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EXHIBIT 4.7
$215,000,000
VON HOFFMANN CORPORATION
10 1/4% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2009
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
March 26, 2002
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.
c/o Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
Eleven Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10010-3629
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Von Hoffmann Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "ISSUER"), proposes
to issue and sell to Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation and Scotia Capital
(USA) Inc. (together, the "INITIAL PURCHASERS"), upon the terms set forth in a
purchase agreement dated March 15, 2002 (the "PURCHASE AGREEMENT"), $200,000,000
aggregate principal amount of its 10 1/4% Senior Notes due 2009 (the "Notes"),
to be guaranteed (the "GUARANTEES", and together with the Notes, the "OFFERED
SECURITIES") by: Von Hoffmann Holdings Inc. (so long as it guarantees the
Issuer's new revolving credit facility), a Delaware corporation; One Thousand
Realty & Investment Company, a Delaware corporation; H&S Graphics, Inc., a
Delaware corporation; Preface, Inc., a Delaware corporation; and Precision
Offset Printing Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "GUARANTORS" and,
collectively with the Issuer, the "COMPANY"). The Offered Securities will be
issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of March 26, 2002 (the "INDENTURE"),
among the Issuer, the Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee
(the "TRUSTEE"). As an inducement to the Initial Purchasers to enter into the
Purchase Agreement, the Company agrees with the Initial Purchasers, for the
benefit of the Initial Purchasers and the holders of the Securities (as defined
below) (collectively the "HOLDERS"), as follows:
1. REGISTERED EXCHANGE OFFER. Unless not permitted by applicable law (after
the Company has complied with the ultimate paragraph of this Section 1), the
Company shall prepare and, on or prior to 90 days (such 90th day being a "FILING
DEADLINE") after the date on which the Initial Purchasers purchase the Offered
Securities pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (the "CLOSING DATE"), file with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "COMMISSION") a registration
statement (the "EXCHANGE OFFER REGISTRATION STATEMENT") on an appropriate form
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "SECURITIES ACT"), with
respect to a proposed offer (the "EXCHANGE OFFER") to the Holders of Transfer
Restricted Securities (as defined in Section 6 hereof), who are not prohibited
by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in the Exchange Offer,
to issue and deliver to such Holders, in exchange for the Offered Securities, a
like aggregate principal amount of debt securities of the Issuer and guarantees
of the Guarantors issued under the Indenture, identical in all material respects
to the Offered Securities and registered under the Securities Act (the "EXCHANGE
NOTES"). The
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Company shall (i) use its reasonable best efforts to have such Exchange Offer
Registration Statement declared effective by the Commission under the Securities
Act on or prior to 180 days after the Closing Date and (ii) unless the Exchange
Offer would not be permitted by applicable law or Commission policy, the Company
will, following the declaration of the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement (a) commence the Exchange Offer and (b) use its
reasonable best efforts to issue on or prior to 35 business days after the date
on which the Exchange Offer Registration Statement was declared effective by the
Commission, Exchange Notes, in exchange for all Offered Securities tendered
prior to thereto in the Exchange Offer (such period being called the "EXCHANGE
OFFER REGISTRATION PERIOD").
Following the declaration of the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement, the Company shall promptly commence the Exchange Offer,
it being the objective of such Exchange Offer to enable each Holder of Transfer
Restricted Securities, electing to exchange the Offered Securities for Exchange
Notes (assuming that such Holder is not an affiliate of the Company within the
meaning of the Securities Act, acquires the Exchange Notes in the ordinary
course of such Holder's business and has no arrangements with any person to
participate in the distribution of the Exchange Notes and is not prohibited by
any law or policy of the Commission from participating in the Registered
Exchange Offer), to trade such Exchange Notes from and after their receipt
without any limitations or restrictions under the Securities Act and without
material restrictions under the securities laws of the several states of the
United States.
The Company acknowledges that, pursuant to current interpretations by the
Commission's staff of Section 5 of the Securities Act, in the absence of an
applicable exemption therefrom, (i) each Holder which is a broker-dealer
electing to exchange Offered Securities, acquired for its own account as a
result of market making activities or other trading activities, for Exchange
Notes (an "EXCHANGING DEALER"), is required to deliver a prospectus containing
the information set forth in (a) Annex A hereto on the cover, (b) Annex B hereto
in the "Exchange Offer Procedures" section and the "Purpose of the Exchange
Offer" section, and (c) Annex C hereto in the "Plan of Distribution" section of
such prospectus in connection with a sale of any such Exchange Notes received by
such Exchanging Dealer pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and (ii) an
Initial Purchaser that elects to sell Securities (as defined below) acquired in
exchange for Offered Securities constituting any portion of an unsold allotment,
is required to deliver a prospectus containing the information required by Items
507 or 508 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, as applicable, in
connection with such sale.
Subject to the next paragraph, for so long as any of the Securities are
outstanding and if, in the reasonable judgment of the Initial Purchasers or its
counsel, the Initial Purchasers or any of their affiliates (as defined in the
rules and regulations under the Securities Act) is required to deliver a
prospectus (any such prospectus, a "MARKET MAKING PROSPECTUS") in connection
with sales of the Securities, to (i) provide the Initial Purchasers and their
affiliates, without charge, as many copies of the Market Making Prospectus as
they may reasonably request, (ii) periodically amend the Offering Document (as
defined in the Purchase Agreement) and the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
so that the information contained therein complies with the requirements of
Section 10(a) of the Securities Act, (iii) amend the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement or amend or supplement the Market Making Prospectus when necessary to
reflect any material changes in the information provided therein and promptly
file such amendment or supplement
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with the Commission, (iv) provide the Initial Purchasers and their affiliates
with copies of each amendment or supplement so filed and such other documents,
including opinions of counsel and "comfort" letters, as they may reasonably
request and (v) indemnify the Initial Purchasers and their affiliates with
respect to the Market Making Prospectus and, if applicable, contribute to any
amount paid or payable by the Purchasers and their affiliates in a manner
substantially identical to that specified in Section 7 of the Purchase Agreement
(with appropriate modifications). The Company consents to the use, subject to
the provisions of the Securities Act and the state securities or Blue Sky laws
of the jurisdictions in which the Offered Securities are offered by the
Purchasers, of each Market Making Prospectus.
The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement effective and to amend and supplement the
prospectus contained therein, in order to permit such prospectus to be lawfully
delivered by all persons subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the
Securities Act for such period of time as such persons must comply with such
requirements in order to resell the Exchange Notes; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (i)
in the case where such prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto must
be delivered by an Exchanging Dealer or the Initial Purchasers, such period
shall be the lesser of 180 days and the date on which all Exchanging Dealers and
the Initial Purchasers have sold all Exchange Notes held by them (unless such
period is extended pursuant to Section 3(j) below) and (ii) the Company shall
make such prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto available to any
broker-dealer for use in connection with any resale of any Exchange Notes for a
period of not less than 180 days after the consummation of the Registered
Exchange Offer.
If, upon consummation of the Exchange Offer, the Initial Purchasers hold
Offered Securities acquired by them as part of their initial distribution, the
Company, simultaneously with the delivery of the Exchange Notes pursuant to the
Exchange Offer, shall issue and deliver to the Initial Purchasers upon the
written request of the Initial Purchasers, in exchange (the "PRIVATE EXCHANGE")
for the Offered Securities held by the Initial Purchasers, a like principal
amount of debt securities of the Company issued under the Indenture and
identical in all material respects to the Offered Securities (the "PRIVATE
EXCHANGE NOTES"). The Offered Securities, the Exchange Notes and the Private
Exchange Notes are herein collectively called the "SECURITIES".
In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Company shall:
(a) mail to each Holder a copy of the prospectus forming part of the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement, together with an appropriate letter
of transmittal and related documents;
(b) keep the Exchange Offer open for not less than 25 business days
(or longer, if required by applicable law) after the date notice thereof is
mailed to the Holders;
(c) utilize the services of a depositary for the Exchange Offer with
an address in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, which may be
the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee;
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(d) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Securities at any time prior
to the close of business, New York time, on the last business day on which
the Exchange Offer shall remain open; and
(e) otherwise comply with all applicable laws.
As soon as practicable after the close of the Exchange Offer or the Private
Exchange, as the case may be, the Company shall:
(x) accept for exchange all the Securities validly tendered and not
withdrawn pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and the Private
Exchange;
(y) deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all the Offered
Securities so accepted for exchange; and
(z) cause the Trustee to authenticate and deliver promptly to each
Holder of the Offered Securities, Exchange Notes or Private Exchange Notes,
as the case may be, equal in principal amount to the Offered Securities of
such Holder so accepted for exchange.
The Indenture will provide that the Exchange Notes will not be subject to
the transfer restrictions set forth in the Indenture and that all the Securities
will vote and consent together on all matters as one class and that none of the
Securities will have the right to vote or consent as a class separate from one
another on any matter.
Interest on each Exchange Note and Private Exchange Note issued pursuant to
the Registered Exchange Offer and in the Private Exchange will accrue from the
last interest payment date on which interest was paid on the Offered Securities
surrendered in exchange therefor or, if no interest has been paid on the Offered
Securities, from the date of original issue of the Offered Securities.
Each Holder participating in the Registered Exchange Offer shall be
required to represent to the Company that at the time of the consummation of the
Registered Exchange Offer (i) any Exchange Notes received by such Holder will be
acquired in the ordinary course of business, (ii) such Holder will have no
arrangements or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution
of the Securities or the Exchange Notes within the meaning of the Securities
Act, (iii) such Holder is not an "affiliate," as defined in Rule 405 of the
Securities Act, of the Company or if it is an affiliate, such Holder will comply
with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act
to the extent applicable, (iv) if such Holder is not a broker-dealer, that it is
not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, the distribution of the
Exchange Notes and (v) if such Holder is a broker-dealer, that it will receive
Exchange Notes for its own account in exchange for Offered Securities that were
acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and
that it will be required to acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in
connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes.
Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, the Company will ensure that
(i) any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and any
prospectus forming part thereof and any supplement thereto complies in all
material respects with the Securities Act
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and the rules and regulations thereunder, (ii) any Exchange Offer Registration
Statement and any amendment thereto does not, when it becomes effective, 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 (iii) any prospectus forming part of any Exchange Offer Registration
Statement, and any supplement to such prospectus, does not include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
If following the date hereof there has been announced a change in
Commission policy with respect to exchange offers that in the reasonable opinion
of counsel to the Company raises a substantial question as to whether the
Registered Exchange Offer is permitted by applicable federal law, the Company
will seek a no-action letter or other favorable decision from the Commission
allowing the Company to consummate the Registered Exchange Offer. The Company
will pursue the issuance of such a decision to the Commission staff level. In
connection with the foregoing, the Company will take all such other actions as
may be requested by the Commission or otherwise required in connection with the
issuance of such decision, including without limitation (i) participating in
telephonic conferences with the Commission, (ii) delivering to the Commission
staff an analysis prepared by counsel to the Company setting forth the legal
bases, if any, upon which such counsel has concluded that the Registered
Exchange Offer should be permitted and (iii) diligently pursuing a resolution
(which need not be favorable) by the Commission staff.
2. SHELF REGISTRATION. If, (i) the Company is not: (a) required to file the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement; or (b) permitted to consummate the
Exchange Offer because the Exchange Offer is not permitted by applicable law or
Commission policy; or (ii) any holder of Transfer Restricted Securities notifies
the Issuer prior to the 20th day following consummation of the Exchange Offer
that: (a) it is prohibited by law or Commission policy from participating in the
Exchange Offer; or (b) that it may not resell the Exchange Notes acquired by it
in the Exchange Offer to the public without delivering a prospectus and the
prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not
appropriate or available for such resales; or (c) that it is a broker-dealer and
owns Securities acquired directly from the Company or an affiliate of the
Company, the Company shall take the following actions (the date on which any of
the conditions described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) occur, being a
"TRIGGER DATE"):
(a) The Company will file a registration statement (the "SHELF
REGISTRATION STATEMENT") with the Commission and use its reasonable best
efforts to cause such filing to be made on or prior to 35 days after such
filing obligation arises and to cause the Shelf Registration Statement to
be declared effective by the Commission under the Securities Act, on or
prior to 75 days after such filing. The Shelf Registration Statement and
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement are referred to herein as a
"REGISTRATION STATEMENT". The Shelf Registration Statement shall be filed
on an appropriate form under the Securities Act relating to the offer and
sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities by the Holders thereof from time
to time in accordance with the methods of distribution set forth in the
Shelf Registration Statement and Rule 415 under the Securities Act
(hereinafter, the "SHELF REGISTRATION"); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no Holder
(other than an Initial Purchaser) shall be entitled to have the Securities
held by it covered by such Shelf
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Registration Statement unless such Holder agrees in writing to be bound by
all the provisions of this Agreement applicable to such Holder.
(b) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep the
Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective in order to permit the
prospectus included therein to be lawfully delivered by the Holders of the
relevant Securities, for a period of two years (or for such longer period
if extended pursuant to Section 3(j) below) from the date of its
effectiveness or such shorter period that will terminate when all the
Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement (i) have been sold
pursuant thereto or (ii) are no longer restricted securities (as defined in
Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or any successor rule thereof). The
Company shall be deemed not to have used its reasonable best efforts to
keep the Shelf Registration Statement effective during the requisite period
if it voluntarily takes any action that would result in Holders of
Securities covered thereby not being able to offer and sell such Securities
during that period, unless such action is in the judgment of counsel for
the Company required by applicable law.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the
contrary, the Company shall cause the Shelf Registration Statement and the
related prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the
effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement, amendment or
supplement, (i) to comply in all material respects with the applicable
requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission and (ii) not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading.
3. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES. In connection with any Shelf Registration
contemplated by Section 2 hereof and, to the extent applicable, any Exchange
Offer contemplated by Section 1 hereof, the following provisions shall apply:
(a) The Company shall (i) furnish to the Initial Purchasers, prior to
the filing thereof with the Commission, a copy of the Registration
Statement and each amendment thereof and each supplement, if any, to the
prospectus included therein and, in the event that the Initial Purchasers
(with respect to any portion of an unsold allotment from the original
offering) are participating in the Exchange Offer or the Shelf Registration
Statement, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to reflect in
each such document, when so filed with the Commission, such comments as the
Initial Purchasers reasonably may propose; (ii) include the information set
forth in Annex A hereto on the cover, in Annex B hereto in the "Exchange
Offer Procedures" section and the "Purpose of the Exchange Offer" section
and in Annex C hereto in the "Plan of Distribution" section of the
prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and
include the information set forth in Annex D hereto in the Letter of
Transmittal delivered pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer; (iii) if
requested by the Initial Purchasers, include the information required by
Items 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, as applicable,
in the prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement; (iv) include within the prospectus contained in the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement a section entitled "Plan of Distribution,"
reasonably acceptable to the Initial Purchasers, which shall contain a
summary statement
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of the positions taken or policies made by the staff of the Commission with
respect to the potential "underwriter" status of any broker-dealer that is
the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")) of Exchange Notes
received by such broker-dealer in the Registered Exchange Offer (a
"PARTICIPATING BROKER-DEALER"), whether such positions or policies have
been publicly disseminated by the staff of the Commission or such positions
or policies, in the reasonable judgment of the Initial Purchasers based
upon advice of counsel (which may be in-house counsel), represent the
prevailing views of the staff of the Commission; and (v) in the case of a
Shelf Registration Statement, include the names of the Holders who propose
to sell Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement as selling
securityholders.
(b) The Company shall give written notice to the Initial Purchasers,
the Holders of the Securities and any Participating Broker-Dealer from whom
the Company has received prior written notice that it will be a
Participating Broker-Dealer in the Registered Exchange Offer (which notice
pursuant to clauses (ii)-(v) hereof shall be accompanied by an instruction
to suspend the use of the prospectus until the requisite changes have been
made):
(i) when the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto has
been filed with the Commission and when the Registration Statement or
any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective;
(ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or
supplements to the Registration Statement or the prospectus included
therein or for additional information;
(iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the
initiation of any proceedings for that purpose;
(iv) of the receipt by the Company or its legal counsel of any
notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of
the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or
threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and
(v) of the happening of any event that requires the Company to
make changes in the Registration Statement or the prospectus in order
that the Registration Statement or the prospectus does not contain an
untrue statement of a material fact nor omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein (in the case of the prospectus, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made) not misleading.
(c) The Company shall make every reasonable effort to obtain the
withdrawal at the earliest possible time, of any order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement.
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(d) The Company shall furnish to each Holder of Securities included
within the coverage of the Shelf Registration, without charge, at least one
copy of the Shelf Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment
thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and, if the Holder
so requests in writing, all exhibits thereto (including those, if any,
incorporated by reference).
(e) The Company shall deliver to each Exchanging Dealer and the
Initial Purchasers, and to any other Holder who so requests, without
charge, at least one copy of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and
any post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and
schedules, and, if the Initial Purchasers or any such Holder requests, all
exhibits thereto (including those incorporated by reference).
(f) The Company shall, during the Shelf Registration Period, deliver
to each Holder of Securities included within the coverage of the Shelf
Registration, without charge, as many copies of the prospectus (including
each preliminary prospectus) included in the Shelf Registration Statement
and any amendment or supplement thereto as such person may reasonably
request. The Company consents, subject to the provisions of this Agreement,
to the use of the prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by each
of the selling Holders of the Securities in connection with the offering
and sale of the Securities covered by the prospectus, or any amendment or
supplement thereto, included in the Shelf Registration Statement.
(g) The Company shall deliver to the Initial Purchasers, any
Exchanging Dealer, any Participating Broker-Dealer and such other persons
required to deliver a prospectus following the Registered Exchange Offer,
without charge, as many copies of the final prospectus included in the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement
thereto as such persons may reasonably request. The Company consents,
subject to the provisions of this Agreement, to the use of the prospectus
or any amendment or supplement thereto by the Initial Purchasers, if
necessary, any Participating Broker-Dealer and such other persons required
to deliver a prospectus following the Registered Exchange Offer in
connection with the offering and sale of the Exchange Notes covered by the
prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in such
Exchange Offer Registration Statement.
(h) Prior to any public offering of the Securities pursuant to any
Registration Statement, the Company shall register or qualify or cooperate
with the Holders of the Securities included therein and their respective
counsel in connection with the registration or qualification of the
Securities for offer and sale under the securities or "blue sky" laws of
such states of the United States as any Holder of the Securities reasonably
requests in writing and do any and all other acts or things necessary or
advisable to enable the offer and sale in such jurisdictions of the
Securities covered by such Registration Statement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify generally to do business
in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or (ii) take any
action which would subject it to general service of process or to taxation
in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.
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(i) The Company shall cooperate with the Holders of the Securities to
facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing
the Securities to be sold pursuant to any Registration Statement free of
any restrictive legends and in such denominations and registered in such
names as the Holders may request a reasonable period of time prior to sales
of the Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement.
(j) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by paragraphs (ii)
through (v) of Section 3(b) above during the period for which the Company
is required to maintain an effective Registration Statement, the Company
shall promptly prepare and file a post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement or a supplement to the related prospectus and any
other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to Holders of the
Securities or purchasers of Securities, the prospectus will not contain an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
If the Company notifies the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the
Securities and any known Participating Broker-Dealer in accordance with
paragraphs (ii) through (v) of Section 3(b) above to suspend the use of the
prospectus until the requisite changes to the prospectus have been made,
then the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities and any such
Participating Broker-Dealers shall suspend use of such prospectus, and the
period of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement provided for in
Section 2(b) above and the Exchange Offer Registration Statement provided
for in Section 1 above shall each be extended by the number of days from
and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the
date when the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities and any
known Participating Broker-Dealer shall have received such amended or
supplemented prospectus pursuant to this Section 3(j).
(k) Not later than the effective date of the applicable Registration
Statement, the Company will provide a CUSIP number for the Offered
Securities, the Exchange Notes or the Private Exchange Notes, as the case
may be, and provide the applicable trustee with printed certificates for
the Offered Securities, the Exchange Notes or the Private Exchange Notes,
as the case may be, in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository
Trust Company.
(l) The Company will comply with all rules and regulations of the
Commission to the extent and so long as they are applicable to the
Registered Exchange Offer or the Shelf Registration and will make generally
available to its security holders (or otherwise provide in accordance with
Section 11(a) of the Securities Act) an earnings statement satisfying the
provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act, no later than 45 days
after the end of a 12-month period (or 90 days, if such period is a fiscal
year) beginning with the first month of the Company's first fiscal quarter
commencing after the effective date of the Registration Statement, which
statement shall cover such 12-month period.
(m) The Company shall cause the Indenture to be qualified under the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, in a timely manner and containing
such changes, if any, as shall be necessary for such qualification. In the
event that such qualification
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would require the appointment of a new trustee under the Indenture, the
Company shall appoint a new trustee thereunder pursuant to the applicable
provisions of the Indenture.
(n) The Company may require each Holder of Securities to be sold
pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement to furnish to the Company such
information regarding the Holder and the distribution of the Securities as
the Company may from time to time reasonably require for inclusion in the
Shelf Registration Statement, and the Company may exclude from such
registration the Securities of any Holder that unreasonably fails to
furnish such information within a reasonable time after receiving such
request.
(o) The Company shall enter into such customary agreements
(including, if requested, an underwriting agreement in customary form) and
take all such other action, if any, as any Holder of the Securities shall
reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Securities
pursuant to any Shelf Registration.
(p) In the case of any Shelf Registration, the Company shall (i) make
reasonably available for inspection by the Holders of the Securities, any
underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained
by the Holders of the Securities or any such underwriter all relevant
financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties
of the Company and (ii) cause the Company's officers, directors, employees,
accountants and auditors to supply all relevant information reasonably
requested by the Holders of the Securities or any such underwriter,
attorney, accountant or agent in connection with the Shelf Registration
Statement, in each case as shall be reasonably necessary to enable such
persons, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of
Section 11 of the Securities Act; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the foregoing
inspection and information gathering shall be coordinated on behalf of the
Initial Purchasers by you and on behalf of the other parties, by one
counsel designated by and on behalf of such other parties as described in
Section 4 hereof.
(q) In the case of any Shelf Registration, the Company, if requested
by any Holder of Securities covered thereby, shall cause (i) its counsel to
deliver an opinion and updates thereof relating to the Securities in
customary form addressed to such Holders and the managing underwriters, if
any, thereof and dated, in the case of the initial opinion, the effective
date of such Shelf Registration Statement (it being agreed that the matters
to be covered by such opinion shall include, without limitation, the due
incorporation and good standing of the Company and its subsidiaries; the
qualification of the Company and its subsidiaries to transact business as
foreign corporations; the due authorization, execution and delivery of the
relevant agreement of the type referred to in Section 3(o) hereof; the due
authorization, execution, authentication and issuance, and the validity and
enforceability, of the applicable Securities; the absence of material legal
or governmental proceedings involving the Company and its subsidiaries; the
absence of governmental approvals required to be obtained in connection
with the Shelf Registration Statement, the offering and sale of the
applicable Securities, or any agreement of the type referred to in Section
3(o) hereof; the compliance as to form of such Shelf Registration Statement
and any documents incorporated by reference therein and of the Indenture
with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act,
respectively; and, as
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of the date of the opinion and as of the effective date of the Shelf
Registration Statement or most recent post-effective amendment thereto, as
the case may be, the absence from such Shelf Registration Statement and the
prospectus included therein, as then amended or supplemented, and from any
documents incorporated by reference therein, of an untrue statement of a
material fact or the omission to state therein a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading (in the case of any such documents, in the light of the
circumstances existing at the time that such documents were filed with the
Commission under the Exchange Act); (ii) its officers to execute and
deliver all customary documents and certificates and updates thereof
requested by any underwriters of the applicable Securities and (iii) its
independent public accountants to provide to the selling Holders of the
applicable Securities and any underwriter therefor a comfort letter in
customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in
comfort letters in connection with primary underwritten offerings, subject
to receipt of appropriate documentation as contemplated, and only if
permitted, by Statement of Auditing Standards No. 72.
(r) In connection with a resale under the Exchange Offering
Registration Statement, if requested by the Initial Purchasers or any known
Participating Broker-Dealer, the Company shall cause (i) its counsel to
deliver to the Initial Purchasers or such Participating Broker-Dealer a
signed opinion in the form set forth in Section 6(c) of the Purchase
Agreement with such changes as are customary in connection with the
preparation of a Registration Statement and (ii) its independent public
accountants to deliver to such Initial Purchaser or such Participating
Broker-Dealer a comfort letter, in customary form, meeting the requirements
as to the substance thereof as set forth in Section 6(a) of the Purchase
Agreement, with appropriate date changes.
(s) If a Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange is to be consummated,
upon delivery of the Offered Securities by Holders to the Company (or to
such other Person as directed by the Company) in exchange for the Exchange
Notes or the Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be, the Company shall
mark, or caused to be marked, on the Offered Securities so exchanged that
such Offered Securities are being canceled in exchange for the Exchange
Notes or the Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be; in no event shall
the Offered Securities be marked as paid or otherwise satisfied.
(t) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to (a) if the
Offered Securities have been rated prior to the initial sale of such
Offered Securities, confirm such ratings will apply to the Securities
covered by a Registration Statement, or (b) if the Offered Securities were
not previously rated, cause the Securities covered by a Registration
Statement to be rated with the appropriate rating agencies, if so requested
by Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities
covered by such Registration Statement, or by the managing underwriters, if
any.
(u) In the event that any broker-dealer registered under the Exchange
Act shall underwrite any Securities or participate as a member of an
underwriting syndicate or selling group or "assist in the distribution"
(within the meaning of the Conduct Rules (the "RULES") of the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD")) thereof, whether as a
Holder of such Securities or as an underwriter, a placement or sales agent
or
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a broker or dealer in respect thereof, or otherwise, the Company will
assist such broker-dealer in complying with the requirements of such Rules,
including, without limitation, by (i) if such Rules, including Rule 2720,
shall so require, engaging a "qualified independent underwriter" (as
defined in Rule 2720) to participate in the preparation of the Registration
Statement relating to such Securities, to exercise usual standards of due
diligence in respect thereto and, if any portion of the offering
contemplated by such Registration Statement is an underwritten offering or
is made through a placement or sales agent, to recommend the yield of such
Securities, (ii) indemnifying any such qualified independent underwriter to
the extent of the indemnification of underwriters provided in Section 5
hereof and (iii) providing such information to such broker-dealer as may be
required in order for such broker-dealer to comply with the requirements of
the Rules.
(v) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to take all
other steps necessary to effect the registration of the Securities covered
by a Registration Statement contemplated hereby.
4. REGISTRATION EXPENSES.
(a) All expenses incident to the Company's performance of and
compliance with this Agreement will be borne by the Company, regardless of
whether a Registration Statement is ever filed or becomes effective,
including without limitation:
(i) all registration and filing fees and expenses;
(ii) all fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities
and state "blue sky" or securities laws;
(iii) all expenses of printing (including printing certificates
for the Securities to be issued in the Exchange Offer and the Private
Exchange and printing of prospectuses), messenger and delivery
services and telephone;
(iv) all fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company;
(v) all application and filing fees in connection with listing
the Exchange Notes on a national securities exchange or automated
quotation system pursuant to the requirements hereof; and
(vi) all fees and disbursements of independent certified public
accountants of the Company (including the expenses of any special
audit and comfort letters required by or incident to such
performance).
The Company will bear its internal expenses (including, without limitation, all
salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or
accounting duties), the expenses of any annual audit and the fees and expenses
of any person, including special experts, retained by the Company.
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(b) In connection with any Registration Statement required by this
Agreement, the Company will reimburse the Initial Purchasers and the
Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities who are tendering Offered
Securities in the Registered Exchange Offer and/or selling or reselling
Securities pursuant to the "Plan of Distribution" contained in the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement, as
applicable, for the reasonable fees and disbursements of not more than one
counsel, who shall be Latham & Watkins unless another firm shall be chosen
by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Transfer Restricted
Securities for whose benefit such Registration Statement is being prepared.
5. INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of
the Securities, any Participating Broker-Dealer and each person, if any,
who controls such Holder or such Participating Broker-Dealer within the
meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (each Holder, any
Participating Broker-Dealer and such controlling persons are referred to
collectively as the "INDEMNIFIED PARTIES") from and against any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, or any actions in respect
thereof (including, but not limited to, any losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or actions relating to purchases and sales of the Securities)
to which each Indemnified Party may become subject under the Securities
Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or are based upon any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a
Registration Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or supplement
thereto or in any preliminary prospectus relating to a Shelf Registration,
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 shall reimburse, as
incurred, the Indemnified Parties for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending
any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action in respect thereof;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (i) the Company shall not be liable in any such
case to the extent that such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of
or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission made in a Registration Statement or prospectus
or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus
relating to a Shelf Registration in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information pertaining to such Holder and furnished to the Company
by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion therein and (ii)
with respect to any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue
statement or omission made in any preliminary prospectus relating to a
Shelf Registration Statement, the indemnity agreement contained in this
subsection (a) shall not inure to the benefit of any Holder or
Participating Broker-Dealer from whom the person asserting any such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities purchased the Securities concerned, to the
extent that a prospectus relating to such Securities was required to be
delivered by such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer under the
Securities Act in connection with such purchase and any such loss, claim,
damage or liability of such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer results
from the fact that there was not sent or given to such person, at or prior
to the written confirmation of the sale of such Securities to such person,
a copy of the final prospectus if the Company had previously furnished
copies thereof to such Holder or Participating
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Broker-Dealer; PROVIDED FURTHER, that this indemnity agreement will be in
addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have to such
Indemnified Party. The Company shall also indemnify underwriters, their
officers and directors and each person who controls such underwriters
within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act to the same
extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of the Holders
of the Securities if requested by such Holders.
(b) Each Holder of the Securities, severally and not jointly, will
indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities or
any actions in respect thereof, to which the Company or any such
controlling person may become subject under the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or actions arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration
Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any
preliminary prospectus relating to a Shelf Registration, or arise out of or
are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material
fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but in each
case only to the extent that the untrue statement or omission or alleged
untrue statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity
with written information pertaining to such Holder and furnished to the
Company by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion therein;
and, subject to the limitation set forth immediately preceding this clause,
shall reimburse, as incurred, the Company for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by the Company or any such controlling person in
connection with investigating or defending any loss, claim, damage,
liability or action in respect thereof. This indemnity agreement will be in
addition to any liability which such Holder may otherwise have to the
Company or any of its controlling persons.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section
5 of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including a
governmental investigation), such indemnified party will, if a claim in
respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this
Section 5, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but
the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not, in any event,
relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified
party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a)
or (b) above. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified
party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof,
the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the
extent that it may 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 the indemnifying party will
not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 5 for any legal
or other expenses, other than reasonable costs of investigation,
subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the
defense thereof. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written
consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or
threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party is or could
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have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such
indemnified party unless such settlement includes an unconditional release
of such indemnified party from all liability on any claims that are the
subject matter of such action, and 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.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 5 is
unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under
subsections (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute
to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
referred to in subsection (a) or (b) above (i) in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the indemnifying
party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other
from the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities, or (ii) if the
allocation provided by the foregoing clause (i) is not permitted by
applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only
the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative
fault of the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the
indemnified party on the other in connection with the statements or
omissions that 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 the parties shall be determined by
reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a
material fact relates to information supplied by the Company on the one
hand or such Holder or such other indemnified party, as the case may be, on
the other, and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or
omission. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the
losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of
this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with
investigating or defending any action or claim which is the subject of this
subsection (d). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5, the
Holders of the Securities shall not be required to contribute any amount in
excess of the amount by which the net proceeds received by such Holders
from the sale of the Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement
exceeds the amount of damages which such Holders 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. For purposes of this subsection (d),
each person, if any, who controls such indemnified party within the meaning
of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to
contribution as such indemnified party and each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company.
(e) The agreements contained in this Section 5 shall survive the sale
of the Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement and shall remain in
full force and effect, regardless of any termination or cancellation of
this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of any indemnified
party.
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6. LIQUIDATED DAMAGES.
(a) Liquidated damages (the "LIQUIDATED DAMAGES") with respect to the
Securities shall be assessed as follows if any of the following events
occur (each such event in clauses (i) through (iv) below being herein
called a "REGISTRATION DEFAULT"):
(i) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is not
filed with the Commission on or prior to the date specified
for such filing;
(ii) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is not
declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the date
specified for such effectiveness (the "EFFECTIVENESS TARGET
DATE");
(iii) the Registered Exchange Offer has not been consummated
within 35 business days of the Effectiveness Target Date
with respect to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement;
or
(iv) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement has
been declared effective by the Commission but (A) such
Registration Statement thereafter ceases to be effective or
(B) such Registration Statement or the related prospectus
ceases to be usable in connection with resales of Transfer
Restricted Securities during the periods specified herein.
Each of the foregoing will constitute a Registration Default whatever
the reason for any such event and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or
is beyond the control of the Company or pursuant to operation of law or as
a result of any action or inaction by the Commission.
The Company shall pay Liquidated Damages to each Holder in the event
of a Registration Default. Liquidated Damages shall accrue, at an annual
rate of 1.0% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities, on the
date of such Registration Default, payable in cash semiannually in arrears
on each interest payment date with respect to the Securities, commencing on
the date of such Registration Default. All accrued Liquidated Damages will
be paid by the Company in the same manner and at the times as interest is
paid. Following the cure of all Registration Defaults, the accrual of
Liquidated Damages will cease.
(b) A Registration Default referred to in Section 6(a)(iv) hereof
shall be deemed not to have occurred and be continuing in relation to a
Shelf Registration Statement or the related prospectus if (i) such
Registration Default has occurred solely as a result of (x) the filing of a
post-effective amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement to
incorporate annual audited financial information with respect to the
Company where such post-effective amendment is not yet effective and needs
to be declared effective to permit Holders to use the related prospectus or
(y) other material
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events, with respect to the Company that would need to be described in such
Shelf Registration Statement or the related prospectus and (ii) in the case
of clause (y), the Company is proceeding promptly and in good faith to
amend or supplement such Shelf Registration Statement and related
prospectus to describe such events; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in any case if
such Registration Default occurs for a continuous period in excess of 30
days, Additional Interest shall be payable in accordance with the above
paragraph from the day such Registration Default occurs until such
Registration Default is cured.
(c) Any amounts of Liquidated Damages due pursuant to Section 6(a)
will be the exclusive remedy available to holders of Transfer Restricted
Securities for any Registration Default.
(d) "TRANSFER RESTRICTED SECURITIES" means each Security until (i)
the date on which such Security has been exchanged by a person other than a
broker-dealer for a freely transferable Exchange Note in the Exchange
Offer, (ii) following the exchange by a broker-dealer in the Exchange Offer
of an Initial Security for an Exchange Note, the date on which such
Exchange Note is sold to a purchaser who receives from such broker-dealer
on or prior to the date of such sale a copy of the prospectus contained in
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, (iii) the date on which such
Security has been effectively registered under the Securities Act and
disposed of in accordance with the Shelf Registration Statement or (iv) the
date on which such Security is distributed to the public pursuant to Rule
144 under the Securities Act.
7. RULES 144 AND 144A. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts
to, upon the request of any Holder of Securities, make publicly available any
information so long as necessary to permit sales of their securities pursuant to
Rules 144 and 144A. The Company covenants that it will take such further action
as any Holder of Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required
from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Securities without registration
under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by
Rules 144 and 144A (including the requirements of Rule 144A(d)(4)). The Company
will provide a copy of this Agreement to prospective purchasers of Offered
Securities identified to the Company by the Initial Purchasers upon request.
Upon the request of any Holder of Offered Securities, the Company shall deliver
to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such
requirements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 8 shall be
deemed to require the Company to register any of its securities pursuant to the
Exchange Act.
8. UNDERWRITTEN REGISTRATIONS. If any of the Transfer Restricted Securities
covered by any Shelf Registration are to be sold in an underwritten offering,
the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers that will
administer the offering ("MANAGING UNDERWRITERS") will be selected by the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of such Transfer Restricted
Securities to be included in such offering.
No person may participate in any underwritten registration hereunder unless
such person (i) agrees to sell such person's Transfer Restricted Securities on
the basis reasonably provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the
persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (ii) completes and
executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities,
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underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms
of such underwriting arrangements.
9. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) NO INCONSISTENT AGREEMENTS. The Company will not on or after the
date of this Agreement enter into any agreement with respect to its
securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in
this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. The
rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and
are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the
Company's securities under any agreement in effect on the date hereof.
(b) AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS. The provisions of this Agreement may not
be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures
from the provisions hereof may not be given, except by the Company and the
written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Securities affected by such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or
consents.
(c) NOTICES. All notices and other communications provided for or
permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand delivery, first-class
mail, facsimile transmission, or air courier which guarantees overnight
delivery:
(1) if to a Holder of the Securities, at the most current
address given by such Holder to the Company.
(2) if to the Initial Purchasers:
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
Eleven Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10010-3629
Fax No.: (212) 325-8278
Attention: Transactions Advisory Group
with a copy to:
Latham & Watkins
885 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022-4802
Fax No.: (212) 751-4864
Attention: Peter M. Labonski
(3) if to the Company, at its address as follows:
Von Hoffmann Corporation
1000 Camera Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63126
Fax No.: (314) 966-0983
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
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with a copy to:
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10153
Fax No.: (212) 310-8007
Attention: Todd R. Chandler
All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly
given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; three business
days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt
is acknowledged by recipient's facsimile machine operator, if sent by facsimile
transmission; and on the day delivered, if sent by overnight air courier
guaranteeing next day delivery.
(d) THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES. The Holders shall be third party
beneficiaries to the agreements made hereunder between the Company, on the
one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and shall have the
right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent they may deem such
enforcement necessary or advisable to protect their rights or the rights of
Holders hereunder.
(e) SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall be binding upon the
Company and its successors and assigns.
(f) COUNTERPARTS. This 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.
(g) HEADINGS. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of
reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(h) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO
PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.
(i) SEVERABILITY. If any one or more of the provisions contained
herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid,
illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of any
such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions
contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.
(j) SECURITIES HELD BY THE COMPANY. Whenever the consent or approval
of Holders of a specified percentage of principal amount of Securities is
required hereunder, Securities held by the Company or its affiliates (other
than subsequent Holders of Securities if such subsequent Holders are deemed
to be affiliates solely by reason of their holdings of such Securities)
shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was
given by the Holders of such required percentage.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our
agreement, please sign and return to the Issuer a counterpart hereof, whereupon
this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement
among the Initial Purchasers, the Issuer and the Guarantors in accordance with
its terms.
Very truly yours,
Von Hoffmann Corporation
By:
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Name:
Title:
Von Hoffmann Holdings Inc.
By:
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Name:
Title:
One Thousand Realty & Investment Company
By:
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Name:
Title:
H&S Graphics, Inc.
By:
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Name:
Title:
Preface, Inc.
By:
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Name:
Title:
Precision Offset Printing Company, Inc.
By:
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Name:
Title:
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The foregoing Registration
Rights Agreement is hereby confirmed
and accepted as of the date first
above written.
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
SCOTIA CAPITAL (USA) INC.
BY: CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
By:
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Name:
Title:
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ANNEX A
Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Notes for its own account
pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a
prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes. The Letter of
Transmittal states that by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a
broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within the
meaning of the Securities Act. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or
supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection
with resales of Exchange Notes received in exchange for Offered Securities where
such Offered Securities were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of
market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company has agreed
that, for a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date (as defined herein), it
will make this Prospectus available to any broker-dealer for use in connection
with any such resale. See "Plan of Distribution."
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ANNEX B
Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Notes for its own account in
exchange for Offered Securities, where such Offered Securities were acquired by
such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading
activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection
with any resale of such Exchange Notes. See "Plan of Distribution."
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ANNEX C
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Notes for its own account
pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a
prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes. This
Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used
by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Notes received in
exchange for Offered Securities where such Offered Securities were acquired as a
result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company has
agreed that, for a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date, it will make
this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for
use in connection with any such resale. In addition, until ______ __, 2002, all
dealers effecting transactions in the Exchange Notes may be required to deliver
a prospectus.(1)
The Company will not receive any proceeds from any sale of Exchange Notes
by broker-dealers. Exchange Notes received by broker-dealers for their own
account pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be sold from time to time in one or
more transactions in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions,
through the writing of options on the Exchange Notes or a combination of such
methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices
related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated prices. Any such resale
may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may
receive compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any such
broker-dealer or the purchasers of any such Exchange Notes. Any broker-dealer
that resells Exchange Notes that were received by it for its own account
pursuant to the Exchange Offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a
distribution of such Exchange Notes may be deemed to be an "underwriter" within
the meaning of the Securities Act and any profit on any such resale of Exchange
Notes and any commission or concessions received by any such persons may be
deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Securities Act. The Letter of
Transmittal states that, by acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering
a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an
"underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act.
For a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date the Company will
promptly send additional copies of this Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement to this Prospectus to any broker-dealer that requests such documents
in the Letter of Transmittal. The Company has agreed to pay all expenses
incident to the Exchange Offer (including the expenses of one counsel for the
Holders of the Securities) other than commissions or concessions of any brokers
or dealers and will indemnify the Holders of the Securities (including any
broker-dealers) against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the
Securities Act.
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(1) In addition, the legend required by Item 502(e) of Regulation S-K will
appear on the back cover page of the Exchange Offer prospectus.
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ANNEX D
[ ] CHECK HERE IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER AND WISH TO RECEIVE 10 ADDITIONAL
COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS AND 10 COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO.
Name:
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Address:
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If the undersigned is not a broker-dealer, the undersigned represents that it is
not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of Exchange
Notes. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Notes
for its own account in exchange for Offered Securities that were acquired as a
result of market-making activities or other trading activities, it acknowledges
that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange
Notes; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, the
undersigned will not be deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within the
meaning of the Securities Act.
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