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PILLOWTEX CORPORATION
SERIES A AND SERIES B
10% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2006
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INDENTURE
Dated as of November 12, 1996
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Bank One, Columbus, N.A.
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Trustee
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ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Section 1.01. Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Section 1.02. Other Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Section 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. . . . .14
Section 1.04. Rules of Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
ARTICLE 2
THE NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Section 2.01. Form and Dating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Section 2.02. Execution and Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Section 2.03. Registrar and Paying Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Section 2.04. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust. . . . . . . . . . . .16
Section 2.05. Holder Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Section 2.06. Transfer and Exchange. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Section 2.07. Replacement Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Section 2.08. Outstanding Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Section 2.09. Treasury Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Section 2.10. Temporary Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Section 2.11. Cancellation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Section 2.12. Defaulted Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Section 3.01. Notices to Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Section 3.02. Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed. . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Section 3.03. Notice of Redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Section 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Section 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Section 3.06. Notes Redeemed in Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Section 3.07. Optional Redemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Section 3.08. Mandatory Redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Section 3.09. Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds. . . .27
ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Section 4.01. Payment of Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Section 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency. . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Section 4.03. Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Section 4.04. Compliance Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Section 4.05. Taxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Section 4.06. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Section 4.07. Restricted Payments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Section 4.08. Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting
Subsidiaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Section 4.09. Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred
Stock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Section 4.10. Asset Sales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Section 4.11. Transactions with Affiliates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Section 4.12. Liens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Section 4.13. Guarantees of Certain Indebtedness.. . . . . . . . . . . .38
Section 4.14. Corporate Existence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Section 4.15. Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control . . . . . . . .38
Section 4.16. Limitation on Layering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Section 4.17. Sale and Leaseback Transactions. . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Section 4.18. Limitation on Issuances and Sales of Capital Stock of
Wholly Owned Subsidiaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSORS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Section 5.01. Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets . . . . . . . . .40
Section 5.02. Successor Corporation Substituted. . . . . . . . . . . . .41
ARTICLE 6
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Section 6.01. Events of Default. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Section 6.02. Acceleration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Section 6.03. Other Remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Section 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Section 6.05. Control by Majority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Section 6.06. Limitation on Suits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Section 6.07. Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment. . . . . . .45
Section 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Section 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Section 6.10. Priorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Section 6.11. Undertaking for Costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
ARTICLE 7
TRUSTEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Section 7.01. Duties of Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Section 7.02. Rights of Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Section 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Section 7.04. Trustee's Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Section 7.05. Notice of Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Section 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes . . . . . . . .49
Section 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Section 7.08. Replacement of Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Section 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger, etc . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. . . . .52
ARTICLE 8
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Section 8.01. Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Section 8.02. Legal Defeasance and Discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Section 8.03. Covenant Defeasance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Section 8.04. Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.. . . . . . . .54
Section 8.05. Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in
Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions. . . . . . . . . . .55
Section 8.06. Repayment to Company.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Section 8.07. Reinstatement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
ARTICLE 9
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Section 9.01. Without Consent of Holders of Notes. . . . . . . . . . . .57
Section 9.02. With Consent of Holders of Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Section 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act. . . . . . . . . . . .59
Section 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents. . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Section 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Section 9.06. Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
ARTICLE 10
SUBORDINATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Section 10.01. Agreement to Subordinate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Section 10.02. Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy. . . . . . . . . . .61
Section 10.03. Default on Designated Senior Indebtedness . . . . . . . .61
Section 10.04. Acceleration of Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Section 10.05. When Distribution Must Be Paid Over . . . . . . . . . . .62
Section 10.06. Notice by Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Section 10.07. Subrogation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Section 10.08. Relative Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Section 10.09. Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Company. . . . . . .64
Section 10.10. Distribution or Notice to Representative. . . . . . . . .64
Section 10.11. Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent. . . . . . . . . . . .64
Section 10.12. Authorization to Effect Subordination . . . . . . . . . .65
Section 10.13. Amendments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
ARTICLE 11
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Section 11.01. Subsidiary Guarantees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Section 11.02. Execution and Delivery of subsidiary Guarantee. . . . . .67
Section 11.03. Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms. . . .67
Section 11.04. Releases Following Sale of Assets.. . . . . . . . . . . .68
Section 11.05. "Trustee" to Include Paying Agent . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Section 11.06. Subordination of Subsidiary Guarantee.. . . . . . . . . .69
ARTICLE 12
MISCELLANEOUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Section 12.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Section 12.02. Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Section 12.03. Communication by Holders of Notes with
Other Holders of Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Section 12.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. . . .71
Section 12.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion . . . . . .71
Section 12.06. Rules by Trustee and Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
Section 12.07. No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers,
Employees and Stockholders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
Section 12.08. Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Section 12.09. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements . . . . . .72
Section 12.10. Successors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Section 12.11. Severability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Section 12.12. Counterpart Originals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Section 12.13. Table of Contents, Headings, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Exhibit A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Exhibit B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
INDENTURE dated as of November 12, 1996 among Pillowtex Corporation, a
Texas corporation (the "Company"), the corporations listed on Schedule I hereto
(each a "Guarantor" and collectively, the "Guarantors") and Bank One, Columbus,
N.A., as trustee (the "Trustee").
The Company and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each
other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the 10% Series A
Senior Subordinated Discount Notes due 2006 (the "Series A Notes") and the 10%
Series B Senior Subordinated Notes due 2006 (the "Series B Notes" and, together
with the Series A Notes, the "Notes"):
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01. DEFINITIONS.
"ACQUIRED INDEBTEDNESS" means, with respect to any specified Person:
(i) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person
merged with or into or became a Subsidiary of such specified Person that was not
incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging
with or into or becoming a Subsidiary of such specified Person, and (ii)
Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified
Person.
"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"
(including, with correlative meanings, the terms "controlling," "controlled by"
and "under common control with"), as used with respect to any Person, shall mean
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 securities of a Person shall
be deemed to be control.
"AGENT" means any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-registrar.
"ASSET SALE" means (i) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of
any assets (including, without limitation, by way of a sale and leaseback) other
than sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practices; PROVIDED that the sale, lease, conveyance of all or substantially all
of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be
governed by the provisions of this Indenture described in Section 4.15 and/or
the provisions described in Sections 5.01 and 5.02 and shall not be deemed to be
"Asset Sales," and (ii) the issue or sale by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries of Equity Interest of any of the Company's Subsidiaries, in the
case of either clause (i) or (ii), whether in a single transaction or a series
of related transactions (a) that have a fair market value in excess of $500,000
or (b) for net
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proceeds in excess of $500,000. Notwithstanding the foregoing: (i) a
transfer of assets by the Company to a Wholly Owned Subsidiary or by a Wholly
Owned Subsidiary to the Company or to another Wholly Owned Subsidiary, (ii)
an issuance of Equity Interests by a Wholly Owned Subsidiary to the Company
or to another Wholly Owned Subsidiary, and (iii) Restricted Payments that are
permitted by Section 4.07 will not be deemed to be "Asset Sales."
"ATTRIBUTABLE INDEBTEDNESS" in respect of a sale and leaseback
transaction means, at the time of determination, the present value (discounted
at the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance
with GAAP) of the obligation of the lessee for net rental payments during the
remaining term of the lease including 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).
"BANKRUPTCY LAW" means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or
state law for the relief of debtors.
"BOARD OF DIRECTORS" means, with respect to any Person, the Board of
Directors of such Person, or any authorized committee of such Board of
Directors.
"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 (i) in the case of a corporation, corporate
stock, (ii) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all
shares, interest, participations, rights or other equivalents (however
designated) of corporate stock, (iii) in the case of a partnership, partnership
interests (whether general or limited) and (iv) 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 (i) United States dollars, (ii) securities
issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States
government or any agency or instrumentality thereof having maturities of not
more than 12 months from the date of acquisition, (iii) U.S. dollar or Canadian
dollar denominated (or foreign currency fully hedged) time deposits,
certificates of deposit, Eurodollar time deposits or Eurodollar certificates of
deposit of (a) any domestic commercial bank of recognized standing having
capital and surplus in excess of $500 million or (b) any bank whose short term
commercial paper rating from Standard & Poor's Ratings Corp. ("Standard &
Poor's) is at least A-1 or the equivalent thereof or from Moody's Investor's
Service, Inc. ("▇▇▇▇▇'▇") is at least P-1 or the equivalent thereof (any such
bank being an "Approved Lender"), in each case the maturities of not more than
12 months from the date of acquisition; and (iv) commercial paper issued by any
approved Lender (or by the
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parent company thereof) or any variable rate notes issued by, or guaranteed
by, any domestic corporation rated A-2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better
by Standard & Poor's or P-2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody's
and maturing within 12 months of the date of acquisition.
"CHANGE OF CONTROL" means the occurrence of any of the following: (i)
the sale, lease, 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 assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a
whole to any "person" (as such terms is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange
Act) other than the Principals or their Related Parties, (ii) the adoption of a
plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company, (iii) 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" (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange
Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of the
Company or (iv) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Board of
Directors of the Company are not Continuing Directors.
"COMPANY" means Pillowtex Corporation, a Texas corporation.
"CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW" means, with respect to any Person for any
period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus (i) an
amount equal to any extraordinary loss plus any net loss realized in connection
with an Asset Sale (to the extent such losses were deducted in computing such
Consolidated Net Income), plus (ii) provision for taxes based on income or
profits of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that
such provision for taxes was included in computing such Consolidated Net Income,
plus (iii) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Subsidiaries for
such period, whether paid or accrued and whether or not capitalized (including,
without limitation, amortization of 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 Indebtedness, commissions,
discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letter of credit or
bankers' acceptance financings, and net payments (if any) pursuant to Hedging
Obligations), to the extent that any such expense was deducted in computing such
Consolidated Net Income, plus (iv) 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
charges (excluding any such non-cash charge to the extent that it represents an
accrual of or reserve for cash charges in any future period or amortization of a
prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period) of such Person and its
Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such depreciation, amortization
and other non-cash charges were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net
Income minus (v) non-cash items of such Person and its Subsidiaries increasing
Consolidated Net Income for such period, in each case, on a consolidated basis
and determined in accordance with GAAP. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
provision for taxes on the income or profits of, and the
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depreciation and amortization and other non-cash charges of, a Subsidiary of
the referent Person shall be added to Consolidated Net Income to compute
Consolidated Cash Flow only to the extent (and in same proportion) that the
Net Income of such Subsidiary was included in calculating the Consolidated
Net Income of such Person and only if a corresponding amount would be
permitted at the date of determination to be dividended 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 shareholders.
"CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME" means, with respect to any Person for any
period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its Subsidiaries for
such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP;
PROVIDED that (i) the Net Income (but not loss) of any Person that is not a
Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting shall be
included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions paid in
cash to the referent Person or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary thereof shall be
excluded, (ii) the Net Income of any Subsidiary shall be excluded to the extent
that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that
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 Subsidiary or its shareholders, shall be excluded,
(iii) the Net Income of any Person acquired in a pooling of interests
transaction for any period prior to the date of such acquisition shall be
excluded and (iv) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles
shall be excluded.
"CONSOLIDATED NET WORTH" means, with respect to any Person as of any
date, the sum of (i) the consolidated equity of the common shareholders of such
Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date plus (ii) 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, less (x) all write-ups (other than
write-ups resulting from foreign currency translations and write-ups of tangible
assets of a going concern business made within 12 months after the acquisition
of such business) subsequent to the date of this Indenture in the book value of
any asset owned by such Person or a consolidated Subsidiary of such Person, (y)
all investments as of such date in unconsolidated Subsidiaries and in Persons
that are not Subsidiaries (except, in each case, Permitted Investments), and (z)
all unamortized debt discount and expense and unamortized deferred charges as of
such date, all of the foregoing determined in accordance with GAAP.
"CONTINUING DIRECTORS" means, as of any date of determination, any
member of the Board of Directors of the Company who (i) was a member of such
Board of Directors on the
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date of this Indenture or (ii) was nominated for election or elected to such
Board of Directors with the affirmative vote 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" shall be at the address of the
Trustee specified in Section 12.02 hereof or such other address as to which the
Trustee may give notice to the Company.
"CREDIT AGREEMENT" means that certain Restated Credit Agreement, dated
as of November 12, 1996, by and among the Company and NationsBank of Texas,
N.A., as agent, including any related notes, guarantees, collateral documents,
instruments and agreements executed sin connection therewith, and in each case
as amended, modified, renewed, refunded, extended, replaced or refinanced from
time to time.
"CUSTODIAN" means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator,
sequestor or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
"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 NOTES" means Notes that are in the form of the Notes
attached hereto as Exhibit A, that do not include the information called for by
footnotes 1 and 3 thereof.
"DEPOSITORY" 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 Depository with respect to the Notes, until a successor shall have been
appointed and become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this
Indenture, and, thereafter, "Depository" shall mean or include such successor.
"DESIGNATED SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS" means (i) so long as Senior
Indebtedness is outstanding under the Credit Agreement, all Senior Indebtedness
outstanding under the Credit Agreement and (ii) thereafter, any other Senior
Indebtedness 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 Indebtedness."
"DISQUALIFIED STOCK" means any Capital Stock which, by its terms (or
by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is
exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily
redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at
the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date
that is 91 days after the date on which the Notes mature.
"ELIGIBLE INVENTORY" means, as of any date, all inventory of the
Company and any of its Subsidiaries, wherever located, valued in accordance with
GAAP and shown on the balance
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sheet of the Company for the quarterly period most recently ended prior to
such date for which financial statements of the Company are available.
"ELIGIBLE RECEIVABLES" means, as of any date, all accounts receivable
of the Company and any of its Subsidiaries arising out of the sale of inventory
in the ordinary course of business, valued in accordance with GAAP and shown on
the balance sheet of the Company for the quarterly period most recently ended
prior to such date for which financial statements of the Company are available.
"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).
"EXISTING INDEBTEDNESS" means Indebtedness of the Company and its
Subsidiaries in existence on the date of this Indenture.
"EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"EXCHANGE OFFER" means the offer that may be made by the Company
pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement to exchange Series B Notes for
Series A Notes.
"FIXED CHARGES" means, with respect to any Person for any period, the
sum of (i) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Subsidiaries
for such period, whether paid or accrued (including, without limitation,
amortization of 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 Indebtedness, commissions, discounts and other fees and
charges incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers' acceptance
financings, and net payments (if any) pursuant to Hedging Obligations) and
(ii) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Subsidiaries that
was capitalized during such period, and (iii) any interest expense on
Indebtedness of another Person that is guaranteed by such Person or one of its
Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on assets of such Person or one of its
Subsidiaries (whether or not such guarantee or Lien is called upon) and (iv) the
product of (a) all cash dividend payments (and non-cash dividend payments in the
case of a Person that is a Subsidiary) on any series of preferred stock of such
Person, 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 Person for any
period, the ratio of the Consolidated Cash Flow of such Person for such period
to the Fixed Charges of such Person for such period. In the event that the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries incurs, assumes, guarantees or redeems any
Indebtedness (other than revolving credit borrowings) or
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issues preferred stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which
the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated but 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 shall
be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption,
guarantee or redemption of Indebtedness, or such issuance or redemption of
preferred stock, as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the
applicable four-quarter reference period. In addition, for purposes of
making the computation referred to above, (i) acquisitions that have been
made by the Company or any of its 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 shall be deemed to have occurred on the
first day of the four-quarter reference period and Consolidated Cash Flow for
such reference period shall be calculated without giving effect to clause
(iii) of the proviso set forth in the definition of Consolidated Net Income,
and (ii) 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, shall be excluded, and (iii) the Fixed
Charges attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance
with GAAP, and operations or businesses disposed of prior to the Calculation
Date, shall be excluded, but only to the extent that the obligations giving
rise to such Fixed Charges will not be obligations of the referent Person or
any of its Subsidiaries following the Calculation Date.
"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 on the date of this
Indenture.
"GLOBAL NOTE" means a Note that contains the paragraph referred to
in footnote 1 and the additional schedule referred to in footnote 3 to the
form of the Note attached hereto as Exhibit A.
"GOVERNMENT SECURITIES" means direct obligations of, or obligations
guaranteed by, the United States of America for the payment of which
guarantee or obligations the full faith and credit of the United States is
pledged.
"GUARANTEE" means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of
negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business),
direct or indirect, in any manner (including, without limitation, letters of
credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part
of any Indebtedness.
"GUARANTOR" means (i) each of the Company's Subsidiaries which
becomes a guarantor of the Notes pursuant to Article Eleven and (ii) each of
the Company's Subsidiaries executing a supplemental indenture in which such
Subsidiary agrees to be bound by the terms of
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this Indenture; provided that any Person constituting a Guarantor as
described above shall cease to constitute a Guarantor when its respective
Subsidiary Guarantee is released in accordance with the terms hereof.
"GUARANTOR SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS" means, with respect to any
Guarantor, (i) the guarantee of such Guarantor of the Company's Obligations
under the Credit Agreement and (ii) any other Indebtedness permitted to be
incurred by such Guarantor 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 Guarantee
of such Guarantor. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing,
Guarantor Senior Indebtedness will not include (u) any Indebtedness of such
Guarantor representing a guarantee of Indebtedness of the Company or any
other Guarantor which is subordinate or junior to, or PARI PASSU with, the
Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantee of such other Guarantor, as the case may
be, (v) any Indebtedness that is expressly subordinate or junior in right of
payment to any other Indebtedness of such Guarantor, (w) any liability for
federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by such Guarantor, (x) any
Indebtedness of such Guarantor to any of its Subsidiaries or other
Affiliates, (y) any trade payables or (z) that portion of any Indebtedness
that is incurred in violation of this Indenture.
"HEDGING OBLIGATIONS" means, with respect to any Person, the
obligations of such Person under (i) interest rate swap agreements, interest
rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements and (ii) other
agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against
fluctuations in interest rates, the value of foreign currencies and the value
of commodities purchased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the
ordinary course of business.
"HOLDER" means a Person in whose name a Note is registered.
"INDEBTEDNESS" means, with respect to any Person, any indebtedness
of such Person, whether or not contingent, in respect of borrowed money or
evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of
credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof) or banker's
acceptances or representing Capital Lease Obligations or the balance deferred
and unpaid of the purchase price of any property or representing any Hedging
Obligations, except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or
trade payable, if and to the extent any of the foregoing indebtedness (other
than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability
upon a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP, as well
as all indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person
(whether or not such indebtedness is assumed by such Person) and, to the
extent not otherwise included, the guarantee by such Person of any
indebtedness of any other Person.
"INDENTURE" means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from
time to time.
"INDEPENDENT" means, with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries,
any person who (i) is in fact independent, (ii) does not have any direct
financial interest or any
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material indirect financial interest in the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, or in any Affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
(other than as a result of holding securities of the Company) and (iii) is
not an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner or person
performing similar functions for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
"INVESTMENTS" means, with respect to any Person, all investments by
such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of direct or
indirect loans (including guarantees of Indebtedness 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; PROVIDED that an acquisition of assets, Equity Interests or other
securities by the Company for consideration consisting of common equity
securities of the Company shall not be deemed to be an Investment.
"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 for the intervening period.
"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 5 of the Registration Rights Agreement.
"NET INCOME" means, with respect to any 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, (i)
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
(including, without limitation, dispositions pursuant to sale and leaseback
transactions) or (b) the disposition of any securities by such Person or any
of its Subsidiaries or the extinguishment of any Indebtedness of such Person
or any of its Subsidiaries and (ii) any extraordinary or nonrecurring gain
(but not loss), together with any related provision for taxes on such
extraordinary or nonrecurring gain (but not loss).
"NET PROCEEDS" means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale (including,
without limitation, any cash
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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), any relocation expenses incurred as a result
thereof, taxes paid or payable as a result thereof (after taking into account
any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements),
and any reserve for adjustment in respect of the sale price of such asset or
assets established in accordance with GAAP.
"NOTE CUSTODIAN" means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to
the Notes in global form, or any successor entity thereto.
"OBLIGATIONS" means any principal, interest, penalties, fees,
indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under
the documentation governing any Indebtedness.
"OFFERING" means the Offering of the Notes by the Company.
"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 12.05 hereof.
"OPINION OF COUNSEL" means an opinion from legal counsel who is
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, that meets the requirements of Section
12.05 hereof. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or
the Trustee.
"PERMITTED INVESTMENTS" means (i) any Investment in the Company or
in a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company; (b) any Investment in Cash
Equivalents; (c) any Investment by the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company in a Person, if as a result of such Investment (i) such Person
becomes a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company or (ii) 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
Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company, and (d) any Restricted 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.
"PERMITTED LIENS" means (x) Liens on assets of the Company securing
Senior Indebtedness, (y) Liens on assets of a Guarantor securing Guarantor
Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor and (z) Liens of a Subsidiary of the
Company that is not a Guarantor which secure
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unsubordinated Indebtedness of such Subsidiary if the Notes are secured by
such assets on a subordinated basis to the Lien securing such unsubordinated
Indebtedness; PROVIDED that such Senior Indebtedness, Guarantor Senior
Indebtedness or unsubordinated Indebtedness, as the case may be was permitted
by the terms of this Indenture to be incurred; (ii) Liens in favor of the
Company; (iii) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person
is merged into or consolidated with the Company or any 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;
(iv) Liens on property existing at the time of acquisition thereof by the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, PROVIDED that such Liens were in
existence prior to the contemplation of such acquisition; (v) 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; and (vi) Liens existing on the date of this Indenture.
"PERMITTED REFINANCING INDEBTEDNESS" means any Indebtedness of the
Company or any of its 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 Subsidiaries; PROVIDED
that: (i) 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 so extended, refinanced,
renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded (plus the amount of reasonable
expenses incurred in connection therewith); (ii) 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; (iii) 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 (iv) such Indebtedness is incurred either
by the Company or by the 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
or government or agency or political subdivision thereof (including any
subdivision or ongoing business of any such entity or substantially all of
the assets of any such entity, subdivision or business).
"PRINCIPALS" ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇., his spouse and any of his
lineal descendants.
"REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT" means the Registration Rights
Agreement, dated as of November 12, 1996, by and among the Company and the
other parties named on the
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signature pages thereof, as such agreement may be amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time.
"RELATED PARTY" means any controlled Affiliate of any Principal.
"RESPONSIBLE OFFICER," when used with respect to the Trustee, means
any officer within the Corporate Trust Administration 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.
"REPRESENTATIVE" means the indenture trustee or other trustee, agent
or representative for any Senior Indebtedness.
"RESTRICTED INVESTMENT" means an Investment other than a Permitted
Investment.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"SECURITIES ACT" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS" means (i) Indebtedness under the Credit
Agreement (including interest in respect thereof accruing after the
commencement of any bankruptcy or similar proceeding to the extent that such
interest is allowable as a bankruptcy claim in such proceeding) and (ii) any
other Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by the Company 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. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
the foregoing, Senior Indebtedness will not include (v) any Indebtedness that
is expressly subordinated or junior in right of payment to any other
Indebtedness of the Company, (w) any liability for federal, state, local or
other taxes owed or owing by the Company (x) any Indebtedness of the Company
to any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates, (y) any trade payables or (z)
that portion of Indebtedness that is incurred in violation of this Indenture.
"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 hereof.
"STATED MATURITY" means, with respect to any payment of interest on
or principal of any Indebtedness, the date on which such payment was
scheduled to be made in the documentation governing such Indebtedness,
without regard to the occurrence of any subsequent event or contingency.
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"SUBSIDIARY" means, with respect to any Person, (i) 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 thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or
indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that
Person (or a combination thereof) and (ii) 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 such
Person or of one or more Subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination
thereof).
"SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE" means, individually and collectively, the
guarantees given by the Guarantors pursuant to Article 11 hereof, including a
notation in the Securities substantially in the form included in Exhibit A.
"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Sections
77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date on which this Indenture is qualified
under the TIA.
"TRANSFER RESTRICTED SECURITIES" means securities that bear or are
required to bear the legend set forth in Section 2.06 hereof.
"TRUSTEE" means the party named as such above until a successor
replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture
and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.
"VOTING STOCK" means, with respect to any Person as of any date,
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 (i) the
sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then
remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required
payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect
thereof, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth)
that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment, by (ii)
the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
"WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY" of any Person means a 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 Subsidiaries of such Person or by
such Person and one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
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SECTION 1.02 OTHER DEFINITIONS
Defined in
Term Section
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"Affiliate Transaction" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.11
"Asset Sale". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.10
"Asset Sale Offer". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.09
"Change of Control Offer" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.15
"Change of Control Payment" . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.15
"Change of Control Payment Date". . . . . . . . . . . 4.15
"Covenant Defeasance" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.03
"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
"Purchase Date" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.09
"Registrar" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.03
"Restricted Payments" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.07
SECTION 1.03. 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 and the Subsidiary Guaranties;
"INDENTURE SECURITY HOLDER" means a Holder of a Note;
"INDENTURE TO BE QUALIFIED" means this Indenture;
"INDENTURE TRUSTEE" or "INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE" means the Trustee;
"OBLIGOR" on the Notes means the Company and any successor obligor
upon the Notes or any Guarantor.
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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 1.04. 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) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and
(6) references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act shall
be deemed to include substitute, replacement of successor sections or rules
adopted by the SEC from time to time.
ARTICLE 2
THE NOTES
SECTION 2.01. FORM AND DATING.
The Notes and the Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be
substantially in the form included in Exhibit A hereto. The Subsidiary
Guarantees shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A, the terms of which
are incorporated in and made part of this Indenture. The Notes may have
notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or
usage. Each Note shall 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 shall constitute, and
are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the Company and the
Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to
such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.
Notes issued in global form shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit A attached hereto (including the text referred to in footnotes 1 and 3
thereto). Notes issued in definitive
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form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (but
without including the text referred to in footnotes 1 and 3 thereto). Each
Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as shall be
specified therein and each shall provide that it shall represent the
aggregate amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and
that the aggregate 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 amount of outstanding Notes represented
thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Note Custodian, at the direction
of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof
as required by Section 2.06 hereof.
SECTION 2.02. EXECUTION AND AUTHENTICATION.
Two Officers shall 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 shall nevertheless be valid.
A Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature
of the Trustee. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has
been authenticated under this Indenture.
The Trustee shall, upon a written order of the Company signed by two
Officers, authenticate Notes for original issue up to the aggregate principal
amount stated in paragraph 4 of the Notes. The aggregate principal amount of
Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed such amount except as provided in
Section 2.07 hereof.
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 the Company or
an Affiliate of the Company.
SECTION 2.03. REGISTRAR AND PAYING AGENT.
The Company shall 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 shall 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 shall
notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party
to this Indenture. If the Company fails
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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.
The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") to
act as Depository with respect to the Global Notes.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and
Paying Agent and to act as Note Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.
SECTION 2.04. PAYING AGENT TO HOLD MONEY IN TRUST.
The Company shall 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 or any Guarantor 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) shall have no further liability for the money. If the Company or
a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall 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 or a
Guarantor, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.
SECTION 2.05. HOLDER LISTS.
The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of
all Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a). If the Trustee
is not the Registrar, the Company shall 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 and the Guarantors shall otherwise comply with TIA Section
312(a).
SECTION 2.06. TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.
(a) TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF DEFINITIVE NOTES. When Definitive
Notes are presented by a Holder to the Registrar with a request:
(x) to register the transfer of the Definitive Notes; or
(y) to exchange such Definitive Notes for an equal principal
amount of Definitive Notes of other authorized
denominations,
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the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if
its requirements for such transactions are met; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
Definitive Notes presented or surrendered for register of transfer or exchange:
(i) shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written
instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by his
attorney, duly authorized in writing; and
(ii) in the case of a Definitive Note that is a Transfer
Restricted Security, such request shall be accompanied
by the following additional information and documents,
as applicable:
(A) if such Transfer Restricted Security is being
delivered to the Registrar by a Holder for
registration in the name of such Holder, without
transfer, a certification to that effect from such
Holder (in substantially the form of Exhibit B
hereto); or
(B) if such Transfer Restricted Security is being
transferred to a "qualified institutional buyer"
(as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act)
in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities
Act or pursuant to an exemption from registration
in accordance with Rule 144 or Rule 904 under the
Securities Act or pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act, a
certification to that effect from such Holder (in
substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto); or
(C) if such Transfer Restricted Security is being
transferred in reliance on another exemption from
the registration requirements of the Securities
Act, a certification to that effect from such
Holder (in substantially the form of Exhibit B
hereto) and an Opinion of Counsel from such Holder
or the transferee reasonably acceptable to the
Company and to the Registrar to the effect that
such transfer is in compliance with the Securities
Act.
(b) TRANSFER OF A DEFINITIVE NOTE FOR A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A
GLOBAL NOTE. A Definitive Note may not be exchanged for a beneficial interest
in a Global Note except upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth below.
Upon receipt by the Trustee of a Definitive Note, duly endorsed or accompanied
by appropriate instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Trustee,
together with:
(i) if such Definitive Note is a Transfer Restricted Security, a
certification from the Holder thereof (in substantially the form
of Exhibit B hereto) to the effect that such Definitive Note is
being transferred by such Holder to a "qualified institutional
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buyer" (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) in
accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act; and
(ii) whether or not such Definitive Note is a Transfer Restricted
Security, written instructions from the Holder thereof directing
the Trustee to make, or to direct the Note Custodian to make, an
endorsement on the Global Note to reflect an increase in the
aggregate principal amount of the Notes represented by the Global
Note,
in which case the Trustee shall cancel such Definitive Note in accordance with
Section 2.11 hereof and cause, or direct the Note Custodian to cause, in
accordance with the standing instructions and procedures existing between the
Depository and the Note Custodian, the aggregate principal amount of Notes
represented by the Global Note to be increased accordingly. If no Global Notes
are then outstanding, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an
authentication order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall
authenticate a new Global Note in the appropriate principal amount.
(c) TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF GLOBAL NOTES. The transfer and exchange
of Global Notes or beneficial interests therein shall be effected through the
Depository, in accordance with this Indenture and the procedures of the
Depository therefor, which shall include restrictions on transfer comparable to
those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act.
(d) TRANSFER OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A GLOBAL NOTE FOR A
DEFINITIVE NOTE.
(i) Any Person having a beneficial interest in a Global Note may
upon request exchange such beneficial interest for a
Definitive Note. Upon receipt by the Trustee of written
instructions or such other form of instructions as is
customary for the Depository, from the Depository or its
nominee on behalf of any Person having a beneficial interest
in a Global Note, and, in the case of a Transfer Restricted
Security, the following additional information and documents
(all of which may be submitted by facsimile):
(A) if such beneficial interest is being transferred
to the Person designated by the Depository as
being the beneficial owner, a certification to
that effect from such Person (in substantially the
form of Exhibit B hereto); or
(B) if such beneficial interest is being transferred
to a "qualified institutional buyer" (as defined
in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) in
accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act
or pursuant to an exemption from registration in
accordance with Rule 144 or Rule 904 under the
Securities Act or pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act, a
certification to that
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effect from the transferor (in substantially the
form of Exhibit B hereto); or
(C) if such beneficial interest is being transferred
in reliance on another exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act, a
certification to that effect from the transferor
(in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto)
and an Opinion of Counsel from the transferee or
transferor reasonably acceptable to the Company
and to the Registrar to the effect that such
transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act,
in which case the Trustee or the Note Custodian, at the
direction of the Trustee, shall, in accordance with the
standing instructions and procedures existing between the
Depository and the Note Custodian, cause the aggregate
principal amount of Global Notes to be reduced accordingly
and, following such reduction, the Company shall execute
and, upon receipt of an authentication order in accordance
with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver to the transferee a Definitive Note in the
appropriate principal amount.
(ii) Definitive Notes issued in exchange for a beneficial
interest in a Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(d)
shall be registered in such names and in such authorized
denominations as the Depository, pursuant to instructions
from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall
instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such
Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes
are so registered.
(e) RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF GLOBAL NOTES.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture (other than the provisions
set forth in subsection (f) of this Section 2.06), a Global Note may not be
transferred as a whole except by the Depository to a nominee of the Depository
or by a nominee of the Depository to the Depository or another nominee of the
Depository or by the Depository or any such nominee to a successor Depository or
a nominee of such successor Depository.
(f) AUTHENTICATION OF DEFINITIVE NOTES IN ABSENCE OF DEPOSITORY. If
at any time:
(i) the Depository for the Notes notifies the Company that the
Depository is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository
for the Global Notes and a successor Depository for the
Global Notes is not appointed by the Company within 90 days
after delivery of such notice; or
(ii) the Company, at its sole discretion, notifies the Trustee in
writing that it elects to cause the issuance of Definitive
Notes under this Indenture,
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then the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an
authentication order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, authenticate and
deliver, Definitive Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of the Global Notes in exchange for such Global Notes.
(g) LEGENDS.
(i) Except as permitted by the following paragraphs (ii) and
(iii), each Note certificate evidencing Global Notes and
Definitive Notes (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor
or substitution thereof) shall bear legends in substantially
the following form:
"THE NOTE (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) EVIDENCED HEREBY WAS
ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION
UNDER ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND THE NOTE EVIDENCED
HEREBY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN
THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION
THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THE NOTE EVIDENCED HEREBY IS
HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE RELYING ON THE
EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
THE HOLDER OF THE NOTE EVIDENCED HEREBY AGREES FOR THE
BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) SUCH NOTE MAY BE RESOLD,
PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (1) (a) TO A PERSON
WHO 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, (b) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF
RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (c) OUTSIDE THE UNITED
STATES TO A FOREIGN PERSON IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE
REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (d) IN
ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL IF THE COMPANY SO REQUESTS), (2) TO THE
COMPANY OR (3) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES
OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND (B) THE HOLDER
WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY
PURCHASER OF THE NOTE EVIDENCED HEREBY OF THE RESALE
RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN (1) ABOVE."
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(ii) Upon any sale or transfer of a Transfer Restricted Security
(including any Transfer Restricted Security represented by a
Global Note) pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act
or pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act:
(A) in the case of any Transfer Restricted Security that is
a Definitive Note, the Registrar shall permit the
Holder thereof to exchange such Transfer Restricted
Security for a Definitive Note that does not bear the
first legend set forth in (i) above and rescind any
restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted
Security; and
(B) in the case of any Transfer Restricted Security
represented by a Global Note, such Transfer Restricted
Security shall not be required to bear the first legend
set forth in (i) above, but shall continue to be
subject to the provisions of Section 2.06(c) hereof;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that with respect to any request for
an exchange of a Transfer Restricted Security that is
represented by a Global Note for a Definitive Note that
does not bear the first legend set forth in (i) above,
which request is made in reliance upon Rule 144, the
Holder thereof shall certify in writing to the
Registrar that such request is being made pursuant to
Rule 144 (such certification to be substantially in the
form of Exhibit B hereto).
(iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon consummation of the
Exchange Offer, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of
an authentication order in accordance with Section 2.02
hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate Series B Notes in
exchange for Series A Notes accepted for exchange in the
Exchange Offer, which Series B Notes shall not bear the
legend set forth in (i) above, and the Registrar shall
rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Notes, in
each case unless the Holder of such Series A Notes is either
(A) a broker-dealer, (B) a Person participating in the
distribution of the Series A Notes or (C) a Person who is an
affiliate (as defined in Rule 144A) of the Company.
(h) CANCELLATION AND/OR ADJUSTMENT OF GLOBAL NOTES. At such time as
all beneficial interests in Global Notes have been exchanged for Definitive
Notes, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, all Global Notes shall 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 Definitive Notes, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, the
principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced
accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note, by the Trustee
or the Notes Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, to reflect such
reduction.
(i) GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES.
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(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate Definitive Notes and Global Notes at the
Registrar's request.
(ii) No service charge shall be made to a Holder 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 3.07, 4.10,
4.15 and 9.05 hereto).
(iii) The Registrar shall 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.
(iv) All Definitive Notes and Global Notes issued upon any
registration of transfer or exchange of Definitive
Notes or Global Notes shall be the valid obligations of
the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to
the same benefits under this Indenture, as the
Definitive Notes or Global Notes surrendered upon such
registration of transfer or exchange.
(v) The Company shall not be required:
(A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to
exchange 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; or
(B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any
Note so 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.
(vi) 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 neither the Trustee,
any Agent nor the Company shall be affected by notice
to the contrary.
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(vii) The Trustee shall authenticate Definitive Notes and
Global Notes in accordance with the provisions of
Section 2.02 hereof.
SECTION 2.07. REPLACEMENT NOTES.
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 shall issue and the Trustee, upon the written
order of the Company signed by two Officers of the Company, shall 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
shall 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 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 shall be deemed to be no longer outstanding and shall cease to accrue
interest.
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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, any Guarantor or by any Person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with
the Company, shall be considered as though not outstanding, except that for
the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying
on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that a Trustee knows are
so owned shall be so disregarded.
SECTION 2.10. TEMPORARY NOTES.
Until definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may
prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Notes upon a written
order of the Company signed by two Officers of the Company. Temporary Notes
shall be substantially in the form of definitive Notes but may have
variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes and as
shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay,
the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Notes
in exchange for temporary Notes.
Holders of temporary Notes shall be entitled to all of the benefits of
this Indenture.
SECTION 2.11. CANCELLATION.
The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee
any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or
payment. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for
registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and
shall destroy canceled Notes (subject to the record retention requirement of
the Exchange Act). Certification of the destruction of all canceled Notes
shall 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
shall 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 shall 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 shall
fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment date,
PROVIDED that no such special record date shall 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
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expense of the Company) shall 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.
ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
SECTION 3.01. NOTICES TO TRUSTEE.
If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional
redemption provisions of Section 3.07 hereof, it shall furnish to the Trustee,
at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, an
Officers' Certificate setting forth (i) the clause of this Indenture pursuant to
which the redemption shall occur, (ii) the redemption date, (iii) the principal
amount of Notes to be redeemed and (iv) the redemption price.
SECTION 3.02. SELECTION OF NOTES TO BE REDEEMED.
If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, the
Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed among the Holders of the Notes in
compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange,
if any, on which the Notes are listed or, if the Notes are not so listed, on a
PRO RATA basis, by lot or in accordance with any other method the Trustee
considers fair and appropriate. In the event of partial redemption by lot, the
particular Notes to be redeemed shall be selected, unless otherwise provided
herein, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption date by
the Trustee from the outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes
selected for redemption and, in the case of any Note selected for partial
redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. Notes and portions of
Notes selected shall 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, the entire
outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder, even if not a multiple of
$1,000, shall be redeemed. Except as provided in the preceding sentence,
provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also
apply to portions of Notes called for redemption.
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 shall 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.
The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall state:
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(a) the redemption date;
(b) the redemption price;
(c) 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 shall be issued upon cancellation of the
original Note;
(d) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(e) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the
Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;
(f) 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;
(g) the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture
pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed; and
(h) 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 shall give the notice of
redemption in the Company's name and at its expense; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
Company shall have 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 PRICE.
One Business Day prior to the redemption date, the Company shall
deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the
redemption price of and accrued interest on all Notes to be redeemed on that
date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall 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 price of, and accrued interest on,
all Notes to be redeemed.
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If the Company complies with the provisions of the preceding
paragraph, on and after the redemption date, interest shall cease to accrue on
the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption. If a Note is redeemed
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 shall not be so paid upon surrender for
redemption because of the failure of the Company to comply with the preceding
paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption
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 IN PART.
Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Company shall
issue and, upon the Company's written request, the Trustee shall authenticate
for the Holder at the expense of the Company a new Note equal in principal
amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered.
SECTION 3.07. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.
(a) The Company shall not have the option to redeem the Notes
pursuant to this Section 3.07 prior to November 15, 2001. Thereafter, the
Company shall have the option to redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at the
redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below
plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages thereon, if any, to the
applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the 12 month period beginning on
November 15 of the years indicated below:
YEAR PERCENTAGE
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2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.000%
2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.333%
2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.667%
2004 and thereafter. . . . . . . . . 100.000%
(b) Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be made
pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.
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SECTION 3.08. MANDATORY REDEMPTION.
Except as set forth under Sections 4.10 and 4.15 hereof, the Company
shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund 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 shall
be required to commence an offer to all Holders to purchase Notes (an "ASSET
SALE OFFER"), it shall follow the procedures specified below.
The Asset Sale Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business
Days following its commencement and no longer, except to the extent that a
longer period is required by applicable law (the "OFFER PERIOD"). No later than
five Business Days after the termination of the Offer Period (the "PURCHASE
DATE"), the Company shall purchase the principal amount of Notes required to be
purchased pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof (the "OFFER AMOUNT") or, if less than
the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered in response to the Asset
Sale Offer. Payment for any Notes so purchased shall 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 shall
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 shall be payable to
Holders who tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer.
Upon the commencement of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company shall send,
by first class mail, a notice to the Trustee and each of the Holders, with a
copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials
necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale
Offer. The Asset Sale Offer shall be made to all Holders. The notice, which
shall govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer, shall state:
(a) 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 shall remain open;
(b) the Offer Amount, the purchase price and the Purchase Date;
(c) that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment shall
continue to accrue interest;
(d) that, unless the Company defaults in making such payment,
any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer shall cease
to accrue interest after the Purchase Date;
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(e) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to
an Asset Sale Offer may only elect to have all of such Note purchased and
may not elect to have only a portion of such Note purchased;
(f) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to
any Asset Sale Offer shall 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;
(g) that Holders shall 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;
(h) that, if the aggregate principal amount of Notes surrendered
by Holders exceeds the Offer Amount, the Company shall select the Notes to
be purchased on a PRO RATA basis (with such adjustments as may be deemed
appropriate by the Company so that only Notes in denominations of $1,000,
or integral multiples thereof, shall be purchased); and
(i) that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part shall
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 shall, 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 shall 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 Depository or the Paying
Agent, as the case may be, shall 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 shall promptly issue a new Note, and
the Trustee, upon written request from the Company shall 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
shall 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.
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ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
SECTION 4.01. PAYMENT OF NOTES.
The Company shall pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium,
if any, and interest on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the
Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and interest shall 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 shall 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 shall 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 shall 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 shall 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 shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the
location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any
time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or
shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the 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 shall 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 shall 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.
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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.
SECTION 4.03. REPORTS.
(a) Whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the SEC,
so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee
and to all Holders (i) 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 thereon by the Company's
certified independent accountants and (ii) all 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, whether or not required by the rules and regulations of
the SEC, the Company shall file a copy of all such information with the SEC for
public availability (unless the SEC will not accept such a filing) and shall
promptly make such information available to all securities analysts and
prospective investors who request it in writing. The Company and the Guarantors
shall at all times comply with TIA Section 314(a).
(b) For so long as any Transfer Restricted Securities remain
outstanding, the Company and the Guarantors shall furnish to all Holders and
prospective purchasers of the Notes designated by the Holders of Transfer
Restricted Securities, promptly 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 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 shall have 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 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
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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 Four or Article Five 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) The Company shall, so long as any of the Notes are outstanding,
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 shall pay, and shall 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. STAY, EXTENSION AND USURY LAWS.
The Company and each Guarantor covenants (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) that it shall 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 Guarantor (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly
waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it shall
not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any
power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution
of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.
SECTION 4.07. RESTRICTED PAYMENTS.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to,
directly or indirectly: (i) declare or pay any dividend or make any other
payment or distribution on account of the Equity Interests of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, any payment in connection
with any merger or consolidation involving the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries) or to the direct or indirect holders of the Equity Interests of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in their capacity as such (other than
dividends or distributions payable in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified
Stock) of the Company, dividends or distributions payable to the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company or dividends or distributions made by a Subsidiary of
the Company to all holders of its Common Stock on a PRO RATA basis);
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(ii) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity
Interests of the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any direct or
indirect parent of the Company, (other than any such Equity Interests owned
by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company); (iii) make any payment on
or in respect of, or purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire
for value any Indebtedness that is PARI PASSU with or subordinated to the
Notes, except at Stated Maturity or (iv) make any Restricted Investment (all
such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above
being collectively referred to as "Restricted Payments"), unless, at the time
of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment:
(a) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof; and
(b) 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 of this Indenture; and
(c) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate of all other
Restricted Payments made by the Company and its Subsidiaries after the date
of this Indenture (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (v)
and (w) of the next succeeding paragraph), is less than the sum of (i) 50%
of the Consolidated Net Income of the Company for the period (taken as one
accounting period) commencing September 29, 1996 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 (ii) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds received
by the Company from the issue or sale since the date of this Indenture of
Equity Interests of the Company or of debt securities of the Company that
have been converted into such Equity Interests (other than Equity Interests
(or convertible debt securities) sold to a Subsidiary of the Company and
other than Disqualified Stock or debt securities that have been converted
into Disqualified Stock), plus (iii) 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 (A) the cash
return of capital with respect to such Restricted Investment (less the cost
of disposition, if any) and (B) the initial amount of such Restricted
Investment, plus (iv) $7.5 million.
The foregoing provisions will not prohibit (u) the payment of any
dividend within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof, if at said date
of declaration such payment would have complied with the provisions of this
Indenture; (v) the making of any Restricted Investment, or the redemption,
repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of any Equity Interests of the
Company in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of, the substantially concurrent
sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of other Equity Interests of
the Company (other than any Disqualified Stock); PROVIDED that the amount of any
such net cash proceeds that are utilized for
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any such Restricted Investment, redemption, repurchase, retirement or other
acquisition shall be excluded from clause (c)(ii) of the preceding
paragraph; (w) the defeasance, redemption or repurchase of PARI PASSU or
subordinated Indebtedness with the net cash proceeds from an incurrence of
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness or the substantially concurrent sale
(other than to a 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 or other acquisition shall be excluded from clause (c)(ii) of the
preceding paragraph; (x) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or
retirement for value of any Equity Interests of the Company or any Subsidiary
of the Company held by any member of the Company's (or any of its
Subsidiaries') management pursuant to any management equity subscription
agreement or stock option agreement in effect as of the date of this
Indenture; PROVIDED that (A) the aggregate price paid for all such
repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired Equity Interests shall not exceed
$250,000 in any 12-month period plus the aggregate cash proceeds received by
the Company during such 12-month period from any reissuance of Equity
Interests by the Company to members of management of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, and (B) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing immediately after such transaction; (y) so long as no Default
or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Investments in the
same or similar lines of business as the Company was engaged in on the date
of this Indenture in an aggregate amount not to exceed $7.5 million since the
date of this Indenture (measured as of the date made and without giving
effect to subsequent changes in value); and (z) so long as no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, ordinary dividends
paid by the Company in respect of its Common Stock in an aggregate amount not
to exceed $2.5 million since the date of this Indenture.
The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) shall be
the fair market value (evidenced by a resolution of the Board of Directors or
a committee of the Board of Directors having at least one Independent
director set forth in an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee) on
the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s) proposed to be transferred
by the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the
Restricted Payment. Not later than the date of making any Restricted
Payment, the Company shall 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,
which calculations may be based upon the Company's latest available financial
statements.
SECTION 4.08. DIVIDEND AND OTHER PAYMENT RESTRICTIONS AFFECTING SUBSIDIARIES.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries
to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or
become effective any encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any
Subsidiary to (i)(a) pay dividends or make any other distributions to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries (1) on its Capital Stock or (2) with
respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its
profits, or (b) pay any indebtedness owed to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, (ii) make loans or advances to the Company or any of its
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Subsidiaries or (iii) transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, except for such encumbrances or restrictions
existing under or by reason of (a) applicable law, (b) any instrument
governing Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person acquired by the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries as in effect at the time of such acquisition
(except to the extent such Indebtedness 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, (c)
customary non-assignment provisions in leases entered into in the ordinary
course of business and consistent with past practices, (d) purchase money
obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business that
impose restrictions of the nature described in clause (iii) above on the
property so acquired or (e) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, PROVIDED
that, the restrictions contained in the agreements governing such Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness are no more restrictive than those contained in the
agreements governing the Indebtedness being refinanced.
SECTION 4.09. INCURRENCE OF INDEBTEDNESS AND ISSUANCE OF PREFERRED STOCK.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to,
directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise
become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to
(collectively, "incur") any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) and
that the Company will not issue any Disqualified Stock and will not permit any
of its Subsidiaries to issue any shares of preferred stock; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that (x) the Company may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or
issue shares of Disqualified Stock and (y) a Guarantor may incur Acquired
Indebtedness, in each case 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 2.0 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 the Disqualified Stock had been issued, as the case may
be, at the beginning of such four-quarter period.
The foregoing provisions will not apply to:
(i) the incurrence by the Company of Indebtedness under the Credit
Agreement (and guarantees thereof by the Guarantors) in an aggregate
principal amount at any time outstanding (with letters of credit being deemed
to have a principal amount equal to the maximum potential liability of the
Company and its Subsidiaries thereunder) not to exceed the greater of (x)
$175.0 million and (y) the sum of (A) 80% of Eligible Accounts Receivable and
(B) 65% of Eligible Inventory, less, in the case of each of clause (x) and
clause (y), the aggregate amount of all Net Proceeds of Asset Sales applied
to permanently reduce the commitments with respect to such Indebtedness
pursuant to Section 4.10.;
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(ii) the incurrence by the Company of Indebtedness represented by the
Notes and the incurrence by the Guarantors of Indebtedness represented by the
Subsidiary Guarantees;
(iii) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of
Indebtedness represented by Capital Lease Obligations (whether or not
incurred pursuant to sale and leaseback transactions), mortgage financing or
purchase money obligations, in each case incurred 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 Subsidiary, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$5.0 million at any time outstanding;
(iv) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net proceeds of
which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund,
Existing Indebtedness or Indebtedness that was permitted by this Indenture to
be incurred (other than any such Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause
(i), (ii), (iii), (v), (vi), (vii) (viii) or (ix) of this paragraph);
(v) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries of intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Company and
any of its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (i) if the
Company is the obligor on such Indebtedness, such Indebtedness is expressly
subordinate to the payment in full of all Obligations with respect to the
Notes and (ii)(A) 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 Wholly Owned Subsidiary and (B) any sale or other transfer of
any such Indebtedness to a Person that is not either the Company or a Wholly
Owned Subsidiary shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute an incurrence
of such Indebtedness by the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be;
(vi) the incurrence by the Company of Hedging Obligations that are
incurred for the purpose of fixing or hedging interest rate risk that is
permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be incurred;
(vii) the incurrence by the Company of Hedging Obligations under
commodity hedging and currency exchange agreements; PROVIDED that, such
agreements were entered into in the ordinary course of business for the
purpose of limiting risks that arise in the ordinary course of business;
(viii) the incurrence of Indebtedness of a Guarantor represented by
guarantees of Indebtedness of the Company that has been incurred in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture; and
(ix) the incurrence by the Company of Indebtedness (in addition to
Indebtedness permitted by any other clause of this paragraph) in an aggregate
principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) at any time outstanding
not to exceed $10.0 million.
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SECTION 4.10. ASSET SALES.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries
to, consummate an Asset Sale unless (i) the Company (or the Subsidiary, as
the case may be) receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at
least equal to the fair market value (evidenced by a resolution of the Board
of Directors or a committee of the Board of Directors having at least one
Independent director, set forth in an Officers' Certificate delivered to the
Trustee, or by an independent appraisal by an accounting, appraisal or
investment banking firm of national standing) of the assets or Equity
Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of and (ii) at least 75% of
the consideration therefor received by the Company or such Subsidiary is in
the form of cash.
(b) Within 365 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an
Asset Sale, the Company may apply such Net Proceeds, at its option, (i) to
permanently reduce Senior Indebtedness (and correspondingly reduce
commitments with respect thereto in the case of any reduction of borrowings
under the Credit Agreement), (ii) to the acquisition of a controlling
interest in another business, the making of a capital expenditure or the
acquisition of other long-term assets ("Productive Assets"), in each case, in
the same or a similar line of business as the Company was engaged in on the
date of this Indenture or (iii) to reimburse the Company or its subsidiaries
for expenditures made, and costs incurred, to repair, rebuild, replace or
restore property subject to loss, damage or taking to the extent that the net
proceeds consist of insurance proceeds received on account of such loss,
damage or taking. Pending the final application of any such Net Proceeds,
the Company may temporarily reduce Senior Indebtedness 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 first sentence of this clause (b) will be deemed to
constitute "Excess Proceeds." When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds
exceeds $5.0 million, the Company will be required to make an offer to all
Holders of Notes (an "Asset Sale Offer") to purchase the maximum principal
amount of Notes 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 to the date of
purchase, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Indenture. To
the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes tendered pursuant to an Asset
Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Company may use any
remaining Excess Proceeds for general corporate purposes. If the aggregate
principal amount of Notes surrendered by Holders thereof exceeds the amount
of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be purchased on a
PRO RATA basis. Upon completion of such offer to purchase, the amount of
Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.
(c) 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 the repurchase of Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer.
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(d) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (c), the Company and
its Subsidiaries will be permitted to consummate one or more Asset Sales with
respect to assets or properties with an aggregate fair market value not in
excess of $5.0 million in the aggregate since the date of this Indenture
without complying with clause (ii) of subsection (a); PROVIDED that (y) at
least 75% of the consideration for such Asset Sale constitutes either
Productive Assets or cash, and (z) any Net Proceeds received by the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any Asset Sale permitted to be
consummated under this clause (d) shall be subject to the provisions of
clauses (b) and (c) of this covenant.
SECTION 4.11. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its 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 contract, agreement, understanding, loan,
advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate (each of the
foregoing, an "Affiliate Transaction"), unless (i) such Affiliate Transaction
is on terms that are no less favorable to the Company or the relevant
Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable
transaction by the Company or such Subsidiary with an unrelated Person and
(ii) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate
Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $2.0 million the
Company delivers to the Trustee a resolution of the Board of Directors set
forth in an Officers' Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction
complies with clause (i) above and that such Affiliate Transaction has been
approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors
and (i) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related
Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $5.0
million, the Company delivers to the Trustee 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; PROVIDED that (w) any issuance of securities, or other payments,
awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding
of, employment arrangements, stock options and stock ownership plans approved
by the Board of Directors or the payment of fees and indemnities to directors
of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of
business and consistent with the past practices of the Company or such
Subsidiary, (x) loans or advances to employees in the ordinary course of
business, (y) transactions between or among the Company and/or its Wholly
Owned Subsidiaries and (z) Restricted Payments (other than Investments) that
are permitted by the provisions of Section 4.07, in each case, shall not be
deemed Affiliate Transactions.
SECTION 4.12. LIENS.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries
to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien
securing Indebtedness on any asset now owned or hereafter acquired, or any
income or profits therefrom or assign or convey any
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right to receive income therefrom, except Permitted Liens unless all payments
due under this Indenture and the Notes are secured on an equal and ratable
basis with the Indebtedness so secured until such time as such Indebtedness
is no longer secured by a Lien; PROVIDED that if such Indebtedness is by its
terms expressly subordinated to the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee the
Lien securing such Indebtedness shall be subordinate and junior to the Lien
securing the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees with the same relative
priority as such subordinate or junior Indebtedness shall have with respect
to the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees.
SECTION 4.13. GUARANTEES OF CERTAIN INDEBTEDNESS.
The Company will not permit any of its Subsidiaries that is not a
Guarantor to incur, guarantee or secure through the granting of Liens the
payment of any Senior Indebtedness, and the Company will not, and will not
permit any of its Subsidiaries to, pledge any intercompany notes representing
obligations of any of its Subsidiaries, to secure the payment of any Senior
Indebtedness, in each case unless such Subsidiary, the Company and the
Trustee execute and deliver a supplemental indenture to this Indenture
evidencing such Subsidiary's Subsidiary Guarantee (providing for the
unconditional guarantee by such Subsidiary, on a senior subordinated basis,
of the Notes).
SECTION 4.14. CORPORATE EXISTENCE.
Subject to Article 5 hereof, the Company shall do or cause to be
done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect (i)
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 (ii) 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, each Holder of
Notes will have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any
part (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) of such Holder's Notes
pursuant to the offer described below (the "Change of Control Offer") at an
offer price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof
plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages thereon to the date
of purchase (the "Change of Control Payment"). Within ten days following 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
offering to repurchase Notes pursuant to the procedures required by this
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Indenture and described in such notice. 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 the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a
Change of Control.
(b) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will, to the
extent lawful, (1) accept for payment all Notes or portions thereof 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 thereof so tendered and (3) deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Trustee the Notes so accepted together with an Officers'
Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions
thereof being purchased by the Company. The Paying Agent will promptly mail
to each Holder of Notes so 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 such new Note will be in a principal amount of $1,000 or an
integral multiple thereof. This Indenture will provide that, prior to
complying with the provisions of this covenant, but in any event within 90
days following a Change of Control, the Company will either repay all
outstanding Senior Indebtedness or obtain the requisite consents, if any,
under all agreements governing outstanding Senior Indebtedness to permit the
repurchase of Notes required by this covenant. 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.
SECTION 4.16. LIMITATION ON LAYERING
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4.09 hereof, (i) the
Company shall not incur any Indebtedness that is subordinate or junior in
right of payment to any Indebtedness of the Company and senior in any respect
in right of payment to the Notes, and (ii) no Guarantor shall incur any
Indebtedness that is subordinated or junior in right of payment to any
Indebtedness of such Guarantor and senior in any respect in right of payment
to the Subsidiary Guarantee of such Guarantor.
SECTION 4.17. SALE AND LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries
to, enter into any sale and leaseback transaction; PROVIDED that the Company
may enter into a sale and leaseback transaction if (i) the Company could have
(a) incurred Indebtedness in an amount equal to the Attributable Indebtedness
relating to such sale and leaseback transaction pursuant to the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio test set forth in the first paragraph of Section 4.09 of this
Indenture and (b) incurred a Lien to secure such Indebtedness pursuant to
Section 4.12, (ii) the gross cash proceeds of such sale and leaseback
transaction are at least equal to the fair market value (as determined in
good faith by the Board of Directors or a committee of the Board of Directors
having at least one Independent director and set forth in an Officers'
Certificate delivered to the
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Trustee or an independent appraisal by an accounting, appraisal or investment
banking firm of national standing) of the property that is the subject of
such sale and leaseback transaction and (iii) the transfer of assets in such
sale and leaseback transaction is permitted by, and the Company applies the
proceeds of such transaction in compliance with Section 4.10.
SECTION 4.18. LIMITATION ON ISSUANCES AND SALES OF CAPITAL STOCK OF WHOLLY
OWNED SUBSIDIARIES.
The Company (i) will not, and will not permit any Wholly Owned
Subsidiary of the Company to, transfer, convey, sell, lease or otherwise
dispose of any Capital Stock of any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company to
any Person (other than the Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the
Company), unless (a) such transfer, conveyance, sale, lease or other
disposition is of all the Capital Stock of such Wholly Owned Subsidiary and
(b) the cash Net Proceeds from such transfer, conveyance, sale, lease or
other disposition are applied in accordance with Section 4.10 and (ii) will
not permit any Wholly Owned 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 Subsidiary of the Company.
ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSORS
SECTION 5.01. MERGER, CONSOLIDATION, OR SALE OF ASSETS.
The Company may not consolidate or merge with or into (whether or
not the Company is the surviving corporation), or sell, assign, transfer,
lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its
properties or assets in one or more related transactions, to another
corporation, Person or entity unless (i) the Company is the surviving
corporation or the entity or the Person formed by or surviving any such
consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or to which such sale,
assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition shall have been
made is a corporation organized or existing under the laws of the United
States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia; (ii) the entity or
Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than
the Company) or the entity or Person to which such sale, assignment,
transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made assumes
all the obligations of the Company under the Notes and this Indenture
pursuant to a supplemental indenture in a form reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee; (iii) immediately after such transaction no Default or Event of
Default exists; and (iv) except in the case of a merger of the Company with
or into a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company, the Company or the entity
or Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other
than the Company), or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease,
conveyance or other disposition shall have been made (A) will have
Consolidated Net Worth immediately after the transaction equal to or greater
than 95% of the Consolidated Net Worth of the Company immediately preceding
the transaction
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and (B) will, at the time of such transaction and after giving pro forma
effect thereto as if such transaction 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 the first paragraph of Section 4.09 of this Indenture.
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 accordance with 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, other than for purposes of calculating Consolidated
Net Income in connection with Section 4.07), 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 that meets the requirements of Section 5.01
hereof.
ARTICLE 6
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
SECTION 6.01. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
Each of the following constitutes an "Event of Default":
(a) default 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);
(b) default in payment when due of the principal of or premium, if
any, on the Notes (whether or not prohibited by the subordination
provisions of this Indenture);
(c) failure by the Company to comply with the provisions described
under Sections 4.07, 4.09, 4.10, or 4.15;
(d) the Company fails to observe or perform any other covenant,
representation, warranty 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 principal amount of the Notes then outstanding;
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(e) default 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 Subsidiaries
(or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries) whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists, or is
created after the date of this Indenture, which default (i) is caused by a
failure to pay principal of or premium, if any, or interest on such
Indebtedness at its final stated maturity or (ii) results in the
acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its maturity and, in each case,
the principal amount of which Indebtedness, together with the principal
amount of any other such Indebtedness described in clauses (a) and (b)
above, aggregates $5.0 million or more;
(f) 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 Subsidiaries and such judgment or judgments remain
undischarged for a period (during which execution shall not be effectively
stayed) of 60 days, provided that the aggregate of all such undischarged
judgments exceeds $5 million;
(g) 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:
(i) commences a voluntary case,
(ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it
in an involuntary case,
(iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or
for all or substantially all of its property,
(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its
creditors, or
(v) generally is not paying its debts as they become due;
(h) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under
any Bankruptcy Law that:
(i) is for relief against the Company or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken
as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary in an
involuntary case;
(ii) 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 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
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(iii) 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
(i) the Subsidiary Guarantee of any Guarantor is held in judicial
proceedings to be unenforceable or invalid or ceases for any reason to be
in full force and effect (other than in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture) or any Guarantor or any Person acting on behalf of any Guarantor
denies or disaffirms such Guarantor's obligations under its Subsidiary
Guarantee (other than by reason of a release of such Guarantor from its
Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
SECTION 6.02. ACCELERATION.
If any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in
clause (g) or (h) of Section 6.01 hereof with respect to the Company, any
Significant Subsidiary or any group of Significant Subsidiaries that, taken
as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) 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 any such declaration, the Notes shall become due and
payable immediately; provided, however, that if any Senior Indebtedness is
outstanding under the Credit Agreement, upon a declaration of acceleration,
the Notes shall be payable upon earlier of (x) the day which is five Business
Days after the provision to the Company and the agent under the Credit
Agreement of written notice of such declaration and (y) the date of
acceleration of any Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if an Event of Default specified in clause (g) or (h) of
Section 6.01 hereof occurs 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, all outstanding Notes shall be due
and payable immediately without further action or notice. 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.
In the case of any Event of Default occurring 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 the optional redemption provisions of this Indenture, an
equivalent premium shall also become and be immediately due and payable to
the extent permitted by law upon the acceleration of the Notes. If an Event
of Default occurs prior to November 15, 2001, 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
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prior to November 15, 2001 upon the 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 November 15 of years set forth below, as
set forth below:
YEAR PERCENTAGE
---- ----------
1996 113.333%
1997 111.667%
1998 110.000%
1999 108.333%
2000 106.667%
SECTION 6.03. OTHER REMEDIES.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may
pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal, premium, 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.
The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Notes then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on behalf
of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or Event of
Default and its consequences under this Indenture except a continuing Default
or Event of Default in the payment of interest on, or the principal of, 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.
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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 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.
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:
(a) the Holder of a Note gives to the Trustee written notice of a
continuing Event of Default;
(b) 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;
(c) 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;
(d) 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
(e) 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.
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 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.
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SECTION 6.08. COLLECTION SUIT BY TRUSTEE.
If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a) or (b) 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 or any Guarantor
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, 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, expense 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 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 shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a
prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
his own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) the duties of the Trustee shall 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
(ii) 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
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Indenture. However, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and
opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements
of this Indenture.
(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:
(i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this
Section;
(ii) the Trustee shall 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
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action
it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction
received by it pursuant to Section 6.05 hereof.
(d) 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), and (c) of this Section.
(e) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to
expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability. The Trustee shall be under
no obligation to exercise any of its rights and powers under this Indenture at
the request of any Holders, unless such Holder shall have offered to the Trustee
security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or
expense.
(f) The Trustee shall 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 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 shall
not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance
on such Officers' Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult
with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel
shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in
respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith
and in reliance thereon.
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(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall
not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with
due care.
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action 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 or Guarantor shall be
sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company or such Guarantor.
(f) The Trustee shall 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 shall have offered to the Trustee
reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities
that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.
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 shall 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 shall not be responsible for the use or application of any money
received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it shall not be
responsible for any statement 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 shall 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, 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.
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SECTION 7.06. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE TO HOLDERS OF THE NOTES.
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 shall mail to the Holders of the Notes a brief report dated as of such
reporting date that complies with TIA Section 313(a) (but if no event described
in TIA Section 313(a) has occurred within the twelve months preceding the
reporting date, no report need be transmitted). The Trustee also shall comply
with TIA Section 313(b)(2). The Trustee shall also transmit by mail all reports
as required by TIA Section 313(c).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the Holders of
Notes shall be mailed to the Company and filed with the SEC and each stock
exchange on which the Notes are listed in accordance with TIA Section 313(d).
The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee when the Notes are listed on any
stock exchange.
SECTION 7.07. COMPENSATION AND INDEMNITY.
The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable
compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder. The
Trustee's compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a
trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee 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
shall include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the
Trustee's agents and counsel.
The Company shall 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 (including
this Section 7.07) and defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by
the Company 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 shall notify the Company promptly of any
claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the
Company shall not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder. The Company
shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The
Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees
and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made
without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
The obligations of the Company under this Section 7.07 shall survive
the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
To secure the Company's payment obligations in this Section, the
Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or
collected by the Trustee, except that held
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in trust to pay principal and interest on particular Notes. Such Lien shall
survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of
Default specified in Section 6.01(g) or (h) 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.
The Trustee shall comply with the provisions of TIA Section 313(b)(2)
to the extent applicable.
SECTION 7.08. REPLACEMENT OF TRUSTEE.
A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor
Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee's acceptance of
appointment as provided in this Section.
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 Notes 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:
(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof;
(b) 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;
(c) a Custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its
property; or
(d) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the
office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall 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.
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 Notes 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.
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If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder of a Note who
has been a Holder of a Note for at least six months, fails to comply with
Section 7.10, such Holder of a Note may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a
successor Trustee.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon, the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and
the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the
Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of
its succession to Holders of the Notes. The retiring Trustee shall 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 shall 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 shall be the
successor Trustee.
SECTION 7.10. ELIGIBILITY; DISQUALIFICATION.
There shall 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 shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the
requirements of TIA Section 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee is subject
to TIA Section 310(b).
SECTION 7.11. PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY.
The Trustee is subject to TIA Section 311(a), excluding any
creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who has
resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent
indicated therein.
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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 Eight.
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 shall, subject to the
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be deemed to
have been discharged from its obligations with respect to all outstanding
Notes on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter,
"LEGAL DEFEASANCE"). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the
Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness
represented by the outstanding Notes, which shall 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 (a) and (b) below, and to have
satisfied all its other obligations under such Notes 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 shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged
hereunder: (a) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive solely
from the trust fund described in Section 8.04 hereof, and as more fully set
forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if
any, and interest on such Notes when such payments are due, (b) the Company's
obligations with respect to such Notes under Article 2 and Section 4.02
hereof, (c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee
hereunder and the Company's obligations in connection therewith and (d) this
Article Eight. Subject to compliance with this Article Eight, 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 shall, subject to the satisfaction
of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be released from its
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 and 4.18 hereof with respect to the
outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth below are
satisfied (hereinafter, "COVENANT DEFEASANCE"), and the Notes shall 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 shall continue to be deemed "outstanding"
for all other
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purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes shall not be deemed
outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance
means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes, the Company may omit to
comply with and shall 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 shall 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 shall 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(d) through 6.01(f) hereof shall not constitute Events of Default.
SECTION 8.04. CONDITIONS TO LEGAL OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE.
The following shall be the conditions to the application of either
Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof to the outstanding Notes:
In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance:
(a) the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee,
in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, cash in United States
dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof,
in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally
recognized firm of independent public accountants, 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;
(b) in the case of an election under Section 8.02 hereof,
the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
in the United States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming
that (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;
(c) in the case of an election under Section 8.03 hereof,
the Company shall have delivered 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
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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;
(d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or
Event of Default resulting from the incurrence of Indebtedness all or
a portion of the proceeds of which will be used to defease the Notes
pursuant to this Article Eight concurrently with such incurrence) or
insofar as Sections 6.01(g) or 6.01(h) hereof is concerned, at any
time in the period ending on the 91st day after the date of deposit;
(e) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not
result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, 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;
(f) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
opinion of counsel to the effect that on the 91st day or on the day
after the last day of the applicable preference period under
Bankruptcy Law following the deposit, the trust funds will not be
subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally;
(g) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the
Company with the intent of preferring the Holders over any other
creditors of the Company or with the intent of defeating, hindering,
delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Company; and
(h) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all
conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Legal Defeasance
or the Covenant Defeasance 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
shall 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, if any, and interest, but
such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required
by law.
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The Company shall 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 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.
Anything in this Article Eight to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Trustee shall 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(a) 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, if any,
or interest on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such
principal, and premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be
paid to the Company on its request or (if then held by the Company) shall be
discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as a
secured creditor, 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, shall 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 shall 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 obligations under this Indenture and the Notes
shall 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 shall 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.
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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
Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes without the consent of any Holder of a Note:
(a) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
(b) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of
certificated Notes;
(c) to provide for the assumption of the Company's or Guarantor's
obligations to the Holders of the Notes in the case of a merger or
consolidation in accordance with this Indenture.
(d) 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 Notes; or
(e) 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 and the Guarantors accompanied by a
resolution of their respective Boards 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 shall 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 shall 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, the
Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture (including
Section 3.09, 4.10 and 4.15 hereof), the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees may
be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a
majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (including consents
obtained in connection with a purchase of, or a tender offer or exchange offer,
for 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
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interest on the Notes, except a payment default resulting from an
acceleration that has been rescinded) or compliance with any provision of
this Indenture or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of
a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including
consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the
Notes).
Upon the request of the Company and the Guarantors accompanied by a
resolution of their respective Boards 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 shall join with the Company and the Guarantors
in the execution of such amended or supplemental Indenture unless such amended
or supplemental Indenture affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities
under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its
discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such amended or
supplemental Indenture.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Notes
under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment
or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance
thereof.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section becomes
effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders of Notes affected thereby a
notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of
the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in
any way impair or affect the validity of any such amended or supplemental
Indenture or waiver. Subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may waive
compliance in a particular instance by the Company with any provision of this
Indenture or the Notes. However, without the consent of each Holder affected,
an amendment or waiver may not (with respect to any Notes held by a non-
consenting Holder):
(a) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must
consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
(b) 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 with respect to Sections 3.09,
4.10 and 4.15 hereof);
(c) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of
interest, including default interest, on any Note;
(d) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of
principal of or premium, if any, or interest 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);
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(e) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the
Notes;
(f) 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 premium in and/or interest on the
Notes;
(g) make any change in Section 6.04 or 6.07 hereof or in the
foregoing amendment and waiver provisions;
(h) waive a redemption payment with respect to any Note (other
than a payment required by one of the covenants described above under
Sections 4.10 and 4.15);
(i) release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its
Subsidiary Guarantee or the Indenture, except in accordance with the
terms of the Indenture; or
(j) make any change in the foregoing amendment and waiver
provisions.
In addition, any amendment to the provisions of Article 10 of the Indenture
(which relate to subordination) or the related definitions will require the
consent of the Holders of at least 75% in aggregate principal amount of the
Notes then outstanding if such amendment would adversely affect the rights of
Holders of Notes.
SECTION 9.03. COMPLIANCE WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture, the Subsidiary
Guarantees or the Notes shall be set forth in a 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, supplement or amendment becomes
effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance
with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder.
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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 authenticate new Notes
that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver.
Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not
affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
SECTION 9.06. TRUSTEE TO SIGN AMENDMENTS, ETC.
The Trustee shall sign any amended or supplemental indenture
authorized pursuant to this Article Nine if the amendment or supplement does not
adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee.
The Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor may not sign an amendment or
supplemental Indenture until the Boards of Directors approves it. In executing
any amended or supplemental indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive
and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an
Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of
such amended or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this
Indenture.
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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 Note is subordinated in right of payment, to
the extent and in the manner provided in this Article, to the prior payment
in full of all Senior Indebtedness (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 Indebtedness.
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 Indebtedness shall be entitled to receive
payment in full of all Obligations due in respect of such Senior
Indebtedness (including interest after the commencement of any such
proceeding at the rate specified in the applicable Senior Indebtedness)
before Note holders shall be entitled to receive any payment with respect
to the Notes (except that Holders may receive (i) Equity Interests or debt
securities that are subordinated to at least the same extent as the Notes
to (a) Senior Indebtedness and (b) any securities issued in exchange for
Senior Indebtedness and (ii) payments and other distributions made from any
defeasance trust created pursuant to Section 8.01 hereof); and
(2) until all Obligations with respect to Senior Indebtedness (as
provided in subsection (1) above) are paid in full, any distribution to
which Holders would be entitled but for this Article shall be made to
holders of Senior Indebtedness (except that Holders may receive (i) Equity
Interest or debt securities that are subordinated to at least the same
extent as the Notes to (a) Senior Indebtedness and (b) any securities
issued in exchange for Senior Indebtedness and (ii) payments and other
distributions made from any defeasance trust created pursuant to Section
8.01 hereof), as their interests may appear.
SECTION 10.03. DEFAULT ON DESIGNATED SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS.
The Company may not make any payment or distribution to the Trustee
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 (i) Equity Interests or debt securities that are subordinated to at
least the same extent as the Notes to (a) Senior Indebtedness and (b) any
securities issued in exchange for Senior Indebtedness and (ii) payments and
other distributions
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made from any defeasance trust created pursuant to Section 8.01 hereof) until
all principal and other Obligations with respect to the Senior Indebtedness
have been paid in full if:
(i) a default in the payment of any principal or other Obligations
with respect to Designated Senior Indebtedness occurs and is continuing
beyond any applicable grace period in the agreement, indenture or other
document governing such Designated Senior Indebtedness; or
(ii) a default, other than a payment default, on Designated Senior
Indebtedness occurs and is continuing that then permits holders of the
Designated Senior Indebtedness to accelerate its maturity and the Trustee
receives a notice of the default (a "Payment Blockage Notice") from a
Representative with respect to such Designated Senior Debt. If the Trustee
receives any such Payment Blockage Notice, no subsequent Payment Blockage
Notice shall be effective for purposes of this Section unless and until (i)
at least 360 days shall have elapsed since the effectiveness of the
immediately prior Payment Blockage Notice and (ii) all scheduled payments
of principal, premium, 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 shall be, or be made, the basis for a subsequent Payment Blockage
Notice unless such default shall have been waived for a period of not less
than 90 days.
The Company may and shall resume payments on and distributions in
respect of the Notes and may acquire them upon the earlier of:
(1) the date upon which the default is cured or waived, or
(2) in the case of a default referred to in Section 10.03(ii) hereof,
179 days pass after notice is received if the maturity of such Designated
Senior Indebtedness has not been accelerated,
if this Article 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 shall promptly notify holders of Senior Indebtedness of the
acceleration.
SECTION 10.05. WHEN DISTRIBUTION MUST BE PAID OVER.
In the event that the Trustee or any Holder receives any payment of
any Obligations with respect to the Notes 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 shall be held
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by the Trustee or such Holder, in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid
forthwith over and delivered, upon written request, to, the holders of Senior
Indebtedness as their interests may appear or their Representative under the
indenture or other agreement (if any) pursuant to which Senior Indebtedness
may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, for
application to the payment of all Obligations with respect to Senior
Indebtedness 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 Indebtedness.
With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, the Trustee
undertakes to perform only such 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 Indebtedness shall be read
into this Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe
any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and shall not be
liable to any such holders if the Trustee shall pay over or distribute to or on
behalf of Holders or the Company or any other Person money or assets to which
any holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be 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 shall 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, but failure to give such
notice shall not affect the subordination of the Notes to the Senior
Indebtedness as provided in this Article.
SECTION 10.07. SUBROGATION.
After all Senior Indebtedness is paid in full and until the Notes
are paid in full, Holders shall be subrogated (equally and ratably with all
other Indebtedness pari passu with the Notes) to the rights of holders of
Senior Indebtedness to receive distributions applicable to Senior
Indebtedness to the extent that distributions otherwise payable to the
Holders have been applied to the payment of Senior Indebtedness. A
distribution made under this Article to holders of Senior Indebtedness that
otherwise would have been made to Holders is not, as between the Company and
Holders, a payment by the Company on the Notes.
SECTION 10.08. RELATIVE RIGHTS.
This Article defines the relative rights of Holders and holders of
Senior Indebtedness. Nothing in this Indenture shall:
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(1) impair, as between the Company and Holders, the obligation of the
Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay principal of and
interest on the Notes in accordance with their terms;
(2) affect the relative rights of Holders and creditors of the
Company other than their rights in relation to holders of Senior
Indebtedness; or
(3) prevent the Trustee or any Holder from exercising its available
remedies upon a Default or Event of Default, subject to the rights of
holders and owners of Senior Indebtedness to receive distributions and
payments otherwise payable to Holders.
If the Company fails because of this Article to pay principal of or
interest 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 Indebtedness to enforce the
subordination of the Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes shall 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 Indebtedness, 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 shall 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 for the
purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such
distribution, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness 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 shall 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 shall have 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
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the Notes to violate this Article. Only the Company or a Representative may
give the notice. Nothing in this Article 10 shall 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
Indebtedness 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 a Note by the Holder's acceptance thereof authorizes
and directs the Trustee on the 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 the 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.
The provisions of this Article 10 shall not be amended or modified
without the written consent of the holders of all Senior Indebtedness.
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ARTICLE 11
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
SECTION 11.01. SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES.
Each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally
guaranty 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: (a) the principal of 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 (b) 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.
The Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder shall be
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 Subsidiary Guarantee will not be discharged except by
complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and this
Indenture. If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise
to return to the Company or Guarantors, or any Custodian, Trustee, liquidator or
other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or Guarantors,
any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder, this Subsidiary
Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full
force and effect. Each Guarantor agrees that they 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.
Each Guarantor further agrees that, 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 for
the purposes of this Subsidiary 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, such obligations (whether or not due
and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the
purpose of this Subsidiary Guarantee. The Guarantors shall have the right to
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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 Guarantee.
SECTION 11.02. EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE.
To evidence its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in Section 11.01, each
Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee
substantially in the form included in Exhibit A shall be endorsed by an officer
of such Subsidiary Guarantor on each Note authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee and that this Indenture shall be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by
its President or one of its Vice Presidents and attested to by an Officer.
Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth
in Section 11.01, shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any
failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee.
If an officer or Officer whose signature is on this Indenture or on
the Subsidiary Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee
authenticates the Note on which a Subsidiary Guarantee is endorsed, the
Subsidiary Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless.
The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication
thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Subsidiary Guarantee set
forth in this Indenture on behalf of the Guarantors.
SECTION 11.03. GUARANTORS MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ON CERTAIN TERMS.
(a) Except as set forth in Articles 4 and 5, nothing contained in
this Indenture or in any of the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger
of a Guarantor with or into the Company or shall prevent any sale or conveyance
of the property of a Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety,
to the Company.
(b) Except as set forth in Articles 4 and 5, nothing contained in
this Indenture or in any of the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger
of a Guarantor with or into a corporation or corporations other than the Company
(whether or not affiliated with the Guarantor), or successive consolidations or
mergers in which a Guarantor or its successor or successors shall be a party or
parties, or shall prevent any sale or conveyance of the property of a Guarantor
as an entirety or substantially as an entirety, to a corporation other than the
Company (whether or not affiliated with the Guarantor) authorized to acquire and
operate the same; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that each Guarantor hereby covenants and
agrees that, upon any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, the
Subsidiary Guarantee endorsed on the Notes, and the due and punctual performance
and observance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be
performed by such Guarantor, shall be expressly assumed (in the event that the
Guarantor is not the surviving corporation in the merger), by supplemental
indenture reasonably satisfactory in form to the Trustee, executed and delivered
to the Trustee, by the corporation formed by such
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consolidation, or into which the Guarantor shall have been merged, or by the
corporation which shall have acquired such property. In case of any such
consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and upon the assumption by the
successor corporation, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to
the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the Subsidiary
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 corporation 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 corporation thereupon may cause to be signed any
or all of the Subsidiary 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 Subsidiary Guarantees so
issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this
Indenture as the Subsidiary Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Subsidiary
Guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.
SECTION 11.04. RELEASES FOLLOWING SALE OF ASSETS.
Concurrently with any sale of assets (including, if applicable, all of
the capital stock of any Guarantor), any Liens in favor of the Trustee in the
assets sold thereby shall be released; PROVIDED that in the event of an Asset
Sale, the Net Proceeds from such sale or other disposition are treated in
accordance with the provisions of Section 4.10 hereof. If the assets sold in
such sale or other disposition include all or substantially all of the assets of
any Guarantor or all of the capital stock of any Guarantor, then such Guarantor
(in the event of a sale or other disposition 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 a Guarantor)
shall be released and relieved of its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee
or Section 11.03, hereof, as the case may be; PROVIDED that in the event of an
Asset Sale, the Net Proceeds from such sale or other disposition are treated in
accordance with the provisions of 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 shall execute any documents reasonably required
in order to evidence the release of any Guarantor from its obligations under its
Subsidiary Guarantee. Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under its
Subsidiary 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 this
Indenture as provided in this Article 11.
SECTION 11.05. "TRUSTEE" TO INCLUDE PAYING AGENT.
In case at any time any Paying Agent other than the Trustee shall have
been appointed by the Company and be then acting hereunder, the term "Trustee"
as used in this Article 11, shall in such case (unless the context shall
otherwise require) be construed as extending to and includ-
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ing such Paying Agent within its meaning as fully and for all intents and
purposes as if such Paying Agent were named in this Article 11, in place of
the Trustee.
SECTION 11.06. SUBORDINATION OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE.
The obligations of each Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee
pursuant to this Article 11 shall be junior and subordinated to the Guarantor
Senior Subsidiary Guarantees of such Guarantor on the same basis as the Notes
are junior and subordinated to Senior Indebtedness. For the purposes of the
foregoing sentence, the Trustee and the Holders shall 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.
ARTICLE 12
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 12.01. TRUST INDENTURE ACT CONTROLS.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with
the duties imposed by TIA Section 318(c), the imposed duties shall control.
SECTION 12.02. NOTICES.
Any notice or communication by the Company, a 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' address:
If to the Company or a Guarantor:
Pillowtex Corporation
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Telecopier No.: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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If to the Trustee:
Bank One Trust Company, Columbus, N.A.
▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Telecopier No.: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
The Company, a 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)
shall 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 shall 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 shall also be so mailed to any
Person described in TIA Section 313(c), to the extent required by the TIA.
Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall
not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.
If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above
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 shall
mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.
SECTION 12.03. COMMUNICATION BY HOLDERS OF NOTES WITH OTHER HOLDERS OF NOTES.
Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other
Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The
Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have
the protection of TIA Section 312(c).
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SECTION 12.04. CERTIFICATE AND OPINION AS TO CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.
Upon any request or application by the Company and/or any Guarantor
to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company and/or
such Guarantor, as the case may be, shall furnish to the Trustee:
(a) an Officers' Certificate in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth
in Section 12.05 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
(b) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth
in Section 12.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all
such conditions precedent and covenants have been satisfied.
SECTION 12.05. 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 Section 314(a)(4)) shall comply with the
provisions of TIA Section 314(e) and shall include:
(a) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion
has read such covenant or condition;
(b) 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;
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has
made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to
express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition
has been satisfied; and
(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person,
such condition or covenant has been satisfied.
SECTION 12.06. 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.
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SECTION 12.07. NO PERSONAL LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND
STOCKHOLDERS.
No director, officer, employee, incorporator or shareholder of the
Company or any Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations
of the Company or any Guarantor under the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees, this
Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such
obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives
and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration for issuance of the Notes. Such waiver may not be effective to
waive liabilities under the federal Notes laws and it is the view of the SEC
that such a waiver is against public policy.
SECTION 12.08. GOVERNING LAW.
THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO
CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES.
SECTION 12.09. 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, the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees.
SECTION 12.10. SUCCESSORS.
All agreements of the Company and the Guarantors in this Indenture,
the Subsidiary Guarantees and the Notes shall bind its successors. All
agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors.
SECTION 12.11. SEVERABILITY.
In case any provision in this Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or
in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality
and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected
or impaired thereby.
SECTION 12.12. COUNTERPART ORIGINALS.
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each
signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same
agreement.
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SECTION 12.13. TABLE OF CONTENTS, HEADINGS, ETC.
The Table of Contents 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 shall in no way modify or restrict
any of the terms or provisions hereof.
Signatures on following page
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SIGNATURES
Dated as of November 12, 1996 PILLOWTEX CORPORATION
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: EVP & CFO
Attest:
/s/ ▇. ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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PILLOWTEX INCORPORATED
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Secretary
Attest:
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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BEACON MANUFACTURING COMPANY
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
---------------------------------
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: EVP
Attest:
/s/ ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ HOME FASHION, INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: VP
Attest:
/s/ ▇. ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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TENNESSEE WOOLEN ▇▇▇▇▇, INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: VP
Attest:
/s/ ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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PTEX HOLDING COMPANY
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Secretary
Attest:
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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PILLOWTEX MANAGEMENT SERVICES COMPANY
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: VP
Attest:
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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BANK ONE, COLUMBUS, N.A.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Authorized Signer
Attest:
/s/ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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EXHIBIT A
(Face of Note)
10% [Series A] [Series B] Senior Subordinated Notes due 2006
No. $__________
PILLOWTEX CORPORATION
promises to pay to
or registered assigns,
the principal sum of
Dollars on November 15, 2006,
Interest Payment Dates: May 15, and November 15
Record Dates: May 1, and November 1
Dated: _______________
Pillowtex Corporation
By:______________________________
Name:
Title:
This is one of the Global
Notes referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture:
Bank One, Columbus, N.A.
as Trustee
By:__________________________________
(Back of Note)
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10% [Series A] [Series B] Senior Subordinated Notes due 2006
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
Depository to a nominee of the Depository or by a nominee of the Depository to
the Depository or another nominee of the Depository or by the Depository or any
such nominee to a successor Depository or a nominee of such successor
Depository. Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized
representative of The Depository Trust Company (55 ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇) ("▇▇▇"), to the issuer 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.(1)
THE NOTE (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) EVIDENCED HEREBY WAS ORIGINALLY
ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇ ▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES
ACT"), AND THE NOTE EVIDENCED HEREBY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR
OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN
APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THE NOTE EVIDENCED
HEREBY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE RELYING ON THE
EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. THE HOLDER
OF THE NOTE EVIDENCED HEREBY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY
THAT (A) SUCH NOTE MAY BE RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED,
ONLY (1)(a) TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN OF RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE
144A, (b) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144 UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT, (c) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A FOREIGN PERSON
IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 904 UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OR (d) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL IF THE COMPANY SO REQUESTS), (2) TO THE COMPANY OR
(3) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
_______________________________
1. This paragraph should be included only if the Debenture is issued in
global form.
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STATEMENT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER
APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT
HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THE NOTE EVIDENCED
HEREBY OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN (1) ABOVE.(2)
Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in
this Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.
1. INTEREST. Pillowtex Corporation, a Texas corporation (the "Company"),
promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at 10% per annum
from November 12, 1996 until maturity and shall pay the Liquidated Damages
payable pursuant to Section 5 of the Registration Rights Agreement referred to
below. The Company will pay interest and Liquidated Damages semi-annually on
May 15 and November 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 May 15, 1997. The Company shall 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 shall 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 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 to the Persons who are registered
Holders of Notes at the close of business on the May 1 or November 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 this Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes
will be payable as to principal, premium, interest and Liquidated Damages 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 may be made by check mailed to the Holders at
their addresses set forth in the register of Holders, and provided that payment
by wire transfer of immediately available will be required with respect to
principal of and interest, premium and Liquidated Damages on, all Global Notes
and all other Notes the
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2. This paragraph should be included only if the Note is a Transfer
Restricted Security.
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Holders of which shall have provided wire transfer instructions to the
Company or the Paying Agent. Such payment shall 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, Bank One, Columbus, NA, the
Trustee under this 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.
4. INDENTURE. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of
November 12, 1996 ("Indenture") among the Company, the Guarantors and the
Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in this Indenture and
those made part of this Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended (15 U.S. Code Sections 77aaa-77bbbb). The Notes are subject to
all such terms, and Holders are referred to this Indenture and such Act for a
statement of such terms. The Notes are unsecured obligations of the Company
limited to $125 million in aggregate principal amount.
5. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.
The Company shall not have the option to redeem the Notes prior to
November 15, 1996. Thereafter, the Company shall have the option to redeem the
Notes, in whole or in part, 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 thereon to the applicable
redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on
November 15 of the years indicated below:
YEAR PERCENTAGE
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2001. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.000%
2002. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.333%
2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.667%
2004 and thereafter . . . . . . 100.000%
6. MANDATORY REDEMPTION.
Except as set forth in paragraph 7 below, the Company shall not be required
to make mandatory redemption payments with respect to the Notes.
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7. REPURCHASE AT OPTION OF HOLDER.
(a) If there is a Change of Control, the Company shall 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 thereof) of each Holder's Notes at a purchase
price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and
unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase (in either case, the "Change of
Control Payment"). Within 10 days following any Change of Control, the Company
shall mail a notice to each Holder setting forth the procedures governing the
Change of Control Offer as required by this 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
$5 million, the Company shall commence an offer to all Holders of Notes (as
"Asset Sale Offer") pursuant to Section 3.09 of the Indenture to purchase the
maximum principal amount of Notes 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, if any, to the date fixed for
the closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the
Indenture. To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes tendered pursuant to
an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Company (or such
Subsidiary) may use such deficiency for general corporate purposes. If the
aggregate principal amount of Notes surrendered by Holders thereof exceeds the
amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes 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 the 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 this 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 this 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, it 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, this
Indenture 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 any existing default or compliance with any provision of this
Indenture or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes. Without the consent
of any Holder of a Note, this Indenture 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 this Indenture of any
such Holder, or to comply with the requirements of the Commission in order to
effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture
Act.
12. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. Events of Default include:
(a) default 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);
(b) default in payment when due of the principal of or premium, if
any, on the Notes (whether or not prohibited by the subordination
provisions of this Indenture); (c) failure by the Company to comply
with the provisions described under Sections 4.07, 4.09, 4.10, or
4.15; (d) failure by the Company for 60 days after notice to comply
with any of its other agreements in this Indenture or the Notes;
(e) default 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
Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is Subsidiary Guaranteed by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries) whether such Indebtedness or
Subsidiary Guarantee now exists, or is created after the date of this
Indenture, which default (i) is caused by a failure to pay principal
of or premium, if any, or interest on such Indebtedness at its final
stated maturity or (ii) results in the acceleration of such
Indebtedness prior to its maturity and, in each case, the principal
amount of which Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of
any other such Indebtedness described in clauses (a) and (b) above,
aggregates $5.0 million or more; (f) failure by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of $5.0
million, which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a
period of 60 days; (g) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with
respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (h) the Subsidiary
Guarantee of any Guarantor is held in judicial proceedings to be
unenforceable or invalid or ceases for any reason to be in full force
and effect (other than in accordance with the terms of the Indenture)
or any Guarantor or any Person acting on behalf of any Guarantor
denies or disaffirms such
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Guarantor's obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee (other than
by reason of a release of such Guarantor from its Subsidiary
Guarantee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture). If any
Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in
clause (g) above 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;
provided, however, that if any Senior Indebtedness is outstanding
under the Credit Agreement, upon a declaration of acceleration, the
Notes shall be payable upon earlier of (x) the day which is five
Business Days after the provision to the Company and the agent
under the Credit Agreement of written notice of such declaration
and (y) the date of acceleration of any Indebtedness under the
Credit Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an
Event of Default specified in clause (g) of this Section 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 notice to the Trustee may on
behalf of the Holders of all of the 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 on, or the principal of, the Notes. The
Holding Company is required to deliver to the Trustee annually a
statement regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Holding
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. 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.
14. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. A director, officer, employee,
incorporator or stockholder, of the Company, as such, shall not have any
liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes or this Indenture
or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or
their creation. Each Holder 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.
15. AUTHENTICATION. This Note shall not be valid until authenticated by
the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
16. 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
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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).
17. ADDITIONAL RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF TRANSFER RESTRICTED SECURITIES. In
addition to the rights provided to Holders of Notes under this Indenture,
Holders of Transferred Restricted Securities shall have all the rights set forth
in the A/B Exchange Registration Rights Agreement dated as of November 12, 1996,
between the Company and the parties named on the signature pages thereof (the
"Registration Rights Agreement").
18. 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 this Indenture and/or the Registration Rights Agreement.
Requests may be made to:
Pillowtex Corporation
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: Secretary
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FORM OF NOTATION OF SECURITY
RELATING TO SUBSIDIARY 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, (a) the due and punctual payment of the principal
of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes, whether at maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on overdue
principal and premium, and, to the extent permitted by law, interest, 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 Subsidiary
Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article XI of the
Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of
the Subsidiary Guarantee. The Indebtedness evidenced by this Subsidiary
Guarantee is, to the extent and in the manner provided in the Indenture,
subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all
Guarantor Senior Indebtedness as defined in the Indenture, and this Subsidiary
Guarantee is issued subject to such provisions. 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 Subsidiary 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.
Guarantors:
Pillowtex, Inc., ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Home Fashion, Inc., Tennessee
Woolen ▇▇▇▇▇, Inc., Beacon Manufacturing Company, PTEX
Holding Company, Pillowtex Management Services Company.
By
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Name:
Title:
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and
transfer this Note to
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(Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
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(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.
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Date:
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Your Signature:
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(Sign exactly as your name appears
on the face of this Note)
Signature Subsidiary Guarantee.
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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 this Indenture, check the 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 this Indenture, state the
amount you elect to have purchased: $___________
Date: Your Signature:
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(Sign exactly as your name
appears on the Note)
Tax Identification No.:
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Signature Subsidiary Guarantee.
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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF DEFINITIVE NOTE(3)
The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for Definitive
Notes have been made:
Principal Amount of this Signature of
Amount of decrease in Amount of increase in Global Note authorized officer of
Principal Amount of Principal Amount of following such decrease Trustee or Note
Date of Exchange this Global Note this Global Note (or increase) Custodian
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3. This should be included only if the Note is issued in global form.
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EXHIBIT B
CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE OR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF NOTES
Re: 10% Senior Notes due 2006 of Pillowtex Corporation.
This Certificate relates to $_____ principal amount of Notes held in
*________ book-entry or *_______ definitive form by ________________ (the
"Transferor").
The Transferor*:
/ / has requested the Trustee by written order to deliver in exchange for
its beneficial interest in the Global Note held by the Depository a Note or
Notes in definitive, registered form of authorized denominations in an aggregate
principal amount equal to its beneficial interest in such Global Note (or the
portion thereof indicated above); or
/ / has requested the Trustee by written order to exchange or register the
transfer of a Note or Notes.
In connection with such request and in respect of each such Note, the
Transferor does hereby certify that Transferor is familiar with this Indenture
relating to the above captioned Notes and as provided in Section 2.06 of such
Indenture, the transfer of this Note does not require registration under the
Securities Act (as defined below) because:*
/ / Such Note is being acquired for the Transferor's own account, without
transfer (in satisfaction of Section 2.06(a)(ii)(A) or Section 2.06(d)(i)(A) of
this Indenture).
/ / Such Note is being transferred to a "qualified institutional buyer"
(as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act")) in reliance on Rule 144A (in satisfaction of Section
2.06(a)(ii)(B), Section 2.06(b)(A) or Section 2.06(d)(i) (B) of this Indenture)
or pursuant to an exemption from registration in accordance with Rule 904 under
the Securities Act (in satisfaction of Section 2.06(a)(ii)(B) or Section
2.06(d)(i)(B) of this Indenture.)
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*Check applicable box.
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/ / Such Note is being transferred in accordance with Rule 144 under the
Securities Act, or pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act (in satisfaction of Section 2.06(a)(ii)(B) or Section
2.06(d)(i)(B) of this Indenture).
/ / Such Note is being transferred in reliance on and in compliance with
an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, other
than Rule 144A, 144 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act. An Opinion of Counsel
to the effect that such transfer does not require registration under the
Securities Act accompanies this Certificate (in satisfaction of Section
2.06(a)(ii)(C) or Section 2.06(d)(i)(C) of this Indenture).
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[INSERT NAME OF TRANSFEROR]
By:
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Date:
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*Check applicable box.
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