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Exhibit 4.3
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
AGREEMENT
Dated as of December 23,
2004
Among
WMG HOLDINGS CORP.
as Issuer,
and
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES
LLC
GOLDMAN, SACHS &
CO.
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES
INC.
as Initial
Purchasers
$250,000,000 Aggregate
Principal Amount
at Maturity 9.5% Senior
Discount Notes due 2014
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Definitions |
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Exchange
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Shelf
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Additional Interest |
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Registration Procedures |
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Registration Expenses |
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Indemnification and Contribution |
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Rules 144
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Underwritten Registrations |
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Miscellaneous |
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS
AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights
Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is dated as of
December 23, 2004, among WMG HOLDINGS CORP., a Delaware corporation
(the “ Issuer ”) and BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES
LLC, GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. and DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
(the “ Initial Purchasers ”).
This Agreement is entered
into in connection with the Purchase Agreement by and among the
Issuer and the Initial Purchasers, dated as of December 17, 2004
(the “ Purchase Agreement ”), which provides
for, among other things, the sale by the Issuer to the Initial
Purchasers of $396,810,000 aggregate principal amount at maturity
($249,998,236 gross proceeds) of the Issuer’s 9.5% Senior
Discount Notes due 2014 (the “ Notes ”). In
order to induce the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase
Agreement, the Issuer has agreed to provide the registration rights
set forth in this Agreement for the benefit of the Initial
Purchasers and any subsequent holder or holders of the Notes. The
execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the
Initial Purchasers’ obligation to purchase the Notes under
the Purchase Agreement.
The parties hereby agree as
follows:
As used in this Agreement,
the following terms shall have the following meanings:
Accreted Value : shall
have the meaning assigned thereto in the Indenture.
Additional Interest :
See Section 4(a) hereof.
Advice : See the last
paragraph of Section 5 hereof.
Agreement : See the
introductory paragraphs hereto.
Applicable Period :
See Section 2(b) hereof.
Business Day : Any day
that is not a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banking
institutions in New York are authorized or required by law to be
closed.
Effectiveness Period :
See Section 3(a) hereof.
Event Date : See
Section 4(b) hereof.
Exchange Act : The
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
Exchange Notes : See
Section 2(a) hereof.
Exchange Offer : See
Section 2(a) hereof.
Exchange Offer
Registration Statement : See Section 2(a) hereof.
Full Accretion Date :
shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the
Indenture.
Holder : Any holder of
a Registrable Note or Registrable Notes.
Indenture : The
Indenture, dated as of December 23, 2004, by and between the Issuer
and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, pursuant to
which the Notes are being issued, as amended or supplemented from
time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
Information : See
Section 5(o) hereof.
Initial Purchasers :
See the introductory paragraphs hereto.
Initial Shelf
Registration : See Section 3(a) hereof.
Inspectors : See
Section 5(o) hereof.
Issue Date : December
23, 2004, the date of original issuance of the Notes.
Issuer : See the
introductory paragraphs hereto.
NASD : See Section
5(s) hereof.
Notes : See the
introductory paragraphs hereto.
Participant : See
Section 7(a) hereof.
Participating
Broker-Dealer : See Section 2(b) hereof.
Person : An
individual, trustee, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association,
union, business association, firm or other legal entity.
Prospectus : The
prospectus included in any Registration Statement (including,
without limitation, any prospectus subject to completion and a
prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a
prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in
reliance upon Rule 430A under the Securities Act and any term sheet
filed pursuant to Rule 434 under the Securities Act), as amended or
supplemented by any prospectus supplement, and all other amendments
and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective
amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to
be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.
Purchase Agreement :
See the introductory paragraphs hereof.
Records : See Section
5(o) hereof.
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Registrable Notes :
shall mean each Note, upon its original issuance and at all times
subsequent thereto and each Exchange Note as to which Section
2(c)(iv) hereof is applicable upon original issuance and at all
times subsequent thereto; provided, however, that the Notes and
Exchange Notes shall cease to be Registrable Notes (i) when, in the
case of a Holder of such Notes who was entitled to participate in
the Exchange Offer, an Exchange Offer Registration Statement with
respect to the Notes shall have been declared effective under the
1933 Act and either (a) such Notes shall have been exchanged
pursuant to the Exchange Offer for Exchange Notes or (b) the Notes
were not tendered by the Holder thereof in the Exchange Offer, (ii)
when a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to the Notes shall
have been declared effective under the 1933 Act and the Notes shall
have been disposed of pursuant to such Shelf Registration
Statement, (iii) when the Notes are able to be sold to the public
pursuant to Rule 144(k) (or any similar provision then in force,
but not Rule 144A) under the 1933 Act, (iv) such Notes are sold
pursuant to Rule 144 under circumstances in which any legend borne
by such Notes relating to restrictions on transferability thereof,
under the Securities Act or otherwise, is removed by the Issuer or
pursuant to the Indenture or (v) when the Notes shall have ceased
to be outstanding.
Registration Statement
: Any registration statement of the Issuer that covers any of the
Notes or the Exchange Notes filed with the SEC under the Securities
Act, including the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such
registration statement, including post-effective amendments, all
exhibits, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to
be incorporated by reference in such registration
statement.
Rule 144 : Rule 144
under the Securities Act.
Rule 144A : Rule 144A
under the Securities Act.
Rule 405 : Rule 405
under the Securities Act.
Rule 415 : Rule 415
under the Securities Act.
Rule 424 : Rule 424
under the Securities Act.
SEC : The U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission.
Securities Act : The
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
Shelf Notice : See
Section 2(c) hereof.
Shelf Registration :
See Section 3(b) hereof.
Shelf Registration
Statement : Any Registration Statement relating to a Shelf
Registration.
Shelf Suspension
Period : See Section 3(a) hereof.
Subsequent Shelf
Registration : See Section 3(b) hereof.
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TIA : The Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
Trustee : The trustee
under the Indenture and the trustee (if any) under any indenture
governing the Exchange Notes.
Underwritten registration
or underwritten offering : A registration in which securities
of the Issuer are sold to an underwriter for reoffering to the
public.
Except as otherwise
specifically provided, all references in this Agreement to acts,
laws, statutes, rules, regulations, releases, forms, no-action
letters and other regulatory requirements (collectively, “
Regulatory Requirements ”) shall be deemed to refer
also to any amendments thereto and all subsequent Regulatory
Requirements adopted as a replacement thereto having substantially
the same effect therewith; provided that Rule 144 shall not
be deemed to amend or replace Rule 144A.
(a) Unless the Exchange Offer
would violate applicable law or any applicable interpretation of
the staff of the SEC, the Issuer shall use its reasonable best
efforts to file with the SEC a Registration Statement (the “
Exchange Offer Registration Statement ”) on an
appropriate registration form with respect to a registered offer
(the “ Exchange Offer ”) to exchange any and all
of the Registrable Notes for a like aggregate principal amount at
maturity of debt securities of the Issuer (the “ Exchange
Notes ”), that are identical in all material respects to
the Notes, except that (i) the Exchange Notes shall contain no
restrictive legend thereon and (ii) interest thereon shall accrue
from the last date on which interest was paid on the Notes or, if
no such interest has been paid, from the Issue Date, and which are
entitled to the benefits of the Indenture or a trust indenture
which is identical in all material respects to the Indenture (other
than such changes to the Indenture or any such identical trust
indenture as are necessary to comply with the TIA) and which, in
either case, has been qualified under the TIA. The Exchange Offer
shall comply with all applicable tender offer rules and regulations
under the Exchange Act and other applicable laws. The Issuer shall
(x) use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement to be declared effective under the
Securities Act; (y) keep the Exchange Offer open for at least 20
Business Days (or longer if required by applicable law) after the
date that notice of the Exchange Offer is mailed to Holders; and
(z) consummate the Exchange Offer on or prior to the 270th day
following the Issue Date.
Each Holder (including,
without limitation, each Participating Broker-Dealer) who
participates in the Exchange Offer will be required to represent to
the Issuer in writing (which may be contained in the applicable
letter of transmittal) that: (i) any Exchange Notes acquired in
exchange for Registrable Notes tendered are being acquired in the
ordinary course of business of the Person receiving such Exchange
Notes, whether or not such recipient is such Holder itself; (ii) at
the time of the commencement or consummation of the Exchange Offer
neither such Holder nor, to the actual knowledge of such Holder,
any other Person receiving Exchange Notes from such Holder has an
arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in the
distribution of the Exchange Notes in violation of the provisions
of the Securities Act; (iii) neither the Holder nor, to the actual
knowledge of such Holder, any other Person receiving Exchange Notes
from such Holder is an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule
405) of the Issuer or, if it
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is an affiliate of the Issuer, it will
comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements
of the Securities Act to the extent applicable and will provide
information to be included in the Shelf Registration Statement in
accordance with Section 5 hereof in order to have their Notes
included in the Shelf Registration Statement and benefit from the
provisions regarding Additional Interest in Section 4 hereof; (iv)
neither such Holder nor, to the actual knowledge of such Holder,
any other Person receiving Exchange Notes from such Holder is
engaging in or intends to engage in a distribution of the Exchange
Notes; and (v) if such Holder is a Participating Broker-Dealer,
such Holder has acquired the Registrable Notes as a result of
market-making activities or other trading activities and that it
will comply with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act
(including, but not limited to, the prospectus delivery
requirements thereunder).
Upon consummation of the
Exchange Offer in accordance with this Section 2, the provisions of
this Agreement shall continue to apply, mutatis
mutandis , solely with respect to Registrable Notes that are
Exchange Notes as to which Section 2(c)(iv) is applicable and
Exchange Notes held by Participating Broker-Dealers, and the Issuer
shall have no further obligation to register Registrable Notes
(other than Exchange Notes as to which clause 2(c)(iv) hereof
applies) pursuant to Section 3 hereof.
No securities other than the
Exchange Notes shall be included in the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement.
(b) The Issuer shall include
within the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement a section entitled “Plan of Distribution,”
which shall contain a summary statement of the positions taken or
policies made by the staff of the SEC 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 (a “ Participating Broker-Dealer
”), whether such positions or policies have been publicly
disseminated by the staff of the SEC or such positions or policies
represent the prevailing views of the staff of the SEC. Such
“Plan of Distribution” section shall also expressly
permit, to the extent permitted by applicable policies and
regulations of the SEC, the use of the Prospectus by all Persons
subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities
Act, including, to the extent permitted by applicable policies and
regulations of the SEC, all Participating Broker-Dealers, and
include a statement describing the means by which Participating
Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Notes in compliance with the
Securities Act.
The Issuer shall use its
reasonable best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement effective and to amend and supplement the Prospectus
contained therein in order to permit such Prospectus to be lawfully
delivered by all Persons subject to the prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act for such period of time as is
necessary to comply with applicable law in connection with any
resale of the Exchange Notes; provided , however ,
that such period shall not be required to exceed 90 days or such
longer period if extended pursuant to the last paragraph of Section
5 hereof or such time as such Participating Broker-Dealer no longer
owns any Registrable Notes (the “ Applicable Period
”).
If any Initial Purchaser
determines that it is not eligible to participate in the Exchange
Offer with respect to the exchange of Notes constituting any
portion of an unsold allotment, at the request of such Initial
Purchaser prior to the commencement of the Exchange
Offer,
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the Issuer shall issue and deliver to
such Initial Purchaser or the person purchasing Notes registered
under a Shelf Registration Statement as contemplated by Section 3
hereof from such Initial Purchaser, in exchange for such Notes, a
like principal amount of Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes, as
applicable. The Issuer shall use its commercially reasonable
efforts to cause the CUSIP Service Bureau to issue the same CUSIP
number and International Notes Identification Number (“
ISIN ”) for such Notes as for any Exchange Notes
issued pursuant to the Exchange Offer.
In connection with the
Exchange Offer, the Issuer shall:
(1) mail, or cause to be
mailed, to each Holder of record entitled to participate in the
Exchange Offer a copy of the Prospectus forming part of the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement, together with an appropriate
letter of transmittal and related documents;
(2) use their respective
reasonable best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer open for not
less than 20 Business Days after the date that notice of the
Exchange Offer is mailed to Holders (or longer if required by
applicable law);
(3) utilize the services of a
depositary for the Exchange Offer with an address in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, which may be the Trustee or an
Affiliate of the Trustee;
(4) permit Holders to
withdraw tendered Notes at any time prior to the close of business,
New York time, on the last Business Day on which the Exchange Offer
remains open; and
(5) otherwise comply in all
material respects with all applicable laws, rules and
regulations.
As soon as practicable after
the close of the Exchange Offer, the Issuer shall:
(1) accept for exchange all
Registrable Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn
pursuant to the Exchange Offer;
(2) deliver to the Trustee
for cancellation all Registrable Notes so accepted for exchange;
and
(3) cause the Trustee to
authenticate and deliver promptly to each Holder of Notes or
Exchange Notes, as the case may be, equal in principal amount at
maturity to the Notes of such Holder so accepted for exchange;
provided that, in the case of any Notes held in global form
by a depositary, authentication and delivery to such depositary of
one or more replacement 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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The Exchange Offer shall not
be subject to any conditions, other than that (i) the Exchange
Offer does not violate applicable law or any applicable
interpretation of the staff of the SEC; (ii) no action or
proceeding shall have been instituted or threatened in any court or
by any governmental agency which might materially impair the
ability of the Issuer to proceed with the Exchange Offer, and no
material adverse development shall have occurred in any existing
action or proceeding with respect to the Issuer; and (iii) all
governmental approvals shall have been obtained, which approvals
the Issuer deems necessary for the consummation of the Exchange
Offer.
The Exchange Notes shall be
issued under (i) the Indenture or (ii) an indenture identical in
all material respects to the Indenture and which, in either case,
has been qualified under the TIA or is exempt from such
qualification and shall provide that the Exchange Notes shall not
be subject to the transfer restrictions set forth in the Indenture.
The Indenture or such indenture shall provide that the Exchange
Notes and the Notes shall vote and consent together on all matters
as one class and that none of the Exchange Notes or the Notes will
have the right to vote or consent as a separate class on any
matter.
(c) If, (i) because of any
change in law or in currently prevailing interpretations of the
staff of the SEC, the Issuer is not permitted to effect the
Exchange Offer, (ii) the Exchange Offer is not consummated within
360 days of the Issue Date, (iii) the Initial Purchasers or any
other holder of Notes not able to participate in the Exchange Offer
due to applicable law so requests in writing to the Issuer at any
time prior to the commencement of the Exchange Offer, or (iv) in
the case of any Holder that participates in the Exchange Offer,
such Holder does not receive Exchange Notes on the date of the
exchange that may be sold without restriction under state and
federal securities laws (other than due solely to the status of
such Holder as an affiliate of the Issuer within the meaning of the
Securities Act) and so notifies the Issuer within 15 days after
such Holder first becomes aware of such restrictions, in the case
of each of clauses (i) to and including (iv) of this sentence, then
the Issuer shall promptly deliver to the Trustee (to deliver to the
Holders) written notice thereof (the “ Shelf Notice
”) and shall file a Shelf Registration pursuant to Section 3
hereof.
If at any time a Shelf Notice
is delivered as contemplated by Section 2(c) hereof,
then:
(a) Shelf Registration
. The Issuer shall as promptly as practicable file with the SEC a
Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous
basis pursuant to Rule 415 covering all of the Registrable Notes
(the “ Initial Shelf Registration ”). The Issuer
shall use its reasonable best efforts to file with the SEC the
Initial Shelf Registration. The Initial Shelf Registration 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 designated by them (including, without limitation, one
underwritten offering).
The Issuer shall use its
reasonable best efforts to cause the Shelf Registration to be
declared effective under the Securities Act within 270 days of the
Issue Date and to keep the Initial Shelf Registration continuously
effective under the Securities Act until
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the date that is two years
from the Issue Date or such shorter period ending when all
Registrable Notes covered by the Initial Shelf Registration have
been sold in the manner set forth and as contemplated in the
Initial Shelf Registration or, if applicable, a Subsequent Shelf
Registration (the “ Effectiveness Period ”);
provided , however , that the Effectiveness Period in
respect of the Initial Shelf Registration shall be extended to the
extent required to permit dealers to comply with the applicable
prospectus delivery requirements of Rule 174 under the Securities
Act and as otherwise provided herein and shall be subject to
reduction to the extent that the applicable provisions of Rule
144(k) are amended or revised to reduce the two year holding period
set forth therein. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement, at any time, the Issuer may delay the filing of any
Initial Shelf Registration Statement or delay or suspend the
effectiveness thereof, for a reasonable period of time, but not in
excess of an aggregate of 60 consecutive days, three (3) times
during any calendar year (each, a “ Shelf Suspension
Period ”), if the Board of Directors of the Issuer
determines reasonably and in good faith that the filing of any such
Initial Shelf Registration Statement or the continuing
effectiveness thereof would require the disclosure of non-public
material information that, in the reasonable judgment of the Board
of Directors of the Issuer, would be detrimental to the Issuer if
so disclosed or would otherwise materially adversely affect a
financing, acquisition, disposition, merger or other material
transaction or such action is required by applicable law;
provided , how ever , that any Shelf
Registration Suspension Period shall extend the number of days the
Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus is available by an
amount equal to the number of days in such Shelf Suspension
Period.
(b) Withdrawal of Stop
Orders; Subsequent Shelf Registrations . If the Initial Shelf
Registration or any Subsequent Shelf Registration ceases to be
effective for any reason at any time during the Effectiveness
Period (other than because of the sale of all of the Notes
registered thereunder), the Issuer shall use its reasonable best
efforts to obtain the prompt withdrawal of any order suspending the
effectiveness thereof, and in any event shall within 60 days of
such cessation of effectiveness amend such Shelf Registration
Statement in a manner 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 or an earlier Subsequent Shelf Registration (each, a
“ Subsequent Shelf Registration ”). If a
Subsequent Shelf Registration is filed, the Issuer shall use its
reasonable best efforts to cause the Subsequent Shelf Registration
to be declared effective under the Securities Act as soon as
practicable after such filing and to keep such subsequent Shelf
Registration 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 or any
Subsequent Shelf Registration was previously continuously
effective. As used herein the term “ Shelf
Registration ” means the Initial Shelf Registration and
any Subsequent Shelf Registration.
(c) Supplements and
Amendments . The Issuer shall promptly supplement and amend the
Shelf Registration if required by the rules, regulations or
instructions applicable to the registration form used for such
Shelf Registration, if required by the Securities Act, or if
reasonably requested by the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal
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amount of the Registrable
Notes (or their counsel) covered by such Registration Statement
with respect to the information included therein with respect to
one or more of such Holders, or if reasonably requested by any
underwriter of such Registrable Notes with respect to the
information included therein with respect to such
underwriter.
(a) The Issuer and the
Initial Purchasers agree that the Holders will suffer damages if
the Issuer fails to fulfill its obligations under Section 2 or
Section 3 hereof and that it would not be feasible to ascertain the
extent of such damages with precision. Accordingly, the Issuer
agrees to pay, as liquidated damages, additional interest on the
Notes (“ Additional Interest ”) under the
circumstances and to the extent set forth below (each of which
shall be given independent effect):
(i) if (a) neither (x) the
Exchange Offer is completed, nor (y) if required, the Shelf
Registration Statement is declared effective, within, in each case,
270 days of the Issue Date, then Additional Interest shall accrue
on the Notes at a rate of 0.25% per annum of the average Accreted
Value (during such 90-day period) of such Notes for the first 90
days from and including such specified date and increasing by an
additional 0.25% per annum of the average Accreted Value (for each
such subsequent period) at the beginning of each subsequent 90-day
period thereafter; provided that Additional Interest in the
aggregate under this Section 4 may not exceed 1.00% per annum of
the average Accreted Value of such Notes; or
(ii) notwithstanding that the
Issuer has consummated or will consummate an Exchange Offer, if the
Issuer is required to file a Shelf Registration Statement and such
Shelf Registration Statement is not declared effective on or prior
to the 270th day following the date the filing of such Shelf
Registration Statement is required or requested pursuant to Section
3(a), then Additional Interest shall accrue on the Notes at a rate
of 0.25% per annum of the average Accreted Value (during such
90-day period) of such Notes for the first 90 days from and
including such specified date and increasing by an additional 0.25%
per annum of the average Accreted Value (for each such subsequent
period) at the beginning of each subsequent 90-day period
thereafter; provided that Additional Interest in the aggregate
under this Section 4 may not exceed 1.00% per annum of the average
Accreted Value of such Notes; or
(iii) if the Shelf
Registration Statement required by Section 3(a) of this Agreement
has been declared effective but thereafter ceases to be effective
at any time at which it is required to be effective under this
Agreement and such failure to remain effective exists for more than
the number of days permitted by the second paragraph of Section 3
(a), then commencing on the applicable day, following the date on
which such Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be effective,
Additional Interest shall accrue on the Notes at a rate of 0.25%
per annum of the average Accreted Value (during such 90-day period)
of such Notes for the first 90 days from and including such day, as
applicable, following the date on which such Shelf Registration
Statement ceases to be effective and increasing by an additional
0.25% per annum of the average Accreted Value (for each such
subsequent period) at the beginning of each subsequent 90-day
period thereafter;
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provided that
Additional Interest in the aggregate under this Section 4 may not
exceed 1.00% per annum of the average Accreted Value of such
Notes.
(b) The Issuer shall notify
the Trustee within one business day after each and every date on
which an event occurs in respect of which Additional Interest is
required to be paid or added to Accreted Value (an “ Event
Date ”). Any amounts of Additional Interest due pursuant
to (a)(i), (a)(ii) or (a)(iii) of this Section 4 if such Additional
Interest accrued (1) on or prior to the Full Accretion Date, at the
option of the Issuer, either shall be (x) added to the Accreted
Value of each applicable Note or (y) paid in cash on the interest
payment date on which interest accruing on the Notes as of such
date as the accrual of Additional Interest as specified by the
Indenture and (2) after the Full Accretion Date, shall be payable
in cash on each interest payment date on which interest accruing on
the Notes as of such date as the accrual of Additional Interest as
specified by the Indenture, in each case, to the record holder
entitled to receive the interest payment to be made on such date,
commencing with the first such date occurring after any such
Additional Interest commences to accrue. The amount of Additional
Interest will be determined by multiplying the applicable
Additional Interest rate by the Accreted Value of the Registrable
Notes, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the
number of days such Additional Interest 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.
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Registration Procedures |
In connection with the filing
of any Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2 or 3 hereof,
the Issuer shall effect such registrations to permit the sale of
the securities covered thereby in accordance with the intended
method or methods of disposition thereof, and pursuant thereto and
in connection with any Registration Statement filed by the Issuer
hereunder the Issuer shall:
(a) Prepare and file with the
SEC a Registration Statement or Registration Statements as
prescribed by Section 2 or 3 hereof, and use their respective
reasonable best efforts to cause each such Registration Statement
to become effective and remain effective as provided herein;
provided , however , that if (1) such filing is
pursuant to Section 3 hereof or (2) a Prospectus contained in the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2
hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any
Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Notes during
the Applicable Period relating thereto from whom the Issuer has
received prior written notice that it will be a Participating
Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer, before filing any Registration
Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto,
the Issuer shall furnish to and afford the Holders of the
Registrable Notes covered by such Registration Statement (with
respect to a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 3
hereof) or each such Participating Broker-Dealer (with respect to
any such Registration Statement), as the case may be, their counsel
and the managing underwriters, if any, a reasonable opportunity to
review copies of all such documents (including copies of any
documents to be incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits
thereto) proposed to be filed (in each case at least two business
days prior to such filing).
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(b) Prepare and file with the
SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to each Shelf
Registration Statement or Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as
the case may be, as may be necessary to keep such Registration
Statement continuously effective for the Effectiveness Period, the
Applicable Period or until consummation of the Exchange Offer, as
the case may be; cause the related Prospectus to be supplemented by
any Prospectus supplement required by applicable law, and as so
supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; and comply with the
provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act applicable to
it with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by
such Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as
so supplemented and with respect to the subsequent resale of any
securities being sold by an Participating Broker-Dealer covered by
any such Prospectus. The Issuer shall be deemed not to have used
its reasonable best efforts to keep a Registration Statement
effective if the Issuer voluntarily takes any action that would
result in selling Holders of the Registrable Notes covered thereby
or Participating Broker-Dealers seeking to sell Exchange Notes not
being able to sell such Registrable Notes or such Exchange Notes
during that period unless such action is required by applicable law
or permitted by this Agreement.
(c) If (1) a Shelf
Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof, or (2) a
Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
filed pursuant to Section 2 hereof is required to be delivered
under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who
seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period relating
thereto from whom the Issuer has received written notice that it
will be a Participating Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer, notify
the selling Holders of Registrable Notes (with respect to a
Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof), or each
such Participating Broker-Dealer (with respect to any such
Registration Statement), as the case may be, their counsel and the
managing underwriters, if any, promptly (but in any event within
one business day), and 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
under the Securities Act (including in such notice a written
statement that any Holder may, upon request, obtain, at
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