shares (as defined below)
(collectively, the “ Holders ”), as
follows:
For purposes of this
Registration Rights Agreement the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
(a) “ Additional
Interest ” has the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 2(d).
(b) “ Additional
Notes ” has the meaning specified in the first paragraph
of this Agreement.
(c) “ Agreement
” means this Registration Rights Agreement, as the same may
be amended from time to time pursuant to the terms
hereof.
(d) “ Business
Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a
day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are
authorized or required by law or executive order to remain
closed.
(e) “ Closing
Date ” means the first date on which any Notes are
initially issued.
(f) “ Commission
” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other
federal agency at the time administering the Exchange Act or the
Securities Act, whichever is the relevant statute for the
particular purpose.
(g) “ Company
” has the meaning specified in the first paragraph of this
Agreement.
(h) “ Deferral
Notice ” has the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 3(b).
(i) “ Deferral
Period ” has the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 3(b).
(j) “ Effective
Period ” has the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 2(a).
(k) “ Exchange
Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
(l) “ FINRA
” shall mean the Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority.
(m) “ Firm Notes
” has the meaning specified in the first paragraph of this
Agreement.
(n) “ Free Writing
Prospectus ” means each free writing prospectus (as
defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) prepared by or on
behalf of the Company or used or referred to by the Company in
connection with the sale of the Securities.
(o) “ Holder
” means each holder, from time to time, of Registrable
Securities (including the Initial Purchasers).
(p) “ Indenture
” means the Indenture dated as of the date hereof between the
Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, pursuant to
which the Notes are being issued, and in accordance with which
Shares may be issued, as the same may be amended, supplemented,
waived or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with
the terms thereof.
(q) “ Initial
Purchasers ” has the meaning specified in the first
paragraph of this Agreement.
(r) “ Issuer
Information ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6(a) hereof.
(s) “ Material
Event ” has the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 3(b).
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(t) “ Majority
Holders ” shall mean, on any date, holders of the
majority of the Shares constituting Registrable Securities; for the
purposes of this definition, Holders of Notes constituting
Registrable Securities shall be deemed to be the Holders of the
number of Shares into which such Notes are or would be convertible
as of such date, assuming for this purpose that the Company has
elected to satisfy its conversion obligation shares of Class A
common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.
(u) “ Notes
” has the meaning specified in the first paragraph of this
Agreement.
(v) “ Notice and
Questionnaire ” means a written notice delivered to the
Company containing substantially the information called for by the
Form of Selling Securityholder Notice and Questionnaire attached as
Annex A to the Offering Memorandum.
(w) “ Notice
Holder ” means, on any date, any Holder that has
delivered a Notice and Questionnaire to the Company prior to such
date.
(x) “ Offering
Memorandum ” means the Offering Memorandum dated
May 12, 2008 relating to the offer and sale of the
Securities.
(y) “ Person
” means a corporation, association, partnership,
organization, business, individual, government or political
subdivision thereof or governmental agency.
(z) “ Prospectus
” means the prospectus included in any Shelf Registration
Statement, including any preliminary prospectus, and any such
prospectus as amended or supplemented by any amendment or
prospectus supplement, including post-effective amendments, and all
materials incorporated by reference or explicitly deemed to be
incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.
(aa) “ Purchase
Agreement ” has the meaning specified in the first
paragraph of this Agreement.
(bb) “ Registrable
Securities ” means
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any Notes until the earliest of the date on which (i) such
Notes have been converted or cease to be outstanding;
(ii) such Notes have been sold or otherwise transferred
pursuant to an effective Shelf Registration Statement,
(iii) such Notes have been sold pursuant to Rule 144 (or any
other similar provision then in force (other than Rule 144A)) or
(iv) the first anniversary of the last date of original
issuance of the Notes)); or |
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any Shares issuable upon conversion of any Notes constituting
Registrable Securities, until the earliest of the date on which
(i) such Shares cease to be outstanding; (ii) such Shares
have been sold or otherwise transferred pursuant to an effective
Shelf Registration Statement, (iii) such Shares have been sold
pursuant to Rule 144 (or any other similar provision then in force
(other than Rule 144A)) or (iv) the first anniversary of the
last date of original issuance of the Notes. |
(cc) “ Registration
Default ” has the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 2(d).
(dd) “ Registration
Expenses ” has the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 5.
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(ee) “ Rule 144
,” “ Rule 405 ” and “ Rule
415 ” mean, in each case, such rule as promulgated under
the Securities Act.
(ff) “
Securities ” means, collectively, the Notes and the
Shares.
(gg) “ Securities
Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(hh) “ Shares
” means the shares of Class A common stock of the
Company, par value $0.01 per share, into which the Notes are
convertible or that have been issued upon a conversion from Notes
into Class A common stock of the Company.
(ii) “ Shelf
Registration Statement ” means the shelf registration
statement referred to in Section 2(a), as amended or
supplemented by any amendment or supplement, including
post-effective amendments, and all materials incorporated by
reference or explicitly deemed to be incorporated by reference in
such Shelf Registration Statement.
(jj) “ Special
Counsel ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 5.
(kk) “ Trust
Indenture Act ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, or any successor thereto, and the rules, regulations and
forms promulgated thereunder.
(ll) “ Trustee
” shall have the meaning assigned such term in the
Indenture.
Unless the context otherwise
requires, any reference herein to a “Section” or
“clause” refers to a Section or clause, as the case may
be, of this Agreement, and the words “herein,”
“hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of
similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular Section or other subdivision. Unless the context
otherwise requires, any reference to a statute, rule or regulation
refers to the same (including any successor statute, rule or
regulation thereto) as it may be amended from time to
time.
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Registration Under the Securities Act. |
(a) (i) The Company agrees to
use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Shelf Registration
Statement to be declared effective no later than the 190
th
calendar day following the
Closing Date and (ii) subject to Section 3(b), the
Company agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf
Registration Statement continuously effective until such time as
there are no longer any Registrable Securities outstanding (the
“Effective Period”); provided , however ,
that the Company’s obligation to file, have declared
effective or maintain effectiveness of the Shelf Registration
Statement shall be suspended to the extent that the Registrable
Securities are eligible to be sold by a Person that is not
affiliated with the Company without any volume or manner of sale
restrictions pursuant to Rule 144 (or any other similar provision
then in force (other than Rule 144A)) and no additional Interest
shall accrue during any period the Company’s obligation has
been so suspended.
(b) The Company further
agrees that it shall cause the Shelf Registration Statement and the
related Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of
the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement or such
amendment or supplement, (i) to comply in all material
respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act;
and (ii) not to contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary in order to make the statements therein (in the case
of the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made) not misleading, and the Company agrees to furnish
to the Holders of the Registrable Securities copies of any
supplement or amendment prior to its being used
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or promptly following its filing with
the Commission; provided, however , that the Company shall
have no obligation to deliver to Holders of Registrable Securities
copies of any amendment consisting exclusively of an Exchange Act
report or other Exchange Act filing otherwise publicly available on
the Company’s website. If the Shelf Registration Statement,
as amended or supplemented from time to time, ceases to be
effective for any reason at any time during the Effective Period
(other than because all Registrable Securities registered
thereunder shall have been sold pursuant thereto or shall have
otherwise ceased to be Registrable Securities), the Company shall
use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the prompt withdrawal of
any order suspending the effectiveness thereof.
(c) Each Holder of
Registrable Securities agrees that if such Holder wishes to sell
Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement
and related Prospectus, it will do so only in accordance with this
Section 2(c) and Section 3(b). From and after the date
the Shelf Registration Statement is declared or becomes effective,
the Company shall, as promptly as is practicable after the date a
Notice and Questionnaire is delivered, and in any event within
fifteen (15) calendar days after the date of receipt of such
Notice and Questionnaire, or if the use of the Prospectus has been
suspended by the Company under Section 3(b) at the time of
receipt of the Notice and Questionnaire, fifteen (15) calendar
days after the expiration of the period during which the use of the
Prospectus is suspended:
(i) if required by applicable
law, file with the Commission a post-effective amendment to the
Shelf Registration Statement or prepare and, if required by
applicable law, file a supplement to the related Prospectus or a
supplement or amendment to any document incorporated therein by
reference or file any other required document so that the Holder
delivering such Notice and Questionnaire is named as a selling
security holder in the Shelf Registration Statement and the related
Prospectus in such a manner as to permit such Holder to deliver
such Prospectus to purchasers of the Registrable Securities in
accordance with applicable law and, if the Company shall file a
post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement, use
its reasonable best efforts to cause such post-effective amendment
to be declared or to otherwise become effective under the
Securities Act as promptly as is practicable. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Company shall not be required to file more than two
post-effective amendments to the Shelf Registration Statement or
three supplements to the related Prospectus during any calendar
quarter;
(ii) provide such Holder
copies of any documents filed pursuant to Section 2(c)(i);
and
(iii) notify such Holder as
promptly as practicable after the effectiveness under the
Securities Act of any post-effective amendment filed pursuant to
Section 2(c)(i);
provided that if such Notice and
Questionnaire is delivered during a Deferral Period, the Company
shall so inform the Holder delivering such Notice and Questionnaire
and shall take the actions set forth in clauses (i), (ii) and
(iii) above upon expiration of the Deferral Period in
accordance with Section 3(b). Notwithstanding anything
contained herein to the contrary, the Company shall be under no
obligation to name any Holder that is not a Notice Holder as a
selling securityholder in any Shelf Registration Statement or
related Prospectus; provided, however , that any Holder that
becomes a Notice Holder pursuant to the provisions of this
Section 2(c) (whether or not such Holder was a Notice Holder
at the time the Shelf Registration Statement was declared or
otherwise became effective) shall be named as a selling
securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement or related
Prospectus in accordance with the requirements of this
Section 2(c).
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(d) If any of the following
events (any such event a “ Registration Default
”) shall occur, then additional interest (the “
Additional Interest ”) shall become payable by the
Company to Holders in respect of the Notes as follows:
(i) if the Shelf Registration
Statement is not declared effective and does not otherwise become
effective within one hundred ninety (190) calendar days
following the Closing Date, then commencing on the one hundred
ninety-first (191 st ) calendar day after the Closing Date, Additional Interest
shall accrue on the principal amount of the outstanding Notes that
are Registrable Securities at a rate of 0.25% per annum for
the first ninety (90) calendar days following such one hundred
ninety-first (191 st ) calendar day and at a rate of 0.50% per annum
thereafter; or
(ii) if the Company has
failed to perform its obligations set forth in Section 2(c)
within the time periods required therein, then commencing on the
first day after the date by which the Company were required to
perform such obligations, Additional Interest shall accrue on the
principal amount of the outstanding Notes that are Registrable
Securities at a rate of 0.25% per annum for the first ninety
(90) calendar days and at a rate of 0.50% per annum
thereafter; or
(iii) if the Shelf
Registration Statement has been declared effective or has otherwise
become effective but such Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be
effective at any time during the Effective Period (other than
pursuant to Section 3(b)), then commencing on the day such
Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be effective, Additional
Interest shall accrue on the principal amount of the outstanding
Notes that are Registrable Securities at a rate of 0.25% per
annum for the first ninety (90) calendar days following such
date on which the Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be
effective and at a rate of 0.50% per annum thereafter;
or
(iv) if the aggregate
duration of Deferral Periods in any period exceeds the number of
days permitted in respect of such period pursuant to
Section 3(b), then commencing on the day the aggregate
duration of Deferral Periods in any period exceeds the number of
days permitted in respect of such period (and again on the first
day of any subsequent Deferral Period during such period),
Additional Interest shall accrue on the principal amount of the
outstanding Notes that are Registrable Securities at a rate of
0.25% per annum for the first ninety (90) calendar days
and at a rate of 0.50% per annum thereafter;
provided, however , that the
Additional Interest rate on the Notes shall not exceed in the
aggregate 0.50% per annum and shall not be payable under more
than one clause above for any given period of time, except that if
Additional Interest would be payable under more than one clause
above, but at a rate of 0.25% per annum under one clause and
at a rate of 0.50% per annum under the other, then the
Additional Interest rate shall be the higher rate of 0.50% per
annum; provided further , however, that (1) upon the
effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement (in the case of
clause (i) above), (2) upon the performance by the
Company of its obligations set forth in Section 2(c) within
the time periods required therein (in the case of clause
(ii) above), (3) upon the effectiveness of the Shelf
Registration Statement which had ceased to remain effective (in the
case of clause (iii) above), (4) upon the termination of
the Deferral Period that caused the limit on the aggregate duration
of Deferral Periods in a period set forth in Section 3(b) to
be exceeded (in the case of clause (iv) above), (5) upon
the first anniversary of the last date of original issuance of the
Notes, Additional Interest on the Notes as a result of such clause,
as the case may be, shall cease to accrue.
Additional Interest on the
Notes, if any, will be payable in cash in accordance with the
provisions of the Indenture governing the payment of interest on
the Notes. Following the cure of all Registration Defaults
requiring the payment of Additional Interest to the Holders of
Notes that are Registrable Securities pursuant to this
Section 2, the accrual of Additional Interest will
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cease (without in any way limiting the
effect of any subsequent Registration Default requiring the payment
of Additional Interest). Notwithstanding any provision in this
Agreement, in no event shall Additional Interest accrue to Holders
of Shares issued upon conversion of Notes.
The Company shall notify the
Trustee immediately upon the happening of each and every
Registration Default. The Trustee shall be entitled, on behalf of
Holders of Securities, to seek any available remedy for the
enforcement of this Agreement, including for the payment of any
Additional Interest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties
agree that the sole monetary damages payable for a violation of the
terms of this Agreement with respect to which additional monetary
amounts are expressly provided shall be as set forth in this
Section 2(d). Nothing shall preclude a Notice Holder or Holder
of Registrable Securities from pursuing or obtaining specific
performance or other equitable relief with respect to this
Agreement.
(e) A Shelf Registration
Statement pursuant to this Section 2 will not be deemed to
have become effective unless it has been declared effective by the
Commission or is automatically effective upon filing with the
Commission as provided by Rule 462 under the Securities
Act.
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Registration Procedures. |
The following provisions
shall apply to the Shelf Registration Statement filed pursuant to
Section 2:
(a) The Company
shall:
(i) prepare and file with the
Commission a registration statement with respect to the shelf
registration on any form which may be utilized by the Company and
which shall permit the disposition of the Registrable Securities in
accordance with the intended method or methods thereof, as
specified in writing by the Holders of the Registrable Securities,
and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such registration
statement to become effective in accordance with Section 2(a)
above;
(ii) before filing any Shelf
Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or
supplements thereto with the Commission, furnish to the Initial
Purchasers copies of all such documents proposed to be filed and
use its reasonable best efforts to reflect in each such document
when so filed with the Commission such comments as the Initial
Purchasers reasonably shall propose within three (3) Business
Days of the delivery of such copies to the Initial
Purchasers;
(iii) use its reasonable best
efforts to prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and
post-effective amendments to the Shelf Registration Statement and
file with the Commission any other required document as may be
necessary to keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously
effective until the expiration of the Effective Period; cause the
related Prospectus to be supplemented by any required prospectus
supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424
(or any similar provisions then in force) under the Securities Act;
and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act applicable to
it with respect to the disposition of all Securities covered by
such Shelf Registration Statement during the Effective Period in
accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the sellers
thereof set forth in such Shelf Registration Statement as so
amended or such Prospectus as so supplemented;
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(iv) promptly notify the
Notice Holders of Registrable Securities (A) when such Shelf
Registration Statement or the Prospectus included therein or any
amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or post-effective
amendment has been filed with the Commission, and, with respect to
such Shelf Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment,
when the same has become effective, (B) of any request,
following the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, by
the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority
for amendments or supplements to the Shelf Registration Statement
or related Prospectus or for additional information relating
thereto, (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop
order suspending the effectiveness of such Shelf Registration
Statement or the initiation or written threat of any proceedings
for that purpose, including the receipt by the Company of any
notice of objection of the Commission to the use of a Shelf
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto
pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act, (D) of
the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the
suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for
sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or written threat of any
proceeding for such purpose, (E) of the determination by the
Company that a post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration
Statement will be filed with the Commission, which notice may, at
the discretion of the Company (or as required pursuant to
Section 3(b)), state that it constitutes a Deferral Notice, in
which event the provisions of Section 3(b) shall apply or
(F) at any time when a Prospectus is required to be delivered
under the Securities Act, that the Shelf Registration Statement,
Prospectus, Prospectus amendment or supplement or post-effective
amendment does not conform in all material respects to the
applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust
Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder;
(v) prior to any public
offering of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement, use its reasonable best efforts to register
or qualify, or cooperate with the Notice Holders of Securities
included therein and their respective counsel in connection with
the registration or qualification of, such Securities for offer and
sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as
any such Notice Holders 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 covered by
the Shelf Registration Statement; prior to any public offering of
the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration
Statement, use its reasonable best efforts to keep each such
registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective
during the Effective Period in connection with such Notice
Holder’s offer and sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to
such registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) and do
any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable
the disposition in such jurisdictions of such Registrable
Securities in the manner set forth in the Shelf Registration
Statement and the related Prospectus; 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;
(vi) use its reasonable best
efforts to prevent the issuance of, and if issued, to obtain the
withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Shelf
Registration Statement or, in the event of an objection of the
Commission pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2), promptly file an amendment
to such Shelf Registration Statement on the proper form, and to
lift any suspension of the qualification of any of the Registrable
Securities for sale in any jurisdiction in which they have been
qualified for sale, in each case at the earliest
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