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Exhibit 4.5
EXECUTION
COPY
EXCHANGE AND REGISTRATION
RIGHTS AGREEMENT
by and among
CHILL ACQUISITION,
INC.,
THE OTHER GUARANTORS FROM
TIME TO TIME PARTY THERETO,
GSO DOMESTIC CAPITAL
FUNDING LLC,
GSO COF FACILITY
LLC,
GSO ORIGINATION FUNDING
PARTNERS LP,
FARALLON FUNDING,
L.L.C.,
ALPINVEST PARTNERS
MEZZANINE 2007 C.V.,
KKR FINANCIAL HOLDINGS
III, LLC,
CMP II INITIAL HOLDINGS,
L.L.C.
$500,000,000
13.50%/14.00% SENIOR
SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2016
Dated as of
February 13, 2008
EXCHANGE AND
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Exchange and
Registration Rights Agreement (this “ Agreement
”) is made and entered into as of February 13, 2008, by
and among Chill Acquisition, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“
MergerCo ” or, in its capacity as issuer of the Notes
(defined below), the “ Issuer ”), GSO Domestic
Capital Funding LLC (“ GSO Domestic Capital ”),
GSO COF Facility LLC (“ GSO COF ”), GSO
Origination Funding Partners LP (“ GSO Origination
Funding ” and, together with GSO Domestic Capital and GSO
COF, the “ GSO Purchasers ”), Farallon Funding,
L.L.C. (“ Farallon Funding ”), AlpInvest
Partners Mezzanine 2007 C.V. (“ AlpInvest ”),
KKR Financial Holdings III, LLC (“ KKR Financial
”) and CMP II Initial Holdings, L.L.C. (“ CMP II
” and, together with the GSO Purchasers, Farallon Funding,
AlpInvest and KKR Financial, the “ Purchasers
”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, pursuant to
(a) that certain Indenture, dated as of February 13,
2008, between the Issuer and Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, as Trustee (as amended, supplemented or modified from
time to time, the “ Indenture ”) and
(b) that certain Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of
February 13, 2008, among the Purchasers and the Issuer (as
amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “
Purchase Agreement ”), the Issuer is issuing and
selling to the Purchasers on the date hereof its 13.50%/14.00%
Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2016 in an original aggregate
principal amount of $500,000,000 (together with all notes issued in
exchange, substitution or replacement therefor (other than the
Exchange Notes (defined below)), the “ Notes
”).
Upon consummation of the
Merger (defined below) on the Closing Date the Guarantors (as
defined in the Indenture) will be required to execute the Guarantor
Supplemental Indenture, pursuant to which the Guarantors will
guarantee all the obligations of the Issuer under the Notes and the
Indenture to the extent required by the Indenture.
Furthermore, upon
consummation of the Merger, the Company and the Initial Guarantors
will be required to execute a Joinder and Assumption Agreement in
the form of Exhibit A to the Purchase Agreement pursuant to
which the Company will assume all obligations of the Issuer under
this Agreement and each of the Initial Guarantors will assume all
of the obligations of a guarantor under this Agreement.
As an inducement to the
Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Issuer agrees
with the Purchasers, for the benefit of the Holders (including,
without limitation, the Purchasers), as follows:
1. Definitions
.
Terms that are not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the
Purchase Agreement, or, if not defined therein, in the Indenture.
The following terms shall have the meanings specified below (it
being understood that defined terms shall include in the singular
number the plural and in the plural the singular):
“ Advice ”
is defined in Section 5(t).
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“ Agreement
” is defined in the Preamble.
“ AlpInvest
” is defined in the Preamble.
“ Blackout
Period ” is defined in Section 3(d).
“ CMP II ”
is defined in the Preamble.
“ Commission
” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“ Company
” is defined in the Recitals.
“ Day ”
means a calendar day, unless otherwise expressly
provided.
“ Effectiveness
Date ” means (i) in the case of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement, the 180th day from the Closing Date,
provided that such date shall be extended for up to
an additional 90 days during the period the Commission is reviewing
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and (ii) in the case
of the Initial Shelf Registration Statement, the 120
th
day from the date of delivery
of the Shelf Notice; provided that such date shall be
extended for up to an additional 90 days during the period the
Commission is reviewing the Initial Shelf Registration
Statement.
“ Effectiveness
Period ” is defined in Section 3(a).
“ Event Date
” is defined in Section 4(b).
“ Exchange Act
” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
“ Exchange
Guarantees ” is defined in Section 2(a).
“ Exchange Notes
” means the 13.50%/14.00% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2016
of the Company, identical in all material respects to the Notes
except that restrictive legends, restrictions on transfer and
liquidated damages provisions shall be eliminated from the Exchange
Notes and all notes issued in exchange, substitution or replacement
for such Exchange Notes.
“ Exchange Offer
” is defined in Section 2(a).
“ Exchange Offer
Registration Statement ” is defined in
Section 2(a).
“ Farallon
Funding ” is defined in the
Preamble.
“ Filing Date
” is defined in Section 2(a).
“ FINRA ”
means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
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“ Free-Writing
Prospectus ” shall mean an “issuer free writing
prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act,
that is prepared by or on behalf of the Company.
“ GSO COF
” is defined in the Preamble.
“ GSO Domestic
Capital ” is defined in the Preamble.
“ GSO Origination
Funding ” is defined in the Preamble.
“ GSO Purchasers
” is defined in the Preamble.
“ Guarantees
” means the senior subordinated guarantees given by the
Guarantors to the Holders pursuant to the Indenture.
“ Holders
” shall have the meaning set forth in the
Indenture.
“ Indemnified
Party ” is defined in Section 6(c).
“ Indemnifying
Party ” is defined in Section 6(c).
“ Indenture
” is defined in the Recitals.
“ Initial Shelf
Registration Statement ” is defined in
Section 3(a).
“ Inspectors
” is defined in Section 5(n).
“ Institutional
Investor ” means an entity that trades large volumes of
securities, such as investment companies, mutual funds, brokerages,
insurance companies, pension funds, investment banks and endowment
funds.
“ Issuer ”
is defined in the Preamble.
“ KKR Financial
” is defined in the Preamble.
“ Liquidated
Damages ” is defined in Section 4(a).
“ Losses ”
is defined in Section 6(a).
“ Maximum
Contribution Amount ” is defined in
Section 6(e).
“ Merger ”
shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase
Agreement.
“ MergerCo
” is defined in the Preamble.
“ Notes ”
is defined in the Recitals.
“ Participating
Broker-Dealer ” is defined in
Section 2(e).
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“ Prospectus
” means 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
or Rule 430B), 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 ” is defined in the Recitals.
“ Purchaser
” or “ Purchasers ” is defined in the
Preamble.
“ Records
” is defined in Section 5(n).
“ Registrable
Notes ” (i) Notes (for purposes of this definition
which shall include the Guarantees) and (ii) Exchange Notes
(for purposes of this definition which shall include the Exchange
Guarantees) received in the Exchange Offer as to which
Section 2(h)(iii) is applicable and as to which notice under
Section 2(h)(iii) has been timely delivered to the Company, in
each case that may not be sold without restriction under federal or
state securities laws until, in each case, the earliest to occur of
(a) a Registration Statement (other than, with respect to any
Exchange Notes as to which Section 2(h)(iii) is applicable and
as to which notice under Section 2(h)(iii) has been timely
delivered to the Company, the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement) covering such Note or Exchange Note has been declared
effective by the Commission and such Note or Exchange Note, as the
case may be, has been disposed of in accordance with such effective
Registration Statement, (b) such Note has been exchanged
pursuant to the Exchange Offer for an Exchange Note or Exchange
Notes that may be resold without restriction under state and
federal securities laws (other than prospectus delivery
requirements), (c) such Note, or Exchange Note, as the case
may be, ceases to be outstanding or (d) such Note or Exchange
Note, as the case may be, may be resold by non-affiliates of the
Company without restriction as to volume pursuant to Rule 144
(as amended or replaced) or have been resold pursuant to Rule 144
(as amended or replaced) under the Securities Act.
“ Registration
Statement ” means any registration statement of the
Company filed with the Commission 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 158
” means Rule 158 under the Securities Act (or any successor
provision), as it may be amended from time to time.
“ Rule 405
” means Rule 405 under the Securities Act (or any successor
provision), as it may be amended from time to time.
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“ Rule 415
” means Rule 415 under the Securities Act (or any successor
provision), as it may be amended from time to time.
“ Rule 424
” means Rule 424 under the Securities Act (or any successor
provision), as it may be amended from time to time.
“ Rule 430A
” means Rule 430A under the Securities Act (or any successor
provision), as it may be amended from time to time.
“ Rule 430B
” means Rule 430B under the Securities Act (or any successor
provision), as it may be amended from time to time.
“ Shelf Notice
” is defined in Section 2(h).
“ Shelf Registration
Statement ” is defined in Section 3(b).
“ Subsequent Shelf
Registration Statement ” is defined in
Section 3(b).
“ Underwritten
Registration ” or “ Underwritten Offering
” means a registration in which securities of the Company are
sold to an underwriter for reoffering to the public.
2. Exchange
Offer
(a) The Company and the
Guarantors shall (i) prepare and file with the Commission (the
date of such filing, the “ Filing Date ”) a
registration statement (the “ Exchange Offer Registration
Statement ”) on an appropriate form under the Securities
Act with respect to an offer (an “ Exchange Offer
”) to the Holders to issue and deliver to such Holders, in
exchange for the Notes, a like principal amount of Exchange Notes,
guaranteed on a senior subordinated basis by the Guarantors (the
“ Exchange Guarantees ”) on terms identical to
the Guarantees of the Notes, except that the Exchange Notes and
Exchange Guarantees shall have been registered pursuant to an
effective registration statement and except that restrictive
legends, restrictions on transfer and liquidated damages provisions
shall be eliminated from the Exchange Notes and the Exchange
Guarantees, (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective no
later than the Effectiveness Date, (iii) use commercially
reasonable efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement open for at least 20 Business Days (or longer if required
by applicable law) after the date notice of the Exchange Offer is
mailed to Holders, (iv) use commercially reasonable efforts to
consummate the Exchange Offer whereby (A) the Company shall
issue, promptly after the completion of the Exchange Offer,
Exchange Notes in exchange for all Notes validly tendered and not
withdrawn prior thereto in the Exchange Offer and (B) the
Guarantors will issue Exchange Guarantees guaranteeing the
Company’s obligations under the Exchange Notes and
(v) take all commercially reasonable actions to ensure that
any Free-Writing Prospectus utilized by the Company in connection
with any registration required by this Agreement complies in all
material respects with the Securities Act, is filed in accordance
with the Securities Act to the extent required thereby, is retained
in accordance with the Securities Act to the extent required
thereby and, when taken together with the related prospectus, will
not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in
light of
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the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading. An Exchange Offer shall not be subject to any
conditions, other than that (i) such Exchange Offer, or the
making of any exchange by a Holder, does not violate applicable law
or any applicable interpretation of the staff of the Commission,
(ii) the due tendering of Registrable Notes in accordance with
the Exchange Offer, (iii) that each Holder of Registrable
Notes exchanged in the Exchange Offer shall have represented that
all Exchange Notes to be received by it shall be acquired in the
ordinary course of its business and that at the time of the
consummation of the Exchange Offer it shall have no arrangement or
understanding with any person to participate in the distribution
(within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange Notes
and shall have made such other representations as may be reasonably
necessary under applicable Commission rules, regulations or
interpretations to render the use of Form S-4 or other appropriate
form under the Securities Act available, (iv) that no action
or proceeding shall have been instituted or threatened in any court
or by or before any governmental agency with respect to the
Exchange Offer which, in the Company’s judgment, would
reasonably be expected to impair the ability of the Company to
proceed with the Exchange Offer, and no material adverse
development shall have occurred in any existing action or
proceeding with respect to the Company and (v) all
governmental approvals shall have been obtained which the Company
deems necessary for the consummation of the Exchange Offer. The
Exchange Offer will be deemed to have been completed only if the
Exchange Notes and the Exchange Guarantees received in the Exchange
Offer for Registrable Securities by Holders that meet the
conditions for participation in the Exchange Offer are, upon
receipt, transferable by each such Holder without restriction under
the Securities Act and without material restrictions under the blue
sky or securities laws of a substantial majority of the States of
the United States of America, it being understood that
broker-dealers or affiliates of the Company or the Guarantors
receiving Exchange Notes and Exchange Guarantees will be subject to
certain prospectus delivery requirements with respect to resale of
the Exchange Notes and Exchange Guarantees.
(b) The Exchange Notes and
Exchange Guarantees shall be issued under, and entitled to the
benefits of, the Indenture.
(c) Interest on each of the
Exchange Notes will be payable (i) from the later of
(A) the last interest payment date on which interest was paid
on the Notes surrendered in exchange therefor, or (B) if the
Notes are 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 such Notes, from the original issue date
of the Notes.
(d) The Company and the
Guarantors may require each Holder as a condition to participation
in the Exchange Offer to represent (i) that any Exchange Notes
received by it will be acquired in the ordinary course of its
business, (ii) that at the time of the 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) that such Holder is not an affiliate of the Company
and the Guarantors within the meaning of the Securities Act, or, if
it is an affiliate of the Company or any Guarantor, that it will
comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements
of the Securities Act to the extent applicable to it, (iv) if
such Holder is not a Participating Broker-Dealer, that it is not
engaged in,
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and does not intend to engage in, the
distribution of the Exchange Notes and (v) if such Holder is a
Participating Broker-Dealer, that such Holder 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, and that
it will deliver a Prospectus in connection with any resale of the
Exchange Notes.
(e) The Company and the
Guarantors shall include within the Prospectus contained in the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement a section entitled
“Plan of Distribution” which shall contain all
information that the Commission requires 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 or other trading
activity (a “ Participating Broker-Dealer ”).
Such “Plan of Distribution” section shall also allow,
to the extent permitted by applicable policies and regulations of
the Commission, the use of the Prospectus by all Participating
Broker-Dealers subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of
the Securities Act, and include a statement describing the manner
in which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange
Notes. Each of the Purchasers represents that it is not a
broker-dealer.
(f) In connection with the
Exchange Offer, the Company shall:
(i) mail or cause to be
mailed to each Holder of record a copy of the Prospectus forming a
part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, together with an
appropriate letter of transmittal and related documents;
(ii) utilize the services of
a depository for the Exchange Offer;
(iii) 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
(iv) comply in all material
respects with all applicable laws.
(g) As soon as practicable
after the close of the Exchange Offer the Company shall:
(i) accept for exchange all
Registrable Notes validly tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer
and not validly withdrawn;
(ii) deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation all Registrable Notes so
accepted for exchange; and
(iii) cause the Trustee
promptly to authenticate and deliver to each such Holder Exchange
Notes equal in principal amount to the Notes of such Holder so
accepted for exchange; provided that in the case of
any Exchange Notes held in global form by a depositary,
authentication and delivery to such depositary of one or more
replacement Exchange Notes in global form in an equivalent
principal amount thereto for the account of such Holders in
accordance with the Indenture shall satisfy such authentication and
delivery requirement.
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(h) If, (i) applicable
interpretations of the staff of the Commission would not permit the
consummation of the Exchange Offer as contemplated by this
Section 2, (ii) the Exchange Offer is not consummated
within 60 days after the Effectiveness Date, for any reason, or
(iii) in the case of any Holder that participates in the
Exchange Offer but, because of any changes in law, Commission rules
or regulations or applicable public interpretations thereof by the
Commission staff, does not receive Exchange Notes on the date of
the exchange that may be sold without restriction (other than
prospectus delivery requirements) under state and federal
securities laws and so notifies the Company in writing within 30
days of consummation of the Exchange Offer, then, in each case, the
Company shall promptly deliver to the Holders and the Trustee,
written notice thereof (the “ Shelf Notice ”)
and shall on one and only one occasion file an Initial Shelf
Registration Statement pursuant to Section 3. In no event
shall the Shelf Notice be given prior to the notice pursuant to
Section 2(a) that could be given for the Exchange
Offer.
3. Shelf Registration
Statement
If a Shelf Notice is properly
delivered pursuant to Section 2(h), then:
(a) Initial Shelf
Registration Statement . The Company and each Guarantor shall
as promptly as practicable after the date of the Shelf Notice file
with the Commission a Registration Statement (the “
Initial Shelf Registration Statement ”) for an
offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415
covering all of the Registrable Notes, except as otherwise provided
in this Agreement. The Company and each Guarantor shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to file with the Commission the
Initial Shelf Registration Statement within 60 days of the delivery
of the Shelf Notice and shall use commercially reasonable efforts
to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective
under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable thereafter (but
in no event more than 120 days after the Shelf Notice). 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 the Guarantors shall not
permit any securities other than the Registrable Notes to be
included in any Shelf Registration Statement. 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 Commission 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. The Company and the
Guarantors shall use commercially reasonable efforts to keep the
Initial Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective (other
than during any Blackout Period (as defined in Section 3(d)
below)) under the Securities Act until the date which is one year
from the date the Initial Shelf Registration Statement is declared
effective (the “ Effectiveness Period ”), or
such shorter period ending when (i) 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 or otherwise cease to be Registrable Notes
or (ii) a Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement 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.
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(b) Subsequent Shelf
Registration Statements . 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 during any permitted Blackout Period relating to
such Shelf Registration Statement, or because of the sale of all of
the securities registered thereunder), the Company and the
Guarantors shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the
prompt withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness
thereof, and in any event shall use commercially reasonable efforts
to amend such Shelf Registration Statement within 30 days of such
cessation of effectiveness in a manner designed to obtain the
withdrawal of the order suspending the effectiveness thereof, or
file an additional “ shelf ” Registration
Statement pursuant to Rule 415 covering all of the Registrable
Notes covered by and not sold under the Initial Shelf Registration
Statement or an earlier Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement (a
“ Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement ”). If
a Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement is filed, the Company and
the Guarantors shall use commercially reasonable 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 and the Guarantors shall promptly
supplement and amend any Shelf Registration Statement 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 with
respect to the information included therein regarding one or more
of such Holders or, as applicable, such underwriter.
If the Company files any
shelf registration statement for the benefit of the holders of any
of its securities other than the Holders, the Company agrees that
it shall include in such registration statement such disclosures as
may be required by Rule 430B (referring to the unnamed selling
security holders in a generic manner by identifying the initial
offering of the securities to the Holders) in order to ensure that
the Holders may be added to such shelf registration statement at a
later time through the filing of a prospectus supplement rather
than a post-effective amendment.
(d) Blackout Period .
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the
Company and the Guarantors, upon notice to the Holders, may delay
the filing of any Shelf Registration Statement or Exchange Offer
Registration Statement or suspend the use of the Prospectus
included in any Shelf Registration Statement or an Exchange Offer
Registration Statement in the event that and for a period of time
(a “ Blackout Period ”) not to exceed an
aggregate of 60 days in any twelve month period if (i) the
Board of Directors of the Company
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determines, in good faith, that 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, assets, operations, condition (financial or otherwise),
performance, property or prospects of the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole or (ii) the disclosure
otherwise relates to a material business transaction which has not
been publicly disclosed and the Board of Directors of the Company
determines, in good faith, that any such disclosure would
jeopardize the success of such transaction or that disclosure of
the transaction is prohibited pursuant to the terms thereof;
provided that upon the termination of such Blackout
Period, the Company and the Guarantors shall promptly notify the
Holders that such Blackout Period has been terminated. There shall
be no more than two Blackout Periods during any twelve month
period.
4. Liquidated
Damages
(a) The Company and the
Guarantors acknowledge and agree that the Holders will suffer
damages if the Company or the Guarantors fails to fulfill their
material obligations under Section 2 and/or Section 3
hereof and that it would not be feasible to ascertain the extent of
such damages with precision. Accordingly, the Company agrees to
pay, and the Guarantors agree to guarantee, pursuant to the terms
of the Indenture, the Company’s obligations with respect to,
liquidated damages on the Registrable 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 is declared effective on or prior to the applicable
Effectiveness Date, or (B) notwithstanding that the Company
and the Guarantors have consummated or will consummate an Exchange
Offer, the Company and the Guarantors are required to file a Shelf
Registration Statement and such Shelf Registration Statement is not
declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the applicable
Effectiveness Date, Liquidated Damages shall be paid on the
principal amount of the Registrable Notes over and above the stated
interest at a rate of 0.25% per annum of the principal
amount of such Registrable Notes for the first 90 days immediately
following the Effectiveness Date, such Liquidated Damages rate
increasing by an additional 0.25% per annum on the
90 th day
of such period and on the 90 th day of each subsequent 90-day period thereafter, subject to the
proviso in the last sentence of this paragraph;
(ii) if (A) the Company
has not exchanged Exchange Notes for all Notes validly tendered in
accordance with the terms of the Exchange Offer or the Guarantors
have not issued the Exchange Guarantees in connection therewith on
or prior to 30 Business Days after the applicable Effectiveness
Date, or (B) 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 expiration of the
Effectiveness Period (other than during any permitted Blackout
Period relating to such Shelf Registration Statement, or such time
as all Registrable Notes registered thereunder have been disposed
of), then Liquidated Damages shall be paid on the principal amount
of the Registrable Notes, over and above the stated interest, at a
rate of 0.25% per annum of the principal amount of
such Registrable Notes for the first 90 days commencing on
(x) the 31 st Business
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Day after the applicable
Effectiveness Date, in the case of clause (A) above, or
(y) the day such Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be
effective in the case of clause (B) above (or, if later,
commencing on the first day following such permitted Blackout
Period), such Liquidated Damages rate increasing by an additional
0.25% per annum on the 90 th day of such period and on the 90
th
day of each subsequent 90-day
period thereafter, subject to the proviso in the last sentence of
this paragraph;
provided ,
however , that the maximum Liquidated Damages rate on the
Registrable Notes may not exceed at any one time in the aggregate
1.0% per annum ; and provided , further
, that (1) upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement or a Shelf Registration Statement (in the
case of (i) above), or (2) upon the exchange of Exchange
Notes for all Notes validly tendered (in the case of (ii)(A) above)
and the issuance of Exchange Guarantees in connection therewith, or
upon the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement which had
ceased to remain effective (in the case of (ii) above),
Liquidated Damages on the Registrable Notes as a result of such
clause, as the case may be, shall cease to accrue for periods on or
after such date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Liquidated
Damages shall accrue or be paid with respect to Notes that are not
Registrable Notes.
(b) The Company shall notify
the Trustee within 3 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) or
(a)(ii) of this Section 4 will be payable in cash on the dates
and in the manner provided in the Indenture, commencing with the
first such semi-annual date occurring after any such Liquidated
Damages commences to be paid. The amount of Liquidated Damages will
be determined by multiplying the applicable Liquidated Damages rate
by the principal amount of the Registrable Notes outstanding,
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of
days such Liquidated Damages rate was applicable during such 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.
(c) The parties hereto agree
that the Liquidated Damages provided for in this Section 4
constitutes the sole damages that will be suffered by Holders by
reason of the occurrence of any of the events described in Sections
4(a)(i) and 4(a)(ii) hereof and that the Company shall have used
commercially reasonable efforts in meeting such time periods if
they in fact have been met. The parties agree that the Liquidated
Damages provided for in this Section 4 constitutes a
reasonable estimate of damages that will be suffered by Holders by
reason of clauses (a)(i) or (a)(ii) of this
Section 4.
5. Registration
Procedures
In connection with the filing
of any Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2 or
Section 3 hereof, the Company and the Guarantors shall 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 Shelf Registration Statement or Exchange Offer Registration
Statement filed by the Company hereunder, the Company and the
Guarantors, as applicable, shall:
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