EXHIBIT 10.1
BAYOU STEEL CORPORATION
$110,000,000
9 1/2% First Mortgage Notes due 2008
EXCHANGE AND REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
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May 22, 1998
Chase Securities Inc.
BT Alex. Xxxxx Incorporated
PaineWebber Incorporated
c/o Chase Securities Inc.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Bayou Steel Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), proposes
to issue and sell to Chase Securities Inc. ("CSI"), BT Alex. Xxxxx Incorporated
and PaineWebber Incorporated (collectively, the "Initial Purchasers"), upon the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in a purchase agreement dated May
19, 1998 (the "Purchase Agreement"), $110,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
its 9 1/2% First Mortgage Notes due 2008 (the "Securities"), which Securities
will be guaranteed, jointly and severally, by each of the Company's subsidiaries
(the "Subsidiary Guarantors"). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein
shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.
As an inducement to the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase
Agreement and in satisfaction of a condition to the obligations of the Initial
Purchasers thereunder, the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor agree with the
Initial Purchasers, for the benefit of the holders (including the Initial
Purchasers) of the Securities, the Exchange Securities (as defined herein) and
the Private Exchange Securities (as defined herein) (collectively, the
"Holders"), as follows:
1. Registered Exchange Offer. The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors
shall (i) prepare and, not later than 60 days following the date of original
issuance of the Securities (the "Issue Date"), file with the Commission a
registration statement (the "Exchange Offer Registration Statement") on an
appropriate form under the Securities Act with respect to a proposed offer to
the Holders of the Securities (the "Registered Exchange Offer") to issue and
deliver to such Holders, in exchange for the Securities, a like aggregate
principal amount of debt securities of the Company guaranteed, jointly and
severally, by the Subsidiary Guarantors (the "Exchange Securities") that are
identical in all material respects to the
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Securities, except for the transfer restrictions relating to the Securities,
(ii) use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement to become effective under the Securities Act no later than 150 days
after the Issue Date and the Registered Exchange Offer to be consummated no
later than 180 days after the Issue Date and (iii) keep the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement effective for not less than 30 days (or longer, if
required by applicable law) after the date on which notice of the Registered
Exchange Offer is mailed to the Holders (such period being called the "Exchange
Offer Registration Period"). The Exchange Securities will be issued under the
Indenture or an indenture (the "Exchange Securities Indenture") among the
Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee or such other bank or trust
company that is reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, as trustee
(the "Exchange Securities Trustee"), such indenture to be identical in all
material respects to the Indenture, except for the transfer restrictions
relating to the Securities (as described above).
Upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the
Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall promptly commence the Registered
Exchange Offer, it being the objective of such Registered Exchange Offer to
enable each Holder electing to exchange Securities for Exchange Securities
(assuming that such Holder (a) is not an affiliate of the Company or an
Exchanging Dealer (as defined herein) not complying with the requirements of the
next sentence, (b) acquires the Exchange Securities in the ordinary course of
such Holder's business and (c) has no arrangements or understandings with any
person to participate in the distribution of the Exchange Securities) and to
trade such Exchange Securities from and after their receipt without any
limitations or restrictions under the Securities Act and without material
restrictions under the securities laws of the several states of the United
States. The Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Initial Purchasers and each
Exchanging Dealer acknowledge that, pursuant to current interpretations by the
Commission's staff of Section 5 of the Securities Act, each Holder that is a
broker-dealer electing to exchange Securities, acquired for its own account as a
result of market-making activities or other trading activities, for Exchange
Securities (an "Exchanging Dealer"), is required to deliver a prospectus
containing substantially the information set forth in Annex A hereto on the
cover, in Annex B hereto in the "Exchange Offer Procedures" section and the
"Purpose of the Exchange Offer" section and in Annex C hereto in the "Plan of
Distribution" section of such prospectus in connection with a sale of any such
Exchange Securities received by such Exchanging Dealer pursuant to the
Registered Exchange Offer.
If, prior to the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, any Holder
holds any Securities acquired by it that have, or that are reasonably likely to
be determined to have, the status of an unsold allotment in an initial
distribution, or any Holder is not entitled to participate in the Registered
Exchange Offer, the Company shall, upon the request of any such Holder,
simultaneously with the delivery of the Exchange Securities in the Registered
Exchange Offer, issue and deliver to any such Holder, in exchange for the
Securities held by such Holder (the "Private Exchange"), a like aggregate
principal amount of debt securities of the Company guaranteed, jointly and
severally, by the Subsidiary Guarantors (the "Private Exchange Securities") that
are identical in all material respects to the Exchange Securities, except for
the transfer restrictions relating to such Private Exchange Securities. The
Private Exchange Securities will be issued under the same indenture as the
Exchange Securities, and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to
cause the Private Exchange Securities to bear the same CUSIP number as the
Exchange Securities.
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In connection with the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company and the
Subsidiary Guarantors shall:
(a) mail to each Holder a copy of the prospectus forming part of the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement, together with an appropriate letter
of transmittal and related documents;
(b) keep the Registered Exchange Offer open for not less than 30 days
(or longer, if required by applicable law) after the date on which notice
of the Registered Exchange Offer is mailed to the Holders;
(c) utilize the services of a depositary for the Registered Exchange
Offer with an address in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York;
(d) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Securities at any time prior
to the close of business, New York City time, on the last business day on
which the Registered Exchange Offer shall remain open; and
(e) otherwise comply in all respects with all laws that are applicable
to the Registered Exchange Offer.
As soon as practicable after the close of the Registered Exchange
Offer and any Private Exchange, as the case may be, the Company and the
Subsidiary Guarantors shall:
(a) accept for exchange all Securities tendered and not validly
withdrawn pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and the Private
Exchange;
(b) deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all Securities so accepted
for exchange; and
(c) cause the Trustee or the Exchange Securities Trustee, as the case
may be, promptly to authenticate and deliver to each Holder, Exchange
Securities or Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, equal in
principal amount to the Securities of such Holder so accepted for exchange.
The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall use their 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 used by all persons subject to the prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act for such period of time as such persons must
comply with such requirements in order to resell the Exchange Securities;
provided that (i) in the case where such prospectus and any amendment or
supplement thereto must be delivered by an Exchanging Dealer, such period shall
be the lesser of 180 days and the date on which all Exchanging Dealers have sold
all Exchange Securities held by them and (ii) the Company and the Subsidiary
Guarantor shall make such prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto
available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any resale of any
Exchange Securities for a period of not less than 90 days after the consummation
of the Registered Exchange Offer.
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The Indenture or the Exchange Securities Indenture, as the case may
be, shall provide that the Securities, the Exchange Securities and the Private
Exchange Securities shall vote and consent together on all matters as one class
and that none of the Securities, the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange
Securities will have the right to vote or consent as a separate class on any
matter.
Interest on each Exchange Security and Private Exchange Security
issued pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and in the Private Exchange
will accrue from the last interest payment date on which interest was paid on
the Securities surrendered in exchange therefor or, if no interest has been paid
on the Securities, from the Issue Date.
Each Holder participating in the Registered Exchange Offer shall be
required to represent to the Company that at the time of the consummation of the
Registered Exchange Offer (i) any Exchange Securities received by such Holder
will be acquired in the ordinary course of business, (ii) such Holder will have
no arrangements or understanding with any person to participate in the
distribution of the Securities or the Exchange Securities within the meaning of
the Securities Act and (iii) such Holder is not an affiliate of the Company or,
if it is such an affiliate, such Holder will comply with the registration and
prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable.
Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, the Company and the
Subsidiary Guarantors will ensure that (i) any Exchange Offer Registration
Statement and any amendment thereto and any prospectus forming part thereof and
any supplement thereto complies in all material respects with the Securities Act
and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (ii) any Exchange
Offer Registration Statement and any amendment thereto does not, when it becomes
effective, 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 not misleading and (iii) any prospectus forming part of any Exchange
Offer Registration Statement, and any supplement to such prospectus, does not,
as of the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading.
2. Shelf Registration. If (i) because of any change in law or applicable
interpretations thereof by the Commission's staff the Company and the Subsidiary
Guarantors are not permitted to effect the Registered Exchange Offer as
contemplated by Section 1 hereof, (ii) any Securities validly tendered pursuant
to the Registered Exchange Offer are not exchanged for Exchange Securities
within 180 days after the Issue Date, (iii) any Initial Purchaser so requests
within 90 days after the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer with
respect to Securities or Private Exchange Securities not eligible to be
exchanged for Exchange Securities in the Registered Exchange Offer and held by
it following the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, (iv) any
applicable law or interpretations do not permit any Holder to participate in the
Registered Exchange Offer, (v) any Holder that participates in the Registered
Exchange Offer notifies the Company within 20 Business Days (as defined in the
Purchase Agreement) after the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer that
it did not receive freely transferable Exchange Securities in exchange for
tendered Securities or (vi) the Company so elects, then the following provisions
shall apply:
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(a) The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall use their
reasonable best efforts to file as promptly as practicable (but in no event more
than 45 days after so required or requested pursuant to this Section 2) with the
Commission, and thereafter shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause to
be declared effective, a shelf registration statement on an appropriate form
under the Securities Act relating to the offer and sale of the Transfer
Restricted Securities (as defined below) by the Holders thereof from time to
time in accordance with the methods of distribution set forth in such
registration statement (hereafter, a "Shelf Registration Statement" and,
together with any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, a "Registration
Statement"); provided, however, that no Holder (other than Initial Purchaser)
shall be entitled to have the Securities held by it covered by such Shelf
Registration Statement unless such Holder agrees in writing to be bound by all
the provisions of this Agreement applicable to such Holder (including certain
indemnification obligations).
(b) The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall use their
reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously
effective in order to permit the prospectus forming part thereof to be used by
Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities for a period of two years from the
Issue Date or such shorter period that will terminate when all the Transfer
Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement have been sold
pursuant thereto (in any such case, such period being called the "Shelf
Registration Period"). The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantor shall be deemed
not to have used their reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration
Statement effective during the requisite period if any of them voluntarily takes
any action that would result in Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities
covered thereby not being able to offer and sell such Transfer Restricted
Securities during that period, unless such action is required by applicable law.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, the Company and the
Subsidiary Guarantors will ensure that (i) any Shelf Registration Statement and
any amendment thereto and any prospectus forming part thereof and any supplement
thereto complies in all material respects with the Securities Act and the rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (ii) any Shelf Registration
Statement and any amendment thereto (in either case, other than with respect to
information included therein in reliance upon or in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors by or on
behalf of any Holder specifically for use therein (the "Holders' Information"))
does not, when it becomes effective, 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 not misleading and (iii) any prospectus forming
part of any Shelf Registration Statement, and any supplement to such prospectus
(in either case, other than with respect to Holders' Information), does not
include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
3. Liquidated Damages. (a) The parties hereto agree that the Holders of
Transfer Restricted Securities will suffer damages if the Company and the
Subsidiary Guarantors fail to fulfill their obligations under Section 1 or
Section 2, as applicable, and that it would not be feasible to ascertain the
extent of such damages. Accordingly, if (i) the applicable Registration
Statement is not filed with the Commission on or prior to 60 days after the
Issue Date, (ii) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf
Registration Statement, as the case may be, is not declared effective within 150
days after the Issue Date (or in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement
required to be filed in response to a change in law or the applicable
interpretations of the Commission's staff, if later, within 60 days after
publication of
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the change in law or interpretation), (iii) the Registered Exchange Offer is not
consummated on or prior to 180 days after the Issue Date, or (iv) the Shelf
Registration Statement is filed and declared effective within 150 days after the
Issue Date (or in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement required to be
filed in response to a change in law or the applicable interpretations of the
Commission's staff, if later, within 60 days after publication of the change in
law or interpretation) but shall thereafter cease to be effective (at any time
that the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors are obligated to maintain the
effectiveness thereof) without being succeeded within 45 days by an additional
Registration Statement filed and declared effective (each such event referred to
in clauses (i) through (iv), a "Registration Default"), the Company will be
obligated to pay liquidated damages to each Holder of Transfer Restricted
Securities, during the period of one or more such Registration Defaults, in an
amount equal to $ 0.192 per week per $1,000 principal amount of Transfer
Restricted Securities held by such Holder until (i) the applicable Registration
Statement is filed, (ii) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared
effective and the Registered Exchange Offer is consummated, (iii) the Shelf
Registration Statement is declared effective or (iv) the Shelf Registration
Statement again becomes effective, as the case may be. Following the cure of all
Registration Defaults, the accrual of liquidated damages will cease. As used
herein, the term "Transfer Restricted Securities" means (i) each Security until
the date on which such Security has been exchanged for a freely transferable
Exchange Security in the Registered Exchange Offer, (ii) each Security or
Private Exchange Security until the date on which it has been effectively
registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with the Shelf
Registration Statement or (iii) each Security or Private Exchange Security until
the date on which it is distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the
Securities Act or is saleable pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3(a), the Company shall
not be required to pay liquidated damages to a Holder of Transfer Restricted
Securities if such Holder failed to comply with its obligations to make the
representations set forth in the second to last paragraph of Section 1 or failed
to provide the information required to be provided by it, if any, pursuant to
Section 4(n).
(b) The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall notify the Trustee
and the Paying Agent under the Indenture immediately upon the happening of each
and every Registration Default. The Company shall pay the liquidated damages
due on the Transfer Restricted Securities by depositing with the Paying Agent
(which may not be the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor for these purposes), in
trust, for the benefit of the Holders thereof, prior to 10:00 a.m., New York
City time, on the next interest payment date specified by the Indenture and the
Securities, sums sufficient to pay the liquidated damages then due. The
liquidated damages due shall be payable on each interest payment date specified
by the Indenture and the Securities to the record holder entitled to receive the
interest payment to be made on such date. Each obligation to pay liquidated
damages shall be deemed to accrue from and including the date of the applicable
Registration Default.
(c) The parties hereto agree that the liquidated damages provided for
in this Section 3 constitute a reasonable estimate of and are intended to
constitute the sole damages that will be suffered by Holders of Transfer
Restricted Securities by reason of the failure of (i) the Shelf Registration
Statement or the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be filed, (ii) the
Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective and remain effective or
(iii) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be declared effective and the
Registered Exchange Offer to be consummated, in each case to the extent required
by this Agreement.
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4. Registration Procedures. In connection with any Registration Statement,
the following provisions shall apply:
(a) The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall (i) furnish to
each Initial Purchaser, prior to the filing thereof with the Commission, a copy
of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereof and each supplement, if
any, to the prospectus included therein and shall use its reasonable best
efforts to reflect in each such document, when so filed with the Commission,
such comments as any Initial Purchaser may reasonably propose; (ii) include the
information set forth in Annex A hereto on the cover, in Annex B hereto in the
"Exchange Offer Procedures" section and the "Purpose of the Exchange Offer"
section and in Annex C hereto in the "Plan of Distribution" section of the
prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and
include the information set forth in Annex D hereto in the Letter of Transmittal
delivered pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer; and (iii) if requested by
any Initial Purchaser, include the information required by Items 507 or 508 of
Regulation S-K, as applicable, in the prospectus forming a part of the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement.
(b) The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall advise each
Initial Purchaser, each Exchanging Dealer and the Holders (if applicable) and,
if requested by any such person, confirm such advice in writing (which advice
pursuant to clauses (ii)-(v) hereof shall be accompanied by an instruction to
suspend the use of the prospectus until the requisite changes have been made):
(i) when any Registration Statement and any amendment thereto has been
filed with the Commission and when such Registration Statement or any post-
effective amendment thereto has become effective;
(ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to
any Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or for additional
information;
(iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending
the effectiveness of any Registration Statement 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 of the Securities, the Exchange Securities
or the Private Exchange Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the
initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and
(v) of the happening of any event that requires the making of any
changes in any Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein in
order that the statements therein are not misleading and do not omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading.
(c) The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors will make every
reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal at the earliest possible time of any
order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement.
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(d) The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors will furnish to each
Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities included within the coverage of any
Shelf Registration Statement, without charge, at least one conformed copy of
such Shelf Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto,
including financial statements and schedules and, if any such Holder so requests
in writing, all exhibits thereto (including those, if any, incorporated by
reference).
(e) The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors will, during the Shelf
Registration Period, promptly deliver to each Holder of Transfer Restricted
Securities included within the coverage of any Shelf Registration Statement,
without charge, as many copies of the prospectus (including each preliminary
prospectus) included in such Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment or
supplement thereto as such Holder may reasonably request; and the Company and
each Subsidiary Guarantor consent to the use of such prospectus or any amendment
or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of Transfer Restricted
Securities in connection with the offer and sale of the Transfer Restricted
Securities covered by such prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto.
(f) The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors will furnish to each
Initial Purchaser and each Exchanging Dealer, and to any other Holder who so
requests, without charge, at least one conformed copy of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including
financial statements and schedules and, if any Initial Purchaser or Exchanging
Dealer or any such Holder so requests in writing, all exhibits thereto
(including those, if any, incorporated by reference).
(g) The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors will, during the
Exchange Offer Registration Period or the Shelf Registration Period, as
applicable, promptly deliver to each Initial Purchaser, each Exchanging Dealer
and such other persons that are required to deliver a prospectus following the
Registered Exchange Offer, without charge, as many copies of the final
prospectus included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf
Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Initial
Purchaser, Exchanging Dealer or other persons may reasonably request; and the
Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor consent to the use of such prospectus or
any amendment or supplement thereto by any such Initial Purchaser, Exchanging
Dealer or other persons, as applicable, as aforesaid.
(h) Prior to the effective date of any Registration Statement, the
Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors will use their reasonable best efforts to
register or qualify, or cooperate with the Holders of Securities, Exchange
Securities or Private Exchange Securities included therein and their respective
counsel in connection with the registration or qualification of such Securities,
Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities for offer and sale under the
securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as any such Holder reasonably
requests in writing and do any and all other acts or things necessary or
advisable to enable the offer and sale in such jurisdictions of the Securities,
Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities covered by such Registration
Statement; provided that the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor will not be
required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not
then so qualified or to take any action which would subject it to general
service of process or to taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not then
so subject.
(i) The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors will cooperate with the
Holders of Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities to
facilitate the timely preparation and
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delivery of certificates representing Securities, Exchange Securities or Private
Exchange Securities to be sold pursuant to any Registration Statement free of
any restrictive legends and in such denominations and registered in such names
as the Holders thereof may request in writing prior to sales of Securities,
Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities pursuant to such Registration
Statement.
(j) If any event contemplated by Section 4(b)(ii) through (v) occurs
during the period for which the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors are
required to maintain an effective Registration Statement, the Company and the
Subsidiary Guarantors will promptly prepare and file with the Commission a post-
effective amendment to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the related
prospectus or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered
to purchasers of the Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange
Securities from a Holder, the prospectus will not include an untrue statement of
a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.
(k) Not later than the effective date of the applicable Registration
Statement, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors will provide a CUSIP number
for the Securities, the Exchange Securities and the Private Exchange Securities,
as the case may be, and provide the applicable trustee with printed certificates
for the Securities, the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities,
as the case may be, in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust
Company.
(l) The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors will comply with all
applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and will make generally
available to its security holders as soon as practicable after the effective
date of the applicable Registration Statement an earning statement satisfying
the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act; provided that in no event
shall such earning statement be delivered later than 45 days after the end of a
12-month period (or 90 days, if such period is a fiscal year) beginning with the
first month of the Company's first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective
date of the applicable Registration Statement, which statement shall cover such
12-month period.
(m) The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors will cause the Indenture
or the Exchange Securities Indenture, as the case may be, to be qualified under
the Trust Indenture Act as required by applicable law in a timely manner.
(n) The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors may require each Holder
of Transfer Restricted Securities to be registered pursuant to any Shelf
Registration Statement to furnish to the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors
such information concerning the Holder and the distribution of such Transfer
Restricted Securities as the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors may from time
to time reasonably require for inclusion in such Shelf Registration Statement,
and the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors may exclude from such registration
the Transfer Restricted Securities of any Holder that fails to furnish such
information within a reasonable time after receiving such request. Each such
Holder agrees to notify the Company as promptly as practicable of any inaccuracy
or change in information previously furnished by such Holder to the Company or
of the occurrence of any event, in either case, as a result of which any
prospectus relating to such registration contains or would contain an untrue
statement of a material fact regarding such Holder of such Holder's intended
method of distribution of such Transfer Restricted Notes, or omits to state a
material fact regarding such Holder or such Holder's intended method of
distribution of Transfer Restricted Notes, required to be stated therein or
necessary to
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make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then
existing, and promptly to furnish to the Company any additional information
required to correct and update any previously furnished information or required
so that such prospectus shall not contain, with respect to such Holder or the
distribution of such Transfer Restricted Notes, an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make a statement therein not misleading in light of the
circumstances then existing. Each such Holder shall comply with the provisions
of the Securities Act applicable to such Holder with respect to the disposition
by such Holder of Transfer Restricted Notes, covered by such registration
statement in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by such Holder
set forth in such registration statement.
(o) In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, each Holder of
Transfer Restricted Securities to be registered pursuant thereto agrees by
acquisition of such Transfer Restricted Securities that, upon receipt of any
notice from the Company pursuant to Section 4(b)(ii) through (v), such Holder
will discontinue disposition of such Transfer Restricted Securities until such
Holder's receipt of copies of the supplemental or amended prospectus
contemplated by Section 4(j) or until advised in writing (the "Advice") by the
Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors that the use of the applicable prospectus
may be resumed. If the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall give any
notice under Section 4(b)(ii) through (v) during the period that the Company is
required to maintain an effective Registration Statement (the "Effectiveness
Period"), such Effectiveness Period shall be extended by the number of days
during such period from and including the date of the giving of such notice to
and including the date when each seller of Transfer Restricted Securities
covered by such Registration Statement shall have received (x) the copies of the
supplemental or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 4(j) (if an amended
or supplemental prospectus is required) or (y) the Advice (if no amended or
supplemental prospectus is required).
(p) In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company and the
Subsidiary Guarantors shall enter into such customary agreements (including, if
requested, an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take all such other
action, if any, as Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities, Exchange Securities and Private Exchange Securities being sold or
the managing underwriters (if any) shall reasonably request in order to
facilitate any disposition of Securities, Exchange Securities or Private
Exchange Securities pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement.
(q) In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company and the
Subsidiary Guarantors shall (i) make reasonably available for inspection by a
representative of, and Special Counsel (as defined below) acting for, Holders of
a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities, Exchange Securities
and Private Exchange Securities being sold and any underwriter participating in
any disposition of Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange
Securities pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement, all relevant financial
and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company
and its subsidiaries and (ii) use their reasonable best efforts to have their
officers, directors, employees, accountants and counsel supply all relevant
information reasonably requested by such representative, Special Counsel or any
such underwriter (an "Inspector") in connection with such Shelf Registration
Statement.
(r) In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company and the
Subsidiary Guarantors each shall, if requested by Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the
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Securities, Exchange Securities and Private Exchange Securities being sold,
their Special Counsel or the managing underwriters (if any) in connection with
such Shelf Registration Statement, use its reasonable best efforts to cause (i)
its counsel to deliver an opinion relating to the Shelf Registration Statement
and the Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities, as
applicable, in customary form, (ii) its officers to execute and deliver all
customary documents and certificates requested by Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities, Exchange Securities and Private
Exchange Securities being sold, their Special Counsel or the managing
underwriters (if any) and (iii) its independent public accountants to provide a
comfort letter in customary form, subject to receipt of appropriate
documentation as contemplated, and only if permitted, by Statement of Auditing
Standards No. 72.
5. Registration Expenses. The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors will bear
all expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations
under Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4, and the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors will
reimburse the Initial Purchasers and the Holders for the reasonable fees and
disbursements of one firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) chosen
by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities,
the Exchange Securities and the Private Exchange Securities to be sold pursuant
to each Shelf Registration Statement (the "Special Counsel") acting for the
Initial Purchasers or Holders in connection therewith.
6. Indemnification. (a) In the event of a Shelf Registration Statement or in
connection with any prospectus delivery pursuant to an Exchange Offer
Registration Statement by an Initial Purchaser or Exchanging Dealer, as
applicable, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall indemnify and hold
harmless each Holder (including, without limitation, any such Initial Purchaser
or Exchanging Dealer), its affiliates, their respective officers, directors,
employees, representatives and agents, and each person, if any, who controls
such Holder within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act
(collectively referred to for purposes of this Section 6 and Section 7 as a
Holder) from and against any loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or several,
or any action in respect thereof (including, without limitation, any loss,
claim, damage, liability or action relating to purchases and sales of
Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities), to which that
Holder may become subject, whether commenced or threatened, under the Securities
Act, the Exchange Act, any other federal or state statutory law or regulation,
at common law or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or
action arises out of, or is based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in any such Registration Statement
or any prospectus forming part thereof or in any amendment or supplement thereto
or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, and shall reimburse each Holder promptly upon demand for any legal
or other expenses reasonably incurred by that Holder in connection with
investigating or defending or preparing to defend against or appearing as a
third party witness in connection with any such loss, claim, damage, liability
or action as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company and
the Subsidiary Guarantors shall not be liable in any such case to the extent
that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is
based upon, an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission or
alleged omission from any of such documents in reliance upon and in conformity
with any Holders' Information; and provided, further, that with respect to any
such untrue statement in or omission from any related preliminary prospectus,
the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 6(a) shall not inure to the
benefit of any Holder from whom the person asserting any such loss, claim,
damage, liability or action received Securities, Exchange Securities or Private
Exchange Securities to the extent
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that such loss, claim, damage, liability or action of or with respect to such
Holder results from the fact that both (A) a copy of the final prospectus was
not sent or given to such person at or prior to the written confirmation of the
sale of such Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities to
such person and (B) the untrue statement in or omission from the related
preliminary prospectus was corrected in the final prospectus unless, in either
case, such failure to deliver the final prospectus was a result of non-
compliance by the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor with Section 4(d), 4(e),
4(f) or 4(g).
(b) In the event of a Shelf Registration Statement, each Holder shall
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its affiliates (including the
Subsidiary Guarantors), their respective officers, directors, employees,
representatives and agents, and each person, if any, who controls the Company
within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (collectively
referred to for purposes of this Section 6(b) and Section 7 as the Company),
from and against any loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or several, or any
action in respect thereof, to which the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor may
become subject, whether commenced or threatened, under the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act, any other federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common
law or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action
arises out of, or is based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in any such Registration Statement or any
prospectus forming part thereof or in any amendment or supplement thereto or
(ii) the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, but
in each case only to the extent that the untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in
conformity with any Holders' Information furnished to the Company and the
Subsidiary Guarantors by such Holder, and shall reimburse the Company and the
Subsidiary Guarantors for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the
Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors in connection with investigating or
defending or preparing to defend against or appearing as a third party witness
in connection with any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such
expenses are incurred; provided, however, that no such Holder shall be liable
for any indemnity claims hereunder in excess of the amount of net proceeds
received by such Holder from the sale of Securities, Exchange Securities or
Private Exchange Securities pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section
6 of notice of any claim or the commencement of any action, the indemnified
party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the
indemnifying party pursuant to Section 6(a) or 6(b), notify the indemnifying
party in writing of the claim or the commencement of that action; provided,
however, that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it
from any liability which it may have under this Section 6 except to the extent
that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive
rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided, further, that the failure to
notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it
may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 6. If any
such claim or action shall be brought against an indemnified party, and it shall
notify the indemnifying party thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled
to participate therein and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with any other
similarly notified indemnifying party, to assume the defense thereof with
counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. After notice from the
indemnifying party to the indemnified party of its election to assume the
defense of such claim or action, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to
the indemnified party under this Section 6 for any legal or other expenses
subsequently incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the defense
thereof other than the
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reasonable costs of investigation; provided, however, that an indemnified party
shall have the right to employ its own counsel in any such action, but the fees,
expenses and other charges of such counsel for the indemnified party will be at
the expense of such indemnified party unless (1) the employment of counsel by
the indemnified party has been authorized in writing by the indemnifying party,
(2) the indemnified party has reasonably concluded (based upon advice of counsel
to the indemnified party) that there may be legal defenses available to it or
other indemnified parties that are different from or in addition to those
available to the indemnifying party, (3) a conflict or potential conflict exists
(based upon advice of counsel to the indemnified party) between the indemnified
party and the indemnifying party (in which case the indemnifying party will not
have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified
party) or (4) the indemnifying party has not in fact employed counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the indemnified party to assume the defense of such action
within a reasonable time after receiving notice of the commencement of the
action, in each of which cases the reasonable fees, disbursements and other
charges of counsel will be at the expense of the indemnifying party or parties.
It is understood that the indemnifying party or parties shall not, in connection
with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable
for the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of more than one
separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) at any one time
for all such indemnified party or parties. Each indemnified party, as a
condition of the indemnity agreements contained in Sections 6(a) and 6(b), shall
use all reasonable efforts to cooperate with the indemnifying party in the
defense of any such action or claim. No indemnifying party shall be liable for
any settlement of any such action effected without its written consent (which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), but if settled with its written
consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff in any such action,
the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any indemnified
party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or
judgment. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the
indemnified party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), effect any
settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any
indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been
sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an
unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims
that are the subject matter of such proceeding.
7. Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in Section 6 is
unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section
6(a) or 6(b), then each indemnifying party shall, in lieu of indemnifying such
indemnified party, contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified
party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect
thereof, (i) in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative
benefits received by the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors from the offering
and sale of the Securities, on the one hand, and a Holder with respect to the
sale by such Holder of Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange
Securities, on the other, or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above
is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also
the relative fault of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors on the one hand
and such Holder on the other with respect to the statements or omissions that
resulted in such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof,
as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits
received by the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors on the one hand and a
Holder on the other with respect to such offering and such sale shall be deemed
to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering of the
Securities (before deducting expenses) received by or on behalf of the Company
and the Subsidiary Guarantors as set forth in the table on the cover of the
Offering Memorandum, on the one
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hand, bear to the total proceeds received by such Holder with respect to its
sale of Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities, on the
other. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other
things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to the Company or
a Subsidiary Guarantor or information supplied by the Company or a Subsidiary
Guarantor, on the one hand, or to any Holders' Information supplied by such
Holder, on the other, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge,
access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue
statement or omission. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 7 were to be determined by
pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into
account the equitable considerations referred to herein. The amount paid or
payable by an indemnified party as a result of the loss, claim, damage or
liability, or action in respect thereof, referred to above in this Section 7
shall be deemed to include, for purposes of this Section 7, any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with
investigating or defending or preparing to defend any such action or claim.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, an indemnifying party that is
a Holder of Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities shall
not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the
total price at which the Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange
Securities sold by such indemnifying party to any purchaser exceeds the amount
of any damages which such indemnifying party has otherwise paid or become liable
to pay by reason of any untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the
meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation.
8. Rules 144 and 144A. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to
file the reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act in a timely manner and, if at any time the Company is not required
to file such reports, it will, upon the written request of any Holder of
Transfer Restricted Securities, make publicly available other information so
long as necessary to permit sales of such Holder's securities pursuant to Rules
144 and 144A. The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors each covenants that it
will take such further action as any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities
may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable
such Holder to sell Transfer Restricted Securities without registration under
the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rules 144
and 144A (including, without limitation, the requirements of Rule 144A(d)(4)).
Upon the written request of any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities, the
Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall deliver to such Holder a written
statement as to whether they have complied with such requirements.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 8 shall be deemed to
require the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor to register any of its securities
pursuant to the Exchange Act.
9. Underwritten Registrations. If any of the Transfer Restricted Securities
covered by any Shelf Registration Statement are to be sold in an underwritten
offering, the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers
that will administer the offering will be selected by the Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of such Transfer Restricted Securities included in
such offering, subject to the consent of the Company and the Subsidiary
Guarantors (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and such
Holders shall be responsible for all underwriting commissions and discounts in
connection therewith.
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No person may participate in any underwritten registration hereunder
unless such person (i) agrees to sell such person's Transfer Restricted
Securities on the basis reasonably provided in any underwriting arrangements
approved by the persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (ii)
completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities,
underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms
of such underwriting arrangements.
10. Miscellaneous. (a) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this
Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents
to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the Company
and the Subsidiary Guarantors have obtained the written consent of Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities, the Exchange
Securities and the Private Exchange Securities, taken as a single class.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions
hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of
Holders whose Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities are
being sold pursuant to a Registration Statement and that does not directly or
indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may be given by Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities, the Exchange
Securities and the Private Exchange Securities being sold by such Holders
pursuant to such Registration Statement.
(b) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or
permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by first-class mail or, in the case
of an Initial Purchaser or the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, by
telecopier:
(i) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such Holder
to the Company in accordance with the provisions of this Section 10(b),
which address initially is, with respect to each Holder, the address of
such Holder maintained by the Registrar under the Indenture, with a copy in
like manner to CSI, BT Alex. Xxxxx Incorporated and PaineWebber
Incorporated;
(ii) if to an Initial Purchaser, as provided in the Purchase
Agreement; and
(iii) if to the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor, as provided in the
Purchase Agreement.
All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly
given when received.
(c) Successors And Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the
Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and their respective successors and assigns.
(d) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts (which may be delivered in original form or by telecopier) and by
the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed
shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall
constitute one and the same agreement.
(e) Definition of Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, (i) the term
"business day" means any day on which the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. is open
for trading, (ii) the term "subsidiary" has the meaning set forth in Rule 405
under the Securities Act and (iii) except where otherwise expressly provided,
the term "affiliate" has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities
Act.
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(f) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of
reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(g) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
(h) Remedies. In the event of a breach by the Company, a Subsidiary
Guarantor or by any Holder of any of their obligations under this Agreement,
each Holder or the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, as the case may be, in
addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including
recovery of damages (other than the recovery of damages for a breach by the
Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor of its obligations under Sections 1 or 2
hereof for which liquidated damages have been paid pursuant to Section 3
hereof), will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this
Agreement. The Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and each Holder agree that
monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by
reason of a breach by it of any of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby
further agree that, in the event of any action for specific performance in
respect of such breach, it shall waive the defense that a remedy at law would be
adequate.
(i) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company and the Subsidiary
Guarantors each represents, warrants and agrees that (i) it has not entered
into, shall not, on or after the date of this Agreement, enter into any
agreement that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this
Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof, (ii) it has not
previously entered into any agreement which remains in effect granting any
registration rights with respect to any of its debt securities to any person and
(iii) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, without the written
consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then
outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities, it shall not grant to any person the
right to request the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor to register any debt
securities of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor (or any guarantees of such
debt securities) under the Securities Act unless the rights so granted are not
in conflict or inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement.
(j) No Piggyback on Registrations. The Company, the Subsidiary
Guarantors and each of their respective security holders (other than the Holders
of Transfer Restricted Securities in such capacity) shall not have the right to
include any securities of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor in any Shelf
Registration or Registered Exchange Offer other than Transfer Restricted
Securities.
(k) Severability. The remedies provided herein are cumulative and not
exclusive of any remedies provided by law. If any term, provision, covenant or
restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions,
covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and
effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties
hereto shall use their reasonable best efforts to find and employ an alternative
means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated
by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and
declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the
remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of
such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
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[Signatures follow beginning on page S-1.]
S-1
Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement among the
Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers.
Very truly yours,
BAYOU STEEL CORPORATION
By /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name:
Title:
RIVER ROAD REALTY CORPORATION
By /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name:
Title:
BAYOU STEEL CORPORATION (TENNESSEE)
By /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name:
Title:
Accepted:
CHASE SECURITIES INC.
By /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Authorized Signatory
S-2
BT ALEX. XXXXX INCORPORATED
By /s/ Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Authorized Signatory
PAINEWEBBER INCORPORATED
By /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Authorized Signatory
S-3
ANNEX A
Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own
account pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will
deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities.
The Letter of Transmittal states that by so acknowledging and by delivering a
prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an
"underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act. This Prospectus, as it
may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer
in connection with resales of Exchange Securities received in exchange for
Securities where such Securities were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result
of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company has agreed
that, for a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date (as defined herein), it
will make this Prospectus available to any broker-dealer for use in connection
with any such resale. See "Plan of Distribution."
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ANNEX B
Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own
account in exchange for Securities, where such Securities were acquired by such
broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading
activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection
with any resale of such Exchange Securities. See "Plan of Distribution."
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ANNEX C
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own
account pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will
deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities.
This Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be
used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Securities
received in exchange for Securities where such Securities were acquired as a
result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company has
agreed that, for a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date, it will make
this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for
use in connection with any such resale. In addition, until _______________,
199_, all dealers effecting transactions in the Exchange Securities may be
required to deliver a prospectus./1/
The Company will not receive any proceeds from any sale of Exchange
Securities by broker-dealers. Exchange Securities received by broker-dealers
for their own account pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer may be sold from
time to time in one or more transactions in the over-the-counter market, in
negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on the Exchange
Securities or a combination of such methods of resale, at market prices
prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to such prevailing market
prices or at negotiated prices. Any such resale may be made directly to
purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in
the form of commissions or concessions from any such broker-dealer or the
purchasers of any such Exchange Securities. Any broker-dealer that resells
Exchange Securities that were received by it for its own account pursuant to the
Registered Exchange Offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a
distribution of such Exchange Securities may be deemed to be an "underwriter"
within the meaning of the Securities Act and any profit on any such resale of
Exchange Securities and any commission or concessions received by any such
persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Securities Act.
The Letter of Transmittal states that, by acknowledging that it will deliver and
by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it
is an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act.
For a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date the Company will
promptly send additional copies of this Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement to this Prospectus to any broker-dealer that requests such documents
in the Letter of Transmittal. The Company has agreed to pay all expenses
incident to the Registered Exchange Offer (including the expenses of one counsel
for the Holders of the Securities) other than commissions or concessions of any
broker-dealers and will indemnify the Holders of the Securities (including any
broker-dealers) against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the
Securities Act.
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/1/ In addition, the legend required by Item 502(e) of Regulation S-K will
appear on the back cover page of the Registered Exchange Offer prospectus.
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ANNEX D
[_] CHECK HERE IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER AND WISH TO RECEIVE 10
ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS AND 10 COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR
SUPPLEMENTS THERETO.
Name: ________________________________
Address: _____________________________
_____________________________
If the undersigned is not a broker-dealer, the undersigned represents that it is
not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of Exchange
Securities. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange
Securities for its own account in exchange for Securities that were acquired as
a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, it
acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of
such Exchange Securities; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a
prospectus, the undersigned will not be deemed to admit that it is an
"underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act.
