|
|
|
|
Document Preview Registration Rights Agreement |
||||
|
|
||||
|
Click "Add to Cart" button to purchase document. |
||||
|
|
||||
|
Title: |
Registration Rights Agreement |
|||
|
Entities: |
Banc of America Securities LLC; BMO Nesbitt Burns Corp.; BNY Capital Markets, Inc.; Bowater Inc.; J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.; Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.; Suntrust Capital Markets, Inc.; UBS Securities LLC; Wachovia Securities Inc.; Bank of New York |
|||
|
Date: |
2003 |
|||
|
Size: |
Preview shows 11KB of 100KB total |
|||
|
Price: |
$58 |
|||
|
ID: |
#369427 |
|||
|
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
||||
|
Start of Preview |
||||
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Dated as of June 19, 2003
By and Among
BOWATER INCORPORATED,
as Issuer,
and
UBS SECURITIES LLC,
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.
BMO Nesbitt Burns CORP.
Wachovia Securities, Inc.
SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc.
TD Securities (USA) Inc.
BNY Capital markets, inc
Banc of America Securities LLC
as Initial Purchasers
$400,000,000 61/2% Notes due 2013
================================================================================
{PAGE}
TABLE OF CONTENTS
{TABLE}
{CAPTION}
Page
{S} {C}
Section 1. Definitions........................................................................................ 1
Section 2. Exchange Offer..................................................................................... 4
Section 3. Shelf Registration................................................................................. 7
Section 4. Liquidated Damages................................................................................. 8
Section 5. Registration Procedures............................................................................ 9
Section 6. Registration Expenses.............................................................................. 17
Section 7. Indemnification.................................................................................... 17
Section 8. Rules 144 and 144A................................................................................. 20
Section 9. Underwritten Registrations......................................................................... 20
Section 10. Miscellaneous...................................................................................... 21
(a) No Inconsistent Agreements................................................................. 21
(b) Adjustments Affecting Registrable Notes.................................................... 21
(c) Amendments and Waivers..................................................................... 21
(d) Notices.................................................................................... 21
(e) Successors and Assigns..................................................................... 22
(f) Counterparts............................................................................... 23
(g) Headings................................................................................... 23
(h) GOVERNING LAW.............................................................................. 23
(i) Severability............................................................................... 23
(j) Securities Held by the Company or Its Affiliates........................................... 23
(k) Third-Party Beneficiaries.................................................................. 23
(l) Attorneys' Fees............................................................................ 23
(m) Entire Agreement........................................................................... 23
SIGNATURES....................................................................................................... S-1
{/TABLE}
-i-
{PAGE}
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights Agreement (this "Agreement") is dated
as of June 19, 2003, by and among BOWATER INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), on the one hand, and UBS SECURITIES LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities
Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., Wachovia
Securities, Inc., SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc., TD Securities (USA) Inc., BMO
Nesbitt Burns Corp. and BNY Capital Markets, Inc. and the other Initial
Purchasers named in the Purchase Agreement referred to below ( collectively the
"Initial Purchasers"), for whom UBS Securities LLC is acting as representative,
on the other hand.
This Agreement is entered into in connection with the Purchase
Agreement, dated as of June 16, 2003, by and among the Company and the Initial
Purchasers (the "Purchase Agreement"), relating to the offering of $400,000,000
aggregate principal amount of the Company's 61/2% Notes due 2013, (the "Notes").
The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the Initial
Purchasers' obligation to purchase the Notes under the Purchase Agreement.
The parties hereby agree as follows:
Section 1. Definitions
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
"action" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(c)
hereof.
"Advice" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5 hereof.
"Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in the first
introductory paragraph hereto.
"Applicable Period" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2(b) hereof.
"Board of Directors" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5 hereof.
"Business Day" shall mean a day that is not a Legal Holiday.
"Company" shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory
paragraph hereto and shall also include the Company's permitted successors and
assigns.
"Commission" shall mean the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
"day" shall mean a calendar day.
"Damages Payment Date" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4(b) hereof.
"Delay Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5
hereof.
"Effectiveness Period" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3(b) hereof.
{PAGE}
-2-
"Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder.
"Exchange Notes" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2(a) hereof.
"Exchange Offer" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2(a) hereof.
"Exchange Offer Registration Statement" shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 2(a) hereof.
"Holder" shall mean any holder of a Registrable Note or
Registrable Notes.
"Indemnified Party" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 7(c) hereof.
"Indemnifying Party" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 7(c) hereof.
"Indenture" shall mean the Indenture, dated as of June 19,
2003, between the Company and The Bank of New York, as trustee, pursuant to
which the Notes are being issued, as amended or supplemented from time to time
in accordance with the terms thereof.
"Initial Purchasers" shall have the meaning set forth in the
first introductory paragraph hereof.
"Inspectors" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(n)
hereof.
"Issue Date" shall mean June 19, 2003, the date of original
issuance of the Notes.
"Legal Holiday" shall mean a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on
which banking institutions in New York, New York are required by law, regulation
or executive order to remain closed.
"Liquidated Damages" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4(a) hereof.
"Losses" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(a)
hereof.
"Notes" shall have the meaning set forth in the second
introductory paragraph hereto.
"Participant" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(a)
hereof.
"Participating Broker-Dealer" shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 2(b) hereof.
"Person" shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership,
joint venture association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated limited
liability company, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or
any other entity.
"Private Exchange" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2(b) hereof.
"Private Exchange Notes" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2(b) hereof.
{PAGE}
-3-
"Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus included in any
Registration Statement (including, without limitation, any prospectus subject to
completion and a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted
|
End of Preview |
Home Intelligence Services Subscriptions News About Us