ARMOR HOLDINGS, INC.
as Issuer,
THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS
as Guarantors
and
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
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FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of October 29, 2004
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2.00% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes due November 1, 2024
Table of Contents
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ARTICLE I
Definitions
ARTICLE II
Establishment and Terms of the Notes
SECTION 2.01 Establishment of Series................................................7
SECTION 2.02 Maturity, Payment of Principal and Interest............................8
SECTION 2.03 Sinking Fund...........................................................9
SECTION 2.04 Defeasance.............................................................9
SECTION 2.05 Paying Agent and Registrar.............................................9
SECTION 2.06 Conversion Agent.......................................................9
SECTION 2.07 Tax Treatment..........................................................9
ARTICLE III
Redemptions, Repurchases and Fundamental Changes
SECTION 3.01 Redemption Rights.....................................................10
SECTION 3.02 Repurchase Rights.....................................................10
SECTION 3.03 Exchange in Lieu of Repurchase........................................12
SECTION 3.04 Repurchase at Option of the Holder Upon a Fundamental Change..........12
SECTION 3.05 Adjustment to Applicable Conversion Rate Upon a Fundamental Change....15
SECTION 3.06 Public Acquirer Change of Control.....................................16
ARTICLE IV
Conversion
SECTION 4.01 Conversion Rights.....................................................17
SECTION 4.02 Conversion Consideration..............................................18
SECTION 4.03 Conversion Procedures.................................................18
SECTION 4.04 Exchange in Lieu of Conversion........................................19
SECTION 4.05 Anti-Dilution Adjustments.............................................19
SECTION 4.06 Trustee Adjustment Disclaimer.........................................24
SECTION 4.07 Registration of Common Stock upon Conversion..........................24
ARTICLE V
Subsidiary Guarantees
SECTION 5.01 Subsidiary Guarantors.................................................24
SECTION 5.02 Release of Subsidiary Guarantors......................................25
SECTION 5.03 Additional Subsidiary Guarantors......................................25
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ARTICLE VI
Subordination of the Notes
SECTION 6.01 Agreement to Subordinate..............................................26
SECTION 6.02 Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy..................................26
SECTION 6.03 Default on Designated Senior Debt.....................................26
SECTION 6.04 Acceleration of Notes.................................................27
SECTION 6.05 When Distribution Must Be Paid Over...................................27
SECTION 6.06 Notice by the Company.................................................28
SECTION 6.07 Subrogation...........................................................28
SECTION 6.08 Relative Rights.......................................................28
SECTION 6.09 Subordination May Not Be Impaired by the Company......................28
SECTION 6.10 Distribution or Notice to Representative..............................28
SECTION 6.11 Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent....................................29
SECTION 6.12 Authorization to Effect Subordination.................................29
ARTICLE VII
Limitation on Unsecured Senior Indebtedness
SECTION 7.01 Limitation on Unsecured Senior Indebtedness...........................29
ARTICLE VIII
Consolidation, Merger, Sale or Transfer
SECTION 8.01 Consolidation, Merger, Sale of Transfer...............................29
ARTICLE IX
Event of Default
SECTION 9.01 Event of Default.................................................30
ARTICLE X
Modification and Waiver
SECTION 10.01 Modification and Waiver..........................................33
ARTICLE XI
Miscellaneous
SECTION 11.01 Trustee Matters.......................................................35
SECTION 11.02 Calculations..........................................................35
SECTION 11.03 Ratification..........................................................35
SECTION 11.04 Counterpart Originals.................................................35
SECTION 11.05 Effect of Headings....................................................35
SECTION 11.06 Governing Law.........................................................35
SECTION 11.07 Provisions for the Sole Benefit of Parties and Holders................35
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FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this "Supplemental Indenture") dated as
of October 29, 2004 among Armor Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), the Subsidiary Guarantors listed as signatories hereto (the
"Subsidiary Guarantors"), and Wachovia Bank, National Association, a national
banking association, as trustee (the "Trustee").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore entered into an Indenture, dated as
of October 29, 2004 (the "Open-End Indenture"), with the Trustee;
WHEREAS, the Open-End Indenture is incorporated herein by this
reference and the Open-End Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental
Indenture, is herein called the "Indenture";
WHEREAS, under the Open-End Indenture, a new series of Securities (as
defined in the Open-End Indenture) may at any time be established pursuant to a
supplemental indenture executed by the Company and the Trustee;
WHEREAS, under the Open-End Indenture, subsidiaries of the Company may
become subsidiary guarantors with respect to a series of Securities by becoming
a signatory to the Open-End Indenture or by executing a separate supplemental
indenture;
WHEREAS, the Company desires to issue up to $345,000,000 Original
Principal Amount (as defined below) of the Notes (as defined below), which will
be a new series of Securities under the Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Subsidiary Guarantors desire to guarantee, jointly and
severally, the Company's payment obligations under the Notes; and
WHEREAS, all conditions necessary to authorize the execution and
delivery of this Supplemental Indenture and to make it a valid and binding
obligation of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors have been done or
performed.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and
obligations set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree to
the following provisions:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein have the meanings
ascribed thereto in the Open-End Indenture. To the extent that any provision of
this Supplemental Indenture conflicts with the express provisions of the
Open-End Indenture, the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture shall govern
and be controlling.
"Additional Shares Table" means the table set forth in Schedule I
hereto.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means (i) any other Person directly
or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person or (ii) any executive officer or director of
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.
"Applicable Conversion Rate" means, at the time any determination
thereof is to be made, the Initial Conversion Rate as adjusted pursuant to
Sections 3.05 and 4.05 hereof, as applicable.
"Applicable Conversion Reference Period" means, with respect to a
specified Conversion Date: (a) if the Conversion Date occurs after the Company
has established a Redemption Date for the relevant Notes in accordance with
Section 3.01, the ten consecutive Trading Days beginning on the third Trading
Day following such Redemption Date; provided that in the case of a partial
redemption, this subclause (a) shall apply only to the portion of the Notes
called for redemption; or (b) in all other cases, the ten consecutive Trading
Days beginning on the third Trading Day following such Conversion Date.
"Attributable Debt" in respect of a sale and leaseback transaction
means, at the time of determination, the present value of the obligation of the
lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included
in such sale and leaseback transaction, including any period for which such
lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended. Such
present value shall be calculated using a discount rate equal to the rate of
interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP.
"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.
"Closing Sale Price" of the Common Stock on any date means the closing
sale price (determined without reference to after-hours or extended market
trading) per share (or, if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the
bid and ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the
average bid and the average ask prices) on that date as reported by the New York
Stock Exchange or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on the New York Stock
Exchange, then on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange or
market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted, or if the Common
Stock is not listed for trading on a U.S. national or regional securities
exchange or market, the Closing Sale Price shall be the price as reported on the
principal other market on which the Common Stock is then traded. In the absence
of such quotations, the Board of Directors shall make a good faith determination
of the Closing Sale Price.
"Continuing Directors" means, as of any date of determination, any
member of the Board of Directors who (a) was a member of the Board of Directors
on the date of this
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Supplemental Indenture or (b) becomes a member of the Board of Directors
subsequent to the date of this Supplemental Indenture and was appointed,
nominated for election or elected to the Board of Directors with the approval of
a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of the Board of
Directors at the time of such appointment, nomination or election.
"Conversion Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company, in
compliance with the terms hereof, to whom the Notes may be presented for
conversion.
"Conversion Date" means, with respect to any Holder, the date on which
such Holder has satisfied all the requirements to convert such Holder's Notes
set forth in Article IV hereof.
"Conversion Value" means, as of any Conversion Date, the product of (a)
the Applicable Conversion Rate on that Conversion Date and (b) the average of
the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock on each of the ten consecutive
Trading Days in the Applicable Conversion Reference Period for that Conversion
Date.
"Daily Share Amount" means, for any Trading Day, the greater of (a)
zero and (b) a number of shares determined by the following formula:
(Closing Sale Price on That Trading Day * Applicable Conversion Rate) -
Accreted Principal Amount
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10 * Closing Sale Price on That Trading Day
"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 that is one year after the
Maturity Date (as defined below). Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any
Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified 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. The term "Disqualified Stock" shall also include
any options, warrants or other rights that are convertible into Disqualified
Stock or that are redeemable at the option of the holder, or required to be
redeemed, on or prior to the date that is one year after the Maturity Date.
"Five Trading Day Reference Period" means, with respect to any
six-month period, the five Trading Days ending on the second Trading Day
immediately preceding the beginning of such six-month period.
"Fundamental Change" means the occurrence of any of the following at a
time after the Notes are originally issued:
(a) the Common Stock (or other common stock into which the Notes are
convertible) is neither traded on the New York Stock Exchange or another United
States national securities exchange nor quoted on The Nasdaq Stock Market or
another established automated over-the-counter trading market in the United
States; or
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(b) any Person acquires beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly,
through a purchase, merger or other acquisition transaction or series of
transactions, of shares of the Company's Capital Stock entitling the Person to
exercise 50% or more of the total voting power of all shares of the Company's
Capital Stock entitled to vote generally in elections of directors, other than
an acquisition by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its employee
benefit plans and other than any transaction contemplated by clause (c)(ii)
below; or
(c) the Company merges or consolidates with or into any other Person
(other than a Subsidiary of the Company), another Person merges with or into the
Company, or the Company conveys, sells, transfers or leases all or substantially
all of its assets to another Person, other than any transaction:
(i) that does not result in a reclassification, conversion, exchange
or cancellation of any outstanding Common Stock;
(ii) pursuant to which the holders of Common Stock immediately prior
to the transaction have the entitlement to exercise, directly or
indirectly, 50% or more of the total voting power of all shares
of the Company's Capital Stock entitled to vote generally in the
election of directors of the continuing or surviving corporation
immediately after the transaction;
(iii) where the Continuing Directors constitute a majority of the board
of directors of the continuing or surviving corporation
immediately after the transaction; or
(iv) that is effected solely to change the Company's jurisdiction of
incorporation and results in a reclassification, conversion or
exchange of outstanding shares of Common Stock solely into shares
of common stock of the surviving entity; or
(d) at any time the Continuing Directors do not constitute a majority
of the Board of Directors (or, if applicable, the board of directors of a
successor Person to the Company).
For purposes of this definition, whether a Person is a "beneficial owner" will
be determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act and "Person"
includes any syndicate or group that would be deemed to be a "person" under
Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.
"Fundamental Change Repurchase Date" means the date specified as such
in the notice delivered to Holders pursuant to Section 3.04(c) hereof.
"Hedging Obligations" means, with respect to any specified Person, the
obligations of such Person under: (a) interest rate swap agreements, interest
rate cap agreements, interest rate collar agreements and other agreements or
arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in interest
rates; (b) commodity swap agreements, commodity option agreements, forward
contracts and other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person
against fluctuations in commodity prices; and (c) foreign exchange contracts,
currency
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swap agreements and other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such
Person against fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.
"Indebtedness" means, without duplication, with respect to any
specified Person, any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent, in
respect of: (a) borrowed money; (b) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or
similar instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect
thereof), but excluding obligations with respect to letters of credit (including
trade letters of credit) securing obligations described in clause (e) below
entered into in the ordinary course of business of such Person to the extent
such letters of credit are not drawn upon or, if drawn upon, to the extent such
drawing is reimbursed no later than the third Business Day following receipt by
such Person of a demand for reimbursement; (c) banker's acceptances; (d) Capital
Lease Obligations and Attributable Debt; (e) the balance deferred and unpaid of
the purchase price of any property which purchase price is due more than six
months after the date of placing such property in service or taking delivery and
title thereto or the completion of such services, except any such balance that
constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable; (f) Hedging Obligations, other
than Hedging Obligations that are incurred for the purpose of protecting the
Company or its Subsidiaries against fluctuations in interest rates, commodity
prices or foreign currency exchange rates, and not for speculative purposes, and
that do not increase the Indebtedness of the obligor outstanding at any time
other than as a result of fluctuations in interest rates, commodity prices or
foreign currency exchange rates or by reason of fees, indemnities and
compensation payable thereunder; or (g) Disqualified Stock valued at the greater
of its voluntary or involuntary maximum fixed repurchase price plus accrued
dividends. In addition, the term "Indebtedness" includes (x) 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), provided that the amount
of such Indebtedness shall be the lesser of (A) the fair market value of such
asset at such date of determination and (B) the amount of such Indebtedness, and
(y) to the extent not otherwise included, the Guarantee by the specified Person
of any Indebtedness of any other Person. For purposes hereof, the "maximum fixed
repurchase price" of any Disqualified Stock which does not have a fixed
repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of such
Disqualified Stock as if such Disqualified Stock were purchased on any date on
which Indebtedness shall be required to be determined pursuant to this
Indenture, and if such price is based upon, or measured by, the fair market
value of such Disqualified Stock, such fair market value shall be determined in
good faith by the board of directors of the issuer of such Disqualified Stock.
The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date shall be the
outstanding balance at such date of all unconditional obligations as described
above and, with respect to contingent obligations, the maximum liability upon
the occurrence of the contingency giving rise to the obligation, and shall be:
(x) the accreted value thereof, in the case of any Indebtedness issued with
original issue discount; and (y) the principal amount thereof, together with any
interest thereon that is more than 30 days past due, in the case of any other
Indebtedness; provided that the obligation to repay money borrowed and set aside
at the time of the incurrence of any Indebtedness in order to pre-fund the
payment of the interest on such Indebtedness shall be deemed not to be
"Indebtedness" so long as such money is held to secure the payment of such
interest.
"Initial Conversion Rate" means 18.5151 shares of Common Stock per
$1,000 Original Principal Amount of Notes.
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"Interest Payment Record Date" for the Interest payable on any Interest
Payment Date means the April 15 or October 15 (whether or not a Business Day),
as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date.
"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.
"Original Principal Amount" with respect to the Notes means $1,000 for
each Note and up to $345,000,000 in the aggregate for all Notes (as specified in
the Global Securities issued hereunder).
"Public Acquirer Change of Control" means any event constituting a
Fundamental Change that would otherwise give Holders the right to cause the
Company to repurchase the Notes under Section 3.04 where either (a) the acquirer
or (b) if not the acquiror, a direct or indirect majority-owned Subsidiary of
the acquirer or (c) if not the acquiror or any direct or indirect majority-owned
Subsidiary of the acquirer, a corporation by which the acquirer is
majority-owned has a class of common stock traded on a U.S. national securities
exchange or quoted on the Nasdaq Stock Market or which will be so traded or
quoted when issued or exchanged in connection with such Fundamental Change.
"Majority-owned" for the purposes of this definition means having "beneficial
ownership" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of more than 50% of
the total voting power of the respective Person's Voting Stock.
"Public Acquirer Common Stock" means the class of common stock referred
to in the definition of "Public Acquirer Change of Control."
"Senior Debt" means (a) all Indebtedness of the Company or any
Subsidiary Guarantor outstanding under the Credit Facilities and all Hedging
Obligations with respect thereto, (b) any other Indebtedness (including, without
limitation, Hedging Obligations) of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor
permitted to be incurred under the terms of this Indenture, unless the
instrument under which such Indebtedness is incurred expressly provides that it
is on a parity with or subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or any
Subsidiary Guarantee, and (c) all other Obligations with respect to the items
listed in the preceding clauses (a) and (b). Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this definition, Senior Debt shall not include (i) any liability for
federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by the Company or any
Subsidiary Guarantor, (ii) any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary
Guarantor to any Subsidiaries, other Affiliates of the Company or any Subsidiary
Guarantor or, in the case of Indebtedness of any Subsidiary Guarantor, to the
Company, (iii) any trade payables, (iv) the portion of any Indebtedness that is
incurred in violation of this Indenture, (v) any Indebtedness of the Company or
any Subsidiary Guarantor that, when incurred, was without recourse to the
Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor, (vi) any repurchase, redemption or other
Obligation in respect of Disqualified Stock or any rights with respect thereto,
or (vii) any Indebtedness owed to any employee of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
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"Significant Subsidiary" means any "significant subsidiary" of the
Company within the meaning set forth for that term in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation
S-X of the Commission.
"Trading Day" means, with respect to a security, (a) if the applicable
security is listed on the New York Stock Exchange or other U.S. national
securities exchange or admitted for quotation on the Nasdaq National Market, a
day on which the New York Stock Exchange or other U.S. national securities
exchange or the Nasdaq National Market, as applicable, is open for trading, or
(b) if the applicable security is not so listed, admitted for trading or quoted,
any Business Day.
"Trading Price" of a Note on any date of determination means the
average of the secondary market bid quotations per Note obtained by the Trustee
for $2,000,000 principal amount of Notes at approximately 3:30 p.m., New York
City time, on such determination date from two independent nationally recognized
securities dealers selected by the Company; provided that (a) if at least two
such bids cannot reasonably be obtained by the Trustee, but one such bid can
reasonably be obtained by the Trustee, such one bid shall be the Trading Price;
or (b) if the Trustee cannot reasonably obtain at least one bid for $2,000,000
principal amount of Notes from a nationally recognized securities dealer or, in
the Company's reasonable judgment, the bid quotations are not indicative of the
secondary market value of the Notes, then the Trading Price of the Notes will
equal (x) the Applicable Conversion Rate of the Notes multiplied by (y) the
Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on such date of determination.
"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.
ARTICLE II
Establishment and Terms of the Notes
SECTION 2.01 Establishment of Series.
(a) There is hereby established a new series of Securities to be issued
under the Indenture, to be designated as the Company's 2.00% Senior Subordinated
Convertible Notes due November 1, 2024 (the "Notes").
(b) Subject to the provisions of the Open-End Indenture, up to
$345,000,000 aggregate Original Principal Amount of Notes may be authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture. The Notes that are to be authenticated and
delivered on the date hereof (the "Initial Notes") will be in an aggregate
Original Principal Amount of $300,000,000. The Notes shall be issued in
definitive fully registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000
Original Principal Amount or any integral multiple thereof.
(c) With respect to any additional Notes the Company elects to issue
under this Indenture (the "Additional Notes"), the Company shall set forth in an
Officers' Certificate the Original Principal Amount of such Additional Notes to
be authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture and the issue price
and the issue date of such Additional Notes, including the date from which
Interest shall accrue. For purposes of the Indenture, Notes will not be deemed
to be Additional Notes unless the maturity date, interest payment dates, record
date, rate of interest and subordination provisions are identical to those in
the Initial Notes. The Initial Notes
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and the Additional Notes shall be considered collectively as a single class for
all purposes of this Indenture. Holders of the Initial Notes and the Additional
Notes will vote and consent together on all matters to which such Holders are
entitled to vote or consent as one class, and none of the Holders of the Initial
Notes or the Additional Notes shall have the right to vote or consent as a
separate class on any matter to which such Holders are entitled to vote or
consent.
(e) The Notes shall be issued in the form of one or more Global
Securities in substantially the form set out in Exhibit A and with the terms
further provided herein. The initial Depositary with respect to the Notes shall
be The Depository Trust Company.
SECTION 2.02 Maturity, Payment of Principal and Interest.
(a) Maturity. The Notes will mature on November 1, 2024 (the "Maturity
Date") and Holders will be entitled to receive the Accreted Principal Amount of
their Notes on that date, unless the Notes were earlier redeemed, repurchased,
converted or exchanged pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.
(b) Regular Interest. Interest will accrue on the Notes at the rate of
2.00% per year during any six-month period from and including November 1 to and
including April 30 and from and including May 1 to and including October 31
(provided that the initial interest period shall begin on October 29, 2004 and
shall end on April 30, 2005) (such Interest being "Regular Interest"), provided
that the Notes will cease to accrue Regular Interest as of November 1, 2011. The
Interest Payment Dates for Regular Interest will be the May 1 or November 1, as
applicable, following the relevant six-month period.
(c) Contingent Interest. (i) On and after November 1, 2011, Interest
will accrue on the Notes during any six-month period from and including November
1 to and including April 30 or from and including May 1 to and including October
31 if the average Trading Price of the Notes for the Five Trading Day Reference
Period for such six-month period equals 120% or more of the Accreted Principal
Amount of the Notes plus accrued and unpaid Regular Interest as of the relevant
Interest Payment Date (such Interest being "Contingent Interest"). The Interest
Payment Dates for Contingent Interest, if any, will be the May 1 or November 1,
as applicable, following the relevant six-month period.
(ii) The amount of Contingent Interest payable on the Notes in respect
of any six-month period, if applicable, will be equal to 0.15% of the average
Trading Price per Note for the applicable Five Trading Day Reference Period.
(iii) The determination as to whether Contingent Interest will accrue
with respect to a six-month period shall be made as soon as practicable after
the start of such six-month period. Within 10 days of a determination that the
Holders of the Notes are entitled to receive Contingent Interest for a relevant
six-month period, the Company shall notify Holders of this determination, issue
a press release containing information regarding the determination, and publish
the information through a public medium customary for such press releases.
(d) Accretion. Until October 31, 2011, the accreted principal amount
(the "Accreted Principal Amount") of a Note will be equal to the Original
Principal Amount of that Note. Beginning on November 1, 2011, the Original
Principal Amount shall commence
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increasing at a rate that provides holders with an aggregate annual yield to
maturity of 2.00% (computed on a semiannual bond equivalent-yield basis), which
increased amount shall from time to time thereafter constitute the "Accreted
Principal Amount".
(e) Interest and Principal Payments Generally. (i) All payments of
principal and Interest on the Notes shall be made in accordance with the
Open-End Indenture, as supplemented hereby. Payments on the Notes will be made
in U.S. Dollars at the office of the Paying Agent. The Company may, at its
option, make payments by check mailed to the Holder's registered address set
forth in the Security Register maintained by the Security Registrar or, with
respect to Global Securities, by wire transfer to the accounts specified by the
Depositary. All Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
comprised of twelve 30-day months.
(ii) In the event that any Interest becomes payable on the Notes, a
Holder of Notes at the close of business on an Interest Payment Record Date
shall be entitled to receive such Interest on the corresponding Interest Payment
Date; provided, however, that if the Company redeems such Notes under Section
3.01, or such Holder elects to require the Company to repurchase such Notes
under Section 3.02, on a Redemption Date or Repurchase Date, as the case may be,
that is after such Interest Payment Record Date and on or prior to the
corresponding Interest Payment Date, the Company will pay accrued and unpaid
Interest on the Note being redeemed or repurchased to, but excluding, the
Redemption Date or Repurchase Date, as the case may be, to the same Person to
whom the Accreted Principal Amount of such Note is paid.
SECTION 2.03 Sinking Fund. The Notes do not have the benefit of any
sinking fund obligations. The provisions of Article IV of the Open-End Indenture
do not apply to the Notes.
SECTION 2.04 Defeasance. The Notes will not be defeasible in any
manner. The provisions of Article V of the Open-End Indenture do not apply to
the Notes.
SECTION 2.05 Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company initially appoints
the Trustee as Paying Agent and as Security Registrar with respect to the Notes.
The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent without prior notice to the
Trustee or the Holders. The Place of Payment for the Notes shall be an office
maintained by the Paying Agent in the borough of Manhattan, the City of New
York.
SECTION 2.06 Conversion Agent. The Company initially appoints the
Trustee as the Conversion Agent with respect to the Notes. The Company may
appoint and change any Conversion Agent without prior notice to the Trustee or
the Holders. The Conversion Agent may not be an Affiliate of the Company or any
Subsidiary thereof.
SECTION 2.07 Tax Treatment. The Company agrees, and by acceptance of a
beneficial ownership interest in the Notes each Holder of Securities will be
deemed to have agreed, for United States federal income tax purposes, (a) to
treat the Notes as indebtedness that is subject to United States Treasury
Regulations Section 1.1275-4 (the "Contingent Payment Debt Regulations") and,
for purposes of the Contingent Payment Debt Regulations, to treat the fair
market value of any stock beneficially received by a Holder upon any conversion
of the Notes as a contingent payment and (b) to be bound by the Company's
determination of the
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comparable yield and projected payment schedule, within the meaning of the
Contingent Payment Debt Regulations, with respect to the Notes. A Holder of
Securities may obtain the issue price, issue date, comparable yield and
projected payment schedule by submitting a written request to the Company at the
following address: Armor Holdings, Inc., ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: Secretary.
ARTICLE III
Redemptions, Repurchases and Fundamental Changes
SECTION 3.01 Redemption Rights.
(a) The Company will have the right to redeem the Notes, in whole or in
part, for cash at any time or from time to time on or after November 1, 2011 at
a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the Accreted Principal Amount of the Notes
selected for redemption, plus accrued and unpaid Interest, if any, to, but not
including, the Redemption Date.
(b) Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.01 shall be made in
accordance with the provisions of Article III of the Open-End Indenture.
(c) If the Company exercises its right to redeem the Notes, in whole or
in part, it will, substantially simultaneously with the issuance of the
notification described in Section 3.02(b) of the Open-End Indenture, disseminate
a press release containing information regarding the redemption and publish the
information through a public medium that is customary for such press release.
SECTION 3.02 Repurchase Rights.
(a) Subject to the satisfaction of the requirements of this Section
3.02, Holders will have the right to require the Company to repurchase the Notes
on November 1, 2011, November 1, 2014 and November 1, 2019 (each, a "Repurchase
Date") for a repurchase price in cash equal to 100% of the Accreted Principal
Amount of the Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid Interest, if any,
to, but not including, the Repurchase Date (the "Repurchase Price"). The Company
will be required to repurchase any outstanding Notes for which a Holder delivers
a written repurchase notice to the Paying Agent in the form attached as Annex C
to Exhibit A hereto during the period beginning at any time from the opening of
business on the date that is 20 Business Days prior to the relevant Repurchase
Date until the close of business on the last Business Day prior to the
Repurchase Date, unless the repurchase notice is given and withdrawn during the
period, in which case the Company will not be obligated to repurchase the Notes
for which the repurchase notice was withdrawn.
(b) The Company will give notice at least 20 Business Days prior to
each Repurchase Date to all Holders at their addresses shown in the Security
Register and to beneficial owners of Notes as required by applicable law
stating, among other things, the procedures described herein that Holders must
follow to require the Company to repurchase their Notes.
(c) The repurchase notice given by each Holder electing to require the
Company to repurchase Notes must state:
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(i) if the Notes are certificated, the certificate numbers of the
Notes to be delivered for repurchase;
(ii) the portion of the Original Principal Amount of Notes to be
repurchased, which must be $1,000 or an integral multiple
thereof; and
(iii) that the Notes are to be repurchased by the Company pursuant to
the applicable provisions of the Notes and the Indenture.
If Notes are not in certificated form, the repurchase notice must
comply with appropriate Depositary procedures.
(d) A Holder may withdraw any repurchase notice (in whole or in part)
by delivering a written notice of withdrawal to the Paying Agent prior to the
close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Repurchase Date.
The notice of withdrawal must state:
(i) the Original Principal Amount of Notes for which the repurchase
notice is being withdrawn;
(ii) if the Notes are certificated, the certificate numbers of the
Notes being withdrawn; and
(iii) the Original Principal Amount, if any, of the Notes that remain
subject to the repurchase notice.
If Notes are not in certificated form, the withdrawal notice must
comply with appropriate Depositary procedures.
(e) In connection with any repurchase, the Company will, to the extent
applicable:
(i) comply with the provisions of Rule 13e-4, Rule 14e-1 and any
other tender offer rules under the Exchange Act which may then be
applicable; and
(ii) file Schedule TO or any other required schedule under the
Exchange Act.
(f) The Company's obligation to pay the Repurchase Price for Notes for
which a repurchase notice has been delivered and not validly withdrawn is
conditioned upon the Holder either effecting book-entry transfer or delivering
the Notes, together with necessary endorsements, to the office of the Paying
Agent at any time after delivery of the repurchase notice. Subject to the
satisfaction of the requirements of this Section 3.02, the Company will cause
the Repurchase Price for the Notes to be paid promptly following the later of
the Repurchase Date or the time of delivery or book-entry transfer of the Notes.
(g) The Company shall deposit cash, at the time and in the manner
contemplated by Section 3.03 of the Open-End Indenture, sufficient to pay the
Repurchase Price
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of all Notes to be repurchased hereunder. If the Paying Agent holds money
sufficient to pay the Repurchase Price of the Notes for which a repurchase
notice has been given and not withdrawn on the Business Day immediately
following the Repurchase Date in accordance with the terms of the Indenture,
then, immediately after the Repurchase Date, such Notes will cease to be
outstanding and interest, if any, on such Notes will cease to accrue, whether or
not the Notes are delivered to the Paying Agent or a book-entry transfer is
effected, and all other rights of the Holder shall terminate, other than the
right to receive the Repurchase Price upon delivery of the Notes.
SECTION 3.03 Exchange in Lieu of Repurchase. If a Holder exercises its
right to require the Company to repurchase any of such Holder's Notes in
accordance with Section 3.02, the Company may cause the Notes first to be
offered to a financial institution chosen by the Company for exchange in lieu of
repurchase. In order to accept any Notes surrendered for repurchase, the
designated institution must agree to deliver, in exchange for such Notes, the
Repurchase Price for such Notes the Holder otherwise would receive upon
repurchase by the Company. If the designated institution accepts any such Notes
for repurchase, it will deliver the Repurchase Price to the Paying Agent. Any
Notes purchased by the designated institution will remain outstanding. If the
designated institution agrees to accept any Notes for repurchase but does not
timely deliver the related Repurchase Price payment, the Company will, as
promptly as practical thereafter, but not later than one Business Day following
the Repurchase Date, cause the Repurchase Price for the Notes to be paid.
The Company's designation of an institution to which the Notes may be
submitted for repurchase does not obligate such institution to accept any Notes.
If the designated institution declines to accept any Notes surrendered for
repurchase, the Company will repurchase the Notes on the terms described in
Section 3.02.
The Company will not pay any consideration to, or otherwise enter into
any arrangement with, the designated institution for or with respect to such
designation.
SECTION 3.04 Repurchase at Option of the Holder Upon a Fundamental
Change.
(a) Subject to the satisfaction of the requirements of this Section
3.04, if a Fundamental Change occurs at any time prior to the Maturity Date,
each Holder will, upon receipt of the notice of the occurrence of a Fundamental
Change described in Section 3.04(c), have the right (subject to the Company's
rights upon delivery of a Public Acquisition Notice as defined in Section 3.06)
to require the Company to repurchase any or all of such Holder's Notes for cash
in an amount equal to 100% of the Accreted Principal Amount of the Notes to be
repurchased plus accrued and unpaid Interest, if any, to (but not including) the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (the "Fundamental Change Repurchase Price"),
unless such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date falls after an Interest Payment
Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, in which
case the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price will include the full amount of
accrued and unpaid Interest payable on such Interest Payment Date to the Holder
of record at the close of business on the corresponding Interest Payment Record
Date.
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(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, Holders will not have the right to
require the Company to repurchase any Notes if a Fundamental Change described in
clause (b) or (c) in the definition of Fundamental Change occurs (and the
Company will not be required to deliver the notice described in Section
3.04(c)), if either:
(i) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock for any five Trading
Days within the period of 10 consecutive Trading Days ending
immediately after the later of the effective date of the
Fundamental Change or the date of the public announcement of the
Fundamental Change, in the case of a Fundamental Change relating
to an acquisition of Capital Stock under clause (b) of the
definition of Fundamental Change, or the period of ten
consecutive Trading Days ending immediately before the effective
date of the Fundamental Change, in the case of a Fundamental
Change relating to a merger, consolidation, asset sale or
otherwise under clause (c) of the definition of Fundamental
Change, equals or exceeds 105% of the Applicable Conversion Price
of the Notes in effect on each of those five Trading Days; or
(ii) at least 95% of the consideration paid for the Common Stock
(excluding cash payments for fractional shares and cash payments
made pursuant to dissenters' appraisal rights) in a merger or
consolidation or a conveyance, sale, transfer or lease otherwise
constituting a Fundamental Change under clause (b) and/or (c) of
the definition of Fundamental Change consists of shares of
Capital Stock traded on the New York Stock Exchange or another
United States national securities exchange or quoted on the
Nasdaq Stock Market or another established automated
over-the-counter trading market in the United States (or will be
so traded or quoted immediately following the merger or
consolidation) and as a result of the merger or consolidation the
Notes become convertible into shares of such Capital Stock.
(c) Subject to Sections 3.04(b) and 3.06, on or before the 30th day
after the effective date of a Fundamental Change, the Company will provide to
all Holders of the Notes, the Trustee and the Paying Agent a notice of the
occurrence of the Fundamental Change and of the resulting repurchase right. Such
notice shall state:
(i) the events causing the Fundamental Change;
(ii) whether the Fundamental Change falls under clause (b), (c) or
(d) of the definition of Fundamental Change, in which case the
conversion adjustments described in Section 3.05 will be
applicable;
(iii) the effective date of the Fundamental Change;
(iv) the last date on which a Holder may exercise its repurchase
right;
(v) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price;
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(vi) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date;
(vii) the name and address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion
Agent;
(viii) the original conversion rate and any adjustments to the
original conversion rate;
(ix) that the Notes with respect to which a Fundamental Change
repurchase notice has been given by the Holder may be converted
only if the Holder withdraws the Fundamental Change repurchase
notice as described in clause (d) below; and
(x) the procedures that Holders must follow to require the Company
to repurchase their Notes and to withdraw any repurchase
notice.
Substantially simultaneously with providing such notice, the Company
will issue a press release and publish the information through a public medium
customary for such press releases.
(d) To exercise the repurchase right in connection with a Fundamental
Change, a Holder must, before the close of business on the second Business Day
immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, deliver the Notes
to be purchased to the Paying Agent, duly endorsed for transfer, or effect
book-entry transfer of the Notes to the Paying Agent, and must deliver the
Fundamental Change repurchase notice duly completed to the Paying Agent. The
Fundamental Change repurchase notice must state:
(i) if the Notes are certificated, the certificate numbers of the
Notes to be delivered for repurchase;
(ii) the portion of the Original Principal Amount of the Notes to be
repurchased, which must be equal to $1,000 or an integral
multiple thereof; and
(iii) that the Notes are to be repurchased by the Company pursuant to
the applicable provisions of the Notes and the Indenture.
If the Notes are not in certificated form, the repurchase notice must
comply with appropriate Depositary procedures.
A Holder may withdraw any Fundamental Change repurchase notice (in
whole or in part) by a written notice of withdrawal delivered to the Paying
Agent prior to the close of business on the Business Day prior to the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date. The notice of withdrawal must state:
(i) the Original Principal Amount of the Notes for which the
repurchase notice has been withdrawn;
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(ii) if certificated Notes have been issued, the certificate numbers
of the withdrawn Notes; and
(iii) the Original Principal Amount, if any, that remains subject to
the repurchase notice.
If the Notes are not in certificated form, the withdrawal notice must
comply with appropriate Depositary procedures.
(e) The Company must repurchase the Notes for which a Fundamental
Change repurchase notice has been delivered and not withdrawn no less than 20
and no more than 35 days after the date of the Company's notice of the
occurrence of the relevant Fundamental Change, subject to extension to comply
with applicable law. To receive payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase
Price, a Holder must either effect book-entry transfer or deliver the Notes,
together with necessary endorsements, to the office of the Paying Agent after
delivery of the repurchase notice. Holders will receive payment of the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price promptly following the later of the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or the time of book-entry transfer or the
delivery of the Notes. If the Paying Agent holds money or securities sufficient
to pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of the Notes on the Business Day
following the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, then:
(i) the Notes will cease to be outstanding and Interest, if any,
will cease to accrue (whether or not book-entry transfer of the
Notes is made or whether or not the Note is delivered to the
Paying Agent); and
(ii) all other rights of the Holder will terminate (other than the
right to receive the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price upon
delivery or transfer of the Notes).
SECTION 3.05 Adjustment to Applicable Conversion Rate Upon a
Fundamental Change.
(a) If and only to the extent that a Holder converts Notes in
connection with a Fundamental Change described in clause (b), (c) or (d) of the
definition of Fundamental Change (and subject to the Company's rights upon
delivery of a Public Acquisition Notice as defined in Section 3.06), the Company
will increase the Applicable Conversion Rate for the Notes surrendered for
conversion by a number of additional shares (the "Additional Shares") as
described in this Section 3.05; provided, however, that no increase will be made
in the case of a Fundamental Change if at least 95% of the consideration paid
for the Common Stock (excluding cash payments for fractional shares and cash
payments made pursuant to dissenters' appraisal rights) in such Fundamental
Change transaction consists of shares of Capital Stock traded on the New York
Stock Exchange or another United States national securities exchange or quoted
on the Nasdaq Stock Market or another established automated over-the-counter
trading market in the United States (or that will be so traded or quoted
immediately following the transaction).
(b) The number of Additional Shares will be determined by reference to
the Additional Shares Table, based on the effective date of the Fundamental
Change transaction and the price (the "Stock Price") paid per share of Common
Stock in such Fundamental Change
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transaction. If holders of Common Stock receive only cash in such Fundamental
Change transaction, the Stock Price will be the cash amount paid per share of
Common Stock. Otherwise, the Stock Price will be the average of the Closing Sale
Prices of the Common Stock on each of the five consecutive Trading Days prior to
but not including the effective date of the Fundamental Change.
(c) A conversion of Notes by a Holder will be deemed for these purposes
to be "in connection with" a Fundamental Change if the conversion notice is
received by the Conversion Agent on or subsequent to the effective date of the
Fundamental Change but before the close of business on the second Business Day
immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date. The Company will
pay Holders the conversion consideration for the Notes surrendered for
conversion in connection with such Fundamental Change on a date determined by
the Company, provided that such date must be after the effective date of the
Fundamental Change and on or prior to the date on which the Company sends to
Holders the repurchase notice described in Section 3.04(c).
(d) The Stock Prices set forth in the first row of the Additional
Shares Table (i.e., the column headers) will be adjusted as of any date on which
the conversion rate of the Notes is adjusted, as described in Section 4.05. The
adjusted Stock Prices will equal (i) the Stock Prices applicable immediately
prior to such adjustment, multiplied by (ii) a fraction, (A) the numerator of
which is the Applicable Conversion Rate immediately prior to the adjustment
giving rise to the Stock Price adjustment and (B) the denominator of which is
the Applicable Conversion Rate as so adjusted. The number of Additional Shares
will be adjusted in the same manner as the Applicable Conversion Rate as set
forth in Section 4.05.
(e) The exact Stock Price and effective date of the Fundamental Change
may not be set forth on the Additional Shares Table; in which case, if the Stock
Price is:
(i) between two Stock Price amounts on the Additional Shares Table
or the effective date of the Fundamental Change is between two
dates on the Additional Shares Table, the number of Additional
Shares will be determined by straight-line interpolation
between the number of Additional Shares set forth for the
higher and lower Stock Price amounts and the two dates, as
applicable, based on a 365-day year;
(ii) more than $250.00 per share (subject to adjustment), no
Additional Shares will be issued upon conversion; and
(iii) less than $39.28 per share (subject to adjustment), no
Additional Shares will be issued upon conversion.
SECTION 3.06 Public Acquirer Change of Control.
(a) Within five Trading Days prior to but not including the expected
effective date of a Public Acquirer Change of Control, the Company will provide
a notice (a "Public Acquisition Notice") to all Holders, the Trustee, any Paying
Agent and any Conversion Agent describing the anticipated Public Acquirer Change
of Control and stating whether the Company will:
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(i) elect to adjust the Applicable Conversion Rate and related
conversion obligation as described in this Section 3.06, in
which case the Holders will not have the right to require the
Company repurchase their Notes as described in Section 3.04 and
will not have the right to the Applicable Conversion Rate
adjustment described in Section 3.05; or
(ii) not elect to adjust the Applicable Conversion Rate and related
conversion obligation as described in this Section 3.06, in
which case the Holders will have the right to require the
Company to repurchase their Notes as described in Section 3.04
and/or the right to an Applicable Conversion Rate adjustment as
described in Section 3.05, in each case in accordance with the
respective provisions of those Sections.
(b) If the Public Acquisition Notice indicates that the Company is
making the election described in Section 3.06(a)(i), then the Applicable
Conversion Rate and the related conversion obligation shall be adjusted such
that from and after the effective date of the Public Acquirer Change of Control,
Holders of the Notes will be entitled to convert their Notes into a number of
shares of Public Acquirer Common Stock and the Applicable Conversion Rate will
be adjusted by multiplying the Applicable Conversion Rate in effect immediately
before the Public Acquirer Change of Control by a fraction:
(i) the numerator of which will be (A) in the case of a
consolidation, merger or binding share exchange, pursuant to
which Common Stock is converted into cash, securities or other
property, the average value of all cash and any other
consideration (as determined by the Board of Directors) paid or
payable per share of Common Stock or (B) in the case of any
other Public Acquirer Change of Control, the average of the
Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock for the five consecutive
Trading Days prior to but excluding the effective date of such
Public Acquirer Change of Control; and
(ii) the denominator of which will be the average of the Closing
Sale Price of the Public Acquirer Common Stock for the five
consecutive Trading Days prior to but excluding the effective
date of such Public Acquirer Change of Control.
ARTICLE IV
Conversion
SECTION 4.01 Conversion Rights. Holders of Notes will be entitled to
convert their Notes, in denominations of $1,000 Original Principal Amount or
integral multiples thereof, into Common Stock at any time prior to the Maturity
Date, subject to prior redemption or repurchase of the Notes.
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SECTION 4.02 Conversion Consideration. Upon surrendering Notes for
conversion, a Holder will receive, in respect of each $1,000 Original Principal
Amount of Notes:
(a) cash in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the Accreted Principal
Amount of such Notes as of the Conversion Date or (ii) the Conversion Value; and
(b) a number of fully paid and nonassessable shares (calculated to the
nearest 1/100th of a share) of Common Stock equal to the sum of the Daily Share
Amounts for each Trading Day during the Applicable Conversion Reference Period,
provided, however, that no fractional shares of Common Stock will be issued upon
conversion of any Notes. Instead of any fractional shares of Common Stock that
would otherwise be issued upon conversion of such Notes, the Company will pay a
cash amount (calculated to the nearest cent) equal to such fraction multiplied
by the Closing Sales Price of the Common Stock on the last Trading Day prior to
the Conversion Date.
If a Holder will receive shares of Common Stock upon conversion of
Notes, then the Holder will also receive any associated rights under any
stockholder rights plan the Company may adopt, whether or not the rights have
separated from the Common Stock at the time of conversion unless, prior to
conversion, the rights have expired, terminated or been redeemed or exchanged.
SECTION 4.03 Conversion Procedures. (a) To surrender a Note for
conversion, a Holder must (i) complete and manually sign the irrevocable
conversion notice included as Annex A to Exhibit A hereto (or complete and
manually sign a facsimile of such notice) and deliver such notice to the
Conversion Agent, (ii) effect book-entry transfer of the Note or, in the case of
a certificated Note, deliver the Note to the Conversion Agent and furnish
appropriate endorsements and transfer documents, (iii) pay all funds required,
if any, relating to Interest on the Note to be converted to which the Holder is
not entitled, as described in Section 4.03(b) and (iv) pay any transfer or
similar tax, if required. The Company will pay any documentary stamp or similar
issue or transfer tax due on the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon the
conversion, unless the tax is due because the Holder requests the shares of
Common Stock to be issued or delivered in a name other than the Holder's, in
which case the Holder must pay the tax. Shares of Common Stock and cash
deliverable upon conversion will be delivered through the Conversion Agent no
later than the third Business Day following the last day of the Applicable
Conversion Reference Period (except as described in Section 3.05(c)).
(b) Any Holder that surrenders any Note for conversion during the
period between the close of business on an Interest Payment Record Date and
ending with the opening of business on the corresponding Interest Payment Date
shall be required to pay to the Company an amount equal to the Interest payable
by the Company to such Holder with respect to such Note on such Interest Payment
Date at the time such Holder delivers the related conversion notice; provided,
however, that this requirement shall not apply if the Notes to which such
conversion notice applies have been called for redemption by the Company
pursuant to Section 3.01 prior to the Conversion Date and the applicable
Redemption Date is after such Interest Payment Record Date but on or prior to
such Interest Payment Date.
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(c) No payment or adjustment will be made upon conversion for dividends
on the shares of Common Stock except as provided in Section 4.05, or for accrued
and unpaid Interest. On conversion of any Notes, that portion of Interest
attributable to the period from the Issue Date through the Conversion Date with
respect to the converted Notes shall not be cancelled, extinguished or
forfeited, but rather shall be deemed to be paid in full to the Holder thereof
through the delivery of the cash payment and any Common Stock due upon
conversion pursuant to the terms hereof.
SECTION 4.04 Exchange in Lieu of Conversion. When a Holder surrenders
Notes for conversion in accordance with this Article IV, the Conversion Agent
may direct the Holder to surrender the Notes to a financial institution
designated by the Company for exchange in lieu of conversion. In order to accept
any Notes surrendered for conversion, the designated institution must agree to
deliver, in exchange for the Notes, the cash payment, including cash for any
fractional shares, and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion. If the designated institution accepts any such Notes, it will
deliver the appropriate consideration to the Conversion Agent and the Conversion
Agent will deliver that consideration to the Holder. Any Notes exchanged by the
designated institution will remain outstanding. If the designated institution
agrees to accept any Notes for exchange but does not timely deliver the related
consideration, the Company will, as promptly as practical thereafter, but not
later than the third Business Day following the Conversion Date, convert the
Notes and deliver the cash payment and the number of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon conversion.
The Company's designation of an institution to which the Notes may be
submitted for exchange does not obligate the institution to accept any Notes. If
the designated institution declines to accept any Notes surrendered for
exchange, the Company will convert those notes into the cash payment and the
number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion, as described in
Section 4.02. The Company will not pay any consideration to, or otherwise enter
into any arrangement with, the designated institution for or with respect to
such designation.
SECTION 4.05 Anti-Dilution Adjustments. The Applicable Conversion Rate
will be subject to adjustment, without duplication, upon the occurrence of any
of the following events:
(a) the Company pays a dividend or makes a distribution on the Common
Stock, payable exclusively in shares of Common Stock or other Capital Stock of
the Company;
(b) the Company issues to all or substantially all holders of Common
Stock rights or warrants that allow such holders to purchase shares of Common
Stock for a period expiring within 60 days from the date of issuance of the
rights or warrants at less than the current market price;
(c) the Company:
(i) subdivides or splits the outstanding shares of Common Stock
into a greater number of shares;
(ii) combines or reclassifies the outstanding shares of Common Stock
into a smaller number of shares; or
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(iii) issues by reclassification of the shares of Common Stock any
shares of the Capital Stock of the Company;
(d) the Company distributes to all or substantially all holders of
Common Stock evidences of indebtedness, securities or assets or certain rights
to purchase its securities, but excluding:
(i) dividends or distributions described in paragraph (a) above;
(ii) rights or warrants described in paragraph (b) above;
(iii) dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash described
in paragraph (e), (f) or (g) below;
(the "distributed assets"), in which event (other than in the case of a spin-off
as described below), the conversion rate in effect immediately before the close
of business on the record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled
to receive that distribution will be increased by multiplying:
(x) the Applicable Conversion Rate; by
(y) a fraction, (1) the numerator of which is the current market
price of the Common Stock and (2) the denominator of which is
the current market price of the Common Stock minus the fair
market value, as determined by the Board of Directors, whose
determination in good faith will be conclusive, of the portion
of those distributed assets applicable to one share of Common
Stock.
For purposes of this paragraph (d) (unless otherwise stated), the
"current market price" of the Common Stock means the average of the Closing Sale
Prices of the Common Stock for the five consecutive Trading Days ending on the
Trading Day prior to the ex-dividend Trading Day for such distribution, and the
new Applicable Conversion Rate shall take effect immediately after the record
date fixed for determination of the stockholders entitled to receive such
distribution.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in cases where (x) the fair market value
per share of Common Stock of the distributed assets equals or exceeds the
current market price of the Common Stock, or (y) the current market price of the
Common Stock exceeds the fair market value per share of Common Stock of the
distributed assets by less than $1.00, in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, the
Holder will have the right to receive upon conversion, in addition to cash and
shares of Common Stock, if any, the distributed assets the Holder would have
received if the Holder had converted the Notes immediately prior to the record
date.
In respect of a dividend or other distribution of shares of Capital
Stock of any class or series, or similar equity interests, of or relating to a
Subsidiary of the Company or other business unit, referred to herein as a
"spin-off," the Applicable Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the
close of business on the record date fixed for determination of stockholders
entitled to receive that distribution will be increased by multiplying:
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(x) the Applicable Conversion Rate; by
(y) a fraction, (1) the numerator of which is (A) the current
market price of the Common Stock plus (B) the fair market value
of the Common Stock, determined as described below, of the
portion of those shares of Capital Stock or similar equity
interests so distributed applicable to one share of Common
Stock, and (2) the denominator of which is the current market
price of the Common Stock.
The adjustment to the Applicable Conversion Rate in the event of a
spin-off will occur at the earlier of:
(x) the tenth Trading Day from, and including, the effective date
of the spin-off; and
(y) the date of the initial public offering of the securities being
distributed in the spin-off, if that initial public offering is
effected simultaneously with the spin-off.
For purposes of this paragraph (d), "initial public offering" means the
first time securities of the same class or type as the securities being
distributed in the spin-off are bona fide offered to the public for cash.
In the event of a spin-off that is not effected simultaneously with an
initial public offering of the securities being distributed in the spin-off, the
"fair market value" of the securities to be distributed to holders of Common
Stock means the average of the Closing Sale Prices of those securities over the
ten consecutive Trading Days following the effective date of the spin-off. For
the purpose of this paragraph (d), the "current market price" of the Common
Stock means the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the
ten consecutive Trading Days following the effective date of the spin-off.
If, however, an initial public offering of the securities being
distributed in the spin-off is to be effected simultaneously with the spin-off,
the "fair market value" of the securities being distributed in the spin-off
means the initial public offering price, while the current market price of the
Common Stock means the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day
on which the initial public offering price of the securities being distributed
in the spin-off is determined.
(e) the Company makes a distribution consisting exclusively of cash to
all or substantially all holders of outstanding shares of Common Stock, in which
event the Applicable Conversion Rate will be adjusted by multiplying:
(i) the Applicable Conversion Rate; by
(ii) a fraction, (A) the numerator of which is the current market
price of the Common Stock, and (B) the denominator of which is
the current market price of the Common Stock, minus the amount
per share of such distribution.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, in cases where (i) the amount per share
of Common Stock of such distribution equals or exceeds the current market price
of the Common Stock or (ii) the current market price of the Common Stock exceeds
the amount per share of Common Stock of such distribution by less than $1.00, in
lieu of the foregoing adjustment, the Holder will have the right to receive upon
conversion, in addition to cash and shares of Common Stock, if any, such
distribution the Holder would have received if the Holder had converted the
Notes immediately prior to the record date. For purposes of this paragraph (e),
the "current market price" of the Common Stock means the average of the Closing
Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the five consecutive Trading Days ending on
the Trading Day prior to the ex-dividend Trading Day for such cash distribution,
and the new Applicable Conversion Rate shall take effect immediately after the
record date fixed for determination of the stockholders entitled to receive such
distribution.
(f) the Company or one of its Subsidiaries makes a payment in respect
of a tender offer or exchange offer for the Common Stock, in which event, to the
extent the cash and value of any other consideration included in the payment per
share of the Common Stock exceeds the Closing Sale Price of the Common stock on
the Trading Day next succeeding the last date on which tenders or exchanges may
be made pursuant to such tender offer or exchange offer, as the case may be, the
Applicable Conversion Rate will be adjusted by multiplying:
(i) the Applicable Conversion Rate; by
(ii) a fraction, (A) the numerator of which will be the sum of (1)
the fair market value, as determined by the Board of Directors,
of the aggregate consideration payable for all shares of Common
Stock the Company or any such Subsidiary purchases in the
tender or exchange offer and (2) the product of (x) the number
of shares of Common Stock outstanding less any such purchased
shares and (y) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on
the Trading Day next succeeding the date of the expiration of
the tender or exchange offer, and (B) the denominator of which
will be the product of (1) the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding, including any such purchased shares, and (2) the
Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day next
succeeding the date of expiration of the tender or exchange
offer.
(g) the Company or one of its Subsidiaries makes a payment in respect
of a repurchase of the Common Stock, the consideration for which exceeded the
then-prevailing market price of the Common Stock (such amount being the
"repurchase premium"), and that repurchase, together with any other repurchases
of Common Stock by the Company or a Subsidiary involving a repurchase premium
concluded within the preceding 12 months, resulted in the payment by the Company
and its Subsidiaries of an aggregate consideration exceeding an amount equal to
10% of the market capitalization of the Common Stock, the Applicable Conversion
Rate will be adjusted by multiplying:
(i) the Applicable Conversion Rate; by
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(ii) a fraction, (A) the numerator of which is the current market
price of the Common Stock and (B) the denominator of which is
(1) the current market price of the Common Stock, minus (2) the
quotient of (x) the aggregate amount of all of the repurchase
premiums paid in connection with such repurchases and (y) the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the day next
succeeding the date of the repurchase triggering the
adjustment, as determined by the Board of Directors;
provided that no adjustment to the Applicable Conversion Rate shall be made to
the extent the Applicable Conversion Rate is not increased as a result of the
above calculation; and provided further that the repurchases of Common Stock
effected by the Company, its Subsidiary or their respective agents in conformity
with Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act will not be included in any adjustment
to the Applicable Conversion Rate made under this paragraph (g). For purposes of
this paragraph (g), (i) the market capitalization will be calculated by
multiplying (A) the current market price of the Common Stock by (B) the number
of shares of Common Stock then outstanding on the date of the repurchase
triggering the adjustment, and (ii) the current market price will be the average
of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the five consecutive Trading
Days beginning on the Trading Day next succeeding the date of the repurchase
triggering the adjustment, and (iii) in determining the repurchase premium, the
"then-prevailing market price" of the Common Stock will be the average of the
Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the five consecutive Trading Days
ending on the relevant repurchase date.
In addition to the adjustments set forth above, the Company may
increase the Applicable Conversion Rate as the Board of Directors considers
advisable to avoid or diminish any income tax to holders of Common Stock or
rights to purchase Common Stock resulting from any dividend or distribution of
Capital Stock (or rights to acquire Capital Stock) or from any event treated as
such for income tax purposes. The Company may also, from time to time, to the
extent permitted by applicable law, increase the Applicable Conversion Rate by
any amount for any period of at least 20 days if the Board of Directors has
determined that such increase would be in the Company's best interests. If the
Board of Directors makes such a determination, it will be conclusive. The
Company will give Holders at least 15 days' notice of such an increase in the
Applicable Conversion Rate.
No adjustment to the Applicable Conversion Rate or a Holder's ability
to convert its Notes will be made if the Holder otherwise participated in the
distribution without conversion or in certain other cases.
The Applicable Conversion Rate will not be adjusted:
(i) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any
present or future plan providing for the reinvestment of
dividends or interest payable on the Company's securities and
the investment of additional optional amounts in shares of
Common Stock under any plan;
(ii) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or options or
rights to purchase those shares pursuant to any present or
future employee, director
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or consultant benefit plan or program of or assumed by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(iii) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any
option, warrant, right or exercisable, exchangeable or
convertible security not described in the preceding bullet and
outstanding as of the date the Notes were first issued;
(iv) for a change in the par value of the Common Stock; or
(v) for accrued and unpaid Interest, if any.
Substantially simultaneously with an adjustment of the Applicable
Conversion Rate, the Company will disseminate a press release detailing the new
Applicable Conversion Rate and other relevant information.
SECTION 4.06 Trustee Adjustment Disclaimer. The Trustee has no duty to
determine when an adjustment under this Article IV should be made, how it should
be made or what it should be. The Trustee has no duty to determine whether a
supplemental indenture need be entered into or whether any provisions of any
supplemental indenture are correct. The Trustee shall not be accountable for and
makes no representation as to the validity or value of any securities or assets
issued upon the conversion of Notes. The Trustee shall not be responsible for
the Company's failure to comply with this Article IV. Each Conversion Agent
(other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) shall have the same
protection under this Section 4.06 as the Trustee.
SECTION 4.07 Registration of Common Stock upon Conversion. If the
Company is required to deliver shares of Common Stock to a Holder upon
conversion of the Notes, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to
deliver shares of Common Stock that need not be registered under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, in order to be freely transferable by a person not
affiliated with the Company. If the Company is unable to do so, the Company will
nevertheless deliver shares of Common Stock to such Holder but will use its
reasonable best efforts to file with the Commission and cause to become
effective a registration statement relating to the resale of such shares of
Common Stock by such Holder.
ARTICLE V
Subsidiary Guarantees
SECTION 5.01 Subsidiary Guarantors.
(a) The Notes shall be entitled to the benefit of the Subsidiary
Guarantee of each Subsidiary Guarantor provided in Article XIII of the Open-End
Indenture. Each Subsidiary Guarantor that is a signatory hereto, by execution
and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, agrees to become a Subsidiary
Guarantor pursuant to the Indenture and to assume all Obligations of the
Subsidiary Guarantors (including, without limitation, the Subsidiary Guarantee
as defined in the Open-End Indenture) and the Notes, in each case, in accordance
with the terms thereof.
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(b) Each Subsidiary Guarantor that is a signatory hereto hereby agrees
that its execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture shall evidence
its Subsidiary Guarantee as set forth in Section 13.01 of the Open-End Indenture
without the need for any further notation on the Notes and the delivery and
authentication of any Note by the Trustee under the Indenture shall constitute
due delivery of such Subsidiary Guarantee on behalf of such Subsidiary
Guarantor.
(c) Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees, and each Holder by accepting a
Note agrees, that payment in respect of a Subsidiary Guarantee is subordinated
in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner provided in Article XIV of
the Open-End Indenture to the prior payment in full in cash of all Senior Debt
of such Subsidiary Guarantor (whether outstanding on the date hereof or
hereafter created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed), and that the subordination
is for the benefit of the holders of such Senior Debt.
SECTION 5.02 Release of Subsidiary Guarantors. The Company may, at its
option, release a Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under the Subsidiary
Guarantee, causing it to cease to be a Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder:
(a) in connection with any sale or other disposition of all of the
Capital Stock of the Subsidiary Guarantor to a Person that is not (either before
or after giving effect to such transaction) an Affiliate of the Company;
(b) in connection with the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
such Subsidiary Guarantor; or
(c) if the Subsidiary Guarantor has been, but ceases to be, a guarantor
of any other Indebtedness of the Company ranking equal in right of payment with
the Notes (other than by reason of such other Indebtedness reaching maturity or
the obligations thereunder being paid in full).
SECTION 5.03 Additional Subsidiary Guarantors. The Company shall cause
any existing or future Subsidiary that becomes a subsidiary guarantor under the
Company's 8 1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013 and the indenture governing
such notes (or a guarantor of any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks
equal in right of payment with the Notes) to become a Subsidiary Guarantor
within 30 days after the Subsidiary of the Company becomes a guarantor under
such other debt by executing and delivering to the Trustee (a) a supplemental
indenture, in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, which subjects
such Person to the provisions (including the representations and warranties) of
this Indenture as a Subsidiary Guarantor and (b) an Opinion of Counsel and
Officers' Certificate to the effect that such supplemental indenture has been
duly authorized and executed by such Person and constitutes the legal, valid,
binding and enforceable obligation of such Person (subject to such customary
exceptions concerning creditors' rights and equitable principles as may be
acceptable to the Trustee and provided that no opinion need be rendered
concerning the enforceability of the Subsidiary Guarantee). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, with respect to each Subsidiary of the Company that is, on the date
hereof, a subsidiary guarantor under the Company's 8 1/4% Senior Subordinated
Notes due 2013 but not a Subsidiary Guarantor under the Notes, the Company
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shall cause such Subsidiary to become a Subsidiary Guarantor under the Notes in
accordance with the procedures described in the prior sentence no later than
December 31, 2004.
ARTICLE VI
Subordination of the Notes
SECTION 6.01 Agreement to Subordinate. The Company agrees, and each
Holder by accepting a Note agrees, that payment of principal and Interest on (or
any other Obligations relating to) the Notes are subordinated in right of
payment, to the extent and in the manner provided in this Article VI, to the
prior payment in full in cash of all Senior Debt of the Company (whether
outstanding on the date hereof or hereafter created, incurred, assumed or
guaranteed), and that the subordination is for the benefit of the holders of
Senior Debt.
This Article VI shall constitute a continuing offer to all Persons who
become holders of, or continue to hold, Senior Debt, and such provisions are
made for the benefit of the holders of Senior Debt, and such holders are made
obligees hereunder and any one or more of them may enforce such provisions.
SECTION 6.02 Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy. The holders of
Senior Debt of the Company shall be entitled to receive payment in full in cash
of all Obligations due in respect of Senior Debt of the Company (including
interest after the commencement of any bankruptcy proceeding at the rate
specified in the applicable documents governing the applicable Senior Debt of
the Company) before the Holders of Notes shall be entitled to receive any
payment with respect to (or any other Obligations relating to) the Notes or any
distribution of assets or proceeds (except that Holders of Notes may receive and
retain Permitted Junior Securities), in the event of any distribution to
creditors of the Company in connection with:
(i) any liquidation or dissolution of the Company, whether
voluntary or involuntary;
(ii) any bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or
similar proceeding relating to the Company or its property,
whether voluntary or involuntary;
(iii) any assignment for the benefit of creditors; or
(iv) any marshaling of the Company's assets and liabilities.
The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the
occurrence of any event described in clauses (i) through (iv) above.
SECTION 6.03 Default on Designated Senior Debt. The Company may not
make any payment in respect of the Notes or any distribution of assets or
proceeds (except in Permitted Junior Securities) if: (a) a payment default on
Designated Senior Debt of the Company occurs and is continuing beyond any
applicable grace period; or (b) any other default occurs and is continuing on
any series of Designated Senior Debt of the Company that permits holders of that
series of Designated Senior Debt of the Company to accelerate its maturity and
the Trustee
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receives a notice (a "Payment Blockage Notice") of such default from the Company
or any agent or representative with respect to such Designated Senior Debt (a
"Nonpayment Default").
Payments on the Notes may and shall be resumed:
(i) in the case of a payment default on Designated Senior Debt of
the Company, upon the date on which such payment default is
cured or waived; and
(ii) in case of a Nonpayment Default, the earlier of (x) the date on
which such Nonpayment Default is cured or waived or (y) 179
days after the date on which the applicable Payment Blockage
Notice is received by the Trustee, unless the maturity of such
Designated Senior Debt of the Company has been accelerated.
No new Payment Blockage Notice may be delivered unless and until 360
days have elapsed since the delivery of the immediately prior Payment Blockage
Notice. No Nonpayment Default that existed or was continuing on the date of
delivery of any Payment Blockage Notice to the Trustee shall be, or be made, the
basis for a subsequent Payment Blockage Notice unless such Nonpayment Default
has been cured or waived for a period of not less than 90 days.
SECTION 6.04 Acceleration of Notes. The Company shall promptly notify
holders of its Senior Debt and any agent or representative with respect to such
Senior Debt if payment of the Notes is accelerated because of an Event of
Default.
SECTION 6.05 When Distribution Must Be Paid Over. If the Trustee or any
Holder of the Notes receives a payment in respect of the Notes (except in
Permitted Junior Securities) when:
(i) the payment is prohibited by this Article VI; and
(ii) the Trustee or the Holder has actual knowledge that the payment
is prohibited;
the Trustee or the Holder, as the case may be, shall hold the payment in trust
for the benefit of the holders of Senior Debt of the Company and shall deliver
notice thereof to the agent or representative of the holders of Senior Debt.
Upon the proper written request of the agent or representative of the holders of
Designated Senior Debt of the Company, or, if no such Designated Senior Debt
exists, the holders of Senior Debt of the Company, the Trustee or the Holder, as
the case may be, shall deliver the amounts in trust to the holders of Senior
Debt of the Company or their proper representative.
With respect to the holders of Senior Debt, the Trustee undertakes to
perform only such obligations on the part of the Trustee as are specifically set
forth in this Article VI, and no implied covenants or obligations with respect
to the holders of Senior Debt shall be read into this Indenture against the
Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the
holders of Senior Debt, and shall not be liable to any such holders if the
Trustee shall mistakenly
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pay over or distribute to or on behalf of Holders or the Company or any other
Person money or assets to which any holders of Senior Debt shall be entitled by
virtue of this Article VI, except if such payment is made as a result of the
willful misconduct or gross negligence of the Trustee.
SECTION 6.06 Notice by the Company. The Company shall promptly notify
the Trustee and the Paying Agent in writing of any facts known to the Company
that would cause a payment of any Obligations with respect to the Notes to
violate this Article VI, but failure to give such notice shall not affect the
subordination of the Notes to the Senior Debt as provided in this Article VI.
SECTION 6.07 Subrogation. After all Senior Debt is paid in full and
until the Notes are paid in full, Holders of Notes shall be subrogated to the
rights of holders of Senior Debt to receive distributions applicable to Senior
Debt to the extent that distributions otherwise payable to the Holders of Notes
have been applied to the payment of Senior Debt. A distribution made under this
Article VI to holders of Senior Debt that otherwise would have been made to
Holders of Notes is not, as between the Company and Holders, a payment by the
Company on the Notes.
SECTION 6.08 Relative Rights. This Article VI defines the relative
rights of Holders of Notes and holders of Senior Debt. Nothing in this Indenture
shall:
(a) impair, as between the Company and Holders of Notes, the
obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional,
to pay principal of and Interest on the Notes in accordance
with their terms;
(b) affect the relative rights of Holders of Notes and creditors of
the Company other than their rights in relation to holders of
Senior Debt; or
(c) prevent the Trustee or any Holder of Notes from exercising its
available remedies upon a Default or Event of Default, subject
to the rights of holders and owners of Senior Debt to receive
distributions and payments otherwise payable to Holders of
Notes.
If the Company fails because of this Article VI to pay principal of or
Interest on a Note on the due date, the failure is still a Default or Event of
Default.
SECTION 6.09 Subordination May Not Be Impaired by the Company. No right
of any holder of Senior Debt to enforce the subordination of the Indebtedness
evidenced by the Notes shall be impaired by any act or failure to act by the
Company or any Holder or by the failure of the Company or any Holder to comply
with this Indenture.
SECTION 6.10 Distribution or Notice to Representative. Whenever a
distribution is to be made or a notice given to holders of Senior Debt, the
distribution may be made and the notice given to their Representative. Upon any
payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article VI,
the Trustee and the Holders of Notes shall be entitled to rely upon any order or
decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction or upon any certificate of
such Representative or of the liquidating trustee or agent or other Person
making any distribution to the Trustee or to the Holders of Notes for the
purpose of ascertaining the
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Persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of the Senior
Debt and other Indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable
thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts
pertinent thereto or to this Article VI.
SECTION 6.11 Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this Article VI or any other provision of this Indenture, the
Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts that
would prohibit the making of any payment or distribution by the Trustee, and the
Trustee and the Paying Agent may continue to make payments on the Notes, unless
the Trustee shall have received at its Corporate Trust Office at least five
Business Days prior to the date of such payment written notice of facts that
would cause the payment of any Obligations with respect to the Notes to violate
this Article VI. Only the Company or a Representative may give the notice.
Nothing in this Article VI shall impair the claims of, or payments to, the
Trustee under or pursuant to Section 9.06 of the Open-End Indenture. The Trustee
in its individual or any other capacity may hold Senior Debt with the same
rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
SECTION 6.12 Authorization to Effect Subordination. Each Holder of
Notes, by the Holder's acceptance thereof, authorizes and directs the Trustee on
such Holder's behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to
effectuate the subordination as provided in this Article VI, and appoints the
Trustee to act as such Holder's attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
If the Trustee does not file a proper proof of claim or proof of debt in the
form required in any proceeding referred to in Section 8.11 of the Open-End
Indenture at least 30 days before the expiration of the time to file such claim,
the lenders under the Credit Facilities are hereby authorized to file an
appropriate claim for and on behalf of the Holders of the Notes.
ARTICLE VII
Limitation on Unsecured Senior Indebtedness
SECTION 7.01 Limitation on Unsecured Senior Indebtedness. The Company
shall not maintain Senior Debt with respect to which the lender or creditor does
not have a valid security interest in an aggregate principal amount outstanding
at any time greater than or equal to 5% of the aggregate principal amount of the
Notes Outstanding at such time.
ARTICLE VIII
Consolidation, Merger, Sale or Transfer
SECTION 8.01 Consolidation, Merger, Sale or Transfer. Article XI of the
Open-End Indenture shall not apply to the Notes and, for the purposes of the
Notes only and not for the purposes of any Securities under the Open-End
Indenture other than the Notes unless specified in a subsequent supplemental
indenture, the following provisions shall apply instead:
(a) The Company shall not (i) consolidate with or merge with or into
any other Person, or convey, sell, transfer or lease or otherwise dispose of all
or substantially all of its assets to any other Person in any one transaction or
a series of related transactions, or (ii) permit any person to consolidate with
or merge into the Company unless:
(A) in the case of a merger or consolidation, either the Company is
the surviving Person or, if the Company is not the surviving
Person, the
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surviving Person formed by such merger or consolidation or
into which the Company is merged or consolidated or the Person
to which the Company's properties and assets are so
transferred shall be a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, or the
District of Columbia, and shall execute and deliver to the
Trustee a supplemental indenture expressly assuming the
payment when due of the principal of and Interest, if any, on
the Notes and the performance of each of the Company's other
covenants under the Notes and the Indenture; and
(B) in either case, immediately after giving effect to such
transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing.
(b) In the case of a merger or consolidation pursuant to which all or
substantially all of the Common Stock would be converted into cash, securities
or other property, the right to convert Notes into Common Stock will be changed
into a right to convert such Notes into the kind and amount of cash, securities
or other property that the Holder would have received had the Holder converted
such Notes immediately prior to the transaction.
ARTICLE IX
Event of Default
SECTION 9.01 Event of Default. Section 8.01(a), (b) and (c) of the
Open-End Indenture shall not apply to the Notes and, for the purposes of the
Notes only and not for the purposes of any Securities under the Open-End
Indenture other than the Notes unless specified in a subsequent supplemental
indenture, the following provisions shall apply instead:
(a) "Event of Default", wherever used in the Indenture with respect to
the Notes, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such
Event of Default and whether it may be voluntary or involuntary or be effected
by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree, or order of any court
or any order, rule, or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(i) default in the payment of any Interest on the Notes when it
becomes due and payable, and the continuance of such default
for a period of 30 calendar days;
(ii) default in the payment of the principal of the Notes at
maturity, upon redemption, repurchase or following a
Fundamental Change when it becomes due and payable;
(iii) default by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the
payment of principal, interest or premium when due under any
agreement or instrument relating to any other Indebtedness of
the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company having an
aggregate outstanding principal amount of $25,000,000 (or its
equivalent in any other currency or currencies) or more, or any
other default by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under
the terms of the indenture governing the Company's
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8 1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013, in each case if
such default continues in effect for more than 30 calendar
days after the expiration of any grace period or extension of
time for payment applicable thereto;
(iv) default by the Company of its conversion obligations upon
exercise of a Holder's conversion right pursuant to Article IV
hereof, unless such default is cured within five calendar days
after written notice of the default is given to the Company by
the Trustee or such Holder;
(v) acceleration of any Indebtedness under any agreement or
instrument evidencing any Indebtedness of the Company (other
than the Notes) having an aggregate outstanding principal
amount of at least $25,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other
currency or currencies) or more, unless such acceleration has
been rescinded or annulled within 30 days after written notice
of such acceleration has been received by the Company;
(vi) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A)
a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding
under any applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, or other similar law or (B) a decree or order
adjudging the Company or any Significant Subsidiary a bankrupt
or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, or composition of or
in respect of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary under
any applicable Federal or state law, or appointing a custodian,
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator, or other
similar official of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary
or of any substantial part of their property, or ordering the
winding up or liquidation of their affairs, and the continuance
of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree
or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive
calendar days;
(vii) the commencement by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary
of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal
or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or other
similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be
adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by the
Company or any Significant Subsidiary to the entry of a decree
or order for relief in respect of the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding
under any applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, or other similar law or to the commencement of
any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or
the filing by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of a
petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief
with respect to the Company or any Significant Subsidiary under
any applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, or other similar law, or the consent by the
Company or any Significant Subsidiary to the filing of such
petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a
custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
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sequestrator, or other similar official of the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary or of any substantial part of their
property pursuant to any such law, or the making by the Company
or any Significant Subsidiary of an assignment for the benefit
of creditors, or the admission by the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary in writing of its inability to pay its
debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate
action by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary in
furtherance of any such action;
(viii) default in the Company's performance of any other covenants or
agreements contained in the Indenture or the Notes if such
default exists and is continuing for 60 calendar days after
written notice to the Company from the Trustee or the Holders
of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Notes; or
(ix) except as permitted by Section 5.02, any Subsidiary Guarantee
of any Significant Subsidiary ceases to be in full force and
effect or is declared null and void, or any Subsidiary
Guarantor denies that it has any further liability under any
Subsidiary Guarantee or gives notice to such effect to the
Company unless such notice has been rescinded or annulled
within 30 days after it has been received by the Company.
(b) The Company shall give notice to the Trustee of any Default that
could mature into an Event of Default described in Section 9.01(a)(viii) within
ten days of the occurrence of such Default.
(c) If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default arising
under Section 9.01(a)(vi) or (vii)) with respect to the Notes occurs and is
continuing, then and in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less
than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may declare the
unpaid principal amount of, plus any accrued and unpaid Interest on, all the
Notes then Outstanding to be due and payable, by a notice in writing to the
Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders) specifying the respective Event
of Default, and upon such declaration such principal amount plus any accrued and
unpaid Interest shall become immediately due and payable; provided, however,
that so long as any Obligations under any Credit Facilities shall be
outstanding, the acceleration shall not be effective until the earlier of (1) an
acceleration of Indebtedness under such Credit Facilities or (2) five Business
Days after receipt by the Company and the agent under such Credit Facilities of
written notice of such declaration of acceleration of the Notes. If an Event of
Default under Section 9.01(a)(vi) or (vii) occurs, then all unpaid principal of,
and accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes then outstanding will become due
and payable immediately without any declaration or other act on the part of the
Trustee or any Holder.
(d) At any time after a declaration of acceleration with respect to the
Notes has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due
has been obtained by the Trustee as provided in Article VIII of the Open-End
Indenture, if all Events of Default with respect to the Notes (other than the
nonpayment of the principal of or interest on the Notes which has become due
solely by such declaration of acceleration) have been cured or waived,
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then the declaration of acceleration shall be automatically annulled and
rescinded without any act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.
ARTICLE X
Modification and Waiver
SECTION 10.01 Modification and Waiver. Sections 10.01 and 10.02(a) of
the Open-End Indenture shall not apply to the Notes and, for the purposes of the
Notes only and not for the purposes of any Securities under the Open-End
Indenture other than the Notes unless specified in a subsequent supplemental
indenture, the following provisions shall apply instead:
(a) Without the consent of or notice to any Holders, the Company, when
authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to
time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form
satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(i) to cure any ambiguity or omission, to correct or supplement any
provision in this Indenture which may be defective or
inconsistent with any other provision in this Indenture, or to
make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions
arising under this Indenture, provided that such action
pursuant to this clause (i) will not adversely affect the
interests of the Holders of the Notes in any material respect;
(ii) to provide for the succession of another Person to the Company
and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of
the Company in this Indenture and in the Notes, all to the
extent otherwise permitted hereunder;
(iii) to provide for exchange rights of Holders of Notes as provided
for in Section 8.01(b);
(iv) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place
of certificated Notes;
(v) to provide Holders with a security interest for, or a guarantee
of, the Notes;
(vi) to comply with any requirement to effect or maintain the
qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act;
(vii) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Notes and
to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as
may be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one
Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 9.10 of the
Open-End Indenture;
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(viii) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the
Holders of the Notes or to surrender any right or power
conferred in this Indenture upon the Company;
(ix) to add or remove a Subsidiary Guarantor as specified in Section
5.02 or 5.03;
(x) to add any additional Events of Default; or
(xi) to add to, change, or eliminate any of the provisions of the
Indenture, provided that any such addition, change, or
elimination does not adversely affect any Outstanding Notes in
any material respect.
(b) With the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, by Act of said Holders delivered to
the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution,
and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto
for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or
eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any
manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this
Indenture; provided, however that no such supplemental indenture will, without
the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby:
(i) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or
waiver of the Indenture or the Notes;
(ii) reduce the rate of accrual of Interest or modify the method for
calculating Interest or change the time for payment of Interest
on the Notes;
(iii) modify the provisions with respect to Holders' rights upon a
Fundamental Change in a manner adverse to the Holders of the
Notes, including the Company's obligations to repurchase the
Notes following a Fundamental Change;
(iv) reduce the principal amount of the Notes or change the Maturity
Date of the Notes;
(v) reduce the Redemption Price, the Repurchase Price or the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of the Notes or change the
time at which the Notes may or must be redeemed or repurchased;
(vi) make payments on the Notes payable in currency other than in
U.S. dollars;
(vii) modify the subordination provisions of the Notes in a manner
that adversely affects the rights of the Holder of any Note;
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(viii) impair any Holder's right to institute suit for the enforcement
of any payment on the Notes;
(ix) waive a continuing Default or Event of Default regarding any
payment on the Notes (except a rescission of acceleration of
the Notes as provided in Section 8.01(c) of the Open-End
Indenture and a waiver of the payment Default that resulted
from such acceleration); or
(x) adversely affect the conversion or repurchase provisions of the
Notes.
ARTICLE XI
Miscellaneous
SECTION 11.01 Trustee Matters. The recitals in this Supplemental
Indenture are made by the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors only and not by
the Trustee, and all of the provisions contained in the Open-End Indenture in
respect of the rights, privileges, immunities, powers and duties of the Trustee
shall be applicable in respect of the Notes and of this Supplemental Indenture
as fully and with like effect as if set forth herein in full.
SECTION 11.02 Calculations. The Company will make all calculations
called for by this Indenture with respect to the Notes. The Company will make
these calculations in good faith and, absent manifest error, the Company's
calculations shall be final and binding on all Holders of Notes. The Company
will promptly provide a schedule of any calculations made hereunder to the
Trustee, the Conversion Agent and the Paying Agent, each of which may rely upon
the accuracy of the calculations without independent verification. The Trustee
will forward such schedule of any calculations to any Holder upon the request of
such Holder.
SECTION 11.03 Ratification. The Open-End Indenture is in all respects
ratified and confirmed, and the Open-End Indenture and this Supplemental
Indenture shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.
SECTION 11.04 Counterpart Originals. This Supplemental Indenture may be
simultaneously executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed
to be an original, and such counterparts shall together constitute one and the
same instrument.
SECTION 11.05 Effect of Headings. The Article and Section headings
herein have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be
considered a part hereof and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms
or provisions hereof.
SECTION 11.06 Governing Law. This Supplemental Indenture, the Notes and
the Subsidiary Guarantees shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the law of the State of New York, without giving effect to its conflicts of law
principles.
SECTION 11.07 Provisions for the Sole Benefit of Parties and Holders.
Nothing in the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or in the Notes, expressed
or implied, is intended or shall be construed to confer upon, or to give or
grant to, any Person, other than the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the
Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Conversion Agent and the registered owners of the
Notes, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by
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reason of the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes or any covenant,
condition or stipulation hereof or thereof, and all covenants, stipulations,
promises and agreements in the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes
made by or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be for the
sole and exclusive benefit of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the
Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Conversion Agent and the registered owners of the
Notes.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental
Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
ARMOR HOLDINGS, INC.,
as Issuer
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
---------------------------------------------
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Corporate Controller, Treasurer and
Secretary
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Assistant Vice Pressident
As Subsidiary Guarantors:
911EP, INC.
AHI PROPERTIES I, INC.
ARMOR ACCESSORIES, INC.
ARMOR BRANDS, INC.
ARMORGROUP SERVICES, LLC
ARMOR HOLDINGS GP, LLC
ARMOR HOLDINGS LP, LLC
ARMOR HOLDINGS FORENSICS, L.L.C.
ARMOR HOLDINGS PRODUCTS, L.L.C.
ARMOR HOLDINGS PROPERTIES, INC.
ARMOR HOLDINGS MOBILE SECURITY, L.L.C.
ARMOR SAFETY PRODUCTS COMPANY
B-SQUARE, INC.
BREAK-FREE, INC.
CASCO INTERNATIONAL, INC.
CDR INTERNATIONAL, INC.
DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
HATCH IMPORTS, INC.
IDENTICATOR, INC.
MONADNOCK LIFETIME PRODUCTS, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
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MONADNOCK LIFETIME PRODUCTS, INC.
a New Hampshire corporation
MONADNOCK POLICE TRAINING COUNCIL, INC.
ODV HOLDINGS CORP.
NEW TECHNOLOGIES ARMOR, INC.
▇'▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ARMORING COMPANY, L.L.C.
PRO-TECH ARMORED PRODUCTS OF MASSACHUSETTS, INC.
RAMTECH DEVELOPMENT CORP.
SAFARILAND GOVERNMENT SALES, INC.
SAFARI LAND LTD., INC.
SPEEDFEED ACQUISITION CORP.
THE O'GARA COMPANY
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
--------------------------------------------
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
NAP PROPERTIES, LTD.
By: NAP PROPERTY MANAGERS LLC, its
General Partner
By: ARMOR HOLDINGS PROPERTIES, INC.,
its Managing Member
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
NAP PROPERTY MANAGERS, LLC
By: ARMOR HOLDINGS PROPERTIES, INC.,
its Managing Member
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
--------------------------------------------
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
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▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ SERVICES, LLC
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
--------------------------------------------
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Manager
AHI BULLETPROOF ACQUISITION CORP.
INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SAFETY
EDUCATION, INC.
SIMULA, INC.
SIMULA AEROSPACE & DEFENSE
GROUP, INC.
SIMULA POLYMER SYSTEMS, INC.
SIMULA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer
and Secretary
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Schedule I
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Additional Shares Table
The following table sets forth the hypothetical Stock Price and number
of Additional Shares per $1,000 Original Principal Amount of Notes:
EFFECTIVE
DATE OF STOCK PRICE
FUNDAMENTAL -----------
CHANGE $39.28 $42.50 $45.00 $47.50 $50.00 $60.00 $75.00 $100.00 $125.00 $150.00
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29-OCT-04 6.9415 6.5310 6.2152 5.9540 5.6955 4.8456 3.9582 3.0256 2.4584 2.0545
1-NOV-05 6.7331 6.2699 5.9446 5.6446 5.3781 4.4728 3.5605 2.6493 2.1139 1.7619
1-NOV-06 6.5727 6.0543 5.7087 5.3726 5.0841 4.1127 3.1617 2.2756 1.7864 1.4716
1-NOV-07 6.4656 5.8888 5.4724 5.1226 4.7771 3.7357 2.7285 1.8694 1.4376 1.1864
1-NOV-08 6.3744 5.7072 5.2463 4.8145 4.4512 3.2825 2.2314 1.4246 1.0751 0.8910
1-NOV-09 6.3223 5.5130 4.9597 4.4595 4.0068 2.6914 1.6126 0.9265 0.7007 0.5955
1-NOV-10 6.3255 5.2780 4.5559 3.9161 3.3570 1.8087 0.8006 0.4104 0.3388 0.3048
1-NOV-11 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
EFFECTIVE
DATE OF STOCK PRICE
FUNDAMENTAL -----------
CHANGE $175.00 $200.00 $250.00
--------------------------------------------------
29-OCT-04 1.7515 1.5068 1.1217
1-NOV-05 1.4963 1.2832 0.9476
1-NOV-06 1.2512 1.0735 0.7915
1-NOV-07 1.0090 0.8686 0.6418
1-NOV-08 0.7667 0.6662 0.4969
1-NOV-09 0.5235 0.4615 0.3477
1-NOV-10 0.2749 0.2454 0.1869
1-NOV-11 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
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[FORM OF FACE OF NOTE]
THIS NOTE IS SUBJECT TO THE RULES FOR DEBT INSTRUMENTS WITH CONTINGENT PAYMENTS
UNDER UNITED STATES TREASURY REGULATIONS SECTION 1.1275-4(b). FOR INFORMATION
REGARDING THE ISSUE PRICE, ISSUE DATE, THE YIELD TO MATURITY, THE "COMPARABLE
YIELD" AND PROJECTED PAYMENT SCHEDULE FOR THIS NOTE, YOU SHOULD CONTACT: ARMOR
HOLDINGS, INC., ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇, ATTENTION: SECRETARY.
THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER
REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW
YORK CORPORATION ("DEPOSITARY"), OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY BE
TREATED BY THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS THE OWNER AND
HOLDER OF THIS NOTE FOR ALL PURPOSES. UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED
IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO
SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY
OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE &
CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT
NOT IN PART, BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF
THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE
DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH
SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY, AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE
LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE
INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.
ARMOR HOLDINGS, INC.
2.00% SENIOR SUBORDINATED CONVERTIBLE NOTES DUE NOVEMBER 1, 2024
CUSIP No. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Original Principal Amount: $300,000,000
Armor Holdings, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under
the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the "Company", which term
includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for
value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns
thereof, on November 1, 2024 (the "Maturity Date"), the Accreted Principal
Amount of this Note on such date, and to pay Interest on this Note on the terms
set forth on the reverse hereof. This Note is issued with an Original Principal
Amount of Three Hundred Million Dollars ($300,000,000). The Accreted Principal
Amount of this Note will accrue as specified on the reverse of this Note.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set
forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Note
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly
executed.
Dated: October __, 2004
ARMOR HOLDINGS, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
Certificate of Authentication:
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee, certifies that this is one of
the Notes referred to within the Indenture
By:
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Authorized Signatory
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE]
ARMOR HOLDINGS, INC.
2.00% SENIOR SUBORDINATED CONVERTIBLE NOTES DUE NOVEMBER 1, 2024
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the
Company designated as its 2.00% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes due
November 1, 2024 (herein called the "Notes"), in initial aggregate principal
amount of $300,000,000, issued and to be issued under an Indenture, dated as of
October 29, 2004 (herein called the "Open-End Indenture" and, as supplemented by
the Supplemental Indenture referred to below, the "Indenture"), between the
Company and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Trustee (herein called the
"Trustee", which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and a
Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 29, 2004 (herein called the
"Supplemental Indenture"), among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors that are
parties thereto (the "Subsidiary Guarantors", which term includes at any time
those entities that are then Subsidiary Guarantors as defined in the Indenture)
and the Trustee, to which Indenture reference is hereby made for a statement of
the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder
of the Company, the Trustee and its agents and the Holders of the Notes and of
the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.
All capitalized terms used in this Note which are not defined herein but are
defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the
Indenture. To the extent that any provision of this Note conflicts with the
express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall
govern and be controlling.
1. INTEREST
Regular Interest
Regular Interest will accrue on this Note at the rate of 2.00% per year
during any six-month period from and including November 1 to and including April
30 and from and including May 1 to and including October 31 (provided that the
initial interest period shall begin on October 29, 2004 and shall end on April
30, 2005), provided that this Note will cease to accrue Regular Interest as of
November 1, 2011. The Interest Payment Dates for Regular Interest will be the
May 1 or November 1, as applicable, following the relevant six-month period.
The Company will not pay Regular Interest accrued and unpaid on this
Note upon conversion into Common Stock.
Contingent Interest
On and after November 1, 2011, Contingent Interest will accrue on this
Note during any six-month period from and including November 1 to and including
April 30 or from and including May 1 to and including October 31 if the average
Trading Price of the Notes for the Five Trading Day Reference Period for such
six-month period equals 120% or more of the Accreted Principal Amount of this
Note plus accrued and unpaid Regular Interest as of the relevant Interest
Payment Date. The Interest Payment Dates for Contingent Interest, if any, will
be the May 1 or November 1, as applicable, following the relevant six-month
period.
The amount of Contingent Interest payable on this Note in respect of
any six-month period, if applicable, will be equal to 0.15% of the average
Trading Price per Note for the applicable Five Trading Day Reference Period.
The determination as to whether Contingent Interest will accrue with
respect to a six-month period shall be made as soon as practicable after the
start of such six-month period. Within 10 days of a determination that the
Holders of the Notes are entitled to receive Contingent Interest for a relevant
six-month period, the Company shall notify Holders of this determination, issue
a press release containing information regarding the determination, and publish
the information through a public medium customary for such press releases.
The Company will not pay Contingent Interest accrued and unpaid on this
Note upon conversion into Common Stock.
Accretion
Until October 31, 2011, the Accreted Principal Amount of this Note will
be equal to the Original Principal Amount of that Note. Beginning on November 1,
2011, the Original Principal Amount shall commence increasing at a rate that
provides holders with an aggregate annual yield to maturity of 2.00% (computed
on a semiannual bond equivalent-yield basis), which increased amount shall from
time to time thereafter constitute the Accreted Principal Amount.
Interest and Principal Payments Generally
All payments of principal and Interest on the Notes shall be made in
accordance with the Indenture. Payments on the Notes will be made in U.S.
Dollars at the office of the Paying Agent. The Company may, at its option, make
payments by check mailed to the Holder's registered address set forth in the
Security Register maintained by the Security Registrar or, with respect to
Global Securities, by wire transfer to the accounts specified by the Depositary.
All Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve
30-day months.
In the event that any Interest becomes payable on the Notes, a Holder
of any Notes at the close of business on an Interest Payment Record Date shall
be entitled to receive such Interest on the corresponding Interest Payment Date;
provided, however, that if the Company redeems such Notes under Section 3.01 of
the Supplemental Indenture, or such Holder elects to require the Company to
repurchase such Notes under Section 3.02 of the Supplemental Indenture, on a
Redemption Date or Repurchase Date, as the case may be, that is after such
Interest Payment Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest
Payment Date, the Company will pay accrued and unpaid Interest on the Note being
redeemed or repurchased to, but excluding, the Redemption Date or Repurchase
Date, as the case may be, to the same Person to whom the Accreted Principal
Amount of such Note is paid.
2. PAYING AGENT, CONVERSION AGENT AND SECURITY REGISTRAR
The Trustee shall act as Security Registrar. Initially, the Trustee
will also act as Paying Agent and Conversion Agent. The Company may appoint and
change any Paying Agent or Conversion Agent without prior notice to the Trustee
or the Holders. The Company or any of
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its Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates may act as Paying Agent. However,
the Conversion Agent will not be an Affiliate of the Company or any Subsidiary.
3. TAX TREATMENT
The Company agrees, and by acceptance of a beneficial ownership
interest in the Notes each Holder of Notes will be deemed to have agreed, for
United States federal income tax purposes, (a) to treat the Notes as
indebtedness that is subject to United States Treasury Regulations Section
1.1275-4 (the "Contingent Payment Debt Regulations") and, for purposes of the
Contingent Payment Debt Regulations, to treat the fair market value of any stock
beneficially received by a Holder upon any conversion of the Notes as a
contingent payment and (b) to be bound by the Company's determination of the
comparable yield and projected payment schedule, within the meaning of the
Contingent Payment Debt Regulations, with respect to the Notes. A Holder of
Notes may obtain the issue price, issue date, comparable yield and projected
payment schedule by submitting a written request to the Company at the following
address: Armor Holdings, Inc., ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: Secretary.
4. REDEMPTION AT THE OPTION OF THE COMPANY
The Company will have the right to redeem the Notes, in whole or in
part, for cash at any time or from time to time on or after November 1, 2011 at
a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the Accreted Principal Amount of the Notes
selected for redemption, plus accrued and unpaid Interest, if any, to, but not
including, the Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than
60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at the
Holder's registered address. If money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of
all Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the Redemption Date has been
deposited with the Paying Agent on or prior to the Redemption Date, immediately
after such Redemption Date, all Interest shall cease to accrue on such Notes or
portions thereof.
5. PURCHASE BY THE COMPANY AT THE OPTION OF THE HOLDER
Subject to the satisfaction of the requirements set forth in the
Indenture, Holders will have the right to require the Company to repurchase the
Notes on November 1, 2011, November 1, 2014 and November 1, 2019 (each, a
"Repurchase Date") for a Repurchase Price in cash equal to 100% of the Accreted
Principal Amount of the Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid
Interest, if any, to, but not including, the Repurchase Date. The Company will
give notice at least 20 Business Days prior to each Repurchase Date to all
Holders at their addresses shown in the Security Register and to beneficial
owners of Notes as required by applicable law stating, among other things, the
procedures described in the Indenture that Holders must follow to require the
Company to repurchase their Notes. The Company will be required to repurchase
any outstanding Notes for which a Holder delivers a written repurchase notice
that has not been properly withdrawn to the Paying Agent as described in the
Indenture. This notice must be delivered during the period beginning at any time
from the opening of business on the date that is 20 Business Days prior to the
relevant Repurchase Date until the close of business on the last Business Day
prior to the Repurchase Date.
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Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture (including the
rights of the Company upon delivery of a Public Acquisition Notice as described
in Section 3.06 of the Supplemental Indenture and Section 7 hereof), if a
Fundamental Change occurs at any time prior to the Maturity Date, each Holder
will, upon receipt of the notice of the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, have
the right to require the Company to repurchase any or all of such Holder's Notes
for cash in an amount equal to 100% of the Accreted Principal Amount of the
Notes to be purchased plus accrued and unpaid Interest, if any, to (but not
including) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, unless such Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date falls after an Interest Payment Record Date and on or
prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, in which case the Fundamental
Change Repurchase Price will include the full amount of accrued and unpaid
Interest payable on such Interest Payment Date to the Holder of record at the
close of business on the corresponding Interest Payment Record Date. Subject to
Sections 3.02(b) and 3.06 of the Supplemental Indenture, on or before the 30th
day after the effective date of a Fundamental Change, the Company will provide
to all Holders of the Notes and the Trustee and Paying Agent a notice of the
occurrence of the Fundamental Change and of the resulting repurchase right. To
exercise the repurchase right, a Holder must deliver the Fundamental Change
repurchase notice duly completed to the Paying Agent as described in the
Indenture.
Holders have the right to withdraw any repurchase notice or Fundamental
Change repurchase notice, as the case may be, in whole or in part, by delivering
to the Paying Agent a written notice of withdrawal in accordance with the
provisions of the Indenture.
If cash sufficient to pay the Repurchase Price or Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price, as the case may be, of all Notes or portions thereof to be
purchased as of the Repurchase Date or Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, as
the case may be, has been deposited with the Paying Agent on or prior to the
Business Day following the Repurchase Date or the Fundamental Change Repurchase
Date, as the case may be, all Interest shall cease to accrue on such Notes (or
portions thereof) immediately after such Repurchase Date or Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date, as the case may be, and the Holder thereof shall have no other
rights as such other than the right to receive the Repurchase Price or
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, as the case may be, upon surrender of such
Notes.
6. CONVERSION
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, a Holder is
entitled, at such Holder's option, to convert the Holder's Notes at any time.
Upon satisfying the conditions to conversion as set forth in the Indenture, a
Holder will receive, in respect of each $1,000 Original Principal Amount of
Notes, the following (as calculated pursuant to the Indenture):
(a) cash in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the Accreted Principal
Amount of such Notes as of the Conversion Date or (ii) the Conversion Value; and
(b) a number of fully paid and nonassessable shares (calculated to the
nearest 1/100th of a share) of Common Stock equal to the sum of the Daily Share
Amounts for each Trading Day during the Applicable Conversion Reference Period,
provided, however, that holders will receive a cash amount calculated as
described in the Indenture in lieu of fractional shares of Common Stock.
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"Conversion Value" means, as of any Conversion Date, the product of (a)
the Applicable Conversion Rate on that Conversion Date and (b) the average of
the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock on each of the ten consecutive
Trading Days in the Applicable Conversion Reference Period for that Conversion
Date. The Applicable Conversion Rate will be subject to anti-dilution
adjustments pursuant to Section 4.05 of the Supplemental Indenture and to
adjustment for conversions in connection with certain Fundamental Changes
pursuant to Section 3.05 of the Supplemental Indenture.
To surrender a Note for conversion, a Holder must (a) complete and
manually sign the irrevocable conversion notice included as Annex A to Exhibit A
to the Supplemental Indenture (or complete and manually sign a facsimile of such
notice) and deliver such notice to the Conversion Agent, (b) effect book-entry
transfer of the Note or, in the case of a certificated Note, deliver the Note to
the Conversion Agent and furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer
documents, (c) pay all funds required, if any, relating to Interest on the Note
to be converted to which the Holder is not entitled, as described in Section
4.03(b) of the Supplemental Indenture and (d) pay any transfer or similar tax,
if required. The Company will pay any documentary stamp or similar issue or
transfer tax due on the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon the conversion,
unless the tax is due because the Holder requests the shares of Common Stock to
be issued or delivered in a name other than the Holder's, in which case the
Holder must pay the tax. Shares of Common Stock and cash deliverable upon
conversion will be delivered through the Conversion Agent no later than the
third Business Day following the last day of the Applicable Conversion Reference
Period (except as described in Section 3.05(c) of the Supplemental Indenture).
No payment or adjustment will be made upon conversion for dividends on
the shares of Common Stock except as provided in Section 4.05 of the
Supplemental Indenture, or for accrued and unpaid Interest. On conversion of any
Notes, that portion of Interest attributable to the period from the Issue Date
through the Conversion Date with respect to the converted Notes shall not be
cancelled, extinguished or forfeited, but rather shall be deemed to be paid in
full to the Holder thereof through the delivery of the cash payment and any
Common Stock due upon conversion pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.
7. PUBLIC ACQUIRER CHANGE OF CONTROL
Within five Trading Days prior to but not including the expected
effective date of a Fundamental Change that is also a Public Acquirer Change of
Control, the Company will provide a Public Acquisition Notice to all Holders,
the Trustee, any Paying Agent and any Conversion Agent describing the
anticipated Public Acquirer Change of Control and stating whether the Company
will:
(i) elect to adjust the Applicable Conversion Rate and related
conversion obligation as described in Section 3.06 of the Supplemental
Indenture, in which case the Holders will not have the right to require the
Company repurchase their Notes as described in Section 3.04 of the Supplemental
Indenture and will not have the right to the Applicable Conversion Rate
adjustment described in Section 3.05 of the Supplemental Indenture; or
(ii) not elect to adjust the Applicable Conversion Rate and related
conversion obligation as described in Section 3.06 of the Supplemental
Indenture, in which case the Holders will have the right to require the Company
to repurchase their Notes as described in Section 3.04
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of the Supplemental Indenture and/or the right to an Applicable Conversion
Rate adjustment as described in Section 3.05 of the Supplemental Indenture, in
each case in accordance with the respective provisions of those Sections.
If the Public Acquisition Notice indicates that the Company is making
the election described in clause (i) above, then the Applicable Conversion Rate
and the related conversion obligation shall be adjusted such that from and after
the effective date of the Public Acquirer Change of Control, Holders of the
Notes will be entitled to convert their Notes into a number of shares of Public
Acquirer Common Stock pursuant to Section 3.06(b) of the Supplemental Indenture.
8. SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
The Notes are general unsecured senior subordinated Obligations of the
Company. The payment by the Company of the principal of and interest on the
Notes and all other amounts due and payable under the Notes and the Indenture is
unconditionally guaranteed on an unsecured senior subordinated basis, jointly
and severally, by the Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to Article XIII of the
Open-End Indenture and Article V of the Supplemental Indenture. Certain
limitations to the obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors are set forth in
further detail in the Indenture.
9. SUBORDINATION
Each Holder by accepting this Note agrees that payment of the
Obligations under the Notes is subordinated in right of payment, to the extent
and in the manner provided in Article VI of the Supplemental Indenture, to the
prior payment in full in cash of all Senior Debt of the Company (whether
outstanding on the date hereof or hereafter created, incurred, assumed or
guaranteed), and that the subordination is for the benefit of the holders of
such Senior Debt. Each Holder by accepting this Note agrees that payment in
respect of the Subsidiary Guarantee of each Subsidiary Guarantor is subordinated
in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner provided in Article XIII of
the Open-End Indenture, to the prior payment in full in cash of all Senior Debt
of such Subsidiary Guarantor (whether outstanding on the date hereof or
hereafter created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed), and that the subordination
is for the benefit of the holders of such Senior Debt.
10. DENOMINATIONS; TRANSFER; EXCHANGE
The Notes are in fully registered form, without coupons, in
denominations of $1,000 Original Principal Amount and integral multiples of
$1,000. A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the
Indenture. The Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish
appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees
required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Trustee need not transfer or
exchange any Notes selected for redemption or repurchase (except, in the case of
a Note to be redeemed or repurchased in part, the portion of the Note not to be
redeemed or repurchased) or any Notes in respect of which a repurchase notice or
Fundamental Change repurchase notice has been given and not withdrawn (except,
in the case of a Note to be redeemed or repurchased in part, the portion of the
Note not to be redeemed or repurchased) or any Notes for a period of 15 days
before the mailing of a notice of redemption or repurchase.
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11. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS
Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the
Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, whether or not Obligations under this Note are overdue, and neither
the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
12. UNCLAIMED MONEY
Any money deposited with the Trustee, any Conversion Agent or any
Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of
Obligations under any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such
Obligations have become due and payable will be paid to the Company upon a
Company Request (or, if then held by the Company, will be discharged from such
trust); and the Holder of such Note will thereafter, as an unsecured general
creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the
Trustee, such Conversion Agent or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust
money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, will thereupon
cease.
13. AMENDMENT; WAIVER
Subject to certain exceptions and limitations set forth in the
Indenture, (a) the Indenture or the Notes may be amended with the written
consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Notes at the time Outstanding and (b) Defaults and Events of Default may be
waived with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding.
14. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
If any Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be
continuing, the Obligations under all the Notes may be declared due and payable
in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
15. TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH THE COMPANY
Subject to certain limitations imposed by the Trust Indenture Act and
the Indenture, the Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become
the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with and collect
obligations owed to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal
with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were
not Trustee.
16. CALCULATIONS IN RESPECT OF NOTES
The Company or its agents will be responsible for making all
calculations called for under the Notes including, but not limited to,
determination of the Trading Prices for the Notes, the Closing Sale Prices of
the Common Stock, the amounts of any Interest payments, Accreted Principal
Amounts, Conversion Consideration or adjustments to the Applicable Conversion
Rate. Any calculations made in good faith and without manifest error will be
final and binding on Holders of the Notes. The Company will be required to
deliver to the Trustee a
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schedule of its calculations and the Trustee will be entitled to rely upon the
accuracy of such calculations without independent verification.
17. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS
No recourse for the payment of the principal of or interest on any Note
and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant, agreement of the Company
or of a Subsidiary Guarantor in the Indenture, the Notes, the Subsidiary
Guarantees or in any supplemental indenture, or because of the creation of any
Indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator,
stockholder, employee, agent, officer, director, or subsidiary, past, present or
future, of the Company or of any successor corporation or entity, whether by
virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any
assessment or penalty or otherwise, it being understood that all such liability
is hereby waived and released as a condition to, and as a consideration for, the
execution and delivery of this Indenture and the issue of the Notes.
18. ABBREVIATIONS
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an
assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the
entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as
tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors
Act).
19. CUSIP NUMBERS
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform
Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be
printed on the Notes. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such
numbers as printed on the Notes and reliance may be placed only on the other
identification numbers placed thereon.
20. GOVERNING LAW
This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to its conflicts of law
principles.
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without
charge a copy of the Indenture. Request may be made to: Armor Holdings, Inc.,
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Annex A
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ASSIGNMENT FORM CONVERSION NOTICE
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To assign this Note, fill in the form below: To convert this Note into cash and Common Stock
of the Company, check the box [__]
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I or we assign and transfer this Note to To convert only part of this Note, state the
_________________________________________________ Original Principal Amount to be converted
(Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax ID no.) (which must be $1,000 or an integral multiple
of $1,000):
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_________________________________________________ If you want the stock certificate made out
in another Person's
_________________________________________________ name fill in the
form below:
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(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip ____________________________________________
code)
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(Insert the other Person's soc. sec./tax ID no.
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and irrevocably appoint ____________________________________________
_______________________ agent to transfer this
Note on the books of the Company. The agent may ____________________________________________
substitute another to act for him.
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(Print or type other Person's name, address and
zip code)
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Date: ____________ Your Signature: __________________________________
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(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note)
Signature Guaranteed
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Participant in a Recognized Signature
Guarantee Medallion Program
By: ________________________________
Authorized Signatory
The signature(s) must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (banks,
stockbrokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions with membership in
an approved signature guarantee medallion program), pursuant to Rule 17Ad-15
under the Exchange Act.
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Annex B
SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE
The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made:
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DATE OF EXCHANGE AMOUNT OF DECREASE AMOUNT OF INCREASE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SIGNATURE OF
IN PRINCIPAL THIS GLOBAL NOTE AUTHORIZED
IN PRINCIPAL AMOUNT AMOUNT OF THIS FOLLOWING SUCH SIGNATORY OF
OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE GLOBAL NOTE DECREASE OR INCREASE TRUSTEE
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Annex C
OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT REPURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to
Article III of the Supplemental Indenture, check the box: [ ]
If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company
pursuant to Article III of the Supplemental Indenture, state the amount in
Original Principal Amount (must be an integral multiple of $1,000):
$___________.
Date: __________________________
Your Signature: __________________________________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note)
Signature Guarantee: ___________________________________
The signature(s) must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (banks,
stockbrokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions with membership in
an approved signature guarantee medallion program), pursuant to Rule 17Ad-15
under the Exchange Act.
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