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Registration Rights Agreement |
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Banc of America Securities LLC; Platinum Entertainment Inc.; Playboy Enterprises Inc; Playboy Enterprises, Inc.; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP |
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
by and among
PEI Holdings, Inc.
Playboy Enterprises, Inc.
the Subsidiary Guarantors party hereto
and
Banc of America Securities LLC
Lazard Freres & Co. LLC
Dated as of March 11, 2003
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Registration Rights Agreement
This Registration Rights Agreement (this "Agreement") is made and entered
into as of March 11, 2003, by and among PEI Holdings, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), Playboy Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware corporation
and the Company's corporate parent ("Playboy"), the subsidiary guarantors listed
on the signature pages hereof (the "Subsidiary Guarantors" and together with
Playboy, the "Guarantors"), and Banc of America Securities LLC and Lazard Freres
& Co. LLC (each an "Initial Purchaser" and, collectively, the "Initial
Purchasers"), each of whom has agreed to purchase the Company's 11% Senior
Secured Notes due 2010 (the "Initial Notes") pursuant to the Purchase Agreement
(as defined below).
This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated March 6,
2003 (the "Purchase Agreement"), by and among the Company, the Guarantors and
the Initial Purchasers (i) for the benefit of each Initial Purchaser and (ii)
for the benefit of the holders from time to time of the Notes (including each
Initial Purchaser). In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to purchase the
Initial Notes, the Company has agreed to provide the registration rights set
forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a
condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers set forth in Section 5(h)
of the Purchase Agreement.
The parties hereby agree as follows:
Section 1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following
capitalized terms shall have the following meanings:
Advice: As defined in Section 6(c) hereof.
Agreement: As defined in the preamble.
Broker-Dealer: Any broker or dealer registered under the Exchange Act.
Business Day: As defined in the Indenture.
Closing Date: The date of this Agreement.
Commission: The Securities and Exchange Commission.
Company: As defined in the preamble.
Consummate: A Registered Exchange Offer shall be deemed "Consummated" for
purposes of this Agreement upon the occurrence of (i) the filing and
effectiveness under the Securities Act of the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement relating to the Exchange Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer,
(ii) the maintenance of such Registration Statement continuously effective and
the keeping of the Exchange Offer open for a period not less than the minimum
period required pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof, and (iii) the delivery by the
Company to the Registrar under the Indenture of Exchange Notes
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in the same aggregate principal amount as the aggregate principal amount of
Initial Notes that were tendered by Holders thereof pursuant to the Exchange
Offer.
Controlling person: As defined in Section 8(a) hereof.
Effectiveness Target Date: As defined in Section 5 hereof.
Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Exchange Date: As defined in Section 3(b) hereof.
Exchange Notes: The Company's 11% Senior Secured Exchange Notes due 2010,
constituting the same series under the Indenture as the Initial Notes, to be
issued to Holders in exchange for Initial Notes pursuant to this Agreement, with
the Exchange Notes containing terms identical in all material respects to the
Initial Notes (except that the Exchange Notes will not bear legends restricting
their transfer).
Exchange Offer: The registration by the Company under the Securities Act
of the Exchange Notes pursuant to a Registration Statement pursuant to which the
Company offers the Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities the
opportunity to exchange all such outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities held
by such Holders for Exchange Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities tendered in
such exchange offer by such Holders.
Exchange Offer Registration Statement: The Registration Statement relating
to the Exchange Offer, including the related Prospectus.
Guarantors. As defined in the preamble hereto.
Holders: As defined in Section 2(b) hereof.
Indemnified Holder: As defined in Section 8(a) hereof.
Indenture: The Indenture, dated as of March 11, 2003, among the Company,
the Guarantors and the Trustee, pursuant to which the Notes are to be issued, as
such Indenture is amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with
the terms thereof.
Initial Notes: As defined in the preamble hereto.
Initial Purchaser: As defined in the preamble hereto.
Interest Payment Date: As defined in the Indenture and the Notes.
Liquidated Damages: As defined in Section 5 hereof.
NASD: National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
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Notes: The Initial Notes and the Exchange Notes.
Person: An individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability
company, trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or
political subdivision thereof.
Playboy: As defined in the preamble hereto.
Prospectus: The prospectus included in a Registration Statement, as
amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments
thereto, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by
reference into such Prospectus.
Purchase Agreement: As defined in the preamble hereto.
Record Holder: With respect to any Interest Payment Date at which time any
Liquidated Damages will be paid, each Person who is a Holder of Notes on the
record date with respect to such Interest Payment Date, as determined pursuant
to the Indenture and the Notes.
Registration Default: As defined in Section 5 hereof.
Registration Statement: Any registration statement of the Company relating
to (a) an offering of Exchange Notes pursuant to an Exchange Offer or (b) the
registration for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities, in each case which is
filed pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including the Prospectus
included therein, all amendments and supplements thereto (including
post-effective amendments) and all exhibits and material incorporated by
reference therein.
Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Shelf Registration Statement: As defined in Section 4 hereof.
Shelf Trigger Date: As defined in Section 4 hereof.
Subsidiary Guarantors: As defined in the preamble hereto.
Transfer Restricted Securities: Each Initial Note, until the earliest to
occur of (a) the date on which such Note is exchanged in the Exchange Offer, (b)
the date on which such Note has been effectively registered under the Securities
Act and disposed of in accordance with a Shelf Registration Statement, (c) the
date on which such Note is distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under
the Securities Act or is saleable pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Securities
Act (or similar provisions then in effect), and (d) the date such Note ceases to
be outstanding, and each Exchange Note issued to a Broker-Dealer until the date
on which such Exchange Note is distributed to the public by such Broker-Dealer
pursuant to the "Plan of Distribution" contemplated by the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement (including delivery of the Prospectus contained therein);
provided, however, that the Transfer Restricted Securities with respect to which
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the Company has caused to be filed and declared effective an Exchange Offer
Registration Statement and has consummated an Exchange Offer, in each case
pursuant to and in accordance with Section 3 hereof, and which have not been
tendered by the Exchange Date by the Holder thereof shall be deemed not to be
Transfer Restricted Securities, except to the extent the Holder provides the
notice contemplated by Section 4(a)(ii) hereof.
Trust Indenture Act: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as amended.
Trustee: Bank One, N.A., as the trustee under the Indenture, together with
its successors and assigns.
Underwritten Registration or Underwritten Offering: A registration in
which securities of the Company are sold to an underwriter for reoffering to the
public.
Section 2. Securities Subject To This Agreement.
(a) Transfer Restricted Securities. The securities entitled to the
benefits of this Agreement are the Transfer Restricted Securities.
(b) Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities. A Person is deemed to be a
holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (each, a "Holder") whenever such Person
owns Transfer Restricted Securities.
Section 3. Registered Exchange Offer.
(a) Unless the Exchange Offer shall not be permissible under applicable
law or Commission policy (after the procedures set forth in Section 6(a) below
have been complied with), the Company and the Guarantors shall (i) cause to be
filed with the Commission on or prior to 120 days after the Closing Date, a
Registration Statement under the Securities Act relating to the Exchange Notes
and the Exchange Offer, (ii) use their reasonable best efforts to cause such
Registration Statement to become effective on or prior to 180 days after the
Closing Date, (iii) in connection with the foregoing, (A) file all pre-effective
amendments to such Registration Statement as may be necessary in order to cause
such Registration Statement to become effective, (B) if applicable, file a
post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A
under the Securities Act and (C) cause all filings which to the knowledge of the
Company are reasonably necessary, if any, in connection with the registration
and qualification of the Exchange Notes to be made under the Blue Sky laws of
such jurisdictions as are necessary to permit Consummation of the Exchange
Offer, and (iv) upon the effectiveness of such Registration Statement, commence
the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer shall be on the appropriate form
permitting registration of the Exchange Notes to be offered in exchange for the
Transfer Restricted Securities and to permit resales of Notes held by
Broker-Dealers as contemplated by Section 3(c) below.
(b) The Company and the Guarantors shall use their reasonable best efforts
to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be effective
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continuously and shall keep the Exchange Offer open for a period of not less
than the minimum period required under applicable federal and state securities
laws to Consummate the Exchange Offer (the last date of acceptance for exchange
being referred to as the "Exchange Date"); provided, however, that in no event
shall such period be less than 30 days after the date notice of the Exchange
Offer is mailed to the Holders. The Company and the Guarantors shall cause the
Exchange Offer to comply with all applicable federal and state securities laws.
No securities other than the Notes (and guarantees thereof) shall be included in
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. The Company and the Guarantors shall
use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer to be Consummated
within 30 Business Days after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement has
become effective (or longer, if required by federal securities laws).
(c) The Company and the Guarantors shall indicate in a "Plan of
Distribution" section contained in the Prospectus forming a part of the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement that any Broker-Dealer who holds Initial Notes that
are Transfer Restricted Securities and that were acquired for its own account as
a result of market-making activities or other trading activities (other than
Transfer Restricted Securities acquired directly from the Company), may exchange
such Initial Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer; however, such Broker-Dealer
may be deemed to be an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act
and must, therefore, deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the
Securities Act in connection with any resales of the Exchange Notes received by
such Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer, which prospectus delivery requirement
may be satisfied by the delivery by such Broker-Dealer of the Prospectus
contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. Such "Plan of
Distribution" section shall also contain all other information with respect to
such resales by Broker-Dealers that the Commission may require in order to
permit such resales pursuant thereto, but such "Plan of Distribution" shall not
name any such Broker-Dealer or disclose the amount of Notes held by any such
Broker-Dealer except to the extent required by the Commission as a result of a
change in policy after the date of this Agreement.
The Company and the Guarantors shall use their reasonable best efforts to
keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective,
supplemented and amended as required by and subject to the provisions of
Sections 6(a) and 6(c) below to the extent necessary to ensure that it is
available for resales of Notes acquired by Broker-Dealers for their own accounts
as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, and to
ensure that it conforms with the requirements of this Agreement, the Securities
Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from
time to time, for a period ending on the earlier of (i) 180 days from the date
on which the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective and
(ii) the date on which Broker-Dealers are no longer required to deliver a
prospectus in connection with market-making or other trading activities;
provided, however, that any such Broker-Dealer desiring the Company to keep the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective shall notify the
Company in writing that such Broker-Dealer acquired Exchange Notes as a result
of market-making or other similar activities such that the Broker-Dealer would
be required to deliver a
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