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Exhibit 4.1

 

Registration Rights Agreement

Dated as of January 24, 2011

among

Windstream Corporation,

the Guarantors identified herein,

and

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

  

  

  

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

This Registration Rights Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into this 24th day of January, 2011, among Windstream Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the subsidiaries of the Company identified as Guarantors on the signature pages hereto (the “Guarantors”) and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representative of the several initial purchasers listed in Schedule A to the Purchase Agreement (collectively, the “Initial Purchasers”).

This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated January 7, 2011, among the Company, certain of the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers, as amended by the Assumption Agreement, dated as of January 24, 2011, among certain of the Guarantors, (together, the “Purchase Agreement”), which provides for the sale by the Company to the Initial Purchasers of an aggregate of $200.0 million principal amount of the Company’s 7.75% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Initial Securities”).  In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors have agreed to provide to the Initial Purchasers and their direct and indirect transferees the registration rights set forth in this Agreement.  The execution of this Agreement is a condition to the closing under the Purchase Agreement.

In consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1.   Definitions.

 

As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized defined terms shall have the following meanings:

“1933 Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.

“1934 Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of l934, as amended from time to time.

“Base Indenture” shall mean the Indenture relating to the Initial Securities, dated as of October 6, 2010, among the Company, the guarantors listed therein and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

“Closing Date” shall mean January 24, 2011.

“Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall also include the Company’s successors.

  

  

  

“Depositary” shall mean The Depository Trust Company, or any other depositary appointed by the Company, which depositary must be a clearing agency registered under the 1934 Act.

“Exchange Offer” shall mean the exchange offer by the Company of Exchange Securities for Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof.

“Exchange Offer Registration” shall mean a registration under the 1933 Act effected pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof.

“Exchange Offer Registration Statement” shall mean an exchange offer registration statement on Form S-4 (or, if applicable, on another appropriate form), and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all documents incorporated by reference therein.

“Exchange Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 hereof.

“Exchange Securities” shall mean the 7.75% Senior Notes due 2020 issued by the Company and guaranteed by the Guarantors under the Indenture containing terms identical to the Initial Securities in all material respects (except for references to certain interest rate provisions, restrictions on transfers and restrictive legends), to be offered to Holders of Initial Securities in exchange for Registrable Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer.

“First Supplemental Indenture” shall mean the Supplemental Indenture to the Base Indenture dated as of January 11, 2011, among the Company, the guarantors listed therein and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

“Guarantors” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall also include the Guarantors’ respective successors.

“Holder” shall mean each Initial Purchaser, for so long as it owns any Registrable Securities, and each of its successors, assigns and direct and indirect transferees who become registered owners of Registrable Securities under the Indenture and each Participating Broker-Dealer that holds Exchange Securities for so long as such Participating Broker-Dealer is required to deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities.

“Indenture” shall mean the Base Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture

“Initial Purchaser” or “Initial Purchasers” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

  

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“Initial Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

“Majority Holders” shall mean the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of Outstanding (as defined in the Indenture) Registrable Securities;  provided that whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities is required hereunder, Registrable Securities held by the Company and other obligors on the Initial Securities or any Affiliate (as defined in the Indenture) of the Company shall be disregarded in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage amount.

“Participating Broker-Dealer” shall mean J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and any other broker-dealer which makes a market in the Initial Securities and exchanges Registrable Securities in the Exchange Offer for Exchange Securities.

“Person” shall mean an individual, partnership (general or limited), corporation, limited liability company, trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof.

“Private Exchange” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 hereof.

“Private Exchange Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 hereof.

“Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in a Registration Statement, including any preliminary prospectus, and any such prospectus as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, including any such prospectus supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement, and by all other amendments and supplements to a prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and in each case including all material incorporated by reference therein.

“Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

“Registrable Securities” shall mean (i) the Initial Securities and, if issued, the Private Exchange Securities; provided, however, that Initial Securities and, if issued, the Private Exchange Securities, shall cease to be Registrable Securities when (1) a Registration Statement with respect to such Initial Securities shall have been declared effective under the 1933 Act and such Initial Securities shall have been disposed of pursuant to such Registration Statement, (2) such Initial Securities have been sold to the public pursuant to Rule l44 (or any similar provision then in force, but not Rule 144A) under the 1933 Act, (3) such Initial Securities shall have ceased to be outstanding or (4) the Exchange Offer is consummated (except in the case of Initial Securities purchased from the Company and continued to be held by an Initial Purchaser) and (ii) any

  

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Exchange Securities issued to a Participating Broker-Dealer until resold under the Exchange Offer Registration Statement.

“Registration Expenses” shall mean any and all expenses incident to performance of or compliance by the Company with this Agreement, including without limitation:  (i) all SEC, stock exchange or Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (the “FINRA”) registration and filing fees, including, if applicable, the fees and expenses of any “qualified independent underwriter” (and its counsel) that is required to be retained by any holder of Registrable Securities in accordance with the rules and regulations of the FINRA, (ii) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with compliance with state securities or blue sky laws and compliance with the rules of the FINRA (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for any underwriters or Holders in connection with blue sky qualification of any of the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities and any filings with the FINRA), (iii) all expenses of any Persons in preparing or assisting in preparing, word processing, printing and distributing any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any amendments or supplements thereto, any underwriting agreements, securities sales agreements and other documents relating to the performance of and compliance with this Agreement, (iv) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing, if any, of any of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange or exchanges, (v) all rating agency fees, (vi) the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company or the Guarantors and of the independent public accountants of the Company or the Guarantors, including the expenses of any special audits or “cold comfort” letters required by or incident to such performance and compliance, (vii) the fees and expenses of the Trustee, and any escrow agent or custodian, (viii) the reasonable fees and disbursements of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, special counsel representing the Holders of Registrable Securities in connection with a Shelf Registration hereunder and (ix) any fees and disbursements of the underwriters customarily required to be paid by issuers or sellers of securities and the fees and expenses of any special experts retained by the Company or the Guarantors in connection with any Registration Statement, but excluding underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of Registrable Securities by a Holder.

“Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement of the Company which covers any of the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, and all amendments and supplements to any such Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

“SEC” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency or government body performing the functions currently performed by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Shelf Registration” shall mean a registration effected pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof.

  

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“Shelf Registration Statement” shall mean a “shelf” registration statement of the Company pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.2 of this Agreement which covers Registrable Securities or Private Exchange Securities on an appropriate form under Rule 415 under the 1933 Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the SEC, and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

“Trustee” shall mean the trustee with respect to the Initial Securities, the Private Exchange Securities, if issued, and/or the Exchange Securities under the Indenture.

  2.            Registration Under the 1933 Act.

  2.1          Exchange Offer.  The Company and the Guarantors shall, for the benefit of the Holders, at their cost, (A) prepare and, not later than 120 days following the Closing Date, file with the SEC an Exchange Offer Registration Statement on an appropriate form under the 1933 Act with respect to a proposed Exchange Offer and the issuance and delivery to the Holders, in exchange for the Registrable Securities (other than Private Exchange Securities) of a like principal amount of Exchange Securities, (B) use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be declared effective under the 1933 Act within 180 days of the Closing Date and (C) use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Exchange Offer to be consummated not later than 210 days following the Closing Date.  The Exchange Securities will be issued under the Indenture.  Upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Company and the Guarantors shall promptly commence the Exchange Offer, it being the objective of such Exchange Offer to enable each Holder eligible and electing to exchange Registrable Securities for Exchange Securities (assuming that such Holder (a) is not an affiliate of the Company within the meaning of Rule 405 under the 1933 Act, (b) is not a broker-dealer tendering Registrable Securities acquired directly from the Company for its own account, (c) acquired the Exchange Securities in the ordinary course of such Holder’s business and (d) has no arrangements or understandings with any Person to participate in the Exchange Offer for the purpose of distributing the Exchange Securities, and has made representations to the Company to that effect) to transfer such Exchange Securities from and after their receipt without any limitations or restrictions under the 1933 Act and under state securities or blue sky laws.

In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Company and the Guarantors shall:

(a)           mail as promptly as practicable after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement has been declared effective under the 1933 Act to each Holder a copy of the Prospectus forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, together with any letter of transmittal and any related documents;

  

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(b)           keep the Exchange Offer open for acceptance for a period of not less than 30 calendar days after the date notice thereof is mailed to the Holders (or longer if required by applicable law) (such period referred to herein as the “Exchange Period”);

(c)           utilize the services of the Depositary for the Exchange Offer;

(d)           permit Holders to withdraw tendered Registrable Securities at any time prior to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time), on the last business day of the Exchange Period, by sending to the institution specified in the notice, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of such Holder, the principal amount of Registrable Securities delivered for exchange, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing such Holder’s election to have such Registrable Securities exchanged;

(e)           notify each Holder that any Registrable Security not tendered will remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest, but will not retain any rights under this Agreement (except in the case of the Initial Purchasers and Participating Broker-Dealers as provided herein); and

(f)           otherwise comply in all respects with all applicable laws relating to the Exchange Offer.

If, prior to consummation of the Exchange Offer, an Initial Purchaser holds any Initial Securities acquired by them and having the status of an unsold allotment in the initial distribution, the Company and the Guarantors upon the request of any such Initial Purchaser shall, simultaneously with the delivery of the Exchange Securities in the Exchange Offer, issue and deliver to such Initial Purchaser in exchange (the “Private Exchange”) for the Initial Securities  held by such Initial Purchaser, a like principal amount of debt securities of the Company on a senior basis, that are identical (except that such securities shall bear appropriate transfer restrictions) to the Exchange Securities (the “Private Exchange Securities”).  For the avoidance of doubt, such Exchange Securities shall be likewise guaranteed by the Guarantors.

The Exchange Securities and the Private Exchange Securities shall be issued under (i) the Indenture or (ii) an indenture identical in all material respects to the Indenture and which, in either case, has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “TIA”), or is exempt from such qualification and shall provide that the Exchange Securities shall not be subject to the transfer restrictions set forth in the Indenture but that the Private Exchange Securities shall be subject to such transfer restrictions.  The Indenture or such indenture shall provide that the Initial Securities, the Exchange Securities and the Private Exchange Securities shall vote and consent together on all matters as one class and that none of the Exchange Securities, the Private Exchange Securities or the Initial Securities will have the right to vote or consent as a separate class on any matter.  The Company shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to have the Private Exchange Securities bear the same CUSIP number as the Exchange Securities, to the extent permitted by the CUSIP Service Bureau.  Neither the Company nor any of the Guarantors shall have any liability under this Agreement

  

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solely as a result of such Private Exchange Securities not bearing the same CUSIP number as the Exchange Securities.

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

(i)         accept for exchange all Registrable Securities duly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and the letter of transmittal which shall be an exhibit thereto;

(ii)         accept for exchange all Initial Securities properly tendered pursuant to the Private Exchange;

(iii)         deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all Registrable Securities so accepted for exchange; and

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

Interest on each Exchange Security and Private Exchange Security will accrue from the last date on which interest was paid on the Registrable Securities surrendered in exchange therefor (or if the Exchange Security or Private Exchange Security is authenticated between a record date and an interest payment date with respect to the Registrable Securities surrendered in exchange therefor, from such interest payment date) or, if no interest has been paid on such Registrable Securities, from the Closing Date.  The Exchange Offer and the Private Exchange shall not be subject to any conditions, other than (i) that the Exchange Offer or the Private Exchange, or the making of any exchange by a Holder, does not violate applicable law or any applicable interpretation of the staff of the SEC, (ii) the due tendering of Registrable Securities in accordance with the Exchange Offer and the Private Exchange, (iii) that each Holder of Registrable Securities exchanged in the Exchange Offer shall have represented that all Exchange Securities to be received by it shall be acquired in the ordinary course of its business and that at the time of the consummation of the Exchange Offer it shall have no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution (within the meaning of the 1933 Act) of the Exchange Securities and shall have made such other representations as may be reasonably necessary under applicable SEC rules, regulations or interpretations to render the use of Form S-4 or other appropriate form under the 1933 Act available, (iv) all governmental approvals which the Company reasonably deems necessary for the consummation of the Exchange Offer and the Private Exchange shall have been obtained and (v) that no action or proceeding shall have been instituted or threatened in any court or by or before any governmental agency with respect to the Exchange Offer or the Private Exchange which, in the Company’s judgment, would reasonably be expected to impair the ability of the

  

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Company or any of the Guarantors to proceed with the Exchange Offer or the Private Exchange.  The Company shall inform the Initial Purchasers of the names and addresses of the Holders to whom the Exchange Offer is made, and the Initial Purchasers shall have the right to contact such Holders and otherwise facilitate the tender of Registrable Securities in the Exchange Offer.

 2.2          Shelf Registration.  (i) If, because of any changes in law, SEC rules or regulations or applicable interpretations thereof by the staff of the SEC, the Company is not permitted to effect the Exchange Offer as contemplated by Section 2.1 hereof, (ii) if for any other reason the Exchange Offer is not consummated within 210 days after the Closing Date, (iii) upon the request of any of the Initial Purchasers with respect to Registrable Securities not eligible to be exchanged for Exchange Securities in the Exchange Offer or (iv) if a Holder is not permitted to participate in the Exchange Offer or does not receive fully tradable Exchange Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer, then in case of each of clauses (i) through (iv) the Company and the Guarantors shall, at their cost:

(a)           file with the SEC and use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be declared effective no later than 210 days after the Closing Date, a Shelf Registration Statement relating to the offer and sale of the Registrable Securities by the Holders from time to time in accordance with the methods of distribution elected by the Majority Holders participating in the Shelf Registration and set forth in such Shelf Registration Statement.

(b)           Use their commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective in order to permit the Prospectus forming part thereof to be usable by Holders for a period of one year from the date the Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC, or for such shorter period that will terminate when all Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement or cease to be outstanding or otherwise to be Registrable Securities (the “Effectiveness Period”);  provided, however, that the Effectiveness Period in respect of the Shelf Registration Statement shall be extended to the extent required to permit dealers to comply with the applicable prospectus delivery requirements of Rule 174 under the 1933 Act and as otherwise provided herein.

(c)           Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, use their commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that (i) any Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and any Prospectus forming part thereof and any supplement thereto complies in all material respects with the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, (ii) any Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment thereto does not, when it becomes effective, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and (iii) any Prospectus forming part of any Shelf Registration Statement, and any supplement to such Prospectus (as amended or supplemented from time to time), does not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact

  

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necessary in order to make the statements, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

The Company and the Guarantors shall not permit any securities other than Registrable Securities to be included in the Shelf Registration Statement.  The Company and the Guarantors further agree, if necessary, to supplement or amend the Shelf Registration Statement, as required by Section 3(b) below, and to furnish to the Holders of Registrable Securities copies of any such supplement or amendment promptly after its being used or filed with the SEC.

   2.3            Expenses.  The Company shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection with the registration pursuant to Section 2.1 or 2.2.  Each Holder shall pay all underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of such Holder’s Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.

   2.4.           Effectiveness.  (a)  The Company and the Guarantors will be deemed not to have used their commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, to become, or to remain, effective during the requisite period if the Company or any of the Guarantors voluntarily takes any action that would, or omits to take any action which omission would, result in any such Registration Statement not being declared effective or in the Holders of Registrable Securities covered thereby not being able to exchange or offer and sell such Registrable Securities during that period as and to the extent contemplated hereby, unless such action is required by applicable law.

   (b)           An Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof or a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof will not be deemed to have become effective unless it has been declared effective by the SEC; provided, however, that if, after it has been declared effective, the offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to an Exchange Offer Registration Statement or a Shelf Registration Statement is interfered with by any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the SEC or any other governmental agency or court, such Registration Statement will be deemed not to have become effective during the period of such interference, until the offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement may legally resume.

   2.5            Interest. In the event that either (a) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not filed with the SEC on or prior to the 120th calendar day following the Closing Date, (b) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement has not been declared effective on or prior to the 180th calendar day following the Closing Date or (c) the Exchange Offer is not consummated or a Shelf Registration Statement is not declared effective, in either case, on or prior to the 210th calendar day following the Closing Date (each such event referred to in clauses (a) through (c) above, a “Registration Default”), the interest rate borne by the Initial Securities shall be increased (such additional interest being referred to as “Additional Interest”) by 0.25% per annum upon the occurrence of each Registration Default, which rate will be further increased

  

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by 0.25% each 90-day period that such Additional Interest continues to accrue under any such circumstance, provided that the maximum aggregate increase in the interest rate of Initial Securities will in no event exceed 1% per annum.  Following the cure of all Registration Defaults, the accrual of Additional Interest will cease and the interest rate will revert to the original rate.

If the Shelf Registration Statement is unusable by the Holders for any reason, and the aggregate number of days in any consecutive twelve-month period for which the Shelf Registration Statement shall not be usable exceeds 30 days in the aggregate, then the interest rate borne by the Initial Securities shall be increased by 0.25% per annum of the principal amount of the Initial Securities for the first 90-day period (or portion thereof) beginning on the 31st such date that such Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be usable, which rate shall be increased by an additional 0.25% per annum of the principal amount of the Initial Securities at the beginning of each subsequent 90-day period, provided that the maximum aggregate increase in the interest rate of Initial Securities will in no event exceed 1% per annum.  Any amounts payable under this paragraph shall also be deemed “Additional Interest” for purposes of this Agreement.  Upon the Shelf Registration Statement once again becoming usable, the interest rate borne by the Initial Securities will be reduced to the original interest rate if the Company and the Guarantors are otherwise in compliance with this Agreement at such time.  Additional Interest shall be computed based on the actual number of days elapsed in each 90-day period in which the Shelf Registration Statement is unusable.

The Company shall notify the Trustee within five business days after each and every date on which an event occurs in respect of which Additional Interest is required to be paid (an “Event Date”).  Additional Interest shall be paid by depositing with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of Registrable Securities, on or before the applicable semiannual interest payment date, immediately available funds in sums sufficient to pay the Additional Interest then due.  The Additional Interest due shall be payable on each interest payment date to the record Holder of Initial Securities entitled to receive the interest payment to be paid on such date as set forth in the Indenture.  Each obligation to pay Additional Interest shall be deemed to accrue from and including the day following the applicable Event Date.

3.         Registration Procedures.

In connection with the obligations of the Company and the Guarantors with respect to Registration Statements pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 2.2 hereof, the Company and the Guarantors shall:

(a)           prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement, within the relevant time period specified in Section 2, on the appropriate form under the 1933 Act, which form (i) shall be selected by the Company, (ii) shall, in the case of a Shelf Registration, be available for the sale of the Registrable Securities by the selling Holders thereof, (iii) shall comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the applicable form and include or incorporate by reference all financial statements required by the SEC to be filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein, and (iv) shall comply in all respects with the requirements of Regulation

  

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S-T under the 1933 Act, and use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective in accordance with Section 2 hereof;

(b)           prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to each Registration Statement as may be necessary under applicable law to keep such Registration Statement effective for the applicable period; and cause each Prospectus to be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 (or any similar provision then in force) under the 1933 Act and comply with the provisions of the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder applicable to them with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by each Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution by the selling Holders thereof (including sales by any Participating Broker-Dealer);

(c)           in the case of a Shelf Registration, (i) notify each Holder of Registrable Securities, at least five business days prior to filing, that a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to the Registrable Securities is being filed and advising such Holders that the distribution of Registrable Securities will be made in accordance with the method selected by the Majority Holders participating in the Shelf Registration; (ii) furnish to each Holder of Registrable Securities and to each underwriter of an underwritten offering of Registrable Securities, if any, without charge, as many copies of each Prospectus, including each preliminary Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto and such other documents as such Holder or underwriter may reasonably request, including financial statements and schedules and, if the Holder so requests, all exhibits in order to facilitate the public sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities; and (iii) hereby consent to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of Registrable Securities in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto;

(d)           in the case of a Shelf Registration, use their commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the Registrable Securities under all applicable state securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions as any Holder of Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement and each underwriter of an underwritten offering of Registrable Securities shall reasonably request by the time the applicable Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC, and do any and all other acts and things which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable each such Holder and underwriter to consummate the disposition in each such jurisdiction of such Registrable Securities owned by such Holder; provided, however, that the Company and the Guarantors shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 3(d), or (ii) take any action which would subject it to general service of process or taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject;

(e)           notify promptly each Holder of Registrable Securities under a Shelf Registration or any Participating Broker-Dealer who has notified the Company that it is utilizing the Exchange Offer Registration Statement as provided in paragraph (f) below and, if

  

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requested by such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer, confirm such advice in writing promptly (i) when a Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-effective amendments and supplements thereto become effective, (ii) of any request by the SEC or any state securities authority for post-effective amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement and Prospectus or for additional information after the Registration Statement has become effective, (iii) of the issuance by the SEC or any state securities authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, (iv) in the case of a Shelf Registration, if, between the effective date of a Registration Statement and the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities covered thereby, the representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantors contained in any underwriting agreement, securities sales agreement or other similar agreement, if any, relating to the offering cease to be true and correct in all material respects, (v) of the happening of any event or the discovery of any facts during the period a Shelf Registration Statement is effective which makes any statement made in such Registration Statement or the related Prospectus untrue in any material respect or which requires the making of any changes in such Registration Statement or Prospectus in order to make the statements therein not misleading, (vi) of the receipt by the Company or any of the Guarantors of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities or the Exchange Securities, as the case may be, for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose and (vii) of any determination by the Company that a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement would be appropriate;

(f)           (A)  in the case of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (i) include in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement a section entitled “Plan of Distribution” which section shall be reasonably acceptable to J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, on behalf of the Participating Broker-Dealers, and which shall contain a summary statement of the positions taken or policies made public by the staff of the SEC with respect to the potential “underwriter” status of any broker-dealer that holds Registrable Securities acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and that will be the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of Exchange Securities to be received by such broker-dealer in the Exchange Offer, including a statement that any such broker-dealer who receives Exchange Securities for Registrable Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be deemed a statutory underwriter and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities, (ii) furnish to each Participating Broker-Dealer who has delivered to the Company the notice referred to in Section 3(e), without charge, as many copies of each Prospectus included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, including any preliminary prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, as such Participating Broker-Dealer may reasonably request, (iii) hereby consent to the use of the Prospectus forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto, by any Person subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the SEC, including all Participating Broker-Dealers, in connection with the sale or transfer of the Exchange Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, and (iv) include in the transmittal letter or similar documentation to be executed by an exchange offeree in order to participate in the Exchange Offer (x) the following provision:

  

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“If the exchange offeree is a broker-dealer holding Registrable Securities acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, it will deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the 1933 Act in connection with any resale of Exchange Securities received in respect of such Registrable Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer”; and

(y) a statement to the effect that by a broker-dealer making the acknowledgment described in clause (x) and by delivering a Prospectus in connection with the exchange of Registrable Securities, the broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an underwriter within the meaning of the 1933 Act.

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(g)          (i)  in the case of an Exchange Offer, furnish counsel for the Initial Purchasers and (ii) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish counsel for the Holders of Registrable Securities copies of any comment letters received from the SEC or any other request by the SEC or any state securities authority for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement and Prospectus or for additional information;

(h)          use their commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement at the earliest possible moment;

(i)           in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Holder of Registrable Securities, and each underwriter, if any, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules (without documents incorporated therein by reference and all exhibits thereto, unless requested);

(j)           in the case of a Shelf Registration, cooperate with the selling Holders of Registrable Securities to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends; and enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations (consistent with the provisions of the Indenture) and registered in such names as the selling Holders or the underwriters, if any, may reasonably request at least three business days prior to the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities;

(k)           in the case of a Shelf Registration, upon the occurrence of any event or the discovery of any facts, each as contemplated by Sections 3(e)(v) and 3(e)(vi) hereof, as promptly as practicable after the occurrence of such an event, use their commercially reasonable efforts to prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or the related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the Registrable Securities or Participating Broker-Dealers, such Prospectus will not contain at the time of such delivery any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the

  

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statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or will remain so qualified.  At such time as such public disclosure is otherwise made or the Company determines that such disclosure is not necessary, in each case to correct any misstatement of a material fact or to include any omitted material fact, the Company agrees promptly to notify each Holder of such determination and to furnish each Holder such number of copies of the Prospectus as amended or supplemented, as such Holder may reasonably request;

(l)           in the case of a Shelf Registration, a reasonable time prior to the filing of any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any amendment to a Registration Statement or amendment or supplement to a Prospectus or any document which is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement or a Prospectus after initial filing of a Registration Statement or any free writing prospectus, provide copies of such document to the Initial Purchasers on behalf of such Holders; and make representatives of the Company and the Guarantors as shall be reasonably requested by the Holders of Registrable Securities, or the Initial Purchasers on behalf of such Holders, available for discussion of such document;

(m)         obtain a CUSIP number for all Exchange Securities, Private Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, as the case may be, not later than the effective date of a Registration Statement, which CUSIP number shall be the same as for the Company’s existing $500 million aggregate principal amount of 7.75% Senior Notes due 2020, and provide the Trustee with printed certificates for the Exchange Securities, Private Exchange Securities or the Registrable Securities, as the case may be, in a form eligible for deposit with the Depositary;

(n)           (i)  cause the Indenture to be qualified under the TIA in connection with the registration of the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, as the case may be, (ii) cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be required for the Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the TIA and (iii) execute, and use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents as may be required to effect such changes, and all other forms and documents required to be filed with the SEC to enable the Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner;

(o)           in the case of a Shelf Registration, enter into agreements (including underwriting agreements) and take all other customary and appropriate actions in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities and in such connection whether or not an underwriting agreement is entered into and whether or not the registration is an underwritten registration:

(i)           make such representations and warranties to the Holders of such Registrable Securities and the underwriters, if any, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in similar underwritten offerings as may be reasonably requested by them;

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by issuers to underwriters in primary underwritten offerings, upon the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, a certificate, dated the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement or the date of the closing under any underwriting or similar agreement, as applicable, signed by (x) the President or a Vice President of the Company and (y) the chief financial or chief accounting officer of the Company, confirming, as of the date thereof, the matters set forth in paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) of Section 5(c) and Section 5(d) of the Purchase Agreement and such other matters as such parties may reasonably request;

(iii)         if an underwriting agreement is entered into, cause the same to set forth indemnification provisions and procedures substantially equivalent to the indemnification provisions and procedures set forth in Section 4 hereof with respect to the underwriters and all other parties to be indemnified pursuant to said Section or, at the request of any underwriters, in the form customarily provided to such underwriters in similar types of transactions; and

(iv)         deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested and as are customarily delivered in similar offerings to the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Registrable Securities being sold and the managing underwriters, if any.

The above shall be done at (i) the effectiveness of such Registration Statement (and each post-effective amendment thereto) and (ii) each closing under any underwriting or similar agreement as and to the extent required thereunder;

(p)           in the case of a Shelf Registration or if a Prospectus is required to be delivered by any Participating Broker-Dealer in the case of an Exchange Offer, make available for inspection during regular business hours by representatives of the Holders of the Registrable Securities, any underwriters participating in any disposition pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement, any Participating Broker-Dealer and any counsel or accountant retained by any of the foregoing (collectively, the “Inspectors”), all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company or any Guarantor (“Records”) reasonably requested by any such persons, and cause the respective officers, directors, employees, and any other agents of the Company or any Guarantor to supply all information reasonably requested by any such representative, underwriter, special counsel or accountant in connection with a Registration Statement, and make such representatives of the Company or any Guarantor available for discussion of such documents as shall be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers.  Records which the Company determines, in good faith, to be confidential and any Records which it notifies the Inspectors are confidential shall be maintained in confidence and shall not be disclosed by the Inspectors to any other Person until such time as (1) disclosure of such Records is required to be set forth in the Shelf Registration Statement or a Prospectus in order that such Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus, as the case may be, does not contain an untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing (in which case the subject information may only be disclosed to another Person

  

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following such time as the Shelf Registration Statement in which such information is included is publicly filed by the Company with the SEC), (2) disclosure is required to be made in connection with a court, administrative or regulatory proceeding or required by law (but only after prior written notice of such requirement shall have been given to the Company, to the extent legally permitted), or (3) the information in such Records has been made generally available to the public.  Each such Inspector will be required to agree to keep information obtained by it as a result of its inspections pursuant to this Agreement confidential (except as otherwise permitted to be disclosed hereunder) and not to use such information as the basis for any market transactions in the securities of the Company unless and until such is made generally available to the public.  Each Inspector will be required to further agree that it will, upon learning that disclosure of such Records is sought under clause (1) above, give notice to the Company and allow the Company and its subsidiaries at their expense to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of the Records deemed confidential;

(q)           (i)  in the case of an Exchange Offer Registration Statement, a reasonable time prior to the filing of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, any Prospectus forming a part thereof, any amendment to an Exchange Offer Registration Statement or amendment or supplement to such Prospectus or any free writing prospectus, provide copies of such document to the Initial Purchasers and to counsel to the Holders of Registrable Securities and make such changes in any such document prior to the filing thereof as the Initial Purchasers or counsel to the Holders of Registrable Securities may reasonably request and, except as otherwise required by applicable law, not file any such document in a form to which the Initial Purchasers on behalf of the Holders of Registrable Securities and counsel to the Holders of Registrable Securities shall not have previously been advised and furnished a copy of or to which the Initial Purchasers on behalf of the Holders of Registrable Securities or counsel to the Holders of Registrable Securities shall reasonably object, and make the representatives of the Company or any Guarantor available for discussion of such documents as shall be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers; and

(ii)         in the case of a Shelf Registration, a reasonable time prior to filing any Shelf Registration Statement, any Prospectus forming a part thereof, any amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement or amendment or supplement to such Prospectus or any free writing prospectus, provide copies of such document to the Holders of Registrable Securities, to the Initial Purchasers, to counsel for the Holders and to the underwriter or underwriters of an underwritten offering of Registrable Securities, if any, make such changes in any such document prior to the filing thereof as the Initial Purchasers, the counsel to the Holders or the underwriter or underwriters reasonably request and not file any such document in a form to which the Majority Holders, the Initial Purchasers on behalf of the Holders of Registrable Securities, counsel for the Holders of Registrable Securities or any underwriter shall not have previously been advised and furnished a copy of or to which the Majority Holders, the Initial Purchasers on behalf of the Holders of Registrable Securities, counsel to the Holders of Registrable Securities or any underwriter shall reasonably object, and make the representatives of the Company or any Guarantor available for discussion of such document as shall be reasonably requested by the Holders of Registrable Securities, the Initial Purchasers on behalf of such Holders, counsel for the Holders of Registrable Securities or any underwriter.

  

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(r)           in the case of a Shelf Registration, use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause all Registrable Securities to be listed on any securities exchange on which similar debt securities issued by the Company are then listed if reasonably requested by the Majority Holders, or if requested by the underwriter or underwriters of an underwritten offering of Registrable Securities, if any;

(s)           in the case of a Shelf Registration, use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registrable Securities to be rated by the appropriate rating agencies, if so requested by the Majority Holders, or if requested by the underwriter or underwriters of an underwritten offering of Registrable Securities, if any;

(t)           otherwise comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering at least 12 months which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act and Rule 158 thereunder;

(u)           cooperate and assist in any filings required to be made with the FINRA and, in the case of a Shelf Registration, in the performance of any due diligence investigation by any underwriter and its counsel (including any “qualified independent underwriter” that is required to be retained in accordance with the rules and regulations of the FINRA); and

(v)           upon consummation of an Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange, obtain a customary opinion of counsel to the Company and the Guarantors as may be required by the Trustee.

In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company may (as a condition to such Holder’s participation in the Shelf Registration) require each Holder of Registrable Securities to furnish to the Company such information regarding the Holder and the proposed distribution by such Holder of such Registrable Securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably request in writing.  The Company may exclude from such Shelf Registration Statement the Registrable Securities of any Holder who fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time (not to exceed 15 business days) after receiving such request and shall be under no obligation to compensate any such Holder for any lost income, interest or other opportunity forgone, or any liability incurred, as a result of the Company’s decision to exclude such Holder in accordance with this paragraph.

In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event or the discovery of any facts, each of the kind described in Section 3(e)(v) hereof, such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement until such Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 3(k) hereof, and, if so directed by the Company, such Holder will deliver to the Company (at its expense) all copies in such Holder’s possession, other than permanent file

  

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copies then in such Holder’s possession, of the Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice.

If any of the Registrable Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the underwriter or underwriters and manager or managers that will manage such offering will be selected by the Majority Holders of such Registrable Securities included in such offering and shall be acceptable to the Company.  No Holder of Registrable Securities may participate in any underwritten registration hereunder unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell such Holder’s Registrable 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 and other documents required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company and the Guarantors shall be under no obligation to participate in any underwritten offering with respect to the Registrable Securities in connection with the Shelf Registration and no such underwritten offering shall be effected pursuant to this Agreement without the prior consent of the Company.

   4.            Indemnification; Contribution.

(a)           The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser, each Holder, each Participating Broker-Dealer, each Person who participates as an underwriter (any such Person being an “Underwriter”) and each Person, if any, who controls any Holder or Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act as follows:

(i)           against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) pursuant to which Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities were registered under the 1933 Act, including all documents incorporated therein by reference, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or “issuer free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 433 under the 1933 Act (“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”) or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

(ii)          against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission;  provided that

  

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(subject to Section 4(d) below) any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company; and

(iii)         against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by any indemnified party), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under subparagraph (i) or (ii) above;

provided, however, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by an Initial Purchaser, Holder or Underwriter expressly for use in a Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or any Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto).

(b)           Each Holder severally, but not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Guarantors, each Initial Purchaser, each Underwriter and the other selling Holders, and each of their respective directors and officers, and each Person, if any, who controls the Company, the Guarantors, the Initial Purchasers, any Underwriter or any other selling Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in Section 4(a) hereof, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Shelf Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or any Prospectus included therein (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information with respect to such Holder furnished to the Company by such Holder expressly for use in the Shelf Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or such Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus; provided, however, that no such Holder shall be liable for any claims hereunder in excess of the amount of net proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement.

(c)           Each indemnified party shall give notice as promptly as reasonably practicable to each indemnifying party of any action or proceeding commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure so to notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability hereunder to the extent it is not materially prejudiced as a result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity agreement.  An indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the defense of such action; provided, however, that counsel to the indemnifying party shall not (except with the consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party.  In no event shall the indemnifying party or parties be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any

  

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local counsel) separate from their own counsel for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of which indemnification or contribution could be sought under this Section 4 (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

(d)           If at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by Section 4(a)(ii) effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.

 

(e)           If the indemnification provided for in this Section 4 is for any reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Holders on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.

 

The relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Holders on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company, the Guarantors, or the Holders and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

 

The Company, the Guarantors, and the Holders agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 4 were 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 above in this Section 4. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 4 shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency

  

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or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

 

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 4, no Holder shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Initial Securities sold by it were offered 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.

 

No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

For purposes of this Section 4, each Person, if any, who controls a Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Holder, and each director of the Company, and each Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company.

   5.            Miscellaneous.

   5.1          Rule 144A.  Each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby agrees with each Holder, for so long as any Registrable Securities remain outstanding, to make available to any Holder or beneficial owner of Registrable Securities in connection with any sale thereof and any prospective purchaser of such Registrable Securities from such Holder or beneficial owner, the information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the 1933 Act in order to permit resales of such Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 144A under the 1933 Act.

   5.2           No Inconsistent Agreements.  The Company and the Guarantors have not entered into and the Company and the Guarantors will not after the date of this Agreement enter into any agreement which is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders of Registrable Securities in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.  The rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not and will not for the term of this Agreement in any way conflict with the rights granted to the holders of the Company’s and the Guarantors’ other issued and outstanding securities under any such agreements.

   5.3           Amendments and Waivers.  The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given unless the Company and the Guarantors have obtained the written consent of Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Registrable Securities affected by such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or departure.

   5.4           Notices.  All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand delivery, registered first-class mail, telex, telecopier, or any courier guaranteeing overnight delivery (a) if to a Holder, at the most current

  

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address given by such Holder to the Company by means of a notice given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5.4, which address initially is the address set forth in the Purchase Agreement with respect to the Initial Purchasers; and (b) if to the Company or the Guarantors, initially at the Company’s address set forth in the Purchase Agreement, and thereafter at such other address of which notice is given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5.4.

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given:  at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; two business days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when answered back, if telexed; when receipt is acknowledged, if telecopied; 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 under the Indenture, at the address specified in such Indenture.

   5.5           Successor and Assigns.  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors, assigns and transferees of each of the parties, including, without limitation and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders; provided that nothing herein shall be deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of Registrable Securities in violation of the terms of the Purchase Agreement or the Indenture.  If any transferee of any Holder shall acquire Registrable Securities, in any manner, whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Registrable Securities shall be held subject to all of the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding such Registrable Securities such person shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement, including the restrictions on resale set forth in this Agreement and, if applicable, the Purchase Agreement, and such person shall be entitled to receive the benefits hereof.

   5.6           Third Party Beneficiaries.  Each Initial Purchaser (even if such Initial Purchaser is not a Holder of Registrable Securities) shall be a third party beneficiary to the agreements made hereunder between the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, and shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent it deems such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights or the rights of Holders hereunder.  Each Holder of Registrable Securities shall be a third party beneficiary to the agreements made hereunder between the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent it deems such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights hereunder.

   5.7           Specific Enforcement.  Without limiting the remedies available to the Initial Purchasers and the Holders, the Company and the Guarantors acknowledge that any failure by the Company or any Guarantor to comply with its obligations under Sections 2.1 through 2.4 hereof may result in material irreparable injury to the Initial Purchasers or the Holders for which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it would not be possible to measure

  

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damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such failure, the Initial Purchasers or any Holder may obtain such relief as may be required to specifically enforce the Company’s and the Guarantors’ obligations under Sections 2.1 through 2.4 hereof.

   5.8.           Restriction on Resales.  Until the expiration of one year after the Closing Date, the Company and the Guarantors will not, and will cause their “affiliates” (as such term is defined in Rule 144(a)(1) under the 1933 Act) not to, resell any Initial Securities which are “restricted securities” (as such term is defined under Rule 144(a)(3) under the 1933 Act) that have been reacquired by any of them and shall immediately upon any purchase of any such Initial Securities submit such Initial Securities to the Trustee for cancellation.

   5.9            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.

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

   5.11          GOVERNING LAW.  THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS THEREOF.

   5.12          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.

  

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of January 24, 2011.

 

 

 

	  	
WINDSTREAM CORPORATION

	 	 
	  	  
	  	
By

	
/s/ Robert G. Clancy, Jr.

	  	
Name:

	
Robert G. Clancy, Jr.

	  	
Title:

	
Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]

  

  

  

	  	
GUARANTORS:

	  	  
	  	
BISHOP COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

	  	
BUFFALO VALLEY MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.

	  	
CINERGY COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY OF VIRGINIA

	  	
COMMUNICATIONS SALES AND LEASING, INC.

	  	
CONESTOGA ENTERPRISES, INC.

	  	
CONESTOGA MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.

	  	
CT CELLULAR, INC.

	  	
CT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

	  	
CT WIRELESS CABLE, INC.

	  	
D&E COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

	  	
D&E INVESTMENTS, INC.

	  	
D&E MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.

	  	
D&E NETWORKS, INC.

	  	
EQUITY LEASING, INC.

	  	
GABRIEL COMMUNICATIONS FINANCE COMPANY

	  	
HEART OF THE LAKES CABLE SYSTEMS, INC.

	  	
HOSTED SOLUTIONS CHARLOTTE, LLC

	  	
HOSTED SOLUTIONS RALEIGH, LLC

	  	
IOWA TELECOM DATA SERVICES, L.C.

	  	
IOWA TELECOM TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

	  	
IWA HOLDINGS, LLC

	  	
IWA MN HOLDINGS, LLC

	  	
IWA SERVICES, LLC

	  	
KDL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

	  	
KDL HOLDINGS, LLC

	  	
KERRVILLE CELLULAR, LLC

	  	
KERRVILLE COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

	  	
KERRVILLE MOBILE HOLDINGS, LLC

	  	
KERRVILLE WIRELESS HOLDINGS, LLC

	  	
LAKEDALE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC

	  	
LEXCOM INC.

	  	
NORLIGHT TELECOMMUNICATIONS OF VIRGINIA, INC.

	  	
NUVOX, INC.

  

  

  

 

	  	
OKLAHOMA WINDSTREAM, LLC

	  	
PCS LICENSES, INC.

	  	
PROGRESS PLACE REALTY HOLDING COMPANY, LLC

	  	
TELEVIEW, LLC

	  	
TEXAS WINDSTREAM, INC.

	  	
VALOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENTERPRISESFINANCE CORP.

	  	
VALOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENTERPRISES II, LLC

	  	
VALOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENTERPRISES, LLC

	  	
VALOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS INVESTMENTS, LLC

	  	
VALOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS OF TEXAS, LLC

	  	
WINDSTREAM ALABAMA, LLC

	  	
WINDSTREAM ARKANSAS, LLC

	  	
WINDSTREAM BAKER SOLUTIONS, INC.

	  	
WINDSTREAM COMMUNICATIONS KERRVILLE, LLC

	  	
WINDSTREAM COMMUNICATIONS TELECOM, LLC

	  	
WINDSTREAM CTC INTERNET SERVICES, INC.

	  	
WINDSTREAM DIRECT, LLC

	  	
WINDSTREAM EN-TEL, LLC

	  	
WINDSTREAM HOLDING OF THE MIDWEST, INC.

	  	
WINDSTREAM HOSTED SOLUTIONS, LLC

	  	
WINDSTREAM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SERVICES,INC.

	  	
WINDSTREAM IOWA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

	  	
WINDSTREAM IOWA-COMM, INC.

	  	
WINDSTREAM KDL-VA, INC.

	  	
WINDSTREAM KERRVILLE LONG DISTANCE, LLC

	  	
WINDSTREAM LAKEDALE LINK, INC.

	  	
WINDSTREAM LAKEDALE, INC.

	  	
WINDSTREAM LEASING, LLC

	  	
WINDSTREAM LEXCOM ENTERTAINMENT, LLC

	  	
WINDSTREAM LEXCOM LONG DISTANCE, LLC

	  	
WINDSTREAM LEXCOM WIRELESS, LLC

	  	
WINDSTREAM MONTEZUMA, INC.

	  	
WINDSTREAM NETWORK SERVICES OF THEMIDWEST, INC.

	  	
WINDSTREAM NORTHSTAR, LLC

	  	
WINDSTREAM NUVOX ARKANSAS, INC.

	  	
WINDSTREAM NUVOX ILLINOIS, INC.

  

  

  

 

	  	
WINDSTREAM NUVOX INDIANA, INC.

	  	
WINDSTREAM NUVOX KANSAS, INC.

	  	
WINDSTREAM NUVOX OKLAHOMA, INC.

	  	
WINDSTREAM OKLAHOMA, LLC

	  	
WINDSTREAM SHAL NETWORKS, INC.

	  	
WINDSTREAM SHAL, LLC

	  	
WINDSTREAM SOUTH CAROLINA, LLC

	  	
WINDSTREAM SUGAR LAND, INC.

	  	
WINDSTREAM SUPPLY, LLC

	  	
WIRELESS ONE OF NORTH CAROLINA, LLC

 

	  	
By

	
/s/ Robert G. Clancy, Jr.

	  	
Name:

	
Robert G. Clancy, Jr.

	  	
Title:

	
Senior Vice President and Treasurer

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]

  

  

  

	 	
GUARANTORS:

	 	 
	 	 
	  	
SOUTHWEST ENHANCED NETWORK SERVICES, LP

 

	  	  	  
	  	
By:

	
Valor Telecommunications Enterprises, LLC, its general partner

	  	  	  
	  	
By

	
/s/ Robert G. Clancy, Jr.

	  	
Name:

	
Robert G. Clancy, Jr.

	  	
Title:

	
Senior Vice President and Treasurer

	  	
WINDSTREAM SOUTHWEST LONG DISTANCE, LP

 

	  	  	  
	  	
By:

	
Valor Telecommunications Enterprises, LLC, its general partner

	  	  	  
	  	
By

	
/s/ Robert G. Clancy, Jr.

	  	
Name:

	
Robert G. Clancy, Jr.

	  	
Title:

	
Senior Vice President and Treasurer

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CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED,

 

  as of the date first above written:

 

By: J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

 

For itself and as Representative of the other Initial Purchasers

       named in Schedule A to the Purchase Agreement.

 

 

	
By:

	
  /s/  Paul K. Finger

	  
	  	
Authorized Signatory

 

	  

 

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]ex10.htm

ACQUISITION AGREEMENT

           This ACQUISITION AGREEMENT is entered into and made effective as of the 24th day of January, 2011 by and between Stanford Management Ltd.,  a Delaware Corporation ("SFML" or “Buyer”); Organ Transport Systems, Inc., a Nevada Corporation ("OTS”); and Healthcare of Today, Inc, a California Corporation (“Healthcare” or “HOTI”), the sole Shareholder of OTS (“Seller”).

WHEREAS, Seller is the one hundred (100) percent controlling shareholder of OTS, and upon the terms and conditions set forth below, Seller desires to transfer all of the shares of OTS owned by Seller to Buyer, such that, following such transaction, OTS will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of Buyer; and

           WHEREAS, for United States federal income tax purposes, the Parties to this Agreement intend that the transactions described in this Agreement shall qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and that this Agreement shall be, and is hereby, adopted as a “plan of reorganization” for purposes of Section 368(a) of the Code.

           NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants, agreements, representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

1.    SALE AND PURCHASE OF SHARES.

1.1           PURCHASE.  Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, SFML hereby agrees to purchase and Seller hereby agrees to sell one hundred percent (100%) of the issued and outstanding shares of OTS (“OTS Shares”) to SFML.

1.2 CONSIDERATION.  The consideration for one hundred percent (100%) of the outstanding shares of OTS shall be:

1.2.1         Share Consideration.  The share consideration to be issued to HOTI  upon the Closing of the acquisition for one hundred percent (100%) of the outstanding shares of OTS on a fully diluted basis shall be that number of  shares of common stock of SFML that is equal to sixty (60) percent of the resulting common shares of SFML issued and outstanding on a fully diluted basis at and as a result of the Closing (“SFML Common Shares”). As an example, if SFML has 52,170,000 shares of common stock issued and outstanding at the time of Closing, then the SFML Common Shares issued to HOTI at Closing would be 78,255,000 common shares.

1.2.2  Anti-Dilution. The SFML Common Shares issued to HOTI at Closing shall be granted anti-dilution protection, such that, in the event that additional shares of stock of SFML are issued at any time in the future for any reason, then additional shares shall be issued to HOTI, at no additional. Cost or expense to HOTI,  in an amount equal to the number of shares required so that the resulting share ownership and voting power of HOTI shall at all times remain at sixty (60) percent of the shares outstanding and the total vote of all shares entitled to vote.

  

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2.  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

2.1           REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF OTS.  OTS represents and warrants as follows:

a)        CORPORATE ORGANIZATION AND GOOD STANDING.  OTS is duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada and is qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction, if any, in which its property or business requires such qualification.

b)         CORPORATE AUTHORITY.  OTS has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, operate and lease its properties, to carry on its business as it is now being conducted and to execute, deliver, perform and conclude the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and all other agreements and instruments related to this Agreement.

c)        AUTHORIZATION.  Execution of this Agreement has been duly authorized and approved by OTS and  the Seller.

   d)           CAPITALIZATION.

 

(1)    The authorized capital stock of OTS consists of 50,000,000 shares of OTS Common Stock $0.001 par value. At December 15, 2010, (i) 18,717,746 shares of OTS Common Stock were issued and outstanding, all of which are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and none of which were issued in violation of any preemptive rights; (ii) no shares of OTS were reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding options, warrants or other rights to purchase shares; and (iii) no shares of OTS stock were held in the treasury of OTS.  Except as set forth above, as of the date hereof, no shares or other voting securities of OTS are issued, reserved for issuance or outstanding and no shares or other voting securities of OTS shall be issued or become outstanding after the date hereof.  There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness or securities of OTS that have the right to vote (or that are convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which stockholders of OTS may vote, other than (i) a convertible note to Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation with a balance of $822,217 as of December 31, 2009, plus accrued interest year to date 2010, convertible into OTS common shares at $1.00 per share and (ii) convertible notes to various OTS management.  All shares of OTS subject to issuance as described above shall, upon issuance on the terms and conditions specified in the instruments pursuant to which they are issuable, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive rights. At Closing, the convertible notes referenced above shall be converted into two (2) year convertible notes of SFML on the same general terms, except that none of the notes issued by SFML may be converted into common stock of SFML for a period of one (1) year after Closing.

 

(b) (2)           OTS has no contract or other obligation to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of OTS stock, or make any

 

  

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investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or otherwise) in any other Person.  There are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, puts, calls, rights, exchangeable or convertible securities or other commitments or agreements of any character relating to the issued or unissued shares or other securities of OTS.  None of the outstanding equity securities or other securities of OTS was issued in violation of the Securities Act of 1933 or any other legal requirement.

 

e)        LITIGATION.  To the knowledge of OTS, there are no pending, threatened, or existing litigation, bankruptcy, criminal, civil, or regulatory proceeding or investigation, threatened or contemplated against Company.

	
  f)  

	
      FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

 

(i) Seller has furnished or made available to Buyer, or will make available to Buyer prior to the Closing Date, true and complete copies of the audited financial statements of OTS for  its past two fiscal years (the “Buyer Financial Statements”), and Seller shall furnish or make available to Buyer true and complete copies of OTS's financial statements for all monthly periods ending after its most recent fiscal year up to and including the Closing Date.

 

                                                 (ii) The OTS Financial Statements were prepared in accordance with  GAAP or the equivalent applied on a basis consistent throughout the periods indicated (except as otherwise stated in such financial statements, including the related notes, and except that, in the case of unaudited statements for the subsequent quarterly periods referenced above, such unaudited statements fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial condition and the results of operations of Buyer as at the respective dates thereof and for the periods indicated therein (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to year-end audit adjustments).

 

g) ABSENCE OF CERTAIN CHANGES OR EVENTS.  Since the end of its most recent fiscal year and to the date of this Agreement, (i) OTS has, in all material respects, conducted its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice; (ii) there has not occurred any change, event or condition that is or would reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect; and (iii)  OTS has not taken and will not take any of the actions that OTS has agreed not to take from the date hereof through the Closing.

 

h) UNDISCLOSED LIABILITIES.  OTS has no material obligations or liabilities of any nature (whether accrued, matured or unmatured, fixed or contingent or otherwise) other than (i) those set forth or adequately provided for in the consolidated balance sheet (and the related notes thereto) of OTS as of the end of the most recent fiscal year  included in the OTS Financial Statements, (ii) those incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice since the end of the most recent fiscal year  and (iii) those incurred in connection with the execution of this Agreement.

 

i) LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.  OTS is not a party to any, and there is no pending or, to the knowledge of OTS, threatened, legal, administrative, arbitral or other proceeding, claim, action or governmental or regulatory investigation of any nature against OTS,

 

  

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or any of its officers or directors which, if decided adversely to OTS, would, individually or in the aggregate, be material to OTS.  There is no injunction, order, judgment or decree imposed upon OTS, or any of its officers or directors, or the assets of OTS.

 

j) TAXES AND TAX RETURNS.

 

(c) (i) OTS has filed or caused to be filed all  federal, state, foreign and local tax returns required to be filed with any tax authority; (ii) all such tax returns are true, accurate, and complete in all material respects; (iii) OTS has paid or caused to be paid all taxes that are due and payable by any of such companies, other than taxes which are being contested in good faith and are adequately reserved against or provided for (in accordance with  GAAP) in the OTS Financial Statements, and (iv) OTS does not have any material liability for taxes for any current or prior tax periods in excess of the amount reserved or provided for in the OTS Financial Statements (but excluding, for this Clause (iv) only, any liability reflected thereon for deferred taxes to reflect timing differences between tax and financial accounting methods).

 

(d) No national, state, local or foreign audits, examinations, investigations, or other formal proceedings are pending or, to OTS’s knowledge, threatened with regard to any taxes or tax returns of OTS.  No issue has arisen in any examination of the OTS by any tax authority that if raised with respect to any other period not so examined would result in a material deficiency for any other period not so examined, if upheld.  Any adjustment of income taxes of OTS made in any examination that is required to be reported to the appropriate national, state, local or foreign tax authorities has been so reported.

 

(e) There are no disputes pending with respect to, or claims or assessments asserted in writing for, any material amount of taxes upon Buyer, nor has OTS given or been requested in writing to give any currently effective waiver extending the statutory period of limitation applicable to any tax return for any period.

 

k) COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW AND REGULATORY MATTERS.

 

(f) OTS has complied with all applicable laws and regulations, and are not in violation of, and have not received any written notices of violation with respect to, any laws and regulations in connection with the conduct of their respective businesses or the ownership or operation of their respective businesses, assets and properties, except for such noncompliance and violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, be material.

 

(g) OTS has all licenses, permits, certificates, franchises and other authorizations (collectively, the “Authorizations”) necessary for the ownership or use of its assets and properties and the conduct of its business, as currently conducted, and have complied with, and are not in violation of, any Authorization.  All such Authorizations are in full force and effect and there are no proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of OTS, threatened that seek the revocation, cancellation, suspension or adverse modification thereof.

 

l) There are no governmental orders applicable to OTS which have had a Material Adverse Effect on OTS.

 

  

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               m)  MATERIAL CONTRACTS.  There are no material contracts of OTS currently in existence except as disclosed in a Schedule hereto.

 

n) ASSETS.  OTS owns, leases or has the right to use all the properties and assets necessary or currently used for the conduct of its businesses free and clear of all liens of any kind or character.  All items of equipment and other tangible assets owned by or leased to OTS and which are material to the operations and business of OTS are in good condition and repair (ordinary wear and tear excepted).  In the case of leased equipment and other tangible assets, OTS holds valid leasehold interests in such leased equipment and other tangible assets, free and clear of all liens of any kind or character.

 

o) Environmental Liability.  OTS is in compliance with all applicable environmental laws.  To the knowledge of OTS, there are no liabilities of OTS of any kind, whether accrued, contingent, absolute, determined, determinable or otherwise arising under or relating to any environmental law and, to the knowledge of OTS, there are no facts, conditions, situations or set of circumstances that could reasonably be expected to result in or be the basis for any such liability.

 

p) Insurance.  OTS has in full force and effect the insurance coverage with respect to its business.  There is no claim pending under any of such policies as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed by the underwriters of such policies.  All premiums due and payable under all such policies have been paid, and OTS is otherwise in compliance in all material respects with the terms of such policies.  OTS has no knowledge of any threatened termination of, or material premium increase with respect to, any of such policies.

 

q) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. OTS has no intellectual property except as disclosed in a Schedule to this Agreement.

 

r) INTERESTS OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.  Except as disclosed herein, none of the officers or directors of OTS has any interest in any property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, including intellectual property, used in or developed by the business of OTS, or in any supplier, distributor or customer of OTS, or any other relationship, contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding with OTS, except  for the normal ownership interests of a shareholder and employee rights.

 

s) BROKER’S FEES.  OTS has not employed any broker or finder or incurred any liability for any broker’s fees, commissions or finder’s fees in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

t) CERTAIN BUSINESS PRACTICES.  No director, officer, agent or employee of OTS has (i) used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity on behalf of, or purportedly on behalf of, or for the business of OTS, or (ii) made any unlawful payments to officials or employees of governmental entities or to directors, officers or employees of foreign or domestic business enterprises.

 

  

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2.2           REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BUYER. The Buyer represents and warrants as follows:

     a)       CORPORATE ORGANIZATION AND GOOD STANDING.  Buyer is a corporation duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and is qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction, if any, in which its property or business requires such qualification.

 

      b)              CORPORATE AUTHORITY.  Buyer has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver, perform and conclude the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and all other agreements and instruments related to this Agreement.

 

                      c)               NO VIOLATION.  Consummation of the acquisition contemplated herein will not constitute or result in a breach or default under any provision of any charter, bylaw, indenture, mortgage, lease, or agreement, or any order, judgment, decree, law, or regulation by which Buyer is bound.

 

     d)   REPORTING STATUS. Buyer is a fully reporting public company under Section 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, and is current on its filing obligations under Section 15.  Buyer has filed all required periodic reports with the Securities & Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on Forms 10-Q and 10-K through the fiscal year ended August 31, 2010, and all required Form 8-K reports, all such reports are true and correct in all material respects and contain no misrepresentation of a material fact or omission of a material fact.  The common shares of Buyer are quoted  on the OTC Markets OTCqb under the symbol "SFML".  At the time of Closing, Buyer will be quoted on the FINRA OTC BB.  Buyer has not received and there are no outstanding Commission Staff comment letters, stop orders or other regulatory actions, and no letters, comments, investigations or other actions pending or threatened by the Commission or by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) against or relating to Buyer and there are no outstanding fees, fines or other amounts due to FINRA, the SEC, PCAOB or any other regulatory agency..

 

      e)    CAPITALIZATION.

 

(i) On the date of this Agreement, 500,000,000 shares of $0.001 par value common stock are authorized and 52,170,000 shares of common stock of Buyer are issued and outstanding, all of the shares of common stock issued are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and none were issued in violation of any preemptive rights.  There is no class of preferred  stock of Buyer. (ii) no shares of Buyer are reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding options, warrants or other rights to purchase shares; and (iii) no shares of Buyer stock are held in the treasury of Buyer.  Except as set forth above, as of the date hereof, no shares or other voting securities of Buyer are issued, reserved for issuance or outstanding and no shares or other voting securities of Buyer shall be issued or become outstanding after the date hereof, save for those Shares to be issued pursuant to this Agreement.  There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness or securities of Buyer that have the right to vote (or that are convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which stockholders of Buyer may vote.  All shares of Buyer subject to issuance as described above shall, upon issuance on the terms and conditions specified in the instruments pursuant to which they are issuable, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive rights.

  

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(ii) Buyer has no contract or other obligation to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of Buyer stock, or make any investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or otherwise) in any other Person.  There are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, puts, calls, rights, exchangeable or convertible securities or other commitments or agreements of any character relating to the issued or unissued shares or other securities of Buyer.  None of the outstanding equity securities or other securities of Buyer was issued in violation of the Securities Act of 1933 or any other legal requirement.

 

	
u)  

	
  AUTHORITY; NO VIOLATION.

 

                                    (i) Buyer has full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to comply with the terms hereof and consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.  This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by Buyer.  Assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other Parties, this Agreement constitutes the valid and binding obligation of Buyer, enforceable against Buyer in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by (i) the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, conservatorship, arrangement, moratorium or other similar laws affecting or relating to the rights of creditors generally, or (ii) the rules governing the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, or (iii) the specific terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

(ii) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Buyer nor the consummation by Buyer of the transactions contemplated hereby, nor compliance by Buyer with any of the terms or provisions hereof, will (A) violate any provision of the Certificate of Registration or Constitution or the certificates of registration or constitution, or other charter or organizational documents, of Buyer or (B) violate any statute, code, ordinance, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ, decree or injunction applicable to Buyer or any of its properties or assets, the violation of which would have a material adverse effect, or (C) violate, conflict with, result in a breach of any provision of or the loss of any material benefit under, constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, result in the termination of any or all rights or benefits or a right of termination or cancellation under, accelerate the performance required by or rights or obligations under, increase any rate of interest payable or result in the creation of any lien upon any of the respective properties or assets of Buyer under, any authorization or of the terms, conditions or provisions of any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of trust, license, lease, agreement, contract, or other instrument or obligation to which is a party, or by which its properties, assets or business activities may be bound or affected.

 

	
v)  

	
  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

 

             (i) Buyer has furnished or made available to Seller, or will make available to Seller prior to the Closing Date, true and complete copies of the audited financial statements of Buyer for the past two fiscal years (the “Buyer Financial Statements”), and Buyer shall furnish or make available to Seller true and complete copies of Buyer's financial statements for all monthly periods ending after its most recent fiscal year up to and including the Closing Date.

 

  

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                                                 (ii) The Buyer Financial Statements were prepared in accordance with  GAAP or the equivalent applied on a basis consistent throughout the periods indicated (except as otherwise stated in such financial statements, including the related notes, and except that, in the case of unaudited statements for the subsequent quarterly periods referenced above, such unaudited statements fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial condition and the results of operations of Buyer as at the respective dates thereof and for the periods indicated therein (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to year-end audit adjustments).

 

w) ABSENCE OF CERTAIN CHANGES OR EVENTS.  Since the end of its most recent fiscal year and to the date of this Agreement, (i) Buyer has, in all material respects, conducted its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice; (ii) there has not occurred any change, event or condition that is or would reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect; and (iii)  Buyer has not taken and will not take any of the actions that Buyer has agreed not to take from the date hereof through the Closing.

 

x) UNDISCLOSED LIABILITIES.  Buyer has no material obligations or liabilities of any nature (whether accrued, matured or unmatured, fixed or contingent or otherwise) other than (i) those set forth or adequately provided for in the balance sheet (and the related notes thereto) of Buyer as of the end of the most recent fiscal year  included in the Buyer Financial Statements, (ii) those incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice since the end of the most recent fiscal year  and (iii) those incurred in connection with the execution of this Agreement.

 

y) LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.  Buyer is not a party to any, and there is no pending or, to the knowledge of Buyer, threatened, legal, administrative, arbitral or other proceeding, claim, action or governmental or regulatory investigation of any nature against Buyer, or any of its officers or directors which, if decided adversely to Buyer, would, individually or in the aggregate, be material to Buyer.  There is no injunction, order, judgment or decree imposed upon Buyer, or any of its officers or directors, or the assets of Buyer.

 

z) TAXES AND TAX RETURNS.

 

(a) (i) Buyer has filed or caused to be filed all  federal, state, foreign and local tax returns required to be filed with any tax authority; (ii) all such tax returns are true, accurate, and complete in all material respects; (iii) Buyer has paid or caused to be paid all taxes that are due and payable by any of such companies, other than taxes which are being contested in good faith and are adequately reserved against or provided for (in accordance with  GAAP) in the Buyer Financial Statements, and (iv) Buyer does not have any material liability for taxes for any current or prior tax periods in excess of the amount reserved or provided for in the Buyer Financial Statements (but excluding, for this Clause (iv) only, any liability reflected thereon for deferred taxes to reflect timing differences between tax and financial accounting methods).

 

  

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(b) No national, state, local or foreign audits, examinations, investigations, or other formal proceedings are pending or, to Buyer’s knowledge, threatened with regard to any taxes or tax returns of Buyer.  No issue has arisen in any examination of the Buyer by any tax authority that if raised with respect to any other period not so examined would result in a material deficiency for any other period not so examined, if upheld.  Any adjustment of income taxes of Buyer made in any examination that is required to be reported to the appropriate national, state, local or foreign tax authorities has been so reported.

 

(c) There are no disputes pending with respect to, or claims or assessments asserted in writing for, any material amount of taxes upon Buyer, nor has Buyer given or been requested in writing to give any currently effective waiver extending the statutory period of limitation applicable to any tax return for any period.

 

aa) COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW AND REGULATORY MATTERS.

 

(a) Buyer has complied with all applicable laws and regulations, and are not in violation of, and have not received any written notices of violation with respect to, any laws and regulations in connection with the conduct of their respective businesses or the ownership or operation of their respective businesses, assets and properties, except for such noncompliance and violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, be material.

 

(b) Buyer has all licenses, permits, certificates, franchises and other authorizations (collectively, the “Authorizations”) necessary for the ownership or use of its assets and properties and the conduct of its business, as currently conducted, and have complied with, and are not in violation of, any Authorization, except where such noncompliance or violation would not, individually or in the aggregate, be material.  Except as would not be material to Buyer, all such Authorizations are in full force and effect and there are no proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of Buyer, threatened that seek the revocation, cancellation, suspension or adverse modification thereof.

 

bb) GOVERNMENT ORDERS. There are no governmental orders applicable to Buyer which have had a Material Adverse Effect on Buyer.

 

cc)  MATERIAL CONTRACTS.  There are no material contracts of Buyer currently in existence.

 

dd) ASSETS.  Buyer owns, leases or has the right to use all the properties and assets necessary or currently used for the conduct of its businesses free and clear of all liens of any kind or character.  All items of equipment and other tangible assets owned by or leased to Buyer and which are material to the operations and business of Buyer are in good condition and repair (ordinary wear and tear excepted).  In the case of leased equipment and other tangible assets, Buyer holds valid leasehold interests in such leased equipment and other tangible assets, free and clear of all liens of any kind or character.  At Closing all assets and liabilities of Buyer shall be disposed of and Buyer shall have no assets or liabilities.

 

  

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ee) ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY.  Buyer is in compliance with all applicable environmental laws.  To the knowledge of Buyer, there are no liabilities of Buyer of any kind, whether accrued, contingent, absolute, determined, determinable or otherwise arising under or relating to any environmental law and, to the knowledge of Buyer, there are no facts, conditions, situations or set of circumstances that could reasonably be expected to result in or be the basis for any such liability.

 

ff) INSURANCE.  Buyer has no insurance coverage with respect to its business.  INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. Buyer has no intellectual property.

 

gg) INTERESTS OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.  Except AS DISCLOSED HEREIN, None of the officers or directors of Buyer has any interest in any property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, including intellectual property, used in or developed by the business of Buyer, or in any supplier, distributor or customer of Buyer, or any other relationship, contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding with Buyer, except  for the normal ownership interests of a shareholder and employee rights.

 

hh) BROKER’S FEES.  Buyer has not employed any broker or finder or incurred any liability for any broker’s fees, commissions or finder’s fees in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

ii) CERTAIN BUSINESS PRACTICES.  No director, officer, agent or employee of Buyer has (i) used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity on behalf of, or purportedly on behalf of, or for the business of Buyer, or (ii) made any unlawful payments to officials or employees of governmental entities or to directors, officers or employees of foreign or domestic business enterprises.

 

3.  CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

3.1           Conditions to Each Party’s Obligations. The respective obligations of each Party hereunder shall be subject to the satisfaction prior to or at the Closing of the following conditions:

a)        No Restraints. No statute, rule, regulation, order, decree, or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated, or enforced by any court or governmental entity of competent jurisdiction which enjoins or prohibits the consummation of this Agreement and shall be in effect.

b)        Legal Action. There shall not be pending or threatened in writing any action, proceeding, or other application before any court or governmental entity challenging or seeking to restrain or prohibit the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or seeking to obtain any material damages.

3.2           Conditions to Seller’s Obligations. The obligations of Seller shall be subject to the satisfaction prior to or at the Closing of the following conditions unless waived by Seller:

  

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a)        Representatives and Warranties of Buyer. The representations and warranties of Buyer set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing as though made on and as of the Closing, except: (i) as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement; or (ii) in respects that do not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Parties or on the benefits of the transactions provided for in this Agreement. “Material Adverse Effect” for purposes of this Agreement shall mean any change or effect that, individually or when taken together with all other such changes or effects which have occurred prior to the date of determination of the occurrence of the Material Adverse Effect, is or is reasonably likely to be materially adverse to the business, assets, financial condition, or results of operation of the entity.

b)        Performance of Obligations of Buyer. Buyer shall have performed all agreements and covenants required to be performed by it under this Agreement prior to the Closing, except for breaches that do not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Parties or on the benefits of the transactions provided for in this Agreement.

c)        All liabilities of Buyer at Closing shall be paid or converted into common stock of Buyer and all outstanding options, warrants or other rights to convert into shares of stock of Buyer, shall have been converted or cancelled.

d)        Buyer shall have established standing orders with its transfer agent, in form satisfactory to HOTI, that will cause the issuance of additional shares to HOTI such that HOTI will at all times maintain sixty (60) ownership and voting control of Buyer.

3.3           Conditions to Buyer’s Obligations. The obligations of Buyer shall be subject to the satisfaction prior to or at the Closing of the following conditions unless waived by Buyer:

a) Representatives and Warranties of OTS. The representations and warranties of OTS set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing as though made on and as of the Closing, except: (i) as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement, or (ii) in respects that do not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Parties or on the benefits of the transactions provided for in this Agreement.

b) Audit of OTS.  OTS shall have delivered final audited financial statements for its fiscal years ended December 31, 2008 and 2009.

 

 

c)      Performance of Seller and OTS. Seller and OTS shall have performed all agreements and covenants required to be performed by them under this Agreement prior to Closing, except for breaches that do not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Parties or on the benefits of the transactions provided for in this Agreement.

4. CLOSING AND DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS

4.1           Time and Place. The Closing of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement shall take place at the offices of OTS, unless otherwise agreed by the Parties, immediately upon the full execution of this Agreement, and the satisfaction of all conditions, specifically the delivery of all required documents, or at such other time and place as the Parties mutually agree.  All  proceedings to be taken and all documents to be executed at the Closing shall be deemed to have been taken, delivered and executed simultaneously, and no proceeding shall be deemed taken nor documents deemed executed or delivered until all have been taken, delivered and executed.  The date of Closing may be accelerated or extended by agreement of the parties.

  

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    Any copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reliable reproduction of the writing or transmission required by this Agreement or any signature required thereon may be used in lieu of an original writing or transmission or signature for any and all purposes for which the original could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing or transmission or original signature.

4.2           Deliveries by Seller and OTS. At Closing, Seller shall make the following deliveries to Buyer:

a)        Certified resolutions of the Board of Directors of Seller authorizing the execution and performance of this Agreement.

b)        Stock certificates of OTS representing all of the issued and outstanding stock of OTS, fully endorsed for transfer to Buyer.

4.3           Deliveries by Buyer. At Closing, Buyer shall make the following deliveries to Seller:

a)        Stock certificates representing the SFML Common Shares issued in the name of Seller or its designee;

c) Certified resolutions of the Board of Directors of Buyer authorizing the execution and performance of this Agreement.

d) Certified resolutions of the Board of Directors of Buyer appointing the designees of Seller as directors of Buyer at Closing along with resignations of the existing officers and directors of Buyer effective at Closing.

5.  INDEMNIFICATION AND ARBITRATION

5.1.           Indemnification. The Seller and OTS, on the one hand, and the Buyer, on the other hand, (each party, “Indemnifying Party”) shall agree to indemnify, and hold harmless the other party (“Indemnified Party”) from any and all claims, demands, liabilities, damages, losses, costs and expenses that the other party shall incur or suffer, including attorneys fees and costs, that arise, result from or relate to any breach of, or failure by Indemnifying Party to perform any of their respective representations, warranties, covenants, or agreements in this Agreement or in any exhibit, addendum, or any other instrument furnished by the Indemnifying Party under this Agreement.

5.2           Arbitration and Governing Law. The parties hereby agree that any and all claims (except only for requests for injunctive or other equitable relief) whether existing now, in the past or in the future as to which the parties or any affiliates may be adverse parties, and whether arising out

  

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of this Agreement or from any other cause, will be resolved by arbitration before the American Arbitration Association within the State of Nevada.

a)        The parties hereby irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of the American Arbitration Association and the situs of the arbitration (and any requests for injunctive or other equitable relief) within the State of Nevada.  Any award in arbitration may be entered in any domestic or foreign court having jurisdiction over the enforcement of such awards.

b)        The law applicable to the arbitration and this Agreement shall be that of the State of Nevada, determined without regard to its provisions which would otherwise apply to a question of conflict of laws.

c)        The arbitrator may, in its discretion, allow the parties to make reasonable disclosure and discovery in regard to any matters which are the subject of the arbitration and to compel compliance with such disclosure and discovery order.  The arbitrator may order the parties to comply with all or any of the disclosure and discovery provisions of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, as they then exist, as may be modified by the arbitrator consistent with the desire to simplify the conduct and minimize the expense of the arbitration.

d)   Regardless of any practices of arbitration to the contrary, the arbitrator will apply the rules of contract and other law of the jurisdiction whose law applies to the arbitration so that the decision of the arbitrator will be, as much as possible, the same as if the dispute had been determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.

e)   Any award or decision by the American Arbitration Association shall be final, binding and non-appealable except as to errors of law or the failure of the arbitrator to adhere to the arbitration provisions contained in this agreement.  Each party to the arbitration shall pay its own costs and counsel fees except as specifically provided otherwise in this agreement.

f)   In any adverse action, the parties shall restrict themselves to claims for compensatory damages and\or securities issued or to be issued and no claims shall be made by any party or affiliate for lost profits, punitive or multiple damages.

g)  The parties covenant that under no conditions will any party or any affiliate file any action against the other (except only requests for injunctive or other equitable relief) in any forum other than before the American Arbitration Association, and the parties agree that any such action, if filed, shall be dismissed upon application and shall be referred for arbitration hereunder with costs and attorney's fees to the prevailing party.

h)  It is the intention of the parties and their affiliates that all disputes of any nature between them, whenever arising, whether in regard to this agreement or any other matter, from whatever cause, based on whatever law, rule or regulation, whether statutory or common law, and however characterized, be decided by arbitration as provided herein and that no party or affiliate be required to litigate in any other forum any disputes or other matters except for requests for injunctive or equitable relief. This agreement shall be interpreted in conformance with this stated intent of the parties and their affiliates.

  

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The provisions for arbitration contained herein shall survive the termination of this agreement for any reason.

6.  GENERAL PROVISIONS.

6.1           FURTHER ASSURANCES.  From time to time, each party will execute such additional instruments and take such actions as may be reasonably required to carry out the intent and purposes of this Agreement.

6.2           WAIVER.  Any failure on the part of either party hereto to comply with any of its obligations, agreements, or conditions hereunder may be waived in writing by the party to whom such compliance is owed.

6.3           BROKERS.  Each party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the other party against any fee, loss, or expense arising out of claims by brokers or finders employed or alleged to have been employed by the indemnifying party.

6.4           NOTICES.  All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given by personal delivery, overnight delivery, mailed by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, with return receipt requested, as follows:

If to Seller and OTS, to:

Healthcare of Today, Inc

2219 W Olive Ave #266

Burbank, CA 91506

Attention Henry Jan, CEO

with a copy to:

Healthcare of Today, Inc.

1365 N. Courtenay Parkway, Suite A

Merritt Island, FL 32953

Attention Robert Hipple, CFO and Corporate Counsel

Telephone:  321-452-9091

Facsimile:    321-452-9093

               Organ Transport Systems, Inc.

6170 Research Road

Frisco, Texas 75034

Attention Michael Holder, CEO

Telephone: 972-533-1941

Facsimile:  214-224-0146

  

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If to Buyer, to:

Stanford Management Ltd.

2431 M. de la Cruz Street

Pasay City, Phillipines

with a copy to:

International Securities Group Inc.

5614E Burbank Rd SE

Calgary, Alberta T2H 1Z4

Telephone:  403-693-8000

Facsimile:   403-272-3620

 

The persons and addresses set forth above may be changed from time to time by a notice sent as aforesaid. If notice is given by personal delivery or overnight delivery in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such notice shall be conclusively deemed given at the time of such delivery provided a receipt is obtained from the recipient. If notice is given by mail, such notice shall be deemed given upon receipt and delivery or refusal.

6.5           ASSIGNMENT.  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the parties hereto and their successors and assigns; provided, however, that any assignment by either party of its rights under this Agreement without the written consent of the other party shall be void.

6.6           COUNTERPARTS.  This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.  Signatures sent by facsimile transmission shall be deemed to be evidence of the original execution thereof.

6.7           REVIEW OF AGREEMENT.  Each party acknowledges that it has had time to review this agreement and, as desired, consult with counsel.  In the interpretation of this Agreement, no adverse presumption shall be made against any party on the basis that it has prepared, or participated in the preparation of, this Agreement.

6.8           SCHEDULES.  All schedules attached hereto, if any, shall be acknowledged by each party by signature or initials thereon.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement on the date first written above.

STANFORD MANAGEMENT LTD.

BY:_/s/ Jancy Boy Gregorio

                    Jancy Boy Gregorio

ITS: CEO

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ORGAN TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, INC.

BY:_/s/  Michael B. Holder____

                      MICHAEL HOLDER

ITS: CEO

HEALTHCARE OF TODAY, INC.

               

BY:___/s/ Henry Jan__________

                      HENRY JAN

ITS: CEO

  

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