Exhibit 4.2.1
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Dated as of March 25, 2003
Among
▇▇▇▇▇ CASINO HOLDINGS, LLC,
▇▇▇▇▇ CASINO FUNDING, INC.
and
THE GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN
as Issuers,
and
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON LLC,
UBS WARBURG LLC
and
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & COMPANY, INC.,
as Initial Purchasers
11 5/8% First Priority Mortgage Notes due 2010
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. DEFINITIONS.............................................1
2. EXCHANGE OFFER..........................................5
3. SHELF REGISTRATION......................................9
4. ADDITIONAL INTEREST....................................10
5. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES................................12
6. REGISTRATION EXPENSES..................................21
7. INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION.......................22
8. RULES 144 AND 144A.....................................26
9. UNDERWRITTEN REGISTRATIONS.............................26
10. MISCELLANEOUS..........................................27
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights Agreement (this "Agreement") is dated
as of March 25, 2003, among ▇▇▇▇▇ CASINO HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), ▇▇▇▇▇ CASINO FUNDING, INC., a Delaware corporation ("TC
Funding"), the subsidiaries of the Company that are listed on the signature
pages hereto (excluding TC Funding) (collectively, and together with any entity
that in the future executes a supplemental indenture pursuant to which such
entity agrees to guarantee the Notes (as hereinafter defined) the "Guarantors",
and, together with the Company and TC Funding, the "Issuers"), and DEUTSCHE BANK
SECURITIES INC., CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON LLC, UBS WARBURG LLC and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ &
COMPANY, INC., as initial purchasers (the "Initial Purchasers").
This Agreement is entered into in connection with the Purchase
Agreement by and among the Issuers and the Initial Purchasers, dated as of March
13, 2003 (the "Purchase Agreement"), which provides for, among other things, the
sale by the Company and TC Funding to the Initial Purchasers of $425,000,000
aggregate principal amount of the Company's and TC Funding's 11 5/8% First
Priority Mortgage Notes due 2010 (the "Notes") and $50,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of The Company's and TC Funding's 17 5/8% Second Priority
Mortgage Notes due 2010, guaranteed by the Guarantors (the "Guarantees"). The
Notes and the Guarantees are collectively referenced to herein as the
"Securities". In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to enter into the
Purchase Agreement, the Issuers have agreed to provide the registration rights
set forth in this Agreement for the benefit of the Initial Purchasers and any
subsequent holder or holders of the Securities. The execution and delivery of
this Agreement is a condition to the Initial Purchasers' obligation to purchase
the Securities under the Purchase Agreement.
The parties hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
Additional Interest: See Section 4(a) hereof.
Advice: See the last paragraph of Section 5 hereof.
Agreement: See the introductory paragraphs hereto.
Applicable Period: See Section 2(b) hereof.
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Business Day: Any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or a day
on which banking institutions in New York are authorized or required by law to
be closed.
Company: See the introductory paragraphs hereto.
Effectiveness Date: With respect to (i) the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement, the 210th day after the Issue Date and (ii) any Shelf
Registration Statement, the 120th day after the Filing Date with respect
thereto; provided, however, that if the Effectiveness Date would otherwise fall
on a day that is not a Business Day, then the Effectiveness Date shall be the
next succeeding Business Day.
Effectiveness Period: See Section 3(a) hereof.
Event Date: See Section 4 (b) hereof.
Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
Exchange Securities: See Section 2(a) hereof.
Exchange Offer: See Section 2(a) hereof.
Exchange Offer Registration Statement: See Section 2(a)
hereof.
Filing Date: (A) If no Registration Statement has been filed
by the Issuers pursuant to this Agreement, the 90th day after the Issue Date;
and (B) in any other case (which may be applicable notwithstanding the
consummation of the Exchange Offer), the 90th day after the delivery of a Shelf
Notice as required pursuant to Section 2(c) hereof; provided, however, that if
the Filing Date would otherwise fall on a day that is not a Business Day, then
the Filing Date shall be the next succeeding Business Day.
Guarantees: See the introductory paragraphs hereto.
Guarantors: See the introductory paragraphs hereto.
Holder: Any holder of a Registrable Security or Registrable
Securities.
Indenture: The Indenture, dated as of March 25, 2003, by and
among the Issuers and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, pursuant to
which the Securities are being issued, as amended or supplemented from time to
time in accordance with the terms thereof.
Information: See Section 5(o) hereof.
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Initial Purchasers: See the introductory paragraphs hereto.
Initial Shelf Registration: See Section 3(a) hereof.
Inspectors: See Section 5(o) hereof.
Issue Date: March 25, 2003, the date of original issuance of
the Securities.
Issuers: See the introductory paragraphs hereto.
NASD: See Section 5(s) hereof.
Notes: See the introductory paragraphs hereto.
Participant: See Section 7(a) hereof.
Participating Broker-Dealer: See Section 2(b) hereof.
Person: An individual, trustee, corporation, partnership,
limited liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated
association, union, business association, firm or other legal entity.
Private Exchange: See Section 2(b) hereof.
Private Exchange Securities: See Section 2(b) hereof.
Prospectus: The prospectus included in any Registration
Statement (including, without limitation, any prospectus subject to completion
and a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a
prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon
Rule 430A under the Securities Act and any term sheet filed pursuant to Rule 434
under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus
supplement, and all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus,
including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference
or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.
Purchase Agreement: See the introductory paragraphs hereof.
Records: See Section 5(o) hereof.
Registrable Securities: Each Security upon its original
issuance and at all times subsequent thereto, each Exchange Security as to which
Section 2(c)(iv) hereof is applicable upon original issuance and at all times
subsequent thereto and each Private Exchange Security upon original issuance
thereof and at all times subsequent thereto, until, in each case,
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the earliest to occur of (i) a Registration Statement (other than, with respect
to any Exchange Security as to which Section 2(c)(iv) hereof is applicable, the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement) covering such Security, Exchange Security
or Private Exchange Security has been declared effective by the SEC and such
Security, Exchange Security or such Private Exchange Security, as the case may
be, has been disposed of in accordance with such effective Registration
Statement, (ii) such Security has been exchanged pursuant to the Exchange Offer
for an Exchange Security or Exchange Securities that may be resold without
restriction under state and federal securities laws, (iii) such Security,
Exchange Security or Private Exchange Security, as the case may be, ceases to be
outstanding for purposes of the Indenture or (iv) such Security, Exchange
Security or Private Exchange Security, as the case may be, may be resold without
restriction pursuant to Rule 144(k) (as amended or replaced) under the
Securities Act.
Registration Statement: Any registration statement of the
Issuers that covers any of the Securities, the Exchange Securities or the
Private Exchange Securities (and the related guarantees) filed with the SEC
under the Securities Act, including the Prospectus, amendments and supplements
to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, all
exhibits, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be
incorporated by reference in such registration statement.
Rule 144: Rule 144 under the Securities Act.
Rule 144A: Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
Rule 405: Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
Rule 415: Rule 415 under the Securities Act.
Rule 424: Rule 424 under the Securities Act.
SEC: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Securities: See the introductory paragraphs hereto.
Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
Shelf Notice: See Section 2(c) hereof.
Shelf Registration: See Section 3(b) hereof.
Shelf Registration Statement: Any Registration Statement
relating to a Shelf Registration.
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Subsequent Shelf Registration: See Section 3(b) hereof.
TIA: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
Trustee: The trustee under the Indenture and the trustee (if
any) under any indenture governing the Exchange Securities and Private Exchange
Securities (and the related guarantees).
Underwritten registration or underwritten offering: A
registration in which securities of one or more of the Issuers are sold to an
underwriter for reoffering to the public.
Except as otherwise specifically provided, all references in
this Agreement to acts, laws, statutes, rules, regulations, releases, forms,
no-action letters and other regulatory requirements (collectively, "Regulatory
Requirements") shall be deemed to refer also to any amendments thereto and all
subsequent Regulatory Requirements adopted as a replacement thereto having
substantially the same effect therewith; provided that Rule 144 shall not be
deemed to amend or replace Rule 144A.
2. Exchange Offer
(a) Unless the Exchange Offer would violate applicable law
or any applicable interpretation of the staff of the SEC, the Issuers shall file
with the SEC, no later than the Filing Date, a Registration Statement (the
"Exchange Offer Registration Statement") on an appropriate registration form
with respect to a registered offer (the "Exchange Offer") to exchange any and
all of the Registrable Securities for a like aggregate principal amount of debt
securities of the Company and TC Funding (the "Exchange Securities"), guaranteed
by the Guarantors, that are identical in all material respects to the
Securities, except that (i) the Exchange Securities shall contain no restrictive
legend thereon and (ii) interest thereon shall accrue from the last date on
which interest was paid on the Securities or, if no such interest has been paid,
from the Issue Date, and which are entitled to the benefits of the Indenture or
a trust indenture which is identical in all material respects to the Indenture
(other than such changes to the Indenture or any such identical trust indenture
as are necessary to comply with the TIA) and which, in either case, has been
qualified under the TIA. The Exchange Offer shall comply with all applicable
tender offer rules and regulations under the Exchange Act and other applicable
laws. The Issuers shall use their reasonable best efforts to (x) cause the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be declared effective under the
Securities Act on or before the Effectiveness Date; (y) keep the Exchange Offer
open for at least 30 days (or longer if required by applicable law) after the
date that notice of the Exchange Offer is mailed to Holders; and (z) consummate
the Exchange Offer on or prior to the 240th day following the Issue Date.
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Each Holder (including, without limitation, each Participating
Broker-Dealer) who participates in the Exchange Offer will be required to
represent to the Issuers in writing (which may be contained in the applicable
letter of transmittal) that: (i) any Exchange Securities acquired in exchange
for Registrable Securities tendered are being acquired in the ordinary course of
business of the Person receiving such Exchange Securities, whether or not such
recipient is such Holder itself; (ii) at the time of the commencement or
consummation of the Exchange Offer neither such Holder nor, to the actual
knowledge of such Holder, any other Person receiving Exchange Securities from
such Holder has an arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate
in the distribution of the Exchange Securities in violation of the provisions of
the Securities Act; (iii) neither the Holder nor, to the actual knowledge of
such Holder, any other Person receiving Exchange Securities from such Holder is
an "affiliate" (as defined in Rule 405) of the Company or TC Funding or, if it
is an affiliate of the Company or TC Funding, it will comply with the
registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the
extent applicable and will provide information to be included in the Shelf
Registration Statement in accordance with Section 5 hereof in order to have
their Securities included in the Shelf Registration Statement and benefit from
the provisions regarding Additional Interest in Section 4 hereof; (iv) neither
such Holder nor, to the actual knowledge of such Holder, any other Person
receiving Exchange Securities from such Holder is engaging in or intends to
engage in a distribution of the Exchange Securities; and (v) if such Holder is a
Participating Broker-Dealer, such Holder has acquired the Registrable Securities
as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and that it
will comply with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act (including, but
not limited to, the prospectus delivery requirements thereunder).
Upon consummation of the Exchange Offer in accordance with
this Section 2, the provisions of this Agreement shall continue to apply,
mutatis mutandis, solely with respect to Registrable Securities that are Private
Exchange Securities, Exchange Securities as to which Section 2(c)(iv) is
applicable and Exchange Securities held by Participating Broker-Dealers, and the
Issuers shall have no further obligation to register Registrable Securities
(other than Private Exchange Securities and Exchange Securities as to which
clause 2(c)(iv) hereof applies) pursuant to Section 3 hereof.
No securities other than the Exchange Securities shall be
included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement.
(b) The Issuers shall include within the Prospectus
contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement a section entitled "Plan
of Distribution," reasonably acceptable to the Initial Purchasers, which shall
contain a summary statement of the positions taken or policies made by the staff
of the SEC with respect to the potential "underwriter" status of any
broker-dealer that is the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the
Exchange Act) of Exchange Securities received by such broker-dealer in the
Exchange Offer (a "Participating Broker-Dealer"), whether such positions or
policies have been publicly disseminated
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by the staff of the SEC or such positions or policies represent the prevailing
views of the staff of the SEC. Such "Plan of Distribution" section shall also
expressly permit, to the extent permitted by applicable policies and regulations
of the SEC, the use of the Prospectus by all Persons subject to the prospectus
delivery requirements of the Securities Act, including, to the extent permitted
by applicable policies and regulations of the SEC, all Participating
Broker-Dealers, and include a statement describing the means by which
Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities in compliance
with the Securities Act.
The Issuers shall use their reasonable best efforts to keep
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective and to amend and supplement
the Prospectus contained therein in order to permit such Prospectus to be
lawfully delivered by all Persons subject to the prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act for such period of time as is necessary to
comply with applicable law in connection with any resale of the Exchange
Securities; provided, however, that such period shall not be required to exceed
90 days or such longer period if extended pursuant to the last paragraph of
Section 5 hereof (the "Applicable Period").
If, prior to consummation of the Exchange Offer, the Initial
Purchasers hold any Securities acquired by them that have the status of an
unsold allotment in the initial distribution, the Issuers upon the request of
the Initial Purchasers shall simultaneously with the delivery of the Exchange
Securities issue and deliver to the Initial Purchasers, in exchange (the
"Private Exchange") for such Securities held by any such Holder, a like
principal amount of securities (the "Private Exchange Securities") of the
Issuers that are identical in all material respects to the Exchange Securities
except for the placement of a restrictive legend on such Private Exchange
Securities. The Private Exchange Securities shall be issued pursuant to the same
indenture as the Exchange Securities and bear the same CUSIP number as the
Exchange Securities.
In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Issuers shall:
(1) mail, or cause to be mailed, to each Holder of record
entitled to participate in the Exchange Offer, a copy of the Prospectus
forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, together
with an appropriate letter of transmittal and related documents;
(2) use their reasonable best efforts to keep the Exchange
Offer open for not less than 30 days after the date that notice of the
Exchange Offer is mailed to Holders (or longer if required by
applicable law);
(3) utilize the services of a depositary for the Exchange
Offer with an address in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York;
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(4) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Securities at any
time prior to the close of business, New York time, on the last
Business Day on which the Exchange Offer remains open; and
(5) otherwise comply in all material respects with all
applicable laws, rules and regulations.
As soon as practicable after the close of the Exchange Offer
and the Private Exchange, if any, the Issuers shall:
(1) accept for exchange all Registrable Securities validly
tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer and
the Private Exchange, if any;
(2) deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all Registrable
Securities so accepted for exchange; and
(3) cause the Trustee to authenticate and deliver promptly
to each Holder of Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange
Securities, as the case may be, equal in principal amount to the
Securities of such Holder so accepted for exchange; provided that, in
the case of any Securities held in global form by a depositary,
authentication and delivery to such depositary of one or more
replacement Securities in global form in an equivalent principal amount
thereto for the account of such Holders in accordance with the
Indenture shall satisfy such authentication and delivery requirement.
The Exchange Offer and the Private Exchange shall not be
subject to any conditions, other than that (i) the Exchange Offer or Private
Exchange, as the case may be, does not violate applicable law or any applicable
interpretation of the staff of the SEC; (ii) no action or proceeding shall have
been instituted or threatened in any court or by any governmental agency which
might materially impair the ability of the Issuers to proceed with the Exchange
Offer or the Private Exchange, and no material adverse development shall have
occurred in any existing action or proceeding with respect to the Issuers; and
(iii) all governmental approvals shall have been obtained, which approvals the
Issuers deem necessary for the consummation of the Exchange Offer or Private
Exchange.
The Exchange Securities and the Private Exchange Securities
shall be issued under (i) the Indenture or (ii) an indenture identical in all
material respects to the Indenture and which, in either case, has been qualified
under the TIA or is exempt from such qualification and shall provide that the
Exchange Securities shall not be subject to the transfer restrictions set forth
in the Indenture. The Indenture or such indenture shall provide that the
Exchange Securities, the Private Exchange Securities and the Securities shall
vote and consent together on all matters as one class and that none of the
Exchange Securities, the Private Exchange
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Securities or the Securities will have the right to vote or consent as a
separate class on any matter.
(c) If, (i) because of any change in law or in currently
prevailing interpretations of the staff of the SEC, the Issuers are not
permitted to effect the Exchange Offer, (ii) the Exchange Offer is not
consummated within 240 days of the Issue Date, (iii) the Initial Purchasers or
any holder of Private Exchange Securities so requests in writing to the Company
at any time, or (iv) in the case of any Holder that participates in the Exchange
Offer, such Holder does not receive Exchange Securities on the date of the
exchange that may be sold without restriction under state and federal securities
laws (other than due solely to the status of such Holder as an affiliate of the
Issuers within the meaning of the Securities Act) and so notifies the Company
within 30 days after such Holder first becomes aware of such restrictions, in
the case of each of clauses (i) to and including (iv) of this sentence, then the
Issuers shall promptly deliver to the Holders and the Trustee written notice
thereof (the "Shelf Notice") and shall file a Shelf Registration pursuant to
Section 3 hereof.
3. Shelf Registration
If at any time a Shelf Notice is delivered as contemplated by
Section 2(c) hereof, then:
(a) Shelf Registration. The Issuers shall as promptly as
practicable file with the SEC a Registration Statement for an offering
to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 covering all of
the Registrable Securities (the "Initial Shelf Registration"). The
Issuers shall use their reasonable best efforts to file with the SEC
the Initial Shelf Registration on or prior to the applicable Filing
Date. The Initial Shelf Registration shall be on Form S-1 or another
appropriate form permitting registration of such Registrable Securities
for resale by Holders in the manner or manners designated by them
(including, without limitation, one or more underwritten offerings).
The Issuers shall not permit any securities other than the Registrable
Securities to be included in the Initial Shelf Registration or any
Subsequent Shelf Registration (as defined below).
The Issuers shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause
the Shelf Registration to be declared effective under the Securities
Act on or prior to the Effectiveness Date and to keep the Initial Shelf
Registration continuously effective under the Securities Act until the
date that is two years from the Issue Date or such shorter period
ending when all Registrable Securities covered by the Initial Shelf
Registration have been sold in the manner set forth and as contemplated
in the Initial Shelf Registration or, if applicable, a Subsequent Shelf
Registration (the "Effectiveness Period"); provided, however, that the
Effectiveness Period in respect of the Initial Shelf Registration shall
be extended to the extent required to permit dealers to comply with the
applicable prospectus
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delivery requirements of Rule 174 under the Securities Act and as
otherwise provided herein and shall be subject to reduction to the
extent that the applicable provisions of Rule 144(k) are amended or
revised to reduce the two year holding period set forth therein.
(b) Withdrawal of Stop Orders; Subsequent Shelf
Registrations. If the Initial Shelf Registration or any Subsequent
Shelf Registration ceases to be effective for any reason at any time
during the Effectiveness Period (other than because of the sale of all
of the Securities registered thereunder), the Issuers shall use their
reasonable best efforts to obtain the prompt withdrawal of any order
suspending the effectiveness thereof, and in any event shall within 30
days of such cessation of effectiveness amend such Shelf Registration
Statement in a manner to obtain the withdrawal of the order suspending
the effectiveness thereof, or file an additional Shelf Registration
Statement pursuant to Rule 415 covering all of the Registrable
Securities covered by and not sold under the Initial Shelf Registration
or an earlier Subsequent Shelf Registration (each, a "Subsequent Shelf
Registration"). If a Subsequent Shelf Registration is filed, the
Issuers shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Subsequent
Shelf Registration to be declared effective under the Securities Act as
soon as practicable after such filing and to keep such subsequent Shelf
Registration continuously effective for a period equal to the number of
days in the Effectiveness Period less the aggregate number of days
during which the Initial Shelf Registration or any Subsequent Shelf
Registration was previously continuously effective. As used herein the
term "Shelf Registration" means the Initial Shelf Registration and any
Subsequent Shelf Registration.
(c) Supplements and Amendments. The Issuers shall promptly
supplement and amend the Shelf Registration if required by the rules,
regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used
for such Shelf Registration, if required by the Securities Act, or if
reasonably requested by the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Registrable Securities (or their counsel)
covered by such Registration Statement with respect to the information
included therein with respect to one or more of such Holders, or by any
underwriter of such Registrable Securities with respect to the
information included therein with respect to such underwriter.
4. Additional Interest
(a) The Issuers and the Initial Purchasers agree that the
Holders will suffer damages if the Issuers fail to fulfill their obligations
under Section 2 or Section 3 hereof and that it would not be feasible to
ascertain the extent of such damages with precision. Accordingly, the Issuers
agree to pay, jointly and severally, as liquidated damages, additional interest
on the Securities ("Additional Interest") under the circumstances and to the
extent set forth below (each of which shall be given independent effect):
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(i) if (A) neither the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement nor the Initial Shelf Registration has been filed on or prior
to the Filing Date applicable thereto or (B) notwithstanding that the
Issuers have consummated or will consummate the Exchange Offer, the
Issuers are required to file a Shelf Registration and such Shelf
Registration is not filed on or prior to the Filing Date applicable
thereto, then, commencing on the day after any such Filing Date,
Additional Interest shall accrue on the principal amount of the
Securities at a rate of 0.50% per annum for the first 90 days
immediately following such applicable Filing Date, and such Additional
Interest rate shall increase by an additional 0.50% per annum at the
beginning of each subsequent 90-day period; or
(ii) if (A) neither the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement nor the Initial Shelf Registration is declared effective by
the SEC on or prior to the Effectiveness Date applicable thereto or (B)
notwithstanding that the Issuers have consummated or will consummate
the Exchange Offer, the Issuers are required to file a Shelf
Registration and such Shelf Registration is not declared effective by
the SEC on or prior to the Effectiveness Date applicable to such Shelf
Registration, then, commencing on the day after such Effectiveness
Date, Additional Interest shall accrue on the principal amount of the
Securities at a rate of 0.50% per annum for the first 90 days
immediately following the day after such Effectiveness Date, and such
Additional Interest rate shall increase by an additional 0.50% per
annum at the beginning of each subsequent 90-day period; or
(iii) if (A) the Issuers have not exchanged Exchange
Securities for all Securities validly tendered in accordance with the
terms of the Exchange Offer on or prior to the 30th day after the
Effectiveness Date or (B) if applicable, a Shelf Registration has been
declared effective and such Shelf Registration ceases to be effective
at any time during the Effectiveness Period, then Additional Interest
shall accrue on the principal amount of the Securities at a rate of
0.50% per annum for the first 90 days commencing on the (x) 31st day
after the Issue Date, in the case of (A) above, or (y) the day such
Shelf Registration ceases to be effective in the case of (B) above, and
such Additional Interest rate shall increase by an additional 0.50% per
annum at the beginning of each such subsequent 90-day period;
provided, however, that the Additional Interest rate on the Securities may not
accrue under more than one of the foregoing clauses (i) - (iii) at any one time
and at no time shall the aggregate amount of additional interest accruing exceed
in the aggregate 2.0% per annum; provided, further, however, that (1) upon the
filing of the applicable Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the applicable
Shelf Registration as required hereunder (in the case of clause (i) above of
this Section 4), (2) upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement or the applicable Shelf Registration Statement as required hereunder
(in the case of clause (ii) of this Section 4), or (3) upon the exchange of the
Exchange Securities for all Securities
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tendered (in the case of clause (iii)(A) of this Section 4), or upon the
effectiveness of the applicable Shelf Registration Statement which had ceased to
remain effective (in the case of (iii)(B) of this Section 4), Additional
Interest on the Securities in respect of which such events relate as a result of
such clause (or the relevant subclause thereof), as the case may be, shall cease
to accrue.
(b) The Issuers shall notify the Trustee within one
business day after each and every date on which an event occurs in respect of
which Additional Interest is required to be paid (an "Event Date"). Any amounts
of Additional Interest due pursuant to (a)(i), (a)(ii) or (a)(iii) of this
Section 4 will be payable in cash quarterly on each March 15, June 15, September
15 and December 15 (to the holders of record on the March 1, June 1, September 1
and December 1 immediately preceding such dates), commencing with the first such
date occurring after any such Additional Interest commences to accrue. The
amount of Additional Interest will be determined by multiplying the applicable
Additional Interest rate by the principal amount of the Registrable Securities,
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, in the case of a
partial month, the actual number of days elapsed), and the denominator of which
is 360.
5. Registration Procedures
In connection with the filing of any Registration Statement
pursuant to Section 2 or 3 hereof, the Issuers shall effect such registrations
to permit the sale of the securities covered thereby in accordance with the
intended method or methods of disposition thereof, and pursuant thereto and in
connection with any Registration Statement filed by the Issuers hereunder each
of the Issuers shall:
(a) Prepare and file with the SEC prior to the applicable
Filing Date a Registration Statement or Registration Statements as
prescribed by Section 2 or 3 hereof, and use its reasonable best
efforts to cause each such Registration Statement to become effective
and remain effective as provided herein; provided, however, that if (1)
such filing is pursuant to Section 3 hereof or (2) a Prospectus
contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant
to Section 2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities
Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange
Securities during the Applicable Period relating thereto from whom any
Issuer has received written notice that it will be a Participating
Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer, before filing any Registration
Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto, the
Issuers shall furnish to and afford the Holders of the Registrable
Securities covered by such Registration Statement (with respect to a
Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof) or each such
Participating Broker-Dealer (with respect to any such Registration
Statement), as the case may be, their counsel and the managing
underwriters, if any, a reasonable opportunity to review
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copies of all such documents (including copies of any documents to be
incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits thereto) proposed to
be filed (in each case at least five business days prior to such
filing). The Issuers shall not file any Registration Statement or
Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto if the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities
covered by such Registration Statement, their counsel, or the managing
underwriters, if any, shall reasonably object on a timely basis.
(b) Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and
post-effective amendments to each Shelf Registration Statement or
Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as the case may be, as may be
necessary to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective
for the Effectiveness Period, the Applicable Period or until
consummation of the Exchange Offer, as the case may be; cause the
related Prospectus to be supplemented by any Prospectus supplement
required by applicable law, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant
to Rule 424; and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act and
the Exchange Act applicable to it with respect to the disposition of
all securities covered by such Registration Statement as so amended or
in such Prospectus as so supplemented and with respect to the
subsequent resale of any securities being sold by an Participating
Broker-Dealer covered by any such Prospectus. The Issuers shall be
deemed not to have used their reasonable best efforts to keep a
Registration Statement effective if any Issuer voluntarily takes any
action that would result in selling Holders of the Registrable
Securities covered thereby or Participating Broker-Dealers seeking to
sell Exchange Securities not being able to sell such Registrable
Securities or such Exchange Securities during that period unless such
action is required by applicable law or permitted by this Agreement.
(c) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to
Section 3 hereof, or (2) a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2 hereof is required
to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating
Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Securities during the
Applicable Period relating thereto from whom any Issuer has received
written notice that it will be a Participating Broker-Dealer in the
Exchange Offer, notify the selling Holders of Registrable Securities
(with respect to a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 3
hereof), or each such Participating Broker-Dealer (with respect to any
such Registration Statement), as the case may be, their counsel and the
managing underwriters, if any, promptly (but in any event within one
business day), and confirm such notice in writing, (i) when a
Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has
been filed, and, with respect to a Registration Statement or any
post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective under the
Securities Act (including in such notice a written statement that any
Holder may, upon request, obtain, at the sole expense of the Issuers,
one conformed copy of such Registration Statement or post-effective
amendment including financial statements and schedules, documents
incorporated
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or deemed to be incorporated by reference and exhibits), (ii) of the
issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a
Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use
of any preliminary prospectus or the initiation of any proceedings for
that purpose, (iii) if at any time when a prospectus is required by the
Securities Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the
Registrable Securities or resales of Exchange Securities by
Participating Broker-Dealers the representations and warranties of the
Issuers contained in any agreement (including any underwriting
agreement) contemplated by Section 5(n) hereof cease to be true and
correct, (iv) of the receipt by any Issuer of any notification with
respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from
qualification of a Registration Statement or any of the Registrable
Securities or the Exchange Securities to be sold by any Participating
Broker-Dealer for offer or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation
or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose, (v) of the happening
of any event, the existence of any condition or any information
becoming known that makes any statement made in such Registration
Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect
or that requires the making of any changes in or amendments or
supplements to such Registration Statement, Prospectus or documents so
that, in the case of the Registration Statement, it will not contain
any 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 not misleading, and that in the case of the Prospectus, it will
not contain any 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 the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading, and (vi) of the Issuers' determination
that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement would be
appropriate.
(d) Use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance
of any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement
or of any order preventing or suspending the use of a Prospectus or
suspending the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any
of the Registrable Securities or the Exchange Securities to be sold by
any Participating Broker-Dealer, for sale in any jurisdiction, and, if
any such order is issued, to use its reasonable best efforts to obtain
the withdrawal of any such order at the earliest practicable moment.
(e) If a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3
and if requested during the Effectiveness Period by the managing
underwriter or underwriters (if any), the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities being sold in
connection with an underwritten offering or any Participating
Broker-Dealer, (i) as promptly as practicable incorporate in a
prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information as
the managing underwriter or underwriters (if any), such Holders, any
Participating Broker-Dealer or counsel for any of them reasonably
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request to be included therein, (ii) make all required filings of such
prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment as soon as
practicable after the Company has received notification of the matters
to be incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post-effective
amendment, and (iii) supplement or make amendments to such Registration
Statement.
(f) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to
Section 3 hereof, or (2) a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2 hereof is required
to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating
Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Securities during the
Applicable Period, furnish to each selling Holder of Registrable
Securities (with respect to a Registration Statement filed pursuant to
Section 3 hereof) and to each such Participating Broker-Dealer who so
requests (with respect to any such Registration Statement) and to their
respective counsel and each managing underwriter, if any, at the sole
expense of the Issuers, one conformed copy of the Registration
Statement or Registration Statements and each post-effective amendment
thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and, if
requested, all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
therein by reference and all exhibits.
(g) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to
Section 3 hereof, or (2) a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2 hereof is required
to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating
Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Securities during the
Applicable Period, deliver to each selling Holder of Registrable
Securities (with respect to a Registration Statement filed pursuant to
Section 3 hereof), or each such Participating Broker-Dealer (with
respect to any such Registration Statement), as the case may be, their
respective counsel, and the underwriters, if any, at the sole expense
of the Issuers, as many copies of the Prospectus or Prospectuses
(including each form of preliminary prospectus) and each amendment or
supplement thereto and any documents incorporated by reference therein
as such Persons may reasonably request; and, subject to the last
paragraph of this Section 5, the Issuers hereby consent to the use of
such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the
selling Holders of Registrable Securities or each such Participating
Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, and the underwriters or agents, if
any, and dealers, if any, in connection with the offering and sale of
the Registrable Securities covered by, or the sale by Participating
Broker-Dealers of the Exchange Securities pursuant to, such Prospectus
and any amendment or supplement thereto.
(h) Prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities
or any delivery of a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to
sell Exchange Securities during the Applicable Period, use its
reasonable best efforts to register or qualify, and to cooperate with
the
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selling Holders of Registrable Securities or each such Participating
Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, the managing underwriter or
underwriters, if any, and their respective counsel in connection with
the registration or qualification (or exemption from such registration
or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for offer and sale
under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within the
United States as any selling Holder, Participating Broker-Dealer, or
the managing underwriter or underwriters reasonably request in writing;
provided, however, that where Exchange Securities held by Participating
Broker-Dealers or Registrable Securities are offered other than through
an underwritten offering, the Issuers agree to cause their counsel to
perform Blue Sky investigations and file registrations and
qualifications required to be filed pursuant to this Section 5(h), keep
each such registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom)
effective during the period such Registration Statement is required to
be kept effective and do any and all other acts or things necessary or
advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the
Exchange Securities held by Participating Broker-Dealers or the
Registrable Securities covered by the applicable Registration
Statement; provided, however, that no Issuer shall be required to (A)
qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not
then so qualified, (B) take any action that would subject it to general
service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so
subject or (C) subject itself to taxation in excess of a nominal dollar
amount in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.
(i) If a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3
hereof, cooperate with the selling Holders of Registrable Securities
and the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, to facilitate the
timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing
Registrable Securities to be sold, which certificates shall not bear
any restrictive legends and shall be in a form eligible for deposit
with The Depository Trust Company; and enable such Registrable
Securities to be in such denominations (subject to applicable
requirements contained in the Indenture) and registered in such names
as the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, or Holders may
request.
(j) Use its reasonable best efforts to cause the
Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be
registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or
authorities as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof
or the underwriter or underwriters, if any, to consummate the
disposition of such Registrable Securities, except as may be required
solely as a consequence of the nature of such selling Holder's
business, in which case the Issuers will cooperate in all respects with
the filing of such Registration Statement and the granting of such
approvals.
(k) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to
Section 3 hereof, or (2) a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2 hereof is required
to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating
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Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Securities during the
Applicable Period, upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by
paragraph 5(c)(v) or 5(c)(vi) hereof, as promptly as practicable
prepare and (subject to Section 5(a) hereof) file with the SEC, at the
sole expense of the Issuers, a supplement or post-effective amendment
to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus
or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by
reference, or file any other required document so that, as thereafter
delivered to the purchasers of the Registrable Securities being sold
thereunder (with respect to a Registration Statement filed pursuant to
Section 3 hereof) or to the purchasers of the Exchange Securities to
whom such Prospectus will be delivered by a Participating Broker-Dealer
(with respect to any such Registration Statement), any such Prospectus
will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading.
(l) Use its reasonable best efforts to cause the
Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement or the
Exchange Securities, as the case may be, to be rated with the
appropriate rating agencies, if so requested by the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of Registrable Securities
covered by such Registration Statement or the Exchange Securities, as
the case may be, or the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any.
(m) Prior to the effective date of the first Registration
Statement relating to the Registrable Securities, (i) provide the
Trustee with certificates for the Registrable Securities in a form
eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company and (ii) provide
a CUSIP number for the Registrable Securities.
(n) In connection with any offering of Registrable
Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration, enter into an underwriting
agreement as is customary in underwritten offerings of debt securities
similar to the Securities, and take all such other actions as are
reasonably requested by the managing underwriter or underwriters in
order to expedite or facilitate the registration or the disposition of
such Registrable Securities and, in such connection, (i) make such
representations and warranties to, and covenants with, the underwriters
with respect to the business of the Issuers (including any acquired
business, properties or entity, if applicable), and the Registration
Statement, Prospectus and documents, if any, incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated by reference therein, in each case, as are customarily
made by issuers to underwriters in underwritten offerings of debt
securities similar to the Securities, and confirm the same in writing
if and when requested; (ii) obtain the written opinions of counsel to
the Issuers, and written updates thereof in form, scope and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the managing underwriter or underwriters,
addressed to the underwriters covering the matters customarily covered
in opinions reasonably requested in underwritten offerings;
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(iii) obtain "cold comfort" letters and updates thereof in form, scope
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the managing underwriter or
underwriters from the independent certified public accountants of the
Issuers (and, if necessary, any other independent certified public
accountants of the Issuers, or of any business acquired by the Issuers,
for which financial statements and financial data are, or are required
to be, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement), addressed to each of the underwriters, such letters to be
in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered
in "cold comfort" letters in connection with underwritten offerings of
debt securities similar to the Securities; and (iv) if an underwriting
agreement is entered into, the same shall contain indemnification
provisions and procedures no less favorable to the sellers and
underwriters, if any, than those set forth in Section 7 hereof (or such
other provisions and procedures reasonably acceptable to Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of Registrable Securities
covered by such Registration Statement and the managing underwriter or
underwriters or agents, if any). The above shall be done at each
closing under such underwriting agreement, or as and to the extent
required thereunder.
(o) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to
Section 3 hereof, or (2) a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2 hereof is required
to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating
Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Securities during the
Applicable Period, make available for inspection by the Initial
Purchasers, any selling Holder of such Registrable Securities being
sold (with respect to a Registration Statement filed pursuant to
Section 3 hereof), or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the
case may be, any underwriter participating in any such disposition of
Registrable Securities, if any, and any attorney, accountant or other
agent retained by any such selling Holder or each such Participating
Broker-Dealer (with respect to any such Registration Statement), as the
case may be, or underwriter (any such Initial Purchaser, Holders,
Participating Broker-Dealers, underwriters, attorneys, accountants or
agents, collectively, the "Inspectors"), upon written request, at the
offices where normally kept, during reasonable business hours, all
pertinent financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents
and instruments of the Issuers and subsidiaries of the Issuers
(collectively, the "Records"), as shall be reasonably necessary to
enable them to exercise any applicable due diligence responsibilities,
and cause the officers, directors and employees of the Issuers and any
of their respective subsidiaries to supply all information
("Information") reasonably requested by any such Inspector in
connection with such due diligence responsibilities. Each Inspector
shall agree in writing that it will keep the Records and Information
confidential and that it will not disclose any of the Records or
Information that any Issuer determines, in good faith, to be
confidential and notifies the Inspectors in writing are confidential
unless (i) the disclosure of such Records or Information is necessary
to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in
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such Registration Statement or Prospectus, (ii) the release of such
Records or Information is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other order
from a court of competent jurisdiction, (iii) disclosure of such
Records or Information is necessary or advisable, in the opinion of
counsel for any Inspector, in connection with any action, claim, suit
or proceeding, directly or indirectly, involving or potentially
involving such Inspector and arising out of, based upon, relating to,
or involving this Agreement or the Purchase Agreement, or any
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or arising hereunder or
thereunder, or (iv) the information in such Records or Information has
been made generally available to the public other than by an Inspector
or an "affiliate" (as defined in Rule 405) thereof; provided, however,
that prior notice shall be provided as soon as practicable to any
Issuer of the potential disclosure of any information by such Inspector
pursuant to clauses (i) or (ii) of this sentence to permit the Issuers
to obtain a protective order (or waive the provisions of this paragraph
(o)) and that such Inspector shall take such actions as are reasonably
necessary to protect the confidentiality of such information (if
practicable) to the extent such action is otherwise not inconsistent
with, an impairment of or in derogation of the rights and interests of
the Holder or any Inspector.
(p) Provide an indenture trustee for the Registrable
Securities or the Exchange Securities, as the case may be, and cause
the Indenture or the trust indenture provided for in Section 2(a)
hereof, as the case may be, to be qualified under the TIA not later
than the effective date of the first Registration Statement relating to
the Registrable Securities; and in connection therewith, cooperate with
the trustee under any such indenture and the Holders of the Registrable
Securities, to effect such changes (if any) to such indenture as may be
required for such indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the
terms of the TIA; and execute, and use its reasonable best efforts to
cause such trustee to execute, all documents as may be required to
effect such changes, and all other forms and documents required to be
filed with the SEC to enable such indenture to be so qualified in a
timely manner.
(q) Comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the
SEC and make generally available to its securityholders with regard to
any applicable Registration Statement, a consolidated earnings
statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities
Act and Rule 158 thereunder (or any similar rule promulgated under the
Securities Act) no later than 45 days after the end of any fiscal
quarter (or 90 days after the end of any 12-month period if such period
is a fiscal year) (i) commencing at the end of any fiscal quarter in
which Registrable Securities are sold to underwriters in a firm
commitment or best efforts underwritten offering and (ii) if not sold
to underwriters in such an offering, commencing on the first day of the
first fiscal quarter of the Company, after the effective date of a
Registration Statement, which statements shall cover said 12-month
periods.
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(r) Upon consummation of the Exchange Offer or a Private
Exchange, obtain an opinion of counsel to the Issuers, in a form
customary for underwritten transactions, addressed to the Trustee for
the benefit of all Holders of Registrable Securities participating in
the Exchange Offer or the Private Exchange, as the case may be, that
the Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities, as the case may
be, the related guarantee and the related indenture constitute legal,
valid and binding obligations of the Issuers, enforceable against the
Issuers in accordance with their respective terms, subject to customary
exceptions and qualifications. If the Exchange Offer or a Private
Exchange is to be consummated, upon delivery of the Registrable
Securities by Holders to the Company (or to such other Person as
directed by the Company), in exchange for the Exchange Securities or
the Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, the Issuers shall
▇▇▇▇, or cause to be marked, on such Registrable Securities that such
Registrable Securities are being cancelled in exchange for the Exchange
Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be; in
no event shall such Registrable Securities be marked as paid or
otherwise satisfied.
(s) Cooperate with each seller of Registrable Securities
covered by any Registration Statement and each underwriter, if any,
participating in the disposition of such Registrable Securities and
their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be
made with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the
"NASD").
(t) Use its reasonable best efforts to take all other steps
necessary to effect the registration of the Exchange Securities and/or
Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement contemplated
hereby.
The Issuers may require each seller of Registrable Securities
as to which any registration is being effected to furnish to the Issuers such
information regarding such seller and the distribution of such Registrable
Securities as the Issuers may, from time to time, reasonably request. The
Issuers may exclude from such registration the Registrable Securities of any
seller so long as such seller fails to furnish such information within a
reasonable time after receiving such request. Each seller as to which any Shelf
Registration is being effected agrees to furnish promptly to the Issuers all
information required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously
furnished to the Issuers by such seller not materially misleading.
If any such Registration Statement refers to any Holder by
name or otherwise as the holder of any securities of the Company or TC Funding,
then such Holder shall have the right to require (i) the insertion therein of
language, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Holder, to the
effect that the holding by such Holder of such securities is not to be construed
as a recommendation by such Holder of the investment quality of the securities
covered thereby and that such holding does not imply that such Holder will
assist in meeting
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any future financial requirements of the Company and TC Funding, or (ii) in the
event that such reference to such Holder by name or otherwise is not required by
the Securities Act or any similar federal statute then in force, the deletion of
the reference to such Holder in any amendment or supplement to the Registration
Statement filed or prepared subsequent to the time that such reference ceases to
be required.
Each Holder of Registrable Securities and each Participating
Broker-Dealer agrees by its acquisition of such Registrable Securities or
Exchange Securities to be sold by such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case
may be, that, upon actual receipt of any notice from the Company of the
happening of any event of the kind described in Section 5(c)(ii), 5(c)(iv),
5(c)(v), or 5(c)(vi) hereof, such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition
of such Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement or
Prospectus or Exchange Securities to be sold by such Holder or Participating
Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, until such Holder's or Participating
Broker-Dealer's receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus
contemplated by Section 5(k) hereof, or until it is advised in writing (the
"Advice") by the Issuers that the use of the applicable Prospectus may be
resumed, and has received copies of any amendments or supplements thereto. In
the event that the Issuers shall give any such notice, each of the Applicable
Period and the Effectiveness Period shall be extended by the number of days
during such periods from and including the date of the giving of such notice to
and including the date when each seller of Registrable Securities covered by
such Registration Statement or Exchange Securities to be sold by such
Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, shall have received (x) the
copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 5(k)
hereof or (y) the Advice.
6. Registration Expenses
All fees and expenses incident to the performance of or
compliance with this Agreement by the Issuers shall be borne by the Issuers,
whether or not the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or any Shelf
Registration Statement is filed or becomes effective or the Exchange Offer is
consummated, including, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees
(including, without limitation, (A) fees with respect to filings required to be
made with the NASD in connection with an underwritten offering and (B) fees and
expenses of compliance with state securities or Blue Sky laws (including,
without limitation, fees and disbursements of counsel in connection with Blue
Sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities and
determination of the eligibility of the Registrable Securities or Exchange
Securities for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions (x) where the
holders of Registrable Securities are located, in the case of the Exchange
Securities, or (y) as provided in Section 5(h) hereof, in the case of
Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities to be sold by a Participating
Broker-Dealer during the Applicable Period)), (ii) printing expenses, including,
without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities
or Exchange Securities in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust
Company and of printing prospectuses if the printing of prospectuses is
requested by the managing underwriter
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or underwriters, if any, by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Registrable Securities included in any Registration Statement or
in respect of Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities to be sold by any
Participating Broker-Dealer during the Applicable Period, as the case may be,
(iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Issuers and, in the case of a Shelf Registration, reasonable
fees and disbursements of one special counsel for all of the sellers of
Registrable Securities (exclusive of any counsel retained pursuant to Section 7
hereof), (v) fees and disbursements of all independent certified public
accountants referred to in Section 5(n)(iii) hereof (including, without
limitation, the expenses of any "cold comfort" letters required by or incident
to such performance), (vi) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Issuers
desire such insurance, (vii) fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by
the Issuers, (viii) internal expenses of the Issuers (including, without
limitation, all salaries and expenses of officers and employees of the Issuers
performing legal or accounting duties), (ix) the expense of any annual audit,
(x) any fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the
securities to be registered on any securities exchange, and the obtaining of a
rating of the securities, in each case, if applicable, and (xi) the expenses
relating to printing, word processing and distributing all Registration
Statements, underwriting agreements, indentures and any other documents
necessary in order to comply with this Agreement.
7. Indemnification and Contribution
(a) Each of the Issuers agree, jointly and severally, to
indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of Registrable Securities and each
Participating Broker-Dealer selling Exchange Securities during the Applicable
Period, and each Person, if any, who controls such Person or its affiliates
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act
(each, a "Participant") against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to
which any Participant may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or
otherwise, insofar as any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon:
(i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement made
by any Issuer contained in any application or any other document or any
amendment or supplement thereto executed by any Issuer based upon
written information furnished by or on behalf of any Issuer filed in
any jurisdiction in order to qualify the Securities under the
securities or "Blue Sky" laws thereof or filed with the SEC or any
securities association or securities exchange (each, an "Application");
(ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any
material fact contained in any Registration Statement (or any amendment
thereto) or Prospectus (as amended or supplemented if any of the
Issuers shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) or
any preliminary prospectus; or
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(iii) the omission or alleged omission to state, in any
Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or Prospectus (as
amended or supplemented if any of the Issuers shall have furnished any
amendments or supplements thereto) or any preliminary prospectus or any
Application or any other document or any amendment or supplement
thereto, a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading;
and will reimburse, as incurred, the Participant for any legal or other expenses
incurred by the Participant in connection with investigating, defending against
or appearing as a third-party witness in connection with any such loss, claim,
damage, liability or action; provided, however, the Issuers will not be liable
in any such case to the extent that any 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 any Registration Statement (or any
amendment thereto) or Prospectus (as amended or supplemented if any of the
Issuers shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) or any
preliminary prospectus or Application or any amendment or supplement thereto in
reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Participant
furnished to the Issuers by such Participant specifically for use therein. The
indemnity provided for in this Section 7 will be in addition to any liability
that the Issuers may otherwise have to the indemnified parties. The Issuers
shall not be liable under this Section 7 for any settlement of any claim or
action effected without its prior written consent, which shall not be
unreasonably withheld.
(b) Each Participant, severally and not jointly, agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless the Issuers, their directors, their officers and
each person, if any, who controls the Issuers within the meaning of Section 15
of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any losses, claims, damages
or liabilities to which the Issuers or any such director, officer or controlling
person may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar
as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of any material fact contained in any Registration Statement or
Prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto, or any preliminary prospectus,
or (ii) the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a material fact
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the
extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information concerning such Participant, furnished to
the Issuers by the Participant, specifically for use therein; and subject to the
limitation set forth immediately preceding this clause, will reimburse, as
incurred, any legal or other expenses incurred by the Issuers or any such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with investigating or
defending against or appearing as a third party witness in connection with any
such loss, claim, damage, liability or action in respect thereof. The indemnity
provided for in this Section 7 will be in addition to any liability that the
Participants may otherwise have to the indemnified parties. The Participants
shall not be liable under this Section 7 for any settlement of any claim or
action effected without
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their consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Issuers shall not,
without the prior written consent of such Participant, effect any settlement or
compromise of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any
Participant is or could have been a party, or indemnity could have been sought
hereunder by any Participant, unless such settlement (A) includes an
unconditional written release of the Participants, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Participants, from all liability on claims that
are the subject matter of such proceeding and (B) does not include any statement
as to an admission of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of
any Participant.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under
this Section 7 of notice of the commencement of any action for which such
indemnified party is entitled to indemnification under this Section 7, such
indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the
indemnifying party under this Section 7, notify the indemnifying party of the
commencement thereof in writing; but the omission to so notify the indemnifying
party (i) will not relieve it from any liability under paragraph (a) or (b)
above unless and to the extent such failure results in the forfeiture by the
indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any
event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified
party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraphs (a) and
(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; provided, however, that if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the
indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel
with a conflict of interest, (ii) the defendants in any such action include both
the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall
have been advised by counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses
available to it and/or other indemnified parties that are different from or
additional to those available to the indemnifying party, or (iii) the
indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to
the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable
time after receipt by the indemnifying party of notice of the institution of
such action, then, in each such case, the indemnifying party shall not have the
right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party
or parties and such indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select
separate counsel to defend such action on behalf of such indemnified party or
parties. After notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of
its election so to assume the defense thereof and approval by such indemnified
party of counsel appointed to defend such action, the indemnifying party will
not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 7 for any legal or
other expenses, other than reasonable costs of investigation, subsequently
incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof,
unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in
accordance with the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence (it being
understood, however, that in connection with such action
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the indemnifying party shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one
separate counsel (in addition to local counsel) in any one action or separate
but substantially similar actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the
same general allegations or circumstances, designated by Participants who sold a
majority in interest of the Registrable Securities and Exchange Securities sold
by all such Participants in the case of paragraph (a) of this Section 7 or the
Issuers in the case of paragraph (b) of this Section 7, representing the
indemnified parties under such paragraph (a) or paragraph (b), as the case may
be, who are parties to such action or actions) or (ii) the indemnifying party
has authorized in writing the employment of counsel for the indemnified party at
the expense of the indemnifying party. All fees and expenses reimbursed pursuant
to this paragraph (c) shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. After such
notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party, the indemnifying
party will not be liable for the costs and expenses of any settlement of such
action effected by such indemnified party without the prior written consent of
the indemnifying party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld),
unless such indemnified party waived in writing its rights under this Section 7,
in which case the indemnified party may effect such a settlement without such
consent.
(d) In circumstances in which the indemnity agreement
provided for in the preceding paragraphs of this Section 7 is unavailable to, or
insufficient to hold harmless, an indemnified party in respect of any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), each
indemnifying party, in order to provide for just and equitable contribution,
shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a
result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect (i) the relative
benefits received by the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the
indemnified party on the other from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if
the allocation provided by the foregoing clause (i) is not permitted by
applicable law, not only such relative benefits 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 or alleged statements
or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof). The relative benefits received by the Issuers on
the one hand and such Participant on the other shall be deemed to be in the same
proportion as the total proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses)
of the Securities received by the Issuers bear to the total net profit received
by such Participant in connection with the sale of the Securities. The relative
fault of the parties shall be determined by reference to, among other things,
whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information
supplied by the Issuers on the one hand, or the Participants on the other, the
parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to
correct or prevent such statement or omission or alleged statement or omission,
and any other equitable considerations appropriate in the circumstances. The
parties agree that it would not be equitable if the amount of such contribution
were determined by pro rata or per capita allocation or by any other method of
allocation that
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does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in the first
sentence of this paragraph (d). Notwithstanding any other provision of this
paragraph (d), no Participant shall be obligated to make contributions hereunder
that in the aggregate exceed the total net profit received by such Participant
in connection with the sale of the Securities, less the aggregate amount of any
damages that such Participant has otherwise been required to pay by reason of
the untrue or alleged untrue statements or the omissions or alleged omissions to
state a material fact, and no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation
(within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. For purposes of this paragraph (d), each person, if any, who
controls a Participant within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20
of the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the
Participants, and each director of any Issuer, each officer of any Issuer and
each person, if any, who controls any Issuer within the meaning of Section 15 of
the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, shall have the same rights to
contribution as the Issuers.
8. Rules 144 and 144A
Each of the Issuers covenants and agrees that it will file the
reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act
and the rules and regulations adopted by the SEC thereunder in a timely manner
in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act
and, if at any time such Issuer is not required to file such reports, such
Issuer will, upon the request of any Holder or beneficial owner of Registrable
Securities, make available such information necessary to permit sales pursuant
to Rule 144A. Each of the Issuers further covenants and agrees, for so long as
any Registrable Securities remain outstanding that it will take such further
action as any Holder of Registrable Securities may reasonably request, all to
the extent required from time to time to enable such holder to sell Registrable
Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation
of the exemptions provided by Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act and Rule
144A.
9. Underwritten Registrations
If any of the Registrable Securities covered by any Shelf
Registration are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the investment banker
or investment bankers and manager or managers that will manage the offering will
be selected by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of such
Registrable Securities included in such offering and shall be reasonably
acceptable to the Issuers.
No Holder of Registrable Securities may participate in any
underwritten registration hereunder unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell such
Holder's Registrable Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting
arrangements approved by the Persons entitled hereunder to approve such
arrangements and (b) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers
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of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents required
under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.
10. Miscellaneous
(a) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Issuers have not, as of
the date hereof, and the Issuers shall not, after the date of this Agreement,
enter into any agreement with respect to any of their securities that is
inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders of Registrable Securities 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 Issuers' other issued
and outstanding securities under any such agreements. The Issuers will not enter
into any agreement with respect to any of their securities which will grant to
any Person piggy-back registration rights with respect to any Registration
Statement.
(b) Adjustments Affecting Registrable Securities. The
Issuers shall not, directly or indirectly, take any action with respect to the
Registrable Securities as a class that would adversely affect the ability of the
Holders of Registrable Securities to include such Registrable Securities in a
registration undertaken pursuant to this Agreement.
(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, otherwise than with
the prior written consent of (I) the Company, and (II)(A) the Holders of not
less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding
Registrable Securities and (B) in circumstances that would adversely affect the
Participating Broker-Dealers, the Participating Broker-Dealers holding not less
than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Exchange Securities held by
all Participating Broker-Dealers; provided, however, that Section 7 and this
Section 10(c) may not be amended, modified or supplemented without the prior
written consent of each Holder and each Participating Broker-Dealer (including
any person who was a Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer of Registrable
Securities or Exchange Securities, as the case may be, disposed of pursuant to
any Registration Statement) affected by any such amendment, modification or
supplement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from
the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the
rights of Holders of Registrable Securities whose securities are being sold
pursuant to a Registration Statement and that does not directly or indirectly
affect, impair, limit or compromise the rights of other Holders of Registrable
Securities may be given by Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Registrable Securities being sold pursuant to such Registration
Statement.
(d) Notices. All notices and other communications
(including, without limitation, any notices or other communications to the
Trustee) provided for or permitted
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hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, registered first-class
mail, next-day air courier or facsimile:
(i) if to a Holder of the Registrable Securities or any
Participating Broker-Dealer, at the most current address of such Holder
or Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, set forth on the
records of the registrar under the Indenture, with a copy in like
manner to each of the Initial Purchasers as follows:
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Facsimile No.: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: Corporate Finance
Credit Suisse First Boston LLC
Eleven ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Facsimile No.: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: Corporate Finance
UBS Warburg LLC
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Facsimile No.: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: Corporate Finance
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Company, Inc.
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Facsimile No.: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: Corporate Finance
with a copy to:
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Facsimile No.: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Esq.
(ii) if to the Initial Purchasers, at the addresses
specified in Section 10(d)(i);
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(iii) if to the Issuers, at the address as follows:
▇▇▇▇▇ Casino Holdings, LLC
▇▇▇▇▇ Casino Funding, Inc.
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
with a copy to:
LeBoeuf, Lamb, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇ L.L.P.
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have
been duly given: when delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business
Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; one Business
Day after being timely delivered to a next-day air courier; and when receipt is
acknowledged by the addressee, if sent by facsimile.
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 and in the manner specified in such Indenture.
(e) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to
the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the
parties hereto, the Holders and the Participating Broker-Dealers; provided,
however, that nothing herein shall be deemed to permit any assignment, transfer
or other disposition of Registrable Securities in violation of the terms of the
Purchase Agreement or the Indenture.
(f) 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.
(g) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for
convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the
meaning hereof.
(h) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AS APPLIED TO
CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT
REGARD TO PRINCIPLES
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OF CONFLICTS OF LAW THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF ANY OTHER LAW.
(i) Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or
restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions,
covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and
effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties
hereto shall use their best efforts to find and employ an alternative means to
achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such
term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared
to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining
terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that
may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
(j) Securities Held by the Issuers or Their Affiliates.
Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of
Registrable Securities is required hereunder, Registrable Securities held by the
Issuers or their affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the
Securities Act) shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or
approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage.
(k) Third-Party Beneficiaries. Holders of Registrable
Securities and Participating Broker-Dealers are intended third-party
beneficiaries of this Agreement, and this Agreement may be enforced by such
Persons.
(l) Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the
Purchase Agreement and the Indenture, is intended by the parties as a final and
exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in
respect of the subject matter contained herein and therein and any and all prior
oral or written agreements, representations, or warranties, contracts,
understandings, correspondence, conversations and memoranda between the Holders
on the one hand and the Issuers on the other, or between or among any agents,
representatives, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, predecessors in interest or
successors in interest with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof are
merged herein and replaced hereby.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement
as of the date first written above.
▇▇▇▇▇ CASINO HOLDINGS, LLC
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: CFO, Executive Vice President,
Corporate Treasurer and Secretary
▇▇▇▇▇ CASINO FUNDING, INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: CFO, Executive Vice President,
Corporate Treasurer and Secretary
▇▇▇▇▇ INDIANA, INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Executive Vice President
and Treasurer
[First Priority Mortgage Notes Registration Rights Agreement]
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▇▇▇▇▇ INDIANA REALTY, LLC
By: ▇▇▇▇▇ Casino Holdings,
LLC, its member
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: CFO, Executive Vice President,
Corporate Treasurer and Secretary
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President and Secretary
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ASSOCIATES,
L.P.
By: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, Inc.,
its general partner
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President and Secretary
[First Priority Mortgage Notes Registration Rights Agreement]
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THCR MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS,
LLC
By: ▇▇▇▇▇ Casino Holdings,
LLC, its member
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: CFO, Executive Vice President,
Corporate Treasurer
and Secretary
THCR MANAGEMENT SERVICES,
LLC
By: THCR Management Holdings,
LLC, its member
By: ▇▇▇▇▇ Casino Holdings,
LLC, its member
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: CFO, Executive Vice President,
Corporate Treasurer
and Secretary
[First Priority Mortgage Notes Registration Rights Agreement]
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The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted by the Initial
Purchasers as of the date first above written.
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON LLC
UBS WARBURG LLC
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & COMPANY, INC.,
as the Initial Purchasers
BY: DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,
on behalf of the Initial Purchasers
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Managing Director
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Frauen
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Frauen
Title: Director
[First Priority Mortgage Notes Registration Rights Agreement]