Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Company LLC

EX-4.(S) 9 dex4s.htm REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, DATED DECEMBER 6, 2007 Registration Rights Agreement, dated December 6, 2007

Exhibit 4(s)

EXECUTION VERSION

Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Company LLC

TCEH Finance, Inc.

10.50% / 11.25% Senior Toggle Notes due 2016

unconditionally guaranteed as to the

payment of principal, premium,

if any, and interest by the

Guarantors

Registration Rights Agreement

December 6, 2007

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

85 Broad Street

New York, New York 10004

and

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated

1585 Broadway

New York, New York 10036

As representatives of the several Purchasers

named in Schedule I to the Purchase Agreement

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), and TCEH Finance, Inc., a Delaware corporation wholly owned by the Company (the “Co-Issuer Corp.”, and together with the Company, the “Issuers”) propose to issue and sell to the Purchasers (as defined herein) upon the terms set forth in the Purchase Agreement (as defined herein) $1,750,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of their 10.50% / 11.25% Senior Toggle Notes due 2016 (the “Notes”). The Notes will be unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors (as defined herein). In order to induce the Purchasers (including the Market Makers) to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Issuers have agreed to provide the registration rights set forth in this Agreement for the benefit of the Purchasers and any subsequent holder or holders of the Registrable Securities (as defined herein). The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the Purchasers’ obligations under the Purchase Agreement.

1. Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”), the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

“Additional Interest” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(d).

“Affiliate Investor” means any of the several Investors (as defined in the Indenture) that owns any Securities or Exchange Securities to the extent that such person is included in a Market Making Shelf Registration in accordance with Section 2(c) hereof.

“Base Interest” shall mean the interest that would otherwise accrue on the Securities under the terms thereof and the Indenture, without giving effect to the provisions of this Agreement.

“broker-dealer” shall mean any broker or dealer registered with the Commission under the Exchange Act.

“Business Day” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 13e-4(a)(3) promulgated by the Commission under the Exchange Act, as the same may be amended or succeeded from time to time.

“Commission” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other federal agency at the time administering the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, whichever is the relevant statute for the particular purpose.

“EDGAR System” means the EDGAR filing system of the Commission and the rules and regulations pertaining thereto promulgated by the Commission in Regulation S-T under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, in each case as the same may be amended or succeeded from time to time (and without regard to format).

“Effective Time,” in the case of (i) an Exchange Registration, shall mean the time and date as of which the Commission declares the Exchange Registration Statement effective or as of which the Exchange Registration Statement otherwise becomes effective pursuant to the Securities Act, (ii) a Shelf Registration, shall mean the time and date as of which the Commission declares the Shelf Registration Statement effective or as of which the Shelf Registration Statement otherwise becomes effective pursuant to the Securities Act and (iii) a Market Making Shelf Registration, shall mean the time and date as of which the Commission declares the Market Making Shelf Registration Statement effective or as of which the Market Making Shelf Registration Statement otherwise becomes effective pursuant to the Securities Act.

“Electing Holder” shall mean any holder of Registrable Securities that has returned a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to the Issuers in accordance with Section 3(d)(ii) or Section 3(d)(iii) and the instructions set forth in the Notice and Questionnaire.

“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder, as the same may be amended or succeeded from time to time.

“Exchange Offer” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(a).

“Exchange Registration” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 3(c).

“Exchange Registration Statement” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(a).

“Exchange Securities” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(a).

“Guarantors” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Indenture.

“holder” shall mean each of the Purchasers and other persons who acquire Registrable Securities from time to time (including any successors or assigns), in each case for so long as such person owns any Registrable Securities.

“Indenture” shall mean the Indenture, dated as of October 31, 2007, among the Issuers, the Guarantors and The Bank of New York, as Trustee, as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture, dated as of the date hereof, among the Issuers, the Guarantors and The Bank of New York, as Trustee, governing the Notes, as the same may be amended from time to time.

“Issue Date” shall mean December 6, 2007, the date of original issuance of the Securities.

“Market Maker” shall mean any of Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. or Lehman Brothers Inc. (and collectively, the “Market Makers”) or their respective affiliates.

“Market-Making Conditions” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(c).

“Market Making Shelf Registration” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(c).

“Market Making Shelf Registration Statement” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(c).

“Material Adverse Effect” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).

“Notice and Questionnaire” means a Notice of Registration Statement and Selling Securityholder Questionnaire substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.

“person” shall mean a corporation, limited liability company, association, partnership, organization, business, individual, government or political subdivision thereof or governmental agency.

“Purchase Agreement” shall mean the Purchase Agreement dated November 29, 2007 among the Company, the Guarantors and the Purchasers relating to the Securities.

“Purchasers” shall mean the Purchasers named in Schedule I to the Purchase Agreement.

“Registrable Securities” shall mean the Securities; provided, however, that a Security shall cease to be a Registrable Security upon the earliest to occur of the following: (i) in the circumstances contemplated by Section 2(a), the Security has been exchanged for an Exchange Security in an Exchange Offer as contemplated in Section 2(a) (provided that any Exchange Security that, pursuant to the last two sentences of Section 2(a), is included in a prospectus for use in connection with resales by broker-dealers shall be deemed to be a Registrable Security with respect to Sections 5, 6 and 9 until resale of such Registrable Security has been effected within the 90-day period referred to in Section 2(a)); (ii) in the circumstances contemplated by Section 2(b), a Shelf Registration Statement registering such Security under the Securities Act has been declared or becomes effective and such Security has been sold or otherwise transferred by the holder thereof pursuant to and in a manner contemplated by such effective Shelf Registration Statement; (iii) such Security is sold pursuant to Rule 144 under circumstances in which any legend borne by such Security relating to restrictions on transferability thereof, under the Securities Act or otherwise, is removed by the Issuers or pursuant to the Indenture; (iv) such Security is eligible to be sold pursuant to paragraph (k) of Rule 144; or (v) such Security shall cease to be outstanding.

“Registration Default” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(d).

“Registration Default Period” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(d).

“Registration Expenses” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.

“Resale Period” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(a).

“Restricted Holder” shall mean (i) a holder that is an affiliate of the Issuers within the meaning of Rule 405, (ii) a holder who acquires Exchange Securities outside the ordinary course of such holder’s business, (iii) a holder who has arrangements or understandings with any person to participate in the Exchange Offer for the purpose of distributing Exchange Securities and (iv) a holder that is a broker-dealer, but only with respect to Exchange Securities received by such broker-dealer pursuant to an Exchange Offer in exchange for Registrable Securities acquired by the broker-dealer directly from the Issuers.

“Rule 144,” “Rule 405,” “Rule 415,” “Rule 424,” “Rule 430B” and “Rule 433” shall mean, in each case, such rule promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act (or any successor provision), as the same may be amended or succeeded from time to time.

“Secondary Offer Registration Statement” shall mean (i) the Shelf Registration Statement required to be filed by the Issuers pursuant to Section 2(b), and/or (ii) the Market Making Shelf Registration Statement required to be filed by the Issuers pursuant to Section 2(c), in each case, as applicable; provided, however, that references in this Agreement to a Secondary Offer Registration Statement shall not be deemed to include a Market Making Shelf Registration Statement at any time during which the Market-Making Conditions are not applicable. As used herein, references to a Secondary Offer Registration Statement in the singular shall, if applicable, be deemed to be in the plural.

“Secondary Offer Shelf Registration” shall mean the filing of a Secondary Offer Registration Statement.

“Securities” shall mean, collectively, the Notes to be issued and sold to the Purchasers, and securities issued in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof pursuant to the Indenture. Each Security is entitled to the benefit of the guarantees provided by the Guarantors in the Indenture (each, a “Guarantee”) and, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference herein to a “Security,” an “Exchange Security” or a “Registrable Security” shall include a reference to the related Guarantee.

“Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder, as the same may be amended or succeeded from time to time.

“Shelf Registration” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(b).

“Shelf Registration Statement” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(b).

“Suspension Period” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(b).

“Trust Indenture Act” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder, as the same may be amended or succeeded from time to time.

“Trustee” shall mean The Bank of New York, as trustee under the Indenture, together with any successors thereto in such capacity.

Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference herein to a “Section” or “clause” refers to a Section or clause, as the case may be, of this Agreement, and the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision.

2. Registration Under the Securities Act.

(a) Except as set forth in Section 2(b) below, the Issuers agree to file under the Securities Act, one or more registration statements relating to an offer to exchange (such registration statements, together, the “Exchange Registration Statement,” and such offer, the “Exchange Offer”) any and all of the Securities for a like aggregate principal amount of debt securities issued by the Issuers and guaranteed by the Guarantors, which debt securities and guarantees are substantially identical to the Securities and the related Guarantees, respectively (and are entitled to the benefits of a trust indenture which is substantially identical to the Indenture or is the Indenture and which has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act), except that they have been registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and do not contain provisions for Additional Interest contemplated in Section 2(d) below (such new debt securities hereinafter called “Exchange Securities”). The Issuers agree to use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Exchange Registration Statement to become effective under the Securities Act no later than 360 days after the Issue Date. The Exchange Offer will be registered under the Securities Act on the appropriate form and will comply with all applicable tender offer rules and regulations under the Exchange Act. Unless the Exchange Offer would not be permitted by applicable law or Commission policy, the Issuers further agree to use all commercially reasonable efforts to (i) commence the Exchange Offer promptly following the Effective Time of such Exchange Registration Statement, (ii) hold the Exchange Offer open for at least 20 Business Days in accordance with Regulation 14E promulgated by the Commission under the Exchange Act, or longer, if required by the federal securities laws and (iii) exchange Exchange Securities for all Registrable Securities that have been properly tendered and not withdrawn promptly following the expiration of the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer will be deemed to have been “completed” only if: (i) the Exchange Securities and related guarantees received by holders, other than Restricted Holders, in the Exchange Offer for Registrable Securities are, upon receipt, transferable by each such holder without restriction under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and without material restrictions under the blue sky or securities laws of a substantial majority of the States of the United States of America and (ii) upon the Issuers having exchanged, pursuant to the Exchange Offer, Exchange Securities for all Registrable Securities that have been properly tendered and not withdrawn before the expiration of the Exchange Offer, which shall be on a date that is at least 20 Business Days following the commencement of the Exchange Offer. The Issuers agree (x) to include in the Exchange Registration Statement a prospectus for use in any resales by any holder of Exchange Securities that is a broker-dealer and (y) to keep such Exchange Registration Statement effective for a period (the “Resale Period”) beginning when Exchange Securities are first issued in the Exchange Offer and ending upon the earlier of the expiration of the 90^th day after the Exchange Offer has been completed or such time as such broker-dealers no longer own any Registrable Securities. With respect to such Exchange Registration Statement, such holders shall have the benefit of the rights of indemnification and contribution set forth in Subsections 6(a), (e), (f) and (g).

(b) If (i) on or prior to the time the Exchange Offer is completed, existing law or Commission interpretations are changed such that the debt securities or the related guarantees received by holders other than Restricted Holders in the Exchange Offer for Registrable Securities are not or would not be, upon receipt, transferable by each such holder without restriction under the Securities Act, (ii) the Exchange Offer has not been completed by the earlier of the 90th Business Day after the Effective Time of the Exchange Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Offer or the 360th day following the Issue Date (provided, that the Company’s failure to complete the Exchange Offer by the deadline set forth in this

Section 2(b)(ii) shall be considered a Registration Default for which Additional Interest shall be payable pursuant to Section 2(d) hereof until such time as a Shelf Registration Statement covering resales of the Registrable Securities has become or is declared effective) or (iii) any holder of Registrable Securities notifies the Issuers prior to the 20^th Business Day following the completion of the Exchange Offer that: (A) it is prohibited by law or Commission policy from participating in the Exchange Offer, (B) it may not resell the Exchange Securities to the public without delivering a prospectus and the prospectus supplement contained in the Exchange Registration Statement is not appropriate or available for such resales or (C) it is a broker-dealer and owns Securities acquired directly from the Issuers or an affiliate of the Issuers, then the Issuers and the Guarantors shall, in lieu of (or, in the case of clause (iii), in addition to) conducting the Exchange Offer contemplated by Section 2(a), file under the Securities Act no later than 30 days after the time such obligation to file arises (but no earlier than 360 days after the Issue Date) one or more “shelf” registration statements providing for the registration of, and the sale on a continuous or delayed basis by the holders of, all of the Registrable Securities, pursuant to Rule 415 or any similar Rule that may be adopted by the Commission (such filing, the “Shelf Registration,” and such registration statements, the “Shelf Registration Statement”). The Issuers agree to use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Shelf Registration Statement to become or be declared effective no later than 90 days after such Shelf Registration Statement filing obligation arises (but no earlier than 360 days after the Issue Date); provided that if at any time the Issuers are or become “well-known seasoned issuers” (as defined in Rule 405) and are eligible to file an “automatic shelf registration statement” (as defined in Rule 405), then the Issuers and the Guarantors shall file the Exchange Registration Statement in the form of an automatic shelf registration statement as provided in Rule 405. The Issuers agree to use all commercially reasonable efforts to keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective until the earlier of the second anniversary of the Effective Time or such time as there are no longer any Registrable Securities outstanding. No holder shall be entitled to be named as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement or to use the prospectus forming a part thereof for resales of Registrable Securities unless such holder is an Electing Holder. The Issuers agree, after the Effective Time of the Shelf Registration Statement and promptly upon the request of any holder of Registrable Securities that is not then an Electing Holder, to use all commercially reasonable efforts to enable such holder to use the prospectus forming a part thereof for resales of Registrable Securities, including, without limitation, any action necessary to identify such holder as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement (whether by post-effective amendment thereto or by filing a prospectus pursuant to Rules 430B and 424(b) under the Securities Act identifying such holder); provided, however, that nothing in this sentence shall (A) relieve any such holder of the obligation to return a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to the Issuers in accordance with Section 3(d)(iii) or (B) require the Issuers or the Guarantors to file more than one post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement in any 45-day period. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2(b), upon notice to the Electing Holders, the Issuers may suspend the use or the effectiveness of such Shelf Registration Statement, or extend the time period in which it is required to file the Shelf Registration Statement for one or more periods of up to 90 days in the aggregate in any 12-month period (each, a “Suspension Period”) if the Boards of Directors of the Issuers determine that there is a valid business purpose for suspension of the Shelf Registration Statement; provided that the Issuers shall promptly notify the Electing Holders when the Shelf Registration Statement may once again be used or is effective.

(c) For the sole benefit of each Market Maker or any of their affiliates (as defined under the rules and regulations of the Commission), so long as (x) any of the Registrable Securities are outstanding and (y) it would be necessary under applicable laws, rules and regulations, in the reasonable opinion of any Market Maker, for such Market Maker or any of its affiliates to deliver a prospectus in connection with market-making activities with respect to the Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities and such Market Maker or such affiliate proposes to make a market in the Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities as part of its

business in the ordinary course (the “Market-Making Conditions”), the following provisions shall apply for the sole benefit of each Market Maker and its affiliates (it being understood that only a person for whom the Market-Making Conditions apply at the applicable time shall be entitled to the use of a Market Making Shelf Registration Statement and related provisions of this Agreement), the Issuers shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to file under the Securities Act, a “shelf” registration statement (which may be the Exchange Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement if permitted by the rules and regulations of the Commission) pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act or any similar rule that may be adopted by the Commission providing for the registration of, and the sale on a continuous or delayed basis in secondary transactions by each Market Maker of, Securities (in the event of a Shelf Registration) or Exchange Securities (in the event of an Exchange Offer) (such filing, the “Market Making Shelf Registration,” and such registration statement, the “Market Making Shelf Registration Statement”). The Issuers agree to use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Market Making Shelf Registration Statement to become or be declared effective on or prior to (i) the date the Exchange Offer is completed pursuant to Section 2(a) above or (ii) the date the Shelf Registration becomes or is declared effective pursuant to Section 2(b) above, and to keep such Market Making Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective for so long as any Market Maker may be required to deliver a prospectus in connection with transactions in the Securities or the Exchange Securities, as the case may be. In the event that a Market Maker holds Securities at the time an Exchange Offer is to be conducted under Section 2(a) above, the Issuers agree that the Market Making Shelf Registration shall provide for the resale by such Market Maker of such Securities and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Market Making Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective until such time as such Market Maker determines in its reasonable judgment that it is no longer required to deliver a prospectus in connection with the sale of such Securities.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2(c), upon at least 10 Business Days prior written notice to each Market Maker, the Issuers may elect to cause the Market Making Registration Statement to provide for the registration of, and the sale on a continuous or delayed basis in secondary transactions by any Affiliate Investor of Securities (in the event of a Shelf Registration) or Exchange Securities (in the event of an Exchange Offer) regardless of whether such Affiliate Investor otherwise would qualify as an Electing Holder eligible to participate in a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with Section 2(b) hereof; provided however, if any Market Maker requests in writing at any time that the Issuers exclude any or all Affiliate Investors from the Market Making Registration Statement, then the Issuers shall either omit such Affiliate Investors from inclusion in the Market Making Registration Statement or promptly amend the Market Making Registration Statement to exclude them from the Market Making Registration Statement. The inclusion of any Affiliate Investor in the Market Making Registration Statement shall not affect the rights of any Market Maker to make any determinations otherwise provided exclusively to each Market Maker in this Agreement.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuers may suspend the offering and sale under the Market Making Shelf Registration Statement for one or more Suspension Periods if the Boards of Directors of the Issuers determine that such registration would require (i) disclosure of an event at such time as could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business operations or prospects of the Issuers (ii) disclosure of material information relating to a corporate development or (iii) such Market-Making Registration Statement or amendment or supplement thereto contains an untrue statement of material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Issuers shall promptly notify each Market Maker when the Market Making Shelf Registration Statement may once again be used.

(d) In the event that (i) the Issuers and the Guarantors have not filed the Exchange Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement on or before the date on which such registration statement is required to be filed pursuant to Section 2(a) or Section 2(b), as applicable, or (ii) such Exchange Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement has not become effective or been declared effective by the Commission on or before the date on which such registration statement is required to become or be declared effective pursuant to Section 2(a) or Section 2(b), as applicable, or (iii) the Exchange Offer has not been completed by the earlier of the 90th Business Day after the Effective Time of the Exchange Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Offer or the 360th day following the Issue Date (if the Exchange Offer is then required to be made) or (iv) any Exchange Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement required by Section 2(a) or Section 2(b) is filed and declared effective but shall thereafter either be withdrawn by the Issuers or shall become subject to an effective stop order issued pursuant to Section 8(d) of the Securities Act suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement (except as specifically permitted herein, including with respect to any Shelf Registration Statement, during any applicable Suspension Period in accordance with the last sentence of Section 2(b)) without being succeeded immediately by an additional registration statement filed and declared effective (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (iv), a “Registration Default” and each period during which a Registration Default has occurred and is continuing, a “Registration Default Period”), then, as liquidated damages for such Registration Default, subject to the provisions of Section 9(b), additional interest (“Additional Interest”), in addition to the Base Interest, shall accrue on the outstanding principal amount of the Registrable Securities at a per annum rate of 0.25% for the first 90 days of the Registration Default Period, and at a per annum rate of 0.50% thereafter for the remaining portion of the Registration Default Period. Additional Interest shall accrue and be payable only with respect to a single Registration Default at any given time, notwithstanding the fact that multiple Registration Defaults may exist at such time. The accrual of Additional Interest shall be the exclusive monetary remedy available to the holders of Registrable Securities for any Registration Default.

(e) The Issuers shall take, and shall cause the Guarantors to take, all actions necessary or advisable to be taken by them to ensure that the transactions contemplated herein are effected as so contemplated, including all actions necessary or desirable to register the Guarantees under the registration statement contemplated in Section 2(a), Section 2(b) or Section 2(c), as applicable.

(f) Any reference herein to a registration statement as of any time shall be deemed to include any document incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, therein by reference as of such time and any reference herein to any post-effective amendment to a registration statement as of any time shall be deemed to include any document incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, therein by reference as of such time.

3. Registration Procedures.

If the Issuers and the Guarantors file a registration statement pursuant to Section 2(a), Section 2(b) or Section 2(c), the following provisions shall apply:

(a) At or before the Effective Time of the Exchange Registration, the Shelf Registration or the Market Making Registration, whichever may be first, the Issuers shall qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.

(b) In the event that such qualification would require the appointment of a new trustee under the Indenture, the Issuers shall appoint a new trustee thereunder pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Indenture.

(c) In connection with the Issuers’ and the Guarantors’ obligations with respect to the registration of Exchange Securities as contemplated by Section 2(a) (the “Exchange Registration”), if applicable, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall:

(i) prepare and file with the Commission an Exchange Registration Statement on any form which may be utilized by the Issuers and the Guarantors and which shall permit the Exchange Offer and resales of Exchange Securities by broker-dealers during the Resale Period to be effected as contemplated by Section 2(a), and use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Exchange Registration Statement to become effective no later than 360 days after the Issue Date;

(ii) promptly prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to such Exchange Registration Statement and the prospectus included therein as may be necessary to effect and maintain the effectiveness of such Exchange Registration Statement for the periods and purposes contemplated in Section 2(a) and as may be required by the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and the instructions applicable to the form of such Exchange Registration Statement, and promptly provide each broker-dealer holding Exchange Securities with such number of copies of the prospectus included therein (as then amended or supplemented), in conformity in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act, as such broker-dealer reasonably may request prior to the expiration of the Resale Period, for use in connection with resales of Exchange Securities;

(iii) promptly notify each broker-dealer that has requested or received copies of the prospectus included in such Exchange Registration Statement, and confirm such advice in writing, (A) when such Exchange Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or any prospectus amendment or supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to such Exchange Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, (B) of any comments by the Commission and by the blue sky or securities commissioner or regulator of any state with respect thereto or any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to such Exchange Registration Statement or prospectus or for additional information relating to such Exchange Registration Statement or prospectus, (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Exchange Registration Statement or the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for that purpose, (D) if at any time the representations and warranties of the Issuers contemplated by Section 5 cease to be true and correct in all material respects, (E) of the receipt by the Issuers of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Exchange Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose, (F) the occurrence of any event that causes the Issuers to become an “ineligible issuer” as defined in Rule 405, or (G) if at any time during the Resale Period when a prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, that such Exchange Registration Statement, prospectus, prospectus amendment or supplement or post-effective amendment does not conform in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing;

(iv) in the event that the Issuers and the Guarantors would be required, pursuant to Section 3(c)(iii)(G), to notify any broker-dealers holding Exchange Securities (except as otherwise permitted during any Suspension Period),

promptly prepare and furnish to each such holder a reasonable number of copies of a prospectus supplemented or amended so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of such Exchange Securities during the Resale Period, such prospectus shall conform in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and shall not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing;

(v) use all commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of such Exchange Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto at the earliest practicable date;

(vi) use all commercially reasonable efforts to (A) register or qualify the Exchange Securities under the securities laws or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as are contemplated by Section 2(a) no later than the commencement of the Exchange Offer, to the extent required by such laws, (B) keep such registrations or qualifications in effect and comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of offers, sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions until the expiration of the Resale Period, (C) take any and all other actions as may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable each broker-dealer holding Exchange Securities to consummate the disposition thereof in such jurisdictions and (D) obtain the consent or approval of each governmental agency or authority, whether federal, state or local, which may be required to effect the Exchange Registration, the Exchange Offer and the offering and sale of Exchange Securities by broker-dealers during the Resale Period; provided, however, that neither the Issuers nor the Guarantors shall be required for any such purpose to (1) qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction wherein it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for the requirements of this Section 3(c)(vi), (2) consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction or become subject to taxation in any such jurisdiction or (3) make any changes to its certificate of incorporation or by-laws or other governing documents or any agreement between it and its stockholders;

(vii) provide a CUSIP number for all Exchange Securities, not later than the applicable Effective Time; and

(viii) comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make generally available to its securityholders no later than eighteen months after the Effective Time of such Exchange Registration Statement, an earnings statement of the Issuers and its subsidiaries complying with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act (including, at the option of the Issuers, Rule 158 thereunder); provided, however, that this requirement shall be deemed satisfied by the Issuers’ compliance with Section 4.03 of the Indenture.

(d) In connection with the Issuers’ and the Guarantors’ obligations with respect to any Secondary Offer Shelf Registration, if applicable, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause the applicable Secondary Offer Registration Statement to permit the disposition of Registrable Securities by the holders thereof, in the case of the Shelf Registration, and of Securities or Exchange Securities by any Market Maker and any Affiliate Investor, in the case of a Market Making Shelf Registration (in each case, subject to any applicable Suspension Period), in accordance with the intended method or methods of disposition thereof provided for in the applicable Secondary Offer Registration Statement. In connection therewith, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall:

(i) (A) prepare and file with the Commission, within the time periods specified in Section 2(b) and Section 2(c) hereof, as applicable, a Secondary Offer Registration Statement on any form which may be utilized by the Issuers and the Guarantors, which shall (x) register all of the Registrable Securities, in the case of a Shelf Registration, and the Securities and Exchange Securities, in the case of a Market Making Shelf Registration, for resale by the holders thereof in accordance with such method or methods of disposition as may be specified by the holders of the Registrable Securities as, from time to time, may be Electing Holders, in the case of a Shelf Registration, or any Market Maker and any Affiliate Investor, in the case of a Market Making Shelf Registration, and (y) be, in the case of a Market Making Shelf Registration, in the form approved by each Market Maker, and (B) use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause each such Secondary Offer Registration Statement to become effective within the time periods specified in Section 2(b) and Section 2(c) hereof, as applicable;

(ii) mail the Notice and Questionnaire to the holders of Registrable Securities (A) not less than 30 days prior to the anticipated Effective Time of the Shelf Registration Statement or (B) in the case of an “automatic shelf registration statement” (as defined in Rule 405), mail the Notice and Questionnaire to the holders of Registrable Securities not later than the Effective Time of such Shelf Registration Statement, and in any such case no holder shall be entitled to be named as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement, and no holder shall be entitled to use the prospectus forming a part thereof for resales of Registrable Securities at any time, unless and until such holder has returned a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to the Issuers; in the case of any Affiliate Investor that desires to participate in any Market Making Shelf Registration, such Affiliate Investor shall have returned a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to the Issuers prior to the time that the Issuers notify each Market Maker of its intention to include such Affiliate Investor in the Market Making Shelf Registration, and the responses by the Affiliate Investor in such Notice and Questionnaire shall be reasonably satisfactory to each of the Issuers and each Market Maker; provided, however, that holders of Registrable Securities (in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement) or any Affiliate Investor (in the case of a Market Making Shelf Registration) shall have at least 28 calendar days from the date on which the Notice and Questionnaire is first mailed to such holder or provided to such Affiliate Investor to return a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to the Issuers;

(iii) after the Effective Time of the Shelf Registration Statement, upon the request of any holder of Registrable Securities that is not then an Electing Holder, promptly send a Notice and Questionnaire to such holder; provided that the Issuers shall not be required to (A) take any action to name such holder as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement or to enable such holder to use the prospectus forming a part thereof for resales of Registrable Securities until such holder has returned a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to the Issuers and (B) nothing in this clause (iii) shall require the Issuers or the Guarantors to file a post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement more than once in any 30-day period; provided, however, that this clause (B) shall not be applicable for the last 60 days that the Shelf Registration Statement is effective;

(iv) as soon as practicable (A) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to the Secondary Offer Registration Statement and the prospectus included therein as may be necessary to effect and maintain the effectiveness of such Secondary Offer Registration Statement for the period specified in Section 2(b) and Section 2(c) hereof, as applicable, and as may be

required by the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and the instructions applicable to the form of such Secondary Offer Registration Statement and, in the case of an amendment to or supplement of the Market Making Shelf Registration Statement, each in a form approved by each Market Maker, and (B) furnish to the Electing Holders, in the case of a Shelf Registration, and each Market Maker and any Affiliate Investor, in the case of a Market Making Shelf Registration, copies of any such supplement or amendment simultaneously with or prior to its being used or filed with the Commission to the extent such documents are not publicly available on the Commission’s EDGAR System;

(v) comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all of the Registrable Securities, Securities or Exchange Securities, as applicable, covered by such Secondary Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the intended methods of disposition provided for therein by the Electing Holders, in the case of a Shelf Registration, or any Market Maker and any Affiliate Investor, in the case of a Market Making Shelf Registration;

(vi) provide (A) with respect to a Shelf Registration, a representative of the Electing Holders and not more than one counsel for all the Electing Holders, in each case designated by the holder of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities held by the Electing Holders (which counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Issuers), and (B) with respect to a Market Making Shelf Registration, each Market Maker and one counsel for all Market Makers and any Affiliate Investor, the opportunity to participate in the preparation of such Secondary Offer Registration Statement, each prospectus included therein or filed with the Commission and each amendment or supplement thereto;

(vii) for a reasonable period prior to the filing of such Secondary Offer Registration Statement, and throughout the periods specified in Section 2(b) or Section 2(c) hereof, as applicable, make available at reasonable times at the Issuers’ principal place of business or such other reasonable place for inspection by the persons referred to in Section 3(d)(vi) who shall certify to the Issuers that they have a current intention to sell the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration, or the Securities or Exchange Securities pursuant to the Market Making Shelf Registration, as applicable, such financial and other information and books and records of the Issuers, and cause the officers, employees, counsel and independent certified public accountants of the Issuers to respond to such inquiries, as shall be reasonably necessary (and in the case of counsel, not violate an attorney-client privilege, in such counsel’s reasonable belief), in the judgment of the respective counsel referred to in Section 3(d)(vi), to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act; provided, however, that the foregoing inspection and information gathering on behalf of the Electing Holders shall be conducted by one counsel designated by the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities held by the Electing Holders at the time outstanding and any managing underwriter participating in the distribution of the Registrable Securities being sold; and provided further that each such party shall be required to maintain in confidence and not to disclose to any other person any information or records reasonably designated by the Issuers as being confidential, until such time as (A) such information becomes a matter of public record (whether by virtue of its inclusion in such Secondary Offer Registration Statement or otherwise), or (B) such person shall be required so to disclose such information pursuant to a subpoena or order of any court or other governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the matter (subject to the requirements of such

order, and only after such person shall have given the Issuers prompt prior written notice of such requirement), or (C) such information is required to be set forth in such Secondary Offer Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or in an amendment to such Secondary Offer Registration Statement or an amendment or supplement to such prospectus in order that such Secondary Offer Registration Statement, prospectus, amendment or supplement, as the case may be, complies with applicable requirements of the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations of the Commission and does not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing;

(viii) promptly notify each of the Electing Holders, any managing underwriter, each Market Maker or each of the Affiliate Investors, as applicable, and confirm such advice in writing, (A) when such Secondary Offer Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or any prospectus amendment or supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to such Secondary Offer Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, (B) of any comments by the Commission and by the blue sky or securities commissioner or regulator of any state with respect thereto which are relevant to the Electing Holders, any managing underwriter, any Market Maker or an Affiliate Investor, as applicable, or any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to such Secondary Offer Registration Statement or prospectus or for additional information, (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Secondary Offer Registration Statement or the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for that purpose, (D) if at any time the representations and warranties of the Issuers set forth in Section 5 cease to be true and correct in all material respects, (E) of the receipt by the Issuers of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities or the Securities or Exchange Securities, as applicable, for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose, (F) the occurrence of any event that causes the Issuers to become an “ineligible issuer” as defined in Rule 405, or (G) if at any time when a prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, that such Secondary Offer Registration Statement, prospectus, prospectus amendment or supplement or post-effective amendment does not conform in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing;

(ix) use all commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of such Secondary Offer Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto at the earliest practicable date;

(x) if requested by any managing underwriter, Electing Holder, any Market Maker or any Affiliate Investor, promptly incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information as is required by the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and as such managing underwriter, Electing Holder, such Market Maker or such Affiliate Investor specifies should be included therein relating to the terms of the sale of such Registrable Securities or such Securities or Exchange Securities, as applicable, including information with respect to the principal amount of Registrable Securities or Securities or Exchange Securities, as applicable, being sold by such Electing Holder,

managing underwriter, such Market Maker or any Affiliate Investor, the name and description of such managing underwriter, Electing Holder, such Market Maker or any Affiliate Investor, the offering price of such Registrable Securities or such Securities or Exchange Securities, as applicable, and any discount, commission or other compensation payable in respect thereof and with respect to any other terms of the offering of the Registrable Securities or the Securities or Exchange Securities, as applicable, to be sold by such Electing Holder, managing underwriter, such Market Maker or any Affiliate Investor; and make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment promptly after notification of the matters to be incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment;

(xi) furnish upon request to each managing underwriter, each Market Maker and each Electing Holder and the respective counsel referred to in Section 3(d)(vi) an executed copy (or, in the case of an Electing Holder or Affiliate Investor, a conformed copy) of such Secondary Offer Registration Statement, each such amendment and supplement thereto (in each case including all exhibits thereto (in the case of an Electing Holder of Registrable Securities, upon request) and documents incorporated by reference therein) and such number of copies of such Secondary Offer Registration Statement (excluding exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein unless specifically so requested by such Market Maker, managing underwriter, Electing Holder or Affiliate Investor) and of the prospectus included in such Secondary Offer Registration Statement (including each preliminary prospectus and any summary prospectus), in conformity in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act to the extent such documents are not available through the Commission’s EDGAR System, and such other documents, as such Market Maker, such managing underwriter or Electing Holder or Affiliate Investor may reasonably request in order to facilitate the offering and disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Electing Holder or underwritten by such managing underwriter, the Securities or Exchange Securities owned by such Market Maker or such Affiliate Investor, as applicable, and to permit such Electing Holder and managing underwriter, if any, and Affiliate Investor to satisfy the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act; and subject to Section 3(e), the Issuers and the Guarantors hereby consent to the use of such prospectus (including such preliminary and summary prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto by each such Market Maker, Electing Holder, managing underwriter, and Affiliate Investor (in each case subject to any applicable Suspension Period), in each case in the form most recently provided to such person by the Issuers, in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities, Securities or Exchange Securities covered by the prospectus (including such preliminary and summary prospectus) or any supplement or amendment thereto;

(xii) use all commercially reasonable efforts to (A) register or qualify the Registrable Securities to be included in such Secondary Offer Registration Statement under such securities laws or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as any Electing Holder, managing underwriter, Market Maker or Affiliate Investor shall reasonably request, (B) keep such registrations or qualifications in effect and comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of offers, sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions during the period the Shelf Registration is required to remain effective under Section 2(b) or the period the Market Making Shelf Registration is required to remain effective under Section 2(c), as applicable, and for so long as may be necessary to enable any such Market Maker, Electing Holder, underwriter or Affiliate Investor to complete its distribution of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Secondary Offer

Registration Statement, (C) take any and all other actions as may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable each such Electing Holder, managing underwriter, Affiliate Investor and Market Maker, as applicable, to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of such Registrable Securities and (D) obtain the consent or approval of each governmental agency or authority, whether federal, state or local, which may be required to effect such Secondary Offer Registration Statement or the offering or sale in connection therewith or to enable the selling holder or holders to offer, or to consummate the disposition of, their Registrable Securities; provided, however, that neither the Issuers nor the Guarantors shall be required for any such purpose to (1) qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction wherein it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for the requirements of this Section 3(d)(xii), (2) consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction or become subject to taxation in any such jurisdiction or (3) make any changes to its certificate of incorporation or by-laws or other governing documents or any agreement between it and its stockholders;

(xiii) unless any Registrable Securities shall be in book-entry only form, cooperate with the Electing Holders, managing underwriters and each Market Maker to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold, which certificates, if so required by any securities exchange upon which any Registrable Securities are listed, shall be printed, penned, lithographed, engraved or otherwise produced by any combination of such methods, on steel engraved borders, and which certificates shall not bear any restrictive legends;

(xiv) provide a CUSIP number for all Registrable Securities, Securities or Exchange Securities, as applicable, not later than the applicable Effective Time;

(xv) notify in writing each holder of Registrable Securities and each Market Maker of any proposal by the Issuers to amend or waive any provision of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9(h) and of any amendment or waiver effected pursuant thereto, each of which notices shall contain the text of the amendment or waiver proposed or effected, as the case may be;

(xvi) comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make generally available to its securityholders no later than eighteen months after the Effective Time of such Secondary Offer Registration Statement an earnings statement of the Issuers and its subsidiaries complying with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act (including, at the option of the Issuers, Rule 158 thereunder); provided, however, that this requirement shall be deemed satisfied by the Issuers’ compliance with Section 4.03 of the Indenture; and

(xvii) for so long as any Market Maker may be required to deliver a prospectus in connection with the offer and sale of Securities or Exchange Securities in secondary transactions, to furnish to each Market Maker copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to stockholders of the Issuers, and deliver to each Market Maker (i) as soon as they are available, copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange or interdealer automated quotation system on which the Securities or Exchange Securities or any other securities of the Issuers are listed or quoted and (ii) such additional information concerning the business and financial condition of the Issuers and their subsidiaries as any Market Maker may from time to time reasonably request.

(e) In the event that the Issuers would be required, pursuant to Section 3(d)(viii)(G), to notify the Electing Holders, managing underwriters, the Market Makers or Affiliate Investors, the Issuers shall promptly prepare and furnish to each Electing Holder, managing underwriter, Market Maker and Affiliate Investor a reasonable number of copies of a prospectus supplemented or amended so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of Registrable Securities, Securities or Exchange Securities, as applicable, such prospectus shall conform in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and shall not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing. Each Electing Holder, managing underwriter, Market Maker and Affiliate Investor agrees that upon receipt of any notice from the Issuers pursuant to Section 3(d)(viii)(G), such Electing Holder, managing underwriter, Market Maker and Affiliate Investor shall forthwith discontinue the disposition of Registrable Securities, Securities or Exchange Securities, as applicable, pursuant to the Secondary Offer Registration Statement applicable to such Registrable Securities, Securities or Exchange Securities until such Electing Holder, managing underwriter, Market Maker or Affiliate Investor shall have received copies of such amended or supplemented prospectus, and if so directed by the Issuers, such Electing Holder, managing underwriter, Market Maker or Affiliate Investor shall deliver to the Issuers (at the Issuers’ expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies, then in such Electing Holder’s, managing underwriter’s, Market Maker’s or Affiliate Investor’s possession of the prospectus covering such Registrable Securities, Securities or Exchange Securities, as applicable, at the time of receipt of such notice.

(f) In the event of a Shelf Registration, in addition to the information required to be provided by each Electing Holder in its Notice and Questionnaire as to which any Shelf Registration pursuant to Section 2(b) is being effected or to be provided by each Market Maker and each Affiliate Investor in connection with the Market Making Shelf Registration pursuant to Section 2(c), the Issuers may require such Electing Holder, Market Maker or an Affiliate Investor, as applicable, to furnish to the Issuers such additional information regarding such Electing Holder, Market Maker or Affiliate Investor, and such Electing Holder’s, Market Maker’s or Affiliate Investor’s, intended method of distribution of Registrable Securities as may be required in order to comply with the Securities Act. Each such Electing Holder, Market Maker and Affiliate Investor agrees to notify the Issuers as promptly as practicable of any inaccuracy or change in information previously furnished by such Electing Holder, Market Maker or Affiliate Investor, to the Issuers or of the occurrence of any event in either case as a result of which any prospectus relating to such Shelf Registration or Market Making Shelf Registration, as applicable, contains or would contain an untrue statement of a material fact regarding such Electing Holder, Market Maker or Affiliate Investor, or such Electing Holder’s, Market Maker’s or Affiliate Investor’s intended method of disposition of such Registrable Securities or omits to state any material fact regarding such Electing Holder, Market Maker or an Affiliate Investor, or such Electing Holder’s intended method of disposition of such Registrable Securities, Securities or Exchange Securities, as applicable, required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing, and promptly to furnish to the Issuers any additional information required to correct and update any previously furnished information or required so that such prospectus shall not contain, with respect to such Electing Holder, Market Maker or Affiliate Investor, or the disposition of such Registrable Securities, Securities or Exchange Securities, as applicable, an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing.

(g) Until the expiration of two years after the Exchange Date, the Issuers will not, and will not permit any of their “affiliates” (as defined in Rule 144) to, resell any of the Securities that have been reacquired by any of them except pursuant to an effective registration statement, or a valid exemption from the registration requirements, under the Securities Act.

(h) As a condition to its participation in the Exchange Offer, each holder of Registrable Securities shall furnish, upon the request of the Issuers, a written representation to the Issuers (which may be contained in the letter of transmittal or “agent’s message” transmitted via The Depository Trust Company’s Automated Tender Offer Procedures, in either case contemplated by the Exchange Registration Statement) to the effect that (A) it is not an “affiliate” of the Issuers, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act, or if it is such an “affiliate,” it will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable, (B) it is not engaged in and does not intend to engage in, and has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in, a distribution of the Exchange Securities to be issued in the Exchange Offer, (C) it is acquiring the Exchange Securities in its ordinary course of business, (D) if it is a broker-dealer that holds Securities that were acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities (other than Securities acquired directly from the Issuers or any of their affiliates), it will deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resales of the Exchange Securities received by it in the Exchange Offer, (E) if it is a broker-dealer, that it did not purchase the Securities to be exchanged in the Exchange Offer from the Issuers or any of its affiliates, and (F) it is not acting on behalf of any person who could not truthfully and completely make the representations contained in the foregoing subclauses (A) through (E).

(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Issuers may for valid business reasons, including without limitation, a potential acquisition, divestiture of assets or other material corporate transaction, issue a notice that a Market Making Registration Statement is no longer effective or the prospectus included therein is no longer usable for offers and sales of Securities or Exchange Securities, as applicable, and may issue any notice suspending use of such Market-Making Registration Statement required under applicable securities laws to be issued for so long as valid business reasons exist and the Issuers shall not be obligated to amend or supplement such Market-Making Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein until it reasonably deems appropriate. Each Market Maker agrees that upon receipt of any notice from the Issuers pursuant to this Section 3(i), it will discontinue use of each Market Making Registration Statement until receipt of copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus relating thereto until advised in writing by the Issuers that the use of a Market-Making Registration Statement may be resumed.

4. Registration Expenses.

The Issuers and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, agree to bear and to pay or cause to be paid promptly all expenses incident to the Issuers’ and the Guarantors’ performance of or compliance with this Agreement, including (a) all Commission and any NASD registration, filing and review fees and expenses including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Electing Holders, Market Makers, underwriters and Affiliate Investors in connection with such registration, filing and review, (b) all fees and expenses in connection with the qualification of the Registrable Securities, Securities or Exchange Securities, as applicable, for offering and sale under the state securities and blue sky laws referred to in Section 3(d)(xii) and determination of their eligibility for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Electing Holders, any underwriters, Market Makers or Affiliate Investors may designate, including any reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Electing Holders, any underwriters, Market Makers or Affiliate Investors in connection with such qualification and determination, (c) all expenses relating to the preparation, printing, production, distribution and reproduction of each registration statement required to be filed hereunder, each prospectus included therein or prepared for distribution pursuant hereto, each amendment or supplement to the foregoing, the expenses of preparing the Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities, as applicable, for delivery and the expenses of printing or producing any selling agreements and blue sky or legal

investment memoranda and all other documents in connection with the offering, sale or delivery of Registrable Securities, Securities or Exchange Securities, as applicable, to be disposed of (including certificates representing the Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities, as applicable), (d) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses relating to the offering, sale or delivery of Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities, as applicable, and the preparation of documents referred in clause (c) above, (e) fees and expenses of the Trustee under the Indenture, any agent of the Trustee and any counsel for the Trustee and of any custodian, (f) the Issuers’ internal expenses (including all salaries and expenses of the Issuers’ officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), (g) reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel and independent certified public accountants of the Issuers, (h) reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of one counsel for the Electing Holders retained in connection with a Shelf Registration, as selected by the Electing Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities held by Electing Holders (which counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Issuers), one counsel for the Market Makers retained in connection with a Market Making Shelf Registration, as selected by the Market Makers, and one counsel for the Affiliate Investors retained in connection with a Market Making Shelf Registration, as selected by the Affiliate Investors of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities held by such Affiliate Investors, (i) any fees charged by securities rating services for rating the Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities, as applicable, and (j) fees, expenses and disbursements of any other persons, including special experts, retained by the Issuers in connection with such registration (collectively, the “Registration Expenses”). To the extent that any Registration Expenses are incurred, assumed or paid by any holder of Registrable Securities, any Market Maker or Affiliate Investor, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall reimburse such person for the full amount of the Registration Expenses so incurred, assumed or paid promptly after receipt of a request therefor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the holders of the Registrable Securities being registered, or any Market Maker or any Affiliate Investor, as applicable, shall pay all placement or agency fees and commissions and underwriting discounts and commissions, if any, and transfer taxes, if any, attributable to the sale of such Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities, as applicable, and the fees and disbursements of any counsel or other advisors or experts retained by such holders (severally or jointly), other than the counsel and experts specifically referred to above.

5. Representations and Warranties.

The Issuers and each of the Guarantors, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to, and agree with, each Market Maker that:

(a) Each registration statement covering Registrable Securities, Securities or Exchange Securities, as applicable, and each prospectus (including any preliminary or summary prospectus) contained therein or furnished pursuant to Section 3(c) or Section 3(d) and any further amendments or supplements to any such registration statement or prospectus, when it becomes effective or is filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and at all times subsequent to the Effective Time when a prospectus would be required to be delivered under the Securities Act, other than (A) from (i) such time as a notice has been given to holders of Registrable Securities or Market Makers or Affiliate Investors, as applicable, pursuant to Section 3(c)(iii)(G) or Section 3(d)(viii)(G) until (ii) such time as the Issuers furnish an amended or supplemented prospectus pursuant to Section 3(c)(iv) or Section 3(e) or (B) during any applicable Suspension Period, each such registration statement, and each prospectus (including any summary prospectus) contained therein or furnished pursuant to Section 3(c) or Section 3(d), as then amended or supplemented, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not

misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Issuers by a holder of Registrable Securities, any Market Maker or an Affiliate Investor, as applicable, expressly for use therein, which information, with respect to information provided by any Market Maker for inclusion in the prospectus forming a part of the Market Making Registration Statement the parties hereto agree will be limited to the statements concerning the market-making activities of the Market Makers to be set forth on the cover page and in the “Plan of Distribution” section of the prospectus forming a part of the Market Making Shelf Registration Statement and in the analogous section of the Canadian wrapper, if any, of such prospectus.

(b) Any documents incorporated by reference in any prospectus referred to in Section 5(a), when they become or became effective or are or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform or conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of such documents will contain or contained an untrue statement of a material fact or will omit or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Issuers by a holder of Registrable Securities, any Market Maker or an Affiliate Investor, as applicable, expressly for use therein, which information, with respect to information provided by the Market Maker for inclusion in the prospectus forming a part of the Market Making Registration Statement the parties hereto agree will be limited to the statements concerning the market-making activities of the Market Makers to be set forth on the cover page and in the “Plan of Distribution” section of the prospectus forming a part of the Market Making Shelf Registration Statement and in the analogous section of the Canadian wrapper, if any, of such prospectus.

(c) The compliance by the Issuers with all of the provisions of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Issuers or any of their subsidiaries is a party or by which the Issuers or any of their subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Issuers or any of their subsidiaries is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the certificate of incorporation, as amended, or the by-laws or other governing documents, as applicable, of the Issuers or any of the Guarantors or (iii) result in any violation of any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Issuers or any of their subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, except in the case of (i) and (iii) above, for such conflicts, breaches or defaults as would not reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect on the business, properties, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations or prospects of the Issuers and their subsidiaries, taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”); and no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation by the Issuers and the Guarantors of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except (w) the registration under the Securities Act of the Registrable Securities, Securities or Exchange Securities, as applicable, and qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act and (x) such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or blue sky laws in connection with the offering and distribution of the Registrable Securities, Securities or Exchange Securities, as applicable, (y) such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications that have been obtained and are in full force and effect as of the date hereof and (z) such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications that the failure to have would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Issuers and each Guarantor.

6. Indemnification and Contribution.

(a) Indemnification by the Issuers and the Guarantors. The Issuers and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, will indemnify and hold harmless each of the holders of Registrable Securities included in an Exchange Registration Statement, each of the Electing Holders of Registrable Securities included in a Shelf Registration Statement, each of the Market Makers as holders of Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities included in a Market Making Shelf Registration Statement and each of the Affiliate Investors as holders of Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities included in a Market Making Shelf Registration Statement against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such holder, such Market Maker, such Electing Holder or Affiliate Investor may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Exchange Registration Statement or Secondary Offer Registration Statement, as the case may be, under which such series of Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities, as applicable, were registered under the Securities Act, or any preliminary, final or summary prospectus (including, without limitation, any “issuer free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 433) contained therein or furnished by the Issuers to any such holder, such Market Maker, such Electing Holder or Affiliate Investor or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse any such holder, such Market Maker, such Electing Holder and such Affiliate Investor for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that neither the Issuers nor the Guarantors shall be liable to any such person in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in such registration statement, or preliminary, final or summary prospectus (including, without limitation, any “issuer free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 433), or amendment or supplement thereto, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Issuers by such person expressly for use therein, which information, with respect to information provided by any Market Makers for inclusion in the prospectus forming a part of the Market Making Registration Statement the parties hereto agree will be limited to the statements concerning the market-making activities of the Market Makers to be set forth on the cover page and in the “Plan of Distribution” section of the prospectus forming a part of the Market Making Shelf Registration Statement and in the analogous section of the Canadian wrapper, if any, of such prospectus.

(b) Indemnification by the Holders. Each holder of Registrable Securities, severally and not jointly, will (i) indemnify and hold harmless the Issuers, the Guarantors, and all other holders of Registrable Securities, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Issuers, the Guarantors or such other holders of Registrable Securities may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in such registration statement, or any preliminary, final or summary prospectus (including, without limitation, any “issuer free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 433) contained therein or furnished by the Issuers to any such Electing Holder, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Issuers by such Electing Holder expressly for use therein, and (ii) reimburse

the Issuers and the Guarantors for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Issuers and the Guarantors in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that no such Electing Holder shall be required to undertake liability to any person under this Section 6(b) for any amounts in excess of the dollar amount of the proceeds to be received by such Electing Holder from the sale of such Electing Holder’s Registrable Securities pursuant to such registration.

(c) Indemnification by the Market Makers. The Issuers may require, as a condition to including any Securities or Exchange Securities in the Market Making Shelf Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(c) hereof and to entering into any underwriting agreement with respect thereto, that the Issuers shall have received an undertaking reasonably satisfactory to it from each underwriter named in any such underwriting agreement, severally and not jointly, to, and each Market Maker shall, and hereby agrees to, (i) indemnify and hold harmless the Issuers and the Guarantors against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Issuers or the Guarantors may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Market Making Shelf Registration Statement, or any preliminary, final or summary prospectus contained therein or furnished by the Issuers to the Market Makers or to any such underwriter, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Issuers by such Market Maker or such underwriter expressly for use therein, which information, with respect to information provided by any Market Maker for inclusion in the prospectus forming a part of the Market Making Registration Statement the parties hereto agree will be limited to the statements concerning the market-making activities of the Market Makers to be set forth on the cover page and in the “Plan of Distribution” section of the prospectus forming a part of the Market Making Shelf Registration Statement and in the analogous section of the Canadian wrapper, if any, of such prospectus and (ii) reimburse the Issuers for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Issuers in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that, in the case of Securities held by any Market Maker at the time of the Exchange Offer, no Market Maker shall be required to undertake liability to any person under this Section 6(c) for any amounts in excess of the dollar amount of the proceeds to be received by such Market Maker from the sale of such Securities by such Market Maker pursuant to the Market Making Shelf Registration.

(d) Indemnification by Affiliate Investors in Connection with the Market Making Shelf Registration. The Issuers may require, as a condition to including any Securities or Exchange Securities in the Market Making Shelf Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(d) hereof and to entering into any underwriting agreement with respect thereto, that the Issuers shall have received an undertaking reasonably satisfactory to it from each underwriter named in any such underwriting agreement, severally and not jointly, to, and each Affiliate Investor shall, and hereby agrees to, (i) indemnify and hold harmless the Issuers and the Guarantors against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Issuers or the Guarantors may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Market Making Shelf Registration Statement, or any preliminary, final or summary prospectus contained therein or furnished by the Issuers to such Affiliate Investor or to any such underwriter, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or

alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Issuers by such Affiliate Investor or such underwriter expressly for use therein, and (ii) reimburse the Issuers for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Issuers in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that, in the case of Securities held by any Market Maker at the time of the Exchange Offer, no Market Maker shall be required to undertake liability to any person under this Section 6(d) for any amounts in excess of the dollar amount of the proceeds to be received by such Market Maker from the sale of such Securities by such Market Maker pursuant to the Market Making Shelf Registration.

(e) Notices of Claims, Etc. Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a), (b), (c) or (d) above of written notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party pursuant to the indemnification provisions of or contemplated by this Section 6, notify such indemnifying party in writing of the commencement of such action; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under the indemnification provisions of or contemplated by Section 6(a), 6(b), 6(c) or 6(d). In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify an indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, such indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, such indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

(f) Contribution. If for any reason the indemnification provisions contemplated by Section 6(a), 6(b), 6(c) or 6(d) are unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by such indemnifying party or by such indemnified party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 6(f) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 6(f). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above shall be deemed to include any legal or other fees or

expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6(f), none of any holder, Affiliate Investor or, in the case of a Market Making Shelf Registration relating to the sale by any Market Maker of Securities held by it at the time of the Exchange Offer, such Market Maker, shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the dollar amount of the proceeds received by such holder from the sale of any Registrable Securities or such Market Maker or any Affiliate Investor from the sale of any such Securities (after deducting any fees, discounts and commissions applicable thereto) exceeds the amount of any damages which such holder or such Market Maker or such Affiliate Investor, as applicable, have 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’, Market Maker’s and any Affiliate Investor’s obligations in this Section 6(f) to contribute shall be several in proportion to the principal amount of Registrable Securities registered by them and not joint.

(g) The obligations of the Issuers and the Guarantors under this Section 6 shall be in addition to any liability which the Issuers or the Guarantors may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer, director and partner of each Market Maker, each holder, Electing Holder, Affiliate Investor, and each person, if any, who controls any Market Maker, any holder, Electing Holder, Affiliate Investor within the meaning of the Securities Act; and the obligations of the Market Makers, the holders, the Electing Holders, the Affiliate Investors contemplated by this Section 6 shall be in addition to any liability which the Market Makers, the respective holder or Affiliate Investor may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Issuers or any of the Guarantors (including any person who, with his consent, is named in any registration statement as about to become a director of the Issuers or any of the Guarantors) and to each person, if any, who controls the Issuers within the meaning of the Securities Act.

7. Underwritten Offerings.

Each holder of Registrable Securities hereby agrees with the Issuers and each other such holder that no holder of Registrable Securities may participate in any underwritten offering hereunder unless (a) the Issuers give their prior written consent to such underwritten offering, (b) the managing underwriter or underwriters thereof shall be designated by Electing Holders holding at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities to be included in such offering, provided that such designated managing underwriter or underwriters is or are reasonably acceptable to the Issuers, (c) each holder of Registrable Securities participating in such underwritten offering agrees to sell such holder’s Registrable Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (d) each holder of Registrable Securities participating in such underwritten offering completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.

8. Rule 144.

The Issuers covenant to the holders of Registrable Securities, the Market Makers or any Affiliate Investor that to the extent they shall be required to do so under the Exchange Act, the Issuers shall timely file the reports required to be filed by them under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act (including the reports under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act referred to in subparagraph (c)(1) of Rule 144), and shall take such further action as any holder of Registrable Securities, any Market Maker or any Affiliate Investor may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such holder to sell Registrable Securities or any

Market Maker or any Affiliate Investor to sell Securities or Exchange Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitations of the exemption provided by Rule 144. Upon the request of any holder of Registrable Securities, any Market Maker or any Affiliate Investor in connection with that holder’s, that Market Maker’s or that Affiliate Investor’s sale pursuant to Rule 144, the Issuers shall deliver to such holder, such Market Maker or such Affiliate Investor a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements.

9. Miscellaneous.

(a) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Issuers and the Guarantors represent, warrant, covenant and agree that they have not granted, and shall not grant, registration rights with respect to Registrable Securities, Securities or Exchange Securities, as applicable, or any other securities which would be inconsistent with the terms contained in this Agreement.

(b) Specific Performance. The parties hereto acknowledge that there would be no adequate remedy at law if the Issuers or any of the Guarantors fails to perform any of their respective obligations hereunder and that the Lenders and the holders from time to time of the Registrable Securities may be irreparably harmed by any such failure, and accordingly agree that the Lenders and such holders, in addition to any other remedy to which they may be entitled at law or in equity, shall be entitled to compel specific performance of the obligations of the Issuers and the Guarantors under this Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, in any court of the United States or any State thereof having jurisdiction. Time shall be of the essence in this Agreement.

(c) Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands, waivers and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered by hand, if delivered personally, by facsimile or by courier, or three days after being deposited in the mail (registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested) as follows: If to the Issuers, to them at Energy Plaza, 1601 Bryan Street, Dallas, Texas ###-###-####, Attention: General Counsel and if to a holder, to the address of such holder set forth in the security register or other records of the Issuers, or to such other address as the Issuers or any such holder may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith, except that notices of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.

(d) Parties in Interest. All the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon, shall inure to the benefit of and shall be enforceable by the parties hereto and the holders from time to time of the Registrable Securities and the respective successors and assigns of the parties hereto and such holders. In the event that any transferee of any holder of Registrable Securities shall acquire Registrable Securities, in any manner, whether by gift, bequest, purchase, operation of law or otherwise, such transferee shall, without any further writing or action of any kind, be deemed a beneficiary hereof for all purposes and such Registrable Securities shall be held subject to all of the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding such Registrable Securities such transferee shall be entitled to receive the benefits of, and be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by all of the applicable terms and provisions of this Agreement. If the Issuers shall so request, any such successor, assign or transferee shall agree in writing to acquire and hold the Registrable Securities subject to all of the applicable terms hereof.

(e) Survival. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and each other provision set forth in this Agreement or made pursuant hereto shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation (or statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf any Market Maker, any Affiliate Investor or any holder of Registrable Securities, any director, officer or partner of such Market Maker, such Affiliate Investor or such holder, or any controlling person of any of the foregoing, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Loan Agreement and the transfer

and registration of Registrable Securities by such holder or of Securities or Exchange Securities by any Market Maker or any Affiliate Investor and the consummation of an Exchange Offer.

(f) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

(g) Headings. The descriptive headings of the several Sections and paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

(h) Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement and the other writings referred to herein (including the Indenture and the form of Securities) or delivered pursuant hereto which form a part hereof contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to its subject matter. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to its subject matter. This Agreement may be amended and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively) only by a written instrument duly executed by the Issuers, the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities at the time outstanding and each of the Market Makers; provided, however, that any such amendment or waiver affecting solely provisions of this Agreement relating to the Market Making Registration may be effected by a written instrument duly executed solely by the Issuers and each of the Market Makers. Each holder of any Registrable Securities at the time or thereafter outstanding shall be bound by any amendment or waiver effected pursuant to this Section 9(h), whether or not any notice, writing or marking indicating such amendment or waiver appears on such Registrable Securities or is delivered to such holder.

(i) Inspection. For so long as this Agreement shall be in effect, this Agreement and a complete list of the names and addresses of all the holders of Registrable Securities and the address of each Market Maker and each Affiliate Investor shall be made available for inspection and copying on any Business Day by any Market Maker, any Affiliate Investor or any holder of Registrable Securities for proper purposes only (which shall include any purpose related to the rights of the holders of Registrable Securities under the Securities, the Indenture and this Agreement) at the offices of the Issuers at the address thereof set forth in Section 9(c) and at the office of the Trustee under the Indenture.

(j) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by the parties in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such respective counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

(k) Severability. If any provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained in this Agreement shall not be affected or impaired thereby.

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by you, on behalf of each of the Purchasers, this letter and such acceptance hereof shall constitute a binding agreement between each of the Purchasers, the Guarantors and the Issuers.


Very truly yours,

TEXAS COMPETITIVE ELECTRIC HOLDINGS COMPANY LLC

By:		/s/ ANTHONY R. HORTON
Name:		Anthony R. Horton
Title:		Treasurer and Assistant Secretary