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 derives any signif