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
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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.
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(b)
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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.
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(c)
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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.
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(d)
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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.
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(e)
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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
”).
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(f)
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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.
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(g)
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In
connection with the Exchange Offer, the Company shall (and shall
cause each Guarantor to):
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(i)
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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;
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(ii)
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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)
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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;
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(iv)
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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
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(v)
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otherwise
comply in all material respects with all applicable
laws.
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(h)
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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):
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(i)
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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;
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(ii)
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deliver
or cause to be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation all
Registrable Notes so accepted for exchange; and
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(iii)
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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.
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(i)
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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 .
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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) .
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(a)
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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.
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(b)
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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.
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(c)
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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.
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(d)
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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.
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(e)
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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
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(a)
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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):
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(i)
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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;
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(ii)
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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;
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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.
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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.
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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):
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(a)
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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)
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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.
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(c)
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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.
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(d)
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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.
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(e)
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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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