Exhibit 4.2
Friendly Ice Cream Corporation
$175,000,000 8 3/8% Senior Notes due 2012
unconditionally guaranteed as to the
payment of principal, premium,
if any, and interest by
Friendly's Restaurants Franchise, Inc.
EXCHANGE AND REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
March 8, 2004
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Banc of America Securities LLC
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Friendly Ice Cream Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation (the
"Company"), proposes to issue and sell to the Purchasers (as defined herein)
upon the terms set forth in the Purchase Agreement (as defined herein) its
$175,000,000 8 3/8% Senior Notes due 2012, which are unconditionally guaranteed
by Friendly's Restaurants Franchise, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Guarantor" and together with the Company, the "Issuers"). As an inducement to
the Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement and in satisfaction of a
condition to the obligations of the Purchasers thereunder, the Issuers, jointly
and severally, agree with the Purchasers for the benefit of holders (as defined
herein) from time to time of the Registrable Securities (as defined herein) as
follows:
1. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Exchange and
Registration Rights Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
respective meanings:
"BASE INTEREST" shall mean the interest that would otherwise accrue on
the Securities under the terms thereof and the Indenture, without giving
effect to the provisions of this Agreement.
The term "BROKER-DEALER" shall mean any broker or dealer registered
with the Commission under the Exchange Act.
"CLOSING DATE" shall mean the date on which the Securities are
initially issued.
"COMMISSION" shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission, or any other federal agency at the time administering the
Exchange Act or the Securities Act, whichever is the relevant statute for
the particular purpose.
"EFFECTIVE TIME," in the case of (i) an Exchange Registration, shall
mean the time and date as of which the Commission declares the Exchange
Registration Statement effective or as of which the Exchange Registration
Statement otherwise becomes effective and (ii) a Shelf Registration, shall
mean the time and date as of which the Commission declares the Shelf
Registration Statement effective or as of which the Shelf Registration
Statement otherwise becomes effective.
"ELECTING HOLDER" shall mean any holder of Registrable Securities that
has returned a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to the Company
in accordance with Section 3(d)(ii) or 3(d)(iii) hereof.
"EXCHANGE ACT" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or any
successor thereto, as the same shall be amended from time to time.
"EXCHANGE OFFER" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section
2(a) hereof.
"EXCHANGE REGISTRATION" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 3(c) hereof.
"EXCHANGE REGISTRATION STATEMENT" shall have the meaning assigned
thereto in Section 2(a) hereof.
"EXCHANGE SECURITIES" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 2(a) hereof.
The term "HOLDER" shall mean each of the Purchasers and other persons
who acquire Registrable Securities from time to time (including any
successors or assigns), in each case for so long as such person owns any
Registrable Securities.
"INDENTURE" shall mean the Indenture, dated as of March 8, 2004, among
the Issuers and The Bank of New York, as Trustee, as the same shall be
amended from time to time.
"NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE" means a Notice of Registration Statement
and Selling Securityholder Questionnaire substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto.
The term "PERSON" shall mean a corporation, association, partnership,
organization, business, individual, government or political subdivision
thereof or governmental agency.
"PURCHASE AGREEMENT" shall mean the Purchase Agreement, dated as of
March 3, 2004, between the Purchasers and the Issuers relating to the
Securities.
"PURCHASERS" shall mean the Purchasers named in Schedule I to the
Purchase Agreement.
"REGISTRABLE SECURITIES" shall mean the Securities; provided, however,
that a Security shall cease to be a Registrable Security when (i) in the
circumstances contemplated by Section2(a) hereof, the Security has been
exchanged for an Exchange Security in an Exchange Offer as contemplated in
Section 2(a) hereof (provided that any Exchange Security that, pursuant to
the last two sentences of Section 2(a), is included in a
prospectus for use in connection with resales by broker-dealers shall be
deemed to be a Registrable Security with respect to Sections 5, 6 and 9
until resale of such Registrable Security has been effected within the
180-day period referred to in Section 2(a)); (ii) in the circumstances
contemplated by Section 2(b) hereof, a Shelf Registration Statement
registering such Security under the Securities Act has been declared or
becomes effective and such Security has been sold or otherwise transferred
by the holder thereof pursuant to and in a manner contemplated by such
effective Shelf Registration Statement; (iii) such Security is sold
pursuant to Rule 144 under circumstances in which any legend borne by such
Security relating to restrictions on transferability thereof, under the
Securities Act or otherwise, is removed by the Company or pursuant to the
Indenture; (iv) such Security is eligible to be sold pursuant to
paragraph(k) of Rule144; or (v) such Security shall cease to be
outstanding.
"REGISTRATION DEFAULT" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section2(c) hereof.
"REGISTRATION EXPENSES" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 4 hereof.
"RESALE PERIOD" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section
2(a) hereof.
"RESTRICTED HOLDER" shall mean (i) a holder that is an affiliate of
the Company within the meaning of Rule 405, (ii) a holder who acquires
Exchange Securities outside the ordinary course of such holder's business,
(iii) a holder who has arrangements or understandings with any person to
participate in the Exchange Offer for the purpose of distributing Exchange
Securities and (iv) a holder that is a broker-dealer, but only with respect
to Exchange Securities received by such broker-dealer pursuant to an
Exchange Offer in exchange for Registrable Securities acquired by the
broker-dealer directly from the Company.
"RULE 144," "RULE 405" and "RULE 415" shall mean, in each case, such
rule promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor provision), as
the same shall be amended from time to time.
"SECURITIES" shall mean, collectively, the $175,000,000 8 3/8% Senior
Notes Due 2012 of the Company to be issued and sold to the Purchasers, and
notes of the Company issued in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof
pursuant to the Indenture and this Exchange and Registration Rights
Agreement. Each Note is entitled to the benefit of the guarantees provided
for in the Indenture (the "GUARANTEES") and, unless the context otherwise
requires, any reference herein to a "SECURITY," an "EXCHANGE SECURITY" or a
"REGISTRABLE SECURITY" shall include a reference to the related Guarantees.
"SECURITIES ACT" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, or any
successor thereto, as the same shall be amended from time to time.
"SHELF REGISTRATION" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 2(b) hereof.
"SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT" shall have the meaning assigned thereto
in Section 2(b) hereof.
"SPECIAL INTEREST" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section
2(c) hereof.
"TRUST INDENTURE ACT" shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, or
any successor thereto, and the rules, regulations and forms promulgated
thereunder, all as the same shall be amended from time to time.
Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference herein to a
"Section" or "clause" refers to a Section or clause, as the case may be, of this
Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, and the words "herein," "hereof" and
"hereunder" and other words of similar import refer to this Exchange and
Registration Rights Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or
other subdivision.
2. REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
(a) Except as set forth in Section 2(b) below, the Issuers agree
to file under the Securities Act, as soon as practicable, but no later than 90
days after the Closing Date, a registration statement relating to an offer to
exchange (such registration statement, the "EXCHANGE REGISTRATION STATEMENT",
and such offer, the "EXCHANGE OFFER") any and all of the Securities for a like
aggregate principal amount of debt securities issued by the Company and
guaranteed by the Guarantor, which debt securities (the "Exchange Notes") and
guarantee are substantially identical to the Securities and the related
Guarantee, respectively (and are entitled to the benefits of a trust indenture
which is substantially identical to the Indenture or is the Indenture and which
has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act), except that they have been
registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities
Act and do not contain provisions for the additional interest contemplated in
Section 2(c) below (such new debt securities hereinafter called "EXCHANGE
SECURITIES"). The Issuers agree to cause the Exchange Registration Statement to
become effective under the Securities Act as soon as practicable after the
filing thereof, but no later than 150 days after the Closing Date. The Exchange
Offer will be registered under the Securities Act on the appropriate form and
will comply with all applicable tender offer rules and regulations under the
Exchange Act. The Issuers further agree to use their reasonable best efforts to
commence and complete the Exchange Offer promptly after the Exchange
Registration Statement becomes effective, hold the Exchange Offer open for at
least 30 days and exchange Exchange Securities for all Registrable Securities
that have been validly tendered and not withdrawn prior to the expiration of the
Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer will be deemed to have been "completed" only
if the debt securities and related guarantee received by holders other than
Restricted Holders in the Exchange Offer for Registrable Securities are, upon
receipt, transferable by each such holder without restriction under the
Securities Act. The Exchange Offer shall be deemed to have been completed upon
the earlier to occur of (i) the Issuers having exchanged the Exchange Securities
for all outstanding Registrable Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer and
(ii) the Issuers having exchanged, pursuant to the Exchange Offer, Exchange
Securities for all Registrable Securities that have been validly tendered and
not withdrawn before the expiration of the Exchange Offer, which shall be on a
date that is at least 30 days following the commencement of the Exchange Offer.
The Issuers agree (x) to include in the Exchange Registration Statement a
prospectus for use in any resales by any holder of Exchange Securities that is a
broker-dealer and (y) to keep such Exchange Registration Statement effective for
a period (the "Resale Period") beginning when Exchange Securities are first
issued in the Exchange Offer and ending upon the earlier of the expiration of
the 180th day after the Exchange Offer has been completed or such time as such
broker-dealers no longer own any Registrable Securities. With respect to such
Exchange Registration Statement, such holders shall have the benefit of the
rights of indemnification and contribution set forth in Sections6(a), (c), (d)
and (e) hereof.
(b) If (i) on or prior to the time the Exchange Offer is
completed existing Commission interpretations are changed such that the debt
securities or the related guarantee received by holders other than Restricted
Holders in the Exchange Offer for Registrable Securities are not or would not
be, upon receipt, transferable by each such holder without restriction under the
Securities Act, (ii) the Exchange Offer has not been completed within 180 days
following the Closing Date or (iii) the Exchange Offer is not available to any
holder of the Securities, the Issuers shall, in lieu of (or, in the case of
clause (iii), in addition to) conducting the Exchange Offer contemplated by
Section 2(a), file under the Securities Act as soon as practicable, but no later
than the later of 30 days after the time such obligation to file arises (but in
no event earlier than 90 days after the Closing Date), a "shelf" registration
statement providing for the registration of, and the sale on a continuous or
delayed basis by the holders of, all of the Registrable Securities, pursuant to
Rule 415 or any similar rule that may be adopted by the Commission (such filing,
the "Shelf Registration" and such registration statement, the "Shelf
Registration Statement"). The Issuers agree to use their reasonable best efforts
(x) to cause the Shelf Registration Statement to become or be declared effective
no later than 60 days after such Shelf Registration Statement is filed and to
keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective for a period
ending on the earlier of the second anniversary of the Effective Time or such
time as there are no longer any Registrable Securities outstanding, provided,
however, that no holder shall be entitled to be named as a selling
securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement or to use the prospectus
forming a part thereof for resales of Registrable Securities unless such holder
is an Electing Holder, and (y) after the Effective Time of the Shelf
Registration Statement, promptly upon the request of any holder of Registrable
Securities that is not then an Electing Holder, to take any action reasonably
necessary to enable such holder to use the prospectus forming a part thereof for
resales of Registrable Securities, including, without limitation, any action
necessary to identify such holder as a selling securityholder in the Shelf
Registration Statement, provided, however, that nothing in this clause (y) shall
relieve any such holder of the obligation to return a completed and signed
Notice and Questionnaire to the Company in accordance with Section 3(d)(iii)
hereof. The Issuers further agree to supplement or make amendments to the Shelf
Registration Statement, as and when required by the rules, regulations or
instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Company for such
Shelf Registration Statement or by the Securities Act or rules and regulations
thereunder for shelf registration, and the Issuers agree to furnish to each
Electing Holder copies of any such supplement or amendment prior to its being
used or promptly following its filing with the Commission.
(c) In the event that (i) the Issuers have not filed the
Exchange Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement on or before the
date on which such registration statement is required to be filed pursuant to
Section 2(a) or 2(b), respectively, or (ii) such Exchange Registration Statement
or Shelf Registration Statement has not become effective or been declared
effective by the Commission on or before the date on which such registration
statement is required to become or be declared effective pursuant to Section
2(a) or 2(b), respectively, or (iii) the Exchange Offer has not been consummated
within 180 days following the Issue Date or (iv) any Exchange Registration
Statement or Shelf Registration Statement required by Section 2(a) or 2(b)
hereof is filed and declared effective but shall thereafter either be withdrawn
by the Issuers or shall become subject to an effective stop order issued
pursuant to Section 8(d) of the Securities Act suspending the effectiveness of
such registration statement (except as specifically permitted herein) without
being succeeded immediately by an additional registration statement filed and
declared effective (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (iv), a
"Registration Default" and each period during which a Registration Default has
occurred and is continuing, a "Registration Default Period"), then, as
liquidated damages for such Registration Default, subject to the provisions of
Section 9(b), special interest ("Special Interest"), in addition to the Base
Interest, shall accrue at a per annum rate of 0.25% for the first
90 days of the Registration Default Period, at a per annum rate of 0.50% for the
second 90 days of the Registration Default Period, at a per annum rate of 0.75%
for the third 90 days of the Registration Default Period and at a per annum rate
of 1.0% thereafter for the remaining portion of the Registration Default Period.
(d) The Company shall take, and shall cause the Guarantor to
take, all actions necessary or advisable to be taken by them to ensure that the
transactions contemplated herein are effected as so contemplated, including all
actions necessary or desirable to register the Guarantee under the registration
statement contemplated in Section 2(a) or 2(b) hereof, as applicable.
(e) Any reference herein to a registration statement as of any
time shall be deemed to include any document incorporated, or deemed to be
incorporated, therein by reference as of such time and any reference herein to
any post-effective amendment to a registration statement as of any time shall be
deemed to include any document incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated,
therein by reference as of such time.
3. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES.
If the Issuers file a registration statement pursuant to Section 2(a)
or Section 2(b), the following provisions shall apply:
(a) At or before the Effective Time of the Exchange Registration
or the Shelf Registration, as the case may be, the Issuers shall qualify the
Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.
(b) 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.
(c) In connection with the Issuers' obligations with respect to
the registration of Exchange Securities as contemplated by Section 2(a) (the
"Exchange Registration"), if applicable, the Issuers shall, as soon as
practicable (or as otherwise specified):
(i) prepare and file with the Commission, as soon as practicable
but no later than 90 days after the Closing Date, an Exchange Registration
Statement on any form which may be utilized by the Issuers and which shall
permit the Exchange Offer and resales of Exchange Securities by
broker-dealers during the Resale Period to be effected as contemplated by
Section 2(a), and use their reasonable best efforts to cause such Exchange
Registration Statement to become effective as soon as practicable
thereafter, but no later than 150 days after the Closing Date;
(ii) as soon as practicable prepare and file with the Commission
such amendments and supplements to such Exchange Registration Statement and
the prospectus included therein as may be necessary to effect and maintain
the effectiveness of such Exchange Registration Statement for the periods
and purposes contemplated in Section2(a) hereof and as may be required by
the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and the instructions
applicable to the form of such Exchange Registration Statement, and
promptly provide each broker-dealer holding Exchange Securities with such
number of copies of the prospectus included therein (as then amended or
supplemented), in conformity in all material respects with the requirements
of the Securities Act
and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder, as such broker-dealer reasonably may request prior to the
expiration of the Resale Period, for use in connection with resales of
Exchange Securities;
(iii) promptly notify each broker-dealer that has requested or
received copies of the prospectus included in such registration statement,
and confirm such advice in writing, (A) when such Exchange Registration
Statement or the prospectus included therein or any prospectus amendment or
supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to
such Exchange Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when
the same has become effective, (B) of any comments by the Commission and by
the blue sky or securities commissioner or regulator of any state with
respect thereto or any request by the Commission for amendments or
supplements to such Exchange Registration Statement or prospectus or for
additional information, (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop
order suspending the effectiveness of such Exchange Registration Statement
or the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for that purpose, (D)
if at any time the representations and warranties of the Issuers
contemplated by Section 5 cease to be true and correct in all material
respects, (E) of the receipt by the Issuers of any notification with
respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Exchange Securities
for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any
proceeding for such purpose, or (F) at any time during the Resale Period
when a prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act,
that such Exchange Registration Statement, prospectus, prospectus amendment
or supplement or post-effective amendment does not conform in all material
respects to the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust
Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder or
contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then
existing;
(iv) in the event that the Issuers would be required, pursuant to
Section 3(c)(iii)(F) above, to notify any broker-dealers holding Exchange
Securities, without delay prepare and furnish to each such holder a
reasonable number of copies of a prospectus supplemented or amended so
that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of such Exchange Securities
during the Resale Period, such prospectus shall conform in all material
respects to the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust
Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder
and shall not 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 in light of the circumstances then
existing;
(v) use their reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal
of any order suspending the effectiveness of such Exchange Registration
Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto at the earliest
practicable date;
(vi) use their reasonable best efforts to (A) register or qualify
the Exchange Securities under the securities laws or blue sky laws of such
jurisdictions as are requested by a broker-dealer holding Exchange
Securities, (B) keep such registrations or qualifications in effect and
comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of offers, sales and
dealings therein in such jurisdictions until the expiration of the Resale
Period and (C) take any and all other actions as may be reasonably
necessary or advisable to enable each broker-dealer holding Exchange
Securities to consummate the disposition thereof in such jurisdictions;
provided, however, that neither Issuer shall be required
for any such purpose to (1) qualify as a foreign corporation in any
jurisdiction wherein it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for
the requirements of this Section 3(c)(vi), (2) consent to general service
of process in any such jurisdiction or (3) make any changes to its
certificate of incorporation or by-laws or any agreement between it and its
stockholders;
(vii) use their reasonable best efforts to obtain the consent or
approval of each governmental agency or authority, whether federal, state
or local, which may be required to effect the Exchange Registration, the
Exchange Offer and the offering and sale of Exchange Securities by
broker-dealers during the Resale Period;
(viii) provide a CUSIP number for all Exchange Securities, not
later than the applicable Effective Time;
(ix) comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the
Commission, and make generally available to its securityholders as soon as
practicable but no later than eighteen months after the effective date of
such Exchange Registration Statement, an earning statement of the Company
and its subsidiaries complying with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act
(including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158 thereunder).
(d) In connection with the Issuers' obligations with respect to
a Shelf Registration, if applicable, the Issuers shall, as soon as practicable
(or as otherwise specified):
(i) prepare and file with the Commission, as soon as practicable
but in any case within the time periods specified in Section 2(b), a Shelf
Registration Statement on any form which may be utilized by the Company and
which shall register all of the Registrable Securities for resale by the
holders thereof in accordance with such method or methods of disposition as
may be specified by such of the holders as, from time to time, may be
Electing Holders and use their reasonable best efforts to cause such Shelf
Registration Statement to become effective as soon as practicable but in
any case within the time periods specified in Section 2(b);
(ii) not less than 30 calendar days prior to the Effective Time
of the Shelf Registration Statement, mail the Notice and Questionnaire to
the holders of Registrable Securities; no holder shall be entitled to be
named as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement as of
the Effective Time, and no holder shall be entitled to use the prospectus
forming a part thereof for resales of Registrable Securities at any time,
unless such holder has returned a completed and signed Notice and
Questionnaire to the Company by the deadline for response set forth
therein; provided, however, holders of Registrable Securities shall have at
least 28 calendar days from the date on which the Notice and Questionnaire
is first mailed to such holders to return a completed and signed Notice and
Questionnaire to the Company;
(iii) after the Effective Time of the Shelf Registration
Statement, upon the request of any holder of Registrable Securities that is
not then an Electing Holder, promptly send a Notice and Questionnaire to
such holder; provided that the Issuers shall not be required to take any
action to name such holder as a selling securityholder in the Shelf
Registration Statement or to enable such holder to use the prospectus
forming a part thereof for resales of Registrable Securities until such
holder has returned a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to the
Company;
(iv) as soon as practicable prepare and file with the Commission
such amendments and supplements to such Shelf Registration Statement and
the prospectus included therein as may be necessary to effect and maintain
the effectiveness of such Shelf Registration Statement for the period
specified in Section 2(b) hereof and as may be required by the applicable
rules and regulations of the Commission and the instructions applicable to
the form of such Shelf Registration Statement, and furnish to the Electing
Holders copies of any such supplement or amendment simultaneously with or
promptly following its being used or filed with the Commission;
(v) comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with
respect to the disposition of all of the Registrable Securities covered by
such Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the intended methods
of disposition by the Electing Holders provided for in such Shelf
Registration Statement;
(vi) provide (A)the Electing Holders holding at least 20% of the
Registrable Securities, (B) the underwriters (which term, for purposes of
this Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, shall include a person
deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of Section 2(a)(11) of the
Securities Act), if any, thereof, (C) any sales or placement agent
therefor, (D) counsel for any such underwriter or agent and (E) not more
than one counsel for all the Electing Holders the opportunity to
participate in the preparation of such Shelf Registration Statement, each
prospectus included therein or filed with the Commission and each amendment
or supplement thereto;
(vii) for a reasonable period prior to the filing of such Shelf
Registration Statement, and throughout the period specified in Section
2(b), make available at reasonable times at the Company's principal place
of business or such other reasonable place for inspection by the persons
referred to in Section 3(d)(vi) who shall certify to the Company that they
have a current intention to sell the Registrable Securities pursuant to the
Shelf Registration such financial and other information and books and
records of the Company, and cause the officers, employees, counsel and
independent certified public accountants of the Company to respond to such
inquiries, as shall be reasonably necessary, in the judgment of the
respective counsel referred to in such Section, to conduct a reasonable
investigation within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act;
provided, however, that each such party shall be required to maintain in
confidence and not to disclose to any other person any information or
records reasonably designated by the Company as being confidential, until
such time as (A) such information becomes a matter of public record
(whether by virtue of its inclusion in such registration statement or
otherwise), or (B) such person shall be required so to disclose such
information pursuant to a subpoena or order of any court or other
governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the matter (subject to
the requirements of such order, and only after such person shall have given
the Company prompt prior written notice of such requirement), or (C) such
information is required to be set forth in such Shelf Registration
Statement or the prospectus included therein or in an amendment to such
Shelf Registration Statement or an amendment or supplement to such
prospectus in order that such Shelf Registration Statement, prospectus,
amendment or supplement, as the case may be, complies with applicable
requirements of the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations
of the Commission and does not contain an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the
circumstances then existing;
(viii) promptly notify each of the Electing Holders, any sales or
placement agent therefor and any underwriter thereof (which notification
may be made through any managing underwriter that is a representative of
such underwriter for such purpose) and confirm such advice in writing, (A)
when such Shelf Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein
or any prospectus amendment or supplement or post-effective amendment has
been filed, and, with respect to such Shelf Registration Statement or any
post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, (B) of any
comments by the Commission and by the blue sky or securities commissioner
or regulator of any state with respect thereto or any request by the
Commission for amendments or supplements to such Shelf Registration
Statement or prospectus or for additional information, (C) of the issuance
by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such
Shelf Registration Statement or the initiation or threatening of any
proceedings for that purpose, (D) if at any time the representations and
warranties of the Issuers contemplated by Section 3(d)(xvii) or Section 5
cease to be true and correct in all material respects, (E) of the receipt
by the Issuers of any notification with respect to the suspension of the
qualification of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or
the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose, or (F) if
at any time when a prospectus is required to be delivered under the
Securities Act, that such Shelf Registration Statement, prospectus,
prospectus amendment or supplement or post-effective amendment does not
conform in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the
Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of
the Commission thereunder or contains an untrue statement of a material
fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the
circumstances then existing;
(ix) use their reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal
of any order suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement or
any post-effective amendment thereto at the earliest practicable date;
(x) if requested by any managing underwriter or underwriters,
any placement or sales agent or any Electing Holder, promptly incorporate
in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information as
is required by the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and
as such managing underwriter or underwriters, such agent or such Electing
Holder specifies should be included therein relating to the terms of the
sale of such Registrable Securities, including information with respect to
the principal amount of Registrable Securities being sold by such Electing
Holder or agent or to any underwriters, the name and description of such
Electing Holder, agent or underwriter, the offering price of such
Registrable Securities and any discount, commission or other compensation
payable in respect thereof, the purchase price being paid therefor by such
underwriters and with respect to any other terms of the offering of the
Registrable Securities to be sold by such Electing Holder or agent or to
such underwriters; and make all required filings of such prospectus
supplement or post-effective amendment promptly after notification of the
matters to be incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post-effective
amendment;
(xi) furnish to each Electing Holder, each placement or sales
agent, if any, therefor, each underwriter, if any, thereof and the
respective counsel referred to in Section 3(d)(vi) an executed copy (or, in
the case of an Electing Holder, a conformed copy) of such Shelf
Registration Statement, each such amendment and supplement thereto (in each
case including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference
therein (in the case of an Electing Holder of Registrable Securities, upon
request) and such
number of copies of such Shelf Registration Statement (excluding exhibits
thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein unless specifically
so requested by such Electing Holder, agent or underwriter, as the case may
be) and of the prospectus included in such Shelf Registration Statement
(including each preliminary prospectus and any summary prospectus), in
conformity in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the
Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of
the Commission thereunder, and such other documents, as such Electing
Holder, agent, if any, and underwriter, if any, may reasonably request in
order to facilitate the offering and disposition of the Registrable
Securities owned by such Electing Holder, offered or sold by such agent or
underwritten by such underwriter and to permit such Electing Holder, agent
and underwriter to satisfy the prospectus delivery requirements of the
Securities Act; and the Issuers hereby consent to the use of such
prospectus (including such preliminary and summary prospectus) and any
amendment or supplement thereto by each such Electing Holder and by any
such agent and underwriter, in each case in the form most recently provided
to such person by the Company, in connection with the offering and sale of
the Registrable Securities covered by the prospectus (including such
preliminary and summary prospectus) or any supplement or amendment thereto;
(xii) use their reasonable best efforts to (A) register or qualify
the Registrable Securities to be included in such Shelf Registration
Statement under such securities laws or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions
as any Electing Holder and each placement or sales agent, if any, therefor
and underwriter, if any, thereof shall reasonably request, (B) keep such
registrations or qualifications in effect and comply with such laws so as
to permit the continuance of offers, sales and dealings therein in such
jurisdictions during the period the Shelf Registration is required to
remain effective under Section 2(b) above and for so long as may be
necessary to enable any such Electing Holder, agent or underwriter to
complete its distribution of Securities pursuant to such Shelf Registration
Statement and (C) take any and all other actions as may be reasonably
necessary or advisable to enable each such Electing Holder, agent, if any,
and underwriter, if any, to consummate the disposition in such
jurisdictions of such Registrable Securities; provided, however, that
neither Issuer shall be required for any such purpose to (1) qualify as a
foreign corporation in any jurisdiction wherein it would not otherwise be
required to qualify but for the requirements of this Section 3(d)(xii), (2)
consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction or (3) make
any changes to its certificate of incorporation or by-laws or any agreement
between it and its stockholders;
(xiii) use their reasonable best efforts to obtain the consent or
approval of each governmental agency or authority, whether federal, state
or local, which may be required to effect the Shelf Registration or the
offering or sale in connection therewith or to enable the selling holder or
holders to offer, or to consummate the disposition of, their Registrable
Securities;
(xiv) Unless any Registrable Securities shall be in book-entry
only form, cooperate with the Electing Holders and the managing
underwriters, if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of
certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold, which
certificates, if so required by any securities exchange upon which any
Registrable Securities are listed, shall be penned, lithographed or
engraved, or produced by any combination of such methods, on steel engraved
borders, and which certificates shall not bear any restrictive legends;
and, in the case of an underwritten offering, enable such Registrable
Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such
names as the managing underwriters may request at least two business days
prior to any sale of the Registrable Securities;
(xv) provide a CUSIP number for all Registrable Securities, not
later than the applicable Effective Time;
(xvi) enter into one or more underwriting agreements, engagement
letters, agency agreements, "best efforts" underwriting agreements or
similar agreements, as appropriate, including customary provisions relating
to indemnification and contribution, and take such other actions in
connection therewith as any Electing Holders aggregating at least 20% in
aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities at the time
outstanding shall request in order to expedite or facilitate the
disposition of such Registrable Securities;
(xvii) whether or not an agreement of the type referred to in
Section 3(d)(xvi) hereof is entered into and whether or not any portion of
the offering contemplated by the Shelf Registration is an underwritten
offering or is made through a placement or sales agent or any other entity,
(A) make such representations and warranties to the Electing Holders and
the placement or sales agent, if any, therefor and the underwriters, if
any, thereof in form, substance and scope as are customarily made in
connection with an offering of debt securities pursuant to any appropriate
agreement or to a registration statement filed on the form applicable to
the Shelf Registration; (B) obtain an opinion of counsel to the Issuers in
customary form and covering such matters, of the type customarily covered
by such an opinion, as the managing underwriters, if any, or as any
Electing Holders of at least 20% in aggregate principal amount of the
Registrable Securities at the time outstanding may reasonably request,
addressed to such Electing Holder or Electing Holders and the placement or
sales agent, if any, therefor and the underwriters, if any, thereof and
dated the effective date of such Shelf Registration Statement (and if such
Shelf Registration Statement contemplates an underwritten offering of a
part or all of the Registrable Securities, dated the date of the closing
under the underwriting agreement relating thereto) (it being agreed that
the matters to be covered by such opinion shall include the due
incorporation and good standing of the Company and its subsidiaries; the
qualification of the Company and its subsidiaries to transact business as
foreign corporations; the due authorization, execution and delivery of the
relevant agreement of the type referred to in Section 3(d)(xvi) hereof; the
due authorization, execution and issuance, and the validity and
enforceability, of the Securities; the absence of material legal or
governmental proceedings involving the Company; the absence of a breach by
the Company or any of its subsidiaries of, or a default under, material
agreements binding upon the Company or any subsidiary of the Company; the
absence of governmental approvals required to be obtained in connection
with the Shelf Registration, the offering and sale of the Registrable
Securities, this Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement or any
agreement of the type referred to in Section 3(d)(xvi) hereof, except such
approvals as may be required under state securities or blue sky laws; the
material 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 and the
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, respectively; and, as
of the date of the opinion and 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 the documents incorporated by
reference therein (in each case other than the financial statements and
other financial information
contained therein) of an untrue statement of a material fact or the
omission to state therein a material fact necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading (in the case of such documents, in the light of the
circumstances existing at the time that such documents were filed with the
Commission under the Exchange Act)); (C) use reasonable best efforts to
obtain a "cold comfort" letter or letters from the independent certified
public accountants of the Company addressed to the selling Electing
Holders, the placement or sales agent, if any, therefor or the
underwriters, if any, thereof, dated (i) the effective date of such Shelf
Registration Statement and (ii) the effective date of any prospectus
supplement to the prospectus included in such Shelf Registration Statement
or post-effective amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement which
includes unaudited or audited financial statements as of a date or for a
period subsequent to that of the latest such statements included in such
prospectus (and, if such Shelf Registration Statement contemplates an
underwritten offering pursuant to any prospectus supplement to the
prospectus included in such Shelf Registration Statement or post-effective
amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement which includes unaudited or
audited financial statements as of a date or for a period subsequent to
that of the latest such statements included in such prospectus, dated the
date of the closing under the underwriting agreement relating thereto),
such letter or letters to be in customary form and covering such matters of
the type customarily covered by letters of such type; (D) deliver such
documents and certificates, including officers' certificates, as may be
reasonably requested by any Electing Holders of at least 20% in aggregate
principal amount of the Registrable Securities at the time outstanding or
the placement or sales agent, if any, therefor and the managing
underwriters, if any, thereof to evidence the accuracy of the
representations and warranties made pursuant to clause (A) above or those
contained in Section 5(a) hereof and the compliance with or satisfaction of
any agreements or conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or
other agreement entered into by either Issuer; and (E) undertake such
obligations relating to expense reimbursement, indemnification and
contribution as are provided in Section 6 hereof;
(xviii) notify in writing each holder of Registrable Securities of
any proposal by the Issuers to amend or waive any provision of this
Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to Section 9(h) hereof
and of any amendment or waiver effected pursuant thereto, each of which
notices shall contain the text of the amendment or waiver proposed or
effected, as the case may be;
(xix) in the event that any broker-dealer registered under the
Exchange Act shall underwrite any Registrable 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 "Conduct
Rules") of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD") or
any successor thereto, as amended from time to time) thereof, whether as a
holder of such Registrable Securities or as an underwriter, a placement or
sales agent or a broker or dealer in respect thereof, or otherwise, assist
such broker-dealer in complying with the requirements of such Conduct
Rules, including by (A) if such Conduct Rules shall so require, engaging a
"qualified independent underwriter" (as defined in such Conduct Rules) to
participate in the preparation of the Shelf Registration Statement relating
to such Registrable Securities, to exercise usual standards of due
diligence in respect thereto and, if any portion of the offering
contemplated by such Shelf Registration Statement is an underwritten
offering or is made through a placement or sales agent, to recommend the
yield of such Registrable Securities, (B) indemnifying any such qualified
independent underwriter to the extent of the indemnification of
underwriters provided in Section 6 hereof (or to such other customary
extent as may be requested
by such underwriter), and (C) providing such information to such
broker-dealer as may be required in order for such broker-dealer to comply
with the requirements of the Conduct Rules; and
(xx) comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the
Commission, and make generally available to its securityholders as soon as
practicable but in any event not later than eighteen months after the
effective date of such Shelf Registration Statement, an earning statement
of the Company and its subsidiaries complying with Section 11(a) of the
Securities Act (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158
thereunder).
(e) In the event that the Issuers would be required, pursuant to
Section 3(d)(viii)(F) above, to notify the Electing Holders, the placement or
sales agent, if any, therefor and the managing underwriters, if any, thereof,
the Issuers shall without delay prepare and furnish to each of the Electing
Holders, to each placement or sales agent, if any, and to each such underwriter,
if any, a reasonable number of copies of a prospectus supplemented or amended so
that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of Registrable Securities, such
prospectus shall conform in all material respects to the applicable requirements
of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations
of the Commission thereunder and shall not 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 in light of the
circumstances then existing. Each Electing Holder agrees that upon receipt of
any notice from the Issuers pursuant to Section 3(d)(viii)(F) hereof, such
Electing Holder shall forthwith discontinue the disposition of Registrable
Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement applicable to such
Registrable Securities until such Electing Holder shall have received copies of
such amended or supplemented prospectus, and if so directed by the Issuers, such
Electing Holder shall deliver to the Company (at the Company's expense) all
copies, other than permanent file copies, then in such Electing Holder's
possession of the prospectus covering such Registrable Securities at the time of
receipt of such notice.
(f) In the event of a Shelf Registration, in addition to the
information required to be provided by each Electing Holder in its Notice and
Questionnaire, the Company may require such Electing Holder to furnish to the
Company such additional information regarding such Electing Holder and such
Electing Holder's intended method of distribution of Registrable Securities as
may be required in order to comply with the Securities Act. Each such Electing
Holder agrees to notify the Company as promptly as practicable of any inaccuracy
or change in information previously furnished by such Electing Holder to the
Company or of the occurrence of any event in either case as a result of which
any prospectus relating to such Shelf Registration contains or would contain an
untrue statement of a material fact regarding such Electing Holder or such
Electing Holder's intended method of disposition of such Registrable Securities
or omits to state any material fact regarding such Electing Holder or such
Electing Holder's intended method of disposition of such Registrable Securities
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading in light of the circumstances then existing, and promptly to furnish
to the Company any additional information required to correct and update any
previously furnished information or required so that such prospectus shall not
contain, with respect to such Electing Holder or the disposition of such
Registrable Securities, 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 in light of the circumstances then existing.
(g) Until the expiration of two years after the Closing Date,
the Company will not, and will not permit any of its "affiliates" (as defined in
Rule144) over which it exercises con-
trol to, resell any of the Securities that have been reacquired by any of them
except pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act.
4. REGISTRATION EXPENSES.
The Issuers, jointly and severally, agree to bear and to pay or cause
to be paid promptly all expenses incident to the Issuers' performance of or
compliance with this Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, including (a)
all Commission and any NASD registration, filing and review fees and expenses
including fees and disbursements of counsel for the placement or sales agent or
underwriters in connection with such NASD registration, filing and review, (b)
all fees and expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities for
offering and sale under the State securities and blue sky laws referred to in
Section 3(d)(xii) hereof, including any fees and disbursements of counsel for
the Electing Holders or underwriters in connection with such qualification, (c)
all expenses relating to the preparation, printing, production, distribution and
reproduction of each registration statement required to be filed hereunder, each
prospectus included therein or prepared for distribution pursuant hereto, each
amendment or supplement to the foregoing, the expenses of preparing the
Securities for delivery and the expenses of printing or producing any
underwriting agreements, agreements among underwriters, selling agreements and
blue sky memoranda and all other documents in connection with the offering, sale
or delivery of Securities to be disposed of (including certificates representing
the Securities), (d) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses relating to the
offering, sale or delivery of Securities and the preparation of documents
referred in clause (c) above, (e) fees and expenses of the Trustee under the
Indenture, any agent of the Trustee and any counsel for the Trustee, (f)
internal expenses (including all salaries and expenses of the Company's officers
and employees performing legal or accounting duties), (g) fees, disbursements
and expenses of counsel and independent certified public accountants of the
Company (including the expenses of any opinions or "cold comfort" letters
required by or incident to such performance and compliance), (h) fees,
disbursements and expenses of any "qualified independent underwriter" engaged
pursuant to Section 3(d)(xix) hereof, (i) fees, disbursements and expenses of
one counsel for the Electing Holders retained in connection with a Shelf
Registration, as selected by the Electing Holders of at least a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities held by Electing
Holders (which counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company), (j) any
fees charged by securities rating services for rating the Securities, and (k)
fees, expenses and disbursements of any other persons, including special
experts, retained by either Issuer in connection with such registration
(collectively, the "Registration Expenses"). To the extent that any Registration
Expenses are incurred, assumed or paid by any holder of Registrable Securities
or any placement or sales agent therefor or underwriter thereof, the Company
shall reimburse such person for the full amount of the Registration Expenses so
incurred, assumed or paid promptly after receipt of a request therefor.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the holders of the Registrable Securities being
registered shall pay all agency fees and commissions and underwriting discounts
and commissions attributable to the sale of such Registrable Securities and the
fees and disbursements of any counsel or other advisors or experts retained by
such holders (severally or jointly), other than the counsel and experts
specifically referred to above.
5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
The Issuers, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to, and
agree with, each Purchaser and each of the holders from time to time of
Registrable Securities that:
(a) Each registration statement covering Registrable Securities
and each prospectus (including any preliminary or summary prospectus) contained
therein or furnished
pursuant to Section 3(d) or Section 3(c) hereof and any further amendments or
supplements to any such registration statement or prospectus, when it becomes
effective or is filed with the Commission, as the case may be, and, in the case
of an underwritten offering of Registrable Securities, at the time of the
closing under the underwriting agreement relating thereto, will conform in all
material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust
Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and
will not 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 at all times subsequent to the Effective Time when a
prospectus would be required to be delivered under the Securities Act, other
than from (i) such time as a notice has been given to holders of Registrable
Securities pursuant to Section 3(d)(viii)(F) or Section3(c)(iii)(F) hereof until
(ii) such time as the Issuers furnish an amended or supplemented prospectus
pursuant to Section 3(e) or Section 3(c)(iv) hereof, each such registration
statement, and each prospectus (including any summary prospectus) contained
therein or furnished pursuant to Section 3(d) or Section 3(c) hereof, as then
amended or supplemented, will conform in all material respects to the
requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not 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 in the
light of the circumstances then existing; provided, however, that this
representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made
in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the
Issuers by a holder of Registrable Securities expressly for use therein.
(b) Any documents incorporated by reference in any prospectus
referred to in Section 5(a) hereof, when they become or became effective or are
or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform or conformed
in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of such documents will contain or
contained an untrue statement of a material fact or will omit or omitted to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that this representation
and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance
upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Issuers by a
holder of Registrable Securities expressly for use therein.
(c) The compliance by the Issuers with all of the provisions of
this Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions herein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach of
any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to
which the Issuers or any subsidiary of the Issuers are a party or by which the
Company or any subsidiary of the Company is bound or to which any of the
property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company is subject,
nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the
certificate of incorporation, as amended, or the by-laws of the Company or the
Guarantor or any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or
governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any
subsidiary of the Company or any of their properties; and no consent, approval,
authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such court or
governmental agency or body is required for the consummation by the Company and
the Guarantor of the transactions contemplated by this Exchange and Registration
Rights Agreement, except the registration under the Securities Act of the
Securities, qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act and
such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may
be required under State securities or blue sky laws in connection with the
offering and distribution of the Securities.
(d) This Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement has been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Issuers.
6. INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) INDEMNIFICATION BY THE ISSUERS. The Issuers, jointly and
severally, will indemnify and hold harmless each of the holders of Registrable
Securities included in an Exchange Registration Statement pursuant to the last
two sentences of Section 2(a), each of the Electing Holders of Registrable
Securities included in a Shelf Registration Statement and each person who
participates as a placement or sales agent or as an underwriter in any offering
or sale of such Registrable Securities against any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, joint or several, to which such holder, agent or underwriter may
become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or
are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact contained in any Exchange Registration Statement or Shelf Registration
Statement, as the case may be, under which such Registrable Securities were
registered under the Securities Act, or any preliminary, final or summary
prospectus contained therein or furnished by the Company to any such holder,
Electing Holder, agent or underwriter, or any amendment or supplement thereto,
or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse such holder, such Electing
Holder, such agent and such underwriter for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any
such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that
neither Issuer shall be liable to any such person in any such case to the extent
that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission
made in such registration statement, or preliminary, final or summary
prospectus, or amendment or supplement thereto, in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such person
expressly for use therein.
(b) INDEMNIFICATION BY THE HOLDERS AND ANY AGENTS AND
UNDERWRITERS. The Issuers may require, as a condition to including any
Registrable Securities in any registration statement filed pursuant to Section
2(b) hereof and to entering into any underwriting agreement with respect
thereto, that the Company shall have received an undertaking reasonably
satisfactory to it from the Electing Holder of such Registrable Securities and
from each underwriter named in any such underwriting agreement, severally and
not jointly, to (i) indemnify and hold harmless the Issuers and all other
holders of Registrable Securities, against any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities to which the Issuers or such other holders of Registrable Securities
may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out
of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in such registration statement, or any preliminary,
final or summary prospectus contained therein or furnished by the Company to any
such Electing Holder, agent or underwriter, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to
state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to
the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission
or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by such Electing Holder or underwriter
expressly for use therein, and (ii) reimburse the Issuers for any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by the Issuers in connection with investigating or
defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided,
however, that no such Electing Holder shall be required to un-
dertake liability to any person under this Section 6(b) for any amounts in
excess of the dollar amount of the proceeds to be received by such Electing
Holder from the sale of such Electing Holder's Registrable Securities pursuant
to such registration.
(c) NOTICES OF CLAIMS, ETC. Promptly after receipt by an
indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of written notice of the
commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect
thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party pursuant to the
indemnification provisions of or contemplated by this Section 6, notify such
indemnifying party in writing of the commencement of such action; but the
omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any
liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under the
indemnification provisions of or contemplated by Section 6(a) or 6(b) hereof. In
case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall
notify an indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, such indemnifying
party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall
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, such indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party
for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case
subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense
thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party
shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party, effect the
settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with
respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which
indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the
indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim)
unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i)includes an unconditional
release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action
or claim 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) CONTRIBUTION. If for any reason the indemnification
provisions contemplated by Section 6(a) or Section 6(b) are unavailable to or
insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to
therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or
payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate
to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified
party in connection with the statements or omissions which 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 such
indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be determined by reference to,
among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to
information supplied by such indemnifying party or by such indemnified party,
and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The parties hereto
agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this
Section 6(d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the holders or any
agents or underwriters or all of them 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 this Section 6(d). The amount paid or
payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above shall be deemed to
include any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such
indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action
or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6(d), no holder shall
be required to con-
tribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the dollar amount of the
proceeds received by such holder from the sale of any Registrable Securities
(after deducting any fees, discounts and commissions applicable thereto) exceeds
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, and no underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in
excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Registrable
Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the
public exceeds the amount of any damages which such underwriter 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 Securities Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The holders' and any underwriters' obligations in this
Section 6(d) to contribute shall be several in proportion to the principal
amount of Registrable Securities registered or underwritten, as the case may be,
by them and not joint.
(e) The obligations of the each Issuer under this Section 6
shall be in addition to any liability which each Issuer may otherwise have and
shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer, director and
partner of each holder, agent and underwriter and each person, if any, who
controls any holder, agent or underwriter within the meaning of the Securities
Act; and the obligations of the holders and any agents or underwriters
contemplated by this Section 6 shall be in addition to any liability which the
respective holder, agent or underwriter may otherwise have and shall extend,
upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company
or the Guarantor (including any person who, with his consent, is named in any
registration statement as about to become a director of the Company or the
Guarantor) and to each person, if any, who controls the Company within the
meaning of the Securities Act.
7. UNDERWRITTEN OFFERINGS.
(a) SELECTION OF UNDERWRITERS. If any of the Registrable
Securities covered by the Shelf Registration are to be sold pursuant to an
underwritten offering, the managing underwriter or underwriters thereof shall be
designated by Electing Holders holding at least a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Registrable Securities to be included in such offering,
provided that such designated managing underwriter or underwriters is or are
reasonably acceptable to the Company.
(b) PARTICIPATION BY HOLDERS. Each holder of Registrable
Securities hereby agrees with each other such holder that no such holder may
participate in any underwritten offering hereunder unless such holder (i) agrees
to sell such holder's Registrable Securities on the basis 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.
8. RULE 144.
The Company covenants to the holders of Registrable Securities that to
the extent it shall be required to do so under the Exchange Act, the Company
shall timely file the reports required to be filed by it under the Exchange Act
or the Securities Act (including the reports under Section 13 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act referred to in subparagraph (c)(1) of Rule 144 adopted by the
Commission under the Securities Act) and the rules and regulations
adopted by the Commission thereunder, and shall take such further action as any
holder of Registrable Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent
required from time to time to enable such holder to sell Registrable Securities
without registration under the Securities Act within the limitations of the
exemption provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be
amended from time to time, or any similar or successor rule or regulation
hereafter adopted by the Commission. Upon the request of any holder of
Registrable Securities in connection with that holder's sale pursuant to
Rule144, the Company shall deliver to such holder a written statement as to
whether it has complied with such requirements.
9. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) NO INCONSISTENT AGREEMENTS. The Issuers represent, warrant,
covenant and agree that they have not granted, and shall not grant, registration
rights with respect to Registrable Securities or any other securities which
would be inconsistent with the terms contained in this Exchange and Registration
Rights Agreement.
(b) SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE. The parties hereto acknowledge that
there would be no adequate remedy at law if either Issuer fails to perform any
of its obligations hereunder and that the Purchasers and the holders from time
to time of the Registrable Securities may be irreparably harmed by any such
failure, and accordingly agree that the Purchasers and such holders, in addition
to any other remedy to which they may be entitled at law or in equity, shall be
entitled to compel specific performance of the obligations of the Issuers under
this Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement in accordance with the terms and
conditions of this Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, in any court of
the United States or any State thereof having jurisdiction.
(c) NOTICES. All notices, requests, claims, demands, waivers and
other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have
been duly given when delivered by hand, if delivered personally or by courier,
or three days after being deposited in the mail (registered or certified mail,
postage prepaid, return receipt requested) as follows: If to either Issuer, to
the Company at ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, and if to a
holder, to the address of such holder set forth in the security register or
other records of the Company, or to such other address as the Company or any
such holder may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith,
except that notices of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.
(d) PARTIES IN INTEREST. All the terms and provisions of this
Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement shall be binding upon, shall inure to
the benefit of and shall be enforceable by the parties hereto and the holders
from time to time of the Registrable Securities and the respective successors
and assigns of the parties hereto and such holders. In the event that any
transferee of any holder of Registrable Securities shall acquire Registrable
Securities, in any manner, whether by gift, bequest, purchase, operation of law
or otherwise, such transferee shall, without any further writing or action of
any kind, be deemed a beneficiary hereof for all purposes and such Registrable
Securities shall be held subject to all of the terms of this Exchange and
Registration Rights Agreement, and by taking and holding such Registrable
Securities such transferee shall be entitled to receive the benefits of, and be
conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by all of the applicable terms
and provisions of this Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement. If the
Company shall so request, any such successor, assign or transferee shall agree
in writing to acquire and hold the Registrable Securities subject to all of the
applicable terms hereof.
(e) SURVIVAL. The respective indemnities, agreements,
representations, warranties and each other provision set forth in this Exchange
and Registration Rights Agreement or made pursuant hereto shall remain in full
force and effect regardless of any investigation (or statement as to the results
thereof) made by or on behalf of any holder of Registrable Securities, any
director, officer or partner of such holder, any agent or underwriter or any
director, officer or partner thereof, or any controlling person of any of the
foregoing, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Registrable
Securities pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and the transfer and registration
of Registrable Securities by such holder and the consummation of an Exchange
Offer.
(f) GOVERNING LAW. This Exchange and Registration Rights
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York.
(g) HEADINGS. The descriptive headings of the several Sections
and paragraphs of this Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement are inserted
for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Exchange and Registration
Rights Agreement and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation
of this Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement.
(h) ENTIRE AGREEMENT; AMENDMENTS. This Exchange and Registration
Rights Agreement and the other writings referred to herein (including the
Indenture and the form of Securities) or delivered pursuant hereto which form a
part hereof contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to its
subject matter. This Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement supersedes all
prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to its
subject matter. This Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement may be amended
and the observance of any term of this Exchange and Registration Rights
Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either
retroactively or prospectively) only by a written instrument duly executed by
the Issuers and the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Registrable Securities at the time outstanding. Each holder of any
Registrable Securities at the time or thereafter outstanding shall be bound by
any amendment or waiver effected pursuant to this Section 9(h), whether or not
any notice, writing or marking indicating such amendment or waiver appears on
such Registrable Securities or is delivered to such holder.
(i) COUNTERPARTS. This agreement may be executed by the parties
in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
respective counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign
and return to us 7 counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by you,
on behalf of each of the Purchasers, this letter and such acceptance hereof
shall constitute a binding agreement among the Purchasers and the Issuers. It is
understood that your acceptance of this letter on behalf of each of the
Purchasers is pursuant to the authority set forth in a form of Agreement among
Purchasers, the form of which shall be submitted to the Company for examination
upon request, but without warranty on your part as to the authority of the
signers thereof.
Very truly yours,
FRIENDLY ICE CREAM CORPORATION
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Executive Vice President
of Administration, Chief
Financial Officer and
Treasurer
Guarantor:
FRIENDLY'S RESTAURANTS FRANCHISE, INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Treasurer
Accepted as of the date hereof:
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ & CO.
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ SECURITIES CORP.
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ & Co.
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(▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, SACHS & CO.)
On behalf of each of the Purchasers
Exhibit A
FRIENDLY ICE CREAM CORPORATION
INSTRUCTION TO DTC PARTICIPANTS
[ ], 2004
URGENT - IMMEDIATE ATTENTION REQUESTED
DEADLINE FOR RESPONSE: [ , 2004](a)
The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") has identified you as a DTC Participant
through which beneficial interests in the Friendly Ice Cream Corporation (the
"Company") $175,000,000 8 3/8% Senior Notes Due 2012 (the "Securities") are
held.
The Company is in the process of registering the Securities under the Securities
Act of 1933 for resale by the beneficial owners thereof. In order to have their
Securities included in the registration statement, beneficial owners must
complete and return the enclosed Notice of Registration Statement and Selling
Securityholder Questionnaire.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THE SECURITIES RECEIVE A COPY OF THE
ENCLOSED MATERIALS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE as their rights to have the Securities
included in the registration statement depend upon their returning the Notice
and Questionnaire by [ ], 2004. Please forward a copy of the enclosed
documents to each beneficial owner that holds interests in the Securities
through you. If you require more copies of the enclosed materials or have any
questions pertaining to this matter, please contact Friendly Ice Cream
Corporation, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇.
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(a) Not less than 28 calendar days from date of mailing.
FRIENDLY ICE CREAM CORPORATION
Notice of Registration Statement
and
SELLING SECURITYHOLDER QUESTIONNAIRE
[ ], 2004
Reference is hereby made to the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement (the
"Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement") between Friendly Ice Cream
Corporation (the "Company"), Friendly's Restaurants Franchise, Inc. (the
"Guarantor") and the Purchasers named therein. Pursuant to the Exchange and
Registration Rights Agreement, the Company has filed with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") a registration statement
on Form[__] (the "Shelf Registration Statement") for the registration and resale
under Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
of the Company's $175,000,000 8 3/8% Senior Notes Due 2012 (the "Securities"). A
copy of the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement is attached hereto. All
capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed
thereto in the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement.
Each beneficial owner of Registrable Securities (as defined below) is entitled
to have the Registrable Securities beneficially owned by it included in the
Shelf Registration Statement. In order to have Registrable Securities included
in the Shelf Registration Statement, this Notice of Registration Statement and
Selling Securityholder Questionnaire ("Notice and Questionnaire") must be
completed, executed and delivered to the Company's counsel at the address set
forth herein for receipt ON OR BEFORE [ ]. Beneficial owners of Registrable
Securities who do not complete, execute and return this Notice and Questionnaire
by such date (i) will not be named as selling securityholders in the Shelf
Registration Statement and (ii) may not use the Prospectus forming a part
thereof for resales of Registrable Securities.
Certain legal consequences arise from being named as a selling securityholder in
the Shelf Registration Statement and related Prospectus. Accordingly, holders
and beneficial owners of Registrable Securities are advised to consult their own
securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or not being
named as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement and
related Prospectus.
The term "REGISTRABLE SECURITIES" is defined in the Exchange and Registration
Rights Agreement.
ELECTION
The undersigned holder (the "Selling Securityholder") of Registrable Securities
hereby elects to include in the Shelf Registration Statement the Registrable
Securities beneficially owned by it and listed below in Item (3). The
undersigned, by signing and returning this Notice and Questionnaire, agrees to
be bound with respect to such Registrable Securities by the terms and conditions
of this Notice and Questionnaire and the Exchange and Registration Rights
Agreement, including, without limitation, Section 6 of the Exchange and
Registration Rights Agreement, as if the undersigned Selling Securityholder were
an original party thereto.
Upon any sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration
Statement, the Selling Securityholder will be required to deliver to the Company
and Trustee the Notice of Transfer set forth in Appendix A to the Prospectus and
as Exhibit B to the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement.
The Selling Securityholder hereby provides the following information to the
Company and represents and warrants that such information is accurate and
complete:
QUESTIONNAIRE
(1)(a) Full Legal Name of Selling Securityholder:
(b) Full Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as in (a)
above) of Registrable Securities Listed in Item (3) below:
(c) Full Legal Name of DTC Participant (if applicable and if not the
same as (b) above) Through Which Registrable Securities Listed in
Item (3) below are Held:
(2) Address for Notices to Selling Securityholder:
__________________________
__________________________
__________________________
Telephone: __________________________
Fax: __________________________
Contact Person: __________________________
(3) Beneficial Ownership of Securities:
Except as set forth below in this Item (3), the undersigned does not
beneficially own any Securities.
(a) Principal amount of Registrable Securities beneficially owned:____
CUSIP No(s). of such Registrable Securities:
__________________________________________________________________
(b) Principal amount of Securities other than Registrable Securities
beneficially owned: ______________________________________________
CUSIP No(s). of such other Securities:
__________________________________________________________________
(c) Principal amount of Registrable Securities which the undersigned
wishes to be included in the Shelf Registration Statement: _______
CUSIP No(s). of such Registrable Securities to be included in the
Shelf Registration Statement:
(4) Beneficial Ownership of Other Securities of the Company:
Except as set forth below in this Item (4), the undersigned Selling
Securityholder is not the beneficial or registered owner of any other
securities of the Company, other than the Securities listed above in
Item (3).
State any exceptions here:
(5) Relationships with the Company:
Except as set forth below, neither the Selling Securityholder nor any
of its affiliates, officers, directors or principal equity holders (5%
or more) has held any position or office or has had any other material
relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates)
during the past three years.
State any exceptions here:
(6) Plan of Distribution:
Except as set forth below, the undersigned Selling Securityholder
intends to distribute the Registrable Securities listed above in Item
(3) only as follows (if at all): Such Registrable Securities may be
sold from time to time directly by the undersigned Selling
Securityholder or, alternatively, through underwriters, broker-dealers
or agents. Such Registrable Securities may be sold in one or more
transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time
of sale, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at
negotiated prices. Such sales may be effected in transactions (which
may involve crosses or block transactions) (i) on any national
securities exchange or quotation service on which the Registered
Securities may be listed or quoted at the time of sale, (ii) in the
over-the-counter market, (iii) in transactions otherwise than on such
exchanges or services or in the over-the-counter market, or (iv)
through the writing of options. In connection with sales of the
Registrable Securities or otherwise, the Selling Securityholder may
enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers, which may in turn
engage in short sales of the Registrable Securities in the course of
hedging the positions they assume. The Selling Securityholder may also
sell Registrable Securities short and deliver Registrable Securities
to close out such short positions, or loan or pledge Registrable
Securities to broker-dealers that in turn may sell such securities.
State any exceptions here:
By signing below, the Selling Securityholder acknowledges that it understands
its obligation to comply, and agrees that it will comply, with the provisions of
the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, particularly
Regulation M.
In the event that the Selling Securityholder transfers all or any portion of the
Registrable Securities listed in Item (3) above after the date on which such
information is provided to the Company, the Selling Securityholder agrees to
notify the transferee(s) at the time of the transfer of its rights and
obligations under this Notice and Questionnaire and the Exchange and
Registration Rights Agreement.
By signing below, the Selling Securityholder consents to the disclosure of the
information contained herein in its answers to Items (1) through (6) above and
the inclusion of such information in the Shelf Registration Statement and
related Prospectus. The Selling Securityholder understands that such information
will be relied upon by the Company in connection with the preparation of the
Shelf Registration Statement and related Prospectus.
In accordance with the Selling Securityholder's obligation under Section 3(d) of
the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement to provide such information as
may be required by law for inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement, the
Selling Securityholder agrees to promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies
or changes in the information provided herein which may occur subsequent to the
date hereof at any time while the Shelf Registration Statement remains in
effect. All notices hereunder and pursuant to the Exchange and Registration
Rights Agree-
ment shall be made in writing, by hand-delivery, first-class mail,
or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery as follows:
(i) To the Company:
Friendly Ice Cream Corporation
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▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: [ ]
(ii) With a copy to:
_______________________________
_______________________________
_______________________________
_______________________________
_______________________________
Once this Notice and Questionnaire is executed by the Selling Securityholder and
received by the Company's counsel, the terms of this Notice and Questionnaire,
and the representations and warranties contained herein, shall be binding on,
shall inure to the benefit of and shall be enforceable by the respective
successors, heirs, personal representatives, and assigns of the Company and the
Selling Securityholder (with respect to the Registrable Securities beneficially
owned by such Selling Securityholder and listed in Item (3) above. This
Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of New
York.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this
Notice and Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its
duly authorized agent.
Dated:
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Selling Securityholder
(Print/type full legal name of beneficial owner of Registrable
Securities)
By:
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Name:
Title:
PLEASE RETURN THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE FOR RECEIPT ON
OR BEFORE [ ] TO THE COMPANY'S COUNSEL AT:
Mayer, Brown, ▇▇▇▇ & Maw LLP
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Attention: [ ]
Exhibit B
NOTICE OF TRANSFER PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT
The Bank of New York
Friendly Ice Cream Corporation
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▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ 8 West
New York, New York 10286
Attention: Trust Officer
Re: Friendly Ice Cream Corporation (the "Company")
$175,000,000 8 3/8% Senior Notes Due 2012
Dear Sirs:
Please be advised that ______________ has transferred $____________ aggregate
principal amount of the above-referenced Notes pursuant to an effective
Registration Statement on Form [____] (File No. 333-) filed by the Company.
We hereby certify that the prospectus delivery requirements, if any, of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, have been satisfied and that the above-named
beneficial owner of the Notes is named as a "Selling Holder" in the Prospectus
dated [date] or in supplements thereto, and that the aggregate principal amount
of the Notes transferred are the Notes listed in such Prospectus opposite such
owner's name.
Dated:
Very truly yours,
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(Name)
By:
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(Authorized Signature)
