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Ex 10.1 Registration Rights Agreement dated 04-08-13

Exhibit 10.1
 
 
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT 
 
 
by and among 
 
 
U.S. Well Services, LLC,
USW Financing Corp. 
 
and
the individual Purchasers named therein 
 and 
 
Global Hunter Securities, LLC  

Dated as of April 8, 2013

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
U.S. Well Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Issuer”), and USW Financing Corp. (the “Co-Issuer” and together with the Issuer, the “Company”), have engaged Global Hunter Securities, LLC (the “ Placement Agent”) in connection with the Company’s sale of $12,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 14.50% Senior Secured Notes due 2017 (the “Notes”) fully and unconditionally guaranteed by any future Guarantors (the Guarantees and, together with the Notes, the “Securities”), to the purchasers thereof (the “Purchasers”), upon the terms set forth in the Purchase Agreement dated April 8, 2013, by and among the Issuer, the Co-Issuer and the Purchasers (the “Purchase Agreement”).  As an inducement to the Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Company agrees with the Placement Agent, for the benefit of the Holders (as defined below) of the Notes as follows.
The parties hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1.Definitions.  Capitalized terms that are used herein without definition and are defined in the Placement Agency Agreement shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Placement Agency Agreement.  As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the following meanings:
Additional Interest:  As defined in Section 5 hereto.
Advice:  As defined in Section 6(c) hereto.
Agreement: This Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Issuer, the Co-Issuer, the Placement Agent and the Purchasers.
Broker-Dealer:  Any broker or dealer registered under the Exchange Act.
Business Day:  Any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or U.S. federal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies located in New York, New York are authorized or obligated by law to be closed.
Closing Date:  The date of this Agreement.
Commission:  The Securities and Exchange Commission.
Consummate:  A registered Exchange Offer shall be deemed “Consummated” for purposes of this Agreement upon the occurrence of (i) the filing and effectiveness under the Securities Act of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Securities to be issued in the Exchange Offer, (ii) the maintenance of such Registration Statement continuously effective and the keeping of the Exchange Offer open for a period not less than the minimum period required pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof, and (iii) the delivery by the Issuer to the registrar under the Indenture of Exchange Securities in the same aggregate principal amount as the aggregate principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities that were tendered by Holders thereof pursuant to the Exchange Offer.

Effectiveness Date:  As defined in Section 3(a) hereto.
Exchange Act:  The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Exchange Date:  As defined in Section 3(a) hereto.
Exchange Offer:  The registration by the Company under the Securities Act of the Exchange Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement pursuant to which the Company offers the Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities the opportunity to exchange all such outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities held by such Holders for Exchange Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities tendered in such exchange offer by such Holders.
Exchange Offer Registration Statement:  The Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Offer, including the related Prospectus.
Exchange Securities:  The 14.50% Senior Secured Notes due 2017, of the same series under the Indenture as the Notes and any related Guarantee, to be issued to Holders in exchange for their Transfer Restricted Securities.
Filing Date: As defined in Section 3(a) hereto.
FINRA:  Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
“Guarantor”:  Any future domestic subsidiary of the Issuer that in the future guarantees the obligations of the Company under the Notes, the Exchange Notes and the Indenture.
Holders:  As defined in Section 2(b) hereto.
Indemnified Holder:  As defined in Section 8(a) hereto.
Indenture:  The Indenture dated as of February 21, 2012, as amended and supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of July 16, 2012, by and among the Issuer, the Co-Issuer and the Trustee, pursuant to which the Securities are to be issued, as such Indenture is amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
Initial Placement:  The issuance and sale by the Company of the Securities to the Purchasers pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
Interest Payment Date:  As defined in the Indenture and the Securities.
Initial Securities: The Securities issued and sold by the Company to the Purchasers pursuant to the Purchase Agreement on the Closing Date and any related Guarantees.
Person:  An individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof, business association or other legal entity.

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Placement Agency Agreement: That certain Placement Agency Agreement, of even date with the Purchase Agreement, by and among the Issuer, the Co-Issuer and the Placement Agent.
Placement Agent:  As defined in the preamble hereto.
Prospectus:  The prospectus included in a Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments thereto, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference into such Prospectus.
Registration Default:  As defined in Section 5 hereto.
Registration Statement:  Any registration statement of the Company (or if determined that the Issuer solely should be the registrant, the Issuer) relating to (a) an offering of Exchange Securities pursuant to an Exchange Offer or (b) the registration for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, which is filed pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, in each case, including the Prospectus included therein, all amendments and supplements thereto (including post-effective amendments) and all exhibits and material incorporated by reference therein.
Purchasers.  As defined in the preamble hereto.
Purchase Agreement: As defined in the preamble hereto.
Securities:  As defined in the preamble hereto.
Securities Act:  The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Shelf Effectiveness Deadline:  As defined in Section 4(a) hereto.
Shelf Filing Deadline: As defined in Section 4(a) hereto.
Shelf Registration Statement:  As defined in Section 4(a) hereto.
Transfer Restricted Security:  Each Initial Security, until the earliest to occur of the date on which such Initial Security (a) is exchanged in the Exchange Offer for an Exchange Security entitled to be resold to the public by the Holder thereof without complying with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act, (b) has been effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with a Shelf Registration Statement, (c) is distributed to the public by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the “Plan of Distribution” contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (including delivery of the Prospectus contained therein), (d) is freely transferable (the “Freely Transferable Date”) in accordance with Rule 144 by a person that is not an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144) of the Issuer or the Co-Issuer where no conditions under Rule 144 are then applicable; provided, however, that the Freely Transferable Date shall not precede (i) the consummation of the Exchange Offer, or (ii) as to such Initial Security held by a Holder that requires the Company to file a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 4(a) hereof, the expiration of the period that the Company is 

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required, pursuant to Section 4(a) hereof, to keep such Shelf Registration Statement effective, and (e) ceases to be outstanding for purposes of the Indenture.
Trustee:  The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee and collateral agent.
Trust Indenture Act:  The Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
Underwritten Registration or Underwritten Offering:  A registration in which securities of the Issuer are sold to an underwriter for reoffering to the public.
SECTION 2.    Securities Subject to this Agreement.
(a)    Transfer Restricted Securities.  The securities entitled to the benefits of this Agreement are the Transfer Restricted Securities.
(b)    Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities.  A Person is deemed to be a holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (each, a “Holder”) whenever such Person owns Transfer Restricted Securities.
SECTION 3.    Registered Exchange Offer.
(a)    Unless the Exchange Offer shall not be permissible under applicable law or Commission policy (after the procedures set forth in Section 6(a) hereof have been complied with), or there are no Transfer Restricted Securities outstanding, the Issuer shall (i) cause to be filed no later than the date that is 180 days after the Closing Date (the “Filing Date”) with the Commission, a Registration Statement under the Securities Act relating to the Exchange Securities and the Exchange Offer, (ii) use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective in no event later than the date that is 270 days after the Closing Date (the “Effectiveness Date”), (iii) in connection with the foregoing, file (A) all pre-effective amendments to such Registration Statement as may be necessary in order to cause such Registration Statement to become effective, (B) if applicable, a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A under the Securities Act and (C) use its reasonable best efforts to cause all necessary filings in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) of the Exchange Securities to be made under the state securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as are necessary to permit Consummation of the Exchange Offer, subject to the proviso contained in Section 6(c)(xi) hereof, and (iv) promptly after the effectiveness of such Registration Statement, commence the Exchange Offer.  Each of the Company and any Guarantor shall use its reasonable best efforts to Consummate the Exchange Offer not later than 30 Business Days after the Effectiveness Date (the “Exchange Date”).  The Exchange Offer shall be on the appropriate form permitting registration of the Exchange Securities to be offered in exchange for the Transfer Restricted Securities and to permit resales of Transfer Restricted Securities held by Broker-Dealers as contemplated by Section 3(c) hereof.

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(b)    The Company and any Guarantor shall cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be effective continuously and shall keep the Exchange Offer open for a period of not less than the minimum period required under applicable federal and state securities laws to Consummate the Exchange Offer; provided, however, that in no event shall such period be less than 30 days after the date notice of the Exchange Offer is mailed to the Holders.  The Issuer shall cause the Exchange Offer to comply with all applicable federal and state securities laws.  No securities other than the Exchange Securities shall be included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement.  
(c)    The Issuer shall indicate in a “Plan of Distribution” section contained in the Prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement that any Broker-Dealer who holds Transfer Restricted Securities that were acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities (other than Transfer Restricted Securities acquired directly from the Issuer), may exchange such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer; however, such Broker-Dealer may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and must, therefore, deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resales of the Exchange Securities received by such Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer, which prospectus delivery requirement may be satisfied by the delivery by such Broker-Dealer of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement.  Such “Plan of Distribution” section shall also contain all other information with respect to such resales by Broker-Dealers that the Commission may require in order to permit such resales pursuant thereto, but such “Plan of Distribution” shall not name any such Broker-Dealer or disclose the amount of Transfer Restricted Securities held by any such Broker-Dealer except to the extent required by the Commission as a result of a change in policy after the date of this Agreement.
Each of the Company and any Guarantor shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required by the provisions of Section 6(c) hereof to the extent reasonably necessary to ensure that it is available for resales of Transfer Restricted Securities acquired by Broker-Dealers for their own accounts as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, and to ensure that it conforms with the requirements of this Agreement, the Securities Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a period ending on the earlier of (i) 180 days from the date on which the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective and (ii) the date on which a Broker-Dealer is no longer required to deliver a prospectus in connection with market-making or other trading activities.
The Issuer shall provide sufficient copies of the latest version of such Prospectus to Broker-Dealers promptly upon request at any time during such 180-day (or shorter as provided in the foregoing sentence) period in order to facilitate such resales.
SECTION 4.    Shelf Registration.
(a)    Shelf Registration.  If (i) the Issuer is not required to file an Exchange Offer Registration Statement or to consummate the Exchange Offer solely because the Exchange Offer is not permitted by applicable law or Commission policy (after the procedures set forth in 

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Section 6(a) hereof have been complied with), (ii) for any reason the Exchange Offer is not Consummated by the Exchange Date or (iii) prior to the Exchange Date:  (A) the Placement Agent requests from the Issuer with respect to Transfer Restricted Securities not eligible to be exchanged for Exchange Securities in the Exchange Offer or (B) with respect to any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities such Holder notifies the Issuer that (i) such Holder is prohibited by applicable law or Commission policy from participating in the Exchange Offer, (ii) such Holder may not resell the Exchange Securities acquired by it in the Exchange Offer to the public without delivering a prospectus and that the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not appropriate or available for such resales by such Holder or (iii) such Holder is a Broker-Dealer and holds Transfer Restricted Securities acquired directly from the Issuer or one of its affiliates, the Company and any Guarantor shall
(x)cause to be filed a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, which may be an amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (in either event, the “Shelf Registration Statement”) on or prior to the 30th day after the date such obligation arises (such date being the “Shelf Filing Deadline”), which Shelf Registration Statement shall provide for resales of all Transfer Restricted Securities the Holders of which shall have provided the information required pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof; and
(y)    use their reasonable best efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission on or before the later of (A) the 60th day after the Shelf Filing Deadline or (B) the 270th day after the Closing Date (such later date being the “Shelf Effectiveness Deadline”).
Each of the Company and any Guarantor shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required by the provisions of Sections 6(b) and (c) hereof to the extent necessary to ensure that it is available for resales of Transfer Restricted Securities by the Holders of such Securities entitled to the benefit of this Section 4(a), and to ensure that it conforms with the requirements of this Agreement, the Securities Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, from the date on which the Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission until the expiration of the one-year period referred to in Rule 144 applicable to securities held by non-affiliates under the Securities Act (or shorter period that will terminate when all the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement; provided that the Issuer may for a period of up to 60 days in any three-month period, not to exceed 90 days in any calendar year, determine that the Shelf Registration Statement is not usable under certain circumstances relating to corporate developments, public filings with the Commission and similar events, and suspend the use of the prospectus that is part of the Shelf Registration Statement.
(b)    Provision by Holders of Certain Information in Connection with the Shelf Registration Statement.  No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities may include any of its Transfer Restricted Securities in any Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement 

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unless and until such Holder furnishes to the Issuer in writing, within 20 Business Days after receipt of a request therefor, such information as the Issuer may reasonably request for use in connection with any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus included therein.  Each Holder as to which any Shelf Registration Statement is being effected agrees to furnish promptly to the Issuer all information required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously furnished to the Issuer by such Holder not materially misleading.
SECTION 5.    Additional Interest.  If (i) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not filed with the Commission on or prior to the Filing Date, (ii) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement has not been declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the Effectiveness Date, (iii) the Exchange Offer has not been Consummated by the Exchange Date, (iv) any Shelf Registration Statement, if required hereby, has not been declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the Shelf Effectiveness Deadline, or (v) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement has been declared effective but ceases to be effective at any time at which it is required to be effective under this Agreement (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (iv), a “Registration Default”), the Company hereby agrees that the interest rate borne by the Transfer Restricted Securities shall be increased by 0.25% per annum during the 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of any Registration Default and shall increase by 0.25% per annum at the end of each subsequent 90-day period (such increase, “Additional Interest”), but in no event shall such increase exceed 1.00% per annum in the aggregate.  On the date all Registration Defaults relating to the particular Transfer Restricted Securities are cured, the interest rate borne by the relevant Transfer Restricted Securities will be reduced to the original interest rate borne by such Transfer Restricted Securities; provided, however, that, if after any such reduction in interest rate, a different Registration Default occurs, the interest rate borne by the relevant Transfer Restricted Securities shall again be increased pursuant to the foregoing provisions.
All obligations of the Company and any Guarantor set forth in the preceding paragraph that are outstanding with respect to any Transfer Restricted Security at the time such security ceases to be a Transfer Restricted Security shall survive until such time as all such obligations with respect to such security shall have been satisfied in full.
All accrued Additional Interest will be paid by the Company and any Guarantor on the next scheduled interest payment date to DTC or its nominee by wire transfer of immediately available funds or by federal funds check and to holders of certificated Transfer Restricted Securities by wire transfer to the accounts specified by them or by mailing checks to their registered addresses if no such accounts have been specified.
The amount of Additional Interest will be determined by multiplying the applicable additional interest rate by the then outstanding principal amount of the Securities and further multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days such additional interest rate was applicable during such period (determined on the basis of a 360 day year comprised of twelve 30 day months), and the denominator of which is 360.  Additional Interest pursuant to this Section 5 constitutes liquidated damages with respect to Registration Defaults and shall be the exclusive monetary remedy available to the Holders with respect to any Registration Default.

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SECTION 6.    Registration Procedures.
(a)    Exchange Offer Registration Statement. 
(i)    In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Company and any Guarantor shall comply with all of the provisions of Section 6(c) hereof, shall use its reasonable best efforts to effect such exchange to permit the sale of Transfer Restricted Securities being sold in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof, and if in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Issuer there is a question as to whether the Exchange Offer is permitted by applicable law, each of the Company and any Guarantor hereby agree to seek a no-action letter or other favorable decision from the Commission allowing the Company and any Guarantor to Consummate an Exchange Offer for such Transfer Restricted Securities.  Each of the Company and any Guarantor hereby agree to pursue the issuance of such a decision to the Commission staff level but shall not be required to take action to effect a change of Commission policy.  Each of the Company and any Guarantor hereby agrees, however, to (A) participate in telephonic conferences with the Commission, (B) deliver to the Commission staff an analysis prepared by counsel to the Issuer setting forth the legal bases, if any, upon which such counsel has concluded that such an Exchange Offer should be permitted and (C) diligently pursue a favorable resolution by the Commission staff of such submission.
(ii)    As a condition to its participation in the Exchange Offer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities shall furnish, upon the request of the Issuer, prior to the Consummation thereof, a written representation to the Issuer (which may be contained in the letter of transmittal contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) to the effect that (A) it is not an affiliate of the Issuer or the Co-Issuer within the meaning of Rule 405 of the Securities Act or, if it is an affiliate of the Issuer or the Co-Issuer within the meaning of Rule 405 of the Securities Act, it will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable to it, (B) at the time of the commencement of the Exchange Offer it has no arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in the distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange Securities in violation of the provisions of the Securities Act, (C) it is acquiring the Exchange Securities in its ordinary course of business and (D) if it is a Broker-Dealer that will receive Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Transfer Restricted Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making or other trading activities, then it will deliver a Prospectus (or, to the extent permitted by law, make available a Prospectus to purchasers) in connection with any resale of such Transfer Restricted Securities.  In addition, all such Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities shall otherwise reasonably cooperate in the Company’s preparations for the Exchange Offer.  Each Holder hereby acknowledges and agrees that any Broker‐Dealer and any such Holder using the Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of the securities to be acquired in the Exchange Offer (1) could not under Commission policy as in effect on the date of this Agreement rely on the position of the Commission enunciated in Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991) and Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available 

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May 13, 1988), as interpreted in the Commission’s letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and similar no-action letters (which may include any no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above), and (2) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with a secondary resale transaction and that such a secondary resale transaction should be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling security holder information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K if the resales are of Exchange Securities obtained by such Holder in exchange for Transfer Restricted Securities acquired by such Holder directly from the Issuer.
(b)    Shelf Registration Statement.  If required pursuant to Section 4, in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, each of the Company and any Guarantor shall comply with all the provisions of Section 6(c) hereof and shall use its reasonable best efforts to effect such registration to permit the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities being sold in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof, and pursuant thereto each of the Company and any Guarantor will as expeditiously as possible prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement relating to the registration on any appropriate form under the Securities Act, which form shall be available for the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof.
(c)    General Provisions.  In connection with any Registration Statement and any Prospectus required by this Agreement to permit the sale or resale of Transfer Restricted Securities (including, without limitation, any Registration Statement and the related Prospectus required to permit resales of Transfer Restricted Securities by Broker-Dealers), each of the Company and any Guarantor shall:
(i)    use its reasonable best efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective and provide all requisite financial statements (including, if required by the Securities Act or any regulation thereunder, financial statements of any Guarantor) for the period specified in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable; upon the occurrence of any event that would cause any such Registration Statement or the Prospectus contained therein (A) to contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omission to state a material fact (it being understood that neither the Issuer nor the Co-Issuer shall be responsible for written information furnished to the Issuer or the Co-Issuer by or on behalf of Holders expressly for the use therein) or (B) not to be effective and usable for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities during the period required by this Agreement, the Issuer shall file promptly an appropriate amendment to such Registration Statement, in the case of clause (A), correcting any such misstatement or omission, and, in the case of either clause (A) or (B), use its reasonable best efforts to cause such amendment to be declared effective and such Registration Statement and the related Prospectus to become usable for their intended purpose(s) as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter;
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Registration Statement effective for the applicable period set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable, or such shorter period as will terminate when all Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold; cause the Prospectus to be supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, and to comply with the applicable provisions of Rules 424 and 430A under the Securities Act in a timely manner; and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution by the sellers thereof set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus;
(iii)    advise the underwriter(s), if any, and selling Holders promptly and, if requested by such Persons, to confirm such advice in writing, (A) when the Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to any Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective, (B) of any request by the Commission for amendments to the Registration Statement or amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or for additional information relating thereto, (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the Securities Act or of the suspension by any state securities commission of the qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or upon becoming aware thereof, the initiation of any proceeding for any of the preceding purposes, (D) of the existence of any fact or the happening of any event that makes any statement of a material fact made in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto, or any document incorporated by reference therein untrue, or that requires the making of any additions to or changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein not misleading (it being understood that the Company and any Guarantor shall so advise with respect to any written information furnished to the Issuer or the Co-Issuer by or on behalf of Holders expressly for the use therein only upon becoming aware thereof).  If at any time the Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or any state securities commission or other regulatory authority shall issue an order suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under state securities or blue sky laws, each of the Company and any Guarantor shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest possible time;
(iv)    furnish without charge to the Placement Agent, each selling Holder named in any Registration Statement, and each of the underwriter(s), if any, before filing with the Commission, copies of any Registration Statement or any Prospectus included therein or any amendments or supplements to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all documents incorporated by reference after the initial filing of such Registration Statement), which documents will be subject to the review and comment of such Holders and underwriter(s) in connection with such sale, if any, for a period of at least five (5)  Business Days; and if reasonably requested by any participating Holder, 

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promptly include in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information with respect to such participating Holder as such participating Holder reasonably requests to be included therein and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment as soon as the Issuer has received notification of the matters to be so included in such filing; and make the Company’s and any Guarantor’s representatives available for discussion of such document and other customary due diligence matters, and include such information in such document prior to the filing thereof as such selling Holders or underwriter(s), if any, reasonably may request;
(v)    make available at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner for inspection by the Placement Agent, the managing underwriter(s), if any, participating in any disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement and any attorney or accountant retained by the Placement Agent or any of the underwriter(s), all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of each of the Company and any Guarantor and cause the Company’s and any Guarantor’s officers, directors, managers and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Holder, underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with such Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto subsequent to the filing thereof and prior to its effectiveness and to participate in meetings with investors to the extent requested by the managing underwriter(s), if any; provided that if any such information is identified by the Company or any Guarantor as being confidential or proprietary, each Person receiving such information shall take such actions as are reasonably necessary to protect the confidentiality of such information to the extent such action is otherwise not inconsistent with, an impairment of or in derogation of the rights and interests of any inspector, Holder or underwriter); and provided, further, that all such confidential information that is provided by the Company and any Guarantor shall be kept confidential by each such Person (except for disclosures to such Person’s affiliates and its and their respective employees, legal counsel and other experts or agents who need to know such information in connection with permitted uses thereof), unless disclosure thereof is required or requested under compulsion of law (whether by oral question, interrogatory, subpoena, civil investigative demand or otherwise), by order or act of any court or governmental or regulatory authority or body, or such information is or has become available to the public generally through the Company or any Guarantor or through a third party without an accompanying obligation of confidentiality owed by such Person to the Company or any Guarantor, or disclosure is required in connection with any suit, action or proceeding for the purpose of defending itself, reducing its liability or protecting or exercising any of its rights, remedies or interests, or the Issuer consents to the non-confidential treatment of such information;
(vi)    if requested by any selling Holders or the underwriter(s), if any, promptly incorporate in any Registration Statement or Prospectus, pursuant to a supplement or post-effective amendment if necessary, such information as such selling Holders and underwriter(s), if any, may reasonably request to have included therein, including, without limitation, information relating to the “Plan of Distribution” of the Transfer 

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Restricted Securities, information with respect to the principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities being sold to such underwriter(s), the purchase price being paid therefor and any other terms of the offering of the Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold in such offering; and make all required filings with the Commission or such other required filings as may be reasonably requested by the selling Holders or the underwriter(s) of such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as reasonably practicable after the Issuer is notified of the matters to be incorporated in such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment;
(vii)    cause the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be rated with the appropriate rating agencies, if so requested by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities covered thereby or the underwriter(s), if any;
(viii)    furnish to each Placement Agent, each selling Holder and each of the underwriter(s), if any, without charge, at least one copy of the Registration Statement, as first filed with the Commission, and of each amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits (including exhibits incorporated therein by reference);
(ix)    deliver to each selling Holder and each of the underwriter(s), if any, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons may reasonably request; each of the Company and any Guarantor hereby consents to the use of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders and each of the underwriter(s), if any, in connection with the offering and the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto;
(x)    enter into such usual and customary agreements (including an underwriting agreement), and make such usual and customary representations and warranties, and take all such other actions in connection therewith in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of the Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement, all to such extent as may be reasonably requested by any Placement Agent or by any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities or underwriter in connection with any sale or resale pursuant to any Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement; and whether or not an underwriting agreement is entered into and whether or not the registration is an Underwritten Registration, each of the Company and any Guarantor shall:
(A)    furnish to each Placement Agent, each selling Holder and each underwriter, if any, in such substance and scope as they may reasonably request and as are usually and customarily made by issuers to underwriters in primary underwritten offerings, upon the date of the Consummation of the Exchange Offer or, if applicable, the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement:

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(1)    a certificate, dated the date of Consummation of the Exchange Offer or the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, signed by (y) the Chief Executive Officer, President or any Vice President and (z) a principal financial or accounting officer of each of the Company and any Guarantor, confirming, as of the date thereof, the matters set forth in Section 7(b)(5) of the Placement Agency Agreement and such other matters as such parties may reasonably request;
(2)    an opinion, dated the date of Consummation of the Exchange Offer or the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, of counsel for the Company and any Guarantor, covering the matters set forth in Section 7(b)(3) of the Placement Agency Agreement and such other matters as such parties may reasonably request, and in any event including a statement to the effect that such counsel has participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company and any Guarantor, representatives of the independent public accountants for the Company and any Guarantor, representatives of the underwriter(s), if any, and counsel to the underwriter(s), if any, in connection with the preparation of such Registration Statement and the related Prospectus and have considered the matters required to be stated therein and the statements contained therein, although such counsel has not independently verified the accuracy, completeness or fairness of such statements; and that such counsel advises that, on the basis of the foregoing, no facts came to such counsel’s attention that caused such counsel to believe that the applicable Registration Statement, at the time such Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto became effective, and, in the case of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as of the date of Consummation, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or that the Prospectus contained in such Registration Statement as of its date and, in the case of the opinion dated the date of Consummation of the Exchange Offer, as of the date of Consummation, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading.  Without limiting the foregoing, such counsel may state further that such counsel assumes no responsibility for, and has not independently verified, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the financial statements, notes and schedules and other financial data included in any Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement or the related Prospectus; and
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Statement, from the Issuer’s independent accountants, in the customary form and covering matters of the type customarily requested to be covered in comfort letters by underwriters in connection with primary underwritten offerings;
(B)    set forth in full or incorporate by reference in the underwriting agreement, if any, the indemnification provisions and procedures of Section 8 hereof with respect to all parties to be indemnified pursuant to such Section; and
(C)    deliver such other documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by such parties to evidence compliance with Section 6(c)(x)(A) hereof and with any customary conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Company or any Guarantor pursuant to this Section 6(c)(x), if any.
If at any time the representations and warranties of the Issuer contemplated in Section 6(c)(x)(A)(1) hereof cease to be true and correct, the Issuer shall so advise any Placement Agent and the underwriter(s), if any, and each selling Holder promptly and, if requested by such Persons, shall confirm such advice in writing;
(xi)    prior to any public offering of Transfer Restricted Securities, reasonably cooperate with the selling Holders, the underwriter(s), if any, and their respective counsel in connection with the registration and qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under the state securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the selling Holders or underwriter(s), if any, may reasonably request in writing and do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement; provided, however, that none of the Issuer, the Co-Issuer or any Guarantor shall be required to register or qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify or file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or to suits or to taxation, other than as to matters and transactions relating to the Registration Statement, in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject;
(xii)    shall issue, upon the request of any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement, Exchange Securities having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities surrendered to the Issuer by such Holder in exchange therefor or being sold by such Holder; such Exchange Securities to be registered in the name of such Holder or in the name of the purchaser(s) of such Securities, as the case may be; in return, the Transfer Restricted Securities held by such Holder shall be surrendered to the Issuer for cancellation;
(xiii)    reasonably cooperate with the selling Holders and the underwriter(s), if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Transfer 

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Restricted Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends; and enable such Transfer Restricted Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the Holders or the underwriter(s), if any, may reasonably request at least two Business Days prior to any sale of Transfer Restricted Securities made by such Holders or underwriter(s);
(xiv)    use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be reasonably necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof or the underwriter(s), if any, to consummate the disposition of such Transfer Restricted Securities, subject to the proviso contained in Section 6(c)(x) hereof;
(xv)    if any fact or event contemplated by Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof shall exist or have occurred, prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of Transfer Restricted Securities, the Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading;
(xvi)    provide a CUSIP number for all Securities not later than the effective date of the Registration Statement covering such Securities and provide the Trustee under the Indenture with printed certificates for such Securities which are in a form eligible for deposit with the Depository Trust Company and take all other action reasonably necessary to ensure that all such Securities are eligible for deposit with the Depository Trust Company;
(xvii)    reasonably cooperate and assist in any filings required to be made with the FINRA and in the performance of any due diligence investigation by any underwriter (including any “qualified independent underwriter”) that is required to be retained in accordance with the rules and regulations of FINRA, provided that any such underwriters if requested by the Issuer shall agree to keep any information obtained in the course of such due diligence investigation confidential pursuant to the terms of a confidentiality agreement reasonably acceptable to the Issuer;
(xviii)    otherwise use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make generally available to its security holders, as soon as practicable, a consolidated earnings statement meeting the requirements of Rule 158 under the Securities Act (which need not be audited) for the twelve-month period (A) commencing at the end of any fiscal quarter in which Transfer Restricted Securities are sold to underwriters in a firm commitment or best efforts Underwritten Offering or (B) if not sold to underwriters in such an offering, beginning with the first month of the Issuer’s first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the Registration Statement;

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(xix)    cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act in connection with the registration of the Transfer Restricted Securities, and, in connection therewith, cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders of Securities to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be required for such Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the Trust Indenture Act; and to execute and use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents that may be reasonably required to effect such changes and all other forms and documents required to be filed with the Commission to enable such Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner;
(xx)    use its reasonable best efforts to cause all Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be listed on each securities exchange or automated quotation system on which similar securities issued by the Issuer are then listed if requested by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities or the managing underwriter(s), if any; and
(xxi)    provide promptly to each Holder upon request each document filed with the Commission pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 and Section 15 of the Exchange Act.
Each Holder agrees by acquisition of a Transfer Restricted Security that, upon receipt of any notice from the Issuer of the existence of any fact of the kind described in Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof, such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement until such Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(c)(xv) hereof, or until it is advised in writing (the “Advice”) by the Issuer that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated by reference in the Prospectus.  If so directed by the Issuer, each Holder will deliver to the Issuer (at the Issuer’s expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such Holder’s possession, of the Prospectus covering such Transfer Restricted Securities that was current at the time of receipt of such notice.  In the event the Issuer shall give any such notice, the time period regarding the effectiveness of such Registration Statement set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable, shall be extended by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice pursuant to Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof to and including the date when each selling Holder covered by such Registration Statement shall have received the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(c)(xvi) hereof or shall have received the Advice; provided, however, that no such extension shall be taken into account in determining whether Additional Interest is due pursuant to Section 5 hereof or the amount of such Additional Interest.
SECTION 7.    Registration Expenses.
(a)    All expenses incidental to the Issuer’s, the Co-Issuer’s and any Guarantor’s performance of or compliance with this Agreement will be borne by the Company and any Guarantor, jointly and severally, regardless of whether a Registration Statement becomes effective, including, without limitation:  (i) all registration and filing fees and expenses (including filings made by the Placement Agent or Holder with FINRA (and, if applicable, the 

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fees and expenses of any “qualified independent underwriter” and its counsel that may be required by the rules and regulations of FINRA but only where the need for such a “qualified independent underwriter” arises due to a relationship with the Company and any Guarantor)); (ii) all fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities and state securities or blue sky laws; (iii) all expenses of printing (including printing certificates for the Exchange Securities to be issued in the Exchange Offer and printing of Prospectuses), messenger and delivery services and telephone; (iv) all fees and disbursements of counsel for the Issuer, the Co-Issuer any Guarantor and, subject to Section 7(b) hereof, the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities; (v) all application and filing fees in connection with listing the Exchange Securities on a securities exchange or automated quotation system pursuant to the requirements thereof; and (vi) all fees and disbursements of independent certified public accountants of the Company and any Guarantor (including the expenses of any special audit and comfort letters required by or incident to such performance).
Each of the Issuer, the Co-Issuer and any Guarantor will, in any event, bear its internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expenses of any annual audit and the fees and expenses of any Person, including special experts, retained by the Issuer or the Co-Issuer.
(b)    In connection with any Registration Statement required by this Agreement (including, without limitation, the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and the Shelf Registration Statement), the Company and any Guarantor, jointly and severally, will reimburse the Placement Agent and the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities being tendered in the Exchange Offer and/or resold pursuant to the “Plan of Distribution” contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or registered pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, as applicable, for the reasonable fees and disbursements of not more than one counsel chosen by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities for whose benefit such Registration Statement is being prepared.  The Company and any Guarantor shall pay all documentary, stamp, transfer or other transactional taxes attributable to the issuance or delivery of the Exchange Securities in exchange for the Securities; provided, that neither the Issuer nor the Co-Issuer shall be required to pay taxes payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of any Exchange Securities in a name other than that of the Holder thereof in respect of which such Exchange Security is being issued.  In no event shall the Issuer, the Co-Issuer or any Guarantor be responsible for any broker or similar commissions of any Holders, or except the extent provided herein, any legal fees or other costs of the Holders.
SECTION 8.    Indemnification.
(a)    The Company and any Guarantor, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless (i) each Holder and (ii) each Person, if any, who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) any Holder (any of the Persons referred to in this clause (ii) being hereinafter referred to as a “controlling person”) and (iii) the respective officers, directors, partners, employees, representatives and agents of any Holder or any controlling person (any Person referred to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) may hereinafter be referred to as an “Indemnified Holder”), to the fullest extent lawful, from and against any and 

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all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, actions and expenses (including, without limitation, and as incurred, reimbursement of all reasonable costs of investigating, preparing, pursuing, settling, compromising, paying or defending any action, claim or proceeding, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to any Indemnified Holder), joint or several, directly or indirectly caused by, related to, based upon, arising out of or in connection with any untrue statement of a material fact or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement or Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or any omission or alleged omission to state therein, a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made (in the case of the Prospectus), not misleading; provided, however, that none of the Issuer, the Co-Issuer or any Guarantor will be liable insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs or expenses are caused by an untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission to state a material fact that is made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any of the Holders furnished in writing to the Issuer by any of the Holders expressly for use therein.  This indemnity agreement shall be in addition to any liability which the Issuer, the Co-Issuer or any Guarantor may otherwise have.
In case any action, claim or proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation or proceeding) shall be brought or asserted against any of the Indemnified Holders with respect to which indemnity may be sought against the Issuer, the Co-Issuer or any Guarantor, such Indemnified Holder (or the Indemnified Holder controlled by such controlling person) shall promptly notify the Company and any Guarantor in writing; provided, however, that the failure to give such notice shall not relieve the Issuer, the Co-Issuer or any Guarantor of its obligations pursuant to this Agreement, except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced by such failure.  Such Indemnified Holder shall have the right to employ its own counsel in any such action and the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be paid, as incurred, by the Company and any Guarantor (regardless of whether it is ultimately determined that an Indemnified Holder is not entitled to indemnification hereunder).  The Company and any Guarantor shall not, in connection with any one such action, claim or proceeding or separate but substantially similar or related actions or proceedings in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) at any time for such Indemnified Holders, which firm shall be designated by the Holders.  The Company and any Guarantor shall be liable for any settlement of any such action or proceeding effected with the Company’s and any Guarantor’s prior written consent, which consent shall not be withheld unreasonably, and each of the Company and any Guarantor agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any Indemnified Holder from and against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense by reason of any settlement of any action effected with the written consent of the Company and any Guarantor.  The Company and any Guarantor shall not, without the prior written consent of each Indemnified Holder, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in or otherwise seek to terminate any pending or threatened action, claim, litigation or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not any Indemnified Holder is a party thereto), unless such settlement, compromise, consent or termination includes an unconditional 

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release of each Indemnified Holder from all liability arising out of such action, claim, litigation or proceeding.
(b)    Each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Issuer, the Co-Issuer, any Guarantor and their respective directors, managers, officers of the Issuer, the Co-Issuer and any Guarantor who sign a Registration Statement, and any Person controlling (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) the Issuer, the Co-Issuer or any Guarantor and the respective officers, directors, managers, partners, employees, representatives and agents of each such Person, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Issuer, the Co-Issuer and any Guarantor to each of the Indemnified Holders, but only with respect to claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, actions and expenses based on information relating to such Holder furnished in writing by such Holder expressly for use in any Registration Statement.  In case any action, claim or proceeding shall be brought against the Issuer, the Co-Issuer, any Guarantor or their respective directors, managers or officers or any such controlling person in respect of which indemnity may be sought against a Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities, such Holder shall have the rights and duties given the Company and any Guarantor, and the Company and any Guarantor, their respective directors, managers and officers and such controlling person shall have the rights and duties given to each Holder by the preceding paragraph.
(c)    If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to an indemnified party under Section 8(a) or (b) hereof (other than by reason of exceptions provided in those Sections) or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, actions, costs or expenses referred to therein, then each applicable indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs or expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and any Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, from the Initial Placement (which in the case of the Company and any Guarantor shall be deemed to be equal to the total gross proceeds to the Company and any Guarantor from the Initial Placement), the amount of Additional Interest which did not become payable as a result of the filing of the Registration Statement resulting in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments actions or expenses, or if such allocation is not permitted by applicable law, the relative fault of the Company and any Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.  The relative fault of the Company and any Guarantor on the one hand and of the Indemnified Holder 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 the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or any Guarantor, on the one hand, or the Indemnified Holders, on the other hand, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
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determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph.  The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs or expenses referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, none of the Holders (and its related Indemnified Holders) shall be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the aggregate proceeds of sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities received by such Holder with respect to the Initial Securities exceeds the amount of any damages which such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact.  No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.  The Holders’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 8(c) are several in proportion to the respective principal amount of Securities held by each of the Holders hereunder and not joint.
SECTION 9.    Rule 144A.  Each of the Company and any Guarantor hereby agrees with each Holder, for so long as any Transfer Restricted Securities remain outstanding, to make available to any Holder or beneficial owner of Transfer Restricted Securities in connection with any sale thereof and any prospective purchaser of such Transfer Restricted Securities from such Holder or beneficial owner, the current information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act in order to permit resales of such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
SECTION 10.    Participation in Underwritten Registrations.  No Holder may participate in any Underwritten Registration hereunder unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell such Holder’s Transfer Restricted Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (b) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements, lock-up letters and other documents required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.
SECTION 11.    Selection of Underwriters.  The Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement who desire to do so may sell such Transfer Restricted Securities in an Underwritten Offering.  In any such Underwritten Offering, the investment banker(s) and managing underwriter(s) that will administer such offering will be selected by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities included in such offering, subject to approval by the Company and any Guarantor, which approval will not be unreasonably withheld.
SECTION 12.    Miscellaneous.
(a)    Remedies.  Each of the Company and any Guarantor hereby agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it 

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of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby agrees to waive the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.
(b)    No Inconsistent Agreements.  Each of the Company and any Guarantor will not on or after the date of this Agreement enter into any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.  Except as described in the Time of Sale Document (as defined in the Placement Agency Agreement), none of the Issuer, the Co-Issuer or any Guarantor has previously entered into any agreement granting any registration rights with respect to its securities to any Person.  The rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the Company’s or any Guarantor’s securities under any agreement in effect on the date hereof.  
(c)    Adjustments Affecting the Securities.  Neither the Issuer nor the Co-Issuer will take any action, or permit any change to occur, with respect to the Securities that would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Holders to Consummate any Exchange Offer.
(d)    Amendments and Waivers.  The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to or departures from the provisions hereof may not be given unless the Issuer has (i) in the case of Section 8 hereof and this Section 12(d), obtained the written consent of Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) in the case of all other provisions hereof, obtained the written consent of Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities (excluding any Transfer Restricted Securities held by the Issuer or the Co-Issuer or affiliates thereof).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to departure from the provisions hereof that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders whose securities are being tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer or sold pursuant to a Registration Statement and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Holders whose securities are not being tendered pursuant to such Exchange Offer or sold pursuant to such Registration Statement may be given by the Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities being tendered or registered; provided, however, that, with respect to any matter that directly or indirectly affects the rights of the Placement Agent hereunder, the Issuer shall obtain the written consent of the Placement Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) with respect to which such amendment, qualification, supplement, waiver, consent or departure is to be effective.
(e)    Notices.  All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), facsimile, or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:
(i)    if to a Holder, at the address set forth on the records of the registrar under the Indenture, with a copy to the registrar under the Indenture; and

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(ii)    if to the Issuer or the Co-Issuer:
U.S. Well Services, LLC  
or USW Financing Corp. 
770 South Post Oak Lane, Suite 405 
Houston, TX 77056 
Facsimile No.:  (832) 562-3732 
Attention:  Chief Financial Officer
With a copy to: 
 
Porter Hedges LLP 
1000 Main Street, 36th Floor 
Houston, TX 77002 
Facsimile No.:  (713) 226-6244 
Email: cbrown@porterhedges.com 
Attention:  Corey C. Brown
All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given:  at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five (5) Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when answered back, if telexed; when receipt acknowledged, if sent by facsimile; and on the next Business Day, if timely delivered to an air 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.
(f)    Successors and Assigns.  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties, including, without limitation, and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities; provided, however, that this Agreement shall not inure to the benefit of or be binding upon a successor or assign of a Holder unless and to the extent such successor or assign acquired Transfer Restricted Securities from such Holder.
(g)    Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
(h)    Headings.  The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(i)    Governing Law.  THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES THEREOF.

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(j)    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.
(k)    Entire Agreement.  This Agreement is intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein.  There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein with respect to the registration rights granted by the Issuer or the Co-Issuer with respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities.  This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
U.S. WELL SERVICES, LLC
		
	By:
	    /s/ Brian Stewart     
Name:         Brian Stewart     
Title:          President and CEO    

USW FINANCING CORP.
		
	By:
	    /s/ Brian Stewart     
Name:         Brian Stewart     
Title:          President and CEO     

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The foregoing Registration Rights Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written:
GLOBAL HUNTER SECURITIES, LLC 

		
	By:
	    /s/ Gary Meringer     
Name:         Gary Meringer     
Title:          General Counsel        

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ALJ Capital I L.P.    
PURCHASER

By:     /s/ Ron Silverton     
Name:   Ron Silverton     
Title:     Authorized Signatory    

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ALJ Capital II L.P.    
PURCHASER

By:     /s/ Ron Silverton     
Name:   Ron Silverton     
Title:     Authorized Signatory    

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LJR Capital L.P.    
PURCHASER

By:     /s/ Ron Silverton     
Name:   Ron Silverton     
Title:     Authorized Signatory    

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Alpine Associates, A Limited Partnership
PURCHASER

By:     /s/ Gary Moorman     
Name:    Gary Moorman     
Title:       Senior Analyst    

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Alpine Heritage, L.P.    
PURCHASER

By:     /s/ Gary Moorman     
Name:    Gary Moorman     
Title:       Senior Analyst    

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Alpine Heritage II, L.P.    
PURCHASER

By:     /s/ Gary Moorman     
Name:    Gary Moorman     
Title:       Senior Analyst    

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Alpine Heritage Offshore Fund Ltd.    
PURCHASER

By:     /s/ Gary Moorman     
Name:    Gary Moorman     
Title:       Senior Analyst    

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Alpine Partners, L.P.    
PURCHASER

By:     /s/ Gary Moorman     
Name:    Gary Moorman     
Title:       Senior Analyst    

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Candlewood Special Situations Master Fund Ltd.
PURCHASER

By:     /s/ David Koenig     
Name:   David Koenig     
Title:     Managing Partner    

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CWD OC 522 Master Fund Ltd.    
PURCHASER

By:     /s/ David Koenig     
Name:   David Koenig     
Title:     Managing Partner    

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Courage Special Situations Master Fund, LP
PURCHASER

By:     /s/ Thomas G. Milne     
Name:   Thomas G. Milne     
Title:     President of Courage Capital
        Management, LLC     
        Advisor to Courage Special
        Situations Master Fund, LP

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Millstreet Credit Fund LP    
PURCHASER

By:     /s/ Craig M. Kelleher     
Name:   Craig M. Kelleher     
Title:     Managing Member of    
                 Millstreet Capital Partners    
                 LLC, the General Partner    

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Pergament Multi-Strategy Opportunities, LP
PURCHASER

By:     /s/ Steven J. Brown     
Name:   Steven J. Brown     
Title:     Portfolio Manager    

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Stonehill Institutional Partners, LP    
PURCHASER

By:     /s/ Wayne Teetsel     
Name:   Wayne Teetsel     
Title:      A Managing Member of    
                 Stonehill Capital Management, LLC
                 Its Adviser    

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Stonehill Master Fund Ltd.    
PURCHASER

By:     /s/ Wayne Teetsel     
Name:   Wayne Teetsel     
Title:      A Managing Member of    
                 Stonehill Capital Management, LLC
                 Its Adviser    

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Verition Multi-Strategy Master Fund Ltd.    
PURCHASER

By:     /s/ Ted Hagan     
Name:   Ted Hagan     
Title:     CFO    

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Warwick European Distressed & Special Situations Credit Fund L.P.
PURCHASER

By:     /s/ Ian Burgess     
Name:   Ian Burgess     
Title:     Co-Chief Investment Officer    

-42-Ex. 10.1 Weyerhaeuser Company Annual Incentive Plan

Exhibit 10.1 Weyerhaeuser Company Annual Incentive Plan

Annual Incentive Plan
for Salaried Employees
(Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2013)

This document contains the terms of the Weyerhaeuser Company Annual Incentive Plan for Salaried Employees (the “Plan”).  The Plan is effective January 1, 2013.

Purpose and Plan Objectives
The purpose of the Plan is to align rewards with the Company's vision and strategies, and motivate Participants to achieve top performance in the industry.  Participants are eligible to receive incentive awards based on their performance and the performance of their Organization.
The Plan is designed to accomplish the following objectives:
		
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	motivate Participants to achieve Company and business objectives;

		
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	provide a competitive range of performance and payout opportunities;

		
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	attract, retain and motivate Participants by providing opportunities to earn better-than-competitive total pay for better-than-competitive performance results;

		
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	align the interests of Participants to promote the Company's philosophy of managing each business independently to achieve top quartile performance and cost of capital returns; and

		
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	ensure strong linkage of pay to performance.

Definitions
		
	(a)
	“Award Year” is each calendar year for which a Participant may earn a Bonus Award.

		
	(b)
	“Base Salary” is a Participant's annual rate of pay measured as of December 31 of each Award Year, excluding all other pay elements (such as bonus payments and relocation allowances).  For a Participant who becomes ineligible for the Plan during the Award Year and is eligible for a pro-rated Bonus Award pursuant to the criteria specified below, Base Salary is the Participant's annual rate of pay measured as of the last day he or she was eligible for the Plan.

		
	(c)
	“Bonus Award” is the amount of bonus granted to a Participant for each Award Year as determined under the terms of the Plan.

		
	(d)
	“Business Group” means a business that separately earns revenues and incurs expenses that regularly is reviewed by and subject to different performance standards by the Chief Executive Officer or executive officers of the Company, such as Timberlands, Cellulose Fibers, or Wood Products, including the Employees assigned to each Business Group, Embedded Staff supporting each Business Group and the member of the Senior Management Team to whom the Business Group reports directly.  

		
	(e)
	“Company” is Weyerhaeuser Company and any of its subsidiaries that adopt the Plan with the approval of the Compensation Committee.  Exhibit A is a list of the adopting companies as of the Plan's effective date.

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	(f)
	“Compensation Committee” is the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Weyerhaeuser Company.

		
	(g)
	“Corporate Group” means any Organization that is not part of a Business Group and any member of the Senior Management Team to whom such an Organization reports directly.

		
	(h)
	“Disability” is a medical condition for which a Participant is entitled to Company-paid disability benefits and as a result of which a Participant is required to terminate his or her employment.

		
	(i)
	“Embedded Staff” means any Employee who is a member of a corporate staff or corporate support function Organization, but who (1) works at a Business Group facility or (2) is located outside a Business Group facility, but spends a majority of his or her time in support of one Business Group.

		
	(j)
	“Employee” is any person who is classified by the Company as actively employed by the Company, including any such person on leave with pay or suspended (unless such suspension arises from a disciplinary matter due to attendance, misconduct or performance) and who is compensated on a salaried basis (exempt or non-exempt) as reflected on the Company's payroll records.

		
	(k)
	“Financial Funding Curves” means the financial performance levels established at the beginning of each Award Year by the Compensation Committee for each Business Group, which performance levels will be required for threshold, target and maximum funding of the financial target weighting portion of the Plan for an Award Year.

		
	(l)
	“Funds From Operations” means earnings before interest and taxes; less 1031 exchanges and gains on large asset sales; plus depletion, depreciation and amortization; plus the net book value of cash from sales of land; less fertilizer spending 

		
	(m)
	“Funding Multiples” means a numeric factor, based on a performance schedule approved by the Compensation Committee, which is multiplied by the aggregate target bonus amounts at each level on the Financial Funding Curves and the Performance Scorecard Funding Curves to determine Bonus Awards.

		
	(n)
	“Organization” is a corporate support function group or a discrete support function included in the Corporate Group.

		
	(o)
	“Participant” is any Employee who is eligible for the Plan pursuant to the terms of the “Eligibility” section below.

		
	(p)
	“Performance Scorecard Funding Curves” means the performance scorecard metrics established at the beginning of each Award Year by the Compensation Committee for each Business Group, which metrics will be used to measure the “Below,” “Achieves” and “Exceeds” performance of each Business Group during an Award Year for the performance scorecard weighting portion of the Plan.  

		
	(q)
	“Plan” has the meaning given in the introduction above.

		
	(r)
	“Retirement” is, with respect to a Participant, his or her “Normal Retirement” or “Early Retirement” as defined in the Weyerhaeuser Company Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees, as amended from time to time.

		
	(s)
	“RONA” is Weyerhaeuser Company's or the Business Group's return on net assets for the Award Year as determined in the sole discretion of the Chief Financial Officer of Weyerhaeuser Company.  For purposes of calculating RONA, earnings and net assets of Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company and its subsidiaries are excluded and amounts required to pay any Bonus Award under this Plan, pension charges and incremental corporate allocations are included.

Eligibility
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, each Employee is eligible to participate in the Plan except as follows:

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	(a)
	an Employee who is classified by the Company as a temporary employee;

		
	(b)
	a person who is reclassified by a court, governmental agency or the Company as a common law Employee; or

		
	(c)
	an Employee who is eligible for another short-term incentive plan offered by Weyerhaeuser Company or any of its subsidiaries, including, but not limited to, a sales incentive plan, an incentive plan maintained by Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company or Weyerhaeuser Asset Management LLC, or any other similar cash bonus plan.

The Plan Administrator may designate in its sole discretion any other Employee of the Company or any other person as eligible to participate in the Plan.
Target Bonus Percentage and Amount
The Company assigns each Employee position within the Company a target bonus percentage for each Award Year expressed as a percentage of Base Salary.  The target bonus percentage is fixed for each Participant as of December 31 of each Award Year, without regard to any position changes during the Award Year, except as approved by the Plan Administrator.
A Participant's target bonus amount for the Award Year is calculated by multiplying his or her target bonus percentage by his or her Base Salary.  Overtime paid during the year to a Participant who is a non-exempt salaried Employee will be added to his or her Base Salary for purposes of calculating his or her target bonus amount.
The target bonus amount for new a Participant during the Award Year will be prorated on a time-in-eligible position basis.  The target bonus amount for a Participant who terminates his or her employment during the Award Year will be calculated on a time-in-eligible position basis, but only if such termination is for any of the following reasons as classified by the Company:  death, Disability, facility closure, health reasons, reduction in force, sale of facility and Retirement.  A Participant whose employment terminates during the Award Year for any other reason will be ineligible for a Bonus Award.
Funding, Allocation and Individual Bonus Awards
Financial Performance - No later than 90 days following the beginning of each Award Year, the Compensation Committee will establish an annual funding schedule for each Business Group substantially in the form of Exhibit B, which will consist of the Financial Funding Curves performance levels  for threshold, target and maximum funding of the financial target weighting portion of the Plan.  The Financial Funding Curves performance measures may be based on the Business Group's RONA, Funds From Operations, or other objective business measure established by the Compensation Committee.  The factors considered by the Compensation Committee in setting the required Financial Funding Curves performance levels may include, without limitation, dividend requirements, interest, cost of equity capital, and relative performance compared to appropriate peer groups.
Performance Scorecard Metrics - No later than 90 days following the beginning of each Award Year, the Compensation Committee will approve the Performance Scorecard Funding Curves to be used to measure the “Below,” “Achieves” and “Exceeds” performance of each Business Group during an Award Year  for the performance scorecard weighting portion of the Plan.  The performance scorecard metrics will include auditable metrics, such as relative competitive performance, cash generation and strategic initiatives.

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Funding Multiples - No later than 90 days following the beginning of each Award Year, the Compensation Committee will approve the Funding Multiple that will be applied for each performance level on the RONA Funding Curve and the Performance Scorecard Funding Curves.  For example, the Funding Multiples for an Award Year may be represented in a schedule as follows:
		
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	Threshold             0.2x

		
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	Target                 1.0x

		
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	Maximum            2.0x

Business Group Funding Amount - The total funding amount for Bonus Awards for each Award Year will be calculated separately for each Business Group at the end of each Award Year partly based on the RONA achieved by the Business Group at the end of the Award Year multiplied by the appropriate Funding Multiple approved for the Financial Funding Curve and partly based on the assessment of the performance of the Business Group against its performance scorecard metrics for the Award Year, multiplied by the appropriate Funding Multiple approved for the Performance Scorecard Funding Curves.  The performance of the Business Group against its performance scorecard metrics will be determined by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and other designated members of Senior Management.  No later than 90 days following the beginning of each Award Year, the Compensation Committee will approve the weighting for the RONA factor and the performance scorecard factor that will be used in calculating the funding amount.  The total funding amount for the Business Group will be the Business Group Funding Amount multiplied by the aggregate target bonus amounts of all Participants in the Business Group.  See Exhibit B for an example of the calculation. 
Corporate Group Funding Amount -The total funding amount for Bonus Awards for each Award Year will be calculated for the Corporate Group at the end of each Award year by determining the aggregate of the funding amount for each Business Group that represents the amount of the Corporate Group Bonus Awards allocated to the Business Group as part of the financial calculation multiplied by the appropriate Funding Multiple, plus the aggregate of the funding amounts earned by Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company (“WRECO”) and its subsidiaries under the WRECO Annual Incentive Plan that represents the portion of the funding amount of the Staff Group Bonus Awards allocated to each of WRECO and its subsidiaries as part of the award determination multiplied by the aggregate WRECO funding multiple.

Allocation of Total Corporate Group Funding Amount - The total Corporate Group funding amount for the Award Year will be allocated among the Organizations within the Corporate Group based on the ratio that the aggregate of the target bonus amounts of the Participants who are members of each such Organization multiplied by the Funding Multiple has to the total Corporate Group funding.
Funding Amounts for Certain Executive Officers - Bonus Awards for the CEO will be based partly on RONA results of the total Company and partly based on performance against performance scorecard metrics approved by the Compensation Committee.  Bonus Awards for any executive officer to whom other executive officers report or who does not have either a Business Group or Corporate Group Organization reporting directly to him or her will be determined based on the weighted average of the separate Business Group Funding Amounts of the Business Groups that report indirectly to him or her as determined by the Compensation Committee.  No later than 90 days following the beginning of each Award Year, the Compensation Committee will approve the factors that will be used in calculating the funding amounts for the CEO and such other executive officer.
Change of Business Group or Organization - Any Participant who transferred from one Business Group or Organization to another Business Group or Organization during the Award Year will be included in the Business Group or Organization to which the Participant is assigned as of the December 31 of the Award Year, except as approved by the Plan Administrator.

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Individual Bonus Awards - Each senior officer of each Business Group or Organization will recommend a Bonus Award, if any, for each Participant in the Business Group or Organization; provided that recommendations for Bonus Awards for Embedded Staff will be determined by the senior officer in the respective corporate function Organization in consultation with the senior officer in the respective Business Group of the Embedded Staff Employee.  The maximum Bonus Award that may be recommended for any Participant with respect to the Award year is three times the Participant's target bonus amount.  In addition, the sum of the recommended individual Bonus Awards within the Business Group or Organization may not exceed the Business Group or Organization's allocated funding amount.  The Participant's recommended Bonus Award may be based on the individual performance, plant or department performance, or other relevant factors determined by the senior officer in his or her sole discretion.
Approval of Awards
The Compensation Committee will approve all Bonus Awards for each executive officer and the funding amount for each Business Group and Organization.  In approving any Bonus Award, the Compensation Committee reserves the right to increase or decrease the recommended Bonus Award for performance or any other reason.
Timing of payments and approvals
Payments of Bonus Awards will be made as soon as administratively reasonable after the last day of each Award Year, but in no event later than the immediately next March 15.  Some Participants may be eligible to defer Bonus Award payments.  The availability and terms and conditions of any such deferral are determined by the Weyerhaeuser Company Comprehensive Incentive Compensation Plan.
All payments of Bonus Awards will be made in cash and subject to appropriate tax and other required withholding and reporting.  Bonus Award payments will be managed, processed and tracked by the Corporate Compensation Department.
Right to amend or terminate
Weyerhaeuser Company reserves the right to amend or terminate the Plan at any time without prior notice to any Participant.
Continuation rights
No Participant or his or her legal representatives, beneficiaries or heirs will have any right or interest in the Plan or in its continuance, or in the Participant's continued participation in the Plan. 
Plan administration
Except to the extent expressly provided herein, administration of the Plan is the responsibility of the Senior Vice President, Human Resources of Weyerhaeuser Company.  To the extent necessary to carry out such administration, the Senior Vice President, Human Resources of Weyerhaeuser Company has the power and authority to construe and interpret the provisions of the Plan, and to adopt, amend and rescind Plan rules.

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Miscellaneous
The Plan will constitute a “Participating Plan” under the Weyerhaeuser Company Comprehensive Incentive Compensation Plan, and, accordingly, any Bonus Award payments will be treated as an award under the Weyerhaeuser Company Comprehensive Incentive Compensation Plan.  Moreover, Bonus Award payments will be treated as compensation for purposes of other benefits maintained by the Company only to the extent provided under the terms of the governing documents for such other benefits. 
Nothing in the Plan will be construed to limit the right of the Company to establish, alter or terminate any other forms of incentives or other compensation or benefits.
The existence of the Plan does not extend to any Participant a right to continued employment with the Company.
Any Bonus Award paid under the Plan is an unfunded obligation of the Company.  The Company is not required to segregate any monies from its general funds, to create any trust or to make any special deposits with respect to this obligation.  The creation or maintenance of any account with the Company's general funds with respect to the Plan shall not create or constitute a trust or create any vested interest in any Participant or his or her beneficiary or creditors in any assets of the Company.  No right or interest conferred on any Participant pursuant to the Plan shall be assignable or transferable, either by voluntary or involuntary act or by operation of law.
Regardless of the location of any Participant or Employee, the Plan will be governed by the laws of the State of Washington, other than its conflict of laws principles.

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