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Exhibit 10.3

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

This Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 2, 2017, is by and between ALJ Regional Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), and General Management Holdings LLC (“Purchaser”).

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Common Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 20, 2017 (the “Stock Purchase Agreement”), by and between the Corporation and Purchaser, the Corporation has issued and sold to Purchaser 159,235 shares of the Corporation’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”); and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Corporation wishes to grant certain registration rights with respect to such shares of Common Stock held by the Purchaser on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants hereinafter contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties agree as follows:

1.Definitions.

(a)Unless otherwise defined herein, the terms below shall have the following meanings (such meanings being equally applicable to both the singular and plural form of the terms defined):

“Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such specified Person.

“Agreement” shall mean this Registration Rights Agreement, including all amendments, modifications and supplements and any exhibits or schedules to any of the foregoing.

“Business Day” shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are required or permitted by law to be closed in the City of New York in the State of New York.

“Control” (including the terms “Controlled by” and “under common Control with”) means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, as trustee or executor, by contract or otherwise, including, without limitation, the ownership, directly or indirectly, of securities having the power to elect a majority of the board of directors or similar body governing the affairs of such Person.

“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

 

“Holder” shall mean Purchaser, and any transferee of Purchaser to whom Registrable Securities are permitted to be transferred in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and, in each case, who continues to be entitled to the rights of a Holder hereunder.

“Person” shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, firm, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or other entity.

“Registrable Securities” shall mean (a) the shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement and held by a Holder and (b) any Securities issuable or issued or distributed in respect of any of the Common Stock identified in clause (a) by way of stock dividend or stock split or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation or otherwise.  For purposes of this Agreement, (i) Registrable Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when a Shelf Registration Statement covering the  Registrable Securities has been declared effective under the Securities Act by the SEC and the Registrable Securities have been disposed of pursuant to such effective Shelf Registration Statement and (ii) the Registrable Securities of a Holder shall not be deemed to be Registrable Securities at any time when the entire amount of such Registrable Securities proposed to be sold by such Holder in a single sale constitute less than 1% of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock and are or, in the opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Corporation and such Holder, each in their reasonable judgment, may be, so distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 (or any successor provision then in effect) under the Securities Act in any three month period or any such Registrable Securities have been sold in a sale made pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act.

“Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

“SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any successor thereto.

(b)The following terms have the meanings set forth in the Section set forth opposite such term:

	
Term
	
Section

	
Blackout Period
	
3

	
Common Stock
	
Recitals

	
Damages
	
8(a)

	
Holder Indemnified Party
	
8(a)

	
Indemnified Party
	
8(d)

	
Indemnifying Party
	
8(d)

	
Corporation Indemnified Party
	
8(b)

	
Registration Period
	
4(a)

	
Shelf Registration Statement
	
2

	
Stock Purchase Agreement
	
Recitals

	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 

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2.Shelf Registration.  The Corporation shall, as expeditiously as is possible, but in any event no later than thirty (30) days (excluding any days which occur during a permitted Blackout Period under Section 3 below) after the date hereof, file with the SEC and use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be declared effective, a registration statement registering the resale from time to time by Holders thereof of all of the Registrable Securities (the “Shelf Registration Statement”). The Shelf Registration Statement shall be on Form S-3 or another appropriate form permitting registration of such Registrable Securities for resale by such Holders and any disposition of the Registrable Securities shall be made in accordance with the methods of distribution set forth in the Shelf Registration Statement, provided, that in no event will such method(s) of distribution take the form of an underwritten offering of the Registrable Securities.

3.Blackout Periods.  The Corporation shall have the right to delay the filing or  effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement required pursuant to Section 2 hereof during no more than two (2) periods aggregating to not more than 90 days (a “Blackout Period”) in the event that (i) the Corporation would, in accordance with the advice of its counsel, be required to disclose in the prospectus information that the Corporation has a bona fide business purpose for preserving as confidential and (ii) in the good faith judgment of the Corporation’s Board of Directors, there is a reasonable likelihood that such disclosure or any other action to be taken in connection with the prospectus, would materially and adversely affect or interfere with any financing, acquisition, merger, disposition of assets (not in the ordinary course of business), corporate reorganization or other similar transaction in which the Corporation is engaged or in respect of which the Corporation has taken a substantial step to commence, or there is an event or state of facts relating to the Corporation which is material to the Corporation, the disclosure of which would, in the good faith judgment of the Corporation be adverse to its interests; provided, however, that the Corporation shall delay during such Blackout Period the filing or effectiveness of any Shelf Registration Statement required pursuant to the registration rights of the holders of any Securities of the Corporation.  The Corporation shall have no obligation to include in any such notice any reference to or description of the facts based upon which the Corporation is delivering such notice.

4.Registration Procedures.    If the Corporation is required by the provisions of Section 2 to use its reasonable best efforts to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities under the Securities Act, the Corporation will, as expeditiously as possible:

(a)prepare and file with the SEC a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to the Registrable Securities and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement promptly to become and remain effective for a period of time required for the disposition of the Registrable Securities by the Holders thereof but not to exceed 180 days (as such time period may be extended pursuant to Section 4(j), the “Registration Period”); provided, however, that before filing such Shelf Registration Statement or any amendments thereto (for purposes of this subsection, amendments shall not be deemed to include any filing that the Corporation is required to make pursuant to the Exchange Act), the Corporation shall furnish the representatives of the Holders referred to in Section 4(k) copies of all documents proposed to be filed, which documents will be subject to the review of such counsel. The Corporation shall not be deemed to have used its commercially reasonable efforts to keep a Shelf Registration Statement effective during the applicable period if it voluntarily takes any action that would result in the 

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Holders of the Registrable Securities not being able to sell the Registrable Securities during that period, unless such action is required under applicable law;

(b)prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such Shelf Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such Shelf Registration Statement effective and to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities until the earlier of such time as all Registrable Securities have been disposed of in a public offering or the expiration of the Registration Period;

(c)furnish to the selling Holders such number of conformed copies of the Shelf Registration Statement and each such amendment and supplement thereto (including in each case all exhibits, financial statements and schedules), and of a summary prospectus or other prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other documents, as such selling Holders may reasonably request;

(d)use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by such Shelf Registration Statement under such other securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States and Puerto Rico as each Holder of such Registrable Securities shall reasonably request, to keep such registration or qualification in effect for so long as such Shelf Registration Statement remains in effect, and to take any other action which may be reasonably necessary to enable such seller to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holder (provided, however, that the Corporation shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to qualify to do business, subject itself to taxation in or file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction wherein it would not but for the requirements of this paragraph (d) be obligated to do so; and provided, further, that the Corporation shall not be required to qualify the Registrable Securities in any jurisdiction in which the securities regulatory authority requires that any Holder submit any shares of its Registrable Securities to the terms, provisions and restrictions of any escrow, lockup or similar agreement(s) for consent to sell Registrable Securities in such jurisdiction unless such Holder agrees to do so), and do such other reasonable acts and things as may be required of it to enable such Holder to consummate the disposition in such jurisdiction of the Registrable Securities covered by such Shelf Registration Statement;

(e)enter into customary agreements and take such other actions as are reasonably required in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities;

(f)otherwise use its commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, and make earnings statements satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act generally available to the Holders no later than 45 days after the end of any twelve-month period (or 90 days, if such period is a fiscal year), beginning with the first month of the Corporation’s first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement, which statements shall cover said twelve-month periods;

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(g)use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause all Registrable Securities to be listed on each securities exchange or quotation system on which similar securities issued by the Corporation are listed or traded;

(h)give written notice to the Holders:

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

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

(iii)of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Shelf Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose;

(iv)of the receipt by the Corporation or its legal counsel of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Common Stock 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 Corporation to make changes in such Shelf Registration Statement or the prospectus in order to make the statements therein not misleading (which notice shall be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the prospectus until the requisite changes have been made);

(i)use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance or obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of such Shelf Registration Statement at the earliest possible time;

(j)upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 4(h)(v) above, promptly prepare a post-effective amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement or a supplement to the related prospectus or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the Holders, the prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  If the Corporation notifies the Holders in accordance with Section 4(h)(v) above to suspend the use of the prospectus until the requisite changes to the prospectus have been made, then the Holders shall suspend use of such prospectus and use their commercially reasonable efforts to return to the Corporation all copies of such prospectus other than permanent file copies then in such Holder’s possession, and the period of effectiveness of such Shelf Registration Statement provided for above shall be extended by the number of days from and including the date of the giving of such notice to the date Holders shall have received such amended or supplemented prospectus pursuant to this Section 4(j);

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(k)promptly make available for inspection by the representatives of the Holders and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by such Holder or representative all relevant financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Corporation as the Holder may reasonably request and cause the Corporation’s officers, directors and employees to supply all relevant information reasonably requested by such representative or attorney, accountant or agent in connection with the registration; and

(l)use commercially reasonable efforts to procure the cooperation of the Corporation’s transfer agent in settling any offering or sale of Registrable Securities, including with respect to the transfer of physical stock certificates into book-entry form in accordance with any procedures reasonably requested by the Holders.

5.Furnish Information.  It shall be a condition precedent to the obligation of the Corporation to take any action pursuant to this Agreement in respect of the Registrable Securities which are to be registered that such Holder shall furnish to the Corporation such information regarding the Registrable Securities held by such Holder and the intended method of disposition thereof as the Corporation shall reasonably request and as shall be required to effect the registration of such Holder’s Registrable Securities.

6.Expenses.  All expenses incurred in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2 of this Agreement, including without limitation all registration, filing and qualification fees, word processing, duplicating, printers’ and accounting fees (including the expenses of any special audits or “comfort” letters required by or incident to such performance and compliance), fees of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. or listing fees, messenger and delivery expenses, all fees and expenses of complying with state securities or blue sky laws and fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation shall be paid by the Corporation, except that:

(a)all such expenses in connection with any amendment or supplement to a Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus filed after the Registration Period because any Holder has not effected the disposition of the Registrable Securities shall be paid by such Holder; and

(b)the Holders shall bear and pay any fees and expenses incurred in respect of counsel or other advisors to the Holders.

7.Rule 144 Information.  With a view to making available the benefits of Rule 144 under the Securities Act and any other rules and regulations of the SEC that may at any time permit the sale of the Registrable Securities to the public without registration, the Corporation agrees to:

(a)make and keep adequate current public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act;

(b)file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents (i) required of the Corporation under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, for so long as the Corporation remains subject to such requirements, and (ii) required for sales under Rule 144;

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(c)submit electronically and post on its corporate website, if any, every interactive data file required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T; and

(d)furnish promptly to each Holder of Registrable Securities upon request (i) to the extent accurate, a written statement by the Corporation that it has complied with the reporting requirements of Rule 144, the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and (ii) such other information as may be reasonably requested to permit such Holder to sell Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 144 without registration.

8.Indemnification and Contribution.

(a)The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, such Holder’s  directors and officers, each Person who participates in any offering of the Registrable Securities and each Person, if any, who Controls such Holder or participating Person (each a “Holder Indemnified Party”), against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or proceedings in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon: (i) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Shelf Registration Statement on the effective date thereof (including any prospectus filed under Rule 424 under the Securities Act or any amendments or supplements thereto) or (ii) 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 (such losses, claims, damages and liabilities, “Damages”) and the Corporation shall reimburse each Holder Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Holder Indemnified Party (but not in excess of expenses incurred in respect of one counsel for all such Holder Indemnified Parties unless there is an actual conflict of interest between any Holder Indemnified Parties, which Holder Indemnified Parties may be represented by separate counsel) in connection with investigating or defending any claim or proceeding from which Damages may result; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 8(a) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such Damages if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Corporation (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld); provided, further, that the Corporation shall not be liable to any Holder Indemnified Party for any Damages to the extent that such Damages arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, preliminary or final prospectus, or amendments or supplements thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished by or on behalf of a Holder Indemnified Party expressly for use in connection with such registration by any such Holder Indemnified Party.  Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Holder Indemnified Party.

(b)Each Holder severally and not jointly shall indemnify and hold harmless the Corporation, each of its directors and officers, each Person, if any, who Controls the Corporation, and each agent for the Corporation (within the meaning of the Securities Act) (each, a “Corporation Indemnified Party”) against any Damages, joint or several, to which a Corporation Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such Damages (or proceedings in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Shelf Registration Statement  on the effective 

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date thereof (including any prospectus filed under Rule 424 under the Securities Act or any amendments or supplements thereto) or (ii) 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, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Shelf Registration Statement, preliminary or final prospectus, or amendments or supplements thereto, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished by or on behalf of such Holder expressly for use in connection with such registration; and each such Holder shall reimburse each Corporation Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Corporation Indemnified Party (but not in excess of expenses incurred in respect of one counsel for all of the Corporation Indemnified Parties unless there is an actual conflict of interest between any Corporation Indemnified Parties, which Corporation Indemnified Parties may be represented by separate counsel) in connection with investigating or defending any claim or proceeding from which Damages may result; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 8(b) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such Damages if such settlement is effected without the consent of such Holder (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), and provided further, that the liability of each Holder hereunder shall be limited to the proportion of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense which is equal to the proportion that the net proceeds from the sale of the Registrable Securities sold by such Holder under the Shelf Registration Statement bears to the total net proceeds from the sale of all securities sold thereunder, but not in any event to exceed the net proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement.

(c)If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 from an indemnifying party is unavailable to an indemnified party hereunder in respect of any Damages referred to therein, 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 Damages 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 Damages, 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; provided, however, that, in any such case no Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) will be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the Damages 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. If the allocation provided in this paragraph (c) is not permitted by applicable law, the parties shall contribute based upon the relevant benefits received by the Corporation from the initial offering of the Registrable Securities on the one hand and the net proceeds received by the Holders from the sale of Registrable Securities on the other.  The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7(c) 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 this Section 7(c).

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(d)Any Person entitled to indemnification hereunder (the “Indemnified Party”) agrees to give prompt written notice to the party owing indemnification obligations to such Person (the “Indemnifying Party”) after the receipt by the Indemnified Party of any written notice of the commencement of any action, suit, proceeding or investigation or threat thereof made in writing for which the Indemnified Party intends to claim indemnification or contribution pursuant to this Agreement; provided, that the failure so to notify the Indemnifying Party shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of any liability that it may have to the Indemnified Party hereunder unless such failure is materially prejudicial to the Indemnifying Party.  If notice of commencement of any such action is given to the Indemnifying Party as above provided, the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to participate in and, to the extent it may wish, to assume the defense of such action at its own expense, with counsel chosen by it and reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party.  The Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be paid by the Indemnified Party unless (i) the Indemnifying Party agrees to pay the same, (ii) the Indemnifying Party fails to assume the defense of such action, or (iii) the named parties to any such action (including any impleaded parties) have been advised by such counsel that either (A) representation of such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party by the same counsel would be inappropriate under applicable standards of professional conduct or (B) there are one or more legal defenses available to it which are substantially different from or additional to those available to the Indemnifying Party.  No Indemnifying Party shall be liable for any settlement entered into without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

(e)The agreements contained in this Section 8 shall survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities by any Holder and sale of all of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement and shall otherwise survive the termination of this Agreement and remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Holder or such director, officer or participating or Controlling Person.

9.Certain Additional Limitations on Registration Rights.  Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Corporation shall not be obligated to register the Registrable Securities of any Holder if such Holder shall fail to furnish to the Corporation necessary information in respect of the distribution of the Registrable Securities. 

10.No Inconsistent Agreements.  The Corporation will not hereafter enter into any agreement with respect to its securities, which is inconsistent in any material respects with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement.

11.Miscellaneous.

(a)Specific Performance.  The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event any provision of the Agreement was not performed in accordance with the terms hereof and that the parties hereto shall be entitled to specific performance of the terms hereof, in addition to any other remedy at law or in equity.

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(b)Amendments and Waivers; Assignment.  

(i)Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived if, and only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Corporation and a majority in interest of the Holders or, in the case of a waiver, by the party or parties against whom the waiver is to be effective; provided, however, that waiver by the Holders shall require the consent of a majority in interest of the Holders.

(ii)No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder (other than a failure or delay beyond a period of time specified herein) shall operate as a waiver thereof and no single or partial exercise thereof shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.  The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.

(c)Notice Generally.  All notices, request, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given (and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt) by delivery in person, by courier service, by fax or by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the respective parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified by notice given in accordance with this Section 11(c):

(i)If to any Holder, at its last known address appearing on the books of the Corporation maintained for such purpose.

(ii)If to the Corporation, at

ALJ Regional Holdings, Inc.

Attn: Executive Chairman

244 Madison Avenue

PMB #358 

New York, New York 10016

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Shearman & Sterling LLP
1460 El Camino Real, Floor 2

Menlo Park, CA 94025
Attn:  Chris Forrester
Email: chris.forrester@shearman.com
Facsimile No.: 650-838-5173

or at such other address as may be substituted by notice given as herein provided.

(d)Successors and Assigns; Third Party Beneficiaries.  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and the successors and permitted assigns of the parties hereto as hereinafter provided.  No party hereto may assign either this 

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Agreement or any of its rights, interests or obligations hereunder without the prior written approval of the other party; provided, however, that the registration rights of any Holder with respect to any Registrable Securities shall be transferred to any Person who is the transferee of the Registrable Securities.  All of the obligations of the Corporation hereunder shall survive any such transfer.  No assignment shall relieve the assigning party of any of its obligations hereunder.  Except as provided in Section 8, no Person other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns is intended to be a beneficiary of this Agreement and nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever.

(e)Headings.  The headings and subheadings in this Agreement are included for convenience and identification only and are in no way intended to describe, interpret, define or limit the scope, extent or intent of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

(f)Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware.

(i)Any claim, action, suit or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may be heard and determined in any state or federal court sitting in the State of Delaware, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts therefrom in any such claim, action, suit or proceeding) and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such claim, action, suit or proceeding in any such court or that any such claim, action, suit or proceeding that is brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

(ii)Subject to applicable law, process in any such claim, action, suit or proceeding may be served on any party anywhere in the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of any such court.  Nothing herein shall affect the right of any party to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by law or at equity.  WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH CLAIM, ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT, EACH OF THE PARTIES IRREVOCABLY WAIVES AND RELEASES TO THE OTHER ITS RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY, AND AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT SEEK A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING.

(g)Severability.  If any term or other provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of Law, or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party.  Upon a determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.

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(h)Entire Agreement.  This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto pertaining to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings pertaining thereto. 

(i)Cumulative Remedies.  The rights and remedies provided by this Agreement are cumulative and the use of any one right or remedy by any party shall not preclude or waive its right to use any or all other remedies.  Said rights and remedies are given in addition to any other rights the parties may have by law, statute, ordinance or otherwise.

(j)Construction.  Each party hereto acknowledges and agrees it has had the opportunity to draft, review and edit the language of this Agreement and that no presumption for or against any party arising out of drafting all or any part of this Agreement will be applied in any Dispute relating to, in connection with or involving this Agreement.  Accordingly, the parties hereto hereby waive the benefit of any rule of Law or any legal decision that would require, in cases of uncertainty, that the language of a contract should be interpreted most strongly against the party who drafted such language.

(k)Counterparts; Effectiveness.  This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts (including by facsimile or PDF), each of which shall be an original with the same effect as if the signatures thereto were upon the same instrument.  This Agreement shall become effective when each party shall have received a counterpart hereof signed by the other party.

[Signatures appear on next page]

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

	
 
	
 
	
General Management Holdings LLC
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
By:
	
/s/ Taylor Harmeling
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
Name: Taylor Harmeling
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
Title: Manager
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
ALJ Regional Holdings, Inc.
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
By:
	
/s/ Jess Ravich
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
Name: Jess Ravich
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
Title: Executive Chairman
	
 

 

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]EX-4.1

 EXHIBIT 4.1 

CITIBANK CREDIT CARD ISSUANCE TRUST 

Citiseries 
 Class
2017-A9 Notes 
 Issuer Certificate 

Pursuant to Sections 202 and 301(h) of the Indenture 

Reference is made to the Second Amended and Restated Indenture dated as of September 26, 2000, as amended and restated as of
August 9, 2011, and as further amended and restated as of November 10, 2016, between Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust (the “Issuer”) and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (as so further amended and restated, the
“Indenture”). Capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined have the meanings set forth in the Indenture. All references herein to designated Sections are to the designated Sections of the Indenture. 

Section 301(h) provides that the Issuer may from time to time create a tranche of Notes either by or pursuant to an Issuer Certificate
setting forth the principal terms thereof. Pursuant to this Issuer Certificate, there is hereby created a tranche of Notes having the following terms: 

Series Designation: Citiseries. This series is included in Group 1. 

Tranche Designation: $1,300,000,000 1.80% Class 2017-A9 Notes of September 2019 (Legal Maturity Date September 2021) (hereinafter, the “Class
2017-A9 Notes”) 
 Currency: The Class 2017-A9 Notes will be payable, and denominated, in Dollars. 

Denominations: The Class 2017-A9 Notes will be issuable in minimum denominations of $100,000 and multiples of $1,000 in excess of that amount. 

Issuance Date: October 2, 2017 
 Initial
Principal Amount: $1,300,000,000 
 Issue Price: 99.99255% 

Interest Rate: 1.80% per annum, calculated on the basis of a 360 day year of twelve 30 day months. 

Scheduled Interest Payment Dates: The 20th day of each March and September, beginning March 2018. 

Each payment of interest on the Class 2017-A9 Notes will include all interest accrued from and including the preceding Interest Payment Date—or, for the
first interest period, from and including the Issuance Date—to and including the day preceding the current Interest Payment Date, plus any interest accrued but not previously paid. 

 The first deposit targeted to be made to the Interest Funding sub-Account for the Class 2017-A9 Notes will be on
the November 20, 2017 Interest Deposit Date and in an amount equal to $3,120,000.00. 
 Expected Principal Payment Date: September 20, 2019

 Legal Maturity Date: September 20, 2021 

Monthly Principal Date: For the month in which the Expected Principal Payment Date occurs, September 20, 2019, and for each other month, the 20th
day of such month, or if such day is not a Business Day, the next following Business Day. 
 Required Subordinated Amount of Class B Notes:
$77,777,830.00 
 Required Subordinated Amount of Class C Notes: $103,703,730.00 

Controlled Accumulation Amount: $108,333,333.33 
 Form
of Notes: The Class 2017-A9 Notes will be issued as Global Notes. The Global Notes will initially be registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company, and will be exchangeable for individual Notes only in
accordance with the provisions of Section 204(c). 
 Additional Issuances of Class 2017-A9 Notes: The Issuer may at any time and from time to
time issue additional Class 2017-A9 Notes, subject to the satisfaction of (i) the conditions precedent set forth in Section 311(a) and (ii) the following conditions: 

 

	 	(a)	The Issuer has obtained written confirmation from each Rating Agency that there will be no Ratings Effect with respect to the then outstanding Class 2017-A9 Notes as a result of the issuance of such additional Class
2017-A9 Notes; 

  

	 	(b)	As of the date of issuance of the additional Class 2017-A9 Notes, all amounts due and owing to the Holders of the then outstanding Class 2017-A9 Notes have been paid and there is no Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficit
with respect to the then outstanding Class 2017-A9 Notes; 

  

	 	(c)	The additional Class 2017-A9 Notes will be fungible with the original Class 2017-A9 Notes for federal income tax purposes; 

  

	 	(d)	If Holders of the then outstanding Class 2017-A9 Notes have the benefit of a Derivative Agreement, the Issuer will have obtained a Derivative Agreement for the benefit of the Holders of the additional Class 2017-A9
Notes; and 

  

	 	(e)	The ratio of the Controlled Accumulation Amount to the Initial Dollar Principal Amount of the Class 2017-A9 Notes, including the additional Class 2017-A9 Notes, will be equal to the ratio of the Controlled Accumulation
Amount (before giving effect to the additional issuance) to the Initial Dollar Principal Amount of the Class 2017-A9 Notes, excluding the additional Class 2017-A9 Notes. 

  
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 As of the date of issuance of additional Class 2017-A9 Notes, the Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount and Nominal
Liquidation Amount of the Class 2017-A9 Notes will be increased to reflect the Initial Dollar Principal Amount of the additional Class 2017-A9 Notes. 
 Any
outstanding Class 2017-A9 Notes and any additional Class 2017-A9 Notes will be equally and ratably entitled to the benefits of the Indenture without preference, priority or distinction. 

Optional Redemption Provisions other than Section 1202 “Clean-Up Call”: None 

Additional Early Redemption Events or changes to Early Redemption Events: None 

Additional Events of Default or changes to Events of Default: None 

Business Day: means any day other than (a) a Saturday or Sunday or (b) any other day on which national banking associations or state banking
institutions in New York, New York or South Dakota, or any other state in which the principal executive offices of any Additional Seller are located, are authorized or obligated by law, executive order or governmental decree to be closed. 

Securities Exchange Listing: None 

  
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 The Class 2017-A9 Notes shall have such other terms as are set forth in the form of Note attached
hereto as Exhibit A. Pursuant to Section 202, the form of Note attached hereto has been approved by the Issuer. 
  

			
	CITIBANK CREDIT CARD ISSUANCE TRUST
	By    	 	 Citibank, N.A.,
 as Managing
Beneficiary

	
	/s/ Bennett L. Kyte
	 Bennett L. Kyte
 Vice
President

 Dated: October 2, 2017 

  
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 Citiseries 

Class 2017-A9 Notes 

Reference is made to the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of Citibank, N.A. on January 25, 2017. The resolutions authorize
Citibank, N.A. from time to time to issue and sell, or to arrange for or participate in the issuance and sale of, one or more series and/or classes of pass-through certificates, participation certificates, commercial paper, notes, bonds or other
securities representing ownership interests in, or backed or secured by, pools of credit card receivables or interests therein (the “Receivables”) in an aggregate principal amount such that up to $45,000,000,000 of such certificates,
commercial paper, notes, bonds or other securities are outstanding at any one time and to sell, transfer, convey, assign or pledge or grant a security interest in all or any portion of its Receivables to Citibank Credit Card Master Trust I, Citibank
Omni Trust or any direct or indirect subsidiaries of Citibank, N.A., affiliates of Citigroup Inc., additional trusts or other entities or trustees in connection therewith on such terms as to be determined by the Citibank, N.A. Securitization Pricing
and Loan Committee (the “Pricing and Loan Committee”). 
 The undersigned, a duly authorized member of the Pricing and Loan
Committee, on behalf of such Pricing and Loan Committee, does hereby certify that the preceding Issuer Certificate, the terms of the tranche of Notes set forth in and to be created by the Issuer Certificate and the increase in the Invested Amount of
the Collateral Certificate resulting from the issuance of such Notes have been approved by such Pricing and Loan Committee. In addition, the following underwriting/selling agent terms with respect to this tranche of Notes have been approved by the
Pricing and Loan Committee: 
 Issue Price: 99.99255% 

Underwriting Commission: 0.22500% 

Proceeds to Issuer: 99.76755% 

Representative of the Underwriters: Citigroup Global Markets Inc. 

The preceding Issuer Certificate and this certification of Pricing and Loan Committee approval shall be, continuously from the time of their
execution, official records of Citibank, N.A. 
  

	
	/s/ Peter Kapp
	Peter Kapp
	 Member of the Securitization Pricing and Loan Committee

Citibank, N.A.

 Dated: October 2, 2017 

  
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 Exhibit A 

FORM OF 
 CITISERIES 

1.86% CLASS 2017-A9 NOTES OF SEPTEMBER 2019 

(Legal Maturity Date September 2021) 
  

			
	$[        ],000,000	  	REGISTERED
	CUSIP No. 17305E GH2	  	No. R-[1][2][3]

 UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK
CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE
REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. 
 THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS NOTE IS PAYABLE AS SET FORTH HEREIN AND IN THE
INDENTURE REFERRED TO BELOW. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS NOTE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF. 

CITIBANK CREDIT CARD ISSUANCE TRUST 

CITISERIES 
 1.80% CLASS 2017-A9
NOTES OF SEPTEMBER 2019 
 (Legal Maturity Date September 2021) 

CITIBANK CREDIT CARD ISSUANCE TRUST, a trust formed and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (including any successor, the “Issuer”),
for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or its registered assigns, the principal amount of [        ] HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS
($[        ],000,000). The Expected Principal Payment Date for this Note is September 20, 2019. The Legal Maturity Date for this Note is September 20, 2021. 

The Issuer hereby promises to pay interest on this Note on the 20th day of each March and September, beginning March 2018, until the principal of this Note is
paid or made available for payment, subject to certain limitations set forth in the Indenture. Interest will accrue on the 

 
outstanding principal amount of this Note for each interest period in an amount equal to the product of (i) the number of days in the interest period computed on the basis of a 360-day year
of twelve 30-day months, (ii) a rate per annum equal to the Class 2017-A9 Note Rate for such interest period, and (iii) the outstanding principal amount of this Note as of the preceding Interest Payment Date (after giving effect to any
payments of principal made on the preceding Interest Payment Date) or, with respect to the first Interest Payment Date, the initial principal amount of this Note. The Class 2017-A9 Note Rate will be determined as provided in the Indenture. 

If any Interest Payment Date or Principal Payment Date of this Note falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the required payment of interest or principal
will be made on the following Business Day. 
 This Note is one of the Citiseries, Class 2017-A9 Notes issued pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated
Indenture dated as of September 26, 2000, as amended and restated as of August 9, 2011, and as further amended and restated as of November 10, 2016 (as so further amended and restated and otherwise modified from time to time, the
“Indenture”), between the Issuer and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee. For purposes of this Note, the term “Indenture” includes any supplemental indenture or Issuer Certificate relating to the Citiseries, Class
2017-A9 Notes. This Note is subject to all of the terms of the Indenture. All terms used in this Note that are not otherwise defined herein and that are defined in the Indenture will have the meanings assigned to them therein. 

The principal of and interest on this Note are payable in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for
payment of public and private debts. 
 Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which will have the same
effect as though fully set forth on the face of this Note. 
 Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee whose name
appears below by manual signature, this Note will not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be signed, manually or in facsimile, by an Issuer
Authorized Officer. 
  

					
	CITIBANK CREDIT CARD ISSUANCE TRUST
		
	By:	 	 CITIBANK, N.A.,
 as Managing
Beneficiary of
 Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust

			
		 	By:	 	 
		 		 	 Bennett L. Kyte

		 		 	 Vice President

 Dated: October 2, 2017 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION 

This is one of the Notes designated above and referred to in the within mentioned Indenture. 

 

			
	 DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

as Trustee under the Indenture

		
	By:	 	 
		 	 Authorized Signatory

 Dated: October 2, 2017 

 REVERSE OF NOTE 

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer, designated as its Citiseries 1.80% Class 2017-A9 Notes of September 2019 (Legal Maturity
Date September 2021) (herein called the “Notes”), all issued under an Indenture, to which Indenture reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights and obligations thereunder of the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders of
the Notes. 
 This Note ranks pari passu with all other Class A Notes of the same series, as set forth in the Indenture. This Note is secured to the
extent, and by the collateral, described in the Indenture. 
 The Issuer will pay interest on overdue interest as set forth in the Indenture to the extent
lawful. 
 Each Holder by acceptance of this Note, and each owner of a beneficial interest in this Note by acceptance of a beneficial interest in this Note,
agrees that no recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuer or the Trustee on the Notes, against the Issuer, the Issuer Trustee, Citibank, N.A., the Trustee or any affiliate, officer, employee or
director of any of them, and the obligation of the Issuer to pay principal of or interest on this Note or any other amount payable to the Holder of this Note will be subject to Article V of the Indenture. 

Each Holder by acceptance of this Note, and each owner of a beneficial interest in this Note by acceptance of a beneficial interest in this Note, in each case
other than Citibank, N.A. as Holder or owner, agrees that this Note is intended to be debt of Citibank, N.A. for federal, state and local income and franchise tax purposes, and agrees to treat this Note accordingly for all such purposes, unless
otherwise required by a taxing authority. 
 Each Holder by acceptance of this Note, and each owner of a beneficial interest in this Note by acceptance of a
beneficial interest in this Note, agrees that it will not at any time institute against the Issuer, or join in any institution against the Issuer of, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding, or other
proceedings under any United States federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to this Note, the Indenture or any Derivative Agreement. 

This Note and the Indenture will be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York. 

Certain amendments may be made to the Indenture without the consent of the Holder of this Note. This Note must be surrendered for final payment of principal
and interest. 

 ASSIGNMENT 

Social Security or taxpayer I.D. or other identifying number of
assignee:                                       
    
 FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto 

 
  
  

 
 (name and address of assignee) 

the within Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints
                                         
                                         
                                         
     , attorney, to transfer said Note on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises. 
  

									
	Dated: 	 	 	  		 	      
	 	 *    
		 		  		 	Signature Guaranteed:	 	

  
  

	*	NOTE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of the registered owner as it appears on the face of the within Note in every particular without alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever.

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