JOINDER AGREEMENT December 6, 2010
Exhibit 4.4
JOINDER AGREEMENT
December 6, 2010
Pursuant to Section 3(j) of the Purchase Agreement, such section being an inducement to the Representatives (on behalf of the Initial Purchasers) referred to below to execute the Purchase Agreement, the undersigned hereby execute this joinder agreement (this Joinder Agreement), whereby each of the undersigned agrees, on a joint and several basis, to accede to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement (the Registration Rights Agreement), dated as of December 2, 2010 (the Issue Date), between PAETEC Escrow Corporation (the Escrow Issuer), a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of PAETEC Holding Corp. (the Parent), and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (DB), Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (ML and, together with DB, the Representatives), Goldman Sachs & Co. (GS) and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (MS and, together with the Representatives and GS, the Initial Purchasers). Capitalized terms used in this Joinder Agreement without definition have the respective meanings given to them in the Registration Rights Agreement.
The Parent hereby undertakes to perform all of the obligations of the Company set forth therein, as though the Parent had entered into the Registration Rights Agreement on the Issue Date. Each of the undersigned PAETEC Guarantors and Cavalier Entities undertakes to perform, on a joint and several basis, all of the obligations of the Note Guarantors set forth therein, as though the undersigned PAETEC Guarantors and Cavalier Entities had entered into the Registration Rights Agreement on the Issue Date. Each of the undersigned agrees that such obligations include, without limitation, (a) the Parents assumption of all of the obligations of the Company to perform and comply with all of the agreements thereof contained in the Registration Rights Agreement, (b) the PAETEC Guarantors and Cavalier Entities assumption of all of the obligations of the Note Guarantors to perform and comply with all of the agreements thereof contained in the Registration Rights Agreement and (c) the Parents, the PAETEC Guarantors and the Cavalier Entities assumption, to the same extent as set forth therein but on a joint and several basis, of all of the Companys and the Note Guarantors indemnification and other obligations contained in Section 8 of the Registration Rights Agreement.
This Joinder Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed in New York State.
This Joinder Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page by facsimile, e-mail or other electronic means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Joinder Agreement as of the date first written above.
PAETEC HOLDING CORP. | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: Title: | Keith M. Wilson Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
PAETEC GUARANTORS: | ||
US LEC LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: Title: | Keith M. Wilson Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
PAETEC CORP. | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: Title: | Keith M. Wilson Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
US LEC COMMUNICATIONS LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: Title: | Keith M. Wilson Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
US LEC OF NORTH CAROLINA LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: Title: | Keith M. Wilson Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
US LEC OF ALABAMA LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: Title: | Keith M. Wilson Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
US LEC OF FLORIDA LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: Title: | Keith M. Wilson Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
US LEC OF GEORGIA LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: Title: | Keith M. Wilson Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
US LEC OF TENNESSEE LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: Title: | Keith M. Wilson Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
US LEC OF SOUTH CAROLINA LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: Title: | Keith M. Wilson Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
PAETEC ITEL, L.L.C. | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: Title: | Keith M. Wilson Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
PAETEC INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: Title: | Keith M. Wilson Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
PAETEC SOFTWARE CORP. | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: Title: | Keith M. Wilson Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
PAETEC COMMUNICATIONS, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: Title: | Keith M. Wilson Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
PAETEC COMMUNICATIONS OF VIRGINIA, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: Title: | Keith M. Wilson Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
US LEC OF MARYLAND LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: Title: | Keith M. Wilson Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
US LEC OF VIRGINIA L.L.C. | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: Title: | Keith M. Wilson Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
US LEC OF PENNSYLVANIA LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: Title: | Keith M. Wilson Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
ALLWORX CORP. | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: Title: | Keith M. Wilson Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
MPX, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: Title: | Keith M. Wilson Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
TECHNOLOGY RESOURCE SOLUTIONS, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: Title: | Keith M. Wilson Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
MCLEODUSA LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: Title: | Keith M. Wilson Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
MCLEODUSA INFORMATION SERVICES, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: Title: | Keith M. Wilson Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
MCLEODUSA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, L.L.C. | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: Title: | Keith M. Wilson Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
MCLEODUSA PURCHASING, L.L.C. | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: Title: | Keith M. Wilson Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
U.S. ENERGY PARTNERS LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: Title: | Keith M. Wilson Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
PAETEC REALTY LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: Title: | Keith M. Wilson Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
QUAGGA CORPORATION | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: | Keith M. Wilson | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
CAVALIER ENTITIES | ||
ACCESS ONE COMMUNICATIONS CORP. | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: | Keith M. Wilson | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
CAVALIER TELEPHONE CORPORATION | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: | Keith M. Wilson | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
COMPCO, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: | Keith M. Wilson | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
ELANTIC NETWORKS, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: | Keith M. Wilson | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
INTELLIFIBER NETWORKS, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: | Keith M. Wilson | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
LDMI TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: | Keith M. Wilson | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
NETWORK TELEPHONE CORPORATION | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: | Keith M. Wilson | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
NT CORPORATION | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: | Keith M. Wilson | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
OMNICALL, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: | Keith M. Wilson | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
TALK AMERICA INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: | Keith M. Wilson | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
TALK AMERICA HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: | Keith M. Wilson | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
TALK AMERICA OF VIRGINIA, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: | Keith M. Wilson | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
TC SERVICES HOLDING CO., INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: | Keith M. Wilson | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
THE OTHER PHONE COMPANY, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: | Keith M. Wilson | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
CAVALIER IP TV, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: | Keith M. Wilson | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
CAVALIER SERVICES, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: | Keith M. Wilson | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
CAVALIER TELEPHONE, L.L.C. | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: | Keith M. Wilson | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
CAVALIER TELEPHONE MID-ATLANTIC, L.L.C. | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: | Keith M. Wilson | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
CAVTEL HOLDINGS, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: | Keith M. Wilson | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
SM HOLDINGS, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Keith M. Wilson | |
Name: | Keith M. Wilson | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |