PATRICK INDUSTRIES, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Amended and Restated Registration Rights
Agreement (the “ Agreement ”) is made this 18
th day of May, 2007, by and among Patrick Industries,
Inc., an Indiana corporation (the “ Company ”), and the
stockholders of the Company identified on the signature page hereto
(individually a “ Stockholder ” and collectively
the “ Stockholders
”). This Amended and Restated Registration
Rights Agreement amends and restates in its entirety that certain
Registration Rights Agreement dated September 13, 2005, between the
Company and Tontine Capital Partners, L.P. (“
Tontine Capital ”).
AGREEMENT
The parties hereby agree as follows:
1. REGISTRATION RIGHTS. The Company and
the Stockholders covenant and agree as follows:
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1.1
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Definitions . For purposes of this
Agreement:
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(a)
The term “ Adverse
Disclosure ” means public
disclosure of material non-public information relating to a
significant transaction, which disclosure (i) would be required to
be made in any registration statement filed with the SEC by the
Company so that such registration statement would not be materially
misleading; (ii) would not be required to be made at such time but
for the filing of such registration statement; and (iii) would, in
the good faith judgment of the Company’s Board of Directors,
have a material adverse effect upon the Company’s ability to
complete such significant transaction or upon the terms on which
such significant transaction could be completed
(b)
The term “ Common
Stock ” means the common stock of
the Company, without par value, including the preferred share
purchase rights which accompany each share.
(c)
The term “ Exchange
Act ” means the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, or successor statute, and the rules and
regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
(d)
The term “ Holder ” means a Stockholder
that is a holder of Registrable Securities and any transferees of
such Stockholder under Section
1.11 hereof who hold Registrable
Securities.
(e)
The term “ Majority
Holders ” means those Holders
holding a majority of the Registrable Securities.
(f)
The terms “ register ,” “
registered ,” and
“ registration
” refer to a registration effected by
preparing and filing a registration statement or similar document
in compliance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or
successor statute, and applicable
rules and regulations thereunder (the “
Securities Act ”), and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of
such registration statement or document by the SEC;
(g)
The term “ Registrable Securities ” means
(i) the shares of Common Stock now held by the Stockholders,
consisting of 2,293,089 shares of Common Stock, 1,313,089 of which
were purchased pursuant to a certain Stock Purchase Agreement dated
September 13, 2005, between the Company and Tontine Capital and
980,000 of which were purchased pursuant to a certain Securities
Purchase Agreement dated April 10, 2007, among the Company, Tontine
Capital and Tontine Capital Overseas Master Fund, L.P., and so long
as this Agreement is still in effect, any other shares of Common
Stock acquired by the Stockholders on or after the date hereof,
(ii) any securities of the Company acquired by the Stockholders in
the registered rights offering to be made to the Company’s
shareholders promptly hereafter (the “ Rights Offering ”) and (iii)
any other shares of the Company’s Common Stock issued as a
dividend or other distribution with respect to, or in exchange for
or in replacement of, the shares listed in (i) or (ii) (because of
stock splits, stock dividends, reclassifications, recapitalizations
or similar events); provided
, however
, that the foregoing definition shall exclude in all
cases any Registrable Securities (x) which are effectively
registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance
with a Registration Statement covering such shares, (y) which have
been transferred by a Stockholder owning such securities pursuant
to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (“ Rule 144 ”) or other provisions
of or exemptions from the Securities Act or (z) which are no longer
beneficially owned by any Stockholder;
(h)
The term “ Registration Statement ” means
a Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3 registering the resale
of Registrable Securities, or such other registration statement
filed by the Company under the Securities Act 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 in such registration
statement.
(i)
The term “ SEC ” means the Securities and
Exchange Commission, or any other Federal agency at the time
administering the Securities Act; and
(j)
The term “ Shelf
Registration Statement ” means a
“shelf” registration statement on Form S-3 filed under
the Securities Act providing for the registration of, and the sale
on a continuous or delayed basis by the Stockholders of, all of the
Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities
Act and/or any similar rule that may be adopted by the SEC, filed
by the Company pursuant to the provisions of Section 1.2 of this
Agreement.
(k)
The term “ Underwritten Offering ” means a
registration under this Agreement in which securities of the
Company are sold to an underwriter on a firm commitment basis for
reoffering to the public.
(a)
At such time as the Company files a Registration
Statement with respect to the Rights Offering, but in any event
within ninety (90) days of the date hereof, the Company shall file
a Registration Statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act
registering the resale under Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
all of the Registrable Securities then
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outstanding. The Registration Statement shall
provide for the resale from time to time, and pursuant to any
method or combination of methods legally available on Form S-3 by
the Stockholders of any and all Registrable Securities, such
methods of distribution to be provided in writing to the Company no
later than seven (7) days prior to the effective date of the
Registration Statement with the SEC. The Company shall use its
reasonable best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to be
declared effective under the Securities Act as soon as possible,
but in any event, no later than ninety (90) days from the date of
filing, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep the
Registration Statement continuously effective for a period of five
(5) years after the Registration Statement first becomes effective,
subject to the terms of this Agreement. The Company shall promptly
amend such Registration Statement from time to time to include any
Registrable Securities that are issued at any time after the
original filing upon written notice to the Company by any
Stockholder regarding the request for registration of such newly
issued Registrable Securities.
(b)
If for any reason the SEC does not permit all of the
Registrable Securities to be included in a Registration Statement
filed pursuant to Section 1.2(a) or
Section 1.3 below or
for any other reason all Registrable Securities then outstanding
are not then included in such an effective Registration Statement,
then the Company shall prepare and file as soon as reasonably
possible after the date on which the SEC shall indicate as being
the first date or time that such filing may be made an additional
Registration Statement covering the resale of all Registrable
Securities not already covered by an existing and effective
Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous
basis pursuant to Rule 415. Each such Registration Statement shall
provide for the resale from time to time, and pursuant to any
method or combination of methods legally available on Form S-3 by
the Holders of any and all Registrable Securities, such methods of
distribution to be provided in writing to the Company no later than
seven (7) days prior to the effective date of the Registration
Statement with the SEC. The Company shall use its reasonable best
efforts to cause each such Registration Statement to be declared
effective and to keep the Registration Statement continuously
effective for a period of five (5) years after the Registration
Statement first becomes effective.
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1.3
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Request for Registration
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(a)
Subject to Section
1.3(h) , if the Company shall receive a
written request from the Majority Holders of the Registrable
Securities then outstanding (the “ Initiating Stockholders ”) that
the Company file a Registration Statement on Form S-3 under the
Securities Act registering the resale of all or part of such
Majority Holders’ Registrable Securities then outstanding,
the Company will promptly give written notice of such requested
registration to all other Holders, and thereupon the Company will
use its reasonable best efforts to file with the SEC as soon as
reasonably practicable following such demand request (but in no
event later than the date that is ninety (90) days after the demand
request) such Registration Statement. The Company shall use its
reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to be
declared effective by the SEC within ninety (90) days after the
initial filing of the Registration Statement. The Company shall
include in such Registration Statement the Registrable Securities
which the Company has been so requested to be registered by the
Initiating Holders and all other Registrable Securities the holders
of which shall have made a written request to the Company for
registration thereof within thirty (30) days after the giving of
such written notice by the Company.
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(b)
If the Holders of not less than 50% of the
Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement filed
pursuant to Section 1.2
or Section 1.3
so elect, the offering of Registrable Securities
pursuant to such Registration Statement shall be in the form of an
Underwritten Offering and the Company shall amend or supplement the
Registration Statement, if appropriate. Such Holders shall have the
right to select the managing underwriter or underwriters to
administer the offering, subject to the approval of the Company,
which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed.
(c)
A registration requested pursuant to this
Section 1.3 shall not
be deemed to have been effected unless a Registration Statement
with respect thereto has become effective; provided, that a
Registration Statement that does not become effective after the
Company has filed a Registration Statement with respect thereto
solely by reason of the refusal to proceed of the Initiating
Stockholders shall be deemed to have been effected by the Company
at the request of the Initiating Stockholders.
(d)
The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to
keep any Registration Statement filed pursuant to this
Section 1.3 continuously effective for a period of five (5) years after the
Registration Statement first becomes effective. In the event the
Company shall give any notice pursuant to Section 1.3(i) or
Section 1.5(d) , the
time period mentioned in this Section
1.3(d) (or in Section 1.2 above) during which the
required Registration Statement is to remain effective shall be
extended by the number of days during the period from and including
the date of the giving of such notice pursuant to
Section 1.3(i) or Section 1.5(d)
to and including the date when each Holder covered
by the Registration Statement shall have received the copies of the
supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by
Section 1.5(h) or shall
have otherwise been notified by the Company that the Suspension has
been lifted.
(e)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall
furnish to the Holders, a certificate signed by the President of
the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of
Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the
Company and its stockholders for such Registration Statement to be
filed and it is therefore advisable to defer the filing of such
Registration Statement, the Company shall have the right to defer
such filing for a period of not more than ninety (90) days after
receipt of the written request of the Initiating
Stockholders.
(f)
The Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to
take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this
Section 1.3 during
the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the
Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and
ending on the later of a date ninety (90) days after the effective
date of, a Registration Statement subject to Section 1.4 hereof.
(g)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not
be required to effect a registration pursuant to this
Section 1.3 (i) after
the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to
this Section 1.3 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective
or (ii) during the period in which the Company is not eligible to
use Form S-3 for such Registration Statement.
(h)
The right of the Holders to register Registrable
Securities pursuant to this Section 1.3 is only exercisable
if the Registrable Securities were not included in the Registration
Statement contemplated by Section 1.2(a) or such
Registration Statement otherwise
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becomes unusable (other than due solely to some act
or omission by the Holders electing to have Registrable Securities
registered pursuant to such Registration Statement) and the Company
is not able to restore the usability of the Registration Statement
as contemplated by this Agreement.
(i)
If the filing of the Registration Statement or the
continued effectiveness of the Registration Statement at any time
would require the Company to make an Adverse Disclosure, the
Company may, upon giving prompt written notice of such action to
the Holders, delay filing the Registration Statement or suspend use
of the Registration Statement (in either case, a
“Suspension”); provided, however, the Company shall not
be permitted to exercise a Suspension (i) more than twice during
any twelve (12) month period, (ii) for a period exceeding thirty
(30) days on any one occasion, or (iii) for an aggregate period
exceeding sixty (60) days in any twelve (12) month period. In the
case of a Suspension, the notice required above shall request the
Holders to suspend any sale or purchase, or offer to sell or
purchase the Registrable Securities, and to suspend use of the
prospectus related to the registration in connection with any such
sale or purchase or offer to sell or purchase. The Company shall
promptly notify the holders upon the termination of any Suspension,
and amend or supplement the prospectus, if necessary, so it does
not contain any untrue statement or omission therein and furnish to
the holder such numbers of copies of the prospectus as so amended
or supplemented as the Holders may reasonably request.
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1.4
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Company Registration
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(a)
The Company shall notify all Holders in writing at
least thirty (30) days prior to the filing of a Registration
Statement (including, but not limited to, a Registration Statement
relating to secondary offerings of securities of the Company, but
excluding (x) registration statements relating solely to employee
benefit plans or debt securities, or (y) registration statements
solely with respect to corporate reorganizations or other
transactions under Rule 145 of the Securities Act or (z) a
registration on any registration form that does not permit
secondary sales), and such notice shall describe the proposed
registration and distribution.
(b)
Each Holder desiring to include in any such
Registration Statement all or any part of the Registrable
Securities held by it shall, within fifteen (15) days after the
above-described notice from the Company, so notify the Company in
writing. The Company shall, subject to Section 1.7, afford each such Holder
an opportunity to include in such Registration Statement all or
part of such Registrable Securities held by such Holder.
(c)
If the Registration Statement is to be filed in
connection with an Underwritten Offering, all Holders proposing to
distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter
into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the
underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. The
Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the managing
underwriter or underwriters of a proposed underwritten offering to
permit the Registrable Securities to be included in a Registration
Statement under this Section
1.4 to be included on the same terms and
conditions as any similar securities of the Company or any other
security holder included therein and to permit the sale or other
disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the
intended method of distribution thereof.
(d)
Any Holder shall have the right to withdraw its
request for inclusion of its Registrable Securities in any
Registration Statement pursuant to this Section 1.4
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by giving written notice to the Company of its
request to withdraw prior to the filing of the Registration
Statement.
(e)
If a Holder decides not to include all of its
Registrable Securities in any Registration Statement thereafter
filed by the Company, such Holder shall nevertheless continue to
have the right to include any Registrable Securities in any
subsequent Registration Statement or Registration Statements as may
be filed by the Company with respect to offerings of its
securities, all upon the terms and conditions set forth herein. The
Company shall have the right to terminate or withdraw any
registration initiated by it under this Section 1.4 prior to the
effectiveness of such registration whether or not any Holder has
elected to include securities in such registration.
(f)
In connection with any public offering by the
Company of its Common Stock, pursuant to which the Stockholder is
entitled to registration rights under this Section 1.4 , the Stockholder
(including any permitted transferee) if requested in good faith by
the Company and the managing underwriter of the Company’s
securities, shall agree not to, directly or indirectly, offer,
sell, pledge, contract to sell (including any short sale), grant
any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of any securities of
the Company held by them (except for any securities sold pursuant
to such Registration Statement) or enter into any hedging
transaction relating to any securities of the Company for a period
not to exceed ninety (90) days following the effective date of the
applicable Registration Statement as agreed to by such
parties; provided , that the Stockholder’s obligations under this paragraph
(f) shall be conditioned upon all officers and directors entering
into similar agreements with the Company and such managing
underwriter. For purposes of this Section
1.4 , “hedging transaction”
means any short sale (whether or not against the box) or any
purchase, sale or grant of any right (including without limitation,
any put or call option) with respect to any security (other than a
broad-based market basket or index) that includes, relates to
or