Exhibit 4.3
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Dated February 18, 1999
among
TRIARC CONSUMER PRODUCTS GROUP, LLC
TRIARC BEVERAGE HOLDINGS CORP.,
the GUARANTORS party hereto
and
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & CO. INCORPORATED
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, LUFKIN & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
SECURITIES CORPORATION
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ SECURITIES, INC.
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made and entered
into February 18, 1999, among TRIARC CONSUMER PRODUCTS GROUP LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company ("Triarc"), TRIARC BEVERAGE HOLDINGS CORP., a Delaware
corporation (the "Co-Issuer" and, together with Triarc, the "Issuers"), each of
the GUARANTORS party hereto (the "Guarantors") and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & CO.
INCORPORATED, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LUFKIN & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ SECURITIES CORPORATION and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ SECURITIES, INC. (the "Placement Agents").
This Agreement is made pursuant to the Placement Agreement dated
February 18, 1999, among the Issuers, the Guarantors party thereto and the
Placement Agents (the "Placement Agreement"), which provides for the sale by the
Issuers to the Placement Agents of an aggregate of $300,000,000 principal amount
of 10 1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2009 (the "Notes"). The Issuers are
jointly and severally liable for all payments on the Notes. The Notes will be
unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed on a senior subordinated basis (the
"Guarantees") as to payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest by the
Guarantors; provided that (i) the amount guaranteed by RC/Arby's Corporation and
each of its direct and indirect subsidiaries will be equal to zero until the
date of redemption (the "Redemption Date") of RC/Arby's Corporation's existing 9
3/4% senior secured notes due 2000 and (ii) the obligations of RC/Arby's
Corporation and its direct and indirect subsidiaries under this Agreement shall
not become operative until the Redemption Date. In order to induce the Placement
Agents to enter into the Placement Agreement, the Issuers and the Guarantors
have agreed to provide to the Placement Agents and their direct and indirect
transferees the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution
of this Agreement by the Issuers and the Guarantors is a condition to the
closing under the Placement Agreement.
In consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Definitions.
As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized defined terms shall
have the following meanings:
"1933 Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time
to time.
"1934 Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
from time to time.
"Blockage Notice" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3 hereof.
"Business Day" means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on
which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized by law to close.
"Closing Date" shall mean the Closing Date as defined in the Placement
Agreement.
"Co-Issuer" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
"Exchange Notes" shall mean any securities (including the related
guarantees) of the Issuers issued under the Indenture containing terms identical
to the Notes (except that (i) interest thereon shall accrue from the last date
on which interest was paid on the Notes or, if no such interest has been paid,
from February 25, 1999, (ii) the Exchange Notes will not provide for additional
interest accruing thereon following a failure to register such Exchange Notes
under the 1933 Act and (iii) the Exchange Notes will not contain restrictions on
transfer) and to be offered to Holders of Notes in exchange for Notes pursuant
to the Exchange Offer.
"Exchange Offer" shall mean the exchange offer by the Issuers and the
Guarantors of Exchange Notes for Registrable Notes pursuant to Section 2(a)
hereof.
"Exchange Offer Registration" shall mean a registration under the 1933
Act effected pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.
"Exchange Offer Registration Statement" shall mean an exchange offer
registration statement on Form S-4 (or, if applicable, on another appropriate
form) and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, in each
case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all
material incorporated by reference therein.
"Guarantors" shall mean the Guarantors listed on the signature pages
hereof, and shall also include any successor to a Guarantor.
"Holder" shall mean the Placement Agents, for so long as they own any
Registrable Notes, and each of their successors, assigns and direct and indirect
transferees who become registered owners of Registrable Notes under the
Indenture; provided that for purposes of Sections 4 and 5 of this Agreement, the
term "Holder" shall include Participating Broker-Dealers (as defined in Section
4(a) hereof).
"Indenture" shall mean the Indenture relating to the Notes dated as of
February 25, 1999 among the Issuers, the Guarantors and The Bank of New York, as
trustee, and as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the
terms thereof.
"Issuers" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall
also include any successor to an Issuer.
"Majority Holders" shall mean the Holders of a majority of the aggregate
principal amount of outstanding Registrable Notes; provided that whenever the
consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Notes is
required hereunder, Registrable Notes held by the Issuers, the Guarantors or any
of their affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇)
shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given
by the Holders of such required percentage or amount.
"Participating Broker-Dealer" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4(a).
"Person" shall mean an individual, partnership, limited liability
company, corporation, trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or
agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Placement Agents" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
"Placement Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
"Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus included in a Registration
Statement, including any preliminary prospectus, and any such prospectus as
amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, including a prospectus
supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the
Registrable Notes covered by a Shelf Registration Statement, and by all other
amendments and supplements to such prospectus, including post-effective
amendments, and in each case including all material incorporated by reference
therein.
"Registrable Notes" shall mean the Notes (including the Guarantees);
provided, however, that the Notes shall cease to be Registrable Notes upon the
earliest of (i) when a Registration Statement with respect to such Notes shall
have been declared effective under the 1933 Act and such Notes shall have been
disposed of pursuant to such Registration Statement, (ii) when such Notes are
eligible for sale to the public pursuant to Rule 144(k) (or any similar
provision then in force, but not Rule 144A) under the 1933 Act, (iii) when such
Notes shall have ceased to be outstanding or (iv) such Notes have been exchanged
(other than by a Participating Broker-Dealer) for Exchange Notes upon
consummation of the Exchange Offer.
"Registration Expenses" shall mean any and all expenses incident to
performance of or compliance by the Issuers and the Guarantors with this
Agreement, including without limitation: (i) all SEC, stock exchange or National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. registration and filing fees, (ii) all
fees and expenses incurred in connection with compliance with state securities
or blue sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for any
underwriters or Holders in connection with blue sky qualification of any of the
Exchange Notes or Registrable Notes), (iii) all expenses of any Persons in
preparing or assisting in preparing, word processing, printing and distributing
any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any amendments or supplements
thereto, any underwriting agreements, securities sales agreements and other
documents relating to the performance of and compliance with this Agreement,
(iv) all rating agency fees, (v) all fees and disbursements relating to the
qualification of the Indenture under applicable securities laws, (vi) the fees
and disbursements of the Trustee and its counsel, (vii) the fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Issuers and the Guarantors and, in the case of
a Shelf Registration Statement, the reasonable fees and disbursements of one
counsel for the Holders (which counsel shall be selected by the Majority Holders
and which counsel may also be counsel for the Placement Agents) and (viii) the
fees and disbursements of the independent public accountants of the Issuers and
the Guarantors, including the expenses of any special audits or "cold comfort"
letters required by or incident to such performance and compliance, but
excluding fees and expenses of counsel to the underwriters (other than fees and
expenses set forth in clause (ii) above) or the Holders (other than fees and
expenses set forth in clause (vii) above) and underwriting discounts and
commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of
Registrable Notes by a Holder.
"Registration Statement" shall mean any registration statement of the
Issuers and the Guarantors that covers any of the Exchange Notes or Registrable
Notes pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and all amendments and
supplements to any such Registration Statement, including post-effective
amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all
exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.
"SEC" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Shelf Registration" shall mean a registration effected pursuant to
Section 2(b) hereof.
"Shelf Registration Statement" shall mean a "shelf" registration
statement of the Issuers and the Guarantors pursuant to the provisions of
Section 2(b) of this Agreement which covers all of the Registrable Notes on an
appropriate form under Rule 415 under the 1933 Act, or any similar rule that may
be adopted by the SEC, and all amendments and supplements to such registration
statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the
Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated
by reference therein.
"Triarc" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
"Trustee" shall mean the trustee with respect to the Notes under the
Indenture.
"Underwriter" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3 hereof.
"Underwritten Registration" or "Underwritten Offering" shall mean a
registration in which Registrable Notes are sold to an Underwriter for
reoffering to the public.
2. Registration Under the 1933 Act.
(a) To the extent not prohibited by any applicable law or applicable
interpretation of the Staff of the SEC, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall use
their best efforts to cause to be filed an Exchange Offer Registration Statement
covering the offer by the Issuers and the Guarantors to the Holders to exchange
all of the Registrable Notes for Exchange Notes and to have such Registration
Statement remain effective until the closing of the Exchange Offer. The Issuers
and the Guarantors shall commence the Exchange Offer promptly after the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC. The Issuers
and the Guarantors shall commence the Exchange Offer by mailing the related
exchange offer Prospectus and accompanying documents to each Holder stating, in
addition to such other disclosures as are required by applicable law:
(i) that the Exchange Offer is being made pursuant to this Agreement
and that all Registrable Notes validly tendered will be accepted
for exchange;
(ii) the dates of acceptance for exchange (which shall be a period
of at least 20 business days from the date such notice is mailed)
(the "Exchange Dates");
(iii) that any Registrable Note not tendered will remain outstanding
and continue to accrue interest, but will not retain any rights under
this Agreement;
(iv) that Holders electing to have a Registrable Note exchanged
pursuant to the Exchange Offer will be required to surrender such
Registrable Note, together with the enclosed letters of transmittal,
to the institution and at the address (located in the Borough of Man-
▇▇▇▇▇▇, The City of New York) specified in the notice prior to the close
of business on the last Exchange Date; and
(v) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election, not
later than the close of business on the last Exchange Date, by sending
to the institution and at the address (located in the Borough of Man-
▇▇▇▇▇▇, The City of New York) specified in the notice a telegram, telex,
facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of such
Holder, the principal amount of Registrable Notes delivered for
exchange and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election
to have such Notes exchanged.
As soon as practicable after the last Exchange Date, the Issuers and the
Guarantors shall:
(i) accept for exchange Registrable Notes or portions thereof
validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange
Offer; and
(ii) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for cancel-
lation all Registrable Notes or portions thereof so accepted for ex-
change by the Issuers and the Guarantors and issue, and cause the
Trustee to promptly authenticate and mail to each Holder, an Exchange
Note equal in principal amount to the principal amount of the
Registrable Notes surrendered by such Holder.
Each of the Issuers and the Guarantors shall use its best efforts to
complete the Exchange Offer as provided above and shall comply with the
applicable requirements of the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act and other applicable laws
and regulations in connection with the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer shall
not be subject to any conditions, other than (i) that the Exchange Offer does
not violate applicable law or any applicable interpretation of the Staff of the
SEC and (ii) the tendering of Registrable Notes in accordance with the Exchange
Offer and (iii) that there is no injunction, order or decree by any court
or any governmental agency that would prohibit, prevent or otherwise materially
impair the ability of the Issuers or the Guarantors to proceed with the Exchange
Offer. Each Holder of Registrable Notes (other than Participating Broker-
Dealers) who wishes to exchange such Registrable Notes for Exchange Notes
in the Exchange Offer (a) shall have represented (or by tendering its Regis-
trable Notes, be deemed to have represented) that (i) it is not an affiliate
(as defined in Rule 405 under the ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇) of any Issuer or Guarantor, (ii) any
Exchange Notes to be received by it were acquired in the ordinary course of its
business and (iii) at the time of the commencement of the Exchange Offer, it
has no arrangement with any person to participate in the distribution (within
the meaning of the ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇) of the Exchange Notes and (b) shall have
made such other representations as may reasonably be necessary under appli-
cable SEC rules, regulations or interpretations to render the use of Form
S-4 or another appropriate form under the 1933 Act available. The Issuers
and the Guarantors shall inform the Placement Agents of the names and addresses
of the Holders to whom the Exchange Offer is made, and the Placement Agents
shall have the right, subject to applicable law, to contact such Holders and
otherwise facilitate the tender of Registrable Notes in the Exchange Offer.
Upon consummation of the Exchange Offer in accordance with this Section 2, the
registration provisions of this Agreement will continue to apply solely with
respect to the Registrable Notes referred to in Section 2(b)(iii) and any
Registrable Notes held by a Participating Broker-Dealer, and no Issuer or
Guarantor shall have any further obligations to register any other Registrable
Notes pursuant to this Agreement.
(b) In the event that (i) the Issuers and the Guarantors determine that
the Exchange Offer Registration provided for in Section 2(a) above is not
available or may not be consummated as soon as practicable after the last
Exchange Date because it would violate applicable law or the applicable
interpretations of the Staff of the SEC, (ii) the Exchange Offer is not for any
other reason consummated by September 23, 1999 or (iii) in the opinion of
counsel for the Placement Agents a Registration Statement must be filed and a
Prospectus must be delivered by the Placement Agents in connection with any
offering or sale of Registrable Notes, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall use
their best efforts to cause to be filed as soon as practicable after such
determination, date or notice of such opinion of counsel is given to the
Issuers, as the case may be, a Shelf Registration Statement providing for the
sale by the Holders of all of the Registrable Notes and to have such Shelf
Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC; provided, that no Holder
(other than a Placement Agent) shall be entitled to have the Registrable Notes
held by it covered by such Shelf Registration Statement unless such Holder
agrees to be bound by all of the provisions of this Agreement applicable to such
Holder and furnishes to the Issuers in writing the information specified in
Items 507 and Item 508 of Regulation S-K (or any successor provision), as appli-
cable. No such Holder shall be entitled to any additional amounts under
Section 2(d) until such Holder shall have provided all such information which
is required by SEC rules to be included in the Shelf Registration Statement
prior to the time it is declared effective. In the event the Issuers and the
Guarantors are required to file a Shelf Registration Statement solely as a
result of the matters referred to in clause (iii) of the preceding sentence,
the Issuers and the Guarantors shall use their best efforts to file and have
declared effective by the SEC both an Exchange Offer Registration Statement
pursuant to Section 2(a) with respect to all Registrable Notes and a Shelf
Registration Statement (which may be a combined Registration Statement
with the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) with respect to offers and
sales of Registrable Notes held by the Placement Agents after completion of the
Exchange Offer. The Issuers and the Guarantors agree to use their best
efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective until
the expiration of the period referred to in Rule 144(k) with respect to the
Registrable Notes or such shorter period that will terminate when all of the
Registrable Notes covered by the Shelf Registration Statement have been sold
pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement or otherwise cease to be Regis-
trable Notes. The Issuers and the Guarantors further agree to supplement or
amend the Shelf Registration Statement if required by the rules, regulations
or instructions applicable to the registration form used by them for such Shelf
Registration Statement or by the 1933 Act or by any other rules and regulations
thereunder for shelf registration or if reasonably requested by a Holder with
respect to information relating to such Holder, and to use their best efforts
to cause any such amendment to become effective and such Shelf Registration
Statement to become usable as soon as thereafter practicable. The Issuers
and the Guarantors agree to furnish to the Holders of Registrable Notes copies
of any such supplement or amendment promptly after its being used or filed with
the SEC.
(c) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall pay all Registration Expenses in
connection with the registration pursuant to Section 2(a) and Section 2(b). Each
Holder shall pay all underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes,
if any, relating to the sale or disposition of such Holder's Registrable Notes
pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.
(d) An Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a)
hereof or a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof will
not be deemed to have become effective unless it has been declared effective by
the SEC; provided, however, that, if, after it has been declared effective, the
offering of Registrable Notes pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement is
interfered with by any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of
the SEC or any other governmental agency or court, such Registration Statement
will be deemed not to have become effective during the period of such
interference until the offering of Registrable Notes pursuant to such Regis-
tration Statement may legally resume. In the event that neither the Ex-
change Offer Registration Statement nor the Shelf Registration Statement is
declared effective on or prior to August 24, 1999 (the "Effectiveness Dead-
line"), the interest rate on the Notes will be increased by a per annum
rate of 0.5% until the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf
Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC. In the event that the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective but the Exchange
Offer is not consummated on or prior to the earlier to occur of the date that
is thirty Business Days after the date of effectiveness of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement or the date that is thirty days after the Effectiveness
Deadline, the annual interest rate borne by the Notes will be increased by a per
annum rate of 0.5% from such time until the Exchange Offer is consummated. The
interest rate borne by the Notes will not be subject to increase of more than
0.5% per annum notwithstanding the failure by the Issuers and the Guarantors
to meet more than one of such registration requirements or the duration of
any such failures.
(e) Without limiting the remedies available to the Placement Agents and
the Holders, each of the Issuers and the Guarantors acknowledges that any
failure by it to comply with its obligations under Section 2(a) and Section 2(b)
hereof may result in material irreparable injury to the Placement Agents 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 Placement Agents or any Holder may obtain such relief
as may be required to specifically enforce such Issuer's or Guarantor's
obligations under Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof; provided that, in the
case of any terms of this Agreement for which additional interest pursuant to
Section 2(d) is expressly provided as a remedy of a violation of such terms,
such additional interest shall be the sole monetary damages for such violation.
3. Registration Procedures. In connection with the obligations of the
Issuers and the Guarantors with respect to the Registration Statements pursuant
to Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall as
expeditiously as practicable:
(a) prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement on
the appropriate form under the 1933 Act, which form (x) shall be select-
ed by the Issuers and the Guarantors and (y) shall, in the case of a
Shelf Registration, be available for the sale of the Registrable Notes
by the selling Holders thereof and (z) shall comply as to form in all
material respects with the requirements of the applicable form and
include all financial statements required by the SEC to be filed there-
with, and use their best efforts to cause such Registration State-
ment to become effective and remain effective in accordance with
Section 2 hereof;
(b) subject to their ability to issue a Blockage Notice, prepare and
file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to
each Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Regis-
tration Statement effective for the applicable period and cause each
Prospectus to be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement
and, as so supplemented, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the
1933 Act; and to keep each Prospectus current during the period
described under Section 4(3) and Rule 174 under the 1933 Act that
is applicable to transactions by brokers or dealers with respect to
the Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes;
(c) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Holder of
Registrable Notes, to counsel for the Placement Agents, to counsel for
the Holders and to each Underwriter of an Underwritten Offering of
Registrable Notes, if any, without charge, as many copies of each
Prospectus, including each preliminary Prospectus, and any amendment or
supplement thereto and such other documents as such Holder or
Underwriter may reasonably request, in order to facilitate the public
sale or other disposition of the Registrable Notes; and, subject to the
penultimate paragraph of this Section 3, the Issuers and the Guarantors
consent to the use of such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement
thereto in accordance with applicable law by each of the selling Holders
of Registrable Notes and any such Underwriters in connection with the
offering and sale of the Registrable Notes covered by and in the manner
described in such Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto in
accordance with applicable law;
(d) use their best efforts to register or qualify the Registrable
Notes under all applicable state securities or "blue sky" laws of such
jurisdictions in the United States as any Holder of Registrable Notes
covered by a Registration Statement shall reasonably request in writing,
to cooperate with such Holders in connection with any filings required
to be made with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. and
do any and all other acts and things which may be reasonably necessary
or advisable to enable such Holder to consummate the disposition in each
such jurisdiction of such Registrable Notes owned by such Holder;
provided, however, that no Issuer or Guarantor shall be required to (i)
qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any
jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for
this Section 3(d), (ii) file any general consent to service of
process or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction
if it is not so subject;
(e) in the case of a Shelf Registration, notify each Holder of
Registrable Notes, counsel for the Holders and counsel for the Placement
Agents promptly and, if requested by any such Holder or counsel, confirm
such advice in writing (i) when a Registration Statement has been filed
becomes effective and when any post-effective amendment thereto has been
filed and becomes effective, (ii) of any request by the SEC or any state
securities authority for amendments and supplements to a Registration
Statement and Prospectus or for additional information after the
Registration Statement has become effective, (iii) of the issuance by
the SEC or any state securities authority of any stop order suspending
the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or the initiation of any
proceedings for that purpose, (iv) if, between the effective date of a
Registration Statement and the closing of any sale of Registrable Notes
covered thereby, the representations and warranties of any Issuer or
Guarantor contained in any underwriting agreement, securities sales
agreement or other similar agreement, if any, relating to the offering
cease to be true and correct in all material respects or if any Issuer
or Guarantor receives any notification with respect to the suspension of
the qualification of the Registrable Notes for sale in any jurisdiction
or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose, (v) of the
happening of any event during the period a Shelf Registration Statement
is effective which makes any statement of material fact made in such
Registration Statement or the related Prospectus untrue in any material
respect or which requires the making of any changes in such Registration
Statement or Prospectus in order to make the statements therein not
misleading and (vi) of any determination by an Issuer or Guarantor that
a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement would be
appropriate;
(f) use its reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order
suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement at the earliest
possible moment and provide immediate notice to each Holder of the
withdrawal of any such order;
(g) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Holder of
Registrable Notes, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each
Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto (without
documents incorporated therein by reference or exhibits thereto, unless
requested);
(h) in the case of a Shelf Registration, cooperate with the selling
Holders of Registrable Notes to facilitate the timely preparation and
delivery of certificates representing Registrable Notes to be sold and
not bearing any restrictive legends and enable such Registrable Notes to
be in such denominations (consistent with the provisions of the
Indenture) and registered in such names as the selling Holders may
reasonably request at least one business day prior to the closing of any
sale of Registrable Notes;
(i) in the case of a Shelf Registration, upon the occurrence of any
event contemplated by Section 3(e)(v) hereof, subject to the ability
of the Issuers and the Guarantors to issue a Blockage Notice, use their
best efforts to prepare and file with the SEC a supplement or post-
effective amendment to a Registration Statement or the related Prospec-
tus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other
required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of
the Registrable Notes, such Prospectus will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading. The Issuers and the Guarantors
agree to notify the Holders to suspend use of the Prospectus as promptly
as practicable after the occurrence of such an event, and the Holders
hereby agree to suspend use of the Prospectus until the Issuers and the
Guarantors have amended or supplemented the Prospectus to correct such
misstatement or omission;
(j) a reasonable time prior to the filing of any Registration State-
ment, any Prospectus, any amendment to a Registration Statement or
amendment or supplement to a Prospectus or any document which is to be
incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement or a Prospectus
after initial filing of a Registration Statement, provide copies of such
document to the Placement Agents and their counsel (and, in the case of
a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders and their counsel) and make
such of the representatives of the Issuers and the Guarantors as shall
be reasonably requested by the Placement Agents or their counsel (and,
in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders or their
counsel) available for discussion of such document, and shall not at any
time file or make any amendment to the Registration Statement, any
Prospectus or any amendment of or supplement to a Registration Statement
or a Prospectus or any document which is to be incorporated by reference
into a Registration Statement or a Prospectus, of which the Placement
Agents and their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration
Statement, the Holders and their counsel) shall not have previously been
advised and furnished a copy or to which the Placement Agents or their
counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Majori-
ty Holders or their counsel) shall reasonably object;
(k) obtain a CUSIP number for all Exchange Notes or Registrable
Notes, as the case may be, not later than the effective date of a
Registration Statement and provide the Trustee under the Indenture
with printed certificates for the Exchange Notes or Registrable Notes in
a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company;
(l) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939, as amended (the "TIA"), in connection with the registration
of the Exchange Notes or Registrable Notes, as the case may be, co-
operate with the Trustee and the Holders to effect such changes to the
Indenture as may be required for the Indenture to be so qualified in
accordance with the terms of the TIA and execute, and use their best
efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents as may be re-
quired to effect such changes and all other forms and documents required
to be filed with the SEC to enable the Indenture to be so qualified in a
timely manner;
(m) in the case of a Shelf Registration, make available for inspec-
tion by a representative of the Holders of the Registrable Notes, any
Underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such Shelf
Registration Statement, and attorneys and accountants designated by the
Holders, at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner, all financial
and other records, pertinent documents and properties of the Issuers and
the Guarantors, and cause the respective officers, directors and
employees of the Issuers and the Guarantors to supply all information
reasonably requested by any such representative, Underwriter, attorney
or accountant in connection with a Shelf Registration Statement;
provided that such persons shall first agree in writing with the Issuers
that any information that is reasonably and in good faith designated by
the Issuers in writing as confidential at the time of delivery of such
information shall be kept confidential by such persons unless (i)
disclosure of such information is required by court or administrative
order is necessary to respond to inquiries of regulatory authorities,
(ii) disclosure of such information is required by law (including any
disclosure requirements pursuant to Federal securities laws in
connection with the filing of the Shelf Registration Statement or the
use of any Prospectus) (iii) such information becomes generally
available to the public other than as a result of disclosure or failure
to safeguard by any such person or (iv) such information becomes
available to any such person from a source other than the Issuers and
such source is not bound by a confidentiality agreement or other
obligation not to disclose such information;
(n) use their best efforts to cause the Exchange Notes or Registra-
ble Notes, as the case may be, to be rated by two nationally recognized
statistical rating organizations (as such term is defined in Rule
436(g)(2) under the ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇);
(o) if reasonably requested by any Holder of Registrable Notes cov-
ered by a Registration Statement, (i) promptly incorporate in a
Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information with
respect to such Holder as such Holder reasonably requests to be included
therein and (ii) make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement
or such post-effective amendment as soon as any Issuer or Guarantor has
received notification of the matters to be incorporated in such filing;
provided that they shall not required to take any such action that is
not, in the opinion of counsel for the Issuers and the Guarantors, in
compliance with applicable law; and
(p) in the case of a Shelf Registration, enter into such customary
agreements and take all such other customary and appropriate actions in
connection therewith (including those requested by the Holders of a
majority of the Registrable Notes being sold) in order to expedite or
facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Notes including, but not
limited to, an Underwritten Offering and in such connection, (i) to the
extent possible, make such representations and warranties to the Holders
and any Underwriters of such Registrable Notes with respect to the
business of the Issuers, the Guarantors and their respective
subsidiaries, the Registration Statement, Prospectus and documents
incorporated by reference or deemed incorporated by reference, if any,
in each case, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by
issuers to underwriters in underwritten offerings and confirm the same
if and when requested, (ii) obtain opinions of counsel to the Issuers
and the Guarantors (which counsel and opinions, in form, scope and
substance, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Holders of a majority
of the Registrable Notes being sold and such Underwriters and their
respective counsel) addressed to each selling Holder and Underwriter, if
any, of Registrable Notes, covering the matters customarily covered in
opinions requested in underwritten offerings, (iii) obtain "cold
comfort" letters from the independent certified public accountants of
the Issuers and the Guarantors (and, if necessary, any other certified
public accountant of any subsidiary of any Issuer or Guarantor, or of
any business acquired by any Issuer or Guarantor for which financial
statements and financial data are or are required to be included in the
Registration Statement) addressed to each selling Holder and Underwriter
of Registrable Notes, such letters to be in customary form and covering
matters of the type customarily covered in "cold comfort" letters in
connection with underwritten offerings, and (iv) deliver such
documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Registrable Notes
being sold or the Underwriters, and which are customarily delivered
in underwritten offerings, to evidence the continued validity of
the representations and warranties of the Issuers and the Guarantors
made pursuant to clause (i) above and to evidence compliance with any
customary conditions contained in an underwriting agreement.
In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Issuers and the
Guarantors (as a condition to such Holder's participation in the Shelf
Registration Statement) may require each Holder of Registrable Notes to furnish
to them such information regarding the Holder and the proposed distribution by
such Holder of such Registrable Notes as they may from time to time reasonably
request in writing.
In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, each Holder agrees that,
upon receipt of any notice from an Issuer or Guarantor of the happening of any
event of the kind described in Section 3(e)(v) hereof (a "Blockage Notice"),
such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Notes pursuant
to a Registration Statement until such Holder's receipt of the copies of the
supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 3(i) hereof, and, if
so directed by such Issuer or Guarantor, such Holder will deliver to such Issuer
or Guarantor (at its expense) all copies in its possession, other than permanent
file copies then in such Holder's possession, of the Prospectus covering such
Registrable Notes current at the time of receipt of such notice. Each Holder
agrees to keep confidential the cause of any such notice of suspension or other
information provided to them by an Issuer or Guarantor with respect thereto. If
an Issuer or Guarantor shall give any such notice to suspend the disposition of
Registrable Notes pursuant to a Registration Statement, the Issuers and the
Guarantors shall extend the period during which the Registration Statement shall
be maintained effective pursuant to this Agreement by the number of days during
the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and
including the date when the Holders shall have received copies of the
supplemented or amended Prospectus necessary to resume such dispositions. Such
notice may be given only twice during any 365 day period and any such
suspensions may not exceed 30 days for each suspension and there may not be more
than two suspensions in effect during any 365 day period.
The Holders of Registrable Notes covered by a Shelf Registration
Statement who desire to do so may sell such Registrable Notes in an Underwritten
Offering. In any such Underwritten Offering, the investment banker or investment
bankers and manager or managers (the "Underwriters") that will administer the
offering will be selected by the Majority Holders of the Registrable Notes
included in such offering with the prior written consent of the Issuers, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. No Holder of Registrable Notes may
participate in any Underwritten Offering hereunder unless such Holder (a) agrees
to sell such Holder's Registrable Notes on the basis provided in any
underwriting agreements approved by the Majority Holders of the Registrable
Notes included in such offering and (b) completes and executes all customary and
appropriate questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting
agreements and other documents required under the terms of such underwriting
agreements.
4. Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer.
(a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer
that receives Exchange Notes for its own account in the Exchange Offer in
exchange for Notes that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of
market-making or other trading activities and not directly from an Issuer or
Guarantor (a "Participating Broker-Dealer"), may be deemed to be an
"underwriter" within the meaning of the 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus
meeting the requirements of the 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such
Exchange Notes.
The Issuers and the Guarantors understand that it is the Staff's
position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above
effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the
Exchange Notes, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying
the amount of Exchange Notes owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by
Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation
under the 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Notes for their own
accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the 1933
Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this
Agreement, the Issuers and the Guarantors agree that the provisions of this
Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange
Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto
as may be, reasonably requested by the Placement Agents or by one or more
Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in
order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Notes by
Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited
in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuers and the Guarantors shall not be required to amend or
supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a
period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period
may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of
this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized
by the Issuers and the Guarantors to deliver and shall not deliver such
Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated
by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth
in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to
the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the
1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity
with the reasonable request to the Issuers and the Guarantors by the
Placement Agents or with the reasonable request in writing to the
Issuers and the Guarantors by one or more broker-dealers who certify to
the Placement Agents, the Issuers and the Guarantors in writing that
they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and
provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf
Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer
Registration, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall be obligated (x) to
deal only with one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers,
which shall be ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Co. Incorporated unless it elects not to
act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one
counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be
counsel to the Placement Agents unless such counsel elects not to so act
and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, "cold comfort" letter
with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange
Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if
any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Placement Agents shall have no liability to the Issuers, the
Guarantors or any Holder with respect to any request that they may make pursuant
to Section 4(b) above.
5. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) The Issuers and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, agree to
indemnify and hold harmless the Placement Agents, each Holder and each Person,
if any, who controls any Placement Agent or any Holder within the meaning of
either Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, or is under
common control with, or is controlled by, any Placement Agent or any Holder,
from and against all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without
limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by any Placement
Agent, any Holder or any such controlling or affiliated Person in connection
with defending or investigating any such action or claim) caused by any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) pursuant to which Exchange
Notes or Registrable Notes were registered under the 1933 Act, including all
documents incorporated therein by reference, or caused by any omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or caused by any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
Prospectus (as amended or supplemented if an Issuer or Guarantor shall have
furnished any amendments or supplements thereto), or caused by any omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein in light of the circumstances under which they were made not
misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are
caused by any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or
omission based upon information relating to the Placement Agents or any Holder
furnished to the Issuers in writing through ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Co. Incorporated or
any selling Holder expressly for use therein; provided that the Issuers and the
Guarantors shall not be liable to any Placement Agent, any Holder or any such
controlling or affiliated Person to the extent that any such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (the "Losses") arise out of or are based upon an untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of material fact or omission or alleged
omission if either (A)(i) such Placement Agent or Holder was required by law to
send or deliver, and failed to send or deliver, a copy of the Prospectus with or
prior to delivery of written confirmation of the sale by such Placement Agent or
Holder to the person asserting the claims from which such Losses arise and (ii)
the Prospectus would have corrected such untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission, (B)(x) such untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission is corrected in an
amendment to the Prospectus and (y) having been previously furnished by or on
behalf of the Issuers and the Guarantors with copies of the Prospectus as so
amended or supplemented, such Placement Agent or Holder failed to send or
deliver a copy of such amendment to the Prospectus with or prior to the delivery
of written confirmation of the sale of a Registrable Note to the person
asserting the claim from which such Losses arise or (C)(i) such Holder disposed
of Registrable Notes to the person asserting the claim from which such Losses
arise pursuant to a Registration Statement and sent or delivered, or was
required by law to send or deliver, a Prospectus to such person in connection
with such disposition, (ii) such Holder received a Blockage Notice in writing at
least four Business Days prior to the date of such disposition and (iii) such
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was
the reason for the Blockage Notice. In connection with any Underwritten Offer-
ing permitted by Section 3, the Issuers and the Guarantors will also
indemnify the Underwriters, if any, selling brokers, dealers and similar
securities industry professionals participating in the distribution, their
officers and directors and each Person who controls such Persons (within the
meaning of the 1933 Act and the ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇) to the same extent as provided above
with respect to the indemnification of the Holders, if requested in connection
with any Registration Statement.
(b) (i) Each Holder agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and
hold harmless the Issuers and the Guarantors, the Placement Agents and the other
selling Holders, and each of their respective directors, officers who sign the
Registration Statement and each Person, if any, who controls any Issuer or
Guarantor, any Placement Agent and any other selling Holder within the meaning
of either Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act to the same
extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Issuers and the Guarantors to the
Placement Agents and the Holders, but only (i) with reference to information
relating to such Holder furnished to the Issuers in writing by such Holder
expressly for use in any Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or
any Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) and (ii) with respect to
any Losses that may arise as a result of the disposition by such Holder of
Registrable Notes to the person asserting the claim from which such Losses arise
pursuant to a Registration Statement if such Holder sent or delivered, or was
required by law to send or deliver, a Prospectus in connection with such
disposition, such Holder received a Blockage Notice with respect to such
Prospectus in writing at least four Business Days prior to the date of such
disposition and the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission was the reason for the Blockage Notice.
(c) In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation)
shall be instituted involving any Person in respect of which indemnity may be
sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) above, such Person or
Persons (the "imdemnified party") shall promptly notify the Person or Persons
against whom such indemnity may be sought (the "indemnifying party") in writing
and the indemnifying party, upon request of the indemnified party, shall retain
counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the
indemnified party and any others the indemnifying party may designate in such
proceeding and shall pay the fees and disbursements of such counsel related to
such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the
right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall
be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party
and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such
counsel or (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any
impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party
and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate
due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood
that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any proceeding
or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for (a) the fees and
expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for
the Placement Agents and all Persons, if any, who control any Placement Agent
within the meaning of either Section 15 of the 1933 Act or ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, (▇) the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition
to any local counsel) for the Issuers and the Guarantors, its directors, its
officers who sign the Registration Statement and each Person, if any, who con-
trols any Issuer or Guarantor within the meaning of either such Section and (c)
the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local
counsel) for all Holders and all Persons, if any, who control any Holders within
the meaning of either such Section, and that all such fees and expenses shall be
reimbursed as they are incurred. In such case involving the Placement Agents
and Persons who control the Placement Agents, such firm shall be designated in
writing by ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Co. Incorporated. In such case involving the Holders
and such Persons who control Holders, such firm shall be designated in writing
by the Majority Holders. In all other cases, such firm shall be designated by
the Issuers. The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of
any proceeding effected without its written consent but, if settled with such
consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying
party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or
liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. No indemnifying party shall,
without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any
settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which such
indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been
sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an
unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims
that are the subject matter of such proceeding.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b)
of this Section 5 is unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient in
respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, then each indemnifying
party under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party
thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified
party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying
party or parties on the one hand and of the indemnified party or parties on the
other hand in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative fault of the Issuers and the Guarantors, on the one
hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to,
among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to in-
formation supplied by an Issuer or Guarantor or by the Holders and the parties'
relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct
or prevent such statement or omission. The Holders' respective obligations to
contribute pursuant to this Section 5(d) are several in proportion to the re-
spective principal amount of Registrable Notes of such Holder that were
registered pursuant to a Registration Statement.
(e) Each Issuer, Guarantor and Holder agrees that it would not be just or
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5 were determined by pro rata
allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of
the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid
or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages
and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include,
subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating
or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Section 5, no Holder shall be required to indemnify or contribute any amount in
excess of the amount by which the total price at which Registrable Notes were
sold by such Holder exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has
otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission. No Person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇) shall be
entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The remedies provided for in this Section 5 are not exclusive
and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to
any indemnified party at law or in equity.
The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 5
shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any
termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of
the Placement Agents, any Holder or any Person controlling any Placement Agent
or any Holder, or by or on behalf of the Issuers and the Guarantors, their
officers or directors or any Person controlling an Issuer or Guarantor, (iii)
acceptance of any of the Exchange Notes and (iv) any sale of Registrable Notes
pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement.
6. Miscellaneous.
(a) No Inconsistent Agreements. None of the Issuers or the Guarantors has
entered into, and on or after the date of this Agreement will not enter into,
any agreement which is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders of
Registrable Notes 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 other
issued and outstanding securities of any Issuer or Guarantor under any such
agreements.
(b) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including
the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented,
and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be
given unless the Issuers and the Guarantors have obtained the written consent of
Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding
Registrable Notes affected by such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver
or consent; provided, however, that no amendment, modification, supplement,
waiver or consent to any departure from the provisions of Section 5 hereof shall
be effective as against any Holder of Registrable Notes unless consented to in
writing by such Holder.
(c) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or
permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, registered
first-class mail, telex, telecopier, or any courier guaranteeing overnight
delivery (i) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such Holder to
the Issuers by means of a notice given in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 6(c), which address initially is, with respect to the Placement Agents,
the address set forth in the Placement Agreement; and (ii) if to the Issuers and
the Guarantors, initially at the address of the Issuers set forth in the
Placement Agreement and thereafter at such other address, notice of which is
given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6(c).
All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly
given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five business
days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when
answered back, if telexed; when receipt is acknowledged, if telecopied; and on
the next business day if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing
overnight delivery.
Copies of all such notices, demands, or other communications shall be
concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee, at the
address specified in the Indenture.
(d) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon the successors, assigns and transferees of each of the
parties, including, without limitation and without the need for an express
assignment, subsequent Holders; provided that nothing herein shall be deemed to
permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of Registrable Notes in
violation of the terms of the Placement Agreement. If any transferee of any
Holder shall acquire Registrable Notes, in any manner, whether by operation of
law or otherwise, such Registrable Notes shall be held subject to all of the
terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding such Registrable Notes such
Person shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to per-
form all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement and such Person shall
be entitled to receive the benefits hereof. The Placement Agents (in their
capacity as Placement Agents) shall have no liability or obligation to the
Issuers and the Guarantors with respect to any failure by a Holder to comply
with, or any breach by any Holder of, any of the obligations of such Holder
under this Agreement.
(e) Purchases and Sales of Notes. The Issuers and the Guarantors shall
not, and shall use their best efforts to cause their respective affiliates (as
defined in Rule 405 under the ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇) not to, purchase and then resell or
otherwise transfer any Notes; provided that (i) ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ (or
any entity that they wholly own) may purchase Notes from the Placement Agents on
the Closing Date as contemplated in the Placement Agreement and resell or
otherwise transfer such Notes in compliance with the transfer restrictions
applicable thereto and (ii) the Issuers, the Guarantors and their respective
affiliates may resell any of the Notes purchased by them pursuant to an
effective registration statement so long as the two-year period referred to in
Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act with respect to all Notes other than those
being sold under such registration statement shall have expired prior to the
date of such sale.
(f) Third Party Beneficiary. The Holders shall be third party
beneficiaries to the agreements made hereunder between the Issuers and the
Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Placement Agents, on the other hand, and
shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent it deems
such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights or the rights of
Holders hereunder.
(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 the laws of the
State of New York.
(j) Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions
contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions
contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date first written above.
TRIARC CONSUMER PRODUCTS
GROUP, LLC
By: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Executive Vice President
TRIARC BEVERAGE HOLDINGS CORP.
By: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Executive Vice President
MISTIC BRANDS, INC., as a Subsidiary
Guarantor
By: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Executive Vice President
SNAPPLE BEVERAGE CORP., as a
Subsidiary Guarantor
By: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Executive Vice President
SNAPPLE INTERNATIONAL CORP., as a
Subsidiary Guarantor
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President and Secretary
SNAPPLE WORLDWIDE CORP., as a
Subsidiary Guarantor
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President and Secretary
SNAPPLE FINANCE CORP., as a
Subsidiary Guarantor
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President and Secretary
PACIFIC SNAPPLE DISTRIBUTORS,
INC., as a Subsidiary Guarantor
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President and Secretary
MR. NATURAL, INC., as a Subsidiary
Guarantor
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President and Secretary
SNAPPLE CARIBBEAN CORP., as a
Subsidiary Guarantor
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President and Secretary
KELRAE, INC., as a Subsidiary Guarantor
By: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇.
Title: President
RC/ARBY'S CORPORATION, as a
Subsidiary Guarantor
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President and Secretary
RCAC ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC., as a
Subsidiary Guarantor
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President and Secretary
ARBY'S, INC., as a Subsidiary Guarantor
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President and Secretary
ARBY'S BUILDING AND
CONSTRUCTION CO., as a Subsidiary
Guarantor
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President and Secretary
TJ HOLDINGS COMPANY, INC., as a
Subsidiary Guarantor
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President and Secretary
ARBY'S RESTAURANT
CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, as a
Subsidiary Guarantor
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President and Secretary
ARBY'S RESTAURANT
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, as
Subsidiary Guarantor
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President and Secretary
ARBY'S RESTAURANT HOLDING
COMPANY, as a Subsidiary Guarantor
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President and Secretary
ARBY'S RESTAURANTS, INC., as a
Subsidiary Guarantor
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President and Secretary
ARBY'S RESTAURANT OPERATIONS
COMPANY, as a Subsidiary Guarantor
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President and Secretary
RC-11, INC., as a Subsidiary Guarantor
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President and Secretary
RC LEASING, INC., as a Subsidiary
Guarantor
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President and Secretary
ROYAL CROWN BOTTLING COMPANY
OF TEXAS, as a Subsidiary Guarantor
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President and Secretary
ROYAL CROWN COMPANY, INC., as a
Subsidiary Guarantor
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President and Secretary
RETAILER CONCENTRATE
PRODUCTS, INC., as a Subsidiary
Guarantor
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Senior Vice President - Taxes
TRIBEV CORPORATION, as a Subsidiary
Guarantor
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Senior Vice President - Taxes
CABLE CAR BEVERAGE
CORPORATION, as a Subsidiary Guarantor
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President and Secretary
OLD SAN ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, INC.,
as a Subsidiary Guarantor
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President and Secretary
FOUNTAIN CLASSICS, INC., as a
Subsidiary Guarantor
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President and Secretary
Confirmed and accepted as of
the date first above written:
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & CO. INCORPORATED
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, LUFKIN & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
SECURITIES CORPORATION
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ SECURITIES, INC.
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & CO. INCORPORATED
By: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President