Exhibit 4.3
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OM GROUP, INC.
AND EACH OF THE GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN
9 1/4% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2011
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INDENTURE
DATED AS OF DECEMBER 12, 2001
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK
TRUSTEE
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*
Trust Indenture
Act Section Indenture Section
310(a)(1)................................................ 7.10
(a)(2).............................................. 7.10
(a)(3).............................................. N.A.
(a)(4).............................................. N.A.
(a)(5).............................................. 7.10
(b)................................................. 7.10
(c)................................................. N.A.
311(a)................................................... 7.11
(b)................................................. 7.11
(c)................................................. N.A.
312(a)................................................... 2.05
(b)................................................. 13.03
(c)................................................. 13.03
313(a)................................................... 7.06
(b)(1).............................................. N.A.
(b)(2).............................................. 7.06; 7.07
(c)................................................. 7.06; 13.02
(d)................................................. 7.06
314(a)................................................... 4.03;13.02; 13.05
(b)................................................. N.A.
(c)(1).............................................. 13.04
(c)(2).............................................. 13.04
(c)(3).............................................. N.A.
(d)................................................. N.A.
(e)................................................. 13.05
(f)................................................. N.A.
315(a)................................................... 7.01
(b)................................................. 7.05,13.02
(c)................................................. 7.01
(d)................................................. 7.01
(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)................................................. 2.12
317(a)(1)................................................ 6.08
(a)(2).............................................. 6.09
(b)................................................. 2.04
318(a)................................................... 13.01
(b)................................................. N.A.
(c)................................................. 13.01
N.A. means not applicable.
* This Cross Reference Table is not part of the Indenture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1.
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01 Definitions.......................................................1
Section 1.02 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act................20
Section 1.03 Rules of Construction............................................21
Section 1.04 Acts of Holders..................................................21
ARTICLE 2.
THE NOTES
Section 2.01 Form and Dating..................................................22
Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication.....................................23
Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying Agent.......................................24
Section 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust..............................25
Section 2.05 Holder Lists.....................................................25
Section 2.06 Transfer and Exchange............................................25
Section 2.07 Replacement Notes................................................36
Section 2.08 Outstanding Notes................................................37
Section 2.09 Treasury Notes...................................................37
Section 2.10 Temporary Notes..................................................37
Section 2.11 Cancellation.....................................................37
Section 2.12 Defaulted Interest...............................................38
Section 2.13 Issuance of Additional Notes.....................................38
ARTICLE 3.
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
Section 3.01 Notices to Trustee...............................................38
Section 3.02 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased...................39
Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption.............................................39
Section 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption...................................40
Section 3.05 Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price..........................40
Section 3.06 Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part..............................40
Section 3.07 Optional Redemption..............................................41
Section 3.08 Mandatory Redemption.............................................41
Section 3.09 Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds..............41
ARTICLE 4.
COVENANTS
Section 4.01 Payment of Notes.................................................43
Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency..................................43
Section 4.03 Reports..........................................................44
Section 4.04 Compliance Certificate...........................................44
Section 4.05 Taxes............................................................45
Section 4.06 Compliance with Laws; Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.............45
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Section 4.07 Restricted Payments..............................................45
Section 4.08 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting
Subsidiaries.....................................................48
Section 4.09 Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.......49
Section 4.10 Asset Sales......................................................51
Section 4.11 Transactions with Affiliates.....................................52
Section 4.12 Liens............................................................53
Section 4.13 Business Activities..............................................53
Section 4.14 Corporate Existence..............................................53
Section 4.15 Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control.......................54
Section 4.16 No Senior Subordinated Debt......................................55
Section 4.17 Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions....................55
Section 4.18 Limitation on Issuances and Sales of Capital Stock of
Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries ............................56
Section 4.19 Payments for Consent.............................................56
Section 4.20 Additional Note Guarantees.......................................56
Section 4.21 Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries..........57
Section 4.22 Statement by Officers as to Default..............................57
ARTICLE 5.
SUCCESSORS
Section 5.01 Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets.........................57
Section 5.02 Successor Corporation Substituted................................58
ARTICLE 6.
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01 Events of Default................................................58
Section 6.02 Acceleration.....................................................60
Section 6.03 Other Remedies...................................................60
Section 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults..........................................61
Section 6.05 Control by Majority..............................................61
Section 6.06 Limitation on Suits..............................................61
Section 6.07 Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment....................62
Section 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee.......................................62
Section 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.................................62
Section 6.10 Priorities.......................................................62
Section 6.11 Undertaking for Costs............................................63
ARTICLE 7.
TRUSTEE
Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee................................................63
Section 7.02 Rights of Trustee................................................64
Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee.....................................65
Section 7.04 Trustee's Disclaimer.............................................65
Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults...............................................65
Section 7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes.......................65
Section 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity.......................................65
Section 7.08 Replacement of Trustee...........................................66
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Section 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.................................67
Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification....................................67
Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company................67
Section 7.12 Trustee's Application for Instructions from the Company..........67
Section 7.13 Assignment of Rights, No Assumption of Duties....................68
ARTICLE 8.
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 8.01 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.........68
Section 8.02 Legal Defeasance and Discharge...................................68
Section 8.03 Covenant Defeasance..............................................69
Section 8.04 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.......................69
Section 8.05 Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in
Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions............................70
Section 8.06 Repayment to Company.............................................71
Section 8.07 Reinstatement....................................................71
ARTICLE 9.
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders of Notes..............................71
Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders of Notes.................................72
Section 9.03 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act..............................73
Section 9.04 Revocation and Effect of Consents................................73
Section 9.05 Notation on or Exchange of Notes.................................74
Section 9.06 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc..................................74
ARTICLE 10.
SUBORDINATION
Section 10.01 Agreement to Subordinate.........................................74
Section 10.02 Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy.............................74
Section 10.03 Default on Designated Senior Debt................................75
Section 10.04 Acceleration of Notes............................................75
Section 10.05 When Distribution Must Be Paid Over..............................75
Section 10.06 Notice by Company................................................76
Section 10.07 Subrogation......................................................76
Section 10.08 Relative Rights..................................................76
Section 10.09 Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Company.....................77
Section 10.10 Distribution or Notice to Representative.........................77
Section 10.11 Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent...............................77
Section 10.12 Authorization to Effect Subordination............................77
Section 10.13 Amendments.......................................................77
ARTICLE 11.
NOTE GUARANTEES
Section 11.01 Guarantee........................................................78
Section 11.02 Subordination of Note Guarantee..................................79
Section 11.03 Limitation on Guarantor Liability................................79
Section 11.04 Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantee.........................79
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Section 11.05 Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms...............80
Section 11.06 Releases Following Sale of Assets................................80
ARTICLE 12.
satisfaction and discharge
Section 12.01 Satisfaction and Discharge.......................................81
Section 12.02 Application of Trust Money.......................................82
ARTICLE 13.
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 13.01 Trust Indenture Act Controls.....................................82
Section 13.02 Notices..........................................................82
Section 13.03 Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders
of Notes.........................................................83
Section 13.04 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent...............83
Section 13.05 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion....................84
Section 13.06 Rules by Trustee and Agents......................................84
Section 13.07 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees
and Stockholders.................................................84
Section 13.08 Governing Law....................................................84
Section 13.09 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements....................84
Section 13.10 Successors.......................................................85
Section 13.11 Severability.....................................................85
Section 13.12 Counterpart Originals............................................85
Section 13.13 Table of Contents, Headings, etc.................................85
Section 13.14 Waiver of Jury Trial.............................................85
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A1 FORM OF NOTE
Exhibit A2 FORM OF REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE
Exhibit B FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
Exhibit C FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
Exhibit D FORM OF NOTE GUARANTEE
Exhibit E FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
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INDENTURE dated as of December 12, 2001 among OM GROUP, INC., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), the Guarantors (as defined) and THE BANK
OF NEW YORK, a New York Banking corporation, as trustee (the "Trustee").
The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee agree as follows for the
benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders (as
defined) of the 9 1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2011 (the "Notes"):
ARTICLE 1.
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01 Definitions.
"144A Global Note" means a Global Note substantially in the form of
Exhibit A1 hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement
Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the
Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the
outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 144A.
"Acquired Debt" means, with respect to any specified Person:
(1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such
other Person is merged with or into or became a Subsidiary of such
specified Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is incurred in
connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging with
or into, or becoming a Subsidiary of, such specified Person; and
(2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset
acquired by such specified Person.
"Additional Notes" means Notes (other than the Initial Notes) issued
under this Indenture in accordance with Sections 2.02, 2.13 and 4.09 hereof, as
part of the same series as the Initial Notes.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, "control,"
as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or
policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
agreement or otherwise; provided that beneficial ownership of 10% or more of the
Voting Stock of a Person will be deemed to be control. For purposes of this
definition, the terms "controlling," "controlled by" and "under common control
with" have correlative meanings.
"Agent" means any Registrar, co-registrar, Paying Agent or additional
paying agent.
"Applicable Premium" means, with respect to any Note on any Redemption
Date, the greater of:
(1) 1.0% of the principal amount of the Note; or
(2) the excess of:
(a) the present value at such Redemption Date of (i) the
redemption price of the Note at December 15, 2006 (such redemption
price being set forth in the table appearing in Section 3.07 hereof)
plus (ii) all required interest payments due on the note through
December 15,
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2006 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest), computed using a discount
rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such Redemption Date plus 50
basis points; over
(b) the principal amount of the Note, if greater.
"Applicable Procedures" means, with respect to any transfer or exchange
of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of
the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream that apply to such transfer or
exchange.
"Asset Sale" means:
(1) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any
assets or rights, other than sales of inventory in the ordinary course
of business consistent with past practices; provided that the sale,
conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be
governed by Section 4.15 or Section 5.01 hereof and not by the
provisions of the Asset Sale covenant; and
(2) the issuance of Equity Interests by any of the Company's
Restricted Subsidiaries or the sale of Equity Interests in any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries.
Notwithstanding the preceding, the following items will not be deemed
to be Asset Sales:
(1) any single transaction or series of related transactions
that involves assets having a fair market value of less than $1.0
million;
(2) a transfer of assets between or among the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries;
(3) an issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary
to the Company or to another Restricted Subsidiary;
(4) the sale or lease of equipment, inventory, accounts
receivable or other assets in the ordinary course of business;
(5) the sale or other disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents;
and
(6) a Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is
permitted by Section 4.07 hereof.
"Attributable Debt" in respect of a sale and leaseback transaction
means, at the time of determination, the present value of the obligation of the
lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included
in such sale and leaseback transaction including any period for which such lease
has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended. Such present
value shall be calculated using a discount rate equal to the rate of interest
implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or
state law for the relief of debtors.
"Beneficial Owner" has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3
and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial
ownership of any particular "person" (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3)
of the Exchange Act), such "person" will be deemed to have beneficial ownership
of all securities that such "person" has the right to acquire by conversion or
exercise of other securities,
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whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only upon the
occurrence of a subsequent condition. The terms "Beneficially Owns" and
"Beneficially Owned" have a corresponding meaning.
"Board of Directors" means:
(1) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of
the corporation;
(2) with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors of
the general partner of the partnership; and
(3) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee
of such Person serving a similar function.
"Borrowing Base" means, as of any date, an amount equal to the sum of:
(1) 85% of the book value of all accounts receivable owned by
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, plus
(2) 50% of the book value of all inventory owned by the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries,
in each case, calculated on a consolidated basis and in accordance with
GAAP.
"Business Day" means any day other than a Legal Holiday.
"Capital Lease Obligation" means, at the time any determination thereof
is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that
would at such time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet in
accordance with GAAP.
"Capital Stock" means:
(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;
(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and
all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents
(however designated) of corporate stock;
(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company,
partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and
(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a
Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or
distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.
"Cash Equivalents" means:
(1) United States dollars;
(2) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or
insured by the United States government or any agency or
instrumentality of the United States government (provided that the full
faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support of those
securities) having maturities of not more than six months from the date
of acquisition;
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(3) certificates of deposit and eurodollar time deposits with
maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition, bankers'
acceptances with maturities not exceeding six months and overnight bank
deposits, in each case, with any domestic commercial bank having
capital and surplus in excess of $500.0 million and a Thomson Bank
Watch Rating of "B" or better;
(4) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven
days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (2)
and (3) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the
qualifications specified in clause (3) above;
(5) commercial paper having the highest rating obtainable from
▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor's Rating Services
and in each case maturing within six months after the date of
acquisition; and
(6) money market funds at least 95% of the assets of which
constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (1)
through (5) of this definition.
"Change of Control" means the occurrence of any of the following:
(1) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other
disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a
series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the
properties or assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, to any "person" (as that term is used in Section
13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) other than a Principal or a Related Party
of a Principal;
(2) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or
dissolution of the Company;
(3) the consummation of any transaction (including, without
limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that
any "person" (as defined above), other than the Principals and their
Related Parties, becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly,
of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of the Company, measured by voting
power rather than number of shares; or
(4) the first day on which a majority of the members of the
Board of Directors of the Company are not Continuing Directors.
"Clearstream" means Clearstream Banking, S.A.
"Company" means OM Group, Inc., and any and all successors thereto.
"Consolidated Cash Flow" means, with respect to any specified Person
for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus:
(1) an amount equal to any extraordinary loss plus any net
loss realized by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in
connection with an Asset Sale, to the extent such losses were deducted
in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
(2) provision for taxes based on income or profits of such
Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent
that such provision for taxes was deducted in computing such
Consolidated Net Income; plus
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(3) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued and
whether or not capitalized (including, without limitation, amortization
of debt issuance costs and original issue discount, non-cash interest
payments, the interest component of any deferred payment obligations,
the interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease
Obligations, imputed interest with respect to Attributable Debt,
commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect
of letter of credit or bankers' acceptance financings, and net of the
effect of all payments made or received pursuant to Hedging
Obligations), to the extent that any such expense was deducted in
computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
(4) depreciation, amortization (including amortization of
goodwill and other intangibles but excluding amortization of prepaid
cash expenses that were paid in a prior period) and other non-cash
expenses (excluding any such non-cash expense to the extent that it
represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenses in any future
period or amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a
prior period) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such
period to the extent that such depreciation, amortization and other
non-cash expenses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net
Income; minus
(5) non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income for
such period, other than the accrual of revenue in the ordinary course
of business,
in each case, on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance with GAAP.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provision for taxes based on the
income or profits of, and the depreciation and amortization and other non-cash
expenses of, a Subsidiary of the Company will be added to Consolidated Net
Income to compute Consolidated Cash Flow of the Company only to the extent that
a corresponding amount would be permitted at the date of determination to be
dividend to the Company by such Subsidiary without prior governmental approval
(that has not been obtained), and without direct or indirect restriction
pursuant to the terms of its charter and all agreements, instruments, judgments,
decrees, orders, statutes, rules and governmental regulations applicable to that
Subsidiary or its stockholders.
"Consolidated Net Income" means, with respect to any specified Person
for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in
accordance with GAAP; provided that:
(1) the Net Income (but not loss) of any Person that is not a
Restricted Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of
accounting will be included only to the extent of the amount of
dividends or distributions paid in cash to the specified Person or a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Person;
(2) the Net Income (but not loss) of any Unrestricted
Subsidiary will be excluded, whether or not distributed to the
specified Person or one of its Subsidiaries;
(3) the Net Income of any Restricted Subsidiary will be
excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or
similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that Net Income
is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior
governmental approval (that has not been obtained) or, directly or
indirectly, by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement,
instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental
regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its
stockholders;
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(4) the Net Income of any Person acquired in a pooling of
interests transaction for any period prior to the date of such
acquisition will be excluded; and
(5) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles
will be excluded.
"Consolidated Net Worth" means, with respect to any specified Person as
of any date, the sum of:
(1) the consolidated equity of the common stockholders of such
Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date; plus
(2) the respective amounts reported on such Person's balance
sheet as of such date with respect to any series of preferred stock
(other than Disqualified Stock) that by its terms is not entitled to
the payment of dividends unless such dividends may be declared and paid
only out of net earnings in respect of the year of such declaration and
payment, but only to the extent of any cash received by such Person
upon issuance of such preferred stock.
"Continuing Directors" means, as of any date of determination, any
member of the Board of Directors of the Company who:
(1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date of
this Indenture; or
(2) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of
Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors
who were members of such Board at the time of such nomination or
election.
"Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee" will be at the address of the
Trustee specified in Section 13.02 hereof or such other address as to which the
Trustee may give notice to the Company.
"Credit Agreement" means that certain Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement, dated as of August 10, 2001, as thereafter amended, by and among the
Company and OMG AG & Co. KG, as borrowers; the various lending institutions
party thereto; Credit Suisse First Boston, as a lender, the syndication agent,
joint book running manager and joint lead arranger; National City Bank, as a
lender, the swingline lender, the letter of credit issuer, and as the
administrative agent, the collateral agent, joint book running manager and joint
lead arranger; and ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Credit Lyonnais, New York Branch, and
KeyBank National Association, each as a lender and a documentation agent,
providing for up to $1,310.0 million of term loans and revolving credit
borrowings, including any related Notes, guarantees, collateral documents,
instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and in each case as
amended, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced from time to time.
"Credit Facilities" means one or more debt facilities (including,
without limitation, the Credit Agreement) or commercial paper facilities, in
each case with banks or other institutional lenders providing for revolving
credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of
receivables to such lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from
such lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, in each case, as
amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced in whole
or in part from time to time.
"Custodian" means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Notes
in global form, or any successor entity thereto.
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"Default" means any event that is or with the passage of time or the
giving of notice or both would be an Event of Default.
"Definitive Note" means a certificated Note registered in the name of
the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.06 hereof,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A1 hereto except that such Note shall not
bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the "Schedule of Exchanges of
Interests in the Global Note" attached thereto.
"Depositary" means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in
whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.03 hereof as
the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto
appointed as Depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the
applicable provision of this Indenture.
"Designated Senior Debt" means:
(1) any Indebtedness outstanding under the Credit Agreement;
and
(2) after payment in full of all Obligations under the Credit
Agreement, any other Senior Debt permitted under this Indenture the
principal amount of which is $25.0 million or more and that has been
designated by the Company as "Designated Senior Debt."
"Disqualified Stock" means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by
the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is
exchangeable, in each case at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock), or
upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant
to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the
holder of the Capital Stock, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that
is 91 days after the date on which the Notes mature. Notwithstanding the
preceding sentence, any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock
solely because the holders of the Capital Stock have the right to require the
Company to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change of
control or an asset sale shall not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of
such Capital Stock provide that the Company may not repurchase or redeem any
such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase or
redemption complies with Section 4.07 hereof.
"Domestic Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of the Company that was
formed under the laws of the United States or any state of the United States or
the District of Columbia or that guarantees or otherwise provides direct credit
support for any Indebtedness of the Company.
"Equity Interests" means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or
other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is
convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).
"Euroclear" means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the
Euroclear system.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Exchange Notes" means the Notes issued in the Exchange Offer pursuant
to Section 2.06(f) hereof.
"Exchange Offer" has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights
Agreement.
"Exchange Offer Registration Statement" has the meaning set forth in
the Registration Rights Agreement.
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"Existing Indebtedness" means all Indebtedness of the Company and its
Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement) in existence
on the date of this Indenture, until such amounts are repaid.
"Fixed Charges" means, with respect to any specified Person for any
period, the sum, without duplication, of:
(1) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued,
including, without limitation, amortization of debt issuance costs and
original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest
component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component
of all payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed
interest with respect to Attributable Debt, commissions, discounts and
other fees and charges incurred in respect of letter of credit or
bankers' acceptance financings, and net of the effect of all payments
made or received pursuant to Hedging Obligations; plus
(2) the consolidated interest of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period; plus
(3) any interest expense on Indebtedness of another Person
that is Guaranteed by such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries
or secured by a Lien on assets of such Person or one of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, whether or not such Guarantee or Lien is called upon;
plus
(4) the product of (a) all dividends, whether paid or accrued
and whether or not in cash, on any series of preferred stock of such
Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than dividends on
Equity Interests payable solely in Equity Interests of the Company
(other than Disqualified Stock) or to the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company, times (b) a fraction, the numerator of which
is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then current
combined federal, state and local statutory tax rate of such Person,
expressed as a decimal, in each case, on a consolidated basis and in
accordance with GAAP.
"Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio" means with respect to any specified
Person for any period, the ratio of the Consolidated Cash Flow of such Person
and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the Fixed Charges of such
Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period. In the event that the
specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurs, assumes,
Guarantees, repays, repurchases or redeems any Indebtedness (other than ordinary
working capital borrowings) or issues, repurchases or redeems preferred stock
subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio is being calculated and on or prior to the date on which the event for
which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the
"Calculation Date"), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio will be calculated
giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, Guarantee, repayment,
repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or
redemption of preferred stock, and the use of the proceeds therefrom as if the
same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter reference
period.
In addition, for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio:
(1) acquisitions that have been made by the specified Person
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through mergers or
consolidations and including any related financing transactions, during
the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference
period and on or prior to the Calculation Date will be given pro forma
effect as if they had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter
reference period and Consolidated Cash Flow for such reference period
will be calculated on a pro forma basis in accordance with Regulation
S-X under the
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Securities Act, but without giving effect to clause (3) of the proviso
set forth in the definition of Consolidated Net Income;
(2) the Consolidated Cash Flow attributable to discontinued
operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or
businesses disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded;
and
(3) the Fixed Charges attributable to discontinued operations,
as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses
disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded, but only
to the extent that the obligations giving rise to such Fixed Charges
will not be obligations of the specified Person or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries following the Calculation Date.
"Foreign Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of the Company that is not a
Domestic Subsidiary.
"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 have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting
profession, which are in effect from time to time.
"Global Notes" means, individually and collectively, each of the
Restricted Global Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes, substantially in the
forms of Exhibit A1 hereto issued in accordance with Section 2.01, 2.06(b)(3),
2.06(b)(4), 2.06(d)(2) or 2.06(f) hereof.
"Global Note Legend" means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(2),
which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.
"Government Securities" means direct obligations of, or obligations
guaranteed by, the United States of America, and the payment for which the
United States pledges its full faith and credit.
"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, by way of a pledge of
assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect
thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness.
"Guarantors" means:
(1) each wholly-owned Domestic Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company on the date of this Indenture; and
(2) any other Subsidiary that executes a Note Guarantee in
accordance with the provisions of this Indenture;
and their respective successors and assigns, other than any Subsidiary of the
Company with nominal assets created solely for the purpose of implementing an
acquisition or disposition transaction.
"Hedging Obligations" means, with respect to any specified Person, the
obligations of such Person under:
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(1) any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap
agreement, interest rate collar agreement or other similar agreement or
arrangement designed to protect against fluctuations in interest rates;
(2) any currency swap agreement, forward currency purchase
agreement or similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect
against fluctuations in currency exchange rates; and
(3) any forward commodity purchase agreement or similar
agreement or arrangement designed to protect against fluctuations in
raw material or other commodity prices.
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Note is registered.
"Indebtedness" means, with respect to any specified Person, any
indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent:
(1) in respect of borrowed money;
(2) evidenced by bonds, Notes, debentures or similar
instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in
respect thereof);
(3) in respect of banker's acceptances;
(4) representing Capital Lease Obligations;
(5) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the
purchase price of any property, except any such balance that
constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable; or
(6) representing any Hedging Obligations,
if and to the extent any of the foregoing items (other than letters of credit
and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of the
specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the term
"Indebtedness" includes all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any
asset of the specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by
the specified Person) and, to the extent not otherwise included, the Guarantee
by the specified Person of any indebtedness of any other Person. The term
"Indebtedness" shall not be deemed to include obligations under precious metal
leases and/or consignment arrangements incurred by the Company or its
Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and in accordance with past
practice, to the extent such obligations do not constitute "indebtedness" under
GAAP as in effect on the date of this Indenture.
The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date will be:
(1) the accreted value of the Indebtedness, in the case of any
Indebtedness issued with original issue discount; and
(2) the principal amount of the Indebtedness, together with
any interest on the Indebtedness that is more than 30 days past due, in
the case of any other Indebtedness.
"Indenture" means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time
to time.
"Indirect Participant" means a Person who holds a beneficial interest
in a Global Note through a Participant.
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"Initial Notes" means the first $400 million aggregate principal amount
of Notes issued under this Indenture on the date hereof.
"Initial Purchasers" means Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, ABN
AMRO Incorporated, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Brothers Inc., Banc One Capital Markets, Inc., Credit
Lyonnais Securities (USA) Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.
and NatCity Investments, Inc.
"Investments" means, with respect to any Person, all direct or indirect
investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms
of loans (including Guarantees or other obligations), advances or capital
contributions (excluding commission, travel and similar advances to officers and
employees made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other
acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other
securities, together with all items that are or would be classified as
investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP. If the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company sells or otherwise disposes of any
Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company such that,
after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a
Subsidiary of the Company, the Company will be deemed to have made an Investment
on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the fair market value of
the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary not sold or disposed of in an amount
determined as provided in the final paragraph of Section 4.07 hereof. The
acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of a
Person that holds an Investment in a third Person will be deemed to be an
Investment by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in such third Person in
an amount equal to the fair market value of the Investment held by the acquired
Person in such third Person in an amount determined as provided in the final
paragraph of Section 4.07 hereof.
"Legal Holiday" means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking
institutions in the City of New York or at a place of payment are authorized by
law, regulation or executive order to remain closed. If a payment date is a
Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the
next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue on
such payment for the intervening period.
"Letter of Transmittal" means the letter of transmittal to be prepared
by the Company and sent to all Holders of the Notes for use by such Holders in
connection with the Exchange Offer.
"Lien" means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge,
charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset,
whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law,
including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in
the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security
interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under
the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction.
"Liquidated Damages" means all liquidated damages then owing pursuant
to Section 6 of the Registration Rights Agreement.
"Net Income" means, with respect to any specified Person, the net
income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any
reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends, excluding, however:
(1) any gain (but not loss), together with any related
provision for taxes on such gain (but not loss), realized in connection
with: (a) any Asset Sale; or (b) the disposition of any securities by
such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or the extinguishment
of any Indebtedness of such Person or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries; and
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(2) any extraordinary gain (but not loss), together with any
related provision for taxes on such extraordinary gain (but not loss).
"Net Proceeds" means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale
(including, without limitation, any cash received upon the sale or other
disposition of any non-cash consideration received in any Asset Sale), net of
the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale, including, without limitation,
legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales commissions, and any
relocation expenses incurred as a result of the Asset Sale, taxes paid or
payable as a result of the Asset Sale, in each case, after taking into account
any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements, and
amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness, other than
Senior Debt, secured by a Lien on the asset or assets that were the subject of
such Asset Sale and any reserve for adjustment in respect of the sale price of
such asset or assets established in accordance with GAAP.
"Non-Recourse Debt" means Indebtedness:
(1) as to which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries (a) provides credit support of any kind (including any
undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute
Indebtedness), (b) is directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or
otherwise or (c) constitutes the lender;
(2) no default with respect to which (including any rights
that the holders of the Indebtedness may have to take enforcement
action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary) would permit upon notice,
lapse of time or both any holder of any other Indebtedness (other than
the Notes) of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to
declare a default on such other Indebtedness or cause the payment of
the Indebtedness to be accelerated or payable prior to its stated
maturity; and
(3) as to which the lenders have been notified in writing that
they will not have any recourse to the stock or assets of the Company
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
"Non-U.S. Person" means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.
"Note Guarantee" means the Guarantee by each Guarantor of the Company's
payment obligations under this Indenture and on the Notes, executed pursuant to
the provisions of this Indenture.
"Notes" has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this
Indenture. The Initial Notes and the Additional Notes shall be treated as a
single class for all purposes under this Indenture.
"Obligations" means any principal, interest, penalties, fees,
indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under
the documentation governing any Indebtedness.
"Officer" means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board,
the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the
Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller,
the Secretary or any Vice-President of such Person.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed on behalf of the
Company by two Officers of the Company, one of whom must be the principal
executive officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer or the
principal accounting officer of the Company, that meets the requirements of
Section 13.05 hereof.
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"Opinion of Counsel" means an opinion from legal counsel who is
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, that meets the requirements of Section
13.05 hereof. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company, any
Subsidiary of the Company or the Trustee.
"Participant" means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or
Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or
Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and
Clearstream).
"Permitted Business" means any business conducted by the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries on the date of this Indenture or that is reasonably
related, ancillary, incidental or complementary to any such business, and any
business that is acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
subsequent to the date of this Indenture that meets the requirements of the
preceding clause.
"Permitted Investments" means:
(1) any Investment in the Company or in a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company;
(2) any Investment in Cash Equivalents;
(3) any Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
of the Company in a Person, if as a result of such Investment:
(a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company; or
(b) such Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with
or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is
liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
(4) any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash
consideration from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in
compliance with Section 4.10 hereof.
(5) any acquisition of assets solely in exchange for the
issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the
Company;
(6) any Investments received in compromise of obligations of
such persons incurred in the ordinary course of trade creditors or
customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business,
including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement
upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer;
(7) Hedging Obligations;
(8) advances to any supplier that is not an Affiliate,
consisting of prepayments for raw materials purchased for consumption
or processing in the ordinary course of business and pursuant to
arrangements designed to assure an adequate supply of such raw
materials;
(9) any additional loans, advances or investments (whether in
the form of cash or contribution of property, and if in the form of a
contribution of property, such property shall be valued for purposes of
this clause at the fair value as reasonably determined by the Company)
made after December 31, 1999, in or to The Weda Bay Project identified
as a "subsequent event" in the
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Notes to the Company's consolidated financial statements for its fiscal
year ended December 31, 1999, up to an aggregate of $20.0 million; and
(10) other Investments in any Person having an aggregate fair
market value (measured on the date each such Investment was made and
without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken
together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (10)
that are at the time outstanding not to exceed $50.0 million.
"Permitted Junior Securities" means:
(1) Equity Interests in the Company or any Guarantor; or
(2) debt securities that are subordinated to all Senior Debt
and any debt securities issued in exchange for Senior Debt to
substantially the same extent as, or to a greater extent than, the
Notes and the Note Guarantees are subordinated to Senior Debt under
this Indenture.
"Permitted Liens" means:
(1) Liens of the Company and any Guarantor securing
Indebtedness and other Obligations under Credit Facilities that were
securing Senior Debt that was permitted by the terms of this Indenture
to be incurred;
(2) Liens in favor of the Company or the Guarantors;
(3) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such
Person is merged with or into or consolidated with the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such Liens were in
existence prior to the contemplation of such merger or consolidation
and do not extend to any assets other than those of the Person merged
into or consolidated with the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary;
(4) Liens on property existing at the time of acquisition of
the property by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company, provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the
contemplation of such acquisition;
(5) Liens to secure the performance of statutory obligations,
surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds or other obligations of a
like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(6) Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease
Obligations) permitted by Section 4.09(b)(5) hereof covering only the
assets acquired with such Indebtedness;
(7) Liens existing on the date of this Indenture;
(8) (a) Liens on precious metals and leases and rights of
consignors in respect of precious metals arising in connection with
precious metal leases and/or consignment arrangements entered into by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of
business and in accordance with past practice; and
(b) Liens granted pursuant to the security transfer
agreements, global assignment agreements and other security documents
from time to time securing the obligations of OMG AG & Co. KG (or any
of its subsidiaries and its successors and assigns) under the Precious
Metals
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Facility among Degussa AG, OMG AG & Co. KG and the Company, provided
that the recourse under any Liens granted in such security documents
shall be limited to 120% of the aggregate value of all outstanding
precious metals advanced pursuant to such Precious Metals Facility on
the date any remedies are exercised by the lessor of the precious
metals;
(9) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or
claims that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently
concluded, provided that any reserve or other appropriate provision as
is required in conformity with GAAP has been made therefor;
(10) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company with respect to
obligations that do not exceed $75.0 million at any one time
outstanding; and
(11) Liens on assets of Unrestricted Subsidiaries that secure
Non-Recourse Debt of Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
"Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness" means any Indebtedness of the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net
proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or
refund other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
(other than intercompany Indebtedness); provided that:
(1) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of
such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal
amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness extended,
refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded (plus all accrued
interest on the Indebtedness and the amount of all expenses and
premiums incurred in connection therewith);
(2) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final
maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted
Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average
Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced,
renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded;
(3) if the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed,
replaced, defeased or refunded is subordinated in right of payment to
the Notes, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity
date later than the final maturity date of, and is subordinated in
right of payment to, the Notes on terms at least as favorable to the
Holders of Notes as those contained in the documentation governing the
Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or
refunded; and
(4) such Indebtedness is incurred either by the Company or by
the Restricted Subsidiary who is the obligor on the Indebtedness being
extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited
liability company or government or other entity.
"Principals" means ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, or in the event of his incompetency
or death, his estate, heirs, executor, administrator or other personal
representative.
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"Private Placement Legend" means the legend set forth in Section
2.06(g)(1) to be placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture except where
otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Indenture.
"Public Equity Offering" means any underwritten public offering of
common stock of the Company.
"QIB" means a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined in Rule 144A.
"Registration Rights Agreement" means the Registration Rights
Agreement, dated as of December 12, 2001, among the Company, the Guarantors and
the other parties named on the signature pages thereof, as such agreement may be
amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
"Regulation S" means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.
"Regulation S Global Note" means a Global Note bearing the Private
Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of the Depositary and
registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a
denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes initially
sold in reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation S.
"Regulation S Permanent Global Note" means a permanent Global Note in
the form of Exhibit A1 hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private
Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name
of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the
outstanding principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note upon
expiration of the Restricted Period.
"Regulation S Temporary Global Note" means a temporary Global Note in
the form of Exhibit A2 hereto deposited with or on behalf of and registered in
the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the
outstanding principal amount of the Notes initially sold in reliance on Rule 903
of Regulation S.
"Related Party" means:
(1) any controlling stockholder, 80% (or more) owned
Subsidiary, or immediate family member (in the case of an individual)
of any Principal; or
(2) any trust, corporation, partnership or other entity, the
beneficiaries, stockholders, partners, owners or Persons beneficially
holding an 80% or more controlling interest of which consist of any one
or more Principals and/or such other Persons referred to in the
immediately preceding clause.
"Representative" means the indenture trustee or other trustee, agent or
representative for any Senior Debt.
"Responsible Officer," when used with respect to the Trustee, means any
officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee (or any successor group
of the Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing
functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and
also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other
officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility
for the administration of this Indenture.
"Restricted Definitive Note" means a Definitive Note bearing the
Private Placement Legend.
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"Restricted Global Note" means a Global Note bearing the Private
Placement Legend.
"Restricted Investment" means an Investment other than a Permitted
Investment.
"Restricted Period" means the 40-day distribution compliance period as
defined in Regulation S.
"Restricted Subsidiary" of a Person means any Subsidiary of the
referent Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
"Rule 144" means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.
"Rule 144A" means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.
"Rule 903" means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act.
"Rule 904" means Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities Act.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Senior Debt" means:
(1) all Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor
outstanding under Credit Facilities and all Hedging Obligations with
respect thereto;
(2) any other Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor
permitted to be incurred under the terms of this Indenture, unless the
instrument under which such Indebtedness is incurred expressly provides
that it is on a parity with or subordinated in right of payment to the
Notes or any Note Guarantee; and
(3) all Obligations with respect to the items listed in the
preceding clauses (1) and (2).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding, Senior Debt
will not include:
(1) any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes
owed or owing by the Company;
(2) any intercompany Indebtedness of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to the Company or any of its Affiliates;
(3) any trade payables; or
(4) the portion of any Indebtedness that is incurred in
violation of this Indenture
"Shelf Registration Statement" means the Shelf Registration Statement
as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement.
"Significant Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary that would be a
"significant subsidiary" as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X,
promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Regulation is in effect on
the date of this Indenture.
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"Stated Maturity" means, with respect to any installment of interest or
principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which such payment of
interest or principal was scheduled to be paid in the original documentation
governing such Indebtedness, and shall not include any contingent obligations to
repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date
originally scheduled for the payment thereof.
"Subsidiary" means, with respect to any specified Person:
(1) any corporation, association or other business entity of
which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital
Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to
vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees of the
corporation, association or other business entity is at the time owned
or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of
the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and
(2) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the
managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of
such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are that Person
or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person (or any combination
thereof).
"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. secs.
77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date on which this Indenture is qualified
under the TIA.
"Transactions" means a series of transactions in which the Company (i)
acquired all of the operations of dmc2 Degussa Metals Catalysts Cerdec
Aktiengesellschaft ("dmc2"); (ii) amended and restated its exiting senior credit
facilities to fund such acquisition; (iii) issued senior subordinated bridge
notes to fund such acquisition; and (iv) sold the Electronics Materials and
Cerdec divisions of dmc2 to Ferro Corporation.
"Treasury Rate" means, as of any Redemption Date, the yield to maturity
as of such Redemption Date of United States Treasury securities with a constant
maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve
Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two
Business Days prior to the Redemption Date (or, if such Statistical Release is
no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most
nearly equal to the period from the Redemption Date to December 15, 2006;
provided, however, that if the period from the Redemption Date to December 15,
2006 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United
States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be
used.
"Trustee" means the party named as such in the preamble to this
Indenture until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable
provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving
hereunder.
"Unrestricted Definitive Note" means one or more Definitive Notes that
do not bear and are not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.
"Unrestricted Global Note" means a permanent global Note substantially
in the form of Exhibit A1 attached hereto that bears the Global Note Legend and
that has the "Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note" attached
thereto, and that is deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name
of the Depositary, representing a series of Notes that do not bear the Private
Placement Legend.
"Unrestricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of the Company or any
successor to any of them that is designated by the Board of Directors as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a Board Resolution, but only to the extent
that such Subsidiary:
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(1) has no Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Debt;
(2) is not party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or
understanding with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company unless the terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement
or understanding are no less favorable to the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time
from Persons who are not Affiliates of the Company;
(3) is a Person with respect to which neither the Company nor
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct or indirect
obligation (a) to subscribe for additional Equity Interests or (b) to
maintain or preserve such Person's financial condition or to cause such
Person to achieve any specified levels of operating results;
(4) has not guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly
provided credit support for any Indebtedness of the Company or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries; and
(5) has at least one director on its Board of Directors that
is not a director or executive officer of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries and has at least one executive officer that is
not a director or executive officer of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries.
Any designation of a Subsidiary of the Company as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary will be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a
certified copy of the Board Resolution giving effect to such designation and an
Officers' Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the
preceding conditions and was permitted by Section 4.07 hereof. If, at any time,
any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the preceding requirements as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary, it will thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted
Subsidiary for purposes of this Indenture and any Indebtedness of such
Subsidiary will be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company as of such date and, if such Indebtedness is not permitted to be
incurred as of such date under Section 4.09 hereof, the Company will be in
default of Section 4.09. The Board of Directors of the Company may at any time
designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided
that such designation will be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of any outstanding Indebtedness of such
Unrestricted Subsidiary and such designation will only be permitted if (1) such
Indebtedness is permitted under Section 4.09 hereof, calculated on a pro forma
basis as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the four-quarter
reference period; and (2) no Default or Event of Default would be in existence
following such designation.
"U.S. Person" means a U.S. Person as defined in Rule 902(o) under the
Securities Act.
"Voting Stock" of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of
such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of
Directors of such Person.
"Weighted Average Life to Maturity" means, when applied to any
Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing:
(1) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (x) the
amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial
maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at
final maturity, in respect of the Indebtedness, by (y) the number of
years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between
such date and the making of such payment; by
(2) the then outstanding principal amount of such
Indebtedness.
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"Wholly Owned Domestic Restricted Subsidiary" of any specified person
means a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of such person that is also a
Domestic Subsidiary.
"Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary" of any specified Person means a
Restricted Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Capital Stock or
other ownership interests of which (other than directors' qualifying shares)
shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned
Restricted Subsidiaries of such Person and one or more Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiaries of such Person.
Other Definitions.
Defined in
Term Section
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"Affiliate Transaction".................................... 4.11
"Asset Sale Offer"......................................... 3.09
"Authentication Order"..................................... 2.02
"Change of Control Offer".................................. 4.15
"Change of Control Payment"................................ 4.15
"Change of Control Payment Date"........................... 4.15
"Covenant Defeasance"...................................... 8.03
"DTC"...................................................... 2.03
"Event of Default"......................................... 6.01
"Excess Proceeds".......................................... 4.10
"incur".................................................... 4.09
"Legal Defeasance"......................................... 8.02
"Offer Amount"............................................. 3.09
"Offer Period"............................................. 3.09
"Paying Agent"............................................. 2.03
"Permitted Debt"........................................... 4.09
"Purchase Date"............................................ 3.09
"Redemption Date".......................................... 3.07
"Registrar"................................................ 2.03
"Restricted Payments"...................................... 4.07
Section 1.02 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the 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 of a Note;
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture;
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the Trustee; and
"obligor" on the Notes and the Note Guarantees means the Company and
the Guarantors, respectively, and any successor obligor upon the Notes and the
Note Guarantees, respectively.
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All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA,
defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA
have the meanings so assigned to them.
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;
(3) "or" is not exclusive;
(4) words in the singular include the plural, and in the
plural include the singular;
(5) "will" shall be interpreted to express a command;
(6) provisions apply to successive events and transactions;
and
(7) references to Sections of or rules under the Securities
Act will be deemed to include substitute, replacement of successor
Sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time.
Section 1.04 Acts of Holders.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by
Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent duly
appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such
action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered
to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such
instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced
thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of Holders signing such
instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a
writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this
Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the
manner provided in this Section 1.04.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such
instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by
law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing
such instrument or writing acknowledged to such officer the execution thereof.
Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than such
signer's individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also
constitute sufficient proof of such signer's authority. The fact and date of the
execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person
executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee
deems sufficient.
(c) The ownership of Notes shall be proved by the Holder list
maintained under Section 2.05 hereunder.
(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Note shall bind every future Holder of
the same Note and the holder of every Note issued upon the registration of
transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of
anything
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done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance
thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Note.
(e) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may,
at its option, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record
date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the Company
shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be
given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the
close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the
purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of
outstanding Notes have authorized or agreed or consented to such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for
that purpose the outstanding Notes shall be computed as of such record date;
provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such
record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant
to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the record
date.
ARTICLE 2.
THE NOTES
Section 2.01 Form and Dating.
(a) General. The Notes and the Trustee's certificate of authentication
will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Notes may have
notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rules or
usage. Each Note will be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall
be in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.
The terms and provisions contained in the Notes will constitute, and
are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the Company, the
Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture,
expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However,
to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of
this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be
controlling.
(b) Global Notes. Notes issued in global form will be substantially in
the form of Exhibit A1 or A2 attached hereto (including the Global Note Legend
thereon and the "Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note" attached
thereto). Notes issued in definitive form will be substantially in the form of
Exhibit A1 attached hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and
without the "Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note" attached
thereto). Each Global Note will represent such of the outstanding Notes as will
be specified therein and each shall provide that it represents the aggregate
principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and
that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may
from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges
and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any
increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes
represented thereby will be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the
direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder
thereof as required by Section 2.06 hereof.
(c) Temporary Global Notes. Notes offered and sold in reliance on
Regulation S will be issued initially in the form of the Regulation S Temporary
Global Note, which will be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Notes
represented thereby with the Trustee, at its New York office, as custodian for
the Depositary, and registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of
the Depositary for the accounts of designated agents holding on behalf of
Euroclear or Clearstream Bank, duly executed by the
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Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The Restricted
Period will be terminated upon the receipt by the Trustee of:
(1) a written certificate from the Depositary, together with
copies of certificates from Euroclear and Clearstream Bank certifying
that they have received certification of non-United States beneficial
ownership of 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Regulation S
Temporary Global Note (except to the extent of any beneficial owners
thereof who acquired an interest therein during the Restricted Period
pursuant to another exemption from registration under the Securities
Act and who will take delivery of a beneficial ownership interest in a
144A Global Note bearing a Private Placement Legend, all as
contemplated by Section 2.06(b) hereof); and
(2) an Officers' Certificate from the Company.
Following the termination of the Restricted Period, beneficial
interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note will be exchanged for
beneficial interests in Regulation S Permanent Global Notes pursuant to the
Applicable Procedures. Simultaneously with the authentication of Regulation S
Permanent Global Notes, the Trustee will cancel the Regulation S Temporary
Global Note. The aggregate principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global
Note and the Regulation S Permanent Global Notes may from time to time be
increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the
Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, in connection with transfers of
interest as hereinafter provided.
(3) Euroclear and Clearstream Procedures Applicable. The
provisions of the "Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System" and
"Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear" and the "General
Terms and Conditions of Clearstream Banking" and "Customer Handbook" of
Clearstream will be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in
the Regulation S Temporary Global Note and the Regulation S Permanent
Global Notes that are held by Participants through Euroclear or
Clearsteam.
Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication.
An Officer must sign the Notes for the Company by manual or facsimile
signature.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office
at the time a Note is authenticated, the Note will nevertheless be valid.
A Note will not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of
the Trustee. The signature will be conclusive evidence that the Note has been
authenticated under this Indenture.
The Trustee will, upon receipt of a written order of the Company signed
by an Officer (an "Authentication Order"), authenticate Notes for original issue
up to $400,000,000 of the Notes.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the
Company to authenticate Notes. 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 agent. An
authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an
Affiliate of the Company.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of
this Indenture (including without limitation under Sections 2.06(f) and 2.13
hereof), the Company may deliver Notes executed by the Company to the Trustee
for authentication. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Trustee shall
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thereupon authenticate and make available for delivery said Notes to or upon
receipt of an Authentication Order. In authenticating such Notes, and accepting
the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Notes,
the Trustee shall be entitled to receive and shall be fully protected in relying
upon:
(a) A copy of the resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors
in or pursuant to which the terms and form of the Notes were established,
certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been
duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect as of
the date of such certificate, and if the terms and form of such Notes are
established by an Officers' Certificate pursuant to general authorization of the
Board of Directors, such Officers' Certificate;
(b) an executed supplemental indenture, if any;
(c) an Officers' Certificate delivered in accordance with Section
13.04(1) hereof; and
(d) an Opinion of Counsel which shall state:
(1) that the form of such Notes has been established by a
supplemental indenture or by or pursuant to a resolution of the Board
of Directors in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(2) that the terms of such Notes have been established in
accordance with the provisions of this Indenture;
(3) that such Notes, when authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any
conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid
and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in
accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or
affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights and to general equity
principles; and
(4) that all laws and requirements in respect of the execution
and delivery by the Company of such Notes have been complied with.
The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver
any Notes under this Section if the Trustee, being advised by counsel,
determines that such action may not lawfully be taken or if the Trustee in good
faith shall determine that such action would expose the Trustee to personal
liability to existing Holders
Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying Agent.
The Company will maintain an office or agency where Notes may be
presented for registration of transfer or for exchange ("Registrar") and an
office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment ("Paying Agent"). The
Registrar will keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange.
The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional
paying agents. The term "Registrar" includes any co-registrar and the term
"Paying Agent" includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change any
Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company will notify
the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this
Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as
Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of
its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
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The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") to
act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and
Paying Agent and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.
Section 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.
The Company will require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to
agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of
Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of
principal, premium or Liquidated Damages, if any, or interest on the Notes, and
will notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such
payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying
Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may
require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment
over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a
Subsidiary) will have no further liability for the money. If the Company or a
Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it will segregate and hold in a separate trust
fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon
any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the
Trustee will serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.
Section 2.05 Holder Lists.
The Trustee will preserve in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of
all Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA sec. 312(a). If the Trustee is
not the Registrar, the Company will furnish to the Trustee at least seven
Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the
Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the
Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of
Notes and the Company shall otherwise comply with TIA sec. 312(a).
Section 2.06 Transfer and Exchange.
(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. A Global Note may not be
transferred as a whole except by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary,
by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the
Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary
or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global Notes will be exchanged by
the Company for Definitive Notes if:
(1) the Company delivers to the Trustee notice from the
Depositary that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as
Depositary or that it is no longer a clearing agency registered under
the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not
appointed by the Company within 120 days after the date of such notice
from the Depositary; or
(2) the Company in its sole discretion determines that the
Global Notes (in whole but not in part) should be exchanged for
Definitive Notes and delivers a written notice to such effect to the
Trustee; provided that in no event shall the Regulation S Temporary
Global Note be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes prior to
(x) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (y) the receipt by the
Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule
903(b)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act.
Upon the occurrence of either of the preceding events in (1) or (2)
above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall
instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may be exchanged
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or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10 hereof.
Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global
Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or
2.10 hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be,
a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as
provided in this Section 2.06(a), however, beneficial interests in a Global Note
may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.06(b), (c) or (f)
hereof.
(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes.
The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will be
effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Restricted
Global Notes will be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set
forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of
beneficial interests in the Global Notes also will require compliance with
either subparagraph (1) or (2) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of
the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:
(1) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note.
Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred
to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial
interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the
transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend;
provided, however, that prior to the expiration of the Restricted
Period, transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary
Global Note may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or
benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser). Beneficial
interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons
who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be
required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers
described in this Section 2.06(b)(1).
(2) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests
in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of
beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.06(b)(1) above,
the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the
Registrar either:
(A) both:
(i) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect
Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or
cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global
Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be
transferred or exchanged; and
(ii) instructions given in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the
Participant account to be credited with such increase; or
(B) both:
(i) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect
Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be
issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial
interest to be transferred or exchanged; and
(ii) instructions given by the Depositary to the
Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose
name such Definitive Note shall be
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registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in
(i) above; provided that in no event shall Definitive Notes be
issued upon the transfer or exchange of beneficial interests
in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note prior to (A) the
expiration of the Restricted Period and (B) the receipt by the
Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903
under the Securities Act. Upon consummation of an Exchange
Offer by the Company in accordance with Section 2.06(f)
hereof, the requirements of this Section 2.06(b)(2) shall be
deemed to have been satisfied upon receipt by the Registrar of
the instructions contained in the Letter of Transmittal
delivered by the Holder of such beneficial interests in the
Restricted Global Notes. Upon satisfaction of all of the
requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests
in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or
otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee
shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global
Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof.
(3) Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted
Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be
transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a
beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the transfer
complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(2) above and the
Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the transferee will take delivery in the form
of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note, then the
transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; and
(B) if the transferee will take delivery in the form
of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Temporary Global
Note or the Regulation S Global Note, then the transferor must
deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (2) thereof.
(4) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a
Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted
Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be
exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery
thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global
Note if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of
Section 2.06(b)(2) above and:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to
the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement and the holder of the beneficial interest to be
transferred, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in
the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of
Transmittal that it is not (i) a Broker-Dealer, (ii) a Person
participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or
(iii) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of
the Company;
(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration
Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer
pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
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(i) if the holder of such beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to
exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial
interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a
certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C
hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(a)
thereof; or
(ii) if the holder of such beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to
transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who
shall take delivery thereof in the form of a
beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a
certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item (4)
thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if
the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so
require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable
to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer
is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the
restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private
Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain
compliance with the Securities Act.
If any such transfer is effected pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (D)
above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the
Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance
with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more
Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to
subparagraph (B) or (D) above.
Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged
for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a
beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note.
(c) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes.
(1) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to
Restricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in
a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest
for a Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial
interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a
Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the
following documentation:
(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial
interest for a Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate from
such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the
certifications in item (2)(a) thereof;
(B) if such beneficial interest is being transferred
to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the
effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (1) thereof;
(C) if such beneficial interest is being transferred
to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance
with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set
forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in
item (2) thereof;
(D) if such beneficial interest is being transferred
pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of
the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a
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certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
(E) if such beneficial interest is being transferred
to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to
the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or
(F) if such beneficial interest is being transferred
pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c)
thereof,
the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global
Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof, and the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the
Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate
principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c) shall be
registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or
denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the
Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or
Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the
Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued
in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to
this Section 2.06(c)(1) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be
subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.
(2) Beneficial Interests in Regulation S Temporary
Global Note to Definitive Notes. Notwithstanding Sections
2.06(c)(1)(A) and (C) hereof, a beneficial interest in the
Regulation S Temporary Global Note may not be exchanged for a
Definitive Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery
thereof in the form of a Definitive Note prior to (A) the
expiration of the Restricted Period and (B) the receipt by the
Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule
903(b)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act, except in the case
of a transfer pursuant to an exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 903 or Rule
904.
(2) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to
Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A holder of a beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest for an
Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial interest
to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted
Definitive Note only if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to
the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement and the holder of such beneficial interest, in the
case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a
transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal
that it is not (i) a Broker-Dealer, (ii) a Person
participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or
(iii) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of
the Company;
(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration
Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer
pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
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(i) if the holder of such beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to
exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive
Note that does not bear the Private Placement Legend,
a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit
C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(b)
thereof; or
(ii) if the holder of such beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to
transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who
shall take delivery thereof in the form of a
Definitive Note that does not bear the Private
Placement Legend, a certificate from such holder in
the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if
the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so
require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable
to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer
is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the
restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private
Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain
compliance with the Securities Act.
(3) Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to
Unrestricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest
in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial
interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest
to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive
Note, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section
2.06(b)(2) hereof, the Trustee will cause the aggregate principal
amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant
to Section 2.06(h) hereof, and the Company will execute and the Trustee
will authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the
instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any
Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant
to this Section 2.06(c)(3) will be registered in such name or names and
in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such
beneficial interest requests through instructions to the Registrar from
or through the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant.
The Trustee will deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose
names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in
exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(3)
will not bear the Private Placement Legend.
(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests.
(1) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in
Restricted Global Notes. If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note
proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Notes
to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the
Registrar of the following documentation:
(A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note
proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the
form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item
(2)(b) thereof;
(B) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being
transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a
certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
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(C) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being
transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in
accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the
effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (2) thereof;
(D) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being
transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule
144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
(E) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being
transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a
certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or
(F) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being
transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set
forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in
item (3)(c) thereof,
the Trustee will cancel the Restricted Definitive Note,
increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal
amount of, in the case of clause (A) above, the appropriate
Restricted Global Note, in the case of clause (B) above, the
144A Global Note, in the case of clause (C) above, the
Regulation S Global Note, and in all other cases, the 144A
Global Note.
(2) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in
Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may
exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global
Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note only if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to
the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the
transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the
applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (i) a
Broker-Dealer, (ii) a Person participating in the distribution
of the Exchange Notes or (iii) a Person who is an affiliate
(as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration
Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer
pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
(i) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes
proposes to exchange such Notes for a beneficial
interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a
certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C
hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(c)
thereof; or
(ii) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes
proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall
take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial
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interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a
certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item (4)
thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if
the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so
require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable
to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer
is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the
restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private
Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain
compliance with the Securities Act.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the
subparagraphs in this Section 2.06(d)(2), the Trustee will cancel the
Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate
principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note.
(3) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in
Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note
may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted
Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for
such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee will cancel the applicable
Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the
aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.
If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a
beneficial interest is effected pursuant to subparagraphs (2)(B),
(2)(D) or (3) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not
yet been issued, the Company will issue and, upon receipt of an
Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the
Trustee will authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive
Notes so transferred.
(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes.
Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder's compliance with
the provisions of this Section 2.06(e), the Registrar will register the transfer
or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or
exchange, the requesting Holder must present or surrender to the Registrar the
Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or
by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder
must provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as
applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section
2.06(e).
(1) Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive
Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to and
registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form
of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the
following:
(A) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule
144A under the Securities Act, then the transferor must
deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(B) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903
or Rule 904, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in
the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in
item (2) thereof; and
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(C) if the transfer will be made pursuant to any
other exemption from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate
in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications,
certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3)
thereof, if applicable.
(2) Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive
Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder
thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person
or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted
Definitive Note if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to
the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the
transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the
applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (i) a
broker-dealer, (ii) a Person participating in the distribution
of the Exchange Notes or (iii) a Person who is an affiliate
(as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
(B) any such transfer is effected pursuant to the
Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the
Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) any such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer
pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
(i) if the Holder of such Restricted
Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for
an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from
such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto,
including the certifications in item (1)(d) thereof;
or
(ii) if the Holder of such Restricted
Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a
Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of
an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from
such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if
the Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form
reasonably acceptable to the Company to the effect that such
exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act
and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in
the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order
to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
(3) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive
Notes. A Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer such
Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an
Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register
such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted
Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.
(f) Exchange Offer. Upon the occurrence of the Exchange Offer in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company will issue and,
upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof,
the Trustee will authenticate:
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(1) one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial
interests in the Restricted Global Notes tendered into the Exchange
Offer by Persons that certify in the applicable Letters of Transmittal
that (A) they are not Broker-Dealers, (B) they are not participating in
a distribution of the Exchange Notes and (z) they are not affiliates
(as defined in Rule 144) of the Company; and
(2) Unrestricted Definitive Notes in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the principal amount of the Restricted Definitive Notes
accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer.
Concurrently with the issuance of such Notes, the Trustee will cause
the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Notes to be
reduced accordingly, and the Company will execute and the Trustee will
authenticate and deliver to the Persons designated by the Holders of Definitive
Notes so accepted Unrestricted Definitive Notes in the appropriate principal
amount.
(g) Legends. The following legends will appear on the face of all
Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture unless
specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Indenture.
(1) Private Placement Legend.
(A) Except as permitted by subparagraph (B) below,
each Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all Notes
issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall
bear the legend in substantially the following form:
"THIS NOTE (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT
FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE
"SECURITIES ACT"), AND THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION
THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THIS NOTE IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF
THIS NOTE MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF
THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER.
THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) THIS NOTE
MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (I) IN THE UNITED
STATES TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A
TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (II) OUTSIDE THE UNITED
STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, (III) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE) OR (IV) PURSUANT
TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF
CASES (I) THROUGH (IV) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY
STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER
IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS NOTE FROM IT OF THE RESALE
RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE."
(B) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or
Definitive Note issued pursuant to subparagraphs (b)(4),
(c)(3), (c)(4), (d)(2), (d)(3), (e)(2), (e)(3) or (f) of this
Section 2.06 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or
substitution thereof) will not bear the Private Placement
Legend.
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(2) Global Note Legend. Each Global Note will bear a legend in
substantially the following form:
"THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE
GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL
OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED
IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS
GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION
2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A
SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF OM GROUP, INC.
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE
FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A
NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR
ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A
SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS
CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY (55 ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇) ("▇▇▇"), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS
AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN."
(3) Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend. The Regulation
S Temporary Global Note will bear a legend in substantially the
following form:
"THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE, AND THE
CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE FOR CERTIFICATED NOTES, ARE AS
SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED HEREIN). NEITHER THE HOLDER NOR THE
BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE ENTITLED
TO RECEIVE PAYMENT OF INTEREST HEREON."
(h) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all
beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for
Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or
canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note will be returned to or
retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11 hereof. At
any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note
is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in
the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive
Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note will be
reduced accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the
Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such
reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred
to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest
in another Global Note, such other Global Note will be increased accordingly and
an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the
Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
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(i) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.
(1) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the
Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and
Definitive Notes upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance
with Section 2.02 or at the Registrar's request.
(2) No service charge will be made to a Holder of a beneficial
interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any
registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar
governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any
such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon
exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.06, 3.09, 4.10, 4.15
and 9.05 hereof).
(3) The Registrar will not be required to register the
transfer of or exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in
part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
(4) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any
registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive
Notes will be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same
debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the
Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of
transfer or exchange.
(5) The Company will not be required:
(A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to
exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of
business 15 days before the day of any selection of Notes for
redemption under Section 3.02 hereof and ending at the close
of business on the day of selection;
(B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any
Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the
unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part; or
(C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note
between a record date and the next succeeding interest payment
date.
(6) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a
transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem
and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the
absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of
principal of and interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and
none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Company shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
(7) The Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive
Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02 hereof.
(8) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel
required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06
to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by
facsimile.
Section 2.07 Replacement Notes.
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If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Company and
the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or
theft of any Note, the Company will issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an
Authentication Order, will authenticate a replacement Note if the Trustee's
requirements are met. If required by the Trustee or the Company, an indemnity
bond must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the
Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any
authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is
replaced. The Company may charge for its expenses in replacing a Note.
Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Company and
will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
Section 2.08 Outstanding Notes.
The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by
the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for
cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the
Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in this
Section as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.09 hereof, a Note
does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the
Company holds the Note.
If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof, it ceases to be
outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the
replaced Note is held by a bona fide or protected purchaser.
If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section
4.01 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue.
If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an
Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on a redemption date or maturity date, money
sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date such
Notes will be deemed to be no longer outstanding and will cease to accrue
interest.
Section 2.09 Treasury Notes.
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of
Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the
Company, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or
under direct or indirect common control with the Company, will be considered as
though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the
Trustee will be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent,
only Notes that the Trustee knows are so owned will be so disregarded.
Section 2.10 Temporary Notes.
Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the
Company may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order,
will authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes will be substantially in the
form of certificated Notes but may have variations that the Company considers
appropriate for temporary Notes and as may be reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Company will prepare and the Trustee
will authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.
Holders of temporary Notes will be entitled to all of the benefits of
this Indenture.
Section 2.11 Cancellation.
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The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent will forward to the Trustee any
Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The
Trustee and no one else will cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of
transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and will dispose of
such canceled Notes in accordance with its customary procedure. Certification of
the destruction of all canceled Notes will be delivered to the Company. The
Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have
been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.12 Defaulted Interest.
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it will
pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful,
interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Holders on a
subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes
and in Section 4.01 hereof. The Company will notify the Trustee in writing of
the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date
of the proposed payment. The Company will fix or cause to be fixed each such
special record date and payment date, provided that no such special record date
may be less than 10 days prior to the related payment date for such defaulted
interest. At least 15 days before the special record date, the Company (or, upon
the written request of the Company, the Trustee in the name and at the expense
of the Company) will mail or cause to be mailed to Holders a notice that states
the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such
interest to be paid.
Section 2.13 Issuance of Additional Notes.
The Company shall be entitled, subject to its compliance with Section
4.09, to issue Additional Notes under this Indenture which shall have identical
terms as the Initial Notes issued on the Issue Date, other than with respect to
the date of issuance and issue price. The Initial Notes issued on the Issue
Date, any Additional Notes and all Exchange Notes or private exchange notes
issued in exchange therefor shall be treated as a single class for all purposes
under this Indenture.
With respect to any Additional Notes, the Company shall set forth in a
resolution of the Board of Directors and the Officers' Certificate, delivered
pursuant to Section 2.02 hereof, the following information:
(a) the aggregate principal amount of such Additional Notes to be
authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture;
(b) the issue price, the issue date and the CUSIP number of such
Additional Notes; provided that no Additional Notes may be issued at a price
that would cause such Additional Notes to have "original issue discount" within
the meaning of Section 1273 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended;
and
(c) whether such Additional Notes shall be transfer restricted notes
and issued in the form of Initial Notes as set forth in Section 2.02 this
Indenture or shall be issued in the form of Exchange Notes.
ARTICLE 3.
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
Section 3.01 Notices to Trustee.
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If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional
redemption provisions of Section 3.07 hereof, it must furnish to the Trustee, at
least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, an Officers'
Certificate setting forth:
(1) the clause of this Indenture pursuant to which the
redemption shall occur;
(2) the redemption date;
(3) the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed; and
(4) the redemption price.
Section 3.02 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased.
If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed or purchased in an
offer to purchase at any time, the Trustee will select Notes for redemption or
purchase on a pro rata basis.
In the event of partial redemption or purchase by lot, the particular
Notes to be redeemed or purchased will be selected, unless otherwise provided
herein, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption or
purchase date by the Trustee from the outstanding Notes not previously called
for redemption or purchase.
The Trustee will promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes
selected for redemption or purchase and, in the case of any Note selected for
partial redemption or purchase, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed or
purchased. Notes and portions of Notes selected will be in amounts of $1,000 or
whole multiples of $1,000; except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be
redeemed or purchased, the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such
Holder, even if not a multiple of $1,000, shall be redeemed or purchased. Except
as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply
to Notes called for redemption or purchase also apply to portions of Notes
called for redemption or purchase.
Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption.
Subject to the provisions of Section 3.09 hereof, at least 30 days but
not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company will mail or cause
to be mailed, by first class mail, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose
Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address, except that redemption
notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice
is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Articles 8 or 11 of this Indenture.
The notice will identify the Notes to be redeemed and will state:
(1) the redemption date;
(2) the redemption price;
(3) if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the
principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the
redemption date upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in
principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion will be issued upon
cancellation of the original Note;
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(4) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(5) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to
the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;
(6) that, unless the Company defaults in making such
redemption payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to
accrue on and after the redemption date;
(7) the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this
Indenture pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being
redeemed; and
(8) that no representation is made as to the correctness or
accuracy of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed
on the Notes.
At the Company's request, the Trustee will give the notice of
redemption in the Company's name and at its expense; provided, however, that the
Company has delivered to the Trustee, at least 45 days prior to the redemption
date, an Officers' Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and
setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in the
preceding paragraph.
Section 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption.
Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.03
hereof, Notes called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the
redemption date at the redemption price. A notice of redemption may not be
conditional.
Section 3.05 Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price.
By 3:00 p.m. on the Business Day immediately preceding the redemption
or purchase price date, the Company will deposit with the Trustee or with the
Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption or purchase price of and
accrued interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, on all Notes to be redeemed or
purchased on that date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent will promptly return to
the Company any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the
Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption or purchase
price of, and accrued interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, on, all Notes to
be redeemed or purchased.
If the Company complies with the provisions of the preceding paragraph,
on and after the redemption or purchase date, interest will cease to accrue on
the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption or purchase. If a Note
is redeemed or purchased on or after an interest record date but on or prior to
the related interest payment date, then any accrued and unpaid interest shall be
paid to the Person in whose name such Note was registered at the close of
business on such record date. If any Note called for redemption or purchase is
not so paid upon surrender for redemption or purchase because of the failure of
the Company to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on
the unpaid principal, from the redemption or purchase date until such principal
is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest not paid on such unpaid
principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01
hereof.
Section 3.06 Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part.
Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed or purchased in part, the
Company will issue and, upon receipt of a Authentication Order, the Trustee will
authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the
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Company a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed or unpurchased
portion of the Note surrendered.
Section 3.07 Optional Redemption.
(a) At any time prior to December 15, 2004, the Company may on any one
or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes
issued under this Indenture at a redemption price of (i) 104% of the principal
amount, if such redemption occurs prior to April 12, 2002 or (ii) 109.250% of
the principal amount, if such redemption occurs on or after April 12, 2002, in
each case, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, to
the redemption date, with the net cash proceeds of one or more Public Equity
Offerings; provided that:
(1) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes
issued under this Indenture remains outstanding immediately after the
occurrence of such redemption (excluding Notes held by the Company and
its Subsidiaries); and
(2) the redemption must occur within 60 days of the date of
the closing of such Public Equity Offering.
(b) At any time prior to December 15, 2006, the Company may also redeem
all or a part of the Notes upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, upon not
less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior notice (but in no event may any such
redemption occur more than 90 days after the occurrence of such Change of
Control) mailed by first-class mail to each Holder's registered address, at a
redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes redeemed plus
the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated
Damages, if any, to the date of redemption (the "Redemption Date").
(c) After December 15, 2006, the Company may redeem all or a part of
the Notes upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice, at the redemption
prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below plus
accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, thereon, to the
applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning
on December 15 of the years indicated below:
Year Percentage
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2006................................................. 104.625%
2007................................................. 103.083%
2008................................................. 101.542%
2009 and thereafter.................................. 100.000%
(d) Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be made pursuant to the
provisions of Section 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.
Section 3.08 Mandatory Redemption.
The Company is not required to make mandatory redemption payments with
respect to the Notes.
Section 3.09 Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds.
In the event that, pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof, the Company is
required to commence an offer to all Holders to purchase Notes (an "Asset Sale
Offer"), it will follow the procedures specified below.
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The Asset Sale Offer shall be made to all Holders and all holders of
other Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes containing provisions
similar to those set forth in this Indenture with respect to offers to purchase
or redeem with the proceeds of sales and assets. The Asset Sale Offer will
remain open for a period of at least 20 Business Days following its commencement
and not more than 30 Business Days, except to the extent that a longer period is
required by applicable law (the "Offer Period"). No later than three Business
Days after the termination of the Offer Period (the "Purchase Date"), the
Company will apply all Excess Proceeds (the "Offer Amount") to the purchase of
Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness (on a pro rata basis, if
applicable) or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes and
other Indebtedness tendered in response to the Asset Sale Offer. Payment for any
Notes so purchased will be made in the same manner as interest payments are
made.
If the Purchase Date is on or after an interest record date and on or
before the related interest payment date, any accrued and unpaid interest, and
Liquidated Damages, if any, will be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is
registered at the close of business on such record date, and no additional
interest will be payable to Holders who tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale
Offer.
Upon the commencement of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company will send, by
first class mail, a notice to the Trustee and each of the Holders, with a copy
to the Trustee. The notice will contain all instructions and materials necessary
to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer. The
notice, which will govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer, will state:
(1) that the Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to this
Section 3.09 and Section 4.10 hereof and the length of time the Asset
Sale Offer will remain open;
(2) the Offer Amount, the purchase price and the Purchase
Date;
(3) that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment will
continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making such payment,
any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer will
cease to accrue interest after the Purchase Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to
an Asset Sale Offer may elect to have Notes purchased in integral
multiples of $1,000 only;
(6) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to
any Asset Sale Offer will be required to surrender the Note, with the
form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of
the Note completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Company,
a Depositary, if appointed by the Company, or a Paying Agent at the
address specified in the notice at least three days before the Purchase
Date;
(7) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election
if the Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be,
receives, not later than the expiration of the Offer Period, a
telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the
name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note the Holder
delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing
his election to have such Note purchased;
(8) that, if the aggregate principal amount of Notes and other
pari passu Indebtedness surrendered by Holders exceeds the Offer
Amount, the Company will select the Notes and other pari passu
Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the principal
amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness surrendered
(with such adjustments as may be
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deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Notes in denominations
of $1,000, or integral multiples thereof, will be purchased); and
(9) that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part will
be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased
portion of the Notes surrendered (or transferred by book-entry
transfer).
On or before the Purchase Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful,
accept for payment, on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary, the Offer
Amount of Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer,
or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered, and will
deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that such Notes or
portions thereof were accepted for payment by the Company in accordance with the
terms of this Section 3.09. The Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as
the case may be, will promptly (but in any case not later than five days after
the Purchase Date) mail or deliver to each tendering Holder an amount equal to
the purchase price of the Notes tendered by such Holder and accepted by the
Company for purchase, and the Company will promptly issue a new Note, and the
Trustee, upon written request from the Company will authenticate and mail or
deliver such new Note to such Holder, in a principal amount equal to any
unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered. Any Note not so accepted shall be
promptly mailed or delivered by the Company to the Holder thereof. The Company
will publicly announce the results of the Asset Sale Offer on the Purchase Date.
Other than as specifically provided in this Section 3.09, any purchase
pursuant to this Section 3.09 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of
Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.
ARTICLE 4.
COVENANTS
Section 4.01 Payment of Notes.
The Company will pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if
any, and interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, the Notes on the dates and in
the manner provided in the Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and interest and
Liquidated Damages, if any, will be considered paid on the date due if the
Paying Agent, if other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, holds as of
10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the due date money deposited by the Company in
immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all
principal, premium, if any, and interest then due. The Company will pay all
Liquidated Damages, if any, in the same manner on the dates and in the amounts
set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
The Company will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any
proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal at the rate equal to
1% per annum in excess of the then applicable interest rate on the Notes to the
extent lawful; it will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any
proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest and
Liquidated Damages (without regard to any applicable grace period) at the same
rate to the extent lawful.
Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New
York, an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate
of the Trustee, Registrar or co-registrar) where Notes may be surrendered for
registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or
upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The
Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any
change in the location, of
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such office or agency. If at any time the Company fails to maintain any such
required office or agency or fails to furnish the Trustee with the address
thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or
served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other
offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or
all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided,
however, that no such designation or rescission will in any manner relieve the
Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of
Manhattan, the City of New York for such purposes. The Company will give prompt
written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any
change in the location of any such other office or agency.
The Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee
as one such office or agency of the Company in accordance with Section 2.03
hereof.
Section 4.03 Reports.
(a) Whether or not required by the SEC, so long as any Notes are outstanding,
the Company will furnish to the Holders of Notes, within the time periods
specified in the SEC's rules and regulations:
(1) all quarterly and annual financial information that would
be required to be contained in a filing with the SEC on Forms 10-Q and
10-K if the Company were required to file such forms, including a
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations" and, with respect to the annual information
only, a report on the annual financial statements by the Company's
certified independent accountants; and
(2) all current reports that would be required to be filed
with the SEC on Form 8-K if the Company were required to file such
reports.
In addition, following the consummation of the Exchange Offer
contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, whether or not required by
the SEC, the Company will file a copy of all of the information and reports
referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above with the SEC for public availability
within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and regulations (unless the
SEC will not accept such a filing) and make such information available to
securities analysts and prospective investors upon request. The Company will at
all times comply with TIA sec. 314(a).
(b) For so long as any Notes remain outstanding, the Company and the
Subsidiary Guarantors will furnish to the Holders and to securities analysts and
prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be
delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.
Section 4.04 Compliance Certificate.
(a) The Company and each Guarantor (to the extent that such Guarantor
is so required under the TIA) shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after
the end of each fiscal year, an Officers' Certificate stating that a review of
the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal
year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to
determining whether the Company 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 his or her knowledge the Company
has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in
this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of
the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (or, if a Default or
Event of Default has occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default
of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Company is taking or
proposes to
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take with respect thereto) and that to the best of his or her knowledge no event
has occurred and remains in existence by reason of which payments on account of
the principal of or interest, if any, on the Notes is prohibited or if such
event has occurred, a description of the event and what action the Company is
taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
(b) So long as not contrary to the then current recommendations of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the year-end financial
statements delivered pursuant to Section 4.03(a) above shall be accompanied by a
written statement of the Company's independent public accountants (who shall be
a firm of established national reputation) that in making the examination
necessary for certification of such financial statements, nothing has come to
their attention that would lead them to believe that the Company has violated
any provisions of Article 4 or Article 5 hereof or, if any such violation has
occurred, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof, it being
understood that such accountants shall not be liable directly or indirectly to
any Person for any failure to obtain knowledge of any such violation.
(c) So long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Company will
deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon any Officer becoming aware of any Default
or Event of Default, an Officers' Certificate specifying such Default or Event
of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with
respect thereto.
Section 4.05 Taxes.
The Company will pay, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay,
prior to delinquency, all material taxes, assessments, and governmental levies
except such as are contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings or
where the failure to effect such payment is not adverse in any material respect
to the Holders of the Notes.
Section 4.06 Compliance with Laws; Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.
(a) The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, use
reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable federal, state, local, or
foreign laws, rules, regulations, or ordinances, including without limitation
such laws, rules, regulations, or ordinances relating to pension, environmental,
employee, and tax matters, except to the extent that the failure so to comply
would not have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, business or
results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(b) The Company and each of the Guarantors covenants (to the extent
that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or
in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay,
extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force,
that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the
Company and each of the Guarantors (to the extent that it may lawfully do so)
hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants
that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the
execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit
the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.
Section 4.07 Restricted Payments.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
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(1) declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or
distribution on account of the Company's or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries' Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any
payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) or to the direct or
indirect holders of the Company's or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries' Equity Interests in their capacity as such (other than
dividends or distributions payable in Equity Interests (other than
Disqualified Stock) of the Company or to the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company);
(2) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value
(including, without limitation, in connection with any merger or
consolidation involving the Company) any Equity Interests of the
Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company;
(3) make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase,
redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any
Indebtedness that is subordinated to the Notes or the Note Guarantees,
except a payment of interest or principal at the Stated Maturity
thereof; or
(4) make any Restricted Investment (all such payments and
other actions set forth in these clauses (1) through (4) above being
collectively referred to as "Restricted Payments"),
unless, at the time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment:
(1) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing or would occur as a reasonably foreseeable consequence of
such Restricted Payment; and
(2) the Company would, at the time of such Restricted Payment
and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Restricted Payment
had been made at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period,
have been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness
pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in the first
paragraph of Section 4.09 hereof; and
(3) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate
amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries after the date of this Indenture (excluding
Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (2), (3) and (4) of the next
succeeding paragraph), is less than the sum, without duplication, of:
(A) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Company
for the period (taken as one accounting period) from the
beginning of the first fiscal quarter commencing after the
date of this Indenture to the end of the Company's most
recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial
statements are available at the time of such Restricted
Payment (or, if such Consolidated Net Income for such period
is a deficit, less 100% of such deficit), plus
(B) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds received
by the Company since the date of this Indenture as a
contribution to its common equity capital or from the issue or
sale of Equity Interests of the Company (other than
Disqualified Stock) or from the issue or sale of convertible
or exchangeable Disqualified Stock or convertible or
exchangeable debt securities of the Company that have been
converted into or exchanged for such Equity Interests (other
than Equity Interests (or Disqualified Stock or debt
securities) sold to a Subsidiary of the Company), plus
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(C) to the extent that any Restricted Investment that
was made after the date of this Indenture is sold for cash or
otherwise liquidated or repaid for cash, the lesser of (i) the
cash return of capital with respect to such Restricted
Investment (less the cost of disposition, if any) and (ii) the
initial amount of such Restricted Investment.
(b) The provisions of Section 4.07(a) will not prohibit:
(1) so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing or
would be caused thereby, the payment of any dividend within 60 days
after the date of declaration of the dividend, if at the date of
declaration the dividend payment would have complied with the
provisions of this Indenture;
(2) the redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or
other acquisition of any subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or
any Guarantor or of any Equity Interests of the Company in exchange
for, or out of the net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent
sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) of, Equity
Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock); provided that
the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any such
redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition
shall be excluded from clause (3)(b) of the preceding paragraph;
(3) the defeasance, redemption, repurchase or other
acquisition of subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or any
Guarantor with the net cash proceeds from an incurrence of Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness;
(4) the payment of any dividend by a Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company to the holders of its Equity Interests on a pro rata basis;
(5) so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing or
would be caused thereby, the repurchase, redemption or other
acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company held by any member
of the Company's (or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries') management or
Board of Directors pursuant to any management equity subscription
agreement, stock option agreement or similar agreement; provided that
the aggregate price paid for all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired
or retired Equity Interests shall not exceed $2.0 million in any
calendar year, with unused amounts in any calendar year being carried
over to succeeding years;
(6) the repurchase of any Equity Interest of the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company deemed to occur upon exercise
of stock options if those Equity Interests represent all or a portion
of the exercise price of those options;
(7) payments in connection with the Transactions, including
any purchase price adjustment or other payment made pursuant to any
agreement relating to any of the Transactions; and
(8) so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing or
would be caused thereby, other Restricted Payments in an amount not to
exceed $20.0 million.
The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) will be the
fair market value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or
securities proposed to be transferred or issued by the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment.
The fair market value of any assets or securities that are required to be valued
by this Section 4.07 will be determined by the Board of Directors whose
resolution with respect thereto shall be delivered to the Trustee. The Board of
Directors' determination must be based upon an opinion or appraisal issued by an
accounting, appraisal or investment
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banking firm of national standing if the fair market value exceeds $5.0 million.
Not later than the date of making any Restricted Payment, the Company will
deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that such Restricted
Payment is permitted and setting forth the basis upon which the calculations
required by this Section 4.07 were computed, together with a copy of any
fairness opinion or appraisal required by this Indenture.
Section 4.08 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting
Subsidiaries.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or permit to exist or become
effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any
Restricted Subsidiary to:
(1) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its
Capital Stock to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or
with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by,
its profits, or pay any indebtedness owed to the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries;
(2) make loans or advances to the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries; or
(3) transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
(b) The restrictions in Section 4.08(a) will not apply to encumbrances
or restrictions existing under or by reason of:
(1) agreements governing Existing Indebtedness and Credit
Facilities as in effect on the date of this Indenture and any
amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases,
supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of those
agreements, provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements,
renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacement or
refinancings are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to
such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in
those agreements on the date of this Indenture;
(2) this Indenture, the Notes and the Note Guarantees;
(3) applicable law;
(4) any instrument governing Indebtedness or Capital Stock of
a Person acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
as in effect at the time of such acquisition (except to the extent such
Indebtedness or Capital Stock was incurred in connection with or in
contemplation of such acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is
not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any
Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of the Person,
so acquired, provided that, in the case of Indebtedness, such
Indebtedness was permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be
incurred;
(5) customary non-assignment provisions in leases entered into
in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices;
(6) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the
ordinary course of business that impose restrictions on that property
of the nature described in clause (3) of the preceding paragraph;
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(7) any agreement for the sale or other disposition of a
Restricted Subsidiary that restricts distributions by that Restricted
Subsidiary pending its sale or other disposition;
(8) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, provided that the
restrictions contained in the agreements governing such Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness are no more restrictive, taken as a whole,
than those contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness being
refinanced;
(9) Liens securing Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be
incurred under Section 4.12 hereof that limit the right of the debtor
to dispose of the assets subject to such Liens;
(10) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth
imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary
course of business; and
(11) customary provisions in joint venture agreements, asset
sale agreements, stock sale agreements and other similar agreements
entered into in the ordinary course of business.
Section 4.09 Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee
or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise
(collectively, "incur"), with respect to any Indebtedness (including Acquired
Debt), and the Company will not issue any Disqualified Stock and will not permit
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any shares of preferred stock;
provided, however, that the Company may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired
Debt) or issue Disqualified Stock, and the Company's Restricted Subsidiaries may
incur Indebtedness or issue preferred stock, if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
for the Company's most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which
internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on
which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock is
issued would have been at least 2.25 to 1 determined on a pro forma basis
(including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the
additional Indebtedness had been incurred or Disqualified Stock had been issued,
as the case may be, at the beginning of such four-quarter period.
(b) The provisions of Section 4.09(a) will not prohibit the incurrence
of any of the following items of Indebtedness (collectively, "Permitted Debt"):
(1) the incurrence by the Company and any Guarantor of
additional Indebtedness and letters of credit under Credit Facilities
in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding under this
clause (1) (with letters of credit being deemed to have a principal
amount equal to the maximum potential reimbursement liability of the
Company and its Subsidiaries thereunder) not to exceed the greater of
$1,060.0 million or the Borrowing Base, in each case, less the
aggregate amount of all Net Proceeds of Asset Sales applied by the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to repay any Indebtedness
under a Credit Facility and effect a corresponding commitment reduction
thereunder pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof.
(2) the incurrence by Foreign Subsidiaries of Indebtedness in
addition to that otherwise permitted under this Indenture in an
aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding, including all
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or
replace any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (2), not to
exceed $50.0 million;
(3) the incurrence by the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries of the Existing Indebtedness;
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(4) the incurrence by the Company and the Guarantors of
Indebtedness represented by the Notes and the related Note Guarantees
to be issued on the date of this Indenture and the Exchange Notes and
the related Note Guarantees to be issued pursuant to the Registration
Rights Agreement;
(5) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Indebtedness represented by Capital Lease Obligations,
mortgage financings or purchase money obligations, or the issuance of
Disqualified Stock, in each case, incurred or issued for the purpose of
financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of construction
or improvement of property, plant or equipment used in the business of
the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, in an aggregate principal
amount and/or aggregate liquidation preference amount, as applicable,
including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund,
refinance or replace any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause
(5), not to collectively exceed $25.0 million at any time outstanding;
(6) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or
the net proceeds of which are used to refund, refinance or replace
Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness) that was permitted
by this Indenture to be incurred under Section 4.09(a) or clauses (2),
(3), (4), (5), (6) or (11) of Section 4.09(b);
(7) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Company
and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that:
(A) if the Company or any Guarantor is the obligor on
such Indebtedness, such Indebtedness must be expressly
subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all
Obligations with respect to the Notes, in the case of the
Company, or the Note Guarantee, in the case of a Guarantor;
and
(B) (i) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity
Interests that results in any such Indebtedness being held by
a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company and (ii) any sale or other transfer of any such
Indebtedness to a Person that is not either the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, will be deemed, in each
case, to constitute an incurrence of such Indebtedness by the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be,
that was not permitted by this clause (7);
(8) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Hedging Obligations in the ordinary course of business;
(9) the guarantee by the Company or any of the Guarantors of
Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company
that was permitted to be incurred by another provision of this Section
4.09;
(10) the accrual of interest, the accretion or amortization of
original issue discount, the payment of interest on any Indebtedness in
the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms, and the
payment of dividends on Disqualified Stock in the form of additional
shares of the same class of Disqualified Stock shall not be deemed to
be an incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of Disqualified Stock
for purposes of this Section 4.09; provided, in each such case, that
the amount thereof is included in Fixed Charges of the Company as
accrued; and
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(11) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of additional Indebtedness in an aggregate principal
amount (or accreted value, as applicable) at any time outstanding,
together with the issuance of Disqualified Stock in an aggregate
liquidation preference amount at any time outstanding, including all
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or
replace any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (11), not to
exceed $75.0 million.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.09, in the
event that an item of proposed Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one
of the categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses (1) through (11) above,
or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(a), the Company will be
permitted to classify such item of Indebtedness on the date of its incurrence,
or later reclassify all or a portion of such item of Indebtedness, in any manner
that complies with this Section 4.09. Indebtedness under Credit Facilities
outstanding on the date on which Notes are first issued and authenticated under
this Indenture will be deemed to have been incurred on such date in reliance on
the exception provided by clause (1) of the definition of Permitted Debt.
Section 4.10 Asset Sales.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(1) the Company (or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may
be) receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least
equal to the fair market value of the assets or Equity Interests issued
or sold or otherwise disposed of;
(2) the fair market value is determined by the Company's Board
of Directors and evidenced by a resolution of the Board of Directors
set forth in an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee; and
(3) at least 75% of the consideration received in the Asset
Sale by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of
cash. For purposes of this provision, each of the following shall be
deemed to be cash:
(A) any liabilities, as shown on the Company's or
such Restricted Subsidiary's most recent balance sheet, of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent
liabilities and liabilities that are by their terms
subordinated to the Notes or any Note Guarantee) that are
assumed by the transferee of any such assets pursuant to a
customary novation agreement that releases the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary from further liability; and
(B) any securities, notes or other obligations
received by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary from
such transferee that are converted by the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary into cash within 180 days of their
receipt, to the extent of the cash received in that
conversion.
Within 360 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset
Sale, the Company may apply such Net Proceeds at its option:
(1) to repay Senior Debt and, if the Senior Debt repaid is
revolving credit Indebtedness, to correspondingly reduce commitments
with respect thereto;
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(2) to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of, or a
majority of the Voting Stock of, another Permitted Business;
(3) to make a capital expenditure; or
(4) to acquire other long-term assets that are used or useful
in a Permitted Business.
Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds, the Company may temporarily
reduce revolving credit borrowings or otherwise invest such Net Proceeds in any
manner that is not prohibited by this Indenture.
Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied or invested as
provided in the preceding paragraph will constitute "Excess Proceeds." When the
aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $15.0 million, the Company will make
an Asset Sale Offer to all Holders of Notes and all holders of other
Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes containing provisions similar to
those set forth in this Indenture with respect to offers to purchase or redeem
with the proceeds of sales of assets in accordance with Section 3.09 hereof to
purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes and such other pari passu
Indebtedness that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds. The offer price
in any Asset Sale Offer will be equal to 100% of principal amount plus accrued
and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, to the date of purchase, and
will be payable in cash. If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an
Asset Sale Offer, the Company may use such Excess Proceeds for any purpose not
otherwise prohibited by this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of
Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness tendered into such Asset Sale Offer
exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes and
such other pari passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis. Upon
completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be
reset at zero.
The Company will 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 each
repurchase of Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the
provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of
Sections 3.09 or 4.10 of this Indenture, the Company will comply with the
applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have
breached its obligations under the provisions of this Indenture by virtue of
such conflict.
Section 4.11 Transactions with Affiliates.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of
its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter
into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan,
advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate (each, an
"Affiliate Transaction"), unless:
(1) the Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are no less
favorable to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than
those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person; and
(2) the Company delivers to the Trustee:
(A) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or
series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate
consideration in excess of $5.0 million, a resolution of the
Board of Directors set forth in an Officers' Certificate
certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with
clause (1) of this Section 4.11(a) and that such Affiliate
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Transaction has been approved by a majority of the
disinterested members of the Board of Directors; and
(B) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or
series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate
consideration in excess of $10.0 million, an opinion as to the
fairness to the Holders of such Affiliate Transaction from a
financial point of view issued by an accounting, appraisal or
investment banking firm of national standing.
(b) The following items will not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions
and, therefore, will not be subject to the provisions of Section 4.11(a):
(1) any employment agreement entered into by the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business
and consistent with the past practice of the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary;
(2) transactions between or among the Company and/or its
Restricted Subsidiaries;
(3) transactions with a Person that is an Affiliate of the
Company solely because the Company owns an Equity Interest in, or
controls, such Person;
(4) payment of reasonable directors fees to Persons who are
not otherwise Affiliates of the Company;
(5) sales of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock)
to Affiliates of the Company;
(6) Restricted Payments that are permitted by Section 4.07
hereof; and
(7) any agreement as in effect on the date of this Indenture
or any amendment thereto (so long as that amendment is not
disadvantageous to the holders of the Notes in any material respect) or
any transaction contemplated thereby.
Section 4.12 Liens.
The Company will not and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to,
create, incur, assume or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective
any Lien of any kind securing Indebtedness, Attributable Debt or trade payables
(other than Permitted Liens) upon any of their property or assets, now owned or
hereafter acquired, unless all payments due under this Indenture and the Notes
are secured on an equal and ratable basis with the obligations so secured until
such time as such obligations are no longer secured by a Lien.
Section 4.13 Business Activities.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, engage in any business other than Permitted Businesses, except
to such extent as would not be material to the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
Section 4.14 Corporate Existence.
Subject to Article 5 hereof, and except in the case of a Change of
Control, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to
preserve and keep in full force and effect:
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(1) its corporate existence, and the corporate, partnership or
other existence of each of its Subsidiaries, in accordance with the
respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended from
time to time) of the Company or any such Subsidiary; and
(2) the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and
franchises of the Company and its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that
the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right, license
or franchise, or the corporate, partnership or other existence of any
of its Subsidiaries, if the Board of Directors shall determine that the
preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the
business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and
that the loss thereof is not adverse in any material respect to the
Holders of the Notes.
Section 4.15 Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control.
(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, if the Company does not exercise
its option to redeem the Notes, the Company shall make an offer (a "Change of
Control Offer") to repurchase all or any part (equal to $1,000 or an integral
multiple of $1,000) of each Holder's Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to
101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest
and Liquidated Damages, if any, on the Notes repurchased, to the date of
purchase (the "Change of Control Payment"). Within 10 days following the
expiration of the notice period with respect to the Company's ability to redeem
the Notes after any Change of Control, the Company will mail a notice to each
Holder describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of
Control and stating:
(1) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to
this Section 4.15 and that all Notes tendered will be accepted for
payment;
(2) the purchase price and the purchase date, which shall be
no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 business days from the
date such notice is mailed (the "Change of Control Payment Date");
(3) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue
interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the
Change of Control Payment, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to
the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue interest after the
Change of Control Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have any Notes purchased pursuant
to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender the Notes,
with the form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the
reverse of the Notes completed, to the Paying Agent at the address
specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third
Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election
if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the close of business on
the second Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date, a
telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the
name of the Holder, the principal amount of Notes delivered for
purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election
to have the Notes purchased; and
(7) that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part
will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased
portion of the Notes surrendered, which unpurchased portion must be
equal to $1,000 in principal amount or an integral multiple thereof.
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The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the
Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the
extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the
repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control. To the extent that
the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of
Control provisions of Sections 3.07 or 4.15 hereof, the Company will comply with
the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have
breached its obligations under Section 3.07 hereof or this Section 4.15 by
virtue of such conflict.
(b) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will, to the
extent lawful:
(1) accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly
tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;
(2) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the
Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes
properly tendered; and
(3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes
properly accepted together with an Officers' Certificate stating the
aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being
purchased by the Company.
The Paying Agent will promptly mail to each Holder of Notes properly tendered
the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee will promptly
authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder
a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes
surrendered, if any; provided that each new Note will be in a principal amount
of $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof.
Prior to complying with any of the provisions of this Section 4.15, but
in any event within 90 days following a Change of Control, the Company will
either repay all outstanding Senior Debt or obtain the requisite consents, if
any, under all agreements governing outstanding Senior Debt to permit the
repurchase of Notes required by this Section 4.15. The Company will publicly
announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable
after the Change of Control Payment Date.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.15, the
Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of
Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the
times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth this Section
4.15 and Section 3.07 hereof and purchases all Notes properly tendered and not
withdrawn under the Change of Control Offer.
Section 4.16 No Senior Subordinated Debt.
The Company will not incur, create, issue, assume, guarantee or
otherwise become liable for any Indebtedness that is subordinate or junior in
right of payment to any Senior Debt of the Company and senior in any respect in
right of payment to the Notes. No Guarantor will incur, create, issue, assume,
guarantee or otherwise become liable for any Indebtedness that is subordinate or
junior in right of payment to the Senior Debt of such Guarantor and senior in
any respect in right of payment to such Guarantor's Note Guarantee.
Section 4.17 Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, enter into any sale and leaseback transaction; provided that
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may enter into a sale and leaseback
transaction if:
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(1) the Company or that Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable,
could have (a) incurred Indebtedness in an amount equal to the
Attributable Debt relating to such sale and leaseback transaction under
the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test in Section 4.09(a) hereof and (b)
incurred a Lien to secure such Indebtedness pursuant to the provisions
of Section 4.12 hereof;
(2) the gross cash proceeds of that sale and leaseback
transaction are at least equal to the fair market value, as determined
in good faith by the Board of Directors and set forth in an Officers'
Certificate delivered to the Trustee, of the property that is the
subject of that sale and leaseback transaction; and
(3) the transfer of assets in that sale and leaseback
transaction is permitted by, and the Company applies the proceeds of
such transaction in compliance with, Section 4.10 hereof.
Section 4.18 Limitation on Issuances and Sales of Capital Stock of Wholly
Owned Restricted Subsidiaries.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, transfer, convey, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any
Equity Interests in any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to any
Person (other than the Company or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company), unless:
(1) such transfer, conveyance, sale, lease or other
disposition is of all the Equity Interests in such Wholly Owned
Restricted Subsidiary; and
(2) the cash Net Proceeds from such transfer, conveyance,
sale, lease or other disposition are applied in accordance with Section
4.10 hereof.
In addition, the Company will not permit any Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company to issue any of its Equity Interests (other than, if
necessary, shares of its Capital Stock constituting directors' qualifying
shares) to any Person other than to the Company or a Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company, unless the Company will be permitted to incur at
least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a) hereof.
Section 4.19 Payments for Consent.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any
consideration to or for the benefit of any Holder of Notes for or as an
inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions
of this Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid
and is paid to all Holders of the Notes that consent, waive or agree to amend in
the time frame set forth in the solicitation documents relating to such consent,
waiver or agreement.
Section 4.20 Additional Note Guarantees.
If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries acquires or creates another
wholly-owned Domestic Restricted Subsidiary after the date of this Indenture,
then that newly acquired or created Wholly Owned Domestic Restricted Subsidiary
will become a Guarantor and execute a supplemental indenture and deliver an
Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee within 10 Business Days of the
date on which it was acquired or created; provided that this Section 4.20 shall
not apply to all Subsidiaries that have properly
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been designated as Unrestricted Subsidiaries in accordance with this Indenture
for so long as they continue to constitute Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
Section 4.21 Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
The Board of Directors may designate any Restricted Subsidiary to be an
Unrestricted Subsidiary if that designation would not cause a Default. If a
Restricted Subsidiary is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the aggregate
fair market value of all outstanding Investments owned by the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries in the Subsidiary properly designated will be deemed to
be an Investment made as of the time of the designation and will reduce the
amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 4.07(a) hereof or
Permitted Investments, as determined by the Company. That designation will only
be permitted if the Investment would be permitted at that time and if the
Restricted Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted
Subsidiary. The Board of Directors may redesignate any Unrestricted Subsidiary
to be a Restricted Subsidiary if the redesignation would not cause a Default.
Section 4.22 Statement by Officers as to Default.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, as soon as possible and in
any event within five days after the Company becomes aware of the occurrence of
any Event of Default or an event which, with notice or the lapse of time or
both, would constitute an Event of Default, an Officers' Certificate setting
forth the details of such Event of Default or default and the action which the
Company proposes to take with respect thereto.
ARTICLE 5.
SUCCESSORS
Section 5.01 Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets.
The Company shall not, directly or indirectly: (1) consolidate or merge
with or into another Person (whether or not the Company is the surviving
corporation); or (2) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all
or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions,
to another Person, unless:
(1) either:
(A) the Company is the surviving corporation; or
(B) the Person formed by or surviving any such
consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or to
which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other
disposition shall have been made is a corporation organized or
existing under the laws of the United States, any state of the
United States or the District of Columbia;
(2) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation
or merger (if other than the Company) or the Person to which such sale,
assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition shall have been
made assumes all the obligations of the Company under the Notes, this
Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to agreements
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;
(3) immediately after such transaction no Default or Event of
Default exists; and
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(4) the Company or the Person formed by or surviving any such
consolidation or merger (if other than the Company), or to which such
sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been
made:
(A) would have Consolidated Net Worth immediately
after the transaction equal to or greater than the
Consolidated Net Worth of the Company immediately preceding
the transaction; and
(B) would, on the date of such transaction after
giving pro forma effect thereto and any related financing
transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of
the applicable four-quarter period, be permitted to incur at
least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a)
hereof.
In addition, the Company will not, directly or indirectly, lease all or
substantially all of its properties or assets, in one or more related
transactions, to any other Person. This Section 5.01 will not apply to a sale,
assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of assets between or among
the Company and any of its Guarantors.
Section 5.02 Successor Corporation Substituted.
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer,
lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets
of the Company in a transaction that is subject to, and that complies with the
provisions of, Section 5.01 hereof, the successor corporation formed by such
consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or to which such sale,
assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall
succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such
consolidation, merger, sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the
provisions of this Indenture referring to the "Company" shall refer instead to
the successor corporation and not to the Company), and may exercise every right
and power of the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such
successor Person had been named as the Company herein; provided, however, that
the predecessor Company shall not be relieved from the obligation to pay the
principal of and interest on the Notes except in the case of a sale of all of
the Company's assets in a transaction that is subject to, and that complies with
the provisions of, Section 5.01 hereof.
ARTICLE 6.
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01 Events of Default.
Each of the following is an "Event of Default":
(1) the Company defaults for 30 days in the payment when due
of interest on, or Liquidated Damages with respect to, the Notes
whether or not prohibited by the subordination provisions of this
Indenture;
(2) the Company defaults in the payment when due (at maturity,
upon redemption or otherwise) of the principal of, or premium, if any,
on the Notes, whether or not prohibited by the subordination provisions
of this Indenture;
(3) the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries fails to
comply with the provisions of Section 4.07, 4.09, 4.10, 4.15, or 5.01
hereof;
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(4) the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries fails to
observe or perform any other covenant or other agreement in this
Indenture or the Notes for 60 days after notice to the Company by the
Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of
the Notes (including Additional Notes, if any) then outstanding voting
as a single class;
(5) a default occurs under any mortgage, indenture or
instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be
secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is
guaranteed by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries)
whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists, or is created after
the date of this Indenture, if that default:
(A) is caused by a failure to pay principal of, or
interest or premium, if any, on such Indebtedness prior to the
expiration of the grace period provided in such Indebtedness
on the date of such default (a "Payment Default"); or
(B) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness
prior to its express maturity;
and, in each case, the principal amount of any such
Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other
such Indebtedness under which there has been a Payment Default
or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates
$15.0 million or more;
(6) a final judgment or final judgments for the payment of
money are entered by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction
against the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries which
judgment or judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period
of 60 days; provided that the aggregate of all such unpaid,
undischarged and unstayed judgments at any time exceeds $15.0 million;
and
(7) the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any
group of Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of Bankruptcy
Law:
(A) commences a voluntary case,
(B) consents to the entry of an order for relief
against it in an involuntary case,
(C) consents to the appointment of a custodian of it
or for all or substantially all of its property,
(D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its
creditors, or
(E) generally is not paying its debts as they become
due; or
(8) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or
decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
(A) is for relief against the Company or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Subsidiaries that,
taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary in
an involuntary case;
(B) appoints a custodian of the Company or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Subsidiaries that,
taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant
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Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the property of
the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any
group of Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute
a Significant Subsidiary; or
(C) orders the liquidation of the Company or any of
its Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Subsidiaries
that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant
Subsidiary;
and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60
consecutive days; or
(9) except as permitted by this Indenture, any Note Guarantee
is held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or
shall cease for any reason to be in full force and effect or any
Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of any Guarantor, shall deny
or disaffirm its obligations under its Note Guarantee.
Section 6.02 Acceleration.
In the case of an Event of Default specified in clause (7) or (8) of
Section 6.01 hereof, with respect to the Company or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would
constitute a Significant Subsidiary, all outstanding Notes will become due and
payable immediately without further action or notice. If any other Event of
Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in
principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be
due and payable immediately. Upon such declaration, the Notes shall become due
and payable immediately. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the then outstanding Notes by written notice to the Trustee may on behalf of
all of the Holders rescind an acceleration and its consequences if the
rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing
Events of Default (except nonpayment of principal, interest or premium that has
become due solely because of the acceleration) have been cured or waived.
If an Event of Default occurs on or after December 15, 2006 by reason
of any willful action (or inaction) taken (or not taken) by or on behalf of the
Company with the intention of avoiding payment of the premium that the Company
would have had to pay if the Company then had elected to redeem the Notes
pursuant to Section 3.07(c) hereof, then, upon acceleration of the Notes, an
equivalent premium shall also become and be immediately due and payable, to the
extent permitted by law, anything in this Indenture or in the Notes to the
contrary notwithstanding. If an Event of Default occurs prior to December 15,
2006 by reason of any willful action (or inaction) taken (or not taken) by or on
behalf of the Company with the intention of avoiding the prohibition on
redemption of the Notes prior to such date, then, upon acceleration of the
Notes, an additional premium shall also become and be immediately due and
payable in an amount, for each of the years beginning on December 15 of the
years set forth below, as set forth below (expressed as a percentage of the
principal amount of the Notes on the date of payment that would otherwise be due
but for the provisions of this sentence):
YEAR PERCENTAGE
---- ----------
2001..................................................... 112.332%
2002..................................................... 110.791%
2003..................................................... 109.249%
2004..................................................... 107.708%
2005..................................................... 106.166%
Section 6.03 Other Remedies.
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If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue
any available remedy to collect the payment of principal, premium, and
Liquidated Damages, if any, and interest on the Notes or to enforce the
performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding 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 of a Note in exercising 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. All remedies are
cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
Section 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults.
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all
of the Notes waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences
hereunder, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of the
principal of, premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, or interest on, the Notes
(including in connection with an offer to purchase); provided, however, that the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding
Notes may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related
payment default that resulted from such acceleration. Upon any such waiver, such
Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall
be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such
waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
Section 6.05 Control by Majority.
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes
may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for
exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power
conferred on it. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that
conflicts with law or this Indenture or that the Trustee determines may be
unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of Notes or that may involve
the Trustee in personal liability and the Trustee may take any other action
deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.
Section 6.06 Limitation on Suits.
A Holder of a Note may pursue a remedy with respect to this Indenture
or the Notes only if:
(1) the Holder of a Note gives to the Trustee written notice
of a continuing Event of Default;
(2) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the
then outstanding Notes make a written request to the Trustee to pursue
the remedy;
(3) such Holder of a Note or Holders of Notes offer and, if
requested, provide to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee
against any loss, liability or expense;
(4) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60
days after receipt of the request and the offer and, if requested, the
provision of indemnity; and
(5) during such 60-day period the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the then outstanding Notes do not give the Trustee
a direction inconsistent with the request.
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A Holder of a Note may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights
of another Holder of a Note or to obtain a preference or priority over another
Holder of a Note.
Section 6.07 Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right, which
is absolute and unconditional, of any Holder of a Note to receive payment of
principal, premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, and interest on the Note, on
or after the respective due dates expressed in the Note (including in connection
with an offer to purchase), or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such
payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected
without the consent of such Holder.
Section 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee.
If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(1) or (2) occurs and
is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and
as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount of
principal of, premium, and Liquidated Damages, if any, and interest remaining
unpaid on the Notes and interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful,
interest 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.
Section 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
The Trustee is authorized to 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 and counsel) and the
Holders of the Notes 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, receive and distribute any money or other
property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such
judicial proceeding 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 agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under
Section 7.07 hereof. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and
any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof out of the estate in
any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall
be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions,
dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be
entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan
of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. 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, or to authorize the
Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
Section 6.10 Priorities.
If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article 6, it shall
pay out the money in the following order:
First: to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts
due under Section 7.07 hereof, including payment of all compensation,
expenses, indemnities and liabilities incurred, and all advances made,
by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;
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Second: to Holders of Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the
Notes for principal, premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, and
interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind,
according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal,
premium, and Liquidated Damages, if any and interest, respectively; and
Third: to the Company or to such party as a court of competent
jurisdiction shall direct.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to
Holders of Notes 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 a Trustee, a court in its discretion may 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 a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder of
a Note pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in
principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.
ARTICLE 7.
TRUSTEE
Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee
will 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, as a prudent person would
exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person's own
affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(1) the duties of the Trustee will be determined solely by the
express provisions of this Indenture and the Trustee need perform only
those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no
others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this
Indenture against the Trustee; and
(2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, 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, the Trustee will examine the certificates and
opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements
of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of
any mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities 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;
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(2) the Trustee will not be liable for any error of judgment
made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that
the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(3) the Trustee will 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 6.05 hereof.
(d) No provision of this Indenture will require the Trustee to expend
or risk its own funds or incur any liability. The Trustee will be under no
obligation to exercise any of its rights and powers under this Indenture at the
request of any Holders, unless such Holder has offered to the Trustee security
and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.
(e) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of
this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs
(a), (b), (c) and (d) of this Section 7.01.
(f) The Trustee will not be liable for interest on any money received
by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in
trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the
extent required by law.
Section 7.02 Rights of Trustee.
(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely upon any document (in original or
facsimile) 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 require an
Officers' Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee will not be
liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in conclusive
reliance on such Officers' Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may
consult with counsel of its selection and the written advice of such counsel or
any Opinion of Counsel will be full and complete authorization and protection
from liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it
hereunder in good faith and in conclusive reliance thereon.
(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and
independent contractors, and will not be responsible for the misconduct or
negligence of any such attorney, agent or independent contractor appointed with
due care.
(d) The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to
take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or
powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.
(e) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any
demand, request, direction or notice from the Company will be sufficient if
signed by an Officer of the Company.
(f) The Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of
any of the Holders unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee security or
indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and
liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or
direction.
(g) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given
to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are
extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities
hereunder, and to each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act
hereunder.
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(h) The Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officers'
Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers
authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture,
which Officers' Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an
Officers' Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any
such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.
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
Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not
Trustee. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting
interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for
permission to continue as trustee or resign. Any Agent may do the same with like
rights and duties. The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11 hereof.
Section 7.04 Trustee's Disclaimer.
The Trustee will not be responsible for and makes no representation as
to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be
accountable for the Company's use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money
paid to the Company or upon the Company's direction under any provision of this
Indenture, it will not be responsible for the use or application of any money
received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it will not be
responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Notes or
any other document in connection with the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this
Indenture other than its certificate of authentication.
Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults.
If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is
known to the Trustee, the Trustee will mail to Holders of Notes a notice of the
Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case
of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of, premium or
Liquidated Damages, if any, or interest on any Note, the Trustee may withhold
the notice if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good
faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders
of the Notes.
Section 7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes.
(a) Within 60 days after each May 15 beginning with the May 15
following the date of this Indenture, and for so long as Notes remain
outstanding, the Trustee will mail to the Holders of the Notes a brief report
dated as of such reporting date that complies with TIA sec. 313(a) (but if no
event described in TIA sec. 313(a) has occurred within the twelve months
preceding the reporting date, no report need be transmitted). The Trustee also
will comply with TIA sec. 313(b)(2). The Trustee will also transmit by mail all
reports as required by TIA sec. 313(c).
(b) A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the Holders of
Notes will be mailed by the Trustee to the Company and filed by the Trustee with
the SEC and each stock exchange on which the Notes are listed in accordance with
TIA sec. 313(d). The Company will promptly notify the Trustee when the Notes are
listed on any stock exchange.
Section 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity.
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(a) The Company will pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable
compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder. The
Trustee's compensation will not be limited by any law on compensation of a
trustee of an express trust. The Company will reimburse the Trustee promptly
upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or
made by it in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses will
include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee's
agents and counsel.
(b) The Company and the Guarantors will indemnify the Trustee against
any and all losses, liabilities or expenses incurred by it arising out of or in
connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this
Indenture, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against
the Company and the Guarantors (including this Section 7.07) and defending
itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, the Guarantors or any
Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or
performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to the extent any
such loss, liability or expense may be attributable to its negligence or bad
faith. The Trustee will notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it
may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company will not
relieve the Company or any of the Guarantors of their obligations hereunder. The
Company or such Guarantor will defend the claim and the Trustee will cooperate
in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel of its selection and the
Company will pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. Neither the
Company nor any Guarantor need pay for any settlement made without its consent,
which consent will not be unreasonably withheld.
(c) The obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this
Section 7.07 will survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or
the resignation or removal of the Trustee.
(d) To secure the Company's payment obligations in this Section 7.07,
the Trustee will have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or
collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal and
interest on particular Notes. Such Lien will survive the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture or the resignation or removal of the Trustee.
(e) When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event
of Default specified in Section 6.01(7) or (8) hereof occurs, the expenses and
the compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses of its agents
and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any
Bankruptcy Law.
(f) The Trustee will comply with the provisions of TIA sec. 313(b)(2)
to the extent applicable.
Section 7.08 Replacement of Trustee.
(a) A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor Trustee will become effective only upon the successor Trustee's
acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.08.
(b) The Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be discharged
from the trust hereby created by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may remove the
Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing. The Company may
remove the Trustee if:
(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof;
(2) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an
order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any
Bankruptcy Law;
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(3) a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee
or its property; or
(4) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
(c) If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the
office of Trustee for any reason, the Company will promptly appoint a successor
Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may appoint a
successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.
(d) If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after
the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company,
or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes
may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor Trustee.
(e) If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder who has been a
Holder for at least six months, fails to comply with Section 7.10, such Holder
may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee
and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(f) A successor Trustee will deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon, the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee will become effective, and the
successor Trustee will have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee
under this Indenture. The successor Trustee will mail a notice of its succession
to Holders. The retiring Trustee will promptly transfer all property held by it
as Trustee to the successor Trustee, provided all sums owing to the Trustee
hereunder have been paid and subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.07
hereof. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section
7.08, the Company's obligations under Section 7.07 hereof will continue for the
benefit of the retiring Trustee.
Section 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.
If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all
or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation,
the successor corporation without any further act will be the successor Trustee.
Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification.
There will at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation
organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or
of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate
trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state
authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at least $100 million
as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.
This Indenture will always have a Trustee who satisfies the
requirements of TIA sec. 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee is subject to TIA
sec. 310(b).
Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
The Trustee is subject to TIA sec. 311(a), excluding any creditor
relationship listed in TIA sec. 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been
removed shall be subject to TIA sec. 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.
Section 7.12 Trustee's Application for Instructions from the Company.
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Any application by the Trustee for written instructions from the
Company may, at the option of the Trustee, set forth in writing any action
proposed to be taken or omitted by the Trustee under this Indenture and the date
on and/or after which such action shall be taken or such omission shall be
effective. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken by, or omission
of, the Trustee in accordance with a proposal included in such application on or
after the date specified in such application (which date shall not be less than
three Business Days after the date any officer of the Company actually receives
such application, unless any such officer shall have consented in writing to any
earlier date) unless prior to taking any such action (or the effective date in
the case of an omission), the Trustee shall have received written instructions
in response to such application specifying the action to be taken or omitted.
Section 7.13 Assignment of Rights, No Assumption of Duties.
Anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, (a) the
Company shall remain liable under this Indenture and each related document to
which it is a party to the extent set forth therein to perform all of its duties
and obligations thereunder to the same extent as if this Indenture had not been
executed, (b) the exercise by the Trustee or any Holder of any of their rights,
remedies or powers hereunder shall not release the Company from any of its
duties or obligations under each of such documents to which it is a party and
(c) neither any Holder nor the Trustee shall have any obligation or liability
under any of such documents to which the Company is a party by reason of or
arising out of this Indenture, nor shall any Holder or the Trustee be obligated
to perform any of the obligations or duties of the Company thereunder or, except
as expressly provided herein with respect to the Trustee, to take any action to
collect or enforce any claim for payment assigned hereunder or otherwise.
ARTICLE 8.
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 8.01 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The Company may, at the option of its Board of Directors evidenced by a
resolution set forth in an Officers' Certificate, at any time, elect to have
either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof be applied to all outstanding Notes upon
compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article 8.
Section 8.02 Legal Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Company's exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option
applicable to this Section 8.02, the Company and each of the Guarantors will,
subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof,
be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to all
outstanding Notes (including the Note Guarantees) on the date the conditions set
forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, "Legal Defeasance"). For this purpose,
Legal Defeasance means that the Company and the Guarantors will be deemed to
have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the outstanding
Notes (including the Note Guarantees), which will thereafter be deemed to be
"outstanding" only for the purposes of Section 8.05 hereof and the other
Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (1) and (2) below, and to have
satisfied all their other obligations under such Notes, the Note Guarantees and
this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company,
shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the
following provisions which will survive until otherwise terminated or discharged
hereunder:
(1) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive
payments in respect of the principal of, or interest or premium and
Liquidated Damages, if any, on such Notes when such payments are due
from the trust referred to in Section 8.04 hereof;
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(2) the Company's obligations with respect to such Notes under
Article 2 and Section 4.02 hereof;
(3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the
Trustee hereunder and the Company's and the Guarantors' obligations in
connection therewith; and
(4) this Article 8.
Subject to compliance with this Article 8, the Company may exercise its
option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option
under Section 8.03 hereof.
Section 8.03 Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Company's exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option
applicable to this Section 8.03, the Company and the Guarantors will, subject to
the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be released
from each of their obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.07,
4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.15, 4.16, 4.17, 4.18, 4.19, 4.20, 4.21 and
4.22 hereof and clause (4) of Section 5.01 hereof with respect to the
outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04
hereof are satisfied (hereinafter, "Covenant Defeasance"), and the Notes will
thereafter be deemed not "outstanding" for the purposes of any direction,
waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any
thereof) in connection with such covenants, but will continue to be deemed
"outstanding" for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such
Notes will not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose,
Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes and Note
Guarantees, the Company and the Guarantors may omit to comply with and will have
no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any
such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference
elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such
covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such
omission to comply will not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under
Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this
Indenture and such Notes and Note Guarantees will be unaffected thereby. In
addition, upon the Company's exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option
applicable to this Section 8.03 hereof, subject to the satisfaction of the
conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, Sections 6.01(3) through 6.01(6)
hereof will not constitute Events of Default.
Section 8.04 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.
In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
under either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof:
(1) the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in
trust, for the benefit of the Holders, cash in United States dollars,
non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such
amounts as will be sufficient, in the written opinion of a nationally
recognized firm of independent public accountants delivered to the
Trustee, to pay the principal of, premium and Liquidated Damages, if
any, and interest on the outstanding Notes on the stated date for
payment thereof or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may
be;
(2) in the case of an election under Section 8.02 hereof, the
Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the
United States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that:
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(A) the Company has received from, or there has been
published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling; or
(B) 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 of the
outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for
federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal
Defeasance and will 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 Legal Defeasance had not
occurred;
(3) in the case of an election under Section 8.03 hereof, the
Company must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United
States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that the Holders
of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for
federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and
will 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;
(4) 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 resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such
deposit);
(5) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not
result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any
material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound;
(6) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with
the intent of preferring the Holders of Notes over the other creditors
of the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or
defrauding any other creditors of the Company or others; and
(7) the Company must deliver 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 have been complied with.
Section 8.05 Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust;
Other Miscellaneous Provisions.
Subject to Section 8.06 hereof, all money and non-callable Government
Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other
qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 8.05, the
"Trustee") pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof in respect of the outstanding Notes
will be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the
provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or
through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as Paying Agent) as the
Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to
become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, and Liquidated Damages, if
any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except
to the extent required by law.
The Company will pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or
other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or non-callable Government
Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.04
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hereof 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
the outstanding Notes.
Notwithstanding anything in this Article 8 to the contrary, the Trustee
will deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the request of the
Company any money or non-callable Government Securities held by it as provided
in Section 8.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section
8.04(1) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required
to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
Section 8.06 Repayment to Company.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held
by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium or
Liquidated Damages, if any, or interest on any Note and remaining unclaimed for
two years after such principal, premium or Liquidated Damages, if any, or
interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on the written
request of the Company signed by an Officer thereof or (if then held by the
Company) will be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note will
thereafter be permitted to look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all
liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money,
and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, will thereupon cease;
provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required
to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be
published once, in the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (national
edition), notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date
specified therein, which will not be less than 30 days from the date of such
notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining
will be repaid to the Company.
Section 8.07 Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any United States
dollars or non-callable Government Securities in accordance with Section 8.02 or
8.03 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court
or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such
application, then the Company's and the Guarantor's obligations under this
Indenture and the Notes and the Note Guarantees will be revived and reinstated
as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof until
such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in
accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be; provided,
however, that, if the Company makes any payment of principal of, premium, if
any, or interest on any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the
Company will be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive
such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE 9.
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders of Notes.
Notwithstanding Section 9.02 of this Indenture, the Company, the
Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Note
Guarantees or the Notes without the consent of any Holder of a Note:
(1) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
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(2) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in
place of certificated Notes or to alter the provisions of Article 2
hereof (including the related definitions) in a manner that does not
materially adversely affect any Holder;
(3) to provide for the assumption of the Company's or a
Guarantor's obligations to the Holders of the Notes by a successor to
the Company pursuant to Article 5 or Article 11 hereof;
(4) to make any change that would provide any additional
rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not
adversely affect the legal rights hereunder of any Holder of the Note;
or
(5) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect
or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA.
Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its
Board of Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental
Indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section
7.02 hereof, the Trustee will join with the Company and the Guarantors 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 that may be therein contained, but the Trustee will not be
obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental Indenture that affects its
own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders of Notes.
Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Company and the
Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture (including, without limitation,
Section 3.09, 4.10 and 4.15 hereof), the Note Guarantees and the Notes with the
consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes
then outstanding voting as a single class (including, without limitation,
consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or
purchase of, the Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, any
existing Default or Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of Default
in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes,
except a payment default resulting from an acceleration that has been rescinded)
or compliance with any provision of this Indenture, the Note Guarantees or the
Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the then outstanding Notes voting as a single class (including
consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or
purchase of, the Notes).
Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its
Board of Directors 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 7.02 hereof, the Trustee will
join with the Company in the execution of such amended or supplemental Indenture
unless such amended or supplemental Indenture directly affects the Trustee's own
rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case
the Trustee may in its discretion, but will not be obligated to, enter into such
amended or supplemental Indenture.
It is not 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 is sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02
becomes effective, the Company will mail to the Holders of Notes affected
thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any
failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, will not,
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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 hereof, the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then
outstanding voting as a single class 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 affected, an amendment or waiver
under this Section 9.02 may not (with respect to any Notes held by a
non-consenting Holder):
(1) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must
consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
(2) reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of
any Note or alter or waive any of the provisions with respect to the
redemption of the Notes (other than provisions relating to Section
3.09, 4.10 and 4.15 thereof);
(3) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of
interest, including default interest, on any Note;
(4) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of
principal of, or premium, interest or Liquidated Damages, if any, on
the Notes (except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the
Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
then outstanding Notes and a waiver of the payment default that
resulted from such acceleration);
(5) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in
the Notes;
(6) make any change in the provisions of this Indenture
relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of Holders of Notes
to receive payments of principal of, or premium, interest or Liquidated
Damages, if any, on the Notes;
(7) Waive a redemption or repurchase payment with respect to
any Notes (other than a payment required by Section 4.10 or 4.15
hereof);
(8) make any change in Section 6.04 or 6.07 hereof or in the
foregoing amendment and waiver provisions;
(9) except as provided in Section 8.02, 8.05 and 11.06 hereof,
release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Note
Guarantee or this Indenture, except in accordance with the terms of
this Indenture.
Section 9.03 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.
Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes will be
set forth in an amended or supplemental Indenture that complies with the TIA as
then in effect.
Section 9.04 Revocation and Effect of Consents.
Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent
to it by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent by the Holder of a Note 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. However, any such Holder of a Note or subsequent Holder of a
Note may revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written
notice of revocation before the date the waiver,
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supplement or amendment becomes effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver
becomes effective in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every
Holder.
Section 9.05 Notation on or Exchange of Notes.
The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment,
supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The Company in
exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an
Authentication Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment,
supplement or waiver.
Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note will not
affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
Section 9.06 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.
The Trustee will sign any amended or supplemental Indenture authorized
pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment or supplement does not adversely
affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. The Company
may not sign an amendment or supplemental Indenture until the Board of Directors
approves it. In executing any amended or supplemental indenture, the Trustee
will be entitled to receive and (subject to Section 7.01 hereof) will be fully
protected in relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section
13.04 hereof, an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that
the execution of such amended or supplemental Indenture is authorized or
permitted by this Indenture.
ARTICLE 10.
SUBORDINATION
Section 10.01 Agreement to Subordinate.
The Company agrees, and each Holder by accepting a Note agrees, that
the Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes is subordinated in right of payment, to
the extent and in the manner provided in this Article 10, to the prior payment
in full of all Senior Debt (whether outstanding on the date hereof or hereafter
created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed), and that the subordination is for the
benefit of the holders of Senior Debt.
Section 10.02 Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy.
Upon any distribution to creditors of the Company in a liquidation or
dissolution of the Company or in a bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency,
receivership or similar proceeding relating to the Company or its property, in
an assignment for the benefit of creditors or any marshaling of the Company's
assets and liabilities:
(1) holders of Senior Debt will be entitled to receive payment
in full of all Obligations due in respect of such Senior Debt
(including interest after the commencement of any bankruptcy proceeding
at the rate specified in the applicable Senior Debt) before the Holders
of Notes will be entitled to receive any payment with respect to the
Notes (except that Holders of Notes may receive and retain Permitted
Junior Securities and payments made from any defeasance trust created
pursuant to Section 8.01 hereof); and
(2) until all Obligations with respect to Senior Debt (as
provided in clause (1) above) are paid in full, any distribution to
which Holders would be entitled but for this Article 10 will be made to
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holders of Senior Debt (except that Holders of Notes may receive and
retain Permitted Junior Securities and payments made from any
defeasance trust created pursuant to Section 8.01 hereof), as their
interests may appear.
Section 10.03 Default on Designated Senior Debt.
(a) The Company may not make any payment or distribution to the Trustee (subject
to the last sentence of Section 10.11 hereof) or any Holder in respect of
Obligations with respect to the Notes and may not acquire from the Trustee or
any Holder any Notes for cash or property (other than Permitted Junior
Securities and payments made from any defeasance trust created pursuant to
Section 8.01 hereof) until all principal and other Obligations with respect to
the Senior Debt have been paid in full if:
(1) payment default on Designated Senior Debt occurs and is
continuing beyond any applicable grace period in the agreement,
indenture or other document governing such Designated Senior Debt; or
(2) any other default occurs and is continuing on any series
of Designated Senior Debt that permits holders of that series of
Designated Senior Debt to accelerate its maturity and the Trustee
receives a notice of such default (a "Payment Blockage Notice") from
the Company or the holders of any Designated Senior Debt. If the
Trustee receives any such Payment Blockage Notice, no subsequent
Payment Blockage Notice will be effective for purposes of this Section
unless and until (A) at least 360 days have elapsed since the
effectiveness of the immediately prior Payment Blockage Notice and (B)
all scheduled payments of principal, premium and Liquidated Damages, if
any, and interest on the Notes that have come due have been paid in
full in cash.
No nonpayment default that existed or was continuing on the date of
delivery of any Payment Blockage Notice to the Trustee may be, or may be made,
the basis for a subsequent Payment Blockage Notice unless such default has have
been waived for a period of not less than 180 days.
(b) The Company may and will resume payments on and distributions in
respect of the Notes and may acquire them upon the earlier of:
(1) in the case of a payment default, upon the date upon which
such default is cured or waived, or
(2) in the case of a nonpayment default, upon the earlier of
the date on which such nonpayment default is cured or waived or 179
days after the date on which the applicable Payment Blockage Notice is
received, unless the maturity of any Designated Senior Debt has been
accelerated.
if this Article 10 otherwise permits the payment, distribution or acquisition at
the time of such payment or acquisition.
Section 10.04 Acceleration of Notes.
If payment of the Notes is accelerated because of an Event of Default,
the Company will promptly notify holders of Senior Debt of the acceleration.
Section 10.05 When Distribution Must Be Paid Over.
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In the event that the Trustee or any Holder receives any payment of any
Obligations with respect to the Notes (other than Permitted Junior Securities
and payments made from any defeasance trust created pursuant to Section 8.01
hereof) at a time when the Trustee or such Holder, as applicable, has actual
knowledge that such payment is prohibited by Section 10.03 hereof, such payment
will be held by the Trustee or such Holder, in trust for the benefit of, and
will be paid forthwith over and delivered, upon written request, to, the holders
of Senior Debt as their interests may appear or their Representative under the
agreement, indenture or other document (if any) pursuant to which Senior Debt
may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, for application
to the payment of all Obligations with respect to Senior Debt remaining unpaid
to the extent necessary to pay such Obligations in full in accordance with their
terms, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for
the holders of Senior Debt.
With respect to the holders of Senior Debt, the Trustee undertakes to
perform only those obligations on the part of the Trustee as are specifically
set forth in this Article 10, and no implied covenants or obligations with
respect to the holders of Senior Debt will be read into this Indenture against
the Trustee. The Trustee will not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the
holders of Senior Debt, and will not be liable to any such holders if the
Trustee pays over or distributes to or on behalf of Holders or the Company or
any other Person money or assets to which any holders of Senior Debt are then
entitled by virtue of this Article 10, except if such payment is made as a
result of the willful misconduct or gross negligence of the Trustee.
Section 10.06 Notice by Company.
The Company will promptly notify the Trustee and the Paying Agent of
any facts known to the Company that would cause a payment of any Obligations
with respect to the Notes to violate this Article 10, but failure to give such
notice will not affect the subordination of the Notes to the Senior Debt as
provided in this Article 10.
Section 10.07 Subrogation.
After all Senior Debt is paid in full and until the Notes are paid in
full, Holders of Notes will be subrogated (equally and ratably with all other
Indebtedness pari passu with the Notes) to the rights of holders of Senior Debt
to receive distributions applicable to Senior Debt to the extent that
distributions otherwise payable to the Holders of Notes have been applied to the
payment of Senior Debt. A distribution made under this Article 10 to holders of
Senior Debt that otherwise would have been made to Holders of Notes is not, as
between the Company and Holders, a payment by the Company on the Notes.
Section 10.08 Relative Rights.
This Article 10 defines the relative rights of Holders of Notes and
holders of Senior Debt. Nothing in this Indenture will:
(1) impair, as between the Company and Holders of Notes, the
obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay
principal of, premium and interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, on
the Notes in accordance with their terms;
(2) affect the relative rights of Holders of Notes and
creditors of the Company other than their rights in relation to holders
of Senior Debt; or
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(3) prevent the Trustee or any Holder of Notes from exercising
its available remedies upon a Default or Event of Default, subject to
the rights of holders and owners of Senior Debt to receive
distributions and payments otherwise payable to Holders of Notes.
If the Company fails because of this Article 10 to pay principal of,
premium or interest or Liquidated Damages, if any, on a Note on the due date,
the failure is still a Default or Event of Default.
Section 10.09 Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Company.
No right of any holder of Senior Debt to enforce the subordination of
the Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes may be impaired by any act or failure to
act by the Company or any Holder or by the failure of the Company or any Holder
to comply with this Indenture.
Section 10.10 Distribution or Notice to Representative.
Whenever a distribution is to be made or a notice given to holders of
Senior Debt, the distribution may be made and the notice given to their
Representative.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to
in this Article 10, the Trustee and the Holders of Notes will be entitled to
rely upon any order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction or
upon any certificate of such Representative or of the liquidating trustee or
agent or other Person making any distribution to the Trustee or to the Holders
of Notes for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in
such distribution, the holders of the Senior Debt and other Indebtedness of the
Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or
distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article 10.
Section 10.11 Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article 10 or any other
provision of this Indenture, the Trustee will not be charged with knowledge of
the existence of any facts that would prohibit the making of any payment or
distribution by the Trustee, and the Trustee and the Paying Agent may continue
to make payments on the Notes, unless the Trustee has received at its Corporate
Trust Office at least five Business Days prior to the date of such payment
written notice of facts that would cause the payment of any Obligations with
respect to the Notes to violate this Article 10. Only the Company or a
Representative may give the notice. Nothing in this Article 10 will impair the
claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 7.07 hereof.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may hold Senior
Debt with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do
the same with like rights.
Section 10.12 Authorization to Effect Subordination.
Each Holder of Notes, by the Holder's acceptance thereof, authorizes
and directs the Trustee on such Holder's behalf to take such action as may be
necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination as provided in this
Article 10, and appoints the Trustee to act as such Holder's attorney-in-fact
for any and all such purposes. If the Trustee does not file a proper proof of
claim or proof of debt in the form required in any proceeding referred to in
Section 6.09 hereof at least 30 days before the expiration of the time to file
such claim, the Representatives are hereby authorized to file an appropriate
claim for and on behalf of the Holders of the Notes.
Section 10.13 Amendments.
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The provisions of this Article 10 may not be amended or modified
without the written consent of the holders of all Senior Debt. In addition, any
amendment to, or waiver of, the provisions of this Article 10 that adversely
affects the rights of the Holders of the Notes will require the consent of the
Holders of at least 75% in aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding.
ARTICLE 11.
NOTE GUARANTEES
Section 11.01 Guarantee.
(a) Subject to this Article 11, each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly
and severally, unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated
and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns,
irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes or
the obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, that:
(1) the principal of, premium, and Liquidated Damages, if any,
and interest on the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due,
whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and
interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any,
if lawful, and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or
the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or
performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and
(2) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of
any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will be promptly
paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the
extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise.
Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance
so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors will be jointly and severally
obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a
guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.
(b) The Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder are
unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the
Notes or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any
waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions
hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action
to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a
legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby
waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court
in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a
proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever
and covenant that this Note Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete
performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and this Indenture.
(c) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise
to return to the Company, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator
or other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or the
Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder, this Note
Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, will be reinstated in full
force and effect.
(d) Each Guarantor agrees that it will not be entitled to any right of
subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed
hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby. Each
Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and
the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (1) the maturity of the
obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 hereof
for the purposes of this Note Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or
other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations
guaranteed
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hereby, and (2) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such
obligations as provided in Article 6 hereof, such obligations (whether or not
due and payable) will forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the
purpose of this Note Guarantee. The Guarantors will have the right to seek
contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right
does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Note Guarantee.
Section 11.02 Subordination of Note Guarantee.
The Obligations of each Guarantor under its Note Guarantee pursuant to
this Article 11 will be junior and subordinated to the Senior Debt of such
Guarantor on the same basis as the Notes are junior and subordinated to Senior
Debt of the Company. For the purposes of the foregoing sentence, the Trustee and
the Holders will have the right to receive and/or retain payments by any of the
Guarantors only at such times as they may receive and/or retain payments in
respect of the Notes pursuant to this Indenture, including Article 10 hereof.
Section 11.03 Limitation on Guarantor Liability.
Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby
confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Note Guarantee of
such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes
of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent
Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any
Note Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders
and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such
Guarantor will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other
contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such
laws, and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive
contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in
respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under this Article 11, result
in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Note Guarantee not constituting a
fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
Section 11.04 Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantee.
To evidence its Note Guarantee set forth in Section 11.01, each
Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Note Guarantee substantially in
the form attached as Exhibit D hereto will be endorsed by an Officer of such
Guarantor on each Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and that this
Indenture will be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by one of its Officers.
Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Note Guarantee set forth in
Section 11.01 will remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure
to endorse on each Note a notation of such Note Guarantee.
If an Officer whose signature is on this Indenture or on the Note
Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the
Note on which a Note Guarantee is endorsed, the Note Guarantee will be valid
nevertheless.
The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication
thereof hereunder, will constitute due delivery of the Note Guarantee set forth
in this Indenture on behalf of the Guarantors.
In the event that the Company creates or acquires any Wholly Owned
Domestic Subsidiary after the date of this Indenture, if required by Section
4.20 hereof, the Company will cause such Wholly Owned Domestic Subsidiary to
comply with the provisions of Section 4.20 hereof and this Article 11, to the
extent applicable.
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Section 11.05 Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 11.06, no Guarantor may sell or
otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to, or consolidate
with or merge with or into (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving
Person) another Person, other than the Company or another Guarantor, unless:
(1) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no
Default or Event of Default exists; and
(2) either:
(a) subject to Section 11.05 hereof, the Person
acquiring the property in any such sale or disposition or the
Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger
assumes all the obligations of that Guarantor under this
Indenture, its Subsidiary Guarantee and the registration
rights agreement pursuant to a supplemental indenture
satisfactory to the Trustee; and
(b) the Net Proceeds of such sale or other
disposition are applied in accordance with the applicable
provisions of this Indenture, including without limitation,
Section 4.10 hereof.
In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and upon
the assumption by the successor Person, by supplemental indenture, executed and
delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the Note
Guarantee endorsed upon the Notes and the due and punctual performance of all of
the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Guarantor,
such successor Person will succeed to and be substituted for the Guarantor with
the same effect as if it had been named herein as a Guarantor. Such successor
Person thereupon may cause to be signed any or all of the Note Guarantees to be
endorsed upon all of the Notes issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not
have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee. All the Note
Guarantees so issued will in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit
under this Indenture as the Note Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Note
Guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.
Except as set forth in Articles 4 and 5 hereof, and notwithstanding
clauses (a) and (b) above, nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the
Notes will prevent any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor with or into the
Company or another Guarantor, or will prevent any sale or conveyance of the
property of a Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the
Company or another Guarantor.
Section 11.06 Releases Following Sale of Assets.
In the event of any sale or other disposition of all or substantially
all of the assets of any Guarantor, by way of merger, consolidation or
otherwise, or a sale or other disposition of all of the Capital Stock of any
Guarantor, in each case to a Person that is not (either before or after giving
effect to such transactions) a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, then such
Guarantor (in the event of a sale or other disposition, by way of merger,
consolidation or otherwise, of all of the capital stock of such Guarantor) or
the corporation acquiring the property (in the event of a sale or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of such Guarantor) will be
released and relieved of any obligations under its Note Guarantee; provided that
the Net Proceeds of such sale or other disposition are applied in accordance
with the applicable provisions of this Indenture, including without limitation
Section 4.10 hereof. Upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such sale or other
disposition was made by the Company in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture, including without limitation Section 4.10 hereof, the Trustee will
execute
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any documents reasonably required in order to evidence the release of any
Guarantor from its obligations under its Note Guarantee.
Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under its Note
Guarantee will remain liable for the full amount of principal of and interest on
the Notes and for the other obligations of any Guarantor under this Indenture as
provided in this Article 11.
ARTICLE 12.
satisfaction and discharge
Section 12.01 Satisfaction and Discharge.
This Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further
effect as to all Notes issued hereunder, when:
(1) either:
(a) all Notes that have been authenticated (except
lost, stolen or destroyed Notes that have been replaced or
paid and Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been
deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company) have
been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(b) all Notes that have not been delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable by reason
of the making of a notice of redemption or otherwise or will
become due and payable within one year and the Company or any
Guarantor has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited
with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the
benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable
Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such
amounts as will be sufficient without consideration of any
reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire
indebtedness on the Notes not delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation for principal, premium and Liquidated Damages, if
any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or
redemption;
(2) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing on the date of such deposit or will occur as a result of
such deposit and such deposit will not result in a breach or violation
of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the
Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any
Guarantor is bound;
(3) the Company or any Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid
all sums payable by it under this Indenture; and
(4) the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the
Trustee under this Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the
payment of the Notes at maturity or the redemption date, as the case
may be.
In addition, the Company must deliver an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and
discharge have been satisfied.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, if
money has been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (b) of clause
(1) of this Section, the provisions of Section 12.02 and Section 8.06 will
survive. In addition, nothing in this Section 12.01 will be deemed to discharge
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those provisions of Section 7.07 hereof, that, by their terms, survive the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
Section 12.02 Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of Section 8.06, all money deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to Section 12.01 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in
accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment,
either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its
own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto,
of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money
has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from
other funds except to the extent required by law.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or
Government Securities in accordance with Section 12.01 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 and any Guarantor's obligations under this Indenture and the Notes
shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to
Section 12.01; provided that if the Company has made any payment of principal
of, premium, if any, or interest on 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 money or Government Securities held
by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE 13.
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 13.01 Trust Indenture Act Controls.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with
the duties imposed by TIA sec.318(c), the imposed duties will control.
Section 13.02 Notices.
Any notice or communication by the Company, any Guarantor or the
Trustee to the others is duly given if in writing and delivered in Person or
mailed by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested),
telex, telecopier or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to
the others' addresses:
If to the Company and/or any Guarantor:
OM Group, Inc.
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Attention: Corporate Secretary
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With a copy to:
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If to the Trustee:
The Bank of New York
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Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
The Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee, by notice to the others may
designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or
communications.
All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) will
be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally
delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage
prepaid, if mailed; when answered back, if telexed; when receipt acknowledged,
if telecopied; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier,
if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.
Any notice or communication to a Holder will be mailed by first class
mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air
courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the register kept
by the Registrar. Any notice or communication will also be so mailed to any
Person described in TIA sec. 313(c), to the extent required by the TIA. Failure
to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it will not
affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.
If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above
within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee
receives it.
If the Company mails a notice or communication to Holders, it will mail
a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.
Section 13.03 Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes.
Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA sec. 312(b) with other Holders
with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Company, the
Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA sec.
312(c).
Section 13.04 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 reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee (which must include the statements set
forth in Section 13.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of the
signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for
in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been satisfied;
and
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(2) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee (which must include the statements set
forth in Section 13.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been
satisfied.
Section 13.05 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 a certificate provided
pursuant to TIA sec. 314(a)(4)) must comply with the provisions of TIA sec.
314(e) and must 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 or she
has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable
him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such
covenant or condition has been satisfied; and
(4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such
Person, such condition or covenant has been satisfied.
Section 13.06 Rules by Trustee and Agents.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of
Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set
reasonable requirements for its functions.
Section 13.07 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and
Stockholders.
No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or
stockholder of the Company or any Guarantor, as such, will have any liability
for any obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Notes, this
Indenture, the Note Guarantees 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 issuance of the Notes. The waiver may not be effective
to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws.
Section 13.08 Governing Law.
THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND BE USED TO
CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE NOTE GUARANTEES WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT
TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION
OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
Section 13.09 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.
This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan
or debt agreement of the Company or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any
such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this
Indenture.
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Section 13.10 Successors.
All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes will bind
its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture will bind its
successors. All agreements of each Guarantor in this Indenture will bind its
successors, except as otherwise provided in Section 11.05.
Section 13.11 Severability.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes is invalid,
illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 13.12 Counterpart Originals.
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each
signed copy will be an original, but all of them together represent the same
agreement.
Section 13.13 Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of the
Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of
reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and will in no
way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section 13.14 Waiver of Jury Trial.
EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY
IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES
OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
[Signatures on following page]
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SIGNATURES
Dated as of December ____, 2001
OM GROUP, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
GUARANTORS:
EACH ENTITY LISTED ON SCHEDULE I, as
Guarantors
By:
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Name:
Title:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
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SCHEDULE I
SCHEDULE OF GUARANTORS
The following schedule lists each Guarantor under the Indenture as of
the date of the Indenture:
1. OMG Americas, Inc.
2. OMG Fidelity, Inc.
3. OMG ▇▇▇▇, Inc.
4. SCM Metal Products, Inc.
5. OM Holdings, Inc.
6. OMG KG Holdings, Inc.
7. OMG New Jersey, Inc.
8. OMG Michigan, Inc.
9. dmc2 Electronic Components Corporation
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EXHIBIT A1
[Front of Note]
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CUSIP/CINS ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
9 1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2011
No. R-1 $__________
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OM GROUP, INC.
promises to pay to CEDE & CO.
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or registered assigns,
the principal sum of
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Dollars on December 15, 2011.
Interest Payment Dates: June 15 and December 15
Record Dates: June 1 and December 1
Dated: December 12, 2001
OM GROUP, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
This is one of the Notes referred to
in the within-mentioned Indenture:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Signatory
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[Back of Note]
9 1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2011
[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the
Indenture]
[Insert the Private Placement Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions
of the Indenture]
Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the
Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.
(1) INTEREST. OM GROUP, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this
Note at 9 1/4% per annum from December 12, 2001 until maturity and
shall pay the Liquidated Damages, if any, payable pursuant to Section 6
of the Registration Rights Agreement referred to below. The Company
will pay interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, semi-annually in
arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, or if any such day is
not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, an
"Interest Payment Date"). Interest on the Notes will accrue from the
most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has
been paid, from the date of issuance; provided that if there is no
existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this Note is
authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and
the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from
such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided, further, that the
first Interest Payment Date shall be June 15, 2002. The Company will
pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under
any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time
to time on demand at a rate that is 1% per annum in excess of the rate
then in effect; it will pay interest (including post-petition interest
in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of
interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, (without regard to any
applicable grace periods) from time to time on demand at the same rate
to the extent lawful. Interest will be computed on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
(2) METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Company will pay interest on the
Notes (except defaulted interest) and Liquidated Damages, if any, to
the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of
business on the June 1 or December 1 next preceding the Interest
Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date
and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in
Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The
Notes will be payable as to principal, premium and Liquidated Damages,
if any, and interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained
for such purpose within or without the City and State of New York, or,
at the option of the Company, payment of interest and Liquidated
Damages, if any, may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their
addresses set forth in the register of Holders; provided that payment
by wire transfer of immediately available funds will be required with
respect to principal of and interest, premium and Liquidated Damages,
if any, on, all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which
will have provided wire transfer instructions to the Company or the
Paying Agent. Such payment will be in such coin or currency of the
United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for
payment of public and private debts.
(3) PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, The Bank of New
York, the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and
Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without
notice to any Holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act in
any such capacity.
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(4) INDENTURE. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture
dated as of December 12, 2001 (the "Indenture") among the Company, the
Guarantors and the Trustee. 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, as amended (15 U.S. Code secs.
77aaa-77bbbb). The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are
referred to the Indenture and such Act for a statement of such terms.
To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express
provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall
govern and be controlling. The Notes are unsecured obligations of the
Company. The Company shall be entitled, subject to compliance with
Section 4.09 of the Indenture, to issue additional notes pursuant to
Section 2.13 of the Indenture.
(5) OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.
(a) Except as set forth in subparagraph (b) of this
Paragraph 5, the Company will not have the option to redeem the Notes
prior to December 15, 2006. Thereafter, the Company may redeem all or a
part of the Notes upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice,
at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount)
set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated
Damages, if any, thereon, to the applicable redemption date, if
redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on December 15 of the
years indicated below:
Year Percentage
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2006.................................................... 104.625%
2007.................................................... 103.083%
2008.................................................... 101.542%
2009 and thereafter..................................... 100.000%
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (a) of
this Paragraph 5, at any time prior to December 15, 2004, the Company
may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate
principal amount of Notes issued under this Indenture at a redemption
price of (i) 104% of the principal amount, if such redemption occurs
prior to April 12, 2002 or (ii) 109.250% of the principal amount, if
such redemption occurs on or after April 12, 2002, in each case, plus
accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, to the
redemption date, with the net cash proceeds of one or more Public
Equity Offerings; provided that (1) at least 65% of the aggregate
principal amount of Notes originally issued under the Indenture remains
outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption
(excluding Notes held by the Company and its Subsidiaries) and (2) the
redemption must occur within 60 days of the date of the closing of such
Public Equity Offering.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (a) of
this Paragraph 5, at any time prior to December 15, 2006, the Company
may also redeem all or a part of the Notes upon the occurrence of a
Change of Control, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior
notice (but in no event may any such redemption occur more than 90 days
after the occurrence of such Change of Control) mailed by first-class
mail to each Holder's registered address, at a redemption price equal
to 100% of the principal amount of Notes redeemed plus the Applicable
Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages,
if any, to the Redemption Date.
(6) MANDATORY REDEMPTION. The Company is not required to make
mandatory redemption payments with respect to the Notes.
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(7) REPURCHASE AT OPTION OF HOLDER.
(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, if the
Company does not exercise its option to redeem the Notes, the Company
will be required to make an offer (a "Change of Control Offer") to
repurchase all or any part (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple of
$1,000) of each Holder's Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to
101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid
interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, on the Notes repurchased, to
the date of purchase (the "Change of Control Payment"). Within 10 days
following the expiration of the notice period with respect to the
Company's ability to redeem the Notes after any Change of Control, the
Company will mail a notice to each Holder setting forth the procedures
governing the Change of Control Offer as required by the Indenture.
(b) If the Company or a Subsidiary consummates any Asset
Sales, within five days of each date on which the aggregate amount of
Excess Proceeds exceeds $15.0 million, the Company will make an Asset
Sale Offer to all Holders of Notes and all holders of other
Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes containing provisions
similar to those set forth in the Indenture with respect to offers to
purchase or redeem with the proceeds of sales of assets pursuant to
Section 3.09 of the Indenture to purchase the maximum principal amount
of Notes including any Additional Notes and other pari passu
Indebtedness that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at an
offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount
thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages
thereon, if any, to the date of purchase, in accordance with the
procedures set forth in the Indenture. If the aggregate amount of Notes
including any Additional Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness
tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess
Proceeds, the Company (or such Subsidiary) may use such deficiency for
any purpose not otherwise prohibited by the Indenture. If the aggregate
principal amount of Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness tendered
into such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the
Trustee shall select the Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness to be
purchased on a pro rata basis. Holders of Notes that are the subject of
an offer to purchase will receive an Asset Sale Offer from the Company
prior to any related purchase date and may elect to have such Notes
purchased by completing the form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect
Purchase" on the reverse of the Notes.
(8) NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. Notice of redemption will be mailed
at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date to
each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address.
Notes in denominations larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part but
only in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a
Holder are to be redeemed. On and after the redemption date interest
ceases to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.
(9) DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The Notes are in
registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes
may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the
Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish
appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may
require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted
by the Indenture. The Company need not exchange or register the
transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption,
except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
Also, the Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any
Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be
redeemed or during the period between a record date and the
corresponding Interest Payment Date.
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(10) PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of a Note
may be treated as its owner for all purposes.
(11) AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. Subject to certain
exceptions, the Indenture, the Note Guarantees or the Notes may be
amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a
majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes and
Additional Notes, if any, voting as a single class, and any existing
default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture, the Note
Guarantees or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes and
Additional Notes, if any, voting as a single class. Without the consent
of any Holder of a Note, the Indenture, the Note Guarantees or the
Notes may be amended or supplemented to cure any ambiguity, defect or
inconsistency, to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in
place of certificated Notes, to provide for the assumption of the
Company's or any Guarantor's obligations to Holders of the Notes in
case of a merger or consolidation, to make any change that would
provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes
or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture
of any such Holder, to comply with the requirements of the SEC in order
to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the
Trust Indenture Act, to provide for the Issuance of Additional Notes in
accordance with the limitations set forth in the Indenture, or to allow
any Guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture to this Indenture
and/or a Note Guarantee with respect to the Notes.
(12) DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. Events of Default include: (i)
default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on, or
Liquidated Damages with respect to, the Notes; (ii) default in payment
when due of principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes when the same
becomes due and payable at maturity, upon redemption (including in
connection with an offer to purchase) or otherwise; (iii) failure by
the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to comply with
Section 4.07, 4.09, 4.10, 4.15 or 5.01 of the Indenture; (iv) failure
by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for 60 days after
notice to the Company by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in
principal amount of the Notes (including Additional Notes, if any) then
outstanding voting as a single class to comply with certain other
agreements in the Indenture or the Notes; (v) default under certain
other agreements relating to Indebtedness of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries which default is caused by a failure to pay
principal of, or interest or premium, if any, prior to the expiration
of the grace period provided in such Indebtedness or which default
results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express
maturity; (vi) certain final judgments for the payment of money that
are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60 days; (vii)
certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Company,
any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Subsidiaries that,
taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; and (viii)
except as permitted by the Indenture, any Note Guarantee held in any
judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or ceasing for any
reason to be in full force and effect or any Guarantor or any Person
acting on its behalf denying or disaffirming its obligations under its
Note Guarantee. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the
Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable
immediately. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of
Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency, all
outstanding Notes will become due and payable without further action or
notice. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as
provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct
the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may
withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any continuing Default or
Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default relating to the
payment of principal or interest) if it determines that withholding
notice is in their interest. The Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes
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then outstanding by written notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the
Holders of all of Notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default
and its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or
Event of Default in the payment of interest or Liquidated Damages, if
any, on, or the principal of, the Notes. The Company is required to
deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with
the Indenture, and the Company is required upon becoming aware of any
Default or Event of Default, to deliver to the Trustee a statement
specifying such Default or Event of Default.
(13) SUBORDINATION. Payment of principal, interest and premium
and Liquidated Damages, if any, on the Notes is subordinated to the
prior payment of Senior Debt on the terms provided in the Indenture.
(14) TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH COMPANY. The Trustee, in its
individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits
from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may
otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not
the Trustee.
(15) NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. A director, officer,
employee, incorporator or stockholder, of the Company or any of the
Guarantors, as such, will not have any liability for any obligations of
the Company or such Guarantor under the Notes, the Note Guarantees or
the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason
of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder 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.
(16) AUTHENTICATION. This Note will not be valid until
authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an
authenticating agent.
(17) ABBREVIATIONS. Customary abbreviations may be used in the
name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in
common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants
with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=
Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
(18) ADDITIONAL RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES
AND RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES. In addition to the rights provided to
Holders of Notes under the Indenture, Holders of Restricted Global
Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes will have all the rights set
forth in the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of December 12,
2001, among the Company, the Guarantors and the other parties named on
the signature pages thereof or, in the case of Additional Notes,
Holders of Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes will
have the rights set forth in one or more registration rights
agreements, if any, among the Company, the Guarantors and the other
parties thereto, relating to rights given by the Company and the
Guarantors to the purchasers of any Additional Notes (collectively, the
"Registration Rights Agreement").
(19) CUSIP NUMBERS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated
by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the
Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and the
Trustee may use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience
to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such
numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of
redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification
numbers placed thereon.
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The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and
without charge a copy of the Indenture and/or the Registration Rights
Agreement. Requests may be made to:
OM Group, Inc.
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Attention: Corporate Secretary
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EXHIBIT A1
ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:___________________________________
(Insert assignee's legal name)
________________________________________________________________________________
(Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint ________________________________________________________
to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute
another to act for him.
Date: _______________
Your Signature:_________________________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the
face of this Note)
Signature Guarantee*: _________________________
* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other
signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).
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EXHIBIT A1
OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 4.10 or 4.15 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box
below:
-Section 4.10 -Section 4.15
If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the
Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.15 of the Indenture, state the
amount you elect to have purchased:
$____________________
Date: _______________
Your Signature: ___________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on
the face of this Note)
Tax Identification No.:____________________
Signature Guarantee*: _________________________
* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other
signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).
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EXHIBIT A1
SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE*
The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest
in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of
another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have
been made:
Principal Amount of
Amount of decrease Amount of increase this Global Note Signature of
in Principal Amount in Principal Amount following such authorized
of of decrease (or officer of Trustee or
Date of Exchange this Global Note this Global Note increase) Custodian
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* This schedule should be included only if the Note is issued in global form.
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EXHIBIT A2
[Face of Regulation S Temporary Global Note]
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CUSIP/CINS ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
9 1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due ▇▇▇▇
▇▇. ▇-▇ $__________
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OM GROUP, INC.
promises to pay to CEDE & CO.
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or registered assigns,
the principal sum of
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Dollars on December 15, 2011.
Interest Payment Dates: June 15 and December 15
Record Dates: June 1 and December 1
Dated: December 12, 2001
OM GROUP, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
This is one of the Notes referred to
in the within-mentioned Indenture:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Signatory
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[Back of Regulation S Temporary Global Note]
9 1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2011
THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE, AND THE
CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE FOR CERTIFICATED NOTES, ARE AS
SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED HEREIN). NEITHER THE HOLDER NOR THE
BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE ENTITLED
TO RECEIVE PAYMENT OF INTEREST HEREON.
THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE
GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL
OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED
IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS
GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION
2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A
SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF OM GROUP, INC.
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE
FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A
NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR
ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A
SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS
CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY (55 ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇) ("▇▇▇"), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS
AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
THIS NOTE (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT
FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE
"SECURITIES ACT"), AND THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION
THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THIS NOTE IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF
THIS NOTE MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF
THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER.
THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) THIS NOTE
MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (I) IN THE UNITED
STATES TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES
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ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (II) OUTSIDE THE
UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, (III) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE) OR (IV) PURSUANT
TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF
CASES (I) THROUGH (IV) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY
STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER
IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS NOTE FROM IT OF THE RESALE
RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE.
Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the
Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.
(1) INTEREST. OM GROUP, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this
Note at 9 1/4% per annum from December 12, 2001 until maturity and
shall pay the Liquidated Damages, if any, payable pursuant to Section 6
of the Registration Rights Agreement referred to below. The Company
will pay interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, semi-annually in
arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, or if any such day is
not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, an
"Interest Payment Date"). Interest on the Notes will accrue from the
most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has
been paid, from the date of issuance; provided that if there is no
existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this Note is
authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and
the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from
such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided, further, that the
first Interest Payment Date shall be June 15, 2002. The Company will
pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under
any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time
to time on demand at a rate that is 1% per annum in excess of the rate
then in effect; it will pay interest (including post-petition interest
in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of
interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, (without regard to any
applicable grace periods) from time to time on demand at the same rate
to the extent lawful. Interest will be computed on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
(2) METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Company will pay interest on the
Notes (except defaulted interest) and Liquidated Damages, if any, to
the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of
business on the June 1 or December 1 next preceding the Interest
Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date
and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in
Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The
Notes will be payable as to principal, premium and Liquidated Damages,
if any, and interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained
for such purpose within or without the City and State of New York, or,
at the option of the Company, payment of interest and Liquidated
Damages, if any, may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their
addresses set forth in the register of Holders; provided that payment
by wire transfer of immediately available funds will be required with
respect to principal of and interest, premium and Liquidated Damages,
if any, on, all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which
will have provided wire transfer instructions to the Company or the
Paying Agent. Such payment will be in such coin or currency of the
United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for
payment of public and private debts.
(3) PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, The Bank of New
York, the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and
Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent
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or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company or any of its
Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.
(4) INDENTURE. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture
dated as of December 12, 2001 (the "Indenture") among the Company, the
Guarantors and the Trustee. 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, as amended (15 U.S. Code secs.
77aaa-77bbbb). The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are
referred to the Indenture and such Act for a statement of such terms.
To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express
provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall
govern and be controlling. The Notes are unsecured obligations of the
Company. The Company shall be entitled, subject to compliance with
Section 4.09 of the Indenture, to issue additional notes pursuant to
Section 2.13 of the Indenture.
(5) OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.
(a) Except as set forth in subparagraph (b) of this
Paragraph 5, the Company will not have the option to redeem the Notes
prior to December 15, 2006. Thereafter, the Company may redeem all or a
part of the Notes upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice,
at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount)
set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated
Damages, if any, thereon, to the applicable redemption date, if
redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on December 15 of the
years indicated below:
Year Percentage
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2006..................................................... 104.625%
2007..................................................... 103.083%
2008..................................................... 101.542%
2009 and thereafter...................................... 100.000%
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (a) of
this Paragraph 5, at any time prior to December 15, 2004, the Company
may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate
principal amount of Notes issued under this Indenture at a redemption
price of (i) 104% of the principal amount, if such redemption occurs
prior to April 12, 2002 or (ii) 109.250% of the principal amount, if
such redemption occurs on or after April 12, 2002, in each case, plus
accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, to the
redemption date, with the net cash proceeds of one or more Public
Equity Offerings; provided that (1) at least 65% of the aggregate
principal amount of Notes originally issued under the Indenture remains
outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption
(excluding Notes held by the Company and its Subsidiaries) and (2) the
redemption must occur within 60 days of the date of the closing of such
Public Equity Offering.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (a) of
this Paragraph 5, at any time prior to December 15, 2006, the Company
may also redeem all or a part of the Notes upon the occurrence of a
Change of Control, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior
notice (but in no event may any such redemption occur more than 90 days
after the occurrence of such Change of Control) mailed by first-class
mail to each Holder's registered address, at a redemption price equal
to 100% of the principal amount of Notes redeemed plus the Applicable
Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages,
if any, to the Redemption Date.
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(6) MANDATORY REDEMPTION. The Company is not required to make
mandatory redemption payments with respect to the Notes.
(7) REPURCHASE AT OPTION OF HOLDER.
(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, if the
Company does not exercise its option to redeem the Notes, the Company
will be required to make an offer (a "Change of Control Offer") to
repurchase all or any part (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple of
$1,000) of each Holder's Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to
101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid
interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, on the Notes repurchased, to
the date of purchase (the "Change of Control Payment"). Within 10 days
following the expiration of the notice period with respect to the
Company's ability to redeem the Notes after any Change of Control, the
Company will mail a notice to each Holder setting forth the procedures
governing the Change of Control Offer as required by the Indenture.
(b) If the Company or a Subsidiary consummates any Asset
Sales, within five days of each date on which the aggregate amount of
Excess Proceeds exceeds $15.0 million, the Company will make an Asset
Sale Offer to all Holders of Notes and all holders of other
Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes containing provisions
similar to those set forth in the Indenture with respect to offers to
purchase or redeem with the proceeds of sales of assets pursuant to
Section 3.09 of the Indenture to purchase the maximum principal amount
of Notes including any Additional Notes and other pari passu
Indebtedness that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at an
offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount
thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages
thereon, if any, to the date of purchase, in accordance with the
procedures set forth in the Indenture. If the aggregate amount of Notes
including any Additional Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness
tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess
Proceeds, the Company (or such Subsidiary) may use such deficiency for
any purpose not otherwise prohibited by the Indenture. If the aggregate
principal amount of Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness tendered
into such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the
Trustee shall select the Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness to be
purchased on a pro rata basis. Holders of Notes that are the subject of
an offer to purchase will receive an Asset Sale Offer from the Company
prior to any related purchase date and may elect to have such Notes
purchased by completing the form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect
Purchase" on the reverse of the Notes.
(8) NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. Notice of redemption will be mailed
at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date to
each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address.
Notes in denominations larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part but
only in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a
Holder are to be redeemed. On and after the redemption date interest
ceases to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.
(9) DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The Notes are in
registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes
may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the
Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish
appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may
require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted
by the Indenture. The Company need not exchange or register the
transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption,
except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
Also, the Company need not exchange or register the transfer of
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any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be
redeemed or during the period between a record date and the
corresponding Interest Payment Date.
This Regulation S Temporary Global Note is exchangeable in whole or
in part for one or more Global Notes only (i) on or after the
termination of the 40-day restricted period (as defined in Regulation
S) and (ii) upon presentation of certificates (accompanied by an
Opinion of Counsel, if applicable) required by Article 2 of the
Indenture. Upon exchange of this Regulation S Temporary Global Note for
one or more Global Notes, the Trustee shall cancel this Regulation S
Temporary Global Note.
(10) PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of a Note
may be treated as its owner for all purposes.
(11) AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. Subject to certain
exceptions, the Indenture, the Note Guarantees or the Notes may be
amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a
majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes and
Additional Notes, if any, voting as a single class, and any existing
default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture, the Note
Guarantees or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes and
Additional Notes, if any, voting as a single class. Without the consent
of any Holder of a Note, the Indenture, the Note Guarantees or the
Notes may be amended or supplemented to cure any ambiguity, defect or
inconsistency, to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in
place of certificated Notes, to provide for the assumption of the
Company's or any Guarantor's obligations to Holders of the Notes in
case of a merger or consolidation, to make any change that would
provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes
or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture
of any such Holder, to comply with the requirements of the SEC in order
to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the
Trust Indenture Act, to provide for the Issuance of Additional Notes in
accordance with the limitations set forth in the Indenture, or to allow
any Guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture to this Indenture
and/or a Note Guarantee with respect to the Notes.
(12) DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. Events of Default include: (i)
default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on, or
Liquidated Damages with respect to, the Notes; (ii) default in payment
when due of principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes when the same
becomes due and payable at maturity, upon redemption (including in
connection with an offer to purchase) or otherwise; (iii) failure by
the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to comply with
Section 4.07, 4.09, 4.10, 4.15 or 5.01 of the Indenture; (iv) failure
by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for 60 days after
notice to the Company by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in
principal amount of the Notes (including Additional Notes, if any) then
outstanding voting as a single class to comply with certain other
agreements in the Indenture or the Notes; (v) default under certain
other agreements relating to Indebtedness of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries which default is caused by a failure to pay
principal of, or interest or premium, if any, prior to the expiration
of the grace period provided in such Indebtedness or which default
results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express
maturity; (vi) certain final judgments for the payment of money that
are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60 days; (vii)
certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Company,
any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Subsidiaries that,
taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; and (vii)
except as permitted by the Indenture, any Note Guarantee held in any
judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or ceasing for any
reason to be in full force and effect or any Guarantor or any Person
acting on its behalf denying or disaffirming its obligations under its
Note Guarantee. If any Event of Default occurs and is
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continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal
amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be
due and payable immediately. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case
of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or
insolvency, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable without
further action or notice. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the
Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain
limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust
or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of
any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event
of Default relating to the payment of principal or interest) if it
determines that withholding notice is in their interest. The Holders of
a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding
by written notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of
Notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its
consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event
of Default in the payment of interest or Liquidated Damages, if any,
on, or the principal of, the Notes. The Company is required to deliver
to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the
Indenture, and the Company is required upon becoming aware of any
Default or Event of Default, to deliver to the Trustee a statement
specifying such Default or Event of Default.
(13) SUBORDINATION. Payment of principal, interest and premium
and Liquidated Damages, if any, on the Notes is subordinated to the
prior payment of Senior Debt on the terms provided in the Indenture.
(14) TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH COMPANY. The Trustee, in its
individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits
from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may
otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not
the Trustee.
(15) NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. A director, officer,
employee, incorporator or stockholder, of the Company or any of the
Guarantors, as such, will not have any liability for any obligations of
the Company or such Guarantor under the Notes, the Note Guarantees or
the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason
of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder 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.
(16) AUTHENTICATION. This Note will not be valid until
authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an
authenticating agent.
(17) ABBREVIATIONS. Customary abbreviations may be used in the
name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in
common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants
with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=
Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
(18) ADDITIONAL RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES
AND RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES. In addition to the rights provided to
Holders of Notes under the Indenture, Holders of Restricted Global
Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes will have all the rights set
forth in the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of December 12,
2001, among the Company, the Guarantors and the other parties named on
the signature pages thereof or, in the case of Additional Notes,
Holders of Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes will
have the rights set forth in one or more registration rights
agreements, if any, among the Company, the Guarantors and the other
parties thereto, relating to rights given by the Company and the
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Guarantors to the purchasers of any Additional Notes (collectively, the
"Registration Rights Agreement").
(19) CUSIP NUMBERS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated
by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the
Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and the
Trustee may use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience
to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such
numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of
redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification
numbers placed thereon.
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and
without charge a copy of the Indenture and/or the Registration Rights
Agreement. Requests may be made to:
OM Group, Inc.
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Attention: Corporate Secretary
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:___________________________________
(Insert assignee's legal name)
________________________________________________________________________________
(Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint ________________________________________________________
to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute
another to act for him.
Date: _______________
Your Signature:___________________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face
of this Note)
Signature Guarantee*: _________________________
* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other
signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 4.10 or 4.15 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box
below:
-Section 4.10 -Section 4.15
If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the
Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.15 of the Indenture, state the
amount you elect to have purchased:
$_______________
Date: _______________
Your Signature:___________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on
the face of this Note)
Tax Identification No.:___________________
Signature Guarantee*: _________________________
* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other
signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).
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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE
The following exchanges of a part of this Regulation S Temporary Global
Note for an interest in another Global Note, or of other Restricted Global Notes
for an interest in this Regulation S Temporary Global Note, have been made:
Principal Amount of
Amount of decrease Amount of increase this Global Note Signature of
in Principal Amount in Principal Amount following such authorized
of of decrease (or officer of Trustee or
Date of Exchange this Global Note this Global Note increase) Custodian
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
OM GROUP, INC.
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Re: 9 1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2011
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of December 12,
2001 (the "Indenture"), among OM GROUP, INC., as issuer (the "Company"), the
Guarantors named on Schedule A thereto and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as trustee.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to
them in the Indenture.
___________________, (the "Transferor") owns and proposes to transfer
the Note or interest in such Note[s] specified in Annex A hereto, in the
principal amount of $___________ in such Note or interests (the "Transfer"), to
___________________________ (the "Transferee"), as further specified in Annex A
hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby certifies that:
[CHECK ALL THAT APPLY]
1.[ ] CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST
IN THE 144A GLOBAL NOTE OR A DEFINITIVE NOTE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A. The Transfer
is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and, accordingly, the
Transferor hereby further certifies that the beneficial interest or Definitive
Note is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor reasonably believed
and believes is purchasing the beneficial interest or Definitive Note for its
own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person
exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account is a
"qualified institutional buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction
meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and such Transfer is in compliance with
any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon
consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be
subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement
Legend printed on the 144A Global Note and/or the Definitive Note and in the
Indenture and the Securities Act.
2. [ ] CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST
IN THE TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE, THE REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE OR A
DEFINITIVE NOTE PURSUANT TO REGULATION S. The Transfer is being effected
pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act
and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer
is not being made to a Person in the United States and (x) at the time the buy
order was originated, the Transferee was outside the United States or such
Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes
that the Transferee was outside the United States or (y) the transaction was
executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities
market and neither such Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows
that the transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (ii) no
directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of
Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S under the Securities Act [and/,]
(iii) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration
requirements of the Securities Act [and (iv) if the proposed transfer is being
made prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, the transfer is not being
made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than
an Initial Purchaser)].903(B)(2) OR (3)
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Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be
subject to the restrictions on Transfer enumerated in the Private Placement
Legend printed on the Regulation S Global Note, the Temporary Regulation S
Global Note and/or the Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities
Act.
3. [ ] CHECK AND COMPLETE IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A
BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE 144A GLOBAL NOTE OR A DEFINITIVE NOTE PURSUANT TO ANY
PROVISION OF THE SECURITIES ACT OTHER THAN RULE 144A OR REGULATION S. The
Transfer is being effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions
applicable to beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes and Restricted
Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act and
any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States, and
accordingly the Transferor hereby further certifies that (check one):
(a) [ ] such Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in
accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act;
or
(b) [ ] such Transfer is being effected to the Company or a
subsidiary thereof;
or
(c) [ ] such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the Securities Act and in
compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities
Act.
4. [ ] CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST
IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE OR OF AN UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE.
(a) [ ] CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO RULE 144. (i) The Transfer is
being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities
Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture
and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States
and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private
Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the
Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive
Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the
Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted
Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
(b) [ ] CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO REGULATION S. (i) The Transfer
is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under
the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in
the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the
United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture
and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain
compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer
in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial
interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on
transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted
Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
(c) [ ] CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO OTHER EXEMPTION. (i) The
Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from
the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule
903 or Rule 904 and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in
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the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the
United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture
and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain
compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer
in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial
interest or Definitive Note will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer
enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global
Notes or Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your
benefit and the benefit of the Company.
__________________________________________
[Insert Name of Transferor]
By:_______________________________________
Name:
Title:
Dated: _______________________
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ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
1. The Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the following:
[CHECK ONE OF (a) OR (b)]
(a) a beneficial interest in the:
(i) [ ] 144A Global Note (CUSIP _________), or
(ii) [ ] Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP _________), or
(b) a Restricted Definitive Note.
2. After the Transfer the Transferee will hold:
[CHECK ONE]
(a) [ ] a beneficial interest in the:
(i) [ ] 144A Global Note (CUSIP _________), or
(ii) [ ] Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP _________), or
(iii) [ ] Unrestricted Global Note (CUSIP _________); or
(b) [ ] a Restricted Definitive Note; or
(c) [ ] an Unrestricted Definitive Note,
in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
OM GROUP, INC.
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[Registrar address block]
Re: 9 1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2011
(CUSIP ____________)
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of December 12,
2001 (the "Indenture"), among OM GROUP, INC., as issuer (the "Company"), the
Guarantors named on Schedule A thereto and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as trustee.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to
them in the Indenture.
__________________________, (the "Owner") owns and proposes to exchange
the Note or interest in such Note[s] specified herein, in the principal amount
of $____________ in such Note or interests (the "Exchange"). In connection with
the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that:
1. EXCHANGE OF RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN A
RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE FOR UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS
IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE
(a)[ ]CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED
GLOBAL NOTE TO BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. In connection
with the Exchange of the Owner's beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note
for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note in an equal principal
amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired
for the Owner's own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been
effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Global
Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"), (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in
the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to
maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest in
an Unrestricted Global Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable
blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
(b) [ ] CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED
GLOBAL NOTE TO UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE. In connection with the Exchange of
the Owner's beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for an Unrestricted
Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Definitive Note is being
acquired for the Owner's own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has
been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the
Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities
Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the
Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with
the Securities Act and (iv) the Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance
with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
(c) [ ] CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE TO
BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. In connection with the
Owner's Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest
is
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being acquired for the Owner's own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange
has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to
Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the
Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture
and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain
compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest is being
acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state
of the United States.
(d) [ ] CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE TO
UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE. In connection with the Owner's Exchange of a
Restricted Definitive Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby
certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner's
own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance
with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and
pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on
transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not
required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the
Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable
blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
2. EXCHANGE OF RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN
RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES FOR RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS
IN RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES
(a) [ ] CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED
GLOBAL NOTE TO RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE. In connection with the Exchange of
the Owner's beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a Restricted
Definitive Note with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies that
the Restricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner's own account
without transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture, the Restricted Definitive Note issued will continue
to be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private
Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture
and the Securities Act.
(b) [ ] CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE TO
BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. In connection with the Exchange
of the Owner's Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in the
[CHECK ONE] 144A Global Note or Regulation S Global Note with an equal principal
amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired
for the Owner's own account without transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been
effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the
Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities
Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state
of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance
with the terms of the Indenture, the beneficial interest issued will be subject
to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend
printed on the relevant Restricted Global Note and in the Indenture and the
Securities Act.
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This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your
benefit and the benefit of the Company.
________________________________________
[Insert Name of Transferor]
By:______________________________________
Name:
Title:
Dated: ______________________
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF NOTATION OF GUARANTEE
For value received, each Guarantor (which term includes any successor
Person under the Indenture) has, jointly and severally, unconditionally
guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the Indenture and subject to the
provisions in the Indenture dated as of December 12, 2001 (the "Indenture")
among OM GROUP, INC., (the "Company"), the Guarantors listed on Schedule I
thereto and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as trustee (the "Trustee"), (a) the due and
punctual payment of the principal of, premium and Liquidated Damages, if any,
and interest on the Notes (as defined in the Indenture), whether at maturity, by
acceleration, redemption or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest
on overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and the
due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Company to the
Holders or the Trustee all in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and (b)
in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of
such other obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or
performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at
stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. The obligations of the Guarantors
to the Holders of Notes and to the Trustee pursuant to the Note Guarantee and
the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article 11 of the Indenture and
reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the Note
Guarantee. Each Holder of a Note, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall
be bound by such provisions, (b) authorizes and directs the Trustee, on behalf
of such Holder, to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to
effectuate the subordination as provided in the Indenture and (c) appoints the
Trustee attorney-in-fact of such Holder for such purpose; provided, however,
that the Indebtedness evidenced by this Note Guarantee shall cease to be so
subordinated and subject in right of payment upon any defeasance of this Note in
accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.
OMG Americas, Inc.
OMG Fidelity, Inc.
OMG ▇▇▇▇, Inc.
SCM Metal Products, Inc.
OM Holdings, Inc.
OMG KG Holdings, Inc.
OMG New Jersey, Inc.
OMG Michigan, Inc.
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By:
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT E
FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this "Supplemental Indenture"), dated as of
________________, 20__, among __________________ (the "Guaranteeing
Subsidiary"), a subsidiary of ____________________ (or its permitted successor),
a [Delaware] corporation (the "Company"), the Company, the other Guarantors (as
defined in the Indenture referred to herein) and ____________________, as
trustee under the indenture referred to below (the "Trustee").
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the
Trustee an indenture (the "Indenture"), dated as of December 12, 2001 providing
for the issuance of an aggregate principal amount of up to $____________ of 9
1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2011 (the "Notes");
WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the
Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental
indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally
guarantee all of the Company's Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on
the terms and conditions set forth herein (the "Note Guarantee"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is
authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the
Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the
equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:
1. CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used herein without definition
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
2. AGREEMENT TO GUARANTEE. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees as
follows:
(a) Along with all Guarantors named in the Indenture, to
jointly and severally Guarantee to each Holder of a Note authenticated
and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and
assigns, the Notes or the obligations of the Company hereunder or
thereunder, that:
(i) the principal of, and premium and Liquidated Damages, if
any, and interest on the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due,
whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and
interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any,
if lawful, and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or
the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or
performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and
(ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of
any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will be promptly
paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the
extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so
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guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the
Guarantors shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same
immediately.
(b) The obligations hereunder shall be unconditional,
irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes
or the Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any
waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any
provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the
Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which
might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of
a Guarantor.
(c) The following is hereby waived: diligence, presentment,
demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of
insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a
proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands
whatsoever.
(d) This Note Guarantee shall not be discharged except by
complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and the
Indenture, and the Guaranteeing Subsidiary accepts all obligations of a
Guarantor under the Indenture.
(e) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or
otherwise to return to the Company, the Guarantors, or any custodian,
trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to
either the Company or the Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the
Trustee or such Holder, this Note Guarantee, to the extent theretofore
discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect.
(f) The Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall not be entitled to any
right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any
obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all obligations
guaranteed hereby.
(g) As between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the
Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the
obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article
6 of the Indenture for the purposes of this Note Guarantee,
notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing
such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and
(y) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations
as provided in Article 6 of the Indenture, such obligations (whether or
not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the
Guarantors for the purpose of this Note Guarantee.
(h) The Guarantors shall have the right to seek contribution
from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right
does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Note Guarantee.
(i) Pursuant to Section 11.03 of the Indenture, after giving
effect to any maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed
liabilities that are relevant under any applicable Bankruptcy or
fraudulent conveyance laws, and after giving effect to any collections
from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on
behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such
other Guarantor under Article 11 of the Indenture, this new Note
Guarantee shall be limited to the maximum amount permissible such that
the obligations of such Guarantor under this Note Guarantee will not
constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
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3. EXECUTION AND DELIVERY. Each Guaranteeing Subsidiary agrees that the
Note Guarantees shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any
failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Note Guarantee.
4. GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY mAY CONSOLIDATE, eTC. ON CERTAIN TERMS.
(a) The Guaranteeing Subsidiary may not sell or otherwise
dispose of all substantially all of its assets to, or consolidate with
or merge with or into (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving
Person) another Person, other than the Company or another Guarantor
unless:
(i) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no
Default or Event of Default exists; and
(ii) either (A) subject to Sections 11.06 of the Indenture,
the Person acquiring the property in any such sale or disposition or
the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger
unconditionally assumes all the obligations of that Guarantor, pursuant
to a supplemental indenture in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee, under the Notes, the Indenture and the
Note Guarantee on the terms set forth herein or therein; or (B) the Net
Proceeds of such sale or other disposition are applied in accordance
with the applicable provisions of the Indenture, including without
limitation, Section 4.10 thereof.
(b) In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or
conveyance and upon the assumption by the successor Person, by
supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and
satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the Note Guarantee endorsed
upon the Notes and the due and punctual performance of all of the
covenants and conditions of the Indenture to be performed by the
Guarantor, such successor Person shall succeed to and be substituted
for the Guarantor with the same effect as if it had been named herein
as a Guarantor. Such successor Person thereupon may cause to be signed
any or all of the Note Guarantees to be endorsed upon all of the Notes
issuable under the Indenture which theretofore shall not have been
signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee. All the Note
Guarantees so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and
benefit under the Indenture as the Note Guarantees theretofore and
thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of the Indenture as
though all of such Note Guarantees had been issued at the date of the
execution hereof.
(c) Except as set forth in Articles 4 and 5 and Section 11.05
of Article 11 of the Indenture, and notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b)
above, nothing contained in the Indenture or in any of the Notes shall
prevent any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor with or into the
Company or another Guarantor, or shall prevent any sale or conveyance
of the property of a Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an
entirety to the Company or another Guarantor.
5. RELEASES.
(a) In the event of any sale or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of any Guarantor, by way of merger,
consolidation or otherwise, or a sale or other disposition of all of
the capital stock of any Guarantor, in each case to a Person that is
not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, then such Guarantor (in the event
of a sale or other disposition, by way of
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merger, consolidation or otherwise, of all of the capital stock of such
Guarantor) or the corporation acquiring the property (in the event of a
sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of
such Guarantor) will be released and relieved of any obligations under
its Note Guarantee; provided that the Net Proceeds of such sale or
other disposition are applied in accordance with the applicable
provisions of the Indenture, including without limitation Section 4.10
of the Indenture. Upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such
sale or other disposition was made by the Company in accordance with
the provisions of the Indenture, including without limitation Section
4.10 of the Indenture, the Trustee shall execute any documents
reasonably required in order to evidence the release of any Guarantor
from its obligations under its Note Guarantee.
(b) Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under its
Note Guarantee shall remain liable for the full amount of principal of
and interest on the Notes and for the other obligations of any
Guarantor under the Indenture as provided in Article 11 of the
Indenture.
6. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. No past, present or future director,
officer, employee, incorporator, stockholder or agent of the Guaranteeing
Subsidiary, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company
or any Guaranteeing Subsidiary under the Notes, any Note Guarantees, the
Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect
of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of the
Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and
release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. Such waiver may
not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws and it
is the view of the SEC that such a waiver is against public policy.
7. NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE BUT WITHOUT
GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT
THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
8. COUNTERPARTS. The parties may sign any number of copies of this
Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them
together represent the same agreement.
9. EFFECT OF HEADINGS. The Section headings herein are for convenience
only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
10. THE TRUSTEE. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner
whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental
Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which
recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Company.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental
Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first above
written.
Dated: _______________, 20___
[GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY]
By: _______________________________
Name:
Title:
OM GROUP, INC.
By: _______________________________
Name:
Title:
[EXISTING GUARANTORS]
By: _______________________________
Name:
Title:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By: _______________________________
Authorized Signatory
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