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EXHIBIT 4.1
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▇▇▇▇▇▇ PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS INC.
12 1/4% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2007
INDENTURE
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Dated as of September 20, 1999
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STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
Trustee
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*
Trust Indenture Act Section Indenture Section
310 (a)(1).................................................................................. 7.10
(a)(2).................................................................................. 7.10
(a)(3).................................................................................. N.A.
(a)(4).................................................................................. N.A.
(a)(5).................................................................................. 7.10
(b)(i).................................................................................. 7.10
(c)(ii)................................................................................. N.A.
311 (a)..................................................................................... 7.11
(b)..................................................................................... 7.11
(c)..................................................................................... N.A.
312 (a)..................................................................................... 2.05
(b)..................................................................................... 11.03
(iv)(c)................................................................................. 11.03
313 (a)..................................................................................... 7.06
(b)(2).................................................................................. 7.06; 7.07
(c)..................................................................................... 7.06; 11.02
(d)..................................................................................... 7.06
314 (a)..................................................................................... 4.03; 11.02
(a)(4).................................................................................. 11.05
(c)(1).................................................................................. 11.04
(c)(2).................................................................................. 11.04
(c)(3).................................................................................. N.A.
(e)..................................................................................... 11.05
(f)..................................................................................... NA
315 (a)..................................................................................... 7.01
(b)..................................................................................... 7.05; 11.02
(c)..................................................................................... 7.01
(d)..................................................................................... 7.01
(e)..................................................................................... 6.11
316 (a)(last sentence)...................................................................... 2.09
(a)(1)(A)............................................................................... 6.05
(a)(1)(B)............................................................................... 6.04
(a)(2).................................................................................. N.A.
(b)..................................................................................... 6.07
(c)..................................................................................... 2.12
317 (a)(1).................................................................................. 6.08
(a)(2).................................................................................. 6.09
(b)..................................................................................... 2.04
318 (a)..................................................................................... 11.01
(b)..................................................................................... N.A.
(c)..................................................................................... 11.01
N.A. means not applicable.
*This Cross-Reference Table is not part of the Indenture.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1.
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01. Definitions........................................................................ 1
Section 1.02. Other Definitions.................................................................. 17
Section 1.03. Terms of TIA....................................................................... 18
Section 1.04. Rules of Construction.............................................................. 18
ARTICLE 2.
THE NOTES
Section 2.01. Form and Dating.................................................................... 19
Section 2.02. Execution and Authentication....................................................... 20
Section 2.03. Registrar and Paying Agent......................................................... 21
Section 2.04. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust................................................ 21
Section 2.05. Holder Lists....................................................................... 22
Section 2.06. Transfer and Exchange.............................................................. 22
Section 2.07. Replacement Notes.................................................................. 32
Section 2.08. Outstanding Notes.................................................................. 33
Section 2.09. Treasury Notes..................................................................... 33
Section 2.10. Temporary Notes.................................................................... 33
Section 2.11. Cancellation....................................................................... 34
Section 2.12. Defaulted Interest................................................................. 34
Section 2.13. CUSIP Numbers...................................................................... 34
Section 2.14. Designation........................................................................ 34
Section 2.15. Deposit of Moneys.................................................................. 35
ARTICLE 3.
REDEMPTION
Section 3.01. Notice of Redemption to Trustee.................................................... 35
Section 3.02. Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed.................................................. 35
Section 3.03. Notice of Redemption to Holders.................................................... 36
Section 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption..................................................... 36
Section 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price........................................................ 36
Section 3.06. Notes Redeemed in Part............................................................. 37
Section 3.07. Optional Redemption................................................................ 37
Section 3.08. Mandatory Redemption............................................................... 38
ARTICLE 4.
COVENANTS
Section 4.01. Payment of Notes................................................................... 38
Section 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency.................................................... 38
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Section 4.03. Reports............................................................................. 39
Section 4.04. Compliance Certificate.............................................................. 40
Section 4.05. Taxes............................................................................... 40
Section 4.06. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws...................................................... 40
Section 4.07. Restricted Payments................................................................. 41
Section 4.08. Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting
Subsidiaries................................................................... 43
Section 4.09. Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred
Stock.......................................................................... 45
Section 4.10. Asset Sales......................................................................... 48
Section 4.11. Transactions with Affiliates........................................................ 50
Section 4.12. Liens............................................................................... 51
Section 4.13. Issuances and Sales of Equity Interests in Restricted
Subsidiaries................................................................... 53
Section 4.14. Corporate Existence................................................................. 53
Section 4.15. Offer to Repurchase upon Change of Control.......................................... 53
Section 4.16. Payments for Consent................................................................ 55
Section 4.17. Additional Subsidiary Guarantees.................................................... 55
Section 4.18. Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries............................. 56
Section 4.19. Issuances of Guarantees of Indebtedness............................................. 57
ARTICLE 5.
SUCCESSORS
Section 5.01. Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets............................................. 58
Section 5.02. Successor Corporation Substituted................................................... 59
ARTICLE 6.
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01. Events of Default................................................................... 59
Section 6.02. Acceleration........................................................................ 61
Section 6.03. Other Remedies; Optional Redemption Premium......................................... 62
Section 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults............................................................. 62
Section 6.05. Control by Majority................................................................. 62
Section 6.06. Limitation on Suits................................................................. 63
Section 6.07. Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment....................................... 63
Section 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee.......................................................... 63
Section 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.................................................... 63
Section 6.10. Priorities.......................................................................... 64
Section 6.11. Undertaking for Costs............................................................... 64
ARTICLE 7.
TRUSTEE
Section 7.01. Duties of Trustee................................................................... 65
Section 7.02. Rights of Trustee................................................................... 66
Section 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee........................................................ 67
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Section 7.04. Trustee's Disclaimer................................................................ 67
Section 7.05. Notice of Defaults.................................................................. 67
Section 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes.......................................... 68
Section 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity.......................................................... 68
Section 7.08. Replacement of Trustee.............................................................. 69
Section 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.................................................... 70
Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification....................................................... 70
Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company............................... 70
ARTICLE 8.
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE; DISCHARGE
Section 8.01. Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance............................ 70
Section 8.02. Legal Defeasance and Discharge...................................................... 71
Section 8.03. Covenant Defeasance................................................................. 71
Section 8.04. Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.......................................... 72
Section 8.05. Deposited Money and Government Securities to
Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions................................. 73
Section 8.06. Repayment to the Company............................................................ 73
Section 8.07. Reinstatement....................................................................... 74
Section 8.08. Discharge........................................................................... 74
ARTICLE 9.
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
Section 9.01. Without Consent of Holders of Notes................................................. 75
Section 9.02. With Consent of Holders of Notes.................................................... 75
Section 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act................................................. 77
Section 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents................................................... 77
Section 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Notes.................................................... 77
Section 9.06. Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc..................................................... 77
ARTICLE 10.
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
Section 10.01. Guarantee........................................................................... 78
Section 10.02. Limitation on Guarantor Liability................................................... 79
Section 10.03. Execution and Delivery of Subsidiary Guarantee...................................... 79
Section 10.04. Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms.................................. 80
Section 10.05. Releases Following Sale of Assets or Capital Stock.................................. 80
ARTICLE 11.
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 11.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls........................................................ 81
Section 11.02. Notices............................................................................. 81
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Section 11.03. Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of
Notes.......................................................................... 82
Section 11.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.................................. 82
Section 11.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion....................................... 83
Section 11.06. Rules by Trustee and Agents......................................................... 83
Section 11.07. No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and
Stockholders................................................................... 83
Section 11.08. Governing Law....................................................................... 84
Section 11.09. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements....................................... 84
Section 11.10. Successors.......................................................................... 84
Section 11.11. Severability........................................................................ 84
Section 11.12. Counterpart Originals; Acceptance by Trustee........................................ 84
Section 11.13. Table of Contents, Headings, etc.................................................... 84
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A-1 Form of Note
Exhibit A-2 Form of Regulation S Temporary Global Note
Exhibit B Form of Certificate of Transfer
Exhibit C Form of Certificate of Exchange
Exhibit D Form of Certificate From Acquiring Institutional
Accredited Investor
Exhibit E Form of Subsidiary Guarantee
Exhibit F Form of Supplemental Indenture
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INDENTURE dated as of September 20, 1999 by and among ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Performance Products Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), the
Guarantors (as defined) and State Street Bank and Trust Company, a
Massachusetts trust company, 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
Notes:
ARTICLE 1.
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01. Definitions.
"144A Global Note" means a global note in the form of Exhibit
A-1 hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and
deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or
its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding
principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 144A.
"Acquired Debt" means, with respect to any specified Person,
(1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is
merged with or into or becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person,
whether or not such Indebtedness is incurred in connection with, or in
contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into, or becoming a
Restricted Subsidiary of, such specified Person; and (2) Indebtedness secured by
a Lien encumbering any asset existing at the time acquired by such specified
Person.
"Acquisition Facility" means one or more credit facilities or
subfacilities, the proceeds from which are used to make Asset Acquisitions,
acquire Replacement Assets, repay Acquired Debt and/or pay related fees and
expenses or other reasonably related uses.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person
directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition,
"control," as used with respect to any Person, 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 Stock of a Person shall be deemed to be control. For
purposes of this definition, the terms "controlling," "controlled by" and "under
common control with" shall have correlative meanings.
"Agent" means any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-registrar.
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"Applicable Procedures" means, with respect to any transfer
or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and
procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Cedel that apply to such transfer
or exchange.
"Asset Acquisition" means (1) an Investment by the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary in any other Person pursuant to which such Person
shall become a Restricted Subsidiary, or shall be merged with or into the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, or (2) the acquisition by the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary of the assets of any Person (other than a Restricted
Subsidiary) which constitute all or substantially all of the assets of such
Person or comprise any division or line of business of such Person or any other
properties or assets of such Person other than in the ordinary course of
business.
"Asset Sale" means: (1) the sale, lease, conveyance or other
disposition of any property, assets or rights, other than sales of inventory in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices; provided that
the sale, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be
governed by Section 4.15 and Article 5 hereof and not by Section 4.10; and (2)
the issuance of Equity Interests by any of the Company's Restricted
Subsidiaries or the sale of Equity Interests in any of its Subsidiaries.
Notwithstanding the preceding, the following items shall not be deemed to be
Asset Sales: (i) any single transaction or series of related transactions that:
(a) involves assets having a fair market value of less than $1.0 million; or
(b) results in net proceeds to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries of
less than $1.0 million; (ii) a transfer of assets between or among the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries; (iii) an issuance of Equity Interests by a
Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or to another Restricted Subsidiary; (iv)
disposals or replacements of obsolete equipment in the ordinary course of
business; and (v) a Restricted Payment or a Permitted Investment that is
permitted by Section 4.07 hereof.
"Attributable Value" means, as to any particular lease under
which any Person is at the time liable other than a Capital Lease Obligation,
and at any date as of which the amount thereof is to be determined, the total
net amount of rent required to be paid by such Person under such lease during
the initial term thereof as determined in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, discounted from the last date of such initial term to
the date of determination at a rate per annum equal to the discount rate which
would be applicable to a Capital Lease Obligation with like term in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles. The net amount of rent required
to be paid under any such lease for any such period shall be the aggregate
amount of rent payable by the lessee with respect to such period after
excluding amounts required to be paid on account of insurance, taxes,
assessments, utility, operating and labor costs and similar charges. In the
case of any lease which is terminable by the lessee upon the payment of a
penalty, such net amount shall also include the lesser of the amount of such
penalty (in which case no rent shall be considered as required to be paid under
such lease subsequent to the first date upon which it may be so terminated) or
the rent which would otherwise be required to be paid if such lease is not so
terminated.
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"Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar
federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
"Beneficial Owner" has the meaning assigned to such term in
Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating
the beneficial ownership of any particular "person" (as such term is used in
Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such "person" shall be deemed to have
beneficial ownership of all securities that such "person" has the right to
acquire, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only
upon the occurrence of a subsequent condition.
"Board of Directors" means, as to any Person, the board of
directors of such Person or any duly authorized committee thereof.
"Broker-Dealer" means any broker or dealer registered with
the Commission under the Exchange Act.
"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 that time be required to be capitalized on a
balance sheet in accordance with GAAP.
"Capital Stock" means: (1) in the case of a corporation, all
corporate stock (however designated); (2) in the case of an association or
business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other
equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock; (3) in the case of a
partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests
(whether general or limited); and (4) any other interest or participation that
confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of,
or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.
"Cash Equivalents" means: (1) United States dollars; (2)
securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United
States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the
full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof)
having maturities of not more than twelve months from the date of acquisition;
(3) certificates of deposit and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of six
months or less from the date of acquisition, bankers' acceptances with
maturities not exceeding six months and overnight bank deposits, in each case,
with any domestic commercial bank or trust company having capital and surplus
in excess of $500 million and a ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Bank Watch Rating of "B" or better;
(4) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days for
underlying securities of the types described in clauses (2) and (3) above
entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications
specified in clause (3) above; (5) commercial paper having the highest rating
obtainable from ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor's
Corporation and in each case maturing within twelve months after the date of
acquisition; and (6) money market funds at least 95% of the assets of which
constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (1) through (5)
of this definition, including in the case of obligations of the types described
in clauses (3) and (4), obligations
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of any bank or trust company acting as Trustee hereunder meeting the
qualifications set forth in clause (3).
"Cedel" means Cedel Bank, S.A.
"Change of Control" means the occurrence of any of the
following: (1) the sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than
by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions,
of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries
taken as a whole to any "person" or "group" (as such terms are used in Section
13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act); (2) the adoption of a plan relating to the
liquidation or dissolution of the Company; (3) the consummation of any
transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the
result of which is that any "person" or "group" (as defined above), other than
one or more Permitted Holders, becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or
indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of the Company, measured by
voting power rather than number of shares; (4) the first day on which a
majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company are not
Continuing Directors; or (5) the Company consolidates with, or merges with or
into, any Person, or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the
Company, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the
outstanding Voting Stock of the Company is converted into or exchanged for
cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the
Voting Stock of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such transaction
is converted into or exchanged for Voting Stock (other than Disqualified Stock)
of the surviving or transferee Person constituting a majority of the
outstanding shares of such Voting Stock of such surviving or transferee Person
immediately after giving effect to such issuance.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Consolidated EBITDA" means, with respect to any Person for
any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus:
(1) provision for taxes based on income or profits of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such provision for
taxes was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus (2)
Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person; plus (3) depreciation,
amortization (including amortization of goodwill and other intangibles but
excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior
period) and other non-cash expenses (excluding any such non-cash expense to the
extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenses in any
future period or amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a
prior period) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to
the extent that such depreciation, amortization and other non-cash expenses
were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; minus (4) non-cash
items increasing such Consolidated Net Income for such period, other than items
that were accrued in the ordinary course of business, in each case, on a
consolidated basis and determined in accordance with GAAP. Notwithstanding the
preceding, the provision for taxes based on the income or profits of, and the
depreciation and amortization and other non-cash charges of, a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company shall be added to Consolidated Net Income to compute
Consolidated EBITDA of the Company only to the extent that a corresponding
amount would be
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permitted at the date of determination to be dividended to the Company by such
Restricted Subsidiary without prior approval (that has not been obtained),
pursuant to the terms of its charter and all agreements, instruments,
judgments, decrees, orders, statutes, rules and governmental regulations
applicable to that Subsidiary or its stockholders.
"Consolidated Interest Expense" of any Person for any period
means the aggregate interest expense of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries (whether paid or accrued and whether or not capitalized)
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, including, without
limitation or duplication, amortization of debt issuance costs and original
issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest component of any
deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all payments associated
with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed interest expense with respect to
Attributable Value, interest on Indebtedness Guaranteed by (or secured by a
Lien on any assets of) such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letter
of credit or bankers' acceptance financings, and net payments pursuant to
Hedging Obligations.
"Consolidated Net Income" means, with respect to any
specified Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person
and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis,
determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that: (1) the Net Income (but not
loss) of any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or that is accounted
for by the equity method of accounting shall be included only to the extent of
the amount of dividends or distributions received in cash by the specified
Person or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof; (2) the Net Income of any Restricted
Subsidiary shall be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of
dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that Net
Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior
governmental approval (that has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly,
by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument,
judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to
that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders; (3) 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; (4) the Net Income (but not
loss) of any Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be excluded, whether or not
distributed to the specified Person or one of its Subsidiaries; (5) the
cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles shall be excluded; (6)
any restoration to income of any contingency reserve of an extraordinary,
non-recurring or unusual nature shall be excluded, except to the extent that
provision for such reserve was made out of Consolidated Net Income accrued at
any time following the Issue Date; (7) any gain or loss, together with any
related provision for taxes on such gain or loss, realized in connection with:
(a) any Asset Sale; or (b) the disposition of any securities by such Person or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or the extinguishment of any Indebtedness of
such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be excluded; (8) any
extraordinary gain or loss, together with any related provision for taxes on
such extraordinary gain or loss, shall be excluded; (9) any income or loss
attributable to discontinued operations shall be excluded; and (10) in the case
of a successor to the specified Person by consolidation or merger or as a
transferee of the specified Person's assets, any earnings of the successor
corporation prior to such consolidation, merger or transfer of assets shall be
excluded.
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"Continuing Directors" means, as of any date of
determination, any member of the Board of Directors of the Company who: (1) was
a member of such Board of Directors on the date hereof; or (2) was nominated
for election or elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of a
majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board at the time
of such nomination or election.
"Corporate Trust Office" of the Trustee shall be at the
address of the Trustee specified in Section 11.02 hereof or such other address
as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Company.
"Credit Facility" means the amended and restated Credit
Agreement dated as of September 20, 1999, among the Company, the Guarantors,
the lenders party thereto in their capacities as lenders thereunder and Credit
Agricole Indosuez, as agent, together with the related documents thereto
(including, without limitation, any guarantee agreements and security
documents), in each case as such agreements may be amended (including any
amendment and restatement thereof), supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time, including any agreement extending the maturity of, refinancing,
replacing or otherwise restructuring (including (a) adding an Acquisition
Facility, (b) increasing the amount of available borrowings thereunder
(provided that such increase in borrowings is permitted by Section 4.09 hereof
as evidenced by an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee, which shall
be conclusive) or (c) adding Subsidiaries as additional borrowers or guarantors
thereunder) all or any portion of the Indebtedness under such agreement or any
successor or replacement agreement and whether by the same or any other agent,
lender or group of lenders.
"Custodian" means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to
the Notes in global form, or any successor entity thereto.
"Default" means any event that is, or with the passage of
time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.
"Definitive Note" means a certificated Note registered in the
name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.06 hereof,
in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto except that such Note shall not bear the
Global Note Legend and shall not have the "Schedule of Exchanges of Interests
in the Global Note" attached thereto.
"Depositary" means, with respect to the Notes issuable or
issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.03
hereof as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors
thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to
the applicable provision of this Indenture.
"Disqualified Stock" means any Capital Stock that, by its
terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for
which it is exchangeable, in each case at the option of the holder thereof), 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 on which the Notes
mature. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Capital Stock that would
constitute Disqualified
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Stock solely because the holders thereof have the right to require the Company
to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change of control or
an asset sale shall not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such
Capital Stock provide that the Company may not repurchase or redeem any such
Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase or redemption
complies with Section 4.07 hereof.
"Domestic Restricted Subsidiary" means a Restricted
Subsidiary incorporated or otherwise organized under the laws of the United
States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
"Equity Interests" means Capital Stock and all warrants,
options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt
security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).
"Euroclear" means ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Guaranty Trust Company of New York,
Brussels office, as operator of the Euroclear system.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
"Exchange Notes" means the Notes issued in exchange for the
Initial Notes in the Exchange Offer pursuant to Section 2.06(f) hereof or, with
respect to Initial Notes issued under this Indenture subsequent to the date of
this Indenture pursuant to Section 2.02 hereof, the exchange offer contemplated
by the registration rights agreement relating thereto substantially identical
to the Registration Rights Agreement.
"Exchange Offer Registration Statement" has the meaning set
forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
"Exchange Offer" has the meaning set forth in the
Registration Rights Agreement.
"Existing Indebtedness" means the Obligations of the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries in existence on the date hereof, until such
amounts are repaid.
"Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio" means, with respect to any
specified Person for any period, the ratio of the Consolidated EBITDA of such
Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the Fixed Charges of
such Person for such period. In the event that the specified Person or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries incurs, assumes, Guarantees, redeems or repays any
Indebtedness (other than borrowings under working capital facilities in the
ordinary course of business) or issues or redeems 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, redemption or repayment
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 addi-
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tion, for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio: (1)
acquisitions that have been made by the specified Person or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries, including through mergers or consolidations and
including any related financing transactions, during the four-quarter reference
period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to the
Calculation Date shall be deemed to have occurred on the first day of the
four-quarter reference period and Consolidated EBITDA for such reference period
shall be calculated without giving effect to clause (3) of the proviso set
forth in the definition of Consolidated Net Income; (2) the Consolidated EBITDA
attributable to operations or businesses disposed of prior to the Calculation
Date shall be excluded; and (3) the Fixed Charges attributable to 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 specified Person or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries following the Calculation Date.
"Fixed Charges" means, with respect to any Person for any
period, the sum, without duplication, of: (1) the Consolidated Interest Expense
of such Person; plus (2) the product of (a) all dividend payments, whether or
not in cash, on any series of Disqualified Stock of such Person and on any
series of preferred stock of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than
dividend payments on Equity Interests payable solely in Equity Interests of the
Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or payable to the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, times (b) a fraction, the numerator of
which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then current
combined federal, state and local statutory tax rate of such Person, expressed
as a decimal, in each case, on a consolidated basis and in accordance with
GAAP.
"Foreign Restricted Subsidiary" means any Restricted
Subsidiary that is organized and existing under the laws of a jurisdiction
other than the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles set
forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other
statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment
of the accounting profession, which are in effect from time to time.
"Global Note Legend" means the legend set forth in Section
2.06(g)(ii) which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under
this Indenture.
"Global Notes" means, individually and collectively, each of
the Restricted Global Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes, in the form of
Exhibit A hereto issued in accordance with Section 2.01, 2.06(b)(iv),
2.06(d)(ii) or 2.06(f) hereof.
"Government Securities" means direct obligations of, or
obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America, and the payment for
which the United States pledges its full faith and credit.
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"▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇" means a guarantee other than by endorsement of
negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business,
direct or indirect, in any manner including, without limitation, by way of a
pledge of assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in
respect thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness.
"Guarantors" means each of: (1) ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Performance Systems,
Inc., ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Automotive Industries, Inc., Lunati Cams, Inc., Lunati & ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Pistons, Inc., LTM Motor Sports Corporation and Hooker Industries, Inc.; and
(2) any other Subsidiary that executes a Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance
with the provisions of this Indenture; and, in the case of clause (1) and (2),
their respective successors and assigns.
"Hedging Obligations" means, with respect to any Person, the
obligations of such Person under: (1) interest rate swap agreements, interest
rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements entered into in the
ordinary course of business relating to Indebtedness permitted to be incurred
under this Indenture; and (2) other agreements or arrangements designed to
protect such Person against fluctuations in interest rates or foreign currency
exchange rates entered into in the ordinary course of business.
"Holder" means the registered holder of a Note.
"Holdings" means KHPP Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
"Indebtedness" means, with respect to any specified Person,
any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent: (1) in respect of
borrowed money; (2) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar
instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect
thereof); (3) in respect of banker's acceptances; (4) representing Capital
Lease Obligations; (5) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the
purchase price of any property, except any such balance that constitutes an
accrued expense or trade payable; (6) representing any Hedging Obligations; or
(7) representing any Disqualified Stock of such Person and any preferred stock
issued by a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person, if and to the extent any of
the preceding items (other than letters of credit, Hedging Obligations,
Disqualified Stock and preferred stock of a Restricted Subsidiary) would appear
as a liability upon a balance sheet of the specified Person prepared in
accordance with GAAP. In addition, the term "Indebtedness" includes (a) all
Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of the specified Person
(whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by the specified Person), (b) any
sale of receivables of such Person, other than in connection with a disposition
of the business operations of such Person relating thereto or a disposition of
defaulted receivables for purpose of collection and not as a financing
arrangement, and (c) to the extent not otherwise included, the Guarantee by
such Person of any indebtedness of any other Person. The amount of any
Indebtedness outstanding as of any date shall be: (1) the accreted value
thereof, in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount;
(2) the amount of the unrecovered capital or principal investment of the
purchaser (other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company)
excluding amounts representative of yield or interest earned on such
investment, in the case of any sale of receivables; (3) the maximum fixed
redemption or repurchase price, in the case of Disqualified Stock of such
Person; (4) the maximum voluntary or invol-
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untary liquidation preferences plus accrued and unpaid dividends, in the case
of preferred stock of a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person; and (5) the
principal amount thereof, together with any interest thereon that is more than
30 days past due, in the case of any other Indebtedness.
"Indenture" means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented
from time to time.
"Indirect Participant" means a Person who holds a beneficial
interest in a Global Note through a Participant.
"Initial Notes" means, collectively, (i) the 12 1/4% Senior
Notes due 2007 of the Company issued on the date of this Indenture and (ii) one
or more series of 12 1/4% Senior Notes due 2007 that are issued subsequent to
the date of this Indenture pursuant to Section 2.02 hereof, in each case for so
long as such securities constitute "restricted securities" as such term is
defined in Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act; provided that the Trustee
shall be entitled to request and conclusively rely on an Opinion of Counsel
with respect to whether any Note constitutes such a restricted security; and
further provided that the Issuer shall notify the Trustee in writing promptly
after any such security becomes a "restricted security."
"Institutional Accredited Investor" means an institution that
is an "accredited investor" as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under
the Securities Act.
"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, 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.
"Issue Date" means the date of original issuance of Notes.
"Kohlberg" means Kohlberg & Co., L.L.C., a Delaware limited
liability company, and its affiliates.
"Legal Holiday" means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which
banking institutions in the City of New York (or any city in which the
Corporate Trust Office is located) are authorized by law, regulation or
executive order to remain closed. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a
place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day
that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue on such payment for
the intervening period.
"Letter of Transmittal" means the letter of transmittal to be
prepared by the Company and sent to all Holders of the Notes for use by such
Holders in connection with the Exchange Offer.
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"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.
"Net Income" means, with respect to any Person, the net
income (loss) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, determined in
accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock
dividends and Disqualified Stock dividends.
"Net Proceeds" means the aggregate cash proceeds received by
the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale
(including, without limitation, any cash received upon the sale or other
disposition of any non-cash consideration received in any Asset Sale), net of
the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale, including, without limitation,
legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales commissions, and any
relocation expenses incurred as a result thereof or taxes paid or payable as a
result thereof, in each case after taking into account any available tax
credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements and net of appropriate
amounts to be provided by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case
may be, as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any liabilities
associated with such Asset Sale and retained by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be, after such Asset Sale, including, without
limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities, liabilities
related to environmental matters and liabilities under any indemnification
obligations associated with such Asset Sale.
"Non-Recourse Debt" means Indebtedness: (1) as to which
neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (a) provides credit
support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that
would constitute Indebtedness), (b) is directly or indirectly liable as a
guarantor or otherwise, or (c) constitutes the lender; (2) no default with
respect to which (including any rights that the holders thereof may have to
take enforcement action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary) would permit upon
notice, lapse of time or both any holder of any other Indebtedness (other than
the Notes) of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to declare a
default on such other Indebtedness or cause the payment thereof to be
accelerated or payable prior to its stated maturity; and (3) as to which the
lenders have been notified in writing that they will not have any recourse to
the stock or assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
"Non-U.S. Person" means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.
"Notes" means, collectively, the Initial Notes and the
Unrestricted Notes, treated as a single class of securities, as amended or
supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, that are
issued pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
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"Obligations" means any principal, interest, penalties, fees,
indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under
the documentation governing any Indebtedness.
"Officer" means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of
the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the
Chief Financial Officer, the Controller or the Secretary of such Person.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by two
Officers of the Company.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion from legal
counsel who are reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
"Participant" means, with respect to the Depositary,
Euroclear or Cedel, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear
or Cedel, respectively (and, with respect to The Depository Trust Company,
shall include Euroclear and Cedel).
"Permitted Holders" means Holdings, Kohlberg, any of their
respective controlled Affiliates, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇.
▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.
"Permitted Investments" means: (1) any Investment in the
Company or in a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; (2) any Investment in
Cash Equivalents; (3) any Investment by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company in a Person, if as a result of such Investment: (a)
such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or (b) such Person
is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys
substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; (4) any Investment made as a result of
the receipt of non-cash consideration from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant
to and in compliance with Section 4.10 hereof; (5) any acquisition of assets
solely in exchange for the issuance of Equity Interests (other than
Disqualified Stock) of the Company; (6) loans and advances to employees and
officers of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course
of business for bona fide business purposes not in excess of $1.0 million at
any one time outstanding; (7) Investments in securities of trade creditors or
customers received pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar
arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of such trade creditors or
customers; (8) other Investments in any Person having an aggregate fair market
value (measured on the date each such Investment was made and without giving
effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all other
Investments made pursuant to this clause (8) since the date hereof, not to
exceed $1.0 million at any one time outstanding; (9) Investments in Hedging
Obligations; and (10) Investments in the Notes.
"Permitted Liens" means: (1) Liens for taxes, assessments,
governmental charges or claims which are not yet delinquent or which are being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, if a reserve or other
appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles shall have been made
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therefor; (2) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in
connection with workers' compensation, unemployment insurance and other types
of statutory obligations (including to secure government contracts); (3)
deposits made to secure the performance of tenders, bids, leases and other
obligations of like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business
(exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money); (4) zoning
restrictions, servitudes, easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other
similar charges or encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business
which, in the aggregate, do not materially detract from the value of the
property subject thereto or interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business
of the Company or the Guarantors; (5) Liens arising out of judgments or awards
against the Company or any Guarantor with respect to which the Company or such
Guarantor is prosecuting an appeal or proceeding for review and the Company or
such Guarantor is maintaining adequate reserves in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles; (6) any interest or title of a lessor in the
property subject to any lease other than a Capital Lease Obligation; and (7)
any statutory warehousemen's, materialmen's or other similar Liens for sums not
then due and payable (or which, if due and payable, are being contested in good
faith and with respect to which adequate reserves are being maintained to the
extent required by generally accepted accounting principles).
"Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness" means any Indebtedness
of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or
the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace,
defease or refund, other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness); provided that: (1) the
principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of (or accreted
value, if applicable), plus accrued interest on, and any reasonable prepayment
premium with respect to, the Indebtedness so extended, refinanced, renewed,
replaced, defeased or refunded (plus the amount of reasonable expenses incurred
in connection therewith); (2) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a
final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, or has a Weighted
Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to
Maturity of, the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced,
defeased or refunded; (3) if the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced,
renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded is subordinated in right of payment to
the Notes or a Subsidiary Guarantee, 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 or such Subsidiary Guarantee, as
the case may be, on terms at least as favorable to the Holders of Notes as
those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being extended,
refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded; and (4) such Indebtedness
is incurred either by the Company or by the Restricted Subsidiary who is the
obligor on the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced,
defeased or refunded.
"Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation,
limited liability company, unincorporated organization, trust or joint venture,
or a governmental agency or political subdivision thereof.
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"Private Placement Legend" means the legend set forth in
Section 2.06(g)(i) to be placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture except
where otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Indenture.
"Public Equity Offering" means any underwritten public
offering of common stock of the Company or of Holdings pursuant to a
registration statement filed with the Commission in accordance with the
Securities Act; provided that in the event of a Public Equity Offering by
Holdings, Holdings contributes to the common equity capital of the Company
(other than Disqualified Stock of the Company) the portion of the net cash
proceeds of such Public Equity Offering necessary to pay the aggregate
redemption price (plus accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest, if
any, thereon to the redemption date) of any Notes to be redeemed pursuant to
Section 3.07(b) hereof.
"Purchase Money Indebtedness" means Indebtedness of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred for the purpose of financing all
or any part of the purchase price or the cost of an Asset Acquisition or
construction or improvement of any property; provided that the aggregate
principal amount of such Indebtedness does not exceed such purchase price or
cost.
"QIB" means a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined in
Rule 144A.
"Registration Rights Agreement" means the Exchange Offer and
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date of this Indenture, by and
among the Company, the Guarantors and the other parties named on the signature
pages thereof, as such agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented from
time to time, and, with respect to Initial Notes issued under this Indenture
subsequent to the date of this Indenture pursuant to Section 2.02 hereof, the
registration rights agreement relating thereto relating thereto substantially
identical to the Registration Rights Agreement.
"Regulation S" means Regulation S promulgated under the
Securities Act.
"Regulation S Global Note" means a Regulation S Temporary
Global Note or Regulation S Permanent Global Note, as appropriate.
"Regulation S Permanent Global Note" means a permanent global
Note in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the
Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in
the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to
the outstanding principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note upon
expiration of the Restricted Period.
"Regulation S Temporary Global Note" means a temporary global
Note in the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the
Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in
the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to
the outstanding principal amount of the Notes initially sold in reliance on
Rule 903 of Regulation S.
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"Replacement Assets" means assets and property that will be
used in the business of the Company and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries as
existing on the Issue Date or in a business the same, similar or reasonably
related thereto (including Equity Interests of a Person which becomes a
Restricted Subsidiary).
"Responsible Officer," when used with respect to the Trustee,
means any officer within the corporate trust department 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.
"Restricted Definitive Note" means a Definitive Note bearing
the Private Placement Legend.
"Restricted Global Note" means a Global Note bearing the
Private Placement Legend.
"Restricted Investment" means an Investment other than a
Permitted Investment.
"Restricted Period" means the 40-day restricted period as
defined in Regulation S.
"Restricted Subsidiary" of a Person means any Subsidiary of
the referent Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
"Rule 144" means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities
Act.
"Rule 144A" means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities
Act.
"Rule 903" means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities
Act.
"Rule 904" means Rule 904 promulgated the Securities Act.
"Sale and Leaseback Transaction" of any Person means an
arrangement with any lender or investor or to which such lender or investor is
a party providing for the leasing by such Person of any property or asset of
such Person which has been or is being sold or transferred by such Person more
than 365 days after the later of the acquisition thereof or the completion of
construction or commencement of operation thereof to such lender or investor or
to any Person to whom funds have been or are to be advanced by such lender or
investor on the security of such property or asset. The Stated Maturity of such
arrangement shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount
due under such arrangement prior to the first date on which such arrangement
may be terminated by the lessee without payment of a penalty.
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"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Shelf Registration Statement" means the Shelf Registration
Statement as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement.
"Significant Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary that would be a
"significant subsidiary" as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X,
promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Regulation is in effect on
the date hereof.
"Special Interest" means all liquidated damages, if any, then
owing pursuant to Section 2(c) of the Registration Rights Agreement.
"Stated Maturity" means, with respect to any installment of
interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which such
payment of interest or principal was scheduled to be paid in the original
documentation governing such Indebtedness, and shall not include any contingent
obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior
to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.
"Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person: (1) any
corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the
total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the
occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers
or trustees 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 (2) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or
the managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such
Person or (b) the only general partners of which are such Person or one or more
Subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof).
"Subsidiary Guarantee" means a Guarantee of the Notes issued
by a Guarantor pursuant to this Indenture.
"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. ▇▇.▇▇.
77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date on which this Indenture is qualified
under the TIA, except as provided in Section 9.03 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.
"U.S. Person" means a U.S. person as defined in Rule 902(o)
under the Securities Act.
"Unrestricted Definitive Notes" means one or more Definitive
Notes that do not bear and are not required to bear the Private Placement
Legend.
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"Unrestricted Global Note" means a permanent global Note in
the form of Exhibit A-1 attached hereto that bears the Global Note Legend and
that has the "Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note" attached
thereto, and that is deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name
of the Depositary, representing a series of Notes that do not and are not
required to bear the Private Placement Legend.
"Unrestricted Notes" means one or more Unrestricted Global
Notes and/or Unrestricted Definitive Notes, including, without limitation, the
Exchange Notes.
"Unrestricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of the Company
that is designated by the Board of Directors as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in
accordance with Section 4.18 hereof.
"Voting Stock" of any Person as of any date means the Capital
Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of
the Board of Directors of such Person.
"Weighted Average Life to Maturity" means, when applied to
any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (1) the
sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then
remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payment
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 (2) the then outstanding
principal amount of such Indebtedness.
"Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary" of any Person means a
Restricted Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Capital Stock or
other ownership interests of which (other than directors' qualifying shares)
shall at the time be owned by such Person and/or by one or more Wholly Owned
Restricted Subsidiaries of such Person.
Section 1.02. Other Definitions.
Defined
Term in Section
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"Affiliate Transaction"................................................ 4.11
"Alternate Offer"...................................................... 4.15
"Asset Sale Offer"..................................................... 4.10
"Asset Sale Offer Amount" 4.10
"Asset Sale Payment"................................................... 4.10
"Asset Sale Payment Date" 4.10
"Authentication Order"................................................. 2.02
"Change of Control Offer".............................................. 4.15
"Change of Control Payment"............................................ 4.15
"Change of Control Payment Date" ...................................... 4.15
"Covenant Defeasance".................................................. 8.03
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"Designation Amount"................................................... 4.18
"DTC".................................................................. 2.03
"Event of Default"..................................................... 6.01
"Excess Proceeds"...................................................... 4.10
"incur"................................................................ 4.09
"Legal Defeasance" .................................................... 8.02
"Paying Agent"......................................................... 2.03
"Payment Default"...................................................... 6.01
"Permitted Debt"....................................................... 4.09
"Registrar"............................................................ 2.03
"Restricted Payments".................................................. 4.07
Section 1.03. Terms of TIA.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the
provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.
The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the
following meanings:
"indenture securities" means the Notes;
"indenture security holder" means a Holder of a Note;
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture;
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the
Trustee; and
"obligor" on the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees means
the Company and the Guarantors, respectively, and any successor obligor upon
the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees, respectively.
All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by
the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by Commission
rule under the TIA have the meanings so assigned to them.
Section 1.04. Rules of Construction.
Unless the context otherwise requires: (i) a term has the
meaning assigned to it; (ii) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the
meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP; (iii) "or" is not exclusive;
(iv) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the
singular; (v) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and (vi)
references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act shall be deemed to
include substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by the
Commission from time to time.
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ARTICLE 2.
THE NOTES
Section 2.01. Form and Dating.
(a) General. The Notes and the Trustee's certificate of
authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. 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, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of
this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound
thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the
express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall
govern and be controlling.
(b) Global Notes. Notes issued in global form shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibits A-1 or A-2 attached hereto (including the
Global Note Legend thereon and the "Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the
Global Note" attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 attached hereto (but without the
Global Note Legend thereon and without the "Schedule of Exchanges of Interests
in the Global Note" attached thereto). Each Global Note shall represent such of
the outstanding Notes as shall be specified therein and each shall provide that
it shall represent the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from
time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of
outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or
increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any
endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease
in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby
shall be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee,
in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by
Section 2.06 hereof.
(c) Temporary Global Notes. Notes offered and sold in
reliance on Regulation S shall be issued initially in the form of the
Regulation S Temporary Global Note, which shall be deposited on behalf of the
purchasers of the Notes represented thereby with the Trustee, at its Corporate
Trust Office, as custodian for the Depositary, and registered in the name of
the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary for the accounts of designated
agents holding on behalf of Euroclear or Cedel, duly executed by the Company
and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The Restricted Period
shall terminate upon the receipt by the Trustee of (i) a written certificate
from the Depositary, together with copies of certificates from Euroclear and
Cedel Bank certifying that they have received certification of non-United
States beneficial ownership of 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the
Regulation S Temporary Global Note (except to the extent of any beneficial
owners thereof who acquired an interest therein during the Restricted Period
pursuant to another exemption
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from registration under the Securities Act and who will take delivery of a
beneficial ownership interest in a 144A Global Note bearing a Private Placement
Legend, all as contemplated by Section 2.06(a)(ii) hereof), and (ii) an
Officers' Certificate from the Company. Following the termination of the
Restricted Period, beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global
Note shall be exchanged for beneficial interests in Regulation S Permanent
Global Notes pursuant to the Applicable Procedures. Simultaneously with the
authentication of Regulation S Permanent Global Notes, the Trustee shall cancel
the Regulation S Temporary Global Note. The aggregate principal amount of the
Regulation S Temporary Global Note and the Regulation S Permanent Global Notes
may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the
records of the Trustee and the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be,
in connection with transfers of interest as hereinafter provided.
(d) Euroclear and Cedel Procedures Applicable. The
provisions of the "Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System" and "Terms and
Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear" and the "General Terms and Conditions of
Cedel Bank" and "Customer Handbook" of Cedel Bank shall be applicable to
transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note and
the Regulation S Permanent Global Notes that are held by Participants through
Euroclear or Cedel Bank. The Trustee has no duty or obligation to monitor or
otherwise determine compliance with such provisions, and the Trustee may rely
on the register described in Section 2.03 for all purposes hereunder.
Section 2.02. Execution and Authentication.
An Officer 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
or facsimile 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 an Officer (an "Authentication Order"), authenticate (i) Initial Notes for
original issue up to a maximum aggregate principal amount of $250.0 million and
(ii) Unrestricted Notes from time to time only (x) in exchange for a like
principal amount of Initial Notes or (y) in an aggregate principal amount of
not more than the excess of $250.0 million over the sum of the aggregate
principal amount of (A) Initial Notes then outstanding and (B) Unrestricted
Notes issued in accordance with (ii)(x) above. The aggregate principal amount
of Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed $250.0 million except as
provided in Section 2.07 hereof.
In the event that the Company shall issue and the Trustee
shall authenticate any Notes issued under this Indenture subsequent to the date
of this Indenture, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain
the same "CUSIP" number for such Notes as is printed on the Notes outstanding
at such time; provided, however, that if any series of Notes issued under this
Indenture subsequent to the date of this Indenture is determined, pursuant to
an Opinion of Counsel of the Company to be a different class of security
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than the Notes outstanding at such time for federal income tax purposes, the
Issuer may obtain a "CUSIP" number for such Notes that is different than the
"CUSIP" number printed on the Notes then outstanding. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, all Notes issued and outstanding under this Indenture shall vote and
consent together on all matters as one class and no series of Notes will have
the right to vote or consent as a separate class on any matter.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to
the Company to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate
Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to
authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An
authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an
Affiliate of the Company.
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 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 Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the
Registrar and Paying Agent and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global
Notes.
The Company shall, prior to each interest record date, notify
the Paying Agent of any wire transfer instructions for payments that it
receives from Holders.
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 Special Interest, if any, or interest on the
Notes, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any
such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a
Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any
time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee.
Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company
or a Subsidiary) shall have no
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further liability for the money so paid. 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, 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 ss. 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 shall otherwise comply with TIA ss. 312(a).
Section 2.06. Transfer and Exchange.
(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. A Global Note
may not be transferred as a whole except by the Depositary to a nominee of the
Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another
nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a
successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. Global Notes
will not be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes unless (i) the
Company delivers to the Trustee notice from the Depositary that it is unwilling
or unable to continue to act as Depositary or that it is no longer a clearing
agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor
Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 120 days after the date of
such notice from the Depositary; (ii) the Company in its sole discretion
determines that the Global Notes (in whole but not in part) should be exchanged
for Definitive Notes and delivers a written notice to such effect to the
Trustee (provided that in no event shall the Regulation S Temporary Global Note
be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes prior to (x) the expiration of
the Restricted Period and (y) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates
required pursuant to Rule 903(c)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act as
specified in an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Trustee by the Company, and
provided further, there shall be no continuing Default or Event of Default); or
(iii) an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to
the Notes and the Trustee has received a request from DTC or any Holder to
issue Definitive Notes. Upon the occurrence of any of the preceding events in
(i), (ii) or (iii) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the
Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may be exchanged or
replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10 hereof.
Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global
Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or
2.10 hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be,
a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than
as provided in this Section 2.06(a), however, beneficial interests in a Global
Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.06(b) or (f)
hereof.
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(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in
Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global
Notes shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial
interests in the Restricted Global Notes shall be subject to restrictions on
transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the
Securities Act. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also
shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii) below, as
applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as
applicable:
(i) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global
Note. Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may be
transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a
beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance
with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement
Legend; provided, however, that prior to the expiration of the
Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial interests in the Temporary
Regulation S Global Note may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the
account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser).
Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be
transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a
beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. No written orders
or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to
effect the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(i).
(ii) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial
Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and
exchanges of beneficial interests in any Global Note that is not
subject to Section 2.06(b)(i) above, the transferor of such beneficial
interest must deliver to the Registrar (1) a written order from a
Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in
accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to
credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global
Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred
or exchanged and (2) instructions given in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures (AND THE REGISTRAR MAY ASSUME, WITHOUT FURTHER
INVESTIGATION, THAT SUCH INSTRUCTIONS ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
APPLICABLE PROCEDURES) containing information regarding the
Participant account to be credited with such increase. Upon
consummation of the Exchange Offer by the Company in accordance with
Section 2.06(f) hereof, the requirements of this Section 2.06(b)(ii)
shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon receipt by the Registrar
of the instructions contained in the Letter of Transmittal delivered
by the holder of such beneficial interests in the Restricted Global
Notes. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or
exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this
Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities
Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant
Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof.
(iii) Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another
Restricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global
Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the
form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the
transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(ii) above
and the Registrar receives the following:
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(A) if the transferee will take delivery in the
form of a beneficial interest in a 144A Global Note, then the
transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit
B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
and
(B) if the transferee will take delivery in the
form of a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Note,
then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2)
thereof;
(iv) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a
Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted
Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may
be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery
thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global
Note if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of
Section 2.06(b)(ii) above and:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected
pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the
Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of the
beneficial interest to be transferred, in the case of an
exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer,
certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is
not (1) a Broker-Dealer, (2) a Person participating in the
distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an
affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the
Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the
Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer
pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance
with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
(1) if the holder of such beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to
exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial
interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a
certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit
C hereto, including the certifications in item
(1)(a) thereof; or
(2) if the holder of such beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to
transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who
shall take delivery thereof in the form of a
beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note,
a certificate from such holder in the form of
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in
item (4) thereof;
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and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if
the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so
require, an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such
exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act
and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in
the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order
to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
If any such transfer is effected pursuant to subparagraph (B)
or (D) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been
issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in
accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more
Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to
subparagraph (B) or (D) above.
Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be
exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form
of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note.
(c) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in
Global Notes for Definitive Notes. A beneficial interest in a Global Note may
not be exchanged for a Definitive Note except under the circumstances described
in Section 2.06(a) hereof. A beneficial interest in a Global Note may not be
transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive
Note except under the circumstances described in Section 2.06(a) hereof.
(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for
Beneficial Interests in Global Notes.
(i) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests
in Restricted Global Notes. If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive
Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Notes
to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the
Registrar of the following documentation:
(A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive
Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest
in a Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder
in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications
in item (2)(a) thereof;
(B) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being
transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A under the
Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1)
thereof;
(C) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being
transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction
in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule
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904 under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set
forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in
item (2) thereof;
(D) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being
transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule
144 under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set
forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in
item (3)(a) thereof;
(E) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being
transferred to an Institutional Accredited Investor in
reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements
of the Securities Act other than those listed in
subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a certificate to the
effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required
by item (3)(d) thereof, if applicable;
(F) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being
transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a
certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or
(G) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being
transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set
forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in
item (3)(c) thereof,
the Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, and increase
or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the
case of clause (A) above, the appropriate Restricted Global Note, in
the case of clause (B) above, the 144A Global Note, and in the case of
clause (c) above, the Regulation S Global Note.
(ii) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests
in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note
may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted
Global Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person
who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note only if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected
pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the
Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of
an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer,
certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is
not (1) a Broker-Dealer, (2) a Person participating in the
distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an
affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the
Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the
Registration Rights Agreement;
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(C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer
pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
(1) if the Holder of such Definitive
Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for a
beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note,
a certificate from such Holder in the form of
Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in
item (1)(b) thereof; or
(2) if the Holder of such Definitive
Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person
who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a
beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note,
a certificate from such Holder in the form of
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in
item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if
the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so
require, an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such
exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act
and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in
the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order
to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in
this Section 2.06(d)(ii), the Trustee shall cancel the Definitive
Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal
amount of the Unrestricted Global Note.
(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial
Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of an Unrestricted
Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person
who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for
such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable
Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the
aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.
If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a
beneficial interest is effected pursuant to subparagraphs (ii)(B), (ii)(D) or
(iii) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued,
the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in
accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more
Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred.
(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for
Definitive Notes. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such
Holder's compliance with the provisions of
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this Section 2.06(e), the Registrar shall register the transfer or exchange of
Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the
requesting Holder shall present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive
Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney,
duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder shall provide
any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable,
required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.06(e).
(i) Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive
Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to and
registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the
form of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the
following:
(A) if the transfer will be made pursuant to
Rule 144A under the Securities Act, then the transferor must
deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(B) if the transfer will be made pursuant to
Rule 903 or Rule 904, then the transferor must deliver a
certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (2) thereof; and
(C) if the transfer will be made pursuant to any
other exemption from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a
certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required
by item (3)(d) thereof, if applicable.
(ii) Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted
Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by
the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred
to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an
Unrestricted Definitive Note if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected
pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the
Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of
an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer,
certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is
not (1) a Broker-Dealer, (2) a Person participating in the
distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an
affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
(B) any such transfer is effected pursuant to
the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the
Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) any such transfer is effected by a
Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement; or
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(D) the Registrar receives the following:
(1) if the Holder of such Restricted
Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for
an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from
such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto,
including the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof;
or
(2) if the Holder of such Restricted
Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to
a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form
of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate
from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if
the Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form
reasonably acceptable to the Company to the effect that such
exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act
and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in
the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order
to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted
Definitive Notes. A Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Notes may
transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form
of an Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to
register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the
Unrestricted Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the
Holder thereof.
(f) Exchange Offer. Upon the occurrence of the Exchange
Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company shall
issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section
2.02, the Trustee shall authenticate (i) one or more Unrestricted Global Notes
in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the
beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes tendered for acceptance by
Persons that certify in the applicable Letters of Transmittal that (x) they are
not Broker-Dealers, (y) they are not participating in a distribution of the
Exchange Notes and (z) they are not affiliates (as defined in Rule 144) of the
Company, and accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer and (ii) Definitive
Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the
Restricted Definitive Notes accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer.
Concurrently with the issuance of such Notes, the Trustee shall cause the
aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Notes to be
reduced accordingly, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver to the Persons designated by the Holders of Definitive
Notes so accepted Definitive Notes in the appropriate principal amount.
(g) Legends. The following legends shall appear on the
face of all Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture
unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this
Indenture.
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(i) Private Placement Legend.
(A) Except as permitted by subparagraph (B)
below, each Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all
Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof)
shall bear the legend in substantially the following form:
"THE NOTES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND MAY
NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (A) (1)
TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR THE ACCOUNT OF A
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE
REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (2) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING
WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,
(3) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE), (4) TO AN
INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR (5) PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, AND (B) IN
ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE
UNITED STATES."
(B) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global
Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to subparagraph
(b)(iv), (d)(ii), (d)(iii), (e)(ii), (e)(iii) or (f) of this
Section 2.06 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or
substitution thereof) shall not bear the Private Placement
Legend.
(ii) Global Note Legend. Each Global Note shall bear a
legend in substantially the following form:
"THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN
THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE
BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO
ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY
MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THE
INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN
PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL
NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO
SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE
TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT
OF THE COMPANY."
(iii) Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend. The
Regulation S Temporary Global Note shall bear a legend in
substantially the following form:
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"THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL
NOTE, AND THE CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE FOR
CERTIFICATED NOTES, ARE AS SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED
HEREIN)."
(h) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At
such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been
exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed,
repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note 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 or transferred to a Person who will
take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global
Note, 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 by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such
reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred
to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest
in another Global Note, such other Global Note shall be increased accordingly
and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the
Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
(i) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and
Exchanges.
(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges,
the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Global
Notes and Definitive Notes upon the Company's order or at the
Registrar's request.
(ii) No service charge shall be made to a holder of a
beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive
Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or
similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other
than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable
upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.06, 4.10, 4.15
and 9.05 hereof).
(iii) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon
any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive
Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the
same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as
the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such
registration of transfer or exchange.
(iv) The Registrar shall not be required (A) to issue, to
register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period
beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of any
selection of Notes for redemption under Section 3.02 hereof and ending
at the close of business on the day of selection, (B) to register the
transfer of or to exchange any Note so selected for redemption in
whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being
redeemed in part or (c) to register
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the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a record date and the
next succeeding Interest Payment Date.
(v) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a
transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem
and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the
absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of
principal of and interest on such Notes and for all other purposes,
and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Company shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
(vi) The Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and
Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Sections 2.02,
2.06(i), 2.07, and 2.10 hereof.
(vii) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of
Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this
Section 2.06 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be
submitted by facsimile.
(viii) Each Holder of a Note agrees to indemnify the
Company and the Trustee against any liability that may result from the
transfer, exchange or assignment of such Holder's Note in violation of
any provision of this Indenture and/or applicable United States
federal or state securities law.
The Trustee and the Registrar shall have no obligation or duty to monitor,
determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed
under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of
any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among Depositary
Participants or beneficial owners of interests in any Global Note) other than
to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as
are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the
terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial
compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.
Section 2.07. Replacement Notes
If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Registrar 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 receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate a
replacement Note. 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.
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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; however, Notes held by the Company or
a Subsidiary of the Company shall not be deemed to be outstanding for purposes
of Section 3.07(b) hereof.
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 of
the Company 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.
Section 2.09. Treasury Notes.
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal
amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned
by the Company, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company,
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 Responsible Officer of the
Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.
Section 2.10. Temporary Notes
The Company may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an
Authentication Order, shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall
be substantially in the form of permanent Notes but may have variations that
the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes and as shall be
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. The Company may prepare and the Trustee,
upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate permanent Notes in
exchange for temporary Notes.
Holders of temporary Notes shall be entitled to all of the
benefits of this Indenture.
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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 dispose
of the Notes in accordance with its customary procedures (subject to the record
retention requirement of the Exchange Act). 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, such interest shall cease to be payable to the Holders on the relevant
record date and the Company shall instead 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 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.
Section 2.13. CUSIP Numbers.
The Company, in issuing the Notes, may use "CUSIP" numbers
(if then generally in use) and, if so, the Trustee shall use "CUSIP" numbers in
notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such
notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such
numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a
redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification
numbers printed on the Notes, and any such redemption shall not be affected by
any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the
Trustee of any change in the "CUSIP" numbers.
Section 2.14. Designation.
(a) The Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes is hereby
irrevocably designated as "senior indebtedness" or such other term denoting
seniority (i) for all purposes of the provisions defining subordination
contained in agreements that provide that the Indebtedness of the Company
issued pursuant to such agreements is subordinate to Indebtedness designated as
senior indebtedness and (ii) for the purposes of any future Indebtedness of the
Company which the Company expressly makes subordinate to any senior
indebtedness
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or such other term denoting seniority. In connection with the issuance of any
such future subordinated Indebtedness, the Company shall take all necessary
steps to effectuate the foregoing.
(b) The Initial Notes and the Exchange Notes shall vote
and consent together on all matters as one class, and neither the Initial Notes
nor the Exchange Notes will have the right to vote or consent as a separate
class on any matter.
SECTION 2.15. Deposit of Moneys.
Prior to the close of business of the Paying Agent on the
Business Day next prior to each Interest Payment Date and the Final Maturity
Date, the Company shall deliver by wire transfer to the Paying Agent in
immediately available funds money sufficient to make cash payments due on such
Interest Payment Date or the Final Maturity Date, as the case may be, in a
timely manner which permits the Paying Agent to remit payment to the Holders on
such Interest Payment Date or the Final Maturity Date, as the case may be.
ARTICLE 3.
REDEMPTION
Section 3.01. Notice of Redemption 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 the 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
pursuant to Section 3.07 hereof, 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 by
such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate. Within five days
after the listing of the Notes on any such principal national securities
exchange, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee a written copy of the
appropriate redemption selection requirements of such exchange. In the event of
partial redemption by lot pursuant to Section 3.07 hereof, 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 princi-
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pal 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 to Holders.
If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the
optional redemption provisions of Section 3.07 hereof, at least 30 days but not
more than 60 days before the 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 (including "CUSIP" number(s)) and shall state: (i) the
redemption date; (ii) the redemption price; (iii) 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; (iv) the name and address of the Paying
Agent; (v) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying
Agent to collect the redemption price; (vi) 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; (vii) the paragraph of the
Notes and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Notes called for
redemption are being redeemed; and (viii) 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 60 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 Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption
price of and accrued interest on all Notes to be redeemed on that date. The
Paying Agent shall promptly return to the Company any money deposited with 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) Except as set forth in clause (b) of this Section
3.07, the Company shall not have the option to redeem the Notes pursuant to
this Section 3.07 prior to September 15, 2003. On or after September 15, 2003,
the Notes will be subject to redemption at any time at the option of the
Company, 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 and Special Interest thereon,
if any, to, but not including the applicable redemption date, if redeemed
during the twelve-month period beginning on September of the years indicated
below:
YEAR PERCENTAGE
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2003.................................................... 106.125%
2004.................................................... 104.083%
2005.................................................... 102.042%
2006 and thereafter..................................... 100.000%
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of clause (a) of this
Section 3.07, at any time on or prior to September 15, 2002, the Company may on
any one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of
Notes originally issued hereunder at a redemption price of 112.25% of the
principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest
thereon, if any, to, but not including the redemption date, with the net cash
proceeds of one or more Public Equity Offerings by the Company; provided that
(i) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes originally issued
remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption
(excluding Notes held by the Company and its Subsidiaries) and (ii) such
redemption occurs within 180 days of the date of the closing of such Public
Equity Offering.
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(c) Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall
be made pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.
Section 3.08. Mandatory Redemption.
Except as set forth in Sections 4.10 and 4.15 hereof, the
Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption payments with
respect to the Notes.
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 Special Interest, 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 Special Interest (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 des-
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ignation 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.
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. The Company hereby initially designates State Street Bank and
Trust Company, N.A., at its address at ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇,
Attention: Corporate Trust Department, as its office or agency in the Borough
of Manhattan, the City of New York, for such purposes.
Section 4.03. Reports.
(a) Whether or not required by the rules and regulations
of the Commission, so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company shall
furnish to the Holders of Notes, within the time periods specified in the
Commission's rules and regulations: (i) all quarterly and annual financial
information that would be required to be contained in a filing with the
Commission 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
current reports that would be required to be filed with the Commission on Form
8-K if the Company were required to file such reports. In addition, whether or
not required by the Commission, the Company shall file a copy of all of the
information and reports referred to in clause (i) and (ii) above with the
Commission for public availability within the time periods specified in the
Commission's rules and regulations (unless the Commission will not accept such
a filing) and make such information available to securities analysts and
prospective investors upon request.
(b) In addition, for so long as any Restricted Global
Notes or Restricted Definitive Notes remain outstanding, the Company and the
Guarantors shall furnish to the Holders and to securities analysts and
prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be
delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act. Any materials
required to be furnished to Holders of Notes by this Section 4.03 shall
discuss, in reasonable detail, either on the face of the financial statements
included therein or in the notes thereto and in any "Management's Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," the financial
condition and results of operations of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results of operations of
the Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Company.
(c) Delivery of such reports, information and documents
to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee's receipt of
such shall not constitute actual or constructive notice of any information
contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including
the Company's compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the
Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers' Certificates). The Trustee
shall not be required to examine any of such reports, information and documents
for any
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reason hereunder, including, without limitation, determining whether the Company
has complied with its covenants or obligations hereunder.
Section 4.04. Compliance Certificate.
(a) The Company and each Guarantor (to the extent that
such Guarantor is so required under the TIA) shall deliver to the Trustee,
within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, an Officers' Certificate
stating that a review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries
during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the
signing Officers with a view to determining whether the Company has kept,
observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and
further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the
best of his or her knowledge the Company has kept, observed, performed and
fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in
default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and
conditions of this Indenture (or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, 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) The Company shall, so long as any of the Notes are
outstanding, deliver to the Trustee as soon as possible and in any event within
five days, forthwith upon the Company becoming aware of any Default or Event of
Default that has occurred and is continuing, 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 of the Guarantors 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 of the Guarantors (to the extent that it may lawfully
do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and
covenants that it 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.
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Section 4.07. Restricted Payments.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
(1) declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution
on account of the Company's or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries'
Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any payment in
connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) or to the direct or indirect
holders of the Company's or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries' Equity
Interests in their capacity as such (other than dividends or
distributions payable solely in Equity Interests (other than
Disqualified Stock) of the Company or dividends or distributions
payable to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company);
(2) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including,
without limitation, in connection with any merger or consolidation
involving the Company) any Equity Interests of the Company or any
direct or indirect parent of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
of the Company (other than any such Equity Interests owned by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company);
(3) make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease
or otherwise acquire or retire for value, any Indebtedness that is
subordinated to the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees, except a
payment of interest or principal at the Stated Maturity thereof; or
(4) make any Restricted Investment (all such payments and other actions
set forth in clauses (1) through (4) above being collectively referred
to as "Restricted Payments"),
unless, at the time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment:
(1) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
or would occur as a consequence thereof;
(2) the Company would, at the time of such Restricted Payment and after
giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Restricted Payment had been
made at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, have been
permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant
to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09 (a)
hereof; and
(3) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all
other Restricted Payments made by the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries after the date of this Indenture (excluding Restricted
Payments permitted by clauses (2) and (3) of the succeeding
paragraph), is less than the sum, without duplication, of
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(a) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Company for the
period (taken as one accounting period) from the beginning of
the first fiscal quarter commencing after the date of this
Indenture to the end of the Company's most recently ended
fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are
available at the time of such Restricted Payment (or, if such
Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, less
100% of such deficit), plus
(b) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds received by the
Company since the date of this Indenture as a contribution to
its common equity capital or from the issue or sale of Equity
Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or
from the issue or sale of convertible or exchangeable
Disqualified Stock or convertible or exchangeable debt
securities of the Company that have been converted into or
exchanged for such Equity Interests (other than Equity
Interests (or Disqualified Stock or debt securities) sold to
a Subsidiary of the Company), excluding, in each case, net
cash proceeds from a Public Equity Offering to the extent
used to redeem Notes, plus
(c) an amount equal to the lesser of (A) the sum of the fair
market value of the Equity Interests of an Unrestricted
Subsidiary owned by the Company and/or the Restricted
Subsidiaries and aggregate amount of all Indebtedness of such
Unrestricted Subsidiary owed to the Company and each
Restricted Subsidiary on the date of redesignation of such
Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary in
accordance with Section 4.18 hereof or (B) the Designation
Amount with respect to such Unrestricted Subsidiary on the
date of the Designation of such Subsidiary as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary in accordance with Section 4.18 hereof; plus
(d) to the extent that any Restricted Investment that was made
after the date of this Indenture is sold for cash or
otherwise liquidated or repaid for cash, the lesser of (i)
the cash return of capital with respect to such Restricted
Investment (less the cost of disposition, if any) or (ii) the
initial amount of such Restricted Investment, in each case,
to the extent Consolidated Net Income is not already
increased thereby.
So long as no Default has occurred and is continuing or would
be caused thereby, the preceding provisions will not prohibit:
(1) 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;
(2) the redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other
acquisition of any subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or any
Guarantor or of any Equity Interests of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary in exchange for, or out of the net cash proceeds of the
substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the
Company) of, Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified
Stock); provided
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that the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for
any such redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other
acquisition shall be excluded from clause (3)(b) of the preceding
paragraph;
(3) the defeasance, redemption, repurchase or other acquisition of
subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor with the net
cash proceeds from an incurrence of Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness;
(4) the payment of any dividend by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company
to the holders of its common Equity Interests on a pro rata basis;
(5) repurchases of Equity Interests of the Company or Holdings from
officers, directors, employees or consultants of the Company or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries or of Holdings pursuant to equity
ownership or compensation plans or stockholders agreements not to
exceed $1.0 million in the aggregate;
(6) the payment of management fees to Kohlberg in aggregate amount not to
exceed for any calendar year the sum of (a) $850,000 plus (b) 2.0% of
the aggregate net cash proceeds in excess of $5.0 million received by
the Company from Kohlberg and/or its controlled Affiliates from (I)
the issuance to Kohlberg and/or such controlled Affiliates of Equity
Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) after the
Issue Date and (II) without duplication of any amounts included in the
immediately preceding clause (I), any contribution to the common
equity capital of the Company; or
(7) the payment of dividends and distributions to Holdings to (a) fund
payments for taxes attributable to the business and operations of the
Company and its Subsidiaries and (b) other expenses of Holdings not to
exceed $250,000 in any calendar year.
The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) shall
be the fair market value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s)
or securities proposed to be transferred or issued by the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment.
The fair market value of any assets or securities that are required to be
valued by this Section 4.07 shall be determined by the Board of Directors,
whose resolution with respect thereto shall be delivered to the Trustee.
Section 4.08. Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting
Subsidiaries.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or permit to exist
or become effective any encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any
Restricted Subsidiary to:
(1) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock to
the Company or any of the Company's Restricted Subsidiaries, or with
respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its
profits, or pay any Indebtedness owed to the Company or any of the
Company's Restricted Subsidiaries;
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(2) make loans or advances to the Company or any of the Company's
Restricted Subsidiaries; or
(3) transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company or any of the
Company's Restricted Subsidiaries.
However, the preceding restrictions will not apply to
encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:
(1) the Credit Facility and Existing Indebtedness, in each case, as in
effect on the date of this Indenture and any amendments,
modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements,
refundings, replacements or refinancings thereof; provided that such
amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases,
supplements, refundings, replacement or refinancings are no more
restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such dividend and other
payment restrictions than those contained in the Credit Facility or
such Existing Indebtedness, as the case may be, as in effect on the
date of this Indenture; provided, further, however, that restrictions
under the Credit Facility may provide for more restrictive limitations
on the ability of the Company to make Investments in Restricted
Subsidiaries or on the ability of Guarantors to make Investments in
non-Guarantor Restricted Subsidiaries;
(2) this Indenture and the Notes;
(3) applicable law;
(4) any instrument governing Indebtedness of a Person acquired by the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as in effect at the time
of such acquisition (except to the extent such Indebtedness was
incurred in connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition),
which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or
the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the
property or assets of the Person, so acquired, provided that such
Indebtedness was permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be
incurred;
(5) customary non-assignment provisions in leases entered into in the
ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices;
(6) Purchase Money Indebtedness that imposes restrictions on the property
so acquired of the nature described in clause (3) of the preceding
paragraph;
(7) any agreement for the sale or other disposition of a Restricted
Subsidiary that restricts distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary
pending its sale or other disposition;
(8) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; provided that the restrictions
contained in the agreements governing such Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness are no more re-
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strictive, taken as a whole, than those contained in the agreements
governing the Indebtedness being refinanced;
(9) Liens securing Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred
pursuant to Section 4.12 hereof;
(10) any instrument governing Indebtedness of a Foreign Restricted
Subsidiary;
(11) provisions with respect to the disposition or distribution of assets
or property in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements
entered into in the ordinary course of business; and
(12) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by
customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of
business.
Section 4.09. Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue,
assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable,
contingently or otherwise, with respect to (collectively, "incur") any
Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt), and the Company will not issue any
Disqualified Stock and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to
issue any shares of preferred stock; provided that the Company and any
Guarantor may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt), and the Company may
issue Disqualified Stock, if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company's
most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial
statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such
additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock is issued would
have been at least 2.0 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.
(b) So long as no Default shall have occurred and be
continuing or would be caused thereby, clause (a) of this Section 4.09 will not
prohibit the incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness
(collectively, "Permitted Debt"):
(1) the incurrence by the Company and the
Guarantors of Indebtedness represented by the Notes, and the
Subsidiary Guarantees thereof, not to exceed $150.0 million
at any one time outstanding;
(2) the incurrence by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to
a revolving credit facility under the Credit Facility in an
aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to
exceed the greater of:
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(a) $25.0 million (reduced by any required
permanent repayments or prepayments with the proceeds of
Asset Sales actually made (which are accompanied by a
corresponding permanent commitment reduction) thereunder); or
(b) the sum of (I) 85% of the net book value of
the accounts receivable of the Company and the Restricted
Subsidiaries and (II) 55% of the net book value of the
inventory of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries,
less the amount of Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to
clause (14) below;
(3) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to an Acquisition
Facility under the Credit Facility in an aggregate principal amount
not to exceed $30.0 million (reduced by any permanent repayments or
prepayments with the proceeds of Asset Sales actually made
thereunder);
(4) other Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted
Subsidiaries outstanding on the Issue Date reduced by the amount of
any scheduled amortization payments or mandatory prepayments when
actually paid or permanent reductions therein;
(5) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Indebtedness represented by Capital Lease Obligations
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 or Purchase Money Indebtedness, in an aggregate principal
amount not to exceed $5.0 million at any time outstanding;
(6) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or
the net proceeds of which are used to refund, refinance or replace,
Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness) that was permitted
to be incurred under clause (a) of this Section 4.09 or clause (1)
(without limitation as to principal amount outstanding), (4) or (5) of
this paragraph;
(7) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Company
and any of its Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that:
(a) if the Company or any Guarantor is the
obligor on such Indebtedness, such Indebtedness must be
unsecured and expressly subordinated to the prior payment in
full in cash of all Obligations with respect to the Notes, in
the case of the Company, or the Subsidiary Guarantee of such
Guarantor, in the case of a Guarantor; and
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(b)(i) any subsequent issuance or transfer of
Equity Interests that results in any such Indebtedness being
held by a Person other than the Company or a Wholly Owned
Restricted Subsidiary thereof and (ii) any sale or other
transfer of any such Indebtedness to a Person that is not
either the Company or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary
thereof shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute an
incurrence of such Indebtedness by the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, that was not
permitted by this clause (7);
(8) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Hedging Obligations;
(9) the guarantee by the Company or any of the Guarantors
of Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company that was permitted to be incurred by another provision of this
Section 4.09;
(10) the incurrence by the Company or any of the
Guarantors of additional Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount
(or accreted value, as applicable) at any time outstanding, including
all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance
or replace any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (10), not
to exceed $10.0 million at any one time outstanding;
(11) the accrual of interest, accretion or amortization
of original issue discount, the payment of interest on any
Indebtedness in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same
terms, and the payment of dividends on Disqualified Stock in the form
of additional shares of the same class of Disqualified Stock;
provided, in each such case, that the amount thereof is included in
Fixed Charges of the Company as accrued;
(12) the incurrence by the Company of Indebtedness arising
from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check,
draft or similar instrument inadvertently (except in the case of
daylight overdrafts) drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary
course of business; provided that such Indebtedness is extinguished
within five Business Days of incurrence;
(13) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Indebtedness represented by letters of credit for the
account of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may
be, in order to provide security for workers' compensation claims,
payment obligations in connection with self-insurance or similar
requirements in the ordinary course of business; and
(14) the incurrence by Foreign Restricted Subsidiaries of
Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount at any one time
outstanding not to ex-
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ceed the greater of $5.0 million or the sum of (a) 85% of the
net book value of accounts receivable of the Foreign
Restricted Subsidiaries and (b) 55% of the net book value of
the inventory of the Foreign Restricted Subsidiaries.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section
4.09, in the event that an item of proposed Indebtedness meets the criteria of
more than one of the categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses (1)
through (14) above, or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to clause (a) of
this Section 4.09, the Company will be permitted to classify such item of
Indebtedness on the date of its incurrence in any manner that complies with
this covenant.
(c) The Company will not incur, create, issue, assume,
guarantee or otherwise become liable for any Indebtedness that is subordinate
or junior in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Company unless
such Indebtedness is equally subordinate or junior in right of payment to the
Notes. No Guarantor will incur, create, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise
become liable for any Indebtedness that is subordinate or junior in right of
payment to any other Indebtedness of such Guarantor unless such Indebtedness is
equally subordinate or junior in right of payment to such Guarantor's
Subsidiary Guarantee.
Section 4.10. Asset Sales
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(1) The Company (or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be)
receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal
to the fair market value of the assets or Equity Interests issued or
sold or otherwise disposed of;
(2) such fair market value is determined by the Company's Board of
Directors and evidenced by a resolution of the Board of Directors set
forth in an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee; and
(3) at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by the Company or
such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents.
For purposes of this provision, each of the following shall be deemed
to be cash:
(a) any liabilities (as shown on the Company's or such Restricted
Subsidiary's most recent balance sheet), of the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities
and liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the
Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee) that are assumed by the
transferee of any such assets pursuant to a customary
novation agreement that releases the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary from further liability; and
(b) any securities, notes or other obligations received by the
Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such
transferee that are contemporaneously
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(subject to ordinary settlement periods) converted by the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash (to the
extent of the cash received in that conversion).
Within 360 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an
Asset Sale, the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary may apply such
Net Proceeds at its option:
(1) to permanently repay Indebtedness secured by
assets or Equity Interests owned by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary;
(2) to acquire Replacement Assets; or
(3) to the extent the Net Proceeds are derived from
assets or Equity Interests sold by a Foreign Restricted
Subsidiary, to repay Indebtedness of such Foreign Restricted
Subsidiary.
Pending the final application of any such Net Proceeds, the Company or the
applicable Restricted Subsidiary may temporarily reduce revolving credit
borrowings or otherwise invest such Net Proceeds in any manner that is not
prohibited by this Indenture.
Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied or
invested as provided in the preceding paragraph will constitute "Excess
Proceeds." When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $5.0 million,
the Company will make an offer (an "Asset Sale Offer") to all Holders of Notes
to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes that may be purchased out of
the Excess Proceeds (the "Asset Sale Offer Amount"). The offer price in any
Asset Sale Offer will be equal to 100% of principal amount plus accrued and
unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase (the "Asset Sale Payment"),
and will be payable in cash. If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation
of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company may use such Excess Proceeds for any
purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture. If the aggregate principal
amount of Notes tendered into such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of
Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be purchased on a pro
rata basis to the extent practicable. Upon completion of each Asset Sale Offer,
the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.
Upon the commencement of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company
shall send, by first class mail, a notice to the Trustee and to each Holder at
its registered address. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials
necessary to enable such Holder to tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale
Offer. Any Asset Sale Offer shall be made to all Holders. The notice, which
shall govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer, shall state: (1) that the Asset
Sale Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.10; (2) the Asset Sale
Offer Amount, the Asset Sale Payment and the date on which Notes tendered and
accepted for payment shall be purchased, which date shall be at least 30 days
and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the "Asset Sale
Payment Date"); (3) that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment shall
continue to accrete or accrue interest; (4) that, unless the Company defaults
in making such payment, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Asset
Sale Offer shall cease to accrete or accrue interest after the Asset Sale
Payment
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Date; (5) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to the 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; (6) 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 the Paying Agent at
the address specified in the notice at least three days before the Asset Sale
Payment Date; (7) 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 Asset Sale Payment Date, a notice setting forth the name of
the Holder, the principal amount of the Note the Holder delivered for purchase
and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note
purchased; (8) that, if the aggregate principal amount of Notes surrendered by
Holders exceeds the Asset Sale 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 (9) 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). The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule
14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations
thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection
with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of an Asset Sale.
On the Asset Sale Payment Date, the Company shall, to the
extent lawful: (1) accept for payment all Notes or portions thereof properly
tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer; (2) deposit with the Paying Agent an
amount equal to the Asset Sale 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 repurchased by
the Company. The Company shall publicly announce the results of the Asset Sale
Offer on the Asset Sale Payment Date.
The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to each Holder of Notes
so tendered the Asset Sale Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee shall
promptly authenticate pursuant to an Authentication Order and mail (or cause to
be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal
amount to any unrepurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any; provided
that each such new Note shall be in a principal amount of $1,000 or an integral
multiple thereof. However, if the Asset Sale Payment 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.
Section 4.11. Transactions with Affiliates.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or
otherwise dispose of any of its properties or
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assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or
amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or
guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate (each, an "Affiliate
Transaction"), unless:
(1) such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are no less favorable to
the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that
would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Company or
such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person; and
(2) the Company delivers to the Trustee:
(a) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of
related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate
consideration in excess of $1.0 million, a resolution of the
Board of Directors set forth in an Officers' Certificate
certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with this
Section 4.11 and that such Affiliate Transaction has been
approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the
Board of Directors; and
(b) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of
related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate
consideration in excess of $10.0 million, an opinion as to
the fairness to the Holders of such Affiliate Transaction
from a financial point of view issued by an accounting,
appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing.
The following items shall not be deemed to be Affiliate
Transactions and, therefore, will not be subject to the provisions of the prior
paragraph:
(1) any employment agreement entered into by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and
consistent with the past practice of the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary or that is approved by a majority of the disinterested
directors of the Company;
(2) transactions between or among the Company and/or its Restricted
Subsidiaries;
(3) payment of reasonable directors fees to Persons who are not otherwise
Affiliates of the Company; and
(4) Restricted Payments and Permitted Investments that are permitted by
the provisions of Section 4.07 hereof.
Section 4.12. Liens.
The Company will not, and will not permit any Guarantor to,
incur or suffer to exist any Lien on or with respect to any property or assets
now owned or hereafter acquired by the Company or any Guarantor to secure any
Indebtedness without making, or causing such Guarantor to make, effective
provision for securing the Notes or such Guarantor's Sub-
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sidiary Guarantee, as the case may be, (x) equally and ratably with (or prior
to) such Indebtedness as to such property for so long as such Indebtedness will
be so secured or (y) in the event such Indebtedness is subordinate in right of
payment to the Notes or such Guarantor's Subsidiary Guarantee, as the case may
be, prior to such Indebtedness as to such property for so long as such
Indebtedness will be so secured.
The foregoing restrictions on the Company and the Guarantors
shall not apply to:
(1) Liens existing on the Issue Date and securing Indebtedness outstanding
on the Issue Date or Liens securing the Notes or the Subsidiary
Guarantees;
(2) Liens securing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the Credit Facility
in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed amounts permitted to be
incurred pursuant to clauses (2) and (3) under Section 4.09(b) hereof;
(3) Liens in favor of the Company or any Guarantor that is Wholly Owned
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
(4) Liens on real or personal property of the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company acquired, constructed or constituting
improvements made after the Issue Date to secure Capital Lease
Obligations or Purchase Money Indebtedness, provided, however, that:
(a) the Incurrence of such Indebtedness was permitted under Section
4.09 hereof; (b) the principal amount of any Indebtedness secured by
such a Lien does not exceed 100% of such purchase price or cost of
construction or improvement of the property subject to such Lien; (c)
such Lien attaches to such property prior to, at the time of or within
180 days after the acquisition, completion of construction or
commencement of operation of such property; and (d) such Lien does not
extend to or cover any property other than the property (or
identifiable portions thereof) acquired, constructed or constituting
improvements made with the proceeds of such Purchase Money
Indebtedness;
(5) Liens to secure Acquired Debt; provided, however, that (a) such Lien
attaches to the acquired asset prior to the time of the acquisition of
such asset and (b) such Lien does not extend to or cover any other
asset;
(6) Liens to secure Indebtedness incurred to extend, renew, refinance or
refund (or successive extensions, renewals, refinancings or refundings
of), in whole or in part, Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to
in the foregoing clauses (1), (2), (4) and (5) so long as such Lien
does not extend to any other property and the principal amount of
Indebtedness so secured is not increased except as otherwise permitted
under clause (6) of Section 4.09(b) hereof;
(7) Liens on Equity Interests issued by a Restricted Subsidiary that is
not a Guarantor securing Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary;
provided however, that the
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Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Company or any
Guarantor;
(8) Liens securing Hedging Obligations; and
(9) Permitted Liens.
Section 4.13. Issuances and Sales of Equity Interests in Restricted
Subsidiaries.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, transfer, convey, sell, lease or otherwise dispose
of any Equity Interests in any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to any
Person (other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company),
unless:
(1) such transfer, conveyance, sale, lease or other disposition is of all
the Equity Interests in such Restricted Subsidiary; and
(2) the cash Net Proceeds from such transfer, conveyance, sale, lease or
other disposition are applied in accordance with Section 4.10 hereof.
In addition, the Company will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company to issue any of its Equity Interests (other than, if necessary, shares
of its Capital Stock constituting directors' qualifying shares) to any Person
other than to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company.
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.
If a Change of Control occurs, 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
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plus accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest thereon, if any, to the
date of purchase (the "Change of Control Payment").
Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company
shall send, by first class mail, a notice to the Trustee and to each Holder at
its registered address. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials
necessary to enable such Holder to tender Notes pursuant to the Change of
Control Offer. Any Change of Control Offer shall be made to all Holders. The
notice, which shall govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer, shall
state: (1) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this
Section 4.15; (2) the Change of Control Payment and the date on which Notes
tendered and accepted for payment shall be purchased, which date shall be at
least 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed
(the "Change of Control Payment Date"); (3) that any Note not tendered or
accepted for payment shall continue to accrete or accrue interest; (4) that,
unless the Company defaults in making such payment, any Note accepted for
payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer shall cease to accrete or
accrue interest after the Change of Control Payment Date; (5) that Holders
electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to the Change of Control Offer may
only elect to have all of such Note purchased and may not elect to have only a
portion of such Note purchased; (6) that Holders electing to have a Note
purchased pursuant to any Change of Control 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 the Paying Agent at
the address specified in the notice at least three days before the Change of
Control Payment Date; (7) 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 Change of Control Payment Date, a notice
setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note the
Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing
his election to have such Note purchased; (8) that Notes and portions of Notes
purchased 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 purchased, the entire
outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder, even if not a multiple of
$1,000, shall be purchased; and (9) 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). The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under
the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to
the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the
repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control.
On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, 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
repurchased by the Company. The Company shall publicly announce the results of
the Change of Control Offer on the Change of Control Payment Date.
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The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to each Holder of Notes
so tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee shall
promptly authenticate pursuant to an Authentication Order and mail (or cause to
be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal
amount to any unrepurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any; provided
that each such new Note shall be in a principal amount of $1,000 or an integral
multiple thereof. However, if the Change of Control Payment 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 Change of
Control Offer.
Subject to the second succeeding paragraph, the provisions
described above that require the Company to make a Change of Control Offer
following a Change of Control will be applicable regardless of whether or not
any other provisions of this Indenture are applicable.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section
4.15, the Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon
a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the
manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set
forth in this Section 4.15 and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not
withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section
4.15, the Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer, as
provided above, if, in connection with or in contemplation of any Change of
Control, it has made an offer to purchase (an "Alternate Offer") any and all
Notes validly tendered at a cash price equal to or higher than the Change of
Control Payment and has purchased all Notes properly tendered in accordance
with the terms of such Alternate Offer.
Section 4.16. Payments for Consent.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any
consideration to or for the benefit of any Holder of Notes for or as an
inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or
provisions of this Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is offered
to be paid and is paid to all Holders of the Notes that consent, waive or agree
to amend in the time frame set forth in the solicitation documents relating to
such consent, waiver or agreement.
Section 4.17. Additional Subsidiary Guarantees
If the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries creates
another Domestic Restricted Subsidiary after the date of this Indenture or
acquires another Domestic Restricted Subsidiary that is a Wholly Owned
Restricted Subsidiary after the date of this Indenture, then that newly
acquired or created Domestic Restricted Subsidiary must become a Guarantor and
shall (i) execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture in form
substantially similar to Exhibit F hereto pursuant to which such Domestic
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ary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Company's obligations under the
Notes and this Indenture on the terms set forth in this Indenture and (ii)
deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel that such supplemental indenture
has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Restricted Subsidiary
and constitutes a legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligation of such
Restricted Subsidiary, subject to normal exceptions. Thereafter, such Domestic
Restricted Subsidiary shall be a Guarantor for all purposes of this Indenture.
In addition, if the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries acquires a Domestic Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Wholly
Owned Restricted Subsidiary at the time of acquisition, but shall thereafter
become a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, such Domestic Restricted
Subsidiary shall comply with the provisions of clauses (i) and (ii) of the
immediately preceding paragraph, and shall thereafter be a Guarantor for all
purposes of this Indenture. The Company, at its option, may cause a Domestic
Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary to
become a Guarantor in accordance with the provisions of clauses (i) and (ii) of
the immediately preceding paragraph.
Section 4.18. Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
The Board of Directors may designate any Restricted
Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if:
(1) that designation would not cause a Default;
(2) the Company will, on the date of such designation after giving pro
forma effect thereto as if the same had occurred at the beginning of
the applicable four-quarter period, be permitted to incur at least
$1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a) hereof;
(3) such Subsidiary has no Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Debt;
(4) such Subsidiary is not party to any agreement, contract, arrangement
or understanding with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company unless the terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement
or understanding are no less favorable to the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time
from Persons who are not Affiliates of the Company;
(5) such Subsidiary is a Person with respect to which neither the Company
nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct or indirect
obligation to subscribe for additional Equity Interests or to maintain
or preserve such Person's financial condition or to cause such Person
to achieve any specified levels of operating results; and
(6) such Subsidiary has not guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly
provided credit support for any Indebtedness of the Company or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Any designation of a Subsidiary of the Company as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the
Trustee a certified copy of the board
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resolution giving effect to such designation and an Officers' Certificate
certifying that such designation complied with the preceding conditions and was
permitted by Section 4.07 hereof.
If a Restricted Subsidiary is designated as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary, all outstanding Investments owned by the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries in the Subsidiary so designated will be deemed to be a Restricted
Investment made as of the time of such designation and will reduce the amount
available for Restricted Payments under the first paragraph of Section 4.07
hereof or Permitted Investments, as applicable. All such outstanding
Investments will be valued at their fair market value at the time of such
designation (the amount of such Investments, the "Designation Amount"). That
designation will only be permitted if such Restricted Payment would be
permitted at that time.
If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to
meet any of the requirements set forth in clauses (3) through (6) of the first
paragraph of this Section 4.18, it shall thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted
Subsidiary for purposes of this Indenture and any Indebtedness and Liens of
such Subsidiary shall be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company as of such date and, if any such Indebtedness or Lien is not
permitted to be incurred as of such date under this Indenture, the Company
shall be in default of the applicable covenant(s). The Board of Directors of
the Company may at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a
Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such designation shall be deemed to be an
incurrence of Indebtedness and Liens by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company
of any outstanding Indebtedness and Liens of such Unrestricted Subsidiary and
such designation shall only be permitted if:
(1) such Indebtedness is permitted under Section 4.09 hereof, calculated
on a pro forma basis as if such designation had occurred at the
beginning of the four-quarter reference period;
(2) such Liens are permitted under Section 4.12 hereof; and
(3) no Default or Event of Default would be in existence following such
designation.
Section 4.19. Issuances of Guarantees of Indebtedness.
The Company will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors to, directly or indirectly, Guarantee or
pledge any assets to secure the payment of any other Indebtedness of the
Company or any Guarantor unless such Restricted Subsidiary simultaneously
executes and delivers a supplemental indenture providing for the Guarantee of
the payment of the Notes by such Restricted Subsidiary, which Guarantee shall
be senior to or pari passu with such Restricted Subsidiary's Guarantee of or
pledge to secure such other Indebtedness.
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ARTICLE 5.
SUCCESSORS
Section 5.01. Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets.
The Company may not, directly or indirectly: (i) consolidate or merge
with or into another Person (whether or not the Company is the surviving
corporation); or (ii) sell, assign, lease, transfer, convey or otherwise
dispose of (or cause or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to sell,
assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of) all or substantially all of
the Company's properties or assets (determined on a consolidated basis for the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries), in one or more related transactions,
to another Person; unless:
(1) either: (a) the Company is the surviving corporation; or (b) the
Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if
other than the Company) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer,
conveyance or other disposition shall have been made is a corporation
organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state
thereof or the District of Columbia;
(2) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if
other than the Company) or the Person to which such sale, assignment,
transfer, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made assumes
all the obligations of the Company under the Notes, this Indenture and
the Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to agreements reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee;
(3) immediately after such transaction, no Default or Event of Default
exists (including, without limitation, after giving effect to any
Liens incurred, assumed or granted in connection with or in respect of
such transaction); and
(4) the Company or the Person formed by or surviving any such
consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) will, on the date
of such transaction after giving pro forma effect thereto and any
related financing transactions as if the same had occurred at the
beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, be permitted to incur
at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a) hereof.
In addition, the Company may not, directly or indirectly, lease all or
substantially all of its properties or assets, in one or more related
transactions, to any other Person. The provisions of this Section 5.01 will not
apply to a sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of
assets between or among the Company and any Guarantors which are Wholly Owned
Restricted Subsidiaries.
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Section 5.02. Successor Corporation Substituted.
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer,
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, 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, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other
disposition, the provisions of this Indenture referring to the "Company" shall
refer instead to the successor corporation and not to the Company), and may
exercise every right and power of the Company under this Indenture with the
same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein;
provided, however, that the predecessor Company shall not be relieved from the
obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes except in the case
of a sale of all of the Company's assets that meets the requirements of Section
5.01 hereof.
ARTICLE 6.
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01. Events of Default.
Each of the following is an "Event of Default":
(a) default for a continued period of 30 days in the payment when due
of interest on, or Special Interest on, the Notes;
(b) default in the payment when due of the principal of or premium, if
any, on the Notes;
(c) failure by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to comply with
any of the provisions of Section 4.07, 4.09, 4.10 or 4.15 hereof;
(d) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for
30 days after notice to comply with any of the other agreements in this
Indenture;
(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 Restricted
Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Company or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries) whether such Indebtedness or Guarantee now
exists, or is created after the date of this Indenture, if that default (i)
is caused by a failure to pay principal of or premium, if any, or interest
on such Indebtedness after the expiration of the grace period provided in
such Indebtedness on the date of such default (a "Payment Default") or (ii)
results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its Stated
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ity, and, in each case, the principal amount of such Indebtedness, together
with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has
been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated,
aggregates $10.0 million or more;
(f) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of $10.0 million, which judgments
are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60 days;
(g) the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that are
Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken as
a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the
meaning of the 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
Restricted Subsidiaries that are Significant Subsidiaries or any group
of Restricted 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
Restricted Subsidiaries that are Significant Subsidiaries or any group
of Restricted 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 Restricted Subsidiaries that are
Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that,
taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; or
(iii) orders the liquidation of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries that are Significant Subsidiaries or any group
of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary;
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and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60
consecutive days; or
(i) except as permitted by this Indenture, any
Subsidiary Guarantee is held in any judicial proceeding to be
unenforceable or invalid or ceases for any reason to be in full force
and effect or any Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of any
Guarantor, denies or disaffirms in writing its obligations under its
Subsidiary Guarantee.
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 Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or any
group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, 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. 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 Restricted Subsidiaries that are
Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken
together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, all outstanding Notes
shall be due and payable without further action or notice.
At any time after a declaration of acceleration has been made
and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained
by the Trustee, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Notes outstanding, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may
rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences:
(a) if the rescission would not conflict with any
judgment or decree;
(b) if all existing Events of Default have been cured or
waived as provided in Section 6.04 except nonpayment of principal of or
interest on the Notes that has become due solely because of the acceleration;
(c) to the extent the payment of such interest is
lawful, if interest on overdue installments of interest and overdue principal,
which has become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, has
been paid;
(d) if the Company has paid the Trustee its reasonable
compensation and reimbursed the Trustee for its expenses, disbursements and
advances; and
(e) in the event of the cure or waiver of an Event of
Default specified in clause (g) or (h) of Section 6.01 hereof, the Trustee
shall have received an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel that
such Event of Default has been cured or waived.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon provided in Section 6.04.
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Section 6.03. Other Remedies; Optional Redemption Premium.
(a) 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.
(b) 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 Section 3.07 hereof, 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 September 15,
2003 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
contained in Section 3.07 hereof on redemption of the Notes prior to September
15, 2003, then the premium specified in Section 3.07 hereof shall also become
immediately due and payable to the extent permitted by law upon the
acceleration of the Notes.
Section 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults.
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 past or existing Default or Event of Default and its
consequences hereunder, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the
payment of the principal of, premium and Special Interest, if any, or interest
on the Notes. Upon such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any
Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every
purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 6.05. Control by Majority.
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any
trust or power conferred on it. Holders may not enforce this Indenture or the
Notes, however, except as provided in this Indenture. In addition, the Trustee
may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or
that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other
Holders of Notes or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability.
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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 and
subject to Section 10.02, the right of any Holder of a Note to receive payment
of principal, premium and Special Interest, if any, and interest on the Note,
on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Note (including in
connection with an offer to purchase), or to bring suit for the enforcement of
any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or
affected without the consent of such Holder.
Section 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee.
If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(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 for the whole
amount of principal of, premium and Special Interest, 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 and take other actions (including participating as a
member of any creditor's committee acting in the matter) as the Trustee may
determine, in its reasonable discretion, to 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 pro-
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ceeding 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;
Second: to Holders of Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the
Notes for principal, premium and Special Interest, 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 Special Interest, 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 and expenses, 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 Sec-
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tion 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 person would exercise or use under the circumstances in
the conduct of such person's own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of
Default:
(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 Indenture. However, in the case of any such certificates or
opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be
furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine the certificates
and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the
requirements of this Indenture.
(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 the paragraphs of this Section.
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(e) 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 of its selection and the 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.
(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 shall be sufficient if
signed by an Officer of the Company.
(f) 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 or powers under this Indenture at
the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders shall have
offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee
against any loss, liability or expense that might be incurred by it in
compliance with such request or direction.
(g) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into
the facts or matters stated in any document, but the Trustee, in its
discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or
matters as it may see fit and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such
further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books,
records and the premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at
the sole cost of the Company, and shall incur no liability or additional
liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.
(h) The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder
or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys and the
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Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part
of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder.
(i) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default
or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual
knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a
default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee, and such notice references the Securities and this Indenture.
(j) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits
given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be
indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each
of its capacities hereunder, and to each agent, custodian and other Person
employed to act hereunder.
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
Commission 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 actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee
shall mail to Holders of Notes as it appears on the Registrar 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 relating to the payment of principal or
interest on any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice if it determines, in
good faith, that withholding the notice is in the interest of the Holders of
the Notes.
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Section 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes.
Within 90 days after each December 31 beginning with the
December 31 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 ss. 313(a) (but
if no event described in TIA ss. 313(a) has occurred within the twelve months
preceding the reporting date, no report need be transmitted). The Trustee also
shall comply with TIA ss. 313(b)(2). The Trustee shall also transmit by mail
all reports as required by TIA ss. 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 Commission
and each stock exchange on which the Notes are listed in accordance with TIA
ss. 313(d). The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee when the Notes are
listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof.
Section 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity.
The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time
compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services as the Company
and the Trustee shall from time to time agree in writing. 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 compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee's agents and
counsel.
The Company shall indemnify the Trustee against any and all
losses, damages, claims, liabilities or expenses incurred by it including taxes
(other than taxes based upon, measured by or determined by the income of the
Trustee) 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 acceptance,
exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to the
extent any such loss, damage, claim, 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,
except to the extent that the Company is actually prejudiced thereby. 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.
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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 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 ss.
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, at the expense of the Company.
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.
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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 $50.0 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 ss. 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee is subject to TIA
ss. 310(b).
Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company.
The Trustee is subject to TIA ss. 311(a), excluding any
creditor relationship listed in TIA ss. 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or
been removed shall be subject to TIA ss. 311(a) to the extent indicated
therein.
ARTICLE 8.
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE; DISCHARGE
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 and Subsidiary Guarantees upon compliance with the conditions set forth
below in this Article 8.
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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 8.04,
payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest and
Special 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 8.
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 4.03, 4.04,
4.05, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.15, 4.16, 4.17, 4.19 and
clauses (3) and (4) of Section 5.01 hereof with respect to the outstanding
Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 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 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(c) through 6.01(f) hereof shall not constitute Events of Default.
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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 of the Notes, cash
in U.S. 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, if any, and interest on the outstanding
Notes on the Stated Maturity or on the applicable redemption date, as
the case may be, and the Company must specify whether the Notes are
being defeased to maturity or to a particular redemption date;
(b) in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Company shall
have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that
(1) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the
Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (2) 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 Covenant Defeasance, the Company
shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming
that the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income,
gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such
Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the
same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have
been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;
(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 borrowing of funds to be applied
to such deposit);
(e) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will
not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under,
any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to
which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a party or
by which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is bound;
(f) the Company must have delivered to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that after the 91st day following the
deposit, the trust funds will not be
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subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally;
(g) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with
the intent of preferring the Holders of Notes over the other creditors
of the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or
defrauding creditors of the Company or others; and
(h) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all
conditions precedent 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.
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 8 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 the 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
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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.
Section 8.08. Discharge.
This Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of
further effect (except as to surviving rights of registration of transfer or
exchange of the Notes, as expressly provided for in this Indenture) as to all
outstanding Notes when (a) either (i) all Notes theretofore authenticated and
delivered (except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes which have been replaced or
paid and Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust
or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the
Company or discharged from such trust) have been delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation or (ii) all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation have become due and payable and the Company has irrevocably
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee funds in an amount
sufficient to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Notes not
theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on the Notes to the date of deposit together with
irrevocable instructions from the Company directing the Trustee to apply such
funds to the payment thereof at maturity or redemption, as the case may be; (b)
the Company has paid all other sums payable under this Indenture by the
Company; and (c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions precedent
under this Indenture relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture have been complied with; provided, however, that such counsel may
rely, as to matters of fact, on a certificate or certificates of officers of
the Company.
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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
and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Notes without
notice to or 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 obligations to the Holders of the Notes in the case of a merger or
consolidation of the Company or sale of all or substantially all of the
Company's assets; (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 such Holder; or (e) to comply with
requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the qualification
of this Indenture under the TIA.
Section 9.02. With Consent of Holders of Notes.
Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Company
and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture (including Sections 4.10
and 4.15 hereof) or the Notes and/or any Subsidiary Guarantees with the consent
of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then
outstanding voting as a single class (including, without limitation, consents
obtained in connection with a purchase of, tender offer or exchange offer for,
Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, any existing Default or
Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of Default in the payment of
the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, except a payment
default resulting from an acceleration that has been rescinded) or compliance
with any provision of this Indenture, the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees
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
purchase of, tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes). Section 2.08 hereof
shall determine which Notes are considered to be "outstanding" for purposes of
this Section 9.02.
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
9.02 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 voting as a single class may waive compliance in a particular
instance by the Company and/or the Guarantors with any provision of this
Indenture, the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees.
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Notwithstanding anything in this Section 9.02 to the
contrary, without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment or waiver
under this Section 9.02 may not (with respect to any Notes held by a
non-consenting Holder):
(a) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders
must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
(b) reduce the principal of or change or have the effect
of changing the Stated Maturity of any Note or alter the provisions
with respect to the redemption of the Notes (except as provided above
with respect to Sections 4.10 and 4.15 hereof);
(c) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of
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 Notes and a waiver of
the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);
(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 or premium, if any, or interest on
the Notes;
(g) waive a redemption payment with respect to any Note
(other than a payment required by Section 4.10 or 4.15 hereof);
(h) amend, change or modify in any material respect the
obligation of the Company to make and consummate a Change of Control
Offer in the event that a Change of Control has already occurred or
make and consummate an Asset Sale Offer with respect to any Asset Sale
that has been consummated or modify any of the provisions or
definitions with respect thereto in this Indenture or the Notes;
(i) release any Guarantor from any of its obligations
under its Subsidiary Guarantee or this Indenture otherwise than in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture;
(j) adversely affect the ranking of the Notes or any
Subsidiary Guarantee; or
(k) make any change in Section 6.04 or 6.07 hereof or in
the preceding amendment and waiver provisions.
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Section 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.
Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture 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 amendment, supplement or
waiver becomes effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective
in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder.
Section 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Notes.
The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an
amendment, supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The
Company in exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt
of an Authentication Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment,
supplement or waiver.
Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note
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 9 if the amendment or supplement does not
adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee.
The Company may not sign an amendment or supplemental indenture until its Board
of Directors approves it. In executing any amended or supplemental indenture,
the Trustee shall be entitled to receive and (subject to Section 7.01 hereof)
shall be fully protected in relying upon, in addition to the documents required
by Section 12.04 hereof, an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel
stating that the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture is
authorized or permitted by this Indenture.
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ARTICLE 10.
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
Section 10.01. Guarantee.
Subject to this Article 10, each of the Guarantors hereby,
jointly and severally, unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its
successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this
Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder,
that: (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 shall be
jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor
agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.
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 shall
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, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee,
liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Company
or the Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder,
this Subsidiary Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be
reinstated in full force and effect.
Each Guarantor agrees that it 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
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hereof 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 hereof, 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 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 10.02. Limitation on Guarantor Liability.
Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder,
hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the
Subsidiary Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or
conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance
Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to
the extent applicable to any Subsidiary Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing
intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree
that the obligations of such Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee and this
Article 10 shall be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect
to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such
Guarantor that are relevant under such laws, and after giving effect to any
collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on
behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other
Guarantor under this Article 10, result in the obligations of such Guarantor
under its Subsidiary Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or
conveyance.
Section 10.03. Execution and Delivery of Subsidiary Guarantee.
To evidence its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in Section
10.01, each Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Subsidiary
Guarantee substantially in the form included in Exhibit E shall be endorsed by
an Officer of such Guarantor on each Note authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee and that this Indenture shall be executed on behalf of such Guarantor
by its Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President, Vice
President, Chief Financial Officer, Controller or Secretary. Further, the
Company shall cause all future Guarantors to execute a Supplemental Indenture
substantially in the form of Exhibit F.
Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee
set forth in Section 10.01 shall remain in full force and effect
notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such
Subsidiary Guarantee.
If an Officer 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.
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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.
In the event that the Company creates or acquires any new
Subsidiaries subsequent to the date of this Indenture, if required by Section
4.17 hereof the Company shall cause such Subsidiaries to execute supplemental
indentures to this Indenture and Subsidiary Guarantees in accordance with
Section 4.17 hereof and this Article 10, to the extent applicable; provided
that all Subsidiaries that have properly been designated as Unrestricted
Subsidiaries in accordance with this Indenture will (i) not be subject to the
requirements of Section 4.17 hereof and (ii) be released from all Obligations
under any Subsidiary Guarantee, in each case for so long as they continue to
constitute Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
Section 10.04. Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms.
A Guarantor may not sell or otherwise dispose of all or
substantially all of its assets, or consolidate with or merge with or into
(whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving Person), another Person unless:
(i) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of
Default exists; (ii) either (a) the Person acquiring the property in any such
sale or disposition or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation
or merger (if other than such Guarantor) assumes all the obligations of such
Guarantor under the Notes, this Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement
pursuant to a supplemental indenture reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee; or
(b) the Net Proceeds of such sale or other disposition are applied in
accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture, including, without
limitation, Section 4.10 hereof and (iii) if the Guarantor is merging or
consolidating with or transferring its assets to a Person other than the
Company and/or other Guarantors, the Company will, on the date of such
transaction after giving pro forma effect thereto and any related financing
transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable
four-quarter period, be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional
Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in
Section 4.09(a) hereof.
Section 10.05. Releases Following Sale of Assets or Capital Stock.
The Subsidiary Guarantee of a Guarantor will be released:
(1) in connection with any sale or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of such Guarantor (including by way of
merger or consolidation), if the Company applies the Net Proceeds of
that sale or other disposition in accordance with the applicable
provisions of this Indenture, including, without limitation, Section
4.10 hereof; or
(2) in connection with any sale of all of the Capital Stock of a
Guarantor, if the Company applies the Net Proceeds of that sale in
accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture,
including, without limitation, Section 4.10 hereof; or
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(3) if the Company designates any Restricted Subsidiary that is a
Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with this
Indenture.
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 10.
ARTICLE 11.
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 11.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or
conflicts with the duties imposed by TIA ss. 318(c), the imposed duties shall
control.
Section 11.02. Notices.
Any notice or communication by the Company, any Guarantor or
the Trustee to the others is duly given if in writing and delivered in person
or mailed by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt
requested), or sent by telecopier or overnight courier guaranteeing next day
delivery, to the other's address.
If to the Company and/or any Guarantor:
Holley Performance Products Inc.
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Telecopier No.: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
With a copy to:
Hunton & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Bank of America Plaza
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Telecopier No.: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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If to the Trustee:
State Street Bank and Trust Company
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Telecopier No.: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: Corporate Trust
Re: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Performance Products Inc.
The Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee, by notice to the
others may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices
or communications.
All notices and communications (other than those sent to
Holders) 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 receipt is 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, 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 ss.
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 11.03. Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes.
Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA ss. 312(b) with other
Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The
Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection
of TIA ss. 312(c).
Section 11.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee
to take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the
Trustee:
(a) an Officers' Certificate in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the
statements set forth in Section 11.05 hereof) stating that, in the
opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if
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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 11.05 hereof) stating that, in the
opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants
have been satisfied.
Section 11.05. 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 ss. 314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions of TIA
ss. 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 11.06. Rules by Trustee and Agents.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a
meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and
set reasonable requirements for its functions.
Section 11.07. No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and
Stockholders.
No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder
of the Company or any Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability for any
obligations of the Company or such Guarantor under the Notes, this Indenture,
the Subsidiary Guarantees or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by
reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by
accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release
are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
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Section 11.08. 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
WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE
EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE
REQUIRED THEREBY.
Section 11.09. 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.
Section 11.10. Successors.
All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes
shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture
shall bind its successors.
Section 11.11. Severability.
In case any provision in this Indenture 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 11.12. Counterpart Originals; Acceptance by Trustee.
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. State Street Bank and Trust Company hereby accepts the trusts
in this Indenture declared or provided, upon the terms and conditions
hereinabove set forth.
Section 11.13. Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of
the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience
of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and 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 September 20, 1999
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Guarantors:
▇▇▇▇▇▇ Performance Systems, Inc.
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Chief Financial Officer
▇▇▇▇▇▇ Automotive Industries, Inc.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Lunati Cams, Inc.
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Chief Financial Officer
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Lunati & ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Pistons, Inc.
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Chief Financial Officer
LMT Motor Sports Corporation
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Hooker Industries, Inc.
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Chief Financial Officer
State Street Bank and Trust Company
as Trustee
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Assistant Vice President