EXHIBIT 4.3
$250,000,000 Principal Amount
IVAX CORPORATION
5.5% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2007
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
May 12, 2000
UBS WARBURG LLC
ING BARINGS LLC
c/o Warburg Dillon Read LLC
299 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10171
Dear Sirs:
IVAX Corporation, a Florida corporation (the "Company"), proposes to
issue and sell to UBS Warburg LLC, and ING Barings LLC, as initial purchasers
(the "Initial Purchasers"), upon the terms set forth in a purchase agreement
dated May 8, 2000 (the "Purchase Agreement"), $200,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of its 5.5% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007 (the "Firm
Notes"), which will be convertible into Common Stock of the Company, par value
$0.10 per share (the "Conversion Shares"), as well as an additional allotment of
up to $50,000,000 initial principal amount of the same which the Initial
Purchasers may subsequently elect to purchase pursuant to the terms of the
Purchase Agreement (the "Additional Notes" and together with the Firm Notes, the
"Notes"). The Notes will be issued pursuant to an indenture, of even date
herewith (the "Indenture") between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust National
Association (the "Trustee"). As an inducement to the Initial Purchasers, the
Company agrees with the Initial Purchasers, for the benefit of the holders of
the Notes (including, without limitation, the Initial Purchasers) and Conversion
Shares (collectively, the "Securityholders"), as follows:
1. Shelf Registration. (a) The Company shall file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") within 90 days after the date hereof
(the "Closing Date") a single registration statement (the "Shelf Registration
Statement") on Form S-1 or Form S-3, if the use of such form is then available,
to cover resales of Transfer Restricted Securities (as defined below) by the
Holders (as defined below). The Company shall use its best efforts to cause the
Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission on or
prior to 180 days from the Closing Date. "Transfer Restricted Securities" means
each Note and any Conversion Share until the earlier of the (x) the date on
which such Note or Conversion Share
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has been effectively registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (the
"Securities Act") and disposed of, whether or not in accordance with the Shelf
Registration Statement, and (y) the date which is two years (or such shorter
period of time as permitted by Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act (or any
similar provisions then in force)) after the later of (A) the date of original
issue of the Notes and (B) the last day that the Company or any of its
"affiliates" (as defined under the Securities Act) was the owner of such Notes
(or any predecessor thereto).
(b) The Company shall use its best efforts to cause the Shelf
Registration Statement to be effective for a period of two years (or
for such longer period if extended pursuant to Section 2(i)) from the
effective date thereof or such shorter period that will terminate when
each Transfer Restricted Security covered by the Shelf Registration
Statement ceases to be a Transfer Restricted Security (the "Shelf
Registration Period"). The Company shall be deemed not to have used its
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 Transfer Restricted Securities covered thereby not
being able to offer and sell such Transfer Restricted Securities during
that period, unless such action is required by applicable law or
otherwise permitted hereunder, including, without limitation, by
Section 2(i) hereof.
(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, except that
the foregoing shall not apply to any information provided to the
Company by any Initial Purchaser or Holder for inclusion in the Shelf
Registration Statement.
2. Registration Procedures. In connection with the proposed offer and
sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities in accordance with the methods of
distribution set forth in the Shelf Registration Statement (the "Shelf
Registration"), the following provisions apply:
(a) The Company shall prepare and mail to each Securityholder
identified by the Initial Purchasers a questionnaire requesting such
information regarding such Securityholder and the distribution of
Transfer Restricted Securities as the Company may reasonably require
for inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement and asking each such
Securityholder to confirm that it will comply with applicable
securities laws, including the Securities Act and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder. Each Securityholder to whom such
questionnaire is mailed shall deliver a completed questionnaire
together with its written confirmation to the Company within fifteen
days of receipt. The Company will include in the Shelf Registration
Statement as a selling security holder each Securityholder that returns
its questionnaire and confirmation within fifteen days of receipt and
will use reasonable efforts to include in the Shelf Registration
Statement any Securityholder which fails to provide the Company with a
completed questionnaire and confirmation within fifteen days of receipt
but otherwise provides the
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completed questionnaire and confirmation prior to the commencement of
the Shelf Registration Period. The Company shall have no obligation to
include in the Shelf Registration Statement (whether by post-effective
amendment, by prospectus supplement or otherwise) a Securityholder
which fails to timely provide the Company with a completed
questionnaire and confirmation. "Holder" means each Securityholder who
(i) is so identified by the Initial Purchasers in writing within 5
business days after receipt by the Initial Purchasers of a written
request by the Company and (ii) delivers to the Company a completed
questionnaire containing the required information and confirmation
within such fifteen-day period or is otherwise included as a selling
security holder in the Shelf Registration Statement.
(b) The Company shall (i) furnish to the Initial Purchasers,
prior to the filing thereof with the Commission, a copy of the Shelf
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) is participating in the Shelf Registration,
the Company shall use its best efforts to reflect in each such
document, when so filed with the Commission, such comments as the
Initial Purchasers reasonably may propose; and (ii) include in such
Shelf Registration Statement (or amendment or supplements) the names of
the Holders who propose to sell Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant
to the Shelf Registration Statement as selling securityholders.
(c) The Company shall give written notice to the Initial
Purchasers and Holders of the Transfer Restricted Securities (which
notice pursuant to clauses (ii)-(v) hereof shall be accompanied by an
instruction to suspend the use of the prospectus contained in the Shelf
Registration Statement (the "Prospectus") and any sales pursuant to
such Prospectus until the requisite changes have been made):
(i) when the Shelf Registration Statement or any
amendment thereto has been filed with the Commission and when
the Shelf Registration Statement or any post-effective
amendment thereto has become effective;
(ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments
or supplements to the Shelf Registration Statement or the
Prospectus or for additional information;
(iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration
Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that
purpose;
(iv) of the receipt by the Company or its legal
counsel of any written notification with respect to the
suspension of the qualification of the Transfer Restricted
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 (but not the
details thereof) that requires the Company to make changes in
the Prospectus in order that the
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Prospectus does not contain an untrue statement of a material
fact nor omits to state a 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.
Any notice given hereunder shall be kept confidential and the recipient
of a notice agrees that neither they nor their affiliates will engage in any
unlawful transactions in the Company's securities based on the information
contained in such notice.
(d) The Company shall make every reasonable effort to obtain
the withdrawal at the earliest possible time, of any order suspending
the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement.
(e) The Company shall furnish to each Holder of Transfer
Restricted Securities included within the coverage of the Shelf
Registration Statement, 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).
(f) The Company shall, during the Shelf Registration Period,
deliver to each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities included
within the coverage of the Shelf Registration, without charge, as many
copies of the Prospectus (including each preliminary Prospectus) 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 Transfer Restricted
Securities covered by the Prospectus in connection with the offering
and sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the
Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in the
Shelf Registration Statement.
(g) Prior to any public offering of the Transfer Restricted
Securities pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement, the Company
shall use its best efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the
Holders of the Transfer Restricted Securities included therein and
their respective counsel in connection with the registration or
qualification or exemption from registration or qualification of the
Transfer Restricted Securities included in the Shelf Registration
Statement for offer and sale under the securities or "blue sky" laws of
such states of the United States as any Holder of the Transfer
Restricted Securities included in the Shelf Registration Statement
reasonably requests in writing and do any and all other acts or things
reasonably necessary or advisable to enable the offer and sale in such
states of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Shelf
Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not
be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation 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 or (iii)
subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction in which it is not now
so subject.
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(h) The Company shall cooperate with the Holders of the
Transfer Restricted Securities to facilitate the timely preparation and
delivery prior to settlement of any sales pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement of certificates representing the Transfer
Restricted Securities sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement
free of any restrictive legends and in such denominations and
registered in such names as the Holders may request provided that such
request is made a reasonable period of time prior to sales of the
Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to such Shelf Registration
Statement.
(i) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by
paragraphs (ii) through (v) of Section 2(c) above during the Shelf
Registration Period, the Company shall promptly prepare and file a
post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement or a
supplement to the Prospectus and any other required document so that,
as thereafter delivered to Holders of the Transfer Restricted
Securities covered thereby or purchasers of Transfer Restricted
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; provided,
however, that the Company may delay preparing, filing and distributing
any such supplement or amendment (such period of delay, a "Suspension
Period") if the Company determines in good faith that the preparation
or filing of such supplement or amendment would, in the reasonable
judgment of the Company, (i) interfere with or affect any pending or
contemplated corporate development (whether or not a final decision has
been made with respect to such development) or (ii) involve initial or
continuing disclosure obligations that are not in the best interests of
the Company's shareholders at such time; provided, further, that such
delay shall not extend for a period of more than 30 business days in
any three-month period or more than 60 business days in any
twelve-month period. If the Company notifies the Initial Purchasers and
the Holders of the Transfer Restricted Securities in accordance with
paragraphs (ii) through (v) of Section 2(c) above to suspend the use of
the Prospectus until the requisite changes to the Prospectus have been
made, then the Initial Purchasers and the Holders of the Transfer
Restricted Securities shall suspend use of such Prospectus and the
period of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement provided
for in Section 1(b) above shall 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 and the Holders of the Transfer
Restricted Security shall have received such amended or supplemented
prospectus pursuant to this Section 2(i).
(j) Not later than the effective date of the Shelf
Registration Statement, the Company will provide CUSIP numbers for the
Notes and the Conversion Shares registered under the Shelf Registration
Statement and provide the Trustee with a certificate for the Notes, in
a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company, it being
understood that such securities will continue to bear any appropriate
restrictive legends.
(k) The Company will comply with all rules and regulations of
the Commission to the extent and so long as they are applicable to the
Shelf Registration Statement and will make generally available to its
security holders (or otherwise provide
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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 Shelf Registration Statement, which statement shall cover
such 12-month period.
(l) 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 or desirable
for such qualification. In the event that such qualification 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.
(m) In addition to the questionnaire and confirmation provided
for by Section 2(a) above, the Company may require each Holder of
Transfer Restricted 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 Transfer Restricted
Securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably require for
inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement, and the Company may
exclude from the Shelf Registration Statement the Transfer Restricted
Securities of any Holder that fails to furnish such information
promptly after receiving such request.
(n) 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 which, together
with its "affiliates" (as defined in the Securities Act), holds
$40,000,000 or greater in aggregate initial principal amount of the
Transfer Restricted Securities and which, together with its affiliates,
intends to sell at least $40,000,000 in initial aggregate principal
amount of Transfer Restricted Securities in an underwritten offering,
shall reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the
Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration
Statement; provided, that in no event shall the Company be required to
cause any representatives to attend any informational or roadshow
presentations or pay any expenses related thereto.
(o) The Company shall, subject to the execution and delivery
to the Company of any confidentiality agreements that the Company may
reasonably request (i) make reasonably available for inspection by the
Holders, any underwriter participating in any disposition of Transfer
Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement and
any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by the Holders or any
such underwriter all relevant financial and other records, 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 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 and the other parties
by
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one firm of counsel, which firm shall be Willkie Farr & Gallagher until
another firm shall be designated as described in Section 3 hereof.
(p) The Company, if requested by any Holder of the Transfer
Restricted Securities referred to in paragraph (n) above, shall cause
(i) its counsel to deliver an opinion relating to the Transfer
Restricted Securities in customary form addressed to such Holder and
the managing underwriters, if any, thereof and dated, in the case of
the initial opinion, the effective date of such Shelf Registration
Statement covering the matters customarily covered in underwritten
offerings, (ii) its counsel to deliver a statement in customary form
relating to the compliance as to form of such Shelf Registration
Statement (but not 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 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 that
no fact had come to such counsel's attention in connection with the
preparation of the Shelf Registration Statement causing such counsel to
believe that such Shelf Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as
then amended or supplemented (but not any documents incorporated by
reference therein), contained an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading;
(iii) its officers to execute and deliver all customary documents and
certificates and updates thereof requested by any underwriters of the
applicable Transfer Restricted Securities; and (iv) its independent
public accountants and the independent public accountants, if any, with
respect to any other entity for which financial information is provided
in the Shelf Registration Statement to provide to the selling Holder(s)
of the applicable Transfer Restricted 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.
(q) The Company will use its best efforts to (i) if the Notes
have been rated prior to the initial sale of such Notes, confirm such
ratings will apply to the Notes covered by the Shelf Registration
Statement, or (ii) if the Notes were not previously rated, cause the
Notes covered by the Shelf Registration Statement to be rated with the
appropriate rating agencies, if so requested by Holders of a majority
in aggregate initial principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities
covered by such Shelf Registration Statement, or by the managing
underwriters, if any.
(r) In the event that any broker-dealer registered under the
Exchange Act shall underwrite any Transfer Restricted 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 Transfer Restricted
Securities or as an underwriter, a placement or sales agent or a broker
or dealer in respect thereof, or otherwise, the Company, if requested
by such broker-dealer, will assist such broker-dealer in complying with
the requirements of such Rules, including, without limitation,
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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 Shelf Registration Statement
relating to such Transfer Restricted Securities, to exercise usual
standards of due diligence in respect thereto and, if any portion of
the offering contemplated by such Shelf Registration Statement is an
underwritten offering or is made through a placement or sales agent, to
recommend the yield of such Transfer Restricted Securities, (ii)
indemnifying any such qualified independent underwriter to the extent
of the indemnification of underwriters provided in Section 4 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.
(s) The Company shall use its best efforts to take all other
steps necessary to effect the registration of the Transfer Restricted
Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement contemplated
hereby.
3. Registration Expenses. The Company shall bear all fees and expenses
incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations under Sections 1
and 2 hereof whether or not the Shelf Registration Statement is filed or becomes
effective, shall bear or reimburse the Holders of the Transfer Restricted
Securities covered thereby for the reasonable fees and disbursements of one firm
of counsel, which firm shall be Willkie Farr & Gallagher until another firm
shall be designated by the Holders of a majority in initial principal amount of
the Notes covered thereby to act as counsel for the Holders in connection
therewith. The Holders shall be responsible for all other fees and expenses,
such as brokerage fees, underwriting discounts and commissions.
4. Indemnification. (a) To the extent permitted by law, the Company
agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of Transfer Restricted
Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement and each person, if any,
who controls such Holder within the meaning of the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act (each Holder 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 Transfer Restricted Securities)
to which each Indemnified Party may become subject under the Securities Act, the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (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 the Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or in any
amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary Prospectus included in the
Shelf Registration Statement, 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 light of
the circumstances under which such statements were made, 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
the Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement
thereto or in any preliminary Prospectus
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included in the Shelf Registration Statement in reliance upon and in conformity
with written information pertaining to an Initial Purchaser or a Holder and
furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Initial Purchaser or 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 included in the Shelf Registration Statement, the indemnity agreement
contained in this subsection (a) shall not inure to the benefit of any Holder
from whom the person asserting any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities
purchased the Transfer Restricted Securities concerned, to the extent that a
prospectus relating to such Transfer Restricted Securities was required to be
delivered by such Holder under the Securities Act in connection with such
purchase and any such loss, claim, damage or liability of such Holder 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 Transfer Restricted Securities to
such person, a copy of the final Prospectus if the Company had previously
furnished copies thereof to such Holder; provided further, however, 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 Transfer Restricted Securities if requested by such Holders.
(b) To the extent permitted by law, each Holder of the
Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf Registration
Statement 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 the Shelf Registration
Statement or Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in
any preliminary Prospectus included in the Shelf Registration
Statement, 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 4 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 4, 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.
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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 (which may be counsel
for the indemnifying party) unless such indemnified party shall have
been advised by counsel that there may be one or more defenses
reasonably available to such indemnified party that are in conflict
with the defenses available to the indemnifying party or its affiliates
or controlling persons, 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 4 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 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. An indemnifying party will not
be liable for any settlement of any action or claim effected without
its written consent; provided, however, that such consent will not be
reasonably withheld.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 4 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, pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, 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 4(d), the Holders of the Transfer Restricted
Securities shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of
the amount by which the net proceeds received by such Holders from
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the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf
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 paragraph (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 4 shall survive
the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf
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.
5. Liquidated Damages Under Certain Circumstances. If (i) the Shelf
Registration Statement is not filed with the Commission on or prior to 90 days
after the Closing Date, (ii) the Shelf Registration Statement has not been
declared effective by the Commission within 180 days after the Closing Date or
(iii) the Shelf Registration Statement is filed and declared effective but shall
thereafter during the Shelf Registration Period cease to be effective (without
being succeeded immediately by an additional registration statement filed and
declared effective) or usable for the offer and sale of Transfer Restricted
Securities for a period of time (including any Suspension Period) which shall
exceed 60 days in the aggregate in any 12-month period (each such event referred
to in clauses (i) through (iii), a "Registration Default"), the Company will pay
liquidated damages to each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities that timely
complied with the requirements of Section 2(a). The amount of liquidated damages
payable during any period during which a Registration Default shall have
occurred and be continuing is that amount which is equal to one-quarter of one
percent (25 basis points) per annum per $1,000 initial principal amount and, if
applicable, on an equivalent basis per Conversion Share (subject to adjustment
in the event of stock splits, stock recombinations, stock dividends and the
like) constituting Transfer Restricted Securities for each 90-day period until
the applicable registration statement is filed and the applicable Registration
Default has been cured, up to a maximum amount of liquidated damages of
three-quarters of one percent (75 basis points) per annum per $1,000 initial
principal amount of Notes and, if applicable, on an equivalent basis per
Conversion Share (subject to adjustment as set forth above) constituting
Transfer Restricted Securities. All accrued liquidated damages shall be paid to
Holders of record entitled to receive such payments by wire transfer of
immediately available funds or by federal funds check by the Company on the
regular interest payment date. Following the cure of all Registration Defaults
or, if earlier, the termination of the Shelf Registration Period, liquidated
damages will cease to accrue with respect to such Registration Default.
6. Rules 144 and 144A. The Company shall use its best efforts to file
the reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange
Act in a timely manner and, if at any time the Company is not required to file
such reports, it will, upon the request of any Holder of Notes, make publicly
available other information so long as necessary to permit sales of their
securities pursuant to Rules 144 and 144A. The Company covenants that it will
take
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such further action as any Holder of Notes may reasonably request, all to the
extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Notes 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
Notes identified to the Company by the Initial Purchasers upon request. Upon the
request of any Holder of Notes, 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 6 shall be deemed to
require the Company to register any of its securities pursuant to the Exchange
Act.
7. Underwritten Registrations. If any of the Transfer Restricted
Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement 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 Company; provided, that such selection is consented to by the
Holders of a majority in aggregate initial principal amount of Transfer
Restricted Securities to be included in such offering, which consent shall not
be unreasonably withheld or delayed. 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 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, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably
required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.
8. Miscellaneous.
(a) 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
initial principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities affected
by such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consents.
(b) 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 overnight air courier:
(1) if to a Holder of the Transfer Restricted
Securities, at the most current address given by such Holder
to the Company in writing.
(2) if to the Initial Purchasers:
UBS Warburg LLC
ING Barings LLC
c/o UBS Warburg LLC
299 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10171
Fax No.: (212) 821-2446
Attention: Syndicate Department
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with a copy to:
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
787 7th Avenue
New York, NY 10019
Fax No.: (212) 728-8111
Attention: William J. Grant, Esq.
(3) if to the Company, at its address as follows:
IVAX Corporation
4400 Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, FL 33137
Fax No.: (305) 575-6049
Attention: Chief Legal Officer
with a copy to:
Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler
Alhadeff & Sitterson P.A.
150 West Flagler Street,
Suite 2200
Miami, FL 33130
Fax No.: (305) 789-3395
Attention: Alison W. Miller, Esq.
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.
(c) No Conflicting Agreements. The Company has not, as of the
date hereof, entered into, nor shall it, on or after the date hereof,
enter into, any agreement with respect to its securities that conflicts
with the provisions hereof.
(d) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding
upon the Company and each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities and
their respective successors and assigns.
(e) 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. Delivery of an executed counterpart by facsimile shall be
effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof.
(f) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for
convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect
the meaning hereof.
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(g) 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.
(h) 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.
(i) Transfer Restricted Securities Held by the Company.
Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage
of initial principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities is
required hereunder, Transfer Restricted Securities held by the Company
or its affiliates (other than subsequent Holders of Transfer Restricted
Securities if such subsequent Holders are deemed to be affiliates
solely by reason of their holdings of such Transfer Restricted
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 Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon
this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement on
the Initial Purchasers and the Company in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
IVAX CORPORATION
By: /S/
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Name:
Title:
Accepted and agreed to as
of the date first above written
UBS WARBURG LLC
ING BARINGS LLC
By: UBS WARBURG LLC
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By: /S/
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Name:
Title:
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