EXHIBIT 4.17
TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC.
12% Senior Secured Notes Due 2002
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights Agreement (this "Agreement") is made and
entered into as of March 31, 1997, by Trans World Airlines, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), and PaineWebber Incorporated (the "Initial
Purchaser"). Subject to the terms and conditions stated in the Purchase
Agreement dated as of March 27, 1997 between the Company and the Initial
Purchaser (the "Purchase Agreement"), the Company shall issue and sell to the
Initial Purchaser 50,000 Units (subject to adjustment to up to 57,500 Units in
the event that the Initial Purchaser exercises its over-allotment option as
provided in the Purchase Agreement) each consisting of 12% Senior Secured Notes
Due 2002 with a principal amount at maturity of $1,000 (collectively the
"Notes") and one warrant (collectively, the "Warrants") to purchase 126.26
shares of the common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company (the
"Common Stock"). The Notes will be issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of
March 31, 1997 (the "Indenture"), between the Company and First Security Bank,
National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"). As an inducement to the
Initial Purchaser, the Company hereby agrees with the Initial Purchaser, for the
benefit of the holders of the Notes (including, without limitation, the Initial
Purchaser), the Exchange Notes (as defined below) and the Private Exchange Notes
(as defined below) (collectively, the "Holders"), as follows:
SECTION 1. EXCHANGE OFFER REGISTRATION
The Company shall, at its cost, use its best efforts to prepare and,
not later than 60 days after (or if the 60th day is not a business day, the
first business day thereafter) the Issue Date (as defined in the Indenture) of
the Notes, file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"),
a registration statement (the "Exchange Offer Registration Statement") on an
appropriate form under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), with respect to a proposed offer (the "Registered Exchange Offer") to the
Holders of Transfer Restricted Notes (as defined below), who are not prohibited
by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in the Registered
Exchange Offer, to issue and deliver to such Holders, in exchange for the Notes,
a like aggregate principal amount of debt securities (the "Exchange Notes") of
the Company issued under the Indenture and identical in all material respects to
the Notes (except for the transfer restrictions relating to the Notes) that
would be registered under the Securities Act. The Company shall use its best
efforts to cause such Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective
under the Securities Act within 120 days (or if the 120th day is not a business
day, the first business day thereafter) after the Issue Date of the Notes and
shall 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").
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If the Company effects the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company will
be entitled to close the Registered Exchange Offer 30 days after the
commencement thereof; provided however, that the Company has accepted all the
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Notes theretofore validly tendered in accordance with the terms of the
Registered Exchange Offer.
Following the declaration of the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement, the Company shall promptly commence the Registered
Exchange Offer, it being the objective of such Registered Exchange Offer to
enable each Holder of Transfer Restricted Notes electing to exchange the Notes
for Exchange Notes (assuming that such Holder is not an affiliate of the Company
within the meaning of the Securities Act, acquires the Exchange Notes in the
ordinary course of such Holder's business, has no arrangements with any person
to participate in the distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of
the Exchange Notes and is not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission
from participating in the Registered Exchange Offer) to trade such Exchange
Notes 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. In connection with such Registered
Exchange Offer, the Company shall take such further action, including, without
limitation, appropriate filings under state securities laws, as may be necessary
to realize the foregoing objective subject to the proviso of Section 3(h).
The Company acknowledges that, pursuant to current interpretations by
the Commission's staff of Section 5 of the Securities Act, in the absence of an
applicable exemption therefrom, (i) each Holder that is a broker-dealer electing
to exchange Notes, acquired for its own account as a result of market making
activities or other trading activities, for Exchange Notes (an "Exchanging
Dealer"), is required to deliver a prospectus containing 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 Notes received by such Exchanging
Dealer pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and (ii) the Initial Purchaser
selling Exchange Notes acquired in exchange for Notes constituting any portion
of an unsold allotment is required to deliver a prospectus containing the
information required by Items 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K under the Securities
Act, as applicable, in connection with such sale.
The Company shall use its best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement effective and to amend and supplement the prospectus
contained therein in order to permit such prospectus to be lawfully delivered by
all persons subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities
Act for such period of time as such persons must comply with such requirements
in order to resell the Exchange Notes; provided, however, that (i) in the case
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where such prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto must be delivered
by an Exchanging Dealer or the Initial Purchaser, such period shall be the
lesser of 180 days after the expiration date of the Registered Exchange Offer
and the date on which all Exchanging Dealers and the Initial Purchaser have sold
all Exchange Notes held by them (unless such period is extended pursuant to
Section 3(j) below), and (ii) the Company shall make such prospectus and any
amendment or supplement thereto available to any broker-dealer for use in
connection with
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any resale of any Exchange Notes for a period not less than 90 days after the
consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer.
If, upon consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, the Initial
Purchaser holds Notes acquired by it as part of its initial distribution, the
Company, simultaneously with the delivery of the Exchange Notes pursuant to the
Registered Exchange Offer, shall issue and deliver to such Initial Purchaser
upon the written request of such Initial Purchaser, in exchange (the "Private
Exchange") for the Notes held by such Initial Purchaser, a like principal amount
of debt securities of the Company issued under the Indenture and identical in
all material respects (including the existence of restrictions on transfer under
the Securities Act and the securities laws of the several states of the United
States) to the Notes (the "Private Exchange Notes"). The Notes, the Exchange
Notes and the Private Exchange Notes are herein collectively called the
"Securities".
In connection with the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company 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 notice thereof 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, which
may be the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee;
(d) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Notes at any time prior to the
close of business, New York time, on the last business day on which the
Registered Exchange Offer shall remain open; and
(e) otherwise comply in all material respects with all applicable law.
As soon as practicable after the close of the Registered Exchange
Offer or the Private Exchange, as the case may be, the Company shall:
(i) accept for exchange all the Notes validly tendered and not
withdrawn pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer or the Private
Exchange, as the case may be;
(ii) deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all the Notes so
accepted for exchange; and
(iii) cause the Trustee to authenticate and promptly deliver to
each Holder of the Notes, Exchange Notes or Private Exchange Notes, as the
case may be, equal in principal amount to the Notes of each Holder so
accepted for exchange.
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The Indenture will provide that the Exchange Notes will not be subject
to the transfer restrictions set forth in the Indenture and that all the
Securities will vote and consent together on all matters as one class and that
none of the Securities will have the right to vote or consent as a class
separate from one another on any matter.
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 Notes 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 Notes or the Exchange Notes within the meaning of the Securities Act,
(iii) such Holder is not an "affiliate", as defined in Rule 405 of the
Securities Act, of the Company or, if it is an affiliate, such Holder will
comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the
Securities Act to the extent applicable, (iv) if such Holder is not a broker-
dealer, that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, the
distribution of the Exchange Notes, and (v) if such Holder is a broker-dealer,
that it will receive Exchange Notes for its own account in exchange for Notes
that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading
activities and that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale
of such Exchange Notes.
Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, the Company will ensure
that (i) any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and
any prospectus forming part thereof and any supplement thereto will comply in
all material respects with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations
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, will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state 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; provided, however, that in no such case shall the
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Company be responsible for information concerning the Initial Purchaser included
in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the prospectus contained therein,
or any amendment or supplement thereto, as the case may be.
SECTION 2. SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT
(a) If (i) because of any change in law or in applicable
interpretations thereof by the staff of the Commission, the Company is not
permitted to effect a Registered Exchange Offer, as contemplated by Section 1
hereof, (ii) the Registered Exchange Offer is not consummated within 180 days of
the date of this Agreement, (iii) the Initial Purchaser so requests with respect
to the Notes (or the Private Exchange Notes) not eligible to be exchanged for
Exchange Notes in the Registered Exchange Offer and held by it following
consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer or (iv) any Holder (other than an
Exchanging Dealer) is not eligible to participate in the Registered Exchange
Offer or, in the case of any Holder (other than an Exchanging Dealer) that
participates in the Registered Exchange Offer, such Holder does not
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receive freely tradeable Exchange Notes on the date of the exchange, the Company
shall take the following actions:
(i) The Company shall use its best efforts , at its cost, as
promptly as practicable (but in no event more than the later of (i) 60 days
after the Issue Date and (ii) 30 days after so required or requested
pursuant to this Section 2) to file with the Commission and thereafter
shall use its best efforts to cause to be declared effective a registration
statement (the "Shelf Registration Statement" and, together with the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement, a "Registration Statement") on an
appropriate form under the Securities Act relating to the offer and sale of
the Transfer Restricted Notes by the Holders thereof from time to time in
accordance with the methods of distribution set forth in the Shelf
Registration Statement and Rule 415 under the Securities Act (hereinafter,
the "Shelf Registration"); provided, however, that no Holder (other than
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the 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).
(ii) The Company shall use its best efforts to keep the Shelf
Registration Statement continuously effective in order to permit the
prospectus included therein to be lawfully delivered by the Holders of the
relevant Securities, for a period of two years (or for such longer period
if extended pursuant to Section 3(j) below) from the Issue Date or such
shorter period that will terminate when all the Securities covered by the
Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant thereto or can be sold
pursuant to Rule 144(k) thereof. Subject to Section 6(b), the Company
shall be deemed not to have used its best efforts to keep the Shelf
Registration Statement effective during the requisite period if it
voluntarily takes any action that would result in Holders of Securities
covered thereby not being able to offer and sell such Securities during
that period, unless such action is required by applicable law; provided,
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however, that the Company shall not be deemed to have voluntarily taken any
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such action if it enters, in good faith, into negotiations concerning, or
executes and delivers any agreement or other document relating to, any
business combination, acquisition or disposition.
(iii) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to
the contrary, the Company shall cause the Shelf Registration Statement and
the related prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the
effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement, amendment or
supplement, (i) to comply in all material respects with the applicable
requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission and (ii) not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading.
(b) No Holder of Securities may include any of its Securities in the
Shelf Registration Statement unless such Holder furnishes to the Company in
writing, within 10 business days after receipt of a request therefor, such
information and representations and
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warranties as the Company may reasonably request for use in connection with the
Shelf Registration Statement or prospectus or preliminary prospectus included
therein. No Holder of Securities shall be entitled to Liquidated Damages,
pursuant to Section 6 hereof, if such Holder's Securities are excluded from the
Shelf Registration Statement because such Holder failed to furnish the Company
in writing such information and representations and warranties reasonably
requested by the Company for use in connection with the Shelf Registration
Statement or prospectus or preliminary prospectus included therein. Each Holder
as to which the Shelf Registration Statement is being effected agrees to furnish
promptly to the Company all information required to be disclosed in order to
make the information previously provided to the Company by such Holder not
misleading.
SECTION 3. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES
In connection with the Shelf Registration contemplated by Section 2
hereof and, to the extent applicable, any Registered Exchange Offer contemplated
by Section 1 hereof, the following provisions shall apply:
(a) The Company shall (i) furnish to the 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, in the event that the Initial Purchaser (with respect to any
portion of an unsold allotment from the original offering) is participating in
the Registered Exchange Offer or the Shelf Registration Statement, shall use its
best efforts to reflect in each such document, when so filed with the
Commission, such comments as the Initial Purchaser reasonably may 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; (iii) if
requested by the Initial Purchaser, include the information required by Items
507 or 508 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, as applicable, in the
prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement; (iv)
include within the prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement a section entitled "Plan of Distribution", reasonably acceptable to
the Initial Purchaser, which shall contain a summary statement of the positions
taken or policies made by the staff of the Commission with respect to the
potential "underwriter" status of any broker-dealer that is the beneficial owner
(as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act")) of Exchange Notes received by such broker-dealer in the
Registered Exchange Offer (a "Participating Broker-Dealer"), whether such
positions or policies have been publicly disseminated by the staff of the
Commission or such positions or policies, in the reasonable judgment of the
Initial Purchaser based upon advice of counsel (which may be in-house counsel),
represent the prevailing views of the staff of the Commission; and (v) in the
case of a Shelf Registration Statement, include the names of the Holders who
propose to sell Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement as
selling securityholders.
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(b) The Company shall give written notice to the Initial Purchaser,
the Holders of the Securities and any Participating Broker-Dealer from whom the
Company has received prior written notice that it will be a Participating
Broker-Dealer in the Registered Exchange Offer (which notice 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 the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto has
been filed with the Commission and when the Registration Statement or any
post-effective amendment thereto has become effective;
(ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or
supplements to the Registration Statement or the prospectus included
therein or for additional information (provided, however, that with respect
to any requests prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement,
the Company shall be required to give written notice only to the Initial
Purchaser and its counsel, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP);
(iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the
initiation of any proceedings for that purpose;
(iv) of the receipt by the Company or its legal counsel of any
notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the
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 Company to
make changes in the Registration Statement or the prospectus in order that
the Registration Statement or the prospectus does not contain an untrue
statement of a material fact nor 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.
(c) The Company shall use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal at
the earliest possible time of any order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement.
(d) The Company shall furnish to each Holder of Securities included
within the coverage of the Shelf Registration, without charge, at least one copy
of the Shelf Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto,
including financial statements and schedules, and, if the Holder so requests in
writing, all exhibits thereto (including those, if any, incorporated by
reference).
(e) The Company shall deliver to each Exchanging Dealer, to the
Initial Purchaser, and to any other Holder who so requests, without charge, at
least one copy of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any post-
effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and,
if the Initial Purchaser or any such Holder requests, all exhibits thereto
(including those incorporated by reference).
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(f) The Company shall deliver to each Holder of Securities included
within the coverage of the Shelf Registration, without charge, as many copies of
the prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) included in the Shelf
Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such person
may reasonably request. The Company consents, subject to the provisions of this
Agreement, to the use of the prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto
included in the Shelf Registration Statement by each of the selling Holders of
the Securities in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities
covered by such prospectus, or any such amendment supplement.
(g) The Company shall deliver to the Initial Purchaser, any Exchanging
Dealer, any Participating Broker-Dealer and such other persons 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 and any amendment or supplement thereto as such persons may reasonably
request. The Company consents, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, to
the use of the prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by the Initial
Purchaser, if necessary, any Participating Broker-Dealer and such other persons
required to deliver a prospectus following the Registered Exchange Offer in
connection with the offering and sale of the Exchange Notes covered by the
prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in such Exchange
Offer Registration Statement.
(h) Prior to any public offering of the Securities, pursuant to any
Registration Statement, the Company shall use its best efforts to register or
qualify or cooperate with the Holders of the Securities included therein and
their respective counsel in connection with the registration or qualification of
the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or "blue sky" laws of
such states of the United States as any Holder of the Securities 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
covered by such Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company
shall not be required to (i) qualify generally to do business in any
jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified, (ii) take any action which would
subject it to general service of process or to taxation in any jurisdiction
where it is not then so subject or (iii) register or qualify Securities or take
any other action under the securities or "blue sky" laws of any jurisdiction if,
in the judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, the consequences of
such registration, qualification or other action would be unduly burdensome to
the Company.
(i) The Company shall cooperate with the Holders of the Securities to
facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing the
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 may request a reasonable period of time prior to sales of the
Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement.
(j) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by paragraphs (ii)
through (v) of Section 3(b) above during the period for which the Company is
required to maintain an effective Registration Statement, the Company shall
promptly prepare and file a post-effective amendment to the Registration
Statement or a supplement to the related prospectus and any other required
document so that, as thereafter delivered to Holders of the Notes or the
Exchange Notes
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or purchasers of Securities, the prospectus will not contain an 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. If the Company
notifies the Initial Purchaser, the Holders of the Securities and any known
Participating Broker-Dealer in accordance with paragraphs (ii) through (v) of
Section 3(b) above to suspend the use of the prospectus until the requisite
changes to the prospectus have been made, then the Initial Purchaser, the
Holders of the Securities and any such Participating Broker-Dealers shall
suspend use of such prospectus, and the period of effectiveness of the Shelf
Registration Statement provided for in Section 2 above and the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement provided for in Section 1 above shall each be extended
(i) by the number of days from and including the date of the giving of such
notice to and including the date when the Initial Purchaser, the Holders of the
Securities and any known Participating Broker-Dealer shall have received such
amended or supplemented prospectus pursuant to this Section 3(j) or (ii) if
earlier, until the date when none of the Securities represent Transfer
Restricted Notes (as defined in Section 6(d)).
(k) Not later than the effective date of the applicable Registration
Statement, the Company will provide a CUSIP number for the Notes, the Exchange
Notes or the Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be, and provide the
applicable trustee with printed certificates for the Notes, the Exchange Notes
or the Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be, in a form eligible for
deposit with The Depository Trust Company.
(l) The Company will comply with all rules and regulations of the
Commission to the extent and so long as they are applicable to the Registered
Exchange Offer or the Shelf Registration and will make generally available to
its security holders (or otherwise provide in accordance with Section 11(a) of
the Securities Act) an earnings statement satisfying the provisions of Section
11(a) of the Securities Act, no 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 Registration Statement, which statement shall cover such 12-month period.
(m) The Company shall cause the Indenture to be qualified under the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, in a timely manner and containing such
changes, if any, as shall be necessary for such qualification. In the event
that such qualification would require the appointment of a new trustee under the
Indenture, the Company shall appoint a new trustee thereunder pursuant to the
applicable provisions of the Indenture.
(n) The Company may require each Holder of Securities to be sold
pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement to furnish to the Company such
information regarding the Holder and the distribution of the Securities as the
Company may from time to time reasonably require for inclusion in the Shelf
Registration Statement, and the Company may exclude from such registration the
Securities of any Holder that unreasonably fails to furnish such information
within a reasonable time after receiving such request.
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(o) The Company shall enter into such customary agreements (including
if requested an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take all such
other action, if any, as may be required in order to facilitate the disposition
of the Securities pursuant to any Shelf Registration.
(p) In the case of any Shelf Registration, subject to appropriate
confidentiality arrangements being entered into, the Company shall (i) make
available at reasonable times for inspection by the Holders of the Securities,
any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by
the Holders of the Securities or any such underwriter all relevant financial and
other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company and
(ii) cause the Company's officers, directors, employees, accountants and
auditors to supply all relevant information reasonably requested by the Holders
of the Securities or any such underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in
connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, in each case, as shall be
reasonably necessary, in the judgment of the Holder or any such underwriter,
attorney, accountant or agent referred to in this paragraph, to conduct a
reasonable investigation within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act.
(q) In the case of any Shelf Registration, the Company, if requested
by any Holder of Securities covered thereby, shall cause (i) its counsel to
deliver an opinion and updates thereof relating to the Securities in customary
form addressed to such Holders and the managing underwriters, if any, thereof
and dated, in the case of the initial opinion, the effective date of such Shelf
Registration Statement covering the matters customarily covered in opinions of
counsel requested in underwritten offerings and such other matters as may be
reasonably requested by the managing underwriter or underwriters; (ii) its
officers to execute and deliver all customary documents and certificates and
updates thereof reasonably requested by any underwriters of the applicable
Securities; and (iii) its independent public accountants to provide to the
selling Holders of the applicable Securities and any underwriter therefor a
comfort letter in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily
covered in comfort letters in connection with primary underwritten offerings,
subject to receipt of appropriate documentation as contemplated, and only if
permitted, by Statement of Auditing Standards No. 72.
(r) In the case of the Registered Exchange Offer, if requested by the
Initial Purchaser or any known Participating Broker-Dealer, the Company shall
cause (i) its counsel to deliver to the Initial Purchaser or such Participating
Broker-Dealer, signed opinions in the forms set forth in Section 5(e) of the
Purchase Agreement with such changes as are customary in connection with the
preparation of a Registration Statement and (ii) its independent public
accountants to deliver to the Initial Purchaser or such Participating Broker-
Dealer a comfort letter, in customary form, meeting the requirements as to the
substance thereof as set forth in Section 5(i) of the Purchase Agreement, with
appropriate date changes.
(s) If a Registered Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange is to be
consummated, upon delivery of the Notes by Holders to the Company (or to such
other Person as directed by the Company) in exchange for the Exchange Notes or
the Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be, the Company shall xxxx, or cause
to be marked, on the Notes so exchanged that
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such Notes are being cancelled in exchange for the Exchange Notes or the Private
Exchange Notes, as the case may be; in no event shall the Notes be marked as
paid or otherwise satisfied.
(t) In the event that any broker-dealer registered under the Exchange
Act shall underwrite any Securities or participate as a member of an
underwriting syndicate or selling group or "assist in the distribution" (within
the meaning of the Rules of Fair Practice and the By-Laws of the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD")) thereof, whether as a Holder
of such Securities or as an underwriter, a placement or sales agent or a broker
or dealer in respect thereof, or otherwise, the Company shall assist such
broker-dealer in complying with the requirements of such Rules and By-Laws
(including without limitation the indemnification of any "qualified independent
underwriter" required thereby).
(u) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Transfer
Restricted Securities to be eligible for inclusion in the National Association
of Securities Dealers, Inc. Private Offerings, Resales and Trading through
Automated Linkages trading system.
(v) The Company shall use its best efforts to take all other steps
necessary to effect the registration of the Securities covered by a Registration
Statement contemplated hereby.
(w) The Company agrees that it will not include in the registration
contemplated by the Shelf Registration Statement any securities other than the
Securities.
SECTION 4. REGISTRATION EXPENSES
The Company shall bear all fees and expenses incurred in connection
with the performance of its obligations under Sections 1 through 3 hereof
(including the reasonable fees and expenses of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP,
counsel for the Initial Purchaser, incurred in connection with the Registered
Exchange Offer), whether or not the Registered Exchange Offer or a Shelf
Registration is filed or becomes effective, and, in the event of a Shelf
Registration, shall bear, or reimburse the Holders of the Securities covered
thereby for, the reasonable fees and disbursements of one firm of counsel
designated by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities
covered thereby to act as counsel for the Holders of the Securities in
connection therewith, it being understood that the Company shall not be
responsible for the fees and expenses of more than one counsel employed at any
one time.
The Company will, in any event, bear its internal expenses (including,
without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees
performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit, and the
fees and expenses of any Person, including special experts, retained by the
Company. The Holders shall bear the expense of any broker's commission or
underwriters' discount or commission.
SECTION 5. INDEMNIFICATION
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of
the Securities, any Participating Broker-Dealer and each person, if any, who
controls such Holder or such Participating Broker-Dealer within the meaning of
the Securities Act or the Exchange Act
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(each Holder, any Participating Broker-Dealer and such controlling persons being
referred to in this Section 5(a) collectively as the "indemnified parties" from
and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, or any
actions in respect thereof (including, but not limited to, any losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or actions relating to purchases and sales of the
Securities) to which each indemnified party may become subject under the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or are based upon any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a
Registration Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto,
or arise out of, or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state
therein 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, and shall reimburse the indemnified parties for any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or
defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action in respect thereof;
provided, however, that (i) the Company shall not be liable in any such case to
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the extent that such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based
upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission made in a Registration Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or
supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus relating to a Shelf
Registration in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
pertaining to such Holder and furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such
Holder specifically for inclusion therein, (ii) with respect to any untrue
statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in any
prospectus relating to such registration statement, the indemnity agreement
contained in this subsection (a) shall not inure to the benefit of any person as
to which there is a prospectus delivery requirement (a "Delivering Seller") that
sold the Securities to the person asserting any such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability of such
Delivering Seller results from the fact that there was not sent or given to such
person, on or prior to the written confirmation of such sale, a copy of the
relevant prospectus, as amended and supplemented, provided that (I) the Company
shall have previously furnished copies thereof to such Delivering Seller in
accordance with this Agreement and (II) such furnished prospectus, as amended
and supplemented, would have corrected any such untrue statement or omission or
alleged untrue statement or omission, and (iii) this indemnity agreement will be
in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have to such
indemnified party. The Company shall also indemnify underwriters, selling
brokers, dealer-managers and similar securities industry professionals
participating in the distribution (in each case as described in the Registration
Statement), their officers and directors and each person who controls such
persons within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act to the same
extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of the Holders of
the Securities if requested by such Holders; provided, however, that the Company
shall not indemnify any such party to the extent its liability arises from its
failure to comply with the requirements described in Annexes A, B and C hereto,
as updated.
(b) Each Holder of the Securities, severally and not jointly, will
indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each person, if any, who controls
the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act from
and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities or any actions in respect
thereof to which the Company or any such controlling person may become subject
under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as
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such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or are based
upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in a Registration Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or
supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus relating to a Shelf
Registration, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission
to state therein a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in
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 written information pertaining to such Holder and furnished to
the Company by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion therein;
and, subject to the limitation set forth immediately preceding this clause,
shall reimburse, as incurred, the Company for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by the Company or any such controlling person in connection
with investigating or defending any loss, claim, damage, liability or action in
respect thereof. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability
which such Holder may otherwise have to the Company or any of its controlling
persons.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section
5 of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including a
governmental investigation), such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect
thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 5,
notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the omission so
to notify the indemnifying party will not, in any event, relieve the
indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the
indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above, except to the
extent that it is prejudiced or harmed in any material respect by failure to
give such prompt notice. In case any such action is brought against any
indemnified party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement
thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to
the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly
notified, to assume the defense thereof, with one counsel (and local counsel as
necessary) reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not,
except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying
party), and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party
of its election so to assume the defense thereof the indemnifying party will not
be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 5 for any legal or other
expenses, other than reasonable costs of investigation, subsequently incurred by
such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof. No indemnifying
party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, not to
be unreasonably withheld, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened
action 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 any claims that are the subject matter of such action and does
not include any injunctive relief against such indemnified party. No
indemnifying party shall be liable for any amounts paid in settlement of any
action or claim without its written consent, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 5 is
unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under
subsections (a) or (b) above for any reason other than as provided in subsection
(c) above, then each indemnifying party shall
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contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result
of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
referred to in subsection (a) or (b) above (i) in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the indemnifying party
or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other from the
exchange of the Notes, pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer, or (ii) if the
allocation provided by the foregoing clause (i) 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
indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party on the
other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) as well
as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the
parties 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 information supplied by the Company
on the one hand or such Holder or such other indemnified person, as the case may
be, on the other, and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims,
damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this subsection (d)
shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any action
or claim which is the subject of this subsection (d). Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Section 5(d), the Holders of the Securities shall not be
required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the net
proceeds received by such Holders from the sale of the Securities pursuant to a
Registration Statement exceeds the amount of damages which such Holders have
otherwise been required to pay by reason of such 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. For purposes of this paragraph (d), each officer,
director, employee, representative and agent of an indemnified party and each
person, if any, who controls such indemnified party within the meaning of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as
such indemnified party, and each officer, director, employee, representative and
agent of the Company and each person, if any, who controls the Company within
the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights
to contribution as the Company.
(e) The agreements contained in this Section 5 shall survive the sale
of the Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement and shall remain in full
force and effect, regardless of any termination or cancellation of this
Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
SECTION 6. LIQUIDATED DAMAGES
(a) If any of the following events occurs (each such event in clauses
(i) through (iii) below a "Registration Default"):
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(i) if by May 30, 1997, neither the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement nor a Shelf Registration Statement has been filed with the
Commission;
(ii) if by September 29, 1997, neither the Registered Exchange
Offer is consummated nor, if required in lieu thereof, the Shelf
Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission; or
(iii) if after either the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
or the Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective (A) such
Registration Statement thereafter ceases to be effective; or (B) such
Registration Statement or the related prospectus ceases to be usable
(except as permitted in paragraph (b)) in connection with resales of
Transfer Restricted Notes during the periods specified herein,
the Company will pay liquidated damages ("Liquidated Damages") to each Holder of
Transfer Restricted Notes, during the first 90-day period immediately following
such Registration Default in an amount equal to $0.05 per week per Transfer
Restricted Note held by such Holder. The amount of the Liquidated Damages will
increase by an additional $0.05 per week per Transfer Restricted Note, for each
subsequent 90-day period until the date on which the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement or Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective or such
Registration Statement again becomes effective, or such Registration Statement
prospectus becomes usable as the case may be, up to a maximum Liquidated Damages
with respect to any Registration Default of $0.25 per week per Transfer
Restricted Note. Such Liquidated Damages are payable in addition to any other
interest payable from time to time with respect to the Securities.
(b) A Registration Default referred to in Section 6(a)(iii) shall be
deemed not to have occurred and be continuing in relation to a Shelf
Registration Statement or the related prospectus if (i) such Registration
Default has occurred solely as a result of (x) the filing of a post-effective
amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement to incorporate annual audited or,
if required by the rules and regulations under the Securities Act, quarterly
unaudited financial information with respect to the Company where such post-
effective amendment is not yet effective and needs to be declared effective to
permit Holders to use the related prospectus or (y) other material events or
developments with respect to the Company that would need to be described in such
Shelf Registration Statement or the related prospectus and (ii) in the case of
clause (y), the Company is proceeding promptly and in good faith to amend or
supplement such Shelf Registration Statement and related prospectus to describe
such events; provided, however, that in no event shall the Company be required
to disclose the business purpose for such suspension if the Company determines
in good faith that such business purpose must remain confidential; provided
further, however, that in any case if such Registration Default occurs for a
continuous period in excess of 45 days, Liquidated Damages shall be payable in
accordance with the above paragraph from the day following such 45 day period
until the date on which such Registration Default is cured.
(c) All accrued Liquidated Damages shall be payable by the Company in
cash on the regular interest payment dates with respect to the Notes or the
Exchange Notes to the Holders of record on the applicable record dates. The
parties hereto agree that the Liquidated
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Damages provided in this Section constitute a reasonable estimate of the damages
that will be incurred by the Holders by reason of the failure of the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement to be filed,
declared effective or to remain effective or such Registration Statement or
related prospectus to be usable, as the case may be.
(d) "Transfer Restricted Notes" means each Security until (i) the date
on which such Transfer Restricted Note has been exchanged by a person other than
a broker-dealer for a freely transferable Exchange Note in the Registered
Exchange Offer, (ii) following the exchange by a broker-dealer in the Registered
Exchange Offer of a Transfer Restricted Note for an Exchange Note, the date on
which such Exchange Note is sold to a purchaser who receives from such broker-
dealer on or prior to the date of such sale a copy of the prospectus contained
in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, (iii) the date on which such
Transfer Restricted Note has been effectively registered under the Securities
Act and disposed of in accordance with the Shelf Registration Statement or (iv)
the date on which such Transfer Restricted Note 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.
SECTION 7. RULE 144 AND RULE 144A
The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to file on a timely
basis all such reports required to be filed under the Securities Act as, and
endeavor in good faith to take such other actions as, are reasonably necessary
to enable Holders to sell Transfer Restricted Securities without registration
under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided under
(a) Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to
time, (b) Rule 144A under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from
time to time, and (c) any similar rules or regulations hereafter adopted by the
Commission. Upon request of any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities, the
Company will provide a written statement as to whether it has complied with such
requirements and will, at its expense, forthwith upon the request of the Initial
Purchaser, deliver to the Initial Purchaser a certificate, signed by the
Company's principal financial officer, stating (a) the Company's name, address
and telephone number (including area code), (b) the Company's Internal Revenue
Service identification number, (c) the Company's Commission file number, (d) the
number of shares of each class of capital stock outstanding as shown by the most
recent report or statement published by the Company, and (e) whether the Company
has filed the reports required to be filed under the Exchange Act for a period
of at least ninety (90) days prior to the date of such certificate and in
addition has filed the most recent annual report required to be filed
thereunder.
SECTION 8. UNDERWRITING
If any of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by any Shelf
Registration Statement are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the
investment banker(s) and manager(s) that will manage the offering will be
selected by the Holders of a majority of the then outstanding Transfer
Restricted Securities (determined in accordance with Section 9(d)) included in
such offering (after consultation with the Company as to such selection and upon
the written consent of the Company, which consent will not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed). If
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requested by the underwriters, the Company will promptly enter into an
underwriting agreement reasonably acceptable to the Company with such
underwriters for such offering, such agreement to contain such representations
and warranties by the Company and such other terms and conditions as are
customary for underwriting agreements with respect to secondary offerings,
including without limitation, indemnities to the effect and to the extent
provided in Section 5 hereof. The Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities on
whose behalf such securities are being distributed shall be party to any such
underwriting agreement. Such Holders shall not be required by the Company to
make any representations or warranties to the underwriters with respect to the
Company or the Transfer Restricted Securities (other than that the Holders are
conveying such securities free and clear of all pledges, securities interests,
liens, charges, encumbrances, agreements, equities, claims and options of
whatever nature), and the Holders shall not be required to indemnify the Company
or the underwriters (other than with respect to the matters, and to the extent,
provided in Section 5). Furthermore, the Company shall make available for
inspection by the Holders, any underwriter participating in any disposition
pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement, and any attorney, accountant or
other agent retained by the Holders or underwriter, all financial and other
records and other information, pertinent corporate documents and properties of
the Company as shall be reasonably necessary to enable them to exercise their
due diligence responsibilities.
No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities may participate in any
underwritten distribution hereunder unless such holder (a) agrees to sell such
Holder's Transfer Restricted Securities on the basis provided in any
underwriting arrangements approved in accordance with the terms hereof, and (b)
completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities,
underwriting agreements and other documents required under the terms of such
underwriting arrangements.
The Company agrees not to effect any private or public sale or
distribution of any of its securities during the period beginning seven days
prior to, and ending 90 days after, the date on which the Shelf Registration
Statement becomes effective, except for (i) the Warrants, (ii) shares of Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, (iii) shares of Common Stock
issuable upon the exercise of the presently outstanding stock options and other
options to be granted under the Company's Key Employee Stock Incentive Program,
Employee Stock Incentive Plan, 1995 Outside Directors' Stock Option and Stock
Compensation Plan in accordance with the terms thereof, (iv) shares of Common
Stock issuable pursuant to the exercise of warrants outstanding as of the date
of this Agreement, (v) the conversion of shares of the Company's Employee
Preferred Stock, or the Company's 8% Cumulative Convertible Exchangeable
Preferred Stock (vi) shares of Common Stock or Employee Preferred Stock issuable
under the Company's plan of reorganization, (vii) shares of the Company's Series
A Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock issuable upon conversion of the stock
purchase rights described in the Rights Agreement dated as of December 19, 1995
between the Company and American Stock Transfer and Trust Company, as Rights'
Agent or (viii) securities issuable pursuant to registrations by the Company on
Forms S-4 or S-8 or any successors thereto.
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SECTION 9. MISCELLANEOUS
(a) Remedies. Each Holder of Securities, in addition to being
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entitled to exercise all rights provided herein, and as provided in the Purchase
Agreement and granted by law, including the recovery of damages, shall be
entitled to specific performance of such Holder's rights under this Agreement.
Except with respect to the payment of Liquidated Damages in the event of the
occurrence of a Registration Default, the Company agrees that monetary damages
would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach
by it of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby agrees in any action for
specific performance to waive the defense that a remedy at law would be
adequate.
(b) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company has not and shall not on
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or after the date of this Agreement enter into any agreement with respect to its
securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders of
Securities in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.
The rights granted to the Holders of Securities hereunder do not and will not in
any way conflict with and are not and will not be inconsistent with the rights
granted to the holders of the Company's other securities under any other
agreements. No Holder of any securities of the Company has rights to the
registration of any securities of the Company because of the execution, delivery
or performance by the Company of this Agreement or as a result of the filing of
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement.
(c) No Adverse Action Affecting the Securities. The Company has not
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taken and will not take, any action, or permit any change to occur with respect
to the Securities which would adversely affect the ability of any of the Holders
of Securities to include such Securities in a registration undertaken pursuant
to this Agreement.
(d) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement,
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including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or
supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof
may not be given unless the Company has obtained the written consent of Holders
of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Notes.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to departure from the
provisions hereof that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders of Transfer
Restricted Notes whose Transfer Restricted Notes are being sold pursuant to the
Shelf Registration Statement and that does not directly or indirectly affect the
rights of other Holders of Transfer Restricted Notes may be given by the Holders
of a majority of the Transfer Restricted Notes being sold.
(e) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or
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permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail
(registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex, telecopier, or air
courier guaranteeing overnight deliver:
(i) if to a Holder of Securities, at the address set forth on the
records of the Company or the Trustee under the Indenture, with a copy to
the Trustee, and if the Initial Purchaser, at the addresses set forth in
the Purchase Agreement; and
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(ii) if to the Company, initially at its address set forth in the
Purchase Agreement and thereafter at such other address, notice of which is
given in accordance with the provisions of this Section.
All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly
given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five business
days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when
answered back, if telexed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the
next business day, if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight
delivery.
Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be
concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee under the
Indenture at the address specified in the Indenture.
(f) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit
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and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties, including
without limitation and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent
Holders of Securities.
(g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
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counterparts 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.
(h) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of
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reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(i) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED
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IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE
CONFLICT OF LAW RULES THEREOF.
(j) Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions
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contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions
contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.
(k) Entire Agreement. This Agreement is intended by the parties as a
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final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive
statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of
the subject matter contained herein. There are no restrictions, promises,
warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein
with respect to the registration rights granted by the Company with respect to
the Securities except as provided in the Indenture and in the Purchase
Agreement. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings
between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date first written above.
TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name:
Title:
PAINEWEBBER INCORPORATED
By: PaineWebber Incorporated
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name:
Title:
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ANNEX A
Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Notes for its own account
pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a
prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes. 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 Notes received in exchange for Notes where such Notes
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 Notes for its own account in
exchange for Notes, where such Notes 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
Notes. See "Plan of Distribution."
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ANNEX C
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Notes for its own account
pursuant to the Registered Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a
prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes. 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 Notes received in
exchange for Existing Notes where such Existing Notes 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
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effecting transactions in the Exchange Notes may be required to deliver a
prospectus./*/
The Company will not receive any proceeds from any sale of Exchange
Notes by broker-dealers. Exchange Notes received by broker-dealers for their
own account pursuant to the 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 Notes 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 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 Notes. Any broker-dealer
that resells Exchange Notes that were received by it for its own account
pursuant to the Exchange Offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a
distribution of such Exchange Notes may be deemed to be an "underwriter" within
the meaning of the Securities Act and any profit on any such resale of Exchange
Notes 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 Exchange Offer (including the reasonable expenses of one counsel
for the Holders of the Notes) other than commissions or concessions of any
brokers or dealers and will indemnify the Holders of Securities (including any
broker-dealers) against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the
Securities Act.
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/*/ In addition, the legend required by Item 502(e) of Regulation S-K will
appear on the back cover page of the 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:
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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
Notes. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Notes
for its own account in exchange for Notes 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 Notes;
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.
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