EXHIBIT 4.1
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OSCAR I CORPORATION
Company
and
STATE STREET
BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
OF MISSOURI, N.A.
Trustee
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INDENTURE
Dated as of April 21, 1998
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$225,000,000
9 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008
9 3/4% Series B Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008
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OSCAR I CORPORATION
Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act
of 1939 and Indenture, dated as of April 21, 1998
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Trust Indenture Indenture
Act Section Section
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(S) 310(a)(1).................................... 607
(a)(2).................................... 607
(b)....................................... 608
(S) 312(c)....................................... 701
(S) 314(a)....................................... 703
(a)(4).................................... 1004
(c)(1).................................... 102
(c)(2).................................... 102
(e)....................................... 102
(S) 315(b)....................................... 601
(S) 316(a)(last sentence)........................ 101 ("Outstanding")
(a)(1)(A)................................. 502, 512
(a)(1)(B)................................. 513
(b)....................................... 508
(c)....................................... 104(d)
(S) 317(a)(1).................................... 503
(a)(2).................................... 504
(b)....................................... 1003
(S) 318(a)....................................... 111
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Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a
part of the Indenture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
PARTIES..................................................................... 1
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY..................................................... 1
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101. Definitions................................................... 1
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Acquired Indebtedness.............................................. 2
Act................................................................ 2
Affiliate.......................................................... 2
Agent Bank......................................................... 2
Agent Members...................................................... 2
Asset Acquisition.................................................. 2
Asset Disposition.................................................. 3
Asset Sale......................................................... 3
Authenticating Agent............................................... 3
Average Life....................................................... 4
Bankruptcy Law..................................................... 4
Board of Directors................................................. 4
Board Resolution................................................... 4
Business Day....................................................... 4
Capital Stock...................................................... 4
Capitalized Lease.................................................. 4
Capitalized Lease Obligations...................................... 4
cash equivalents................................................... 4
Change of Control.................................................. 5
Commission......................................................... 6
Common Stock....................................................... 6
Company............................................................ 6
Company's Preferred Stock.......................................... 6
Company Request or Company Order................................... 6
Consolidated EBITDA................................................ 6
Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio........................... 7
Consolidated Interest Expense...................................... 7
Consolidated Leverage Ratio........................................ 8
Corporate Trust Office............................................. 8
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corporation....................................................... 8
Credit Agreement.................................................. 8
Currency Agreement................................................ 9
Custodian......................................................... 9
Default........................................................... 9
Defaulted Interest................................................ 9
Depositary........................................................ 9
Designated Senior Indebtedness.................................... 9
Determination Date................................................ 9
Disinterested Director............................................ 9
Disqualified Stock................................................ 9
Dollar or $....................................................... 10
Event of Default.................................................. 10
Exchange Act...................................................... 10
Exchange Notes.................................................... 10
Exchange Offer.................................................... 10
Exchange Offer Registration Statement............................. 10
fair market value................................................. 10
Floating Rate Notes............................................... 10
GAAP.............................................................. 10
Global Notes...................................................... 11
Guarantee......................................................... 11
Holder............................................................ 11
Incur............................................................. 11
Indebtedness...................................................... 11
Indenture......................................................... 12
Initial Notes..................................................... 12
Institutional Accredited Investor................................. 12
Interest Payment Date............................................. 12
Interest Rate Agreement........................................... 12
Investment........................................................ 12
Issuance Date or Closing Date..................................... 13
Junior Securities................................................. 13
Lien.............................................................. 13
Majority Owned Subsidiary......................................... 14
Maturity.......................................................... 14
ML Funds.......................................................... 14
▇▇▇▇▇'▇........................................................... 14
Net Cash Proceeds................................................. 14
Non-U.S. Person................................................... 15
Note Register and Note Registrar.................................. 15
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Notes............................................................. 15
Offer to Purchase................................................. 15
Officers' Certificate............................................. 16
Offshore Global Note.............................................. 16
Offshore Note Exchange Date....................................... 16
Offshore Physical Note............................................ 16
Opinion of Counsel................................................ 16
Outstanding....................................................... 16
Pari Passu Indebtedness........................................... 17
Paying Agent...................................................... 17
Payment Blockage Period........................................... 17
Payment Default................................................... 17
Permitted Holders................................................. 17
Permitted Investment.............................................. 17
Person............................................................ 18
Place of Payment.................................................. 18
Predecessor Note.................................................. 18
Preferred Stock................................................... 18
Private Placement Legend.......................................... 18
Public Equity Offering............................................ 18
purchase money obligations........................................ 18
QIB............................................................... 19
Redemption Date................................................... 19
Redemption Price.................................................. 19
Registration Rights Agreement..................................... 19
Registration Statement............................................ 19
Regular Record Date............................................... 19
Regulation S...................................................... 19
Representative.................................................... 19
Responsible Officer............................................... 19
Restricted Subsidiary............................................. 19
Rule 144A......................................................... 19
S&P............................................................... 19
Securities Act.................................................... 20
Senior Indebtedness............................................... 20
Senior Subordinated Obligations................................... 20
Shelf Registration Statement...................................... 20
Significant Subsidiary............................................ 20
Special Record Date............................................... 21
Stated Maturity................................................... 21
Subordinated Indebtedness......................................... 21
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Subsidiary........................................................ 21
Temporary Cash Investment......................................... 21
Trade Payables.................................................... 21
Trust Indenture Act or TIA........................................ 22
Trustee........................................................... 22
UATC.............................................................. 22
United States..................................................... 22
Unrestricted Subsidiary........................................... 22
U.S. Global Note.................................................. 22
U.S. Government Obligations....................................... 23
U.S. Physical Note................................................ 23
Vice President.................................................... 23
Voting Stock...................................................... 23
Wholly Owned...................................................... 23
SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions......................... 23
SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee....................... 24
SECTION 104. Acts of Holders.............................................. 25
SECTION 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee, Company and Agent Bank............ 26
SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.................................... 26
SECTION 107. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents..................... 27
SECTION 108. Successors and Assigns....................................... 27
SECTION 109. Separability Clause.......................................... 27
SECTION 110. Benefits of Indenture........................................ 27
SECTION 111. Governing Law................................................ 28
SECTION 112. Legal Holidays............................................... 28
SECTION 113. Trust Indenture Act Controls................................. 28
SECTION 114. No Recourse Against Others................................... 28
SECTION 115. Counterparts................................................. 29
ARTICLE TWO
NOTE FORMS
SECTION 201. Forms Generally.............................................. 29
SECTION 202. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.............. 30
SECTION 203. Restrictive Legends.......................................... 31
SECTION 204. Form of Certificate to Be Delivered After the Offshore
Note Exchange Date....................................... 33
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ARTICLE THREE
THE NOTES
SECTION 301. Amount.................................................. 34
SECTION 302. Denominations........................................... 35
SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.......... 35
SECTION 304. Temporary Notes......................................... 36
SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange..... 37
SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Notes............. 38
SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.......... 39
SECTION 308. Persons Deemed Owners................................... 40
SECTION 309. Cancellation............................................ 40
SECTION 310. Computation of Interest................................. 41
SECTION 311. Book-Entry Provisions for Global Notes.................. 41
SECTION 312. Transfer Provisions..................................... 42
SECTION 313. Form of Accredited Investor Certificate................. 51
SECTION 314. Form of Regulation S Certificate........................ 54
SECTION 315. Form of Rule 144A Certificate........................... 56
SECTION 316. CUSIP Numbers........................................... 57
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture................. 57
SECTION 402. Application of Trust Money.............................. 58
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
SECTION 501. Events of Default....................................... 59
SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment...... 61
SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement
by Trustee.......................................... 61
SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim........................ 62
SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Notes.. 63
SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected.......................... 63
SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits..................................... 64
SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal,
Premium and Interest................................ 65
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SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies............................. 65
SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative................................. 65
SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver................................... 65
SECTION 512. Control by Holders............................................. 66
SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults........................................ 66
SECTION 514. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws............................... 67
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities............................ 67
SECTION 602. Notice of Defaults............................................. 68
SECTION 603. Certain Rights of Trustee...................................... 69
SECTION 604. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Notes...... 70
SECTION 605. May Hold Notes................................................. 71
SECTION 606. Money Held in Trust............................................ 71
SECTION 607. Compensation and Reimbursement................................. 71
SECTION 608. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility........................ 72
SECTION 609. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.............. 72
SECTION 610. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor......................... 74
SECTION 611. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.... 74
SECTION 612. Appointment of Authenticating Agent............................ 75
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses................. 77
SECTION 702. Disclosure of Names and Addresses of Holders................... 77
SECTION 703. Reports by Trustee............................................. 77
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
SECTION 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms........... 78
SECTION 802. Successor Substituted.......................................... 78
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ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders............. 79
SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders................ 80
SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures........................... 80
SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.............................. 80
SECTION 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act............................ 81
SECTION 906. Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures.................. 81
SECTION 907. Notice of Supplemental Indentures.............................. 81
SECTION 908. Effect on Senior Indebtedness.................................. 81
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium, If Any, and Interest........... 81
SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency............................... 82
SECTION 1003. Money for Notes Payments to Be Held in Trust.................. 82
SECTION 1004. Corporate Existence........................................... 84
SECTION 1005. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims............................. 84
SECTION 1006. Maintenance of Properties..................................... 84
SECTION 1007. Statement by Officers as to Default........................... 85
SECTION 1008. Limitation on Indebtedness.................................... 85
SECTION 1009. Limitation on Restricted Payments............................. 88
SECTION 1010. Limitation on Issuance and Sale of Capital Stock of
Restricted Subsidiaries................................... 91
SECTION 1011. Limitation on Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates... 91
SECTION 1012. Limitation on Liens........................................... 92
SECTION 1013. Purchase of Notes upon Change in Control...................... 92
SECTION 1014. Limitation on Sale of Assets.................................. 93
SECTION 1015. Limitations on Issuances of Guarantees by Restricted
Subsidiaries.............................................. 94
SECTION 1016. Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions
Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries......................... 95
SECTION 1017. [Intentionally Omitted]....................................... 96
SECTION 1018. Limitation on Senior Subordinated Indebtedness................ 96
SECTION 1019. [Intentionally Omitted]....................................... 96
SECTION 1020. Reports....................................................... 96
SECTION 1021. Waiver of Certain Covenants................................... 97
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ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF NOTES
SECTION 1101. Redemption................................................... 97
SECTION 1102. Applicability of Article..................................... 97
SECTION 1103. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee........................ 98
SECTION 1104. Selection by Trustee of Notes to Be Redeemed................. 98
SECTION 1105. Notice of Redemption......................................... 98
SECTION 1106. Deposit of Redemption Price.................................. 99
SECTION 1107. Notes Payable on Redemption Date............................. 100
SECTION 1108. Notes Redeemed in Part....................................... 100
ARTICLE TWELVE
SUBORDINATION OF NOTES
SECTION 1201. Notes Subordinate to Senior Indebtedness..................... 101
SECTION 1202. Payment over of Proceeds upon Dissolution, etc............... 101
SECTION 1203. Suspension of Payment When Designated Senior Indebtedness
in Default................................................ 103
SECTION 1204. Payment Permitted If No Default.............................. 104
SECTION 1205. Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Indebtedness...... 104
SECTION 1206. Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights.................. 105
SECTION 1207. Trustee to Effectuate Subordination.......................... 105
SECTION 1208. No Waiver of Subordination Provisions........................ 105
SECTION 1209. Notice to Trustee............................................ 106
SECTION 1210. Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating
Agent..................................................... 107
SECTION 1211. Trustee's Relation to Senior Indebtedness.................... 107
SECTION 1212. Article Applicable to Paying Agents.......................... 108
SECTION 1213. No Suspension of Remedies.................................... 108
SECTION 1214. Trust Moneys Not Subordinated................................ 108
SECTION 1215. Consent of Holders of Senior Indebtedness Under the
Credit Agreement.......................................... 108
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
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ARTICLE FOURTEEN
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
SECTION 1401. Company's Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance................................................. 109
SECTION 1402. Defeasance and Discharge..................................... 109
SECTION 1403. Covenant Defeasance.......................................... 112
SECTION 1404. [Intentionally Omitted]...................................... 113
SECTION 1405. Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be Held
in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.................. 113
SECTION 1406. Reinstatement................................................ 114
EXHIBIT A - Form of Note
INDENTURE, dated as of April 21, 1998, among OSCAR I CORPORATION
(which is expected to be renamed United Artists Theatre Company), a corporation
duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein
called the "Company"), having its principal office at ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇, and STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST
COMPANY OF MISSOURI, N.A., a National Banking Association, as Trustee (herein
called the "Trustee").
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the creation of and issuance of its 9
3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008 (the "Initial Notes"), and its 9 3/4%
Series B Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008 (the "Exchange Notes" and, together
with the Initial Notes, the "Notes"), of substantially the tenor and amount
hereinafter set forth, and to provide therefor the Company has duly authorized
the execution and delivery of this Indenture.
Upon the issuance of the Exchange Notes, if any, or the effectiveness
of the Shelf Registration Statement (as defined herein), this Indenture will be
subject to, and shall be governed by the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act
of 1939, as amended, that are required to be part of or deemed to be part of and
to govern the indentures qualified thereunder.
All things necessary have been done to make the Notes, when duly
executed and duly issued by the Company and authenticated and delivered
hereunder by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent, the valid obligations of
the Company and to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in
accordance with their and its terms.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes
by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and
proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Notes, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101. Definitions.
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For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
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(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to
them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings
assigned to them therein, and the terms "cash transaction" and "self-
liquidating paper", as used in TIA Section 311, shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the rules of the Commission adopted under the Trust
Indenture Act;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with GAAP; and
(4) the words "herein," "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of
similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular
Article, Section or other subdivision.
"Acquired Indebtedness" means Indebtedness of a Person existing at the
time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or assumed in connection with
an Asset Acquisition by a Restricted Subsidiary and not Incurred in connection
with, or in anticipation of, such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary or
such Asset Acquisition; provided that Indebtedness of such Person which is
redeemed, defeased, retired or otherwise repaid at the time of or immediately
upon consummation of the transactions by which such Person becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary or such Asset Acquisition shall not be Acquired Indebtedness.
"Act," when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in
Section 104.
"Affiliate" means, as applied to any Person, any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect common
control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition, "control"
(including, with correlative meanings, the terms "controlling," "controlled by"
and "under common control with"), as applied to any Person, means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
"Agent Bank" means Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association
in its capacity as administrative agent under the Credit Agreement and any
future or successor or replacement administrative agent under the Credit
Agreement.
"Agent Members" has the meaning specified in Section 311.
"Asset Acquisition" means (i) an investment by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries in any other Person pursuant to which such Person shall
become a Restricted Subsidiary
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or shall be merged into or consolidated with the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that such Person's primary business is
related, ancillary or complementary to the businesses of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries on the date of such investment or (ii) an acquisition by
the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of the property and assets of
any Person other than the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that
constitute substantially all of a division or line of business of such Person;
provided that the property and assets acquired are related, ancillary or
complementary to the businesses of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
on the date of such acquisition.
"Asset Disposition" means the sale or other disposition by the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than to the Company or another
Restricted Subsidiary) of (i) all or substantially all of the Capital Stock of
any Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) all or substantially all of the assets that
constitute a division or line of business of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries.
"Asset Sale" means any sale, transfer or other disposition (including by
way of merger, consolidation or sale-leaseback transaction) in one transaction
or a series of related transactions by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to any Person other than the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of (i) all or any of the Capital Stock of any Restricted
Subsidiary, (ii) all or substantially all of the property and assets of an
operating unit or business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
or (iii) any other property and assets (other than the Capital Stock or other
Investment in an Unrestricted Subsidiary) of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries outside the ordinary course of business of the Company
or such Restricted Subsidiary and, in each case, that is not governed by the
provisions of the Indenture applicable to mergers, consolidations and sales of
assets of the Company; provided that "Asset Sale" shall not include (a) sales or
other dispositions of inventory, receivables and other current assets, (b)
sales, transfers or other dispositions of assets constituting a Restricted
Payment permitted to be made under Section 1009, (c) sales, transfers or other
dispositions of assets with a fair market value not in excess of $500,000 in any
transaction or series of related transactions, (d) sales, transfers or other
dispositions of theatres which are determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors to be nonstrategic and underperforming ("Underperforming Theatres")
for consideration at least equal to the fair market value of the Underperforming
Theatre disposed of, (e) sales, transfers or other dispositions of Temporary
Cash Investments in the ordinary course of business for consideration at least
equal to the fair market value of the Temporary Cash Investments disposed of or
(f) sales or other dispositions of assets for consideration at least equal to
the fair market value of the assets sold or disposed of, to the extent that the
consideration received would satisfy clause (B) of the Section 1014.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the Trustee to act
on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Notes.
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"Average Life" means, at any date of determination with respect to any
debt security, the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the sum of the products of
(a) the number of years from such date of determination to the dates of each
successive scheduled principal payment of such debt security and (b) the amount
of such principal payment by (ii) the sum of all such principal payments.
"Bankruptcy Law" means ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as
amended, or any similar United States federal or state law relating to
bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, winding-up, liquidation, reorganization or
relief of debtors or any amendment to, succession to or change in any such law.
"Board of Directors" means, with respect to any Person, the board of
directors of such Person or any duly authorized committee of such board.
"Board Resolution" means, with respect to any Person, a copy of a
resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Person
to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of such Person and to be in
full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the
Trustee.
"Business Day," when used with respect to any Place of Payment or any
other particular location referred to in this Indenture or in the Notes, means
each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which
banking institutions in that Place of Payment or other location are authorized
or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close.
"Capital Stock" means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares,
interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated, whether
voting or non-voting) in equity of such Person, whether outstanding on the
Closing Date or issued thereafter, including, without limitation, all Common
Stock and Preferred Stock.
"Capitalized Lease" means, as applied to any Person, any lease of any
property (whether real, personal or mixed) of which the discounted present value
of the rental obligations of such Person as lessee, in conformity with GAAP, is
required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of such Person.
"Capitalized Lease Obligations" means the discounted present value of the
rental obligations under a Capitalized Lease.
"cash equivalents" means any of the following: (i) direct obligations of
the United States of America or any agency thereof or obligations fully and
unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America or any agency
thereof, (ii) time-deposit accounts, certificates of deposit and money-market
deposits maturing within 360 days of the date of acquisition thereof issued by a
bank or trust company which is organized under the laws of the United States of
America, any state
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thereof or any foreign country recognized by the United States of America, and
which bank or trust company has capital, surplus and undivided profits
aggregating in excess of $250 million (or the foreign currency equivalent
thereof) and has outstanding debt which is rated "A" (or such similar equivalent
rating) or higher by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating
organization (as defined in Rule 436 under the Securities Act) or any money-
market fund sponsored by a registered broker dealer or mutual fund distributor,
(iii) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 30 days for underlying
securities of the types described in clause (i) above entered into with a bank
or trust company meeting the qualifications described in clause (ii) above, (iv)
commercial paper, maturing not more than 270 days after the date of acquisition,
issued by a corporation (other than an Affiliate of the Company) organized and
in existence under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof
or any foreign country recognized by the United States of America with a rating
at the time as of which any investment therein is made of "P-1" (or higher)
according to ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ or "A-1" (or higher) according to S&P, (v) securities with
maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully
and unconditionally guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the
United States of America, or by any political subdivision or taxing authority
thereof, and rated at least "A" by S&P or ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ and (vi) overnight and demand
deposits in a bank or trust company meeting the qualifications described in
clause (ii) above.
"Change of Control" means such time as (i) a "person" or "group" (within
the meaning of Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) other than the
Permitted Holders becomes the ultimate "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rules
13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that a Person shall be deemed to
have "beneficial ownership" of all securities that such Person has the right to
acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage
of time), of more than a majority of the total voting power of the Voting Stock
of the Company on a fully diluted basis; (ii) the Company consolidates with, or
merges with or into, another Person or conveys, transfers, leases or otherwise
disposes of all or substantially all of its assets to any Person, or any Person
consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company, in any such event
pursuant to a transaction in which the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company
is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other
than any such transaction (a) where the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company
is not converted or exchanged at all (except to the extent necessary to reflect
a change in the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company) or is converted
into or exchanged for (x) Voting Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the
surviving or transferee corporation or (y) Voting Stock (other than Disqualified
Stock) of the surviving or transferee corporation and cash, securities and other
property (other than Capital Stock of the surviving or transferee corporation)
in an amount that could be paid by the Company as a Restricted Payment as
described under Section 1009 and (b) immediately after such transaction, no
"person" or "group" (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the
Exchange Act), other than Permitted Holders, is the ultimate "beneficial owner"
directly or indirectly, of more than a majority of the total outstanding Voting
Stock of the surviving or transferee corporation; or (iii) individuals who on
the Closing Date constitute the Board of Directors (together with any new
directors whose election by the Board of Directors or whose nomination by the
Board of Directors for election by the Company's
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stockholders was approved (x) by a vote of at least a majority of the members of
the Board of Directors then in office who either were members of the Board of
Directors on the Closing Date or whose election or nomination for election was
previously so approved or (y) in writing by the Permitted Holders) cease for any
reason to constitute a majority of the members of the Board of Directors then in
office.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to
time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the
execution of this Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the
duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body
performing such duties at such time.
"Common Stock" of any Person means any and all shares, interests or other
participations in, and other equivalents (however designated, whether voting or
non-voting) of such Person's common stock, whether outstanding on the Issuance
Date or issued after the Issuance Date, and includes, without limitation, all
series and classes of such common stock.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph
of this Indenture until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to
the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Company" shall mean
such successor Person.
"Company's Preferred Stock" shall mean the Preferred Stock of the Company
outstanding on the date hereof and accrued dividends thereon.
"Company Request" or "Company Order" means a written request or order
signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Chief
Executive Officer, its President, its Chief Operating Officer, its Chief
Financial Officer, any Vice President, its Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer,
and delivered to the Trustee.
"Consolidated EBITDA" means, for any period, the operating income of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period plus, to the extent such
amount was deducted in calculating such operating income (i) Consolidated
Interest Expense, (ii) income taxes (other than income taxes (either positive or
negative) attributable to extraordinary and non-recurring gains or losses or
sales of assets), (iii) depreciation expense, (iv) amortization expense and (v)
all other non-cash items reducing such operating income, less all non-cash items
increasing such operating income, all as determined on a consolidated basis for
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in conformity with GAAP; provided
that, (a) Consolidated EBITDA shall not include (x) the operating income (or
operating loss) of any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary, except (I)
with respect to operating income, to the extent the amount of dividends or other
distributions actually paid to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
by such Person during such period and (II) with respect to operating losses, to
the extent of the amount of Investments made by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary in such Person during such period; (y) solely for the purposes of
calculating
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the amount of Restricted Payments that may be made pursuant to clause (C) of the
first paragraph of Section 1009 (and in such case, except to the extent
includable pursuant to clause (x) above), the operating income (or operating
loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary
or is merged into or consolidated with the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or all or substantially all of the property and assets of such
Person are acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; and
(z) the operating income of any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent that the
declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Restricted
Subsidiary of such operating income is not at the time permitted by the
operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment,
decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to such
Restricted Subsidiary; and (b) Consolidated EBITDA shall be reduced (to the
extent not otherwise reduced in accordance with GAAP) (I) except for purposes of
calculating the amount of Restricted Payments that may be made pursuant to
clause (C) of the first paragraph of Section 1009, by any amount paid (but only
to the extent not accrued in a prior period) or accrued as dividends on
preferred stock of the Company (other than dividends payable in Capital Stock
(other than Disqualified Stock) and other than dividends accruing on the
Company's Preferred Stock) or any Restricted Subsidiary owned by Persons other
than the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and (II) if any
Restricted Subsidiary is not a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, by an amount
equal to (A) the amount of the operating income attributable to such Restricted
Subsidiary multiplied by (B) the percentage ownership interest in the income of
such Restricted Subsidiary not owned on the last day of such period by the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
"Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio" of the Company means, for any
period, the ratio of (i) the sum of Consolidated EBITDA for such period to (ii)
the Consolidated Interest Expense for such period.
"Consolidated Interest Expense" means, for any period, the aggregate
amount of interest in respect of Indebtedness (including, without limitation,
amortization of original issue discount on any Indebtedness and the interest
portion of any deferred payment obligation, calculated in accordance with the
effective interest method of accounting; all commissions, discounts and other
fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers' acceptance
financing; the net costs associated with Interest Rate Agreements; and the
aggregate amount of interest in respect of Indebtedness that is Guaranteed or
secured by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) and all but the
principal component of rentals in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations paid,
accrued or scheduled to be paid or to be accrued by the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than Capitalized Lease
Obligations paid during such period if such obligations were accrued in a prior
period); excluding, however, (i) any amount of such interest of any Restricted
Subsidiary if the operating income of such Restricted Subsidiary is excluded in
the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to clause (z) of the definition
thereof (but only in the same proportion as the operating income of such
Restricted Subsidiary is excluded from the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA
pursuant to clause (z) of the definition thereof) and (ii) any
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premiums, fees and expenses (and any amortization thereof) payable in connection
with the Transactions, all as determined on a consolidated basis (without taking
into account Unrestricted Subsidiaries) in conformity with GAAP.
"Consolidated Leverage Ratio" means, on any Determination Date, the ratio
of (i) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis outstanding on such Determination Date to
(ii) the aggregate amount of Consolidated EBITDA for the then most recent fiscal
quarter for which financial statements of the Company have been filed with the
Commission pursuant to Section 1020 (such fiscal quarter being the "Quarter"),
multiplied by four; provided that, in making the foregoing calculation, (A) pro
forma effect shall be given to any Indebtedness to be Incurred or repaid on the
Determination Date; (B) pro forma effect shall be given to Asset Dispositions
and Asset Acquisitions (including giving pro forma effect to the application of
proceeds of any Asset Disposition) that occur from the beginning of the Quarter
through the Determination Date (the "Reference Period"), as if they had occurred
and such proceeds had been applied on the first day of such Reference Period;
and (C) pro forma effect shall be given to asset dispositions and asset
acquisitions (including giving pro forma effect to the application of proceeds
of any asset disposition) that have been made by any Person that has become a
Restricted Subsidiary or has been merged with or into the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary during such Reference Period and that would have
constituted Asset Dispositions or Asset Acquisitions had such transactions
occurred when such Person was a Restricted Subsidiary as if such asset
dispositions or asset acquisitions were Asset Dispositions or Asset Acquisitions
that occurred on the first day of such Reference Period; provided that to the
extent that clause (B) or (C) of this sentence requires that pro forma effect be
given to an Asset Acquisition or Asset Disposition, such pro forma calculation
shall be based upon the full fiscal quarter immediately preceding the
Determination Date of the Person, or division or line of business of the Person,
that is acquired or disposed of for which financial information is available.
"Corporate Trust Office" means a corporate trust office of the Trustee
which office on the date of execution of this Indenture is located at ▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇/▇▇/ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Trust Window, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇.
"corporation" includes corporations, associations, companies and business
trusts.
"Credit Agreement" means the credit agreement dated as of April 21, 1998,
among the Company, the several lenders parties thereto, Banc of America National
Trust and Savings Association, as Administrative Agent, BankBoston, NA, as
Documentation Agent, NationsBank of Texas, N.A., as syndication agent and
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Capital Corporation and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Senior Funding, Inc., as
co-syndication agents, together with any agreements, instruments and documents
executed or delivered pursuant to or in connection with such credit agreement,
in each case as such credit agreement or such agreements, instruments or
documents may be amended, supplemented, extended, renewed, refinanced, replaced
or otherwise modified from time to time; provided that, for
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purposes of the provisions of Article Twelve, with respect to any agreement
providing for the refinancing or replacement of Indebtedness under the Credit
Agreement, such agreement shall be the Credit Agreement under the Indenture only
if a notice to that effect is delivered by the Company to the Trustee and there
shall be at any time only one instrument that is (together with the
aforementioned related agreements, instruments and documents) the Credit
Agreement under the Indenture.
"Currency Agreement" means any foreign exchange contract, currency swap
agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement.
"Custodian" means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator,
sequestrator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
"Default" means any event that is, or after notice or passage of time or
both would be, an Event of Default.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
"Depositary" means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and
successors.
"Designated Senior Indebtedness" means the Indebtedness specified in
clause (i) of the definition of Senior Indebtedness and any other Indebtedness
constituting Senior Indebtedness that, at the date of determination, has an
aggregate principal amount outstanding of at least $25 million and that is
specifically designated by the Issuer, in the instrument creating or evidencing
such Senior Indebtedness as "Designated Senior Indebtedness."
"Determination Date" means, with respect to the Incurrence of any
Indebtedness by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, the date such
Indebtedness is to be Incurred and, with respect to any Restricted Payment, the
date such Restricted Payment is to be made.
"Disinterested Director" means, with respect to any transaction or series
of transactions in respect of which the Board of Directors is required to
deliver a resolution of the Board of Directors under this Indenture, a member of
the Board of Directors who does not have any material direct or indirect
financial interest in or with respect to such transaction or series of
transactions.
"Disqualified Stock" means any class or series of Capital Stock of any
Person that by its terms or otherwise is (i) required to be redeemed prior to
the Stated Maturity of the Notes, (ii) redeemable at the option of the holder of
such class or series of Capital Stock at any time prior to the Stated Maturity
of the Notes or (iii) convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock
referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above or Indebtedness having a scheduled
maturity prior to the Stated Maturity of the Notes; provided that any Capital
Stock that would not constitute Disqualified Stock but for
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provisions thereof giving holders thereof the right to require such Person to
repurchase or redeem such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of an "asset sale"
or "change of control" occurring prior to the Stated Maturity of the Notes shall
not constitute Disqualified Stock if the "asset sale" or "change of control"
provisions applicable to such Capital Stock are no more favorable to the holders
of such Capital Stock than the provisions contained in Section 1013 and Section
1014 and such Capital Stock specifically provides that such Person will not
repurchase or redeem any such stock pursuant to such provision prior to the
Company's repurchase of such Notes as are required to be repurchased pursuant to
Section 1013 and Section 1014.
"Dollar" or "$" means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or
currency of the United States of America as at the time shall be legal tender
for the payment of public and private debts.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
"Exchange Notes" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this
Indenture and refers to any Exchange Notes containing terms substantially
identical to the Initial Notes (except that (i) such Exchange Notes shall not
contain terms with respect to transfer restrictions and shall be registered
under the Securities Act, and (ii) certain provisions relating to an increase in
the stated rate of interest thereon shall be eliminated) that are issued and
exchanged for the Initial Notes in accordance with the Exchange Offer, as
provided for in the Registration Rights Agreement and this Indenture.
"Exchange Offer" means the offer by the Company to the Holders of the
Initial Notes to exchange all of the Initial Notes for Exchange Notes, as
provided for in the Registration Rights Agreement.
"Exchange Offer Registration Statement" means the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement.
"fair market value" means the price that would be paid in an arm's-length
transaction between an informed and willing seller under no compulsion to sell
and an informed and willing buyer under no compulsion to buy.
"Floating Rate Notes" means the $50,000,000 aggregate principal amount
Floating Rate Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007 of the Company to be issued on
the Issue Date.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States
of America as in effect as of the Closing Date, including, without limitation,
those set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles
Board of the American Institute of Certified Public
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Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting
Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as approved by
a significant segment of the accounting profession. All ratios and computations
contained or referred to in this Indenture shall be computed in conformity with
GAAP applied on a consistent basis, except that calculations made for purposes
of determining compliance with the terms of the covenants and with other
provisions of the Indenture shall be made without giving effect to (i) the
amortization of any fees, expenses or goodwill incurred in connection with the
Transactions, (ii) losses incurred for the early extinguishment of debt in
connection with the Transactions and (iii) except as otherwise provided, the
amortization of any amounts required or permitted by Accounting Principles Board
Opinion Nos. 16 and 17.
"Global Notes" has the meaning set forth in Section 201.
"Guarantee" means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person
directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person and,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any obligation, direct or
indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person (i) to purchase or pay (or
advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness of
such other Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by
agreements to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services
(unless such purchase arrangements are on arm's-length terms and are entered
into in the ordinary course of business), to take-or-pay, or to maintain
financial statement conditions or otherwise) or (ii) entered into for purposes
of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Indebtedness of the payment
thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or
in part); provided that the term "Guarantee" shall not include endorsements for
collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term "Guarantee"
used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
"Holder" means the Person in whose name a Note is registered in the Note
Register.
"Incur" means, with respect to any Indebtedness, to incur, create, issue,
assume, Guarantee or otherwise become liable for or with respect to, or become
responsible for, the payment of, contingently or otherwise, such Indebtedness,
including an "Incurrence" of Acquired Indebtedness; provided that neither the
accrual of interest nor the accretion in value of non-interest bearing or other
discount Indebtedness shall be considered an Incurrence of Indebtedness.
"Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person at any date of
determination (without duplication), (i) all indebtedness of such Person for
borrowed money, (ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (iii) all obligations of such
Person in respect of letters of credit or other similar instruments (including
reimbursement obligations with respect thereto, but excluding obligations with
respect to letters of credit (including trade letters of credit) securing
obligations (other than obligations described in (i) or (ii) above or (v), (vi)
or (vii) below) entered into in the ordinary course of business of such Person
to the extent
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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), (iv) all obligations of such Person
to pay the deferred and unpaid purchase price of property or services, 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 Trade Payables, (v) all Capitalized Lease Obligations,
(vi) all Indebtedness of other Persons secured by a Lien on any asset of such
Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such 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, (vii) all Indebtedness of other Persons Guaranteed by such Person
to the extent such Indebtedness is Guaranteed by such Person and (viii) to the
extent not otherwise included in this definition, obligations under Currency
Agreements and Interest Rate Agreements. The amount of Indebtedness of any
Person at any date shall be the outstanding principal 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, provided (A) that the amount outstanding at any time of
any non-interest bearing or other discount Indebtedness is the principal amount
of such Indebtedness at such time that would be shown on the balance sheet of
such Person prepared in conformity with GAAP, (B) that money borrowed and set
aside at the time of the Incurrence of any Indebtedness in order to prefund the
payment of the interest on such Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be
"Indebtedness" so long as such money is held to secure the payment of such
interest and (C) that Indebtedness shall not include any liability for federal,
state, local or other taxes.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed and as it may
from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof.
"Initial Notes" has the meaning specified in the recitals to this
Indenture.
"Institutional Accredited Investor" means an institution that is an
"accredited investor" as that term is defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7)
of Regulation D under the Securities Act.
"Interest Payment Date," when used with respect to any Note, means the
Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Note.
"Interest Rate Agreement" means any interest rate protection agreement,
interest rate future agreement, interest rate option agreement, interest rate
swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement,
interest rate hedge agreement, option or future contract or other similar
agreement or arrangement.
"Investment" in any Person means any direct or indirect advance, loan or
other extension of credit (including, without limitation, by way of Guarantee or
similar arrangement; but excluding
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advances to customers, suppliers or lessors in the ordinary course of business
that are, in conformity with GAAP, recorded as accounts receivable, prepaid
expenses or deposits on the balance sheet of the Company or its Restricted
Subsidiaries and negotiable instruments held for collection) or capital
contribution to (by means of any transfer of cash or other property to others or
any payment for property or services for the account or use of others), or any
purchase or acquisition of Capital Stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other
similar instruments issued by, such Person and shall include (i) the designation
of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary and (ii) the fair
market value of the Capital Stock (or any other Investment), held by the Company
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, of (or in) any Person that has ceased to
be a Restricted Subsidiary, including, without limitation, by reason of any
transaction permitted by clause (iii) of Section 1010; provided that the fair
market value of the Investment remaining in any Person that has ceased to be a
Restricted Subsidiary shall not exceed the aggregate amount of Investments
previously made in such Person valued at the time such Investments were made
less the net reduction of such Investments. For purposes of the definition of
"Unrestricted Subsidiary" and Section 1009, (i) "Investment" shall include the
fair market value of the assets (net of liabilities (other than liabilities to
the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries)) of any Restricted Subsidiary
at the time that such Restricted Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted
Subsidiary, (ii) the fair market value of the assets (net of liabilities (other
than liabilities to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries)) of any
Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time that such Unrestricted Subsidiary is
designated a Restricted Subsidiary, and the fair market value of the outstanding
Investments in any Person other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary that thereafter
becomes a Restricted Subsidiary at the time such Person becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary, shall be considered a reduction in outstanding Investments and (iii)
any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued
at its fair market value at the time of such transfer.
"Issuance Date" or "Closing Date" means the date of the Indenture, which
will be the date on which the Notes are originally issued under the Indenture.
"Junior Securities" means (i) Capital Stock of the Company (other than any
Capital Stock which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it
is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any
event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund
obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof,
in whole or in part), (ii) securities of the Company or any other corporation
authorized by an order or decree giving effect, and stating in such order or
decree that effect is given, to the subordination of the Notes to the Senior
Indebtedness, and made by a court of competent jurisdiction in a reorganization
proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or
(iii) any securities of the Company provided for by a plan of reorganization or
readjustment that are subordinated in right of payment to all Senior
Indebtedness that may at the time be outstanding to substantially the same
extent as, or to a greater extent than, the Notes are so subordinated.
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"Lien" means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien or
charge of any kind (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other
title retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof or any agreement to
give any security interest).
"Majority Owned Subsidiary" means any corporation, association or other
business entity that is not a Subsidiary of the Company but of which 50% of the
voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock is owned, directly or indirectly,
by the Company or one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the Issue
Date.
"Maturity" means, with respect to any Note, the date on which any
principal of such Note becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided,
whether at the Stated Maturity with respect to such principal or by declaration
of acceleration, call for redemption or purchase or otherwise.
"ML Funds" means ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Capital Appreciation Partnership No. B-XIX,
L.P., ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Capital Appreciation Partnership No. B-XX, L.P., Roman
Nineteen Offshore Fund Holdings N.V., MLCP Associates L.P. No. II, ML IBK
Positions, Inc., and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ KECALP L.P. 1991 and any Affiliates of the
foregoing and any of their respective successors.
"Moody's" means ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Service, Inc. and its successors.
"Net Cash Proceeds" means (i) with respect to any Asset Sale, the proceeds
of such Asset Sale in the form of cash or cash equivalents, including payments
in respect of deferred payment obligations (to the extent corresponding to the
principal, but not interest, component thereof) when received in the form of
cash or cash equivalents (except to the extent such obligations are financed or
sold with recourse to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary) and proceeds
from the conversion of other property received when converted to cash or cash
equivalents, net of (a) brokerage commissions and other fees and expenses
(including fees and expenses of counsel and investment bankers) related to such
Asset Sale, (b) provisions for all taxes (whether or not such taxes will
actually be paid or are payable) as a result of such Asset Sale without regard
to the consolidated results of operations of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (c) payments made to repay Indebtedness or any
other obligation outstanding at the time of such Asset Sale that either (I) is
secured by a Lien on the property or assets sold or (II) is required to be paid
as a result of such sale and (d) appropriate amounts to be provided by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary as a reserve against any liabilities
associated with such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, pension and
other post-employment benefit liabilities, liabilities related to environmental
matters and liabilities under any indemnification obligations associated with
such Asset Sale, all as determined in conformity with GAAP and (ii) with respect
to any issuance or sale of Capital Stock, the proceeds of such issuance or sale
in the form of cash or cash equivalents, including payments in respect of
deferred payment obligations (to the extent corresponding to the principal, but
not interest, component thereof) when received in the form of cash or cash
equivalents (except to the extent such obligations are financed or sold with
recourse to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary) and
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proceeds from the conversion of other property received when converted to cash
or cash equivalents, net of attorney's fees, accountants' fees, underwriters' or
placement agents' fees, discounts or commissions and brokerage, consultant and
other fees incurred in connection with such issuance or sale and net of taxes
paid or payable as a result thereof.
"Non-U.S. Person" means a person who is not a U.S. person as defined in
Regulation S.
"Note Register" and "Note Registrar" have the respective meanings
specified in Section 305.
"Notes" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and
more particularly means any Notes authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture.
"Offer to Purchase" means an offer to purchase Notes by the Company from
the Holders commenced by mailing a notice to the Trustee and each Holder
stating: (i) the covenant pursuant to which the offer is being made and that all
Notes validly tendered will be accepted for payment on a pro rata basis; (ii)
the purchase price and the date of purchase (which shall be a Business Day no
earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed)
(the "Payment Date"); (iii) that any Note not validly tendered will continue to
accrue interest pursuant to its terms; (iv) that, unless the Company defaults in
the payment of the purchase price, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the
Offer to Purchase shall cease to accrue interest on and after the Payment Date;
(v) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to the Offer to
Purchase will be required to surrender the Note, together with the form entitled
"Option of the Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse side of the Note
completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to
the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Payment
Date; (vi) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the
Paying Agent receives, not later than the close of business on the third
Business Day immediately preceding the Payment Date, a telegram, facsimile
transmission or letter setting forth the name of such Holder, the principal
amount of Notes delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is
withdrawing his election to have such Notes purchased; and (vii) that Holders
whose Notes are being purchased only in part will be issued new Notes equal in
principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered; provided
that each Note purchased and each new Note issued shall be in a principal amount
of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof. On the Payment Date, the Company shall
(i) accept for payment on a pro rata basis Notes or portions thereof validly
tendered pursuant to an Offer to Purchase; (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent
money sufficient to pay the purchase price of all Notes or portions thereof so
accepted; and (iii) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee all Notes
or portions thereof so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate
specifying the Notes or portions thereof accepted for payment by the Company.
The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders of Notes so accepted payment
in an amount equal to the purchase price, and the Trustee shall promptly
authenticate and mail to such Holders a new Note equal in principal amount to
any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered; provided that each Note
purchased and each new Note issued shall be in a principal amount of $1,000 or
integral multiples thereof. The Company will publicly
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announce the results of an Offer to Purchase as soon as practicable after the
Payment Date. The Trustee shall act as the Paying Agent for an Offer to
Purchase.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the
Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer,
the Chief Financial Officer or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an
Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, and
delivered to the Trustee.
"Offshore Global Note" has the meaning set forth in Section 201.
"Offshore Note Exchange Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 201.
"Offshore Physical Note" has the meaning set forth in Section 201.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of legal counsel, which and
who may be counsel for the Company, including an employee of the Company, and
who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
"Outstanding," when used with respect to Notes, means, as of the date of
determination, all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture, except:
(i) Notes theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Notes, or portions thereof, for whose payment or redemption or
repayment at the option of the Holder money in the necessary amount has
been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than
the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company
(if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such
Notes; provided that, if such Notes are to be redeemed, notice of such
redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision
therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(iii) Notes, except to the extent provided in Sections 1402 and 1403,
with respect to which the Company has effected defeasance and/or covenant
defeasance as provided in Article Fourteen; and
(iv) Notes which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in
exchange for or in lieu of which other Notes have been authenticated and
delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Notes in respect
of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory
to it that such Notes are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such
Notes are valid obligations of the Company;
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provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of the Outstanding Notes have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, and for the
purpose of making the calculations required by TIA Section 313, Notes owned by
the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Company
or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding
(provided that in connection with any offer by the Company or any obligor to
purchase the Notes, Notes tendered for purchase will be deemed to be Outstanding
and held by the tendering Holder until the date of purchase), except that, in
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in making such calculation or
in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent or waiver, only Notes which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee
actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned which
have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee
establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right to act with
respect to such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other
obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor.
"Pari Passu Indebtedness" means (a) the Floating Rate Notes and (b) any
other Indebtedness that ranks pari passu in right of payment to the Notes.
"Paying Agent" means any Person (including the Company acting as Paying
Agent) authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (or premium, if any,
on) or interest on any Notes on behalf of the Company.
"Payment Blockage Period" has the meaning specified in Section 1203.
"Payment Default" means any default in the payment (whether at stated
maturity, upon scheduled installment, by acceleration or otherwise) of principal
of, or premium, if any, or interest on Designated Senior Indebtedness.
"Permitted Holders" means any of the ML Funds or any of their respective
Affiliates.
"Permitted Investment" means (i) an Investment in the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary or a Majority Owned Subsidiary or a Person which will,
upon the making of such Investment, become a Restricted Subsidiary or be merged
or consolidated with or into or transfer or convey all or substantially all its
assets to, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such person's
primary business is related, ancillary or complementary to the businesses of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the date of such Investment; (ii)
Temporary Cash Investments; (iii) payroll, travel and similar advances to cover
matters that are expected at the time of such advances ultimately to be treated
as expenses in accordance with GAAP; (iv) loans or advances to officers and
employees of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries made in the ordinary
course of business; provided that the aggregate amount of such loans or advances
outstanding at any time shall not exceed $1 million; (v) Investments in Interest
Rate Agreements and Currency Agreements designed
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solely to protect the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries against
fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates or interest rates; (vi)
Investments in any Person the primary business of which is related, ancillary or
complementary to the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on
the date of such Investments; provided that the aggregate amount of Investments
made pursuant to this clause (vi) does not exceed $25 million; (vii) Investments
received in consideration for sales of Underperforming Theatres; (viii) stock,
obligations or securities received in satisfaction of judgments or in settlement
of debts owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that arose in the
ordinary course of business, received pursuant to any plan of reorganization or
similar arrangement in satisfaction of liabilities owing to the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary that arose in the ordinary course of business or received
upon the foreclosure or enforcement of a Lien in favor of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary that arose in the ordinary course of business and (ix)
non-cash proceeds of Asset Sales conducted in accordance with the provisions of
Section 1014.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
"Place of Payment" means the office or agency maintained by the Company
where the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest on the Notes are
payable as specified in Section 1002.
"Predecessor Note" of any particular Note, means every previous Note
evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such
particular Note; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Note
authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same
debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note.
"Preferred Stock" means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares,
interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of such
Person's preferred or preference stock whether now outstanding, or issued after
the Issuance Date, and including, without limitation, all classes and series of
preferred or preference stock of such Person.
"Private Placement Legend" has the meaning set forth in Section 203.
"Public Equity Offering" means an underwritten primary public offering of
Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company, pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the Securities Act.
"purchase money obligations" means, with respect to any Person,
obligations, other than Capitalized Lease Obligations, incurred or assumed in
the ordinary course of business in connection with the purchase of property to
be used in the business of such Person within 90 days of such
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purchase, provided that the amount of any purchase money obligation shall not
exceed the purchase price of the property purchased.
"QIB" means a "Qualified Institutional Buyer" within the meaning of Rule
144A under the Securities Act.
"Redemption Date," when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, in
whole or in part, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to
this Indenture.
"Redemption Price," when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed,
means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
"Registration Rights Agreement" means the Registration Rights Agreement
dated as of April 21, 1998, among the Company and the Holders of Initial Notes.
"Registration Statement" means the Registration Statement as defined in
the Registration Rights Agreement.
"Regular Record Date" has the meaning specified in Section 301.
"Regulation S" means Regulation S under the Securities Act.
"Representative" means (i) with respect to the Credit Agreement, the Agent
Bank and (ii) with respect to any other Senior Indebtedness, the indenture
trustee or other trustee, agent or representative for the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness.
"Responsible Officer," when used with respect to the Trustee, means any
vice president, any assistant secretary, any assistant treasurer, any trust
officer or assistant trust officer, or any other officer of the Trustee
customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above-
designated officers, and also means, with respect to a particular corporate
trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his
or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Restricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of the Company other than an
Unrestricted Subsidiary.
"Rule 144A" means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
"S&P" means Standard and Poor's Ratings Services and its successors.
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"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the
rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
"Senior Indebtedness" means the following obligations of the Company,
whether outstanding on the Closing Date or thereafter Incurred: (i) all
Indebtedness and all other monetary obligations (including expenses, fees and
other monetary obligations) of the Company under the Credit Agreement and (ii)
all other Indebtedness and all other monetary obligations of the Company (other
than the Notes), including principal and interest on such Indebtedness, unless
such Indebtedness, by its terms or by the terms of any agreement or instrument
pursuant to which such Indebtedness is issued, is pari passu with, or
subordinated in right of payment to, the Notes; provided that the term "Senior
Indebtedness" shall not include (a) any Indebtedness of the Company that, when
Incurred, was without recourse to the Company, (b) any Indebtedness of the
Company to a Subsidiary of the Company, or to a joint venture in which the
Company has an interest, (c) any Indebtedness of the Company, to the extent not
permitted by Section 1008 or Section 1018 (but as to any such Indebtedness under
the Credit Agreement, no such violation shall be deemed to exist for purposes of
this clause (c) if the Bank Agent shall have received a representation from an
Officer of the Company to the effect that the issuance of such Indebtedness does
not violate Section 1008 or Section 1018), (d) any Indebtedness to any employee
of the Company or any of its respective Subsidiaries, (e) any liability for
taxes owed or owing by the Company or (f) any Trade Payables. Senior
Indebtedness will also include interest accruing on or after, or which would
accrue but for, events of bankruptcy of the Company and its respective
Subsidiaries at the rate provided for in the document governing such Senior
Indebtedness, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim enforceable
against the debtor in a bankruptcy case under bankruptcy law.
"Senior Subordinated Obligations" means any principal of, premium, if any,
or interest on the Notes or the Floating Rate Notes payable pursuant to the
terms of the Notes or the Floating Rate Notes or upon acceleration, including
any amounts received upon the exercise of rights of rescission or other rights
of action (including claims for damages) or otherwise, to the extent relating to
the purchase price of the Notes or the Floating Rate Notes or amounts
corresponding to such principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes or
the Floating Rate Notes.
"Shelf Registration Statement" means the Shelf Registration Statement as
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement.
"Significant Subsidiary" means, at any date of determination, any
Restricted Subsidiary that, together with its Subsidiaries, (i) for the most
recent fiscal year of the Company, accounted for more than 10% of the
consolidated revenues of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries or (ii) as
of the end of such fiscal year, was the owner of more than 10% of the
consolidated assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, all as set
forth on the most recently available consolidated financial statements of the
Company for such fiscal year.
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"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on the
Notes means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
"Stated Maturity" means, (i) with respect to any debt security, the date
specified in such debt security as the fixed date on which the final installment
of principal of such debt security is due and payable and (ii) with respect to
any scheduled installment of principal of or interest on any debt security, the
date specified in such debt security as the fixed date on which such installment
is due and payable.
"Subordinated Indebtedness" means Indebtedness of the Company that is
expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes.
"Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, any corporation,
association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the voting power
of the outstanding Voting Stock is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person
and one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person.
"Temporary Cash Investment" means any of the following: (i) direct
obligations of the United States of America or any agency thereof or obligations
fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America or any
agency thereof, (ii) time-deposit accounts, certificates of deposit and money-
market deposits maturing within 360 days of the date of acquisition thereof
issued by a bank or trust company which is organized under the laws of the
United States of America, any state thereof or any foreign country recognized by
the United States of America, and which bank or trust company has capital,
surplus and undivided profits aggregating in excess of $250 million (or the
foreign currency equivalent thereof) and has outstanding debt which is rated "A"
(or such similar equivalent rating) or higher by at least one nationally
recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Rule 436 under the
Securities Act) or any money-market fund sponsored by a registered broker dealer
or mutual fund distributor, (iii) repurchase obligations with a term of not more
than 30 days for underlying securities of the types described in clause (i)
above entered into with a bank or trust company meeting the qualifications
described in clause (ii) above, (iv) commercial paper, maturing not more than
270 days after the date of acquisition, issued by a corporation (other than an
Affiliate of the Company) organized and in existence under the laws of the
United States of America, any state thereof or any foreign country recognized by
the United States of America with a rating at the time as of which any
investment therein is made of "P-1" (or higher) according to Moody's or "A-1"
(or higher) according to S&P, (v) securities with maturities of six months or
less from the date of acquisition issued or fully and unconditionally guaranteed
by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States of America, or by
any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof, and rated at least "A" by
S&P or Moody's and (vi) overnight and demand deposits in a bank or trust company
meeting the qualifications described in clause (ii) above.
"Trade Payables" means, with respect to any Person, any accounts payable
or any other indebtedness or monetary obligation to trade creditors (including
film payables) created, assumed
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or Guaranteed by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries arising in the ordinary
course of business in connection with the acquisition of goods or services.
"Trust Indenture Act" or "TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in
force at the date as of which this Indenture was executed, except as provided in
Section 905.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph
of this Indenture until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to
the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall mean
or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder.
"UATC" means United Artists Theatre Circuit, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of the Company.
"United States" means the United States of America (including the states
and the District of Columbia), its territories, its possessions and other areas
subject to its jurisdiction.
"Unrestricted Subsidiary" means (i) any Subsidiary of the Company that at
the time of determination shall be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the
Board of Directors in the manner provided below; and (ii) any Subsidiary of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Board of Directors may designate any Restricted
Subsidiary (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary of the
Company) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary owns any
Capital Stock of, or owns or holds any Lien on any property of, the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (A) any Guarantee by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary of any Indebtedness of the Subsidiary being so designated
shall be deemed an "Incurrence" of such Indebtedness and an "Investment" by the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary (or both, if applicable) at the time of
such designation; (B) either (I) the Subsidiary to be so designated has total
assets of $1,000 or less or (II) if such Subsidiary has assets greater than
$1,000, such designation would be permitted under Section 1009 and (C), if
applicable, the Incurrence of Indebtedness and the Investment referred to in
clause (A) of this proviso would be permitted under Section 1008 and Section
1009. The Board of Directors may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a
Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) no Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing at the time of or after giving effect to such
designation and (ii) all Liens and Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary
outstanding immediately after such designation would, if Incurred at such time,
have been permitted to be Incurred (and shall be deemed to have been Incurred)
for all purposes of the Indenture. Any such designation by the Board of
Directors shall be evidenced to the Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee
a copy of the Board Resolution giving effect to such designation and an
Officers' Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the
foregoing provisions.
"U.S. Global Note" has the meaning set forth in Section 201.
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"U.S. Government Obligations" means securities that are (i) direct
obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which its full
faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or
supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of
America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and
credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case, are
not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof at any time prior
to the Stated Maturity of the Notes, and shall also include a depository receipt
issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such U.S.
Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any
such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the
holder of a depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such
custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the
holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in
respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest on
or principal of the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository
receipt.
"U.S. Physical Note" has the meaning set forth in Section 201.
"Vice President," when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee,
means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or
words added before or after the title "vice president."
"Voting Stock" means with respect to any Person, Capital Stock of any
class or kind ordinarily having the power to vote for the election of directors,
managers or other voting members of the governing body of such Person.
"Wholly Owned" means, with respect to any Subsidiary of any Person, the
ownership of all of the outstanding Capital Stock of such Subsidiary (other than
any director's qualifying shares or Investments by foreign nationals mandated by
applicable law) by such Person or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such
Person.
SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
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Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take
any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company and any other
obligor on the Notes (if applicable) shall, at the request of the Trustee,
furnish to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent, if any,
provided for in this Indenture (including any covenant compliance with which
constitutes a condition precedent) relating to the proposed action have been
complied with and, at the request of the Trustee, an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if
any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or
request as to which the furnishing of any such documents is specifically
required by any provision of this
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Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional
certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a covenant
or condition provided for in this Indenture (other than pursuant to Section
1007) shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual or firm signing such certificate
or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein
relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual or such
firm, he or it has made such examination or investigation as is necessary
to enable him or it to express an informed opinion as to whether or not
such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of each such
individual or such firm, such covenant or condition has been complied with.
SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
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In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or
covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all
such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one
or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify
or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company or any other
obligor on the Notes may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon
a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer
knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate
or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his or her
certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion
of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a
certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the
Company or any other obligor on the Notes stating that the information with
respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company or any other
obligor on the Notes.
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Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.
SECTION 104. Acts of Holders.
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(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by
Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agents duly
appointed in writing. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such
action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered
to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such
instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced
thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Holders signing
such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of
a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this
Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the
manner provided in this Section.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such
instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by
law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing
such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where
such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual
capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof
of authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or
writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved
in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The principal amount and serial numbers of Notes held by any
Person, and the date of holding the same, shall be proved by the Note Register.
(d) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders of Notes any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act,
the Company may, at its option, by or pursuant to Board Resolution, fix in
advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act,
but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. Notwithstanding TIA Section
316(c), such record date shall be the record date specified in or pursuant to
such Board Resolution, which shall be a date not earlier than the date 30 days
prior to the first solicitation of Holders generally in connection therewith and
not later than the date such solicitation is completed. If such a record date
is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the
Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed
to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite
proportion of Outstanding Notes have authorized or agreed or consented to such
request,
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demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for
that purpose the Outstanding Notes shall be computed as of such record date;
provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such
record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant
to the provisions of this Indenture not later than eleven months after the
record date.
(e) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Note shall bind every future Holder of
the same Note and the Holder of every Note issued upon the registration of
transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of
anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in
reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Note.
SECTION 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee, Company and Agent Bank.
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Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or Act of Holders or other documents provided or permitted by this
Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company or any other obligor
on the Notes shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made,
given, furnished or delivered in writing and mailed, first-class postage
prepaid, or delivered by recognized overnight courier, to or with the
Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient
for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if
made, given, furnished or delivered in writing, or mailed, first-class
postage prepaid, or delivered by recognized overnight courier, to the
Company addressed to it at the address of its principal office, for the
attention of the Chief Financial Officer, specified in the first paragraph
of this Indenture or at any other address previously furnished in writing
to the Trustee by the Company, or
(3) the Agent Bank by the Company, the Trustee or any Holder shall be
sufficient for any purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or delivered
in writing to or with the Agent Bank addressed to it as set forth in the
Credit Agreement, or at any other address previously furnished in writing
to the Company and the Trustee by the Agent Bank.
SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.
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Where this Indenture provides for notice of any event to Holders of
Notes by the Company or the Trustee, such notice shall be sufficiently given
(unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-
class postage prepaid, to each such Holder affected by such event, at its
address as it appears in the Note Register, not later than the latest date, and
not earlier
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than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case
where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such
notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall
affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Any notice
mailed to a Holder in the manner herein prescribed shall be conclusively deemed
to have been received by such Holder, whether or not such Holder actually
receives such notice.
In case, by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in regular
mail service or by reason of any other cause, it shall be impractical to mail
notice of any event to Holders when such notice is required to be given pursuant
to any provision of this Indenture, then any manner of giving such notice as
shall be satisfactory to the Trustee shall be deemed to be sufficient giving of
such notice for every purpose hereunder.
Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice
may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either
before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such
notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such
filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in
reliance upon such waiver.
SECTION 107. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
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The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are
for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 108. Successors and Assigns.
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All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall
bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 109. Separability Clause.
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In case any provision in this Indenture or in any Note shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 110. Benefits of Indenture.
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Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, express or implied, shall
give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Authenticating Agent, any
Paying Agent, any Notes Registrar and their successors hereunder and the Holders
and, with respect to any provisions hereof relating to the subordination of the
Notes or the rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness, the holders of Senior
Indebtedness, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under
this Indenture.
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SECTION 111. Governing Law.
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This Indenture and the Notes shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the law of the State of New York. Upon the effectiveness of the
Shelf Registration Statement or the consummation of the Exchange Offer, this
Indenture will be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are
required to be part of this Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be
governed by such provisions.
SECTION 112. Legal Holidays.
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In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, or
Stated Maturity or Maturity of any Note shall not be a Business Day at any Place
of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of
any Note) payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest need not be
made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next
succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect
as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date or at the Stated
Maturity or Maturity; provided that no interest shall accrue for the period from
and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Stated Maturity or
Maturity, as the case may be.
SECTION 113. Trust Indenture Act Controls.
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If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with
the duties imposed by Section 318(c) of the TIA, the imposed duties shall
control.
SECTION 114. No Recourse Against Others.
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No recourse for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on any of the Notes or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in
respect thereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or
agreement of the Company in this Indenture, or in any of the Notes or because of
the creation of any Indebtedness represented by this Indenture or the Notes,
shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer, director, employee
or controlling person, as such, of the Company or of any successor Person
thereof or of any subsidiary guarantor or of any successor person, as such,
whether by virtue of any constitution, statute, rule of law, or by the
enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly
understood that all such liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a
condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and
the issue of the Notes.
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SECTION 115. Counterparts.
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This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which shall be original; but such counterparts shall together constitute but one
and the same instrument.
ARTICLE TWO
NOTE FORMS
SECTION 201. Forms Generally.
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The Initial Notes shall be known as the "9 3/4% Senior Subordinated
Notes due 2008" and the Exchange Notes shall be known as the "9 3/4% Series B
Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008," in each case, of the Company. The Notes
and the Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the
forms set forth in Exhibit A hereto and in this Article, respectively, with such
appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are
required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or
other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as
may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may,
consistently herewith, be determined by the officers of the Company executing
such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of the Notes. Any portion of the
text of any Note may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate
reference thereto on the face of the Note. Each Note shall be dated the date of
its authentication.
The definitive Notes shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on
steel-engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined
by the officers of the Company executing such Notes, as evidenced by their
execution of such Notes.
Initial Notes offered and sold in reliance on Rule 144A under the
Securities Act shall be issued initially in the form of a single permanent
global Note in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A and contain each of
the legends set forth in Section 203 (the "U.S. Global Note"), registered in the
name of the nominee of the Depositary, deposited with the Trustee, as custodian
for the Depositary or its nominee, duly executed by the Company and
authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The aggregate principal
amount of the U.S. Global Note may from time to time be increased or decreased
by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as custodian for the
Depositary or its nominee, as hereinafter provided.
Initial Notes offered and sold in offshore transactions in reliance on
Regulation S under the Securities Act shall be issued initially in the form of a
single temporary global Note in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A
and contain the legends set forth in Section 203 (the "Temporary Offshore Global
Note"), registered in the name of the nominee of the Depositary,
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deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary or its nominee, duly
executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter
provided. At any time following 41 days after the date hereof (the "Offshore
Note Exchange Date"), upon receipt by the Trustee and the Company of a
certificate substantially in the form set forth in Section 204, a single
permanent global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (the
"Permanent Offshore Global Note"; and together with the Temporary Offshore
Global Note, the "Offshore Global Note") duly executed by the Company and
authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided shall be deposited with the
Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, and the Note Registrar shall reflect
on its books and records the date and a decrease in the principal amount of the
Temporary Offshore Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount of the
beneficial interest in the Temporary Offshore Global Note transferred. The
aggregate principal amount of the Offshore Global Note may from time to time be
increased or decreased by adjustments made in the records of the Trustee, as
custodian for the Depositary or its nominee, as herein provided. Initial Notes
issued pursuant to Section 305 in exchange for or upon transfer of beneficial
interests in the U.S. Global Note or the Offshore Global Note shall be in the
form of permanent certificated Notes in substantially the form set forth in
Exhibit A containing the Private Placement Legend as set forth in Section 203
(the "U.S. Physical Notes"). or in the form of permanent certificated Notes
substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A (the "Offshore Physical
Notes"), respectively, as hereinafter provided.
The Offshore Physical Notes and U.S. Physical Notes are sometimes
collectively herein referred to as the "Physical Notes." The U.S. Global Note
and the Offshore Global Note are sometimes collectively referred to as the
"Global Notes."
Exchange Notes shall be issued substantially in the form set forth in
Exhibit A.
SECTION 202. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.
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Subject to Section 611, the Trustee's certificate of authentication
shall be in substantially the following form:
This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
State Street Bank and Trust Company
of Missouri, N.A.,
as Trustee
Dated: __________ By: ____________________
Authorized Signatory
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SECTION 203. Restrictive Legends.
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Unless and until (i) an Initial Note is sold pursuant to an effective
Shelf Registration Statement or (ii) an Initial Note is exchanged for an
Exchange Note in an Exchange Offer pursuant to an effective Exchange Offer
Registration Statement, in each case pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement, (A) each U.S. Global Note and U.S. Physical Note shall bear the
following legend set forth below (the "Private Placement Legend") on the face
thereof and (B) the Offshore Physical Notes and the Temporary Offshore Global
Note shall bear the Private Placement Legend on the face thereof until the
Offshore Note Exchange Date and receipt by the Company and the Trustee of a
certificate substantially in the form provided in Section 204:
THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY STATE OR
OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR
PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED,
PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH
REGISTRATION OR UNLESS THE TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO,
THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. THE HOLDER OF THIS
SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A
"QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT ("RULE 144A")) OR (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS
ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN "OFFSHORE TRANSACTION" PURSUANT TO RULE 903
OR 904 OF REGULATION S, (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT PRIOR TO (X) THE DATE
WHICH IS TWO YEARS (OR SUCH SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME AS PERMITTED BY RULE 144
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION THEREUNDER) AFTER THE
LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF (OR OF ANY PREDECESSOR AND THIS
SECURITY) OR THE LAST DAY ON WHICH THE COMPANY OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE
COMPANY WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF THIS
SECURITY) AND (Y) SUCH LATER DATE, IF ANY, AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE
LAWS (THE "RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE"), OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFER THIS SECURITY EXCEPT (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF,
(B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE
FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, TO A PERSON IT
REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" AS DEFINED IN RULE
144A THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE
IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT TO
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OFFERS AND SALES TO NON-U.S. PERSONS THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, PURSUANT TO
RULE ▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇, ▇▇ (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION
FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND (3) AGREES
THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED A
NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND; PROVIDED THAT THE
COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE, THE TRANSFER AGENT AND THE REGISTRAR SHALL HAVE THE
RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER (I) PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (D)
OR (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION
AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM, AND (II) IN EACH OF
THE FOREGOING CASES, TO REQUIRE THAT A CERTIFICATION OF TRANSFER IN THE
FORM APPEARING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS SECURITY IS COMPLETED AND
DELIVERED BY THE TRANSFEROR TO THE TRUSTEE. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED
UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION
DATE. AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS "OFFSHORE TRANSACTION," "UNITED STATES" AND
"U.S. PERSON" HAVE THE RESPECTIVE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION S
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
Each Global Note, whether or not an Initial Note, shall also bear the
following legend on the face thereof:
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC") TO THE COMPANY OR
ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY
CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER
NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY
PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF
FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE
REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE,
BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF CEDE & CO. OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR
SUCH SUCCESSOR'S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY
SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET
FORTH IN SECTIONS 311 AND 312 OF THE INDENTURE.
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SECTION 204. Form of Certificate to Be Delivered After the Offshore
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Note Exchange Date.
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On or after June 1, ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Bank and Trust Company
of Missouri, N.A.,
as Trustee
Corporate Trust Department
Two International Place -- ▇/▇▇/ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: ___________________
Re: OSCAR I CORPORATION (the "Company")
9 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008 (the "Notes")
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter relates to $_______________ principal amount of Notes
represented by the temporary offshore global note certificate (the "Temporary
Offshore Global Note"). Pursuant to Section 203 of the Indenture dated as of
April 21, 1998 (the "Indenture") relating to the Notes, we hereby certify that
(1) we are the beneficial owner of such principal amount of Notes represented by
the Temporary Offshore Global Note and (2) we are a Non-U.S. Person to whom the
Notes could be transferred in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Regulation S").
[Accordingly, you are hereby requested to exchange the Temporary Offshore Global
Note for an unlegended Permanent Offshore Global Note representing the
undersigned's interest in the principal amount of Notes represented by the
Temporary Offshore Global Note, all in the manner provided for in the
Indenture.] [Accordingly, you are hereby requested to issue an Offshore Physical
Note representing the undersigned's interest in the principal amount of Notes
represented by the Temporary Offshore Global Note, all in the manner provided by
the Indenture.]
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You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and are
irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested
party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with
respect to the matters covered hereby. Terms used in this certificate have the
meanings set forth in Regulation S.
Very truly yours,
[Name of Holder]
By: ________________________
Authorized Signature
ARTICLE THREE
THE NOTES
SECTION 301. Amount.
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The aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture is limited to $225,000,000, except for Notes
authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange
for, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Section 303, 304, 305, 306, 311,
312, 906, 1013, 1014 or 1108 or pursuant to an Exchange Offer.
The Initial Notes shall be known and designated as the "9 3/4% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2008" and the Exchange Notes shall be known and
designated as the "9 3/4% Series B Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008," in each
case, of the Company. The Stated Maturity of the Notes shall be April 15, 2008,
and they shall bear interest at the rate of 9 3/4% per annum from April 21,
1998, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been
paid or duly provided for, payable on October 15, 1998 and semi-annually
thereafter on April 15 and October 15 in each year, until the principal thereof
is paid in full and to the Person in whose name the Note (or any predecessor
Note) is registered at the close of business on the April 1 or October 1
immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date (each, a "Regular Record
Date"). Interest will be computed on the Notes as specified in Section 310
hereof.
The principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Notes shall
be payable at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose in
The City of New York, or at such other office or agency of the Company as may be
maintained for such purpose; provided, however, that, at the option of the
Company, interest may be paid (a) by check mailed to addresses
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of the Persons entitled thereto as such addresses shall appear on the Note
Register or (b) by wire transfer to an account located in the United States
maintained by the payee.
Holders shall have the right to require the Company to purchase their
Notes, in whole or in part, in the event of a Change in Control pursuant to
Section 1013. The Notes shall be subject to repurchase pursuant to an Offer to
Purchase as provided in Section 1014.
The Notes shall be redeemable as provided in Article Eleven and in the
Notes. The Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes shall be subordinated in right
of payment to Senior Indebtedness as provided in Article Twelve.
SECTION 302. Denominations.
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The Notes shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons
and only in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
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The Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman
of the Board, its Chief Executive Officer, its President, its Chief Operating
Officer, its Chief Financial Officer or a Vice President. The signature of any
of these officers on the Notes may be the manual or facsimile signatures of the
present or any future such authorized officer and may be imprinted or otherwise
reproduced on the Notes.
Notes bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who
were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such
offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Notes or did not hold
such offices at the date of such Notes.
On Company Order, the Trustee shall authenticate for original issue
Initial Notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $225,000,000. On
Company Order, the Trustee shall authenticate for original issue Exchange Notes
in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $225,000,000; provided that such
Exchange Notes shall be issuable only upon the valid surrender for cancellation
of Initial Notes of a like aggregate principal amount in accordance with an
Exchange Offer pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement. In each case, the
Trustee shall be entitled to receive an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel of the Company that it may reasonably request in connection with such
authentication of Notes. Such order shall specify the amount of Notes to be
authenticated and the date on which the original issue of Notes is to be
authenticated.
Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication.
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No Note shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Note a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein duly
executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized signatory, and such
certificate upon any Note shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence,
that such Note has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
In case the Company, pursuant to Article Eight, shall be consolidated
or merged with or into any other Person or shall convey, transfer, lease or
otherwise dispose of its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to
any Person, and the successor Person resulting from such consolidation, or
surviving such merger, or into which the Company shall have been merged, or the
Person which shall have received a conveyance, transfer, lease or other
disposition as aforesaid, shall have executed an indenture supplemental hereto
with the Trustee pursuant to Article Eight, any of the Notes authenticated or
delivered prior to such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, lease or
other disposition may, from time to time, at the request of the successor
Person, be exchanged for other Notes executed in the name of the successor
Person with such changes in phraseology and form as may be appropriate, but
otherwise in substance of like tenor as the Notes surrendered for such exchange
and of like principal amount; and the Trustee, upon Company Request of the
successor Person, shall authenticate and deliver Notes as specified in such
request for the purpose of such exchange. If Notes shall at any time be
authenticated and delivered in any new name of a successor Person pursuant to
this Section 303 in exchange or substitution for or upon registration of
transfer of any Notes, such successor Person, at the option of the Holders but
without expense to them, shall provide for the exchange of all Notes at the time
Outstanding for Notes authenticated and delivered in such new name.
SECTION 304. Temporary Notes.
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Pending the preparation of definitive Notes, the Company may execute,
and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary
Notes which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise
produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the
definitive Notes in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers
executing such Notes may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution
of such Notes.
If temporary Notes are issued, the Company will cause definitive Notes
to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive
Notes, the temporary Notes shall be exchangeable for definitive Notes, upon
surrender of the temporary Notes at the office or agency of the Company in a
Place of Payment, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation
of any one or more temporary Notes, the Company shall execute and, upon Company
Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like
principal amount of
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definitive Notes of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged the temporary
Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture as definitive Notes.
SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
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The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of
the Trustee a register for the Notes (the register maintained in the Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee and in any other office or agency of the Company in
a Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the "Note
Register") in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe,
the Company shall provide for the registration of Notes and of transfers of
Notes. The Note Register shall be in written form or any other form capable of
being converted into written form within a reasonable time. At all reasonable
times, the Note Register shall be open to inspection by the Trustee. The
Trustee is hereby initially appointed as note registrar (the Trustee in such
capacity, together with any successor of the Trustee in such capacity, the "Note
Registrar") for the purpose of registering Notes and transfers of Notes as
herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the office
or agency in a Place of Payment, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or
transferees, one or more new Notes, of any authorized denomination or
denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor.
At the option of the Holder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes,
of any authorized denomination and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon
surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any
Notes are so surrendered for exchange (including an exchange of Initial Notes
for Exchange Notes), the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, the Notes which the Holder making the exchange is
entitled to receive; provided that no exchange of Initial Notes for Exchange
Notes shall occur until an Exchange Offer Registration Statement shall have been
declared effective by the Commission, the Trustee shall have received an
Officers' Certificate confirming that the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
has been declared effective by the Commission and the Initial Notes to be
exchanged for the Exchange Notes shall be canceled by the Trustee.
All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of
Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt,
and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Notes surrendered
upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or
for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Note Registrar) be duly
endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer, in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Note Registrar, duly executed by the Holder
thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
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No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange or redemption of Notes, but the Company may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, other than
exchanges pursuant to Section 303, 304, 906, 1013, 1014 or 1108 not involving
any transfer.
SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Notes.
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If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a
new Note of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding, or, in case any such mutilated Note has become or
is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead
of issuing a new Note, pay such Note.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and to the Trustee (i)
evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note and
(ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them
and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the
Company or the Trustee that such Note has been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon Company Order the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a
new Note of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding, or, in case any such destroyed, lost or stolen
Note has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its
discretion may, instead of issuing a new Note, pay such Note.
Upon the issuance of any new Note under this Section, the Company may
require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including
the fees and expenses of the Trustee) in connection therewith.
Every new Note issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note, shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the Company and any other obligor upon the
Notes, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be at
any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of
this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Notes duly
issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to
the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement
or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes.
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SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
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Interest on any Note which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose
name such Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of
business on the Regular Record Date for such interest at the Place of Payment;
provided, however, that each installment of interest on any Note may at the
Company's option be paid (i) by mailing a check for such interest, payable to or
upon the written order of the Person entitled thereto pursuant to Section 308,
to the address of such Person as it appears on the Note Register or (ii) by wire
transfer to an account located in the United States maintained by the payee.
Any interest on any Note which is payable, but is not punctually paid
or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall forthwith cease to be
payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having
been such Holder, and such defaulted interest and, if applicable, interest on
such defaulted interest (to the extent lawful) at the rate specified in the
Notes (such defaulted interest and, if applicable, interest thereon herein
collectively called "Defaulted Interest") may be paid by the Company, at its
election in each case, as provided in clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to
the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor
Notes) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for
the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the
following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the
amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date
of the proposed payment (the "Special Record Date"), and at the same time
the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the
aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest
or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit on
or prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to
be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted
Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a
Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall
be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the
proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee
of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify
the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense
of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such
Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be given in the
manner provided in Section 106, not less than 10 days prior to such Special
Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and
the Special Record Date therefor having been so given, such Defaulted
Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose name the Registered Notes
(or their respective Predecessor Notes) are registered at the close of
business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable
pursuant to the following clause (2).
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(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the
Notes in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of
any securities exchange on which such Notes may be listed, and upon such
notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the
Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause,
such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section and Section 305,
each Note delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in
exchange for or in lieu of any other Note shall carry the rights to interest
accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Note.
SECTION 308. Persons Deemed Owners.
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Prior to due presentment of a 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 such Note is registered as the owner of such Note for the
purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any, on) and
(subject to Sections 305 and 307) interest on such Note and for all other
purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note be overdue, and none of the
Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
SECTION 309. Cancellation.
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All Notes surrendered for payment, redemption, repayment at the option
of the Holder, registration of transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any
Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee. All Notes so
delivered to the Trustee shall be promptly canceled by it. The Company may at
any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously
authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any
manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for
delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated
hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold, and all Notes so delivered
shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. If the Company shall so acquire any
of the Notes, however, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or
satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Notes unless and until the
same are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation. No Notes shall be
authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Notes canceled as provided in
this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled
Notes held by the Trustee shall be disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with
its customary procedures unless by Company Order the Company shall direct that
canceled Notes be returned to it.
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SECTION 310. Computation of Interest.
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Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
of twelve 30-day months.
SECTION 311. Book-Entry Provisions for Global Notes.
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(a) Each Global Note initially shall (i) be registered in the name of
the Depositary for such Global Notes or the nominee of such Depositary, (ii) be
delivered to the Trustee as custodian for such Depositary and (iii) bear legends
as set forth in Section 203.
Members of, or participants in, the Depositary ("Agent Members") shall
have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note, and the
Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the
Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global Note for all
purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall
prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from
giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization
furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent
Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the
rights of a beneficial owner of any Note. The registered holder of a Global
Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any person, including Agent
Members and persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any
action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes.
(b) Interests of beneficial owners in a Global Note may be transferred
in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures of the Depositary and the
provisions of Section 312. Transfers of a Global Note shall be limited to
transfers of such Global Note in whole, but not in part, to the Depositary, its
successors or their respective nominees, except (i) as otherwise set forth in
Section 312 and (ii) U.S. Physical Notes or Offshore Physical Notes shall be
transferred to all beneficial owners in exchange for their beneficial interests
in the U.S. Global Note or the Offshore Global Note, respectively, in the event
that the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to
continue as Depositary for the applicable Global Note or the Depositary ceases
to be a "Clearing Agency" registered under the Exchange Act and a successor
depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days or an Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing and the Note Registrar has received a request
from the Depositary. In connection with a transfer of an entire Global Note to
beneficial owners pursuant to clause (ii) of this paragraph (b), the applicable
Global Note shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation,
and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver,
to each beneficial owner identified by the Depositary in exchange for its
beneficial interest in the applicable Global Note, an equal aggregate principal
amount at maturity of U.S. Physical Notes (in the case of the U.S. Global Note)
or Offshore Physical Notes (in the case of the Offshore Global Note), as the
case may be, of authorized denominations.
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(c) Any beneficial interest in one of the Global Notes that is
transferred to a person who takes delivery in the form of an interest in the
other Global Note will, upon transfer, cease to be an interest in such Global
Note and become an interest in the other Global Note and, accordingly, will
thereafter be subject to all transfer restrictions, if any, and other procedures
applicable to beneficial interests in such other Global Note for as long as it
remains such an interest.
(d) Any U.S. Physical Note delivered in exchange for an interest in
the U.S. Global Note pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section shall, unless
such exchange is made on or after the Resale Restriction Termination Date and
except as otherwise provided in Section 312, bear the Private Placement Legend.
SECTION 312. Transfer Provisions.
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Unless and until (i) an Initial Note is sold pursuant to an effective
Registration Statement, or (ii) an Initial Note is exchanged for an Exchange
Note in the Exchange Offer pursuant to an effective Registration Statement, in
each case, pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the following
provisions shall apply:
(a) General. The provisions of this Section 312 shall apply to all
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transfers involving any Physical Note and any beneficial interest in any
Global Note.
(b) Certain Definitions. As used in this Section 312 only, "delivery"
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of a certificate by a transferee or transferor means the delivery to the
Note Registrar by such transferee or transferor of the applicable
certificate duly completed; "holding" includes both possession of a
Physical Note and ownership of a beneficial interest in a Global Note, as
the context requires; "transferring" a Global Note means transferring that
portion of the principal amount of the transferor's beneficial interest
therein that the transferor has notified the Note Registrar that it has
agreed to transfer; and "transferring" a Physical Note means transferring
that portion of the principal amount thereof that the transferor has
notified the Note Registrar that it has agreed to transfer.
As used in this Indenture, "Accredited Investor Certificate" means a
certificate substantially in the form set forth in Section 313; "Regulation
S Certificate" means a certificate substantially in the form set forth in
Section 314; "Rule 144A Certificate" means a certificate substantially in
the form set forth in Section 315; and "Non-Registration Opinion and
Supporting Evidence" means a written opinion of counsel reasonably
acceptable to the Company to the effect that, and such other certification
or information as the Company may reasonably require to confirm that, the
proposed transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a
transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities
Act.
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(c) [Intentionally Omitted]
(d) Deemed Delivery of a Rule 144A Certificate in Certain
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Circumstances. A Rule 144A Certificate, if not actually delivered, will be
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deemed delivered if (A) (i) the transferor advises the Company and the
Trustee in writing that the relevant offer and sale were made in accordance
with the provisions of Rule 144A (or, in the case of a transfer of a
Physical Note, the transferor checks the box provided on the Physical Note
to that effect) and (ii) the transferee advises the Company and the Trustee
in writing that (x) it and, if applicable, each account for which it is
acting in connection with the relevant transfer, is a qualified
institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A, (y) it is aware that
the transfer of Notes to it is being made in reliance on the exemption from
the provisions of Section 5 of the Securities Act provided by Rule 144A,
and (z) prior to the proposed date of transfer it has been given the
opportunity to obtain from the Company the information referred to in Rule
144A(d)(4), and has either declined such opportunity or has received such
information (or, in the case of a transfer of a Physical Note, the
transferee signs the certification provided on the Physical Note to that
effect); or (B) the transferor holds the U.S. Global Note and is
transferring to a transferee that will take delivery in the form of the
U.S. Global Note.
(e) Procedures and Requirements.
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1. If the proposed transfer occurs prior to the Offshore Note
Exchange Date, and the proposed transferor holds:
(A) a U.S. Physical Note which is surrendered to the Note
Registrar, and the proposed transferee or transferor, as applicable:
(i) delivers an Accredited Investor Certificate and, if
required by the Company, a Non-Registration Opinion and Supporting
Evidence, or delivers (or is deemed to have delivered pursuant to clause
(d) above) a Rule 144A Certificate and the proposed transferee requests
delivery in the form of a U.S. Physical Note, then the Note Registrar shall
(x) register such transfer in the name of such transferee and record the
date thereof in its books and records, (y) cancel such surrendered U.S.
Physical Note and (z) deliver a new U.S. Physical Note to such transferee
duly registered in the name of such transferee in principal amount equal to
the principal amount being transferred of such surrendered U.S. Physical
Note;
(ii) delivers (or is deemed to have delivered pursuant to
clause (d) above) a Rule 144A Certificate and the proposed transferee is or
is acting through an Agent Member and requests that the
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proposed transferee receive a beneficial interest in the U.S. Global Note,
then the Note Registrar shall (x) cancel such surrendered U.S. Physical
Note, (y) record an increase in the principal amount of the U.S. Global
Note equal to the principal amount being transferred of such surrendered
U.S. Physical Note and (z) notify the Depositary in accordance with the
procedures of the Depositary that it approves of such transfer; or
(iii) delivers a Regulation S Certificate and the
proposed transferee is or is acting through an Agent Member and requests
that the proposed transferee receive a beneficial interest in the Temporary
Offshore Global Note, then the Note Registrar shall (x) cancel such
surrendered U.S. Physical Note, (y) record an increase in the principal
amount of the Temporary Offshore Global Note equal to the principal amount
being transferred of such surrendered U.S. Physical Note and (z) notify the
Depositary in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary that it
approves of such transfer.
In any of the cases described in this Section 312(e)(1)(A), the
Note Registrar shall deliver to the transferor a new U.S. Physical Note in
principal amount equal to the principal amount not being transferred of
such surrendered U.S. Physical Note, as applicable.
(B) the U.S. Global Note, and the proposed transferee or
transferor, as applicable:
(i) delivers an Accredited Investor Certificate and, if
required by the Company, a Non-Registration Opinion and Supporting
Evidence, or delivers (or is deemed to have delivered pursuant to clause
(d) above) a Rule 144A Certificate and the proposed transferee requests
delivery in the form of a U.S. Physical Note, then the Note Registrar shall
(w) register such transfer in the name of such transferee and record the
date thereof in its books and records, (x) record a decrease in the
principal amount of the U.S. Global Note in an amount equal to the
beneficial interest therein being transferred, (y) deliver a new U.S.
Physical Note to such transferee duly registered in the name of such
transferee in principal amount equal to the amount of such decrease and (z)
notify the Depositary in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary
that it approves of such transfer;
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(ii) delivers (or is deemed to have delivered pursuant to
clause (d) above) a Rule 144A Certificate and the proposed transferee is or
is acting through an Agent Member and requests that the proposed transferee
receive a beneficial interest in the U.S. Global Note, then the transfer
shall be effected in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary
therefor; or
(iii) delivers a Regulation S Certificate and the proposed
transferee is or is acting through an Agent Member and requests that the
proposed transferee receive a beneficial interest in the Temporary Offshore
Global Note, then the Note Registrar shall (w) register such transfer in
the name of such transferee and record the date thereof in its books and
records, (x) record a decrease in the principal amount of the U.S. Global
Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest therein being
transferred, (y) record an increase in the principal amount of the
Temporary Offshore Global Note equal to the amount of such decrease and (z)
notify the Depositary in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary
that it approves of such transfer.
(C) the Temporary Offshore Global Note, and the proposed
transferee or transferor, as applicable:
(i) delivers an Accredited Investor Certificate and, if
required by the Company, a Non-Registration Opinion and Supporting
Evidence, or delivers (or is deemed to have delivered pursuant to clause
(d) above) a Rule 144A Certificate and the proposed transferee requests
delivery in the form of a U.S. Physical Note, then the Note Registrar shall
(w) register such transfer in the name of such transferee and record the
date thereof in its books and records, (x) record a decrease in the
principal amount of the Offshore Global Note in an amount equal to the
beneficial interest therein being transferred, (y) deliver a new U.S.
Physical Note to such transferee duly registered in the name of such
transferee in principal amount equal to the amount of such decrease and (z)
notify the Depositary in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary
that it approves of such transfer;
(ii) delivers (or is deemed to have delivered pursuant to
clause (d) above) a Rule 144A Certificate and the proposed transferee is or
is acting through an Agent Member and requests that the proposed transferee
receive a beneficial interest in the U.S. Global
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Note, then the Note Registrar shall (x) record a decrease in the principal
amount of the Offshore Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial
interest therein being transferred, (y) record an increase in the principal
amount of the U.S. Global Note equal to the amount of such decrease and (z)
notify the Depositary in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary
that it approves of such transfer; or
(iii) delivers a Regulation S Certificate and the
proposed transferee is or is acting through an Agent Member and requests
that the proposed transferee receive a beneficial interest in the Temporary
Offshore Global Note, then the transfer shall be effected in accordance
with the procedures of the Depositary therefor; provided, however, that
until the Offshore Note Exchange Date occurs, beneficial interests in the
Offshore Global Note may be held only in or through accounts maintained at
the Depositary by Euroclear or Cedel (or by Agent Members acting for the
account thereof), and no person shall be entitled to effect any transfer or
exchange that would result in any such interest being held otherwise than
in or through such an account.
2. If the proposed transfer occurs on or after the Offshore Note
Exchange Date and the proposed transferor holds:
(A) a U.S. Physical Note which is surrendered to the Note
Registrar, and the proposed transferee or transferor, as applicable:
(i) delivers an Accredited Investor Certificate and, if
required by the Company, a Non-Registration Opinion and Supporting
Evidence, or delivers (or is deemed to have delivered pursuant to clause
(d) above) a Rule 144A Certificate and the proposed transferee requests
delivery in the form of a U.S. Physical Note, then the procedures set forth
in Section 312(e)(1)(A)(i) shall apply;
(ii) delivers (or is deemed to have delivered pursuant to
clause (d) above) a Rule 144A Certificate and the proposed transferee is or
is acting through an Agent Member and requests that the proposed transferee
receive a beneficial interest in the Offshore Global Note, then the
procedures set forth in Section 312(e)(1)(A)(ii) shall apply; or
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(iii) delivers a Regulation S Certificate, then the Note
Registrar shall cancel such surrendered U.S. Physical Note and at the
direction of the transferee, either:
(x) register such transfer in the name of such
transferee, record the date thereof in its books and records and
deliver a new Offshore Physical Note to such transferee in principal
amount equal to the principal amount being transferred of such
surrendered U.S. Physical Note, or
(y) if the proposed transferee is or is acting through
an Agent Member, record an increase in the principal amount of the
Offshore Global Note equal to the principal amount being transferred
of such surrendered U.S. Physical Note and notify the Depositary in
accordance with the procedures of the Depositary that it approves of
such transfer.
In any of the cases described in this Section 312(e)(2)(A)(i), (ii) or
(iii)(x), the Note Registrar shall deliver to the transferor a new U.S.
Physical Note in principal amount equal to the principal amount not being
transferred of such surrendered U.S. Physical Note, as applicable.
(B) the U.S. Global Note, and the proposed transferee or transferor, as
applicable:
(i) delivers an Accredited Investor Certificate and, if required
by the Company, a Non-Registration Opinion and Supporting Evidence, or
delivers (or is deemed to have delivered pursuant to clause (d) above) a
Rule 144A Certificate and the proposed transferee requests delivery in the
form of a U.S. Physical Note, then the procedures set forth in Section
312(e)(1)(B)(i) shall apply; or
(ii) delivers (or is deemed to have delivered pursuant to clause
(d) above) a Rule 144A Certificate and the proposed transferee is or is
acting through an Agent Member and requests that the proposed transferee
receive a beneficial interest in the U.S. Global Note, then the procedures
set forth in Section 312(e)(1)(B)(ii) shall apply; or
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(iii) delivers a Regulation S Certificate, then the Note
Registrar shall (x) record a decrease in the principal amount of the U.S.
Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest therein being
transferred, (y) notify the Depositary in accordance with the procedures of
the Depositary that it approves of such transfer and (z) at the direction
of the transferee, either:
(x) register such transfer in the name of such
transferee, record the date thereof in its books and records and deliver a
new Offshore Physical Note to such transferee in principal amount equal to
the amount of such decrease, or
(y) if the proposed transferee is or is acting through an
Agent Member, record an increase in the principal amount of the Offshore
Global Note equal to the amount of such decrease.
(C) an Offshore Physical Note which is surrendered to the Note Registrar,
and the proposed transferee or transferor, as applicable :
(i) delivers (or is deemed to have delivered pursuant to clause
(d) above) a Rule 144A Certificate and the proposed transferee is or is
acting through an Agent Member and requests delivery in the form of the
U.S. Global Note, then the Note Registrar shall (x) cancel such surrendered
Offshore Physical Note, (y) record an increase in the principal amount of
the U.S. Global Note equal to the principal amount being transferred of
such surrendered Offshore Physical Note and (z) notify the Depositary in
accordance with the procedures of the Depositary that it approves of such
transfer;
(ii) where the proposed transferee is or is acting through an
Agent Member, requests that the proposed transferee receive a beneficial
interest in the Offshore Global Note, then the Note Registrar shall (x)
cancel such surrendered Offshore Physical Note, (y) record an increase in
the principal amount of the Offshore Global Note equal to the principal
amount being transferred of such surrendered Offshore Physical Note and (z)
notify the Depositary in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary
that it approves of such transfer; or
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(iii) does not make a request covered by Section 312(e)(2)(C)(i)
or Section 312(e)(2)(C)(ii), then the Note Registrar shall (x) register
such transfer in the name of such transferee and record the date thereof in
its books and records, (y) cancel such surrendered Offshore Physical Note
and (z) deliver a new Offshore Physical Note to such transferee duly
registered in the name of such transferee in principal amount equal to the
principal amount being transferred of such surrendered Offshore Physical
Note.
In any of the cases described in this Section 312(e)(2)(C), the Note
Registrar shall deliver to the transferor a new Offshore Physical Note in
principal amount equal to the principal amount not being transferred of such
surrendered Offshore Physical Note, as applicable.
(D) the Offshore Global Note, and the proposed transferee or transferor,
as applicable:
(i) delivers (or is deemed to have delivered pursuant to clause
(d) above) a Rule 144A Certificate and the proposed transferee is or is
acting through an Agent Member and requests delivery in the form of the
U.S. Global Note, then the Note Registrar shall (x) record a decrease in
the principal amount of the Offshore Global Note in an amount equal to the
beneficial interest therein being transferred, (y) record an increase in
the principal amount of the U.S. Global Note equal to the amount of such
decrease and (z) notify the Depositary in accordance with the procedures of
the Depositary that it approves of such transfer;
(ii) where the proposed transferee is or is acting through an
Agent Member, requests that the proposed transferee receive a beneficial
interest in the Offshore Global Note, then the transfer shall be effected
in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary therefor; or
(iii) does not make a request covered by Section 312(e)(2)(D)(i)
or Section 312(e)(2)(D)(ii), then the Note Registrar shall (w) register
such transfer in the name of such transferee and record the date thereof in
its books and records, (x) record a decrease in the principal amount of the
Offshore Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest therein
being transferred, (y) deliver a new Offshore Physical Note to such
transferee duly registered in the
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name of such transferee in principal amount equal to the amount
of such decrease and (z) notify the Depositary in accordance with
the procedures of the Depositary that it approves of such
transfer.
(f) Execution, Authentication and Delivery of Physical Notes. In any
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case in which the Note Registrar is required to deliver a Physical Note to a
transferee or transferor, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and make available for delivery, such Physical Note.
(g) Certain Additional Terms Applicable to Physical Notes. Any
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transferee entitled to receive a Physical Note may request that the principal
amount thereof be evidenced by one or more Physical Notes in any authorized
denomination or denominations and the Note Registrar shall comply with such
request if all other transfer restrictions are satisfied.
(h) Transfers Not Covered by Section 312(e). The Note Registrar shall
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effect and record, upon receipt of a written request from the Company so to do,
a transfer not otherwise permitted by Section 312(e), such recording to be done
in accordance with the otherwise applicable provisions of Section 312(e), upon
the furnishing by the proposed transferor or transferee of a Non-Registration
Opinion and Supporting Evidence.
(i) General. By its acceptance of any Note bearing the Private
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Placement Legend, each Holder of such Note acknowledges the restrictions on
transfer of such Note set forth in this Indenture and in the Private Placement
Legend and agrees that it will transfer such Note only as provided in the
Indenture. The Note Registrar shall not register a transfer of any Note unless
such transfer complies with the restrictions with respect thereto set forth in
this Indenture. The Note Registrar shall not be required to determine (but may
rely upon a determination made by the Company) the sufficiency or accuracy of
any such certifications, legal opinions, other information or document.
(j) Private Placement Legend. Upon the transfer, exchange or
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replacement of Notes not bearing the Private Placement Legend, the Note
Registrar shall deliver Notes that do not bear the Private Placement Legend.
Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes bearing the Private
Placement Legend, the Note Registrar shall deliver only Notes that bear the
Private Placement Legend unless (i) the circumstances exist contemplated by the
fourth paragraph of Section 201 (with respect to an Offshore Physical Note) or
the requested transfer is at least two years after the original issue date of
the Initial Note (with respect to any Physical Note), (ii) there is delivered to
the Note Registrar an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company
and the Trustee to the effect that neither such legend nor the related
restrictions on transfer are required in order to maintain compliance with the
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provisions of the Securities Act or (iii) such Notes are exchanged for Exchange
Notes pursuant to an Exchange Offer.
SECTION 313. Form of Accredited Investor Certificate.
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Transferee Letter of Representation
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State Street Bank and Trust Company
of Missouri, N.A.,
as Trustee (the "Trustee")
Corporate Trust Department
Two International Place -- ▇/▇▇/ ▇▇▇▇▇
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Attention: ___________________
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our proposed purchase of $_______ aggregate
principal amount of the 9 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008 (the "Notes")
of Oscar I Corporation (the "Company"), we confirm that:
1. We are an institutional "accredited investor" (as defined in Rule
501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act")) purchasing for our own account or
for the account of such an institutional "accredited investor," and we are
acquiring the Notes for investment purposes and not with a view to, or for
offer or sale in connection with, any distribution in violation of the
Securities Act or other applicable securities law and we have such
knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable
of evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in the Notes, and we
and any accounts for which we are acting are each able to bear the economic
risk of our or its investment.
2. We understand and acknowledge that the Notes have not been
registered under the Securities Act, or any other applicable securities law
and may not be offered, sold or otherwise transferred except in compliance
with the registration requirements of the Securities Act or any other
applicable securities law, or pursuant to an exemption therefrom, and in
each case in compliance with the conditions for transfer set forth below.
We agree on our own behalf and on behalf of any investor account for which
we are purchasing Notes to offer, sell or otherwise transfer such Notes
prior to the date which is two years after the later of the date of
original issue and the last date on which the Company or any affiliate of
the Company was the owner of such Notes (or any predecessor thereto) (the
"Resale
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Restriction Termination Date") only (a) to the Company or any subsidiary
thereof, (b) pursuant to a registration statement which has been declared
effective under the Securities Act, (c) for so long as the Notes are
eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act ("Rule
144A"), to a person we reasonably believe is a "Qualified Institutional
Buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A (a "QIB") that purchases for its own
account or for the account of a QIB and to whom notice is given that the
transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, (d) pursuant to offers and
sales to non-U.S. persons that occur outside the United States within the
meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act, or (e) pursuant to any
other available exemption from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act, subject in each of the foregoing cases to any requirement
of law that the disposition of our property or the property of such
investor account or accounts be at all times within our or their control
and to compliance with any applicable state securities laws. The foregoing
restrictions on resale will not apply subsequent to the Resale Restriction
Termination Date. If any resale or other transfer of the Notes is proposed
to be made pursuant to clause (d) or (e) above prior to the Resale
Restriction Termination Date, the transferor shall deliver to the trustee
(the "Trustee") under the Indenture pursuant to which the Notes are issued
a letter from the transferee substantially in the form of this letter,
which shall provide, among other things, that the transferee is a person or
entity as defined in paragraph 1 of this letter and that it is acquiring
such Notes for investment purposes and not for distribution in violation of
the Securities Act. We acknowledge that the Company and the Trustee reserve
the right prior to any offer, sale or other transfer of the Notes pursuant
to clauses (d) and (e) above prior to the Resale Restriction Termination
Date to require the delivery of an opinion of counsel, certifications
and/or other information satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee.
3. We are acquiring the Notes purchased by us for our own account or
for one or more accounts as to each of which we exercise sole investment
discretion.
4. You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and are
irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any
interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official
inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.
THIS LETTER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Very truly yours,
(Name of Purchaser)
By: _____________________________
Date: ___________________________
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Upon transfer, the Notes would be registered in the name of the new
beneficial owner as follows:
NAME ADDRESS TAXPAYER ID NUMBER
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Date of this Certificate: _________ __, 199_
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SECTION 314. Form of Regulation S Certificate.
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Regulation S Certificate
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To: State Street Bank and Trust Company
of Missouri, N.A.,
as Trustee (the "Trustee")
Corporate Trust Department
Two International Place -- ▇/▇▇/ ▇▇▇▇▇
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Attention: ____________________
Re: Oscar I Corporation (the "Company")
9 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008 (the "Notes")
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our proposed sale of $____ aggregate principal
amount of Notes, we confirm that such sale has been effected pursuant to and in
accordance with Regulation S ("Regulation S") under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "Securities Act"), and accordingly, we hereby certify as
follows:
1. The offer of the Notes was not made to a person in the United
States (unless such person or the account held by it for which it is acting
is excluded from the definition of "U.S. person" pursuant to Rule 902(o) of
Regulation S under the circumstances described in Rule 902(i)(3) of
Regulation S) or specifically targeted at an identifiable group of U.S.
citizens abroad.
2. Either (a) at the time the buy order was originated, the buyer was
outside the United States or we and any person acting on our behalf
reasonably believed that the buyer was outside the United States or (b) the
transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated
offshore securities market, and neither we nor any person acting on our
behalf knows that the transaction was pre-arranged with a buyer in the
United States.
3. Neither we, any of our affiliates, nor any person acting on our or
their behalf has made any directed selling efforts in the United States in
contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of
Regulation S, as applicable.
4. The proposed transfer of Notes is not part of a plan or scheme to
evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
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5. If we are a dealer or a person receiving a selling concession or
other fee or remuneration in respect of the Notes, and the proposed
transfer takes place before the Offshore Note Exchange Date referred to in
the Indenture, dated as of April 21, 1998, among the Company and the
Trustee, or we are an officer or director of the Company or a distributor,
we certify that the proposed transfer is being made in accordance with the
provisions of Rules 903 and 904(c) of Regulation S.
You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this Certificate and are
irrevocably authorized to produce this Certificate or a copy hereof to any
interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry
with respect to the matters covered hereby. Terms used in this certificate have
the meanings set forth in Regulation S.
Very truly yours,
[NAME OF SELLER]
By:__________________________
Name:
Title:
Address:
Date of this Certificate: __________ __, 199_
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SECTION 315. Form of Rule 144A Certificate.
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Rule 144A Certificate
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To: State Street Bank and Trust Company
of Missouri, N.A.,
as Trustee (the "Trustee")
Corporate Trust Department
Two International Place -- ▇/▇▇/ ▇▇▇▇▇
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Attention: _______________________
Re: Oscar I Corporation (the "Company")
9 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008 (the "Notes")
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our proposed purchase of $_____ aggregate principal
amount of Notes, we confirm that such sale has been effected pursuant to and in
accordance with Rule 144A ("Rule 144A") under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"). We are aware that the transfer of Notes to us
is being made in reliance on the exemption from the provisions of Section 5 of
the Securities Act provided by Rule 144A. Prior to the date of this Certificate
we have been given the opportunity to obtain from the Company the information
referred to in Rule 144A(d)(4), and have either declined such opportunity or
have received such information.
You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this Certificate and are
irrevocably authorized to produce this Certificate or a copy hereof to any
interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry
with respect to the matters covered hereby.
Very truly yours,
[NAME OF PURCHASER]
By:__________________________
Name:
Title:
Address:
Date of this Certificate: __________ __, 199_
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SECTION 316. CUSIP Numbers.
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The Company in issuing the Notes may use "CUSIP" numbers (if then
generally in use) in addition to serial numbers, and, if so, the Trustee shall
use such "CUSIP" numbers in addition to serial numbers in notices of redemption,
repurchase or other notices to Holders as a convenience to Holders; provided
that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the
correctness of such CUSIP numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained
in any notice of a redemption or repurchase and that reliance may be placed only
on the serial or other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such
redemption or repurchase shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of
such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the
CUSIP numbers.
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
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This Indenture shall, upon Company Request, cease to be of further
effect with respect to Notes (except as to any surviving rights of registration
of transfer or exchange of Notes expressly provided for) and the Trustee, at the
expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture when
(1) either
(A) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than
(i) Notes which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have
been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306, and (ii) Notes for
whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust with the
Trustee or any Paying Agent or segregated and held in trust by the
Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such
trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation; or
(B) all such Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation
(i) have become due and payable,
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity
within one year, or
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(iii) if redeemable at the option of the Company, are to be
called for redemption within one year under arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of
redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the
Company,
and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has
irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as
trust funds in trust for such purpose an amount sufficient to pay and
discharge the entire indebtedness on such Notes not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal (and premium,
if any) and interest on the Notes to the date of such deposit (in the
case of Notes which have become due and payable) or to the Stated
Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(2) no Default or Event of Default with respect to this Indenture or
the Notes shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit
or shall occur as a result of such deposit and such deposit will not result
in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other
instrument or agreement to which the Company is a party or by which it is
bound;
(3) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Company;
(4) the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee
to apply the deposited money toward the payment of such Notes at maturity
or the Redemption Date, as the case may be; and
(5) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent
herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the
obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 606, the obligations of
the Company to any Authenticating Agent under Section 612 and, if money shall
have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (1) of
this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and the last
paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive.
SECTION 402. Application of Trust Money.
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Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all
money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust
and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this
Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying
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Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may
determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if
any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the
Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the
extent required by law.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in
accordance with Section 401 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of
any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining,
restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company's obligations
under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no
deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 401; provided that if the Company has
made any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Notes
because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated
to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the
money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
SECTION 501. Events of Default.
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"Event of Default", wherever used herein, means any one of the
following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it
shall be occasioned by the provisions of Article Twelve or 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):
(1) default in the payment of principal of (or premium, if any, on)
any Note when the same becomes due and payable at Maturity, upon
acceleration, redemption or otherwise, whether or not such payment is
prohibited by the provisions of Article Twelve;
(2) default in the payment of interest on any Note when the same
becomes due and payable, and such default continues for a period of 30
days, whether or not such payment is prohibited by the provisions of
Article Twelve;
(3) default in the performance or breach of the provisions of Article
Eight or the failure to make or consummate an Offer to Purchase in
accordance with Section 1013 or Section 1014;
(4) default in the performance or breach of any covenant or agreement
of the Company in this Indenture or under the Notes (other than a default
specified in clause (1),
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(2) or (3) of this Section) and such default or breach continues for a
period of 60 consecutive days after written notice by the Trustee or the
Holders of 25% or more in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Notes;
(5) there occurs with respect to any issue or issues of Indebtedness
of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary having an outstanding
principal amount of $10 million or more in the aggregate for all such
issues of all such Persons, whether such Indebtedness now exists or shall
hereinafter be created, (A) an event of default that has caused the holder
thereof to declare such Indebtedness to be due and payable prior to its
Stated Maturity and such Indebtedness has not been discharged in full or
such acceleration has not been rescinded or annulled within 30 days of such
acceleration and/or (B) the failure to make a principal payment at the
final (but not any interim) fixed maturity and such defaulted payment shall
not have been made, waived or extended within 30 days of such payment
default;
(6) any final judgment or order (to the extent not covered by
insurance) for the payment of money in excess of $10 million in the
aggregate for all such final judgments or orders against all such Persons
(treating deductibles, self-insurance or retention as not so covered) shall
be rendered against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary and shall not
be paid, discharged or vacated, and there shall be any period of 30
consecutive days following entry of the final judgment or order that causes
the aggregate principal amount for all such final judgments or orders
outstanding and not paid or discharged against all such Persons to exceed
$10 million during a stay of enforcement of such final judgment or order,
by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, shall not be in effect;
(7) a court having competent jurisdiction in the premises enters a
decree or order for (A) relief in respect of the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, (B) appointment
of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or
similar official of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or for all or
substantially all of the property and assets of the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary or (C) the winding up or liquidation of the affairs
of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary and, in each case, such decree
or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive
days;
(8) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (A) commences a
voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
law now or hereafter in effect, or consents to the entry of an order for
relief in an involuntary case under any such law, (B) consents to the
appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the property and
assets of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or (C) effects any
general assignment for the benefit of creditors;
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(9) the Company fails to redeem all of the Company's Preferred Stock
within 60 days after the Closing Date; or
(10) UATC fails to redeem the Senior Secured Notes within 60 days
after the Closing Date.
SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
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If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in
clause (7) or (8) of Section 501 that occurs with respect to the Company) occurs
and is continuing under this Indenture, then in every such case the Trustee or
the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Notes, by written notice to the Company (and to the Trustee if such notice is
given by the Holders), may, and the Trustee at the written request of such
Holders shall, declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest
on all of the Outstanding Notes to be immediately due and payable. Upon a
declaration of acceleration (an "Acceleration Notice"), such principal of,
premium, if any, and accrued interest shall be immediately due and payable;
provided, however, that if there are any amounts outstanding under the Credit
Agreement, such declaration shall not become effective until the earlier of (A)
an acceleration of the Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement and (ii) five (5)
Business Days after receipt by the Company and the Agent Bank of such
Acceleration Notice. In the event of a declaration of acceleration because of
an Event of Default set forth in clause (5) of Section 501 has occurred and is
continuing, such declaration of acceleration shall be automatically rescinded
and annulled if the event of default triggering such Event of Default pursuant
to clause (5) of Section 501 be remedied or cured by the Company or the relevant
Significant Subsidiary or waived by the holders of the relevant Indebtedness
within 60 days after the declaration of acceleration with respect thereto. If
an Event of Default specified in clause (7) or (8) of Section 501 above occurs
with respect to the Company, the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued
interest on the Outstanding Notes shall ipso facto become and be immediately due
and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or
any Holder. The Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Outstanding Notes by written notice to the Company and to the Trustee, may
waive all past defaults and rescind and annul a declaration of acceleration and
its consequences if (1) all existing Events of Default, other than the
nonpayment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes that
have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or
waived and (2) the recission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a
court of competent jurisdiction.
SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
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Trustee.
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The Company covenants that if
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(1) default is made in the payment of any installment of interest on
any Note when such interest becomes due and payable and such default
continues for a period of 30 days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if
any, on) any Note at the Maturity thereof,
then the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee for the
benefit of the Holders of such Notes, the whole amount then due and payable on
such Notes for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, and interest on any
overdue principal (and premium, if any) and, to the extent that payment of such
interest shall be legally enforceable, upon any overdue installment of interest,
at the rate borne by such Notes, and, in addition thereto, such further amount
as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand,
the Trustee, in its own name as trustee of an express trust, may institute a
judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may
prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same
against the Company (in accordance with the applicable Note Guarantee) or any
other obligor upon such Notes and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be
payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any
other obligor upon such Notes, wherever situated.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in
its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the
Holders under this Indenture or the Note Guarantees by such appropriate judicial
proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any
such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement
in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to
enforce any other proper remedy.
SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
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In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation,
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other
judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor, upon the Notes
or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the
Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Notes shall then be due
and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective
of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment
of overdue principal, premium, if any, or interest) shall be entitled and
empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,
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(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (and
premium, if any) and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Notes, to
take such other actions (including participating as a member, voting or
otherwise, of any official committee of creditors appointed in such matter)
and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable
in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such
judicial proceeding, and
(ii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or
other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by
each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the
Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to
pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other
amounts due the Trustee under Section 607.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or
the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect
of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding; provided, however, that the
Trustee may, on behalf of such Holders, vote for the election of a trustee in
bankruptcy or other similar official.
SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Notes.
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All rights of action and claims under this Indenture, the Notes may be
prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the
Notes or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such
proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee
of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the
payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders
of the Notes in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected.
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Subject to Article Twelve, any money collected by the Trustee pursuant
to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates
fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account
of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, upon
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presentation of the Notes and the notation thereon of the payment if only
partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
First: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section
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607;
Second: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for
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principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest on the Notes in respect
of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected,
ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the
amounts due and payable on such Notes for principal (and premium, if any)
and interest, respectively; and
Third: The balance, if any, to the Person or Persons entitled
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thereto, including the Company or any other obligor on the Notes, as their
interests may appear or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct;
provided that all sums due and owing to the Holders and the Trustee have
been paid in full as required by this Indenture.
SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits.
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A Holder may not pursue any remedy with respect to the Indenture or
the Notes unless:
(1) the Holder gives the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event
of Default;
(2) the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of
outstanding Notes make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the
remedy;
(3) such Holder or Holders offer the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to
the Trustee against any costs, liability or expense;
(4) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after
receipt of the request and the offer of indemnity, and during such 60-day
period, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Notes do not give the Trustee a direction that is inconsistent
with the request.
The limitations in clauses (1) through (4) above do not apply to the right of
any Holder of a Note to receive payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on, such Note or to being suit for the enforcement of any such payment,
on or after the due date expressed in the Notes, which right shall not be
impaired or affected without the consent of the Holder.
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SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal,
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Premium and Interest.
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Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of
any Note shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive
payment, as provided herein (including, if applicable, Article Eleven) and in
such Note of the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and (subject to Section
307) interest on, such Note on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in
such Note (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall
not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
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If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce
any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been
discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to
the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any
determination in such proceeding, the Company, any other obligor on the Notes,
the Trustee and the Holders of Notes shall be restored severally and
respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and
remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such
proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
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Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or
payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes in the last paragraph of
Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee
or to the Holders of Notes is intended to be exclusive of any other right or
remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or
now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or
employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the
concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
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No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Note to
exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any
such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an
acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to
the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often
as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may
be.
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SECTION 512. Control by Holders.
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The Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or
power conferred on the Trustee, provided that the Trustee may refuse to
following any direction that
(1) conflicts with law or this Indenture,
(2) may involve the Trustee in personal liability, or
(3) the Trustee determines in good faith may be unduly prejudicial to
the rights of Holders of Notes not joining in the giving of such direction,
and
the Trustee may take other action it deems proper that is not inconsistent with
any direction received from Holders of Notes.
SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.
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Subject to Sections 508, 902 and the last paragraph of Section 502,
the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Notes (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer
or exchange offer for the Notes) may on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes
waive any past default hereunder and its consequences under this Indenture,
except a default
(1) in respect of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any,
on) or interest on any Note, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article
Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of
each Outstanding Note affected.
Upon any such waiver, any such default shall cease to exist, and any
Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every
purpose of this Indenture and the Note Guarantees; but no such waiver shall
extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any
right consequent thereon.
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SECTION 514. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.
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Each of the Company and any other obligor on the Notes covenants (to
the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon,
or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of,
any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in
force, which would prohibit or forgive the Company or any such obligor from
paying all or any portion of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on
the Notes contemplated herein or in the Notes or which may affect the covenants
or the performance of this Indenture; and each of the Company and any other
obligor on the Notes (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly
waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not
hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the
Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though
no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
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(a) Except during the continuance of a Default,
(1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties
as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants
or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(2) in the absence of bad faith or willful misconduct on its part, the
Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or
opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of
this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions, the
Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or
not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture, but not to verify
the contents thereof.
(b) In case a Default has occurred and is continuing of which a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge or of which written
notice of such Default shall have been given to the Trustee by the Company, any
other obligor of the Notes or by any Holder, the Trustee shall exercise such of
the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of
care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under
the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
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(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure
to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that
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(1) this paragraph (c) shall not be construed to limit the effect of
paragraph (a) of this Section;
(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in
good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the
Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken
or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction
of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Notes relating to the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust
or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture; and
(4) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend
or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of
its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing
that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or
liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of
this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or
affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this
Section.
SECTION 602. Notice of Defaults.
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Within ten days after the earlier of receipt from the Company of
notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder or the
date when such Default or Event of Default becomes known to the Trustee, the
Trustee shall transmit, in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section
313(c), notice of such Default or Event of Default hereunder known to the
Trustee, unless such Default or Event of Default shall have been cured or
waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a Default or Event of
Default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) or interest
on any Note, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so
long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of
directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine
that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders.
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SECTION 603. Certain Rights of Trustee.
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Subject to the provisions of TIA Sections 315(a) through 315(d)
(determined as if the TIA were applicable to this Indenture at all times):
(1) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order,
bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or
document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented
by the proper party or parties;
(2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any
resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a
Board Resolution;
(3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall
deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking,
suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other
evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad
faith on its part, request and rely upon an Officers' Certificate;
(4) before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, the Trustee may
consult with counsel of its selection and the written advice of such
counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization
and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it
hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction
of any of the Holders of Notes pursuant to this Indenture, unless such
Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity
against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it
in compliance with such request or direction;
(6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order,
bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or
document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry
or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the
Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it
shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the
Company, personally or by agent or attorney;
(7) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys and the Trustee shall not
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be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or
attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;
(8) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within
the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;
(9) the Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in
respect of the performance of its powers and duties hereunder;
(10) the permissive rights of the Trustee to do things enumerated in
this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty; and
(11) except for a default under Sections 501(1) or (2) hereof, or any
other event of which the Trustee has "actual knowledge" and which event,
with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both, would constitute
an Event of Default under this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be deemed
to have notice of any default or Event of Default unless specifically
notified in writing of such event by the Company or the Holders of not less
than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding; as
used herein, the term "actual knowledge" means the actual fact or statement
of knowing, without any duty to make any investigation with regard thereto.
The Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or
otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties
hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if it shall have
reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate
indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
SECTION 604. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of
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Notes.
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The recitals contained herein and in the Notes, except for the
Trustee's certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of
the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as
to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Notes, except that
the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this
Indenture, authenticate the Notes and perform its obligations hereunder and that
the statements made by it in its Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 supplied
to the Company are true and accurate, subject to the qualifications set forth
therein. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable
for the use or application by the Company of Notes or the proceeds thereof.
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SECTION 605. May Hold Notes.
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The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Note
Registrar or any other agent of the Company or of the Trustee, in its individual
or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and, subject to
TIA Sections 310(b) and 311, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same
rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent,
Note Registrar or such other agent.
SECTION 606. Money Held in Trust.
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All money received by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as
herein provided, be held in trust hereunder for the purposes for which they were
received. Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be
under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as
otherwise agreed in writing with the Company.
SECTION 607. Compensation and Reimbursement.
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The Company agrees:
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as shall
be agreed in writing between the Company and the Trustee for all services
rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any
provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express
trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the
Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and
advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision
of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses
and disbursements of its agents and counsel and costs and expenses of
collection), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be
attributable to its negligence or bad faith; and
(3) to indemnify each of the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee and
its agents for, and to hold it harmless against, any and all loss,
liability, damage, claim or expense, including taxes (other than taxes
based on the income of the Trustee) incurred without negligence or bad
faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and
expenses of defending itself against, or investigating, any claim or
liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its
powers or duties hereunder.
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The obligations of the Company under this Section to compensate the
Trustee, to pay or reimburse the Trustee for expenses, disbursements and
advances and to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee shall constitute
additional indebtedness hereunder and shall survive the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture. As security for the performance of such
obligations of the Company, the Trustee shall have a claim prior to the Notes
upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except
funds held in trust for the payment of principal of (and premium, if any, on) or
interest on particular Notes.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection
with an Event of Default specified in Section 501(8) or Section 501(9), the
expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) of and
the compensation of the Trustee for the services are intended to constitute
expenses of administration under any applicable Federal or state bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar law.
The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this
Indenture.
SECTION 608. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
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There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be
eligible to act as Trustee under TIA Section 310(a)(1) and which shall have an
office in The City of New York, and shall have or be wholly owned by an entity
having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If the Trustee
does not have an office in The City of New York, the Trustee may appoint an
agent in The City of New York reasonably acceptable to the Company to conduct
any activities which the Trustee may be required under this Indenture to conduct
in The City of New York. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at
least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of federal, state,
territorial or District of Columbia supervising or examining authority, then for
the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such
corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth
in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee
shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it
shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified
in this Article.
SECTION 609. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
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(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a
successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the
applicable requirements of Section 610.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Notes by
giving written notice thereof to the Company. Upon receiving such notice of
resignation, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor trustee by written
instrument executed by authority of the Board of Directors, a copy of which
shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and a copy to the successor
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trustee. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by
Section 610 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after
the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Notes.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Notes
by Act of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Notes, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company. If the
instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 610 shall
not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such
notice of removal, the Trustee being removed may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Notes.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of TIA
Section 310(b) after written request therefor by the Company or by any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Note for at least six months,
or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 608 and shall
fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Note for at least six months,
or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged
a bankrupt or insolvent or a Custodian of the Trustee or of its property
shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of
the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (i) the Company, by a Board Resolution, may remove the
Trustee with respect to all Notes, or (ii) subject to TIA Section 315(e), any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Note for at least six months may, on
behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Notes
and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of
acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with
respect to the Notes, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint
a successor Trustee. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or
incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with
respect to the Notes shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes delivered to the Company and
the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon
its acceptance of such appointment, become the successor Trustee with respect to
the Notes and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the
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Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Notes shall have been so
appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner
hereinafter provided, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Note for
at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated,
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
Trustee with respect to the Notes.
(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal
of the Trustee with respect to the Notes and each appointment of a successor
Trustee with respect to the Notes to the Holders of Notes in the manner provided
for in Section 106. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee
with respect to the Notes and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
SECTION 610. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
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(a) Each successor Trustee appointed hereunder shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument
accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the
retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any
further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights,
powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the
Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of
its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor
Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly
assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money
held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
(b) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall
execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and
confirming to such successor Trustee all rights, powers and trusts referred to
in paragraph (a) of this Section.
(c) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the
time of such acceptance, such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible
under this Article.
SECTION 611. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
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Business.
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Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business
of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such
corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
any of the parties hereto. In case any Notes shall have been authenticated, but
not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger,
conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such
authentication and deliver
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the Notes so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had
itself authenticated such Notes. In case at that time any of the Notes shall not
have been authenticated, any successor Trustee may authenticate such Notes
either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor
Trustee. In all such cases such certificates shall have the full force and
effect which this Indenture provides for, the certificate of authentication of
the Trustee shall have; provided, however, that the right to adopt the
certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or to authenticate
Notes in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply only to its successor
or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation.
SECTION 612. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
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At any time when any of the Notes remain Outstanding, the Trustee may
appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to the Notes which shall
be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Notes and the
Trustee shall give written notice of such appointment to all Holders of Notes
with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve, in the manner
provided for in Section 106. Notes so authenticated shall be entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as
if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Any such appointment shall be
evidenced by an instrument in writing signed by a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee, and a copy of such instrument shall be promptly furnished to the
Company. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and
delivery of Notes by the Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of authentication,
such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf
of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication
executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each
Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all times
be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United
States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized
under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and
surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination
by federal or state authority. If such corporation publishes reports of
condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the
combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its
combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition
so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible
in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately
in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or
corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an
Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible
under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further
act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
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An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written
notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time
terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof
to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice
of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating
Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give written notice of
such appointment to all Holders of Notes, in the manner provided for in Section
106. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment
hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its
predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an
Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed
unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.
The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to
time such compensation for its services under this Section as shall be agreed in
writing between the Company and such Authenticating Agent.
If an appointment is made pursuant to this Section, the Notes may have
endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an
alternate certificate of authentication in the following form:
This is one of the Notes designated therein referred to in the within-
mentioned Indenture.
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
OF MISSOURI, N.A.,
as Trustee
By: __________________________
as Authenticating Agent
By: __________________________
Authorized Officer
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ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses.
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The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee
(a) semiannually, not more than 10 days after each Regular Record
Date, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the
names and addresses of the Holders as of such Regular Record Date; and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may reasonably request in
writing, within 30 days after receipt by the Company of any such request, a
list of similar form and content to that in Subsection (a) hereof as of a
date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished;
provided, however, that if and so long as the Trustee shall be the Note
Registrar, no such list need be furnished.
SECTION 702. Disclosure of Names and Addresses of Holders.
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Every Holder of Notes, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with
the Company and the Trustee that none of the Company or the Trustee or any agent
of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any
such information as to the names and addresses of the Holders in accordance with
TIA Section 312, regardless of the source from which such information was
derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing
any material pursuant to a request made under TIA Section 312(b).
SECTION 703. Reports by Trustee.
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Within 60 days after May 15 of each year commencing with the first May
15 after the first issuance of Notes pursuant to this Indenture, the Trustee
shall transmit to the Holders of Notes (with a copy to the Company at the Place
of Payment), in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section 313(c), a
brief report dated as of such May 15 if required by TIA Section 313(a).
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ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
SECTION 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
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The Company will not consolidate with, merge with or into, or sell,
convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its
property and assets (as an entirety or substantially an entirety in one
transaction or a series of related transactions) to, any Person or permit any
Person to merge with or into the Company unless: (i) the Company shall be the
continuing Person, or the Person (if other than the Company) formed by such
consolidation or into which the Company is merged or that acquired or leased
such property and assets of the Company shall be a corporation organized and
validly existing under the laws of the United States of America or any
jurisdiction thereof and shall expressly assume, by a supplemental indenture,
executed and delivered to the Trustee, all of the obligations of the Company on
all of the Notes and under the Indenture; (ii) immediately after giving effect
to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing; (iii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a pro
forma basis the Company, or any Person becoming the successor obligor of the
Notes, as the case may be, could Incur at least $1.00 of Indebtedness under
clause (i) of the first paragraph of subsection (a) of Section 1008; and (iv)
the Company delivers to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate (attaching the
arithmetic computations to demonstrate compliance with clause (iii)) and Opinion
of Counsel, in each case stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and
such supplemental indenture complies with this provision and that all conditions
precedent provided for herein relating to such transaction have been complied
with; provided, however, that clause (iii) above does not apply if, in the good
faith determination of the Board of Directors of the Company, whose
determination shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution, the principal purpose of
such transaction is to change the state of incorporation of the Company and any
such transaction shall not have as one of its purposes the evasion of the
foregoing limitations.
SECTION 802. Successor Substituted.
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Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, conveyance,
transfer, lease or disposition of all or substantially all of the properties and
assets of the Company in accordance with Sections 801, the successor Person
formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the
successor Person to which such sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or
disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise
every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture, with the same effect
as if such successor had been named as the Company herein. When a successor
assumes all the obligations of its predecessor hereunder or the Notes, the
predecessor shall be released from all obligations; provided that in the case of
a transfer by lease, the predecessor shall not be released from the payment of
principal and interest or other obligations on the Notes.
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ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
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Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by or
pursuant to 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:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company or any
other obligor on the Notes, and the assumption by any such successor of the
covenants of the Company or such obligor contained herein and in the Notes
in accordance with Article Eight;
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company or any other obligor upon
the Notes for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender any right or power
conferred upon the Company or any other obligor on the Notes, as
applicable, herein, in the Notes;
(3) to cure any ambiguity, or to correct or supplement any provision
herein or in the Notes which may be defective or inconsistent with any
other provision herein or in the Notes or to make any other provisions with
respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture or the Notes;
provided that, in each case, such provisions shall not adversely affect the
interests of the Holders;
(4) to comply with the requirements of the Commission in order to
effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust
Indenture Act;
(5) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of the appointment of a
successor Trustee under this Indenture; or
(6) to mortgage, pledge, hypothecate or grant a security interest in
favor of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders as additional security
for the payment and performance of the Company's obligations under this
Indenture, in any property, or assets, including any of which are required
to be mortgaged, pledged or hypothecated, or in which a security interest
is required to be granted to the Trustee pursuant to this Indenture or
otherwise.
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SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.
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Modifications and amendments of the Indenture may be made by the
Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes; provided,
however, that no such modification or amendment may, without the consent of each
Holder affected thereby, (i) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or
any installment of interest on, any Note or alter the optional redemption or
repurchase provisions of any such Note or the Indenture in a manner adverse to
the Holders, (ii) reduce the principal amount of, or premium, if any, or
interest on, any Note, (iii) change the place or currency of payment of
principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any Note, (iv) impair the
right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the
Stated Maturity (or, in the case of a redemption, on or after the Redemption
Date) of any Note, (v) reduce the above-stated percentage of outstanding Notes
the consent of whose Holders is necessary to modify or amend the Indenture, (vi)
waive a default in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on
the Notes, (vii) modify the subordination provisions in a manner adverse to the
Holders, (viii) amend, change or modify the obligation of the Company to make
and consummate an Offer to Purchase with respect to any Asset Sale in accordance
with Section 1014 or the obligation of the Company to make and consummate a
Change of Control Offer in the event of a Change of Control in accordance with
Section 1013, including, in each case, amending, changing or modifying any
definition relating thereto in any manner materially adverse to the holders of
the Notes affected thereby, or (ix) reduce the percentage or aggregate principal
amount of outstanding Notes the consent of whose Holders is necessary for waiver
of compliance with certain provisions of the Indenture or for waiver of certain
defaults.
SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
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In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any
supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of
the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive,
and shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that
the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this
Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such
supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
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Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article,
this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder
of Notes theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall
be bound thereby.
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SECTION 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
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Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall
conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.
SECTION 906. Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures.
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Notes authenticated and delivered after the execution of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by
the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter
provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine,
new Notes so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the
Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the
Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for
Outstanding Notes.
SECTION 907. Notice of Supplemental Indentures.
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Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of Section 902, the Company
shall give notice thereof to the Holders of each Outstanding Note affected, in
the manner provided for in Section 106, setting forth in general terms the
substance of such supplemental indenture.
SECTION 908. Effect on Senior Indebtedness.
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No supplemental indenture shall adversely affect the rights of the
holders of Senior Indebtedness under Article Twelve of this Indenture without
the consent of such holders affected thereby.
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium, If Any, and Interest.
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The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of
Notes that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if
any, on) and interest on the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Notes and
this Indenture.
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SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
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The Company will maintain in The City of New York an office or agency
where Notes may be presented or surrendered for payment (the "Place of
Payment"), where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the
Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Company hereby designates its
offices at ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇/▇▇/ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Trust Window, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇ as the Place of Payment.
The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the
location, and any change in the location, of the Place of Payment. If at any
time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or
shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent
to receive such respective presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other
offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or
all such purposes and may from time to time rescind any such designation;
provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner
relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in
accordance with the requirements set forth above for Notes for such purposes.
The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such
designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other
office or agency.
SECTION 1003. Money for Notes Payments to Be Held in Trust.
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If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with
respect to the Notes, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of
(and premium, if any) or interest on any of the Notes, segregate and hold in
trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay
the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due until such sums
shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and
will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for the
Notes, it will, prior to or on each due date of the principal of (and premium,
if any, on) or interest on any Notes, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum in same
day funds (or New York Clearing House funds if such deposit is made prior to the
date on which such deposit is required to be made) sufficient to pay the
principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held
in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or
interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will
promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
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The Company will cause each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to
execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent
shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that
such Paying Agent will:
(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest on the Notes in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or
otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any
other obligor upon the Notes) in the making of any payment of principal of
(and premium, if any) or interest on the Notes; and
(3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so
held in trust by such Paying Agent.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or
by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in
trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee
upon the same trusts as those upon which sums were held by the Company or such
Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such
Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such
sums.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held
by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if
any) or interest on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such
principal (and premium, if any) or interest has become due and payable shall be
paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall
be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as
an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and
all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust
money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon
cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being
required to make any such repayment to the Company, may at the expense of the
Company cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English
language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation
in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, notice that such money
remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be
less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any
unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
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SECTION 1004. Corporate Existence.
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Subject to Article Eight, the Company will do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate
existence and that of each Restricted Subsidiary and the corporate rights
(charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company and each
Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that, subject to the other provisions
of this Indenture, the Company shall not be required to preserve any such
existence (except the Company), right, license or franchise if the Board of
Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable
in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as a whole
and that the loss thereof is not, and will not be, disadvantageous in any
material respect to the Holders.
SECTION 1005. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.
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The Company will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged,
before the same shall become delinquent, (a) all taxes, assessments and
governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company or any Subsidiary or
upon the income, profits or property of the Company or any Subsidiary and (b)
all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies, which, if unpaid, would by
law become a material liability or lien upon the property of the Company or any
Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay or
discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or
claim whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good faith
by appropriate proceedings and for which appropriate reserves, if necessary (in
the good faith judgment of management of the Company) are being maintained in
accordance with GAAP.
SECTION 1006. Maintenance of Properties.
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The Company will cause all material properties owned by the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary or used or held for use in the conduct of its business
or the business of any Restricted Subsidiary to be maintained and kept in good
condition, repair and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment
and will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements,
betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of the Company may
be necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be
properly and advantageously conducted at all times; provided, however, that
nothing in this Section shall prevent the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries from discontinuing the maintenance of any of such properties if
such discontinuance is, in the judgment of the Company, desirable in the conduct
of its business or the business of any Restricted Subsidiary and not adverse in
any material respect to the Holders.
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SECTION 1007. Statement by Officers as to Default.
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(a) The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the
end of each fiscal year, an Officers' Certificate stating that a review has been
conducted of the activities of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and
the Company's and its Restricted Subsidiaries' performance under the Indenture
during the preceding fiscal year under the supervision of the signing officers
with a view to determining whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and
fulfilled, and has caused each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to keep, observe,
perform and fulfill its obligations under this Indenture and further stating, as
to each such officer signing such certificate, that the Company during the
preceding fiscal year has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled, and has
caused each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to keep, observe, perform and fulfill
each and every such covenant contained in this Indenture and no Default or Event
of Default occurred during the year and at the date of such certificate there is
no Default or Event of Default which has occurred and is continuing or, if such
signers do know of such Default or Event of Default, the certificate shall
describe its status, with particularity and that, to the best of his or her
knowledge, no event has occurred and remains by reason of which payments on the
account of the principal of or interest, if any, on the Notes is prohibited or
if such event has occurred, a description of the event and what action each is
taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. For purposes of this Section
1007(a), such compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of
grace or requirement of notice under this Indenture.
(b) When any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing under this Indenture, or if the trustee for or the holder of any
other evidence of Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary gives any notice
or takes any other action with respect to a claimed default (other than with
respect to Indebtedness in the principal amount of less than $10,000,000), the
Company shall deliver to the Trustee by registered or certified mail or by
telegram, telex or facsimile transmission an Officers' Certificate specifying
such event, notice or other action within five Business Days of its occurrence.
SECTION 1008. Limitation on Indebtedness.
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(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, Incur any Indebtedness (other than the Notes and Indebtedness
existing on the Closing Date, including Acquired Indebtedness at United Artists
Realty Company and United Artists Properties I Corp.); provided that the Company
may Incur Indebtedness, and any Restricted Subsidiary may Incur Acquired
Indebtedness, if, after giving effect to the Incurrence of such Indebtedness and
the receipt and application of the proceeds therefrom, (i) the Consolidated
Leverage Ratio would be less than 6:1 and (ii) the Consolidated Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio for the four full fiscal quarters immediately preceding the
incurrence of such Indebtedness for which internal financial statements are
available, taken as one period (and after giving pro forma effect to (A) the
incurrence of such Indebtedness and (if applicable) the application of the net
proceeds therefrom, including to refinance
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other Indebtedness, as if such Indebtedness was incurred, and the application of
such proceeds occurred, on the first day of such four-quarter period, (B) the
incurrence, repayment or retirement of any other Indebtedness by the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period as
if such Indebtedness was incurred, repaid or retired on the first day of such
four-quarter period (except that, in making such computation, the amount of
Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility shall be computed based upon
the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during such four-quarter period)
and (C) the acquisition (whether by purchase, merger or otherwise) or
disposition (whether by sale, merger or otherwise) of any company, entity or
business acquired or disposed of by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries,
as the case may be, since the first day of such four-quarter period, as if such
acquisition or disposition occurred on the first day of such four-quarter
period), would have been at least equal to 1.75 to 1.0.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and any Restricted
Subsidiary (except as specified below) may Incur each and all of the following:
(i) Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement in an aggregate principal amount
outstanding at any time not to exceed $450 million, less any amount of such
Indebtedness permanently repaid as provided under Section 1014 and less any
Indebtedness Incurred in reliance on clause (ix) below; (ii) Indebtedness owed
(A) to the Company or (B) to any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any event
which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted
Subsidiary or any subsequent transfer of such Indebtedness (other than to the
Company or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to
constitute an Incurrence of such Indebtedness not permitted by this clause (ii);
(iii) Indebtedness issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used
to refinance or refund, then outstanding Indebtedness (other than the Prop I
Mortgage Notes and Indebtedness Incurred under clause (i), (ii), (iv), (vi) or
(viii) of this paragraph) and any refinancings thereof in an amount not to
exceed the amount so refinanced or refunded (plus premiums, prepayment
penalties, accrued interest, fees and expenses); provided that Indebtedness the
proceeds of which are used to refinance or refund the Notes or Indebtedness that
is pari passu with, or subordinated in right of payment to, the Notes shall only
be permitted under this clause (iii) if (A) in case the Notes are refinanced in
part or the Indebtedness to be refinanced is pari passu with the Notes, such new
Indebtedness, by its terms or by the terms of any agreement or instrument
pursuant to which such new Indebtedness is outstanding, is expressly made pari
passu with, or subordinate in right of payment to, the remaining Notes, (B) in
case the Indebtedness to be refinanced is subordinated in right of payment to
the Notes, such new Indebtedness, by its terms or by the terms of any agreement
or instrument pursuant to which such new Indebtedness is issued or remains
outstanding, is expressly made subordinate in right of payment to the Notes at
least to the extent that the Indebtedness to be refinanced is subordinated to
the Notes and (C) such new Indebtedness, determined as of the date of Incurrence
of such new Indebtedness, does not mature prior to the Stated Maturity of the
Indebtedness to be refinanced or refunded, and the Average Life of such new
Indebtedness is at least equal to the remaining Average Life of the Indebtedness
to be refinanced or refunded; and provided further that in no event may
Indebtedness of the Company (other than Indebtedness in the form of a Guarantee
of Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary permitted to be incurred by such
Subsidiary, which
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Guarantee is released upon a subsequent refinancing of such Subsidiary's
Indebtedness) be refinanced by means of any Indebtedness of any Restricted
Subsidiary pursuant to this clause (iii); (iv) Indebtedness (A) in respect of
performance, bid, surety or appeal bonds provided in the ordinary course of
business, (B) under Currency Agreements and Interest Rate Agreements; provided
that such agreements (a) are designed solely to protect the Company or its
Restricted Subsidiaries against fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates
or interest rates and (b) do not increase the Indebtedness of the obligor
outstanding at any time other than as a result of fluctuations in foreign
currency exchange rates or interest rates or by reason of fees, indemnities and
compensation payable thereunder, and (C) arising from agreements providing for
indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, or from
Guarantees or letters of credit, surety bonds or bid or performance bonds
securing any obligations of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
pursuant to such agreements, in any case Incurred in connection with the
disposition of any business, assets or Restricted Subsidiary (other than
Guarantees of Indebtedness Incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion
of such business, assets or Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of financing
such acquisition), in a principal amount not to exceed the gross proceeds
actually received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with
such disposition; (v) Indebtedness of the Company, to the extent the net
proceeds thereof are promptly (A) used to purchase Notes tendered in an Offer to
Purchase made as a result of a Change in Control or (B) deposited to defease the
Notes as described below under Section 1402; (vi) Guarantees of the Notes and
Guarantees of Indebtedness of the Company by any Restricted Subsidiary provided
the Guarantee of such Indebtedness is permitted by and made in accordance with
Section 1015; (vii) Indebtedness represented by Capitalized Leases, mortgage
financings or purchase money obligations Incurred to finance all or any part of
the purchase price or cost of construction or improvement of property in an
aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time (together with any
refinancings thereof) not to exceed $25 million; (viii) Indebtedness (in
addition to Indebtedness permitted under clauses (i) through (vii) above and
clause (ix) below) (A) of the Company in an aggregate principal amount
outstanding at any time not to exceed $50 million and (B) of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time
not to exceed $15 million, and (ix) Indebtedness Incurred to extend, renew,
refinance or replace any Indebtedness in respect of the Prop I Mortgage Notes
outstanding on the Closing Date or any Indebtedness Incurred to extend, renew,
refinance or replace any such Indebtedness so Incurred (including successive
extensions, renewals, refinancings and replacements thereof).
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1008, the
maximum amount of Indebtedness that the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary may
Incur pursuant to this Section 1008 shall not be deemed to be exceeded, with
respect to any outstanding Indebtedness due solely to the result of fluctuations
in the exchange rates of currencies.
(c) For purposes of determining any particular amount of Indebtedness
under this Section 1008, (1) Indebtedness Incurred under the Credit Agreement on
or prior to the Closing Date shall be treated as Incurred pursuant to clause (i)
of the second paragraph of subsection (a) of this
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Section 1008, (2) Guarantees, Liens or obligations with respect to letters of
credit supporting Indebtedness otherwise included in the determination of such
particular amount shall not be included and (3) any Liens granted pursuant to
the equal and ratable provisions referred to in Section 1012 shall not be
treated as Indebtedness. For purposes of determining compliance with this
Section 1008, in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of
more than one of the types of Indebtedness described in the above clauses (other
than Indebtedness referred to in clause (1) of the preceding sentence), the
Company, in its sole discretion, shall classify (and from time to time may
reclassify) such item of Indebtedness and only be required to include the amount
and type of such Indebtedness in one of such clauses.
SECTION 1009. Limitation on Restricted Payments.
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(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, (i) declare or pay any dividend or make
any distribution on or with respect to its Capital Stock (other than (x)
dividends or distributions payable solely in shares of its Capital Stock (other
than Disqualified Stock) or in options, warrants or other rights to acquire
shares of such Capital Stock and (y) pro rata dividends or distributions on
Capital Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries held by minority stockholders) held by
Persons other than the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, (ii)
purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire for value any shares of Capital
Stock of (A) the Company or an Unrestricted Subsidiary (including options,
warrants or other rights to acquire such shares of Capital Stock) held by any
Person (other than with respect to the Capital Stock of an Unrestricted
Subsidiary, Permitted Investments) or (B) a Restricted Subsidiary (including
options, warrants or other rights to acquire such shares of Capital Stock) held
by any Affiliate of the Company (other than a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary
or a Restricted Subsidiary in which no Affiliate of the Company (other than the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary) or holder of 5% or more of the aggregate
value of the Capital Stock of the Company has an interest) or any holder (or any
Affiliate (other than a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary or a Restricted
Subsidiary in which no Affiliate of the Company (other than the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary) or holder of 5% or more of the aggregate value of the
Capital Stock of the Company has an interest) of such holder) of 5% or more of
the aggregate value of the Capital Stock of the Company, (iii) make any
voluntary or optional principal payment, or voluntary or optional redemption,
repurchase, defeasance, or other acquisition or retirement for value, of
Indebtedness of the Company that is subordinated in right of payment to the
Notes or (iv) make any Investment, other than a Permitted Investment, in any
Person (such payments or any other actions described in clauses (i) through (iv)
above being collectively "Restricted Payments") if, at the time of, and after
giving effect to, the proposed Restricted Payment: (A) a Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (B) the Company could not Incur
at least $1.00 of Indebtedness under the first paragraph of subsection (a) of
this Section 1008 or (C) the aggregate amount of all Restricted Payments (the
amount, if other than in cash, to be determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive and evidenced by a Board
Resolution) made after the Closing Date shall exceed the sum of (1) Consolidated
EBITDA accrued on a cumulative
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basis during the period (taken as one accounting period) beginning on the first
day of the fiscal quarter immediately following the Closing Date and ending on
the last day of the last fiscal quarter preceding the Determination Date for
which reports have been filed with the Commission or provided to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 1020 less two times Consolidated Interest Expense for such
period, plus (2) the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by the Company after
the Closing Date as a capital contribution or from the issuance and sale of its
Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) to a Person who is not a
Subsidiary of the Company, including an issuance or sale permitted by the
Indenture of Indebtedness of the Company for cash subsequent to the Closing Date
upon the conversion or exchange of such Indebtedness into Capital Stock (other
than Disqualified Stock) of the Company, or from the issuance to a Person who is
not a Subsidiary of the Company of any options, warrants or other rights to
acquire Capital Stock of the Company (in each case, exclusive of any
Disqualified Stock or any options, warrants or other rights that are redeemable
at the option of the holder, or are required to be redeemed, prior to the Stated
Maturity of the Notes) plus (3) an amount equal to the net reduction in
Investments (other than reductions in Permitted Investments) in any Person
resulting from payments of interest on Indebtedness, dividends, repayments of
loans or advances, or other transfers of assets, in each case to the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary or from the Net Cash Proceeds from the sale of any
such Investment (except, in each case, to the extent any such payment or
proceeds are included in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA), or from
redesignations of Unrestricted Subsidiaries as Restricted Subsidiaries (valued
in each case as provided in the definition of "Investments"), not to exceed, in
each case, the amount of Investments previously made by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary in such Person or Unrestricted Subsidiary.
(b) The foregoing provision shall not be violated by reason of: (i)
the payment of any dividend or other distribution within 60 days after the date
of declaration thereof if, at said date of declaration, such payment would
comply with the foregoing paragraph; (ii) the redemption, repurchase, defeasance
or other acquisition or retirement for value of Indebtedness that is
subordinated in right of payment to the Notes including premium, if any, and
accrued and unpaid interest, with the proceeds of, or in exchange for,
Indebtedness Incurred under clause (iii) of the second paragraph of part (a) of
Section 1008; (iii) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition of Capital
Stock of the Company or an Unrestricted Subsidiary (or options, warrants or
other rights to acquire such Capital Stock) in exchange for, or out of the
proceeds of a substantially concurrent offering of, shares of Capital Stock
(other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company (or options, warrants or other
rights to acquire such Capital Stock); (iv) the making of any principal payment
or the repurchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition for
value of Indebtedness of the Company which is subordinated in right of payment
to the Notes in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of, a substantially
concurrent offering of, shares of the Capital Stock (other than Disqualified
Stock) of the Company (or options, warrants or other rights to acquire such
Capital Stock); (v) payments or distributions, to dissenting stockholders
pursuant to applicable law, pursuant to or in connection with a consolidation,
merger or transfer of assets that complies with the provisions of the Indenture
applicable to mergers, consolidations and transfers of all or substantially
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all of the property and assets of the Company; (vi) Investments acquired as a
capital contribution to or in exchange for Capital Stock (other than
Disqualified Stock) of the Company; (vii) the declaration or payment of
dividends on the Common Stock of the Company following a Public Equity Offering,
of up to 6% per annum of the Net Cash Proceeds received by the Company in such
Public Equity Offering; (viii) the purchase, redemption, retirement or other
acquisition for value of shares of Capital Stock of the Company, options to
purchase such shares or Indebtedness of the Company that is subordinated in
right of payment to the Notes issued in exchange for any of the foregoing or
issued in lieu of cash interest thereon (the "Junior Notes"), held by directors,
employees, or former directors or employees of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary (or their estates or beneficiaries under their estates), upon their
death, disability, retirement, termination of employment or pursuant to the
terms of any agreement under which such shares of Capital Stock, options or
Junior Notes were issued; provided that the aggregate consideration paid (other
than in the form of Junior Notes) for such purchase, redemption, retirement or
other acquisition for value of such shares of Capital Stock, options or Junior
Notes after the Closing Date does not exceed $2 million in any fiscal year, plus
the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by the Company from the reissuance of
such shares during such fiscal year or $10 million in the aggregate, plus the
aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by the Company from the reissuance of such
shares (unless such repurchases are made with the proceeds of insurance policies
and the shares of Capital Stock are repurchased from the executors,
administrators, testamentary trustees, heirs, legatees or beneficiaries); or
(ix) the redemption or other acquisition of the Company's Preferred Stock;
provided that, except in the case of clauses (i), (iii) and (ix), no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or occur as a consequence
of the actions or payments set forth therein.
Each Restricted Payment permitted pursuant to the preceding paragraph
(other than the Restricted Payment referred to in clause (ii) and (ix) thereof,
an exchange of Capital Stock for Capital Stock or Indebtedness referred to in
clause (iii) or (iv) thereof and an Investment referred to in clause (vi)
thereof), and the Net Cash Proceeds from any issuance of Capital Stock referred
to in clauses (iii), (iv) or (viii) shall be included in calculating whether the
conditions of clause (C) of subsection (a) of this Section 1009 have been met
with respect to any subsequent Restricted Payments; provided that the payment of
any dividend or other distribution shall not be included in calculating whether
the conditions of clause (C) of subsection (a) of this Section 1009 have been
met if the declarations of such dividend or other distribution has been included
in such calculation. In the event the proceeds of an issuance of Capital Stock
of the Company are used for the redemption, repurchase or other acquisition of
the Notes, or Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes, then the Net Cash
Proceeds of such issuance shall be included in clause (C) of subsection (a) this
Section 1009 only to the extent such proceeds are not used for such redemption,
repurchase or other acquisition of Indebtedness.
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SECTION 1010. Limitation on Issuance and Sale of Capital Stock of
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Restricted Subsidiaries.
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The Company will not sell, and will not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to issue or sell, any shares of Capital
Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary (including options, warrants or other rights to
purchase shares of such Capital Stock) except (i) to the Company or a Wholly
Owned Restricted Subsidiary; (ii) issuances of director's qualifying shares or
sales to foreign nationals of shares of Capital Stock of foreign Restricted
Subsidiaries, to the extent required by applicable law; (iii) if, immediately
after giving effect to such issuance or sale, such Restricted Subsidiary would
no longer constitute a Restricted Subsidiary and any Investment in such Person
remaining after giving effect to such issuance or sale would have been permitted
to be made under Section 1009 if made on the date of such issuance or sale; or
(iv) sales of Common Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary, provided that the Company
or such Restricted Subsidiary applies the Net Cash Proceeds, if any, from any
such sale under this clause (iv) in accordance with clause (A) or (B) of Section
1014.
SECTION 1011. Limitation on Transactions with Shareholders and
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The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary
to, directly or indirectly, enter into, renew or extend any transaction
(including, without limitation, the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of
property or assets, or the rendering of any service) with any holder (or any
Affiliate of such holder) of 5% or more of the aggregate value of the Capital
Stock of the Company or with any Affiliate of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary, except upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary than could be obtained, at the time of
such transaction or, if such transaction is pursuant to a written agreement, at
the time of the execution of the agreement providing therefor, in a comparable
arm's-length transaction with a Person that is not such a holder or an
Affiliate.
The foregoing limitation does not limit, and shall not apply to (i)
transactions (A) approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the
Board of Directors or (B) for which the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary
delivers to the Trustee a written opinion of a nationally recognized investment
banking firm stating that the transaction is fair to the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view; (ii) any transaction
solely between the Company and any of its Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries
or solely between Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries; (iii) the payment of
reasonable and customary regular fees to directors of the Company who are not
employees of the Company; (iv) any payments or other transactions pursuant to
any tax-sharing agreement between the Company and any other Person with which
the Company files a consolidated tax return or with which the Company is part of
a consolidated group for tax purposes; (v) the payment of fees to ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
or any of its Affiliates for consulting, investment banking or financial
advisory services rendered by such Person to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries; (vi) loans or advances to officers and employees of the Company
and its
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Restricted Subsidiaries made in the ordinary course of business; provided that
the aggregate amount of such loans or advances outstanding at any time shall not
exceed $1 million; (vii) any Restricted Payments not prohibited by Section 1009
or (viii) transactions pursuant to agreements in effect on the Closing Date that
are referred to in the Company's filings with the Commission. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any transaction or series of related transactions covered by the
first paragraph of Section 1011 and not covered by clauses (ii) through (viii)
of this paragraph, the aggregate amount of which exceeds $5 million in value,
must be approved or determined to be fair in the manner provided for in clause
(i)(A) or (B) above.
SECTION 1012. Limitation on Liens.
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The Company shall not Incur any Indebtedness secured by a Lien
("Secured Indebtedness") which is not Senior Indebtedness (or Indebtedness that
would constitute Senior Indebtedness except that it is without recourse to the
Company) unless contemporaneously therewith effective provision is made to
secure the Notes equally and ratably with (or, if the Secured Indebtedness is
subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, prior to) such Secured
Indebtedness for so long as such Secured Indebtedness is secured by a Lien.
SECTION 1013. Purchase of Notes upon Change in Control.
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(a) If a Change in Control shall occur at any time, the Company must
commence and consummate an Offer to Purchase for all Notes then Outstanding, at
a purchase price (the "Change in Control Purchase Price") in cash in an amount
equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, to
the date of purchase (the "Change in Control Purchase Date"), pursuant to the
procedures described below and otherwise set forth in this Indenture.
(b) Within 30 days following any Change in Control, the Company shall
notify the Trustee thereof and give written notice of such Offer to Purchase to
each Holder by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at the address of such Holder
appearing in the Note Register, stating, among other things, (i) the Change in
Control Purchase Price and the Change in Control Purchase Date, which shall be a
Business Day no earlier than 30 days nor later than 75 days from the date such
notice is mailed, or such later date as is necessary to comply with requirements
under the Exchange Act or any applicable securities laws or regulations; (ii)
that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest; (iii) that, unless
the Company defaults in the payment of the Change in Control Purchase Price, any
Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer to Purchase shall cease to
accrue interest after the Change in Control Purchase Date; (iv) that Holders
electing to have any Notes purchased pursuant to an Offer to Purchase shall be
required to surrender the Notes, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to
Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Notes completed, to the Paying Agent at
the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third
Business Day preceding the Change in Control Purchase Date; (v) that Holders
shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not
later than the close of business on the
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second Business Day preceding the Change in Control Purchase Date, a telegram,
telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder,
the principal amount of Notes delivered for purchase, and a statement that such
Holder is withdrawing its election to have such Notes purchased; (vi) that
Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part shall be issued new Notes
equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered,
which unpurchased portion must be equal to $1,000 in principal amount or an
integral multiple thereof; (vii) the instructions that the Holders of Notes must
follow in order to tender their Notes; and (viii) the circumstances and relevant
facts regarding such Change in Control.
(c) The Company will comply with any tender offer rules under the
Exchange Act, including Rule 14e-1, in connection with any Offer to Purchase.
To the extent that the provisions of any applicable securities laws or
regulations conflict with the provisions of the Indenture, the Company will
comply with such securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have
breached its obligations under the Indenture by virtue thereof.
(d) The Company will not be required to make an Offer to Purchase
pursuant to this Section 1013 if a third party makes an Offer to Purchase in
compliance with this Section 1013 and repurchases all Notes validly tendered and
not withdrawn under such Offer to Purchase.
SECTION 1014. Limitation on Sale of Assets.
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The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary
to, consummate any Asset Sale, unless (i) the consideration received by the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is at least equal to the fair market value
of the assets sold or disposed of and (ii) at least 75% of the consideration
received consists of cash or Temporary Cash Investments or the assumption of
Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, provided that the
Company or such Subsidiary is irrevocably released from all liability under such
Indebtedness. If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary engages in an Asset
Sale, the Company may use the Net Cash Proceeds thereof, to (i) within twelve
months after the date of such Asset Sale, (A) apply an amount equal to such
excess Net Cash Proceeds to permanently repay Senior Indebtedness of the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary in each case owing to a Person other than the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or (B) invest an equal amount, or
the amount not so applied pursuant to clause (A) (or enter into a definitive
agreement committing to so invest within 12 months after the date of such
agreement), in property or assets (other than current assets) of a nature or
type or that are used in a business (or in a company having property and assets
of a nature or type, or engaged in a business) similar or related to the nature
or type of the property and assets of, or the business of, the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries existing on the date of such investment and (ii) apply
(no later than the end of the 12-month period referred to in clause (i)) such
excess Net Cash Proceeds (to the extent not applied pursuant to clause (i)) as
provided in the following paragraph of this Section 1014. The amount of such
Net Cash Proceeds required to be applied (or to be committed to be applied)
during
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such 12-month period as set forth in clause (i) of the preceding sentence
and not applied as so required by the end of such period shall constitute
"Excess Proceeds."
If, as of the first day of any calendar month, the aggregate amount of
Excess Proceeds not theretofore subject to an Offer to Purchase pursuant to this
Section 1014 totals at least $10 million, the Company must commence, not later
than the fifteenth Business Day of such month, and consummate an Offer to
Purchase from the Holders of the Notes and the Floating Rate Notes (and if
required by the terms of any other Pari Passu Indebtedness from the holders of
such Pari Passu Indebtedness) on a pro rata basis an aggregate principal amount
of Notes, Floating Rate Notes and other Pari Passu Indebtedness equal to the
Excess Proceeds on such date, at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal
amount thereof, plus, in each case, accrued interest (if any) to the Payment
Date. Upon consummation of an Offer to Purchase, any Excess Proceeds subject to
such Offer to Purchase remaining after all Notes, Floating Rate Notes and other
Pari Passu Indebtedness validly tendered and not withdrawn are purchased by the
Company shall no longer constitute "Excess Proceeds" and may be used for general
corporate purposes.
The Company will comply with any tender offer rules under the Exchange
Act, including Rule 14e-1, in connection with any Offer to Purchase subject to
the provisions of this Section 1014. To the extent that the provisions of any
applicable securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of the
Indenture, the Company will comply with such securities laws and regulations and
shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Indenture by
virtue thereof.
SECTION 1015. Limitations on Issuances of Guarantees by Restricted
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Subsidiaries.
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The Company will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary, directly or
indirectly, to Guarantee any Indebtedness of the Company which is pari passu
with or subordinate in right of payment to the Notes ("Guaranteed
Indebtedness"), unless (i) such Restricted Subsidiary simultaneously executes
and delivers a supplemental indenture to the Indenture providing for a Guarantee
(a "Subsidiary Guarantee") of payment of the Notes by such Restricted Subsidiary
and (ii) such Restricted Subsidiary waives and will not in any manner whatsoever
claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any rights of reimbursement,
indemnity or subrogation or any other rights against the Company or any other
Restricted Subsidiary as a result of any payment by such Restricted Subsidiary
under its Subsidiary Guarantee until such time as the Notes have been paid in
full; provided that this paragraph shall not be applicable to any Guarantee of
any Restricted Subsidiary that existed at the time such Person became a
Restricted Subsidiary and was not Incurred in connection with, or in
contemplation of, such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary. If the
Guaranteed Indebtedness is (A) pari passu with the Notes, then the Guarantee of
such Guaranteed Indebtedness shall be pari passu with, or subordinated to, the
Subsidiary Guarantee or (B) subordinated to the Notes, then the Guarantee of
such Guaranteed Indebtedness shall be subordinated
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to the Subsidiary Guarantee at least to the extent that the Guaranteed
Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Subsidiary Guarantee by a
Restricted Subsidiary may provide by its terms that it shall be automatically
and unconditionally released and discharged upon (i) any sale, exchange or
transfer, to any Person not an Affiliate of the Company, of all of the Company's
and each Restricted Subsidiary's Capital Stock in, or all or substantially all
the assets of, such Restricted Subsidiary (which sale, exchange or transfer is
not prohibited by the Indenture) or (ii) the release or discharge of the
Guarantee which resulted in the creation of such Subsidiary Guarantee, except a
discharge or release by or as a result of payment under such Guarantee.
SECTION 1016. Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions
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Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries.
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The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary
to, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any
consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind on the ability of any
Restricted Subsidiary to (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions
permitted by applicable law on any Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary
owned by the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) pay any
Indebtedness owed to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary, (iii) make
loans or advances to the Company or (iv) transfer any of its property or assets
to the Company.
The foregoing provisions shall not restrict any encumbrances or
restrictions: (i) existing on the Closing Date in the Credit Agreement, the
Indenture or any other agreements in effect on the Closing Date, and any
extensions, refinancings, renewals or replacements of such agreements; provided
that the encumbrances and restrictions in any such extensions, refinancings,
renewals or replacements are no less favorable in any material respect to the
Holders than those encumbrances or restrictions that are then in effect and that
are being extended, refinanced, renewed or replaced; (ii) existing under or by
reason of applicable law; (iii) existing with respect to any Person or the
property or assets of such Person acquired by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary, existing at the time of such acquisition and not incurred in
contemplation thereof, which encumbrances or restrictions are not applicable to
any Person or the property or assets of any Person other than such Person or the
property or assets of such Person so acquired and any extensions, refinancings,
renewals or replacements thereof; provided that the encumbrances and
restrictions in any such extensions, refinancings, renewals or replacements are
no less favorable in any material respect to the Holders than those encumbrances
or restrictions that are then in effect and that are being extended, refinanced,
renewed or replaced; (iv) in the case of clause (iv) of the first paragraph of
this Section 1016, (A) that restrict in a customary manner the subletting,
assignment or transfer of any property or asset that is a lease, license,
conveyance or contract or similar property or asset, (B) existing by virtue of
any transfer of, agreement to transfer, option or right with respect to, or Lien
on, any property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary not
otherwise prohibited by
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the Indenture or (C) arising or agreed to in the ordinary course of business,
not relating to any Indebtedness, and that do not, individually or in the
aggregate, detract from the value of property or assets of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary in any manner material to the Company and the Restricted
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (v) with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary and
imposed pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into for the sale or
disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock of, or property and
assets of, such Restricted Subsidiary; or (vi) contained in the terms of any
Indebtedness or any agreement pursuant to which such Indebtedness was issued if
(A) the encumbrance or restriction applies only in the event of a payment
default or a default with respect to a financial covenant contained in such
Indebtedness or agreement, (B) the encumbrance or restriction is not materially
more disadvantageous to the Holders of the Notes than is customary in comparable
financings (as determined by the Company) and (C) the Company determines that
any such encumbrance or restriction will not materially affect the Company's
ability to make principal or interest payments on the Notes. Nothing contained
in this Section 1016 shall prevent the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from
(1) creating, incurring, assuming or suffering to exist any Liens otherwise
permitted in Section 1012 or (2) restricting the sale or other disposition of
property or assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that
secure Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
SECTION 1017. [Intentionally Omitted]
SECTION 1018. Limitation on Senior Subordinated Indebtedness.
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The Company shall not Incur any Indebtedness that is subordinate in
right of payment to any Senior Indebtedness unless such Indebtedness is pari
passu with, or subordinated in right of payment to, the Notes; provided that the
foregoing limitation shall not apply to distinctions between categories of
Senior Indebtedness of the Company that exist by reason of any Liens or
Guarantees arising or created in respect of some but not all such Senior
Indebtedness.
SECTION 1019. [Intentionally Omitted]
SECTION 1020. Reports.
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At all times from and after the earlier of (i) the date of the
commencement of an Exchange Offer or the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration
Statement (the "Registration") and (ii) the date that is six months after the
Closing Date, in either case, whether or not the Company is then required to
file reports with the Commission, the Company shall file with the Commission all
such reports and other information as it would be required to file with the
Commission by Section 13(a) or 15(d) under the Exchange Act if it were subject
thereto (unless the Commission will not accept such a filing, in which case the
Company shall provide such documents to the Trustee). The Company shall supply
the Trustee and each Holder or shall supply to the Trustee for forwarding to
each such Holder, without cost to such Holder, copies of such reports and other
information;
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provided, however, that copies of such reports may omit exhibits, which the
Company shall deliver at its cost to any Holder upon request. In addition, at
all times prior to the earlier of the date of the Registration and six months
after the Closing Date, the Company shall, at its cost, deliver to each Holder
of the Notes quarterly and annual reports substantially equivalent to those
which would be required by the Exchange Act; provided, however, that copies of
such reports may omit exhibits, which the Company shall supply at its cost to
any Holder upon request. In addition, at all times prior to the Registration,
upon the request of any Holder or any prospective purchaser of the Notes
designated by a Holder, the Company shall supply to such Holder or such
prospective purchaser the information required under Rule 144A under the
Securities Act.
SECTION 1021. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
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The Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries may omit in any
particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in
Sections 1007 to 1012, inclusive, and Sections 1015, 1016 to 1018, if before or
after the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in
aggregate principal amount of all Outstanding Notes affected by such term,
provision or covenant, by Act of such Holders, waive such compliance in such
instance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend
to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly
waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the
Company, the Restricted Subsidiaries and the duties of the Trustee, as
applicable, in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in
full force and effect.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF NOTES
SECTION 1101. Redemption.
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The Notes may or shall be, as the case may be, redeemed, as a whole
or from time to time in part, subject to the conditions and the Redemption
Prices specified in the form of Note, together with accrued and unpaid interest,
if any, to the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the
relevant Regular Record Date that is on or prior to the Redemption Date to
receive interest due on an Interest Payment Date), on the Redemption Date.
SECTION 1102. Applicability of Article.
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Redemption of Notes at the election of the Company or otherwise, as
permitted or required by any provision of this Indenture, shall be made in
accordance with the terms of such Notes and in accordance with this Article
Eleven.
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SECTION 1103. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
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The election of the Company to redeem any Notes pursuant to Section
1101 shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the
election of the Company, the Company shall, at least 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be
satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of
the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and shall deliver to the Trustee
such documentation and records as shall enable the Trustee to select the Notes
to be redeemed pursuant to Section 1104.
SECTION 1104. Selection by Trustee of Notes to Be Redeemed.
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If less than all the Notes are to be redeemed, the particular Notes
to be redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee in compliance with the
requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which
such Notes are listed, or, if such Notes are not so listed by lot or by such
other method as the Trustee in its sole discretion shall deem to be fair and
appropriate; provided, however, that no Note of $1000 in principal amount or
less shall be redeemed in part. If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the
notice of redemption relating to such Note shall state the portion of the
principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes
selected for redemption and, in the case of any Notes selected for partial
redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise
requires, all provisions relating to redemption of Notes shall relate, in the
case of any Note redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the
principal amount of such Note which has been or is to be redeemed.
SECTION 1105. Notice of Redemption.
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Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided for in
Section 106 not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date,
to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed. The Trustee shall give notice of
redemption in the Company's name and at the Company's expense; provided,
however, that the Company shall deliver to the Trustee, at least 30 days prior
to the Redemption Date (or such shorter notice period as shall be satisfactory
to the Trustee), an Officers' Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such
notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided
in the following items.
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All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price and the amount of accrued interest to the
Redemption Date payable as provided in Section 1107, if any,
(3) if less than all Outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the
identification of the particular Notes to be redeemed, as well as the
aggregate principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and the aggregate
principal amount of Notes to be outstanding after such partial redemption,
(4) in case any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice which
relates to such Note shall state that on and after the Redemption Date,
upon surrender of such Note, the holder will receive, without charge, a new
Note or Notes of authorized denominations for the principal amount thereof
remaining unredeemed,
(5) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price (and accrued
interest, if any, to the Redemption Date payable as provided in Section
1107) will become due and payable upon each such Note, or the portion
thereof, to be redeemed, and, unless the Company defaults in making the
redemption payment, that interest on Notes called for redemption (or the
portion thereof) will cease to accrue on and after said date,
(6) the place or places where such Notes are to be surrendered for
payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any,
(7) the name and address of the Paying Agent,
(8) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the
Paying Agent to collect the Redemption Price,
(9) the CUSIP number, and that no representation is made as to the
accuracy or correctness of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice
or printed on the Notes, and
(10) the paragraph of the Notes pursuant to which the Notes are to be
redeemed.
SECTION 1106. Deposit of Redemption Price.
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Prior to 10:00 A.M. on any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit
with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own
Paying Agent, segregate and
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hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money sufficient to pay
the Redemption Price of, and accrued interest on, all the Notes which are to be
redeemed on that date.
SECTION 1107. Notes Payable on Redemption Date.
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Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Notes so to
be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the
Redemption Price therein specified (together with accrued interest, if any, to
the Redemption Date), and from and after such date (unless the Company shall
default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Notes
shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Note for redemption in
accordance with said notice, such Note shall be paid by the Company at the
Redemption Price, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption
Date; provided, however, that installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is
on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such
Notes, or one or more Predecessor Notes, registered as such at the close of
business on the relevant Regular Record Date or Special Record Date, as the case
may be, according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.
If any Note called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender
thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall, until paid,
bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate of interest set forth in the
Note.
SECTION 1108. Notes Redeemed in Part.
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Any Note which is to be redeemed only in part (pursuant to the
provisions of this Article) shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor
(with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such Holders attorney duly
authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Note without service charge, a
new Note or Notes, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder,
in an aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed
portion of the principal of the Note so surrendered, provided, that each such
new Note will be in a principal amount of $1,000 or integral multiple thereof.
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ARTICLE TWELVE
SUBORDINATION OF NOTES
SECTION 1201. Notes Subordinate to Senior Indebtedness.
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The Company and the Trustee each covenants and agrees, and each
Holder, by its acceptance of a Note, likewise covenants and agrees that all
Notes shall be issued subject to the provisions of this Article Twelve; and each
Person holding any Note, whether upon original issue or upon transfer,
assignment or exchange thereof, accepts and agrees that Senior Subordinated
Obligations shall, to the extent and in the manner set forth in this Article
Twelve, be subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment in full, in
cash or cash equivalents, of all existing and future Senior Indebtedness,
including, without limitation, the Company's obligations under the Credit
Agreement (including any interest accruing on or after, or which would accrue
but for an event specified in paragraphs (7) and (8) of Section 501 of this
Indenture, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim enforceable against
the debtor under the United States Bankruptcy Code).
SECTION 1202. Payment over of Proceeds upon Dissolution, etc.
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(a) Upon any payment or distribution of assets or securities of the
Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities (other
than with the money, securities or proceeds held under any defeasance trust
established in accordance with this Indenture), upon any dissolution or winding
up or total or partial liquidation or reorganization of the Company, whether
voluntary or involuntary, or in bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other
proceedings or other marshaling of assets for the benefit of creditors, all
amounts due or to become due upon all Senior Indebtedness (including any
interest accruing on or after, or which would accrue but for an event specified
in paragraphs (7) and (8) of Sections 501 of this Indenture, whether or not such
interest is an allowed claim enforceable against the debtor under the United
States Bankruptcy Code) shall first be paid in full, in cash or cash
equivalents, before the Holders or the Trustee on their behalf shall be entitled
to receive any payment by (or on behalf of) the Company on account of Senior
Subordinated Obligations, or any payment to acquire any of the Notes for cash,
property or securities (other than any payment in the form of Junior
Securities), or any distribution with respect to the Notes of any cash, property
or securities (other than any payment in the form of Junior Securities). Before
any payment may be made by, or on behalf of, the Company on any Senior
Subordinated Obligations (other than with the money, securities or proceeds held
under any defeasance trust established in accordance with this Indenture) upon
any such dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization, any payment or
distribution of assets or securities of the Company of any kind or character,
whether in cash, property or securities (other than any payment in the form of
Junior Securities), to which the Holders or the Trustee on their behalf would be
entitled, but for the provisions of this
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Article Twelve, shall be made by the Company or by any receiver, trustee in
bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other similar Person making such
payment or distribution, or by the Holders or the Trustee if received by them or
it, directly to the holders of Senior Indebtedness (pro rata to such holders on
the basis of the respective amounts of Senior Indebtedness held by such holders)
or their representatives or to any trustee or trustees under any other indenture
pursuant to which any such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, as their
respective interests appear, to the extent necessary to pay all such Senior
Indebtedness in full, in cash or cash equivalents after giving effect to any
concurrent payment, distribution or provision therefor to or for the holders of
such Senior Indebtedness.
(b) To the extent any payment of Senior Indebtedness (whether by or on
behalf of the Company, as proceeds of security or enforcement of any right of
setoff or otherwise) is declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or
required to be paid to any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee,
agent or other similar Person under any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership,
fraudulent conveyance or similar law, then if such payment is recovered by, or
paid over to, such receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent
or other similar Person, the Senior Indebtedness or part thereof originally
intended to be satisfied shall be deemed to be reinstated and outstanding as if
such payment had not occurred. To the extent the obligation to repay any Senior
Indebtedness is declared to be fraudulent, invalid, or otherwise set aside under
any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, fraudulent conveyance or similar law,
then the obligation so declared fraudulent, invalid or otherwise set aside (and
all other amounts that would come due with respect thereto had such obligation
not been so affected) shall be deemed to be reinstated and outstanding as Senior
Indebtedness for all purposes hereof as if such declaration, invalidity or
setting aside had not occurred.
(c) In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provision
prohibiting such payment or distribution, any payment or distribution of assets
or securities of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property
or securities (other than any payment in the form of Junior Securities), shall
be received by the Trustee or any Holder at a time when such payment or
distribution is prohibited by paragraph (a) of this Section 1202 and before all
obligations in respect of Senior Indebtedness are paid in full, in cash or cash
equivalents, such payment or distribution shall be received and held in trust
for the benefit of, and shall be paid over or delivered to, the holders of
Senior Indebtedness (pro rata to such holders on the basis of such respective
amount of Senior Indebtedness held by such holders) or their representatives, or
to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any such Senior
Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective interests appear, for
application to the payment of Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid until all
such Senior Indebtedness has been paid in full, in cash or cash equivalents,
after giving effect to any concurrent payment, distribution or provision
therefor to or for the holders of such Senior Indebtedness.
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(d) The consolidation of the Company with, or the merger of the
Company with or into, another corporation or the liquidation or dissolution of
the Company following the sale, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition
of all or substantially all of its property and assets to another corporation
upon the terms and conditions provided in Article Eight of this Indenture shall
not be deemed a dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization for the
purposes of this Section 1202 if such other corporation shall, as a part of such
consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition,
comply (to the extent required) with the conditions stated in Article Eight of
this Indenture.
SECTION 1203. Suspension of Payment When Designated Senior
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Indebtedness in Default.
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(a) No direct or indirect payment by (other than any payment in the
form of Junior Securities) or on behalf of the Company of Senior Subordinated
Obligations (other than with the money, securities or proceeds held under any
defeasance trust established in accordance with this Indenture), whether
pursuant to the terms of the Notes or upon acceleration or otherwise shall be
made if, at the time of such payment, there exists a default in the payment of
all or any portion of the obligations under or with respect to any Senior
Indebtedness of the Company and such default shall not have been cured or waived
or the benefits of this sentence waived by or on behalf of the holders of such
Senior Indebtedness.
(b) During the continuance of any other event of default with respect
to any Designated Senior Indebtedness pursuant to which the maturity thereof may
be accelerated, upon receipt by the Trustee of written notice from the trustee
or other representative for the holders of such Designated Senior Indebtedness
(or the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of such Designated
Senior Indebtedness then outstanding), no payment of Senior Subordinated
Obligations (other than with the money, securities or proceeds held under any
defeasance trust established in accordance with this Indenture) may be made by
or on behalf of the Company upon or in respect of the Notes for a period (a
"Payment Blockage Period") commencing on the date of receipt of such notice and
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ending 179 days thereafter (unless, in each case, such Payment Blockage Period
shall be terminated by written notice to the Trustee from such trustee of, or
other representatives for, such holders or by payment in full in cash or cash
equivalents of such Designated Senior Indebtedness or such event of default has
been cured or waived). Not more than one Payment Blockage Period may be
commenced with respect to the Notes during any period of 360 consecutive days.
Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, there must be 180
consecutive days in any 360-day period in which no Payment Blockage Period is in
effect. No event of default that existed or was continuing (it being
acknowledged that any subsequent action that would give rise to an event of
default pursuant to any provision under which an event of default previously
existed or was continuing shall constitute a new event of default for this
purpose) on the date of the commencement of any Payment Blockage Period with
respect to the Designated Senior Indebtedness initiating such Payment Blockage
Period shall be,
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or shall be made, the basis for the commencement of a second Payment Blockage
Period by the representative for, or the holders of, such Designated Senior
Indebtedness, whether or not within a period of 360 consecutive days, unless
such event of default shall have been cured or waived for a period of not less
than 90 consecutive days.
(c) In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment
shall be received by the Trustee or any Holder at a time when such payment is
prohibited by Section 1203(a) or 1203(b) of this Indenture and before all
obligations in respect of Senior Indebtedness are paid in full in cash or cash
equivalents, such payment shall be received and held in trust for the benefit
of, and shall be paid over or delivered to, the holders of Senior Indebtedness
(pro rata to such holders on the basis of such respective amount of Senior
Indebtedness held by such holders) or their representatives, or to the trustee
or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any of such Senior
Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, for
application to the payment of Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid until all
such Senior Indebtedness has been paid in full, in cash or cash equivalents,
after giving effect to any concurrent payment, distribution or provision
therefor to or for the holders of such Senior Indebtedness.
SECTION 1204. Payment Permitted If No Default.
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Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in
any of the Notes shall prevent the Company, at any time except during the
pendency of any case, proceeding, dissolution, liquidation or other winding up,
assignment for the benefit of creditors or other marshalling of assets and
liabilities of the Company referred to in Section 1202 or under the conditions
described in Section 1203, from making payments at any time of principal of, and
premium, if any, or interest on the Notes.
SECTION 1205. Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior
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Indebtedness.
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(a) Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, the
Holders of the Notes shall be subrogated (equally and ratably with the holders
of all Pari Passu Indebtedness of the Company) to the rights of the holders of
such Senior Indebtedness to receive payments and distributions of cash, property
and securities applicable to the Senior Indebtedness. For purposes of such
subrogation, no payments or distributions to the holders of Senior Indebtedness
of any cash, property or securities to which the Holders of the Notes or the
Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article, and no
payments over pursuant to the provisions of this Article to the holders of
Senior Indebtedness by Holders of the Notes or on their behalf or by the
Trustee, shall, as among the Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior
Indebtedness, and the Holders of the Notes, be deemed to be a payment or
distribution by the Company to or on account of the Senior Indebtedness; it
being understood that the provisions of this Article are intended solely for the
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purpose of determining the relative rights of the Holders of Notes, on the one
hand, and the holders of Senior Indebtedness, on the other hand.
(b) If any payment or distribution to which the Holders would
otherwise have been entitled but for the provisions of this Article Twelve shall
have been applied, pursuant to the provisions of this Article Twelve, to the
payment of all amounts payable under Senior Indebtedness, then, and in such
case, the Holders (equally and ratably with the holders of all Pari Passu
Indebtedness of the Company) shall be entitled to receive from the holders of
such Senior Indebtedness any payments or distributions received by such holders
of Senior Indebtedness in excess of the amount required to make payment in full,
in cash or cash equivalents, of such Senior Indebtedness of such holders.
SECTION 1206. Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights.
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The provisions of this Article are and are intended solely for the
purpose of defining the relative rights of the Holders on the one hand and the
holders of Senior Indebtedness on the other hand. Nothing contained in this
Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Notes is intended to or shall
(a) impair, as between the Company and the Holders, the obligation of the
Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay to the Holders the
principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes as and when the
same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms; or (b) affect
the relative rights against the Company of the Holders and creditors of the
Company other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness; or (c) prevent the
Trustee or any Holder from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by
applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any,
under this Article of the holders of Senior Indebtedness.
SECTION 1207. Trustee to Effectuate Subordination.
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Each Holder of a Note by its acceptance thereof authorizes and directs
the Trustee on its behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate
to effectuate the subordination provided in this Article and appoints the
Trustee his 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 504 hereof at least 30 days before the
expiration of the time to file such claim, the Agent Bank (if the Credit
Agreement is still outstanding) is hereby authorized to file an appropriate
claim for and on behalf of the Holders of the Notes.
SECTION 1208. No Waiver of Subordination Provisions.
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(a) No right of any present or future holder of any Senior
Indebtedness to enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time in
any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of
the Company or by any act or failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder,
or by any non-compliance by the Company with the terms, provisions and covenants
of this
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Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof any such holder may have or be
otherwise charged with. The provisions of this Article Twelve are intended to be
for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable directly by, the Holders of Senior
Indebtedness.
(b) Without in any way limiting the generality of this Section 1208,
the holders of Senior Indebtedness may, at any time and from time to time,
without the consent of or notice to the Trustee or the Holders, without
incurring responsibility to the Holders and without impairing or releasing the
subordination provided in this Article Twelve or the obligations hereunder of
the Holders to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, do any one or more of the
following: (a) change the manner, place or terms of payment or extend the time
of payment of, or renew or alter, Senior Indebtedness or any instrument
evidencing the same or any agreement under which Senior Indebtedness is
outstanding or secured; (b) sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with any
property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing Senior Indebtedness; (c)
release any Person liable in any manner for the collection of Senior
Indebtedness; and (d) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the
Company and any other Person.
SECTION 1209. Notice to Trustee.
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(a) The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of
any fact known to the Company that would prohibit the making of any payment to
or by the Trustee in respect of the Notes pursuant to the provisions of this
Article Twelve. The Trustee shall not be charged with the knowledge of the
existence of any default or event of default with respect to any Senior
Indebtedness or of any other facts that would prohibit the making of any payment
to or by the Trustee unless and until the Trustee shall have received notice in
writing at its Corporate Trust Office to that effect signed by an Officer of the
Company, or by a holder of Senior Indebtedness or trustee or agent thereof; and
prior to the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee shall, subject to
Article Six, be entitled to assume that no such facts exist; provided that, if
the Trustee shall not have received the notice provided for in this Section 1209
at least two Business Days prior to the date upon which, by the terms of this
Indenture, any monies shall become payable for any purpose (including, without
limitation, the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any
Note), then, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Trustee shall
have full power and authority to receive any monies from the Company and to
apply the same to the purpose for which they were received, and shall not be
affected by any notice to the contrary that may be received by it on or after
such prior date except for an acceleration of the Notes prior to such
application. Nothing contained in this Section 1209 shall limit the right of
the holders of Senior Indebtedness to recover payments as contemplated by this
Article Twelve. The foregoing shall not apply if the Paying Agent is the
Company. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a
written notice by a Person representing himself or itself to be a holder of any
Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee on behalf of, or other representative of, such
holder) to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of such Senior
Indebtedness or a trustee or representative on behalf of any such holder.
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(b) In the event that the Trustee determines in good faith that any
evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of
Senior Indebtedness to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to
this Article Twelve, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to
the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior
Indebtedness held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to
participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the
rights of such Person under this Article Twelve and, if such evidence is not
furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person
pending judicial determination as to the right of such Person to receive such
payment.
SECTION 1210. Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of
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Liquidating Agent.
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Upon any payment or distribution of assets or securities referred to
in this Article Twelve, the Trustee and the Holders shall be entitled to rely
upon any order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction in which
bankruptcy, dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization proceedings
are pending, or upon a certificate of the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy,
liquidating trustee, agent or other similar Person making such payment or
distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders for the purpose of
ascertaining the persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the
holders of the Senior Indebtedness and other Indebtedness of the Company, the
amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed
thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article Twelve.
SECTION 1211. Trustee's Relation to Senior Indebtedness.
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(a) The Trustee and any Paying Agent shall be entitled to all the
rights set forth in this Article Twelve with respect to any Senior Indebtedness
that may at any time be held by it in its individual or any other capacity to
the same extent as any other holder of Senior Indebtedness and nothing in this
Indenture shall deprive the Trustee or any Paying Agent of any of its rights as
such holder.
(b) With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, the Trustee
undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants and obligations
as are specifically set forth in this Article Twelve, and no implied covenants
or obligations with respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be read
into this Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe
any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness (except as provided in
Sections 1202(c) and 1203(c) of this Indenture) and shall not be liable to any
such holders if the Trustee shall in good faith mistakenly pay over or
distribute to Holders of Notes or to the Company or to any other person cash,
property or securities to which any holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be
entitled by virtue of this Article Twelve or otherwise.
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SECTION 1212. Article Applicable to Paying Agents.
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In case at any time any Paying Agent other than the Trustee shall have
been appointed by the Company and be then acting hereunder, the term "Trustee"
as used in this Article shall in such case (unless the context otherwise
requires) be construed as extending to and including such Paying Agent within
its meaning as fully for all intents and purposes as if such Paying Agent were
named in this Article in addition to or in place of the Trustee; provided,
however, that Section 1212 shall not apply to the Company or any Affiliate of
the Company if it or such Affiliate acts as Paying Agent.
SECTION 1213. No Suspension of Remedies.
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Nothing contained in this Article shall limit the right of the Trustee
or the Holders of Notes to take any action to accelerate the maturity of the
Notes pursuant to Article Five or to pursue any rights or remedies hereunder or
under applicable law, except as provided in Article Five.
SECTION 1214. Trust Moneys Not Subordinated.
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Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, payments
from money or the proceeds of U.S. Government Obligations held in trust under
Article Fourteen by the Trustee for the payment of principal of, premium, if
any, and interest on the Notes shall not be subordinated to the prior payment of
any Senior Indebtedness (provided that, at the time deposited, such deposit did
not violate Section 1202 or Section 1203 or any then outstanding Senior
Indebtedness), and (subject to the foregoing proviso) none of the Holders shall
be obligated to pay over any such amount to any holder of Senior Indebtedness.
SECTION 1215. Consent of Holders of Senior Indebtedness Under the
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Credit Agreement.
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The provisions of this Article Twelve (including the definitions
contained in this Article and references to this Article contained in this
Indenture) shall not be amended in a manner that would adversely affect the
rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement, and no
such amendment shall become effective unless the holders of Senior Indebtedness
under the Credit Agreement shall have consented (in accordance with the
provisions of the Credit Agreement) to such amendment. The Trustee shall be
entitled to receive and rely on an Officer's Certificate stating that such
consent has been given.
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SECTION 1401. Company's Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant
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Defeasance.
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The Company may, at its option and at any time, effect defeasance of
the Notes under Section 1402, or covenant defeasance of the Notes under Section
1403, in accordance with the terms of the Notes and in accordance with this
Article.
SECTION 1402. Defeasance and Discharge.
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The Company will be deemed to have paid and will be discharged from
any and all obligations in respect of the Notes on the 123rd day after the date
of the deposit referred to in clause (1) of this Section 1402, and the
provisions of this Indenture will no longer be in effect with respect to the
Notes, and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging the same, except as to (i) rights of registration of
transfer and exchange, (ii) substitution of apparently mutilated, defaced,
destroyed, lost or stolen Notes, (iii) rights of Holders to receive payments of
principal thereof and interest thereon, (iv) the Company's obligations under
Section 1002, (v) the rights, obligations and immunities of the Trustee
hereunder and (vi) the rights of the Holders as beneficiaries of this Indenture
with respect to the property so deposited with the Trustee payable to all or any
of them; provided that the following conditions shall have been satisfied:
(1) with reference to this Section 1402, the Company has irrevocably
deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the Trustee (or
another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 608 of this
Indenture) and conveyed all right, title and interest for the benefit of
the Holders, under the terms of an irrevocable trust agreement in form and
substance satisfactory to the Trustee as trust funds in trust, specifically
pledged to the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders as security for
payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the
Notes, and dedicated solely to the benefit of the Holders, in and to (A)
money in an amount, (B) U.S. Government Obligations that, through the
payment of interest, premium, if any, and principal in respect thereof in
accordance with their terms, will provide, not later than one day before
the due date of any payment referred to in this clause (1), money in an
amount or (C) a combination thereof
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in an amount sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, without consideration of
the reinvestment of such interest and after payment of all federal, state
and local taxes or other charges and assessments in respect thereof payable
by the Trustee, the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest on
the outstanding Notes at the Stated Maturity of such principal or interest;
provided that the Trustee shall have been irrevocably instructed to apply
such money or the proceeds of such U.S. Government Obligations to the
payment of such principal, premium, if any, and interest with respect to
the Notes;
(2) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or
instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by
which it is bound and is permitted by Article Twelve;
(3) immediately after giving effect to such deposit on a pro forma
basis, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
on the date of such deposit or during the period ending on the 123rd day
after such date of deposit, and such deposit shall not result in a breach
or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other agreement or
instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by
which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound;
(4) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee (A) either (i) a
ruling directed to the Trustee received from the Internal Revenue Service
to the effect that the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for
federal income tax purposes as a result of the Company's exercise of its
option under this Section 1402 and will be subject to federal income tax on
the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times as would have
been the case if such option had not been exercised or (ii) an Opinion of
Counsel to the same effect as the ruling described in clause (i) above
accompanied by a ruling to that effect published by the Internal Revenue
Service, unless there has been a change in the applicable federal income
tax law since the date of this Indenture such that a ruling from the
Internal Revenue Service is no longer required and (B) an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that (i) the creation of the defeasance trust does
not violate the Investment Company Act of 1940 and (ii) after the passage
of 123 days following the deposit (except, with respect to any trust funds
for the account of any Holder who may be deemed to be an "insider" for
purposes of the United States Bankruptcy Code, after one year following the
deposit), the trust funds will not be subject to the effect of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Bankruptcy Code or Section 15 of the New York Debtor
and Creditor Law in a case commenced by or against the Company under either
such statute, and either (I) the trust funds will no longer remain the
property of the Company (and therefore will not be subject to the effect of
any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
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similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally) or (II) if a court were
to rule under any such law in any case or proceeding that the trust funds
remained property of the Company, (a) assuming such trust funds remained in
the possession of the Trustee prior to such court ruling to the extent not
paid to the Holders, the Trustee will hold, for the benefit of the Holders,
a valid and perfected security interest in such trust funds that is not
avoidable in bankruptcy or otherwise except for the effect of Section
552(b) of the United States Bankruptcy Code on interest on the trust funds
accruing after the commencement of a case under such statute and (b) the
Holders will be entitled to receive adequate protection of their interests
in such trust funds if such trust funds are used in such case or
proceeding;
(5) if the Notes are then listed on a national securities exchange,
the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that such deposit defeasance and discharge will not cause the
Notes to be delisted; and
(6) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel, in each case stating that all conditions
precedent provided for herein relating to the defeasance contemplated by
this Section 1402 have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to the end of the 123-day (or one
year) period referred to in clause (4)(A)(ii) of this Section 1402, none of the
Company's obligations under this Indenture shall be discharged. Subsequent to
the end of such 123-day (or one year) period with respect to this Section 1402,
the Company's obligations in Sections 203, 303, 305, 306, 307, 311, 312, 1001,
1002, 1003, 603, 607, 609, 1405, 1406 and Article Twelve (with respect to
payments in respect of Senior Subordinated Obligations other than with the
assets held in trust as described in this Section 1402) shall survive until the
Notes are no longer outstanding. Thereafter, only the Company's obligations in
Sections 607, 1405 and 1406 shall survive. If and when a ruling from the
Internal Revenue Service or an Opinion of Counsel referred to in clause (4)(A)
of this Section 1402 is able to be provided specifically without regard to, and
not in reliance upon, the continuance of the Company's obligations under Section
1001, then the Company's obligations under such Section 1001 shall cease upon
delivery to the Trustee of such ruling or Opinion of Counsel and compliance with
the other conditions precedent provided for herein relating to the defeasance
contemplated by this Section 1402.
After any such irrevocable deposit, the Trustee upon request shall
acknowledge in writing the discharge of the Company's obligations under the
Notes and this Indenture except for those surviving obligations in the
immediately preceding paragraph.
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SECTION 1403. Covenant Defeasance.
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The Company may omit to comply with any term, provision or condition
set forth in clause (iii) of Section 801 and Sections 1003 through 1020, and
clauses (3), (4), (5) and (6) of Section 501 shall be deemed not to be Events of
Default, in each case with respect to the outstanding Notes if:
(i) with reference to this Section 1403, the Company has irrevocably
deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the Trustee (or
another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 608) and conveyed
all right, title and interest to the Trustee for the benefit of the
Holders, under the terms of an irrevocable trust agreement in form and
substance satisfactory to the Trustee as trust funds in trust, specifically
pledged to the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders as security for
payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the
Notes, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders, in and to (A)
money in an amount, (B) U.S. Government Obligations that, through the
payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with
their terms, will provide, not later than one day before the due date of
any payment referred to in this clause (i), money in an amount or (C) a
combination thereof in an amount sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally
recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written
certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge,
without consideration of the reinvestment of such interest and after
payment of all federal, state and local taxes or other charges and
assessments in respect thereof payable by the Trustee, the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on the outstanding Notes on the Stated
Maturity of such principal or interest; provided that the Trustee shall
have been irrevocably instructed to apply such money or the proceeds of
such U.S. Government Obligations to the payment of such principal, premium,
if any, and interest with respect to the Notes;
(ii) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or
instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by
which it is bound and is permitted by Article Twelve;
(iii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing on the date of such deposit;
(iv) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
to the effect that (A) the creation of the defeasance trust does not
violate the Investment Company Act of 1940, (B) the Holders have a valid
first priority security interest in the trust funds, (C) the Holders will
not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a
result of such deposit and defeasance of certain obligations and will be
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subject to federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and
at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and
defeasance had not occurred and (D) after the passage of 123 days following
the deposit (except, with respect to any trust funds for the account of any
Holder who may be deemed to be an "insider" for purposes of the United
States Bankruptcy Code, after one year following the deposit), the trust
funds will not be subject to the effect of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Bankruptcy Code or Section 15 of the New York Debtor and Creditor Law in a
case commenced by or against the Company under either such statute, and
either (1) the trust funds will no longer remain the property of the
Company (and therefore will not be subject to the effect of any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors'
rights generally) or (2) if a court were to rule under any such law in any
case or proceeding that the trust funds remained property of the Company,
(x) assuming such trust funds remained in the possession of the Trustee
prior to such court ruling to the extent not paid to the Holders, the
Trustee will hold, for the benefit of the Holders, a valid and perfected
security interest in such trust funds that is not avoidable in bankruptcy
or otherwise (except for the effect of Section 552(b) of the United States
Bankruptcy Code on interest on the trust funds accruing after the
commencement of a case under such statute), (y) the Holders will be
entitled to receive adequate protection of their interests in such trust
funds if such trust funds are used in such case or proceeding and (z) no
property, rights in property or other interests granted to the Trustee or
the Holders in exchange for, or with respect to, such trust funds will be
subject to any prior rights of holders of other Indebtedness of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries;
(v) if the Notes are then listed on a national securities exchange,
the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that such deposit defeasance and discharge will not cause the
Notes to be delisted; and
(vi) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, in each case stating that all
conditions precedent provided for herein relating to the defeasance
contemplated by this Section 1403 have been complied with.
SECTION 1404. [Intentionally Omitted]
SECTION 1405. Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be Held
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in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.
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Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all
money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited
with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this
Section 1405, the "Trustee") pursuant to Sections 1404 and 1406 in respect of
such Outstanding Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in
accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment,
either directly
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or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying
Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums
due and to become due thereon in respect of principal (and premium, if any) and
interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the
extent required by law. Money and U.S. Government Obligations so held in trust
are not subject to Article Twelve.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee
or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations
deposited pursuant to Section 1404 or the principal and interest received in
respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for
the account of the Holders of such Outstanding Notes.
Anything in this Article Fourteen to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company
Request any money or U.S. Government Obligations (or other property and any
proceeds therefrom) held by it as provided in Section 1404 which, in the opinion
of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a
written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the
amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect an
equivalent defeasance or covenant defeasance, as applicable, in accordance with
this Article.
SECTION 1406. Reinstatement.
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If the Trustee or any Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in
accordance with Section 1405 by reason of any order or judgment of any court or
governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such
application, then the Company's obligations under this Indenture and such Notes
shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to
Section 1402 or 1403, as the case may be, until such time as the Trustee or
Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section
1405; provided, however, that if the Company makes any payment of principal of
(or premium, if any) or interest on any such Note following the reinstatement of
its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of
such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying
Agent.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to
be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
OSCAR I CORPORATION
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST
COMPANY OF MISSOURI, N.A.,
as Trustee
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT A
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[FACE OF NOTE]
OSCAR I CORPORATION
9 3/4% [Series B]/1/ Senior Subordinated Note due 2008
No.________ CUSIP No. __________
$ __________
OSCAR I CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Company", which term
includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for
value received, promises to pay to ___________, or its registered assigns, the
principal sum of __________________________________ Dollars ($___________), on
April 15, 2008.
[Initial]/2/ Interest Rate: 9 3/4% per annum.
Interest Payment Dates: April 15 and October 15 of each year
commencing October 15, 1998.
Regular Record Dates: April 1 and October 1 of each year.
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.
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/1/ Include only for Exchange Note.
/2/ Include only for Initial Note.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed
manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.
Date:_________ OSCAR I CORPORATION
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
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(Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication)
This is one of the 9 3/4% [Series B]/1/ Senior Subordinated Notes due
2008 referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST
COMPANY OF MISSOURI, N.A.,
as Trustee
Dated: __________ By: ________________________________
Authorized Signatory
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/1/ Include only for Exchange Note.
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[REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]
OSCAR I CORPORATION
9 3/4% [Series B]/1/ Senior Subordinated Note due 2008
1. Principal and Interest; Subordination.
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The Company will pay the principal of this Note on April 15, 2008.
The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this
Note on each Interest Payment Date, as set forth below, at the rate of 9 3/4%
per annum [(subject to adjustment as provided below)]/2/ [except that interest
accrued on this Note pursuant to the fourth paragraph of this Section 1 for
periods prior to the applicable Exchange Date (as such term is defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement referred to below) will accrue at the rate or
rates borne by the Notes from time to time during such periods]./1/
Interest will be payable semi-annually (to the Holders of record of
the Notes (or any Predecessor Notes) at the close of business on the April 1 or
October 1 immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date) on each Interest
Payment Date, commencing October 15, 1998.
[The Holder of this Note is entitled to the benefits of the
Registration Rights Agreement, dated April 21, 1998, among the Company and the
Initial Purchasers named therein (the "Registration Rights Agreement"). In the
event that either (a) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (as such term is
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) is not filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on or prior to the 60th calendar day following the date
of original issue of the Notes, (b) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
(as such term is defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) has not been
declared effective on or prior to the 120th calendar day following the date of
original issue of the Notes or (c) the Exchange Offer is not consummated or a
Shelf Registration Statement (as such terms are defined in the Registration
Rights Agreement) is not declared effective on or prior to the 150th calendar
day following the date of original issue of the Notes, the interest rate borne
by this Note shall be increased by one-quarter of one percent per annum
following such 60-day period in the case of (a) above, following such 120-day
period in the case of (b) above or following such 150-day period in the case of
(c) above, which
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/1/ Include only for Exchange Note.
/2/ Include only for Initial Note.
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rate will be increased by an additional one-quarter of one percent per annum for
each 90-day period that any additional interest continues to accrue; provided
that the aggregate increase in such annual interest rate shall in no event
exceed one percent. Upon (x) the filing of the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement after the 60-day period described in clause (a) above, (y) the
effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement after the 120-day
period described in clause (b) above or (z) the consummation of the Exchange
Offer or the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may
be, after the 150-day period described in clause (c) above, the interest rate
borne by this Note from the date of such filing, effectiveness or consummation,
as the case may be, will be reduced to the interest rate set forth above;
provided, however, that, if after any such reduction in interest rate, a
different event specified in clause (a), (b) or (c) above occurs, the interest
rate may again be increased pursuant to the foregoing provisions.]/1/
Interest on this Note will accrue from the most recent date to which
interest has been paid [on this Note or the Note surrendered in exchange
herefor]/2/ or, if no interest has been paid, from April 21, 1998; provided
that, if there is no existing default in the payment of interest and if this
Note is authenticated between a Regular Record Date referred to on the face
hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from
such Interest Payment Date. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and premium, if
any, and interest on overdue installments of interest, to the extent lawful, at
a rate per annum equal to the rate of interest applicable to the Notes.
The indebtedness evidenced by the Notes is, to the extent and in the
manner provided in the Indenture, subordinate and subject in right of payment to
the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, and this Note is issued
subject to such provisions. Each Holder of this Note, by accepting the same,
(a) agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions, (b) authorizes and directs
the Trustee on its behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate
to effectuate the subordination as provided in the Indenture and (c) appoints
the Trustee its attorney-in-fact for such purpose.
2. Method of Payment.
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The Company will pay interest (except defaulted interest) on the
principal amount of the Notes on each April 15 and October 15 to the Persons who
are Holders (as reflected in the Note Register at the close of business on the
April 1 and October 1 immediately preceding the
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/1/ Include only for Initial Note.
/2/ Include only for Exchange Note.
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Interest Payment Date), in each case, even if the Note is canceled on
registration of transfer or registration of exchange after such Regular Record
Date; provided that, with respect to the payment of principal, the Company will
make payment to the Holder that surrenders this Note to any Paying Agent on or
after April 15, 2008.
The Company will pay principal (premium, if any) and interest in money
of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of
public and private debts. However, the Company may pay principal (premium, if
any) and interest by its check payable in such money. The Company may pay
interest on the Notes either (a) by mailing a check for such interest to a
Holder's registered address (as reflected in the Note Register) or (b) by wire
transfer to an account located in the United States maintained by the payee. If
a payment date is a date other than a Business Day at a Place of Payment,
payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is a Business
Day and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.
3. Paying Agent and Registrar.
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Initially, the Trustee will act as Paying Agent and Note Registrar.
The Company may change any Paying Agent or Note Registrar upon written notice
thereto. The Company, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate of any of them may act as
Paying Agent, Note Registrar or co-registrar.
4. Indenture; Limitations.
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The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of April 21,
1998 (the "Indenture"), among the Company and State Street Bank and Trust
Company of Missouri, N.A., as trustee (the "Trustee"). Capitalized terms herein
are used as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise indicated. The terms of
the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the
Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act. The Notes are subject to all
such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the Trust Indenture
Act for a statement of all such terms. To the extent permitted by applicable
law, in the event of any inconsistency between the terms of this Note and the
terms of the Indenture, the terms of the Indenture shall control.
The Notes are unsecured senior subordinated obligations of the
Company. The Indenture limits the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to
$225,000,000.
5. Redemption.
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Optional Redemption. The Notes may be redeemed at the option of the
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Company, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time on or after
April 15, 2003, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed in percentages of
principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption
Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record
Date that is on or prior to the Redemption Date to receive interest due on an
Interest Payment
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Date), if redeemed during the 12-month period commencing April 15 of each of the
years set forth below:
Redemption
Year Price
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2003...................................... 104.875%
2004...................................... 103.250%
2005...................................... 101.625%
2006 and thereafter....................... 100.000%
In addition to the optional redemption of the Notes in accordance with
the provisions of the preceding paragraph, at any time prior to April 15, 2001,
the Company may redeem up to 35% of the principal amount of the Notes, with the
proceeds received by the Company of one or more Public Equity Offerings with the
net proceeds of such offerings, at 109.75% of the principal amount thereof,
together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date
(subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record Date
that is on or prior to the Redemption Date to receive interest due on an
Interest Payment Date); provided, however, that at least $146,250,000 of the
original aggregate principal amount of the Notes remains outstanding thereafter.
Notice of any such redemption must be given not later than 90 days after the
consummation of the Public Equity Offering.
If less than all the Notes are to be redeemed, the particular Notes to
be redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee in compliance with the requirements
of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which such Notes are
listed, or, if such Notes are not so listed by lot or by such other method as
the Trustee it its sole discretion shall deem to be fair and appropriate;
provided, however, that no Note of $1000 in principal amount or less shall be
redeemed in part. If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of
redemption relating to such Note shall state the portion of the principal amount
thereof to be redeemed.
Notice of a redemption will be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, at
least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each
Holder to be redeemed at such Holder's last address as it appears in the Note
Register. Notes in original denominations larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in
part in integral multiples of $1,000. On and after the Redemption Date,
interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions of Notes called for redemption,
unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price.
6. Repurchase upon a Change in Control and Asset Sales.
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Upon the occurrence of (a) a Change in Control, the Company must
commence and consummate an Offer to Purchase for Notes then outstanding, at a
purchase price of 101% of the
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principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date
of purchase and (b) Asset Sales, the Company may be obligated to make offers to
purchase Notes with a portion of the Net Cash Proceeds of such Asset Sales at a
redemption price of 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, to the date of purchase.
7. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.
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The Notes are in registered form without coupons, in denominations of
$1,000 and multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may register the
transfer or exchange of Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Note
Registrar 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 Note Registrar need not register the
transfer or exchange of any Notes selected for redemption (except the unredeemed
portion of any Note being redeemed in part).
8. Persons Deemed Owners.
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A Holder may be treated as the owner of a Note for all purposes.
9. Unclaimed Money.
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If money for the payment of principal (premium, if any) or interest
remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee and the Paying Agent will pay the
money back to the Company at its request. After that, Holders entitled to the
money must look to the Company for payment, unless an abandoned property law
designates another Person, and all liability of the Trustee and such Paying
Agent with respect to such money shall cease.
10. Discharge Prior to Redemption or Maturity.
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If the Company irrevocably deposits, or causes to be deposited, with
the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations sufficient to pay the then
outstanding principal of (premium, if any) and accrued interest on the Notes (a)
to redemption or maturity, the Company will be discharged from the Indenture and
the Notes, except in certain circumstances for certain sections thereof, and (b)
to the Stated Maturity, the Company will be discharged from certain covenants
set forth in the Indenture.
11. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver.
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Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Notes may be
amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, and any existing
default or compliance with any provision may be
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waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Notes then outstanding. Without notice to or the consent of any
Holder, the parties thereto may amend the Indenture or the Notes to the extent
set forth in the Indenture.
12. Restrictive Covenants.
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The Indenture contains certain covenants, including, without
limitation, covenants with respect to the following matters: (i) Indebtedness;
(ii) Restricted Payments; (iii) issuances and sales of Capital Stock of
Restricted Subsidiaries; (iv) transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates; (v)
Liens; (vi) purchase of Notes upon a Change in Control; (vii) sale of Assets;
(viii) issuances of Guarantees by Restricted Subsidiaries; (ix) dividend and
other payment restrictions affecting Restricted Subsidiaries; (x) other Senior
Subordinated Indebtedness; (xi) merger and certain transfers of assets; and
(xii) limitation on Unrestricted Subsidiaries. Within 120 days after the end of
each fiscal year, the Company must report to the Trustee on compliance with such
limitations.
13. Successor Persons.
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When a successor person or other entity assumes all the obligations of
its predecessor under the Notes and the Indenture, the predecessor person will
be released from those obligations.
14. Remedies for Events of Default.
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If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in
clause (7) or (8) of Section 501 of the Indenture that occurs with respect to
the Company) occurs and is continuing under this Indenture, then in every such
case the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of
the Outstanding Notes, by written notice to the Company (and to the Trustee if
such notice is given by the Holders), may, and the Trustee at the written
request of such Holders shall, declare the principal of, premium, if any, and
accrued interest on all of the Outstanding Notes to be immediately due and
payable. Upon an Acceleration Notice, such principal of, premium, if any, and
accrued interest shall be immediately due and payable; provided, however, that
if there are any amounts outstanding under the Credit Agreement, such
declaration shall not become effective until the earlier of (A) an acceleration
of the Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement and (ii) five (5) Business Days
after receipt by the Company and the Agent Bank of such Acceleration Notice. In
the event of a declaration of acceleration because an Event of Default set forth
in clause (5) of Section 501 has occurred and is continuing, such declaration of
acceleration shall be automatically rescinded and annulled if the event of
default triggering such Event of Default pursuant to clause (5) of Section 501
shall be remedied or cured by the Company or the relevant Significant Subsidiary
or waived by the holders of the relevant Indebtedness within 60 days after the
declaration of acceleration with respect thereto. If an Event of Default
specified in clause (7) or (8) of Section 501 of the Indenture occurs with
respect to the Company, the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest
on the Outstanding Notes shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and
payable
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without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.
The Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Notes by written notice to the Company and to the Trustee, may waive
all past defaults and rescind and annul a declaration of acceleration and its
consequences if (1) all existing Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of
the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes that have become
due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived and
(2) the recission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of
competent jurisdiction.
Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided
in the Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to it before
it enforces the Indenture or the Notes. The Holders of at least a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may direct the Trustee
in the exercise of any trust or power in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture.
15. Trustee Dealings with Company.
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The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may make loans to, accept
deposits from, perform services for, and otherwise deal with, the Company and
its Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.
16. Authentication.
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This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate
of authentication on the other side of this Note.
17. Abbreviations.
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Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an
assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the
entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as
tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian) and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors
Act).
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and
without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to Oscar I
Corporation, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇,
Attention: Chief Financial Officer.
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[FORM OF TRANSFER NOTICE]
FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned registered holder hereby sell(s),
assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
Insert Taxpayer Identification No.
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(Please print or typewrite name and address including zip code of assignee)
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the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing
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attorney to transfer such Note on the books of the Company with full power of
substitution in the premises.
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[THE FOLLOWING PROVISION TO BE INCLUDED
ON ALL CERTIFICATES
EXCEPT PERMANENT OFFSHORE PHYSICAL
CERTIFICATES]
In connection with any transfer of this Note occurring prior to the
date which is the earlier of the date of an effective Registration Statement or
April 21, 2000, the undersigned confirms that without utilizing any general
solicitation or general advertising that:
Check One
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(a) this Note is being transferred in compliance with the exemption from
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by
Rule 144A thereunder.
or
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(b) this Note is being transferred other than in accordance with (a) above
and documents are being furnished which comply with the conditions of
transfer set forth in this Note and the Indenture.
If none of the foregoing boxes is checked, the Trustee or other Note Registrar
shall not be obligated to register this Note in the name of any Person other
than the Holder hereof unless and until the conditions to any such transfer of
registration set forth herein and in Sections 311 and 312 of the Indenture shall
have been satisfied.
Date:____________________
_____________________________________________
NOTICE: The signature to this assignment
must correspond with the name as written upon
the face of the within-mentioned instrument
in every particular, without alteration or
any change whatsoever.
Signature Guarantee:_______________________________
TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (a) ABOVE IS CHECKED.
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Signatures must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution"
meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include
membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program
("STAMP") or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by
the Note Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in
accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this
Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole
investment discretion and that it and any such account is a "qualified
institutional buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on
Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the
Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined
not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is
relying upon the undersigned's foregoing representations in order to claim the
exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.
Dated:____________________ ___________________________________
NOTICE: To be executed by an
executive officer
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you wish to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to
Section 1013 or Section 1014 of the Indenture, check the Box: [_].
If you wish to have a portion of this Note purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 1013 or Section 1014 of the Indenture, state the amount (in
original principal amount) below:
$_____________________.
Date:____________
Your Signature:__________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note)
Signature Guarantee:_____________________________
Signatures must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution"
meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include
membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program
("STAMP") or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by
the Note Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in
accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.