Registration Rights Agreement dated as of January 28, 2004



 Exhibit 4.2 
  

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT 
  
 Dated as of January 28, 2004 
  
 among 
  
 KINGSWAY AMERICA INC., 
  
 KINGSWAY FINANCIAL SERVICES INC., 
 as Guarantor 
  
 and 
  
 KEEFE, BRUYETTE & WOODS, INC. 
  
 as Initial Purchaser 
  









 REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT 
  
 REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) dated as of January 28, 2004 among Kingsway America Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Kingsway Financial Services Inc., a company organized under the laws of Ontario, Canada (the “Guarantor”), Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (the “Representative”) and the other
parties referred to in Annex A hereto, if any (each, an “Initial Purchaser” and collectively, the “Initial Purchasers”). 
  
 This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated January 23, 2004, by and among the Company, the Guarantor and the Initial Purchasers (the
“Purchase Agreement”), which provides for the sale by the Company to the Initial Purchasers of US$100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 7.50% Senior Notes due 2014 (the “Notes”). The Notes will be fully and
unconditionally guaranteed as to principal, premium, if any, and interest pursuant to the Indenture by the Guarantor (the “Guarantee”). In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement and in satisfaction of a
condition to the Initial Purchasers’ obligations thereunder, the Company and the Guarantor have agreed to provide to the Initial Purchasers and their respective direct and indirect transferees and assigns the registration rights set forth in
this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the closing under the Purchase Agreement. 
  
 In consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
  
 1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized defined terms shall have the following meanings:

  
 “1933 Act” shall mean the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. 
  
 “1934 Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations of the
SEC promulgated thereunder. 
  
 “Special
Interest” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(e) hereof. 
  
 “Closing Time” shall mean January 28, 2004. 
  
 “Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement. 
  
 “Depositary” shall mean The Depository Trust
Company, or any other depositary appointed by the Company, including any agent thereof; provided, however, that any such depositary must at all times have an address in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. 
  
 “Event Date” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2(e) hereof. 
  









 “Exchange Offer” shall mean the exchange offer by the Company and the Guarantor
of Exchange Securities for Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof. 
  
 “Exchange Offer Registration” shall mean a registration under the 1933 Act effected pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof. 

 
 “Exchange Offer Registration Statement” shall
mean any exchange offer registration statement of the Company and the Guarantor on Form F-4 (or, if applicable, on another appropriate form) covering the Registrable Securities, and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, in
each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein. 
  
 “Exchange Securities” shall mean the notes and the guarantee in respect thereof, issued by the Company and the Guarantor under
the Indenture with terms identical to the Securities and the Guarantee (except that (i) interest thereon shall accrue from the last date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for on the Securities or, if no such interest has been paid or
duly provided for, from the Interest Accrual Date, (ii) provisions relating to an increase in the stated rate of interest thereon upon the occurrence of a Registration Default shall be eliminated and (iii) the transfer restrictions and legends
relating to restrictions on ownership and transfer thereof as a result of the issuance of the Securities without registration under the 1933 Act shall be eliminated, to be offered to Holders of Registrable Securities in exchange for Registrable
Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer. 
  
 “Guarantee” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement. 
  
 “Guarantor” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement. 
  
 “Holders” shall mean (i) the Initial Purchasers,
for so long as they own any Registrable Securities, and each of their respective successors, assigns and direct and indirect transferees who become registered owners of Registrable Securities under the Indenture and (ii) each Participating
Broker-Dealer that holds Exchange Securities for so long as such Participating Broker-Dealer is required to deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. 
  
 “Indenture” shall mean the Indenture, dated as of
January28, 2004, by and among the Company, the Guarantor and The Bank of New York, as trustee, as the same may be further amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof. 
  
 “Interest Accrual Date” means January 28, 2004.

  

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 “Initial Purchasers” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this
Agreement. 
  
 “Majority Holders” shall
mean the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of Registrable Securities outstanding, excluding Exchange Securities referred to in clause (ii) of the definition of “Holders” above; provided that whenever the consent or
approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities is required hereunder, Registrable Securities and Exchange Securities held by the Company, the Guarantor or any of their respective affiliates (as such
term is defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act) shall be disregarded in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage. 
  
 “NASD” shall mean the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. 
  
 “Notifying Broker-Dealer” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 3(f) hereof. 
  
 “Participating Broker-Dealer” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(f) hereof. 
  
 “Person” shall mean an individual, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, corporation, trust or unincorporated
organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof. 
  
 “Private Exchange Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) hereof. 
  
 “Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in a Registration Statement, including any preliminary prospectus, and any such
prospectus as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, including a prospectus supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement, and by all other
amendments and supplements to a prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and in each case including all material incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein. 
  
 “Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

  
 “Registrable Securities” shall mean
the Securities; provided, however, that any Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when (i) a Registration Statement with respect to such Securities shall have been declared effective under the 1933 Act and such Securities shall have
been disposed of pursuant to such Registration Statement, (ii) such Securities shall have been sold to the public pursuant to Rule 144 (or any similar provision then in force, but not Rule 144A) under the 1933 Act, (iii) such Securities shall have
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registered pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement upon consummation of the Exchange Offer unless, in the case of any Exchange Securities
referred to in this clause (iv), such Exchange Securities are held by Participating Broker-Dealers or otherwise are not freely tradable without any limitations or restrictions under the 1933 Act (in which case such Exchange Securities will be deemed
to be Registrable Securities until the earlier of (A) 180 days after the completion of the Exchange Offer and (B) such time as such Exchange Securities are sold to a purchaser in whose hands such Exchange Securities are freely tradeable without any
limitations or restrictions under the 1933 Act) or (v) such Securities have been exchanged for Private Exchange Securities pursuant to this Agreement (in which case such Private Exchange Securities will be deemed to be Registrable Securities until
the earlier of (A) 180 days after the completion of the Exchange Offer and (B) such time as such Private Exchange Securities are sold to a purchaser in whose hands such Private Exchange Securities are freely tradeable without any limitations or
restrictions under the 1933 Act). 
  
 “Registration Default” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(e) hereof. 
  
 “Registration Expenses” shall mean any and all expenses incident to performance of or compliance by the Company and the
Guarantor with this Agreement, including without limitation: (i) all SEC, stock exchange or NASD registration and filing fees; (ii) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with compliance with state or other securities or blue sky laws and
compliance with the rules of the NASD (including fees and disbursements of counsel for any underwriters or Holders in connection with qualification of any of the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities under state or other securities or blue
sky laws and any filing with and review by the NASD); (iii) all expenses of any Persons in preparing, printing and distributing any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any amendments or supplements thereto, any underwriting agreements,
securities sales agreements, and certificates representing the Securities, Private Exchange Securities (if any) or Exchange Securities and other documents relating to the performance of and compliance with this Agreement; (iv) all rating agency
fees; (v) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing, if any, of any of the Securities, Private Exchange Securities (if any) or Exchange Securities on any securities exchange or exchanges or on any quotation system; (vi) all fees
and disbursements relating to the qualification of the Indenture under applicable securities laws; (vii) the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and the Guarantor and the fees and expenses of independent public accountants for the
Company and the Guarantor or for any other Person, business or assets whose financial statements are included in any Registration Statement or Prospectus, including the expenses of any special audits or “cold comfort” letters required by
or incident to such performance and compliance; (viii) the fees and expenses of a “qualified independent underwriter” as defined by Conduct Rule 2720 of the NASD (if required by the NASD rules) and the fees and disbursements of its
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any paying agent, any escrow agent or any custodian, in each case including fees and disbursements of their respective counsel; (x) the fees and expenses of
the Initial Purchasers in connection with the Exchange Offer, including the fees and disbursements of one counsel to the Initial Purchasers in connection therewith; (xi) the fees and disbursements, if any, of special counsel representing the Holders
of Registrable Securities; and (xii) in the case of an underwritten offering, any fees and disbursements of the underwriters customarily paid by issuers and sellers of securities and the fees and expenses of any special experts retained by the
Company and the Guarantor in connection with any Registration Statement but excluding (except as otherwise provided herein) fees and disbursements of counsel to the underwriters and the Holders and underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer
taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of Registrable Securities by a Holder. 
  
 “Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement of the Company and the Guarantor relating to any offering of the
Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any Shelf Registration Statement), and all amendments and supplements to any
such Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein. 
  
 “Representative” shall have the meaning set forth
in the preamble of this Agreement. 
  
 “SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto. 
  
 “Securities” shall mean the Notes and the Guarantee in respect thereof. 
  
 “Shelf Registration” shall mean a registration
effected pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof. 
  
 “Shelf Registration Statement” shall mean a “shelf” registration statement of the Company and the Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of Section 2(b) of this Agreement which covers all of the Registrable Securities or
Private Exchange Securities (if any), as the case may be, on an appropriate form under Rule 415 under the 1933 Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the SEC, and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including
post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein. 
  
 “TIA” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended from time to time, and the rules and
regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. 
  

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 “Trustee” shall mean The Bank of New York, the trustee with respect to the
Securities, the Private Exchange Securities (if any) and the Exchange Securities under the Indenture. 
  
 For purposes of this Agreement: (i) all references in this Agreement to any Registration Statement, Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of
the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the SEC pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (“EDGAR”); (ii) all references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other
information which is “contained,” “included,” “disclosed” or “stated” in any Registration Statement or Prospectus (or other references of like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial
statements and schedules and other information which is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement or Prospectus, as the case may be; (iii) all references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to
any Registration Statement or Prospectus shall be deemed to mean and include the filing of any document under the 1934 Act which is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement or Prospectus, as the case may
be; (iv) all references in this Agreement to Rule 144, Rule 144A or Rule 405 under the 1933 Act, and all references to any sections or subsections thereof or terms defined therein, shall in each case include any successor provisions thereto; and (v)
all references in this Agreement to days (but not to business days) shall mean calendar days. 
  
 2. Registration Under the 1933 Act. 
  
 (a) Exchange Offer Registration. The Company and the Guarantor shall (A) file with the SEC on or prior to the 120th day after the Closing Time an Exchange Offer Registration Statement covering the offer by the
Company to the Holders to exchange all of the Registrable Securities for a like aggregate principal amount of Exchange Securities, (B) use their best efforts to cause such Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be declared effective by the SEC no
later than the 180th day after the Closing Time, (C) use their best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to remain effective until the closing of the Exchange Offer and (D) use their best efforts to consummate the Exchange Offer no later
than 45 days after the effective date of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. Upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Company and the Guarantor shall promptly commence the Exchange Offer, it being the objective
of such Exchange Offer to enable each Holder eligible and electing to exchange Registrable Securities for Exchange Securities (assuming that such Holder is not an affiliate of the Company or the Guarantor within the meaning of Rule 405 under the
1933 Act, acquires the Exchange Securities in the ordinary course of such Holder’s business and has no arrangements or understandings with any Person to participate in the Exchange Offer for the purpose of distributing such Exchange Securities)
to trade such Exchange Securities from and after their receipt without any limitations or restrictions under the 1933 Act or under the securities or blue sky laws of the states of the United States. 
  
 In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Company and the Guarantor shall:

  
 (i) promptly mail to each Holder a copy of
the Prospectus forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, together with an appropriate letter of transmittal and related documents; 
  

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 (ii) keep the 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 and, during the Exchange Offer, offer to all Holders who are legally eligible to participate in the Exchange Offer the opportunity to exchange their Registrable
Securities for Exchange Securities; 
  
 (iii) use
the services of a depositary with an address in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York for the Exchange Offer; 
  
 (iv) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Registrable Securities at any time prior to the close of business, New York City time, on the
last business day on which the Exchange Offer shall remain open, by sending to the institution specified in the Prospectus or the related letter of transmittal or related documents a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of such
Holder, the principal amount of Registrable Securities delivered for exchange, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its election to have such Securities exchanged; 
  
 (v) notify each Holder that any Registrable Security not tendered will remain outstanding and continue to
accrue interest, but will not retain any rights under this Agreement (except in the case of the Initial Purchasers and Participating Broker-Dealers as provided herein); and 
  
 (vi) otherwise comply in all material respects with all applicable laws relating to the Exchange Offer.

  
 If, at or prior to the consummation of the Exchange Offer, any
of the Initial Purchasers holds any Securities acquired by it and having the status of an unsold allotment in the initial distribution, the Company shall, upon the request of any such Initial Purchaser, simultaneously with the delivery of the
Exchange Securities in the Exchange Offer, issue and deliver to such Initial Purchaser in exchange for such Securities a like principal amount of debt securities of the Company that are identical (except that such debt securities shall be subject to
transfer restrictions and shall bear a legend relating to restrictions on ownership and transfer, identical to those applicable to the Notes as a result of the issuance thereof without registration under the 1933 Act and shall provide for the
payment of Special Interest) to the Exchange Securities (the “Private Exchange Securities”). The Company and the Guarantor shall use their best efforts to have the Private Exchange Securities bear the same CUSIP number as the Exchange
Securities and, if unable to do so, the Company and the Guarantor will, at such time as any Private Exchange Security may be sold publicly pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the 1933 Act, permit any such Private Exchange Security to be exchanged for a
like principal amount of Exchange Securities. The Company shall not have any liability under this Agreement solely as a result of any such Private Exchange Securities not bearing the same CUSIP number as the Exchange Securities. 
  
 The Exchange Securities and the Private Exchange Securities (if any) shall be
issued under the Indenture, which shall be qualified under the TIA. The Indenture shall provide that the Exchange Securities, the Private Exchange Securities (if any) and the Notes shall vote 

  

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and consent together on all matters as a single class and shall constitute a single series of debt securities issued under the Indenture. 
  
 As soon as practicable after the close of the Exchange Offer, the Company and
the Guarantor shall: 
  
 (i) accept for exchange
all Registrable Securities validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and the letter of transmittal which is an exhibit thereto; 
  
 (ii) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for
cancellation all Registrable Securities so accepted for exchange by the Company and the Guarantor; and 
  
 (iii) cause the Trustee promptly to authenticate and deliver Exchange Securities to each Holder of Registrable Securities so accepted for
exchange equal in principal amount to the principal amount of the Registrable Securities of such Holder so accepted for exchange. 
  
 Interest on each Exchange Security and each Private Exchange Security (if any) will accrue from the last date on which interest was paid or duly provided
for on the Securities surrendered in exchange therefor or, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for on such Securities, from the Interest Accrual Date. The Exchange Offer shall not be subject to any conditions, other than (i) that the
Exchange Offer, or the making of any exchange by a Holder, does not violate any applicable law or any applicable interpretation of the staff of the SEC, (ii) that no action or proceeding shall have been instituted or threatened in any court or by or
before any governmental agency with respect to the Exchange Offer which, in the Company’s or the Guarantor’s reasonable judgment, would reasonably be expected to impair the ability of the Company and the Guarantor to proceed with the
Exchange Offer, and (iii) that the Holders tender the Registrable Securities to the Company in accordance with the Exchange Offer. Each Holder of Registrable Securities (other than Participating Broker-Dealers) who wishes to exchange such
Registrable Securities for Exchange Securities in the Exchange Offer will be required to represent that (i) it is not an affiliate (as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act) of the Company or the Guarantor, (ii) any Exchange Securities to be
received by it will be acquired in the ordinary course of business and (iii) it has no arrangement with any Person to participate in the distribution (within the meaning of the 1933 Act) of the Exchange Securities, and shall be required to make such
other representations as may be reasonably necessary under applicable SEC rules, regulations or interpretations to render the use of Form F-4 or another appropriate form under the 1933 Act available. To the extent permitted by law, the Company and
the Guarantor shall inform the Initial Purchasers of the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities to whom the Exchange Offer is made and, to the extent such information is available to the Company or the Guarantor, the names and addresses of
the beneficial owners of such Securities, and the Initial Purchasers shall have the right to contact such Holders and beneficial owners and otherwise facilitate the tender of Registrable Securities in the Exchange Offer. 
  

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 (b) Shelf Registration. (i) If, because of any change in law or applicable interpretations thereof
by the staff of the SEC, the Company or the Guarantor is not permitted to effect the Exchange Offer as contemplated by Section 2(a) hereof, or (ii) if for any other reason (A) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not declared effective
within 180 days following the Closing Time or (B) the Exchange Offer is not consummated within 45 days after effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (provided that if the Exchange Offer Registration Statement shall be declared
effective after such 180-day period or if the Exchange Offer shall be consummated after such 45-day period, then each of the Company’s and the Guarantor’s obligations under this clause (ii) arising from the failure of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement to be declared effective within such 180-day period or the failure of the Exchange Offer to be consummated within such 45-day period, respectively, shall terminate), or (iii) if any Holder (other than an Initial Purchaser
holding Securities acquired directly from the Company) is not eligible to participate in the Exchange Offer or who elects to participate in the Exchange Offer but does not receive Exchange Securities which are freely tradeable without any
limitations or restrictions under the 1933 Act or (iv) upon the request of any of the Initial Purchasers within 90 days following the consummation of the Exchange Offer (provided that, in the case of this clause (iv), such Initial Purchaser shall
hold Registrable Securities (including, without limitation, Private Exchange Securities) that it acquired directly from the Company), the Company and the Guarantor shall, at their cost: 
  
 (A) as promptly as practicable, but no later than (a) the 180th day after the Closing Time or (b) the 60th
day after any such filing obligation arises, whichever is later, file with the SEC a Shelf Registration Statement relating to the offer and sale of the Registrable Securities by the Holders from time to time in accordance with the methods of
distribution elected by the Majority Holders of such Registrable Securities and set forth in such Shelf Registration Statement; 
  
 (B) use their best efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective by the SEC as promptly as practicable, but
in no event later than the 240th day after the Closing Time (or, in the case of a request by any of the Initial Purchasers pursuant to clause (iv) above, within 90 days after such request). In the event that the Company and the Guarantor are
required to file a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to clause (iii) or (iv) above, the Company and the Guarantor shall file and use their best efforts to have declared effective by the SEC both an Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant
to Section 2(a) with respect to all Registrable Securities and a Shelf Registration Statement (which may be a combined Registration Statement with the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) with respect to offers and sales of Registrable Securities
held by such Holder or such Initial Purchaser, as applicable; 
  
 (C) use their best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required, in order to permit the Prospectus forming part thereof to be usable by Holders for a
period of two years after the latest date on which any Securities are originally issued by the Company and the Guarantor (subject to extension pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 3) (or, solely in the case of clause (iv) above of this Section
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Registrable Securities covered by such Shelf Registration Statement (i) have been sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the
intended method of distribution thereunder, (ii) become eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the 1933 Act or (iii) cease to be Registrable Securities; and 
  
 (D) notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, use their best efforts to ensure that (i) any Shelf
Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and any Prospectus forming a part thereof and any supplements thereto comply in all material respects with the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, (ii) any Shelf Registration Statement
and any amendment or supplement 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 Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement to such Prospectus does not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. 
  
 Neither the Company nor the Guarantor shall permit any securities other than Registrable Securities to be included in the Shelf Registration Statement
without the prior written consent of the Representative. The Company and the Guarantor further agree, if necessary, to supplement or amend the Shelf Registration Statement if reasonably requested by the Majority Holders with respect to information
relating to the Holders and otherwise as required by Section 3(b) below, to use their best efforts to cause any such amendment to become effective and such Shelf Registration Statement to become usable as soon as practicable thereafter and to
furnish to the Holders of Registrable Securities copies of any such supplement or amendment promptly after its being used or filed with the SEC. 
  
 (c) Expenses. The Company shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection with the registration pursuant to Section 2(a) and 2(b) hereof and, in
the case of any Shelf Registration Statement, will reimburse the Holders or the Initial Purchasers for the fees and disbursements of one counsel (in addition to local counsel) designated in writing by the Majority Holders (or, if a Shelf
Registration Statement is filed solely pursuant to clause (iv) of the first paragraph of Section 2(b), designated by the Initial Purchasers) to act as counsel for the Holders of the Registrable Securities in connection therewith. Each Holder shall
pay all fees and disbursements of its counsel other than as set forth in the preceding sentence or in the definition of Registration Expenses and all underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or
disposition of such Holder’s Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement. 
  
 (d) Effective Registration Statement. 
  
 (i) The Company and the Guarantor shall be deemed not to have used their best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
or any Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, to become, or to remain, effective during the requisite periods set forth herein if the Company or the Guarantor voluntarily takes any action or fails to take action that could reasonably be


  

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expected to result in any such Registration Statement not being declared effective or remaining effective or in the Holders of Registrable Securities
(including, under the circumstances contemplated by Section 3(f) hereof, Exchange Securities) covered thereby not being able to exchange or offer and sell such Registrable Securities during that period unless (A) such action is required by
applicable law or (B) such action is taken by the Company or the Guarantor in good faith and for valid business reasons (but not including avoidance of the Company’s or the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder), including the acquisition or
divestiture of assets or a material corporate transaction or event so long as the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, promptly complies with the notification requirements of Section 3(k) hereof, if applicable. Nothing in this paragraph
shall prevent the accrual of Special Interest on any Securities or Exchange Securities. 
  
 (ii) An Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof or a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(b)
hereof shall not be deemed to have become effective unless it has been declared effective by the SEC; provided, however, that if, after such Registration Statement has been declared effective, the offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a
Registration Statement is interfered with by any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the SEC or any other governmental agency or court, such Registration Statement shall be deemed not to have been effective during the period of
such interference until the offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement may legally resume. 
  
 (iii) During any 365-day period, the Company and the Guarantor may, by notice as described in Section 3(e) hereof, suspend the
availability of a Shelf Registration Statement (and, if the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is being used in connection with the resale of Exchange Securities by Participating Broker Dealers as contemplated by Section 3(f), the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement) and the use of the related Prospectus for up to two periods of up to 45 consecutive days each (except for the consecutive 45-day period immediately prior to final maturity of the Securities), but no more than an aggregate of
90 days during any 365-day period, upon the happening of any event or the discovery of any fact or the taking of any action referred to in Section 3(e)(vi), but subject to compliance by the Company and the Guarantor with their respective obligations
under the last paragraph of Section 3. 
  
 (e) Increase in
Interest Rate. In the event that: 
  
 (i) the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not filed with the SEC on or prior to the 120th day following the Closing Time, or 
  
 (ii) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not declared effective by the SEC on or prior to the 180th day following the Closing
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 (iii) the Exchange Offer is not consummated on or prior to the 45th day following the
effective date of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, or 
  
 (iv) if required, a Shelf Registration Statement is not filed with the SEC on or prior to (A) the 180th day following the Closing Time or (B) the 60th day after the filing obligation arises, whichever is later, or

  
 (v) if required, a Shelf Registration
Statement is not declared effective on or prior to the 225th day following the Closing Time (or, if a Shelf Registration Statement is required to be filed upon the request of any Initial Purchaser, within 90 days after such request), or 

 
 (vi) a Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective
by the SEC but such Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be effective or such Shelf Registration Statement or the Prospectus included therein ceases to be usable in connection with resales of Registrable Securities for any reason and (A) the
aggregate number of days in any consecutive 365-day period for which the Shelf Registration Statement or such Prospectus shall not be effective or usable exceeds 90 days, (B) the Shelf Registration Statement or such Prospectus shall not be effective
or usable for more than two periods (regardless of duration) in any consecutive 365-day period or (C) the Shelf Registration Statement or such Prospectus shall not be effective or usable for a period of more than 45 consecutive days, or 

 
 (vii) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is
declared effective by the SEC but, if the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is being used in connection with the resale of Exchange Securities as contemplated by Section 3(f)(ii) of this Agreement, the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
ceases to be effective or the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Prospectus included therein ceases to be usable in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for any reason during the 180-day period referred to in Section 3(f)(ii) of
this Agreement (as such period may be extended pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and (x) the aggregate number of days in any consecutive 365-day period for which the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or such
Prospectus shall not be effective or usable exceeds 90 days, (y) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or such Prospectus shall not be effective or usable for more than two periods (regardless of duration) in any consecutive 365-day period or
(z) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall not be effective or usable for a period of more than 45 consecutive days, (each of the events referred to in clauses (i) through (vii) above being hereinafter called a
“Registration Default”), the per annum interest rate borne by the Registrable Securities shall be increased (“Special Interest”) by one-quarter of one percent (0.25%) per annum 
  
 (A) immediately following such 120-day period in the case of
clause (i) above, 
  

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 (B) immediately following such 180-day period in the case of clause (ii) above,

  
 (C) immediately following such 45-day period
in the case of clause (iii) above, 
  
 (D)
immediately following any such 180-day period or 60-day period, whichever ends later, in the case of clause (iv) above, 
  
 (E) immediately following any such 240-day period or 90-day period, whichever ends first, in the case of clause (v) above, 
  
 (F) immediately following the 90th day in any consecutive
365-day period, as of the first day of the third period in any consecutive 365-day period or immediately following the 45th consecutive day, whichever occurs first, that a Shelf Registration Statement shall not be effective or a Shelf Registration
Statement or the Prospectus included therein shall not be usable as contemplated by clause (vi) above, or 
  
 (G) immediately following the 90th day in any consecutive 365-day period, as of the first day of the third period in any consecutive
365-day period or immediately following the 45th consecutive day, whichever occurs first, that the Exchange Offer Registration Statement shall not be effective or the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Prospectus included therein shall not
be usable as contemplated by clause (vii) above, 
  
 which rate
will be increased by an additional one-quarter of one percent (0.25%) per annum immediately following each 90-day period that any Special Interest continues to accrue under any circumstances; provided that the aggregate increase in such annual
interest rate under this Section 2(e) may in no event exceed one-half of one percent (0.50%) per annum. Upon the filing of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement after the 120-day period described in clause (i) above, the effectiveness of the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement after the 180-day period described in clause (ii) above, the consummation of the Exchange Offer after the 45-day period described in clause (iii) above, the filing of the Shelf Registration Statement after the
180-day period or 60-day period day, as the case may be, described in clause (iv) above, the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement after the 240-day period or 90-day period, as the case may be, described in clause (v) above, the Shelf
Registration Statement once again being effective or the Shelf Registration Statement and the Prospectus included therein becoming usable in connection with resales of Registrable Securities, as the case may be, in the case of clause (vi) above, or
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement once again becoming effective or the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and the Prospectus included therein becoming usable in connection with resales of Exchange Securities, as the case may be, in the
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effectiveness, consummation or resumption of effectiveness or usability, as the case may be, shall be reduced to the original interest rate so long as no
other Registration Default shall have occurred and shall be continuing at such time and the Company and the Guarantor are otherwise in compliance with this paragraph; provided, however, that, if after any such reduction in interest rate, one or more
Registration Defaults shall again occur, the interest rate shall again be increased pursuant to the foregoing provisions. 
  
 The Company shall notify the Trustee within three business days after each and every date on which an event occurs or fails to occur in respect of which
Special Interest is required to be paid (an “Event Date”). Special Interest shall be paid by depositing with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of Registrable Securities, on or before the applicable semiannual interest
payment date, immediately available funds in sums sufficient to pay the Special Interest then due. The Special Interest due shall be payable on each interest payment date to the record Holder of Securities entitled to receive the interest payment to
be paid on such date as set forth in the Indenture. Each obligation to pay Special Interest shall be deemed to accrue from and including the day following the applicable Event Date. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, any Holder who
was, at the time the Exchange Offer was pending and consummated, eligible to exchange, and did not validly tender, its Securities for Exchange Securities in the Exchange Offer will not be entitled to receive any Special Interest. For purposes of
clarity, it is hereby acknowledged and agreed that, under current interpretations of law by the SEC, Initial Purchasers holding unsold allotments of Securities acquired from the Company are not eligible to participate in the Exchange Offer.

  
 (f) Specific Enforcement. Without limiting the remedies
available to the Initial Purchasers and the Holders, the Company and the Guarantor acknowledge that any failure by the Company or the Guarantor to comply with their respective obligations under Sections 2(a) through 2(d) hereof may result in
material irreparable injury to the Initial Purchasers, the Holders or the Participating Broker-Dealers 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, any Holder and any Participating Broker-Dealer may obtain such relief as may be required to specifically enforce the Company’s and the Guarantor’s respective obligations under Sections 2(a)
through 2(d) hereof. 
  
 3. Registration Procedures. In
connection with the obligations of the Company and the Guarantor with respect to the Registration Statements pursuant to Sections 2(a) and 2(b) hereof, the Company and the Guarantor shall: 
  
 (a) prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement or, if required,
Registration Statements, within the time periods specified in Section 2, on the appropriate form under the 1933 Act, which form (i) shall be selected by the Company and the Guarantor, (ii) shall, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, be
available for the sale of the Registrable Securities by the selling Holders thereof and (iii) shall comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the applicable form and include or incorporate by reference all financial
statements required by the SEC to be filed therewith, and use their best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective in accordance with Section 2 hereof; 
  

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 (b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to each Registration
Statement as may be necessary under applicable law to keep such Registration Statement effective for the applicable period; cause each Prospectus to be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant
to Rule 424 under the 1933 Act; and comply with the provisions of the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act with respect to the disposition of all Securities covered by each Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance with the intended
method or methods of distribution by the selling Holders thereof; 
  
 (c) in the case of a Shelf Registration, (i) notify each Holder of Registrable Securities, at least ten business days prior to filing, that a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to the Registrable Securities is being filed and
advising such Holders that the distribution of Registrable Securities will be made in accordance with the method elected by the Majority Holders; (ii) furnish to each Holder of Registrable Securities, to counsel for the Initial Purchasers, to
counsel for the Holders, if any, and to each underwriter of an underwritten offering of Registrable Securities, if any, without charge, as many copies of each Prospectus, including each preliminary Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto
and such other documents as such Holder, counsel or underwriter may reasonably request, including financial statements and schedules and, if such Holder, counsel or underwriter so requests, all exhibits (including those incorporated by reference) in
order to facilitate the public sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities; and (iii) subject to the penultimate paragraph of this Section 3, the Company and the Guarantor hereby consent to the use of the Prospectus, including each
preliminary Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the Holders and underwriters of Registrable Securities in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by any Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto; 
  
 (d) use their best efforts to register or
qualify the Registrable Securities under all applicable state securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions as any Holder of Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement and each underwriter of an underwritten offering
of Registrable Securities shall reasonably request, to cooperate with the Holders and the underwriters of any Registrable Securities in connection with any filings required to be made with the NASD, to keep each such registration or qualification
effective during the period such Registration Statement is required to be effective and do any and all other acts and things which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable such Holder to consummate the disposition in each such jurisdiction
of such Registrable Securities owned by such Holder; provided, however, that neither the Company nor the Guarantor shall be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction where it would not
otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 3(d) or (ii) take any action which would subject it to general service of process or taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not then so subject; 
  
 (e) in the case of a Shelf Registration, notify each Holder of Registrable
Securities and counsel for such Holders promptly and, if requested by such Holder or counsel, confirm such advice in writing promptly (i) when a Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-effective amendments and supplements
thereto become effective, (ii) of any request by the SEC or any state securities authority for post-effective amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information after a 

  

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Registration Statement has become effective, (iii) of the issuance by the SEC or any state securities authority of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of a Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, (iv) if between the effective date of a Registration Statement and the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities covered thereby the representations
and warranties of the Company and the Guarantor contained in any underwriting agreement, securities sales agreement or other similar agreement, if any, relating to such offering cease to be true and correct, (v) of the receipt by the Company or the
Guarantor of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose, (vi) of the suspension of use of the
Prospectus as a result of the happening of any event or the discovery of any facts or the taking of any action during the period a Shelf Registration Statement is effective which is contemplated in Section 2(d)(i)(A) or 2(d)(i)(B) or which makes any
statement made in such Shelf Registration Statement or the related Prospectus untrue in any material respect or which constitutes an omission to state a material fact in such Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus and (vii) of any determination
by the Company or the Guarantor that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement would be appropriate. Without limitation to any other provisions of this Agreement, the Company and the Guarantor agree that this Section 3(e) shall also be
applicable, mutatis mutandis, with respect to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and the Prospectus included therein to the extent that such Prospectus is being used by Participating Broker-Dealers as contemplated by Section 3(f); 

 
 (f) (i) in the case of an Exchange Offer, (A) include in the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement (x) a “Plan of Distribution” section substantially in the form set forth in Annex B hereto or other such form as is reasonably acceptable to the Representative covering the use of the Prospectus included in the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement by broker-dealers who have exchanged their Registrable Securities for Exchange Securities for the resale of such Exchange Securities and (y) a statement to the effect that any such broker-dealers who wish to use
the related Prospectus in connection with the resale of Exchange Securities acquired as a result of market-making or other trading activities will be required to notify the Company and the Guarantor to that effect, together with instructions for
giving such notice (which instructions shall include a provision for giving such notice by checking a box or making another appropriate notation on the related letter of transmittal) (each such broker-dealer who gives notice to the Company and the
Guarantor as aforesaid being hereinafter called a “Notifying Broker-Dealer”), (B) furnish to each Notifying Broker-Dealer who desires to participate in the Exchange Offer, without charge, as many copies of each Prospectus included in the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement, including any preliminary prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, as such broker-dealer may reasonably request, (C) include in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement a statement that any
broker-dealer who holds Registrable Securities acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), and who receives Exchange Securities for Registrable
Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer, may be a statutory underwriter and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities, (D) subject to the penultimate paragraph of
this Section 3, the Company and the Guarantor hereby consent to the use of the Prospectus forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto by any Notifying Broker-Dealer in connection with the sale or
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letter or similar documentation to be executed by an exchange offeree in order to participate in the Exchange Offer the following provision: 
  
 “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 Registrable Securities, it represents
that the Registrable Securities to be exchanged for Exchange Securities were acquired by it as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the 1933
Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer; 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 1933 Act;” 
  
 (ii) to the
extent any Notifying Broker-Dealer participates in the Exchange Offer, (A) the Company and the Guarantor shall use their best efforts to maintain the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement for a period of 180 days (subject to
extension pursuant to the last paragraph of this Section 3) following the last date on which exchanges are accepted pursuant to the Exchange Offer, and (B) the Company and the Guarantor will comply, insofar as relates to the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement, the Prospectus included therein and the offering and sale of Exchange Securities pursuant thereto, with its obligations under Section 2(b)(D), the last paragraph of Section 2(b), Section 3(c), 3(d), 3(e), 3(i), 3(j), 3(k),
3(o) and 3(p), and the last two paragraphs of this Section 3 as if all references therein to a Shelf Registration Statement, the Prospectus included therein and the Holders of Registrable Securities referred, mutatis mutandis, to the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement, the Prospectus included therein and the applicable Notifying Broker-Dealers and, for purposes of this Section 3(f), all references in any such paragraphs or sections to the “Majority Holders” shall be deemed
to mean, solely insofar as relates to this Section 3(f), the Notifying Broker-Dealers who are the Holders of the majority in aggregate principal amount of the Exchange Securities which are Registrable Securities; and 
  
 (iii) neither the Company nor the Guarantor shall be
required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(b) or 3(k) hereof, or take any other action as a result of this Section 3(f), at any time after the
180th day (subject to extension pursuant to the last paragraph of this Section 3) after the last date on which exchanges are accepted pursuant to the Exchange Offer, and neither Notifying Broker-Dealers nor any other Person shall be authorized by
the Company or the Guarantor to, and shall not, deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with resales contemplated by this Section 3. 
  
 (g) (i) in the case of an Exchange Offer, furnish counsel for the Initial Purchasers and (ii) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish counsel for the
Holders of Registrable Securities and counsel for any underwriters of Registrable Securities copies of any request by the SEC or any state securities authority for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional
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 (h) use their best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of a
Registration Statement as soon as practicable and provide immediate notice to each Holder of the withdrawal of any such order; 
  
 (i) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Holder of Registrable Securities, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each
Registration Statement and any post-effective amendments thereto (without documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference or exhibits thereto, unless requested), if such documents are not available via the SEC EDGAR
database; 
  
 (j) in the case of a Shelf Registration, cooperate
with the selling Holders of Registrable Securities to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends; and cause such Registrable Securities to be
in such denominations (consistent with the provisions of the Indenture) and in a form eligible for deposit with the Depositary and registered in such names as the selling Holders or the underwriters, if any, may reasonably request in writing at
least two business days prior to the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities; 
  
 (k) in the case of a Shelf Registration, upon the occurrence of any event or the discovery of any facts as contemplated by Section 3(e)(vi) hereof, use their best efforts to prepare a supplement or post-effective
amendment to a Registration Statement or the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the Registrable
Securities, such Prospectus will not contain at the time of such delivery any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading. The Company and the Guarantor agree to notify each Holder to suspend use of the Prospectus as promptly as practicable after the occurrence of such an event, and each Holder hereby agrees to suspend use of the Prospectus until
the Company and the Guarantor have amended or supplemented the Prospectus to correct such misstatement or omission. At such time as such public disclosure is otherwise made or the Company and the Guarantor determine that such disclosure is not
necessary, in each case to correct any misstatement of a material fact or to include any omitted material fact, the Company and the Guarantor agree to promptly notify each Holder of such determination and to furnish each Holder such number of copies
of the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, as such Holder may reasonably request; 
  
 (l) obtain CUSIP numbers for all Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, as the case may be, not later than the effective date of a Registration Statement, and provide the Trustee with printed or word-processed
certificates for the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, as the case may be, in a form eligible for deposit with the Depositary; 
  
 (m) (i) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the TIA in connection with the registration of the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, as the
case may be, (ii) cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders to effect such changes, if any, to the Indenture as may be required for the Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the TIA and (iii) execute, and use their best
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required to effect such changes, if any, and all other forms and documents required to be filed with the SEC to enable the Indenture to be so qualified in a
timely manner; 
  
 (n) in the case of a Shelf Registration, the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Registrable Securities registered pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement shall have the right to direct the Company and the Guarantor to effect not more than one underwritten registration and,
in connection with such underwritten registration, the Company and the Guarantor shall enter into agreements (including underwriting agreements or similar agreements) and take all other customary and appropriate actions (including those reasonably
requested by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Registrable Securities being sold) in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities and in such connection, in a manner that is reasonable and
customary: 
  
 (i) make representations and
warranties to the Holders of such Registrable Securities and the underwriters in such form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in similar underwritten offerings as may be reasonably requested by such Holders and
the managing underwriter(s); 
  
 (ii) obtain
opinions of counsel to the Company and the Guarantor (which counsel and opinions (in form, scope and substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the managing underwriter(s), and the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Registrable
Securities being sold) addressed to each selling Holder and the underwriters, covering the matters customarily covered in opinions requested in sales of debt securities or underwritten offerings of debt securities and such other matters as may be
reasonably requested by such Holders and the managing underwriter(s); 
  
 (iii) obtain “cold comfort” letters and updates thereof with respect to such Shelf Registration Statement and the Prospectus included therein, all amendments and supplements thereto and all documents
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein from the Company’s and the Guarantor’s independent certified public accountants and from the independent certified public accountants for any other Person or any business or
assets whose financial statements are included or incorporated by reference in the Shelf Registration Statement, each addressed to the underwriters, and use their best efforts to have such letters addressed to the selling Holders of Registrable
Securities, such letters to be in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in “cold comfort” letters to underwriters in connection with similar underwritten offerings and such letters to be delivered at the time
of the pricing of such underwritten registration with an update to such letter to be delivered at the time of closing of such underwritten registration; 
  
 (iv) if an underwriting agreement or other similar agreement is entered into, cause the same to set forth indemnification and
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underwriters and all other parties to be indemnified pursuant to Section 5 hereof or such other indemnification and contributions as shall be satisfactory to
the Company and the Guarantor, the managing underwriter(s) and the Holders of the majority in principal amount of the Registrable Securities being sold; and 
  
 (v) deliver such other documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested and as are customarily delivered in similar underwritten
offerings of debt securities. 
  
 The documents referred to in Sections 3(n)(ii)
and 3(n)(v) shall be delivered at the closing under any underwriting or similar agreement as and to the extent required thereunder. In the case of any such underwritten offering, the Company and the Guarantor shall provide written notice to the
Holders of all Registrable Securities of such underwritten offering at least 30 days prior to the filing of a prospectus supplement for such underwritten offering. Such notice shall (x) offer each such Holder the right to participate in such
underwritten offering, (y) specify a date, which shall be no earlier than 15 days following the date of such notice, by which such Holder must inform the Company and the Guarantor of its intent to participate in such underwritten offering and (z)
include the instructions such Holder must follow in order to participate in such underwritten offering; 
  
 (o) in the case of a Shelf Registration, make available for inspection by representatives of the Holders of the Registrable Securities and any
underwriters participating in any disposition pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement and any counsel or accountant retained by such Holders or underwriters, all financial statements and other records, documents and properties of the Company and
the Guarantor reasonably requested by any such Persons, and cause the respective officers, directors, employees, and any other agents of the Company and the Guarantor to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Persons in connection
with a Shelf Registration Statement; 
  
 (p) (i) in the case of an
Exchange Offer, a reasonable time prior to the filing of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, any Prospectus forming a part thereof, any amendment to an Exchange Offer Registration Statement or amendment or supplement to such Prospectus,
provide copies of such documents to the Initial Purchasers, and make such changes in any such documents prior to the filing thereof as the Initial Purchasers or their counsel may reasonably request; (ii) in the case of a Shelf Registration, a
reasonable time prior to filing any Shelf Registration Statement, any Prospectus forming a part thereof, any amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement or amendment or supplement to such Prospectus, provide copies of such document to the Holders
of Registrable Securities, to the Initial Purchasers, to the underwriter or underwriters, of an underwritten offering of Registrable Securities, and to counsel for any such Holders, Initial Purchasers or underwriters, and make such changes in any
such document prior to the filing thereof as the Holders of Registrable Securities, the Initial Purchasers, any such underwriter or underwriters or any of their respective counsel may reasonably request; and (iii) cause the representatives of the
Company and the Guarantor to be available for discussion of such documents as shall be reasonably requested by the Holders of Registrable Securities, the Initial Purchasers on behalf of such Holders or the underwriters, and shall not at any time
make any filing of any such document of which such Holders, the Initial Purchasers on behalf of such Holders, their counsel or any underwriter shall not have previously 

  

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been advised and furnished a copy or to which such Holders, the Initial Purchasers on behalf of such Holders, their counsel or any underwriter shall
reasonably object within a reasonable time period; 
  
 (q) in the
case of a Shelf Registration, use their best efforts to cause the Registrable Securities to be rated with the appropriate rating agencies, if so requested by the Majority Holders or by the underwriters of an underwritten offering, unless the
Registrable Securities are already so rated; 
  
 (r) otherwise use
their best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and, with respect to each Registration Statement and each post-effective amendment, if any, thereto and each filing by the Guarantor of an Annual Report on Form 40-F,
make available to security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering at least twelve months which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act and Rule 158 thereunder; 
  
 (s) cooperate and assist in any filings required to be made with the NASD and
in the performance of any due diligence investigation by any underwriter and its counsel; 
  
 (t) in the case of a Shelf Registration, a reasonable time prior to the filing of any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any amendment to a Registration Statement or amendment or supplement to a Prospectus or any
document which is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement or a Prospectus after the initial filing of a Registration Statement, provide copies of such document to the Initial Purchasers on behalf of such Holders; and make
representatives of the Company and the Guarantor, as shall be reasonably requested by the Holders of Registrable Securities or the Initial Purchasers on behalf of such Holders, available for discussion of such document; and 
  
 (u) in the case of a Shelf Registration, use their best efforts to cause all
Registrable Securities to be listed on any securities exchange or quotation system on which similar debt securities issued by the Company and the Guarantor are then listed if requested by the Majority Holders or by the underwriters of an
underwritten offering of Registrable Securities, if any. 
  
 In
the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company and the Guarantor may (as a condition to such Holder’s participation in the Shelf Registration) require each Holder of Registrable Securities to furnish to the Company and the Guarantor
such information regarding such Holder and the proposed distribution by such Holder of such Registrable Securities as the Company and the Guarantor may from time to time reasonably request in writing and require such Holder to agree in writing to be
bound by all provisions of this Agreement applicable to such Holder. 
  
 In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, each Holder agrees and, in the event that any Participating Broker-Dealer is using the Prospectus included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in connection with the sale of Exchange
Securities pursuant to Section 3(f), each such Participating Broker-Dealer agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company and the Guarantor of the happening of any event or the discovery of any facts of the 

  

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kind described in Section 3(e)(ii), 3(e)(iii) or 3(e)(v) through 3(e)(vii) hereof, such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, will
forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement until receipt by such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, of (i) the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus
contemplated by Section 3(k) hereof or (ii) written notice from the Company and the Guarantor that the Shelf Registration Statement or the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, respectively, are once again effective or that no supplement or
amendment is required. If so directed by the Company and the Guarantor, such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, will deliver to the Company and the Guarantor (at the Company’s expense) all copies in its possession, other
than permanent file copies then in its possession, of the Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent the accrual of Special Interest on any Securities or
Exchange Securities. 
  
 If the Company and the Guarantor shall
give any such notice to suspend the disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph, the Company and the Guarantor shall use their best efforts to file and have declared effective (if an amendment) as soon as
practicable thereafter an amendment or supplement to the Shelf Registration Statement or the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or both, as the case may be, or the Prospectus included therein and shall extend the period during which the Shelf
Registration Statement or the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or both, as the case may be, shall be maintained effective pursuant to this Agreement (and, if applicable, the period during which Participating Broker-Dealers may use the
Prospectus included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 3(f) hereof) by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the earlier of the date when the
Holders or Participating Broker-Dealers, respectively, shall have received copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus necessary to resume such dispositions and the effective date of written notice from the Company and the Guarantor to the
Holders or Participating Broker-Dealers, respectively, that the Shelf Registration Statement or the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, respectively, are once again effective or that no supplement or amendment is required. 
  
 4. Underwritten Registrations. In the event that the Company and the
Guarantor fail to effect the Exchange Offer or file any Shelf Registration Statement and maintain the effectiveness of any Shelf Registration Statement as provided herein, the Company and the Guarantor shall not file any Registration Statement with
respect to any securities (within the meaning of Section 2(l) of the 1933 Act) of the Company other than Registrable Securities. 
  
 If any of the Registrable 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 manage the offering will be selected by the Majority Holders of such Registrable Securities included in such offering, subject to the consent of the Company and the Guarantor, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld. 
  
 No Holder of Registrable Securities may
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hereunder to approve such arrangements and (b) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other
documents required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements. 
  
 5. Indemnification and Contribution. 
  
 (a) The
Company and the Guarantor jointly and severally agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser, each selling Holder, each Participating Broker-Dealer, each underwriter who participates in an offering of Registrable Securities (each, an
“Underwriter”), and each Person, if any, who controls any Initial Purchaser, selling Holder, Participating Broker-Dealer or Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act as follows:

  
 (i) against any and all loss, liability,
claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement (and any amendment thereto) pursuant to which Exchange Securities or
Registrable Securities were registered under the 1933 Act, including all documents incorporated therein by reference, or any omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Prospectus (and any amendment thereto) or any omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; 
  
 (ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in
settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or
omission; provided that any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company and the Guarantor; and 
  
 (iii) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the fees and disbursements of one counsel chosen by any indemnified
party), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement
or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under subparagraph (i) or (ii) above; 
  
 provided, however, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or
omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company and the Guarantor by any Initial Purchaser, selling Holder, Participating Broker-Dealer or Underwriter with
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Participating Broker-Dealer or Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or the Prospectus (or any amendment or
supplement thereto) or made in reliance upon the Statements of Eligibility and Qualification of Trustees (Form T-1) under the 1939 Act filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement. 
  
 (b) Each Initial Purchaser, each selling Holder, each Participating Broker-Dealer and each Underwriter severally but not
jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Guarantor, each director and officer of the Company and the Guarantor, each other Initial Purchaser, selling Holder, Participating Broker-Dealer and Underwriter, and each Person, if
any, who controls the Company, the Guarantor or any Initial Purchaser, other selling Holder, Participating Broker-Dealer or Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act against any and all loss,
liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in Section 5(a) hereof, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in any Registration Statement
pursuant to which Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities were registered under the 1933 Act (or any amendment thereto) or any Prospectus included therein (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information with respect to such Initial Purchaser, selling Holder, Participating Broker-Dealer or Underwriter furnished to the Company by such Initial Purchaser, selling Holder, Participating Broker-Dealer or Underwriter, respectively, expressly
for use in the Shelf Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or such Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto); provided, however, that no such Initial Purchaser, selling Holder, Participating Broker-Dealer or Underwriter shall
be liable for any claims hereunder in excess of the amount of net proceeds received by such Initial Purchaser, selling Holder, Participating Broker-Dealer or Underwriter from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Shelf Registration
Statement. 
  
 (c) Each indemnified party shall give notice as
promptly as reasonably practicable to each indemnifying party of any action commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure so to notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any
liability which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity agreement. If any such action shall be brought against an indemnified party, and it shall notify the indemnifying party thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to
participate therein and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with any other similarly notified indemnifying party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. If the defendants in any such action
include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or
additional to those available to the indemnifying party, the indemnifying party shall not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties and such indemnified party or parties shall have the right
to select separate counsel to defend such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties. In no event shall the indemnifying parties be liable for fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) separate from
their own counsel for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, unless (i) the indemnifying party does
not promptly retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party, or (ii) the indemnifying party has authorized the employment of counsel for the indemnified party at the expense of the indemnifying party. Each 

  

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indemnified party, as a condition of the indemnity agreements contained in Sections 5(a) and 5(b), shall use all reasonable efforts to cooperate with the
indemnifying party in the defense of any such action or claim. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any litigation, or
any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of which indemnification or contribution could be sought under this Section 5 (whether or not the indemnified parties are
actual or potential parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and (ii) does
not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party. 
  
 (d) In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in circumstances in which the indemnity agreement provided for in this Section 5 is for any
reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount of such losses,
liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and of the indemnified party or
parties on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such indemnifying party or
parties on the one hand and the indemnified party or parties on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a
material fact relates to information supplied by such indemnifying party or parties or such indemnified party or parties, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or
omission. 
  
 (e) The Company, the Guarantor, the Initial
Purchasers, the selling Holders, the Participating Broker-Dealers and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just or equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Initial Purchasers
were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and
expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 5 shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation,
or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Section 5, no Initial Purchaser, selling Holder, Participating Broker-Dealer or Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which Registrable Securities sold by it were offered exceeds
the amount of any damages that such Initial Purchaser, selling Holder, Participating Broker-Dealer or Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

  

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 No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act)
shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. 
  
 For purposes of this Section 5, each Person, if any, who controls an Initial Purchaser, selling Holder, Participating Broker-Dealer or Underwriter within
the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Initial Purchaser, selling Holder, Participating Broker-Dealer or Underwriter, as the case may be, and each director and
officer of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, who signed the Registration Statement and each Person, if any, who controls the Company or the Guarantor within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act
shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company and the Guarantor. The respective obligations of the Initial Purchasers, selling Holders, Participating Broker-Dealers and Underwriters to contribute pursuant to this Section 5 are several in
proportion to the principal amount of Securities purchased by them and not joint. 
  
 The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 5 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on
behalf of any Initial Purchaser, selling Holder, Participating Broker-Dealer, Underwriter, or any Person controlling any Initial Purchaser, selling Holder, Participating Broker-Dealer or Underwriter, or by or on behalf of the Company or the
Guarantor, their respective officers or directors or any Person controlling the Company or the Guarantor, (iii) acceptance of any of the Exchange Securities and (iv) any sale of Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities pursuant to a Shelf
Registration Statement. 
  
 6. Miscellaneous. 

 
 (a) Rule 144 and Rule 144A. For so long as the Guarantor is subject
to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15 of the 1934 Act, the Guarantor covenants that it will file all reports required to be filed by it under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations adopted by the SEC
thereunder, that if it ceases to be so required to file such reports, it will upon the request of any Holder or beneficial owner of Registrable Securities (i) make publicly available such information (including, without limitation, the information
specified in Rule 144(c)(2) under the 1933 Act) as is necessary to permit sales pursuant to Rule 144 under the 1933 Act, (ii) deliver or cause to be delivered, promptly following a request by any Holder or beneficial owner of Registrable Securities
or any prospective purchaser or transferee designated by such Holder or beneficial owner, such information (including, without limitation, the information specified in Rule 144A(d)(4) under the 1933 Act) as is necessary to permit sales pursuant to
Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, and (iii) take such further action that is reasonable in the circumstances, in each case to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell its Registrable Securities without registration under the
1933 Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by (x) Rule 144 under the 1933 Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, (y) Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or (z) any similar rules or
regulations hereafter adopted by the SEC. Upon the request of any Holder or beneficial owner of Registrable Securities, the Guarantor will deliver to such Holder or beneficial owner a written statement as to whether it has complied with such
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 (b) No Inconsistent Agreements. Neither the Company nor the Guarantor has entered into nor will
the Company or the Guarantor on or after the date of this Agreement enter into any agreement which is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders of Registrable Securities in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof,
without the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Registrable Securities. The rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not and will not in any way conflict with and are not and will
not be inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of any of the Company’s or Guarantor’s other issued and outstanding securities under any other agreements entered into by the Company, the Guarantor or any of their respective
subsidiaries. 
  
 (c) Amendments and Waivers. The
provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the Company and the Guarantor have
obtained the written consent of Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Registrable Securities affected by such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or departure. 
  
 (d) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or
permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, registered first-class mail, telecopier, or any courier guaranteeing overnight delivery (i) if to a Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer (other than an Initial Purchaser), at the most
current address set forth on the records of the registrar under the Indenture, (ii) if to an Initial Purchaser, at the most current address given by such Initial Purchaser to the Company and the Guarantor by means of a notice given in accordance
with the provisions of this Section 6(d), which address initially is the address set forth in the Purchase Agreement; (iii) if to the Company, initially at the address set forth in the Purchase Agreement and thereafter at such other address, notice
of which is given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6(d); (iv) if to the Guarantor, initially at the address set forth in the Purchase Agreement and thereafter at such other address, notice of which is given in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 6(d); and (v) if to any underwriter, at the most current address given by such underwriter to the Company and the Guarantor by means of a notice given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6(d), which address
initially shall be the address set forth in the applicable underwriting agreement. 
  
 All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five business days after being deposited in the mail, first class, postage prepaid,
if mailed; when receipt is acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the next business day if timely delivered to a courier guaranteeing overnight delivery. 
  
 Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee, at the address
specified in the Indenture. 
  
 (e) Successors and Assigns.
This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors, assigns and transferees of each of the parties, including, without limitation and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders; provided that nothing
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Registrable Securities in violation of the terms hereof or of the Purchase Agreement or the Indenture. If any transferee of any Holder shall acquire
Registrable Securities, in any manner, whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Registrable Securities shall be held subject to all of the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding such Registrable Securities, such Person shall be
conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement, including the restrictions on resale set forth in this Agreement and, if applicable, the Purchase Agreement, and such Person shall be
entitled to receive the benefits hereof. 
  
 (f) Third Party
Beneficiary. Each Holder, Participating Broker-Dealer and Underwriter shall be a third party beneficiary of the agreements made hereunder between the Company and the Guarantor, 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 it deems such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights or the rights of other Holders hereunder. Each Holder, by its acquisition of Securities, shall be deemed to
have agreed to the provisions of Section 5(b) hereof. 
  
 (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) Restriction on Resales. If (i) the Company, the Guarantor or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates (as defined in Rule 144 under
the 1933 Act) shall redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire any Registrable Security or any Exchange Security which is a “restricted security” within the meaning of Rule 144 under the 1933 Act, the Company and the Guarantor will deliver or
cause to be delivered such Registrable Security or Exchange Security, as the case may be, to the Trustee for cancellation and neither the Company, the Guarantor nor any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates will hold or resell such
Registrable Security or Exchange Security or issue any new Security or Exchange Security to replace the same. 
  
 (j) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 
  
 (k) Severability. In the event that 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. 
  
 (l) Appointment
of Agent. The Guarantor hereby irrevocably designates, appoints and empowers Lord, Bissell & Brook LLP, 885 Third Avenue, 26th Floor, New York, New York 10022, as its designee, appointee and agent to receive, accept and acknowledge for and
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summons, notices and documents which may be served in any action, suit or proceeding against it with respect to its obligations or liabilities under, or any
other matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement that is brought in any United States federal court or New York state court, in each case located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, which may be made on such designee,
appointee and agent in accordance with legal procedures prescribed for such courts. If for any reason such designee, appointee and agent shall cease to be available to act as such, the Guarantor hereby agrees to designate a new designee, appointee
and agent in The City of New York on the terms and for the purposes of this Section. The Guarantor hereby further irrevocably agrees to the service of any and all legal process, summons, notices and documents in any such action, suit or proceeding
by serving a copy thereof upon the relevant agent for service of process referred to in this Section (whether or not the appointment of such agent shall for any reason prove to be ineffective or such agent shall accept or acknowledge such service)
or by mailing copies thereof by registered or certified air mail, first class, postage prepaid, to the Guarantor at 5310 Explorer Drive, Suite 200, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L4W 5H8, Attention: W. Shaun Jackson. The Guarantor hereby further
agrees that service of process as aforementioned shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon it in any such action, suit or proceeding and that the failure of any such designee, appointee and agent to give any notice of such
service to it shall not impair or affect in any way the validity of such service or any judgment rendered in any action, suit or proceeding based thereon. Nothing herein shall in any way be deemed to limit the ability of any person to serve any such
legal process, summons, notices and documents in any other manner permitted by applicable law or to obtain jurisdiction over the Guarantor or bring actions, suits or proceedings against the Guarantor in any jurisdiction, and in such manner, as may
be permitted by applicable law. 
  
 (m) Additional Amounts.
All payments required to be made by the Guarantor under this Agreement shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any and all present and future taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental
charges of whatever nature (collectively, “Foreign Taxes”) now or hereinafter imposed or levied by or on behalf of Canada or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein unless required under applicable law. If such a
withholding or deduction is required under applicable law, the Guarantor shall pay such additional amounts to the party entitled to receive the related payment under this Agreement as shall be required so that the net amounts received and retained
by such party, after paying all Foreign Taxes, will be equal to the amounts that such party would have received and retained had no Foreign Taxes been imposed. 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date
first written above. 
  

			
	 KINGSWAY AMERICA INC.

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ W. Shaun Jackson


	 	 	 Name: W. Shaun Jackson

	 	 	 Title: Vice President and Secretary



  

			
		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ William G. Star

 Name: William G. Star

	 	 	 Title: Director



  

			
	 KINGSWAY FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.,
as Guarantor

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ William G. Star


	 	 	 Name: William G. Star

	 	 	 Title: President and Chief Executive Officer



  

			
		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ W. Shaun Jackson

 Name: W. Shaun Jackson

	 	 	 Title: Executive Vice President and
 Chief Executive Officer



  
 This Registration Rights
Agreement is confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written by the undersigned for itself and on behalf of the other Initial Purchasers named in Annex A hereto. 
  

			
	 KEEFE, BRUYETTE & WOODS, INC.

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Kevin McMurchy 


	 	 	 Name: Kevin McMurchy

	 	 	 Title: Managing Director


  

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 ANNEX A 
  
 INITIAL PURCHASERS 
  
 KEEFE, BRUYETTE & WOODS, INC. 
  









 ANNEX B 
  
 PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION 
  
 Each broker-dealer that receives new notes for its own account under the exchange offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection
with any resale of those notes. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer for resales of new notes received in exchange for original notes that had been acquired as a result of
market-making or other trading activities. We have agreed that, for a period of 180 days after the expiration date of the exchange offer, we will make this prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for use in
connection with any such resale. Any broker-dealers required to use this prospectus and any amendments or supplements to this prospectus for resales of the new notes must notify us of this fact by checking the box on the letter of transmittal
requesting additional copies of these documents. 
  
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, we are entitled under the registration rights agreement to suspend the use of this prospectus by broker-dealers under specified circumstances. For example, we may suspend the use of this prospectus if:

  

	 	•	 	the SEC or any state securities authority requests an amendment or supplement to this prospectus or the related registration statement or additional information;


  

	 	•	 	the SEC or any state securities authority issues any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the registration statement or initiates proceedings for that purpose;


  

	 	•	 	we receive notification of the suspension of the qualification of the new notes for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose;


  

	 	•	 	the suspension is required by law; or 

  

	 	•	 	an event occurs which makes any statement in this prospectus untrue in any material respect or which constitutes an omission to state a material fact in this prospectus.


  
 If we suspend the use of this prospectus, the
180-day period referred to above will be extended by a number of days equal to the period of the suspension. 
  
 We will not receive any proceeds from any sale of new notes by broker-dealers. New notes received by broker-dealers for their own account under 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 those notes or a combination of those methods, at market prices prevailing at the
time of resale, at prices related to prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices. Any resales 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 the
selling broker-dealer or the purchasers of the new notes. Any broker-dealer that resells new notes received by it for its own account under the exchange offer and any broker or dealer that 

  









 
participates in a distribution of the new notes may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and any profit on any
resale of new notes and any commissions or concessions received by these 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. 
  
 We have agreed to pay all expenses incidental to the exchange offer other than commissions and concessions of any broker or dealer and will indemnify
holders of the notes, including any broker-dealers, against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. 
  

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