Execution Copy
Exhibit 10.73
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Dated as of June 19, 2002
between
AMERICREDIT CORP.
and
BEAR, XXXXXXX & CO INC.
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
RBC DOMINION SECURITIES CORPORATION
Execution Copy
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made and entered
into as of June 19, 2002 by and among AmeriCredit Corp., a Texas corporation
(the "Company"); AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
ACF Investment Corp., a Delaware corporation, Americredit Corporation of
California, a California corporation, AmeriCredit Management Company, a Delaware
corporation, AmeriCredit Consumer Discount Company, a Pennsylvania corporation,
AmeriCredit Service Center Ltd., a Canadian corporation chartered in the
Province of Ontario, AmeriCredit Flight Operations, LLC, a Texas limited
liability company, AmeriCredit NS I Co., a Canadian corporation chartered in the
Province of Nova Scotia, AmeriCredit NS II Co., a Canadian corporation chartered
in the Province of Nova Scotia and AmeriCredit Financial Services of Canada
Ltd., a Canadian corporation chartered in the Province of Ontario (collectively
the "Guarantors"); and Bear, Xxxxxxx & Co. Inc., X.X. Xxxxxx Securities, Inc.,
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and RBC Dominion Securities Corporation
(collectively the "Initial Purchasers"), each of whom have agreed to purchase
the Company's 9 1/4% Senior Notes due 2009 (the "Notes") pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement (as defined below).
This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated June 13,
2002 (the "Purchase Agreement"), by and among the Company, the Guarantors and
the Initial Purchasers. In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to purchase
the Notes, the Company has agreed to provide the registration rights set forth
in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition
to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers set forth in Section 8 of the
Purchase Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture, dated June 19, 2002,
between the Company and Bank One, NA as Trustee, relating to the Notes and the
Exchange Notes (the "Indenture").
The parties hereby agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS
As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the
following meanings:
Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Affiliate: As defined in Rule 144 of the Act.
Broker-Dealer: Any broker or dealer registered under the Exchange Act.
Closing Date: The date hereof.
Commission: The Securities and Exchange Commission.
Consummate: An Exchange Offer shall be deemed "Consummated" for purposes of
this Agreement upon the occurrence of (a) the filing and effectiveness under the
Act of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Notes
to be issued in the Exchange Offer,
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(b) the maintenance of such Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously
effective and the keeping of the Exchange Offer open for a period not less than
the period required pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof and (c) the delivery by the
Company to the Registrar under the Indenture of Exchange Notes in the same
aggregate principal amount as the aggregate principal amount of Notes tendered
by Holders thereof pursuant to the Exchange Offer.
Consummation Deadline: As defined in Section 3(b) hereof.
Effectiveness Deadline: As defined in Section 3(a) and 4(a)(y) hereof.
Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Exchange Notes: The Company's 9 1/4% Exchange Senior Notes due 2009 to be
issued pursuant to the Indenture in the Exchange Offer.
Exchange Offer: The exchange and issuance by the Company of a principal
amount of Exchange Notes (which shall be registered pursuant to the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement) equal to the outstanding principal amount of Notes
that are tendered by Holders in connection with such exchange and issuance.
Exchange Offer Registration Statement: The Registration Statement relating
to the Exchange Offer, including the related Prospectus.
Exempt Resales: The transactions in which the Initial Purchasers propose to
sell the Notes to certain "qualified institutional buyers," as such term is
defined in Rule 144A under the Act and pursuant to Regulation S under the Act.
Filing Deadline: As defined in Sections 3(a) and 4(a)(x) hereof.
Holders: As defined in Section 2 hereof.
Liquidated Damages: As defined in Section 5 hereof.
Prospectus: The prospectus included in a Registration Statement at the time
such Registration Statement is declared effective, as amended or supplemented by
any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments thereto, including
post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference into such
Prospectus.
Recommencement Date: As defined in Section 6(e) hereof.
Registration Default: As defined in Section 5 hereof.
Registration Statement: Any registration statement of the Company relating
to (a) an offering of Exchange Notes pursuant to an Exchange Offer or (b) the
registration for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement, in each case, (i) that is filed pursuant to the
provisions of this Agreement and (ii) including the Prospectus included therein,
all amendments and supplements thereto (including post-effective amendments) and
all exhibits and material incorporated by reference therein.
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Regulation S: Regulation S promulgated under the Act.
Rule 144: Rule 144 promulgated under the Act.
Shelf Registration Statement: As defined in Section 4 hereof.
Suspension Notice: As defined in Section 6(e) hereof.
TIA: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Section 77aaa-77bbbb) as in
effect on the date of the Indenture.
Transfer Restricted Securities: Each Note, until (i) the date on which such
Note has been exchanged by a person other than a Broker-Dealer for an Exchange
Note in the Exchange Offer; (ii) following the exchange by a Broker-Dealer in
the Exchange Offer of a Note for an Exchange Note, the date on which such
Exchange Note is sold to a purchaser who receives from such Broker-Dealer on or
prior to the date of such sale a copy of the Prospectus contained in the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement; (iii) the date on which such Note has
been effectively registered under the Act and disposed of in accordance with the
Shelf Registration Statement; or (iv) the date on which such Note is distributed
to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Act.
2. HOLDERS
A Person is deemed to be a holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (each,
a "Holder") whenever such Person owns Transfer Restricted Securities.
3. REGISTERED EXCHANGE OFFER
(a) After the procedures set forth in Section 6(a)(i) below have been
complied with, the Company and the Guarantors shall (i) cause to be filed the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement with the Commission on or prior to 90 days
after the Closing Date (such 90th day being the "Filing Deadline"), (ii) use
their best efforts to have the Exchange Offer Registration Statement declared
effective by the Commission on or prior to 150 days after the Closing Date (such
150th day being the "Effectiveness Deadline"), (iii) in connection with the
foregoing, (A) file all pre-effective amendments to such Exchange Offer
Registration Statement as may be necessary in order to cause it to be declared
effective, (B) file, if applicable, a post-effective amendment to such Exchange
Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A under the Act and (C) cause
all necessary filings, if any, in connection with the registration and
qualification of the Exchange Notes to be made under the Blue Sky laws of such
jurisdictions as are necessary to permit Consummation of the Exchange Offer, and
(iv) unless the Exchange Offer would not be permitted by applicable law or
Commission policy, (A) commence the Exchange Offer; and (B) use their best
efforts to issue on or prior to 30 business days, or longer, if required by the
federal securities laws (such 30th or later day being the "Consummation
Deadline"), after the date on which the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
was declared effective by the Commission, Exchange Notes in exchange for all
Notes tendered prior thereto in the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer shall be
on the appropriate form permitting (i) registration of the Exchange Notes to be
offered in exchange for the Notes that are Transfer Restricted Securities and
(ii) resales of Exchange Notes by any Broker-Dealer that tendered into the
Exchange Offer Notes that such Broker-Dealer acquired for its own account as a
result of market-making activities or
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other trading activities (other than Notes acquired directly from the Company or
any of its Affiliates) as contemplated by Section 3(c) below.
(b) The Company and the Guarantors shall use their best efforts to cause
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be effective continuously, and
shall keep the Exchange Offer open for a period of not less than the minimum
period required under applicable federal and state securities laws to Consummate
the Exchange Offer; provided, however, that in no event shall such period be
less than 20 business days. The Company shall cause the Exchange Offer to comply
with all applicable federal and state securities laws. No securities other than
the Exchange Notes shall be included in the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement.
(c) The Company shall include a "Plan of Distribution" section in the
Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and indicate
therein that any Broker-Dealer who holds Transfer Restricted Securities that
were acquired for the account of such Broker-Dealer as a result of market-making
activities or other trading activities (other than Notes acquired directly from
the Company or any Affiliate of the Company), may exchange such Transfer
Restricted Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer. Such "Plan of
Distribution" section shall also contain all other information with respect to
such sales by such Broker-Dealers that the Commission may require in order to
permit such sales pursuant thereto, but such "Plan of Distribution" shall not
name any such Broker-Dealer or disclose the amount of Transfer Restricted
Securities held by any such Broker-Dealer, except to the extent required by the
Commission as a result of a change in policy, rules or regulations after the
date of this Agreement. See the Shearman & Sterling no-action letter (available
July 2, 1993).
Because any such Broker-Dealer may be deemed to be an "underwriter" within
the meaning of the Act and must, therefore, deliver a prospectus meeting the
requirements of the Act in connection with its initial sale of any Exchange
Notes received by such Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer, the Company shall
permit the use of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement by such Broker-Dealer to satisfy such prospectus delivery requirement.
To the extent necessary to ensure that the prospectus contained in the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement is available for sales of Exchange Notes by
Broker-Dealers, the Company and the Guarantors agree to use their best efforts
to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective,
supplemented, amended and current as required by and subject to the provisions
of Section 6(a) and Section 6 (c) hereof and in conformity with the requirements
of this Agreement, the Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the
Commission as announced from time to time, for a period of 180 days from the
Consummation Deadline or such shorter period as will terminate when all Transfer
Restricted Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold
pursuant thereto. The Company shall provide sufficient copies of the latest
version of such Prospectus to such Broker-Dealers, promptly upon request, and in
no event later than one day after such request, at any time during such period.
4. SHELF REGISTRATION
(a) Shelf Registration. If (i) the Company is not (A) required to file the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement or (B) permitted to Consummate the
Exchange Offer because the Exchange Offer is not permitted by applicable law or
Commission policy (after the Company has complied with the procedures set forth
in Section 6(a)(i) below) or (ii) if any Holder of Transfer
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Restricted Securities notifies the Company prior to the 20th day following the
Consummation of the Exchange Offer that (A) it is prohibited by law or
Commission policy from participating in the Exchange Offer or (B) that it may
not resell the Exchange Notes acquired by it in the 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 by
such Holder or (C) such Holder is a Broker-Dealer and owns Notes acquired
directly from the Company or one of its Affiliates, then the Company and the
Guarantors shall cause to be filed with the Commission a Shelf Registration
Statement (as defined below) to cover resales of the Notes by the Holders of the
Notes. If the Company and the Guarantors are obligated to file the Shelf
Registration Statement, they will use their best efforts to:
(i) cause to be filed the Shelf Registration Statement with the
Commission, on or prior to 90 days after such filing obligation arises, (such
90th day being the "Filing Deadline"), pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act (which
may be an amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) (the "Shelf
Registration Statement"), relating to all Transfer Restricted Securities the
Holders of which have provided the information required by Section 4(b) below;
provided, however, that in no event shall the Company be required to file such
Shelf Registration Statement prior to 90 days after the date of this Agreement,
and
(ii) cause such Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective
by the Commission on or prior to 150 days after the obligation arises for the
Shelf Registration Statement (such 150th day the "Effectiveness Deadline").
To the extent necessary to ensure that the Shelf Registration Statement
is available for sales of Transfer Restricted Securities by the Holders thereof
entitled to the benefit of this Section 4(a) and the other securities required
to be registered therein pursuant to Section 6(b)(ii) hereof, the Company and
the Guarantors shall use their best efforts to keep any Shelf Registration
Statement required by this Section 4(a) continuously effective, supplemented,
amended and current as required by and subject to the provisions of Section 6(b)
and Section 6(c) hereof and in conformity with the requirements of this
Agreement, the Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as
announced from time to time, for a period of at least two years (as extended
pursuant to Section 6(c)(i) hereof) following the Closing Date, or such shorter
period as will terminate when all Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such
Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant thereto.
(b) Provision by Holders of Certain Information in Connection with the
Shelf Registration Statement. No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities may
include any of its Transfer Restricted Securities in any Shelf Registration
Statement pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such Holder furnishes to
the Company in writing, within 10 business days after receipt of a request
therefor, the information specified in Item 507 or Item 508 of Regulation S-K,
as applicable, of the Act for use in connection with any Shelf Registration
Statement or Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus included therein. No Holder of
Transfer Restricted Securities shall be entitled to Liquidated Damages pursuant
to Section 5 hereof unless and until such Holder shall have provided all such
information. Each selling Holder agrees to promptly furnish additional
information required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously
furnished to the Company by such Holder not materially misleading.
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5. LIQUIDATED DAMAGES
If (i) any of the Registration Statements required by this Agreement is
not filed on or before the date specified for such filing, (ii) any of such
Registration Statements is not declared effective by the Commission on or prior
to the date specified for such effectiveness (the "Effectiveness Target Date"),
(iii) the Exchange Offer has not been Consummated within 30 business days of the
Effectiveness Target Date or (iv) any Registration Statement required by this
Agreement is declared effective but thereafter ceases to be effective or usable
for its intended purpose during the period specified herein (each such event
referred to in clauses (i) through (iv), a "Registration Default"), then the
Company and the Guarantors jointly and severally agree to pay liquidated damages
for such Registration Default ("Liquidated Damages") to each Holder of Transfer
Restricted Securities with respect to the first 90-day period immediately
following the occurrence of the first Registration Default in an amount equal to
$0.05 per week per $1,000 in principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities
held by such Holder. The amount of the Liquidated Damages shall increase by an
additional $0.05 per week per $1,000 in principal amount of Transfer Restricted
Securities with respect to each subsequent 90-day period until all Registration
Defaults have been cured, up to a maximum amount of Liquidated Damages of $0.50
per week per $1,000 in principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, (1) upon filing of
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (and/or, if applicable, the Shelf
Registration Statement), in the case of (i) above, (2) upon the effectiveness of
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (and/or, if applicable, the Shelf
Registration Statement), in the case of (ii) above, (3) upon Consummation of the
Exchange Offer, in the case of (iii) above, or (4) upon the filing of a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or an additional
Registration Statement that causes the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
(and/or, if applicable, the Shelf Registration Statement) to again be declared
effective or made usable in the case of (iv) above, the Liquidated Damages
payable with respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities as a result of such
clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv), as applicable, shall cease.
All accrued Liquidated Damages shall be paid to the Holders entitled
thereto, in the manner provided for the payment of interest in the Indenture, on
each Interest Payment Date, as more fully set forth in the Indenture and the
Notes.
6. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES
(a) Exchange Offer Registration Statement. In connection with the Exchange
Offer, the Company and the Guarantors shall (x) comply with all applicable
provisions of Section 6(c) below, (y) use their best efforts to effect such
exchange of tendered Notes and to permit the resale of Exchange Notes by any
Broker-Dealer that tendered in the Exchange Offer Notes that such Broker-Dealer
acquired for its own account as a result of its market-making activities or
other trading activities (other than Notes acquired directly from the Company or
any of its Affiliates) being sold in accordance with the intended method or
methods of distribution thereof, and (z) comply with all of the following
provisions:
(i) If, following the date hereof there has been announced a change in
Commission policy with respect to exchange offers such as the Exchange Offer,
that in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Company raises a substantial
question as to whether the
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Exchange Offer is permitted by applicable federal law, the Company hereby agrees
to seek a no-action letter or other favorable decision from the Commission
allowing the Company to Consummate an Exchange Offer for such Transfer
Restricted Securities. The Company and the Guarantors hereby agree to pursue the
issuance of such a decision to the Commission staff level, but shall not be
required to take commercially unreasonable actions to effect a change of
Commission policy. In connection with the foregoing, the Company and the
Guarantors hereby agree to take all such other actions as may be requested by
the Commission or otherwise required in connection with the issuance of such
decision, including without limitation (A) participating in telephonic
conferences with the Commission, (B) delivering to the Commission staff an
analysis prepared by counsel to the Company setting forth the legal bases, if
any, upon which such counsel has concluded that such an Exchange Offer should be
permitted and (C) diligently pursuing a resolution (which need not be favorable)
by the Commission staff.
(ii) As a condition to its participation in the Exchange Offer, each
Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (including, without limitation, any
Holder who is a Broker-Dealer) shall furnish, upon the request of the Company,
prior to the Consummation of the Exchange Offer, a written representation to the
Company (which may be contained in the letter of transmittal contemplated by the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement) to the effect that (A) it is not an
Affiliate of the Company, (B) it is not engaged in, and does not intend to
engage in, and has no arrangement or understanding with any person to
participate in, a distribution of the Exchange Notes to be issued in the
Exchange Offer and (C) it is acquiring the Exchange Notes in its ordinary course
of business. In addition, all such Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities
shall otherwise cooperate with the Company in the preparation of the Exchange
Offer. As a condition to its participation in the Exchange Offer each Holder
using the Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of the Exchange Notes
shall acknowledge and agree that, if the resales are of Exchange Notes obtained
by such Holder in exchange for Notes acquired directly from the Company or an
Affiliate thereof, it (1) could not, under Commission policy as in effect on the
date of this Agreement, rely on the position of the Commission enunciated in
Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988) and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
and Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991), as interpreted in the Commission's
letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and similar no-action letters
(including, if applicable, any no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause (i)
above), and (2) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery
requirements of the Act in connection with a secondary resale transaction and
that such a secondary resale transaction must be covered by an effective
registration statement containing the selling security holder information
required by Item 507 or Item 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K.
(iii) Prior to effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement, the Company and the Guarantors shall provide a supplemental letter to
the Commission (A) stating that the Company and the Guarantors are registering
the Exchange Offer in reliance on the position of the Commission enunciated in
Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988), Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx and
Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991) as interpreted in the Commission's letter to
Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and, if applicable, any no-action letter
obtained pursuant to clause (i) above, (B) including a representation that
neither the Company nor any Guarantor has entered into any arrangement or
understanding with any Person to distribute the Exchange Notes to be received in
the Exchange Offer and that, to the best of the Company's and each Guarantor's
information and belief, each Holder participating in the
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Exchange Offer is acquiring the Exchange Notes in its ordinary course of
business and has no arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate
in the distribution of the Exchange Notes received in the Exchange Offer and (C)
any other undertaking or representation required by the Commission as set forth
in any no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above, if applicable.
(b) Shelf Registration Statement. In connection with the Shelf
Registration Statement, the Company and the Guarantors shall:
(i) comply with all the provisions of Section 6(c) below and use
their reasonable best efforts to effect such registration to permit the sale of
the Transfer Restricted Securities being sold in accordance with the intended
method or methods of distribution thereof (as indicated in the information
furnished to the Company pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof), and pursuant thereto
the Company and the Gurantors will prepare and file with the Commission a
Registration Statement relating to the registration on any appropriate form
under the Act, which form shall be available for the sale of the Transfer
Restricted Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of
distribution thereof within the time periods and otherwise in accordance with
the provisions hereof, and
(ii) issue, upon the request of any Holder or purchaser of Notes
covered by any Shelf Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement,
Exchange Notes having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate
principal amount of Notes sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement and
surrendered to the Company for cancellation; the Company shall register Exchange
Notes on the Shelf Registration Statement for this purpose and issue the
Exchange Notes to the purchasers of securities subject to the Shelf Registration
Statement in such names as such purchasers shall designate.
(c) General Provisions. In connection with any Registration Statement and
any related Prospectus required by this Agreement, the Company shall:
(i) use its reasonable best efforts to keep such Registration
Statement continuously effective and provide all requisite financial statements
(including, if required by the Act or any regulation thereunder, financial
statements of the Guarantors) for the period specified in Section 3 or Section 4
of this Agreement, as applicable. Upon the occurrence of any event that would
cause any such Registration Statement or the Prospectus contained therein (A) to
contain an untrue statement of material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or (B) not to be
effective and usable for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities during the
period required by this Agreement, then the Company shall file promptly an
appropriate amendment to such Registration Statement curing such defect, and, if
Commission review is required, use its reasonable best efforts to cause such
amendment to be declared effective as soon as practicable;
(ii) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and
post-effective amendments to the applicable Registration Statement as may be
necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for the applicable
period set forth in Section 3 or Section 4 hereof, as the case may be, or such
shorter period as will terminate when all Transfer Restricted Securities covered
by such Registration Statement have been sold; cause the Prospectus to be
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supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be
filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act, and to comply fully with Rules 424,
430A and 462, as applicable, under the Act in a timely manner; and comply with
the provisions of the Act with respect to the disposition of all securities
covered by such Registration Statement during the applicable period in
accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution by the sellers
thereof set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to the
Prospectus;
(iii) if any fact or event contemplated by Section 6(d)(i)(D) below
shall exist or have occurred, prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment
to the Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated
therein by reference or file any other required document so that, as thereafter
delivered to the purchasers of Transfer Restricted Securities, the Prospectus
will not contain 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;
(iv) in connection with any sale of Transfer Restricted Securities
that will result in such securities no longer being Transfer Restricted
Securities, cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and
delivery of certificates representing Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold
and not bearing any restrictive legends; and to register such Transfer
Restricted Securities in such denominations and such names as the selling
Holders may request at least two business days prior to such sale of Transfer
Restricted Securities;
(v) use its best efforts to cause the disposition of the Transfer
Restricted Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered
with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be
necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof to consummate the disposition
of such Transfer Restricted Securities, subject to the proviso contained in
Section 6(d)(ix) below;
(vi) provide a CUSIP number for all Transfer Restricted Securities
not later than the effective date of a Registration Statement covering such
Transfer Restricted Securities and provide the Trustee under the Indenture with
printed certificates for the Transfer Restricted Securities which are in a form
eligible for deposit with the Depository Trust Company;
(vii) otherwise use its best efforts to comply with all applicable
rules and regulations of the Commission, and make generally available to its
security holders with regard to any applicable Registration Statement, as soon
as practicable, a consolidated earnings statement meeting the requirements of
Rule 158 (which need not be audited) covering a twelve-month period beginning
after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as such term is defined
in paragraph (c) of Rule 158 under the Act);
(viii) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the TIA not later
than the effective date of the first Registration Statement required by this
Agreement and, in connection therewith, cooperate with the Trustee and the
Holders to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be required for such
Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the TIA; and
execute and use its best efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents
that may be required to effect such changes and all other forms and documents
required to be filed with the Commission to enable such Indenture to be so
qualified in a timely manner; and
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(ix) provide promptly to each Holder, upon request, each document
filed with the Commission pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act.
(d) Additional Provisions Applicable to Shelf Registration Statements. In
connection with any Shelf Registration Statement and any related Prospectus
required by this Agreement, the Company shall:
(i) advise each selling Holder promptly and, if requested by such
Holder, confirm such advice in writing, (A) when the Prospectus or any
Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with
respect to any applicable Shelf Registration Statement or any post-effective
amendment thereto, when the same has become effective, (B) of any request by the
Commission for amendments to the Shelf Registration Statement or amendments or
supplements to the Prospectus or for additional information relating thereto,
(C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement under the Act or of the
suspension by any state securities commission of the qualification of the
Transfer Restricted Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the
initiation of any proceeding for any of the preceding purposes, (D) of the
existence of any fact or the happening of any event that makes any statement of
a material fact made in the Shelf Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any
amendment or supplement thereto or any document incorporated by reference
therein untrue, or that requires the making of any additions to or changes in
the Shelf Registration Statement in order to make the statements therein not
misleading, or that requires the making of any additions to or changes in the
Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If at any time the
Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement, or any state securities commission or other regulatory
authority shall issue an order suspending the qualification or exemption from
qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under state securities or
Blue Sky laws, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the
withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest possible time;
(ii) if requested in writing, furnish to each selling Holder, before
filing with the Commission, copies of any Shelf Registration Statement or any
Prospectus included therein or any amendments or supplements to any such Shelf
Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all documents incorporated by
reference after the initial filing of such Shelf Registration Statement), which
documents will be subject to the review and comment of such Holders in
connection with such sale, if any, for a period of at least three business days,
and the Company will not file any such Shelf Registration Statement or
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any such Shelf Registration
Statement or Prospectus (including all such documents incorporated by reference)
to which such Holders shall reasonably object within three business days after
the receipt thereof. A selling Holder shall be deemed to have reasonably
objected to such filing if such Shelf Registration Statement, amendment,
Prospectus or supplement, as applicable, as proposed to be filed, contains an
untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or fails to comply with
the applicable requirements of the Act;
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(iii) promptly prior to the filing of any document that is to be
incorporated by reference into a Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus,
provide copies of such document to each selling Holder in connection with such
sale, if any, make the Company's representatives available for discussion of
such document and other customary due diligence matters, and include such
information in such document prior to the filing thereof as such Holders may
reasonably request;
(iv) make available, at reasonable times, for inspection by
each selling Holder and any attorney or accountant retained by such Holders, all
financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents of the Company and
the Guarantors and cause the Company's and the Guarantors' directors and
employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Holder,
attorney or accountant in connection with such Registration Statement or any
post-effective amendment thereto subsequent to the filing thereof and prior to
its effectiveness;
(v) if requested by any selling Holders in connection with
such sale, promptly include in any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus,
pursuant to a supplement or post-effective amendment if necessary, such
information as such Holders may reasonably request to have included therein,
including, without limitation, information relating to the "Plan of
Distribution" of the Transfer Restricted Securities; and make all required
filings of such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as
practicable after the Company is notified of the matters to be included in such
Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment;
(vi) furnish to each selling Holder without charge, at least
one copy of the Shelf Registration Statement, as first filed with the
Commission, and of each amendment thereto, including all documents incorporated
by reference therein and all exhibits (including exhibits incorporated therein
by reference);
(vii) deliver to each selling Holder without charge, as many
copies of the Prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) and any
amendment or supplement thereto as such Holder reasonably may request; the
Company and the Guarantors hereby consent to the use (in accordance with law) of
the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by each selling Holder in
connection with the offering and the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities
covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto;
(viii) upon the request of any selling Holder, enter into such
agreements (including underwriting agreements) and make, and cause the
Guarantors to make, such representations and warranties and take all such other
actions in connection therewith in order to expedite or facilitate the
disposition of the Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to any applicable
Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement as may be reasonably
requested by any such Holder in connection with any sale or resale pursuant to
any Shelf Registration Statement. In such connection, the Company and the
Guarantors shall:
(A) upon request of any selling Holder, furnish (or in
the case of paragraphs (2) and (3), use its reasonable best efforts to cause to
be furnished) to each Holder, upon the effectiveness of an underwritten Shelf
Registration Statement:
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(1) a certificate, dated such date, signed by (x) the
President or any Vice President and (y) a principal financial or accounting
officer, of each of the Company and the Guarantors, confirming, as of the
date thereof, matters similar to those set forth in Sections 8(a), 8(b),
8(c) and 8(j)(i) and (ii) of the Purchase Agreement (as the same may be
applicable to the Shelf Registration Statement) and such other similar
matters as such Holders may reasonably request;
(2) opinions, dated the date of effectiveness of the
Shelf Registration Statement, of counsel for the Company covering matters
similar to those set forth in paragraphs (d) - (g) of Section 8 of the
Purchase Agreement and such other matters as such Holder may reasonably
request, and, with respect to the opinion similar to paragraph 8(d) of the
Purchase Agreement, including a statement to the effect that such counsel
has participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of
the Company and the Guarantors, representatives of the independent public
accountants for the Company and the Guarantors and have considered the
matters required to be stated therein and the statements contained therein,
although such counsel has not independently verified the accuracy,
completeness or fairness of such statements; and that such counsel advises
that, on the basis of the foregoing (relying as to materiality to a large
extent upon the opinions of officers and other representatives of the
Company and the Guarantors), no facts came to such counsel's attention that
caused such counsel to believe that the Shelf Registration Statement, at
the time such Shelf Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment
thereto became effective, contained an untrue statement of a material fact
or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or that the
Prospectus contained in such Shelf Registration Statement as of its date
contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
Without limiting the foregoing, such counsel may state further that such
counsel assumes no responsibility for, and has not independently verified,
the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the financial statements, notes
and schedules and other financial data included in any Shelf Registration
Statement contemplated by this Agreement or the related Prospectus; and
(3) a customary comfort letter, dated the date of
effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, from the Company's
independent accountants, in the customary form and covering matters of the
type customarily covered in comfort letters to underwriters in connection
with underwritten offerings; and
(B) deliver such other documents and certificates as may be
reasonably requested by the selling Holders to evidence compliance with the
matters covered in clause (A) above and with any customary conditions contained
in any agreement entered into by the Company pursuant to this clause (viii);
(ix) prior to any public offering of Transfer Restricted Securities,
cooperate with the selling Holders and their counsel in connection with the
registration and qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under the
securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the selling Holders may
reasonably request and do any and all other acts or things necessary or
advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Transfer
Restricted Securities
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covered by the Shelf Registration Statement; provided, however, that neither the
Company nor any Guarantor shall be required to register or qualify as a foreign
corporation where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would
subject it to the service of process in suits or to taxation, other than as to
matters and transactions relating to the Shelf Registration Statement, in any
jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(e) Restrictions on Holders. Each Holder agrees by acquisition of a
Transfer Restricted Security that, upon receipt of any notice referred to in
Section 6(d)(i)(C) or any notice from the Company of the existence of any fact
of the kind described in Section 6(d)(i)(D) hereof (in each case, a "Suspension
Notice"), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Transfer
Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement until (i)
such Holder has received copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus
contemplated by Section 6(c)(iii) hereof, or (ii) such Holder is advised in
writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed, and has
received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated
by reference in the Prospectus (in each case, the "Recommencement Date"). Each
Holder receiving a Suspension Notice hereby agrees that it will either (i)
destroy any Prospectuses, other than permanent file copies, then in such
Holder's possession which have been replaced by the Company with more recently
dated Prospectuses or (ii) deliver to the Company (at the Company's expense) all
copies, other than permanent file copies, then in such Holder's possession of
the Prospectus covering such Transfer Restricted Securities that was current at
the time of receipt of the Suspension Notice. The time period regarding the
effectiveness of such Shelf Registration Statement set forth in Section 4 hereof
shall be extended by a number of days equal to the number of days in the period
from and including the date of delivery of the Suspension Notice to the
Recommencement Date.
7. REGISTRATION EXPENSES
(a) All expenses incident to the Company's or the Guarantors' performance
of or compliance with this Agreement will be borne by the Company or the
Guarantors, regardless of whether a Registration Statement becomes effective,
including without limitation: (i) all registration and filing fees and expenses;
(ii) all fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities and state Blue
Sky or securities laws; (iii) all expenses of printing (including printing
certificates for the Exchange Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer and
printing of Prospectuses, messenger and delivery services and telephone); (iv)
all fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, the Guarantors and,
subject to Section 7(b) below, the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities;
(v) all application and filing fees in connection with listing the Exchange
Notes on a national securities exchange or automated quotation system pursuant
to the requirements hereof; (vi) all fees and disbursements of independent
certified public accountants of the Company and the Guarantors (including the
expenses of any special audit and comfort letters required by or incident to
such performance); and (vii) all reasonable fees and expenses of the Trustee and
any exchange agent (including all reasonable fees and expenses of their
counsel).
The Company will, in any event, bear its and the Guarantors' internal
expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its
officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expenses of
any annual audit and the fees and expenses of any Person, including special
experts, retained by the Company.
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(b) In connection with any Registration Statement required by this
Agreement (including, without limitation, the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement and the Shelf Registration Statement), the Company will reimburse the
Initial Purchasers and the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities who are
tendering Notes into in the Exchange Offer and/or selling or reselling Notes or
Exchange Notes pursuant to the "Plan of Distribution" contained in the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement, as applicable,
for the reasonable fees and disbursements of not more than one counsel, who
shall be Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, unless another firm shall be chosen by the Holders of
a majority in principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities for whose
benefit such Registration Statement is being prepared.
8. INDEMNIFICATION
(a) The Company and each Guarantor jointly and severally agree to
indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, its directors, officers and each
Person, if any, who controls such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of
the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act), from and against any and all losses,
claims, damages, liabilities, judgments (including without limitation, any legal
or other reasonable expenses incurred in connection with investigating or
defending any matter, including any action that could give rise to any such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments) caused by any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
Registration Statement, preliminary prospectus or Prospectus (or any amendment
or supplement thereto) provided by the Company to any Holder or any prospective
purchaser of Exchange Notes or registered Notes, or caused by any omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as
such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments are caused by an untrue
statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission that is based upon
information relating to any Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such
Holder expressly for use in connection therewith. The foregoing indemnity
agreement shall be in addition to any liability which the Company and the
Guarantors may otherwise have.
(b) Each Holder agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold
harmless the Company and the Guarantors and their directors and officers, and
each person, if any, who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act
or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) the Company or any Guarantor to the same
extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company and the Guarantors set forth
in section (a) above, but only with respect to information relating to such
Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use in
any Registration Statement, preliminary prospectus or Prospectus (or any
amendment or supplement thereto). In no event shall any Holder, its directors,
officers or any Person who controls such Holder be liable or responsible for any
amount in excess of the amount by which the total amount received by such Holder
with respect to its sale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to a
Registration Statement exceeds (i) the amount paid by such Holder for such
Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) the amount of any damages that such
Holder, its directors, officers or any Person who controls such Holder has
otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission.
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(c) In case any action shall be commenced involving any person in respect
of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 8(a) or Section 8(b) (the
"indemnified party"), the indemnified party shall promptly notify the person
against whom such indemnity may be sought (the "indemnifying person") in writing
and the indemnifying party shall assume the defense of such action, including
the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party and
the payment of all fees and expenses of such counsel, as incurred (except that
in the case of any action in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant
to both Sections 8(a) and 8(b), a Holder shall not be required to assume the
defense of such action pursuant to this Section 8(c), but may employ separate
counsel and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of
such counsel, except as provided below, shall be at the expense of the Holder).
Any indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any
such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of
such counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnified party unless (i) the
employment of such counsel shall have been specifically authorized in writing by
the indemnifying party, (ii) the indemnifying party shall have failed to assume
the defense of such action or employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
indemnified party or (iii) the named parties to any such action (including any
impleaded parties) include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying
party, and the indemnified party shall have been advised by such counsel and
shall have provided notice to the indemnifying party of such advice of counsel
that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different
from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party and that the
assertion of any such different or additional defense by the indemnified party
would be inconsistent with the defenses asserted by the indemnifying party (in
which case the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense
of such action on behalf of the indemnified party). In any such case, the
indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any one action or separate but
substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of
the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees
and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any
local counsel) for all indemnified parties and all such reasonable fees and
expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Such firm shall be designated
in writing by a majority of the Holders, in the case of the parties indemnified
pursuant to Section 8(a), and by the Company in the case of parties indemnified
pursuant to Section 8(b). The indemnifying party shall indemnify and hold
harmless the indemnified party from and against any and all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and judgments by reason of any settlement of any action
effected with its written consent which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the
indemnified party, effect any settlement or compromise of, or consent to the
entry of judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action in respect
of which the indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity or
contribution may be or could have been sought hereunder by the indemnified
party, unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an
unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability on claims that
are or could have been 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 the indemnified party.
(d) To the extent that the indemnification provided for in this Section 8
is unavailable to an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or judgments referred to therein, then each indemnifying
party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the
amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or judgments (i) in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect
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the relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors, on the one
hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, from the sale of Transfer Restricted
Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause 8(d)(i) is not permitted
by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the
relative benefits referred to in clause 8(d)(i) above but also the relative
fault of the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and of the Holders, on
the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in
such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments, as well as any other
relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Company and the
Guarantors, on the one hand, and of the Holders, on the other hand, shall be
determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state
a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company and the
Guarantors, on the one hand, or by the Holders, on the other hand, and the
parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to
correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a
party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and judgments
referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set
forth in the second paragraph of Section 8(a), any legal or other fees or
expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating or
defending any action or claim.
The Company, the Guarantors and each Holder agree that it would not be just
and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8(d) were determined by
pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such
purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the
equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The
amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or judgments referred to in the immediately
preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set
forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified
party in connection with investigating or defending any matter, including any
action that could have given rise to such losses, claims, damages, liabilities
or judgments. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, no Holder, its
directors, its officers or any Person, if any, who controls such Holder shall be
required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by
which the total received by such Holder with respect to the sale of Transfer
Restricted Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement exceeds (i) the
amount paid by such Holder for such Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) the
amount of any damages which such Holder has 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 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person
who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Holders'
obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 8(d) are several in
proportion to the respective principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities
held by each Holder hereunder and not joint.
9. RULE 144A AND RULE 144
The Company agrees with each Holder, for so long as any Transfer Restricted
Securities remain outstanding and during any period in which the Company (i) is
not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, to make available, upon
request of any Holder, to such Holder or beneficial owner of Transfer Restricted
Securities in connection with any sale thereof and any prospective purchaser of
such Transfer Restricted Securities designated by such Holder or
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beneficial owner, the information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Act in
order to permit resales of such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to Rule
144A, and (ii) is subject to Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Exchange Act, to make
all filings required thereby in a timely manner in order to permit resales of
such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to Rule 144.
10. MISCELLANEOUS
(a) Remedies. The Company and the Guarantors acknowledge and agree that
any failure by the Company and the Guarantors to comply with their obligations
under Sections 3 and 4 hereof may result in material irreparable injury to the
Initial Purchasers or the Holders for which there is no adequate remedy at law,
that it will not be possible to measure damages for such injuries precisely and
that, in the event of any such failure, the Initial Purchasers or any Holder may
obtain such relief as may be required to specifically enforce the Company's
obligations under Sections 3 and 4 hereof. The Company and the Guarantors
further agree to waive the defense in any action for specific performance that a
remedy at law would be adequate.
(b) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company will not, and will cause the
Guarantors not to, on or after the date of this Agreement, enter into any
agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights
granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the
provisions hereof. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor has previously entered
into any agreement granting any registration rights with respect to its
securities to any Person which remains in effect as of the date hereof. The
rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are
not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the Company's or any
Guarantor's securities under any agreement in effect on the date hereof.
(c) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be
amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to or departures from
the provisions hereof may not be given unless (i) in the case of Section 5
hereof and this Section 10(c)(i), the Company has obtained the written consent
of each Holder of an outstanding Transfer Restricted Security affected hereby
and (ii) in the case of all other provisions hereof, the Company has obtained
the written consent of Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount
of Transfer Restricted Securities (excluding Transfer Restricted Securities held
by the Company or its Affiliates). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or
consent to departure from the provisions hereof that relates exclusively to the
rights of Holders whose Transfer Restricted Securities are being tendered
pursuant to the Exchange Offer, and that does not affect directly or indirectly
the rights of other Holders whose Transfer Restricted Securities are not being
tendered pursuant to such Exchange Offer, may be given by the Holders of a
majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities
subject to such Exchange Offer.
(d) Third Party Beneficiary. The Holders shall be third party
beneficiaries to the agreements made hereunder between the Company and the
Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and
shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent they may
deem such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights or the rights
of Holders hereunder.
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(e) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or
permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail
(registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex, telecopier, or air
courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:
(i) if to a Holder, at the address set forth on the records of the
Registrar under the Indenture, with a copy to the Registrar under the Indenture;
and
(ii) if to the Company:
AmeriCredit Corp.
000 Xxxxxx Xx.
Xxxxx 0000
Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Esq.
With a copy to:
Jenkens & Xxxxxxxxx
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Telecopier No.: 000-000-0000
Attention: L. Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Esq.
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 receipt
acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the next business day, if timely delivered
to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery.
Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be
concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee at the
address specified in the Indenture.
(f) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties, including
without limitation and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent
Holders; provided that nothing herein shall be deemed to permit any assignment,
transfer or other disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities in violation of
the terms hereof or of the Purchase Agreement or the Indenture. If any
transferee of any Holder shall acquire Transfer Restricted Securities in any
manner, whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Transfer Restricted
Securities shall be held subject to all of the terms of this Agreement, and by
taking and holding such Transfer Restricted Securities such Person shall be
conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the
terms and provisions of this Agreement, including the restrictions on resale set
forth in this Agreement and, if applicable, the Purchase Agreement, and such
Person shall be entitled to receive the benefits hereof.
(g) 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
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deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one
and the same agreement.
(h) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of
reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(i) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE
CONFLICT OF LAW RULES THEREOF.
(j) Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions
contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions
contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.
(k) Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the other Operative
Documents (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), is intended by the parties as
a final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and
exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in
respect of the subject matter contained herein. There are no restrictions,
promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to
herein with respect to the registration rights granted by the Company with
respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities. This Agreement supersedes all
prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such
subject matter.
[Signature Page Follows]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date
first written above.
Company:
AmeriCredit Corp.
By: ____________________________
Name:
Title:
Initial Purchasers:
Bear, Xxxxxxx & Co. Inc.
By: ______________________________
Name:
Title:
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
By: ______________________________
Name:
Title:
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
By: ______________________________
Name:
Title:
RBC Dominion Securities Corporation
By: ______________________________
Name:
Title:
Americredit Corporation of California AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc.
By: ______________________________________ By: ______________________________________
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President Title: Executive Vice President
and Treasurer and Treasurer
AmeriCredit Flight Operations, LLC AmeriCredit Management Company
By: ______________________________________ By: ______________________________________
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President Title: Executive Vice President
and Treasurer and Treasurer
AmeriCredit Consumer Discount Company ACF Investment Corp.
By: ______________________________________ By: ______________________________________
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President Title: Executive Vice President
and Treasurer and Treasurer
AmeriCredit Financial Services of Canada Ltd. AmeriCredit NS I Co.
By: ______________________________________ By: ______________________________________
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President Title: Executive Vice President
and Treasurer and Treasurer
AmeriCredit Service Center Ltd. AmeriCredit NS II Co.
By: ______________________________________ By: ______________________________________
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President Title: Executive Vice President
and Treasurer and Treasurer
