Document:

EX-4.2

 

Exhibit 4.2

EXECUTION
VERSION

     FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of November 1,
2006, among Buffets, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (or its permitted successor) (the “Company”),
each of the parties identified as an Additional Subsidiary Guarantor on the signature pages hereto
(each, an “Additional Subsidiary Guarantor” and collectively, the “Additional Subsidiary
Guarantors”) and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee under the Indenture (the “Trustee”).

W I T N E S S E T H :

     WHEREAS the Company, Parent and the Subsidiary Guarantors have heretofore executed and
delivered to the Trustee an Indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of November 1, 2006, providing
for the issuance of 121/2% Senior Notes due 2014 (the “Securities”);

     WHEREAS, Section 4.10 and Section 10.06 of the Indenture provide that under certain
circumstances the Company will cause the Additional Subsidiary Guarantors to execute and deliver to
the Trustee a guaranty agreement pursuant to which the Additional Subsidiary Guarantor will
Guarantee payment of the Securities on the same terms and conditions as those set forth in Article
10 of the Indenture; and

     WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01(iv) of the Indenture, the Trustee and the Company are
authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.

     NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for good and valuable consideration, the
receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company, the Additional Subsidiary Guarantors and the
Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the
Securities as follows:

     SECTION 1. Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

     SECTION 2. Guarantees. The Additional Subsidiary Guarantors hereby agree, jointly
and severally with all other Guarantors, to guarantee the Company’ obligations under the Securities
on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article 10 of the Indenture and to be bound
by all other applicable provisions of the Indenture as a Subsidiary Guarantor.

     SECTION 3. Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture.
Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all
the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This
Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every holder of
Securities heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.

     SECTION 4. Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

     SECTION 5. Trustee Makes No Representation. The Trustee makes no representation as
to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture.

 

 

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     SECTION 6. Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this
Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent
the same agreement.

     SECTION 7. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only
and shall not effect the construction of this Supplemental Indenture.

 

 

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as
of the date first written above.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	BUFFETS, INC.,	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By
	 	/s/ H. Thomas Mitchell	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name: H. Thomas Mitchell

Title: Secretary	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	RYAN’S RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.,	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	by
	 	/s/ H. Thomas Mitchell	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name: H. Thomas Mitchell

Title: Secretary	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	BIG R PROCUREMENT COMPANY, LLC,	 	 
	 

	 	by
	 	RYAN’S RESTAURANT GROUP, INC., its
Sole Member	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	/s/ H. Thomas Mitchell	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name: H. Thomas Mitchell

Title: Secretary	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	FIRE MOUNTAIN RESTAURANTS, LLC,	 	 
	 

	 	by
	 	RYAN’S RESTAURANT GROUP, INC., its
Sole Member	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	/s/ H. Thomas Mitchell	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name: H. Thomas Mitchell

Title: Secretary	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	by
	 	/s/ Richard Prokosch	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name: Richard Prokosch	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title: Vice PresidentEX-4.3

 

Exhibit 4.3

          SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of November 22,
2006, among Buffets, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (or its permitted successor) (the “Company”),
each of the parties identified as an Additional Subsidiary Guarantor on the signature pages hereto
(each, an “Additional Subsidiary Guarantor” and collectively, the “Additional Subsidiary
Guarantors”) and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee under the Indenture (the “Trustee”).

W I T N E S S E T H :

          WHEREAS the Company, Parent and the Subsidiary Guarantors have heretofore executed and
delivered to the Trustee an Indenture, dated as of November 1, 2006 (as amended on November 1,
2006, the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance of 121/2% Senior Notes due 2014 (the
“Securities”);

          WHEREAS, Section 4.10 and Section 10.06 of the Indenture provide that under certain
circumstances the Company will cause the Additional Subsidiary Guarantors to execute and deliver to
the Trustee a guaranty agreement pursuant to which the Additional Subsidiary Guarantor will
Guarantee payment of the Securities on the same terms and conditions as those set forth in Article
10 of the Indenture; and

          WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01(iv) of the Indenture, the Trustee and the Company are
authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.

          NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for good and valuable consideration, the
receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company, the Additional Subsidiary Guarantors and the
Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the
Securities as follows:

          SECTION 1. Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

          SECTION 2. Guarantees. The Additional Subsidiary Guarantors hereby agree, jointly
and severally with all other Guarantors, to guarantee the Company’ obligations under the Securities
on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article 10 of the Indenture and to be bound
by all other applicable provisions of the Indenture as a Subsidiary Guarantor.

          SECTION 3. Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture.
Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all
the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This
Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every holder of
Securities heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.

          SECTION 4. Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

 

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          SECTION 5. Trustee Makes No Representation. The Trustee makes no representation as
to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture.

          SECTION 6. Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this
Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent
the same agreement.

          SECTION 7. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only
and shall not effect the construction of this Supplemental Indenture.

 

 

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as
of the date first written above.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BUFFETS, INC.,
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	by	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	/s/ R. Michael Andrews, Jr.
	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 	R. Michael Andrews, Jr.
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	Chief Executive Officer
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	FIRE MOUNTAIN LEASING COMPANY, LLC
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	by	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	/s/ H. Thomas Mitchell
	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 	H. Thomas Mitchell
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	Manager/Secretary
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	RYAN’S RESTAURANT LEASING COMPANY, LLC
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	by	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	/s/ H. Thomas Mitchell
	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 	H. Thomas Mitchell
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	Manager/Secretary
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	FIRE MOUTAIN MANAGEMENT GROUP, LLC
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	by	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	/s/ H. Thomas Mitchell
	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 	H. Thomas Mitchell
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	Manager/Secretary
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	RYAN’S RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT GROUP, LLC
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	by	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	/s/ H. Thomas Mitchell
	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 	H. Thomas Mitchell
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	Manager/Secretary
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	by	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	/s/ Raymond S. Haverstock
	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 	Raymond S. Haverstock
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	Vice PresidentEX-4.5

 

Exhibit 4.5

EXECUTION VERSION

$300,000,000

BUFFETS, INC.

12 1/2% Senior Notes due 2014

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

November 1, 2006

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

UBS Securities LLC

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Piper Jaffray & Co.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	c/o Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (“Credit Suisse”)
	 	 	Eleven Madison Avenue
	 

	 	 	 	New York, New York 10010-3629

Dear Sirs:

     Buffets, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to Credit
Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, UBS Securities LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Piper Jaffray & Co.
(collectively, the “Initial Purchasers”), upon the terms set forth in a purchase agreement dated as
of October 19, 2006 (the “Purchase Agreement”), $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 12
1/2% Senior Notes due 2014 (the “Initial Securities”) to be unconditionally guaranteed on a senior
basis by Buffets Holdings, Inc. (“Holdings”), the entities designated as guarantors in Schedule B
to the Purchase Agreement (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”) and the entities designated as guarantors
in Schedule B-1 to the Purchase Agreement (the “Ryan’s Guarantors”, and together with Holdings and
the Subsidiary Guarantors, the “Guarantors”). The Initial Securities will be issued pursuant to an
indenture, dated of even date herewith, among the Company, the Holdings, the Subsidiary Guarantors
and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”) (the “Indenture”). As an inducement
to the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Company agrees with the Initial
Purchasers, for the benefit of the holders of the Initial Securities (including the Initial
Purchasers), the Exchange Securities (as defined below) and the Private Exchange Securities (as
defined below) (collectively, the “Holders”), as follows:

     1. Registered Exchange Offer. Unless not permitted by applicable law (after the Company has
complied with the ultimate paragraph of this Section 1), the Company shall prepare and, not later
than 90 days (or if the 90th day is not a business day, the first business day thereafter) (such
90th day or first business day thereafter being an “Exchange Offer Filing Deadline”) after the date
on which the Initial Securities are first issued (the “Issue Date”), file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement (the “Exchange Offer Registration
Statement”) on an appropriate form under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”), with respect to a proposed offer (the “Registered Exchange Offer”) to the Holders of
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hereof), who are not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in the
Registered Exchange Offer, to issue and deliver to such Holders, in exchange for the Initial
Securities, a like aggregate principal amount of debt securities (the “Exchange Securities”) of the
Company issued under the Indenture identical in all material respects to the Initial Securities
(except for the transfer restrictions relating to the Initial Securities and the provisions
relating to the matters in Section 6 hereof) and that would be registered under the Securities Act.
The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to (i) cause such Exchange Offer
Registration Statement to become effective under the Securities Act within 180 days after the
Closing Date (or if the 180th day is not a business day, the first business day thereafter) (such
180th (or first business day thereafter) day being an “Effectiveness Deadline”) and (ii) keep the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective for not less than 30 days (or longer, if required
by applicable law) after the date notice of the Registered Exchange Offer is mailed to the Holders
(such period being called the “Exchange Offer Registration Period”).

     If the Company commences the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company (i) will be entitled to
consummate the Registered Exchange Offer 30 days after such commencement (provided that the Company
has accepted all the Initial Securities theretofore validly tendered in accordance with the terms
of the Registered Exchange Offer) and (ii) shall use commercially reasonable efforts to consummate
the Registered Exchange Offer no later than 40 days (or longer if required by applicable law) after
the date on which the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective (or if the 40th
day is not a business day, the first business day thereafter) (such 40th (or longer if required by
applicable law) day being the “Consummation Deadline”).

     Following the declaration of the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement,
the Company shall promptly commence the Registered Exchange Offer, it being the objective of such
Registered Exchange Offer to enable each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (as defined in
Section 6(d) hereof) electing to exchange the Initial Securities for Exchange Securities (assuming
that such Holder is not an affiliate of the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act,
acquires the Exchange Securities in the ordinary course of such Holder’s business and has no
arrangements with any person to participate in the distribution of the Exchange Securities and is
not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in the Registered Exchange
Offer) to trade such Exchange Securities from and after their receipt without any limitations or
restrictions under the Securities Act and without material restrictions under the securities laws
of the several states of the United States.

     The Company acknowledges that, pursuant to current interpretations by the Commission’s staff
of Section 5 of the Securities Act, in the absence of an applicable exemption therefrom, (i) each
Holder which is a broker-dealer electing to exchange Initial Securities, acquired for its own
account as a result of market making activities or other trading activities, for Exchange
Securities (an “Exchanging Dealer”), is required to deliver a prospectus containing the information
set forth in (a) Annex A hereto on the cover of such prospectus, (b) Annex B hereto in the
“Exchange Offer Procedures” section and the “Purpose of the Exchange Offer” section of such
prospectus, and (c) Annex C hereto in the “Plan of Distribution” section of such prospectus in
connection with a sale of any such Exchange Securities received by such Exchanging Dealer pursuant
to the Registered Exchange Offer and (ii) an Initial Purchaser that elects to sell Exchange
Securities (as defined below) acquired in exchange for Initial Securities constituting any portion
of an unsold allotment, the Initial Purchaser is required to deliver a

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prospectus containing the information required by Items 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K under the
Securities Act, as applicable, in connection with such sale.

     The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement effective and to amend and supplement the prospectus contained therein, in
order to permit such prospectus to be lawfully delivered by all persons subject to the prospectus
delivery requirements of the Securities Act for such period of time as such persons must comply
with such requirements in order to resell the Exchange Securities; provided, however, that (i) in
the case where such prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto must be delivered by an
Exchanging Dealer or an Initial Purchaser, such period shall be the lesser of 180 days and the date
on which all Exchanging Dealers and the Initial Purchasers have sold all Exchange Securities held
by them (unless such period is extended pursuant to Section 3(j) below) and (ii) the Company shall
make such prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto available to any broker-dealer for use
in connection with any resale of any Exchange Securities for a period of not less than 180 days
after the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer.

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

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

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

     (b) keep the Registered Exchange Offer open for not less than 30 days (or longer, if
required by applicable law) after the date notice thereof is mailed to the Holders;

     (c) utilize the services of a depositary for the Registered Exchange Offer, which may
be the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee;

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

     (e) otherwise comply in all material respects with all applicable laws.

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

     (x) accept for exchange all the Securities validly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant
to the Registered Exchange Offer and the Private Exchange;

     (y) deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all the Initial Securities so accepted for
exchange; and

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

     The Indenture will provide that the Exchange Securities will not be subject to the transfer
restrictions set forth in the Indenture and that all the Securities will vote and consent together
on all matters as one class and that none of the Securities will have the right to vote or consent
as a class separate from one another on any matter.

     Interest on each Exchange Security and Private Exchange Security issued pursuant to the
Registered Exchange Offer and in the Private Exchange will accrue from the last interest payment
date on which interest was paid on the Initial Securities surrendered in exchange therefor or, if
no interest has been paid on the Initial Securities, from the date of original issue of the Initial
Securities.

     Each Holder participating in the Registered Exchange Offer shall be required to represent to
the Company that at the time of the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer (i) any Exchange
Securities received by such Holder have been acquired in the ordinary course of business, (ii) such
Holder has no arrangements or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of
the Securities or the Exchange Securities within the meaning of the Securities Act, (iii) such
Holder is not an “affiliate,” as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act, of the Company or if it
is an affiliate, such Holder will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements
of the Securities Act to the extent applicable, (iv) if such Holder is not a broker-dealer, that it
is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, the distribution of the Exchange Securities
and (v) if such Holder is a broker-dealer, that it will receive Exchange Securities for its own
account in exchange for Initial Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making
activities or other trading activities and that it will acknowledge its obligations to deliver a
prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities.

     Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, the Company will ensure that (i) any Exchange
Offer Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and any prospectus forming part thereof and
any supplement thereto complies in all material respects with the Securities Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder, (ii) any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment thereto
does not, when it becomes effective, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading and (iii) any prospectus forming part of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and
any supplement to such prospectus, does not include an untrue

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statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading.

     If following the date hereof there has been announced a change in Commission policy with
respect to exchange offers that in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Company raises a
substantial question as to whether the Registered Exchange Offer is permitted by applicable federal
law, the Company will seek a no-action letter or other favorable decision from the Commission
allowing the Company to consummate the Registered Exchange Offer. The Company will pursue the
issuance of such a decision to the Commission staff level. In connection with the foregoing, the
Company will take all such other actions as may be requested by the Commission or otherwise
required in connection with the issuance of such decision, including without limitation (i)
participating in telephonic conferences with the Commission, (ii) delivering to the Commission
staff an analysis prepared by counsel to the Company setting forth the legal bases, if any, upon
which such counsel has concluded that the Registered Exchange Offer should be permitted and (iii)
diligently pursuing a resolution (which need not be favorable) by the Commission staff.

     2. Shelf Registration. If, (i) because of any change in law or in applicable interpretations
thereof by the staff of the Commission, the Company is not permitted to effect a Registered
Exchange Offer, as contemplated by Section 1 hereof, (ii) the Registered Exchange Offer is not
consummated by the 220th day after the Issue Date (or if the 220th day is not a business day, the
first business day thereafter), (iii) any Initial Purchaser so requests within 10 business days
following the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer with respect to the Initial Securities
(or the Private Exchange Securities) not eligible to be exchanged for Exchange Securities in the
Registered Exchange Offer and held by it following consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer or
(iv) any Holder (other than an Exchanging Dealer) notifies the Company within 10 business days
following consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer that such Holder is not eligible to
participate in the Registered Exchange Offer or such Holder may not resell the Exchange Notes
acquired by it in the Registered Exchange Offer to the public without delivering a prospectus and
the prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not appropriate or
available for such resales by such Holder; or such Holder is a broker-dealer and holds Initial
Securities that are part of an unsold allotment from the original sale of the Initial Securities,
the Company shall take the following actions (the date on which any of the conditions described in
the foregoing clauses (i) through (iv) occur, including in the case of clauses (iii) or (iv) the
receipt of the required notice, being a “Trigger Date”):

     (a) The Company shall, at its cost, as promptly (but in no event more than 45 days
after the Trigger Date (or if the 45th day is not a business day, the first business day
thereafter) (such 45th day being a “Shelf Registration Statement Filing
Deadline”, together with the Exchange Offer Filing Deadline, each, a “Filing Deadline”) file
with the Commission and thereafter (i) in the case of Section 2(i) above, use its
commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be declared effective (unless it becomes
effective automatically upon filing) on or prior to the 180th calendar day following the
Issue Date and (ii) in the case of Section 2(ii) through 2(iv) above, use its commercially
reasonable efforts to cause to be declared effective (unless it becomes effective
automatically upon filing) on or prior to the 60th day after the Shelf Registration
Statement Filing Deadline

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(each of such days being an “Effectiveness Deadline”) a registration statement (the “Shelf
Registration Statement” and, together with the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, a
“Registration Statement”) on an appropriate form under the Securities Act relating to the
offer and sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities (as defined in Section 6(d) hereof) by
the Holders thereof from time to time in accordance with the methods of distribution set
forth in the Shelf Registration Statement and Rule 415 under the Securities Act
(hereinafter, the “Shelf Registration”); provided, however, that no Holder (other than an
Initial Purchaser) shall be entitled to have the Securities held by it covered by such Shelf
Registration Statement unless such Holder agrees in writing to be bound by all the
provisions of this Agreement applicable to such Holder.

     (b) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf
Registration Statement continuously effective in order to permit the prospectus included
therein to be lawfully delivered by the Holders of the relevant Securities, for a period of
two years (or for such longer period if extended pursuant to Section 3(j) below) from the
effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement or such shorter period that will
terminate when all the Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement (i) have been
sold pursuant thereto or (ii) are no longer restricted securities (as defined in Rule 144
under the Securities Act, or any successor rule thereof) or are saleable pursuant to Rule
144(k) (the “Shelf Registration Period”). Except as provided elsewhere in this Agreement,
the Company shall be deemed not to have used its commercially reasonable efforts to keep the
Shelf Registration Statement effective during the requisite period if it voluntarily takes
any action that would result in Holders of Securities covered thereby not being able to
offer and sell such Securities during that period, unless such action is required by
applicable law.

     (c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, the Company
shall cause the Shelf Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any amendment or
supplement thereto, as of the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement, amendment
or supplement, (i) to comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of
the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission and (ii) not to contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

     3. Registration Procedures. In connection with any Shelf Registration contemplated by Section
2 hereof and, to the extent applicable, any Registered Exchange Offer contemplated by Section 1
hereof, the following provisions shall apply:

     (a) The Company shall (i) furnish to each Initial Purchaser, prior to the filing
thereof with the Commission, a copy of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereof
and each supplement, if any, to the prospectus included therein and, in the event that an
Initial Purchaser (with respect to any portion of an unsold allotment from the original
offering) is participating in the Registered Exchange Offer or the Shelf Registration
Statement, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to reflect in each such
document, when so filed with the Commission, such comments as such Initial Purchaser
reasonably may propose; (ii) include the information set forth in

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Annex A hereto on the cover, in Annex B hereto in the “Exchange Offer Procedures” section
and the “Purpose of the Exchange Offer” section and in Annex C hereto in the “Plan of
Distribution” section of the prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement and include the information set forth in Annex D hereto in the Letter of
Transmittal delivered pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer; (iii) if requested by an
Initial Purchaser, include the information required by Items 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K
under the Securities Act, as applicable, in the prospectus forming a part of the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement; (iv) include within the prospectus contained in the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement a section entitled “Plan of Distribution,” reasonably
acceptable to the Initial Purchasers, which shall contain a summary statement of the
positions taken or policies made by the staff of the Commission with respect to the
potential “underwriter” status of any broker-dealer that is the beneficial owner (as defined
in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) of
Exchange Securities received by such broker-dealer in the Registered Exchange Offer (a
“Participating Broker-Dealer”), whether such positions or policies have been publicly
disseminated by the staff of the Commission or such positions or policies, in the reasonable
judgment of the Initial Purchasers based upon advice of counsel (which may be in-house
counsel), represent the prevailing views of the staff of the Commission; and (v) in the case
of a Shelf Registration Statement, include in the prospectus included in the Shelf
Registration Statement (or, if permitted by Commission Rule 430B(b), in the prospectus
supplement that becomes a part thereof pursuant to Commission Rule 430B(f) that is delivered
to any Holder pursuant to Section 3(d) and (f) the names of the Holders who propose to sell
Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement as selling
securityholders; provided that such Holders have provided the Company with such information
prior to the filing of the Shelf Registration Statement or the prospectus supplement, as
applicable.

     (b) The Company shall give written notice to the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the
Securities and, with respect to clauses (ii) through (v) below, any Participating
Broker-Dealer from whom the Company has received prior written notice that it will be a
Participating Broker-Dealer in the Registered Exchange Offer (which notice pursuant to
clauses (ii)-(v) hereof shall be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the
prospectus until the requisite changes have been made):

     (i) when the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto has been filed
with the Commission and when the Registration Statement or any post-effective
amendment thereto has become effective;

     (ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the
Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or for additional
information;

     (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for
that purpose, of the issuance by the Commission of a notification of objection to
the use of the form on which the Registration Statement has been filed, and of the

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happening of any event that causes the Company to become an “ineligible issuer,” as
defined in Commission Rule 405;

     (iv) of the receipt by the Company or its legal counsel of any notification
with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in
any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such
purpose; and

     (v) of the happening of any event that requires the Company to make changes in
the Registration Statement or the prospectus in order that the Registration
Statement or the prospectus do not contain an untrue statement of a material fact
nor omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein (in the case of the prospectus, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made) not misleading.

     (c) The Company shall make every commercially reasonable effort to obtain the
withdrawal at the earliest possible time, of any order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement.

     (d) If not otherwise available on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis
and Retrieval (“EDGAR”) System or similar system, upon the written request of a Holder of
Securities included within the coverage of the Shelf Registration, the Company shall furnish
to such Holder, without charge, at least one copy of the Shelf Registration Statement and
any post-effective amendment or supplement thereto, including financial statements and
schedules, and, if such Holder so requests in writing, all exhibits thereto (including
those, if any, incorporated by reference). The Company shall not, without the prior consent
of the Initial Purchasers, and each Purchaser shall not, without the prior written consent
of the Company, make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute a “free
writing prospectus”, as defined in Commission Rule 405.

     (e) If not otherwise available on the Commission’s EDGAR System or similar system, upon
the request of an Initial Purchaser, Exchanging Dealer or Holder, the Company shall deliver
to such Exchanging Dealer and such Initial Purchaser, and to such Holder who so requests,
without charge, at least one copy of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any
post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and, if any
Initial Purchaser or any such Holder requests, all exhibits thereto (including those
incorporated by reference).

     (f) The Company shall, during the Shelf Registration Period, deliver to each Holder of
Securities included within the coverage of the Shelf Registration, without charge, as many
copies of the prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) included in the Shelf
Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such person may reasonably
request. The Company consents, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, to the use of
the prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of the
Securities in connection with the offering and sale of

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the Securities covered by the prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included
in the Shelf Registration Statement.

     (g) The Company shall deliver to each Initial Purchaser, any Exchanging Dealer, any
Participating Broker-Dealer and such other persons required to deliver a prospectus
following the Registered Exchange Offer, without charge, as many copies of the final
prospectus included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment or
supplement thereto as such persons may reasonably request. The Company consents, subject to
the provisions of this Agreement, to the use of the prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto by any Initial Purchaser, if necessary, any Participating Broker-Dealer
and such other persons required to deliver a prospectus following the Registered Exchange
Offer in connection with the offering and sale of the Exchange Securities covered by the
prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in such Exchange Offer
Registration Statement.

     (h) Prior to any public offering of the Securities pursuant to any Registration
Statement, the Company shall register or qualify or cooperate with the Holders of the
Securities included therein and their respective counsel in connection with the registration
or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or “blue sky”
laws of such states of the United States as any Holder of the Securities reasonably requests
in writing and do any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the
offer and sale in such jurisdictions of the Securities covered by such Registration
Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify
generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or (ii) take
any action which would subject it to general service of process or to taxation in any
jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.

     (i) Unless the Securities are in book-entry form, the Company shall cooperate with the
Holders of the Securities to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates
representing the Securities to be sold pursuant to any Registration Statement free of any
restrictive legends (consistent with the provisions of the Indenture) and in such
denominations and registered in such names as the Holders may request a reasonable period of
time prior to sales of the Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement.

     (j) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by paragraphs (ii) through (v) of
Section 3(b) above during the period for which the Company is required to maintain an
effective Registration Statement, the Company shall promptly prepare and file a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the related
prospectus and any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to Holders of
the Securities or purchasers of Securities, the prospectus will not contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading. If the Company notifies the Initial Purchasers, the
Holders of the Securities and any known Participating Broker-Dealer in accordance with
paragraphs (ii) through (v) of Section 3(b) above to suspend the use of the prospectus until
the requisite changes to the prospectus have been made, then the Initial Purchasers,

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the Holders of the Securities and any such Participating Broker-Dealers shall suspend use of
such prospectus (and shall keep confidential the cause of such notice for so long as such
cause is not otherwise publicly known), and the period of effectiveness of the Shelf
Registration Statement provided for in Section 2(b) above and the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement provided for in Section 1 above shall each be extended by the number
of days from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date
when the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities and any known Participating
Broker-Dealer shall have received such amended or supplemented prospectus pursuant to this
Section 3(j). During the period during which the Company is required to maintain an
effective Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement, the Company will, prior
to the three-year expiration of that Shelf Registration Statement, and use its best efforts
to cause to be declared effective (unless it becomes effective automatically upon filing)
within a period that avoids any interruption in the ability of Holders of Securities covered
by the expiring Shelf Registration Statement to make registered dispositions, file a new
registration statement relating to the Securities, which shall be deemed the “Shelf
Registration Statement” for purposes of this Agreement; provided, however, in no event shall
the Company be obligated to keep any Shelf Registration Statement effective beyond the
period as required by Section 2(b) of this Agreement as extended by the number of days
provided for in the second sentence of this Section 3(j).

     (k) Not later than the effective date of the applicable Registration Statement, the
Company will provide a CUSIP number for the Initial Securities, the Exchange Securities or
the Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, and provide the applicable trustee with
printed certificates for the Initial Securities, the Exchange Securities or the Private
Exchange Securities, as the case may be, in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository
Trust Company.

     (l) The Company will comply in all material respects with all rules and regulations of
the Commission to the extent and so long as they are applicable to the Registered Exchange
Offer or the Shelf Registration and will make generally available to its security holders
(or otherwise provide in accordance with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act) an earnings
statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act, no later than 45
days after the end of a 12-month period (or 90 days, if such period is a fiscal year)
beginning with the first month of the Company’s first fiscal quarter commencing after the
effective date of the Registration Statement, which statement shall cover such 12-month
period.

     (m) The Company shall cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act
of 1939, as amended, in a timely manner and containing such changes, if any, as shall be
necessary for such qualification. In the event that such qualification would require the
appointment of a new trustee under the Indenture, the Company shall appoint a new trustee
thereunder pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Indenture.

     (n) The Company may require each Holder of Securities to be sold pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement to furnish to the Company such information regarding the Holder and
the distribution of the Securities as the Company may from time to time

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reasonably require for inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement, and the Company may
exclude from such registration the Securities of any Holder that unreasonably fails to
furnish such information within a reasonable time after receiving such request.

     (o) The Company shall enter into such customary agreements (including, if requested, an
underwriting agreement in customary form) and take all such other action, if any, as any
Holder of the Transfer Restricted Securities shall reasonably request in order to facilitate
the disposition of the Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to any Shelf Registration.

     (p) In the case of any Shelf Registration, the Company shall (i) make reasonably
available for inspection by the Holders of the Securities, any underwriter participating in
any disposition pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement and any attorney, accountant or
other agent retained by the Holders of the Securities or any such underwriter all relevant
financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company and
(ii) cause the Company’s officers, directors, employees, accountants and auditors to supply
all relevant information reasonably requested by the Holders of the Securities or any such
underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with the Shelf Registration
Statement, in each case, as shall be reasonably necessary to enable such persons to conduct
a reasonable investigation within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act; provided,
however, that the foregoing inspection and information gathering shall be coordinated on
behalf of the Initial Purchasers by Credit Suisse and on behalf of the other parties, by one
counsel designated by and on behalf of such other parties as described in Section 4 hereof;
provided further, however, that the conduct of the foregoing inspection and information
gathering shall be subject to the execution by all persons party to such inspection and
information gathering of a reasonable confidentiality undertaking in customary form with
respect to confidential and proprietary information of the Company.

     (q) In the case of any Shelf Registration, the Company, if requested by any Holder of
Securities covered thereby, shall cause (i) its counsel (who may be an employee of the
Company) to deliver an opinion and updates thereof relating to the Securities in customary
form addressed to such Holders and the managing underwriters, if any, thereof and dated, in
the case of the initial opinion, the effective date of such Shelf Registration Statement (it
being agreed that the matters to be covered by such opinion shall include, without
limitation, the due incorporation and good standing of the Company and its domestic
subsidiaries; the qualification of the Company and its subsidiaries to transact business as
foreign corporations; the due authorization, execution and delivery of the relevant
agreement of the type referred to in Section 3(o) hereof; the due authorization, execution,
authentication and issuance, and the validity and enforceability, of the applicable
Securities; the absence of material legal or governmental proceedings involving the Company
and its domestic subsidiaries; the absence of governmental approvals required to be obtained
in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, the offering and sale of the applicable
Securities, or any agreement of the type referred to in Section 3(o) hereof (other than as
required by any state securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the federal securities laws of the
United States); the compliance in all material respects as to form of such Shelf
Registration Statement and any documents

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incorporated by reference therein and of the Indenture with the requirements of the
Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act, respectively; and, (A) as of the date of the
opinion and as of the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement or most recent
post-effective amendment thereto, as the case may be, the absence from such Shelf
Registration Statement and the prospectus included therein, as then amended or supplemented,
and from any documents incorporated by reference therein and (B) with respect to
underwritten offerings, as of an applicable time identified by such Holders or managing
underwriters, the absence from such prospectus taken together with any other documents
identified by such Holders or managing underwriters, in the case of (A) and (B), of an
untrue statement of a material fact or the omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (in
the case of any such documents, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time that
such documents were filed with the Commission under the Exchange Act); (ii) its officers to
execute and deliver all customary documents and certificates and updates thereof requested
by any underwriters of the applicable Securities and (iii) its independent public
accountants and the independent public accountants with respect to any other entity for
which financial information is provided in the Shelf Registration Statement to provide to
the selling Holders of the applicable Securities and any underwriter therefor a comfort
letter in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in comfort
letters in connection with primary underwritten offerings, subject to receipt of appropriate
documentation as contemplated, and only if permitted, by Statement of Auditing Standards No.
72 and any other applicable pronouncements.

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

     (s) If so requested by Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
Securities covered by a Registration statement, or by the managing underwriters, if any, the
Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to (a) if the Initial Securities have
been rated prior to the initial sale of such Initial Securities, confirm such ratings will
apply to the Securities covered by such Registration Statement, or (b) if the Initial
Securities were not previously rated, cause the Securities covered by such Registration
Statement to be rated with the appropriate rating agencies.

     (t) In the event that any broker-dealer registered under the Exchange Act shall
underwrite any Securities or participate as a member of an underwriting syndicate or selling
group or “assist in the distribution” (within the meaning of the Conduct Rules (the “Rules”)
of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (“NASD”)) thereof, whether as a
Holder of such Securities or as an underwriter, a placement or sales agent or a broker or
dealer in respect thereof, or otherwise, the Company will assist such broker-dealer in
complying with the requirements of such Rules, including, without limitation,

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by (i) if such Rules, including Rule 2720, shall so require, engaging a “qualified
independent underwriter” (as defined in Rule 2720) to participate in the preparation of the
Registration Statement relating to such Securities, to exercise usual standards of due
diligence in respect thereto and, if any portion of the offering contemplated by such
Registration Statement is an underwritten offering or is made through a placement or sales
agent, to recommend the yield of such Securities, (ii) indemnifying any such qualified
independent underwriter to the extent of the indemnification of underwriters provided in
Section 5 hereof and (iii) providing such information to such broker-dealer as may be
required in order for such broker-dealer to comply with the requirements of the Rules.

     (u) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to take all other steps
necessary to effect the registration of the Securities covered by a Registration Statement
contemplated hereby.

     4. Registration Expenses.

     (a) All expenses incident to the Company’s performance of and compliance with this
Agreement will be borne by the Company, regardless of whether a Registration Statement is
ever filed or becomes effective, including without limitation;

     (i) all registration and filing fees and expenses;

     (ii) all fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities and state
“blue sky” or securities laws;

     (iii) all expenses of printing (including printing certificates for the
Securities to be issued in the Registered Exchange Offer and the Private Exchange
and printing of Prospectuses), messenger and delivery services and telephone;

     (iv) all fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company;

     (v) all application and filing fees in connection with listing the Exchange
Securities on a national securities exchange or automated quotation system pursuant
to the requirements hereof; and

     (vi) all fees and disbursements of independent certified public accountants of
the Company (including the expenses of any special audit and comfort letters
required by or incident to such performance).

The Company will bear its internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and
expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expenses
of any annual audit and the fees and expenses of any person, including special experts,
retained by the Company.

     (b) In the event that a Shelf Registration Statement is required by this Agreement, the
Company shall bear or reimburse the Holders of the Securities covered thereby for the
reasonable fees and disbursements of not more than one firm of counsel, who shall be

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Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP unless another firm shall be chosen by the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Initial Securities covered thereby to act as counsel for
the Holders of the Initial Securities in connection therewith.

     5. Indemnification.

     (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of the Securities,
any Participating Broker-Dealer and each person, if any, who controls such Holder or such
Participating Broker-Dealer within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act
(each Holder, any Participating Broker-Dealer and such controlling persons are referred to
collectively as the “Indemnified Parties”) from and against any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, joint or several, or any actions in respect thereof (including, but not limited
to, any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions relating to purchases and sales of
the Securities) to which each Indemnified Party may become subject under the Securities Act,
the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
actions arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in a Registration Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or
supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus or issuer free writing prospectus, as
defined in Commission Rule 433 (“Issuer FWP”), relating to a Shelf Registration, or arise
out of, or are based upon, the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
and shall reimburse, as incurred, the Indemnified Parties for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss,
claim, damage, liability or action in respect thereof; provided, however, that (i) the
Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that such loss, claim, damage or
liability arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission made in a Registration Statement or prospectus or in any
amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus or Issuer FWP relating to a
Shelf Registration in reliance upon and in conformity with written information pertaining to
such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer and furnished to the Company by or on behalf of
such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer, as applicable, specifically for inclusion
therein, (ii) with respect to any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement
or omission made in any preliminary prospectus relating to a Shelf Registration Statement,
the indemnity agreement contained in this subsection (a) shall not inure to the benefit of
any Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer from whom the person asserting any such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities purchased the Securities concerned, to the extent that a
prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto relating to such Securities was required to be
delivered (including through satisfaction of the conditions of Commission Rule 172) by such
Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer under the Securities Act in connection with such
purchase and any such loss, claim, damage or liability of such Holder or Participating
Broker-Dealer results from the fact that there was not sent or given to such person, at or
prior to the time of the of the sale of such Securities to such person, an amended or
supplemented prospectus or, if permitted by Section 3(d), an Issuer FWP correcting such
untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission if the Company had
previously furnished copies thereof to such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer and (iii)
the Company shall not, in connection with any one

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action or separate but substantially similar action or related actions arising out of
the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the fees and expenses
reasonably incurred by of more than one separate firm of attorneys for all Indemnified
Parties, such firm to be designated in writing by a majority in writing of the Holders of a
majority of principal amount of the Securities; provided further, however, that this
indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise
have to such Indemnified Party. The Company shall also indemnify underwriters in connection
with any Shelf Registration, their officers and directors and each person who controls such
underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act to the same extent
as provided above with respect to the indemnification of the Holders of the Securities if
requested by such Holders.

     (b) Each Holder of the Securities and each Participating Broker-Dealer, severally and
not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act from and
against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities or any actions in respect thereof, to
which the Company or any such controlling person may become subject under the Securities
Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
actions arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in a Registration Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or
supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus or Issuer FWP relating to a Shelf
Registration, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but in each
case only to the extent that the untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or
omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information pertaining to
such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer and furnished to the Company by or on behalf of
such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer specifically for inclusion therein; and, subject
to the limitation set forth immediately preceding this clause, shall reimburse, as incurred,
the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any such
controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any loss, claim, damage,
liability or action in respect thereof. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any
liability which such Holder may otherwise have to the Company or any of its controlling
persons.

     (c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 5 of notice of
the commencement of any action or proceeding (including a governmental investigation), such
indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying
party under this Section 5, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but
the omission so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from any liability
under subsection (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of
such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the Indemnifying Party of
substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying
party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification
obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. In case any such action is brought
against any indemnified party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement
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and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party
similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to
such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be
counsel to the indemnifying party), and after notice from the indemnifying party to such
indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof the indemnifying party
will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 5 for any legal or other
expenses, other than reasonable costs of investigation, subsequently incurred by such
indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof. No indemnifying party shall,
without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any
pending or threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been
a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party unless such
settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all
liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such action, and (ii) does not
include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on
behalf of any indemnified party; provided that, if the Company is the indemnified party, no
indemnifying party shall, without the prior consent of the Company, effect any settlement of
any pending action or threatened action.

     (d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 5 is unavailable or
insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsections (a) or (b) above, then
each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified
party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) referred to in subsection (a) or (b) above (i) in such proportion as is appropriate
to reflect the relative benefits received by the indemnifying party or parties on the one
hand and the indemnified party on the other from the exchange of the Securities pursuant to
the Registered Exchange Offer, or (ii) if the allocation provided by the foregoing clause
(i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not
only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of
the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other in
connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative fault of the parties shall be determined by reference to,
among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the
Company on the one hand or such Holder or such other indemnified party, as the case may be,
on the other, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid by an
indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in
the first sentence of this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or
defending any action or claim which is the subject of this subsection (d). Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Section 5(d), the Holders of the Securities shall not be
required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds received
by such Holders from the sale of the Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement exceeds
the amount of damages which such Holders have otherwise been required to pay by reason of
such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty
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misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be
entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. For purposes of this paragraph (d), each person, if any, who controls
such indemnified party within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall
have the same rights to contribution as such indemnified party and each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have
the same rights to contribution as the Company.

     (e) The agreements contained in this Section 5 shall survive the sale of the
Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement and shall remain in full force and effect,
regardless of any termination or cancellation of this Agreement or any investigation made by
or on behalf of any indemnified party.

     6. Additional Interest Under Certain Circumstances.

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

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

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

     (iii) the Registered Exchange Offer has not been consummated on or prior to
the Consummation Deadline; or

     (iv) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement has been declared
effective by the Commission but (A) such Registration Statement thereafter ceases to
be effective during the period specified in Section 1 and Section 2(b) of this
Agreement, except, in the case of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement,
following the consummation of the Exchange Offer with respect to all Securities
tendered in connection therewith prior to the expiration of the Exchange Offer or
(B) such Registration Statement or the related prospectus ceases to be usable in
connection with resales of Transfer Restricted Securities during the periods
specified herein because either (1) any event occurs as a result of which the
related prospectus forming part of such Registration Statement would include any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to
make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made not misleading, (2) it shall be necessary to amend such Registration Statement
or supplement the related prospectus, to comply with the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, or (3) such Registration Statement
is a Shelf Registration Statement that has expired before a replacement Shelf
Registration Statement has become effective causing an interruption in the ability
of Holders of Securities covered by the expiring

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Shelf Registration Statement to make registered dispositions during a time when
the Company remains under an obligation to keep a Shelf Registration Statement
effective pursuant to this agreement.

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

     (b) A Registration Default referred to in Section 6(a)(iv) hereof shall be deemed not
to have occurred and be continuing in relation to a Shelf Registration Statement or the
related prospectus if (i) such Registration Default has occurred solely as a result of (x)
the filing of a post-effective amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement to incorporate
annual audited financial information with respect to the Company where such post-effective
amendment is not yet effective and needs to be declared effective to permit Holders to use
the related prospectus or (y) other material events, with respect to the Company that would
need to be described in such Shelf Registration Statement or the related prospectus and (ii)
in the case of clause (y), the Company is proceeding promptly and in good faith to amend or
supplement such Shelf Registration Statement and related prospectus to describe such events;
provided, however, that in any case if such Registration Default occurs for a continuous
period in excess of 45 days, Additional Interest shall be payable in accordance with the
above paragraph from the day such Registration Default occurs until such Registration
Default is cured.

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

     (d) “Transfer Restricted Securities” means each Security until (i) the date on which
such Security has been exchanged by a person other than a broker-dealer for a freely
transferable Exchange Security in the Registered Exchange Offer, (ii) following the exchange
by a broker-dealer in the Registered Exchange Offer of an Initial Security for an Exchange
Note, the date on which such Exchange Note is sold to a purchaser who receives from such
broker-dealer on or prior to the date of such sale a copy of the prospectus contained in the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement, (iii) the date on which such Security has been
effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed

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of in accordance with the Shelf Registration Statement or (iv) the date on which such
Security is distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or is
saleable pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act.

     7. Rules 144 and 144A. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to file the
reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act in a timely manner
and, if at any time the Company is not required to file such reports, it will, upon the request of
any Holder of Securities that are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144 and are
not saleable pursuant to Rule 144(k), make publicly available other information so long as
necessary to permit sales of their Securities pursuant to Rules 144 and 144A. The Company
covenants that it will take such further action as any Holder of Securities may reasonably request,
all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Securities without
registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rules 144
and 144A (including the requirements of Rule 144A(d)(4)). The Company will provide a copy of this
Agreement to prospective purchasers of Initial Securities identified to the Company by the Initial
Purchasers upon request. If the Company ceases to be a reporting company under the Exchange Act,
upon the request of any Holder of Initial Securities, the Company shall deliver to such Holder a
written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, nothing in this Section 7 shall be deemed to require the Company to register any of its
securities pursuant to the Exchange Act.

     8. Underwritten Registrations. If any of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by any
Shelf Registration are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the investment banker or investment
bankers and manager or managers that will administer the offering (“Managing Underwriters”) will be
selected by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of such Transfer Restricted
Securities to be included in such offering, subject to approval by the Company, which will not
unreasonably be withheld or delayed.

     No person may participate in any underwritten registration hereunder unless such person (i)
agrees to sell such person’s Transfer Restricted Securities on the basis reasonably provided in any
underwriting arrangements approved by the persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements
and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting
agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting
arrangements.

     9. Miscellaneous.

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

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provided by Section 6 of this Agreement shall be the exclusive monetary remedy
available to Holders for any Registration Default.

     (b) No Inconsistent Agreements. On or after the date of this Agreement, the Company
will not enter into any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with
the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the
provisions hereof. The rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict
with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the Company’s
securities under any agreement in effect on the date hereof.

     (c) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended,
modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof
may not be given, except by the Company and the written consent of the Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities affected by such amendment,
modification, supplement, waiver or consents. Without the consent of the Holder of each
Security, however, no modification may change the provisions relating to the payment of
Additional Interest.

     (d) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder
shall be made in writing by hand delivery, first-class mail, facsimile transmission, or air
courier which guarantees overnight delivery:

     (1) if to a Holder of the Securities, at the most current address given by such Holder
to the Company.

          (2) if to the Initial Purchasers:

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

Eleven Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10010-3629

Fax No.: (212) 325-8278

Attention: IBD Legal Group

     with a copy to:

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Worldwide Plaza

825 Eighth Avenue

New York, NY 10019-7475

Fax No.: (212) 474-3700

Attn: William J. Whelan, III, Esq.

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

Buffets Holdings, Inc.

1460 Buffet Way

Eagan, MN 55121

Fax No.: (651) 365-0911

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Attn: H. Thomas Mitchell, Esq.

     with a copy to:

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10019-6064

Fax No.: (212) 757-3990

Attn: John C. Kennedy, Esq.

     All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time
delivered by hand, if personally delivered; three business days after being deposited in the mail,
postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt is acknowledged by recipient’s facsimile machine operator,
if sent by facsimile transmission; and on the day delivered, if sent by overnight air courier
guaranteeing next day delivery.

     (e) Third Party Beneficiaries. The Holders shall be third party beneficiaries to the
agreements made hereunder between the Company, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers,
on the other hand, and shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the
extent they may deem such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect their rights or the
rights of Holders hereunder.

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

     (g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by
the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed
to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same
agreement.

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

     (i) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.

     (j) Severability. If any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the
application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of
the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.

     (k) Securities Held by the Company. Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a
specified percentage of principal amount of Securities is required hereunder, Securities
held by the Company or its affiliates (other than subsequent Holders of Securities if such
subsequent Holders are deemed to be affiliates solely by reason of their holdings of such
Securities) shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given
by the Holders of such required percentage.

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     If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and
return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts,
will become a binding agreement among the several Initial Purchasers and the Company in accordance
with its terms.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Very truly yours,	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BUFFETS, INC.,	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By	 	     /s/ H. Thomas Mitchell
 

Name: H. Thomas Mitchell
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title: Secretary	 	 

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	 	 	BUFFETS HOLDINGS, INC.,	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By	 	     /s/ H. Thomas Mitchell
 

Name: H. Thomas Mitchell
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title: Secretary	 	 

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	 	 	BUFFETS LEASING COMPANY,LLC,	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By	 	     /s/ H. Thomas Mitchell
 

Name: H. Thomas Mitchell
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title: Secretary	 	 

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	 	 	HOMETOWN BUFFET, INC.,	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By	 	     /s/ H. Thomas Mitchell
 

Name: H. Thomas Mitchell
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title: Secretary	 	 

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	 	 	HOMETOWN LEASING COMPANY, LLC,	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By	 	     /s/ H. Thomas Mitchell
 

Name: H. Thomas Mitchell
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title: Secretary	 	 

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	 	 	OCB LEASING COMPANY, LLC,	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By	 	     /s/ H. Thomas Mitchell
 

Name: H. Thomas Mitchell
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title: Secretary	 	 

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	 	 	OCB PURCHASING CO.,	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By	 	     /s/ H. Thomas Mitchell
 

Name: H. Thomas Mitchell
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title: Secretary	 	 

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	 	 	OCB RESTAURANT COMPANY, LLC,	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By	 	     /s/ H. Thomas Mitchell
 

Name: H. Thomas Mitchell
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title: Secretary	 	 

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	 	 	TAHONE JOE’S LEASING COMPANY, LLC,	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By	 	     /s/ Jason A. Greff
 

Name: Jason A. Greff
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title: Secretary	 	 

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	 	 	TAHONE JOES’, INC.,	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By	 	     /s/ Jason A. Greff
 

Name: Jason A. Greff
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title: Secretary	 	 

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	 	 	RYAN’S RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By	 	     /s/ H. Thomas Mitchell
 

Name: H. Thomas Mitchell
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title: Secretary	 	 

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	 	 	BIG PROCUREMENT COMPANY, LLC,	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By RYAN’S RESTAURANT GROUP, INC., its

     Sole Member	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	     /s/ H. Thomas Mitchell
 

Name: H. Thomas Mitchell
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title: Secretary	 	 

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	 	 	FIRE MOUNTAIN RESTAURANTS, LLC,	 	 
	 	 	By RYAN’S RESTAURANT GROUP, INC., its

     Sole Member	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	     /s/ H. Thomas Mitchell
 

Name: H. Thomas Mitchell
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title: Secretary	 	 

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The foregoing Registration

Rights Agreement is hereby confirmed

and accepted as of the date first

above written.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC,	 	 
	 	 	UBS SECURITIES LLC,	 	 
	 	 	GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.,	 	 
	 	 	PIPER JAFFRAY & CO.,	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	By: CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC,	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By:
	 	/s/ Diron Jebejian	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Name: Diron Jebejian	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Title: Director	 	 

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ANNEX A

     Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account pursuant to the
Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of
those Exchange Securities. The Letter of Transmittal states that by so acknowledging and by
delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter”
within the meaning of the Securities Act. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented
from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Securities
received in exchange for Initial Securities where those Initial Securities were acquired by that
broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company has
agreed that, for a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date (as defined herein), it will make
this prospectus available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See
“Plan of Distribution.”

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ANNEX B

     Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for
Initial Securities, where such Initial Securities were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result
of market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a
prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. See “Plan of Distribution.”

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ANNEX C

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

     Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account pursuant to the
Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of
such Exchange Securities. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time,
may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Securities received in
exchange for Initial Securities where such Initial Securities were acquired as a result of
market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company has agreed that, for a period of
180 days after the Expiration Date, it will make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented,
available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. In addition, until
        , 200 , all dealers effecting transactions in the Exchange Securities may be
required to deliver a prospectus.

     The Company will not receive any proceeds from any sale of Exchange Securities by
broker-dealers. The Exchange Securities received by broker-dealers for their own account pursuant
to the Exchange Offer may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the
over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on the Exchange
Securities or a combination of such methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of
resale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated prices. Any such resale
may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation
in the form of commissions or concessions from any such broker-dealer or the purchasers of any such
Exchange Securities. Any broker-dealer that resells Exchange Securities that were received by it
for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a
distribution of such Exchange Securities may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of
the Securities Act and any profit on any such resale of Exchange Securities and any commission or
concessions received by any such persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the
Securities Act. The Letter of Transmittal states that, by acknowledging that it will deliver and
by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter”
within the meaning of the Securities Act.

     For a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date, the Company will promptly send additional
copies of this Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to this Prospectus to any broker-dealer
that requests such documents in the Letter of Transmittal. The Company has agreed to pay all
expenses incident to the Exchange Offer (including the expenses of one counsel for the Holders of
the Securities) other than commissions or concessions of any brokers or dealers and will indemnify
the Holders of the Securities (including any broker-dealers) against certain liabilities, including
liabilities under the Securities Act.

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ANNEX D

     [ ] CHECK HERE IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER AND WISH TO RECEIVE 10 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE
PROSPECTUS AND 10 COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Address:
	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 

     If the undersigned is not a broker-dealer, the undersigned represents that it is not engaged
in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of Exchange Securities. If the undersigned is
a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Initial
Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities,
it acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange
Securities; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, the undersigned will not
be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act.

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