Exhibit T3C
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ROADHOUSE GRILL, INC.,
as Issuer,
and
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee
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INDENTURE
Dated as of ________, 2002
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$[_________] of 5% Unsecured Notes due 2007
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
TIA Indenture
Section Section
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310(a)(1)............................................................................ 7.10
(a)(2)......................................................................... 7.10
(a)(3)......................................................................... N.A.
(a)(4)......................................................................... N.A.
(a)(5)......................................................................... 7.10
(b)............................................................................ 7.08; 7.10; 10.02
(c)............................................................................ N.A.
311(a)............................................................................... 7.11
(b)............................................................................ 7.11
(c)............................................................................ N.A.
312(a)............................................................................... 2.05
(b)............................................................................ 10.03
(c)............................................................................ 10.03
313(a)............................................................................... 7.06
(b)(1)......................................................................... N.A.
(b)(2)......................................................................... 7.06
(c)............................................................................ 7.06; 10.02
(d)............................................................................ 7.06
314(a)............................................................................... 4.06; 4.08; 10.02
(b)............................................................................ N.A.
(c)(1)......................................................................... 10.04
(c)(2)......................................................................... 10.04
(c)(3)......................................................................... N.A.
(d)............................................................................ N.A.
(e)............................................................................ 10.05
(f)............................................................................ N.A.
315(a)............................................................................... 7.01(b)
(b)............................................................................ 7.05; 10.02
(c)............................................................................ 7.01(a)
(d)............................................................................ 7.01(c)
(e)............................................................................ 6.11
316(a)(last sentence)................................................................ 2.09
(a)(1)(A)...................................................................... 6.05
(a)(1)(B)...................................................................... 6.04
(a)(2)......................................................................... N.A.
(b)............................................................................ 6.07
(c)............................................................................ 9.04
317(a)(1)............................................................................ 6.08
(a)(2)......................................................................... 6.09
(b)............................................................................ 2.04
318(a)............................................................................... 10.01
(c)............................................................................ 10.01
N.A. means Not Applicable.
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Note: This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be
part of this Indenture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE......................................................1
SECTION 1.01. Definitions....................................................................1
SECTION 1.02. Incorporation by Reference of TIA..............................................9
SECTION 1.03. Rules of Construction.........................................................10
ARTICLE TWO THE NOTES......................................................................................10
SECTION 2.01. Form and Dating...............................................................10
SECTION 2.02. Execution and Authentication; Aggregate Principal Amount......................11
SECTION 2.03. Registrar and Paying Agent....................................................12
SECTION 2.04. Paying Agent To Hold Assets in Trust..........................................13
SECTION 2.05. Holder Lists..................................................................13
SECTION 2.06. Transfer and Exchange.........................................................13
SECTION 2.07. Replacement Notes.............................................................14
SECTION 2.08. Outstanding Notes.............................................................14
SECTION 2.09. Treasury Notes................................................................14
SECTION 2.10. Temporary Notes...............................................................15
SECTION 2.11. Cancellation..................................................................15
SECTION 2.12. Defaulted Interest............................................................15
SECTION 2.13. CUSIP Numbers.................................................................16
SECTION 2.14. Deposit of Monies.............................................................16
ARTICLE THREE REDEMPTION...................................................................................17
SECTION 3.01. Notices to Trustee............................................................17
SECTION 3.02. Selection of Notes To Be Redeemed.............................................17
SECTION 3.03. Mandatory Redemption..........................................................17
SECTION 3.04. Notice of Redemption..........................................................18
SECTION 3.05. Effect of Notice of Redemption................................................19
SECTION 3.06. Deposit of Redemption Price...................................................19
SECTION 3.07. Notes Redeemed in Part........................................................20
ARTICLE FOUR COVENANTS.....................................................................................20
SECTION 4.01. Payment of Notes..............................................................20
SECTION 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency...............................................20
SECTION 4.03. Corporate Existence...........................................................20
SECTION 4.04. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.............................................21
SECTION 4.05. Maintenance of Properties and Insurance.......................................21
SECTION 4.06. Compliance Certificate; Notice of Default.....................................22
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SECTION 4.07. Compliance with Laws..........................................................22
SECTION 4.08. Reports to Holders............................................................23
SECTION 4.09. DTC Eligibility...............................................................23
ARTICLE FIVE SUCCESSOR CORPORATION.........................................................................23
SECTION 5.01. Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets......................................23
SECTION 5.02. Successor Corporation Substituted.............................................24
ARTICLE SIX REMEDIES.......................................................................................25
SECTION 6.01. Events of Default.............................................................25
SECTION 6.02. Acceleration..................................................................26
SECTION 6.03. Other Remedies................................................................26
SECTION 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults.......................................................27
SECTION 6.05. Control by Majority...........................................................27
SECTION 6.06. Limitation on Suits...........................................................27
SECTION 6.07. Right of Holders To Receive Payment...........................................28
SECTION 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee....................................................28
SECTION 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim..............................................28
SECTION 6.10. Priorities....................................................................29
SECTION 6.11. Undertaking for Costs.........................................................29
ARTICLE SEVEN TRUSTEE......................................................................................29
SECTION 7.01. Duties of Trustee.............................................................29
SECTION 7.02. Rights of Trustee.............................................................31
SECTION 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee..................................................32
SECTION 7.04. Trustee's Disclaimer..........................................................32
SECTION 7.05. Notice of Default.............................................................32
SECTION 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders.................................................32
SECTION 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity....................................................33
SECTION 7.08. Replacement of Trustee........................................................34
SECTION 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc..............................................35
SECTION 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification.................................................35
SECTION 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.............................35
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ARTICLE EIGHT DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE...........................................................35
SECTION 8.01. Termination of Company's Obligations..........................................35
SECTION 8.02. Application of Trust Money....................................................38
SECTION 8.03. Repayment to the Company......................................................38
SECTION 8.04. Reinstatement.................................................................39
SECTION 8.05. Acknowledgment of Discharge by Trustee........................................39
ARTICLE NINE MODIFICATION OF THE INDENTURE.................................................................39
SECTION 9.01. Without Consent of Holders....................................................39
SECTION 9.02. With Consent of Holders.......................................................40
SECTION 9.03. Compliance with TIA...........................................................41
SECTION 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents.............................................41
SECTION 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Notes..............................................42
SECTION 9.06. Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc...............................................42
ARTICLE TEN MISCELLANEOUS..................................................................................42
SECTION 10.01. TIA Controls..................................................................42
SECTION 10.02. Notices.......................................................................42
SECTION 10.03. Communications by Holders with Other Holders..................................44
SECTION 10.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent............................44
SECTION 10.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.................................44
SECTION 10.06. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar.....................................45
SECTION 10.07. Legal Holidays................................................................45
SECTION 10.08. Governing Law.................................................................45
SECTION 10.09. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.................................45
SECTION 10.10. No Personal Liability.........................................................45
SECTION 10.11. Successors....................................................................45
SECTION 10.12. Duplicate Originals...........................................................46
SECTION 10.13. Severability..................................................................46
SECTION 10.14. Independence of Covenants.....................................................46
Exhibit A -- Form of Initial Note A-1
Note: This Table of Contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of
this Indenture.
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INDENTURE, dated as of ________, 2002, between ROADHOUSE
GRILL, INC., a Florida corporation (the "Company"), and STATE STREET BANK AND
TRUST COMPANY, a Massachusetts trust company, as Trustee (the "Trustee").
The Company has duly authorized the creation of an issue of 5%
Unsecured Notes due 2007 and, to provide therefor, the Company has duly
authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture. All things necessary to
make the Notes (as defined), when duly issued and executed by the Company and
authenticated and delivered hereunder, the valid and binding obligations of the
Company and to make this Indenture a valid and binding agreement of the Company,
have been done.
Each party hereto agrees as follows for the benefit of the
other parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the
Company's 5% Unsecured Notes due 2007:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01. DEFINITIONS.
"ACQUIRED INDEBTEDNESS" means Indebtedness of a Person or any
of its Subsidiaries existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company or at the time it merges or consolidates with the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or is assumed in connection with the
acquisition of assets from such Person and in each case not incurred by such
Person in connection with, or in anticipation or in contemplation of, such
Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or such acquisition,
merger or consolidation.
"AFFILIATE" means, with respect to any specified Person, any
other Person who directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries
controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified
Person. The term "control" means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the
power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a
Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings
correlative of the foregoing.
"AGENT" means any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-Registrar.
"AUTHENTICATING AGENT" has the meaning set forth in Section
2.02.
"BANKRUPTCY LAW" means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar
Federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.
"BOARD OF DIRECTORS" means, as to any Person, the board of
directors of such Person or any duly authorized committee thereof.
"BOARD RESOLUTION" means, with respect to any Person, a copy
of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such
Person to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of such Person and to
be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to
the Trustee.
"BUSINESS DAY" means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or
any other day on which commercial banking institutions in the City of New York
or the city in which the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee is
located are required or authorized by law or other governmental action to be
closed.
"CAPITALIZED LEASE OBLIGATION" means, as to any Person, the
obligations of such Person under a lease that are required to be classified and
accounted for as capital lease obligations under GAAP and, for purposes of this
definition, the amount of such obligations at any date shall be the capitalized
amount of such obligations at such date, determined in accordance with GAAP.
"CAPITAL STOCK" means (i) with respect to any Person that is a
corporation, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents
(however designated and whether or not voting) of corporate stock, including
each class of Common Stock and Preferred Stock of such Person, and (ii) with
respect to any Person that is not a corporation, any and all partnership,
membership or other equity interests of such Person.
"CASH EQUIVALENTS" means (i) marketable direct obligations
issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States Government or
issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the
United States, in each case maturing within one year from the date of
acquisition thereof; (ii) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of
the United States of America or any political subdivision of any such state or
any public instrumentality thereof maturing within one year from the date of
acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having one of the two
highest ratings obtainable from either S&P or ▇▇▇▇▇'▇; (iii) commercial paper
maturing no more than one year from the date of creation thereof and, at the
time of acquisition, having a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1
from ▇▇▇▇▇'▇; (iv) certificates of deposit or bankers' acceptances maturing
within one year from the date of acquisition thereof issued by any bank
organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or
the District of Columbia or any U.S. branch of a foreign bank having at the date
of acquisition thereof combined capital and surplus of not less than
$100,000,000 and a ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ or ▇▇▇▇▇ Bank Watch Rating of "B" or better; (v)
repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying
securities of the types described in clause (i) above entered into with any bank
meeting the qualifications specified in clause (iv) above; and (vi) investments
in money market funds which invest substantially all their assets in securities
of the types described in clauses (i) through (v) above.
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"COMMISSION" means the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission.
"COMMON STOCK" of any Person means any and all shares,
interests or other participations in, and other equivalents (however designated
and whether voting or non-voting) of such Person's common stock, whether
outstanding on the Effective Date or issued after the Effective Date, and
includes, without limitation, all series and classes of such common stock.
"COMPANY" means Roadhouse Grill, Inc., a Florida corporation.
"CONSOLIDATED NET WORTH" of any Person means the consolidated
stockholders' equity of such Person, determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP, less (without duplication) amounts attributable to
Disqualified Capital Stock of such Person.
"CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE" means the office of the Trustee at
which at any particular time its corporate trust business, including the trusts
embodied in this Indenture, shall be administered, which office at the date of
execution of this Indenture is located at ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Square, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, except that with respect to presentation of
Notes for payment or for registration of transfer or exchange, such term shall
mean any office or agency of the Trustee at which, at any particular time, its
corporate agency business shall be conducted.
"COVENANT DEFEASANCE" has the meaning set forth in Section
8.01.
"CURRENCY AGREEMENT" means any foreign exchange contract,
currency swap agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to
protect the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company against
fluctuations in currency values.
"CUSTODIAN" means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator,
sequestrator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
"DEFAULT" means an event or condition the occurrence of which
is, or with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event
of Default.
"DEFAULT INTEREST" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.12.
"DEFAULT INTEREST PAYMENT DATE" has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.12.
"DEPOSITORY" means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees
and successors.
"DISCLOSURE STATEMENT" means the Second Amended and Restated
Disclosure Statement in Support of Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization, As
Modified Under Chapter 11, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Code Filed by Roadhouse
Grill, Inc., dated June 12, 2002, relating to certain matters including the
issuance of the Notes.
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"DISQUALIFIED CAPITAL STOCK" means that portion of any Capital
Stock which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is
convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any
event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund
obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the sole option of the holder
thereof on or prior to the final maturity date of the Notes.
"DOLLARS" and "$" means U.S. Legal Tender.
"EFFECTIVE DATE" means June ___, 2002.
"EVENT OF DEFAULT" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01.
"EXCESS CASH FLOW" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.03.
"EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or any successor statute or statutes thereto.
"FAIR MARKET VALUE" means, with respect to any asset or
property, the price which could be negotiated in an arm's-length, free market
transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing and able buyer,
neither of whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the
transaction. Unless the TIA otherwise requires, fair market value shall be
determined by the Board of Directors of the Company acting reasonably and in
good faith and shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution of the Board of
Directors of the Company delivered to the Trustee.
"FINOVA SECURED NOTE" means the secured note, due 2010, issued
by the Company to Finova Capital Corporation pursuant to the Plan.
"FISCAL YEAR" means the fiscal year of the Company, ended on
or about April 25th of each year.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles set
forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other
statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of
the accounting profession of the United States, which are in effect as of the
Effective Date and consistently applied.
"GRANT" means mortgage, pledge, bargain, sell, warrant,
alienate, remise, release, convey, assign, transfer, create, and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇
upon and a security interest in and right of set-off against, deposit, set over
and confirm pursuant to this Indenture. A Grant of any property hereunder shall
include all rights, powers and options (but none of the obligations) of the
Granting party thereunder or with respect thereto, including the immediate and
continuing right to claim for, collect, receive and give receipt for principal
and interest payments in respect of such property and all other moneys payable
thereunder, to give and
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receive notices and other communications, to make waivers or other agreements,
to exercise all rights and options, to bring suits in equity, action of law or
other judicial or administrative proceedings in the name of the Granting party
or otherwise and generally to do and receive anything that the Granting party is
or may be entitled to do or receive thereunder or with respect thereto.
"GUARANTEE" means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of
negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business),
direct or indirect, in any manner (including, without limitation, letters of
credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of
any Indebtedness.
"HOLDER" means the Person, in its capacity as a holder of a
Note, in whose name a Note is registered on the Registrar's books.
"INDEBTEDNESS" means with respect to any Person, without
duplication, (i) all Obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (ii) all
Obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other
similar instruments, (iii) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person,
(iv) all Obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase
price of property, all conditional sale obligations and all Obligations under
any title retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable and other
accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business that are not
overdue by 90 days or more or are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted), (v) all Obligations
for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit (other than a
letter of credit relating to a trade account payable that is not considered
Indebtedness pursuant to clause (iv) above), banker's acceptance or similar
credit transaction, (vi) guarantees and other contingent obligations in respect
of Indebtedness referred to in clauses (i) through (v) above and clause (viii)
below, (vii) all Obligations of any other Person of the type referred to in
clauses (i) through (vi) which are secured by any lien on any property or asset
of such Person, the amount of such Obligation being deemed to be the lesser of
the fair market value of such property or asset or the amount of the Obligation
so secured, (viii) all net Obligations of such Person under Currency Agreements
and Interest Swap Obligations, (ix) all Disqualified Capital Stock issued by
such Person with the amount of Indebtedness represented by such Disqualified
Capital Stock being equal to the greater of its voluntary or involuntary
liquidation preference and its maximum fixed repurchase price, but excluding
accrued dividends, if any. For purposes hereof, the "maximum fixed repurchase
price" of any Disqualified Capital Stock which does not have a fixed repurchase
price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified
Capital Stock as if such Disqualified Capital Stock were purchased on any date
on which Indebtedness shall be required to be determined pursuant to this
Indenture, and if such price is based upon, or measured by, the fair market
value of such Disqualified Capital Stock, such fair market value shall be
determined reasonably and in good faith by the Board of Directors of the issuer
of such Disqualified Capital Stock.
"INDENTURE" means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented
from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
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"INTEREST" when used with respect to any Note means the amount
of all interest accruing on such Note, including any applicable Default Interest
pursuant to Section 2.12.
"INTEREST PAYMENT DATE" means the stated maturity of an
installment of interest on the Notes.
"INTEREST SWAP OBLIGATIONS" means, with respect to any Person,
the Obligations of such Person under (i) interest rate swap agreements, interest
rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements, and (ii) other
agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations
in interest rates.
"INTERNAL REVENUE CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended to the date hereof and from time to time hereafter.
"ISSUANCE" means the issuance of the Notes on the Effective
Date.
"LEGAL DEFEASANCE" has the meaning set forth in Section 8.01.
"LEGAL HOLIDAY" has the meaning set forth in Section 10.07.
"LIEN" means any lien, mortgage, deed of trust, pledge,
security interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional
sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof and any
agreement to give any security interest).
"MATURITY DATE" means _______ __, 2010.
"MOODY'S" means ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Service, Inc. and its
successors.
"NOTES" means the Unsecured Notes, issued on the Effective
Date, as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms
of this Indenture, that are issued pursuant to this Indenture.
"OBLIGATIONS" means all obligations for principal, interest,
penalties, fees, indemnification, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities
payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.
"OFFICER" means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of
the Board of Directors, any Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief
Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Chief Financial
Officer, the Treasurer, the Controller, or the Secretary of such Person, or any
other officer designated by the Board of Directors serving in a similar
capacity.
"OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE" means, with respect to any Person, a
certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Vice
President, the Chief Financial
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Officer or any Treasurer of such Person that shall comply with applicable
provisions of this Indenture.
"OPINION OF COUNSEL" means a written opinion, in form and
substance reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, from legal counsel who is
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee complying with the requirements of Sections
10.04 and 10.05, as they relate to the giving of an Opinion of Counsel, and
delivered to the Trustee.
"PAYING AGENT" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03.
"PERSON" means an individual, partnership, corporation,
unincorporated organization, limited liability company, trust or joint venture,
or a governmental agency or political subdivision thereof.
"PHYSICAL NOTES" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01.
"PLAN" means the Second Amended and Restated Chapter 11 Plan
of Reorganization As Modified Under Chapter 11, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Code,
filed by Roadhouse Grill, Inc.
"PLAN OF LIQUIDATION" means, with respect to any Person, a
plan (including by operation of law) that provides for, contemplates or the
effectuation of which is preceded or accompanied by (whether or not
substantially contemporaneously) (a) the sale, lease, conveyance or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of such Person otherwise
than as an entirety or substantially as an entirety and (b) the distribution of
all or substantially all of the proceeds of such sale, lease, conveyance or
other disposition and all or substantially all of the remaining assets of such
Person to holders of Capital Stock of such Person.
"PREFERRED STOCK" of any Person means any Capital Stock of
such Person that has preferential rights to any other Capital Stock of such
Person with respect to dividends or redemptions or upon liquidation.
"PRINCIPAL" of any Indebtedness (including the Notes) means
the principal amount of such Indebtedness.
"PRO FORMA" means, with respect to any calculation made or
required to be made pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, a calculation in
accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act, as
determined by the Board of Directors of the Company in consultation with its
independent public accountants.
"RATABLE SHARE" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03.
"RECORD DATE" means the Record Date specified in the Notes.
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"REDEMPTION DATE" when used with respect to any Note to be
fully or partially redeemed, means any August 31st of each Fiscal Year in which
Excess Cash Flow is available pursuant to this Indenture and the Notes.
"REDEMPTION PRICE" when used with respect to any Note to be
redeemed, means the price fixed for such redemption, including principal,
pursuant to this Indenture and the Notes.
"REGISTRAR" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03.
"RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARY" of any Person means any Subsidiary of
such Person which at the time of determination is not an Unrestricted
Subsidiary.
"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of
The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc., and its successors.
"SECURITIES ACT" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
"SECURED NOTES" means the 5% Secured Notes of the Company, due
2010.
"SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARY," with respect to any Person, means
any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person that satisfies the criteria for a
"Significant Subsidiary" set forth in Rule 1.02(w) of Regulation S-X under the
Exchange Act.
"SUBSIDIARY," with respect to any Person, means (i) any
corporation of which the outstanding Capital Stock having at least a majority of
the votes entitled to be cast in the election of directors under ordinary
circumstances shall at the time be owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person
or (ii) any other Person of which at least a majority of the voting interest
under ordinary circumstances is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by
such Person.
"SURVIVING ENTITY" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.01.
"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. ▇▇.▇▇.
77aaa-77bbbb), as amended, as in effect on the date of this Indenture, except as
otherwise provided in Section 9.03.
"TRUST OFFICER" means any officer of the Trustee assigned by
the Trustee to administer this Indenture, or in the case of a successor trustee,
an officer assigned to the department, division or group performing the
corporate trust work of such successor and assigned to administer this
Indenture.
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"TRUSTEE" means the party or parties named as such in this
Indenture until a successor replaces it or them in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means such successor.
"UNRESTRICTED SUBSIDIARY" of any Person means (i) any
Subsidiary of such Person that at the time of determination shall be or continue
to be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors of such
Person in the manner provided below and (ii) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted
Subsidiary. The Board of Directors may designate any Subsidiary (including any
newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary
unless such Subsidiary owns any Capital Stock of, or owns or holds any Lien on
any property of, the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company that is not
a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated; PROVIDED that each
Subsidiary to be so designated and each of its Subsidiaries has not at the time
of designation, and does not thereafter, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee
or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable with respect to any
Indebtedness pursuant to which the lender has recourse to any of the assets of
the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries. The Board of Directors may
designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary only if
immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such designation, no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Any such
designation by the Board of Directors shall be evidenced to the Trustee by
promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the Board Resolution giving effect to
such designation and an Officers' Certificate certifying that such designation
complied with the foregoing provisions.
"UNSECURED NOTES" means the 5% Unsecured Notes of the Company,
due 2007 and issued pursuant to this Indenture.
"U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS" mean direct obligations of, and
obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America for the payment of which
the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged.
"U.S. LEGAL TENDER" means such coin or currency of the United
States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the
payment of public and private debts.
"WORKING CAPITAL" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.03.
SECTION 1.02. INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF TIA.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, such
provision is incorporated by reference in, and made a part of, this Indenture.
The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
"indenture securities" means the Notes.
"indenture security holder" means a Holder.
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"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture.
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the
Trustee.
"obligor" on the Indenture securities means the Company or any
other obligor on the Notes.
All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by
the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by Commission
rule and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them
therein.
SECTION 1.03. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning
assigned to it in accordance with GAAP as of any date of determination;
(3) "or" is not exclusive;
(4) words in the singular include the plural, and words in the
plural include the singular;
(5) "herein," "hereof" and other words of similar import refer
to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section
or other subdivision; and
(6) any reference to a statute, law or regulation means that
statute, law or regulation as amended and in effect from time to time
and includes any successor statute, law or regulation; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that any reference to the Bankruptcy Law shall mean the
Bankruptcy Law as applicable to the relevant case.
ARTICLE TWO
THE NOTES
SECTION 2.01. FORM AND DATING.
The Notes and the Trustee's certificate of authentication
relating thereto shall be substantially in the form of EXHIBIT A. The Notes may
have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or
depository rule or usage. The Company and the Trustee shall approve the form of
the Notes and any notation, legend or endorsement on them. If required, the
Notes may bear the appropriate legend regarding any
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original issue discount for federal income tax purposes. Each Note shall be
dated the date of its issuance and shall show the date of its authentication.
The terms and provisions contained in the Note, annexed hereto
as EXHIBIT A, shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this
Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by their
execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and
provisions and to be bound thereby.
Notes shall be issued in the form of permanent certificated
Notes in definitive registered form in substantially the form set forth in
EXHIBIT A (the "Physical Notes"). The aggregate principal amount of each Note
may from time to time be decreased as a result of prepayments of principal
pursuant to Section 3.03 by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee.
SECTION 2.02. EXECUTION AND AUTHENTICATION; AGGREGATE
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT.
Two Officers, or an Officer and an Assistant Secretary, shall
sign, or one Officer or an Assistant Secretary (each of whom shall, in each
case, have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate actions) shall attest
to, the Notes for the Company by manual or facsimile signature.
If an Officer or Assistant Secretary whose signature is on a
Note was an Officer or Assistant Secretary at the time of such execution but no
longer holds that office or position at the time the Trustee authenticates the
Note, the Note shall nevertheless be valid.
A Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the
Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Note. The
signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated
under this Indenture.
The Trustee shall authenticate Notes for original issue in the
aggregate principal amount not to exceed $___________ upon a written order of
the Company in the form of an Officers' Certificate of the Company. Each such
written order shall specify the amount of Notes to be authenticated and the date
on which the Notes are to be authenticated and such other information as the
Trustee may reasonably request. The aggregate principal amount of Notes
outstanding at any time may not exceed $___________, except as provided in
Sections 2.07 and 2.08.
In the event that the Company shall issue and the Trustee
shall authenticate any Notes issued under this Indenture subsequent to the
Effective Date pursuant to the first sentence of the immediately preceding
paragraph, the Company shall use its reasonable efforts to obtain the same
"CUSIP" number for such Notes as is printed on the Notes outstanding at such
time; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if any series of Notes issued under this Indenture
subsequent to the Effective Date is determined, pursuant to an Opinion of
Counsel of the Company in a form satisfactory to the Trustee to be a different
class of security than the Notes
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outstanding at such time for federal income tax purposes, the Company may obtain
a "CUSIP" number for such Notes that is different than the "CUSIP" number
printed on the Notes then outstanding.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, all Notes issued under this
Indenture shall vote and consent together on all matters (as to which any of
such Notes may vote or consent) as one class and no series of Notes will have
the right to vote or consent as a separate class on any matter.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent (the
"Authenticating Agent") reasonably acceptable to the Company to authenticate
Notes. Unless otherwise provided in the appointment, an Authenticating Agent may
authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this
Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such
Authenticating Agent. An Authenticating Agent has the same rights as an Agent to
deal with the Company or with any Affiliate of the Company.
The Notes shall be issued without coupons and in any
denomination.
SECTION 2.03. REGISTRAR AND PAYING AGENT.
The Company shall maintain an office or agency (which shall be
located in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York, State of New York)
where (a) Notes may be presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or
for exchange ("Registrar"), (b) Notes may be presented or surrendered for
payment ("Paying Agent") and (c) notices and demands to or upon the Company in
respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Company hereby
initially designates the office of State Street Bank and Trust Company N.A., ▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attn: Corporate Trust Division,
as its office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York. The
Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange.
The Company, upon prior written notice to the Trustee, may have one or more
co-Registrars and one or more additional paying agents acceptable to the
Trustee. The term "Paying Agent" includes any additional Paying Agent. The
Company may act as its own Paying Agent.
The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement
with any Agent not a party to this Indenture, which agreement shall incorporate
the provisions of the TIA and implement the provisions of this Indenture that
relate to such Agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee, in advance, of the
name and address of any such Agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar
or Paying Agent, or fails to give the foregoing notice, the Trustee shall act as
such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation in accordance with
Section 7.07.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar,
Paying Agent and agent for service of demands and notices in connection with the
Notes, until such time as the Trustee has resigned or a successor has been
appointed. Any of the Registrar, the Paying Agent or any other agent may resign
upon 30 days' notice to the Company.
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SECTION 2.04. PAYING AGENT TO HOLD ASSETS IN TRUST.
The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the
Trustee to agree in writing that such Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the
benefit of the Holders or the Trustee all assets held by the Paying Agent for
the payment of principal of or interest on, the Notes (whether such assets have
been distributed to it by the Company or any other obligor on the Notes), and
the Company and the Paying Agent shall notify the Trustee of any Default by the
Company (or any other obligor on the Notes) in making any such payment. The
Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to distribute all assets held by
it to the Trustee and account for any assets disbursed and the Trustee may at
any time during the continuance of any payment Default, upon written request to
a Paying Agent, require such Paying Agent to distribute all assets held by it to
the Trustee and to account for any assets distributed. Upon distribution to the
Trustee of all assets that shall have been delivered by the Company to the
Paying Agent, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for such assets.
SECTION 2.05. HOLDER LISTS.
The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is
reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and
addresses of the Holders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall
furnish or cause the Registrar to furnish to the Trustee five (5) Business Days
before each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee may
request in writing a list as of such date and in such form as the Trustee may
require of the names and addresses of the Holders, which list may be
conclusively relied upon by the Trustee.
SECTION 2.06. TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.
When Notes are presented to the Registrar or a co-Registrar
with a request to register the transfer of such Notes or to exchange such Notes
for an equal principal amount of Notes or other authorized denominations, the
Registrar or co-Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as
requested if its requirements for such transaction are met; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that the Notes presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange
shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and the Registrar or co-Registrar,
duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
To permit registration of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and
the Trustee shall authenticate Notes. No service charge shall be made for any
registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax, fee or similar governmental charge
payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar
governmental charge payable upon exchanges or transfers pursuant to Sections
2.10, 3.07, or 9.05, in which event the Company shall be responsible for the
payment of such taxes).
The Registrar or co-Registrar shall not be required to
register the transfer of or exchange of any Note (i) during a period beginning
at the opening of business 15 days before the mailing of a notice of redemption
of Notes and ending at the close of business on the day
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of such mailing, (ii) selected for redemption in whole or in part pursuant to
Article Three, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part
or (iii) between a Record Date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.
SECTION 2.07. REPLACEMENT NOTES.
If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or if the
Holder of a Note claims that the Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully
taken, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement
Note if the Trustee's requirements are met. If required by the Trustee or the
Company, such Holder must provide satisfactory evidence of such loss,
destruction or taking, and an indemnity bond or other indemnity of reasonable
tenor, sufficient in the reasonable judgment of the Company and the Trustee, to
protect the Company, the Trustee or any Agent from any loss which any of them
may suffer if a Note is replaced. Every replacement Note shall constitute an
obligation of the Company. The Company and the Trustee each may charge such
Holder for its expenses in replacing such Note.
SECTION 2.08. OUTSTANDING NOTES.
Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes that have been
authenticated by the Trustee except those canceled by it, those delivered to it
for cancellation and those described in this Section as not outstanding. Subject
to the provisions of Section 2.09, a Note does not cease to be outstanding
because the Company or any of its Affiliates holds the Note.
If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 (other than a
mutilated Note surrendered for replacement), it ceases to be outstanding unless
the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by
a BONA FIDE purchaser. A mutilated Note ceases to be outstanding upon surrender
of such Note and replacement thereof pursuant to Section 2.07.
If on a Redemption Date or the Maturity Date the Paying Agent
holds U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations sufficient to pay all of
the principal and interest due on the Notes payable on that date and is not
prohibited from paying such money to the Holders thereof pursuant to the terms
of this Indenture, then on and after that date such Notes shall be deemed not to
be outstanding and interest on them shall cease to accrue.
SECTION 2.09. TREASURY NOTES.
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal
amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver, consent or notice,
Notes owned by the Company or an Affiliate of the Company shall be considered as
though they are not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining
whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver
or consent, only Notes which a Trust Officer of the Trustee actually knows are
so owned shall be so considered. The Company shall notify the Trustee, in
writing, when it or, to its knowledge, any of its Affiliates repurchases or
otherwise acquires Notes, of
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the aggregate principal amount of such Notes so repurchased or otherwise
acquired and such other information as the Trustee may request and the Trustee
shall be entitled to rely thereon.
SECTION 2.10. TEMPORARY NOTES.
Until definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may
prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Notes upon receipt of a
written order of the Company in the form of an Officers' Certificate. The
Officers' Certificate shall specify the amount of temporary Notes to be
authenticated and the date on which the temporary Notes are to be authenticated.
Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of definitive Notes but may
have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes and
so indicate in the Officers' Certificate. Without unreasonable delay, the
Company shall prepare and execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, upon
receipt of a written order of the Company pursuant to Section 2.02, definitive
Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.
SECTION 2.11. CANCELLATION.
The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee
any Notes surrendered to them for transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee, or
at the direction of the Trustee, the Registrar or the Paying Agent, and no one
else, shall cancel and, at the written direction of the Company, shall dispose,
in its customary manner, of all Notes surrendered for transfer, exchange,
payment or cancellation. Subject to Section 2.07, the Company may not issue new
Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation. If the Company shall acquire any of the Notes, such acquisition
shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the Indebtedness
represented by such Notes unless and until the same are surrendered to the
Trustee for cancellation pursuant to this Section 2.11.
SECTION 2.12. DEFAULTED INTEREST.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue installments of
principal and interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods), to the
extent lawful, from time to time on demand at the rate then borne by the Notes
plus 2%; PROVIDED, that interest and principal payments paid into an escrow
account for the benefit of Persons entitled to receive distributions of Notes
under Section 9.04 of the Plan shall not be deemed overdue and shall not accrue
Default Interest. Interest will be computed 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.
If the Company defaults in a payment of principal and interest
on the Notes, it shall pay the defaulted amounts, plus (to the extent lawful)
any interest payable on the defaulted amounts (collectively, "Default
Interest"), to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date,
which special record date shall be the fifteenth day next preceding the date
fixed by the Company for the payment of Default Interest or the next succeeding
Business Day if such date is not a Business Day. The Company shall notify the
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Trustee in writing of the amount of Default Interest proposed to be paid on each
Note and the date of the proposed payment (a "Default Interest Payment Date"),
and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of
money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such
Default Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such
deposit on or prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when
deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such
Default Interest as provided in this Section; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in no
event shall the Company deposit monies proposed to be paid in respect of Default
Interest later than 11:00 a.m. New York City time of the proposed Default
Interest Payment Date. At least 15 days before the subsequent special record
date, the Company shall mail (or cause to be mailed) to each Holder, as of a
recent date selected by the Company, with a copy to the Trustee, a notice that
states the subsequent special record date, the payment date and the amount of
Default Interest to be paid. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Default Interest
which is paid prior to the expiration of the 30-day period set forth in Section
6.01(a) shall be paid to Holders as of the regular record date for the Interest
Payment Date for which interest has not been paid. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Company may make payment of any Default Interest in any other
lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange
on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by
such exchange.
SECTION 2.13. CUSIP NUMBERS.
The Company in issuing the Notes may use one or more "CUSIP"
numbers, and, if so, the Trustee shall use the CUSIP numbers in notices of
redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no
representation is hereby deemed to be made by the Trustee as to the correctness
or accuracy of the CUSIP number printed in the notice or on the Notes, and that
reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the
Notes. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP
numbers.
SECTION 2.14. DEPOSIT OF MONIES.
Prior to 11:00 a.m. New York City time on each Interest
Payment Date, Maturity Date or Redemption Date, the Company shall have deposited
with the Paying Agent in immediately available funds money sufficient to make
cash payments, if any, due on such Interest Payment Date, Maturity Date or
Redemption Date, as the case may be, in a timely manner which permits the Paying
Agent to remit payment to the Holders on such Interest Payment Date, Maturity
Date or Redemption Date, as the case may be.
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ARTICLE THREE
REDEMPTION
SECTION 3.01. NOTICES TO TRUSTEE.
If the company redeems all or any portion of the Notes
pursuant to Paragraph 2 of the Notes and Section 3.03, it shall notify the
Trustee and the Paying Agent in writing at least eight days before any
Redemption Date (unless a shorter notice period shall be satisfactory to the
Trustee, as evidenced in a writing signed on behalf of the Trustee) that a
payment shall be made, and such notice shall provide the principal amount of the
Notes to be redeemed. The notice shall be delivered together with an Officers'
Certificate stating that such redemption shall comply with the conditions
contained herein. If the Trustee does not receive such a notice, it may assume,
without further inquiry, that no redemption pursuant to Section 3.03 shall be
made for such Redemption Date.
SECTION 3.02. SELECTION OF NOTES TO BE REDEEMED.
In the event that less than all of the Notes are to be
redeemed at any time, selection of such Notes for redemption will be made by the
Trustee in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities
exchange, if any, on which such Notes are listed or, if such Notes are not then
listed on a national securities exchange, on a pro rata basis (subject to DTC
procedures), unless such method is otherwise prohibited. The remaining aggregate
principal amount of each Note shall thereafter be reflected on the records of
the Trustee as provided by Section 2.01. On and after the redemption date,
interest will cease to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption
as long as the Company has deposited with the Paying Agent funds in satisfaction
of the applicable redemption price pursuant to this Indenture.
SECTION 3.03. MANDATORY REDEMPTION.
The Notes shall be redeemed, in whole or in part, on each
Redemption Date on which Excess Cash Flow for the preceding Fiscal Year equals
or exceeds $100,000, by payment of such Holder's Ratable Share of Excess Cash
Flow in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.06, to those Persons that
are registered Holders at the close of business on the 15th day immediately
preceding each Redemption Date. "Ratable Share" of Excess Cash Flow shall be
calculated by multiplying the amount of Excess Cash Flow available for payment
by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be (x) the outstanding principal
amount of the Note held by such Holder and the denominator of which shall be (y)
the sum of the outstanding principal amounts on the Finova Secured Note, the
Secured Notes and the Unsecured Notes as of the end of the Fiscal Year with
respect to which the Excess Cash Flow calculation is made. If positive Excess
Cash Flow for a Fiscal Year is less than $100,000, it shall be carried over to
succeeding Fiscal Years until such time as cumulative undistributed Excess Cash
Flow exceeds $100,000, whereupon it shall be included in the mandatory
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redemption payment required on the applicable Redemption Date. "Excess Cash
Flow" shall mean, without duplication, with respect to any Fiscal Year of the
Company, sixty percent (60%) of the following: net income PLUS (a) depreciation,
amortization and interest expense to the extent deducted in determining net
income, PLUS (b) net decreases or MINUS net increases (as the case may be) in
Working Capital, MINUS (c) capital expenditures during such Fiscal Year
(excluding the financed portion thereof), MINUS (d) interest expense paid or
accrued and principal payments paid or payable in respect of indebtedness for
borrowed money or otherwise under the Plan, PLUS or MINUS (as the case may be)
(e) non-recurring gains or losses which are cash items not included in the
calculation of net income, MINUS (f) any mandatory prepayment paid in cash, plus
(g) taxes deducted in determining net income to the extent not paid for in cash,
MINUS (h) cash payments in connection with the Plan the expenses for which were
accrued in a Fiscal Year prior to Fiscal Year 2003. "Working Capital" shall mean
current assets minus current liabilities as those terms are construed in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The independent
certified public accountant of the Company will determine and certify to the
Trustee as to the amount of Excess Cash Flow, including the aggregate amount
available for the redemption of the Notes hereunder, and such determination
shall be binding on the Company and the Holders.
If, after any Redemption Date, it is determined, by audit or
otherwise, to record adjustments to the Company's financial statements as of the
related Balance Sheet Date (such adjustments, the "Financial Adjustments"), no
adjustment shall be made to the related calculation of Excess Cash Flow, but the
calculation of Excess Cash Flow next succeeding the recording of such Financial
Adjustments shall be adjusted to give effect to such Financial Adjustments, with
the effect that the dollar amount resulting from the calculation of Excess Cash
Flow related to such Redemption Date PLUS the dollar amount of such succeeding
calculation of Excess Cash Flow shall be equal to the aggregate dollar amount
which would have been calculated if the applicable Financial Adjustments had
been made as of the initial relevant Balance Sheet Date and not as of such
succeeding Balance Sheet Date.
SECTION 3.04. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.
At least five days but not more than ten days before any
Redemption Date the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed a notice of
redemption by first class mail to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at its
registered address, with a copy to the Trustee and any Paying Agent. At the
Company's request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the
Company's name and at the Company's expense. The Company shall provide such
notices of redemption to the Trustee at least three days before the intended
mailing date. In any case, failure to give such notice or any defect in the
notice to the holder of any Note shall not affect the validity of the proceeding
for the redemption of any other Note.
Each notice of redemption shall identify (including the CUSIP
number) the Notes to be redeemed and shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
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(2) the redemption price and the amount of accrued interest,
if any, to be paid;
(3) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making the redemption
payment, interest on Notes or applicable portions thereof called for
redemption ceases to accrue on and after the Redemption Date, and the
only remaining right of the Holders of such Notes is to receive payment
of the redemption price plus accrued interest as of the Redemption
Date, if any; and
(5) if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the
principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and a written statement
showing the remaining principal amount of such Note.
No representation is made as to the accuracy of the CUSIP
numbers listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.
The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1
under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder
to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the
purchase of Notes.
SECTION 3.05. EFFECT OF NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.
Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section
3.04, such notice of redemption shall be irrevocable and Notes called for
redemption become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the redemption
price plus accrued interest as of such date, if any. Upon surrender to the
Trustee or Paying Agent, such Notes called for redemption shall be paid at the
redemption price plus accrued interest thereon to the Redemption Date, but
installments of interest, the maturity of which is on or prior to the Redemption
Date, shall be payable to Holders of record at the close of business on the
relevant record dates referred to in the Notes. Interest shall accrue on or
after the Redemption Date and shall be payable only if the Company defaults in
payment of the redemption price.
SECTION 3.06. DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE.
On or before 11:00 a.m. New York City time on the Redemption
Date and in accordance with Section 2.14, the Company shall deposit with the
Paying Agent U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to pay the redemption price plus
accrued interest, if any, of all Notes to be redeemed on that date. The Paying
Agent shall promptly return to the Company any U.S. Legal Tender so deposited
which is not required for that purpose, except with respect to monies owed as
obligations to the Trustee pursuant to Article Seven.
Unless the Company fails to comply with the preceding
paragraph and defaults in the payment of such redemption price plus accrued
interest, if any, interest on the Notes to
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be redeemed will cease to accrue on and after the applicable Redemption Date,
whether or not such Notes are presented for payment.
SECTION 3.07. NOTES REDEEMED IN PART.
Upon any surrender, for transfer, exchange or otherwise, of a
Note that has been redeemed in part, the Trustee shall authenticate for the
Holder a new Note or Notes of equal face amount to the Note or Notes surrendered
to be delivered with a written statement showing the aggregate principal amount
of such Notes or Notes that remains due and owing pursuant to the terms thereof.
ARTICLE FOUR
COVENANTS
SECTION 4.01. PAYMENT OF NOTES.
(a) The Company shall pay the principal of, Default Interest,
if any, and interest on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the
Notes and in this Indenture.
(b) An installment of principal of or interest on the Notes
shall be considered paid on the date it is due if the Trustee or Paying Agent
(other than the Company or any of its Affiliates) holds, prior to 11:00 a.m. New
York City time on that date, U.S. Legal Tender designated for and sufficient to
pay the installment in full and is not prohibited from paying such money to the
Holders pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or the Notes.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Indenture, the Company may, to the extent it is required to do so by law, deduct
or withhold income or other similar taxes imposed by the United States of
America from principal or interest payments hereunder.
SECTION 4.02. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY.
The Company shall maintain the office or agency required under
Section 2.03. The Company shall give prior written notice to the Trustee of the
location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any
time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or
shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the address of the
Trustee set forth in Section 10.02.
SECTION 4.03. CORPORATE EXISTENCE.
Except as provided in Article Five, the Company shall do or
shall cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force
and effect its corporate existence
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and the corporate, partnership or other existence of each of its Restricted
Subsidiaries in accordance with the respective organizational documents of the
Company and each such Restricted Subsidiary and the rights (charter and
statutory) and material franchises of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries.
SECTION 4.04. PAYMENT OF TAXES AND OTHER CLAIMS.
The Company shall pay or discharge or cause to be paid or
discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, (i) all material taxes,
assessments and governmental charges (including withholding taxes and any
penalties, interest and additions to taxes) levied or imposed upon the Company
or any of the Subsidiaries or properties of the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries and (ii) all material lawful claims for labor, materials and
supplies that, if unpaid, might by law become a Lien upon the property of the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company shall
not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such
tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is
being contested in good faith by appropriate negotiations or proceedings
properly instituted and diligently conducted for which adequate reserves, to the
extent required under GAAP, have been taken.
SECTION 4.05. MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES AND INSURANCE.
(a) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries shall cause all
material properties owned by or leased to it and used or useful in the conduct
of its business to be maintained and kept in normal condition, repair and
working order and supplied with all necessary equipment and shall cause to be
made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements
thereof, all as in the judgment of the Company or such Subsidiary may be
necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be
properly and advantageously conducted at all times; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
nothing in this Section shall prevent the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
from discontinuing the use, operation or maintenance of any of such properties,
or disposing of any of them, if such discontinuance or disposal is, in the
judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company or of the Board of Directors
of the Subsidiary concerned, or of an officer (or other agent employed by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries) of the Company or such Subsidiary having
managerial responsibility for any such property, desirable in the conduct of the
business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(b) The Company and the Subsidiaries shall cause to be
provided insurance (including appropriate self-insurance) against loss or damage
of the kinds that, in the good faith judgment of the respective Boards of
Directors or other governing body or officer or other agent of the Company or
such Subsidiaries, as the case may be, are adequate and appropriate for the
conduct of the business of the Company or such Subsidiaries, as the case may be,
with reputable insurers or with the government of the United States of America
or an agency or instrumentality thereof, in such amounts, with such deductibles,
and by such methods as shall be customary, in the good faith judgment of the
respective Boards of
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Directors or other governing body or officer or other agent of the Company or
such Subsidiary, as the case may be, for companies similarly situated in the
industry.
SECTION 4.06. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE; NOTICE OF DEFAULT.
(a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days
after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Company, an Officers' Certificate
(signed by the principal executive officer, principal financial officer and/or
principal accounting officer) stating that a review of its activities and the
activities of its Restricted Subsidiaries during the preceding Fiscal Year has
been made under the supervision of the signing officers with a view to
determining whether it has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its
obligations under this Indenture and further stating, as to each such officer
signing such certificate, that to the best of such officers' knowledge the
Company during such preceding Fiscal Year has kept, observed, performed and
fulfilled each and every such obligation and no Default or Event of Default
occurred during such year and at the date of such certificate there is no
Default or Event of Default that has occurred and is continuing or, if such
signers do know of such Default or Event of Default, the certificate shall
describe the Default or Event of Default and its status with particularity. The
Officers' Certificate shall also notify the Trustee if the Company elects to
change the manner in which it fixes its Fiscal Year end.
(b) The annual financial statements delivered pursuant to
Section 4.08 shall be accompanied by a written report of the Company's
independent certified public accountants (who shall be a firm of established
national reputation) stating (A) that their audit examination has included a
review of the terms of this Indenture and the form of the Notes as they relate
to accounting matters, and (B) whether, in connection with their audit
examination, any Default or Event of Default has come to their attention and if
such a Default or Event of Default has come to their attention, specifying the
nature and period of existence thereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, without any
restriction as to the scope of the audit examination, such independent certified
public accountants shall not be liable by reason of any failure to obtain
knowledge of any such Default or Event of Default that would not be disclosed in
the course of an audit examination conducted in accordance with generally
accepted auditing standards.
(c) So long as any of the Notes are outstanding (i) if any
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or (ii) if any Holder
seeks to exercise any remedy hereunder with respect to a claimed Default under
this Indenture or the Notes, the Company shall promptly deliver to the Trustee
by registered or certified mail or by telegram, telex or facsimile transmission
followed by hard copy by registered or certified mail an Officers' Certificate
specifying such event, notice or other action promptly of its becoming aware of
such occurrence.
SECTION 4.07. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS.
The Company shall comply, and shall cause each of its
Subsidiaries to comply, with all applicable statutes, rules, regulations, orders
and restrictions of the United States of America, all states and municipalities
thereof and of any governmental department,
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commission, board, regulatory authority, bureau, agency and instrumentality of
the foregoing, in respect of the conduct of their respective businesses and the
ownership of their respective properties, except for such noncompliances as
could not singly or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on the financial condition, business or results of operations of
the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
SECTION 4.08. REPORTS TO HOLDERS.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 15 days after
the filing of the same with the Commission, copies of the quarterly and annual
reports and of the information, documents and other reports, if any, which the
Company is required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act. Notwithstanding that the Company may not be subject to the
reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company
shall file with the Commission, to the extent permitted, and provide the Trustee
and Holders with such annual reports and such information, documents and other
reports specified in Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The Company
shall also comply with the other provisions of TIA ss. 314(a).
SECTION 4.09. DTC ELIGIBILITY.
The Company shall use its reasonable efforts to cause the
Notes, or a portion thereof, to be registered for book-entry with the Depository
Trust Company, its nominee or successors ("DTC") as soon as is practicable but
in any event within 30 days from the Effective Date. The Trustee shall act as
custodian for DTC with respect to the Notes.
ARTICLE FIVE
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
SECTION 5.01. MERGER, CONSOLIDATION AND SALE OF ASSETS.
(a) The Company shall not, in a single transaction or series
of related transactions, consolidate or merge with or into any Person, or sell,
assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of (or cause or permit any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or
otherwise dispose of) all or substantially all of the Company's assets
(determined on a consolidated basis for the Company and the Company's Restricted
Subsidiaries) whether as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any
Person unless: (i) either (1) the Company shall be the surviving or continuing
corporation or (2) the Person (if other than the Company) formed by such
consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires
by sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition the
properties and assets of the Company and of the Company's Restricted
Subsidiaries substantially as an entirety (the "Surviving Entity") (x) shall be
a corporation organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States
or any State thereof or the District of Columbia and (y) shall expressly assume,
by supplemental indenture (in form and
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substance satisfactory to the Trustee), executed and delivered to the Trustee,
the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on all of the
Notes and the performance of every covenant of the Notes and this Indenture on
the part of the Company to be performed or observed; (ii) immediately after
giving effect to such transaction and the assumption contemplated by clause
(i)(2)(y) above (including giving effect to any Indebtedness and Acquired
Indebtedness incurred or anticipated to be incurred in connection with or in
respect of such transaction), the Company or such Surviving Entity, as the case
may be, shall have a Consolidated Net Worth equal to or greater than the
Consolidated Net Worth of the Company immediately prior to such transaction and;
(iii) immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such transaction
and the assumption contemplated by clause (i)(2)(y) above (including, without
limitation, giving effect to any Indebtedness and Acquired Indebtedness incurred
or anticipated to be incurred and any Lien granted in connection with or in
respect of the transaction), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred
or be continuing; and (iv) the Company or the Surviving Entity shall have
delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel,
each stating that such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, lease,
conveyance or other disposition and, if a supplemental indenture is required in
connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with the
applicable provisions of this Indenture and that all conditions precedent in
this Indenture relating to such transaction have been satisfied. Notwithstanding
the foregoing clauses (ii) and (iii), (a) any Restricted Subsidiary may
consolidate with, merge into or transfer all or part of its properties and
assets to the Company or to another Restricted Subsidiary and (b) the Company
may merge with or transfer all of its properties and assets to an Affiliate
incorporated or formed solely for the purpose of either reincorporating or
reforming the Company in another State of the United States so long as the
amount of Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries is not
increased thereby.
(b) For purposes of this Section 5.01, the transfer of all or
substantially all of the properties or assets of one or more Restricted
Subsidiaries of the Company the Capital Stock of which constitutes all or
substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company, shall be deemed
to be the transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of
the Company.
SECTION 5.02. SUCCESSOR CORPORATION SUBSTITUTED.
Upon any consolidation, combination or merger or any transfer
of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in accordance with
Section 5.01, in which the Company is not the continuing corporation, the
successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is
merged or to which such conveyance, lease or transfer is made shall succeed to,
and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company
under this Indenture and the Notes with the same effect as if such surviving
entity had been named as such.
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ARTICLE SIX
REMEDIES
SECTION 6.01. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
An "Event of Default" means any of the following events:
(a) the failure to pay interest on any Notes when the same
becomes due and payable and the default continues for a period of 30 days;
(b) the failure to pay the principal on any Notes when such
principal becomes due and payable at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise, and
the default continues for a period of 30 days (including the failure to make a
redemption pursuant to Section 3.03);
(c) a default in the observance or performance of any other
covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture which default continues for a
period of 30 days after the Company receives written notice specifying the
default (and demanding that such default be remedied) from the Trustee or the
Holders of at least 25% of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes (except
in the case of a default with respect to Section 5.01, which shall constitute an
Event of Default with such notice requirement but without such passage of time
requirement);
(d) except for any events arising from or relating to the Plan
or the bankruptcy proceeding giving rise to the Plan, the Company or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries pursuant to or under or within the meaning of any
Bankruptcy Law:
(i) commences a voluntary case or proceeding;
(ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it
in an involuntary case or proceeding;
(iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for
all or substantially all of its property;
(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its
creditors; or
(v) shall generally not pay its debts when such debts become
due or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally;
or
(e) except for any orders or decrees arising from or relating
to the Plan or the bankruptcy proceeding giving rise to the Plan, a court of
competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
(i) is for relief against the Company or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries in an involuntary case or proceeding,
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(ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries for all or substantially all of their
properties taken as a whole, or
(iii) orders the liquidation of the Company or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries,
and in each case the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days.
SECTION 6.02. ACCELERATION.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default
specified in Section 6.01 (d) or (e) relating to the Company) shall occur and be
continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of
outstanding Notes may declare the principal of and accrued interest on all the
Notes to be due and payable by notice in writing to the Company and the Trustee
specifying the respective Event of Default and that it is a declaration of
acceleration, and the same shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event
of Default specified in Section 6.01 (d) or (e) with respect to the Company
occurs and is continuing, then all unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid
interest on all of the outstanding Notes shall IPSO FACTO become and be
immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of
the Trustee or any Holder.
At any time after a declaration of acceleration with respect
to the Notes as described in the preceding paragraph, the Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the Notes may rescind and cancel such declaration and its
consequences (a) if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or
decree, (b) if all existing Events of Default have been cured or waived except
nonpayment of principal or interest that has become due solely because of the
acceleration, (c) to the extent the payment of such interest is lawful, interest
on overdue installments of interest and overdue principal, which has become due
otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, has been paid, (d) if the
Company has paid the Trustee its reasonable compensation and reimbursed the
Trustee for its expenses, disbursements and advances and (e) in the event of the
cure or waiver of an Event of Default of the type described in Section 6.01, the
Trustee shall have received an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel
that such Event of Default has been cured or waived. No such rescission shall
affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
SECTION 6.03. OTHER REMEDIES.
(a) If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the
Trustee may pursue any available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to
collect the payment of the principal of or interest on the Notes or to enforce
the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.
(b) All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or
the Notes may be enforced by the Trustee even if it does not possess any of the
Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by
the Trustee or any Holder in exercising
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any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right
or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No
remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative
to the extent permitted by law.
SECTION 6.04. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS.
Prior to the acceleration of the Notes, the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by notice
to the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes, waive any
existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under this Indenture,
except a Default or Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a) or (b) or in
respect of any provision hereof which cannot be modified or amended without the
consent of the Holder so affected pursuant to Section 9.02. When a Default or
Event of Default is so waived, it shall be deemed cured and shall cease to
exist. This Section 6.04 shall be in lieu of ss. 316(a)(1)(B) of the TIA and
such ss. 316(a)(1)(B) of the TIA is hereby expressly excluded from this
Indenture and the Notes, as permitted by the TIA.
SECTION 6.05. CONTROL BY MAJORITY.
Holders of the Notes may not enforce this Indenture or the
Notes except as provided in this Article Six and under the TIA. The Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes have the
right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any
remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on
the Trustee, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Trustee may refuse to follow any
direction (a) that conflicts with any rule of law or this Indenture, (b) that
the Trustee, in its sole discretion, determines may be unduly prejudicial to the
rights of another Holder (it being understood that the Trustee shall have no
duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or forebearances are unduly
prejudicial to such Holders), or (c) that may expose the Trustee to personal
liability for which adequate indemnity provided to the Trustee against such
liability is not reasonably assured to it; PROVIDED, FURTHER, that the Trustee
may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent
with such direction or this Indenture. This Section 6.05 shall be in lieu of ss.
316(a)(1)(A) of the TIA, and such ss. 316(a)(1)(A) of the TIA is hereby
expressly excluded from this Indenture and the Notes, as permitted by the TIA.
SECTION 6.06. LIMITATION ON SUITS.
No Holder of any Notes shall have any right to institute any
proceeding with respect to this Indenture or the Notes or any remedy hereunder,
unless the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Notes have made written request, and offered reasonable indemnity,
to the Trustee to institute such proceeding as Trustee under the Notes and this
Indenture, the Trustee has failed to institute such proceeding within 30 days
after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity and the Trustee,
within such 30-day period, has not received directions inconsistent with such
written request by Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Notes.
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The foregoing limitations shall not apply to a suit instituted
by a Holder of a Note for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or
interest on such Note on or after the respective due dates expressed or provided
for in such Note.
A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of
any other Holders or to obtain priority or preference over such other Holders.
SECTION 6.07. RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PAYMENT.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the
right of any Holder of a Note to receive payment of the principal of and
interest on such Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed or
provided for in such Note, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such
payment on or after the respective due dates, is absolute and unconditional and
shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of the Holder.
SECTION 6.08. COLLECTION SUIT BY TRUSTEE.
If an Event of Default specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of
Section 6.01 occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its
own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company, or any other
obligor on the Notes for the whole amount of the principal of and accrued
interest remaining unpaid, together with interest on overdue principal and
interest on overdue installments of interest, to the extent lawful, in each case
at the rate per annum provided for by the Notes and such further amount as shall
be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee,
its agents and counsel and any other amounts due the Trustee pursuant to the
provisions of Section 7.07.
SECTION 6.09. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM.
The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or
documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the
Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents, counsel, accountants and
experts) and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the
Company (or any other obligor upon the Notes), its creditors or its property and
shall be entitled and empowered to collect and receive any monies or other
property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same,
and any Custodian in any such judicial proceedings is hereby authorized by each
Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee
shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to
the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agent and counsel, and any other
amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07. Nothing herein contained shall be
deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on
behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to
authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such
proceeding.
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SECTION 6.10. PRIORITIES.
If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article Six
it shall pay out such money in the following order:
First: to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts
due under Section 7.07, including payment of all compensation, expense
and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the
cost and expenses of collection;
Second: to Holders for payments of interest accrued on the
Notes, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according
to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal and interest;
Third: to Holders for any principal amounts owing under the
Notes, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according
to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for the principal; and
Fourth: the balance, if any, to the Company.
The Trustee, upon prior written notice to the Company, may fix
a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this
Section 6.10.
SECTION 6.11. UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under
this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or
omitted by it as Trustee, a court may in its discretion require the filing by
any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit,
and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due
regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party
litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to any suit by the Trustee, any suit
by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07 or a suit by a Holder or Holders of more
than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes.
ARTICLE SEVEN
TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.01. DUTIES OF TRUSTEE.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise thereof as a
prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
his own affairs.
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(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(1) The Trustee need perform only those duties as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture and no covenants or
obligations shall be implied in this Indenture that are
adverse to the Trustee.
(2) The Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the
statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed
therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the
Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture.
However, in the case of any such certificates or opinions that
by any provision hereof are specifically required to be
furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine the
certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they
conform to the requirements of this Indenture, but need not
verify the contents thereof.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained,
the Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its
own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(1) This paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b)
of this Section 7.01.
(2) The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment
made in good faith by a Trust Officer, unless it is proved
that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent
facts.
(3) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action
it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a
direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.02, 6.04 or
6.05.
(d) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee
to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in
the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its
rights or powers if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that
repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is
not reasonably assured to it.
(e) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates
to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), and (f) of this
Section 7.01 and Section 7.02.
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money
or assets received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the
Company. Assets held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other
assets except to the extent required by law.
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SECTION 7.02. RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.
Subject to Section 7.01:
(a) The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in
acting or refraining from acting upon any document believed by it to be
genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The
Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may
consult with counsel of its selection and may require an Officers'
Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel, which shall conform to Sections
10.04 and 10.05. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it
takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers'
Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with counsel
and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall
be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in
respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in
good faith and in reliance thereon.
(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and
shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent
appointed with due care.
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action that it
takes or omits to take in good faith which it reasonably believes to be
authorized or within its rights or powers.
(e) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation
into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, notice, request, direction, consent,
order, bond, debenture or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in
its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into
such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall
determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be
entitled, upon reasonable notice to the Company, to examine the books,
records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney
and to consult with the officers and representatives of the Company,
including the Company's accountants and attorneys.
(f) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any
of its rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request,
order or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to the provisions of
this Indenture, unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee
reasonable indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs,
expenses and liabilities which may be incurred by it in compliance with
such request, order or direction.
(g) The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or
surety in respect of the performance of its powers and duties
hereunder.
(h) Delivery of reports, information and documents to the
Trustee under Section 4.08 is for informational purposes only and the
Trustee's receipt of the foregoing shall not constitute constructive
notice of any information contained therein or determinable from
information contained therein, including the Company's
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compliance with any of their covenants hereunder (as to which the
Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers' Certificates).
SECTION 7.03. INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become
the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company, or any of
its Subsidiaries, or their respective Affiliates with the same rights it would
have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights.
However, the Trustee must comply with Sections 7.10 and 7.11.
SECTION 7.04. TRUSTEE'S DISCLAIMER.
The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or
adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, and it shall not be accountable for the
Company's use of the proceeds from the Notes, it shall not be responsible for
the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the
Trustee, and it shall not be responsible for any statement of the Company in
this Indenture or the Notes other than the Trustee's certificate of
authentication.
SECTION 7.05. NOTICE OF DEFAULT.
If a Default or an Event of Default occurs and is continuing
and if it is known to a Trust Officer, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder
notice of the uncured Default or Event of Default within 90 days after obtaining
knowledge thereof. Except in the case of a Default or an Event of Default in
payment of principal of, or interest on, any Note, including an accelerated
payment and a Default in compliance with Article Five hereof, the Trustee may
withhold the notice if and so long as its Board of Directors, the executive
committee of its Board of Directors or a committee of its directors and/or Trust
Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interest
of the Holders. The foregoing sentence of this Section 7.05 shall be in lieu of
the proviso to ss. 315(b) of the TIA and such proviso to ss. 315(b) of the TIA
is hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture and the Notes, as permitted by
the TIA.
SECTION 7.06. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE TO HOLDERS.
Within 60 days after May 15 of each year beginning with 2003,
the Trustee shall, to the extent that any of the events described in TIA ss.
313(a) occurred within the previous twelve months, but not otherwise, mail to
each Holder a brief report dated as of such date that complies with TIA ss.
313(a). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA ▇▇.▇▇. 313(b), (c) and (d).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Holders
shall be mailed to the Company and filed with the Commission and each stock
exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed.
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The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee if the Notes
become listed on any stock exchange and the Trustee shall comply with TIA ss.
313(d).
SECTION 7.07. COMPENSATION AND INDEMNITY.
The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such
compensation for its services as has been agreed to in writing by the Company
and the Trustee. The Trustee's compensation shall not be limited by any law on
compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the
Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made
by it in connection with the performance of its duties under this Indenture.
Such expenses shall include the reasonable fees and expenses of the Trustee's
agents, counsel, accountants and experts.
The Company shall indemnify each of the Trustee (or any
predecessor Trustee) and its agents, employees, stockholders, Affiliates and
directors and officers for, and hold them each harmless against, any and all
loss, liability, damage, claim or expense (including reasonable fees and
expenses of counsel), including taxes (other than taxes based on the income of
the Trustee) incurred by them except for such actions to the extent caused by
any negligence or willful misconduct on their part, arising out of or in
connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust including the
reasonable costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim or
liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of their rights,
powers or duties hereunder. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any
claim asserted against the Trustee for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by
the Trustee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of its
Obligations hereunder except to the extent such failure shall have prejudiced
the Company. The Company shall have the right upon written notice to the
Trustee, to assume, at its own expense, the defense of such claim, including the
employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that any settlement of a claim shall be approved in writing by the Trustee if
such settlement would result in an admission of liability by the Trustee or if
such settlement would not be accompanied by a full release of the Trustee for
all liability arising out of the events giving rise to such claim. If, however,
the Company declines or fails to assume the defense, or to employee counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, in either case in a timely manner, then
the Trustee may employ separate counsel of its own choosing and the Company
shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel.
To secure the Company's payment obligations in this Section
7.07, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Notes on all assets or money
held or collected by the Trustee, in its capacity as Trustee.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an
Event of Default specified in Section 6.01 (d) or (e) occurs, such expenses and
the compensation for such services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
The provisions of this Section 7.07 shall survive the
termination of this Indenture.
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SECTION 7.08. REPLACEMENT OF TRUSTEE.
The Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the
Company. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes
may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee with the Company's
consent, by so notifying the Company and the Trustee. The Company may remove the
Trustee if:
(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;
(2) the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;
(3) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the
Trustee or its property; or
(4) the Trustee becomes incapable of performing its
obligations under this Indenture.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in
the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall notify each Holder of
such event and shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after
the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the outstanding Notes may appoint a successor Trustee to
replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Immediately after that,
the retiring Trustee shall transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the
successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided in Section 7.07, the resignation
or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor
Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this
Indenture. The Company shall mail notice of such successor Trustee's appointment
to each Holder.
If a successor Trustee does not take office within 30 days
after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the
Company or the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Trustee.
If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, any Holder
may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee
and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
Notwithstanding any resignation or replacement of the Trustee
pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Company's obligations under Section 7.07
shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
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SECTION 7.09. SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE BY MERGER, ETC.
If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or
transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another
corporation, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without any
further act shall, if such resulting, surviving or transferee corporation is
otherwise eligible hereunder, be the successor Trustee; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article
Seven.
SECTION 7.10. ELIGIBILITY; DISQUALIFICATION.
This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the
requirement of TIA ▇▇.▇▇. 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee (or, in the case
of a Trustee that is a subsidiary of another bank or a corporation included in a
bank holding company system, the related bank or bank holding company) shall
have a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000 as set forth in its
most recent published annual report of condition, and have (or one of its
Affiliates shall have) a corporate trust office in the City of New York. In
addition, if the Trustee is a subsidiary of another bank or a corporation
included in a bank holding company system, the Trustee, independently of such
bank or bank holding company, shall meet the capital requirements of TIA ss.
310(a)(2). The Trustee shall comply with TIA ss. 310(b); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA ss. 310(b)(1) any indenture or
indentures under which other securities, or certificates of interest or
participation in other securities, of the Company are outstanding, if the
requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA ss. 310(b)(1) are met. The
provisions of TIA ss. 310 shall apply to the Company, as obligor of the Notes.
SECTION 7.11. PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST
COMPANY.
The Trustee shall comply with TIA ss. 311(a), excluding any
creditor relationship listed in TIA ss. 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or
been removed shall be subject to TIA ss. 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.
ARTICLE EIGHT
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE
SECTION 8.01. TERMINATION OF COMPANY'S OBLIGATIONS.
This Indenture shall be discharged and shall cease to be of
further effect (except as to surviving rights or registration of transfer or
exchange of the Notes, as expressly provided for in this Indenture) as to all
outstanding Notes when (a) either (i) all Notes, theretofore authenticated and
delivered (except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes which have been replaced or
paid and Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in
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trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to
the Company or discharged from such trust) have been delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation or (ii) all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation have become due and payable and the Company has irrevocably
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee funds in an amount
sufficient to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Notes not
theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal of and
interest on the Notes to the date of deposit together with irrevocable
instructions from the Company directing the Trustee to apply such funds to the
payment thereof at maturity or redemption, as the case may be; (b) the Company
has paid all other sums payable under this Indenture by the Company; and (c) the
Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel stating that all conditions precedent under this Indenture relating to
the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such counsel may rely, as to matters of fact, on an
Officers' Certificate of the Company.
The Company may, at its option and at any time, elect to have
its obligations discharged with respect to the outstanding Notes ("Legal
Defeasance"). Such Legal Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to
have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the outstanding
Notes and Holders and any amounts deposited under this Section 8.01 except for
(a) the rights of Holders to receive payments in respect of the principal of and
interest on the Notes when such payments are due, (b) the Company's obligations
with respect to the Notes concerning issuing temporary Notes, registration of
Notes, mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and the maintenance of an
office or agency for payments, (c) the rights, powers, trust, duties and
immunities of the Trustee and the Company's obligations in connection therewith
and (d) the Legal Defeasance provisions of this Section 8.01. Without limiting
the foregoing, Legal Defeasance shall discharge the obligations of the Company
to make mandatory redemptions of Notes with Excess Cash Flow pursuant to Section
3.03. In addition, the Company may, at its option and at any time, elect to have
the obligations of the Company released with respect to covenants contained in
Sections 4.04, 4.05, 4.08 and 4.09 and Article Five ("Covenant Defeasance"), and
thereafter any omission to comply with such obligations shall not constitute a
Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes. In the event of Covenant
Defeasance, those events described under Section 6.01(c) shall no longer
constitute an Event of Default with respect to the Notes.
In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance:
(a) the Company must irrevocably deposit with the
Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders cash in
United States dollars, non-callable U.S. Government
Obligations, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as
shall be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized
firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal
of and interest on the Notes on the stated date for payment
thereof or on the applicable Redemption Date, as the case may
be;
(b) in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Company
shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in
the United States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee (which
may be counsel to the Company) confirming
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that (i) the Company has received from, or there has been
published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (ii)
since the date of this Indenture, there has been a change in
the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the
effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall
confirm that, the Holders shall not recognize income, gain or
loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal
Defeasance and shall be subject to U.S. federal income tax on
the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as
would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not
occurred;
(c) in the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Company
shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in
the United States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee (which
may be counsel to the Company) confirming that the Holders
shall not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income
tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and shall
be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the
same manner and at the same times as would have been the case
if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;
(d) no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other
than a Default or Event of Default with respect to the
Indenture resulting from the incurrence of Indebtedness, all
or a portion of which will be used to defease the Notes
concurrently with such incurrence) or insofar as Events of
Default under Section 6.01(d) or (e) from bankruptcy or
insolvency events are concerned, at any time in the period
ending on the 91st day after the date of deposit;
(e) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a
default under this Indenture or any other material agreement
or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
is bound;
(f) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee
an Officers' Certificate stating that the deposit was not made
by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders over
any other creditors of the Company or with the intent of
defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other
creditors of the Company or others;
(g) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee
an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each
stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating
to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance, as the
case may be, have been complied with; and
(h) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee
an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that after the 91st day
following the deposit, the trust
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funds shall not be subject to the effect of any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws
affecting creditors' rights generally.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Opinion of Counsel required
by clause (b) with respect to Legal Defeasance need not be delivered if all the
Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (i) have become
due and payable, (ii) shall become due and payable on the maturity date within
one year or (iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption
by such Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company.
SECTION 8.02. APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY.
The Trustee or Paying Agent shall hold in trust U.S. Legal
Tender or U.S. Government Obligations deposited with it pursuant to Section
8.01, and shall apply the deposited U.S. Legal Tender and the money from U.S.
Government Obligations in accordance with this Indenture to the payment of the
principal of and interest on the Notes. The Trustee shall be under no obligation
to invest said U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations except that,
upon request of the Company, the Trustee shall invest said U.S. Legal Tender in
U.S. Government Obligations.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any
tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the Legal Tender or U.S.
Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 8.01 or the principal and
interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other
charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of outstanding Notes.
SECTION 8.03. REPAYMENT TO THE COMPANY.
Subject to Sections 7.07 and 8.01, the Trustee and the Paying
Agent shall promptly pay to the Company upon request any excess U.S. Legal
Tender or U.S. Government Obligations held by them at any time and thereupon
shall be relieved from all liability with respect to such money. The Trustee and
the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon request any money held by them
for the payment of principal or interest that remains unclaimed for one year
after the due date for payment of such principal or interest; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that the Company shall, if requested by the Trustee or Paying Agent, give to the
Trustee or Paying Agent, indemnification reasonably satisfactory to it against
any and all liability which may be incurred by it by reason of such paying;
PROVIDED, FURTHER, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required
to make any payment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published
once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of New York or mail to
each Holder entitled to such money notice that such money remains unclaimed and
that after a date specified therein which shall be at least 30 days from the
date of such publication or mailing any unclaimed balance of such money then
remaining shall be repaid to the Company. After payment to the Company, Holders
entitled to such money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors
unless an applicable law
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designates another Person, and all liability of the Trustee and such Paying
Agent with respect to such money shall cease.
SECTION 8.04. REINSTATEMENT.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any U.S.
Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 8.01 by
reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any
court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting
such application, the Company's obligations under this Indenture and the Notes
shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to
Section 8.01 until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to
apply all such U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance
with Section 8.01; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the Company has made any payment
of interest on or principal of any Notes because of the reinstatement of its
obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of
such Notes to receive such payment from the U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government
Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
SECTION 8.05. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF DISCHARGE BY TRUSTEE.
After (i) the conditions of Section 8.01 have been satisfied,
(ii) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder
by the Company and (iii) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent referred to in clause (i) above relating to the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture have been complied with, the Trustee upon request
shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of the Company's obligations under
this Indenture except for those surviving obligations specified in Section 8.01,
PROVIDED the legal counsel delivering such Opinion of Counsel may rely as to
matters of fact on one or more Officers' Certificates of the Company.
ARTICLE NINE
MODIFICATION OF THE INDENTURE
SECTION 9.01. WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
Subject to the provisions of Section 9.02, the Company and the
Trustee may amend, waive or supplement this Indenture without notice to or
consent of any Holder: (a) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency; (b)
to comply with Section 5.01 of this Indenture; (c) to provide for uncertificated
Notes in addition to certificated Notes; (d) to comply with any requirements of
the Commission in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this
Indenture under the TIA; or (e) to make any change that would provide any
additional benefit or rights to the Holders or that does not adversely affect
the rights of any Holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee and the
Company may not make any change pursuant to this Section 9.01 that adversely
affects the rights of any Holder under this
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Indenture without the consent of such Holder. In formulating its determination
on such matters, the Trustee shall be entitled to rely on such evidence as it
deems appropriate, including, without limitation, solely on an Opinion of
Counsel (which may be counsel to the Company) or an Officers' Certificate, and
may not be held liable therefor.
Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a Board
Resolution authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental
Indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section
9.06, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of any amended or
supplemental Indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture
and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations which may be
therein contained, but the Trustee may but shall not be obligated to enter into
such amended or supplemental Indenture which affects its own rights, duties or
immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 9.02. WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
The Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this
Indenture or the Notes or any amended or supplemental Indenture with the written
consent of the Holders of Notes of not less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes then outstanding.
Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a Board
Resolution authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental
Indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the
Trustee of the consent of the Holders of Notes as aforesaid, and upon receipt by
the Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.06, the Trustee shall join
with the Company in the execution of such amended or supplemental Indenture
unless such amended or supplemental Indenture affects the Trustee's own rights,
duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the
Trustee may in its sole discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into
such amended or supplemental Indenture.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of
Notes under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed
amendment or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the
substance thereof.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section
becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders of Notes affected
thereby a notice describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of
the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in
any way impair or affect the validity of any such amended or supplemental
Indenture or waiver. Subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07, the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may waive
compliance in a particular instance by the Company with any provision of this
Indenture or the Notes. However, without the consent of each Holder of the Notes
affected thereby, an amendment or waiver may not, directly or indirectly: (i)
reduce the amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment; (ii)
reduce the rate of or change or have the effect of changing the time for payment
of and interest, including Default Interest, on any Notes;
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(iii) reduce the principal of or change or have the effect of changing the fixed
maturity of any Notes, or change the date on which any Notes may be subject to
redemption or repurchase, or reduce the redemption or repurchase price therefor;
(iv) make any Notes payable in money other than that stated in the Notes; (v)
make any change in provisions of this Indenture protecting the right of each
Holder to receive payment of principal of and interest on such Note on or after
the due date thereof or to bring suit to enforce such payment, or permitting
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes to waive Defaults or
Events of Default; or (vi) modify or amend Section 3.03.
SECTION 9.03. COMPLIANCE WITH TIA.
Every amendment, waiver or supplement of this Indenture or the
Notes shall comply with the TIA as then in effect; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that this
Section 9.03 shall not of itself require that this Indenture or the Trustee be
qualified under the TIA or constitute any admission or acknowledgment by any
party hereto that any such qualification is required prior to the time this
Indenture and the Trustee are required by the TIA to be so qualified.
SECTION 9.04. REVOCATION AND EFFECT OF CONSENTS.
Until an amendment, waiver or supplement becomes effective, a
consent to it by a Holder is a continuing consent by the Holder and every
subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as
the consenting Holder's Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any
Note. Subject to the following paragraph, any such Holder or subsequent Holder
may revoke the consent as to such Holder's Note or portion of such Note by
notice to the Trustee or the Company received before the date on which the
Trustee receives an Officers' Certificate certifying that the Holders of the
requisite principal amount of Notes have consented (and not theretofore revoked
such consent) to the amendment, supplement or waiver. An amendment, supplement
or waiver becomes effective upon receipt by the Trustee of such Officers'
Certificate and evidence of consent by the Holders of the requisite percentage
in principal amount of outstanding Notes.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a Record
Date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any
amendment, supplement or waiver. If a Record Date is fixed, then notwithstanding
the second sentence of the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who
were Holders at such Record Date (or their duly designated proxies), and only
those Persons, shall be entitled to revoke any consent previously given, whether
or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such Record Date. No such
consent shall be valid or effective for more than 90 days after such Record Date
unless consents from Holders of the requisite percentage in principal amount of
outstanding Notes required hereunder for the effectiveness of such consents
shall have also been given and not revoked within such 90 day period.
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SECTION 9.05. NOTATION ON OR EXCHANGE OF NOTES.
If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a
Note, the Trustee may require the Holder of such Note to deliver it to the
Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Note about the
changed terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company or the
Trustee so determine, the Company in exchange for the Note shall issue and the
Trustee shall authenticate a new Note that reflects the changed terms.
SECTION 9.06. TRUSTEE TO SIGN AMENDMENTS, ETC.
The Trustee shall execute any amendment, supplement or waiver
authorized pursuant to this Article Nine; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Trustee
may, but shall not be obligated to, execute any such amendment, supplement or
waiver which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this
Indenture. In executing such amendment, supplement or waiver the Trustee shall
be entitled to receive indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it, and shall be
fully protected in relying upon an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers'
Certificate of the Company, stating that no Event of Default shall occur as a
result of such amendment, supplement or waiver and that the execution of such
amendment, supplement or waiver is authorized or permitted by this Indenture;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the legal counsel delivering such Opinion of Counsel may
rely as to matters of fact on one or more Officers' Certificates of the Company.
Such Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee.
ARTICLE TEN
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 10.01. TIA CONTROLS.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or
conflicts with another provision which is required to be included in this
Indenture by the TIA, the required provision shall control; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that this Section 10.01 shall not of itself require that this Indenture or the
Trustee be qualified under the TIA or constitute any admission or acknowledgment
by any party hereto that any such qualification is required prior to the time
this Indenture and the Trustee are required by the TIA to be so qualified.
SECTION 10.02. NOTICES.
Any notices or other communications required or permitted
hereunder shall be in writing, and shall be sufficiently given if made by hand
delivery, by telex, by telecopier or registered or certified mail, postage
prepaid, return receipt requested, addressed as follows:
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if to the Company:
Roadhouse Grill, Inc.
▇▇▇▇-▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Facsimile No.: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇ Sabi, President
with a copy to:
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Facsimile No.: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇., Esq.
if to the Trustee:
State Street Bank and Trust Company
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Square
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Facsimile No.: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration (Roadhouse Grill,
Inc. 5% Secured Notes due 2010)
The Company and the Trustee by written notice to the other may
designate additional or different addresses for notices to such Person. Any
notice or communication to the Company or the Trustee shall be deemed to have
been given or made as of the date so delivered if hand delivered; when answered
back, if telexed; when receipt is acknowledged, if faxed; one Business Day after
mailing by reputable overnight courier and five calendar days after mailing if
sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid (except that a notice of
change of address shall not be deemed to have been given until actually received
by the addressee).
Any notice or communication mailed to a Holder shall be mailed
to him by first class mail or other equivalent means at his address as it
appears on the registration books of the Registrar ten days prior to such
mailing and shall be sufficiently given to him if so mailed within the time
prescribed.
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Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any
defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. If
a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly
given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
SECTION 10.03. COMMUNICATIONS BY HOLDERS WITH OTHER HOLDERS.
Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA ss. 312(b) with other
Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The
Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and any other Person shall have the
protection of TIA ss. 312(c).
SECTION 10.04. CERTIFICATE AND OPINION AS TO CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT.
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee
to take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the
Trustee:
(1) an Officers' Certificate, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee, stating that, in the opinion of
the signers, all conditions precedent to be performed by the
Company, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to
the proposed action have been complied with; and
(2) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel, all such conditions precedent to be performed by the
Company, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to
the proposed action have been complied with (which counsel, as
to factual matters, may rely on an Officers' Certificate).
SECTION 10.05. STATEMENTS REQUIRED IN CERTIFICATE OR OPINION.
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture, other than the Officers'
Certificate required by Section 4.06, shall include:
(1) a statement that the Person making such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or
opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he has
made such examination or investigation as is reasonably
necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to
whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied
with; and
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(4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of each
such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied
with.
SECTION 10.06. RULES BY TRUSTEE, PAYING AGENT, REGISTRAR.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules in accordance with the
Trustee's customary practices for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The
Paying Agent or Registrar may make reasonable rules for its functions.
SECTION 10.07. LEGAL HOLIDAYS.
A "LEGAL HOLIDAY" used with respect to a particular place of
payment is a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in New
York, New York or at such place of payment are not required to be open. If a
payment date is a Legal Holiday at such place, payment may be made at such place
on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall
accrue for the intervening period.
SECTION 10.08. GOVERNING LAW.
THIS INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BUT WITHOUT
GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.
SECTION 10.09. NO ADVERSE INTERPRETATION OF OTHER AGREEMENTS.
This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture,
loan or debt agreement of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Any such
indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.
SECTION 10.10. NO PERSONAL LIABILITY.
No director, officer, partner, member, employee, agent or
stockholder, as such, of the Company shall have any liability for any
obligations of the Company under the Notes or this Indenture or for any claim
based on, in respect of or by reason of, such obligations or their creation.
Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability.
The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the
Notes.
SECTION 10.11. SUCCESSORS.
All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes
shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall
bind its successors.
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SECTION 10.12. DUPLICATE ORIGINALS.
All parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture.
Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together shall represent
the same agreement.
SECTION 10.13. SEVERABILITY.
In case any one or more of the provisions in this Indenture or
in the Notes shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, in any respect for
any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in
every other respect and of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be
affected or impaired thereby, it being intended that all of the provisions
hereof shall be enforceable to the full extent permitted by law.
SECTION 10.14. INDEPENDENCE OF COVENANTS.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture and the Notes
shall be given independent effect so that if any particular action or condition
is not permitted by any of such covenants, the fact that it would be permitted
by an exception to, or otherwise be within the limitations of, another covenant
shall not avoid the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default if such
action is taken or condition exists.
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SIGNATURES
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first written above.
ROADHOUSE GRILL, INC.,
as Issuer
By:
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Name:
Title:
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST
COMPANY,
as Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A
ROADHOUSE GRILL, INC.
UNSECURED NOTE
$__________________ _________, 2002
Pompano Beach, Florida
This Unsecured Note (the "NOTE") has been issued by ROADHOUSE GRILL,
INC., a Florida corporation (the "MAKER") to ____________________________ (the
"HOLDER") in connection with Maker's Second Amended and Restated Chapter 11 Plan
of Reorganization As Modified dated June 12, 2002 (the "PLAN"). Maker issued the
Notes under an Indenture, dated as of ____ __, 2002 (the "INDENTURE"), among
the Maker and the Trustee. This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes
of the Maker designated as its 5% Unsecured Notes due 2007 (the "NOTES"). The
Notes are limited (except as otherwise provided in the Indenture) in aggregate
principal amount to $___________. Capitalized terms herein are used as defined
in the Indenture unless otherwise defined herein. The terms of the Notes
include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by
reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code ▇▇.▇▇. 77aaa-77bbbb)
(the "TIA"), as in effect on the date of the Indenture. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, the Notes are subject to all such terms, and
Holders of Notes are referred to the Indenture and said Act for a statement of
them.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Maker hereby promises to pay to the order of the
Holder _________________________ and ___/100 Dollars (collectively, the
"PRINCIPAL AMOUNT").
1. INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS.
a. PAYMENTS. The Principal Amount and interest thereon shall
be due and payable in sixty (60) equal monthly installments of principal and
interest of __________________________ and ___/100 Dollars ($____________) each
during the term hereof (each, a "MONTHLY PAYMENT" and collectively, the "MONTHLY
PAYMENTS"), commencing on __________, 2002 and continuing thereafter on the
first (1st) day of every calendar month thereafter during the term hereof. The
Record Date for the Monthly Payments shall be __________. The outstanding
Principal Amount and all accrued but unpaid interest thereon shall be due and
payable in full upon the date that is sixty (60) calendar months from the date
hereof (the "MATURITY DATE"). Holder covenants and agrees that all Monthly
Payments made by the Maker under this Note shall be credited to reduce the
amount of outstanding principal and interest due and owing hereunder. All
payments of principal and interest shall be made in lawful money of the United
States of America and shall be made to Holder at Holder's address set forth in
Holder's proof of claim filed in Maker's Chapter 11 case or at such other place
as Holder may designate to Maker from time to time in writing.
b. RATE OF INTEREST. Interest shall accrue on the Principal
Amount due hereunder from the date hereof up to and through the Maturity Date.
This Note will bear interest on the outstanding Principal Amount hereunder at a
rate of interest equal to five percent (5%) per annum compounded annually and
interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve
30-day months and, in the case of a partial month, the actual number of days
elapsed. The Maker shall pay interest on overdue principal and on overdue
installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods), to
the extent lawful, from time to time on demand at the rate borne by the Notes
plus 2%.
2. MANDATORY REDEMPTION. The Notes shall be redeemed, in whole or in
part, on each Redemption Date on which Excess Cash Flow for the preceding Fiscal
Year equals or exceeds $100,000, by payment of such Holder's Ratable Share of
Excess Cash Flow in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.06
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of the Indenture, to those Persons that are registered Holders at the close of
business on the 15th day immediately preceding each Redemption Date. "Ratable
Share" of Excess Cash Flow shall be calculated by multiplying the amount of
Excess Cash Flow available for payment by a fraction, the numerator of which
shall be (x) the outstanding principal amount of the Note held by such Holder
and the denominator of which shall be (y) the sum of the outstanding principal
amounts on the Finova Secured Note, the Secured Notes and the Unsecured Notes as
of the end of the Fiscal Year with respect to which the Excess Cash Flow
calculation is made. If positive Excess Cash Flow for a Fiscal Year is less than
$100,000, it shall be carried over to succeeding Fiscal Years until such time as
cumulative undistributed Excess Cash Flow exceeds $100,000, whereupon it shall
be included in the mandatory redemption payment required on the applicable
Redemption Date.
"Excess Cash Flow" shall mean, without duplication, with respect to any
Fiscal Year of the Maker, sixty percent (60%) of the following: net income PLUS
(a) depreciation, amortization and interest expense to the extent deducted in
determining net income, PLUS (b) net decreases or MINUS net increases (as the
case may be) in Working Capital, MINUS (c) capital expenditures during such
Fiscal Year (excluding the financed portion thereof), MINUS (d) interest expense
paid or accrued and principal payments paid or payable in respect of
indebtedness for borrowed money or otherwise under the Plan, PLUS or MINUS (as
the case may be) (e) non-recurring gains or losses which are cash items not
included in the calculation of net income, MINUS (f) any mandatory prepayment
paid in cash, plus (g) taxes deducted in determining net income to the extent
not paid for in cash, MINUS (h) cash payments in connection with the Plan the
expenses for which were accrued in a Fiscal Year prior to Fiscal Year 2003.
"Working Capital" shall mean current assets minus current liabilities as those
terms are construed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
The independent certified public accountant of Maker will determine and certify
to the Trustee as to the amount of Excess Cash Flow, including the aggregate
amount available for the redemption of all Notes, and such determination shall
be binding on Maker and Holder.
Notice of redemption will be mailed at least five days but not more
than ten days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed
at such Holder's registered address. Notes may be redeemed in part.
Except as set forth in the Indenture, if monies for the redemption of
the Notes called for redemption shall have been deposited with the Paying Agent
for redemption on such Redemption Date, then, unless the Maker defaults in the
payment of such redemption price plus accrued interest, if any, the Notes called
for redemption will cease to bear interest from and after such Redemption Date
and the only right of the Holders of such Notes will be to receive payment of
the redemption price plus accrued interest, if any.
3. EVENTS OF DEFAULT. The occurrence or existence of an Event of
Default under the terms of the Indenture shall constitute an event of default
hereunder.
4. REMEDIES. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the
Holder of this Note shall have the rights and remedies set forth in the
Indenture.
5. INDENTURE.
a. Each Holder of this Note, by accepting the same, (a) agrees
to and shall be bound by the terms of the Indenture, (b) authorizes and directs
the Trustee on his or her behalf to take such action as may be necessary or
appropriate to effectuate the provisions of this Note and the Indenture, and (c)
appoints the Trustee as his or her attorney-in-fact for any and all such
purposes.
b. Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture,
the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the written
consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes
then outstanding, and any past Default or Event of Default or noncompliance with
any provision may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of
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the Notes then outstanding. Without notice to or consent of any Holder, the
parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes to, among
other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, provide for
uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes, comply
with any requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the
qualification of the Indenture under the TIA or comply with Article Five of the
Indenture or make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of
any Holder of a Note.
c. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the
Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of
Notes then outstanding may declare all the Notes to be due and payable in the
manner, at the time and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Holders of
Notes may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the
Indenture. The Trustee is not obligated to enforce the Indenture or the Notes
unless it has received indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it. The Indenture
permits, subject to certain limitations therein provided, Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding to direct the
Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from
Holders of Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a
Default in payment of principal or interest when due, for any reason or a
Default in compliance with Article Five of the Indenture) if it determines that
withholding notice is in their interest.
d. No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of
this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of Maker,
which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the Principal Amount hereunder and
all accrued interest thereon (including any liquidated damages, if any) at the
times, places and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
e. A Holder shall register the transfer of or exchange Notes
in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among
other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to
pay certain transfer taxes or similar governmental charges payable in connection
therewith as permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the
transfer of or exchange of any Notes or portions thereof selected for
redemption.
f. Prior to due presentation of this Note for transfer, the
Maker, Trustee and any agent of Maker or the Trustee may treat the Person in
which name this Note is to be transferred and registered, as the owner thereof
for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Maker,
Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
6. DISCHARGE PRIOR TO REDEMPTION OR MATURITY. If the Maker at any time
deposits with the Trustee U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations
sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes to redemption or
maturity and complies with the other provisions of the Indenture relating
thereto, the Maker will be discharged from certain provisions of the Indenture
and the Notes (including certain covenants and including, under certain
circumstances, its obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes
but without affecting the rights of the Holders to receive such amounts from
such deposits).
7. TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH MAKER. The Trustee under the Indenture, in its
individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and
may otherwise deal with the Maker, its Subsidiaries or their respective
Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.
8. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. No partner, director, officer, employee,
member or stockholder, as such, of the Maker shall have any liability for any
obligation of the Maker under the Notes or the Indenture.
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9. AUTHENTICATION. This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee or
Authenticating Agent manually signs the certificate of authentication on this
Note.
10. NOTICES. All notices, demands, requests and other communications
required or permitted to be given under the provisions of this Note shall be in
writing, unless otherwise specified, and will be deemed to have been duly given
if delivered as provided in the Indenture.
11. MISCELLANEOUS.
a. SATISFACTION. This Note is given in full satisfaction of
Holder's claims against Maker under the Plan.
b. SEVERABILITY. In the event any provision of this Note is
deemed to be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Note will continue
in full force and will not be affected thereby and each provision hereof will be
valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.
c. GOVERNING LAW. This Note shall be governed by the
substantive laws of the State of New York, without regard to its principles of
the conflict of laws or the choice of law.
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[SIGNATURE PAGE TO ROADHOUSE GRILL, INC. PROMISSORY NOTE]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Maker has caused this Note to be executed in its
name and attested to by its authorized officers, and its corporate seal to be
hereunto affixed, all as of the year and date first above written.
MAKER:
ROADHOUSE GRILL, INC., a Florida corporation
ATTEST: By:
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Title:
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Secretary
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Certificate of Authentication
This is one of the 5% Unsecured Notes of Roadhouse Grill, Inc. due 2007
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Signatory
Date of Authentication: ______________
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
If you the Holder want to assign this Note, fill in the form
below and have your signature guaranteed:
I or we assign and transfer this Note to:
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(Print or type name, address and zip code and social security or tax ID number
of assignee)
and irrevocably appoint _____________________ , agent to transfer this Note on
the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Dated: Signed:
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(Sign exactly as your name appears
on the other side of this Note)
Signature Guarantee:
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