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EXHIBIT
10.14
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
AGREEMENT
Dated as of October 24,
2007
Among
FIRST DATA
CORPORATION,
THE GUARANTORS LISTED ON
SCHEDULE I HERETO
and
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS
INC.
9
7 /
8 % Senior Notes due 2015
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Definitions |
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Exchange
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Shelf
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[Reserved] |
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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
October 24, 2007, among FIRST DATA CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation (the “ Issuer ”), the guarantors
listed on Schedule I hereto (the “ Guarantors
”) and CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., as representative (the
“ Representative ”) of the several initial
purchasers (the “ Initial Purchasers ”) named on
Schedule I to the Purchase Agreement (as defined
below).
This Agreement is entered
into in connection with the Purchase Agreement, dated as of
October 16, 2007 (the “ Purchase Agreement
”), by and among First Data Corporation and the Initial
Purchasers, which provides for, among other things, the sale by the
Issuer to the Initial Purchasers of
$[ ]
aggregate principal amount of the Issuer’s 9 7 / 8 % Senior Notes due 2015 (the “ Notes
”). The Notes are issued by the Company pursuant to an
indenture, dated as of the date hereof (as amended or supplemented
from time to time, the “ Indenture ”), among the
Company, the Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
as trustee (the “ Trustee ”). Pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement and the Indenture, the Guarantors are required
to guarantee (collectively, the “ Guarantees ”)
the Issuer’s obligations under the Notes and the Indenture.
References to the “ Securities ” shall mean,
collectively, the Notes and, when issued, the Guarantees. 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 Securities.
The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the
Initial Purchasers’ obligations under the Purchase
Agreement.
The parties hereby agree as
follows:
As used in this Agreement,
the following terms shall have the following meanings:
Additional Interest :
See Section 5(a) hereof.
Advice : See the last
paragraph of Section 6 hereof.
Agreement : See the
introductory paragraphs hereto.
Applicable Period :
See Section 2(b) hereof.
Business Day : Shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 14d-1 under the
Exchange Act.
Effectiveness Date :
With respect to any Shelf Registration Statement, the 90th day
after the Filing Date with respect thereto; provided ,
however , that if the Effectiveness Date would otherwise
fall on a day that is not a Business Day, then the Effectiveness
Date shall be the next succeeding Business Day.
Effectiveness Period :
See Section 3(a) hereof.
Event Date : See
Section 5(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.
Exchange Securities :
See Section 2(a) hereof.
Filing Date : The 90th
day after the delivery of a Shelf Notice as required pursuant to
Section 2(c) hereof; provided , however , that
if the Filing Date would otherwise fall on a day that is not a
Business Day, then the Filing Date shall be the next succeeding
Business Day.
Guarantees : See the
introductory paragraphs hereto.
Guarantors : See the
introductory paragraphs hereto.
Holder : Any holder of
a Registrable Security or Registrable Securities.
Indenture : See the
introductory paragraphs hereto.
Information : See
Section 6(n) hereof.
Initial Purchasers :
See the introductory paragraphs hereto.
Initial Shelf
Registration : See Section 3(a) hereof.
Inspectors : See
Section 6(n) hereof.
Issue Date :
October 24, 2007, the date of original issuance of the
Notes.
Issuer : See the
introductory paragraphs hereto.
NASD : See
Section 6(r) hereof.
New Guarantees : See
Section 2(a) hereof.
Notes : See the
introductory paragraphs hereto.
Participant : See
Section 8(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.
Private Exchange : See
Section 2(b) hereof.
Private Exchange Notes
: See Section 2(b) hereof.
Prospectus : The
prospectus included in any Registration Statement (including,
without limitation, any prospectus subject to completion and a
prospectus that includes any information previously
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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 433 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 materials incorporated by reference or deemed
to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.
Purchase Agreement :
See the introductory paragraphs hereof.
Records : See
Section 6(n) hereof.
Registrable Securities
: Each Security upon its original issuance and at all times
subsequent thereto, each Exchange Security as to which
Section 2(c)(iv) hereof is applicable upon original issuance
and at all times subsequent thereto and each Private Exchange Note
(and the related Guarantees) upon original issuance thereof and at
all times subsequent thereto, until, in each case, the earliest to
occur of (i) a Registration Statement (other than, with
respect to any Exchange Securities as to which
Section 2(c)(iv) hereof is applicable, the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement) covering such Security, Exchange Security
or Private Exchange Note (and the related Guarantees) has been
declared effective by the SEC and such Security, Exchange Security
or such Private Exchange Note (and the related Guarantees), as the
case may be, has been disposed of in accordance with such effective
Registration Statement, (ii) such Security has been exchanged
pursuant to the Exchange Offer for an Exchange Security or Exchange
Securities that may be resold without restriction under state and
federal securities laws, (iii) such Security, Exchange
Security or Private Exchange Note (and the related Guarantees), as
the case may be, ceases to be outstanding for purposes of the
Indenture or (iv) such Security, Exchange Security or Private
Exchange Note (and the related Guarantees), as the case may be, may
be resold without restriction pursuant to Rule 144(k) (as
amended or replaced).
Registration Statement
: Any registration statement of the Issuer that covers any of the
Securities, the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Notes
(and the related Guarantees) filed with the SEC under the
Securities Act, including, in each case, 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.
Representative : See
the introductory paragraphs hereof.
Rule 144 :
Rule 144 (as amended or replaced) under the Securities
Act.
Rule 144A :
Rule 144A (as amended or replaced) under the Securities
Act.
Rule 144(k) : Rule
144(k) (as amended or replaced) under the Securities
Act.
Rule 405 :
Rule 405 (as amended or replaced) under the Securities
Act.
Rule 415 :
Rule 415 (as amended or replaced) under the Securities
Act.
Rule 424 :
Rule 424 (as amended or replaced)under the Securities
Act.
SEC : The U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission.
Securities : See the
introductory paragraphs hereto.
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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.
TIA : The Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
Trustee : The trustee
under the Indenture and the trustee under any indenture (if
different) governing the Exchange Securities and Private Exchange
Notes (and the related Guarantees).
Underwritten registration
or underwritten offering : A registration in which securities
of the Issuer is 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 Securities for a like aggregate principal amount
of debt securities of the Issuer (the “ Exchange Notes
”), guaranteed, to the extent applicable, on an senior
secured basis by the Guarantors (the “ New Guarantees
” and, together with the Exchange Notes, the “
Exchange Securities ”), that are identical in all
material respects to the Notes, except that (i) the Exchange
Notes shall contain no restrictive legend thereon,
(ii) interest thereon shall accrue from the last date on which
interest was paid on such Notes or, if no such interest has been
paid, from the Issue Date and (iii) the Exchange Securities
shall be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture or 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 use its reasonable best efforts to
(x) prepare and file with the SEC the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement with respect to the Exchange Offer;
(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 360th day
following the Issue Date.
Each Holder (including,
without limitation, each Participating Broker-Dealer) that
participates in the Exchange Offer, as a condition to participation
in the Exchange Offer, will be required to
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represent to the Issuer in writing
(which may be contained in the applicable letter of transmittal)
that: (i) any Exchange Securities acquired in exchange for
Registrable Securities tendered are being acquired in the ordinary
course of business of the Person receiving such Exchange
Securities, 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 Securities from
such Holder has an arrangement or understanding with any Person to
participate in the distribution (within the meaning of the
Securities Act) of the Exchange Securities in violation of the
Securities Act; (iii) neither the Holder nor, to the actual
knowledge of such Holder, any other Person receiving Exchange
Securities from such Holder is an “affiliate” (as
defined in Rule 405) of the Issuer or, if it 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 6 hereof in
order to have their Securities included in the Shelf Registration
Statement and benefit from the provisions regarding Additional
Interest in Section 5 hereof; (iv) if such Holder is not
a broker-dealer, neither such Holder nor, to the actual knowledge
of such Holder, any other Person receiving Exchange Securities from
such Holder is engaging or intends to engage in a distribution of
the Exchange Securities; and (v) if such Holder is a
Participating Broker-Dealer, such Holder has acquired the
Registrable Securities for its own account in exchange for
Securities that were acquired 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
Securities that are Private Exchange Notes (and the related
Guarantees), Exchange Securities as to which Section 2(c)(iv)
is applicable and Exchange Securities held by Participating
Broker-Dealers, and the Issuer shall have no further obligation to
register Registrable Securities (other than Private Exchange Notes
(and the related Guarantees) and Exchange Securities as to which
clause 2(c)(iv) hereof applies) pursuant to Section 3
hereof.
No securities other than the
Exchange Securities 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
Participating Broker-Dealers, and include a statement describing
the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the
Exchange Securities 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 Securities; 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 6 hereof (the “ Applicable Period
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If, prior to consummation of
the Exchange Offer, the Initial Purchasers hold any Notes acquired
by them that have the status of an unsold allotment in the initial
distribution, the Issuer, upon the request of the Initial
Purchasers, shall simultaneously with the delivery of the Exchange
Notes issue and deliver to the Initial Purchasers, in exchange (the
“ Private Exchange ”) for such Notes held by any
such Holder, a like principal amount of notes (the “
Private Exchange Notes ”) of the Issuer, guaranteed by
the Guarantors, that are identical in all material respects to the
Exchange Notes except for the placement of a restrictive legend on
such Private Exchange Notes. The Private Exchange Notes shall be
issued pursuant to the same indenture as the Exchange Notes and
bear the same CUSIP number as the Exchange Notes if permitted by
the CUSIP Service Bureau.
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 from 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 or in Wilmington,
Delaware;
(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 laws, rules and regulations applicable
to the Exchange Offer.
As soon as practicable after
the close of the Exchange Offer and any Private Exchange, the
Issuer shall:
(1) accept for exchange all
Registrable Securities validly tendered and not validly withdrawn
pursuant to the Exchange Offer and any Private Exchange;
(2) deliver to the Trustee
for cancellation all Registrable Securities so accepted for
exchange; and
(3) cause the Trustee to
authenticate and deliver promptly to each Holder of Notes, Exchange
Notes or Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be, equal in
principal amount 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.
The Exchange Offer and the
Private Exchange shall not be subject to any conditions, other than
that (i) the Exchange Offer or Private Exchange, as the case
may be, does not violate applicable
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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 or the Private Exchange, 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 or Private Exchange.
The Exchange Securities and
the Private Exchange Notes (and related guarantees) 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 Securities shall
not be subject to the transfer restrictions set forth in the
Indenture. The Indenture or such indenture shall provide that the
Exchange Notes, the Private Exchange Notes and the Notes shall vote
and consent together on all matters as one class and that none of
the Exchange Notes, the Private 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) any holder of
Private Exchange Notes so requests in writing to the Issuer at any
time within 30 days after the consummation of the Exchange Offer,
or (iv) in the case of any Holder that participates in the
Exchange Offer, such Holder does not receive Exchange Securities 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 30
days after such Holder first becomes aware of such restrictions,
then, in the case of each of clauses (i) through (iv) of
this sentence, 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 promptly 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 Securities (the “
Initial Shelf Registration ”). The Issuer shall use
its reasonable best efforts to file with the SEC the Initial Shelf
Registration on or prior to the Filing Date. The Initial Shelf
Registration shall be on Form S-1 or another appropriate form
permitting registration of such Registrable Securities for resale
by Holders in the manner or manners designated by them (including,
without limitation, one or more underwritten offerings). The Issuer
shall not permit any securities other than the Registrable
Securities and the Guarantees to be included in the Initial Shelf
Registration or any Subsequent Shelf Registration (as defined
below).
The Issuer shall use its
respective reasonable best efforts to cause the Shelf Registration
to be declared effective under the Securities Act on or prior to
the Effectiveness Date and to keep the Initial Shelf Registration
continuously effective under the Securities Act until the earliest
of (i) the date that is two years from the Issue Date,
(ii) such shorter period ending when all Registrable
Securities 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 or
(iii) the date upon which all Registrable Securities become
eligible for resale without regard to volume, manner of sale or
other restrictions contained in Rule 144(k) (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
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with the applicable prospectus delivery
requirements of Rule 174 under the Securities Act and as otherwise
provided herein. 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 60 consecutive days or more than 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 if such action is required by applicable
law.
(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 Securities
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 file an additional
Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 415 covering all of
the Registrable Securities 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 amount of the Registrable Securities (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 Securities, 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 and the Guarantors agree to pay, jointly and severally,
as liquidated damages, additional interest on the Notes (“
Additional Interest ”) if (A) the Issuer has
neither (i) exchanged Exchange Securities for all Securities
of a series validly tendered in accordance with the terms of the
Exchange Offer nor (ii) had a Shelf Registration Statement
declared effective, in either case on or prior to the 360th day
after the Issue Date, (B) notwithstanding clause (A), the
Issuer is required to file a Shelf Registration Statement and such
Shelf Registration Statement is not declared effective on or prior
to the 360th day after the date such Shelf Registration Statement
filing was requested or required or (C), if applicable, a
Shelf Registration has been declared effective and such Shelf
Registration ceases to be effective at any time during the
Effectiveness Period (other than because of the sale of all of the
Securities of a series registered thereunder), then Additional
Interest shall accrue on the principal amount of the Notes in such
series at a rate of 0.25% per annum (which rate will be
increased by
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an additional 0.25% per annum for
each subsequent 90 day period that such Additional Interest
continues to accrue, provided that the rate at which such
Additional Interest accrues may in no event exceed 0.50% per
annum) (such Additional Interest to be calculated by the Issuer)
commencing on the (x) 361st day after the Issue Date, in
the case of (A) above; (y) the 361st day after the date
such Shelf Registration Statement filing was requested or required
in the case of (B) above; or (z) the day such Shelf
Registration ceases to be effective in the case of (C) above;
provided , however , that upon the exchange of
the Exchange Securities for all Securities tendered (in the case of
clause (A) of this Section 5(a), upon the effectiveness
of the applicable Shelf Registration Statement (in the case of
clause (B) of this Section 5(a), or upon the
effectiveness of the applicable Shelf Registration Statement which
had ceased to remain effective (in the case of clause (C) of
this Section 5(a), Additional Interest on the Notes in respect
of which such events relate as a result of such clause (or the
relevant subclause thereof), as the case may be, shall cease to
accrue. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
Section 5, the Issuer shall not be obligated to pay Additional
Interest provided in Section 5(a)(B) during a Shelf Suspension
Period permitted by Section 3(a) hereof.
(b) The Issuer shall notify
the Trustee within five business days after each and every date on
which an event occurs in respect of which Additional Interest is
required to be paid (an “ Event Date ”). Any
amounts of Additional Interest due pursuant to (a) of this
Section 5 will be payable in cash, semiannually on each
March 31 and September 30 (to the holders of record on
the March 15 and September 15 immediately preceding such
dates), commencing with the first such date occurring after any
such Additional Interest commences to accrue. The amount of
Additional Interest will be determined by the Issuer by multiplying
the applicable Additional Interest rate by the principal amount of
the Registrable Securities, 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 (prior to the applicable Filing Date in the case of a Shelf
Registration), a Registration Statement or Registration Statements
as prescribed by Section 2 or 3 hereof, and use its 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 Securities 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
counsel for the Holders of the Registrable Securities covered by
such Registration Statement (with respect to a Registration
Statement filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof) or counsel for
such Participating Broker-Dealer (with respect to any such
Registration Statement), as the case may be, and counsel to 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 three Business Days
prior to such filing). The Issuer shall not file any Registration
Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto if
the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement,
their counsel or the managing underwriters, if any, shall
reasonably object.
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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 in all material
respects. The Issuer shall be deemed not to have used its
reasonable best efforts to keep a Registration Statement effective
if it voluntarily takes any action that is reasonably expected to
result in selling Holders of the Registrable Securities covered
thereby or Participating Broker-Dealers seeking to sell Exchange
Securities not being able to sell such Registrable Securities or
such Exchange Securities 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 Securities 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 Securities (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 three
Business Days), 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 the sole
expense of the Issuer, one conformed copy of such Registration
Statement or post-effective amendment including financial
statements and schedules, documents incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference and exhibits), (ii) of the issuance
by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a
Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the
use of any preliminary prospectus or the initiation of any
proceedings for that purpose, (iii) if at any time when a
prospectus is required by the Securities Act to be delivered in
connection with sales of the Registrable Securities or resales of
Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers the
representations and warranties of the Issuer contained in any
agreement (including any underwriting agreement) contemplated by
Section 6(m) hereof cease to be true and correct, (iv) of
the receipt by the Issuer of any notification with respect to the
suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of
a Registration Statement or any of the Registrable Securities or
the Exchange Securities to be sold by any Participating
Broker-Dealer for offer or sale in any jurisdiction, or the
initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose,
(v) of the happening of any event, the existence of any
condition or any information becoming known that makes any
statement made in such Registration Statement or related Prospectus
or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein
by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires the
making of any changes in or amendments or supplements to such
Registration Statement, Prospectus or documents so that, in the
case of the Registration Statement, it will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, and that in the case of the Prospectus, it
will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading, and (vi) of the
Issuer’s determination that a post-effective amendment to a
Registration Statement would be appropriate.
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(d) Use its reasonable best
efforts to prevent the issuance of any order suspending the
effectiveness of a Registration Statement or of any order
preventing or suspending the use of a Prospectus or suspending the
qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the
Registrable Securities or the Exchange Securities to be sold by any
Participating Broker-Dealer, for sale in any
jurisdiction.
(e) If a Shelf Registration
is filed pursuant to Section 3 and if requested during the
Effectiveness Period by the managing underwriter or underwriters
(if any) or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Registrable Securities being sold in connection with an
underwritten offering, (i) as promptly as practicable
incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment
such information as the managing underwriter or underwriters (if
any), such Holders or counsel for either of them reasonably request
to be included therein, (ii) make all required filings of such
prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment as soon as
practicable after the Issuer has received notification of the
matters to be incorporated in such prospectus supplement or
post-effective amendment, and (iii) supplement or make
amendments to such Registration Statement.
(f) 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 Securities
during
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