REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Dated June 19, 1998
among
HUBCO, INC.
HUBCO CAPITAL TRUST II
and
▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇, INC.
as Initial Purchaser
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made and
entered into as of June 19, 1998 among HUBCO, Inc., a New Jersey corporation
(the "Corporation"), HUBCO Capital Trust II, a business trust formed under the
laws of the state of Delaware (the "Trust"), and ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇, INC.,
(the "Initial Purchaser").
This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated June
16, 1998 (the "Purchase Agreement"), among the Corporation, as issuer of the
Series A 7.65% Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures due 2028 (the
"Subordinated Debentures"), the Trust and the Initial Purchaser, which provides
for among other things, the sale by the Trust to the Initial Purchaser of 50,000
of the Trust's Series A 7.65% Capital Securities, liquidation amount $1,000 per
Capital Security (the "Capital Securities") the proceeds of which will be used
by the Trust to purchase Subordinated Debentures. The Capital Securities,
together with the Subordinated Debentures and the Corporation's guarantee of the
Capital Securities (the "Capital Securities Guarantee") are collectively
referred to as the "Securities". In order to induce the Initial Purchaser to
enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Corporation and the Trust have agreed to
provide to the Initial Purchaser and its direct and indirect transferees the
registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of
this Agreement is a condition to the closing under the Purchase Agreement.
In consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized
defined terms shall have the following meanings:
"Advice" shall have the meaning set forth in the last
paragraph of Section 3 hereof.
"Applicable Period" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3(t) hereof.
"Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday,
or a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York or in
Mahwah, New Jersey are authorized or required by law or executive order
to close.
"Closing Time" shall mean the Closing Time as defined in the
Purchase Agreement.
"Corporation" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble
to this Agreement and also includes the Corporation's successors and
permitted assigns.
"Declaration" or "Declaration of Trust" shall mean the Amended
and Restated Declaration of Trust, dated as of June 19, 1998, by the
trustees named therein and the Corporation as sponsor.
"Depositary" shall mean The Depository Trust Corporation, or
any other depositary appointed by the Trust; provided, however, that
such depositary must have an address in the Borough of Manhattan, in
The City of New York.
"Effectiveness Period" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2(b) hereof.
"Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended from time to time.
"Exchange Offer" shall mean the offer by the Corporation and
the Trust to the Holders to exchange all of the Registrable Securities
(other than Private Exchange Securities) for a like principal amount of
Exchange Securities pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.
"Exchange Offer Registration" shall mean a registration under
the Securities Act effected pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.
"Exchange Offer Registration Statement" shall mean an exchange
offer registration statement on Form S-4 (or, if applicable, on another
appropriate form), and all amendments and supplements to such
registration statement, in each case including the Prospectus contained
therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by
reference therein.
"Exchange Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2(a) hereof.
"Exchange Securities" shall mean (i) with respect to the
Subordinated Debentures, the Series B % Junior Subordinated Deferrable
Interest Debentures due June 30, 2028 (the "Exchange Debentures")
containing terms identical to the Subordinated Debentures (except that
they will not contain terms with respect to the transfer restrictions
under the Securities Act other than to require minimum transfers
thereof to be in blocks of $100,000 principal amount and will not
provide for any increase in the interest rate thereon), (ii) with
respect to the Capital Securities, the Trust's Series B % Capital
Securities, liquidation amount $1,000 per Capital Security (the
"Exchange Capital Securities") which will have terms identical to the
Capital Securities (except they will not contain terms with respect to
transfer restrictions under the Securities Act other than to require
minimum transfers thereon to be in blocks of $100,000 liquidation
amount and will not provide for any increase in the interest rate
thereon) and (iii) with respect to the Capital Securities Guarantee,
the Corporation's guarantee (the "Exchange Capital Securities
Guarantee") of the Exchange Capital Securities which will have terms
identical to the Capital Securities Guarantee.
"Holder" shall mean the Initial Purchaser, for so long as it
owns any Registrable Securities, and each of its successors, assigns
and direct and indirect transferees who become registered owners of
Registrable Securities under the Indenture or Declaration of Trust.
"Indenture" shall mean the Indenture relating to the
Subordinated Debentures and the Exchange Debentures dated as of June
19, 1998 among the Corporation, as issuer, and The Bank of New York, as
trustee, as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance
with the terms thereof.
"Initial Purchaser" shall have the meaning set forth in the
preamble to this Agreement.
"Inspectors" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(n)
hereof.
"Issue Date" shall mean the date of original issuance of the
Securities.
"Liquidated Damages" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2(e) hereof.
"Majority Holders" shall mean the Holders of a majority of the
aggregate liquidation amount of outstanding Capital Securities.
"Participating Broker-Dealer" shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 3(t) hereof.
"Person" shall mean an individual, partnership, corporation,
trust or unincorporated organization, limited liability company, or a
government or agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Private Exchange" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2(a) hereof.
"Private Exchange Securities" shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 2(a) hereof.
"Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus included in a
Registration Statement, including any preliminary prospectus, and any
such prospectus as amended or supplemented by any prospectus
supplement, including a prospectus supplement with respect to the terms
of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by
a Shelf Registration Statement, and by all other amendments and
supplements to a prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and
in each case including all material incorporated by reference therein.
"Purchase Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in the
preamble to this Agreement.
"Records" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(n)
hereof.
"Registration Default" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2(e) hereof.
"Registrable Securities" shall mean the Securities and, if
issued, the Private Exchange Securities; provided, however, that
Securities or Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, shall
cease to be Registrable Securities when (i) a Registration Statement
with respect to such Securities or Private Exchange Securities for the
exchange or resale thereof, as the case may be, shall have been
declared effective under the Securities Act and such Securities or
Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, shall have been
disposed of pursuant to such Registration Statement, (ii) such
Securities or Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, shall
have been sold to the public pursuant to Rule 144(k) (or any similar
provision then in force, but not Rule 144A) under the Securities Act,
(iii) such Securities or Private Exchange Securities, as the case may
be, shall have ceased to be outstanding or (iv) with respect to the
Securities, such Securities have been exchanged for Exchange Securities
upon consummation of the Exchange Offer and are thereafter freely
tradeable by the holder thereof (other than an affiliate of the
Corporation).
"Registration Expenses" shall mean any and all expenses
incident to performance of or compliance by the Corporation with this
Agreement, including without limitation: (i) all SEC or National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD") registration and
filing fees, including, if applicable, the fees and expenses of any
"qualified independent underwriter" (and its counsel) that is required
to be retained by any Holder of Registrable Securities in accordance
with the rules and regulations of the NASD, (ii) all fees and expenses
incurred in connection with compliance with state securities or blue
sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for
any underwriters or Holders in connection with blue sky qualification
of any of the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities) and
compliance with the rules of the NASD, (iii) all expenses of any
Persons in preparing or assisting in preparing, word processing,
printing and distributing any Registration Statement, any Prospectus
and any amendments or supplements thereto, and in preparing or
assisting in preparing, printing and distributing any underwriting
agreements, securities sales agreements and other documents relating to
the performance of and compliance with this Agreement, (iv) all rating
agency fees, (v) the fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Corporation and of the independent certified public accountants of the
Corporation, including the expenses of any "cold comfort" letters
required by or incident to such performance and compliance, (vi) the
fees and expenses of the Trustee, and any exchange agent or custodian,
(vii) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing, if
any, of any of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange or
exchanges, and (viii) the reasonable fees and expenses of any special
experts retained by the Corporation in connection with any Registration
Statement.
"Registration Statement" shall mean any registration statement
of the Corporation and the Trust which covers any of the Exchange
Securities or Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this
Agreement, and all amendments and supplements to any such Registration
Statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including
the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material
incorporated by reference therein.
"Rule 144(k) Period" shall mean the period of two years (or
such shorter period as may hereafter be referred to in Rule 144(k)
under the Securities Act (or similar successor rule)) commencing on the
Issue Date.
"SEC" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Securities" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble
to this Agreement.
"Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended from time to time.
"Shelf Registration" shall mean a registration effected
pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof.
"Shelf Registration Event" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2(b) hereof.
"Shelf Registration Event Date" shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 2(b) hereof.
"Shelf Registration Statement" shall mean a "shelf"
registration statement of the Corporation and the Trust pursuant to the
provisions of Section 2(b) hereof which covers all of the Registrable
Securities or all of the Private Exchange Securities, as the case may
be, on an appropriate form under Rule 415 under the Securities Act, or
any similar rule that may be adopted by the SEC, and all amendments and
supplements to such registration statement, including post effective
amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein,
all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference
therein.
"TIA" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(l) hereof.
"Trustees" shall mean any and all trustees with respect to (i)
the Capital Securities under the Declaration, (ii) the Subordinated
Debentures under the Indenture and (iii) the Capital Securities
Guarantee.
2. Registration Under the Securities Act.
(a) Exchange Offer. To the extent not prohibited by any
applicable law or applicable interpretation of the staff of the SEC, the
Corporation and the Trust shall, for the benefit of the Holder, at the
Corporation's cost, use its best efforts to (i) cause to be filed with the SEC
by the March 31 after the Issue Date an Exchange Offer Registration Statement on
an appropriate form under the Securities Act covering the Exchange Offer, (ii)
cause such Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be declared effective under
the Securities Act by the SEC not later than the April 30 after the Issue Date
and (iii) keep such Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective for not less
than 30 calendar days (or longer if required by applicable law) after the date
notice of the Exchange Offer is mailed to the Holders. Upon the effectiveness of
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Corporation and the Trust shall
promptly commence the Exchange Offer, it being the objective of such Exchange
Offer to enable each Holder eligible and electing to exchange Registrable
Securities for a like principal amount of Exchange Debentures or a like
liquidation amount of Exchange Capital Securities, together with the Exchange
Guarantee, as applicable (assuming that such Holder is not an affiliate of the
Corporation within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act and is not a
broker-dealer tendering Registrable Securities acquired directly from the
Corporation for its own account, acquires the Exchange Securities in the
ordinary course of such Holder's business and has no arrangements or
understandings with any Person to participate in the Exchange Offer for the
purpose of distributing the Exchange Securities) to transfer such Exchange
Securities from and after their receipt without any limitations or restrictions
under the Securities Act and under state securities or blue sky laws.
In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Corporation and the Trust
shall:
(i) mail to each Holder a copy of the Prospectus
forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement,
together with an appropriate letter of transmittal and related
documents;
(ii) keep the Exchange Offer open for acceptance for
a period of not less than 30 days after the date notice
thereof is mailed to the Holders (or longer if required by
applicable law) (such period referred to herein as the
"Exchange Period");
(iii) utilize the services of the Depositary for the
Exchange Offer;
(iv) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Securities
at any time prior to the close of business, New York time, on
the last Business Day of the Exchange Period, by sending to
the institution specified in the notice, a telegram, telex,
facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of
such Holder, the principal amount of Securities delivered for
exchange, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his
election to have such Securities exchanged;
(v) notify each Holder that any Security not tendered
by such Holder in the Exchange Offer will remain outstanding
and continue to accrue interest or accumulate distributions,
as the case may be, but will not retain any rights under this
Agreement (except in the case of the Initial Purchaser and
Participating Broker-Dealers as provided herein); and
(vi) otherwise comply in all respects with all
applicable laws relating to the Exchange Offer.
If the Initial Purchaser determines upon advice of its outside
counsel that it is not eligible to participate in the Exchange Offer with
respect to the exchange of Securities constituting any portion of an unsold
allotment in the initial distribution, as soon as practicable upon receipt by
the Corporation and the Trust of a written request from the Initial Purchaser,
the Corporation and the Trust, as applicable, shall issue and deliver to the
Initial Purchaser in exchange (the "Private Exchange") for the Securities held
by the Initial Purchaser, a like liquidation amount of Capital Securities of the
Trust, together with the Exchange Guarantee, or a like principal amount of the
Subordinated Debentures of the Corporation, as applicable, that are identical
(except that such securities may bear a customary legend with respect to
restrictions on transfer pursuant to the Securities Act) to the Exchange
Securities (the "Private Exchange Securities") and which are issued pursuant to
the Indenture, the Declaration or the Guarantee (which provides that the
Exchange Securities will not be subject to the transfer restrictions set forth
in the Indenture or the Declaration, as applicable, and that the Exchange
Securities, the Private Exchange Securities and the Securities will vote and
consent together on all matters as one class and that neither the Exchange
Securities, the Private Exchange Securities nor the Securities will have the
right to vote or consent as a separate class on any matter). The Private
Exchange Securities shall be of the same series as the Exchange Securities and
the Corporation and the Trust will seek to cause the CUSIP Service Bureau to
issue the same CUSIP Numbers for the Private Exchange Securities as for the
Exchange Securities issued pursuant to the Exchange Offer.
As soon as practicable after the close of the Exchange Offer
and, if applicable, the Private Exchange, the Corporation and the Trust, as the
case requires, shall:
(i) accept for exchange all Securities or portions
thereof tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the
Exchange Offer or the Private Exchange;
(ii) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the
applicable Trustee for cancellation all Securities or portions
thereof so accepted for exchange by the Corporation; and
(iii) issue, and cause the applicable Trustee under
the Indenture, the Declaration or the Guarantee, as
applicable, to promptly authenticate and deliver to each
Holder, new Exchange Securities or Private Exchange
Securities, as applicable, equal in principal amount to the
principal amount of the Subordinated Debentures or equal in
liquidation amount to the liquidation amount to the Capital
Securities (together with the guarantee thereof) as are
surrendered by such Holder.
Distributions on each Exchange Capital Security and interest on each
Exchange Debenture and Private Exchange Security issued pursuant to the
Registered Exchange Offer and in the Private Exchange will accrue from the last
date on which a Distribution or interest was paid on the Capital Security or the
Subordinated Debenture surrendered in exchange therefore or, if no Distribution
or interest has been paid on such Capital Security or Subordinated Debenture,
from the Issue Date. To the extent not prohibited by any law or applicable
interpretation of the staff of the SEC, the Corporation and the Trust shall use
their best efforts to complete the Exchange Offer as provided above, and shall
comply with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act
and other applicable laws in connection with the Exchange Offer. The Exchange
Offer shall not be subject to any conditions, other than that the Exchange Offer
does not violate applicable law or any applicable interpretation of the staff of
the SEC. Each Holder of Registrable Securities who wishes to exchange such
Registrable Securities for Exchange Securities in the Exchange Offer will be
required to make certain customary representations in connection therewith,
including, in the case of any Holder of Capital Securities, representations that
(i) it is not an affiliate of the Trust or the Corporation, (ii) the Exchange
Securities to be received by it were acquired in the ordinary course of its
business and (iii) at the time of the Exchange Offer, it has no arrangement with
any person to participate in the distribution (within the meaning of the
Securities Act) of the Exchange Capital Securities. The Corporation and the
Trust shall inform the Initial Purchaser, after consultation with the Trustee,
of the names and addresses of the Holders to whom the Exchange Offer is made,
and the Initial Purchaser shall have the right to contact such Holders and
otherwise facilitate the tender of Registrable Securities in the Exchange Offer.
Upon consummation of the Exchange Offer in accordance with
this Section 2(a),the provisions of this Agreement shall continue to apply,
mutatis mutandis, solely with respect to Registrable Securities that are Private
Exchange Securities and Exchange Securities held by Participating
Broker-Dealers, and the Corporation and the Trust shall have no further
obligation to register the Registrable Securities (other than Private Exchange
Securities) pursuant to Section 2(b) of this Agreement.
(b) Shelf Registration. In the event that (i) the
Corporation, the Trust or the Majority Holders reasonably determine, after
conferring with counsel (which may be in-house counsel), that the Exchange Offer
Registration provided in Section 2(a) above is not available because of any
change in law or in currently prevailing interpretations of the staff of the
SEC, (ii) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not declared effective by
the April 30 after the Issue Date or (iii) upon the request of the Initial
Purchaser with respect to any Registrable Securities held by it, if such Initial
Purchaser is not permitted, in the reasonable opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Bird LLP
pursuant to applicable law or applicable interpretations of the staff of the
SEC, to participate in the Exchange Offer and thereby receive securities that
are freely tradeable without restriction under the Securities Act and applicable
blue sky or state securities laws (any of the events specified in (i)(iii) being
a "Shelf Registration Event" and the date of occurrence thereof, the "Shelf
Registration Event Date"), the Corporation and the Trust shall, at their cost,
use their best efforts to cause to be filed as promptly as practicable after
such Shelf Registration Event Date, as the case may be, and, in any event,
within 45 days after such Shelf Registration Event Date (which shall be no
earlier than 75 days after the Closing Time), a Shelf Registration Statement
providing for the sale by the Holders of all of the Registrable Securities, and
shall use its best efforts to have such Shelf Registration Statement declared
effective by the SEC as soon as practicable. No Holder of Registrable Securities
shall be entitled to include any of its Registrable Securities in any Shelf
Registration pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such Holder agrees in
writing to be bound by all of the provisions of this Agreement applicable to
such Holder and furnishes to the Corporation and the Trust in writing, within 15
days after receipt of a request therefor, such information as the Corporation
and the Trust may, after conferring with counsel with regard to information
relating to Holders that would be required by the SEC to be included in such
Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus included therein, reasonably request
for inclusion in any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus included
therein. Each Holder as to which any Shelf Registration is being effected agrees
to furnish to the Corporation and the Trust all information with respect to such
Holder necessary to make the information previously furnished to the Corporation
by such Holder not materially misleading.
The Corporation and the Trust agree to use their respective best
efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective for the
Rule 144(k) Period (subject to extension pursuant to the last paragraph of
Section 3 hereof) or for such shorter period which will terminate when all of
the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement have been
sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement or cease to be outstanding
(the "Effectiveness Period"). The Corporation and the Trust shall not permit any
securities other than Registrable Securities to be included in the Shelf
Registration. The Corporation and the Trust will, in the event a Shelf
Registration Statement is declared effective, provide to each Holder a
reasonable number of copies of the Prospectus which is a part of the Shelf
Registration Statement, notify each such Holder when the Shelf Registration has
become effective and use its best efforts to take certain other actions as are
required to permit certain unrestricted resales of the Registrable Securities.
The Corporation and the Trust further agree, if necessary, to supplement or
amend the Shelf Registration Statement, if required by the rules, regulations or
instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Corporation for
such Shelf Registration Statement or by the Securities Act or by any other rules
and regulations thereunder for shelf registrations, and the Corporation and the
Trust agree to furnish to the Holders of Registrable Securities copies of any
such supplement or amendment promptly after its being used or filed with the
SEC.
(c) Expenses. The Corporation shall pay all Registration
Expenses in connection with the registration pursuant to Section 2(a) or 2(b)
hereof. Except as provided herein, each Holder shall pay all expenses of its
counsel, underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if any,
relating to the sale or disposition of such Holder's Registrable Securities
pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.
(d) Effective Registration Statement. An Exchange Offer
Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof or a Shelf Registration
Statement pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof will not be deemed to have become
effective unless it has been declared effective by the SEC (or is automatically
effective); provided, however, that if, after it has been declared effective,
the offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration
Statement is interfered with by any stop order, injunction or other order or
requirement of the SEC or any other governmental agency or court, such
Registration Statement will be deemed not to have been effective during the
period of such interference, until the offering of Registrable Securities
pursuant to such Registration Statement may legally resume. The Corporation and
the Trust will be deemed not to have used their best efforts to cause the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement, as
the case may be, to become, or to remain, effective during the requisite period
if either of them voluntarily take any action that would result in any such
Registration Statement not being declared effective or in the Holders of
Registrable Securities covered thereby not being able to exchange or offer and
sell such Registrable Securities during that period unless such action is
required by applicable law.
(e) Liquidated Damages. In the event that
(i) (A) neither the Exchange Offer Registration Statement nor
a Shelf Registration Statement is filed with the SEC on or
prior to the March 31 after the Issue Date or (B)
notwithstanding that the Corporation and the Trust have
consummated or will consummate an Exchange Offer, the
Corporation and the Trust are required to file a Shelf
Registration Statement and such Shelf Registration Statement
is not filed on or prior to the date required by Section 2(b)
hereof, then commencing on the day after the applicable
required filing date, additional interest shall accrue on the
principal amount of the Subordinated Debentures, and
additional Distributions shall accumulate on the liquidation
amount of the Capital Securities, each at a rate of 0.25% per
annum; or
(ii) (A) neither the Exchange Offer Registration Statement nor
a Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective by the
SEC on or prior to the March 31, after the Issue Date (B)
notwithstanding that the Corporation and the Trust have
consummated or will consummate an Exchange Offer, the
Corporation and the Trust are required to file a Shelf
Registration Statement and such Shelf Registration Statement
is not declared effective by the SEC on or prior to the 30th
day after the date such Shelf Registration Statement was
required to be filed, then, commencing on the 31st day after
the applicable required filing date, additional interest shall
accrue on the principal amount of the Subordinated Debentures,
and additional distributions shall accumulate on the
liquidation amount of the Capital Securities, each at a rate
of 0.25% per annum; or
(iii) (A) the Trust has not exchanged Exchange Capital
Securities for all Capital Securities or the Corporation has
not exchanged Exchange Guarantees or Exchange Subordinated
Debentures for all Guarantees or Subordinated Debentures
validly tendered, in accordance with the terms of the Exchange
Offer on or prior to the 30th day after the date on which the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement was declared effective
or (B) if applicable, the Shelf Registration Statement has
been declared effective and such Shelf Registration Statement
ceases to be effective at any time prior to the expiration of
the Rule 144(k) Period (other than after such time as all
Capital Securities have been disposed of thereunder or
otherwise cease to be Registrable Securities), then additional
interest shall accrue on the principal amount of Subordinated
Debentures, and additional distributions shall accumulate on
the liquidation amount of the Capital Securities, each at a
rate of 0.25% per annum commencing on (x) the 31st day after
such effective date, in the case of (A) above, or (y) the day
such Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be effective in
the case of (B) above;
provided, however, that neither the additional interest rate on the Subordinated
Debentures, nor the additional distribution rate on the liquidation amount of
the Capital Securities, may exceed in the aggregate 0.25% per annum; provided,
further, however, that (1) upon the filing of the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement or a Shelf Registration Statement (in the case of clause (i) above),
(2) upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or a
Shelf Registration Statement (in the case of clause (ii) above), or (3) upon the
exchange of Exchange Capital Securities, Exchange Guarantees and Exchange
Subordinated Debentures for all Capital Securities, Guarantees and Subordinated
Debentures tendered (in the case of clause (iii)(A) above), or upon the
effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement which had ceased to remain
effective (in the case of clause (iii)(B) above), additional interest on the
Subordinated Debentures, and additional distributions on the liquidation amount
of the Capital Securities as a result of such clause (or the relevant subclause
thereof), as the case may be, shall cease to accrue or accumulate, as the case
may be.
Any amounts of additional interest and additional
Distributions due pursuant to Section 2(e)(i), (ii) or (iii) above ("Liquidated
Damages") will be payable in cash on the next succeeding February 1 or August 1,
as the case may be, to holders on the relevant record dates for the payment of
interest and Distributions pursuant to the Indenture and the Declaration,
respectively.
(f) Specific Enforcement. Without limiting the remedies
available to the Holders, the Corporation and the Trust acknowledge that any
failure by the Corporation or the Trust to comply with its obligations under
Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof may result in material irreparable injury
to the Holders for which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it would not
be possible to measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the
event of any such failure, any Holder may obtain such relief as may be required
to specifically enforce the Corporation's and the Trust's obligations under
Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof.
3. Registration Procedures. In connection with the obligations of the
Corporation and the Trust with respect to the Registration Statements pursuant
to Sections 2(a) and 2(b) hereof, the Corporation and the Trust shall use their
best efforts to:
(a) prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement or
Registration Statements as prescribed by Sections 2(a) and 2(b) hereof within
the relevant time period specified in Section 2 hereof on the appropriate form
under the Securities Act, which form (i) shall be selected by the Corporation
and the Trust, (ii) shall, in the case of a Shelf Registration, be available for
the sale of the Registrable Securities by the selling Holders thereof and in the
case of an Exchange Offer, be available for the exchange of the Registrable
Securities, and (iii) shall comply as to form in all material respects with the
requirements of the applicable form and include all financial statements
required by the SEC to be filed therewith; and use its best efforts to cause
such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective in
accordance with Section 2 hereof; provided, however, that if (1) such filing is
pursuant to Section 2(b), or (2) a Prospectus contained in an Exchange Offer
Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a) is required to be
delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks
to sell Exchange Securities, before filing any Registration Statement or
Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto, the Corporation and the
Trust shall furnish to and afford the Holders of the Registrable Securities and
each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, covered by such
Registration Statement, their counsel and the managing underwriters, if any, a
reasonable opportunity to review, at their expense, copies of all such documents
(including copies of any documents to be incorporated by reference therein and
all exhibits thereto) proposed to be filed. The Corporation and the Trust shall
not file any Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or
supplements thereto in respect of which the Holders must be afforded an
opportunity to review prior to the filing of such document if the Majority
Holders or such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, their counsel
or the managing underwriters, if any, shall reasonably object;
(b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post
effective amendments to each Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep
such Registration Statement effective for the Effectiveness Period or the
Applicable Period, as the case may be; and cause each Prospectus to be
supplemented, if so determined by the Corporation or the Trust or requested by
the SEC, by any required prospectus supplement and as so supplemented to be
filed pursuant to Rule 424 (or any similar provision then in force) under the
Securities Act, and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder applicable to
it with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by each
Registration Statement during the Effectiveness Period or the Applicable Period,
as the case may be, in accordance with the intended method or methods of
distribution by the selling Holders thereof described in this Agreement
(including sales by any Participating Broker-Dealer);
(c) in the case of a Shelf Registration, (i) notify each
Holder of Registrable Securities included in the Shelf Registration Statement,
at least three Business Days prior to filing, that a Shelf Registration
Statement with respect to the Registrable Securities is being filed and advising
such Holder that the distribution of Registrable Securities will be made in
accordance with the method selected by the Majority Holders; and (ii) furnish to
each Holder of Registrable Securities included in the Shelf Registration
Statement and to each underwriter of an underwritten offering of Registrable
Securities, if any, without charge, as many copies of each Prospectus, including
each preliminary Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto and such
other documents as such Holder or underwriter may reasonably request, in order
to facilitate the public sale or other disposition of the Registrable
Securities; and (iii) consent to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of Registrable Securities
included in the Shelf Registration Statement in connection with the offering and
sale of the Registrable Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto;
(d) in the case of a Shelf Registration, use its best efforts
to register or qualify the Registrable Securities under all applicable state
securities or "blue sky" laws of such jurisdictions by the time the applicable
Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC as any Holder of
Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement and each underwriter
of an underwritten offering of Registrable Securities shall reasonably request
in writing in advance of such date of effectiveness, and do any and all other
acts and things which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable such
Holder and underwriter to consummate the disposition in each such jurisdiction
of such Registrable Securities owned by such Holder; provided, however, that the
Corporation and the Trust shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign
corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction where it would not
otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 3(d), (ii) file any
general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction where it would not
otherwise be subject to such service of process or (iii) subject itself to
taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not then so subject;
(e) in the case of (1) a Shelf Registration or (2)
Participating Broker-Dealers from whom the Corporation or the Trust has received
prior written notice that they will be utilizing the Prospectus contained in the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement as provided in Section 3(t) hereof, are
seeking to sell Exchange Securities and are required to deliver Prospectuses,
notify each Holder of Registrable Securities, or such Participating
Broker-Dealers, as the case may be, their counsel and the managing underwriters,
if any, promptly and promptly confirm such notice in writing (i) when a
Registration Statement has become effective and when any post effective
amendments and supplements thereto become effective, (ii) of any request by the
SEC or any state securities authority for amendments and supplements to a
Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information after the
Registration Statement has become effective, (iii) of the issuance by the SEC or
any state securities authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of
a Registration Statement or the qualification of the Registrable Securities or
the Exchange Securities to be offered or sold by any Participating Broker-Dealer
in any jurisdiction described in paragraph 3(d) hereof or the initiation of any
proceedings for that purpose, (iv) in the case of a Shelf Registration, if,
between the effective date of a Registration Statement and the closing of any
sale of Registrable Securities covered thereby, the representations and
warranties of the Corporation and the Trust contained in any purchase agreement,
securities sales agreement or other similar agreement, if any cease to be true
and correct in all material respects, and (v) of the happening of any event or
the failure of any event to occur or the discovery of any facts or otherwise,
during the Effectiveness Period which makes any statement made in such
Registration Statement or the related Prospectus untrue in any material respect
or which causes such Registration Statement or Prospectus to omit to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (vi) the
Corporation and the Trust's reasonable determination that a post effective
amendment to the Registration Statement would be appropriate;
(f) make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of
any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement at the
earliest possible moment;
(g) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each
Holder of Registrable Securities included within the coverage of such Shelf
Registration Statement, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each
Registration Statement relating to such Shelf Registration and any
post-effective amendment thereto (without documents incorporated therein by
reference or exhibits thereto, unless requested);
(h) in the case of a Shelf Registration, cooperate with the
selling Holders of Registrable Securities to facilitate the timely preparation
and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold and
not bearing any restrictive legends and in such denominations (consistent with
the provisions of the Indenture and the Declaration) and registered in such
names as the selling Holders or the underwriters may reasonably request at least
two Business Days prior to the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities
pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement;
(i) in the case of a Shelf Registration or an Exchange Offer
Registration, upon the occurrence of any circumstance contemplated by Section
3(e)(ii), 3(e)(iii), 3(e)(v) or 3(e)(vi) hereof, use its best efforts to prepare
a supplement or post effective amendment to a Registration Statement or the
related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any
other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of
the Registrable Securities, such Prospectus will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading; and to notify each Holder to suspend use of the Prospectus
as promptly as practicable after the occurrence of such an event, and each
Holder hereby agrees to suspend use of the Prospectus until the Corporation has
amended or supplemented the Prospectus to correct such misstatement or omission;
(j) in the case of a Shelf Registration, a reasonable time
prior to the filing of any document which is to be incorporated by reference
into a Registration Statement or a Prospectus after the initial filing of a
Registration Statement, provide a reasonable number of copies of such document
to the Holders; and make such of the representatives of the Corporation and the
Trust as shall be reasonably requested by the Holders of Registrable Securities
or the Initial Purchaser on behalf of such Holders available for discussion of
such document;
(k) obtain a CUSIP number for all Exchange Capital Securities
and the Capital Securities (and if the Trust has made a distribution of the
Subordinated Debentures to the Holders of the Capital Securities, the
Subordinated Debentures or the Exchange Subordinated Debentures) as the case may
be, not later than the effective date of a Registration Statement, and provide
the Trustee with printed certificates for the Exchange Securities or the
Registrable Securities, as the case may be, in a form eligible for deposit with
the Depositary;
(l) cause the Indenture, the Declaration, the Guarantee and
the Exchange Guarantee to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
(the "TIA") in connection with the registration of the Exchange Securities or
Registrable Securities, as the case may be, and effect such changes to such
documents as may be required for them to be so qualified in accordance with the
terms of the TIA and execute, and use its best efforts to cause the relevant
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
documents to be so qualified in a timely manner;
(m) in the case of a Shelf Registration, enter into such
agreements (including underwriting agreements) as are customary in secondary
underwritten offerings and take all such other appropriate actions as are
reasonably requested in order to expedite or facilitate the registration or the
disposition of such Registrable Securities, and in such connection, whether or
not an underwriting agreement is entered into and whether or not the
registration is an underwritten registration, if requested by (x) the Initial
Purchaser, in the case where the Initial Purchaser holds Securities acquired by
it as part of its initial distribution and (y) other Holders of Securities
covered thereby: (i) make such representations and warranties to Holders of such
Registrable Securities and the underwriters (if any), with respect to the
business of the Trust, the Corporation and its subsidiaries as then conducted
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 secondary underwritten offerings,
and confirm the same if and when requested; (ii) obtain opinions of counsel to
the Corporation (who may be an employee of the Corporation) and the Trust and
updates thereof (which may be in the form of a reliance letter) in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the managing underwriters (if any) and the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Registrable Securities being
sold, addressed to each selling Holder and the underwriters (if any) covering
the matters customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings
and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such underwriters (it
being agreed that the matters to be covered by such opinion may be subject to
customary qualifications and exceptions); (iii) obtain "cold comfort" letters
and updates thereof in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
managing underwriters from the independent certified public accountants of the
Corporation and the Trust (and, if necessary, any other independent certified
public accountants of any subsidiary of the Corporation and the Trust or of any
business acquired by the Corporation and the Trust for which financial
statements and financial data are, or are required to be, included 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 and such other
matters as reasonably requested by such underwriters in accordance with
Statement on Auditing Standards No. 72; and (iv) if an underwriting agreement is
entered into, the same shall contain indemnification provisions and procedures
no less favorable than those set forth in Section 4 hereof (or such other
provisions and procedures acceptable to Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration
Statement and the managing underwriters or agents) with respect to all parties
to be indemnified pursuant to said Section (including, without limitation, such
underwriters and selling Holders). The above shall be done at each closing under
such underwriting agreement, or as and to the extent required thereunder;
(n) if (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section
2(b) or (2) a Prospectus contained in an Exchange Offer Registration Statement
filed pursuant to Section 2(a) 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 reasonably available for inspection by any
selling Holder of such Registrable Securities being sold, 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, as the case may be, or underwriter (collectively,
the "Inspectors"), at the offices where normally kept, during reasonable
business hours, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents
and properties of the Trust, the Corporation and its subsidiaries (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 Trust, the Corporation and its subsidiaries to supply all
relevant information in each case reasonably requested by any such Inspector in
connection with such Registration Statement provided, however, that the
foregoing inspection and information gathering shall be coordinated on behalf of
the Purchasers by you and on behalf of the other parties, by one counsel
designated by you and on behalf of such other parties as described in Section
2(c) hereof. Records which the Corporation and the Trust determine, in good
faith, to be confidential and any records which it notifies the Inspectors are
confidential shall not be disclosed by the Inspectors (and the Inspectors shall
so agree in writing) unless (i) the disclosure of such Records is necessary to
avoid or correct a material misstatement or omission in such Registration
Statement, (ii) the release of such Records is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or
other order from a court of competent jurisdiction or is necessary in connection
with any action, suit or proceeding or (iii) the information in such Records has
been made generally available to the public. Each selling Holder of such
Registrable Securities and each such Participating Broker-Dealer will be
required to agree in writing that information obtained by it as a result of such
inspections shall be deemed confidential and shall not be used by it as the
basis for any market transactions in the securities of the Trust or the
Corporation unless and until such is made generally available to the public.
Each selling Holder of such Registrable Securities and each such Participating
Broker-Dealer will be required to further agree in writing that it will, upon
learning that disclosure of such Records is sought in a court of competent
jurisdiction, give notice to the Corporation and allow the Corporation at its
expense to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of the Records
deemed confidential;
(o) comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the
SEC so long as any provision of this Agreement shall be applicable and make
generally available to its security holders earning statements 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 12 - month period (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 Corporation after the effective date of a Registration
Statement, which statements shall cover said 12-month periods;
(p) upon consummation of an Exchange Offer or a Private
Exchange, if requested by a Trustee, obtain an opinion of counsel to the
Corporation (who may be an employee of the Corporation) 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, and which includes
an opinion that (i) the Corporation and the Trust, as the case requires, has
duly authorized, executed and delivered the Exchange Securities and Private
Exchange Securities, and (ii) each of the Exchange Securities or the Private
Exchange Securities, as the case may be, constitute a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Corporation or the Trust, as the case requires, enforceable
against the Corporation or the Trust, as the case requires, in accordance with
its respective terms (in each case, with customary exceptions);
(q) if an Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange is to be
consummated, upon delivery of the Registrable Securities by Holders to the
Corporation or the Trust, as applicable (or to such other Person as directed by
the Corporation or the Trust, respectively), in exchange for the Exchange
Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, the
Corporation or the Trust, as applicable, shall ▇▇▇▇, or cause to be marked, on
such Registrable Securities delivered by such Holders 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;
(r) 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
NASD;
(s) use its best efforts to take all other steps necessary to
effect the registration of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration
Statement contemplated hereby;
(t) (A) in the case of the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement (i) include in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement a section
entitled "Plan of Distribution," which section shall be reasonably acceptable to
the Initial Purchaser or another representative of the Participating
Broker-Dealers, and 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 (a "Participating Broker-Dealer") that
holds Registrable Securities acquired for its own account as a result of market
making activities or other trading activities and that will be the beneficial
owner (as defined in Rule 13d 3 under the Exchange Act) of Exchange Securities
to be received by such broker-dealer in the Exchange Offer, whether such
positions or policies have been publicly disseminated by the staff of the SEC or
such positions or policies, in the reasonable judgment of the Initial Purchaser
or such other representative, represent the prevailing views of the staff of the
SEC, including a statement that any such broker-dealer who receives Exchange
Securities for Registrable Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be
deemed a statutory underwriter and must deliver a prospectus meeting the
requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such
Exchange Securities, (ii) furnish to each Participating Broker-Dealer who has
delivered to the Corporation the notice referred to in Section 3(e), without
charge, as many copies of each Prospectus included in the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement, including any preliminary prospectus, and any amendment
or supplement thereto, as such Participating Broker-Dealer may reasonably
request (each of the Corporation and the Trust hereby consents to the use of the
Prospectus forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or any
amendment or supplement thereto by any Person subject to the prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act, including all Participating Broker-Dealers,
in connection with the sale or transfer of the Exchange Securities covered by
the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto), (iii) use its 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 such
Persons must comply with such requirements under the Securities Act and
applicable rules and regulations in order to resell 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 sentence of Section 3
hereof) (the "Applicable Period"), and (iv) include in the transmittal letter or
similar documentation to be executed by an exchange offeree in order to
participate in the Exchange Offer (x) the following provision:
"If the exchange offeree is a broker-dealer holding
Registrable Securities acquired for its own account as a
result of market making activities or other trading
activities, it will deliver a prospectus meeting the
requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any
resale of Exchange Securities received in respect of such
Registrable Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer";
and (y) a statement to the effect that by a broker-dealer making the
acknowledgment described in clause (x) and by delivering a Prospectus in
connection with the exchange of Registrable Securities, the broker-dealer will
not be deemed to admit that it is an underwriter within the meaning of the
Securities Act; and
(B) in the case of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement,
the Corporation and the Trust agree to deliver to the Initial Purchaser or to
another representative of the Participating Broker-Dealers, if requested by any
such Initial Purchaser or such other representative of the Participating
Broker-Dealers, on behalf of the Participating Broker-Dealers upon consummation
of the Exchange Offer (i) an opinion of counsel (who may be an employee of the
Corporation) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Initial
Purchaser or such other representative of the Participating Broker-Dealers,
covering the matters customarily covered in opinions requested in connection
with Exchange Offer Registration Statements and such other matters as may be
reasonably requested (it being agreed that the matters to be covered by such
opinion may be subject to customary qualifications and exceptions) and (ii) an
officers' certificate containing certifications substantially similar to those
set forth in Section 5(g) of the Purchase Agreement and such additional
certifications as are customarily delivered in a public offering of debt
securities.
The Corporation or the Trust may require each seller of Registrable
Securities as to which any registration is being effected to furnish to the
Corporation or the Trust, as applicable, such information regarding such seller
as may be required by the staff of the SEC to be included in a Registration
Statement. The Corporation or the Trust may exclude from such registration the
Registrable Securities of any seller who unreasonably fails to furnish such
information within a reasonable time after receiving such request. The
Corporation shall have no obligation to register under the Securities Act the
Registrable Securities of a seller who so fails to furnish such information.
In the case of (1) a Shelf Registration Statement or (2)
Participating Broker-Dealers who have notified the Corporation and the Trust
that they will be utilizing the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement as provided in Section 3(t) hereof, are seeking to sell
Exchange Securities and are required to deliver Prospectuses each Holder agrees
that, upon receipt of any notice from the Corporation or the Trust of the
happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(e)(ii), 3(e)(iii),
3(e)(v) or 3(e)(vi) hereof, such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition
of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement until such
Holder's receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus
contemplated by Section 3(i) hereof or until it is advised in writing (the
"Advice") by the Corporation and the Trust that the use of the applicable
Prospectus may be resumed, and, if so directed by the Corporation and the Trust,
such Holder will deliver to the Corporation or the Trust (at the Corporation's
or the Trust's expense, as the case requires) all copies in such Holder's
possession, other than permanent file copies then in such Holder's possession,
of the Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities,
as the case may be, current at the time of receipt of such notice. If the
Corporation or the Trust shall give any such notice to suspend the disposition
of Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities, as the case may be, pursuant
to a Registration Statement, the Corporation and the Trust shall use their best
efforts to file and have declared effective (if an amendment) as soon as
practicable an amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement and shall
extend the period during which such Registration Statement shall be maintained
effective pursuant to this Agreement by the number of days in the period from
and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date
when the Corporation and the Trust shall have made available to the Holders (x)
copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus necessary to resume such
dispositions or (y) the Advice.
4. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) In connection with any Registration Statement, the
Corporation and the Trust shall, jointly and severally, indemnify and hold
harmless each Initial Purchaser, each Holder, each underwriter who participates
in an offering of the Registrable Securities, each Participating Broker-Dealer,
each Person, if any, who controls any of such parties within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act and each of
their respective directors, officers, employees and agents, as follows:
(i) from and against any and all loss, liability,
claim, damage and expense whatsoever, joint or several, as
incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), covering
Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities, including all
documents incorporated therein by reference, or the omission
or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading or arising out of any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or the
omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading;
(ii) from and against any and all loss, liability,
claim, damage and expense whatsoever, joint or several, as
incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in
settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or
proceeding by any court or governmental agency or body,
commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon
any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged
untrue statement or omission, if such settlement is effected
with the prior written consent of the Corporation; and
(iii) from and against any and all expenses
whatsoever, as incurred (including reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel chosen by such Holder, such
Participating Broker-Dealer, or any underwriter (except to the
extent otherwise expressly provided in Section 4(c) hereof)),
reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending
against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by
any court or governmental agency or body, commenced or
threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue
statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or
omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid
under subparagraph (i) or (ii) of this Section 4(a); provided,
however, that (i) this indemnity does not apply to any loss,
liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out
of an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement
or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished in writing to the Corporation or
the Trust by such Holder, such Participating Broker-Dealer or
any underwriter with respect to such Holder, Participating
Broker-Dealer or any underwriter, as the case may be,
expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any
amendment thereto) or any Prospectus (or any amendment or
supplement thereto) and (ii) the Corporation and the Trust
shall not be liable to any such Holder, Participating
Broker-Dealer, any underwriter or controlling person, with
respect to any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission in any preliminary Prospectus to
the extent that any such loss, liability, claim, damage or
expense of any Holder, Participating Broker-Dealer, any
underwriter or controlling person results from the fact that
such Holder, any underwriter or Participating Broker-Dealer
sold Securities to a person to whom there was not sent or
given, at or prior to the written confirmation of such sale, a
copy of the final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented
if the Corporation had previously furnished copies thereof to
such Holder, underwriter or Participating Broker-Dealer and
the loss, liability, claim, damage or expense of such Holder,
underwriter, Participating Broker-Dealer or controlling person
results from an untrue statement or omission of a material
fact contained in the preliminary Prospectus which was
corrected in the final Prospectus. Any amounts advanced by the
Corporation or the Trust to an indemnified party pursuant to
this Section 4 as a result of such losses shall be returned to
the Corporation or the Trust if it shall be finally determined
by such a court in a judgment not subject to appeal or final
review that such indemnified party was not entitled to
indemnification by the Corporation or the Trust.
(b) Each Holder agrees, severally and not jointly, to
indemnify and hold harmless the Corporation, the Trust, any underwriter and the
other selling Holders and each of their respective directors, officers
(including each officer of the Corporation and the Trust who signed the
Registration Statement), employees and agents and each Person, if any, who
controls the Corporation, the Trust, any underwriter or any other selling Holder
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act, from and against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and
expense whatsoever described in the indemnity contained in Section 4(a) hereof,
as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged
untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any
amendment thereto) or any Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Corporation or the Trust by such selling Holder with respect to such Holder
expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), or
any such Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto); provided, however,
that, in the case of Shelf Registration Statement, no such Holder shall be
liable for any claims hereunder in excess of the amount of net proceeds received
by such Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Shelf
Registration Statement.
(c) Each indemnified party shall give prompt notice to each
indemnifying party of any action commenced against it in respect of which
indemnity may be sought hereunder, enclosing a copy of all papers properly
served on such indemnified party, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party
shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability which it may have
under this Section 4, except to the extent that it is materially prejudiced by
such failure. An indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the
defense of such action. If an indemnifying party so elects within a reasonable
time after receipt of such notice, an indemnifying party, severally or jointly
with any other indemnifying parties receiving such notice, may assume the
defense of such action with counsel chosen by it and reasonably acceptable to
the indemnified parties defendant in such action, provided, however, that if (i)
representation of such indemnified party by the same counsel would present a
conflict of interest or (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets
of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying
party and any such indemnified party reasonably determines that there may be
legal defenses available to such indemnified party which are different from or
in addition to those available to such indemnifying party, then in the case of
clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 4(c) such indemnifying party and counsel
for each indemnifying party or parties shall not be entitled to assume such
defense. If an indemnifying party is not entitled to assume the defense of such
action as a result of the proviso to the preceding sentence, counsel for such
indemnifying party and counsel for each indemnified party or parties shall be
entitled to conduct the defense of such indemnified party or parties. If an
indemnifying party assumes the defense of such action, in accordance with and as
permitted by the provisions of this paragraph, such indemnifying parties shall
not be liable for any fees and expenses of counsel for the indemnified parties
incurred thereafter in connection with such action. In no event shall the
indemnifying parties be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one
counsel (in addition to local counsel), separate from its own counsel, for all
indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or
related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general
allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior
written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to
the entry of any judgment with respect to any litigation, or any investigation
or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or
any claim whatsoever in respect of which indemnification or contribution could
be sought under this Section 4 (whether or not the indemnified parties are
actual or potential parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or
consent (i) includes an unconditional written release in form and substance
satisfactory to the indemnified parties of each indemnified party from all
liability arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and
(ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or
a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(d) Notwithstanding the last sentence of Section 4(c), if at
any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to
reimburse the indemnified party for reasonable fees and expenses of counsel
pursuant to Section 4(a)(iii) above, such indemnifying party agrees that it
shall be liable for any settlement effected without its written consent if (i)
such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such
indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall
have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30 days prior to
such settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not
have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to
the date of such settlement; provided that an indemnifying party shall not be
liable for any such settlement effected without its consent if such indemnifying
party (1) reimburses such indemnified party in accordance with such request to
the extent it considers reasonable and (2) provides written notice to the
indemnified party substantiating the unpaid balance as unreasonable, in each
case prior to the date of such settlement.
(e) In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in
circumstances under which any of the indemnity provisions set forth in this
Section 4 is for any reason held to be unavailable to the indemnified parties
although applicable in accordance with its terms, the Corporation, the Trust,
and the Holders shall contribute to the aggregate losses, liabilities, claims,
damages and expenses of the nature contemplated by such indemnity agreement
incurred by the Corporation, the Trust, and the Holders, as incurred; provided
that no Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of
Section 11(f) of the ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person
that was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. As between the
Corporation, the Trust, and the Holders, such parties shall contribute to such
aggregate losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses of the nature
contemplated by such indemnity agreement in such proportion as shall be
appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Corporation and Trust, on the
one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, with respect to the statements or
omissions which resulted in such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense, or
action in respect thereof, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative fault of the Corporation and the Trust, on the one
hand, and of the Holders, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference
to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact
relates to information supplied by the Corporation or the Trust, on the one
hand, or by or on behalf of the Holders, on the other, and the parties' relative
intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent
such statement or omission. The Corporation, the Trust and the Holders of the
Registrable Securities agree that it would not be just and equitable if
contribution pursuant to this Section 4 were to be determined by pro rata
allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account
the relevant equitable considerations. For purposes of this Section 4, each
affiliate of a Holder, and each director, officer, employee, agent and Person,
if any, who controls a Holder or such affiliate within the meaning of Section 15
of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act shall have the same
rights to contribution as such Holder, and each director of each of the
Corporation or the Trust, each officer of each of the Corporation or the Trust
who signed the Registration Statement, and each Person, if any, who controls
each of the Corporation and the Trust within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to
contribution as each of the Corporation or the Trust.
5. Participation in Underwritten Registrations. No Holder 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 reasonable questionnaires,
powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements, lockup letters and
other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting
arrangements.
6. Selection of Underwriters. The Holders of Registrable Securities
covered by the Shelf Registration Statement who desire to do so may sell the
securities covered by such Shelf Registration in an underwritten offering. In
any such underwritten offering, the underwriter or underwriters and manager or
managers that will administer the offering will be selected by the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities included in
such offering; provided, however, that such underwriters and managers must be
reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation and the Trust.
7. Miscellaneous.
(a) Rule 144 and Rule 144A. For so long as the Corporation or
the Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15 of the
Exchange Act and any Registrable Securities remain outstanding, the Corporation
and the Trust, as the case may be, will their its best efforts to file the
reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations adopted by the SEC
thereunder, that if it ceases to be so required to file such reports, it will,
upon the request of any Holder of Registrable Securities (a) make publicly
available such information as is necessary to permit sales of their securities
pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, (b) deliver such information to a
prospective purchaser as is necessary to permit sales of their securities
pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act and it will take such further
action as any Holder of Registrable Securities may reasonably request, and (c)
take such further action that is reasonable in the circumstances, in each case,
to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell its
Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the
limitation of the exemptions provided by (i) Rule 144 under the Securities Act,
as such rule may be amended from time to time, (ii) Rule 144A under the
Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time, or (iii) any
similar rules or regulations hereafter adopted by the SEC. Upon the request of
any Holder of Registrable Securities, the Corporation and the Trusts will
deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with
such requirements.
(b) No Inconsistent Agreements. Except as set forth in the
Declaration or the Indenture, the Corporation or the Trust has not entered into
nor will the Corporation or the Trust on or after the date of this Agreement
enter into any agreement which 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 Corporation's or the Trust's other issued and outstanding
securities under any such agreements.
(c) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement,
including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or
supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof
may not be given unless the Corporation and the Trust has obtained the written
consent of Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Registrable Securities affected by such amendment, modification,
supplement, waiver or departure; provided no amendment, modification or
supplement or waiver or consent to the departure with respect to the provisions
of Section 4 hereof shall be effective as against any Holder of Registrable
Securities unless consented to in writing by such Holder of Registrable
Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, (i) this Agreement may be
amended, without the consent of any Holder of Registrable Securities, by written
agreement signed by the Corporation, the Trust and the Initial Purchaser to cure
any ambiguity, correct or supplement any provision of this Agreement that may be
inconsistent with any other provision of this Agreement or to make any other
provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement,
the Declaration or the Indenture which shall not be inconsistent with other
provisions of this Agreement, (ii) this Agreement may be amended, modified or
supplemented, and waivers and consents to departures from the provisions hereof
may be given, by written agreement signed by the Corporation, the Trust and the
Initial Purchaser to the extent that any such amendment, modification,
supplement, waiver or consent is, in their reasonable judgment, necessary or
appropriate to comply with applicable law (including any interpretation of the
Staff of the SEC) or any change therein and (iii) to the extent any provision of
this Agreement relates to the Initial Purchaser, such provision may be amended,
modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from such
provisions may be given, by written agreement signed by the Initial Purchaser
the Corporation and the Trust.
(d) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for
or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand delivery, registered
first-class mail, telex, telecopier, or any courier guaranteeing overnight
delivery (i) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such Holder to
the Corporation or the Trust by means of a notice given in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 7(d), which address initially is, with respect to the
Initial Purchaser, the address set forth in the Purchase Agreement; and (ii) if
to the Corporation or the Trust, initially at the Corporation's address set
forth in the Purchase Agreement and thereafter at such other address, notice of
which is given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7(d).
All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have
been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five
Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed;
when answered back, if telexed; when receipt is acknowledged, if telecopied; and
on the next Business Day, if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing
overnight delivery.
Copies of all such notices, demands, or other communications
shall be concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee, at
the address specified in the Indenture.
(e) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the successors, assigns and transferees of the
Initial Purchaser, including, without limitation and without the need for an
express assignment, subsequent Holders; 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. If any transferee of any Holder shall acquire Registrable
Securities, in any manner, whether by operation of law or otherwise, such
Registrable Securities shall be held subject to all of the terms of this
Agreement, and by taking and holding such Registrable Securities, such Person
shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to perform all of
the terms and provisions of this Agreement and such Person shall be entitled to
receive the benefits hereof.
(f) Third Party Beneficiary. The Initial Purchaser shall be a
third party beneficiary of the agreements made hereunder between the Corporation
and the Trust, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, and shall
have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent it deems such
enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights or the rights of
Holders hereunder.
(g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number
of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of
which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
(h) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for
convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the
meaning hereof.
(i) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN
MADE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE VALIDITY AND INTERPRETATION OF THIS
AGREEMENT, AND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH HEREIN, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY
AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT
GIVING EFFECT TO ANY PROVISIONS RELATING TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS. EACH OF THE
PARTIES HERETO AGREES TO SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT.
(j) Severability. In the event that any one or more of the
provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is
held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining
provisions contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.
(k) Securities Held by the Corporation, the Trust or its
Affiliates. Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified
percentage of Registrable Securities is required hereunder, Registrable
Securities held by the Corporation, the Trust or its 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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date first written above.
HUBCO, Inc.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ VAN BORKULO-▇▇▇▇▇
By:------------------------------------------
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Van Borkulo-▇▇▇▇▇
Executive Vice President and
Corporate Secretary
HUBCO Capital Trust II
▇. ▇▇▇▇ VAN BORKULO-▇▇▇▇▇
By:-----------------------------------------
▇. ▇▇▇▇ Van Borkulo-▇▇▇▇▇
Administrative Trustee
CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED, as of the date first above written:
▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇, INC.
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By:-------------------------------
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Senior Vice President