Document:

Registration Rights Agreement dated March 18, 2005 Re: Senior Secured Notes

 Exhibit 10.3 

  
 REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT 
  
 Dated as of March 18, 2005 
  
 Between 
  
 EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES 
  
 and 
  
 DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC., 
 CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON LLC, 
 BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC and 
 UBS
SECURITIES LLC, 
  
 as Initial Purchasers 
  
 10  1/2% Senior Secured Notes due 2013 
  

  
 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

					
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	1.	  	 Definitions
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	2.	  	 Exchange Offer
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	3.	  	 Shelf Registration
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	4.	  	 Additional Interest
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	5.	  	 Registration Procedures
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	6.	  	 Registration Expenses
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	7.	  	 Indemnification and Contribution
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	8.	  	 Rules 144 and 144A
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	9.	  	 Underwritten Registrations
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	10.	  	 Miscellaneous
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 REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

  
 This Registration Rights Agreement (this
“Agreement”) is dated as of March 18, 2005, between EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC., CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON LLC, BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC and
UBS SECURITIES LLC as initial purchasers (the “Initial Purchasers”). 
  
 This Agreement is entered into in connection with the Purchase Agreement by and between the Company and the Initial Purchasers, dated as of March 15, 2005 (the “Purchase Agreement”), which provides
for, among other things, the sale by the Company to the Initial Purchasers of $290,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 10-1/2% Senior Secured Notes due 2013 (the “Notes”). In order to induce the Initial
Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide the registration rights set forth in this Agreement for the benefit of the Initial Purchasers and any subsequent holder or holders of the Notes. The execution and
delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the Initial Purchasers’ obligation to purchase the Notes under the Purchase Agreement. 
  
 The parties hereby agree as follows: 
  

	 	1.	Definitions 

  
 As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 
  
 Additional Interest: See Section 4(a) hereof. 
  
 Advice: See the last paragraph of Section 5 hereof. 
  
 Agreement: See the introductory paragraphs hereto. 
  
 Applicable Period: See Section 2(b) hereof. 
  
 Business Day: Any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in New York are
authorized or required by law to be closed. 
  
 Company: See the first introductory paragraph hereto. 
  
 Effectiveness Date: With respect to (i) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the 240th day after the Issue Date and (ii) any Shelf Registration Statement, the 60th day after the Filing Date with respect thereto;
provided, however, that if the Effectiveness Date would otherwise fall on a day that is not a Business Day, then the Effectiveness Date shall be the next succeeding Business Day. 
  

 Effectiveness Period: See Section 3(a) hereof. 
  
 Event Date: See Section 4(b) hereof. 
  
 Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. 
  
 Exchange Notes: See Section 2(a) hereof. 
  
 Exchange Offer: See Section 2(a) hereof. 
  
 Exchange Offer Registration Statement: See Section 2(a) hereof. 
  
 Filing Date: (A) If no Registration Statement has been filed by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, the 180th day after the Issue Date; and (B) in any other case (which may be applicable notwithstanding the
consummation of the Exchange Offer), the 120th day after the delivery of a Shelf Notice as required pursuant to Section 2(c) hereof; provided, however, that if the Filing Date would otherwise fall on a day that is not a Business Day,
then the Filing Date shall be the next succeeding Business Day. 
  
 Holder: Any holder of a Registrable Note or Registrable Notes. 
  
 Indenture: The Indenture, dated as of March 18, 2005, by and between the Company and SunTrust Bank, as trustee, pursuant to which the Notes are being issued, as amended or supplemented from time to time in
accordance with the terms thereof. 
  
 Information: See
Section 5(o) hereof. 
  
 Initial Purchasers: See the
first introductory paragraph hereto. 
  
 Initial Shelf
Registration: See Section 3(a) hereof. 
  
 Inspectors:
See Section 5(o) hereof. 
  
 Issue Date: March 18, 2005,
the date of original issuance of the Notes. 
  
 NASD: See
Section 5(s) hereof. 
  
 Notes: See the introductory
paragraphs hereto. 
  
 Participant: See Section 7(a)
hereof. 
  
 Participating Broker-Dealer: See Section 2(b)
hereof. 
  

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 Person: An individual, trustee, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint stock
company, trust, unincorporated association, union, business association, firm or other legal entity. 
  
 Private Exchange: See Section 2(b) hereof. 
  
 Private Exchange Notes: See Section 2(b) hereof. 
  
 Prospectus: The prospectus included in any Registration Statement (including, without limitation, any prospectus subject to completion and a
prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A under the Securities Act and any term sheet filed pursuant to Rule 434 under the Securities
Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, and all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in
such Prospectus. 
  
 Purchase Agreement: See the
introductory paragraphs hereof. 
  
 Records: See Section
5(o) hereof. 
  
 Registrable Notes: Each Note upon its
original issuance and at all times subsequent thereto, each Exchange Note as to which Section 2(c)(iv) hereof is applicable upon original issuance and at all times subsequent thereto and each Private Exchange Note upon original issuance thereof and
at all times subsequent thereto, until, in each case, the earliest to occur of (i) a Registration Statement (other than, with respect to any Exchange Note as to which Section 2(c)(iv) hereof is applicable, the Exchange Offer Registration Statement)
covering such Note, Exchange Note or Private Exchange Note has been declared effective by the SEC, (ii) such Note has been exchanged pursuant to the Exchange Offer for an Exchange Note or Exchange Notes that may be resold without restriction under
state and federal securities laws, (iii) such Note, Exchange Note or Private Exchange Note, as the case may be, ceases to be outstanding for purposes of the Indenture or (iv) such Note, Exchange Note or Private Exchange Note, as the case may be, may
be resold without restriction pursuant to Rule 144(k) (as amended or replaced) under the Securities Act. 
  
 Registration Statement: Any registration statement of the Company that covers any of the Notes, the Exchange Notes or the Private Exchange Notes
filed with the SEC under the Securities Act, including the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, all exhibits, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be
incorporated by reference in such registration statement. 
  
 Rule 144: Rule 144 under the Securities Act. 
  

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 Rule 144A: Rule 144A under the Securities Act. 
  
 Rule 405: Rule 405 under the Securities Act. 
  
 Rule 415: Rule 415 under the Securities Act. 
  
 Rule 424: Rule 424 under the Securities Act. 
  
 SEC: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 
  
 Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules
and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. 
  
 Shelf
Notice: See Section 2(c) hereof. 
  
 Shelf
Registration: See Section 3(b) hereof. 
  
 Shelf
Registration Statement: Any Registration Statement relating to a Shelf Registration. 
  
 Shelf Suspension Period: See Section 3(a) hereof. 
  
 Subsequent Shelf Registration: See Section 3(b) hereof. 
  
 TIA: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. 
  
 Trustee: The trustee under the Indenture and the trustee (if any) under any indenture governing the Exchange Notes and Private Exchange Notes. 
  
 Underwritten registration or underwritten offering: A registration in which securities of the Company are sold
to an underwriter for reoffering to the public. 
  
 Except as
otherwise specifically provided, all references in this Agreement to acts, laws, statutes, rules, regulations, releases, forms, no-action letters and other regulatory requirements (collectively, “Regulatory Requirements”) shall be
deemed to refer also to any amendments thereto and all subsequent Regulatory Requirements adopted as a replacement thereto having substantially the same effect therewith; provided that Rule 144 shall not be deemed to amend or replace Rule
144A. 
  

	 	2.	Exchange Offer 

  
 (a) Unless the Exchange Offer would violate applicable law or any applicable interpretation of the staff of the SEC, the Company shall use its reasonable
best efforts to file with the SEC, no later than the Filing Date, a Registration Statement (the “Exchange  

  

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Offer Registration Statement”) on an appropriate registration form with respect to a registered offer (the “Exchange Offer”) to
exchange any and all of the Registrable Notes for a like aggregate principal amount of debt securities of the Company (the “Exchange Notes”) that are identical in all material respects to the Notes, except that (i) the Exchange
Notes shall contain no restrictive legend thereon and (ii) interest thereon shall accrue from the last date on which interest was paid on the Notes or, if no such interest has been paid, from the Issue Date, and which are entitled to the benefits of
the Indenture or a trust indenture which is identical in all material respects to the Indenture (other than such changes to the Indenture or any such identical trust indenture as are necessary to comply with the TIA) and which, in either case, has
been qualified under the TIA. The Exchange Offer shall comply with all applicable tender offer rules and regulations under the Exchange Act and other applicable laws. The Company shall (x) use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act on or before the Effectiveness Date; (y) keep the Exchange Offer open for at least 20 Business Days (or longer if required by applicable law) after the date that notice of the
Exchange Offer is mailed to Holders; and (z) consummate the Exchange Offer on or prior to the 285th day following the Issue Date. 
  
 Each Holder (including, without limitation, each Participating Broker-Dealer) who participates in the Exchange Offer will be required to represent to the
Company in writing (which may be contained in the applicable letter of transmittal) that: (i) any Exchange Notes acquired in exchange for Registrable Notes tendered are being acquired in the ordinary course of business of the Person receiving such
Exchange Notes, whether or not such recipient is such Holder itself; (ii) at the time of the commencement or consummation of the Exchange Offer neither such Holder nor, to the actual knowledge of such Holder, any other Person receiving Exchange
Notes from such Holder has an arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in the distribution of the Exchange Notes in violation of the provisions of the Securities Act; (iii) neither the Holder nor, to the actual knowledge of such
Holder, any other Person receiving Exchange Notes from such Holder is an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 405) of the Company or, if it is an affiliate of the Company, it will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable and will provide information to be included in the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with Section 5 hereof in order to have their Notes included in the Shelf Registration Statement
and benefit from the provisions regarding Additional Interest in Section 4 hereof; (iv) neither such Holder nor, to the actual knowledge of such Holder, any other Person receiving Exchange Notes from such Holder is engaging in or intends to engage
in a distribution of the Exchange Notes; and (v) if such Holder is a Participating Broker-Dealer, such Holder has acquired the Registrable Notes as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and that it will comply with the
applicable provisions of the Securities Act (including, but not limited to, the prospectus delivery requirements thereunder). 
  
 Upon consummation of the Exchange Offer in accordance with this Section 2, the provisions of this Agreement shall continue to apply, mutatis
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to Registrable Notes that are Private Exchange Notes, Exchange Notes as to which Section 2(c)(iv) is applicable and Exchange Notes held by Participating
Broker-Dealers, and the Company shall have no further obligation to register Registrable Notes (other than Private Exchange Notes and Exchange Notes as to which Section 2(c)(iv) hereof applies) pursuant to Section 3 hereof. 
  
 (b) The Company shall include within the Prospectus contained in the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement a section entitled “Plan of Distribution,” reasonably acceptable to the Initial Purchasers, which shall contain a summary statement of the positions taken or policies made by the staff of the SEC with respect
to the potential “underwriter” status of any broker-dealer that is the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of Exchange Notes received by such broker-dealer in the Exchange Offer (a
“Participating Broker-Dealer”), whether such positions or policies have been publicly disseminated by the staff of the SEC or such positions or policies represent the prevailing views of the staff of the SEC. Such “Plan of
Distribution” section shall also expressly permit, to the extent permitted by applicable policies and regulations of the SEC, the use of the Prospectus by all Persons subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act,
including, to the extent permitted by applicable policies and regulations of the SEC, all Participating Broker-Dealers, and include a statement describing the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Notes in compliance
with the Securities Act. 
  
 The Company shall use its reasonable
best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective and to amend and supplement the Prospectus contained therein in order to permit such Prospectus to be lawfully delivered by all Persons subject to the prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act for such period of time as is necessary to comply with applicable law in connection with any resale of the Exchange Notes; provided, however, that such period shall not be required to exceed 90 days
or such longer period if extended pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 5 hereof (the “Applicable Period”). 
  
 If, prior to consummation of the Exchange Offer, the Initial Purchasers hold any Notes acquired by them that have the status of an unsold allotment in the
initial distribution, the Company, upon the request of the Initial Purchasers, shall simultaneously with the delivery of the Exchange Notes issue and deliver to the Initial Purchasers, in exchange (the “Private Exchange”) for such
Notes held by any such Holder, a like principal amount of notes (the “Private Exchange Notes”) of the Company that are identical in all material respects to the Exchange Notes except for the placement of a restrictive legend on such
Private Exchange Notes. The Private Exchange Notes shall be issued pursuant to the same indenture as the Exchange Notes and bear the same CUSIP number as the Exchange Notes if permitted by the CUSIP Service Bureau. 
  

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 In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Company shall: 
  
 (1) mail, or cause to be mailed, to each Holder of record entitled to
participate in the Exchange Offer a copy of the Prospectus forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, together with an appropriate letter of transmittal and related documents; 
  
 (2) use its reasonable best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer open for not
less than 20 Business Days after the date that notice of the Exchange Offer is mailed to Holders (or longer if required by applicable law); 
  
 (3) utilize the services of a depositary for the Exchange Offer with an address in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York; 
  
 (4) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Notes at any time prior to the close
of business, New York time, on the last Business Day on which the Exchange Offer remains open; and 
  
 (5) otherwise comply in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules and regulations. 
  
 As soon as practicable after the close of the Exchange Offer and the Private
Exchange, if any, the Company shall: 
  
 (1) accept for exchange
all Registrable Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer and the Private Exchange, if any; 
  
 (2) deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all Registrable Notes so accepted for exchange; and 
  
 (3) cause the Trustee to authenticate and deliver promptly to each Holder of
Notes, Exchange Notes or Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be, equal in principal amount to the Notes of such Holder so accepted for exchange; provided that, in the case of any Notes held in global form by a depositary, authentication
and delivery to such depositary of one or more replacement Notes in global form in an equivalent principal amount thereto for the account of such Holders in accordance with the Indenture shall satisfy such authentication and delivery requirement.

  
 The Exchange Offer and the Private Exchange shall not be
subject to any conditions, other than that (i) the Exchange Offer or Private Exchange, as the case may be, does not violate applicable law or any applicable interpretation of the staff of the SEC; (ii) no action or proceeding shall have been
instituted or threatened in any court or by any governmental agency which might materially impair the ability of the Company to proceed with the Exchange 

  

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Offer or the Private Exchange, and no material adverse development shall have occurred in any existing action or proceeding with respect to the Company; and
(iii) all governmental approvals shall have been obtained, which approvals the Company deems necessary for the consummation of the Exchange Offer or Private Exchange. 
  
 The Exchange Notes and the Private Exchange Notes shall be issued under (i) the Indenture or (ii) an indenture identical in
all material respects to the Indenture and which, in either case, has been qualified under the TIA or is exempt from such qualification and shall provide that (1) the Exchange Notes shall not be subject to the transfer restrictions set forth in the
Indenture and (2) the Private Exchange Notes shall be subject to the transfer restrictions set forth in the Indenture. The Indenture or such indenture shall provide that the Exchange Notes, the Private Exchange Notes and the Notes shall vote and
consent together on all matters as one class and that none of the Exchange Notes, the Private Exchange Notes or the Notes will have the right to vote or consent as a separate class on any matter. 
  
 (c) If (i) because of any change in law or in currently prevailing
interpretations of the staff of the SEC, the Company is not permitted to effect the Exchange Offer, (ii) the Exchange Offer is not consummated within 285 days of the Issue Date (provided that if the Exchange Offer shall be consummated after
such 285-day period, then the Company’s obligation under this clause (ii) arising from the failure of the Exchange Offer to be consummated within such 285-day period shall terminate), (iii) the Initial Purchasers or any other holder of Private
Exchange Notes so requests in writing to the Company at any time after the consummation of the Exchange Offer, or (iv) in the case of any Holder that participates in the Exchange Offer, such Holder does not receive Exchange Notes on the date of the
exchange that may be sold without restriction under state and federal securities laws (other than due solely to the status of such Holder as an affiliate of the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act) and so notifies the Company within 30
days after the consummation of the Exchange Offer, in the case of each of clauses (i) to and including (iv) of this sentence, then the Company shall promptly deliver written notice thereof (the “Shelf Notice”) to the Trustee and in
the case of clauses (i) and (ii), all Holders, in the case of clause (iii), the Initial Purchasers or any other holder of Private Exchange Notes and in the case of clause (iv), the affected Holder, and shall file a Shelf Registration pursuant to
Section 3 hereof. 
  

	 	3.	Shelf Registration 

  
 If at any time a Shelf Notice is delivered as contemplated by Section 2(c) hereof, then: 
  
 (a) Shelf Registration. The Company shall as promptly as practicable file with the SEC a Registration Statement for
an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 covering all of the Registrable Notes (the “Initial Shelf Registration”). The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to file with the SEC the Initial Shelf
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Registration shall be on Form S-3 if permitted by applicable law or another appropriate form permitting registration of such Registrable Notes for resale by
Holders in the manner or manners designated by them (including, without limitation, one or more underwritten offerings). The Company shall not permit any securities other than the Registrable Notes to be included in the Initial Shelf Registration or
any Subsequent Shelf Registration (as defined below). 
  
 The
Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Shelf Registration to be declared effective under the Securities Act on or prior to the Effectiveness Date and to keep the Initial Shelf Registration continuously effective under the
Securities Act until the date that is two years from the Issue Date or such shorter period ending when all Registrable Notes covered by the Initial Shelf Registration have been sold in the manner set forth and as contemplated in the Initial Shelf
Registration or, if applicable, a Subsequent Shelf Registration (the “Effectiveness Period”); provided, however, that the Effectiveness Period in respect of the Initial Shelf Registration shall be extended to the
extent required to permit dealers to comply with the applicable prospectus delivery requirements of Rule 174 under the Securities Act and as otherwise provided herein and shall be subject to reduction to the extent that the applicable provisions of
Rule 144(k) are amended or revised to reduce the two year holding period set forth therein. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, at any time, the Company may delay the filing of any Initial Shelf Registration Statement or
delay or suspend the effectiveness thereof, for a reasonable period of time, but not in excess of an aggregate of 90 days in any calendar year (a “Shelf Suspension Period”), if the Board of Directors of the Company determines
reasonably and in good faith that the filing of any such Initial Shelf Registration Statement or the continuing effectiveness thereof would require the disclosure of non-public material information that, in the reasonable judgment of the Board of
Directors of the Company, would be detrimental to the Company if so disclosed or would otherwise materially adversely affect a financing, acquisition, disposition, merger or other material transaction. 
  
 (b) Withdrawal of Stop Orders; Subsequent Shelf Registrations. If the
Initial Shelf Registration or any Subsequent Shelf Registration ceases to be effective for any reason at any time during the Effectiveness Period (other than because of the sale of all of the Notes registered thereunder), the Company shall use its
commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the prompt withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness thereof, and in any event shall within 30 days of such cessation of effectiveness amend such Shelf Registration Statement in a manner to obtain
the withdrawal of the order suspending the effectiveness thereof, or file an additional Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 415 covering all of the Registrable Notes covered by and not sold under the Initial Shelf Registration or an
earlier Subsequent Shelf Registration (each, a “Subsequent Shelf Registration”). If a Subsequent Shelf Registration is filed, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Subsequent Shelf Registration 

  

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to be declared effective under the Securities Act as soon as practicable after such filing and to keep such subsequent Shelf Registration continuously
effective for a period equal to the number of days in the Effectiveness Period less the aggregate number of days during which the Initial Shelf Registration or any Subsequent Shelf Registration was previously continuously effective. As used herein
the term “Shelf Registration” means the Initial Shelf Registration and any Subsequent Shelf Registration. 
  
 (c) Supplements and Amendments. The Company shall promptly supplement and amend the Shelf Registration if required by the rules, regulations or
instructions applicable to the registration form used for such Shelf Registration, if required by the Securities Act, or if reasonably requested by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Notes (or their counsel)
covered by such Registration Statement with respect to the information included therein with respect to one or more of such Holders, or by any underwriter of such Registrable Notes with respect to the information included therein with respect to
such underwriter. 
  

	 	4.	Additional Interest 

  
 (a) The Company and the Initial Purchasers agree that the Holders will suffer damages if the Company fails to fulfill its obligations under Section 2 or
Section 3 hereof and that it would not be feasible to ascertain the extent of such damages with precision. Accordingly, the Company agrees to pay as liquidated damages, additional interest on the Notes (“Additional Interest”) under
the circumstances and to the extent set forth below (each of which shall be given independent effect): 
  
 (i) if (A) neither the Exchange Offer Registration Statement nor the Initial Shelf Registration has been filed on or prior to the Filing
Date applicable thereto or (B) notwithstanding that the Company has consummated or will consummate the Exchange Offer, the Company is required to file a Shelf Registration and such Shelf Registration is not filed on or prior to the Filing Date
applicable thereto, then, commencing on the day after any such Filing Date, Additional Interest shall accrue on the principal amount of the Registrable Notes at a rate of .25% per annum for the first 90 days immediately following such applicable
Filing Date, and such Additional Interest rate shall increase by an additional .25% per annum at the beginning of each subsequent 90-day period; or 
  
 (ii) if (A) neither the Exchange Offer Registration Statement nor the Initial Shelf Registration is declared effective by the SEC on or
prior to the Effectiveness Date applicable thereto or (B) notwithstanding that the Company has consummated or will consummate the Exchange Offer, the Company is required to file a Shelf Registration and such Shelf Registration is not declared
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day after such Effectiveness Date, Additional Interest shall accrue on the principal amount of the Registrable Notes at a rate of .25% per annum for the
first 90 days immediately following the day after such Effectiveness Date, and such Additional Interest rate shall increase by an additional .25% per annum at the beginning of each subsequent 90-day period; or 
  
 (iii) if (A) the Company has not exchanged Exchange Notes
for all Notes validly tendered in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Offer on or prior to the 285th day after the Issue Date or (B) if applicable, a Shelf Registration has been declared effective and such Shelf Registration ceases to be
effective at any time during the Effectiveness Period (other than after such time as all Notes, Exchange Notes and Private Exchange Notes have been disposed of thereunder), then Additional Interest shall accrue on the principal amount of the Notes
not so exchanged in the case of (A) or the Registrable Notes in the case of (B) at a rate of .25% per annum for the first 90 days commencing on (x) the 46th day after the applicable Effectiveness Date, in the case of (A) above, or (y) the day such
Shelf Registration ceases to be effective, in the case of (B) above, and such Additional Interest rate shall increase by an additional .25% per annum at the beginning of each such subsequent 90-day period; 
  
 provided, however, that the Additional Interest rate on the Notes may not
accrue under more than one of the foregoing clauses (i)—(iii) at any one time and at no time shall the aggregate amount of Additional Interest accruing exceed in the aggregate 1.0% per annum; provided, further, however,
that (1) upon the filing of the applicable Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the applicable Shelf Registration as required hereunder (in the case of clause (i) above of this Section 4), (2) upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement or the applicable Shelf Registration Statement as required hereunder (in the case of clause (ii) of this Section 4), or (3) upon the exchange of the Exchange Notes for all Notes tendered (in the case of clause (iii)(A) of this
Section 4), or upon the effectiveness of the applicable Shelf Registration Statement which had ceased to remain effective (in the case of (iii)(B) of this Section 4), Additional Interest on the Notes in respect of which such events relate as a
result of such clause (or the relevant subclause thereof), as the case may be, shall cease to accrue. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4, the Company shall not be obligated to pay Additional Interest provided in Section
4(a)(i)(B), 4(a)(ii)(B) or 4(a)(iii)(B) during a Shelf Suspension Period permitted by Section 3(a) hereof. 
  
 (b) The Company shall notify the Trustee within two Business Days after each and every date on which an event occurs in respect of which Additional
Interest is required to be paid (an “Event Date”). Any amounts of Additional Interest due pursuant to (a)(i), (a)(ii) or (a)(iii) of this Section 4 will be payable in cash on the regularly scheduled interest payment dates for such
Notes as set forth in the Indenture, commencing with the first such date occurring after any such Additional Interest commences to accrue. The amount of Additional Interest will be determined by multiplying the applicable Additional Interest rate

  

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by the principal amount of the Registrable Notes, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days such Additional Interest rate was
applicable during such period (determined on the basis of a 360 day year comprised of twelve 30 day months and, in the case of a partial month, the actual number of days elapsed), and the denominator of which is 360. No Additional Interest shall
accrue with respect to Notes that are not Registrable Notes. 
  

	 	5.	Registration Procedures 

  
 In connection with the filing of any Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2 or 3 hereof, the Company shall effect such registrations to permit the
sale of the securities covered thereby in accordance with the intended method or methods of disposition thereof, and pursuant thereto and in connection with any Registration Statement filed by the Company hereunder the Company shall: 
  
 (a) Prepare and file with the SEC prior to the applicable Filing Date a
Registration Statement or Registration Statements as prescribed by Section 2 or 3 hereof, and use its reasonable best efforts to cause each such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective as provided herein; provided,
however, that if (1) such filing is pursuant to Section 3 hereof or (2) a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any
Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period relating thereto from whom the Company has received prior written notice that it will be a Participating Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer, before filing any
Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto, the Company shall furnish to and afford the Holders of the Registrable Notes covered by such Registration Statement (with respect to a Registration Statement filed
pursuant to Section 3 hereof) or each such Participating Broker-Dealer (with respect to any such Registration Statement), as the case may be, their counsel and the managing underwriters, if any, a reasonable opportunity to review copies of all such
documents (including copies of any documents to be incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits thereto) proposed to be filed (in each case at least three Business Days prior to such filing). The Company shall not file any Registration
Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto if the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Notes covered by such Registration Statement, their counsel, or the managing underwriters, if any, shall
reasonably object on a timely basis. 
  
 (b) Use its reasonable
best efforts to prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to each Shelf Registration Statement or Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as the case may be, as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement
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be; cause the related Prospectus to be supplemented by any Prospectus supplement required by applicable law, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to
Rule 424; and comply in all material respects with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act applicable to it with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement as so amended or in such
Prospectus as so supplemented and with respect to the subsequent resale of any securities being sold by a Participating Broker-Dealer covered by any such Prospectus. The Company shall be deemed not to have used its reasonable best efforts to keep a
Registration Statement effective if it voluntarily takes any action that would result in selling Holders of the Registrable Notes covered thereby or Participating Broker-Dealers seeking to sell Exchange Notes not being able to sell such Registrable
Notes or such Exchange Notes during that period unless such action is required by applicable law or unless the Company complies in all material respects with this Agreement, including Section 3(a) and the last paragraph of this Section. 

 
 (c) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof, or
(2) a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable
Period relating thereto from whom the Company has received written notice that it will be a Participating Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer, the Company shall notify the selling Holders of Registrable Notes (with respect to a Registration
Statement filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof), or each such Participating Broker-Dealer (with respect to any such Registration Statement), as the case may be, their counsel and the managing underwriters, if any, as promptly as practicable (but in
any event within two Business Days), and confirm such notice in writing, (i) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment,
when the same has become effective under the Securities Act (including in such notice a written statement that any Holder may, upon request, obtain, at the sole expense of the Company, one conformed copy of such Registration Statement or
post-effective amendment including financial statements and schedules, documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference and exhibits), (ii) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration
Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, (iii) if at any time when a prospectus is required by the Securities Act to be delivered in connection
with sales of the Registrable Notes or resales of Exchange Notes by Participating Broker-Dealers the representations and warranties of the Company contained in any agreement (including any underwriting agreement) contemplated by Section 5(n) hereof
cease to be true and correct, (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of a Registration Statement or any of the Registrable Notes or the Exchange

  

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Notes to be sold by any Participating Broker-Dealer for offer or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or written threat of any proceeding for such
purpose, (v) of the happening of any event, the existence of any condition or any information becoming known that makes any statement made in such Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in or amendments or supplements to such Registration Statement, Prospectus or documents so that, in the case of the Registration Statement, it will not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and that in the case of the Prospectus, it will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (vi) of the Company’s
determination that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement would be appropriate. 
  
 (d) Use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or of any order
preventing or suspending the use of a Prospectus or suspending the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Notes or the Exchange Notes to be sold by any Participating Broker-Dealer, for sale in any jurisdiction,
and, if any such order is issued, to use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any such order at the earliest practicable date. 
  
 (e) If a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 and if requested in writing during the Effectiveness Period by the managing underwriter or
underwriters (if any), the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Notes being sold in connection with an underwritten offering or any Participating Broker-Dealer, (i) as promptly as practicable incorporate in a
prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information as the managing underwriter or underwriters (if any), such Holders, any Participating Broker-Dealer or counsel for any of them reasonably request to be included therein, (ii) make
all required filings of such prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after the Company has received notification of the matters to be incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment and
(iii) supplement or make amendments to such Registration Statement; provided, however, the Company shall not be required to take any action pursuant to this Section 5(e) that would, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, violate
applicable law. 
  
 (f) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed
pursuant to Section 3 hereof or (2) a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating 

  

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Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, furnish to each selling Holder of Registrable Notes (with respect to a
Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof) and to each such Participating Broker-Dealer who so requests (with respect to any such Registration Statement) and to their respective counsel and each managing underwriter, if any, at the
sole expense of the Company, one conformed copy of the Registration Statement or Registration Statements and each post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and, if requested, all documents incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated therein by reference and all exhibits. 
  
 (g)
If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof or (2) a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating
Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, deliver to each selling Holder of Registrable Notes (with respect to a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof), or each such Participating Broker-Dealer
(with respect to any such Registration Statement), as the case may be, their respective counsel, and the underwriters, if any, at the sole expense of the Company, as many copies of the Prospectus or Prospectuses (including each form of preliminary
prospectus) and each amendment or supplement thereto and any documents incorporated by reference therein as such Persons may reasonably request; and, subject to the last paragraph of this Section 5, the Company hereby consents to the use of such
Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of Registrable Notes or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, and the underwriters or agents, if any, and dealers, if any, in connection with the
offering and sale of the Registrable Notes covered by, or the sale by Participating Broker-Dealers of the Exchange Notes pursuant to, such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto. 
  
 (h) Prior to any public offering of Registrable Notes or any delivery of a
Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, use its reasonable best efforts to register or qualify, and to cooperate with the
selling Holders of Registrable Notes or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, and their respective counsel in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from
such registration or qualification) of such Registrable Notes for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any selling Holder, Participating Broker-Dealer, or the managing underwriter or
underwriters reasonably request in writing; provided, however, that where Exchange Notes held by Participating Broker-Dealers or Registrable Notes are offered other than through an underwritten offering, the Company agrees to cause its
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and file registrations and qualifications required to be filed pursuant to this Section 5(h), use its reasonable best efforts to keep each such registration
or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the period such Registration Statement is required to be kept effective and do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such
jurisdictions of the Exchange Notes held by Participating Broker-Dealers or the Registrable Notes covered by the applicable Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to (A) qualify generally to
do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified, (B) take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or (C) subject itself to taxation in excess of a
nominal dollar amount in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject. 
  
 (i) If a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof, cooperate with the selling Holders of Registrable Notes and the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and
delivery of certificates representing Registrable Notes to be sold, which certificates shall not bear any restrictive legends and shall be in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company; and enable such Registrable Notes to be in
such denominations (subject to applicable requirements contained in the Indenture) and registered in such names as the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, or Holders may reasonably request. 
  
 (j) Use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Registrable Notes covered by
the 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 or the underwriter or underwriters, if any, to consummate the disposition of
such Registrable Notes, except as may be required solely as a consequence of the nature of such selling Holder’s business, in which case the Company will cooperate in all reasonable respects with the filing of such Registration Statement and
the granting of such approvals; provided that the Company shall not be required to (A) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified, (B) take any action that would subject it to general service of
process in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or (C) subject itself to taxation in excess of a nominal dollar amount in any such jurisdiction it is not then so subject. 
  
 (k) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof or (2) a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, upon the occurrence of any event
contemplated by Section 5(c)(v) or 5(c)(vi) hereof, as promptly as practicable prepare and (subject to Section 5(a) hereof) file with the SEC, at the sole expense of the Company, a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement
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incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the
Registrable Notes being sold thereunder (with respect to a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof) or to the purchasers of the Exchange Notes to whom such Prospectus will be delivered by a Participating Broker-Dealer (with respect
to any such Registration Statement), any such Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. 
  
 (l)
Use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Registrable Notes covered by a Registration Statement or the Exchange Notes, as the case may be, to be rated with the appropriate rating agencies (unless such Notes are already so rated), if so requested
by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Registrable Notes covered by such Registration Statement or the Exchange Notes, as the case may be, or the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any. 
  
 (m) Prior to the effective date of the first Registration Statement relating
to the Registrable Notes, (i) provide the Trustee with certificates for the Registrable Notes in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company and (ii) provide a CUSIP number for the Registrable Notes. 
  
 (n) If requested by the holders of a majority of the Registrable Notes to be
registered pursuant to a Shelf Registration, enter into an underwriting agreement as is customary in underwritten offerings of debt securities similar to the Notes, and take all such other actions as are reasonably requested by the managing
underwriter or underwriters in order to expedite or facilitate the registration or the disposition of such Registrable Notes and, in such connection, (i) make such representations and warranties to, and covenants with, the underwriters with respect
to the business of the Company (including any acquired business, properties or entity, if applicable), and the Registration Statement, Prospectus and documents, if any, incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein, in each case, as
are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in underwritten offerings of debt securities similar to the Notes substantially similar to those included in the Purchase Agreement, and confirm the same in writing if and when requested; (ii) obtain
the written opinions of counsel to the Company, and written updates thereof in form, scope and substance reasonably satisfactory to the managing underwriter or underwriters, addressed to the underwriters covering the matters customarily covered in
opinions reasonably requested in underwritten offerings of debt securities similar to the Notes; (iii) obtain “cold comfort” letters and updates thereof in form, scope and substance reasonably satisfactory to the managing underwriter or
underwriters from the independent certified public accountants of the Company (and, if necessary, any other independent certified public accountants of the 

  

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Company, or of any business acquired by the Company, for which financial statements and financial data are, or are required to be, included or incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement), addressed to each of the underwriters, such letters to be in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in “cold comfort” letters in connection with underwritten
offerings of debt securities similar to the Notes; and (iv) if an underwriting agreement is entered into, the same shall contain indemnification provisions and procedures no less favorable to the sellers and underwriters, if any, than those set
forth in Section 7 hereof (or such other provisions and procedures reasonably acceptable to Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Registrable Notes covered by such Registration Statement and the managing underwriter or underwriters
or agents, if any). The above shall be done at each closing under such underwriting agreement, or as and to the extent required thereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may delay entering into such agreement in the event that and for a
period of time not to exceed an aggregate of 60 days if (1) the Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith that the disclosure of an event at such time could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business,
operations or prospects of the Company or (2) the disclosure otherwise relates to a material business transaction which has not been publicly disclosed and the Board of Directors of the Company determines that any such disclosure would jeopardize
the success of such transaction. The Company shall not be required to effect more than one underwritten offering with respect to the Registrable Notes. 
  
 (o) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof or (2) a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed
pursuant to Section 2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, make available for inspection by any Initial Purchaser, any selling
Holder of such Registrable Notes being sold (with respect to a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof), or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, any underwriter participating in any such disposition of
Registrable Notes, if any, and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by any such selling Holder or each such Participating Broker-Dealer (with respect to any such Registration Statement), as the case may be, or underwriter (any such
Initial Purchasers, Holders, Participating Broker-Dealers, underwriters, attorneys, accountants or agents, collectively, the “Inspectors”), upon written request, at the offices where normally kept, during reasonable business hours,
all pertinent financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and instruments of the Company and subsidiaries of the Company (collectively, the “Records”), as shall be reasonably necessary to enable them to exercise any
applicable due diligence responsibilities, and cause the officers, directors and employees of the Company and any of its subsidiaries to supply all information (“Information”) reasonably requested by any such Inspector in connection
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subject to such Inspector’s entering into satisfactory confidentiality agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Inspector.

  
 (p) Provide an indenture trustee for the Registrable Notes or
the Exchange Notes, as the case may be, and cause the Indenture or the trust indenture provided for in Section 2(a) hereof, as the case may be, to be qualified under the TIA not later than the effective date of the first Registration Statement
relating to the Registrable Notes; and in connection therewith, cooperate with the trustee under any such indenture and the Holders of the Registrable Notes, to effect such changes (if any) to such indenture as may be required for such indenture to
be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the TIA; and execute, and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such trustee to execute, all documents as may be required to effect such changes and all other forms and documents required to be
filed with the SEC to enable such indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner. 
  
 (q) Comply in all material respects with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and make generally available to its securityholders with regard to any applicable Registration Statement, a consolidated
earnings statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder (or any similar rule promulgated under the Securities Act) no later than 45 days after the end of any fiscal quarter (or 90 days after the
end of any 12-month period if such period is a fiscal year) (i) commencing at the end of any fiscal quarter in which Registrable Notes are sold to underwriters in a firm commitment or best efforts underwritten offering and (ii) if not sold to
underwriters in such an offering, commencing on the first day of the first fiscal quarter of the Company, after the effective date of a Registration Statement, which statements shall cover said 12-month periods. 
  
 (r) Upon consummation of the Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange, obtain an
opinion of counsel to the Company, in a form customary for underwritten transactions, addressed to the Trustee for the benefit of all Holders of Registrable Notes participating in the Exchange Offer or the Private Exchange, as the case may be, that
the Exchange Notes or Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be, the related guarantee, if any, and the related indenture constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their
respective terms, subject to customary exceptions and qualifications. If the Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange is to be consummated, upon delivery of the Registrable Notes by Holders to the Company (or to such other Person as directed by the
Company), in exchange for the Exchange Notes or the Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be, the Company shall mark, or cause to be marked, on such Registrable Notes that such Registrable Notes are being cancelled in exchange for the Exchange
Notes or the Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be; in no event shall such Registrable Notes be marked as paid or otherwise satisfied. 
  

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 (s) Use its reasonable best efforts to cooperate with each seller of Registrable Notes covered by any
Registration Statement and each underwriter, if any, participating in the disposition of such Registrable Notes and their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
(the “NASD”). 
  
 (t) Use its reasonable best
efforts to take all other steps necessary to effect the registration of the Exchange Notes and/or Registrable Notes covered by a Registration Statement contemplated hereby. 
  
 The Company may require each seller of Registrable Notes as to which any registration is being effected to furnish to the
Company such information regarding such seller and the distribution of such Registrable Notes as the Company may, from time to time, reasonably request. The Company may exclude from such registration the Registrable Notes of any seller so long as
such seller fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after receiving such request. Each seller as to which any Shelf Registration is being effected agrees to furnish promptly to the Company all information required to be disclosed
in order to make the information previously furnished to the Company by such seller not materially misleading. 
  
 If any such Registration Statement refers to any Holder by name or otherwise as the holder of any securities of the Company, then such Holder shall have
the right to require (i) the insertion therein of language, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Holder, to the effect that the holding by such Holder of such securities is not to be construed as a recommendation by such Holder of
the investment quality of the securities covered thereby and that such holding does not imply that such Holder will assist in meeting any future financial requirements of the Company or (ii) in the event that such reference to such Holder by name or
otherwise is not required by the Securities Act or any similar federal statute then in force, the deletion of the reference to such Holder in any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement filed or prepared subsequent to the time that
such reference ceases to be required. 
  
 Each Holder of
Registrable Notes and each Participating Broker-Dealer agrees by its acquisition of such Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes to be sold by such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, that, upon actual receipt of any notice from the Company
of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 5(c)(ii), 5(c)(iv), 5(c)(v) or 5(c)(vi) hereof, such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable Notes covered by such Registration Statement or Prospectus or
Exchange Notes to be sold by such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, and in each case, dissemination of such Prospectus, until such Holder’s or Participating Broker-Dealer’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented
or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 5(k) hereof, or until it is advised in writing (the “Advice”) by the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus 

  

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may be resumed, and has received copies of any amendments or supplements thereto. In the event that the Company shall give any such notice, each of the
Applicable Period and the Effectiveness Period shall be extended by the number of days during such periods from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when each seller of Registrable Notes covered by such
Registration Statement or Exchange Notes to be sold by such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, shall have received (x) the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 5(k) hereof or (y) the Advice.

  

	 	6.	Registration Expenses 

  
 All fees and expenses incident to the performance of or compliance with this Agreement by the Company shall be borne by the Company, whether or not the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement or any Shelf Registration Statement is filed or becomes effective or the Exchange Offer is consummated, including, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, (A)
fees with respect to filings required to be made with the NASD in connection with an underwritten offering and (B) fees and expenses of compliance with state securities or Blue Sky laws where required (including, without limitation, reasonable fees
and disbursements of counsel in connection with Blue Sky qualifications of the Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes and determination of the eligibility of the Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions
(x) where the holders of Registrable Notes are located, in the case of the Exchange Notes, or (y) as provided in Section 5(h) hereof, in the case of Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes to be sold by a Participating Broker-Dealer during the
Applicable Period)), (ii) printing expenses, including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company and of printing prospectuses if
the printing of prospectuses is requested by the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Notes included in any Registration Statement or in respect of Registrable
Notes or Exchange Notes to be sold by any Participating Broker-Dealer during the Applicable Period, as the case may be, (iii) reasonable messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and, in the
case of a Shelf Registration, reasonable fees and disbursements of one special counsel for all of the sellers of Registrable Notes selected by the Holder of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Registrable Notes covered by such Shelf
Registration (exclusive of any counsel retained pursuant to Section 7 hereof), (v) fees and disbursements of all independent certified public accountants referred to in Section 5(n)(iii) hereof (including, without limitation, the expenses of any
“cold comfort” letters required by or incident to such performance), (vi) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Company desires such insurance, (vii) fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by the Company, (viii) internal
expenses of the Company (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of officers and employees of the Company performing legal or accounting duties), (ix) the expense of any annual audit, (x) any fees and expenses incurred in connection
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rating of the securities, in each case, if applicable and (xi) the expenses relating to printing, word processing and distributing all Registration
Statements, underwriting agreements, indentures and any other documents necessary in order to comply with this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not pay underwriting or brokerage discounts or commissions. 
  

	 	7.	Indemnification and Contribution. 

  
 (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of Registrable Notes and each Participating Broker-Dealer selling Exchange Notes during
the Applicable Period, and each Person, if any, who controls such Person or its affiliates within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each, a “Participant”) against any losses, claims,
damages or liabilities to which any Participant may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon:

  
 (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of any material fact contained in any Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or Prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) or any preliminary prospectus; or

  
 (ii) the omission or alleged omission to
state, in any Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or Prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) or any preliminary prospectus or any other document or any amendment
or supplement thereto, a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; 
  
 and will reimburse, as incurred, the Participant for any reasonable legal or other expenses incurred by the Participant in connection with investigating, defending
against or appearing as a third-party witness in connection with any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, or
liability arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or Prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the Company shall
have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) or any preliminary prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Participant furnished to the Company by or on behalf of
such Participant specifically for use therein; provided further, however, that the Company shall not be liable if such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission was contained or made in any preliminary
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alleged untrue statement or omission of a material fact that was the subject matter of the related proceeding and any such loss, liability, claim, damage or
expense suffered or incurred by the Participants resulted from any action, claim or suit by any Person who purchased Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes which are the subject thereof from such Participant and it is established in the related
proceeding that such Participant failed to deliver or provide a copy of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) to such Person with or prior to the confirmation of the sale of such Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes sold to such Person if
required by applicable law, unless such failure to deliver or provide a copy of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) was a result of noncompliance by the Company with Section 5 of this Agreement. The indemnity provided for in this Section 7
will be in addition to any liability that the Company may otherwise have to the indemnified parties. The Company shall not be liable under this Section 7 for any settlement of any claim or action effected without its prior written consent, which
shall not be unreasonably withheld. 
  
 (b) Each Participant,
severally and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against
any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities
(or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any Registration Statement or Prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto, or any preliminary
prospectus, or (ii) the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a material fact 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 reliance upon and in conformity with written information concerning such Participant, furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Participant, specifically for use therein; and subject to the
limitation set forth immediately preceding this clause, will reimburse, as incurred, any reasonable legal or other expenses incurred by the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person in connection with investigating or defending
against or appearing as a third party witness in connection with any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action in respect thereof. The indemnity provided for in this Section 7 will be in addition to any liability that the Participants may
otherwise have to the indemnified parties. The Participants shall not be liable under this Section 7 for any settlement of any claim or action effected without their consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. 
  
 (c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 7 of
notice of the commencement of any action for which such indemnified party is entitled to indemnification under this Section 7, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section
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(i) will not relieve it from any liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent such failure results in the forfeiture by the
indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraphs (a) and (b) above.
In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with
any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided, however, that if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to
represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest, (ii) the defendants in any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have been advised by counsel
that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party or (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after receipt by the indemnifying party of notice of the institution of such action, then, in each such case, the indemnifying party shall
not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties and such indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel to defend such action on behalf of such indemnified party or
parties. After notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof and approval by such indemnified party of counsel appointed to defend such action, the indemnifying party will not be liable
to such indemnified party under this Section 7 for any legal or other expenses, other than reasonable costs of investigation, subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof, unless (i) the indemnified party
shall have employed separate counsel in accordance with the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that in connection with such action the indemnifying party shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one
separate counsel (in addition to local counsel) in any one action or separate but substantially similar actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, designated by Participants who sold a majority in
interest of the Registrable Notes and Exchange Notes sold by all such Participants in the case of paragraph (a) of this Section 7 or the Company in the case of paragraph (b) of this Section 7, representing the indemnified parties under such
paragraph (a) or paragraph (b), as the case may be, who are parties to such action or actions) or (ii) the indemnifying party has authorized in writing the employment of counsel for the indemnified party at the expense of the indemnifying party. All
fees and expenses reimbursed pursuant to this paragraph (c) shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. After such notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party, the indemnifying party will not be liable for the costs and expenses of
any settlement of such action effected by such indemnified party without the prior written consent of the indemnifying party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), unless such indemnified party waived in writing its rights under this
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consent. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement or compromise of any pending or
threatened proceeding in respect of which such indemnified party is or could have been a party, or indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement (A) includes an unconditional written release of such
indemnified party, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (B) does not include any statement as to an admission of fault, culpability
or failure to act by or on behalf of such indemnified party. 
  
 (d) In circumstances in which the indemnity agreement provided for in the preceding paragraphs of this Section 7 is unavailable to, or insufficient to hold harmless, an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), each indemnifying party, in order to provide for just and equitable contribution, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect (i) the relative benefits received by the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other from the offering of the Notes
or (ii) if the allocation provided by the foregoing clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party on the
other in connection with the statements or omissions or alleged statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof). The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and
such Participant on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) of the Notes received by the Company bear to the total net profit received by such Participant in
connection with the sale of the Notes. The relative fault of the parties shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a
material fact relates to information supplied by the Company on the one hand, or the Participants on the other, the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission or
alleged statement or omission, and any other equitable considerations appropriate in the circumstances. The parties agree that it would not be equitable if the amount of such contribution were determined by pro rata or per capita allocation or by
any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in the first sentence of this paragraph (d). Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph (d), no Participant shall be obligated to make
contributions hereunder that in the aggregate exceed the total net profit received by such Participant in connection with the sale of the Notes, less the aggregate amount of any damages that such Participant has otherwise been required to pay by
reason of the untrue or alleged untrue statements or the omissions or alleged omissions to state a material fact, and no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to
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if any, who controls a Participant within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to
contribution as the Participants, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, shall have
the same rights to contribution as the Company. 
  

	 	8.	Rules 144 and 144A 

  
 For so long as the Registrable Notes remain outstanding, the Company covenants and agrees that it will file the reports required to be filed by it under
the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations adopted by the SEC thereunder in a timely manner in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and, if at any time the Company is not required to
file such reports, the Company will, upon the request of any Holder or beneficial owner of Registrable Notes, make available such information necessary to permit sales pursuant to Rule 144A. The Company further covenants and agrees, for so long as
any Registrable Notes remain outstanding, that it will take such further action as any Holder of Registrable Notes may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Registrable Notes without
registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act and Rule 144A. 
  

	 	9.	Underwritten Registrations 

  
 If any of the Registrable Notes covered by any Shelf Registration are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the investment banker or investment bankers
and manager or managers that will manage the offering will be selected by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of such Registrable Notes included in such offering and shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company. 
  
 No Holder of Registrable Notes may participate in any underwritten
registration hereunder unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell such Holder’s Registrable Notes on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (b) completes and
executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements. 
  

	 	10.	Miscellaneous 

  
 (a) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company has not, as of the date hereof, and shall not, after the date of this Agreement, enter into any
agreement with respect to any of its securities that conflicts with the rights granted to the Holders of Registrable Notes in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. The rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any
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rights granted to the holders of the Company’s other issued and outstanding securities under any such agreements. 
  
 (b) Adjustments Affecting Registrable Notes. The Company shall not,
directly or indirectly, take any action with respect to the Registrable Notes as a class that would adversely affect the ability of the Holders of Registrable Notes to include such Registrable Notes in a registration undertaken pursuant to this
Agreement. 
  
 (c) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions
of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, otherwise than with the prior written consent of (i) the Company and (ii) (A) the Holders of not less
than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Registrable Notes and (B) in circumstances that would adversely affect the Participating Broker-Dealers, the Participating Broker-Dealers holding not less than a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Exchange Notes held by all Participating Broker-Dealers; provided, however, that Section 7 and this Section 10(c) may not be amended, modified or supplemented without the prior written consent of each
Holder and each Participating Broker-Dealer (including any person who was a Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer of Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes, as the case may be, disposed of pursuant to any Registration Statement) affected by any such
amendment, modification or supplement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders of Registrable Notes whose securities are being
sold pursuant to a Registration Statement and that does not directly or indirectly affect, impair, limit or compromise the rights of other Holders of Registrable Notes may be given by Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Registrable Notes being sold pursuant to such Registration Statement. 
  
 (d) Notices. All notices and other communications (including, without limitation, any notices or other communications to the Trustee) provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by
hand-delivery, registered first-class mail, next-day air courier or facsimile: 
  
 (i) if to a Holder of the Registrable Notes or any Participating Broker-Dealer, at the most current address of such Holder or
Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, set forth on the records of the registrar under the Indenture, with a copy in like manner to the Initial Purchasers as follows: 
  
 Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. 
 31 West 52nd Street 
 New York, New York 10019 
 Facsimile No.: (212) 797-4869 
 Attention:
Corporate Finance Department 
  

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 with a copy to: 
  

Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP 
 80 Pine Street 
 New York, New York 10005 
 Facsimile No.: (212) 269-5420 
 Attention: John A. Tripodoro, Esq. 
  
 (ii) if to the Initial Purchasers, at the address specified in Section
10(d)(i); 
  
 (iii) if to the Company, at the address as follows:

  
 Exide Technologies 
 Crossroads Corporate Center 
 Office of the
General Counsel 
 13000 Deerfield Parkway 
 Building 200 
 Alpharetta, Georgia 30004 
 Facsimile No.: (609) 512-3071 
 Attention:
Stuart Kupinsky 
  
 with a copy to: 
  
 Kirkland & Ellis LLP 
 Aon Center 200 E. Randolph Dr. 
 Chicago,
Illinois 60601 
 Facsimile No.: (312) 861-2200 
 Attention: Carter W. Emerson, P.C. 
  
 All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: when delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; one Business Day after being
timely delivered to a next-day air courier; and upon written confirmation, if sent by facsimile. 
  
 Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee at the address
and in the manner specified in such Indenture. 
  
 (e)
Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties hereto, the Holders and the Participating Broker-Dealers; provided, however, that this
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such successor or assign holds Registrable Notes. Nothing herein shall be deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of Registrable Notes
in violation of the terms of the Purchase Agreement or the Indenture. 
  
 (f) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall
constitute one and the same agreement. 
  
 (g) Headings.
The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof. 
  
 (h) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AS APPLIED TO
CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF ANY OTHER LAW. 
  
 (i) Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the
parties hereto shall use their best efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to
be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable. 
  
 (j) Notes Held by the Company or Its Affiliates. Whenever the consent
or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Notes is required hereunder, Registrable Notes held by the Company or its affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) shall not be counted in determining
whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage. 
  
 (k) Third-Party Beneficiaries. Holders of Registrable Notes and Participating Broker-Dealers are intended third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement, and this Agreement may be enforced by such Persons.

  
 (l) Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the
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herein and therein and any and all prior oral or written agreements, representations, or warranties, contracts, understandings, correspondence, conversations
and memoranda between the Initial Purchasers on the one hand and the Company on the other, or between or among any agents, representatives, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, predecessors in interest or successors in interest with respect to the
subject matter hereof and thereof are merged herein and replaced hereby. 
  

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

					
	 EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES

		
	 By:
	 	 
	 	 	 Name:
	 	 
	 	 	 Title:
	 	 

  

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	The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.
	
	 DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.

		
	 By:
	 	 
	 	 	 Name:
	 	 
	 	 	 Title:
	 	 
		
	 By:
	 	 
	 	 	 Name:
	 	 
	 	 	 Title:
	 	 
	
	 CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON LLC

		
	 By:
	 	 
	 	 	 Name:
	 	 
	 	 	 Title:
	 	 
	
	 BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC

		
	 By:
	 	 
	 	 	 Name:
	 	 
	
	 UBS SECURITIES LLC

		
	 By:
	 	 
	 	 	 Name:
	 	 
	 	 	 Title:
	 	 
		
	 By:
	 	 
	 	 	 Name:
	 	 
	 	 	 Title:
	 	 

  

 -32-Registration Rights Agreement dated March 18, 2005 Re: Convertible Senior Notes

 Exhibit 10.4 

  
 REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT 
  
 Dated as of March 18, 2005 
  
 by and between 
  
 EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES, 
  
 and 
  
 DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC. 
  
 CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON LLC 
  
 Floating Rate Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013 
  

  
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

  

					
	 	  	 	  	Page

	1.	  	Definitions	  	1
	2.	  	Shelf Registration	  	4
	3.	  	Additional Interest	  	6
	4.	  	Registration Procedures	  	8
	4A.	  	Holders’ Obligations	  	12
	5.	  	Registration Expenses	  	12
	6.	  	Indemnification	  	13
	7.	  	Rules 144 and 144A	  	17
	8.	  	Underwritten Registrations	  	17
	9.	  	Miscellaneous	  	17

  

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 REGISTRATION RIGHTS
AGREEMENT 
  
 This Registration Rights Agreement (this
“Agreement”) is dated as of March 18, 2005, by and between Exide Technologies, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Credit Suisse First Boston LLC (collectively, the
“Initial Purchaser”) under the Purchase Agreement (as defined below). 
  
 This Agreement is entered into in connection with that certain Purchase Agreement, dated March 15, 2005 (the “Purchase Agreement”), by and between the Company and the Initial Purchaser, which provides
for the sale by the Company to the Initial Purchaser of $60,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s Floating Rate Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013 (the “Firm Notes”), plus up to an additional
$9,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the same which Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. may subsequently elect to purchase pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement (the “Option Notes” and, together with the Firm Notes, the
“Securities”), which are convertible into common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Underlying Shares”). The Securities are being issued pursuant to an Indenture dated as of the date hereof, as
amended from time to time, (the “Indenture”), by and between the Company and SunTrust Bank, as Trustee. 
  
 In order to induce the Initial Purchaser to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide the registration rights set forth in this
Agreement for the benefit of the Initial Purchaser and certain subsequent holder or holders of the Securities or Underlying Shares as provided herein. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the Initial Purchaser’s
obligation to purchase the Firm Notes under the Purchase Agreement. 
  
 The parties hereto hereby agree as follows: 
  

	 	1.	Definitions. 

  
 As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 
  
 “Additional Interest”: See Section 3(a) hereof. 
  
 “Agreement”: See the first introductory paragraph hereto.

  
 “Amendment Effectiveness Deadline Date”: See
Section 2(d)(i) hereof. 
  
 “Amount of Registrable
Securities”: (a) With respect to Securities constituting Registrable Securities, the aggregate principal amount of all such Securities outstanding, (b) with respect to Underlying Shares constituting Registrable Securities, the aggregate
number of such Underlying Shares outstanding multiplied by the Conversion Price (as defined in the Indenture relating to the Securities upon the conversion of which such Underlying Shares were issued) in effect at the time of computing the Amount of
Registrable Securities or, if no such Securities are then outstanding, the last Conversion Price that was in effect under such Indenture when any such Securities were last outstanding, and (c) with respect to combinations thereof, the sum of (a) and
(b) for the relevant Registrable Securities. 
  

 “Business Day”: Any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banking
institutions in New York are authorized or required by law to be closed. 
  
 “Closing Date”: March 18, 2005. 
  
 “Company”: See the first introductory paragraph hereto. 
  
 “Damages Payment Date”: See Section 3(c) hereof. 
  

“Deferral Period”: See Section 3(b) hereof. 
  

“Depositary”: The Depository Trust Company until a successor is appointed by the Company. 
  
 “Designated Counsel”: One firm of counsel chosen by the
Holders of a majority in Amount of Registrable Securities to be included in a Registration Statement for a Shelf Registration and identified to the Company in writing prior to the filing of such Registration Statement. 
  
 “Effectiveness Date”: The 180th day after the Closing Date.

  
 “Effectiveness Period”: See Section 2(a)
hereof. 
  
 “Exchange Act”: The Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. 
  
 “Filing Date”: The 120th day after the Closing Date. 
  
 “Firm Notes”: See the second introductory paragraph hereto. 
  
 “Holder”: Any holder of Registrable Securities. 

 
 “Indenture”: See the second introductory paragraph
hereto. 
  
 “Initial Purchaser”: See the first
introductory paragraph hereto. 
  
 “Initial Shelf
Registration”: See Section 2(a) hereof. 
  
 “Inspectors”: See Section 4(k) hereof. 
  
 “Notice and Questionnaire”: means a written notice delivered to the Company containing substantially the information called for by the Form of Selling Securityholder Notice and Questionnaire attached as Appendix A to the
Offering Memorandum of the Company relating to the Securities. 
  
 “Option Notes”: See the second introductory paragraph hereto. 
  

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 “Person”: An individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company,
unincorporated association, trust or joint venture, or a governmental agency or political subdivision thereof. 
  
 “Prospectus”: The prospectus included in any Registration Statement (including, without limitation, any prospectus subject to completion
and a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus
supplement, and all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus. 
  
 “Purchase Agreement”: See the second introductory paragraph
hereto. 
  
 “Records”: See Section 4(k) hereof.

  
 “Registrable Securities”: All Securities and
all Underlying Shares upon original issuance thereof and at all times subsequent thereto until, in the case of any such Security or Underlying Share, the earliest to occur of (i) a Registration Statement covering such Security or Underlying Share
has been declared effective by the SEC and such Security or Underlying Share has been disposed of in accordance with such effective Registration Statement, (ii) such Security or Underlying Share has been sold in compliance with Rule 144 or could
(except with respect to affiliates of the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act) be sold in compliance with Rule 144(k), or (iii) such Security or any Underlying Share ceases to be outstanding. 
  
 “Registration Default”: See Section 3(a) hereof. 

 
 “Registration Statement”: Any registration statement of
the Company filed with the SEC pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including any amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, all exhibits and all documents incorporated by reference or
deemed to be incorporated by reference in such registration statement. 
  
 “Rule 144”: Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule (other than Rule 144A) or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC providing for offers and sales
of securities made in compliance therewith resulting in offers and sales by subsequent holders that are not affiliates of an issuer of such securities being free of the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.

  
 “Rule 144A”: Rule 144A promulgated under the
Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule (other than Rule 144) or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC. 
  
 “Rule 415”: Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or
regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC. 
  
 “SEC”: The Securities and Exchange Commission. 
  

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 “Securities”: See the second introductory paragraph hereto. 
  
 “Securities Act”: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. 
  
 “Selling Holder”: On any date, any Holder that has delivered a Notice and Questionnaire to the Company on or prior to such date. 
  
 “Shelf Registration”: See Section 2(b) hereof. 
  

“Shelf Registration Statement”: See Section 2(b) hereof. 
  
 “Shelf Suspension Period”: See Section 2(a) hereof. 
  
 “Subsequent Shelf Registration”: See Section 2(b) hereof.

  
 “TIA”: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. 
  
 “Trustee”: The Trustee under the Indenture. 
  
 “Underlying Shares”: See the second introductory paragraph hereto. 
  
 “Underwritten Registration” or “Underwritten Offering”: A registration in which securities of the Company are sold to an
underwriter for reoffering to the public. 
  

	 	2.	Shelf Registration. 

  
 (a) Shelf Registration. The Company shall file with the SEC a Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to
Rule 415 covering all of the Registrable Securities (the “Initial Shelf Registration”) on or prior to the Filing Date. 
  
 The Initial Shelf Registration shall be on Form S-3 or another appropriate form permitting registration of such Registrable Securities for resale by
Holders in the manner or manners designated by them (excluding Underwritten Offerings). The Company shall not permit any securities other than the Registrable Securities to be included in the Initial Shelf Registration or any Subsequent Shelf
Registration (as defined below). 
  
 The Company shall use its
reasonable best efforts to cause the Initial Shelf Registration to be declared effective under the Securities Act on or prior to the Effectiveness Date and to keep such Initial Shelf Registration continuously effective under the Securities Act until
the date that is two years after the Closing Date, or if later, the date on which the Option Notes were issued, (such period, as it may be shortened pursuant to clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) immediately following, the “Effectiveness
Period”), or such shorter period ending when (i) all of the Registrable Securities covered by the Initial Shelf Registration have been sold in the manner set forth and as contemplated in the Initial Shelf Registration, (ii) the date on
which all the Registrable Securities (x) held by Persons who are not affiliates of the Company may be resold pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act or (y) cease to be outstanding, (iii) all the Registrable Securities 

  

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have been resold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or (iv) a Subsequent Shelf Registration covering all of the Registrable Securities has been
declared effective under the Securities Act. 
  
 (b) Subsequent
Shelf Registrations. If the Initial Shelf Registration or any Subsequent Shelf Registration (as defined below) ceases to be effective for any reason at any time during the Effectiveness Period (other than because of the sale of all of the
Registrable Securities registered thereunder), the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the prompt withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness thereof, and in any event shall within 30 days of such cessation of
effectiveness amend the Initial Shelf Registration in a manner reasonably expected by the Company to obtain the withdrawal of the order suspending the effectiveness thereof, or file an additional “shelf” Registration Statement pursuant to
Rule 415 covering all of the Registrable Securities (a “Subsequent Shelf Registration”). If a Subsequent Shelf Registration is filed, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Subsequent Shelf Registration to be
declared effective under the Securities Act as soon as practicable after such filing (or if filed during a Deferral Period, after expiration of such Deferral Period) and to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective for a period equal
to the number of days in the Effectiveness Period less the aggregate number of days during which the Initial Shelf Registration or any Subsequent Shelf Registration was previously continuously effective. As used herein, the term “Shelf
Registration” means the Initial Shelf Registration and any Subsequent Shelf Registration and the term “Shelf Registration Statement” means any Registration Statement filed in connection with a Shelf Registration.

  
 (c) Supplements and Amendments. The Company shall
promptly supplement and amend the Shelf Registration if required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used for such Shelf Registration, if required by the Securities Act, or if reasonably requested by the
Holders of the majority in Amount of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement. 
  
 (d) Notice and Questionnaire. Each Holder agrees that if such Holder wishes to sell Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration
Statement and related Prospectus, it will do so only in accordance with this Section 2(d) and Section 4 hereof. Each Holder wishing to sell Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement and related Prospectus agrees to deliver a
Notice and Questionnaire to the Company at least five (5) Business Days prior to any intended distribution of Registrable Securities under the Shelf Registration Statement. From and after the date the Initial Shelf Registration Statement is declared
effective, the Company shall, as promptly as practicable after the date a Notice and Questionnaire in all material respects, together with such other information as the Company may reasonably request, is received by the Company, is delivered, and in
any event upon the later of (x) twenty (20) Business Days after such date or (y) ten (10) Business Days after the expiration of any Deferral Period (as defined in Section 3(b)) in effect when the Notice and Questionnaire is received by the Company:

  
 (i) if required by applicable law, file with
the SEC a post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement or prepare and, if required by applicable law, file a supplement to the related Prospectus or a supplement or amendment to any document incorporated therein by reference or file
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Holder delivering such Notice and Questionnaire is named as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus in such a
manner as to permit such Holder to deliver such Prospectus to purchasers of the Registrable Securities (subject to the rights of the Company under Section 3(b) to create a Deferral Period) in accordance with applicable law and, if the Company shall
file a post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement, use all reasonable best efforts to cause such post-effective amendment, if any, to be declared effective under the Securities Act within thirty (30) days after the date such
post-effective amendment is required by this clause to be filed (the “Amendment Effectiveness Deadline Date”); 
  
 (ii) provide such Holder copies of any documents filed pursuant to Section 2(d)(i); and 
  
 (iii) notify such Holder as promptly as practicable after
the effectiveness under the Securities Act of any post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Section 2(d)(i); 
  
 provided that if such Notice and Questionnaire is delivered during a Deferral Period, the Company shall so inform the Holder delivering such Notice and Questionnaire and shall take the actions set forth in clauses
(i), (ii) and (iii) above upon expiration of the Deferral Period. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, (i) the Company shall be under no obligation to name any Holder that has not delivered a Notice and Questionnaire to the
Company, together with such other information as the Company may reasonably request, in accordance with this Section 2(d) and (ii) the Amendment Effectiveness Deadline Date shall be extended by up to ten (10) Business Days from the expiration of a
Deferral Period (and the Company shall incur no obligation to pay Additional Interest during such extension) if such Deferral Period shall be in effect on the Amendment Effectiveness Deadline Date. 
  
 3. Additional Interest. 
  
 (a) The Company and the Initial Purchaser agree that the Holders of
Registrable Securities will suffer damages if the Company fails to fulfill certain of their obligations under Section 2 hereof and that it would not be feasible to ascertain the extent of such damages with precision. Accordingly, the Company agrees
to pay Additional Interest on the Registrable Securities (“Additional Interest”) under the circumstances and to the extent set forth below (each of which shall be given independent effect; each a “Registration
Default”): 
  
 (i) if the Initial Shelf
Registration is not filed on or prior to the Filing Date, then commencing on the day after the Filing Date, Additional Interest shall accrue on the principal amount of the Registrable Notes at a rate of 0.25% per annum for the first 90 days
immediately following the Filing Date, and such Additional Interest rate shall increase by an additional 0.25% per annum at the beginning of each subsequent 90-day period; 
  
 (ii) if a Shelf Registration is not declared effective by the SEC on or prior to the Effectiveness Date,
then commencing on the day after the Effectiveness Date, Additional Interest shall accrue on the principal amount of the Registrable Notes at a rate of 0.25% per annum for the first 90 days immediately following the Effectiveness Date, and 

  

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such Additional Interest rate shall increase by an additional 0.25% per annum at the beginning of each subsequent 90-day period; and 
  
 (iii) if a Shelf Registration has been declared effective
and such Shelf Registration ceases to be effective at any time during the Effectiveness Period (other than after such time as all Registerable Securities have been disposed of thereunder or as permitted under Section 3(b)), then commencing on the
day after the date such Shelf Registration ceases to be effective, Additional Interest shall accrue on the principal amount of the Registrable Notes at a rate of 0.25% per annum for the first 90 days immediately following the day such Shelf
Registration ceases to be effective, and such Additional Interest rate shall increase by an additional 0.25% per annum at the beginning of each subsequent 90-day period; 
  
 provided, however, that Additional Interest on the Registrable Securities may not accrue under more than one of the foregoing
clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) at any one time and at no time shall the aggregate amount of Additional Interest accruing exceed in the aggregate 1.0% per annum; provided further, however, that (1) upon the filing of the Initial Shelf
Registration as required hereunder (in the case of clause (a)(i) of this Section 3), (2) upon the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration as required hereunder (in the case of clause (a)(ii) of this Section 3), (3) upon the effectiveness of a Shelf
Registration which had ceased to remain effective (in the case of clause (a)(iii) of this Section 3), Additional Interest on the Registrable Securities as a result of such clause (or the relevant subclause thereof, as the case may be), shall cease
to accrue. 
  
 (b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
this Agreement, at any time, the Company may delay the filing of any Shelf Registration Statement or delay or suspend the effectiveness thereof, for a reasonable period of time, but not in excess of an aggregate of 90 days in any calendar year (a
“Deferral Period”), if the Board of Directors of the Company determines reasonably and in good faith that the filing of any such Shelf Registration Statement or the continuing effectiveness thereof would require the disclosure of
non-public material information that, in the reasonable judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, would be detrimental to the Company if so disclosed or would otherwise materially adversely affect a financing, acquisition, disposition,
merger or other material transaction. 
  
 (c) So long as
Securities remain outstanding, the Company shall notify the Trustee within two Business Days after each and every date on which an event occurs in respect of which Additional Interest is required to be paid. Any amounts of Additional Interest due
pursuant to clause (a)(i), (a)(ii) or (a)(iii) of this Section 3 will be payable in cash on the regularly scheduled interest payment dates for such Securities set forth in the Indenture (each, a “Damages Payment Date”), commencing
with the first such date occurring after any such Additional Interest commences to accrue, to Holders to whom regular interest is payable on such Damages Payment Date, with respect to Securities that are Registrable Securities, and to Persons that
are registered Holders on the applicable record date prior to a Damages Payment Date with respect to Underlying Shares that are Registrable Securities, provided that any Additional Interest accrued with respect to any Securities or portion
thereof redeemed by the Company on a redemption date or converted into Underlying Shares on a conversion date prior to the Damages Payment Date, shall, in any such event, be paid instead to the Holder who submitted such Securities or portion thereof
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the case may be, on such date (or promptly following the conversion date, in the case of conversion). The amount of Additional Interest for Registrable
Securities will be determined by multiplying the applicable rate of Additional Interest by the Amount of Registrable Securities outstanding on the Damages Payment Date following such Registration Default in the case of the first such payment of
Additional Interest with respect to a Registration Default (and thereafter at the next succeeding Damages Payment Date until the cure of such Registration Default), multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days such
Additional Interest rate was applicable during such period (determined on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months and, in the case of a partial month, the actual number of days elapsed), and the denominator of which is 360. No
Additional Interest shall accrue on any Registrable Securities that are then covered by an effective Shelf Registration Statement 
  

	 	4.	Registration Procedures. 

  
 In connection with the filing of any Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2 hereof, the Company shall effect such registration to permit the resale
of the securities covered thereby in accordance with the intended method or methods of disposition thereof, and pursuant thereto and in connection with any Registration Statement filed by the Company hereunder the Company shall: 
  
 (a) Prepare and file with the SEC, on or prior to the Filing Date, a
Registration Statement or Registration Statements as prescribed by Section 2 hereof, and use all reasonable best efforts to cause each such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective as provided herein. 
  
 (b) Use all reasonable best efforts to prepare and file with the SEC such
amendments and post-effective amendments to each Shelf Registration Statement (unless replaced by a Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement), as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective for the Effectiveness
Period; cause the related Prospectus to be supplemented by any prospectus supplement required by applicable law, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 (or any similar provisions then in force) promulgated under the Securities Act;
and comply in all material respects with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act applicable to it with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement as so amended or in such
Prospectus as so supplemented. The Company shall be deemed not to have used its reasonable best efforts to keep a Registration Statement effective during the Effectiveness Period if it voluntarily takes any action that would result in Selling
Holders of the Registrable Securities covered thereby not being able to sell such Registrable Securities during that period unless such action is required by applicable law or unless the Company complies with this Agreement, including without
limitation the provisions of Section 3(b) and Section 4(i) hereof. 
  
 (c) Notify the Selling Holders and Designated Counsel, if any, as promptly as practicable (but in any event within two Business Days), (i) when a Prospectus or any prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with
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Holder may, upon request, obtain, at the sole expense of the Company, one conformed copy of such Registration Statement or post-effective amendment including
financial statements and schedules and, if requested, documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference and exhibits), (ii) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or of
any order preventing or suspending the use of any Prospectus or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, (iii) of the happening of any event, the existence of any condition or any information becoming known that makes any statement made
in such Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in or amendments or supplements to such
Registration Statement, Prospectus or documents so that, in the case of the Registration Statement, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, and that in the case of the Prospectus, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (iv) of the Company’s determination that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement would be appropriate; provided that with respect to clauses
(iii) and (iv) above, such notice shall not be required during a Deferral Period. 
  
 (d) Use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of a Prospectus and, if any such order
is issued, to use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any such order as soon as possible or if any such order or suspension is during any Deferral Period, as soon as possible after such Deferral Period ends, and provide, as
promptly as practicable, notice to the Selling Holders of the withdrawal of any such order. 
  
 (e) Furnish to each Selling Holder and Designated Counsel, if any, at the sole expense of the Company, one conformed copy of the Registration Statement or Registration Statements and each post-effective amendment
thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and, if requested, all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference and all exhibits. 
  
 (f) Deliver during the Effectiveness Period (except during any Deferral Period) to each Selling Holder and Designated
Counsel, if any, upon request and at the sole expense of the Company, as many copies of the Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto and any documents incorporated by reference therein as such Persons may reasonably request; and, subject
to Section 4A(a) and (c) hereof, the Company hereby consents (except during any Deferral Period) to the use of such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the Selling Holders of Registrable Securities and dealers, if any, in
connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto. 
  
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or qualification (or exemption from such registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities or offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky
laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any Selling Holder reasonably requests, use its reasonable best efforts to keep each such registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the period such Registration
Statement is required to be kept effective and do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary or advisable under Blue Sky laws to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by the applicable
Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify generally to do business or as a dealer in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified, (ii) take any action that would subject it to general
service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject. 
  
 (h) Cooperate with the Selling Holders and their respective counsel to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of
certificates representing shares of Registrable Securities to be sold, which certificates shall not bear any restrictive legends and shall be in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company; and enable such shares of Registrable
Securities to be in such denominations (subject to applicable requirements contained in the Indenture) and registered in such names as the Selling Holders may reasonably request. 
  
 (i) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 4(c)(ii), 4(c)(iii) or 4(c)(iv) hereof, as promptly as
practicable prepare and (subject to Section 4(a) hereof) file with the SEC, at the sole expense of the Company, a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the Registrable Securities being sold thereunder, any such Prospectus will not contain an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. 
  
 (j) Prior to the effective date of the first Registration Statement relating
to the Registrable Securities, (i) provide the Trustee with certificates for the Registrable Securities in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company and (ii) provide a CUSIP number for the Registrable Securities. 
  
 (k) During the Effectiveness Period, if requested in connection with a
disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement, make available at reasonable times for inspection by one or more representatives of the Selling Holders, designated in writing by Holders of a majority in Amount of
Registrable Securities to be included in such Registration Statement of such Registrable Securities being sold, and any attorney or accountant retained by any such Selling Holders (collectively, the “Inspectors”), at the offices
where normally kept, during reasonable business hours, at such time or times as shall be mutually convenient for the Company and the Inspectors as a group, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and instruments of the Company
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to enable them to exercise any applicable due diligence responsibilities, and cause the officers, directors and employees of the Company and its subsidiaries
to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Inspector in connection with such Registration Statement; subject to such Inspectors’ entering into reasonably satisfactory confidentiality agreements in form and substance satisfactory
to such Inspector. 
  
 (l) Provide (i) Designated Counsel, if any,
(ii) the sales or placement agent, if any, relating to such Registration Statement, and (iii) one counsel for such agents, reasonable opportunity to participate in the preparation of such Registration Statement, each prospectus included therein or
filed with the SEC, and each amendment or supplement thereto. 
  
 (m) During the Effectiveness Period, comply in all material respects with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and make generally available to its security holders earning statements (which need not be audited) satisfying the
provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder (or any similar rule promulgated under the Securities Act). 
  
 (n) Cause the Indenture to be qualified under the TIA not later than the effective date of the first Registration Statement relating to the Registrable
Securities; in connection therewith, cooperate with the Trustee and, if necessary, the Holders of the Registrable Securities and their respective counsel, to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be required for the Indenture to be so
qualified in accordance with the terms of the TIA; and execute, and use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents as may be required to effect such changes and all other forms and documents required to be filed with
the SEC to enable the Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner. 
  
 (o) Use all reasonable best efforts to cause the Registrable Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be reasonably necessary to
enable the Selling Holder or Holders thereof to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities, except as may be required solely as a consequence of the nature of such selling Holder’s business, in which case the Company will
cooperate in all reasonable respects with the filing of such Registration Statement and the granting of such approvals. 
  
 (p) If requested by Designated Counsel, if any, or the Holders of the majority in Amount of Registrable Securities (i) promptly incorporate in a
prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information as the Designated Counsel, if any, or such Holders reasonably determine is necessary to be included therein and (ii) make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or such
post-effective amendment as soon as reasonably practicable after the Company has received notification of the matters to be incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment. 
  
 (q) Use all reasonable best efforts to take all other steps necessary or
advisable to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement contemplated hereby. 
  

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 4A. Holders’ Obligations (a) Each Holder agrees, by acquisition of the Registrable
Securities, that no Holder shall be entitled to sell any of such Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement or to receive a Prospectus relating thereto, unless such Holder has furnished the Company with a Notice and Questionnaire as
required pursuant to Section 2(d) hereof (including the information required to be included in such Notice and Questionnaire) and the information set forth in the next sentence. Each Selling Holder agrees to promptly furnish to the Company all
information required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously furnished to the Company by such Selling Holder not misleading and any other information regarding such Selling Holder and the distribution of such Registrable
Securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably request. Any sale of any Registrable Securities by any Holder shall constitute a representation and warranty by such Holder that the information relating to such Holder and its plan of
distribution is as set forth in the Prospectus delivered by such Holder in connection with such disposition, that such Prospectus does not as of the time of such sale contain any untrue statement of a material fact relating to or provided by such
Holder or its plan of distribution and that such Prospectus does not as of the time of such sale omit to state any material fact relating to or provided by such Holder or its plan of distribution necessary to make the statements in such Prospectus,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. 
  
 (b) The Company may require each Selling Holder of Registrable Securities as to which any Shelf Registration is being effected to furnish to the Company such additional information regarding such Holder and its plan
of distribution of such Registrable Securities as the Company may, from time to time, reasonably request to the extent necessary or advisable to comply with the Securities Act. The Company may exclude from such Shelf Registration the Registrable
Securities of any Selling Holder if such Holder fails to furnish such additional information within 15 Business Days after receiving such request. Each Selling Holder as to which any Shelf Registration is being effected agrees to furnish promptly to
the Company all information required to be disclosed so that the information previously furnished to the Company by such Holder is not materially misleading and does not omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made. 
  
 (c) Each Holder of Registrable Securities agrees by acquisition of such Registrable Securities that, upon actual receipt of any notice from the Company of
the Company suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof, or upon the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 4(c)(ii), 4(c)(iii) or 4(c)(iv) hereof, such Holder will forthwith
discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement or Prospectus until such Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 4(i) hereof, or until it is
advised in writing by the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any amendments or supplements thereto. Each Holder agrees to keep any such notice confidential. 
  

	 	5.	Registration Expenses. 

  
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(i) all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of compliance with state securities or Blue Sky laws, including,
without limitation, reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel in connection with Blue Sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities and determination of the eligibility of the Registrable Securities for investment under the laws of such
jurisdictions as provided in Section 4(g) hereof), (ii) printing expenses, including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company and of printing
prospectuses if the printing of prospectuses is requested by the Holders of the majority in Amount of Registrable Securities included in any Registration Statement, (iii) reasonable messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Company, (v) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Company desires such insurance, (vi) fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by the Company, (vii) internal expenses of the Company (including, without
limitation, all salaries and expenses of officers and employees of the Company performing legal or accounting duties), (viii) the expense of any annual audit, (ix) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the securities to be
registered on any securities exchange, if applicable, and (x) the expenses relating to printing, word processing and distributing all Registration Statements and any other documents necessary in order to comply with this Agreement. Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, each Holder shall pay all brokerage commissions with respect to any Registrable Securities sold by it and, except as set forth in Section 5(b) below the Company shall not be responsible for the fees and
expenses of any counsel, accountant or advisor for the Holders. 
  
 (b) The Company shall reimburse the Holders of the Registrable Securities being registered in a Shelf Registration for the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements, of Designated Counsel in an amount not to exceed $25,000. 
  

	 	6.	Indemnification and Contribution. 

  
 (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of Registrable Securities, and each Person, if any, who controls such Person or its
affiliates within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each, a “Participant”) against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which any Participant may become subject under the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon: 
  
 (1) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any Registration
Statement (or any amendment thereto) or Prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) or any preliminary prospectus; or 
  
 (2) the omission or alleged omission to state, in any
Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or Prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) or any preliminary prospectus or any other document or any amendment or supplement
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 and will reimburse, as incurred, the Participant for any reasonable legal or other expenses incurred by the Participant
in connection with investigating, defending against or appearing as a third-party witness in connection with any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, the Company will not be liable in any such case to the
extent that any such loss, claim, damage, or liability arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or Prospectus (as
amended or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) or any preliminary prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Participant
furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Participant specifically for use therein; provided further, however, that the Company shall not be liable if such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or
omission was contained or made in any preliminary prospectus and corrected in the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto and the Prospectus does not contain any other untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission of
a material fact that was the subject matter of the related proceeding and any such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense suffered or incurred by the Participants resulted from any action, claim or suit by any Person who purchased Registrable
Securities which are the subject thereof from such Participant and it is established in the related proceeding that such Participant failed to deliver or provide a copy of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) to such Person with or prior to
the confirmation of the sale of such Registrable Securities sold to such Person if required by applicable law, unless such failure to deliver or provide a copy of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) was a result of noncompliance by the
Company with Section 4 of this Agreement. The indemnity provided for in this Section 6 will be in addition to any liability that the Company may otherwise have to the indemnified parties. The Company shall not be liable under this Section 6 for any
settlement of any claim or action effected without its prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. 
  
 (b) Each Participant, severally and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers and each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person may become
subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any
material fact contained in any Registration Statement or Prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto, or any preliminary prospectus, or (ii) the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a material fact 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 reliance upon and in conformity with written information concerning such
Participant, furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Participant, specifically for use therein; and subject to the limitation set forth immediately preceding this clause, will reimburse, as incurred, any reasonable legal or other expenses
incurred by the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person in connection with investigating or defending against or appearing as a third party witness in connection with any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action in respect
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liable under this Section 6 for any settlement of any claim or action effected without their consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. 

 
 (c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 6 of
notice of the commencement of any action for which such indemnified party is entitled to indemnification under this Section 6, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section
7, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof in writing; but the omission to so notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from any liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent such failure results
in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in
paragraphs (a) and (b) above. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent
that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided, however, that if (i) the use of counsel chosen by
the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest, (ii) the defendants in any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall
have been advised by counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party or (iii) the indemnifying party shall not
have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after receipt by the indemnifying party of notice of the institution of such action, then, in each such case, the
indemnifying party shall not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties and such indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel to defend such action on behalf of
such indemnified party or parties. After notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof and approval by such indemnified party of counsel appointed to defend such action, the
indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 6 for any legal or other expenses, other than reasonable costs of investigation, subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense
thereof, unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in accordance with the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that in connection with such action the indemnifying party shall not
be liable for the expenses of more than one separate counsel (in addition to local counsel) in any one action or separate but substantially similar actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances,
designated by Participants who sold a majority in interest of the Registrable Securities sold by all such Participants in the case of paragraph (a) of this Section 6 or the Company in the case of paragraph (b) of this Section 6, representing the
indemnified parties under such paragraph (a) or paragraph (b), as the case may be, who are parties to such action or actions) or (ii) the indemnifying party has authorized in writing the employment of counsel for the indemnified party at the expense
of the indemnifying party. All fees and expenses reimbursed pursuant to this paragraph (c) shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. After such notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party, the indemnifying party will not be liable
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indemnified party waived in writing its rights under this Section 6, in which case the indemnified party may effect such a settlement without such consent.
No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement or compromise of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which such indemnified party is or could have been a party, or
indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement (A) includes an unconditional written release of such indemnified party, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party, from all
liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (B) does not include any statement as to an admission of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of such indemnified party. 
  
 (d) In circumstances in which the indemnity agreement provided for in the
preceding paragraphs of this Section 6 is unavailable to, or insufficient to hold harmless, an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), each indemnifying party, in order to provide
for just and equitable contribution, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect
(i) the relative benefits received by the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by the foregoing clause (i) is not permitted by
applicable law, not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other in connection with the statements or omissions or alleged statements or omissions
that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof). The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and such Participant on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total
proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) of the Securities received by the Company bear to the total net profit received by such Participant in connection with the sale of the Securities. The relative fault of the parties shall be
determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company on the one hand, or the
Participants on the other, the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission or alleged statement or omission, and any other equitable considerations appropriate in
the circumstances. The parties agree that it would not be equitable if the amount of such contribution were determined by pro rata or per capita allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable
considerations referred to in the first sentence of this paragraph (d). Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph (d), no Participant shall be obligated to make contributions hereunder that in the aggregate exceed the total net profit
received by such Participant in connection with the sale of the Securities, less the aggregate amount of any damages that such Participant has otherwise been required to pay by reason of the untrue or alleged untrue statements or the omissions or
alleged omissions to state a material fact, and 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. For purposes of this paragraph (d), each person, if any, who controls a Participant within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the
Participants, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, shall have the same rights to
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	 	7.	Rules 144 and 144A. 

  
 The Company covenants and agrees that it will file the reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations adopted by the SEC thereunder in a timely manner in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and, for so long as any Registrable Securities remain outstanding, if at any time the Company is not required
to file such reports, it will, upon the request of any Holder or beneficial owner of Registrable Securities, make available such information necessary to permit sales pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act. The Company further covenants
that, for so long as any Registrable Securities remain outstanding, it will use all reasonable best efforts to take such further action as any Holder of Registrable Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to
enable such Holder to sell Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by (a) Rule 144 and Rule 144A under the Securities Act, as such rules may be amended from time to time,
or (b) any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC. The Company will provide a copy of this Agreement to prospective purchasers of Registrable Securities identified to the Company by the Initial Purchaser upon request. Upon the
request of any Holder, the Company shall deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 7 shall be deemed to require the Company to register any
of its securities pursuant to the Exchange Act. 
  

	 	8.	Underwritten Registrations. 

  
 No Holder of Registrable Securities may participate in any Underwritten Registration hereunder. 
  

	 	9.	Miscellaneous. 

  
 (a) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company has not, as of the date hereof, and the Company shall not, after the date of this Agreement, enter into
any agreement with respect to any of its securities that conflicts with the rights granted to the Holders of Registrable Securities in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. 
  
 (b) Adjustments Affecting Registrable Securities. The Company shall
not, directly or indirectly, take any action with respect to the Registrable Securities as a class that would adversely affect the ability of the Holders of Registrable Securities to include such Registrable Securities in a registration undertaken
pursuant to this Agreement. 
  
 (c) Amendments and Waivers.
The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, otherwise than with the prior written consent of the Company and the Holders of not
less than the majority in Amount of Registrable Securities; provided, however, that Section 6 and this Section 9(c) may not be amended, modified or supplemented without the prior written consent of the Company and each Holder
(including, in the case of an amendment, modification or supplement of Section 6, any Person who was a Holder of Registrable Securities disposed of pursuant to any Registration Statement). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart
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the rights of Holders of Registrable Securities whose securities are being sold pursuant to a Registration Statement and that does not directly or indirectly
affect, impair, limit or compromise the rights of other Holders of Registrable Securities may be given by Holders of at least a majority in Amount of Registrable Securities being sold by such Holders pursuant to such Registration Statement.

  
 (d) Notices. All notices and other communications
(including, without limitation, any notices or other communications to the Trustee) provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, registered first-class mail, next-day air courier or facsimile: 
  
 (i)     if to a Holder of the
Registrable Securities, at the most current address of such Holder, as the case may be, set forth on the records of the registrar under the Indenture, with a copy in like manner to the Initial Purchaser as follows: 
  
 Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. 
 31 West 52nd Street 
 New York, New York 10019 
 Facsimile No.: (212) 797-4869 
 Attention: Corporate Finance Department 
  
 with a copy to: 
  
 Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP 
 80 Pine Street 
 New York, New York 10005 
 Facsimile No.: (212) 269-5420 
 Attention: John A. Tripodoro, Esq. 
  
 (ii)    if to the Initial Purchaser, at the address specified in Section 10(d)(i); 
  
 (iii)   if to the Company, at the address as
follows: 
  
 Exide Technologies 
 Office of the General Counsel 
 13000 Deerfield Parkway 
 Building 200 
 Alpharetta, Georgia 30004 
 Facsimile No.: (609) 512-3071 
 Attention: Stuart Kupinsky 
  

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 with a copy to: 
  
 Kirkland & Ellis LLP 
 Aon Center 
 200 E. Randolph Dr. 
 Chicago, Illinois 60601 
 Facsimile No.: (312) 861-2200 
 Attention: Carter W. Emerson, P.C. 
  
 All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: when delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; one Business Day after being
timely delivered to a next-day air courier; and upon written confirmation, if sent by facsimile. 
  
 Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee at the address
and in the manner specified in such Indenture. 
  
 (e)
Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties hereto, the Holders; provided, however, that this Agreement shall not inure to the
benefit of or be binding upon a successor or assign of a Holder unless and to the extent such successor or assign holds Registrable Securities. Nothing herein shall be deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of Registrable
Securities in violation of the terms of the Purchase Agreement or the Indenture. 
  
 (f) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, including via facsimile, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be
an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. 
  
 (g) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof. 
  
 (h) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK, AS APPLIED TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF ANY OTHER LAW. 
  
 (i) Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of
this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way
be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their best efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or
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have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void
or unenforceable. 
  
 (j) Securities Held by the Company or Its
Affiliates. Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities is required hereunder, Registrable Securities held by the Company or its affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the
Securities Act) shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage. 
  
 (k) Third-Party Beneficiaries. Holders of Registrable Securities are intended third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement, and this Agreement may
be enforced by such Persons. 
  
 (l) Entire Agreement. This
Agreement, together with the Purchase Agreement and the Indenture, is intended by the parties as a final and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein and therein
and any and all prior oral or written agreements, representations, or warranties, contracts, understandings, correspondence, conversations and memoranda between the Initial Purchaser on the one hand and the Company on the other, or between or among
any agents, representatives, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, predecessors in interest or successors in interest with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof are merged herein and replaced hereby. 
  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above. 
  

					
	EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES
		
	By:	 	 
	 	 	 Name:
	 	 
	 	 	 Title:
	 	 

  

  

					
	The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed
and accepted as of the date first above written.
	
	 DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.

		
	 By:
	 	 
	 	 	 Name:
	 	 
	 	 	 Title:
	 	 

					
		
	 By:
	 	 
	 	 	 Name:
	 	 
	 	 	 Title:
	 	 
	
	 CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON LLC

		
	 By:
	 	 
	 	 	 Name:
	 	 
	 	 	 Title:
	 	 

  

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