Document:

Exhibit 10.18

 

CLUBCORP HOLDINGS, INC.
 STOCK OPTION GRANT NOTICE

 

2012 STOCK AWARD PLAN

 

ClubCorp Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), pursuant to the Amended and Restated ClubCorp Holdings, Inc. 2012 Stock Award Plan, as amended (the “Plan”), hereby grants to the Optionholder identified below a Nonqualified Stock Option to purchase the number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the “Shares”) set forth below.  This Option is subject to all of the terms and conditions as set forth herein and in the Option Agreement, which is attached hereto, as well as the Plan, which has been provided to the Optionholder, both of which are incorporated herein in their entirety.  Any capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Plan.

 

Optionholder:

Date of Grant:

Vesting Commencement Date:

Shares Subject to Option:

Exercise Price (Per Share):

Total Exercise Price:

Expiration Date:

 

	
Vesting   Schedule:
    	
[TBD]
    

 

 

	
Payment:
    	
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By   cash or check (unless otherwise permitted by the Committee)
    

 

 

Additional Terms/Acknowledgements:  The undersigned Optionholder acknowledges receipt of, and understands and agrees to, this Grant Notice, the Option Agreement, and the Plan.  Optionholder further acknowledges that as of the Date of Grant, this Grant Notice, the Option Agreement, and the Plan set forth the entire understanding between Optionholder and the Company regarding the acquisition of Shares and supersede all prior oral and written agreements on that subject with the exception of (i) options previously granted and delivered to Optionholder under the Plan, and (ii) the agreements, if any, listed below:

 

Other Agreements:

 

	
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ATTACHMENT:

 

I.                                        Option Agreement

 

 

Attachment I

 

Option Agreement

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED CLUBCORP HOLDINGS, INC.
 2012 STOCK AWARD PLAN

 

OPTION AGREEMENT

 

Pursuant to your Stock Option Grant Notice (“Grant Notice”) and this Option Agreement (hereinafter “Option Agreement” or “Agreement”), ClubCorp Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) has granted you a nonqualified stock option under the Amended and Restated ClubCorp Holdings, Inc. 2012 Stock Award Plan, as amended (the “Plan”) to purchase the number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock indicated in your Grant Notice at the Exercise Price indicated in your Grant Notice.  Capitalized terms not defined in this Option Agreement but defined in the Plan shall have the same definitions as in the Plan.  For the avoidance of doubt, the terms and conditions of the Grant Notice are a part of the Option Agreement, unless otherwise specified.

 

The details and terms and conditions of this Option Agreement shall govern your Nonqualified Stock Option:

 

1.                                      VESTING.  Subject to the limitations contained herein, your Option will vest as set forth in your Grant Notice, provided, that vesting will cease upon the termination of your service with the Company as an employee, director or consultant.  For the purposes of this Option Agreement, in the event of an involuntary termination of your service with the Company, the termination shall be effective, and vesting shall cease, as of the date stated in the relevant notice of termination and, unless otherwise required by law, will not be extended by any notice period or other period of leave.  Subject to applicable law, the Company shall determine the date of termination in its sole discretion.

 

2.                                      NUMBER OF SHARES AND EXERCISE PRICE.  The number of shares of Common Stock subject to your Option and the Exercise Price per share referenced in your Grant Notice may be adjusted from time to time for various adjustments in the Company’s equity capital structure, as provided in the Plan.

 

3.                                      METHOD OF PAYMENT.

 

(a)                                 Payment of the Exercise Price for your Option being exercised is due in full upon exercise of all or any part of the vested Option.  You may elect to make payment of the Exercise Price in cash or by check or wire transfer (or any combination thereof).  Alternatively, in the Committee’s sole discretion at the time your Option is exercised and to the extent permitted by applicable law, you may pay the Exercise Price by (i) delivery of a notice that you have placed a market sell order with a broker with respect to Shares then issuable upon exercise of your Option, and that the broker has been directed to pay a sufficient portion of the net proceeds of the sale to the Company in satisfaction of the aggregate Exercise Price for such Shares; provided, that payment of such proceeds is then made to the Company upon settlement of such sale; (ii) delivery of Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the aggregate Exercise Price for the Shares being purchased that are not subject to any pledge, encumbrance or other security interest and satisfy such other requirements as may be imposed by the Committee; provided, that such Shares have been held by you for no less than six (6) months (or such other period as established from time to time by the Committee in order to avoid adverse accounting treatment under applicable accounting principles); (iii) any other payment method provided

 

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under the Plan that the Committee may approve; or (iv) any combination of cash (or an approved cash equivalent) and any of the foregoing.

 

(b)                                 Where you are permitted to pay the Exercise Price of an Option and/or taxes relating to the exercise of an Option by delivering Shares, you may, subject to procedures satisfactory to the Committee, satisfy such delivery requirement by presenting proof that you are the beneficial owner of such Shares, in which case the Company shall treat your Option as exercised and/or the taxes paid, as applicable, without further payment and shall withhold such number of Shares from the aggregate number of Shares acquired upon the exercise of your Option.

 

4.                                      WHOLE SHARES.  You may exercise your Option only for whole shares of Common Stock.

 

5.                                      COMPLIANCE.

 

(a)                                 SECURITIES LAW COMPLIANCE.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, you may not exercise your Option unless the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise are then registered under the Securities Act or, if such shares of Common Stock are not then so registered, the Company has determined that such exercise and issuance would be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The exercise of your Option must also comply with other applicable law governing your Option, and you may not exercise your Option if the Company determines that such exercise would not be in compliance with applicable law.

 

(b)                                 PLAN COMPLIANCE.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, you may not exercise your Option if the terms of the Plan do not permit the exercise of Options, or if the Company exercises its rights under the Plan to suspend, delay or restrict the exercise of Options.

 

6.                                      TERM.  You may not exercise your Option before the commencement of its term on the Date of Grant or after its term expires.  Subject to the provisions of the Plan and this Option Agreement, you may exercise all or any part of the vested portion of your Option at any time prior to the earliest to occur of:

 

(a)                                 the date on which your service with the Company is terminated for Cause;

 

(b)                                 ninety (90) days after your service with the Company terminates for any reason other than Cause, death or due to your permanent disability (as determined by the Committee);

 

(c)                                  twelve (12) months after the termination of your service with the Company due to your death or permanent disability (as determined by the Committee); or

 

(d)                                 the Expiration Date indicated in the Grant Notice.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the exercise of your Option is prevented within the applicable time periods set forth in Sections 6(b) or 6(c) as a result of the operation of any provision of the Plan, your Option shall not expire before the date that is forty-five (45) days after the date that

 

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you are notified by the Company that the Option is again exercisable, but in any event no later than the Expiration Date indicated in your Grant Notice.

 

7.                                      EXERCISE PROCEDURES.

 

(a)                                 Subject to Section 5 above and other relevant terms and conditions of the Plan and this Option Agreement, you may exercise the vested portion of your Option during its term by delivering a notice of exercise (in a form designated by the Company) together with the Exercise Price to the [General Counsel and EVP — People Strategy], or to such other person as the Company may designate, during regular business hours, together with such additional documents as the Company may then require.

 

(b)                                 By exercising your Option you agree that, as a condition to any exercise of your Option, you and your spouse, if requested by the Company, contemporaneously with the exercise of your Option and prior to the issuance of any certificate representing the Shares of Common Stock purchased upon the exercise of your Option, shall execute any agreements by and among the Company and any of the Company’s stockholders which shall then be applicable to the shares of Common Stock to be issued to you, including any and all amendments to such agreements in effect at the time of such exercise, and agree to comply with any and all restrictions which then apply to holders of Common Stock (or the securities which at that time are to be issued upon the exercise of your Option).

 

8.                                      DOCUMENTS GOVERNING ISSUED COMMON STOCK.  Shares of Common Stock that you acquire upon exercise of your Option are subject to the terms of the Plan, the Company’s bylaws, the Company’s certificate of incorporation, any agreement relating to such shares of Common Stock to which you become a party, or any other similar document.  You should ensure that you understand your rights and obligations as a stockholder of the Company prior to the time that you exercise your Option.

 

9.                                      LIMITATIONS ON TRANSFER OF OPTIONS.  Your Option is not transferable, except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and is exercisable during your life only by you.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, by delivering written notice to the Company, in a form satisfactory to the Company, you may designate a third party who, in the event of your death, shall thereafter be entitled to exercise your Option.

 

10.                               RIGHTS UPON EXERCISE.  You will not have any rights to dividends or other rights of a stockholder with respect to the Shares subject to your Option until you have given written notice of the exercise of your Option, paid in full for such Shares and, if applicable, satisfied any other conditions imposed by the Committee pursuant to the Plan.

 

11.                               OPTION NOT A SERVICE CONTRACT.  Your Option is not an employment contract, and nothing in your Option shall be deemed to create in any way whatsoever any obligation on your part to continue in the employ or service of the Company or any of its Affiliates, or of the Company or any of its Affiliates to continue your employment.  In addition, nothing in your Option shall obligate the Company or any of its Affiliates, their respective stockholders, Boards of Directors, officers or employees to continue any relationship that you might have as a director or consultant or otherwise for the Company or any of its Affiliates.

 

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12.                               WITHHOLDING OBLIGATIONS.

 

(a)                                 At the time you exercise your Option, in whole or in part, or at any time thereafter as requested by the Company, you hereby authorize withholding from payroll and any other amounts payable to you, and otherwise agree to make adequate provision for any sums required to satisfy any federal, state, local and foreign tax withholding obligations of the Company or any of its Affiliates, which arise in connection with your Option.

 

(b)                                 You may not exercise your Option unless the tax withholding obligations of the Company and/or any Affiliate are satisfied or appropriate arrangements (acceptable to the Company) are made therefor.

 

13.                               NOTICES.  Any notices provided for in your Option or the Plan shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon receipt, or in the case of notices delivered by mail to you, five (5) days after deposit in the United States mail (or with another delivery service), certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to you at the last address you provided to the Company.

 

14.                               SIGNATURE IN COUNTERPARTS.  This Option Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.

 

15.                               OPTION SUBJECT TO PLAN.   By entering into this Option Agreement, you agree and acknowledge that you have received and read a copy of the Plan.  The Option is subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan and such terms and provisions are hereby incorporated herein by reference.  In the event of a conflict between any term or provision contained herein and a term or provision of the Plan, the applicable terms and provisions of the Plan will govern and prevail.

 

16.                               MISCELLANEOUS.

 

(a)                                 You agree upon request to execute any further documents or instruments necessary or desirable in the sole determination of the Company to carry out the purposes or intent of this Option.

 

(b)                                 You acknowledge and agree that you have reviewed your Option in its entirety, have had an opportunity to obtain the advice of counsel and your personal tax advisor prior to executing and accepting your Option and fully understand all provisions of your Option.

 

(c)                                  You acknowledge that the grant and terms of this Option are confidential and may not be disclosed by you to any other person, including other employees of the Company and its Affiliates and other participants in the Plan, without the express written consent of the Company.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, you may disclose the grant and terms of this Option to your family member, financial advisor, and attorney and as may be required by law or regulation.

 

(d)                                 The waiver by either party of compliance with any provision of the Option Agreement by the other party shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any other provision of the Option Agreement, or of any subsequent breach by such party of a provision of the Option Agreement.

 

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(e)                                  This Option Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their legal representatives, heirs, and permitted transferees, successors and assigns.

 

(f)                                   This Option Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada, without giving effect to any conflict of laws provision or rule.

 

(g)                                 This Option Agreement, including those documents and agreements explicitly referenced herein, constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements or understandings, whether written or oral.  This Option Agreement may not be amended, modified or revoked, in whole or in part, except by an agreement in writing signed by each of the parties hereto.

 

5Exhibit 10.19

 

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

by and among

 

CLUBCORP HOLDINGS, INC.

 

and

 

the other parties hereto

 

Dated as of August [    ], 2013

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
    	
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SECTION 1.1
    	
Certain Definitions
    	
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SECTION 1.2
    	
Other Definitional Provisions; Interpretation
    	
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ARTICLE II REGISTRATION   RIGHTS
    	
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SECTION 2.1
    	
Piggyback Rights
    	
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SECTION 2.2
    	
Demand Registration
    	
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SECTION 2.3
    	
Registration Procedures
    	
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SECTION 2.4
    	
Other Registration-Related Matters
    	
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ARTICLE III INDEMNIFICATION
    	
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SECTION 3.1
    	
Indemnification by the Company
    	
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SECTION 3.2
    	
Indemnification by the Holders and Underwriters
    	
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SECTION 3.3
    	
Notices of Claims, Etc.
    	
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SECTION 3.4
    	
Contribution
    	
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SECTION 3.5
    	
Other Indemnification
    	
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SECTION 3.6
    	
Non-Exclusivity
    	
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[SECTION 3.7
    	
Mergers, Recapitalizations, Exchanges or Other Transactions   Affecting Registrable Securities
    	
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ARTICLE IV OTHER
    	
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SECTION 4.1
    	
Notices
    	
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SECTION 4.2
    	
Assignment; Transfer of Rights
    	
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SECTION 4.3
    	
Amendments; Waiver
    	
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SECTION 4.4
    	
Third Parties
    	
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SECTION 4.5
    	
Governing Law
    	
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SECTION 4.6
    	
Jurisdiction
    	
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SECTION 4.7
    	
MUTUAL WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
    	
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SECTION 4.8
    	
Specific Performance
    	
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SECTION 4.9
    	
Entire Agreement
    	
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SECTION 4.10
    	
Severability
    	
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SECTION 4.11
    	
Counterparts
    	
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SECTION 4.12
    	
Effectiveness
    	
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[SECTION 4.13
    	
No Recourse
    	
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[SECTION 4.14
    	
Further Assurances
    	
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[SECTION 4.15
    	
Termination
    	
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Schedule A
    	
 
    

 

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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is dated as of August [    ], 2013 and is by and among ClubCorp Holdings, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”) and the KSL Group (as defined below).

 

BACKGROUND

 

WHEREAS, the Company is currently contemplating an underwritten initial public offering (“IPO”) of shares of its Common Stock (as defined below); and

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to grant registration rights to the KSL Group on the terms and conditions set out in this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I
 DEFINITIONS

 

SECTION 1.1                                        Certain Definitions.  As used in this Agreement:

 

“Affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act, as in effect on the date hereof.

 

“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble, provided that it shall also include any amendments, supplements, restatements or other modifications from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

“Board” means the board of directors of the Company.

 

“Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday, federal or New York State holiday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to close.

 

“Closing Date” means the date of completion of the IPO.

 

“Company” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

“Common Stock” means the shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company, and any other capital stock of the Company into which such stock is reclassified or reconstituted and any other common stock of the Company.

 

“Control” (including its correlative meanings, “Controlled by” and “under common Control with”) means possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies (whether through ownership of securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by contract or otherwise) of a Person.

 

“Demand Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).

 

 

“Demand Registration” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).

 

“Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

“FINRA” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

 

“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government.

 

“Holder” means each member of the KSL Group that is a holder of Registrable Securities or Securities exercisable, exchangeable or convertible into Registrable Securities or any Transferee of such Person to whom registration rights are assigned pursuant to Section 4.2.

 

“Indemnified Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.

 

“IPO” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

“KSL Entities” means the entities comprising the KSL Group, their respective Affiliates and the successors and permitted assigns of the entities and their respective Affiliates.

 

“KSL Group” means the entities listed on the signature pages hereto under the heading “KSL Group.”

 

“Law” means any statute, law, regulation, ordinance, rule, injunction, order, decree, governmental approval, directive, requirement, or other governmental restriction or any similar form of decision of, or determination by, or any interpretation or administration of any of the foregoing by, any Governmental Authority.

 

“Person” means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, a cooperative, an unincorporated organization, or other form of business organization, whether or not regarded as a legal entity under applicable Law, or any Governmental Authority or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof.

 

“Public Offering” means a public offering of equity securities of the Company or any successor thereto or any Subsidiary of the Company pursuant to a registration statement declared effective under the Securities Act.

 

“Registrable Securities” means all shares of Common Stock and any Securities into which the Common Stock may be converted or exchanged pursuant to any merger, consolidation, sale of all or any part of its assets, corporate conversion or other extraordinary transaction of the Company held by a Holder (whether now held or hereafter acquired, and including any such Securities received by a Holder upon the conversion or exchange of, or pursuant to such a transaction with respect to, other Securities held by such Holder).  As to any Registrable Securities, such Securities will cease to be Registrable Securities when:

 

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(a)                                 a registration statement covering such Registrable Securities has been declared effective and such Registrable Securities have been disposed of pursuant to such effective registration statement;

 

(b)                                 such Registrable Securities shall have been sold pursuant to Rule 144 or 145 (or any similar provision then in effect) under the Securities Act;

 

(c)                                  such Registrable Securities may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 or 145 (or any similar provision then in effect) under the Securities Act, without reporting obligations or restriction; or

 

(d)                                 such Registrable Securities cease to be outstanding.

 

“Registration Expenses” means any and all expenses incurred in connection with the performance of or compliance with this Agreement, including:

 

(a)                                 all SEC, stock exchange, or FINRA registration and filing fees (including, if applicable, the fees and expenses of any “qualified independent underwriter,” as such term is defined in Rule 2720 of FINRA, and of its counsel);

 

(b)                                 all fees and expenses of complying with securities or blue sky Laws (including fees and disbursements of counsel for the underwriters in connection with blue sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities);

 

(c)                                  all printing, messenger and delivery expenses;

 

(d)                                 all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange or FINRA and all rating agency fees;

 

(e)                                  the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and of its independent public accountants, including the expenses of any special audits and/or “cold comfort” letters required by or incident to such performance and compliance;

 

(f)                                   any fees and disbursements of underwriters customarily paid by the issuers or sellers of Securities, including liability insurance if the Company so desires or if the underwriters so require, and the reasonable fees and expenses of any special experts retained in connection with the requested registration, but excluding underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if any;

 

(g)                                  the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of not more than one law firm (as selected by the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities included in such registration) incurred by all the Holders in connection with the registration;

 

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(h)                                 the costs and expenses of the Company relating to analyst and investor presentations or any “road show” undertaken in connection with the registration and/or marketing of the Registrable Securities (including the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Holders); and

 

(i)                                     any other fees and disbursements customarily paid by the issuers of securities.

 

“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency.

 

“Securities” means capital stock, limited partnership interests, limited liability company interests, beneficial interests, warrants, options, notes, bonds, debentures, and other securities, equity interests, ownership interests and similar obligations of every kind and nature of any Person.

 

“Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity of which: (i) if a corporation, a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, representatives or trustees thereof is at the time owned or Controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof; or (ii) if a limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity, a majority of the total voting power of stock (or equivalent ownership interest) of the limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity is at the time owned or Controlled, directly or indirectly, by any Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof.  For purposes hereof, a Person or Persons shall be deemed to have a majority ownership interest in a limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity if such Person or Persons shall be allocated a majority of limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity gains or losses or shall be or Control the managing member, managing director or other governing body or general partner of such limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity.

 

“Transfer” (including its correlative meanings, “Transferor”, “Transferee”  and “Transferred”) shall mean, with respect to any security, directly or indirectly, to sell, contract to sell, give, assign, hypothecate, pledge, encumber, grant a security interest in, offer, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend or otherwise transfer or dispose of any economic, voting or other rights in or to such security.  When used as a noun, “Transfer” shall have such correlative meaning as the context may require.

 

SECTION 1.2                                        Other Definitional Provisions; Interpretation.

 

(a)                                 The words “hereof,” “herein,” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular

 

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provision of this Agreement, and references in this Agreement to a designated “Article” or “Section” refer to an Article or Section of this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

 

(b)                                 The headings in this Agreement are included for convenience of reference only and do not limit or otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

(c)                                  The meanings given to terms defined herein are equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.

 

ARTICLE II
 REGISTRATION RIGHTS

 

SECTION 2.1                                        Piggyback Rights.

 

(a)                                 If at any time the Company proposes to register Securities for public sale (whether proposed to be offered for sale by the Company or by any other Person) under the Securities Act (other than a registration on Form S-4 or S-8, or any successor or other forms promulgated for similar purposes) in a manner which would permit registration of Registrable Securities for sale to the public under the Securities Act, it will at each such time (or if earlier, such time as the Demand Party exercises a demand right pursuant to Section 2.2(a)), give prompt written notice (which notice shall specify the intended method or methods of disposition) to the Holders of its intention to do so and of such Holder’s rights under this Section 2.1.  Upon the written request of any Holder made within fifteen (15) days after the receipt of any such notice (which request shall specify the number of Registrable Securities intended to be disposed of by such Holder), the Company will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to effect the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Holders have so requested to be registered; provided that: (i) if, at any time after giving written notice of its intention to register any Securities and prior to the effective date of the registration statement filed in connection with such registration, the Company shall determine for any reason not to proceed with the proposed registration of the Securities to be sold by it, the Company may, at its election, give written notice of such determination to the Holders and, thereupon, the Company shall be relieved of its obligation to register any Registrable Securities in connection with such registration (but not from its obligation to pay the Registration Expenses incurred in connection therewith) without prejudice to the rights of the Demand Party to request that such registration be effected as a registration under Section 2.2(a); and (ii) if such registration involves an underwritten offering, the Holders of Registrable Securities requesting to be included in the registration must, upon the written request of the Company, sell their Registrable Securities to the underwriters on the same terms and conditions as apply to the other Securities being sold through underwriters under such registration, with, in the case of a combined primary and secondary offering, only such differences, including any with respect to representations and warranties, indemnification and liability insurance, as may be customary or appropriate in combined primary and secondary offerings.

 

(b)                                 Expenses.  The Company will pay all Registration Expenses in connection with each registration of Registrable Securities requested pursuant to this Section 2.1.

 

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(c)                                  Priority in Piggyback Registrations.  If a registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 involves an underwritten offering and the managing underwriter advises the Company in writing (a copy of which shall be provided to the Holders) that, in its opinion, the number of Registrable Securities and other Securities requested to be included in such registration exceeds the number which can be sold in such offering, so as to be likely to have a material and adverse effect on the price, timing or distribution of the Securities offered in such offering, then the Company will include in such registration: (i) first, the Securities the Company proposes to sell for its own account; (ii) second, such number of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration which, in the opinion of such managing underwriter, can be sold without having the material and adverse effect referred to above, which number of Registrable Securities shall be allocated pro rata among all such requesting Holders of Registrable Securities on the basis of the relative number of Registrable Securities then held by each such Holder (provided that any Securities thereby allocated to any such Holder that exceed such Holder’s request will be reallocated among the remaining requesting Holders in like manner); and (iii) third, any securities proposed to be registered for the account of any other Persons with such priorities among them as the Company shall determine.

 

(d)                                 Excluded Transactions.  The Company shall not be obligated to effect any registration of Registrable Securities under this Section 2.1 incidental to the registration of any of its Securities in connection with:

 

(1)                                 any Public Offering relating to employee benefits plans or dividend reinvestment plans; or

 

(2)                                 any Public Offering relating to the acquisition or merger after the date hereof by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of or with any other businesses.

 

(e)                                  Selection of Underwriters.  If a registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 involves an underwritten offering, the KSL Group shall have the right to select the investment banker or bankers and managers to administer the offering, including the lead managing underwriter; provided, however, that such investment banker or bankers and managers shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company.

 

(f)                                   Shelf Takedowns.  In connection with any shelf takedown (whether pursuant to Section 2.2(f) or at the initiative of the Company), the Holders may exercise “piggyback” rights in the manner described in this Agreement to have included in such takedown Registrable Securities held by them that are registered on such shelf registration statement.

 

(g)                                  IPO.  The IPO shall be considered registration under Section 2.1 for which all required notices and requests pursuant to this Section 2.1 shall have been deemed made.

 

SECTION 2.2                                        Demand Registration.

 

(a)                                 General.  At any time, upon the written request of any member of the KSL Group (the “Demand Party”) requesting that the Company effect the registration under the Securities Act of Registrable Securities and specifying the amount and intended method of disposition thereof (including, but not limited to, an underwritten public offering) (a “Demand

 

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Registration”), the Company will (i) promptly give written notice of such requested registration to the other Holders and other holders of Securities entitled to notice of such registration, if any, and (ii) as expeditiously as possible, use its best efforts to file a registration statement to effect the registration under the Securities Act of:

 

(1)                                 such Registrable Securities which the Company has been so requested to register by the Demand Party in accordance with the intended method of disposition thereof; and

 

(2)                                 the Registrable Securities of other Holders which the Company has been requested to register by written request given to the Company within fifteen (15) days after the giving of such written notice by the Company.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be obligated to file a registration statement relating to any registration request under this Section 2.2(a):

 

(x)                                 within a period of one hundred eighty (180) days (or such lesser period as the managing underwriters in an underwritten offering may permit) after the effective date of any other registration statement relating to any registration request under this Section 2.2(a) or relating to any registration referred to in Section 2.1; or

 

(y)                                 if, in the good faith judgment of the Board, the Company is in possession of material non-public information the disclosure of which would be materially adverse to the Company and would not otherwise be required under Law, in which case the filing of the registration statement may be delayed until the earlier of the second Business Day after such conditions shall have ceased to exist and the 60th day after receipt by the Company of the written request from a Demand Party to register Registrable Securities under this Section 2.2(a); provided that the Company shall not effect such a delay more than two times in any twelve (12) month period.

 

At any time prior to the effective date of the registration statement relating to such registration, the Demand Party may revoke such Demand Registration request by providing a notice to the Company revoking such request.  The Company shall be liable for and pay all Registration Expenses in connection with any Demand Registration.

 

(b)                                 Form.  Each registration statement prepared at the request of a Demand Party shall be effected on such form as reasonably requested by the Demand Party, including by a shelf registration pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act on a Form S-3 (or any successor rule or form thereto) if so requested by the Demand Party and if the Company is then eligible to effect a shelf registration and use such form for such disposition.

 

(c)                                  Expenses.  The Company will pay all Registration Expenses in connection with each registration of Registrable Securities requested pursuant to this Section 2.2.

 

(d)                                 Selection of Underwriters.  If a requested registration pursuant to this Section 2.2 involves an underwritten offering, the Demand Party shall have the right to select the investment banker or bankers and managers to administer the offering, including the lead

 

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managing underwriter; provided, however, that such investment banker or bankers and managers shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company.

 

(e)                                  Priority in Demand Registrations.  If a requested registration pursuant to this Section 2.2 involves an underwritten offering and the managing underwriter advises the Company in writing (a copy of which shall be provided to the Holders) that, in its opinion, the number of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration (including Securities of the Company which are not Registrable Securities) exceeds the number which can be sold in such offering, so as to be likely to have a material and adverse effect on the price, timing or distribution of the Securities offered in such offering, then the number of such Registrable Securities to be included in such registration shall be allocated pro rata among the Demand Party and all of the following parties on the basis of the relative number of Securities proposed to be offered in such offering (provided that any Securities thereby allocated to any such Holder that exceed such Holder’s request will be reallocated among all such remaining parties in like manner): (i) the Registrable Securities the Demand Party proposes to sell; and (ii) the Registrable Securities requested to be sold by Holders pursuant to Section 2.1(a).

 

(f)                                   Shelf Takedowns.  Upon the written request of the Demand Party at any time and from time to time, the Company will facilitate in the manner described in this Agreement a “takedown” of the Demand Party’s Registrable Securities off of an effective shelf registration statement.  Upon the written request of the Demand Party, the Company will file and seek the effectiveness of a post-effective amendment to an existing shelf registration statement in order to register up to the number of the Demand Party’s Registrable Securities previously taken down off of such shelf by the Demand Party and not yet “reloaded” onto such shelf registration statement.

 

(g)                                  Additional Rights.  Any grant by the Company to any other holders of Securities of any rights to request the Company to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any Securities will be made pursuant to this Agreement or an amendment hereto.  In the event the Company engages in a merger or consolidation in which the shares of Common Stock are converted into Securities of another company, appropriate arrangements will be made so that the registration rights provided under this Agreement continue to be provided to Holders by the issuer of such Securities.  To the extent such new issuer, or any other company acquired by the Company in a merger or consolidation, was bound by registration rights that would conflict with the provisions of this Agreement, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to modify any such “inherited” registration rights so as not to interfere in any material respects with the rights provided under this Agreement, unless otherwise agreed by Holders then holding a majority of Registrable Securities.

 

SECTION 2.3                     Registration Procedures.  If and whenever the Company is required to file a registration statement with respect to, or to use its commercially reasonable best efforts to effect or cause the registration of, any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act as provided in this Agreement, the Company will as expeditiously as possible:

 

(a)                                 prepare and, in any event within thirty (30) days after a request for registration is given to the Company pursuant to Section 2.2, file with the SEC a registration statement on an appropriate form with respect to such Registrable Securities and use its best

 

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efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; provided, however, that the Company may discontinue any registration of Securities which it has initiated for its own account at any time prior to the effective date of the registration statement relating thereto (and, in such event, the Company shall pay the Registration Expenses incurred in connection therewith); and provided, further, that before filing a registration statement or prospectus, or any amendments or supplements thereto, the Company will (i) furnish to counsel for the sellers of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement copies of all documents proposed to be filed, which documents will be subject to the review of such counsel, (ii) fairly consider such reasonable changes in any such documents prior to or after the filing thereof as the counsel to the sellers of Registrable Securities being sold may request, and (iii) make such of the representatives of the Company as shall be reasonably requested by the sellers of the Registrable Securities being sold available for discussion of such documents;

 

(b)                                 prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such registration statement effective for a period not in excess of two (2) years (which period shall not be applicable in the case of a shelf registration effected pursuant to a request under Section 2.2(b)) and to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all Securities covered by such registration statement during such period in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the seller or sellers thereof set forth in such registration statement; provided that before filing a registration statement or prospectus, or any amendments or supplements thereto, the Company will (i) furnish to counsel for the sellers of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement copies of all documents proposed to be filed, which documents will be subject to the review of such counsel, (ii) fairly consider such reasonable changes in any such documents prior to or after the filing thereof as the counsel to the sellers of Registrable Securities being sold may request, and (iii) make such of the representatives of the Company as shall be reasonably requested by the sellers of the Registrable Securities being sold available for discussion of such documents;

 

(c)                                  furnish to each seller of such Registrable Securities such number of copies of such registration statement and of each amendment and supplement thereto (in each case including all exhibits filed therewith, including any documents incorporated by reference), such number of copies of the prospectus included in such registration statement (including each preliminary prospectus and summary prospectus), in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other documents as such seller may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities by such seller;

 

(d)                                 use its commercially reasonable best efforts to register or qualify such Registrable Securities covered by such registration in such jurisdictions as each seller shall reasonably request, and do any and all other acts and things which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable such seller to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities owned by such seller;

 

(e)                                  use its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause such Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities;

 

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(f)                                   notify each seller of any such Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement, at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of the Company’s becoming aware that the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits 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, and at the request of any such seller, prepare and furnish to such seller a reasonable number of copies of an amended or supplemental prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Registrable Securities, such prospectus shall not include 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 in the light of the circumstances then existing;

 

(g)                                  otherwise use its commercially reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, and make available to its Security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable (but not more than eighteen (18) months) after the effective date of the registration statement, an earnings statement which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act;

 

(h)                                 (1) use its commercially reasonable best efforts to list such Registrable Securities on any securities exchange on which other Securities of the Company are then listed if such Registrable Securities are not already so listed and if such listing is then permitted under the rules of such exchange; and (2) use its best efforts to provide a transfer agent and registrar for such Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement not later than the effective date of such registration statement;

 

(i)                                     enter into such customary agreements (including an underwriting agreement in customary form), which may include indemnification provisions in favor of underwriters and other Persons in addition to, or in substitution for the indemnification provisions hereof, and take such other actions as sellers of a majority of such Registrable Securities or the underwriters, if any, reasonably request in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities;

 

(j)                                    obtain a “cold comfort” letter or letters from the Company’s independent public accountants in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered by “cold comfort” letters as the seller or sellers of a majority of such Registrable Securities shall reasonably request;

 

(k)                                 make available for inspection by any seller of such Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement, by any underwriter participating in any disposition to be effected pursuant to such registration statement and by any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by any such seller or any such underwriter, all pertinent financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company, and cause all of the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such seller, underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with such registration statement;

 

(l)                                     notify counsel for the holders of Registrable Securities included in such registration statement and the managing underwriter or agent, immediately, and confirm the

 

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notice in writing: (i) when the registration statement, or any post-effective amendment to the registration statement, shall have become effective, or any supplement to the prospectus or any amendment to any prospectus shall have been filed; (ii) of the receipt of any comments from the SEC; (iii) of any request of the SEC to amend the registration statement or amend or supplement the prospectus or for additional information; and (iv) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the registration statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the registration statement for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the institution or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes;

 

(m)                             provide each holder of Registrable Securities included in such registration statement reasonable opportunity to comment on the registration statement, any post-effective amendments to the registration statement, any supplement to the prospectus or any amendment to any prospectus;

 

(n)                                 make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the registration statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus and, if any such order is issued, to obtain the withdrawal of any such order at the earliest possible moment;

 

(o)                                 if requested by the managing underwriter or agent or any holder of Registrable Securities covered by the registration statement, promptly incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information as the managing underwriter or agent or such holder reasonably requests to be included therein, including, with respect to the number of Registrable Securities being sold by such holder to such underwriter or agent, the purchase price being paid therefor by such underwriter or agent and with respect to any other terms of the underwritten offering of the Registrable Securities to be sold in such offering; and make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after being notified of the matters incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment;

 

(p)                                 cooperate with the holders of Registrable Securities covered by the registration statement and the managing underwriter or agent, if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates (not bearing any restrictive legends) representing Securities to be sold under the registration statement, and enable such Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the managing underwriter or agent, if any, or the Holders may request;

 

(q)                                 use its commercially reasonable best efforts to make available the executive officers of the Company to participate with the holders of Registrable Securities and any underwriters in any “road shows” that may be reasonably requested by the holders in connection with distribution of Registrable Securities;

 

(r)                                    obtain for delivery to the holders of Registrable Securities being registered and to the underwriter or agent an opinion or opinions from counsel for the Company in customary form and in form, substance and scope reasonably satisfactory to such holders, underwriters or agents and their counsel; and

 

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(s)                                   cooperate with each seller of Registrable Securities and each underwriter or agent participating in the disposition of such Registrable Securities and their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with FINRA.

 

SECTION 2.4                                        Other Registration-Related Matters.

 

(a)                                 The Company may require any Person that is Transferring Securities in a Public Offering pursuant to Sections 2.1 or 2.2 to furnish to the Company in writing such information regarding such Person and pertinent to the disclosure requirements relating to the registration and the distribution of the Registrable Securities which are included in such Public Offering as the Company may from time to time reasonably request in writing.

 

(b)                                 Each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 2.3(f), it will forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the registration statement covering such Registrable Securities until its receipt of the copies of the amended or supplemented prospectus contemplated by Section 2.3(f) and, if so directed by the Company, each Holder will deliver to the Company or destroy (at the Company’s expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies then in their possession, of the prospectus covering such Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice.  In the event the Company gives any such notice, the period for which the Company will be required to keep the registration statement effective will be extended by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice pursuant to Section 2.3(f) to and including the date when each seller of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement has received the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 2.3(f).

 

(c)                                  Each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 2.3(l)(iv), it will forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the registration statement covering such Registrable Securities until the lifting of such stop order, other order or suspension or the termination of such proceedings and, if so directed by the Company, each Holder will deliver to the Company or destroy (at the Company’s expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies then in its possession, of the prospectus covering such Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice.  In the event the Company gives any such notice, the period for which the Company will be required to keep the registration statement effective will be extended by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice pursuant to Section 2.3(l)(iv) to and including the date when such stop order, other order or suspension is lifted or such proceedings are terminated.

 

(d)                                 (i) Each Holder (x) hereby agrees, with respect to the Registrable Securities owned by such Holder, to be bound by any and all restrictions on the sale, disposition, distribution, hedging or other Transfer of any interest in Registrable Securities imposed on the KSL Group and/or its Affiliates in connection with the IPO by the underwriters managing such offering for the duration of the term of such restriction and (y) will, in connection with a Public Offering of the Company’s equity Securities (whether for the Company’s account or for the account of any Holder or Holders, or both), upon the request of the Company or of the underwriters managing any underwritten offering of the Company’s Securities, agree in writing

 

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not to effect any sale, disposition or distribution of Registrable Securities (other than those included in the Public Offering) without the prior written consent of the managing underwriter for such period of time commencing seven (7) days before and ending one hundred eighty (180) days (or such earlier date as the managing underwriter shall agree) after the effective date of such registration; provided that all directors and officers of the Company, holders of more than 5% of the Registrable Securities and all other Persons with registration rights with respect to the Company’s Securities (whether or not pursuant to this Agreement) shall enter into agreements similar to those contained in this Section 2.4(d)(i) (without regard to this proviso); and (ii) the Company and its Subsidiaries will, in connection with an underwritten Public Offering of the Company’s Securities in respect of which Registrable Securities are included, upon the request of the underwriters managing such offering, agree in writing not to effect any sale, disposition or distribution of equity Securities of the Company (other than those included in such Public Offering, offered on Form S-8, issuable upon conversion of Securities or upon the exercise of options, or the grant of options in the ordinary course of business pursuant to then-existing management equity plans or equity-based employee benefit plans, in each case outstanding on the date a notice is given by the Company pursuant to Section 2.1(a) or a request is made pursuant to Section 2.2(a), as the case may be), without the prior written consent of the managing underwriter, for such period of time commencing seven (7) days before and ending one hundred eighty (180) days (or such earlier date as the managing underwriter shall agree) after the effective date of such registration.

 

(e)                                  With a view to making available the benefits of certain rules and regulations of the SEC which may at any time permit the sale of Securities of the Company to the public without registration after such time as a public market exists for Registrable Securities, the Company agrees:

 

(1)                                 to make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act, at all times after the effective date of the first registration under the Securities Act filed by the Company for an offering of its Securities to the public;

 

(2)                                 to use its commercially reasonable efforts to then file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (at any time after it has become subject to such reporting requirements); and

 

(3)                                 so long as a Holder owns any Registrable Securities, to furnish to such Holder promptly upon request: (A) a written statement by the Company as to its compliance with the reporting requirements of Rule 144 (at any time after ninety (90) days after the effective date of the first registration statement filed by the Company for an offering of its Securities to the public), and of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (at any time after it has become subject to such reporting requirements); (B) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company; and (C) such other reports and documents of the Company as such Holder may reasonably request in availing itself or himself of any rule or regulation of the SEC allowing such Holder to sell any such Securities without registration.

 

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(f)                                   Counsel to represent holders of Registrable Securities shall be selected by the holders of at least a majority of the Registrable Securities included in the relevant registration.

 

(g)                                  Each of the parties hereto agrees that the registration rights provided to the Holders herein are not intended to, and shall not be deemed to, override or limit any other restrictions on Transfer to which any such Holder may otherwise be subject.

 

ARTICLE III
 INDEMNIFICATION

 

SECTION 3.1                                        Indemnification by the Company.  In the event of any registration of any Securities of the Company under the Securities Act pursuant to Section 2.1 or 2.2, the Company hereby indemnifies and agrees to hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, each Holder who sells Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement, each Affiliate of such Holder and their respective directors and officers or general and limited partners or members and managing members (and the directors, officers, employees, agents, Affiliates and controlling Persons of any of the foregoing), each other Person who participates as an underwriter in the offering or sale of such Securities and each other Person, if any, who controls such Holder or any such underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”), from and against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities (including, without limitation, legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, and reasonable and documented expenses to which such Indemnified Party may become subject under the Securities Act, common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof, whether or not such Indemnified Party is a party thereto) arise out of or are based upon: (a) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any registration statement under which such Securities were registered under the Securities Act, any preliminary, final or summary prospectus contained therein, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any document incorporated by reference therein, or any other such disclosure document (including reports and other documents filed under the Exchange Act and any document incorporated by reference therein) or related document or report; (b) any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, in the case of a prospectus, in the light of the circumstances when they were made; or (c) any violation or alleged violation by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any federal, state, foreign or common law rule or regulation applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and relating to action or inaction in connection with any such registration, disclosure document or related document or report, and the Company will reimburse such Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, liability, action or proceeding; provided that the Company will not be liable to any Indemnified Party in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability (or action or proceeding in respect thereof) or expense arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in such registration statement, in any such preliminary, final or summary prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with written information with respect to such Indemnified Party furnished to the Company by such Indemnified Party

 

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expressly for use in the preparation thereof.  Such indemnity will remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such Holder or any Indemnified Party and will survive the Transfer of such Securities by such Holder or any termination of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 3.2                                        Indemnification by the Holders and Underwriters.  The Company may require, as a condition to including any Registrable Securities in any registration statement filed in accordance with Section 2.1 or 2.2, that the Company shall have received an undertaking reasonably satisfactory to it from the Holder of such Registrable Securities or any prospective underwriter to indemnify and hold harmless (in the same manner and to the same extent as set forth in Section 3.1) the Company, all other Holders or any prospective underwriter, as the case may be, and any of their respective Affiliates, directors, officers and controlling Persons, with respect to any untrue statement in or omission from such registration statement, any preliminary, final or summary prospectus contained therein, or any amendment or supplement, if such untrue statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information with respect to such Holder or underwriter furnished to the Company by such Holder or underwriter expressly for use in the preparation of such registration statement, preliminary, final or summary prospectus or amendment or supplement, or a document incorporated by reference into any of the foregoing.  Such indemnity will remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company or any of the Holders, or any of their respective Affiliates, directors, officers or controlling Persons and will survive the Transfer of such Securities by such Holder.  In no event shall the liability of any selling Holder of Registrable Securities hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds actually received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation.

 

SECTION 3.3                                        Notices of Claims, Etc.  Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Party hereunder of written notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding with respect to which a claim for indemnification may be made pursuant to this Article III, such Indemnified Party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party, give written notice to the latter of the commencement of such action; provided that the failure of the Indemnified Party to give notice as provided herein will not relieve the indemnifying party of its obligations under Section 3.1 or 3.2, except to the extent that the indemnifying party is actually prejudiced by such failure to give notice.  In case any such action is brought against an Indemnified Party, unless in such Indemnified Party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist in respect of such claim, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in and to assume the defense thereof, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified to the extent that it may wish, with counsel selected by the Holders of at least a majority of the Registrable Securities included in the relevant registration, 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 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the latter in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation.  If, in such Indemnified Party’s reasonable judgment, having common counsel would result in a conflict of interest between the interests of such indemnified and indemnifying parties, then such Indemnified Party may employ separate counsel reasonably acceptable to the indemnifying party to represent or defend such Indemnified Party in such action, it being understood, however, that

 

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the indemnifying party will not be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys at any time for all such Indemnified Parties (and not more than one separate firm of local counsel at any time for all such Indemnified Parties) in such action, and that all such fees and expenses will be reimbursed as they are incurred.  No indemnifying party will consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party of a release from all liability in respect of such claim or litigation.

 

SECTION 3.4                                        Contribution.  If the indemnification provided for hereunder from the indemnifying party is unavailable to an Indemnified Party hereunder in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to herein for reasons other than those described in the proviso in the first sentence of Section 3.1, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and Indemnified Parties in connection with the actions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.  The relative fault of such indemnifying party and Indemnified Parties shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, has been made by, or relates to information supplied by, such indemnifying party or Indemnified Parties, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action.  The amount paid or payable by a party under this Section 3.4 as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to include any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding.  In no event shall the liability of any selling Holder of Registrable Securities hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds actually received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such contribution obligation.

 

The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 3.4 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph.  No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

SECTION 3.5                                        Other Indemnification.  Indemnification similar to that specified in this Article III (with appropriate modifications) shall be given by the Company and each seller of Registrable Securities with respect to any required registration or other qualification of Securities under any Law or with any Governmental Authority other than as required by the Securities Act

 

SECTION 3.6                                        Non-Exclusivity. The obligations of the parties under this Article III will be in addition to any liability which any party may otherwise have to any other party.

 

SECTION 3.7                                        Mergers, Recapitalizations, Exchanges or Other Transactions Affecting Registrable Securities.  The provisions of this Agreement shall apply to the full extent set forth herein with respect to the Registrable Securities, to any and all securities of the Company or any

 

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successor or assign of any such person (whether by merger, amalgamation, consolidation, sale of assets or otherwise) that may be issued in respect of, in exchange for, or in substitution of such Registrable Securities, by reason of any dividend, split, issuance, reverse split, combination, recapitalization, reclassification, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or otherwise.

 

ARTICLE IV
 OTHER

 

SECTION 4.1                          Notices.  Any notice, request, claim, demand, instruction or other document to be given hereunder by any party hereto to another party hereto shall be in writing and shall be deemed given (a) when delivered personally, (b) five (5) Business Days after being sent by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, (c) one (1) Business Day after being sent by Federal Express or other nationally recognized overnight courier, or (d) if transmitted by facsimile, if confirmed within 24 hours thereafter by a signed original sent in the manner provided in clause (a), (b) or (c) to parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified by prior written notice from such party):

 

if to the Company:

 

ClubCorp Holdings, Inc.

3030 LBJ Freeway, Suite 600

Dallas, Texas 75234

Attention:  General Counsel

Fax:  (972) 888-7717

 

if to the KSL Group:

 

KSL Capital Partners, LLC

100 Fillmore Street, Suite 600

Denver, Colorado 80206

Attention:  Steven S. Siegel

Fax:  (720) 284-6401

 

with a copy (not constituting notice) to:

 

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

2475 Hanover Street

Palo Alto, California 94304

Attention:  William B. Brentani

Fax:  (650) 251-5002

 

SECTION 4.2                                        Assignment; Transfer of Rights.  Neither the Company nor any Holder shall assign all or any part of this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Company and the KSL Group; provided, however, that any KSL Entity may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement in whole or in part to any of its Affiliates.  Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding on the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

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SECTION 4.3                                        Amendments; Waiver.  This Agreement may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified only by a written instrument executed by the Company and the Holders holding a majority of the Registrable Securities subject to this Agreement; provided that no such amendment, supplement or other modification shall adversely affect the economic interests of any Holder hereunder disproportionately to other Holders without the written consent of such Holder.  For the avoidance of doubt, no consent pursuant to this Section 4.3 shall be required in connection with any amendment or revision to Schedule A unless such amendment or revision is to remove a Holder from such schedule at a time when such Holder would otherwise be entitled to registration rights herein. No waiver by any party of any of the provisions hereof will be effective unless explicitly set forth in writing and executed by the party so waiving.  Except as provided in the preceding sentence, no action taken pursuant to this Agreement, including without limitation, any investigation by or on behalf of any party, will be deemed to constitute a waiver by the party taking such action of compliance with any covenants or agreements contained herein.  The waiver by any party hereto of a breach of any provision of this Agreement will not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach.

 

SECTION 4.4                                        Third Parties.  This Agreement does not create any legal or equitable rights, remedies, claims or benefits inuring to any person that is not a party hereto nor create or establish any third party beneficiary hereto.

 

SECTION 4.5                                        Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws thereof.

 

SECTION 4.6                                        Jurisdiction.  The District Court of the State of Nevada, or if jurisdiction over the matter is vested exclusively in federal courts, the United States District Court for the District of Nevada, and the appellate courts to which orders and judgments thereof may be appealed shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the parties with respect to any dispute or controversy between them arising under or in connection with this agreement and, by execution and delivery of this agreement, each of the parties to this Agreement submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of those courts, including but not limited to the in personam and subject matter jurisdiction of those courts, waives any objections to such jurisdiction on the grounds of venue or forum non conveniens, the absence of in personam or subject matter jurisdiction and any similar grounds, consents to service of process by mail (in accordance with the notice provisions of this Agreement) or any other manner permitted by Law, and irrevocably agrees to be bound by any judgment rendered thereby in connection with this Agreement.

 

SECTION 4.7                                        MUTUAL WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.  EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING INVOLVING ANY DISPUTE, CONTROVERSY OR CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.

 

SECTION 4.8                                        Specific Performance.  Each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that in the event of any breach of this Agreement by any of them, the non-breaching party would be irreparably and immediately harmed and could not be made whole by monetary damages.  Each party accordingly agrees to waive the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate and that the parties, in addition to any other

 

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remedy to which they may be entitled at law or in equity, shall be entitled to compel specific performance of this Agreement without the posting of bond, in addition to all other remedies to which such non-breaching party may be entitled at law or in equity.

 

SECTION 4.9                                        Entire Agreement.  This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.  There are no agreements, representations, warranties, covenants or undertakings with respect to the subject matter hereof other than those expressly set forth herein.  This Agreement supersedes all other prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.

 

SECTION 4.10                                 Severability.  If one or more of the provisions, paragraphs, words, clauses, phrases or sentences contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstances, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision, paragraph, word, clause, phrase or sentence in every other respect and of the remaining provisions, paragraphs, words, clauses, phrases or sentences hereof shall not be in any way impaired, it being intended that all rights, powers and privileges of the parties hereto shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by Law.

 

SECTION 4.11                                 Counterparts.  This Agreement and any amendment hereto may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which will be deemed to be an original and all of which together will be deemed to be one and the same instrument.

 

SECTION 4.12                                 Effectiveness.  This Agreement shall become effective, as to any Holder, as of the date signed by the Company and countersigned by such Holder.

 

SECTION 4.13                                 No Recourse. This Agreement may only be enforced against, and any claims or cause of action that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to this Agreement, or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement may only be made against the entities that are expressly identified as parties hereto and no past, present or future Affiliate, director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, manager, partner, stockholder, agent, attorney or representative of any party hereto shall have any liability for any obligations or liabilities of the parties to this Agreement or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

SECTION 4.14                                 Further Assurances. The parties hereto will sign such further documents, cause such meetings to be held, resolutions passed, exercise their votes and do and perform and cause to be done such further acts and things necessary, proper or advisable in order to give full effect to this Agreement and every provision hereof.  To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company shall not directly or indirectly take any action that is intended to, or would reasonably be expected to result in, any KSL Entity being deprived of the rights contemplated by this Agreement.

 

SECTION 4.15                                 Termination. The term of this Agreement shall continue until the first to occur of (i) such time as no Holder owns any Registrable Securities; and (ii) such time as the Agreement is terminated by the Company and the KSL Group; provided, that the indemnification and contribution rights and obligations hereunder shall not terminate and shall survive forever.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

	
 
    	
COMPANY:
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
CLUBCORP HOLDINGS, INC.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Ingrid J. Keiser
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
General   Counsel, Secretary and Executive Vice
   President of People Strategy
    

 

 

	
 
    	
KSL GROUP:
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
FILLMORE CCA INVESTMENT, LLC
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Steven   S. Siegel
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Director
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
FILLMORE CCA HOLDINGS I, LLC
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Steven   S. Siegel
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Chief   Operating Officer
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
FILLMORE CCA (ALTERNATIVE), L.P.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By: 
    	
KSL   Capital Partners II GP, LLC, its general
   partner
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Steven   S. Siegel
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Chief   Operating Officer
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
FILLMORE   CCA SUPPLEMENTAL TE
   (ALTERNATIVE), L.P.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
KSL   Capital Partners Supplemental II GP, LLC, its
   general partner
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Steven   S. Siegel
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Chief   Operating Officer
    

 

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KSL CAPITAL PARTNERS II FF, L.P.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
KSL   Capital Partners II GP, LLC, its general
   partner
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Steven S. Siegel
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Chief Operating Officer
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
FILLMORE CCA TE (ALTERNATIVE), L.P.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
KSL   Capital Partners II GP, LLC, its general
   partner
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Steven   S. Siegel
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Chief   Operating Officer
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
KSL CAPITAL PARTNERS SUPPLEMENTAL II, L.P.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
KSL   Capital Partners Supplemental II GP, LLC, its
   general partner
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Steven S. Siegel
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Chief Operating Officer
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
FILLMORE CCA TE-A (ALTERNATIVE), L.P.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
KSL   Capital Partners II GP, LLC, its general
   partner
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Steven S. Siegel
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Chief Operating Officer
    

 

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KSL CCA CO-INVEST, L.P.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
KSL   Capital Partners II Co-Invest GP, LLC, its
   general partner
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Steven S. Siegel
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Chief Operating Officer
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
KSL CCA CO-INVEST 2, L.P.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
KSL   Capital Partners II Co-Invest GP, LLC, its
   general partner
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Steven S. Siegel
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Chief Operating Officer
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
KSL CCA 2010 CO-INVEST 2, L.P.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
KSL   Capital Partners II Co-Invest GP, LLC, its
   general partner
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Steven S. Siegel
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Chief Operating Officer
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
KSL CCA 2010 CO-INVEST, L.P.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
KSL   Capital Partners II Co-Invest GP, LLC, its
   general partner
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name: Steven S. Siegel
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title: Chief Operating Officer
    

 

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