Exhibit 10.aa
$200,000,000
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS INC.
4 3/4% CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED
NOTES DUE NOVEMBER 15, 2007
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
November 12, 2002
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
As Representatives of the Several Purchasers
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Dear Sirs:
Skyworks Solutions Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "COMPANY"),
proposes to issue and sell to Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation (the
"INITIAL PURCHASER"), upon the terms set forth in a purchase agreement dated
November 6, 2002 (the "PURCHASE AGREEMENT"), $200,000,000 aggregate principal
amount (plus up to an additional $30,000,000 principal amount) of its 4 3/4%
Convertible Subordinated Notes due November 15, 2007 (the "INITIAL SECURITIES").
The Initial Securities will be convertible into shares of common stock, par
value $0.25 per share, of the Company (the "COMMON STOCK") at the conversion
price set forth in the Offering Circular dated November 6, 2002. The Initial
Securities will be issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of November 12,
2002, (the "INDENTURE"), among the Company and State Street Bank and Trust
Company, as trustee (the "TRUSTEE"). As an inducement to the Initial Purchaser
to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Company agrees with the Initial
Purchaser, for the benefit of (i) the Initial Purchaser and (ii) the holders of
the Initial Securities and the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the
Initial Securities (collectively, the "SECURITIES") from time to time until such
time as such Securities have been sold pursuant to a Shelf Registration
Statement (as defined below) (each of the forgoing a "HOLDER" and collectively
the "HOLDERS"), as follows:
1. Shelf Registration. (a) The Company shall, at its cost, prepare and,
as promptly as practicable (but in no event more than 90 days after the First
Closing Date (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "COMMISSION") and thereafter use its commercially
reasonable efforts to cause to be declared effective as soon as practicable a
registration statement on Form S-3 within 180 days of the First Closing Date,
(the "SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT") relating to the offer and sale of the
Transfer Restricted Securities (as defined in Section 5 hereof) by the Holders
thereof from time to time in accordance with the methods of distribution set
forth in the Shelf Registration Statement and Rule 415 under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "SECURITIES ACT") (hereinafter, the "SHELF
REGISTRATION"); provided, however, that no Holder (other than the Initial
Purchaser) shall be entitled to have the Securities held by it covered by such
Shelf Registration Statement unless such Holder agrees in writing to be bound by
all the provisions of this Agreement applicable to such Holder.
(b) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf
Registration Statement continuously effective in order to permit the prospectus
included therein (the "PROSPECTUS") to be lawfully delivered by the Holders of
the relevant Securities, for a period of two years (or for such longer period if
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extended pursuant to Section 2(h) below) from the date of its effectiveness or
such shorter period that will terminate when all the Securities covered by the
Shelf Registration Statement (i) have been sold pursuant thereto or (ii) are no
longer restricted securities (as defined in Rule 144(k) under the Securities
Act, or any successor rule thereof), assuming for this purpose that the Holders
thereof are not affiliates of the Company (in any such case, such period being
called the "SHELF REGISTRATION PERIOD"). The Company shall be deemed not to have
used its reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement
effective during the requisite period if it voluntarily takes any action that
would result in Holders of Securities covered thereby not being able to offer
and sell such Securities during that period, unless such action is (i) required
by applicable law or (ii) taken by the Company in good faith upon the occurrence
of any event contemplated by Section 2(b)(v) below, and the Company thereafter
complies with the requirements of Section 2(h).
(c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the
contrary, the Company shall cause the Shelf Registration Statement and the
Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the effective date of
the Shelf Registration Statement, amendment or supplement, (i) to comply in all
material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the
rules and regulations of the Commission and (ii) not to contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
2. Registration Procedures. In connection with the Shelf Registration
contemplated by Section 1 hereof, the following provisions shall apply:
(a) The Company shall (i) furnish to each Initial Purchaser, prior to
the filing thereof with the Commission, a copy of the Shelf Registration
Statement and each amendment thereof and each supplement, if any, to the
prospectus included therein and, in the event that each Initial Purchaser (with
respect to any portion of an unsold allotment from the original offering) is
participating in the Shelf Registration Statement, shall use reasonable best
efforts to reflect in each such document, when so filed with the Commission,
such comments as such Initial Purchaser reasonably may propose; and (ii) include
the names of the Holders who propose to sell Securities pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement as selling securityholders.
(b) The Company shall give written notice to the Initial Purchasers and
the Holders of the Securities (which notice pursuant to clauses (ii)-(v) hereof
shall be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the Prospectus
until the requisite changes have been made):
(i) when the Shelf Registration Statement or any amendment
thereto has been filed with the Commission and when the Shelf
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has
become effective;
(ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or
supplements to the Shelf Registration Statement or the prospectus
included therein or for additional information;
(iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement or the
initiation of any proceedings for that purpose;
(iv) of the receipt by the Company or its legal counsel of any
notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the
Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or
threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and
(v) of the happening of any event that requires the Company to
make changes in the Shelf Registration Statement or the Prospectus in
order that the Shelf Registration Statement or the Prospectus does not
contain an untrue statement of a material fact nor omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein (in the case of the
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Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made)
not misleading, which written notice need not provide any detail as to
the nature of such event.
(c) The Company shall make every reasonable effort to obtain the
withdrawal at the earliest possible time, of any order suspending the
effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement.
(d) The Company shall furnish to each Holder of Securities included
within the coverage of the Shelf Registration, without charge, at least one copy
of the Shelf Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto,
including financial statements and schedules, and, if the Holder so requests in
writing, all exhibits thereto (including those, if any, incorporated by
reference).
(e) The Company shall, during the Shelf Registration Period, deliver to
each Holder of Securities included within the coverage of the Shelf
Registration, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including each
preliminary prospectus) included in the Shelf Registration Statement and any
amendment or supplement thereto as such person may reasonably request. The
Company consents, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, to the use of the
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders
of the Securities in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities
covered by the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in
the Shelf Registration Statement.
(f) Prior to any public offering of the Securities pursuant to the
Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall register or qualify or cooperate
with the Holders of the Securities included therein and their respective counsel
in connection with the registration or qualification of the Securities for offer
and sale under the securities or "blue sky" laws of such states of the United
States as any Holder of the Securities reasonably requests in writing and do any
and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the offer and sale
in such jurisdictions of the Securities covered by such Registration Statement;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify
generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified
or (ii) take any action which would subject it to general service of process or
to taxation in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.
(g) The Company shall cooperate with the Holders of the Securities to
facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing the
Securities to be sold pursuant to any Registration Statement free of any
restrictive legends and in such denominations and registered in such names as
the Holders may request a reasonable period of time prior to sales of the
Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.
(h) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by paragraphs (ii)
through (v) of Section 2(b) above during the period for which the Company is
required to maintain an effective Shelf Registration Statement, the Company
shall as required hereby prepare and file a post-effective amendment to the
Shelf Registration Statement or an amendment or supplement to the Prospectus and
any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to Holders or
purchasers of the Securities, the Prospectus will not contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however,
that the Company may delay filing and distributing any such supplement or
amendment (and continue the suspension of the use of the Prospectus) if the
Company determines in good faith that such supplement or amendment would, in the
reasonable judgment of the Company, (i) interfere with or affect the negotiation
or completion of a transaction that is being contemplated by the Company or (ii)
involve initial or continuing disclosure obligations that are not in the best
interests of the Company's stockholders at such time; provided, further, that
neither such delay nor such suspension shall extend for a period of more than 45
consecutive days or an aggregate of 90 days in any twelve-month period. If the
Company notifies the Initial Purchasers and the Holders in accordance with
paragraphs (ii) through (v) of Section 2(b) above to suspend the use of the
Prospectus until the requisite changes to the Prospectus have been made, then
the Initial Purchasers and the Holders shall suspend use of such prospectus, and
the period of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement provided for in
Section 1(b) above shall be extended by the number of days from and including
the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when
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THE Initial Purchaser and the Holders shall have received such amended or
supplemented prospectus pursuant to this Section 2(h).
(i) Not later than the effective date of the Shelf Registration
Statement, the Company will provide CUSIP numbers for the Initial Securities and
the Common Stock registered under the Shelf Registration Statement, and provide
the Trustee with printed certificates for the Initial Securities, in a form
eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company.
(j) The Company will comply with all rules and regulations of the
Commission to the extent and so long as they are applicable to the Shelf
Registration and will make generally available to its security holders (or
otherwise provide in accordance with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act) an
earnings statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities
Act, no later than 45 days after the end of a 12-month period (or 90 days, if
such period is a fiscal year) beginning with the first month of the Company's
first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the Shelf
Registration Statement, which statement shall cover such 12-month period.
(k) The Company shall cause the Indenture to be qualified under the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, (the "TRUST INDENTURE ACT") in a timely
manner and containing such changes, if any, as shall be necessary for such
qualification. In the event that such qualification would require the
appointment of a new trustee under the Indenture, the Company shall appoint a
new trustee thereunder pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Indenture.
(l) Each Holder agrees, by acquisition of the Securities, that no
Holder shall be entitled to sell any such Securities pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement or to receive a prospectus relating thereto, unless such
Holder has furnished the Company with a Notice and Questionnaire as required
pursuant to Section 2(m) hereof and the information set forth in the next
sentence. Each Holder agrees promptly to furnish the Company all information
required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously furnished
to the Company by such Holder not misleading and any other information regarding
such Holder and the distribution of such Securities as the Company may from time
to time reasonably request.
(m) Each Holder agrees that if such Holder wishes to sell such Holder's
Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement and related prospectus,
it will do so in accordance with this Section 2(m). Each Holder wishing to sell
Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement and related prospectus
agrees to deliver a properly, completely and signed Notice and Questionnaire
(included in the Offering Circular (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) as
Annex A and the form of attached hereto) to the Company at least fifteen (15)
business days prior to any intended distribution of Securities under the Shelf
Registration Statement. From and after the date the Shelf Registration Statement
is declared effective, the Company shall, as promptly as is practicable after
the date a Notice and Questionnaire is delivered, and in any event within
fifteen (15) business days after such date, (i) if required by law, file with
the Commission a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or
prepare and, if required by applicable law, file a supplement to the related
prospectus or a supplement or amendment to any document incorporated therein by
reference or file any other required document so that the Holder delivering such
Notice and Questionnaire is named a selling securityholder in the Registration
Statement and the related prospectus in such a manner as to permit such Holder
to deliver such prospectus to purchasers of the Securities in accordance with
applicable law and, if the Company shall file a post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement, use all reasonable efforts to cause such post-effective
amendment to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as
practical, but in any event by the date that is thirty (30) business days after
the date such post-effective amendment is required by this clause to be filed;
(ii) provide such Holder copies of any documents filed pursuant to this Section;
and (iii) notify such Holder as promptly as practicable after the effectiveness
under the Securities Act of any post-effective amendment filed pursuant to this
Section; provided, that if such Notice and Questionnaire is delivered during a
period in which the use of such prospectus is suspended pursuant to Section 2(c)
hereof, the Company shall so inform the Holder delivering such Notice and
Questionnaire and shall take the actions set forth in clauses (i), (ii) and
(iii) above upon expiration of such suspension period. Notwithstanding anything
contained herein to the contrary, the Company shall be under no obligation to
name any Holder that has not supplied the
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requisite information required by this Section as a selling securityholder in
the Registration Statement and related prospectus and any amendment or
supplement thereto; provided, however, that any Holder that has subsequently
supplied the requisite information required by this Section pursuant to the
provisions of this Section (whether or not such Holder has supplied the
requisite information required by this Section at the time the Registration
Statement was declared effective) shall be named as a selling securityholder in
the Registration Statement or related prospectus in accordance with the
requirements of this Section. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the
contrary, the Company shall not be required to file more than one post-effective
amendment or supplement for the purpose of naming selling security holders in
any seven-day period.
(n) The Company shall enter into such customary agreements (including,
if requested, an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take all such
other actions, if any, as any Holder shall reasonably request in order to
facilitate the disposition of the Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to facilitate an
underwritten offering pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement by any Holders
unless the offering relates to at least $25,000,000 principal amount of the
Initial Securities or an equivalent amount of Common Stock.
(o) The Company shall (i) make reasonably available for inspection by
the Holders, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to the
Shelf Registration Statement and any attorney, accountant or other agent
retained by the Holders or any such underwriter, all relevant financial and
other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company and
(ii) cause the Company's officers, directors, employees, accountants and
auditors to supply all relevant information reasonably requested by the Holders
or any such underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with the
Shelf Registration Statement, in each case, as shall be reasonably necessary to
enable such persons, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of
Section 11 of the Securities Act; provided, however, that the foregoing
inspection and information gathering shall be coordinated on behalf of the
Initial Purchasers by you and on behalf of the other parties, by one counsel
designated by and on behalf of such other parties as described in Section 3
hereof.
(p) In the event of an underwritten offering, the Company shall use
reasonable best efforts to cause (i) its counsel to deliver an opinion and
updates thereof relating to the Securities in customary form addressed to such
Holders and the managing underwriters, if any, thereof, and dated, in the case
of the initial opinion, the effective date of such Shelf Registration Statement
(it being agreed that the matters to be covered by such opinion shall include,
subject to customary assumptions and other qualifications, 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 2(m) hereof; the due authorization, execution,
authentication and issuance, and the validity and enforceability, of the
Securities; the absence of material legal or governmental proceedings involving
the Company and its subsidiaries; the absence of governmental approvals required
to be obtained in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, the offering
and sale of the Securities, or any agreement of the type referred to in Section
2(m) hereof; the compliance as to form of the Shelf Registration Statement and
any documents incorporated by reference therein and of the Indenture with the
requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act, respectively;
and, as of the date of the opinion and as of the effective date of the Shelf
Registration Statement or most recent post-effective amendment thereto, as the
case may be, the absence from the Shelf Registration Statement and the
prospectus included therein, as then amended or supplemented, and from any
documents incorporated by reference therein of an untrue statement of a material
fact or the omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (in the case
of any such documents, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time
that such documents were filed with the Commission under the Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "EXCHANGE ACT")); (ii) its officers to execute and deliver
all customary documents and certificates and updates thereof requested by any
underwriters of the Securities and (iii) its independent public accountants and
the independent public accountants with respect to any other entity for which
financial information is provided in the Shelf Registration Statement to provide
to the selling Holders of the applicable Securities and any underwriter therefor
a comfort letter in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily
covered in comfort
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letters in connection with primary underwritten offerings, subject to receipt of
appropriate documentation as contemplated, and only if permitted, by Statement
of Auditing Standards No. 72.
(q) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to take all other
steps necessary to effect the registration of the Securities covered by a
Registration Statement contemplated hereby.
3. Registration Expenses. (a) The Company shall bear all fees and
expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations
hereunder, whether or not a Shelf Registration Statement is filed or becomes
effective and shall bear or reimburse the Holders of the Securities covered
thereby for reasonable fees and disbursements of not more than one counsel,
designated by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities
covered by the Shelf Registration Statement (provided that Holders of Common
Stock issued upon the conversion of the Initial Securities shall be deemed to be
Holders of the aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities from which such
Common Stock was converted) to act as counsel for the Holders in connection
therewith.
(b) In connection with any underwritten Shelf Registration Statement,
the participating Holders shall be responsible for the payment of any and all
underwriters and brokers and dealers discounts and selling commissions and such
discounts and commissions shall be borne by the participating Holders in
proportion to the number of Securities sold by such Holders.
4. Indemnification. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless each Holder and each person, if any, who controls such Holder within
the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (each Holder, and such
controlling persons are referred to collectively as the "INDEMNIFIED PARTIES")
from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several,
or any actions in respect thereof (including, but not limited to, any losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or actions relating to purchases and sales of the
Securities) to which each Indemnified Party may become subject under the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or are based upon any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Shelf
Registration Statement or prospectus including any document incorporated by
reference therein, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any
preliminary prospectus relating to the Shelf Registration, or arise out of, or
are based upon, the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading, and shall reimburse, as incurred, the Indemnified Parties for
any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with
investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action in
respect thereof; provided, however, that (i) the Company shall not be liable in
any such case to the extent that such loss, claim, damage or liability arises
out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission made in the Shelf Registration Statement or
prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary
prospectus relating to the Shelf Registration in reliance upon and in conformity
with written information pertaining to such Holder and furnished to the Company
by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion therein and (ii) with
respect to any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or
omission made in any preliminary prospectus relating to the Shelf Registration
Statement, the indemnity agreement contained in this subsection (a) shall not
inure to the benefit of any Holder from whom the person asserting any such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities purchased the Securities concerned, to
the extent that a prospectus relating to such Securities was required to be
delivered by such Holder under the Securities Act in connection with such
purchase and any such loss, claim, damage or liability of such Holder results
from the fact that there was not sent or given to such person, at or prior to
the written confirmation of the sale of such Securities to such person, a copy
of the final prospectus if the Company had previously furnished copies thereof
to such Holder; provided further, however, that this indemnity agreement will be
in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have to such
Indemnified Party. The Company shall also indemnify underwriters, their officers
and directors and each person who controls such underwriters within the meaning
of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act to the same extent as provided above
with respect to the indemnification of the Holders of the Securities if
requested by such Holders.
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(b) Each Holder, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold
harmless the Company, its officers and directors and each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange
Act from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities or any actions
in respect thereof, to which the Company or any such controlling person may
become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar
as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or are
based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in the Shelf Registration Statement or prospectus or in any amendment
or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus relating to the Shelf
Registration, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission
to state therein a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, but in each case only to the extent that the untrue statement or
omission or alleged untrue statement or omission was made in reliance upon and
in conformity with written information pertaining to such Holder and furnished
to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion
therein; and, subject to the limitation set forth immediately preceding this
clause, shall reimburse, as incurred, the Company for any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any such controlling person in
connection with investigating or defending any loss, claim, damage, liability or
action in respect thereof. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any
liability which such Holder may otherwise have to the Company or any of its
controlling persons.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 4
of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including a
governmental investigation), such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect
thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 4,
notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the failure to
notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it
may have under subsection (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been
materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses)
by such failure; and provided further that the failure to notify the
indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to
an indemnified party otherwise than under subsection (a) or (b) above. In case
any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies the
indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be
entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly
with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense
thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party (who
shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the
indemnifying party), and after notice from the indemnifying party to such
indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof the
indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this
Section 4 for any legal or other expenses, other than reasonable costs of
investigation, subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection
with the defense thereof. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written
consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or
threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have
been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified
party unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such
indemnified party from all liability on any claims that are the subject matter
of such action, and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of
fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
No indemnified party shall effect any settlement of any pending or threatened
action without the prior written consent of the indemnifying party, which such
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 4 is
unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under
subsections (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to
the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to in
subsection (a) or (b) above in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative benefits received by the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand
and the indemnified party on the other from the sale of the Securities, pursuant
to the Shelf Registration, or (ii) if the allocation provided by the foregoing
clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i)
above but also the relative fault of the indemnifying party or parties on the
one hand and the indemnified party on the other in connection with the
statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. The relative fault of the parties shall be determined
by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged
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untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state
a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company on the one hand
or such Holder or such other indemnified party, as the case may be, on the
other, and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid by
an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities
referred to in the first sentence of this subsection (d) shall be deemed to
include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified
party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim which is
the subject of this subsection (d). Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Section 4(d), the Holders shall not be required to contribute any amount in
excess of the amount by which the net proceeds received by such Holders from the
sale of the Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement exceeds the
amount of damages which such Holders have otherwise been required to pay by
reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning
of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from
any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes
of this paragraph (d), each person, if any, who controls such indemnified party
within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same
rights to contribution as such indemnified party and each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange
Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company.
(e) The agreements contained in this Section 4 shall survive the sale
of the Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement and shall remain
in full force and effect, regardless of any termination or cancellation of this
Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
5. Additional Interest Under Certain Circumstances. (a) Additional
interest (the "ADDITIONAL INTEREST") with respect to the Initial Securities
shall be assessed as follows if any of the following events occur (each such
event in clauses (i) through (iv) below being herein called a "REGISTRATION
DEFAULT"):
(i) the Shelf Registration Statement has not been filed with the
Commission by the 90th day after the first date of original issuance of
the Initial Securities;
(ii) the Shelf Registration Statement has not been declared
effective by the Commission by the 180th day after the first date of
original issue of the Initial Securities; or
(iii) the Company fails with respect to a Holder that supplies the
Notice and Questionnaire described in Paragraph 2(m) to amend or
supplement the Registration Statement in the manner set forth in 2(m);
provided that such assessment shall be paid only to such Holder and
directly to such Holder; or
(iv) the Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective, and
such Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be effective or fails to be
usable in connection with resales of Initial Securities and the
Transfer Restricted Securities issuable upon the conversion of the
Initial Securities in accordance with and during the periods specified
in this Agreement and (A) the Company does not cure the Shelf
Registration Statement within fifteen business days by a post-effective
amendment or a report filed pursuant to the Exchange Act or (B) if
applicable, the Company does not terminate the suspension period
described above by the 45th or 90th day, as the case may be.
Each of the foregoing will constitute a Registration Default whatever the reason
for any such event and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is beyond the
control of the Company or pursuant to operation of law or as a result of any
action or inaction by the Commission.
Additional Interest shall accrue on the Initial Securities over and
above the interest set forth in the title of the Initial Securities from and
including the date on which any such Registration Default shall occur to but
excluding the date on which all such Registration Defaults have been cured, at a
rate of 0.50% per annum (the "ADDITIONAL INTEREST RATE") (or an equivalent
amount of any Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Initial Securities). In
the case of a registration default described in clause (iii) the
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Company's obligation to pay additional interest extends only to the affected
Initial Securities. The Company shall have no other liabilities for monetary
damages with respect to its registration obligations. With respect to each
Holder, the Company's obligations to pay additional interest remain in effect
only so long as the Initial Securities and the Common Stock issuable upon the
conversion of the Initial Securities held by the Holder are Transfer Restricted
Securities within the meaning of this Agreement.
(b) A Registration Default referred to in Section 5(a)(iii) hereof
shall be deemed not to have occurred and be continuing in relation to the Shelf
Registration Statement or the related prospectus if (i) such Registration
Default has occurred solely as a result of (x) the filing of a post-effective
amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement to incorporate annual audited
financial information with respect to the Company where such post-effective
amendment is not yet effective and needs to be declared effective to permit
Holders to use the related prospectus or (y) other material events, with respect
to the Company that would need to be described in such Shelf Registration
Statement or the related prospectus and (ii) in the case of clause (y), the
Company is proceeding promptly and in good faith to amend or supplement the
Shelf Registration Statement and related prospectus to describe such events as
required by paragraph 2(h) hereof; provided, however, that in any case if such
Registration Default occurs for a continuous period in excess of 30 days,
Additional Interest shall be payable in accordance with the above paragraph from
the day such Registration Default occurs until such Registration Default is
cured.
(c) Any amounts of Additional Interest due pursuant to Section 5(a)
will be payable in cash on the regular interest payment dates with respect to
the Initial Securities. The amount of Additional Interest will be determined by
multiplying the applicable Additional Interest Rate by the principal amount of
the Initial Securities, further multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which
is the number of days such Additional Interest Rate was applicable during such
period (determined on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day
months), and the denominator of which is 360.
(d) "TRANSFER RESTRICTED SECURITIES" means each Security until (i) the
date on which such Security has been effectively registered under the Securities
Act and disposed of in accordance with the Shelf Registration Statement or (ii)
the date on which such Security is distributed to the public pursuant to Rule
144 under the Securities Act or is saleable pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the
Securities Act.
6. Rules 144 and 144A. The Company shall use its reasonable best
efforts to file the reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act
and the Exchange Act in a timely manner and, if at any time the Company is not
required to file such reports, it will, upon the request of any Holder, make
publicly available other information so long as necessary to permit sales of
their securities pursuant to Rules 144 and 144A. The Company covenants that it
will take such further action as any Holder may reasonably request, all to the
extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Transfer
Restricted Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the
limitation of the exemptions provided by Rules 144 and 144A (including the
requirements of Rule 144A(d)(4)). The Company will provide a copy of this
Agreement to prospective purchasers of Securities identified to the Company by
the Initial Purchaser upon request. Upon the request of any Holder, the Company
shall deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied
with such requirements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 6
shall be deemed to require the Company to register any of its securities
pursuant to the Exchange Act.
7. Underwritten Registrations. If any of the Transfer Restricted
Securities covered by the Shelf Registration are to be sold in an underwritten
offering, the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers
that will administer the offering ("MANAGING UNDERWRITERS") will be selected by
the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of such Transfer
Restricted Securities to be included in such offering (provided that holders of
Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Initial Securities shall not be
deemed holders of Common Stock, but shall be deemed to be holders of the
aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities from which such Common Stock
was converted) and such selection shall be subject to the Company's consent,
which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
No person may participate in any underwritten registration hereunder
unless such person (i) agrees to sell such person's Transfer Restricted
Securities on the basis reasonably provided in any underwriting
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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. Miscellaneous.
(a) Remedies. The Company acknowledges and agrees that any failure by
the Company to comply with its obligations hereunder may result in material
irreparable injury to the Initial Purchasers or the Holders for which there is
no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to measure damages for
such injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such failure, the Initial
Purchasers or any Holder may obtain such relief as may be required to
specifically enforce the Company's obligations hereunder.
(b) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company will not on or after the
date of this Agreement enter into any agreement with respect to its securities
that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or
otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. The rights granted to the
Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with
the rights granted to the holders of the Company's securities under any
agreement in effect on the date hereof.
(c) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be
amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from
the provisions hereof may not be given, except by the Company and the written
consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities
affected by such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consents
(provided that holders of Common Stock issued upon conversion of Initial
Securities shall not be deemed holders of Common Stock, but shall be deemed to
be holders of the aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities from which
such Common Stock was converted). Without the consent of the Holder of each
Initial Security, however, no modification may change the provisions relating to
the payment of Additional Interest.
(d) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or
permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand delivery, first-class mail,
facsimile transmission, or air courier which guarantees overnight delivery:
(1) if to a Holder of the Securities, at the most current address
given by such Holder to the Company.
(2) if to the Initial Purchasers;
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All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly
given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; three business
days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt
is acknowledged by recipient's facsimile machine operator, if sent by facsimile
transmission; and on the day delivered, if sent by overnight air courier
guaranteeing next day delivery.
(e) Third Party Beneficiaries. The Holders shall be third party
beneficiaries to the agreements made hereunder between the Company, on the one
hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and shall have the right to
enforce such agreements directly to the extent they may deem such enforcement
necessary or advisable to protect their rights or the rights of Holders
hereunder.
(f) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the
Company and its successors and assigns.
(g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which
when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
(h) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of
reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(i) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO
PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.
By the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company submits to
the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any federal or state court in the State of New
York.
(j) Severability. If any one or more of the provisions contained
herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal
or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such
provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained
herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.
(k) Securities Held by the Company. Whenever the consent or approval of
Holders of a specified percentage of principal amount of Securities is required
hereunder, Securities held by the Company or its affiliates (other than
subsequent Holders of Securities if such subsequent Holders are deemed to be
affiliates solely by reason of their holdings of such Securities) shall not be
counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders
of such required percentage.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our
agreement, please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon
this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement
among the several Initial Purchasers and the Company in accordance with its
terms.
Very truly yours,
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
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The foregoing Registration
Rights Agreement is hereby confirmed
and accepted as of the date first
above written.
By: CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
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Title: Director
Acting on behalf of itself and as the
Representative of the several Purchasers
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ANNEX A
FORM OF SELLING SECURITYHOLDER NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE
The undersigned beneficial holder of 4 3/4% Convertible Subordinated
Notes due 2007 (the "Notes") of Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (the "Company") or
Common Stock, par value $0.25 per share (the "Common Stock" and together with
the Notes, the "Registrable Securities"), of the Company understands that the
Company has filed or intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission
a registration statement (the "Shelf Registration Statement") for the
registration and resale under Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the terms of the
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November 12, 2002 (the "Registration
Rights Agreement"), among the Company and the Initial Purchasers named therein.
A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement is available from the Company upon
request at the address set forth below. All capitalized terms not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Registration
Rights Agreement.
Each beneficial owner of Registrable Securities is entitled to the
benefits of the Registration Rights Agreement. In order to sell or otherwise
dispose of any Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration
Statement, a beneficial owner of Registrable Securities generally will be
required to be named as a selling securityholder in the related prospectus,
deliver a prospectus to each purchaser of Registrable Securities and be bound by
those provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement applicable to such
beneficial owner (including certain indemnification provisions, as described
below). Beneficial owners are encouraged to complete and deliver this Notice and
Questionnaire prior to the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement so
that such beneficial owners may be named as selling securityholders in the
related prospectus at the time of effectiveness. Any beneficial owner of Notes
wishing to include its Registrable Securities must deliver to the Company a
properly completed and signed Selling Securityholder Notice and Questionnaire.
Certain legal consequences arise from being named as a selling
securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement and the 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 the related prospectus.
NOTICE
The undersigned beneficial owner (the "Selling Securityholder") of
Registrable Securities hereby gives notice to the Company of its intention to
sell or otherwise dispose of Registrable Securities beneficially owned by it and
listed below in Item 3 (unless otherwise specified under Item 3) pursuant to the
Shelf Registration Statement. The undersigned, by signing and returning this
Notice and Questionnaire, understands that it will be bound by the terms and
conditions of this Notice and Questionnaire and the Registration Rights
Agreement.
The undersigned hereby provides the following information to the
Company and represents and warrants that such information is accurate and
complete:
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QUESTIONNAIRE
1. (a) Full Legal Name of Selling Securityholder:
__________________________________________________________________
(b) Full Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as (a)
above) through which Registrable Securities listed in (3)
below are held:
__________________________________________________________________
(c) Full Legal Name of DTC Participant (if applicable and if not
the same as (b) above) through which Registrable Securities
listed in (3) below are held:
__________________________________________________________________
2. Address for Notices to Selling Securityholder:
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
Telephone: _______________________________________________________
Fax: _____________________________________________________________
Contact Person: __________________________________________________
3. Beneficial Ownership of Registrable Securities:
(a) Type and Principal Amount of Registrable Securities
beneficially owned:
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
(b) CUSIP No(s). of Registrable Securities beneficially owned:
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
4. Beneficial Ownership of the Company's securities owned by the
Selling Securityholder:
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Except as set forth below in this Item (4), the undersigned is not
the beneficial or registered owner of any "Other Securities,"
defined as securities of the Company other than the Registrable
Securities listed above in Item (3).
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(a) Type and Amount of Other Securities beneficially owned by
the Selling Securityholder:
__________________________________________________________________
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(b) CUSIP No(s). of such Other Securities beneficially owned:
__________________________________________________________________
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5. Relationship with the Company:
Except as set forth below, neither the undersigned nor any of its
affiliates, officers, directors or principal equityholders (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:
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__________________________________________________________________
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6. Plan of Distribution:
Except as set forth below, the undersigned (including its donees
or pledgees) intends to distribute the Registrable Securities
listed above in Item (3) pursuant to the Shelf Registration
Statement only as follows (if at all): Such Registrable Securities
may be sold from time to time directly by the undersigned or
alternatively, through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents. If
the Registrable Securities are sold through underwriters or
broker-dealers, the Selling Securityholder will be responsible for
underwriting discounts or commissions or agent's commissions. 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 block transactions) (i) on any national securities
exchange or quotation service on which the Registrable 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 undersigned may enter
into hedging transactions with broker-dealers, which may in turn
engage in short sales of the Registrable Securities 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:
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The undersigned acknowledges that it understands its obligation to
comply with the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and the rules thereunder relating to stock manipulation, particularly Regulation
M thereunder (or any successor rules or regulations), in connection with any
offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.
The undersigned agrees that neither it nor any person acting on its behalf will
engage in any transaction in violation of such provisions.
The Selling Securityholder hereby acknowledges its obligations under
the Registration Rights Agreement to indemnify and hold harmless certain persons
as set forth therein.
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Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company has agreed
under certain circumstances to indemnify the Selling Securityholder against
certain liabilities.
In accordance with the undersigned's obligation under the Registration
Rights Agreement to provide such information as may be required by law for
inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement, the undersigned agrees to
promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies or changes in the information
provided herein that may occur subsequent to the date hereof at any time while
the Shelf Registration Statement remains effective. All notices hereunder and
pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement shall be made in writing at the
address set forth below.
By signing below, the undersigned 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 the
related prospectus. The undersigned understands that such information will be
relied upon by the Company in connection with the preparation or amendment of
the Shelf Registration Statement and the related prospectus.
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: Beneficial Owner
By: ____________________________________
Name:
Title:
PLEASE RETURN THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE TO:
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