Exhibit 10.16
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT dated May 29, 2026 (this “Agreement”)
is entered into by and among Mobility Global Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and BofA Securities, Inc.
(together, the “Representatives”) as representatives of the several initial purchasers named in
Schedule I of the Purchase Agreement (the “Initial Purchasers”).
The Company and the Representatives are parties to the Purchase Agreement dated May
19, 2026 (the “Purchase Agreement”), which provides for the sale by the Company to the Initial
Purchasers of $650,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.050% Senior Notes due 2029,
$650,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.450% Senior Notes due 2031 and
$700,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 6.050% Senior Notes due 2036 (collectively, the
“Securities”). The Securities are being issued in connection with the separation of the Company
from S&P Global, Inc., a New York corporation (the “Parent”), and the distribution of 100% of
the shares of common stock of the Company to the holders of the common stock of Parent (the
“Separation”), pursuant to that certain Separation and Distribution Agreement, to be entered into
in connection with the Separation, between the Company and the Parent. As an inducement to
the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide
to the Initial Purchasers and their 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 terms shall have the
following meanings:
“Business Day” shall mean each day which is not a day on which Federal or State
banking institutions in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York are authorized or
obligated by law, executive order or regulation to close.
“Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto and shall also include
the Company’s successors.
“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time
to time.
“Exchange Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(ii) hereof.
“Exchange Offer” shall mean the exchange offer by the Company of Exchange Securities
for Registrable 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.
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“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 or deemed a part thereof, all exhibits thereto and any document incorporated by reference
therein.
“Exchange Securities” shall mean senior notes issued by the Company under the
Indenture containing terms identical to the Securities (except that the Exchange Securities will
not be subject to restrictions on transfer or to any increase in annual interest rate for failure to
comply with this Agreement) and to be offered to Holders of Securities in exchange for
Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer.
“FINRA” shall mean the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
“Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean each free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule
405 under the Securities Act) prepared by or on behalf of the Company or used or referred to by
the Company in connection with the sale of the Securities or the Exchange Securities.
“Holders” shall mean the Initial Purchasers, for so long as they own any Registrable
Securities, and each of their successors, assigns and direct and indirect transferees who become
owners of Registrable Securities under the Indenture; providedthat, for purposes of Section 4
and Section 5 hereof, the term “Holders” shall include Participating Broker-Dealers.
“Indemnified Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c) hereof.
“Indemnifying Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c) hereof.
“Indenture” shall mean the indenture, dated as of May 29, 2026, between the Company
and the Trustee, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of the date
hereof, between the Company and the Trustee, and as the same may be amended and
supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof with applicability to the
Securities.
“Initial Purchasers” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Inspector” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a)(xiv) hereof.
“Issuer Information” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a) hereof.
“Notice and Questionnaire” shall mean a notice of registration statement and selling
security holder questionnaire distributed to a Holder by the Company upon receipt of a Shelf
Request from such Holder.
“Participating Broker-Dealers” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof.
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“Participating Holder” shall mean any Holder of Registrable Securities that has returned a
completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to the Company in accordance with Section 2(b)
hereof.
“Person” shall mean an individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation,
trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof.
“Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in, or, pursuant to the rules and
regulations of the Securities Act, deemed a part of, 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 such prospectus, and in each case including any document
incorporated by reference therein.
“Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Registrable Securities” shall mean the Securities; providedthat the Securities shall cease
to be Registrable Securities upon the earliest to occur of the following: (i) when a Registration
Statement with respect to such Securities has become effective under the Securities Act and such
Securities have been exchanged or disposed of pursuant to such Registration Statement, (ii) when
such Securities cease to be outstanding, (iii) except in the case of Securities that otherwise
remain Registrable Securities and that are held by an Initial Purchaser and that are ineligible to
be exchanged in the Exchange Offer, when the Exchange Offer is consummated and (iv) when
such Securities have been resold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (but not Rule
144A) without regard to volume restrictions; providedthat the Company shall have removed or
caused to be removed any restrictive legend on the Securities.
“Registration Default” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following: (i) the
Exchange Offer is not completed on or prior to the Target Registration Date, (ii) the Shelf
Registration Statement, if required pursuant to Section 2(b)(i) or Section 2(b)(ii) hereof, has not
become effective on or prior to the Target Registration Date, (iii) if the Company receives a
Shelf Request pursuant to Section 2(b)(iii), the Shelf Registration Statement required to be filed
thereby has not become effective by the later of (a) the Target Registration Date and (b) 90 days
after delivery of such Shelf Request, or (iv) the Shelf Registration Statement, if required by this
Agreement, has become effective and thereafter ceases to be effective or the Prospectus
contained therein ceases to be usable, in each case whether or not permitted by this Agreement,
at any time during the Shelf Effectiveness Period, and such failure to remain effective or usable
exists for more than 90 days (whether or not consecutive) in any 12-month period.
“Registration Expenses” shall mean any and all expenses incident to performance of or
compliance by the Company with this Agreement, including without limitation: (i) all SEC,
stock exchange or FINRA registration and filing fees, (ii) all fees and expenses incurred in
connection with compliance with state securities or blue sky laws (including reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel for any Underwriters or Holders in connection with blue sky
qualification of any Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities), (iii) all expenses of any
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Persons in preparing or assisting in preparing, word processing, printing and distributing any
Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus and any amendments or
supplements thereto, any underwriting agreements, securities sales agreements or other similar
agreements and any other documents relating to the performance of and compliance with this
Agreement, (iv) all rating agency fees, (v) all fees and disbursements relating to the qualification
of the Indenture under applicable securities laws, (vi) the reasonable fees and disbursements of
the Trustee and its counsel, (vii) the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Company and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the reasonable fees and
disbursements of one counsel for the Participating Holders (which counsel shall be selected or
replaced by the Participating Holders holding a majority of the aggregate principal amount of
Registrable Securities held by such Participating Holders and which counsel may also be counsel
for the Initial Purchasers; providedthat such counsel shall be acceptable to the Company) and
(viii) the fees and disbursements of the independent registered public accountants of the
Company, including the expenses of any special audits or “comfort” letters required by or
incident to the performance of and compliance with this Agreement, but excluding fees and
expenses of counsel to the Underwriters (other than fees and expenses set forth in clause (ii)
above) or the Holders and underwriting discounts and commissions, brokerage commissions and
transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of Registrable Securities by a Holder.
“Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement of the Company that
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 or deemed a
part thereof, all exhibits thereto and any document incorporated by reference therein.
“Representatives” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“SEC” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.
“Separation” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Separation Date” shall mean the date on which the Separation is consummated.
“Shelf Effectiveness Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof.
“Shelf Registration” shall mean a registration effected pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof.
“Shelf Registration Statement” shall mean a “shelf” registration statement of the
Company that covers all or a portion of the Registrable Securities (but no other securities unless
approved by a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities held by the Participating
Holders) 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,
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including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein or
deemed a part thereof, all exhibits thereto and any document incorporated by reference therein.
“Shelf Request” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof.
“Staff” shall mean the staff of the SEC.
“Suspension Actions” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(e) hereof.
“Target Registration Date” shall mean the date that is 365 days after the consummation of
the Separation.
“Trust Indenture Act” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended from time
to time.
“Trustee” shall mean The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
“Underwriter” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(e) hereof.
“Underwritten Offering” shall mean an offering in which Registrable Securities are sold
to an Underwriter for reoffering to the public.
2.Registration Under the Securities Act. (a) To the extent not prohibited by any
applicable law or applicable interpretations of the Staff, the Company shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to (x) cause to be filed an Exchange Offer Registration Statement covering an
offer to the Holders to exchange all outstanding Registrable Securities for Exchange Securities
and (y) have such Registration Statement become and remain effective until 180 days after the
last Exchange Date for use by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers. The Company shall
commence the Exchange Offer promptly after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is
declared effective by the SEC and use commercially reasonable efforts to complete the Exchange
Offer not later than 60 days after such effective date.
After the Exchange Offer Registration Statement has become effective, the Company
shall commence the Exchange Offer by mailing and/or electronically delivering, or by causing
the mailing and/or electronic delivery of, the related Prospectus, appropriate letters of transmittal
and other accompanying documents to each Holder stating, in addition to such other disclosures
as are required by applicable law, substantially the following:
i.that the Exchange Offer is being made pursuant to this Agreement and that all
Registrable Securities validly tendered and not properly withdrawn will be
accepted for exchange;
ii.the dates of acceptance for exchange (which shall be a period of at least 20
Business Days from the date such notice is mailed and/or electronically delivered)
(each an “Exchange Date”);
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iii.that any Registrable Security not tendered will remain outstanding and continue to
accrue interest but will not retain any rights under this Agreement, except as
otherwise specified herein;
iv.that any Holder electing to have a Registrable Security exchanged pursuant to the
Exchange Offer will be required to (A) surrender such Registrable Security,
together with the appropriate letters of transmittal, to the institution and at the
address and in the manner specified in the notice, or (B) effect such exchange
otherwise in compliance with the applicable procedures of the depositary for such
Registrable Security, in each case prior to the close of business on the last
Exchange Date; and
v.that any Holder will be entitled to withdraw its election, not later than the close of
business on the last Exchange Date, by (A) sending to the institution and at the
address specified in the notice, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the
name of such Holder, the principal amount of Registrable Securities delivered for
exchange and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its election to have
such Securities exchanged or (B) effecting such withdrawal in compliance with
the applicable procedures of the depositary for the Registrable Securities.
As a condition to participating in the Exchange Offer, a Holder will be required to
represent to the Company that (1) any Exchange Securities to be received by it will be acquired
in the ordinary course of its business, (2) at the time of the commencement of the Exchange
Offer it has no arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in the distribution
(within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange Securities in violation of the
provisions of the Securities Act, (3) it is not an “affiliate” (within the meaning of Rule 405 under
the Securities Act) of the Company, (4) if such Holder is not a broker- dealer, that it is not
engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, the distribution of the Exchange Securities and (5)
if such Holder is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Securities for its own account in
exchange for Registrable Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making or other
trading activities, then such Holder will deliver a Prospectus (or, to the extent permitted by law,
make available a Prospectus to purchasers) in connection with any resale of such Exchange
Securities.
As soon as practicable after the last Exchange Date, the Company shall:
(I)accept for exchange Registrable Securities or portions thereof validly tendered
and not properly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer; and
(II)deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for cancellation all Registrable
Securities or portions thereof so accepted for exchange by the Company and issue,
and cause the Trustee to promptly authenticate and deliver to each Holder,
Exchange Securities equal in principal amount to the principal amount of the
Registrable Securities tendered by such Holder; providedthat if any of the
Registrable Securities are in book-entry form, the Company shall, in cooperation
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with the Trustee, effect the exchange of Registrable Securities in accordance with
applicable book-entry procedures.
The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to complete the Exchange Offer
as provided above and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the applicable
requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and other applicable laws and regulations
in connection with the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer shall not be subject to any
conditions, other than that the Exchange Offer does not violate any applicable law or applicable
interpretations of the Staff and that no action or proceeding has been instituted or threatened in
any court or by or before any governmental agency relating to the Exchange Offer which, in the
Company’s judgment, could reasonably be expected to impair the Company’s ability to proceed
with the Exchange Offer.
(b)In the event that (i) the Company determines that the Exchange Offer
Registration provided for in Section 2(a) hereof is not available or the Exchange Offer may not
be completed as soon as practicable after the last Exchange Date because it would violate any
applicable law or applicable interpretations of the Staff, (ii) the Exchange Offer is not for any
other reason completed by the Target Registration Date or (iii) upon receipt of a written request
(a “Shelf Request”) from any Initial Purchaser representing that it holds Registrable Securities
that are or were ineligible to be exchanged in the Exchange Offer, the Company shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to cause to become effective a Shelf Registration Statement
providing for the sale of all the Registrable Securities by the Holders thereof; providedthat (1)
no Holder will be entitled to have any Registrable Securities included in any Shelf Registration
Statement, or entitled to use the Prospectus forming a part of such Shelf Registration Statement,
until such Holder shall have delivered a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire and
provided such other information regarding such Holder to the Company as is contemplated by
Section 3(b) hereof and, if necessary, the Shelf Registration Statement has been amended to
reflect such information, and (2) the Company shall be under no obligation to file any such Shelf
Registration Statement before it is obligated to file an Exchange Offer Registration Statement
pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof .
In the event that the Company is required to file a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant
to clause (iii) of the preceding sentence, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts
to file and have become effective both an Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to
Section 2(a) hereof with respect to all Registrable Securities and a Shelf Registration Statement
(which may be a combined Registration Statement with the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement) with respect to offers and sales of Registrable Securities held by the Initial Purchasers
after completion of the Exchange Offer.
The Company agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf
Registration Statement continuously effective until the date on which the Securities covered
thereby cease to be Registrable Securities (the “Shelf Effectiveness Period”). The Company
further agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to supplement or amend the Shelf
Registration Statement, the related Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus if required by the
rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Company for
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such Shelf Registration Statement or by the Securities Act or by any other rules and regulations
thereunder or if reasonably requested by a Participating Holder of Registrable Securities with
respect to information relating to such Holder, and to use commercially reasonable efforts to
cause any such amendment to become effective, if required, and such Shelf Registration
Statement, Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, to become usable as soon
as thereafter practicable. The Company agrees to furnish to the Participating Holders copies of
any such supplement or amendment promptly after its being used or filed with the SEC, as
reasonably requested by the Participating Holders.
(c)The Company shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection with any
registration pursuant to Section 2(a) or Section 2(b) hereof. Each Holder shall pay all
underwriting discounts and commissions, brokerage 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)An Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof
will not be deemed to have become effective unless it has been declared effective by the SEC. 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 upon
filing with the SEC as provided by Rule 462 under the Securities Act.
If a Registration Default occurs with respect to the Registrable Securities, the interest rate
on the Registrable Securities (and only the Registrable Securities) will be increased by (i) 0.25%
per annum for the first 90-day period beginning on the day immediately following such
Registration Default and (ii) an additional 0.25% per annum with respect to each subsequent 90-
day period, in each case until and including the date such Registration Default ends, up to a
maximum increase of 0.50% per annum. A Registration Default ends with respect to any
Securities when such Securities cease to be Registrable Securities or, if earlier, (1) in the case of
a Registration Default under clause (i) of the definition thereof, when the Exchange Offer is
completed or when the Shelf Registration Statement covering such Registrable Securities
becomes effective, (2) in the case of a Registration Default under clause (ii) or clause (iii) of the
definition thereof, when the Shelf Registration Statement becomes effective or (3) in the case of
a Registration Default under clause (iv) of the definition thereof, when the Shelf Registration
Statement again becomes effective or the Prospectus again becomes usable. If at any time more
than one Registration Default has occurred and is continuing, then, until the next date that there
is no Registration Default, the increase in interest rate provided for by this paragraph shall apply
as if there occurred a single Registration Default that begins on the date that the earliest such
Registration Default occurred and ends on such next date that there is no Registration Default.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if the applicable Exchange
Offer with respect to the Registrable Securities is consummated, any Holder who was, at the time
such Exchange Offer was pending and consummated, eligible to exchange, and did not validly
tender, or withdrew, its Securities for Exchange Securities in such Exchange Offer will not be
entitled to receive any additional interest pursuant to the preceding paragraph, and such
Securities will no longer constitute Registrable Securities hereunder.
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(e)The Company shall be entitled to suspend its obligation to file any
amendment to a Shelf Registration Statement, furnish any supplement or amendment to a
Prospectus included in a Shelf Registration Statement or any Free Writing Prospectus, make any
other filing with the SEC that would be incorporated by reference into a Shelf Registration
Statement, cause a Shelf Registration Statement to remain effective or the Prospectus or any Free
Writing Prospectus usable or take any similar action (collectively, “Suspension Actions”) if there
is a possible acquisition, disposition or business combination or other transaction, business
development or event involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries that may require
disclosure in the Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus and the Company determines that
such disclosure is not in the best interest of the Company and its stockholders or obtaining any
financial statements relating to any such acquisition or business combination required to be
included in the Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus would be impracticable. Upon the
occurrence of any of the conditions described in the foregoing sentence, the Company shall give
prompt notice of the delay or suspension (but not the basis thereof) to the Participating Holders.
Upon the termination of such condition, the Company shall promptly proceed with all
Suspension Actions that were delayed or suspended and, if required, shall give prompt notice to
the Participating Holders of the cessation of the delay or suspension (but not the basis thereof).
(f)Without limiting the remedies available to the Initial Purchasers and the
Holders, the Company acknowledges that any failure by the Company to comply with its
obligations under Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof may result in material irreparable injury to
the Initial Purchasers or the Holders for which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not
be possible to measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such
failure, the Initial Purchasers or any Holder may obtain such relief as may be required to
specifically enforce the Company’s obligations under Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof.
3.Registration Procedures. (a) In connection with their obligations pursuant to
Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof, the Company shall as expeditiously as possible:
(i)prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement on the appropriate
form under the Securities Act, which form (A) shall be selected by the Company, (B) shall, in the
case of a Shelf Registration, be available for the sale of the Registrable Securities by the Holders
thereof and (C) shall comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the
applicable form and include or incorporate by reference all financial statements required by the
SEC to be filed therewith; and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration
Statement to become effective and remain effective for the applicable period in accordance with
Section 2 hereof;
(ii)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 applicable period in accordance with Section 2 hereof and cause each
Prospectus to be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement and, as so supplemented,
to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act; and keep each Prospectus current
during the period described in Section 4(a)(3) of and Rule 174 under the Securities Act that is
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applicable to transactions by brokers or dealers with respect to the Registrable Securities or
Exchange Securities;
(iii)to the extent any Free Writing Prospectus is used, file with the SEC any
Free Writing Prospectus that is required to be filed by the Company with the SEC in accordance
with the Securities Act and to retain any Free Writing Prospectus not required to be filed;
(iv)in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Participating Holder, to
counsel for the Initial Purchasers, to counsel for such Participating Holders and to each
Underwriter of an Underwritten Offering of Registrable Securities, if any, without charge, as
many copies of each Prospectus, preliminary prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus, and any
amendment or supplement thereto (other than any document that amends and supplements any
Prospectus, preliminary prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus because it is incorporated by
reference therein), as such Participating Holder, counsel or Underwriter may reasonably request
in writing in order to facilitate the sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities
thereunder; and, subject to Section 3(c) hereof, the Company consents to the use of such
Prospectus, preliminary prospectus or such Free Writing Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement thereto in accordance with applicable law by each of the Participating Holders and
any such Underwriters in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities
covered by and in the manner described in such Prospectus, preliminary prospectus or such Free
Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto in accordance with applicable law;
(v)use commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the Registrable
Securities under all applicable state securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions of the United
States as any Participating Holder shall reasonably request in writing by the time the applicable
Registration Statement becomes effective; cooperate with such Participating Holders in
connection with any filings required to be made with FINRA; and do any and all other acts and
things that may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable each Participating Holder to
complete the disposition in each such jurisdiction of the Registrable Securities owned by such
Participating Holder; providedthat the Company shall not be required to (1) qualify as a foreign
corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not
otherwise be required to so qualify, (2) file any general consent to service of process in any such
jurisdiction or (3) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not so subject;
(vi)notify counsel for the Initial Purchasers and, in the case of a Shelf
Registration, notify each Participating Holder and counsel for such Participating Holders
promptly and, if requested by any such Participating Holder or counsel, confirm such advice in
writing (1) when a Registration Statement has become effective, when any post-effective
amendment thereto has been filed and becomes effective, when any Free Writing Prospectus has
been filed or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus has
been filed, (2) of any request by the SEC or any state securities authority for amendments and
supplements to a Registration Statement, Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus or for
additional information after the Registration Statement has become effective, (3) of the issuance
by the SEC or any state securities authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a
Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, including the receipt
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by the Company of any notice of objection of the SEC to the use of a Shelf Registration
Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the
Securities Act, (4) if, between the applicable effective date of a Shelf Registration Statement and
the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities covered thereby, the representations and
warranties of the Company contained in any underwriting agreement, securities sales agreement
or other similar agreement, if any, relating to an offering of such Registrable Securities cease to
be true and correct in all material respects or if the Company receives any notification with
respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for sale in any
jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose, (5) of the happening of any
event during the period a Registration Statement is effective that makes any statement made in
such Registration Statement or the related Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus untrue in
any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in such Registration Statement or
Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus in order to make the statements therein not
misleading and (6) of any determination by the Company that a post-effective amendment to a
Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or any Free Writing
Prospectus would be appropriate;
(vii)use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order
suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or, in the case of a Shelf Registration,
the resolution of any objection of the SEC pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act,
including by filing an amendment to such Registration Statement on the proper form, as soon as
reasonably practicable and provide prompt notice to each Holder or Participating Holder of the
withdrawal of any such order or such resolution;
(viii)in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Participating Holder,
without charge, upon request, at least one conformed copy of each Registration Statement and
any post-effective amendment thereto (without any documents incorporated therein by reference
or exhibits thereto, unless requested) if such documents are not available via EDGAR;
(ix)in the case of a Shelf Registration, cooperate with the Participating
Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable
Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends and enable such Registrable
Securities to be issued in such denominations and registered in such names (consistent with the
provisions of the Indenture) as such Participating Holders may reasonably request at least one
Business Day prior to the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities;
(x)upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(a)(vi)(5)
hereof, use commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the SEC a supplement or
post-effective amendment to the applicable Exchange Offer Registration Statement or Shelf
Registration Statement or the related Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus or any document
incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document so that, as thereafter
delivered (or, to the extent permitted by law, made available) to purchasers of the Registrable
Securities, such Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, 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
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misleading; and the Company shall notify the Participating Holders (in the case of a Shelf
Registration Statement) and the Initial Purchasers and any Participating Broker- Dealers known
to the Company (in the case of an Exchange Offer Registration Statement) to suspend use of the
Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus as promptly as practicable after the occurrence of
such an event, and such Participating Holders, such Participating Broker-Dealers and the Initial
Purchasers, as applicable, hereby agree to suspend use of the Prospectus or any Free Writing
Prospectus, as the case may be, until the Company has amended or supplemented the Prospectus
or the Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, to correct such misstatement or omission;
(xi)a reasonable time prior to the filing of any Registration Statement, any
Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus, any amendment to a Registration Statement or
amendment or supplement to a Prospectus or a Free Writing Prospectus or of any document that
is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement, a Prospectus or a Free Writing
Prospectus after initial filing of a Registration Statement, provide copies of such document to the
Initial Purchasers and their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, to the
Participating Holders and their counsel) and make such of the representatives of the Company as
shall be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or their counsel (and, in the case of a
Shelf Registration Statement, the Participating Holders or their counsel) available for discussion
of such document; and the Company shall not, at any time after initial filing of a Registration
Statement, use or file any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus, any amendment of or
supplement to a Registration Statement or a Prospectus or a Free Writing Prospectus, or any
document that is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement, a Prospectus or a
Free Writing Prospectus, of which the Initial Purchasers and their counsel (and, in the case of a
Shelf Registration Statement, the Participating Holders and their counsel) shall not have
previously been advised and furnished a copy or to which the Initial Purchasers or their counsel
(and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Participating Holders or their counsel)
shall reasonably object in writing within two Business Days after the receipt thereof, unless the
Company believes that use or filing of such Prospectus, Free Writing Prospectus, or any
amendment of or supplement thereto is required by applicable law;
(xii)obtain a CUSIP number for all Exchange Securities or Registrable
Securities, as the case may be, not later than the initial effective date of a Registration Statement;
(xiii)cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act in
connection with the registration of the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, as the case
may be; cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders to effect such changes to the Indenture as
may be required for the Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the Trust
Indenture Act; and execute, and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the 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 the Indenture to be so qualified in a timely
manner;
(xiv)in the case of a Shelf Registration, make available for inspection by a
representative of the Participating Holders (an “Inspector”), any Underwriter participating in any
disposition pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement, one firm of attorneys and one firm of
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accountants designated by a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities held by the
Participating Holders and one firm of attorneys and one firm of accountants designated by such
Underwriter, at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner, all pertinent financial and other
records, documents and properties of the Company and its subsidiaries reasonably requested by
any such Inspector, Underwriter, attorney, or accountant, and cause the respective officers,
directors and employees of the Company to supply all information reasonably requested by any
such Inspector, Underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with a Shelf Registration
Statement; provided that if any such information is identified by the Company as being
confidential or proprietary, each Person receiving such information shall take such actions as are
reasonably necessary to protect the confidentiality of such information to the extent such action
is otherwise not inconsistent with, an impairment of or in derogation of the rights and interests of
any Inspector, Holder or Underwriter);
(xv)in the case of a Shelf Registration, use commercially reasonable efforts to
cause all Registrable Securities covered thereby to be listed on any securities exchange or any
automated quotation system on which similar securities issued or guaranteed by the Company are
then listed if requested by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Registrable
Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement, to the extent such Registrable Securities
satisfy applicable listing requirements;
(xvi)if reasonably requested by any Participating Holder, promptly include or
incorporate by reference in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such
information with respect to such Participating Holder as such Participating Holder reasonably
requests to be included therein based upon a reasonable belief that such information is required
to be included therein or is necessary to make the information about such Participating Holder
not misleading, and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or such post-
effective amendment as soon as reasonably practicable after the Company has received
notification of the matters to be so included in such filing; and
(xvii)in the case of a Shelf Registration, enter into such customary agreements
and take all such other actions in connection therewith (including those requested by the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration
Statement) in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities
including, but not limited to, an Underwritten Offering and in such connection, (1) providedthat
the Participating Holders’ representations and warranties are of the substance and scope as are
customarily made by selling securityholders to underwriters in underwritten offerings, to the
extent possible, make such representations and warranties to the Participating Holders and any
Underwriters of such Registrable Securities with respect to the business of the Company and its
subsidiaries and the Registration Statement, Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus and
documents incorporated by reference or deemed incorporated by reference, if any, in each case,
in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in underwritten
offerings and confirm the same if and when requested, (2) obtain opinions of counsel to the
Company (which counsel and opinions, in form, scope and substance, shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Participating Holders and such Underwriters and their respective counsel)
addressed to each Participating Holder and Underwriter of Registrable Securities, in customary
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form subject to customary limitations, assumptions and exclusions and covering the matters
customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings, (3) obtain “comfort” letters
from the independent registered public accountants of the Company (and, if necessary, any other
registered public accountant of any subsidiary of the Company, or of any business acquired by
the Company for which financial statements and financial data are or are required to be included
in the Registration Statement) addressed to each Participating Holder (to the extent permitted by
applicable professional standards) and Underwriter of Registrable Securities, such letters to be in
customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in “comfort” letters in
connection with underwritten offerings, including but not limited to financial information
contained in any preliminary prospectus, Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus and (4) deliver
such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Registrable Securities being sold or the Underwriters, and which are
customarily delivered in underwritten offerings, to evidence the continued validity of the
representations and warranties of the Company made pursuant to clause (1) above and to
evidence compliance with any customary conditions contained in an underwriting agreement.
(b)In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company may require,
as a condition to including such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such Shelf Registration
Statement, each Holder of Registrable Securities to furnish to the Company a Notice and
Questionnaire and such other information regarding such Holder and the proposed disposition by
such Holder of such Registrable Securities and other documentation necessary to effectuate the
proposed disposition as the Company may from time to time reasonably request in writing and
require such Holder to agree in writing to be bound by all provisions of this Agreement
applicable to such Holder. Each Holder of Registrable Securities as to which any Shelf
Registration is being effected agrees to furnish promptly to the Company all information required
to be disclosed so that the information previously furnished to the Company by such Holder is
not materially misleading and does not omit to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made.
(c)Each Participating Holder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the
Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(a)(vi)(3) or Section
3(a)(vi)(5) hereof, such Participating Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable
Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement until such Participating Holder’s receipt
of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus
contemplated by Section 3(a)(x) hereof and, if so directed by the Company, such Participating
Holder will deliver to the Company all copies in its possession, other than permanent file copies
then in such Participating Holder’s possession, of the Prospectus and any Free Writing
Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities that is current at the time of receipt of such
notice.
(d)If the Company shall give any notice to suspend the disposition of
Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement, the Company shall extend the period
during which such Registration Statement shall be maintained effective pursuant to this
Agreement by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of
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such notice to and including the date when the Holders of such Registrable Securities shall have
received copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus
necessary to resume such dispositions. The Company may give any such notice only twice
during any 365-day period and any such suspensions shall not exceed 30 days for each
suspension and there shall not be more than two suspensions in effect during any 365-day period.
(e)The Participating Holders who desire to do so may sell such Registrable
Securities in an Underwritten Offering. In any such Underwritten Offering, the investment bank
or investment banks and manager or managers (each an “Underwriter”) that will administer the
offering will be selected by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Registrable
Securities included in such offering; provided that any such Underwriter shall be acceptable to
the Company.
4.Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff has taken the
position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the
Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of
market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”) may be deemed to be
an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting
the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities.
The Company understands that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement
to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the
Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker- Dealers or specifying the amount
of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating
Broker-Dealers (or, to the extent permitted by law, made available to purchasers) to satisfy their
prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in connection with resales of Exchange
Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of
the Securities Act.
(b)In light of the above, and notwithstanding the other provisions of this
Agreement, the Company agrees to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement for a period of up to 180 days after the last Exchange
Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to Section 3(d) hereof), in order to expedite or
facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent
with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above. The Company further agrees that
Participating Broker-Dealers shall be authorized to deliver such Prospectus (or, to the extent
permitted by law, make available) during such period in connection with the resales
contemplated by this Section 4.
(c)The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Company or any
Holder with respect to any request that they may make pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof.
5.Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless each Initial Purchaser and each Holder, their respective affiliates, directors and
officers and each Person, if any, who controls any Initial Purchaser or any Holder within the
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meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against
any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, legal fees and
other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any
claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or are
based upon, (1) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in
any Registration Statement or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading,
or (2) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus or any “issuer information” (“Issuer Information”) filed
or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, or any omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each
case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon,
any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon
and in conformity with any information relating to any Initial Purchaser or information relating
to any Holder furnished to the Company in writing through the Representatives or any selling
Holder, respectively, expressly for use in connection with any Underwritten Offering permitted
by Section 3, the Company will also indemnify the Underwriters, if any, selling brokers, dealers
and similar securities industry professionals participating in the distribution, their respective
affiliates and each Person who controls such Persons (within the meaning of the Securities Act
and the Exchange Act) to the same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification
of the Holders, if requested in connection with any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any
Free Writing Prospectus or any Issuer Information.
(b)Each Holder agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold
harmless the Company, the Initial Purchasers and the other selling Holders, the directors of the
Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement and each Person,
if any, who controls the Company, any Initial Purchaser and any other selling Holder within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent
as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims,
damages or liabilities that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or
alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any
information relating to such Holder furnished to the Company in writing by such Holder
expressly for use in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus.
(c)If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory
investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any Person in respect of
which indemnification may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or (b) above, such Person
(the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the Person against whom such indemnification
may be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing; providedthat the failure to notify the
Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under paragraph (a) or
(b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of
substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided, further, that the failure to notify the
Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified
Person otherwise than under paragraph (a) or (b) above. If any such proceeding shall be brought
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or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person
thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified
Person to represent the Indemnified Person and any others entitled to indemnification pursuant to
this Section 5 that the Indemnifying Person may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the
fees and expenses of such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related
to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the
right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense
of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall
have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable
time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified
Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are
different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named
parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying
Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would
be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood and
agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related
proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate
firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and
expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm (x) for any Initial
Purchaser, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control Persons of such Initial Purchaser
shall be designated in writing by the Representatives (y) for any Holder, its directors and officers
and any control Persons of such Holder shall be designated in writing by such Holders and (z) in
all other cases shall be designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall
not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if
settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person
agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of
such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an
Indemnified Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying Person reimburse the Indemnified
Person for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the Indemnifying
Person shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if
(i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by the Indemnifying Person of
such request and (ii) the Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person
in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No Indemnifying Person
shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any
pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have
been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person,
unless such settlement (A) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims
that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (B) does not include any statement as to or any
admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.
(d)If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b) above is
unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of
indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable
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by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company from the
offering of the Securities and the Exchange Securities, on the one hand, and by the Holders from
receiving Securities or Exchange Securities registered under the Securities Act, on the other
hand, or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) but
also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Holders on the other in connection
with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as
well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Company on the one
hand and the Holders on the other 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 Company or by the
Holders and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to
correct or prevent such statement or omission.
(e)The Company and the Holders agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5 were determined by pro rataallocation (even
if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation
that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above. The
amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and
liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations
set forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection
with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5, in no event shall
a Holder be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at
which the Securities or Exchange Securities sold by such Holder exceeds the amount of any
damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No Person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The
Holders’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 5 are several and not joint.
(f)The remedies provided for in this Section 5 are not exclusive and shall not
limit any rights or remedies that may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or
in equity.
(g)The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 5
shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this
Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of the Initial Purchasers or any Holder or
any Person controlling any Initial Purchaser or any Holder, or by or on behalf of the Company or
the officers or directors of or any Person controlling the Company, (iii) acceptance of any of the
Exchange Securities and (iv) any sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration
Statement.
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6.General.
(a)No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company represents, warrants and
agrees that (i) 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 any other outstanding securities issued
or guaranteed by the Company under any other agreement and (ii) the Company has not entered
into, or on or after the date of this Agreement will enter into, any agreement that is inconsistent
with the rights granted to the Holders of Registrable Securities in this Agreement or otherwise
conflicts with the provisions hereof.
(b)Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including
the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or
consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given unless the Company 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 consent; providedthat no amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent to
any departure from the provisions of Section 5 hereof shall be effective as against any Holder of
Registrable Securities unless consented to in writing by such Holder. Any amendments,
modifications, supplements, waivers or consents pursuant to this Section 6(b) shall be by a
writing executed by each of the parties hereto. Each Holder of Registrable Securities outstanding
at the time of any such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent thereafter shall
be bound by any such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent effected
pursuant to this Section 6(b), whether or not any notice, writing or marking indicating such
amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent appears on the Registrable Securities
or is delivered to such Holder. Each Holder may waive compliance with respect to any
obligation of the Company under this Agreement as it may apply or be enforced by such
particular Holder.
(c)Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted
hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, registered first-class mail, telecopier, or
any courier guaranteeing overnight delivery (i) if to a Holder, at the most current address given
by such Holder to the Company by means of a notice given in accordance with the provisions of
this Section 6(c), which address initially is, with respect to the Initial Purchasers, the address set
forth in the Purchase Agreement; (ii) if to the Company, initially at the Company’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 6(c); and (iii) to such other persons at their
respective addresses as provided in the Purchase Agreement and thereafter at such other address,
notice of which is given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6(c). All such notices
and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if
personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if
mailed; when 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.
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(d)Majority of Holders. Whenever an action or determination under this
Agreement requires a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the applicable holders, in
determining such majority, if the Company shall issue any additional Securities under the
Indenture prior to consummation of the Exchange Offer or, if applicable, the effectiveness of any
Shelf Registration Statement, then such additional Securities and the Registrable Securities to
which this Agreement relates shall be treated together as one class for purposes of determining
whether the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities
has been obtained.
(e)Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and
be binding upon the successors, assigns and transferees of each of the parties, including, without
limitation and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders; providedthat
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 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.
The Initial Purchasers (in their capacity as Initial Purchasers) shall have no liability or obligation
to the Company with respect to any failure by a Holder to comply with, or any breach by any
Holder of, any of the obligations of such Holder under this Agreement.
(f)Third Party Beneficiaries. Each Holder shall be a third party beneficiary
to the agreements made hereunder between the Company, on the one hand, and the Initial
Purchasers, on the other hand, and shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the
extent it deems such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights or the rights of other
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 shall be an original,
with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument, and
shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties
and delivered (by telecopy, electronic delivery or otherwise) to the other parties. Signatures to
this Agreement transmitted by facsimile transmission or electronic format (e.g., “.pdf” or “.tif”)
form, or by any other electronic means intended to preserve the original graphic and pictorial
appearance of a document, will have the same effect as physical delivery of the paper document
bearing the original signature. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like
import in this Agreement or any agreement entered into in connection herewith shall be deemed
to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall
be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use
of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in
any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National
Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar
state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (e.g. DocuSign).
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(h)Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of
reference only, are not a part of this Agreement and shall not limit or otherwise affect the
meaning hereof.
(i)Governing Law. This Agreement, and any claim, controversy or dispute
arising under or related to this Agreement, shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York.
(j)Entire Agreement; Severability. This Agreement contains the entire
agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all oral
statements and prior writings with respect thereto. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction
contained in this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or
unenforceable or against public policy, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and
restrictions contained herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected,
impaired or invalidated. The Company and the Initial Purchasers shall endeavor in good faith
negotiations to replace the invalid, void or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the
economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, void or unenforceable
provisions.
[Signature Page to the Registration Rights Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first
written above.
MOBILITY GLOBAL INC.
By: /s/ Matthew A. Calderone
Name: Matthew A. Calderone
Title: Chief Financial Officer
[Signature Page to the Registration Rights Agreement]
Confirmed and accepted as of the date first written above:
For themselves and on behalf of the several Initial Purchasers listed in Schedule 1 to the
Purchase Agreement.
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC
By: /s/ Jonathan K. Zwart
Jonathan K. Zwart
Managing Director
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC
By: /s/ [Illegible]
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.
By: /s/ Kevin Wehler