CCRT » Topics » Liquidated Damages

This excerpt taken from the CCRT 8-K filed Nov 28, 2005.
Liquidated Damages”) with respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities from and including the day following the Registration Default to but

 

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excluding the earlier of (1) the day on which the Registration Default has been cured and (2) the date the Shelf Registration Statement is no longer required to be kept effective, accruing at a rate:

 

(A)                                   in respect of the Notes, to each holder of the Notes, (x) with respect to the first 90-day period during which a Registration Default shall have occurred and be continuing, equal to 0.25% per annum of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, and (y) with respect to the period commencing on the 91st day following the day the Registration Default shall have occurred and be continuing, equal to 0.50% per annum of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes; provided, that in no event shall Liquidated Damages accrue at a rate per year exceeding 0.50% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes; and

 

(B)                                     in respect of the Notes that are Transfer Restricted Securities submitted for conversion into Common Stock during the existence of a Registration Default, the holder will not be entitled to receive any Liquidated Damages with respect to such Common Stock but will receive from the Company on the settlement date with respect to such conversion, accrued and unpaid Liquidated Damages to the holders of such Notes calculated in accordance with paragraph (A) to the Conversion Date (as defined in the Indenture) relating to such settlement date.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Liquidated Damages will not be payable with respect to a Registration Default relating solely to a failure to register the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes.

 

(b)                       All accrued Liquidated Damages shall be paid in arrears to Record Holders by the Company on each Liquidated Damages Payment Date.  Upon the cure of all Registration Defaults relating to any particular Note or share of Common Stock, the accrual of Liquidated Damages with respect to such Note or share of Common Stock will cease.

 

All obligations of the Company set forth in this Section 3 that are outstanding with respect to any Transfer Restricted Security at the time such security ceases to be a Transfer Restricted Security shall survive until such time as all such obligations with respect to such Transfer Restricted Security shall have been satisfied in full.

 

The Liquidated Damages set forth above shall be the exclusive monetary remedy available to the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities for each Registration Default.

 

4.                                       Registration Procedures.

 

(a)                                  In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall comply with all the provisions of Section 4(b) hereof and shall use its reasonable best efforts to effect such registration to permit the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities, and pursuant thereto, shall as expeditiously as possible (but no later than the Shelf Filing

 

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Deadline) prepare and file with the Commission a Shelf Registration Statement relating to the registration on any appropriate form under the Securities Act.

 

(b)                                 In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement and any Prospectus required by this Agreement to permit the sale or resale of Transfer Restricted Securities, the Company shall:

 

(i)                                     Subject to any notice by the Company in accordance with this Section 4(b) of the existence of any fact or event of the kind described in Section 4(b)(iv)(D), use its reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective during the Effectiveness Period; upon the occurrence of any event that would cause the Shelf Registration Statement or the Prospectus contained therein (A) to contain a material misstatement or omission or (B) not to be effective and usable for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities during the Effectiveness Period, the Company shall file promptly an appropriate amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement, a supplement to the Prospectus or a report filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, in the case of clause (A), correcting any such misstatement or omission, and, in the case of either clause (A) or (B), use its reasonable best efforts to cause such amendment to be declared effective and the Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus to become usable for their intended purposes as soon as practicable thereafter;

 

(ii)                                  Notwithstanding Section 4(b)(i) hereof, the Company may suspend the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement (each such period, a “

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