REGISTRATION RIGHTS
AGREEMENT
This
Registration Rights Agreement (this “ Agreement
”) is made and entered into as
of , 2009, by and among Eastman
Kodak Company, a New Jersey corporation (the “
Company ”), the guarantors party to this
Agreement (the “ Guarantors ”) and KKR
Jet Stream (Cayman) Limited (the “ Investor
”).
WHEREAS,
the Investor has, pursuant to that certain Note and Warrant
Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 16, 2009, between
the Company and the Investor (the “ Purchase
Agreement ”), agreed to purchase the
Company’s % Senior Secured
Notes due 2017 (the “ Notes ”) and the
associated guarantees;
WHEREAS,
the Investor has, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, agreed to
purchase warrants (the “ Warrants ”) to
purchase an aggregate of up to 53,000,000 shares (the “
Warrant Shares ”) of common stock, $2.50 par
value per share, of the Company (the “ Common
Stock ”); and
WHEREAS,
it is a condition to the closing (the “ Closing
”) of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement
that the Company, the Guarantors and the Investor enter into this
Agreement at or prior to the Closing in order to grant the Investor
certain registration rights as set forth herein.
NOW,
THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in
this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company,
the Guarantors and the Investor agree as follows:
1.
Definitions . Capitalized terms used and not
otherwise defined herein that are defined in the Purchase Agreement
shall have the meanings given such terms in the Purchase Agreement.
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
respective meanings set forth in this Section 1:
“
Affiliate ” of any Person shall mean any other
Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under
direct or indirect common control with such Person. For purposes of
this definition, “control” when used with respect to
any Person has the meaning specified in Rule 12b-2 under the
Exchange Act; and the terms “controlling” and
“controlled” have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
“
Automatic Shelf Registration Statement ” means
an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined
under Rule 405.
“
Business Day ” means a day that is a Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday and is not a day on which
banking institutions in New York, New York generally are authorized
or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to
close.
“
Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange
Commission or any other federal agency then administering the
Securities Act or Exchange Act.
“
Effective Date ” means the time and date that
the Registration Statement filed
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pursuant to
Section 2(a) is first declared effective by the Commission or
otherwise becomes effective.
“
Effectiveness Date ” means:
(a)
with respect to the initial Registration Statement required to be
filed to cover the resale by the Holders of the Registrable
Securities, (i) the date such Registration Statement is filed,
if the Company is a WKSI as of such date, or (ii) if the
Company is not a WKSI as of the date such Registration Statement is
filed, the 90th day following the Closing; and
(b)
with respect to any additional Registration Statements that may be
required pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof, (i) if the Company
is a WKSI, the date such additional Registration Statement is filed
or (ii) if the Company is not a WKSI, the earlier of: (x) the
90th day following the date on which the Company first knows, or
reasonably should have known, that such additional Registration
Statement is required under such Section and (y) the fifth Trading
Day following the date on which the Company is notified by the
Commission that such additional Registration Statement will not be
reviewed or is no longer subject to further review and
comments.
“
Effectiveness Period ” has the meaning set
forth in Section 2(a).
“
Electing Holders ” means (i) if KKR
Holders collectively hold a majority of the then outstanding
Registrable Securities, one or more KKR Holders that hold no less
than a majority of the Registrable Securities then held by KKR
Holders or (ii) if KKR Holders collectively do not hold a
majority of the then outstanding Registrable Securities, the Holder
or Holders (as applicable) of no less than a majority of the then
outstanding Registrable Securities.
“
Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
(a)
with respect to the initial Registration Statement required to be
filed to cover the resale by the Holders of the Registrable
Securities, the 30th day following the Closing; and
(b)
with respect to any additional Registration Statements that may be
required pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof, the 30th day following
the date on which the Company first knows, or reasonably should
have known, that such additional Registration Statement is required
under such Section.
“
Freely Tradable ” means, with respect to any
security, a security that (i) is eligible to be sold by the
Holder thereof without any volume or manner of sale restrictions
under the Securities Act pursuant to Rule 144, (ii) which
bears no legends restricting the transfer thereof, and (iii) bears
an unrestricted CUSIP number (if held in global form).
“
Hedging Contract ” means a derivative contract
of a type described in the incoming letter referred to in
Securities Exchange Commission no-action interpretive letter
dated
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October 9,
2003 issued to Goldman, Sachs & Co. (the “
Interpretive Letter ”), entered into between a
Holder and a financial intermediary (a “ Hedging
Contract Counterparty ”) and referencing the
Preferred Stock or the Common Stock.
“
Holder ” or “ Holders
” means the registered holder or holders, as the case may be,
from time to time of Registrable Securities.
“
Indemnified Party ” has the meaning set forth
in Section 5(c).
“
Indemnifying Party ” has the meaning set forth
in Section 5(c).
“
Indenture ” has the meaning set forth in the
Purchase Agreement.
“
KKR Holders ” has the meaning set forth in the
Purchase Agreement.
“
Losses ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5(a).
“
Person ” means an individual or corporation,
partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association,
joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company,
government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of
any kind.
“
Proceeding ” means a pending action, claim,
suit, or proceeding (including, without limitation, an
investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition) or
investigation known to the Company to be threatened.
“
Prospectus ” means the prospectus included in a
Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus
that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus
filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance
upon Rule 430A promulgated under the Securities Act), as
amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect
to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable
Securities covered by a Registration Statement, and all other
amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including
post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by
reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such
Prospectus.
“
Questionnaire ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3(k).
“
Registrable Securities ” means (i) the
Notes and the related guarantees, (ii) the Warrants,
(iii) the Warrant Shares issuable or issued upon the exercise
of the Warrants, (iv) the Common Stock sold short to hedge the
exposure of a Hedging Contract Counterparty (as defined in “
Hedging Contract ” above) to the Hedging
Contract to which such Hedging Contract Counterparty is a party, as
contemplated in the Interpretive Letter (as defined in “
Hedging Contract ” above) and (v) any
securities issued as (or issuable upon the conversion or exercise
of any warrant, right or other security that is issued as) a
dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other distribution with
respect to, or in exchange for, or in replacement of, the
securities referenced in clauses (i) (without giving effect to any
election by the Company therein), (ii) or (iii) above or
this clause (v); provided , however , that the term
“ Registrable Securities ” shall exclude
in all cases any securities (1) sold or exchanged by a Person
pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Act or in
compliance with Rule 144, (2) that are Freely
Tradable
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(it being
understood that for purposes of determining eligibility for resale
under clause (2) of this proviso, no securities held by any Holder
shall be considered Freely Tradable to the extent such Holder
reasonably determines that it is an affiliate (as defined under
Rule 144) of the Company) or (3) that shall have ceased
to be outstanding.
“
Registration Default ” has the meaning set
forth in Section 2(b).
“
Registration Default Date ” has the meaning set
forth in Section 2(b).
“
Registration Default Period ” has the meaning
set forth in Section 2(b).
“
Registration Statement ” means a registration
statement in the form required to register the resale of the
Registrable Securities, and including the Prospectus, amendments
and supplements to each such registration statement or Prospectus,
including pre- and post-effective amendments, all exhibits thereto,
and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be
incorporated by reference in such registration
statement.
“
Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 promulgated
by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may
be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation
hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same
effect as such Rule.
“
Rule 405 ” means Rule 405 promulgated
by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may
be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation
hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same
effect as such Rule.
“
Rule 415 ” means Rule 415 promulgated
by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may
be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation
hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same
effect as such Rule.
“
Rule 424 ” means Rule 424 promulgated
by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may
be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation
hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same
effect as such Rule.
“
Rule 433 ” means Rule 433 promulgated
by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may
be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation
hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same
effect as such Rule.
“
Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of
1933, as amended.
“
Special Payments ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2(b).
“
Suspension Period ” has the meaning set forth
in Section 2(a).
“
Trading Day ” means a day during which trading
in the Common Stock generally occurs.
“
Trading Market ” means the principal national
securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed.
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“
WKSI ” means a “ well known
seasoned issuer ” as defined under
Rule 405.
(a) On
or prior to each Filing Date, the Company and the Guarantors will
prepare and file with the Commission a 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. The Registration Statement (i) shall be on Form
S-3 (except if the Company is not then eligible to register for
resale the Registrable Securities on Form S-3, in which case such
registration shall be on another appropriate form for such purpose)
and, if the Company is a WKSI as of the Filing Date, shall be an
Automatic Shelf Registration Statement and (ii) shall contain
(except if otherwise requested by the Electing Holders or required
pursuant to written comments received from the Commission upon a
review of such Registration Statement) the “Plan of
Distribution” in substantially the form attached hereto as
Annex A . The Company and the Guarantors will use their
commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registration Statement
to be declared effective or otherwise to become effective under the
Securities Act as soon as possible but, in any event, no later than
the Effectiveness Date, and will use their commercially reasonable
efforts to keep the Registration Statement continuously effective
under the Securities Act until the registration rights under this
Agreement terminate in accordance with Section 2(d) (the “
Effectiveness Period ”). In addition, the
Company and the Guarantors will, promptly and from time to time,
file such additional Registration Statements to cover resales of
any Registrable Securities which are not registered for resale
pursuant to a pre-existing Registration Statement no later than the
Filing Date with respect thereto, and will use their commercially
reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to be
declared effective or otherwise to become effective under the
Securities Act as soon as practicable after the applicable Filing
Date but, in any event, no later than the applicable Effectiveness
Date, and will use their commercially reasonable efforts to keep
the Registration Statement continuously effective under the
Securities Act at all times during the Effectiveness Period.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, upon
notice to the Holders, without incurring or accruing any obligation
to pay any Special Payments pursuant to Section 2(b), the
Company may suspend the use or the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement, or extend the time period in which it is
required to file the Registration Statement, for up to 60
consecutive days and up to 100 days in the aggregate, in any
365-day period (a “ Suspension Period ”)
if the Board of Directors of the Company determines that there is a
valid business purpose for suspension of the Registration
Statement, which valid business purpose shall include without
limitation plans for a registered public offering, an acquisition
or other proposed or pending corporate developments and similar
events (it being agreed that the notice of the Suspension Period
shall not state the reason therefore). In the event the Company
exercises its rights under the preceding sentence, the Holders
agree to suspend, immediately upon their receipt of the notice
referred to above, their use of the Prospectus relating to such
Registration Statement in connection with any sale or offer to sell
Registrable Securities and not to sell any Registrable Securities
pursuant thereto until such Holder has been advised in writing by
the Company that the applicable Prospectus may be used or is
effective (which notice the Company agrees to provide promptly
following the lapse of the event or circumstance giving rise to
such suspension). Each Holder shall keep confidential the fact of
the delivery of the suspension notice except as required by
applicable law.
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(b) If:
(i) any Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to its
Filing Date, (ii) a Registration Statement is not declared
effective by the Commission or does not otherwise become effective
on or prior to its required Effectiveness Date, or (iii) after
its Effective Date, such Registration Statement ceases for any
reason to be effective and available to the Holders as to all
Registrable Securities to which it is required to cover at any time
prior to the expiration of the Effectiveness Period (in each case,
except as specifically permitted herein with respect to any
applicable Suspension Period) (any such failure or breach being
referred to as a “ Registration Default,
” and for purposes of clauses (i) or (ii) the date
on which such Registration Default occurs, and for purposes of
clause (iii) the date on which the Registration Statement
ceases to be effective and available, being referred to as the
“ Registration Default Date ” and each
period from and including the Registration Default Date during
which a Registration Default has occurred and is continuing, a
“ Registration Default Period ”), then,
during the Registration Default Period, in addition to any other
rights available to the Holders (including, without limitation,
pursuant to Section 7(a)), the Company and the Guarantors will
pay a special payment (collectively, “ Special
Payments ”) to Holders of Notes in respect of each
Note that is a Registrable Security, in an amount equal to 0.50%
per annum of the principal amount of such Note. Special Payments
shall accrue from the applicable Registration Default Date until
all Registration Defaults have been cured and shall be payable
semi-annually in arrears on each and following the applicable
Registration Default Date to the record holder of the applicable
security on the date that is 15 days prior to such payment
date, until paid in full. Special Payments payable in respect of
any Registration Default Period shall be computed on the basis of a
360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Special Payments
shall be payable only with respect to a single Registration Default
at any given time, notwithstanding the fact that multiple
Registration Defaults may have occurred and be continuing. The
obligations to pay Special Payments is a joint and several
obligation of the Company and the Guarantors.
(c) The
Company shall not, from the date hereof until the Effective Date of
the initial Registration Statement, prepare and file with the
Commission a registration statement relating to an offering of any
of its securities for its own account or the account of others
under the Securities Act.
(d) The
registration rights granted under this Section 2 shall
automatically terminate upon the earlier of (i) such time as
there are no outstanding Registrable Securities and
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3.
Registration Procedures .
The
procedures to be followed by the Company, the Guarantors and each
selling Holder, and the respective rights and obligations of the
Company, the Guarantors and such Holders, with respect to the
preparation, filing and effectiveness of a Registration Statement,
and the distribution of Registrable Securities pursuant thereto,
are as follows:
(a) The
Company and the Guarantors will, at least five (5) Trading
Days prior to the filing of a Registration Statement or any related
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (other than
amendments and supplements that do nothing more than
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Holders and
provide information with respect thereto), (i) furnish to the
Holders copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which
documents (other than those incorporated by reference) will be
subject to the reasonable review of such Holders and (ii) use
their reasonable efforts to address in each such document when so
filed with the Commission such comments as the Holders reasonably
shall propose within five (5) Trading Days of the delivery of
such copies to the Holders.
(b) The
Company and the Guarantors will use commercially reasonable efforts
to (i) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments,
including post-effective amendments, and supplements to each
Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection
therewith as may be necessary under applicable law with respect to
the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by such
Registration Statement continuously effective as to the applicable
Registrable Securities for its Effectiveness Period and prepare and
file with the Commission such additional Registration Statements in
order to register for resale under the Securities Act all of the
Registrable Securities; (ii) cause the related Prospectus to
be amended or supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement,
and as so supplemented or amended to be filed pursuant to
Rule 424; and (iii) respond as promptly as reasonably
possible to any comments received from the Commission with respect
to each Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and, as
promptly as reasonably possible provide the Holders true and
complete copies of all correspondence from and to the Commission
relating to such Registration Statement that pertains to the
Holders as Selling Stockholders but not any comments that would
result in the disclosure to the Holders of material and non-public
information concerning the Company.
(c) The
Company and the Guarantors will comply in all material respects
with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with
respect to the Registration Statements and the disposition of all
Registrable Securities covered by each Registration
Statement.
(d) The
Company and the Guarantors will notify the Holders as promptly as
reasonably possible (and, in the case of (i)(A) below, not less
than three Trading Days prior to such filing) and (if requested by
any such Person) confirm such notice in writing no later than one
Trading Day following the day: (i)(A) when a Prospectus or any
Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to a Registration
Statement is proposed to be filed; (B) when the Commission
notifies the Company whether there will be a “
review ” of such Registration Statement and
whenever the Commission comments in writing on such Registration
Statement (in which case the Company shall provide true and
complete copies thereof and all written responses thereto to each
of the Holders that pertain to the Holders as a Selling Stockholder
or to the Plan of Distribution, but not information which the
Company believes would constitute material and non-public
information); and (C) with respect to each Registration
Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has been
declared effective; (ii) of any request by the Commission or
any other Federal or state governmental authority for amendments or
supplements to a Registration Statement or Prospectus or for
additional information that pertains to the Holders as Selling
Stockholders or the Plan of Distribution; (iii) of the issuance by
the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a
Registration Statement covering any or all of the Registrable
Securities or the initiation of any Proceedings for that purpose;
(iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with
respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from
qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in
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jurisdiction,
or the initiation or threatening of any Proceeding for such
purpose; and (v) of the occurrence of (but not the nature or
details concerning) any event or passage of time that makes any
statement made in such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by
reference untrue in any material respect or that requires any
revisions to such Registration Statement, Prospectus or other
documents so that, in the case of such Registration Statement or
the Prospectus, as the case may be, 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 light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading ( provided , however , that no notice
by the Company shall be required pursuant to this clause
(v) in the event that the Company either promptly files a
Prospectus supplement to update the Prospectus or a Form 8-K or
other appropriate Exchange Act report that is incorporated by
reference into the Registration Statement, which in either case,
contains the requisite information that results in such
Registration Statement no longer containing any untrue statement of
material fact or omitting to state a material fact necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading).
(e) The
Company and the Guarantors will use commercially reasonable efforts
to avoid the issuance of, or, if issued, obtain the withdrawal of
(i) any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration
Statement, or (ii) any suspension of the qualification (or
exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities
for sale in any jurisdiction, at the earliest practicable moment,
or if any such order or suspension is made effective during any
Suspension Period, at the earliest practicable moment after the
Suspension Period is over.
(f) During
the Effectiveness Period, the Company and the Guarantors will
furnish to each Holder, without charge, at least one conformed copy
of each Registration Statement and each amendment thereto and all
exhibits to the extent requested by such Person (including those
incorporated by reference) promptly after the filing of such
documents with the Commission; provided , that neither the
Company nor the Guarantors will have any obligation to provide any
document pursuant to this clause that is available on the EDGAR
system.
(g) The
Company and the Guarantors will promptly deliver to each Holder,
without charge, as many copies of each Prospectus or Prospectuses
(including each form of prospectus) and each amendment or
supplement thereto as such Persons may reasonably request during
the Effectiveness Period. The Company and the Guarantors consent to
the use of such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto
by each of the selling Holders in connection with the offering and
sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus and
any amendment or supplement thereto.
(h) The
Company and the Guarantors will, prior to any public offering of
Registrable Securities, use commercially reasonable efforts to
register or qualify or cooperate with the selling Holders in
connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption
from such registration or qualification) of such Registrable
Securities for offer and sale under the applicable state securities
or Blue Sky laws of those jurisdictions within the United States as
any Holder reasonably requests in writing to keep each such
registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective
during the Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other acts or
things necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such
jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by the
Registration Statements; provided , that neither the Company
nor the
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Guarantors will
be required to (i) qualify generally to do business or as a
dealer in securities in any jurisdiction where it is not then so
qualified or (ii) take any action which would subject the
Company or the Guarantors to general service of process or any
material tax in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so
subject.
(i) The
Company and the Guarantors will cooperate with the Holders to
facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates
representing Registrable Securities to be delivered to a transferee
pursuant to the Registration Statements, which certificates shall
be free, to the extent permitted by the Warrants and Indenture, of
all restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities
to be in such denominations and registered in such names as any
such Holders may request in writing. In connection therewith, if
required by the Company’s transfer agent, the Company and the
Guarantors will promptly after the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement cause an opinion of counsel as to the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement to be delivered to and
maintained with its transfer agent, together with any other
authorizations, certificates and directions required by the
transfer agent which authorize and direct the transfer agent to
issue such Registrable Securities without legend upon sale by the
holder of such shares of Registrable Securities under the
Registration Statement.
(j) Upon
the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(d)(v),
as promptly as reasonably possible, the Company and the Guarantors
will prepare a supplement or amendment, including a post-effective
amendment, if required by applicable law, to the affected
Registration Statements or a supplement to the related Prospectus
or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein
by reference, and file any other required document so that, as
thereafter delivered, no Registration Statement nor any Prospectus
will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading.
(k) Notwithstanding
any other provision of the Agreement, no Holder of Registrable
Securities may include any of its Registrable Securities in the
Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement unless the Holder
furnishes to the Company a completed questionnaire substantially in
the form of Exhibit A (the “ Questionnaire
”) for use in connection with the Registration Statement at
least ten (10) Trading Days prior to the filing of the
Registration Statement; provided , however , the
Investor shall not be required to furnish a Questionnaire in
connection with the initial Registration Statement if the Investor
owns all of the outstanding Notes and Warrants as of the initial
Filing Date. The Company agrees to update the Prospectus at least
once in every 90 day period (commencing with the first
90 day period starting on the effective date of the initial
Registration Statement) to add any Holders who have delivered a
Questionnaire since the last such update as selling securityholders
in the Prospectus.
(l) The
Holders may distribute the Registrable Securities by means of an
underwritten offering; provided
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