Exhibit 4.17
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ INCORPORATED
Senior Notes Due 2008
REGISTRATION AGREEMENT
New York, New York
March 16, 1998
Salomon Brothers Inc
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Bear, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇.▇▇▇.
Chase Securities Inc.
c/o Salomon Brothers Inc
Seven World Trade Center
New York, New York 10048
Dear Sirs:
McLeodUSA Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
proposes to issue and sell to certain purchasers (the "Purchasers"), upon the
terms set forth in a purchase agreement dated March 10, 1998 (the "Purchase
Agreement"), its 8-3/8% Senior Notes due 2008(the "Securities") (the "Initial
Placement"). As an inducement to the Purchasers to enter into the Purchase
Agreement and in satisfaction of a condition to your obligations thereunder, the
Company agrees with you, (i) for your benefit and (ii) for the benefit of the
holders from time to time of the Securities (including you and the other
Purchasers) (each of the foregoing a "Holder" and together the "Holders"), as
follows:
1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein without definition
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shall have their respective meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement. As
used in this Registration Agreement (the "Agreement"), the following capitalized
defined terms shall have the following meanings:
"Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
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regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
"Affiliate" of any specified person means any other person which,
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directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common
control with, such specified person. For purposes of this definition, control
of a person means the power, direct or indirect, to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of such person whether
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by contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have
meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"Closing Date" has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
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"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
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and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
"Exchange Offer Registration Period" means the 1 year period following
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the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, exclusive of any period
during which any stop order shall be in effect suspending the effectiveness of
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement.
"Exchange Offer Registration Statement" means a registration statement
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of the Company on an appropriate form under the Act with respect to the
Registered Exchange Offer, all amendments and supplements to such registration
statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the
Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated
by reference therein.
"Exchanging Dealer" means any Holder (which may include the
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Purchasers) which 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 New Securities.
"Final Memorandum" has the meaning set forth in the Purchase
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Agreement.
"Holder" has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
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"Indenture" means the Indenture relating to the Securities dated as of
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March 16, 1998, between the Company and United States Trust Company of New York
as trustee, as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the
terms thereof.
"Initial Placement" has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
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"Majority Holders" means the Holders of a majority of the aggregate
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principal amount of securities registered under a Registration Statement.
"Managing Underwriters" means the investment banker or investment
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bankers and manager or managers that shall administer an underwritten offering.
"New Securities" means debt securities of the Company identical in all
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material respects to the Securities (except that the interest rate step up
provisions and the transfer restrictions will be modified or eliminated, as
appropriate), to be issued under the Indenture or the New Securities Indenture.
"New Securities Indenture" means an indenture between the Company and
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the New Securities Trustee, identical in all material respects with the
Indenture (except that the interest rate step up provisions will be modified or
eliminated, as appropriate).
"New Securities Trustee" means a bank or trust company reasonably
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satisfactory to the Purchaser, as trustee with respect to the New Securities
under the New Securities Indenture.
"Prospectus" means the prospectus included in any Registration
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Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that discloses
information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective
registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A under the Act), as amended or
supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the
offering of any portion of the Securities or the New Securities, covered by such
Registration Statement, and all amendments and supplements to the Prospectus,
including post-effective amendments.
"Registered Exchange Offer" means the proposed offer to the Holders to
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issue and deliver to such Holders, in exchange for the Securities, a like
principal amount of the New Securities.
"Registration Statement" means any Exchange Offer Registration
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Statement or Shelf Registration Statement that covers any of the Securities or
the New Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, amendments and
supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments,
in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto
and all material incorporated by reference therein.
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"Securities" has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
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"Shelf Registration" means a registration effected pursuant to
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Section 3 hereof.
"Shelf Registration Period" has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b)
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hereof.
"Shelf Registration Statement" means a "shelf" registration statement
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of the Company pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 hereof which covers some
or all of the Securities or New Securities, as applicable, on an appropriate
form under Rule 415 under the Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by
the Commission, amendments and supplements to such registration statement,
including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus
contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by
reference therein.
"Trustee" means the trustee with respect to the Securities under the
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Indenture.
"Underwriter" means any underwriter of Securities in connection with
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an offering thereof under a Shelf Registration Statement.
2. Registered Exchange Offer; Resales of New Securities by Exchanging
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Dealers; Private Exchange. (a) Except as set forth in Section 3(i) below, the
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Company shall prepare and, not later than 60 days following the Closing Date,
shall file with the Commission the Exchange Offer Registration Statement with
respect to the Registered Exchange Offer. The Company shall use its best
efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective
under the Act within 150 days of the Closing Date.
(b) Upon 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
electing to exchange Securities for New Securities (assuming that such Holder is
not an affiliate of the Company within the meaning of the Act, acquires the New
Securities in the ordinary course of such Holder's business and has no
arrangements with any person to participate in the distribution of the New
Securities) to trade such New Securities from and after their receipt without
any limitations or restrictions under the Act and without material restrictions
under the securities laws of a substantial proportion of the several states of
the United States.
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(c) In connection with the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company
shall:
(i) 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;
(ii) keep the Registered Exchange Offer open for not less than 30
days and not more than 45 days after the date notice thereof is mailed to
the Holders (or longer if required by applicable law);
(iii) utilize the services of a depositary for the Registered Exchange
Offer with an address in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York;
and
(iv) comply in all material respects with all applicable laws.
(d) As soon as practicable after the close of the
Registered Exchange Offer, the Company shall:
(i) accept for exchange all Securities tendered and not validly
withdrawn pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer;
(ii) deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all securities so
accepted for exchange; and
(iii) cause the Trustee or the New Securities Trustee, as the case may
be, promptly to authenticate and deliver to each Holder of Securities New
Securities equal in principal amount to the Securities of such Holder so
accepted for exchange.
(e) The Purchasers and the Company acknowledge that, pursuant to
interpretations by the Commission's staff of Section 5 of the Act, and in the
absence of an applicable exemption therefrom, each Exchanging Dealer is required
to deliver a Prospectus in connection with a sale of any New Securities received
by such Exchanging Dealer pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer in exchange
for Securities acquired for its own account as a result of market-making
activities or other trading activities. Accordingly, the Company shall:
(i) include the information set forth in Annex A hereto on the cover
of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, in Annex B hereto in the
forepart of the Exchange
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Offer Registration Statement in a section setting forth details of the
Exchange Offer, and in Annex C hereto in the underwriting or 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
(ii) use its best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement continuously effective under the Act during the Exchange Offer
Registration Period for delivery by Exchanging Dealers in connection with
sales of New Securities received pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer,
as contemplated by Section 4(h) below.
(f) In the event that any Purchaser determines that it is not eligible
to participate in the Registered Exchange Offer with respect to the exchange of
Securities constituting any portion of an unsold allotment, at the request of
such Purchaser, the Company shall issue and deliver to such Purchaser or the
party purchasing New Securities registered under a Shelf Registration Statement
as contemplated by Section 3 hereof from such Purchaser, in exchange for such
Securities, a like principal amount of New Securities. The Company shall seek to
cause the CUSIP Service Bureau to issue the same CUSIP number for such New
Securities as for New Securities issued pursuant to the Registered Exchange
Offer.
3. Shelf Registration. If, (i) because of any change in law or
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applicable interpretations thereof by the Commission's staff, the Company
determines upon advice of its outside counsel that it is not permitted to effect
the Registered Exchange Offer as contemplated by Section 2 hereof, or (ii) for
any other reason the Exchange Offer Registration Statement has not been filed
with the Commission within 60 days of the Closing Date, or (iii) for any other
reason the Registered Exchange Offer is not consummated within 180 days of the
Closing Date, or (iv) any Purchaser so requests with respect to Securities held
by it following consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, or (v) in the
case of any Purchaser that participates in the Registered Exchange Offer or
acquires New Securities pursuant to Section 2(f) hereof, such Purchaser does not
receive freely tradeable New Securities in exchange for Securities constituting
any portion of an unsold allotment (it being understood that, for purposes of
this Section 3, (x) the requirement that a Purchaser deliver a Prospectus
containing the information required by Items 507 and/or 508 of Regulation S-K
under the Act in connection with sales of New Securities acquired in exchange
for such Securities shall result in such New Securities being not "freely
tradeable"
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but (y) the requirement that an Exchanging Dealer deliver a Prospectus in
connection with sales of New Securities acquired in the Registered Exchange
Offer in exchange for Securities acquired as a result of market-making
activities or other trading activities shall not result in such New Securities
being not "freely tradeable"), the following provisions shall apply:
(a) The Company shall as promptly as practicable (but in no event
more than 30 days after so required or requested pursuant to this Section 3),
file with the Commission and thereafter shall use its best efforts to cause to
be declared effective under the Act a Shelf Registration Statement relating to
the offer and sale of the Securities or the New Securities, as applicable, by
the Holders from time to time in accordance with the methods of distribution
elected by such Holders and set forth in such Shelf Registration Statement;
provided, that with respect to New Securities received by a Purchaser in
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exchange for Securities constituting any portion of an unsold allotment, the
Company may, if permitted by current interpretations by the Commission's staff,
file a post-effective amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
containing the information required by Regulation S-K Items 507 and/or 508, as
applicable, in satisfaction of its obligations under this paragraph (a) with
respect thereto, and any such Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as so
amended, shall be referred to herein as, and governed by the provisions herein
applicable to, a Shelf Registration Statement.
(b) The Company shall use its best efforts to keep the Shelf
Registration Statement continuously effective in order to permit the Prospectus
forming part thereof to be usable by Holders for a period of two years from the
date the Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission or
such shorter period that will terminate when all the Securities or New
Securities, as applicable, covered by the Shelf Registration Statement have been
sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement (in any such case, such period
being called the "Shelf Registration Period"). 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 (i) such action is required by applicable
law, or (ii) such action is taken by the Company in good faith and for valid
business reasons (not including avoidance of the Company's obligations
hereunder), including the acquisition or divestiture of assets, so long as the
Company promptly thereafter complies with the requirements of Section 4(k)
hereof, if applicable.
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(c) No Holder of Securities may include any of its Securities in any
Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement unless such Holder
furnishes to the Company in writing, within 10 days after receipt of a request
therefor, such information as the Company may reasonably request for use in
connection with any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary
Prospectus included therein, and each such Holder agrees to furnish promptly to
the Company all information required to be disclosed in order to make the
information previously furnished to the Company by such Holder not materially
misleading.
4. Registration Procedures. In connection with any Shelf
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Registration Statement and, to the extent applicable, any Exchange Offer
Registration Statement, the following provisions shall apply:
(a) The Company shall furnish to you, prior to the filing thereof
with the Commission, a copy of any Shelf Registration Statement and any
Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and each amendment thereof and each
amendment or supplement, if any, to the Prospectus included therein and
shall use its best efforts to reflect in each such document, when so filed
with the Commission, such comments as you and your counsel reasonably may
propose.
(b) The Company shall ensure that (i) any Registration Statement and
any amendment thereto and any Prospectus forming part thereof and any
amendment or supplement thereto complies in all material respects with the
Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, (ii) any 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
Registration Statement, and any amendment or supplement to such Prospectus,
does not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(c) (1) The Company shall advise you and, in the case of a Shelf
Registration Statement, the Holders of securities covered thereby, and, if
requested by you or any such Holder, confirm such advice in writing:
(i) when a Registration Statement and any amendment thereto has
been filed with the Commission
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and when the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment
thereto has become effective; and
(ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or
supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus included
therein or for additional information.
(2) The Company shall advise you and, in the case of a Shelf
Registration Statement, the Holders of securities covered thereby, and, in
the case of an Exchange Offer Registration Statement, any Exchanging Dealer
which has provided in writing to the Company a telephone or facsimile
number and address for notices, and, if requested by you or any such Holder
or Exchanging Dealer, confirm such advice in writing:
(i) 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;
(ii) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with
respect to the suspension of the qualification of the securities
included therein for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or
threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and
(iii) of the happening of any event that requires the making of
any changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus so that,
as of such date, 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 (in the case of the
Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made)
not misleading (which advice shall be accompanied by an instruction to
suspend the use of the Prospectus until the requisite changes have
been made).
(d) The Company shall use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of
any order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement at the
earliest possible time.
(e) The Company shall furnish to each Holder of securities included
within the coverage of any Shelf Registration Statement, without charge, at
least one copy of such Shelf Registration Statement and any post-effective
amendment thereto, including financial statements and
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schedules, and, if the Holder so requests in writing, all exhibits
(including those incorporated by reference).
(f) The Company shall, during the Shelf Registration Period, deliver
to each Holder of 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 consents to the use of the Prospectus
or any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of
securities in connection with the offering and sale of the securities
covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto.
(g) The Company shall furnish to each Exchanging Dealer which 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, any documents incorporated by reference
therein, and, if the Exchanging Dealer so requests in writing, all exhibits
(including those incorporated by reference).
(h) The Company shall, during the Exchange Offer Registration Period,
promptly deliver to each Exchanging Dealer, without charge, as many copies
of the Prospectus included in such Exchange Offer Registration Statement
and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Exchanging Dealer may
reasonably request for delivery by such Exchanging Dealer in connection
with a sale of New Securities received by it pursuant to the Registered
Exchange Offer; and the Company consents to the use of the Prospectus or
any amendment or supplement thereto by any such Exchanging Dealer, as
aforesaid.
(i) Prior to the Registered Exchange Offer or any other offering of
securities pursuant to any Registration Statement, the Company shall
register or qualify or cooperate with the Holders of securities included
therein and their respective counsel in connection with the registration or
qualification of such securities for offer and sale under the securities or
blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as any such Holders reasonably request
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
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will not be required to
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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.
(j) The Company shall cooperate with the Holders of Securities to
facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing
Securities to be sold pursuant to any Registration Statement free of any
restrictive legends and in such denominations and registered in such names
as Holders may request prior to sales of securities pursuant to such
Registration Statement.
(k) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by paragraph
(c)(2)(iii) above, the Company shall promptly prepare a post-effective
amendment to any Registration Statement or an amendment or supplement to
the related Prospectus or file any other required document so that, as
thereafter delivered to purchasers of the securities included therein, the
Prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(l) Not later than the effective date of any such Registration
Statement hereunder, the Company shall provide a CUSIP number for the
Securities or New Securities, as the case may be, registered under such
Registration Statement, and provide the applicable trustee with printed
certificates for such Securities or New Securities, in a form eligible for
deposit with The Depository Trust Company.
(m) The Company shall use its best efforts to comply with all
applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and shall make generally
available to its security holders as soon as practicable after the
effective date of the applicable Registration Statement an earnings
statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act.
(n) The Company shall cause the Indenture or the New Securities
Indenture, as the case may be, to be qualified under the Trust Indenture
Act in a timely manner.
(o) The Company may require each Holder of securities to be sold
pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement to furnish to the Company such
information regarding the holder and the distribution of such securities as
the Company may
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from time to time reasonably require for inclusion in such Registration
Statement.
(p) The Company shall, if requested, promptly incorporate in a
Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to a Shelf Registration
Statement, such information as the Managing Underwriters and Majority
Holders reasonably agree should be included therein and shall make all
required filings of such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment
as soon as notified of the matters to be incorporated in such Prospectus
supplement or post-effective amendment.
(q) In the case of any Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall
enter into such agreements (including underwriting agreements) and take all
other appropriate actions in order to expedite or facilitate the
registration or the disposition of the Securities, and in connection
therewith, if an underwriting agreement is entered into, cause the same to
contain indemnification provisions and procedures no less favorable than
those set forth in Section 6 (or such other provisions and procedures
acceptable to the Majority Holders and the Managing Underwriters, if any)
with respect to all parties to be indemnified pursuant to Section 6 from
Holders of Securities to the Company.
(r) In the case of any Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall
(i) make reasonably available for inspection by the Holders of securities
to be registered thereunder, any underwriter participating in any
disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement, and any attorney,
accountant or other agent retained by the Holders or any such underwriter
such financial and other books and records of the Company as shall be
necessary to conduct a reasonable investigation; (ii) cause the Company's
officers, directors and employees to supply all relevant information
reasonably requested by the Holders or any such underwriter, attorney,
accountant or agent in connection with any such Registration Statement as
is customary for similar due diligence examinations; provided, however,
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that any information that is designated in writing by the Company, in good
faith, as confidential at the time of delivery of such information shall be
kept confidential by the Holders or any such underwriter, attorney,
accountant or agent, unless such disclosure is made in connection with a
court proceeding or required by law, or such information becomes available
to the public generally or through a third party without an accompanying
obligation of confidentiality; (iii) make such
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representations and warranties to the Holders of securities registered
thereunder and the underwriters, if any, in form, substance and scope as
are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in primary underwritten
offerings and covering matters including, but not limited to, those set
forth in the Purchase Agreement; (iv) obtain opinions of counsel to the
Company and updates thereof (which counsel and opinions (in form, scope and
substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Managing Underwriters,
if any) addressed to each selling Holder and the underwriters, if any,
covering such matters as are customarily covered in opinions requested in
underwritten offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably
requested by such Holders and underwriters; (v) obtain "cold comfort"
letters and updates thereof from the independent certified public
accountants of the Company (and, if necessary, any other independent
certified public accountants of any subsidiary of the Company or of any
business acquired by the Company for which financial statements and
financial data are, or are required to be, included in the Registration
Statement), addressed to each selling Holder of securities registered
thereunder and the underwriters, if any, in customary form and covering
matters of the type customarily covered in "cold comfort" letters in
connection with primary underwritten offerings; and (vi) deliver such
documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the Majority
Holders and the Managing Underwriters, if any, including those to evidence
compliance with Section 4(k) and with any customary conditions contained in
the underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Company.
The foregoing actions set forth in clauses (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) of
this Section 4(r) shall be performed at (A) the effectiveness of such
Registration Statement and each post-effective amendment thereto and (B)
each closing under any underwriting or similar agreement as and to the
extent required thereunder.
(s) In the case of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the
Company shall (i) make reasonably available for inspection by such
Purchaser, and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by such
Purchaser, such financial and other information and books and records of
the Company as shall be necessary to conduct a reasonable investigation;
(ii) cause the Company's officers, directors and employees to supply all
relevant information reasonably requested by such Purchaser or any such
attorney, accountant or agent in connection with any such Registration
Statement as is customary for similar due diligence examinations; provided,
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however, that any information that is designated
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in writing by the Company, in good faith, as confidential at the time of
delivery of such information shall be kept confidential by such Purchaser
or any such attorney, accountant or agent, unless such disclosure is made
in connection with a court proceeding or required by law, or such
information becomes available to the public generally or through a third
party without an accompanying obligation of confidentiality; (iii) make
such representations and warranties to such Purchaser, in form, substance
and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in primary
underwritten offerings and covering matters including, but not limited to,
those set forth in the Purchase Agreement; (iv) obtain opinions of counsel
to the Company and updates thereof (which counsel and opinions (in form,
scope and substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to such Purchaser and
its counsel, addressed to such Purchaser, covering such matters as are
customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings and
such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such Purchaser or its
counsel; (v) obtain "cold comfort" letters and updates thereof from the
independent certified public accountants of the Company (and, if necessary,
any other independent certified public accountants of any subsidiary of the
Company or of any business acquired by the Company for which financial
statements and financial data are, or are required to be, included in the
Registration Statement), addressed to such Purchaser, in customary form and
covering matters of the type customarily covered in "cold comfort" letters
in connection with primary underwritten offerings, or if requested by such
Purchaser or its counsel in lieu of a "cold comfort" letter, an agreed-upon
procedures letter under Statement on Auditing Standards No. 35, covering
matters requested by such Purchaser or its counsel; and (vi) deliver such
documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by such Purchaser
or its counsel, including those to evidence compliance with Section 4(k)
and with conditions customarily contained in underwriting agreements. The
foregoing actions set forth in clauses (iii), (iv), (v), and (vi) of this
Section 4(s) shall be performed at the close of the Registered Exchange
Offer and the effective date of any post-effective amendment to the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement.
5. Registration Expenses. The Company shall bear all expenses
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incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations under Sections 2,
3 and 4 hereof and, in the event of any Shelf Registration Statement, will
reimburse the Holders for the reasonable fees and disbursements of one firm or
counsel designated by the Majority Holders to act as counsel for the
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Holders in connection therewith, and, in the case of any Exchange Offer
Registration Statement, will reimburse the Purchasers for the reasonable fees
and disbursements of counsel acting in connection therewith. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Holders of any Securities or New Securities being registered on
the Shelf Registration Statement shall pay all agency or brokerage fees and
commissions and underwriting discounts and commissions attributable to the sale
of such Securities or New Securities and the fees and disbursements of any
counsel retained by such Holders other that counsel referred to above.
6. Indemnification and Contribution.
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(a) In connection with any Registration Statement, the Company agrees
to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of securities covered thereby
(including each Purchaser and, with respect to any Prospectus delivery as
contemplated in Section 4(h) hereof, each Exchanging Dealer), the
directors, officers, employees and agents of each such Holder and each
person who controls any such Holder within the meaning of either the Act or
the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become
subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other Federal or state statutory
law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of
or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the Registration Statement as originally filed
or in any amendment thereof, or in any preliminary Prospectus or
Prospectus, or in any amendment thereof 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 not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such
indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such
loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the
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Company will not be liable in any case to the extent that any such loss,
claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made
therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any such Holder specifically
for inclusion therein. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any
liability which the Company may otherwise have.
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The Company also agrees to indemnify or contribute to Losses of, as
provided in Section 6(d), any underwriters of Securities registered under a
Shelf Registration Statement, their officers and directors and each person
who controls such underwriters on substantially the same basis as that of
the indemnification of the Purchaser and the selling Holders provided in
this Section 6(a) and shall, if requested by any Holder, enter into an
underwriting agreement reflecting such agreement, as provided in Section
4(q) hereof.
(b) Each Holder of securities covered by a Registration Statement
(including each Purchaser and, with respect to any Prospectus delivery as
contemplated in Section 4(h) hereof, each Exchanging Dealer) severally
agrees to indemnify and hold harmless (i) the Company, (ii) each of its
directors, (iii) each of its officers who signs such Registration Statement
and (iv) each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either
the Act or the Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity
from the Company to each such Holder, but only with reference to written
information relating to such Holder furnished to the Company by or on
behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion in the documents referred
to in the foregoing indemnity. This indemnity agreement will be in
addition to any liability which any such Holder may otherwise have.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section
6 or notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will,
if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party
under this Section 6, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the
commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party
(i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above
unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such
failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial
rights and defenses and (ii) 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. The
indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel of the indemnifying
party's choice at the indemnifying party's expense to represent the
indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in
which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for
the fees and expenses of any separate counsel retained by the indemnified
party or parties except as set forth below); provided, however, that such
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counsel shall be satisfactory
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to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party's election
to appoint counsel to represent the indemnified party in an action, the
indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel
(including local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the
reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel (and local
counsel) if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to
represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict
of interest, (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any
such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party
and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be
legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are
different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party,
(iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory
to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a
reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action or (iv) the
indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate
counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. An indemnifying party
will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties,
settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect
to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect
of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether
or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such
claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an
unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising
out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding.
(d) In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a) or (b)
of this Section 6 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an
indemnified party for any reason, then each applicable indemnifying party,
in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall have a joint and
several obligation to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages
and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in
connection with investigating or defending same) (collectively "Losses") to
which such indemnified party may be subject in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by such indemnifying
party, on the one hand, and such indemnified party, on the other hand, from
the Initial Placement and the Registration Statement which resulted in such
Losses; provided, however, that in no case shall any Purchaser or any
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subsequent Holder of any Security
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or New Security be responsible, in the aggregate, for any amount in excess
of the purchase discount or commission applicable to such Security, or in
the case of a New Security, applicable to the Security which was
exchangeable into such New Security, as set forth on the cover page of the
Final Memorandum, nor shall any underwriter be responsible for any amount
in excess of the underwriting discount or commission applicable to the
securities purchased by such underwriter under the Registration Statement
which resulted in such Losses. If the allocation provided by the
immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the
indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall contribute in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but
also the relative fault of such indemnifying party, on the one hand, and
such indemnified party, on the other hand, in connection with the
statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses as well as any other
relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the Company shall
be deemed to be equal to the sum of (x) the total net proceeds from the
Initial Placement (before deducting expenses) as set forth on the cover
page of the Final Memorandum and (y) the total amount of additional
interest which the Company was not required to pay as a result of
registering the securities covered by the Registration Statement which
resulted in such Losses. Benefits received by the Purchasers shall be
deemed to be equal to the total purchase discounts and commissions as set
forth on the cover page of the Final Memorandum, and benefits received by
any other Holders shall be deemed to be equal to the value of receiving
Securities or New Securities, as applicable, registered under the Act.
Benefits received by any underwriter shall be deemed to be equal to the
total underwriting discounts and commissions, as set forth on the cover
page of the Prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement which
resulted in such Losses. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to
whether any alleged untrue statement or omission relates to information
provided by the indemnifying party, on the one hand, or by the indemnified
party, on the other hand. The parties agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation or any
other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable
considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
paragraph (d), no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the
meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from
any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For
purposes of this Section
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6, each person who controls a Holder within the meaning of either the Act
or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of such
Holder shall have the same rights to contribution as such Holder, and each
person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the
Exchange Act, each officer of the Company who shall have signed the
Registration Statement and each director of the Company shall have the same
rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the
applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d).
(e) The provisions of this Section 6 will remain in full force and
effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Holder
or the Company or any of the officers, directors or controlling persons
referred to in Section 6 hereof, and will survive the sale by a Holder of
securities covered by a Registration Statement.
7. Underwritten Offerings. No Holder may participate in any
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underwritten Shelf Registration Statement hereunder unless such ▇▇▇▇▇▇ (i)
agrees to sell such ▇▇▇▇▇▇'s Securities on the basis provided in any
underwriting arrangements entered into in connection therewith 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.
8. Miscellaneous.
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(a) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company has not, as of the date
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hereof, entered into, nor shall it, on or after the date hereof, enter
into, any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent
with the rights granted to the Holders herein or otherwise conflicts with
the provisions hereof.
(b) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement,
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including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, qualified,
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 the Holders of at least a majority of the then
outstanding aggregate principal amount of Securities (or, after the
consummation of any Exchange Offer in accordance with Section 2 hereof, of
Securities and New Securities); provided that, with respect to any matter
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that directly or indirectly affects the rights of any Purchaser hereunder,
the Company shall obtain the written consent of each such Purchaser against
which such amendment, qualification, supplement, waiver or consent is to be
effective. Notwithstanding the foregoing (except the foregoing proviso), a
waiver or consent to departure from the provisions hereof with respect to a
matter that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders whose 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
the Majority Holders, determined on the basis of securities being sold
rather than registered under such Registration Statement.
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(c) 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, telex, telecopier, or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:
(1) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such
holder to the Company in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 7(c), 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 Salomon Brothers Inc;
(2) if to you, initially at the respective addresses set forth in
the Purchase Agreement; and
(3) if to the Company, initially at its address set forth in the
Purchase Agreement.
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.
The Purchasers or the Company by notice to the other may designate additional or
different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
(d) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit
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of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties,
including, without the need for an express assignment or any consent by the
Company thereto, subsequent Holders of Securities and/or New Securities.
The Company hereby agrees to extend the benefits of this Agreement to any
Holder of Securities
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and/or New Securities and any such Holder may specifically enforce the
provisions of this Agreement as if an original party hereto.
(e) 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.
(f) 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.
(g) 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 applicable to
agreements made and to be performed in said State.
(h) Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions
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contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstances, is held
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect for any reason, the
validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other
respect and of the remaining provisions hereof shall not be in any way
impaired or affected thereby, it being intended that all of the rights and
privileges of the parties shall be enforceable to the fullest extent
permitted by law.
(i) Securities Held by the Company, etc. Whenever the consent or
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approval of Holders of a specified percentage of principal amount of
Securities or New Securities is required hereunder, Securities or New
Securities, as applicable, held by the Company or its Affiliates (other
than subsequent Holders of Securities or New Securities if such subsequent
Holders are deemed to be Affiliates solely by reason of their holdings of
such Securities or New Securities) shall not be counted in determining
whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required
percentage.
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Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement
between the Company and you.
Very truly yours,
MCLEODUSA INCORPORATED
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
Accepted in New York, New York
March 12, 1998
SALOMON BROTHERS INC
By: /s/ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Associate
BEAR, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & CO. INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇.
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇.
Title: Senior Managing Director
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & CO. INCORPORATED
By: /s/ [Signature is illegible]
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Name:
Title:
CHASE SECURITIES INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Managing Director
[FORM OF OFFERING MEMORANDUM DESCRIPTION OF
REGISTRATION AGREEMENT]
EXCHANGE OFFER; REGISTRATION RIGHTS
The Company and the Initial Purchasers will enter into the
Registration Agreement on or prior to the Closing Date. The Company will agree,
pursuant to the Registration Agreement with the Initial Purchasers, for the
benefit of the holders, that the Company will, at its cost, (i) no later than 60
days after the Closing Date file the Exchange Offer Registration Statement with
the Commission relating to the Registered Exchange Offer to exchange the Notes
for Exchange Notes having terms substantially identical in all material respects
to the Notes (except that the Exchange Notes will not contain terms with respect
to transfer restrictions) and (ii) use its best efforts to cause the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act
not later than 150 days after the Closing Date. Upon the effectiveness of the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Company will offer the Exchange Notes
in exchange for surrender of the Notes. The Company will keep the Registered
Exchange Offer open for not less than 30 days and not more than 45 days (or
longer if required by applicable law) after the date notice of the Registered
Exchange Offer is mailed to the holders. For each Note surrendered to the
Company pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer, the holder of such Note will
receive an Exchange Note having a principal amount equal to that of the
surrendered Note. Interest on each Exchange Note will accrue from the last
Interest Payment Date on which interest was paid on the Note surrendered in
exchange therefor, or, if no interest has been paid on such Note, from the date
of its original issue. Under existing Commission interpretations, the Exchange
Notes would be freely transferable by holders other than affiliates of the
Company after the Registered Exchange Offer without further registration under
the Securities Act if the holder of the Exchange Notes represents that it is
acquiring the Exchange Notes in the ordinary course of its business, that it has
no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the
distribution of the Exchange Notes and that it is not an affiliate of the
Company, as such terms are interpreted by the Commission; provided that broker-
dealers ("Participating Broker-Dealers") receiving Exchange Notes in the
Registered Exchange Offer will have a prospectus delivery requirement with
respect to
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resales of such Exchange Notes. The Commission has taken the position that
Participating Broker-Dealers may fulfill their prospectus delivery requirements
with respect to Exchange Notes (other than a resale of an unsold allotment from
the original sale of the Notes) with the prospectus contained in the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement. Under the Registration Agreement, the Company is
required to allow Participating Broker-Dealers and other persons, if any, with
similar prospectus delivery requirements to use the prospectus contained in the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement in connection with the resale of such
Exchange Notes.
A holder of Notes (other than certain specified holders) who wishes to
exchange such Notes for Exchange Notes in the Registered Exchange Offer will be
required to represent that any Exchange Notes to be received by it will be
acquired in the ordinary course of its business, and that at the time of the
commencement of the Registered Exchange Offer it has no arrangement or
understanding with any person to participate in the distribution (within the
meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange Notes and that it is not an
"affiliate" of the Company, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act, or if
it is an affiliate, that it will comply with the registration and prospectus
delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable.
In the event that applicable interpretations of the staff of the
Commission do not permit the Company to effect such a Registered Exchange Offer,
or if for any other reason the Registered Exchange Offer is not consummated
within 180 days after the Closing Date, or if the Initial Purchasers so request
with respect to Notes not eligible to be exchanged for Exchange Notes in the
Registered Exchange Offer, or if any holder of Notes does not receive freely
tradeable Exchange Notes in the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company will, at
its cost, (a) as promptly as practicable, file a Shelf Registration Statement
covering resales of the Notes or the Exchange Notes, as the case may be, (b) use
its best efforts to cause the Shelf Registration Statement to be declared
effective under the Securities Act and (c) keep the Shelf Registration Statement
effective until two years after its effective date or such shorter period ending
when all resales of Notes or Exchange Notes covered by such Shelf Registration
Statement have been made. The Company will, in the event a Shelf Registration
Statement is filed, among other things, provide to each holder for whom such
Shelf Registration Statement was filed copies of the prospectus which is a part
of the Shelf Registration Statement, notify each such holder when the Shelf
Registration Statement has become effective and take certain other actions as
are required to permit unrestricted
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resales of the Notes or the Exchange Notes, as the case may be. A holder selling
such Notes or Exchange Notes pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement
generally would be required to be named as a selling security holder in the
related prospectus and to deliver a prospectus to purchasers, will be subject to
certain of the civil liability provisions under the Securities Act in connection
with such sales and will be bound by the provisions of the Registration
Agreement which are applicable to such holder (including certain indemnification
obligations).
If (i) within 60 days after the Closing Date, neither the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement nor the Shelf Registration Statement has been filed
with the Commission; (ii) within 150 days after the Closing Date the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement has not been declared effective; (iii) within 180
days after the Closing Date, neither the Registered Exchange Offer has been
consummated nor the Shelf Registration Statement has been declared effective; or
(iv) after either the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf
Registration Statement has been declared effective, such Registration Statement
thereafter ceases to be effective or usable (subject to certain exceptions) in
connection with resales of Notes or Exchange Notes in accordance with and during
the periods specified in the Registration Agreement, Special Interest will
accrue and be payable semi-annually on the Notes and the Exchange Notes (in
addition to the stated interest on the Notes and the Exchange Notes) from and
including the date on which any such Registration Default shall occur to but
excluding the date on which all Registration Defaults have been cured. Special
Interest will accrue and be payable semi-annually at a rate of 0.50% per annum
during the 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of any
Registration Default and shall increase by 0.25% per annum at the end of each
subsequent 90-day period, but in no event shall such rate exceed 2.00% per annum
in the aggregate regardless of the number of Registration Defaults.
The summary herein of certain provisions of the Registration Agreement
does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its
entirety by reference to, all the provisions of the Registration Agreement, a
copy of which is available upon request to the Company.
ANNEX A
Each broker-dealer that receives New Securities for its own account pursuant to
the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in
connection with any resale of such New 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 New
Securities received in exchange for Securities where such New Securities were
acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other
trading activities. The Company has agreed that, starting on the Expiration
Date (as defined herein) and ending on the close of business on the first
anniversary of the Expiration Date, it will make this Prospectus available to
any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See "Plan of
Distribution."
ANNEX B
Each broker-dealer that receives New 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 New
Securities. See "Plan of Distribution."
ANNEX C
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
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Each broker-dealer that receives New Securities for its own account
pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a
prospectus in connection with any resale of such New 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 New 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, starting on the Expiration Date and ending on the close of business on the
first anniversary of 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.
The Company will not receive any proceeds from any sale of New
Securities by broker-dealers. New Securities 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 New 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 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 and/or the purchasers of any such New
Securities. Any broker-dealer that resells New Securities 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 New Securities may be deemed to be
an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act and any profit of any
such resale of New Securities and any commissions 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 1 year 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 expenses of one counsel for the
holders of the Securities) other than commissions or concessions of any brokers
or dealers and will indemnify the holders of the Securities (including any
broker-dealers) against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the
Securities Act.
[If applicable, add information required by Regulation S-K Items 507
and/or 508.]
ANNEX D
Rider A
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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:_____________________________
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Rider B
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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 New
Securities. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer that will receive New
Securities for its own account in exchange for Securities, it represents that
the Securities to be exchanged for New Securities were acquired by it as a
result of market-making activities or other trading activities and acknowledges
that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such New
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.
