Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION VERSION

$290,000,000

ROTECH HEALTHCARE INC.

10.500% Senior Second Lien Notes due 2018

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

March 17, 2011

CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC (“Credit Suisse”),

JEFFERIES & COMPANY, INC.

c/o Credit Suisse

Eleven Madison Avenue,

New York, N.Y. 10010-3629

Dear Sirs:

Rotech Healthcare Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), proposes to issue
and sell to Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Jefferies & Company, Inc.
(the “Initial Purchasers”), upon the terms set forth in a purchase agreement,
dated March 10, 2011 (the “Purchase Agreement”), $283,500,000 aggregate
principal amount of its 10.500% Senior Second Lien Notes due 2018 (the “Initial
Securities”) to be guaranteed on a senior second lien basis by each of the
subsidiaries of the Issuer listed on Schedule A hereto (the “Guarantors” and,
together with the Issuer, the “Company”). Concurrently with the sale of the
Initial Securities, the Issuer is selling directly through a private placement
with certain individual “accredited investors” (as defined in Rule 501(a) of the
Securities Act (as defined below)) listed on Schedule B hereto (the “Accredited
Investors”) U.S. $6,500,000 in principal amount of its 10.500% Senior Second
Lien Notes due 2018 (the “Accredited Investor Securities”). The Initial
Securities and the Accredited Investor Securities will be issued pursuant to an
indenture, dated as of the date hereof (the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the
Guarantors and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the
“Trustee”). As an inducement to the Initial Purchasers to enter into the
Purchase Agreement and the Accredited Investors to enter into the Private
Placement Subscription Agreements (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), the
Company agrees with the Initial Purchasers, for the benefit of the holders of
the Initial Securities (including the Initial Purchasers), the Exchange
Securities (as defined below) and the Private Exchange Securities (as defined
below) and for the benefit of the holders of the Accredited Investor Securities
(collectively, the “Holders”), as follows:

1. Registered Exchange Offer. The Company shall, at its own cost, prepare and,
not later than 180 days (or if the 180th day is not a business day, the first
business day thereafter) (such 180th day or the first business day thereafter
being an “Exchange Offer Filing Deadline”) after the date of original issue of
the Initial Securities and the Accredited Investor Securities (the “Issue
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 “Registered Exchange Offer”) to the
Holders of the Initial Securities,

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who are not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from participating
in the Registered Exchange Offer, to issue and deliver to such Holders, in
exchange for the Initial Securities, a like aggregate principal amount of debt
securities (the “Exchange Securities”) of the Company issued under the Indenture
and identical in all material respects to the Initial Securities (except for the
transfer restrictions relating to the Initial Securities and the provisions
relating to the matters described in Section 6 hereof) and that would be
registered under the Securities Act. The Company shall use its reasonable best
efforts to (i) cause such Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become
effective under the Securities Act within 270 days (or if the 270th day is not a
business day, the first business day thereafter) after the Issue Date (such
270th day (or the first business day thereafter) being an “Effectiveness
Deadline”) and (ii) keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective for
not less than 20 business days (or longer, if required by applicable law) after
the date notice of the Registered Exchange Offer is mailed to the Holders (such
period being called the “Exchange Offer Registration Period”).

If the Company commences the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company (i) will be
entitled to close the Registered Exchange Offer 20 business days after the
commencement thereof provided that the Company has accepted all the Initial
Securities theretofore validly tendered in accordance with the terms of the
Registered Exchange Offer and (ii) shall consummate the Registered Exchange
Offer no later than 40 days (or longer if required by applicable law) after the
date on which the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective
(or if the 40th day is not a business day, the first business day thereafter)
(such day being the “Consummation Deadline”) by the Commission.

Following the declaration of the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement, the Company shall as soon as practicable commence the
Registered Exchange Offer, it being the objective of such Registered Exchange
Offer to enable each Holder of the Initial Securities electing to exchange the
Initial Securities for Exchange Securities (assuming that such Holder is not an
affiliate of the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act, acquires the
Exchange Securities in the ordinary course of such Holder’s business and has no
arrangements with any person to participate in the distribution of the Exchange
Securities and is not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from
participating in the Registered Exchange Offer) to trade such Exchange
Securities 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 that is a broker-dealer electing
to exchange the Initial Securities, acquired for its own account as a result of
market-making activities or other trading activities, for Exchange Securities
(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 Securities received by
such Exchanging Dealer pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and (ii) if the
Initial Purchasers elect to sell Exchange Securities acquired in exchange for
Initial Securities constituting any portion of an unsold allotment, they are
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.

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 Securities; provided, however, that (i) in the
case where such prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto must be
delivered by an Exchanging Dealer or any Initial Purchaser,

 

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such period shall be the lesser of 90 days and the date on which all Exchanging
Dealers and the Initial Purchasers have sold all Exchange Securities 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 Securities for a period of not less than 90 days after the
consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer.

If, upon consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, any Initial Purchaser
holds Initial Securities acquired by it as part of its initial distribution, the
Company, simultaneously with the delivery of the Exchange Securities pursuant to
the Registered Exchange Offer, shall issue and deliver to such Initial Purchaser
upon the written request of such Initial Purchaser, in exchange (the “Private
Exchange”) for the Initial Securities held by such Initial Purchaser, a like
principal amount of debt securities of the Company issued under the Indenture
and identical in all material respects (including the existence of restrictions
on transfer under the Securities Act and the securities laws of the several
states of the United States, but excluding provisions relating to the matters
described in Section 6 hereof) to the Initial Securities (the “Private Exchange
Securities”). The Initial Securities, the Accredited Investor Securities, the
Exchange Securities and the Private Exchange Securities are herein collectively
called the “Securities”.

In connection with the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company shall:

(a) mail to each Holder of Initial Securities 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 Registered Exchange Offer open for not less than 20 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 Registered 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;

(d) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Initial Securities at any time prior to
the close of business, New York time, on the last business day on which the
Registered Exchange Offer shall remain open; and

(e) otherwise comply with all applicable laws.

As soon as practicable after the close of the Registered Exchange Offer or the
Private Exchange, as the case may be, the Company shall:

(x) accept for exchange all the Initial 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 Initial Securities so
accepted for exchange; and

(z) cause the Trustee to authenticate and deliver promptly to each Holder of the
Initial Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities, as the
case may be, equal in principal amount to the Initial Securities of such Holder
so accepted for exchange.

The Indenture will provide that the Exchange Securities 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

 

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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 Security and Private Exchange Security 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 Initial
Securities surrendered in exchange therefor or, if no interest has been paid on
the Initial Securities, from the Issue Date.

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 Securities 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 Initial Securities or the Exchange Securities 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 Securities and (v) if such Holder is a
broker-dealer, that it will receive Exchange Securities for its own account in
exchange for Initial 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 Securities.

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 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.

2. Shelf Registration. If (i) because of any change in law or in applicable
interpretations thereof by the staff of the Commission, the Company is not
permitted to effect a Registered Exchange Offer, as contemplated by Section 1
hereof, (ii) the Registered Exchange Offer is not consummated within 270 days of
the Issue Date, (iii) the Initial Purchasers so request with respect to the
Initial Securities or the Private Exchange Securities not eligible to be
exchanged for Exchange Securities in the Registered Exchange Offer and held by
them following consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, (iv) any Holder
(other than an Exchanging Dealer) is not eligible to participate in the
Registered Exchange Offer or, in the case of any Holder (other than an
Exchanging Dealer) that participates in the Registered Exchange Offer, such
Holder does not receive freely tradeable Exchange Securities on the date of the
exchange or (v) any Holder of Accredited Investor Securities so requests with
respect to Accredited Investor Securities held by such Holder, the Company shall
take the following actions:

(a) The Company shall, at its cost, as promptly as practicable (but in no event
more than 30 days after so required or requested pursuant to this Section 2)
(such 30th day being a “Shelf Registration Statement Filing Deadline,” together
with the Exchange Offer Filing Deadline, each, a “Filing Deadline”) file with
the Commission and thereafter (x) in the case of Section 2(i) above, use its
reasonable best efforts to cause to be declared effective on or prior to the
270th day after the Issue Date or (y) in the case of Section 2(ii), (iii),
(iv) or (v) above, use its reasonable best efforts to cause be declared
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prior to 90th day after the Shelf Registration Statement Filing Deadline (such
270th or 90th day, respectively, being an “Effectiveness Deadline”) a shelf
registration statement (the “Shelf Registration Statement” and, together with
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, a “Registration Statement”) 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 the Initial
Purchasers) shall be entitled to have the Securities held by it covered by such
Shelf 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 Issue Date or such shorter period that
will terminate when all the Securities covered by the Shelf Registration
Statement have been sold pursuant thereto (the “Shelf Registration Period”). 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 covered thereby not
being able to offer and sell such Securities during that period, unless such
action is required by applicable law, as reasonably determined by the Company in
its good faith judgment.

(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 the 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 Registered
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 Registered 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
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contain a summary statement 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
Securities 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 in the prospectus included in the Shelf Registration
Statement (or, if permitted by Commission Rule 430B(b), in a prospectus
supplement that becomes a part thereof pursuant to Commission Rule 430B(f)) that
is delivered to any Holder pursuant to Section 3(d) and (f), the names of the
Holders, who propose to sell Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration
Statement, as selling security holders.

(b) The Company shall give written notice to the Initial Purchasers, the Holders
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, of the issuance by the Commission of a notification of
objection to the use of the form on which the Registration Statement has been
filed, and of the happening of any event that causes the Company to become an
“ineligible issuer,” as defined in Commission Rule 405;

(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 do 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 the
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.

(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 or supplement
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schedules, and, if the Holder so requests in writing, all exhibits thereto
(including those, if any, incorporated by reference). The Company shall not,
without the prior consent of the Initial Purchasers, make any offer relating to
the Securities that would constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in
Commission Rule 405.

(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 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 Securities 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 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
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.

(i) Unless the Securities are in book-entry form, the Company shall cooperate
with the Holders 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
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to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the related prospectus and any
other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to Holders 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 the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading. If the Company notifies the Initial
Purchasers, the Holders 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 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 and
any known Participating Broker-Dealer shall have received such amended or
supplemented prospectus pursuant to this Section 3(j). During the period during
which the Company is required to maintain an effective Shelf Registration
Statement pursuant to this Agreement, the Company will, prior to the three-year
expiration of that Shelf Registration Statement, file and use its reasonable
best efforts to cause to be declared effective (unless it becomes effective
automatically upon filing) within a period that avoids any interruption in the
ability of Holders of Securities covered by the expiring Shelf Registration
Statement to make registered dispositions, a new registration statement relating
to the Securities, which shall be deemed the “Shelf Registration Statement” for
purposes of this Agreement.

(k) Not later than the effective date of the applicable Registration Statement,
the Company will provide a CUSIP number for the Initial Securities, the
Accredited Investor Securities, the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange
Securities, as the case may be, and provide the applicable trustee with printed
certificates for the Initial Securities, the Accredited Investor Securities, the
Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, 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 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
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(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 Securities to be sold pursuant to any Shelf
Registration Statement 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 Securities to be sold pursuant to any
Shelf Registration Statement, any underwriter participating in any disposition
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, 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 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 (A) by each
of the Initial Purchasers on behalf of itself and (B) 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 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 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 (A) 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, 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 and (B) as of an applicable time identified by such Holders or managing
underwriters, the absence from such prospectus taken together with any other
documents identified by such Holders or managing underwriters, in the case
of (A) and (B), 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 incorporated
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 registered public accounting firm and the independent
registered public accounting firm with respect to any other entity for which
financial information is provided in the Shelf Registration Statement 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,
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appropriate documentation as contemplated, and only if permitted, by Statement
of Auditing Standards No. 72 (or any successor bulletins).

(r) In the case of the Registered Exchange Offer, 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 7(c) of the
Purchase Agreement with such changes as are customary in connection with the
preparation of a Registration Statement and (ii) its independent registered
public accounting firm and the independent registered public accounting firm
with respect to any other entity for which financial information is provided in
the Registration Statement to deliver to the Initial Purchasers or such
Participating Broker-Dealer a comfort letter, in customary form, meeting the
requirements as to the substance thereof as set forth in Section 7(a) of the
Purchase Agreement, with appropriate date changes.

(s) If a Registered Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange is to be consummated,
upon delivery of the Initial Securities by Holders to the Company (or to such
other Person as directed by the Company) in exchange for the Exchange Securities
or the Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall mark,
or cause to be marked, on the Initial Securities so exchanged that such Initial
Securities are being canceled in exchange for the Exchange Securities or the
Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be; in no event shall the Initial
Securities be marked as paid or otherwise satisfied.

(t) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to (a) if the Initial
Securities or the Accredited Investor Securities have been rated prior to the
initial sale of such Initial Securities or Accredited Investor Securities,
confirm such ratings will apply to the Securities covered by a Registration
Statement or (b) if the Initial Securities or the Accredited Investor 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 Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”)) thereof, whether as a Holder or as an underwriter, a
placement or sales agent or 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 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. The Company shall bear all fees and expenses incurred
in connection with the performance of its obligations under Sections 1 through 3
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Exchange Offer or a Shelf Registration is filed or becomes effective. In the
event of a Shelf Registration, the Company shall bear or reimburse the Holders
of the Securities covered thereby for an amount not to exceed $25,000 for the
reasonable fees and disbursements of one firm of counsel designated by the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Initial Securities and the
Accredited Investor Securities covered thereby to act as counsel for the Holders
of the Initial Securities and the Accredited Investor Securities in connection
therewith.

5. Indemnification. (a) The Issuer and the Guarantors, jointly and severally,
agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, 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 or “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined
in Commission Rule 433 (“Issuer FWP”), 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 or Issuer FWP 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
(including through satisfaction of the conditions of Commission Rule 172) 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 conveyed to such person, at or prior to the time of the sale of such
Securities to such person, an amended or supplemented prospectus or, if
permitted by Section 3(d), an Issuer FWP correcting such untrue statement or
omission or alleged untrue statement or omission if the Company had previously
furnished copies thereof to such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer; provided
further, however, that this indemnity agreement will be in addition to any
liability which the Issuer and the Guarantors may otherwise have to such
Indemnified Party. The Issuer and the Guarantors 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
if requested by such Holders.

(b) Each Holder, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless the
Issuer, the Guarantors and each person, if any, who controls the Issuer or the
Guarantors, as the case may be, 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 Issuer, the Guarantors or any such
controlling person may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act
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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 or Issuer FWP 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 Issuer or the Guarantors, as the case may be, for any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by the Issuer, the Guarantors 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 that such Holder may otherwise have to the
Issuer, the Guarantors or any of their 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 failure to notify the
indemnifying party shall not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability
that it may have under subsection (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it
has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or
defenses) by such failure; and provided further that the failure to notify the
indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to
an indemnified party otherwise than under subsection (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 have
been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified
party unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such
indemnified party from all liability on any claims that are the subject matter
of such action and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of
fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

(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 exchange of the Securities, pursuant to
the Registered Exchange Offer 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
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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(d), the Holders 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 Issuer or the Guarantors within the meaning of the Securities Act
or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Issuer or
the Guarantors, as the case may be.

(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.

6. Additional Interest Under Certain Circumstances. (a) Additional interest (the
“Additional Interest”) with respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities shall
be assessed as follows if any of the following events occur (each such event in
clauses (i) through (iv) below a “Registration Default”):

(i) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is not filed with the
Commission on or prior to the applicable Filing Deadline;

(ii) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is not declared
effective by the Commission on or prior to the applicable Effectiveness
Deadline;

(iii) if after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement becomes effective, the
Registered Exchange Offer is not consummated on or prior to the Consummation
Deadline; or

(iv) if after either the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf
Registration Statement is declared (or becomes automatically) effective (A) such
Registration Statement thereafter ceases to be effective or (B) such
Registration Statement or the related prospectus ceases to be usable (except as
permitted in paragraph (b)) in connection with resales of Transfer Restricted
Securities during the periods specified herein because either (1) any event
occurs as a result of which the related prospectus forming part of such
Registration Statement would include any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (2) it
shall be necessary to amend such Registration Statement or supplement the
related prospectus to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or the
respective rules thereunder or (3) such Registration Statement is a Shelf
Registration Statement that has expired before a replacement Shelf Registration
Statement has become effective.

Additional Interest shall accrue on the Transfer Restricted Securities over and
above the interest set forth in the title of the Transfer Restricted Securities
from and including the date on which any such Registration Default shall occur
to but excluding the date on which all such Registration Defaults have been
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rate of 0.25% per annum (the “Additional Interest Rate”) for the first 90-day
period immediately following the occurrence of such Registration Default. The
Additional Interest Rate shall increase by an additional 0.25% per annum with
respect to each subsequent 90-day period until all Registration Defaults have
been cured, up to a maximum Additional Interest Rate of 1.0% per annum; provided
that the Company shall in no event be required to pay Additional Interest for
more than one Registration Default at any given time.

(b) A Registration Default referred to in Section 6(a)(iv)(B) 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 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 Additional Interest due pursuant to Section 6(a) above will
be payable in cash on the regular interest payment dates with respect to the
Transfer Restricted Securities. The amount of Additional Interest will be
determined by multiplying the applicable Additional Interest Rate by the
principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities and further multiplied by
a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days such Additional
Interest Rate was applicable during such period (determined on the basis of a
360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months), and the denominator of which is
360.

(d) “Transfer Restricted Securities” means each Initial Security or Accredited
Investor Security until (i) the date on which such Initial Security has been
exchanged by a person other than a broker-dealer for a freely transferable
Exchange Security in the Registered Exchange Offer, (ii) following the exchange
by a broker-dealer in the Registered Exchange Offer of an Initial Security for
an Exchange Security, the date on which such Exchange Security 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 Initial Security or Accredited Investor
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 Initial Security or Accredited Investor Security is sold pursuant to Rule
144.

7. Rules 144 and 144A. The Company shall use its reasonable 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 Initial Securities or
Accredited Investor Securities, 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 such further action as any Holder
of Initial Securities or Accredited Investor Securities may reasonably request,
all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell
Initial Securities or Accredited Investor Securities (but, in the case of
Accredited Investor Securities, subject to any applicable transfer restrictions
agreed between the Accredited Investors and the Company) 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 Initial
Securities identified to the Company by the Initial Purchasers upon request.
Upon the request of any Holder of Initial Securities or Accredited Investor
Securities, the Company shall deliver to such Holder a written statement as to
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foregoing, nothing in this Section 7 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, underwriting
agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such
underwriting arrangements.

9. Miscellaneous.

(a) Remedies. The Company acknowledges and agrees that any failure by the
Company to comply with its obligations under Sections 1 and 2 hereof may result
in material irreparable injury to the Initial Purchasers or the Holders for
which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to
measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such
failure, the Initial Purchasers or any Holder may obtain such relief as may be
required to specifically enforce the Company’s obligations under Sections 1 and
2 hereof. The Company further agrees to waive the defense in any action for
specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate. The Initial
Purchasers and the Holders acknowledge and agree that the Additional Interest
provided by Section 6 of this Agreement shall be the exclusive monetary remedy
available to Holders for any Registration Default.

(b) Third-Party Beneficiaries. The Holders, including Holders of the Accredited
Investor Securities, 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.

(c) 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 aggregate principal amount of the
Securities affected by such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or
consents. Without the consent of the Holder of each Security, however, no
modification may change the provisions relating to the payment of Additional
Interest.

(d) 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, at the most current address given by such Holder to the
Company.

 

  (2) if to the Initial Purchasers:

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

Eleven Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10010-3629

 

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Fax No.: (212) 325-4296

Attention: LCD-IBD

with a copy to:

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Worldwide Plaza

825 Eighth Avenue

New York, NY 10019-7475

Fax No.: (212) 474-3700

Attention: Kris F. Heinzelman, Esq.

 

  (3) if to the Company, at its address as follows:

Rotech Healthcare Inc.

2600 Technology Drive, Suite 300

Orlando, FL 32804

Fax No.: (407) 521-9814

Attention: Chief Legal Officer

with a copy to:

Latham & Watkins LLP

555 Eleventh Street, NW, Suite 1000

Washington DC 20004-1304

Fax No.: (202) 637-2201

Attention: Joel H. Trotter, 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
guaranteeing next day delivery.

(e) No Inconsistent 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 is inconsistent with the rights
granted to the Holders herein or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.

(f) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Company and
its successors and assigns.

(g) 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.

(h) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference
only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

(i) Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED
BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT
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HEREBY SUBMIT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE FEDERAL AND STATE COURTS IN
THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN ANY SUIT OR PROCEEDING
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY.

(j) 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.

(k) 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 (including the
Accredited Investors, but other than subsequent Holders 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,

 

ROTECH HEALTHCARE INC. By:  

/s/ Philip L Carter

  Name:   Philip L Carter   Title:   Chief Executive Officer

 

EACH OF THE GUARANTORS LISTED ON SCHEDULE A HERETO

 

By:  

/s/ Philip L Carter

  Name:   Philip L Carter   Title:   Chief Executive Officer

 

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The foregoing Registration Rights Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as
of the date first above written.

 

 

CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC By:   /s/ Ali R. Mehdi Name:   Ali R. Mehdi
Title:   Managing Director

 

JEFFERIES & COMPANY, INC. By:   /s/ Keith Lockwood Name:   Keith Lockwood Title:
  Managing Director

 

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SCHEDULE A

GUARANTORS

 

A-1 Medical Equipment, Inc.

Abba Medical Equipment, Inc.

Acadia Home Care

Allied Medical Supply, Inc.

Always Medical Equipment, Inc.

Andy Boyd’s InHome Medical, Inc., West

Andy Boyd’s InHome Medical/InHome Medical Inc.

Anniston Health & Sickroom Supplies, Inc.

Berkeley Medical Equipment, Inc.

Beta Medical Equipment, Inc.

Cambria Medical Supply, Inc.

Camden Medical Supply, Inc.

Care Medical Supplies, Inc.

Centennial Medical Equipment, Inc.

Charlotte Medical Supply, Inc.

Collins Rentals, Inc.

Community Home Oxygen, Inc.

Contour Medical Supply, Inc.

Corley Home Health Care, Inc.

CPO 2, Inc.

Cynthiana Home Medical Equipment, Inc.

Daniel Medical Systems, Inc.

Distinct Home Health Care, Inc.

Don Paul Respiratory Services, Inc.

DuMEd, Inc.

East Tennessee Infusion & Respiratory, Inc.

Encore Home Health Care, Inc.

Excel Medical of Fort Dodge, Inc.

Excel Medical of Marshalltown, Inc.

First Community Care of Niagara, Inc.

Firstcare, Inc.

Fischer Medical Equipment, Inc.

Four Rivers Home Health Care, Inc.

G&G Medical, Inc.

Gate City Medical Equipment, Inc.

Georgia Medical Resources, Inc.

Gladwin Area Home Care, Inc.

Hamilton Medical Equipment Service, Inc.

Health Care Services of Mississippi, Incorporated

Holland Medical Services, Inc.

Home Care Oxygen Service, Inc.

Home Medical Systems, Inc.

IHS Acquisition XXVII, Inc.

Integrated Health Services at Jefferson Hospital, Inc.

Intensive Home Care Services, Inc.

IOTA Medical Equipment, Inc.

LAMBDA Medical Equipment, Inc.

LAMS, Inc.

Lawrence Medical Equipment, Inc.

Lovejoy Medical, Inc.

Major Medical Supply, Inc.

Medco Professional Services, Corp.

MedCorp International, Inc.

Medic-Aire Medical Equipment, Inc.

Medical Electro-Therapeutics, Inc.

Medicare Rental Supply, Inc.

Michigan Medical Supply, Inc.

  

National Medical Equipment Centers, Inc.

Neumann’s Home Medical Equipment, Inc.

Nightingale Home Health Care, Inc.

North Central Washington Respiratory Care Services, Inc.

Northeast Medical Equipment, Inc.

Northwest Home Medical, Inc.

OMICRON Medical Equipment, Inc.

Oxygen of Oklahoma, Inc.

Oxygen Plus Medical Equipment, Inc.

Oxygen Plus, Inc.

Oxygen Therapy Associates, Inc.

Peterson’s Home Care, Inc.

PHI Medical Equipment, Inc.

Pioneer Medical Services, Inc.

Preferential Home Health Care, Inc.

Principal Medical Equipment, Inc.

Professional Breathing Associates, Inc.

Professional Respiratory Home Healthcare, Inc.

PSI Health Care, Inc.

Pulmo-Dose, Inc.

Pulmonary Home Care, Inc.

Quality Home Health Care, Inc.

R.C.P.S., Inc.

RCG Information Services Corporation

RCI Medical Corp.

Regency Medical Equipment, Inc.

Resp-A-Care, Inc.

Respiracare Medical Equipment, Inc.

Respiratory Medical Equipment of Ga., Inc.

Respitech Home Health Care, Inc.

Responsive Home Health Care, Inc.

Rhema, Inc.

Ritt Medical Group, Inc.

RN Home Care Medical Equipment Company, Inc.

Roswell Home Medical, Inc.

Rotech Employee Benefits Corporation

Rotech Home Medical Care, Inc.

RoTech Oxygen and Medical Equipment, Inc.

Roth Medical, Inc.

Rothert’s Hospital Equipment, Inc.

Sampson Convalescent Medical Supply, Inc.

Select Home Health Care, Inc.

SIGMA Medical Equipment, Inc.

Southeastern Home Health, Inc.

Sun Medical Supply, Inc.

Sunshine Home Health Care, Inc.

The Kilroy Company

Theta Home Health Care, Inc.

Tupelo Home Health, Inc.

Valley Medical Equipment, Inc.

Value Care, Inc.

VitalCare Health Services, Inc.

VitalCare of Pennsylvania, Inc.

VitalCare of Texas, Inc.

White’s Medical Rentals, Inc.

Wichita Medical Care, Inc.

Zeta Home Health Care, Inc.

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SCHEDULE B

ACCREDITED INVESTORS

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ANNEX A

Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities 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 Securities. 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 Securities received in exchange for Initial Securities
where such Initial 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 90 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 Securities for its own account in
exchange for Initial Securities, where such Initial 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 Securities. See “Plan of Distribution.”

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ANNEX C

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities 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 Securities. 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 Securities received in
exchange for Initial Securities where such Initial Securities were acquired as a
result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company has
agreed that, for a period of 90 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             ,
201    , all dealers effecting transactions in the Exchange Securities may be
required to deliver a prospectus.(1)

The Company will not receive any proceeds from any sale of Exchange Securities
by broker-dealers. Exchange Securities 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 Securities 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 Securities. Any
broker-dealer that resells Exchange Securities 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 Securities may be deemed to be
an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and any profit on any
such resale of Exchange Securities 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 90 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.

 

 

(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:                                                                          
                  

Address:

                                                                         
                                                  
                                                            

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
Securities. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange
Securities for its own account in exchange for Initial 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 Securities; 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.