EXHIBIT 4.2
$165,000,000
iPCS ESCROW COMPANY,
AS ISSUER
iPCS, INC.
AND THE GUARANTORS LISTED ON SCHEDULE A HERETO
11 1/2% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2012
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
April 30, 2004
Credit Suisse First Boston LLC
Bear, Xxxxxxx & Co. Inc.
c/o Credit Suisse First Boston LLC
Eleven Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:
iPCS Escrow Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Escrow Company") and a
wholly owned indirect subsidiary of iPCS, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), proposes to issue and sell to Credit Suisse First Boston LLC and
Bear, Xxxxxxx & Co. Inc. (collectively, the "Initial Purchasers"), upon the
terms set forth in a purchase agreement dated April , 2004 (the "Purchase
Agreement"), $165,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 11 1/2% Senior Notes
due 2012 (the "Initial Securities"). The Initial Securities will be issued
pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of April 30, 2004 (the "Indenture") between
the Escrow Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the
"Trustee").
The issuance and sale of the Initial Securities is part of a series of
transactions designed to reorganize the ownership and capital structure of the
Company, such transactions being referred to as the "Reorganization". As part of
the consummation of the Reorganization, the Escrow Company will merge with and
into iPCS Escrow Holding
Company, a Delaware corporation, which will in turn, merge with and into the
Company, with the Company being the surviving entity (the "Merger").
Upon consummation of the Merger, the Company will succeed to the
obligations of the Escrow Company under the Indenture and the Initial Securities
and the Company's obligations under this Agreement will become operative.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a Special Mandatory Redemption
(as defined in the Indenture), the Company's obligations under this Agreement
will terminate. In addition, upon consummation of the Merger, the Initial
Securities will become fully and unconditionally guaranteed (the "Guarantees")
as to payment of principal and interest and premium and liquidated damages, if
any, on an unsecured senior basis, jointly and severally, by all of the
Company's subsidiaries (after giving effect to the Reorganization) listed on
Schedule A hereto (collectively, the "Guarantors" and, together with the
Company, the "Issuers").
As an inducement to the Initial Purchasers, the Issuers agree with the
Initial Purchasers, for the benefit of the holders of the Initial Securities
(including, without limitation, the Initial Purchasers), the Exchange Securities
(as defined below) and the Private Exchange Securities (as defined below)
(collectively the "Holders"), as follows:
1. REGISTERED EXCHANGE OFFER. The Issuers shall, at their own cost,
prepare and, on or prior to the later to occur of (i) 120 days after (or if the
120th day is not a business day, the first business day thereafter) the date of
original issue of the Initial Securities (the "Issue Date") and (ii) 45 days
after (or if the 45th day is not a business day, the first business day
thereafter) the date of the confirmation of the Plan of Reorganization (the
"Confirmation Date"), 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 Securities (as defined in
Section 6 hereof), 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 Initial Securities, a like aggregate principal
amount of debt securities (the "Exchange Securities") of the Company issued
under the Indenture and identical in all material respects to the Initial
Securities (except for the transfer restrictions relating to the Initial
Securities and the provisions relating to the matters described in Section 6
hereof) that would be registered under the Securities Act. The Issuers shall use
their commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Exchange Offer Registration
Statement to become effective under the Securities Act on or prior to the later
to occur of (i) 210 days (or if the 210th day is not a business day, the first
business day thereafter) after the Issue Date and (ii) 135 days (or if the 135th
day is not a business day, the first business day thereafter) after the
Confirmation Date 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 notice of the Registered Exchange
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Offer is mailed to the Holders (such period being called the "Exchange Offer
Registration Period").
If the Issuers effect the Registered Exchange Offer, the Issuers will be
entitled to close the Registered Exchange Offer 30 days after the commencement
thereof provided that the Issuers have accepted all the Initial Securities
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 Issuers shall promptly commence the Registered
Exchange Offer, it being the objective of such Registered Exchange Offer to
enable each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (as defined in Section 6
hereof) electing to exchange the Initial Securities for Exchange Securities
(assuming that such Holder is not an affiliate of the Issuers within the meaning
of the Securities Act, acquires the Exchange Securities in the ordinary course
of such Holder's business and has no arrangements with any person to participate
in the distribution of the Exchange Securities and is not prohibited by any law
or policy of the Commission from participating in the Registered Exchange Offer)
to trade such Exchange Securities from and after their receipt without any
limitations or restrictions under the Securities Act and without material
restrictions under the securities laws of the several states of the United
States.
The Issuers acknowledge 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 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 Exchange Securities
(an "Exchanging Dealer"), is required to deliver a prospectus containing the
information set forth in (a) Annex A hereto on the cover, (b) Annex B hereto in
the "Exchange Offer Procedures" section and the "Purpose of the Exchange Offer"
section, and (c) Annex C hereto in the "Plan of Distribution" section of such
prospectus in connection with a sale of any such Exchange Securities received by
such Exchanging Dealer pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and (ii) an
Initial Purchaser that elects to sell Exchange Securities acquired in exchange
for Securities 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 Issuers shall use their commercially reasonable best efforts to keep
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective and to amend and supplement
the prospectus contained therein, in order to permit such prospectus to be
lawfully delivered by all persons subject to the prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act for such period of time as such persons must
comply with such requirements in order to resell the Exchange Securities;
provided, however, that (i) in the case where such prospectus and any amendment
or supplement thereto must be delivered by an
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Exchanging Dealer or an Initial Purchaser, such period shall be the lesser of
180 days and the date on which all Exchanging Dealers and the Initial Purchasers
have sold all Exchange Securities held by them (unless such period is extended
pursuant to Section 3(j) below) and (ii) the Issuers shall make such prospectus
and any amendment or supplement thereto, available to any broker-dealer for use
in connection with any resale of any Exchange Securities for a period of not
less than 90 days after the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer.
If, upon consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, any Initial
Purchaser holds Initial Securities acquired by it as part of its initial
distribution, the Issuers, simultaneously with the delivery of the Exchange
Securities 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 Initial Securities 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, but excluding
provisions relating to the matters described in Section 6 hereof) to the Initial
Securities (the "Private Exchange Securities"). The Initial Securities, the
Exchange Securities and the Private Exchange Securities are herein collectively
called the "Securities".
In connection with the Registered Exchange Offer, the Issuers 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 Securities 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 with all applicable laws.
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As soon as practicable after the close of the Registered Exchange Offer or
the Private Exchange, as the case may be, the Issuers shall:
(x) accept for exchange all the Securities validly tendered and not
withdrawn pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and the Private
Exchange;
(y) deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all the Initial Securities
so accepted for exchange; and
(z) cause the Trustee to authenticate and deliver promptly to each
Holder of the Initial Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange
Securities, as the case may be, equal in principal amount to the Initial
Securities of such Holder so accepted for exchange.
The Indenture will provide that the Exchange Securities 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.
Interest on each Exchange Security and Private Exchange Security issued
pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and in the Private Exchange will
accrue from the last interest payment date on which interest was paid on the
Initial Securities surrendered in exchange therefor or, if no interest has been
paid on the Initial Securities, from the date of original issue of the Initial
Securities.
Each Holder participating in the Registered Exchange Offer shall be
required to represent to the Issuers that at the time of the consummation of the
Registered Exchange Offer (i) any Exchange Securities received by such Holder
will be acquired in the ordinary course of business, (ii) such Holder will have
no arrangements or understanding with any person to participate in the
distribution of the Securities or the Exchange Securities within the meaning of
the Securities Act, (iii) such Holder is not an "affiliate," as defined in Rule
405 under the Securities Act, of the Issuers 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 Securities and (v) if such Holder is a
broker-dealer, that it will receive Exchange Securities for its own account in
exchange for Initial Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making
activities or other trading activities and that it will be required to
acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of
such Exchange Securities.
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Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, the Issuers will ensure that
(i) any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and any
prospectus forming part thereof and any supplement thereto complies in all
material respects with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder, (ii) any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment
thereto does not, when it becomes effective, contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and (iii) any prospectus
forming part of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and any supplement to
such prospectus, does not 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.
2. SHELF REGISTRATION. If, (i) the Issuers are not required to file the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as contemplated by Section 1 hereof, (ii)
because of any change in law or in applicable interpretations thereof by the
staff of the Commission, the Issuers are not permitted to effect a Registered
Exchange Offer, as contemplated by Section 1 hereof, (iii) the Registered
Exchange Offer is not consummated by the 31st day after the date that is the
later of (a) November 27, 2004 and (b) 136th day from the Confirmation Date, or
(iv) if, with respect to each of the following, the Holder notifies the Issuers
prior to the 20th Business Day following the consummation of the Registered
Exchange Offer that: (a) such Holder is prohibited by law or policy of the
Commission from participating in the Registered Exchange Offer, (b) such Holder
may not resell the Exchange Securities acquired by it in the Registered Exchange
Offer to the public without delivering a prospectus and the prospectus contained
in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not appropriate or available for
such resales or (c) such Holder is a broker-dealer and owns Securities acquired
directly from the Issuers or an affiliate of the Issuers, the Issuers shall take
the following actions:
(a) The Issuers shall use all commercially reasonable efforts, at
their cost, on or prior to 30 days after so required or requested pursuant
to this Section 2) file with the Commission 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 Securities (as defined in Section 6 hereof) 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 an 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. The Issuers shall use their
commercially reasonable efforts to cause such
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Shelf Registration Statement to become effective under the Securities Act
within 90 days (or if the 90th day is not a business day, the first
business day thereafter) after so required or requested to file such Shelf
Registration Statement pursuant to this Section 2.
(b) The Issuers shall use their commercially reasonable 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 date of
its effectiveness or such shorter period that will terminate when all the
Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement (i) have been sold
pursuant thereto or (ii) are no longer restricted securities (as defined in
Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or any successor rule thereof). The
Issuers shall be deemed not to have used their commercially reasonable
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.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the
contrary, the Issuers 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.
3. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES. In connection with any 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 Issuers shall (i) furnish to each Initial Purchaser, prior to
the filing thereof with the Commission, a copy of the Registration
Statement and each amendment thereof and each supplement, if any, to the
prospectus included therein and, in the event that an 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, the Issuers shall use their commercially reasonable
efforts to reflect in each such document, when so filed with the
Commission, such comments as such Initial Purchaser reasonably may propose;
(ii) include the information set forth in Annex A hereto on the cover, in
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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 an 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 Purchasers,
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 Securities 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 Purchasers based upon the written 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.
(b) The Issuers shall give written notice to the Initial Purchasers,
the Holders of the Securities and any Participating Broker-Dealer from whom
the Issuers have 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;
(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;
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(iv) of the receipt by the Issuers or their 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 Issuers
to make changes in the Registration Statement or the prospectus in
order that the Registration Statement or the prospectus do 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 the case of the prospectus, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made) not misleading.
(c) The Issuers shall make every reasonable effort to obtain the
withdrawal at the earliest possible time, of any order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement.
(d) The Issuers 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 Issuers shall deliver to each Exchanging Dealer and each
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 any Initial Purchaser or any such Holder requests, all
exhibits thereto (including those incorporated by reference).
(f) The Issuers shall, during the Shelf Registration Period, 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 Issuers consent, subject to the provisions of this Agreement,
to the use of the prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by each
of the selling Holders of the Securities in connection with the offering
and sale of the Securities covered by the prospectus, or any amendment or
supplement thereto, included in the Shelf Registration Statement.
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(g) The Issuers shall deliver to each 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 Issuers consent,
subject to the provisions of this Agreement, to the use of the prospectus
or any amendment or supplement thereto by any 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 Securities 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 Issuers shall 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 Issuers shall not be required to (i) qualify generally to do business
in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or (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.
(i) The Issuers 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 Issuers
are required to maintain an effective Registration Statement, the Issuers
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
Securities 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,
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not misleading. If the Issuers notify the Initial Purchasers, 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 Purchasers, 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(b) above and the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
provided for in Section 1 above shall each be extended by the number of
days from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and
including the date when the Initial Purchasers, 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).
(k) Not later than the effective date of the applicable Registration
Statement, the Issuers will provide a CUSIP number for the Initial
Securities, the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as
the case may be, and provide the applicable trustee with printed
certificates for the Initial Securities, the Exchange Securities or the
Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, in a form eligible for
deposit with The Depository Trust Company.
(l) The Issuers 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 their 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 Issuers' first fiscal
quarter commencing after the effective date of the Registration Statement,
which statement shall cover such 12-month period.
(m) The Issuers 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 Issuers shall appoint a new trustee
thereunder pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Indenture.
(n) The Issuers may require each Holder of Securities to be sold
pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement to furnish to the Issuers such
information regarding the Holder and the distribution of the Securities as
the Issuers may from time to time reasonably require for inclusion in the
Shelf Registration Statement, and the Issuers may exclude from such
registration the Securities of any Holder
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that unreasonably fails to furnish such information within a reasonable
time after receiving such request.
(o) The Issuers shall enter into such customary agreements (including,
if requested, an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take all
such other action, if any, as any Holder of the Securities shall reasonably
request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Securities pursuant
to any Shelf Registration.
(p) In the case of any Shelf Registration, the Issuers shall (i) make
reasonably available 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 Issuers and (ii) cause the Issuers' 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 to enable such
persons, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of
Section 11 of the Securities Act; provided, however, that the foregoing
inspection and information gathering shall be coordinated on behalf of the
Initial Purchasers by you and on behalf of the other parties, by one
counsel designated by and on behalf of such other parties as described in
Section 4 hereof.
(q) In the case of any Shelf Registration, the Issuers, if requested
by any Holder of Securities covered thereby, shall cause (i) their 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 (it being agreed that the matters
to be covered by such opinion shall include, without limitation, the due
incorporation and good standing of the Issuers; the qualification of the
Issuers to transact business as foreign corporations; the due
authorization, execution and delivery of the relevant agreement of the type
referred to in Section 3(o) hereof; the due authorization, execution,
authentication and issuance, and the validity and enforceability, of the
applicable Securities; the absence of material legal or governmental
proceedings involving the Issuers; the absence of governmental approvals
required to be obtained in connection with the Shelf Registration
Statement, the offering and sale of the applicable Securities, or any
agreement of the type referred to in Section 3(o) hereof; the compliance as
to form of such Shelf Registration Statement and any documents incorporated
by reference therein and of the Indenture with the requirements of the
Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act, respectively; and, as of the
date of the opinion and as
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of the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement or most recent
post-effective amendment thereto, as the case may be, the absence from such
Shelf Registration Statement and the prospectus included therein, as then
amended or supplemented, and from any documents incorporated by reference
therein of an untrue statement of a material fact or the omission to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading (in the case of any such documents,
in the light of the circumstances existing at the time that such documents
were filed with the Commission under the Exchange Act); (ii) their officers
to execute and deliver all customary documents and certificates and updates
thereof requested by any underwriters of the applicable Securities and
(iii) their 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 any
Initial Purchaser or any known Participating Broker-Dealer, the Issuers
shall cause (i) their counsel to deliver to such Initial Purchaser or such
Participating Broker-Dealer a signed opinion in the form set forth in
Section 6(c) of the Purchase Agreement with such changes as are customary
in connection with the preparation of a Registration Statement and (ii)
their independent public accountants to deliver to such 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 6(a) and (f) 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 Initial Securities by Holders to the
Issuers (or to such other Person as directed by the Issuers) in exchange
for the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as the case
may be, the Issuers shall xxxx, or caused to be marked, on the Initial
Securities so exchanged that such Initial Securities are being canceled in
exchange for the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as
the case may be; in no event shall the Initial Securities be marked as paid
or otherwise satisfied.
(t) The Issuers will use their best efforts to (a) if the Initial
Securities have been rated prior to the initial sale of such Initial
Securities, confirm such ratings will apply to the Securities covered by a
Registration Statement, or (b) if the Initial Securities were not
previously rated, cause the Securities covered by a Registration Statement
to be rated with the appropriate rating agencies, if so
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requested by Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
Securities covered by such Registration Statement, or by the managing
underwriters, if any.
(u) 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 Conduct Rules (the "Rules") 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 Issuers will
assist such broker-dealer in complying with the requirements of such Rules,
including, without limitation, by (i) if such Rules, including Rule 2720,
shall so require, engaging a "qualified independent underwriter" (as
defined in Rule 2720) to participate in the preparation of the Registration
Statement relating to such Securities, to exercise usual standards of due
diligence in respect thereto and, if any portion of the offering
contemplated by such Registration Statement is an underwritten offering or
is made through a placement or sales agent, to recommend the yield of such
Securities, (ii) indemnifying any such qualified independent underwriter to
the extent of the indemnification of underwriters provided in Section 5
hereof and (iii) providing such information to such broker-dealer as may be
required in order for such broker-dealer to comply with the requirements of
the Rules.
(v) The Issuers shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to
take all other steps necessary to effect the registration of the Securities
covered by a Registration Statement contemplated hereby.
4. REGISTRATION EXPENSES. The Issuers shall bear all fees and expenses
incurred in connection with the performance of their obligations under Sections
1 through 3 hereof, 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 who are Initial Purchasers for the reasonable fees and disbursements of
one firm to act as counsel in connection therewith.
5. INDEMNIFICATION. (a) The Issuers agree 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 (each Holder, any
Participating Broker-Dealer and such controlling persons are referred to
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
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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 required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and shall reimburse, as
incurred, 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 Issuers shall not be liable in any such case to 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 Issuers by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for
inclusion therein and (ii) with respect to any untrue statement or omission or
alleged untrue statement or omission made in any preliminary prospectus relating
to a Shelf Registration Statement, the indemnity agreement contained in this
subsection (a) shall not inure to the benefit of any Holder or Participating
Broker-Dealer from whom the person asserting any such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities purchased the Securities concerned, to the extent that a prospectus
relating to such Securities was required to be delivered by such Holder or
Participating Broker-Dealer under the Securities Act in connection with such
purchase and any such loss, claim, damage or liability of such Holder or
Participating Broker-Dealer results from the fact that there was not sent or
given to such person, at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of
such Securities to such person, a copy of the final prospectus if the Issuers
have previously furnished copies thereof to such Holder or Participating
Broker-Dealer; provided further, however, that this indemnity agreement will be
in addition to any liability which the Issuers may otherwise have to such
Indemnified Party. The Issuers shall also indemnify underwriters, their officers
and directors and each person who controls such underwriters 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.
(b) Each Holder of the Securities, severally and not jointly, will
indemnify and hold harmless each Issuer and each person, if any, who controls
such Issuer 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 each Issuer or any such controlling person 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 in any preliminary prospectus relating to a Shelf Registration, or arise out
of or are based
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upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading, but in each case only to the
extent that the untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or
omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
pertaining to such Holder and furnished to the Issuers 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
Issuers for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Issuers 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 Issuers or any of their 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 failure to notify the
indemnifying party shall not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability
that it may have under subsection (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it
has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or
defenses) by such failure; and provided further that the failure to notify the
indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to
an indemnified party otherwise than under subsection (a) or (b) above. 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 counsel 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, 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 (i) includes an unconditional release of such
indemnified party from all liability on any claims that are the subject matter
of such action, and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of
fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(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,
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then each indemnifying party shall 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 Securities, 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 Issuers on the one hand or such Holder or such other indemnified
party, 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 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 person, if any, who controls any
Issuer within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have
the same rights to contribution as the Issuers.
(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.
6. LIQUIDATED DAMAGES UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. (a) Liquidated Damages
("Liquidated Damages") with respect to the Initial Securities shall be assessed
as follows
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if any of the following events occur (each such event in clauses (i) through
(iv) below a "Registration Default":
(i) If by the later of (a) August 29, 2004 and (b) the 46th day
from the Confirmation Date, neither the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement nor a Shelf Registration Statement has been filed with the
Commission;
(ii) If by the later of (a) November 27, 2004 and (b) the 136th day
from the Confirmation Date, neither the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement nor a Shelf Registration Statement has been declared effective by
the Commission;
(iii) If by the 31st day after the date that is the later of the
dates in Section 6(ii) above, the Registered Exchange Offer has not been
consummated; or
(iv) If after 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 Securities during the periods specified herein because either
(1) any event occurs as a result of which the related prospectus forming
part of such Registration Statement would include any 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, or (2) it shall be necessary to amend such
Registration Statement or supplement the related prospectus, to comply with
the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder.
(b) If a Registration Default has occurred and is continuing, for the first
90-day period following the occurrence of the first Registration Default, the
Issuers will pay Liquidated Damages to each holder of Transfer Restricted
Securities ("Restricted Holder") in the amount of $0.05 per week per $1,000
principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities then held by such
Restricted Holder. The amount of Liquidated Damages payable by the Issuers to
each Restricted Holder will increase by an additional $0.05 per week per $1,000
principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities then held by such
Restricted Holder for each subsequent 90-day period for which a Registration
Default is continuing until all Registration Defaults have been cured; provided,
however that the maximum amount of Liquidated Damages for all Registration
Defaults payable by the Issuers to each Restricted Holder will not exceed $0.50
per week per $1,000 principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities then held
by such Restricted Holder. Following the cure of all Registration Defaults, the
accrual of Liquidated Damages will cease.
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(c) A Registration Default referred to in Section 6(a)(iv)(B) hereof 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
financial information with respect to the Issuers 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, with respect
to the Issuers that would need to be described in such Shelf Registration
Statement or the related prospectus and (ii) in the case of clause (y), the
Issuers are 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 any case if such Registration Default occurs for a
continuous period in excess of 30 days, Liquidated Damages shall be payable in
accordance with the above paragraph from the day such Registration Default
occurs until such Registration Default is cured.
(d) All accrued Liquidated Damages will be paid by the Issuers on the next
scheduled interest payment date to the paying agent or its nominees by wire
transfer of immediately available funds or by federal funds check and to the
holders of certificated notes by wire transfer to the accounts specified by such
notes or by mailing checks to the holder's registered address if no account has
been specified.
(e) "Transfer Restricted Securities" means each Security until (i) the date
on which such Transfer Restricted Security has been exchanged by a person other
than a broker-dealer for a freely transferable Exchange Security in the
Registered Exchange Offer, (ii) following the exchange by a broker-dealer in the
Registered Exchange Offer of a Initial Security for an Exchange Security, the
date on which such Exchange Security 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 Initial Security 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 Initial Securities 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.
7. RULES 144 AND 144A. The Issuers shall use their commercially
reasonable efforts to file the reports required to be filed by it under the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act in a timely manner and, if at any time the
Issuers are not required to file such reports, it will, upon the request of any
Holder of Initial Securities, make publicly available other information so long
as necessary to permit sales of their securities pursuant to Rules 144 and 144A.
The Issuers covenant that they will take such further action as any Holder of
Initial Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time
to time to enable such Holder to sell Initial Securities without registration
under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by
Rules 144
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and 144A (including the requirements of Rule 144A(d)(4)). The Issuers will
provide a copy of this Agreement to prospective purchasers of Initial Securities
identified to the Issuers by the Initial Purchasers upon request. Upon the
request of any Holder of Initial Securities, the Issuers shall deliver to such
Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 7 shall be deemed to
require the Issuers to register any of their securities pursuant to the Exchange
Act.
8. UNDERWRITTEN REGISTRATIONS. If any of the Transfer Restricted
Securities covered by any Shelf Registration are to be sold in an underwritten
offering, the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers
that will administer the offering ("Managing Underwriters") will be selected by
the Issuers, provided that such Managing Underwriters must be reasonably
satisfactory to the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of such
Transfer Restricted Securities to be included in such offering.
No person may participate in any underwritten registration hereunder unless
such person (i) agrees to sell such person's Transfer Restricted Securities on
the basis reasonably provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the
persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (ii) completes and
executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting
agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such
underwriting arrangements.
9. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS. The provisions of this Agreement may not be
amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from
the provisions hereof may not be given, except by the Issuers and the written
consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities
affected by such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consents.
(b) NOTICES. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted
hereunder shall be made in writing by hand delivery, first-class mail, facsimile
transmission, or air courier which guarantees overnight delivery:
(1) if to a Holder of the Securities, at the most current address
given by such Holder to the Issuers.
(2) if to the Initial Purchasers;
Credit Suisse First Boston LLC
Eleven Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
00
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Fax No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Transactions Advisory Group
with a copy to:
O'Melveny & Xxxxx LLP
Times Square Tower
0 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Esq.
(3) if to the Issuers, at their address as follows:
iPCS, Inc.
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
with a copy to:
Mayer, Brown, Xxxx & Maw LLP
000 Xxxxx XxXxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
Xxxxxx X. Wild, Esq.
All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly
given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; three business
days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt
is acknowledged by recipient's facsimile machine operator, if sent by facsimile
transmission; and on the day delivered, if sent by overnight air courier
guaranteeing next day delivery.
(c) NO INCONSISTENT AGREEMENTS. The Issuers have not, as of the date
hereof, entered into, nor shall they, on or after the date hereof, enter into,
any agreement with respect to their securities that is inconsistent with the
rights granted to the Holders herein or otherwise conflicts with the provisions
hereof.
(d) SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall be binding upon the
Issuers and their successors and assigns.
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(e) COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
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
reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(g) GOVERNING Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES
OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.
(h) SEVERABILITY. If any one or more of the provisions 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.
(i) SECURITIES HELD BY THE ISSUERS. Whenever the consent or approval of
Holders of a specified percentage of principal amount of Securities is required
hereunder, Securities held by the Issuers or their affiliates (other than
subsequent Holders of Securities if such subsequent Holders are deemed to be
affiliates solely by reason of their holdings of such Securities) shall not be
counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders
of such required percentage.
(j) SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. The Issuers hereby submit to the
non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal and state courts in the Borough of
Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or
relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement,
please sign and return to the Issuers a counterpart hereof, whereupon this
instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement among
the parties in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
iPCS ESCROW COMPANY
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: President, Chief Executive Officer
and Secretary
iPCS, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Chief Restructuring Officer and
Secretary
iPCS WIRELESS, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Chief Restructuring Officer and
Secretary
iPCS EQUIPMENT, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Chief Restructuring Officer and
Secretary
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The foregoing Registration
Rights Agreement is hereby confirmed
and accepted as of the date first
above written.
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON LLC
BEAR, XXXXXXX & CO. INC.
by: CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON LLC
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxx
Title: Managing Director
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SCHEDULE A
LIST OF GUARANTORS
1. iPCS Wireless, Inc.
2. iPCS Equipment, Inc.
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ANNEX A
Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange 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 Exchange Securities. The Letter
of Transmittal states that by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a
broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within the
meaning of the Securities Act. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or
supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection
with resales of Exchange Securities received in exchange for Initial Securities
where such Initial Securities were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of
market-making activities or other trading activities. The Issuers have 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."
ANNEX B
Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in
exchange for Securities, where such Initial Securities were acquired by such
broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading
activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection
with any resale of such Exchange Securities. See "Plan of Distribution."
ANNEX C
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange 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 Exchange Securities. This
Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used
by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Securities received in
exchange for Initial Securities where such Initial Securities were acquired as a
result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Issuers have
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 , 200__ , all
dealers effecting transactions in the Exchange Securities may be required to
deliver a prospectus.(1)
The Issuers will not receive any proceeds from any sale of Exchange
Securities by broker-dealers. Exchange Securities received by broker-dealers for
their own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be sold from time to time
in one or more transactions in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated
transactions, through the writing of options on the Exchange Securities or a
combination of such methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time
of resale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated
prices. Any such resale may be made directly to purchasers or to or through
brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or
concessions from any such broker-dealer or the purchasers of any such Exchange
Securities. Any broker-dealer that resells Exchange Securities that were
received by it for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer and any broker
or dealer that participates in a distribution of such Exchange Securities may be
deemed to be an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act and any
profit on any such resale of Exchange Securities and any commission or
concessions received by any such persons may be deemed to be underwriting
compensation under the Securities Act. The Letter of Transmittal states that, by
acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus, a
broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within the
meaning of the Securities Act.
For a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date, the Issuers 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 Issuers have agreed to pay all expenses
incident to the Exchange Offer (including the expenses of one counsel for the
Holders of the Securities who are Initial Purchasers) other
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(1) In addition, the legend required by Item 502(e) of Regulation S-K will
appear on the back cover page of the Exchange Offer prospectus.
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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.
ANNEX D
/ / CHECK HERE IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER AND WISH TO RECEIVE 10 ADDITIONAL
COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS AND 10 COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO.
Name: __________________________________________
Address: _______________________________________
_______________________________________
If the undersigned is not a broker-dealer, the undersigned represents that it is
not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of Exchange
Securities. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange
Securities for its own account in exchange for Initial Securities that were
acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, it
acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of
such Exchange Securities; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a
prospectus, the undersigned will not be deemed to admit that it is an
"underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act.
