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AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

Registration Rights Agreement

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Title: AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 2/26/2009
Industry: Retail (Catalog and Mail Order)     Law Firm: Latham Watkins;Faegre Benson;Weil Gotshal     Sector: Services

AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, Parties: valuevision media inc , ge capital equity investments  inc , nbc universal  inc
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Exhibit 10.2

Execution Version

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

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ValueVision Media, Inc.,

GE Capital Equity Investments, Inc.,

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NBC Universal, Inc.

Dated as of February 25, 2009

 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Section 1. Definitions

 

 

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Section 2. Demand Registration

 

 

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(a) Requests for Registration by Holders

 

 

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(b) Filing and Effectiveness

 

 

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(c) Priority on Demand Registration

 

 

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(d) Postponement of Demand Registration

 

 

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Section 3. Piggyback Registration

 

 

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(a) Right to Piggyback

 

 

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(b) Priority on Piggyback Registrations

 

 

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Section 4. Restrictions on Sale by Holders

 

 

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Section 5. Registration Procedures

 

 

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Section 6. Registration Expenses

 

 

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Section 7. Indemnification

 

 

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(a) Indemnification by the Company

 

 

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(b) Indemnification by Holders

 

 

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(c) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings

 

 

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(d) Contribution

 

 

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Section 8. Underwritten Registrations

 

 

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Section 9. Miscellaneous

 

 

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(a) Remedies

 

 

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(b) Amendments and Waivers

 

 

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(c) Notices

 

 

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(d) Merger or Consolidation of the Company

 

 

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(e) Successors and Assigns

 

 

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(f) Counterparts

 

 

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(g) Headings

 

 

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(h) Governing Law

 

 

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(i) Severability

 

 

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(j) Entire Agreement

 

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

     THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of February 25, 2009, by and between ValueVision Media, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (together with its successors and assigns, the “Company”), GE Capital Equity Investments, Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and assigns, the “Purchaser”), NBC Universal, Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and assigns, “NBC”). Each other person who becomes a Holder hereunder shall become a party hereto by executing a counterpart and acknowledgment as set forth on Exhibit A.

RECITALS

     WHEREAS, pursuant to an Investment Agreement, dated as of March 8, 1999 (the “Investment Agreement”), between the Company and the Purchaser, the Purchaser purchased shares of Series A Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), and warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”); and

     WHEREAS, all of the warrants purchased by the Purchaser pursuant to the Investment Agreement have expired and are no longer outstanding; and

     WHEREAS, pursuant to the Distribution Agreement (as defined below), the Company has issued warrants to NBC to purchase shares of Common Stock;

     WHEREAS, pursuant to an Exchange Agreement, dated as of February 25, 2009 (the “Exchange Agreement”), between the Company and the Purchaser, the Purchaser exchanged all of its shares of Series A Preferred Stock for 4,929,266 shares of Series B Redeemable Preferred Stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share; and

     WHEREAS, pursuant to the Exchange Agreement the Company issued warrants to the Purchaser to purchase up to 6,000,000 shares of Common Stock (the “2009 Warrants” and together with the warrants issued under the Distribution Agreement, the “Warrants”); and

     WHEREAS, to induce the Purchaser to execute and deliver the Exchange Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide to the Holders (as defined below) certain registration rights (the “Registration Rights”) under the Securities Act;

     WHEREAS, this Agreement amends, restates and supersedes that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April 15, 1999 between the Company, the Purchaser and NBC and any other prior agreements and understandings between the Company, the Purchaser and NBC or any of them, including their respective predecessors, with respect to the Registration Rights and if any provision of this

 


 

Agreement relating to the Registration Rights conflicts, or is inconsistent therewith, this Agreement shall control; and

     WHEREAS, the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto is a condition to the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Exchange Agreement.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and agreements set forth herein and in the Exchange Agreement, and other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

     Section 1. Definitions . For purposes of this Agreement, the following capitalized terms have the following meanings:

     “Common Stock”: The common stock of the Company and any securities into which such common stock is converted or exchanged in any merger, consolidation or reclassification.

     “Distribution Agreement”: The Distribution and Marketing Agreement dated as of March 8, 1999 between the Company and NBC pursuant to which NBC has agreed to distribute certain programming of the Company, as such agreement may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

     “Holders”: Each Restricted Party (as defined in the Shareholder Agreement) that from time to time owns Registrable Securities and each of their permitted transferees that owns Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 9(e) who agree to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement in accordance with such section.

     “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 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 Securities covered by such Registration Statement and all other amendments and supplements to such prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such prospectus.

     “Registrable Securities”: All shares of Common Stock (i) held from time to time by the Holders who are Restricted Parties (the “Restricted Party Common Stock”) or (ii) held by Holders who are not Restricted Parties (but only to the extent that such Common Stock previously constituted Restricted Party Common Stock or Common Stock described in clause (iii) below) or (iii) issued or issuable upon the exercise of Warrants, excluding shares of Common Stock that have been disposed of by a Holder pursuant to a Registration Statement relating to the sale thereof that has become effective under the Securities Act or pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 145 under the Securities Act or that may be disposed of by a Holder pursuant to Rule 144 free of any restrictions or limitations

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thereunder. Registrable Securities shall also include any shares of Common Stock or other securities convertible into or exercisable for shares of Common Stock that may be received by the Holders (x) as a result of a stock dividend on or stock split of Registrable Securities or (y) on account of Registrable Securities in a recapitalization of or other transaction involving the Company.

     “Registration Statement”: Any registration statement of the Company under the Securities Act that covers any of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including the related Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus, all amendments and supplements to such registration statement (including post-effective amendments), all exhibits and schedules and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such registration statement.

     “Restricted Parties”: As defined in the Shareholder Agreement.

     “Rule 144”: Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any successor rule or provision.

     “Rule 145”: Rule 145 under the Securities Act or any successor rule or provision.

     “SEC”: The Securities and Exchange Commission.

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

     “Shareholder Agreement”: The Amended and Restated Shareholder Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Company and the Purchaser, as such agreement may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

     “Underwritten Offering”: A registered offering of Common Stock pursuant to the Securities Act, in which shares of Common Stock of the Company are sold to the public through one or more underwriters.

     Section 2. Demand Registration .

          (a) Requests for Registration by Holders . Subject to the terms and conditions of the Shareholder Agreement, at any time and from time to time, subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement: (i) one or more Holders will have the right, by written notice delivered to the Company (a “Demand Notice”), to require the Company to register Registrable Securities under and in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act (a “Demand Registration”), provided that the Holders may not make in the aggregate more than four (4) Demand Registrations under this Agreement; provided, further, that: (i) no such Demand Registration may be required unless the Holders requesting such Demand Registration provide to the Company a certificate (the “Authorizing Certificate”), seeking to include at least two million (2,000,000) shares of Registrable Securities in such Demand Registration as of the date the Demand Notice is given; and (ii) no Demand Notice may be given prior to six (6) months after the effective

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date of the immediately preceding Demand Registration or, if later, the date on which a registration pursuant to this Section 2 is terminated in its entirety prior to the effective date of the applicable registration statement. The Authorizing Certificate shall set forth (A) the name of each Holder signing such Authorizing Certificate, (B) the number of Registrable Securities held by each such Holder, and, if different, the number of Registrable Securities such Holder has elected to have registered, and (C) the intended methods of disposition of the Registrable Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a good faith decision by a Holder to withdraw Registrable Securities from registration will not affect the Company’s obligations hereunder even if the amount remaining to be registered is fewer than two million (2,000,000) shares of Registrable Securities, provided that: (1) such continuing registration shall constitute a Demand Registration, (2) the withdrawing Holder reimburses the Company for any registration and filing fees (including any fees payable to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. or any successor organization) it has incurred with respect to the withdrawn Registrable Securities (unless all Registrable Securities are withdrawn, in which case the withdrawing Holder(s) shall reimburse the Company for all costs and expenses incurred by it in connection with the registration of such Registrable Securities) and (3) such Holder (or the other Holders participating in the subject registration) did not include the withdrawn Registrable Securities as a means of circumventing the threshold of two million (2,000,000) shares of Registrable Securities described above. Subject to compliance with clause (2) of the preceding proviso, a registration that is terminated in its entirety prior to the effective date of the applicable registration statement will not constitute a Demand Registration.

          (b) Filing and Effectiveness . The Company will file a Registration Statement relating to any Demand Registration as promptly as practicable (but in any event within 90 calendar days) following the date on which the Demand Notice is given and will use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause the same to be declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable thereafter. If any Demand Registration is requested to be effected as a shelf registration pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act by the Holders demanding such Demand Registration, the Company will keep the Registration Statement filed in respect thereof effective for a period of six (6) months from the date on which the SEC declares such Registration Statement effective (subject to extension pursuant to Section 5) or such shorter period that will terminate when all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to such Registration Statement.

     Within ten (10) business days after receipt of such Demand Notice, the Company will serve written notice thereof (the “Notice”) to all other Holders and will, subject to the provisions of Section 2(c), include in such registration all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company receives written requests for inclusion therein within ten (10) business days after receipt of the Notice by the applicable Holder. Subject to the proviso at the end of Section 2(a), the Holder will be permitted to withdraw in good faith all or part of the Registrable Securities from a Demand Registration at any time prior to

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the effective date of such Demand Registration, in which event the Company will promptly amend or, if applicable, withdraw the related Registration Statement.

          (c) Priority on Demand Registration . If Registrable Securities are to be registered pursuant to a Demand Registration, the Company shall provide written notice to the other Holders and will permit all such Holders who request to be included in the Demand Registration to include any or all Registrable Securities held by such Holders in such Demand Registration. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the managing underwriter or underwriters of an Underwritten Offering to which such Demand Registration relates advises the Holders that the total amount of Registrable Securities that such Holders intend to include in such Demand Registration is in the aggregate such as to materially and adversely affect the success of such offering, then the number of Registrable Securities to be included in such Demand Registration will, if necessary, be reduced and there will be included in such underwritten offering the number of Registrable Securities that, in the opinion of such managing underwriter or underwriters, can be sold without materially and adversely affecting the success of such Underwritten Offering. The Registrable Securities of the Holder or Holders initiating the Demand Registration shall receive priority in such Underwritten Offering to the full extent of the Registrable Securities such Holder or Holders desire to sell (unless these securities would materially and adversely affect the success of such offering, in which case the number of such Holder’s Registrable Securities included in the offering shall be reduced to the extent necessary) and the remaining allocation available for sale, if any, shall be allocated pro rata among the other Holders on the basis of the amount of Registrable Securities requested to be included therein by each such Holder.

          (d) Postponement of Demand Registration . The Company will be entitled to postpone the filing period of any Demand Registration for a reasonable period of time not in excess of 90 calendar days if the Company determines, in the good faith exercise of the business judgment of its Board of Directors, that such registration and offering could materially interfere with a bona fide business or financing transaction of the Company or would require disclosure of information, the premature disclosure of which could materially and adversely affect the Company. If the Company postpones the filing of a Registration Statement, it will promptly notify the Holders in writing (i) when the events or circumstances permitting such postponement have ended and (ii) that the decision to postpone was made by the Board of Directors of the Company in accordance with this Section 2(d).

     Section 3. Piggyback Registration .

          (a) Right to Piggyback . If at any time the Company proposes to file a Registration Statement, whether or not for sale for the Company’s own account, on a form and in a manner that would also permit registration of Registrable Securities, the Company shall give to Holders holding Registrable Securities, written notice of such proposed filing at least thirty (30) calendar days before the anticipated filing. The notice referred to in the preceding sentence shall offer Holders the opportunity to register such amount of Registrable Securities as each Holder may request (a “Piggyback

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Registration”). Subject to Section 3(b), the Company will include in each such Piggyback Registration all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein. Subject to clause (2) of the proviso at the end of Section 2(a), the Holders will be permitted to withdraw all or part of the Registrable Securities from a Piggyback Registration at any time prior to the effective date of such Piggyback Registration.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will not be obligated to effect any registration of Registrable Securities under this Section 3 as a result of the registration of any of its securities solely in connection with mergers, acquisitions, exchange offers, dividend reinvestment and share purchase plans offered solely to current holders of the Common Stock, rights offerings or option or other employee benefit plans.

          (b) Priority on Piggyback Registrations . The Company will cause the managing underwriter or underwriters of a proposed Underwritten Offering to permit Holders holding Registrable Securities requested to be included in the registration for such offering to include therein all such Registrable Securities requested to be so included on the same terms and conditions as any securities of the Company included therein (other than the indemnification by the Holders, which will be limited as set forth in Section 7 hereof). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the managing underwriter or underwriters of such Underwritten Offering advises the Holders to the effect that the total amount of securities that such Holders and the Company propose to include in such Underwritten Offering is such as to materially and adversely affect the success of such offering, then the Company will include in such registration (i) first, 100% of the Common Stock of the Person who requests such registration, if any, (ii) second, 100% of the Common Stock the Company proposes to sell, and (iii) third, to the extent of the number of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration which, with the advice of such managing underwriter, can be sold without having the adverse effect referred to above, the number of Registrable Securities which the Holders have requested to be included in such registration, such amount to be allocated pro rata among all requesting Holders on the basis of the relative number of Registrable Securities then held by each such Holder.

     Section 4. Restrictions on Sale by Holders . Each Holder agrees, if such Holder is so requested (pursuant to a timely written notice) by the managing underwriter or underwriters in an Underwritten Offering, not to effect any public sale or distribution of any of the Company’s securities of such class or securities convertible or exchangeable into such class (except as part of such underwritten offering), including a sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, during the 15-calendar day period prior to, and during the 90-calendar day period beginning on, the closing date of such Underwritten Offering.

     Section 5. Registration Procedures . In connection with the Company’s registration obligations pursuant to Sections 2 and 3, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect such registrations to permit the sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of disposition thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company will as expeditiously as possible, and in each

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case to the extent applicable (it being understood that the obligations of the Company in clauses (a), (b), (d), (h), (j), (k), (l), (n) and (q) of this Section 5 will be subject to the first sentence of Section 3(b) and, except as provided in Section 3(b), the Holders will not have any right to effect an underwritten public offering under Section 3) use its commercially reasonable efforts to:

     (a) Prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement or Registration Statements on any appropriate form under the Securities Act available for the sale of the Registrable Securities by the holders thereof in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof, and cause each such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective as provided herein; provided, however, that before filing a Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto the Company will furnish to the Holders holding Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement, not more than one counsel chosen by Holders holding a majority of the Registrable Securities being registered (“Special Counsel”) and the managing underwriters, if any, copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents will be subject to the review of such Holders, such Special Counsel and such underwriters, and the Company will not file any such Registration Statement or amendment thereto or any Prospectus or any supplement thereto (excluding such documents that, upon filing, will be incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein) to which the Holders holding a majority of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement or the managing underwriter, if any, shall reasonably object.

     (b) Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to each Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective for the applicable periods specified in Section 2; cause the related Prospectus to be supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 (or any similar provisions then in force) under the Securities Act; and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the sellers thereof set forth in such Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented.

     (c) Notify the selling Holders and the managing underwriters, if any, promptly, and (if requested by any such person) confirm such notice in writing, (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, (ii) of any request by the SEC or any other federal or state governmen


 
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