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LANDRY'S RESTAURANTS, INC. 14% Senior Secured Notes due 2011

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Title: LANDRY'S RESTAURANTS, INC. 14% Senior Secured Notes due 2011
Governing Law: New York     Date: 2/17/2009
Industry: Hotels and Motels     Law Firm: Proskauer Rose     Sector: Services

LANDRY'S RESTAURANTS, INC. 14% Senior Secured Notes due 2011, Parties: landrys restaurants inc , jefferies & company  inc
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Exhibit 10.2

EXECUTION VERSION

$295,500,000

LANDRY’S RESTAURANTS, INC.

14% Senior Secured Notes due 2011

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

February 13, 2009

JEFFERIES & COMPANY, INC.

520 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Landry’s Restaurants, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), is issuing and selling to Jefferies & Company, Inc. (the “ Initial Purchaser ”), upon the terms set forth in the Purchase Agreement, dated February 4, 2009, by and among the Company, the Initial Purchaser and the guarantors named therein (the “ Purchase Agreement ”), $295,500,000 aggregate principal amount of 14% Senior Secured Notes due 2011 issued by the Company (each, together with the related guarantees, a “ Note ” and collectively, the “ Notes ”). As an inducement to the Initial Purchaser to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors (as defined below) agree with the Initial Purchaser, for the benefit of the Holders (as defined below) of the Notes (including, without limitation, the Initial Purchaser), as follows:

1. Definitions

Capitalized terms that are used herein without definition and are defined in the Purchase Agreement shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Advice : See Section 6(v) .

Agreement : This Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Company, the Guarantors party hereto and the Initial Purchaser.

Applicable Period : See Section 2(e) .

Blackout Period : See Section 3(e) .

Business Day : A day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to be closed.


Closing Date : February 13, 2009.

Company : See the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

Effectiveness Date : The 150th day after the Issue Date.

Effectiveness Period : See Section 3(a) .

Event Date : See Section 4(b) .

Exchange Act : The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

Exchange Notes : Senior Secured Notes due 2011 of the Company registered under the Securities Act, identical in all material respects to the Notes, including the guarantees relating thereto, except for restrictive legends and Liquidated Damages provisions.

Exchange Offer : See Section 2(a) .

Exchange Offer Registration Statement : See Section 2(a) .

Filing Date : The 90th day after the Issue Date.

FINRA : Financial Industry Regulatory Authority

Guarantors : Each subsidiary of the Company that guarantees the obligations of the Company under the Notes and the Indenture.

Holder : Any registered holder of Registrable Notes.

Indemnified Party : See Section 8(c) .

Indemnifying Party : See Section 8(c) .

Indenture : The Indenture, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Company, the Guarantors and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, 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 Purchaser : See the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

Initial Shelf Registration Statement : See Section 3(a) .

Inspectors : See Section 6(o) .

Issue Date : February 13, 2009.

Lien : Has the meaning set forth in the Indenture.

 

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Liquidated Damages : See Section 4(a) .

Losses : See Section 8(a) .

Maximum Contribution Amount : See Section 8(d) .

Notes : See the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

Participating Broker-Dealer : See Section 2(e) .

Person : An individual, trustee, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, union, business association, firm, government or agency or political subdivision thereof, or other legal entity.

Private Exchange : See Section 2(f) .

Private Exchange Notes : See Section 2(f) .

Prospectus : The prospectus included in any Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that discloses information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Notes covered by such Registration Statement, 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 : See the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

Records : See Section 6(0) .

Registrable Notes : Notes, Private Exchange Notes and Exchange Notes received in the Exchange Offer, in each case, until they have been sold or transferred pursuant to an effective Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 144.

Registration Statement : Any registration statement of the Company and the Guarantors filed with the SEC under the Securities Act (including, but not limited to, the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Shelf Registration Statement and any Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement) that covers any of the Registrable Notes pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, all exhibits and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such registration statement.

Rule 144 : 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 SEC 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 : 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 SEC.

Rule 415 : 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 SEC.

Rule 430A : Rule 430A 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 SEC.

SEC : The Securities and Exchange Commission.

Securities : The Notes, the Exchange Notes and the Private Exchange Notes.

Securities Act : The Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

Shelf Notice : See Section 2(i) .

Shelf Registration Statement : See Section 3(b) .

Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement : See Section 3(b) .

TIA : The Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

Trustee : The trustee under the Indenture and, if existent, the trustee under any indenture governing the Exchange Notes and Private Exchange Notes (if any).

Underwritten Registration or Underwritten Offering : A registration in which securities of the Company are sold to an underwriter for reoffering to the public.

2. Exchange Offer

 

 

(a)

Unless the Exchange Offer would not be permitted by applicable laws or a policy of the SEC, the Company shall (and shall cause each Guarantor to) (i) no later than the Filing Date, prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement (the “ Exchange Offer Registration Statement ”) on an appropriate form under the Securities Act with respect to an offer (the “ Exchange Offer ”) to exchange the Notes for Exchange Notes guaranteed by the Guarantors which shall have terms substantially identical in all material respects to the Notes, (ii) use its best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective no later than the Effectiveness Date; provided , however , that without the consent of the Initial Purchaser, the Exchange Offer shall not be consummated prior to the six-month anniversary of the Closing Date, (iii) use its best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective until the consummation of the Exchange Offer in accordance with its terms, and (iv) commence the Exchange Offer and use its best efforts to issue on or prior to 30 Business Days after the Effectiveness Date, Exchange Notes in exchange for all Notes tendered prior

 

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thereto in the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer shall not be subject to any conditions, other than that the Exchange Offer does not violate applicable law or any applicable interpretation of the staff of the SEC.

 

 

(b)

The Exchange Notes and the Private Exchange Notes shall be issued under, and entitled to the benefits of the Indenture or a trust indenture that is identical to the Indenture (other than such changes as are necessary to comply with any requirements of the SEC to effect or maintain the qualifications thereof under the TIA) which in either case will provide that (i) the Exchange Notes will not be subject to the registration rights, transfer restrictions or Liquidated Damages provisions set forth in the Indenture, (ii) the Private Exchange Notes will be subject to the transfer restrictions set forth in the Indenture and (iii) the Exchange Notes, the Private Exchange Notes and the Notes, if any, will be deemed one class of security (subject to the provisions of the Indenture) and entitled to participate in all the security granted by the Company pursuant to the Collateral Agreements and in any Guarantee (as such terms are defined in the Indenture) on an equal and ratable basis.

 

 

(c)

Interest on the Exchange Notes and Private Exchange Notes will accrue from (i) the later of (x) the last interest payment date on which interest was paid on the Notes surrendered in exchange therefor or (y) if the Note is surrendered for exchange on a date in a period which includes the record date for an interest payment date to occur on or after the date of such exchange and as to which interest will be paid, the date of such interest payment date or (ii) if no interest has been paid on the Notes, from Issue Date. Each Exchange Note and Private Exchange Note shall bear interest at the rate set forth thereon.

 

 

(d)

The Company may require each Holder as a condition to participation in the Exchange Offer to represent to the Company that at the time of the consummation of the Exchange Offer, (i) any Exchange Notes received by such Holder will be acquired in the ordinary course of its business, (ii) at the time of commencement and consummation of the Exchange Offer such Holder has not entered into any arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in the distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange Notes in violation of the provisions of the Securities Act, (iii) such Holder is not an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act) of the Company or if such Holder is an affiliate such Holder will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable, (iv) if such Holder is not a broker-dealer, that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, the distribution of the Exchange Notes and (v) if such Holder is a Participating 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, that it will deliver a Prospectus in connection with any resale of the Exchange Notes.

 

 

(e)

The Company shall (and shall cause each Guarantor to) include within the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement a section

 

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entitled “Plan of Distribution” reasonably acceptable to the Initial Purchaser which shall contain all of the information that the SEC may require with respect to the potential “underwriter” status of any broker-dealer that is the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of Exchange Notes received by such broker-dealer in the Exchange Offer for its own account in exchange for Notes that were acquired by it as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities (a “ Participating Broker-Dealer ”), whether such positions or policies have been publicly disseminated by the staff of the SEC or such positions or policies, in the judgment of the Initial Purchaser, represent the prevailing views of the staff of the SEC. Such “Plan of Distribution” section shall also allow, to the extent permitted by applicable policies and regulations of the SEC, the use of the Prospectus by all Persons subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act, including, to the extent so permitted, all Participating Broker-Dealers, and include a statement describing the manner in which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Notes. The Company shall use its best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective and to amend and supplement the Prospectus contained therein, in order to permit such Prospectus to be lawfully delivered by all Persons subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act for such period of time as such Persons must comply with such requirements in order to resell the Exchange Notes (the “ Applicable Period ”).

 

 

(f)

If, upon consummation of the Exchange Offer, the Initial Purchaser holds any Notes acquired by it and having the status of an unsold allotment in the initial distribution, the Company (upon the written request from the Initial Purchaser) shall, simultaneously with the delivery of the Exchange Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer, issue and deliver to the Initial Purchaser in exchange (the “ Private Exchange ”) for the Notes held by the Initial Purchaser, a like principal amount at maturity of debt securities of the Company, including guarantees relating thereto (issued under the same Indenture as the Exchange Notes) that are identical in all material respects to the Exchange Notes except for the existence of restrictions on transfer thereof under the Securities Act and securities laws of the several states of the United States (the “ Private Exchange Notes ”). The Private Exchange Notes shall bear the same CUSIP number as the Exchange Notes.

 

 

(g)

In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Company shall (and shall cause each Guarantor to):

 

 

(i)

mail or cause to be mailed to each Holder a copy of the Prospectus forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, together with an appropriate letter of transmittal (substantially in the form attached as an exhibit to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) and any related documents;

 

 

(ii)

keep the Exchange Offer open for not less than 20 Business Days (or longer if required by applicable law) after the date notice thereof is mailed to the Holders;

 

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(iii)

utilize the services of a depository for the Exchange Offer with an address in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, which may be the Trustee or an affiliate thereof;

 

 

(iv)

permit Holders to withdraw tendered Registrable 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

 

 

(v)

otherwise comply in all material respects with all applicable laws.

 

 

(h)

As soon as practicable after the close of the Exchange Offer or the Private Exchange, as the case may be, the Company shall (and shall cause each Guarantor to):

 

 

(i)

accept for exchange all Registrable Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer or the Private Exchange, as the case may be;

 

 

(ii)

deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation all Registrable Notes so accepted for exchange; and

 

 

(iii)

cause the Trustee to authenticate and deliver promptly to each Holder tendering such Registrable Notes, Exchange Notes or Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be, equal in principal amount at maturity to the Notes of such Holder so accepted for exchange.

 

 

(i)

If, (i) any change in law or in applicable interpretations thereof by the staff of the SEC would not permit the consummation of the Exchange Offer, (ii) the Exchange Offer is not consummated within 30 Business Days after the Effectiveness Date, (iii) the Initial Purchaser so requests with respect to the Notes (or the Private Exchange Notes) not eligible to be exchanged for Exchange Notes in the Exchange Offer and held by it following consummation of the Exchange Offer, or (iv) in the case of (A) any Holder not permitted to participate in the Exchange Offer, (B) any Holder participating in the Exchange Offer that receives Exchange Notes that may not be sold or transferred without restriction under state and federal securities laws (other than due solely to the status of such Holder as an affiliate of the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act) or (C) any Participating Broker Dealer holds Notes acquired directly from the Company or one of its affiliates, then in each case the Company shall promptly deliver to the Holders and the Trustee notice thereof (the “ Shelf Notice ”) and shall as promptly as practicable and at its sole expense use its best efforts to file an Initial Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 3 .

3. Shelf Registration

If a Shelf Notice is delivered pursuant to Section 2(i) , then this Section 3 shall apply to all Registrable Notes. Otherwise, upon consummation of the Exchange Offer in accordance with Section 2 , the provisions of this Section 3 shall apply solely with respect to (i) Notes held by any

 

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Holder thereof not permitted to participate in the Exchange Offer, (ii) Private Exchange Notes, and (iii) Exchange Notes that are not freely tradable as contemplated by Section 2(i)(iv) hereof, provided in each case that the relevant Holder has duly notified the Company within six months of the Exchange Offer as required by Section 2(i)(iv) .

 

 

(a)

Initial Shelf Registration. The Company shall, and shall cause each Guarantor to, use its best efforts to, as promptly as practicable file with the SEC a Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 covering all of the Registrable Notes (the “ Initial Shelf Registration Statement ”) within 30 days of the delivery of the Shelf Notice and shall (and shall cause each Guarantor to) use its best efforts to cause such Initial Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable thereafter (but in no event more than 90 days after delivery of the Shelf Notice); provided , however , that if the Company (and each Guarantor) has not yet filed an Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Company shall use its best efforts to file (and shall cause each Guarantor to file) with the SEC the Initial Shelf Registration Statement on or prior to the Filing Date and shall use its best efforts to cause such Initial Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act on or prior to the Effectiveness Date. The Initial Shelf Registration Statement shall be on Form S-1 or another appropriate form permitting registration of such Registrable Notes for resale by Holders in the manner or manners reasonably designated by them (including, without limitation, one or more underwritten offerings). The Company and Guarantors shall not permit any securities other than the Registrable Notes to be included in any Shelf Registration Statement. The Company shall (and shall cause each Guarantor to) use its best efforts to keep the Initial Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until the date which is two years from the Issue Date (the “ Effectiveness Period ”), or such shorter period ending when (i) all Registrable Notes cease to be Registrable Notes, (ii) all Registrable Notes covered by the Initial Shelf Registration Statement have been sold in the manner set forth and as contemplated in the Initial Shelf Registration Statement, (iii) a Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement (as defined below) covering all of the Registrable Notes covered by and not sold under the Initial Shelf Registration Statement or an earlier Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement has been declared effective under the Securities Act or (iv) there cease to be any outstanding Registrable Notes.

 

 

(b)

Subsequent Shelf Registrations. If the Initial Shelf Registration Statement or any Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement 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 Company shall (and shall cause each Guarantor to) use its best efforts to obtain the prompt withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness thereof, and in any event shall within 30 days of such cessation of effectiveness amend such Shelf Registration Statement in a manner designed to obtain the withdrawal of the order suspending the effectiveness thereof, or file (and cause each Guarantor to file) an additional “shelf” registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 covering all of the Registrable Notes covered by and not sold under the Initial Registration Statement or any

 

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earlier Registration Statement (a “ Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement ”). If a Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement is filed, the Company shall (and shall cause each Guarantor to) use its best efforts to cause the Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective as soon as practicable after such filing and to keep such Subsequent Shelf 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 Statement or any Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement was previously continuously effective. As used herein the term “Shelf Registration Statement” means the Initial Shelf Registration Statement and any Subsequent Shelf Registration Statements.

 

 

(c)

Supplements and Amendments. The Company shall promptly amend any Shelf Registration Statement and/or amend or supplement the Prospectus constituting a part thereof if required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used for such Shelf Registration Statement, if required by the Securities Act, or if reasonably requested in writing by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Notes covered by such Shelf Registration Statement or by any underwriter of such Registrable Notes.

 

 

(d)

Provision of Information. No Holder shall be entitled to include any of its Registrable Notes in any Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement unless such Holder furnishes to the Company and the Trustee in writing, within 20 days after receipt of a written request therefor, such information as the Company and the Trustee, after conferring with counsel with regard to information relating to Holders that would be required by the SEC to be included in such Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus included therein, may reasonably request for inclusion in any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus included therein, and no such Holder shall be entitled to Liquidated Damages pursuant to Section 4 hereof unless and until such Holder shall have provided such information.

 

 

(e)

Blackout Periods. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, upon notice to Holders, the Company may suspend use of the Prospectus included in any Shelf Registration Statement in the event that and for a period of time (a “ Blackout Period ”) not to exceed an aggregate of 90 days in any 12-month period if the board of directors of the Company determines in good faith that (1) the disclosure of an event, occurrence or other item at such time could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, operations or prospects of the Company and the Guarantors, taken as a whole, or (2) the disclosure otherwise relates to a material business transaction which has not been publicly disclosed and that any such disclosure would jeopardize the success of the transaction or that disclosure of the transaction is prohibited pursuant to the terms thereof.

 

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4. Liquidated Damages

 

 

(a)

The Company and each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that the Holders of Registrable Notes will suffer damages if the Company or any Guarantor fails to fulfill its material 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, the Company and the Guarantors agree to pay additional cash interest on the Notes (“ Liquidated Damages ”) under the circumstances and to the extent set forth below (each of which shall be given independent effect):

 

 

(i)

if (A) neither the Exchange Offer Registration Statement nor the Initial Shelf Registration Statement has been filed with the SEC on or prior to the Filing Date or (B) notwithstanding that the Company has consummated or will consummate an Exchange Offer, the Company is required to file a Shelf Registration Statement and such Shelf Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to the date required by this Agreement, then, commencing on the day after either such required filing date, Liquidated Damages shall accrue on the Notes over and above any stated interest at a rate of 0.25% per annum of the principal amount at maturity of such Notes for the first 90 days immediately following such filing date, such Liquidated Damages rate increasing by an additional 0.25% per annum at the beginning of each subsequent 90-day period, subject to the provisos in the last sentence of this paragraph;

 

 

(ii)

if (A) neither the Exchange Offer Registration Statement nor the Initial Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC on or prior to the Effectiveness Date, (B) notwithstanding that the Company has consummated or will consummate an Exchange Offer, the Company is required to file a Shelf Registration Statement and such Shelf Registration Statement is not declared effective by the SEC on or prior to the 90th day following the date such Shelf Registration Statement was filed, then, commencing on the day after either such required effective date, Liquidated Damages shall accrue on the Notes over and above any stated interest at a rate of 0.25% per annum of the principal amount at maturity of such Notes for the first 90 days immediately following such effective date, such Liquidated Damages rate increasing by an additional 0.25% per annum at the beginning of each subsequent 90-day period, subject to the provisos in the last sentence of this paragraph;

 

 

(iii)

if (A) the Company (and any Guarantor) has not exchanged Exchange Notes for all Notes validly tendered in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Offer on or prior to 30 Business Days after the Effectiveness Date, (B) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement ceases to be effective any time prior to the consummation of the Exchange Offer, (C) if applicable, a Shelf Registration Statement has been declared effective and such Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be effective at any time prior to the earlier of the time when all Registrable Notes cease to be

 

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Registrable Notes or the second anniversary of the Issue Date (other than during a Blackout Period or after such time as all Notes have been disposed of thereunder), or (D) the Company issues a valid notice to suspend the use of the Prospectus included in any Shelf Registration Statement and such suspension, when taken together with all other suspensions, if any (but solely to the extent not concurrent), during any 12 month period exceeds 90 days, then, in each case, Liquidated Damages shall accrue on the Notes over and above any stated interest at a rate of 0.25% per annum of the principal amount of such Notes for the first 90 days commencing on (x) the 31st Business Day after the Effectiveness Date, in the case of clause (A) above, (y) the day such Exchange Offer Registration Statement or a Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be effective or useable, in the case of clause (B) or (C) above, as applicable or (z) the day the Prospectus in any Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be useable, (in the case of clause (D) above, such Liquidated Damages rate increasing by an additional 0.25% per annum at the beginning of each subsequent 90-day period, subject to the provisos in the last sentence of this paragraph; provided , however , that Liquidated Damages will not accrue under more than one of the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii) at any one time; provided further , however , that the amount of Liquidated Damages accruing on the Notes shall not exceed at any one time in the aggregate 1.0% per annum; and provided further , however , that (1) upon the filing of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or Initial Shelf Registration Statement (in the case of clause (i) above), (2) upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement (in the case of clause (ii) above), (3) upon the exchange of Exchange Notes for all Notes tendered (in the case of clause (iii)(A) above), (4) upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or a Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, which had ceased to remain effective (in the case of clauses (iii)(B) or (iii)(C) above), or (5) upon the day the Prospectus in any Shelf Registration Statement the use of which was previously suspended may be used again (in the case of clause (iii)(D) above), Liquidated Damages on the Notes as a result of such clause (or the relevant subclause thereof), as the case may be, shall cease to accrue.

 

 

(b)

The Company shall notify the Trustee within five Business Days after each and every date on which an event occurs in respect of which Liquidated Damages is required to be paid (an “ Event Date ”). Any amounts of Liquidated Damages due pursuant to clause (a)(i), (a)(ii) or (a)(iii) of this Section 4 will be payable in cash, on the dates and in the manner provided in the Indenture for interest payments on the Notes and whether or not any cash interest would then be payable on such date, commencing with the first such semi-annual date occurring after any such Liquidated Damages commences to accrue. The amount of Liquidated Damages will be determined by multiplying the applicable Liquidated Damages rate by the principal amount of the Notes, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days such Liquidated Damages rate was applicable during such

 

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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.

5. Intentionally Omitted

6. Registration Procedures

In connection with the filing of any Registration Statement pursuant to Sections 2 or 3 hereof, the Company shall (and shall cause each Guarantor to) effect such registrations to permit the sale of such 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 Company hereunder, the Company shall (and shall cause each Guarantor to):

 

 

(a)

Prepare and file with the SEC as soon as practicable after the date hereof but in any event on or prior to the Filing Date, the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or if the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not filed because of the circumstances contemplated by Section 2(i) , a Shelf Registration Statement as prescribed by Section 3 , and use its best efforts to cause each such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective as provided herein; provided that, if (1) a Shelf Registration Statement is filed pursuant to Section 3 or (2)  a Prospectus contained in an Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2 is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, before filing any Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto the Company shall (and shall cause each Guarantor to), if requested, furnish at no charge to the Holders of the Registrable Notes to be registered pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement, each Participating Broker-Dealer, the managing underwriters, if any, and each of their respective counsel, 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 Company and each Guarantor shall not file (and shall not allow any of the other Guarantors to) any such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto in respect of which the Holders must provide information for the inclusion therein without the Holders being afforded an opportunity to review such documentation 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, or the managing underwriters, if any, or any of their respective counsel shall reasonably object in writing on a timely basis. A Holder shall be deemed to have reasonably objected to such filing if such Registration Statement, amendment, Prospectus or supplement, as applicable, as proposed to be filed, contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or fails to comply with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act.

 

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(b)

Provide an indenture trustee for the Registrable Notes, the Exchange Notes or the Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be, and cause the Indenture (or other indenture relating to the Registrable Notes) to be qualified under the TIA not later than the effective date of the first Registration Statement; and in connection therewith, 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 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 SEC to enable such indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner.

 

 

(c)

Prepare and file with the SEC such pre-effective 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 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 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. The Company and each Guarantor shall not (and shall not allow any other Guarantor to), during the Applicable Period, voluntarily take any action that would result in selling Holders of the Registrable Notes covered by a Registration Statement 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, rule or regulation or permitted by this Agreement.

 

 

(d)

Furnish to such selling Holders and Participating Broker-Dealers who so request in writing (i) upon the Company’s receipt, a copy of the order of the SEC declaring such Registration Statement and any post effective amendment thereto effective, (ii) such reasonable number of copies of such Registration Statement and of each amendment and supplement thereto (in each case including any documents incorporated therein by reference and all exhibits), (iii) such reasonable number of copies of the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each preliminary Prospectus) and each amendment and supplement thereto, and such reasonable number of copies of the final Prospectus as filed by the Company and each Guarantor pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act and each amendment and supplement thereto, and (iv) such other documents (including any amendments required to be filed pursuant to clause (c) of this Section 6 ), as any such Person may reasonably request in writing. The Company and the Guarantors hereby consent to the use of the Prospectus 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

 

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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.

 

 

(e)

If (1) a Shelf Registration Statement is filed pursuant to Section 3 , or (2) a Prospectus contained in an Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2 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, the Company shall notify in writing the selling Holders of Registrable Notes, or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, and the managing underwriters, if any, and each of their respective counsel promptly (but in any event within two Business Days) (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 (including in such notice a written statement that any Holder may, upon request, obtain, without charge, one conformed copy of such Registrat


 
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