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▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇,
as Issuer
and
DABOCO INC.
and
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ INC.,
as Guarantors
and
THE CONNECTICUT NATIONAL BANK,
as Trustee
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INDENTURE
Dated as of September 15, 1992
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$90,000,000
12% Senior Notes
due September 15, 2002, Series A
and
12% Senior Notes
due September 15, 2002, Series B
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
TIA Indenture
Section Section
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310(a)(1) .................................................... 7.10
310(a)(2) .................................................... 7.10
(a)(3) .................................................... N.A.
(a)(4) .................................................... N.A.
(a)(5) .................................................... 7.08; 7.10
(b) ....................................................... 7.08; 7.10
(c) ....................................................... N.A.
311(a) ....................................................... 7.11
(b) ....................................................... 7.11
(c) ....................................................... N.A.
312(a) ....................................................... 2.05
(b) ....................................................... 12.03
(c) ....................................................... 12.03
313(a) ....................................................... 7.06
(b)(1) .................................................... N.A.
b)(2) ..................................................... 7.06
(c) ....................................................... 7.06; 12.02
(d) ....................................................... 7.06
314(a) ....................................................... 4.07; 4.09;
............................................................. 12.02
(b) ....................................................... N.A.
(c)(1) .................................................... 12.04
(c)(2) .................................................... 12.04
(c)(3) .................................................... N.A.
(d) ....................................................... N.A.
(e) ....................................................... 12.05
(f) ....................................................... N.A.
315(a) ....................................................... 7.01(b)
(b) ....................................................... 7.05; 12.02
(c) ....................................................... 7.01(a)
(d) ....................................................... 7.01(c)
(e) ....................................................... 6.11
316(a)(last sentence) ........................................ 2.09
(a)(1)(A) ................................................. 6.05
(a)(1)(B) ................................................. 6.04
(a)(2) .................................................... N.A.
(b) ....................................................... 6.07
317(a)(1) .................................................... 6.08
(a)(2) .................................................... 6.09
(b) ....................................................... 2.04
318(a) .................................................... 12.01
(c) ....................................................... 12.01
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N.A. means Not Applicable
NOTE: This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a
part of the Indenture.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
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Section 1.01 Definitions ................................ 1
Section 1.02 Incorporation by Reference of TIA .......... 23
Section 1.03 Rules of Construction ...................... 23
ARTICLE TWO
THE SECURITIES
Section 2.01 Form and Dating ............................ 24
Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication ............... 24
Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying Agent ................. 26
Section 2.04 Paying Agent To Hold Assets in
Trust .................................... 27
Section 2.05 Securityholder Lists ....................... 27
Section 2.06 Transfer and Exchange ...................... 28
Section 2.07 Replacement Securities ..................... 30
Section 2.08 Outstanding Securities ..................... 30
Section 2.09 Treasury Securities ........................ 31
Section 2.10 Temporary Securities ....................... 31
Section 2.11 Cancellation ............................... 32
Section 2.12 Defaulted Interest ......................... 32
Section 2.13 Home Office Payment Agreements ............. 32
Section 2.14 CUSIP Number ............................... 33
Section 2.15 Designation ................................ 33
ARTICLE THREE
REDEMPTION
Section 3.01 Notices to Trustee ......................... 33
Section 3.02 Selection of Securities To Be
Redeemed ................................. 34
Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption ....................... 34
Section 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption ............. 35
Section 3.05 Deposit of Redemption Price ................ 35
Section 3.06 Securities Redeemed in Part ................ 36
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Section 3.07 Offer To Purchase by Application
of Net Cash Proceeds ..................... 36
ARTICLE FOUR
COVENANTS
Section 4.01 Payment of Securities ...................... 38
Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency ............ 39
Section 4.03 Limitation on Distributions, Stock
Purchases and Certain
Investments, Loans and Advances .......... 39
Section 4.04 Corporate Existence ........................ 44
Section 4.05 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims .......... 44
Section 4.06 Maintenance of Properties and
Insurance ................................ 45
Section 4.07 Compliance Certificate; Notice of
Default .................................. 46
Section 4.08 Compliance with Laws ....................... 47
Section 4.09 SEC Reports and Other Information .......... 47
Section 4.10 Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury
Laws ..................................... 49
Section 4.11 Limitation on Transactions with
Affiliates ............................... 49
Section 4.12 Limitation on Indebtedness ................. 50
Section 4.13 Limitation on Dividend and Other
Payment Restrictions Affecting
Subsidiaries ............................. 51
Section 4.14 Limitation on Liens ........................ 52
Section 4.15 Change of Control .......................... 52
Section 4.16 Limitation on Asset Sales .................. 54
Section 4.17 Limitation on Transfer of Assets
to Subsidiaries .......................... 55
Section 4.18 Limitation on Guarantees by
Subsidiaries ............................. 55
Section 4.19 Restrictions on Preferred Stock of
Subsidiaries ............................. 55
Section 4.20 Conduct of Business ........................ 56
Section 4.21 Unrestricted Subsidiaries .................. 56
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ARTICLE FIVE
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
Section 5.01 When Company May Merge, Etc. ............... 57
Section 5.02 Successor Corporation Substituted .......... 58
ARTICLE SIX
DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01 Events of Default .......................... 59
Section 6.02 Acceleration ............................... 61
Section 6.03 Other Remedies ............................. 62
Section 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults .................... 62
Section 6.05 Control by Majority ........................ 62
Section 6.06 Limitation on Suits ........................ 63
Section 6.07 Rights of Holders To Receive
Payment .................................. 63
Section 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee ................. 64
Section 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim ........... 64
Section 6.10 Priorities ................................. 65
Section 6.11 Undertaking for Costs ...................... 65
ARTICLE SEVEN
TRUSTEE
Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee .......................... 66
Section 7.02 Rights of Trustee .......................... 67
Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee ............... 68
Section 7.04 Trustee's Disclaimer ....................... 68
Section 7.05 Notice of Default .......................... 69
Section 7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders .............. 69
Section 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity ................. 69
Section 7.08 Replacement of Trustee ..................... 70
Section 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc. .......... 71
Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification .............. 72
Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims
Against Company .......................... 72
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ARTICLE EIGHT
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
Section 8.01 Satisfaction, Discharge of the
Indenture and Defeasance of the
Securities ............................... 72
Section 8.02 Termination of Obligations upon
Cancellation of the Securities ........... 74
Section 8.03 Survival of Certain Obligations ............ 75
Section 8.04 Acknowledgment of Discharge by
Trustee .................................. 75
Section 8.05 Application of Trust Assets ................ 75
Section 8.06 Repayment to the Company ................... 76
Section 8.07 Reinstatement .............................. 76
ARTICLE NINE
AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS
Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders ................. 77
Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders .................... 77
Section 9.03 Compliance with TIA ........................ 79
Section 9.04 Revocation and Effect of Consents .......... 79
Section 9.05 Notation on or Exchange of
Securities ............................... 80
Section 9.06 Trustee To Sign Amendments, Etc. ........... 80
ARTICLE TEN
MEETINGS OF SECURITYHOLDERS
Section 10.01 Purposes for Which Meetings May Be
Called ................................... 80
Section 10.02 Manner of Calling Meetings ................. 81
Section 10.03 Call of Meetings by Company or
Holders .................................. 81
Section 10.04 Who May Attend and Vote at
Meetings ................................. 82
Section 10.05 Regulations May Be Made by Trustee;
Conduct of the Meeting;
Voting Rights; Adjournment ............... 82
Section 10.06 Voting at the Meeting and Record
To Be Kept ............................... 83
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Section 10.07 Exercise of Rights of Trustee or
Securityholders May Not Be
Hindered or Delayed by Call of
Meeting .................................. 84
ARTICLE ELEVEN
GUARANTEE OF SECURITIES
Section 11.01 Unconditional Guarantee .................... 84
Section 11.02 Severability ............................... 86
Section 11.03 Release of a Guarantor ..................... 86
Section 11.04 Guarantors May Consolidate, Etc., on
Certain Terms ............................ 86
Section 11.05 Contribution ............................... 87
Section 11.06 Waiver of Subrogation ...................... 87
Section 11.07 Execution of Guarantee ..................... 88
ARTICLE TWELVE
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 12.01 TIA Controls ............................... 89
Section 12.02 Notices .................................... 89
Section 12.03 Communications by Holders with Other
Holders .................................. 90
Section 12.04 Certificate and Opinion as to
Conditions Precedent ..................... 90
Section 12.05 Statements Required in Certificate or
Opinion .................................. 91
Section 12.06 Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent,
Registrar ................................ 91
Section 12.07 Legal Holidays ............................. 91
Section 12.08 Governing Law .............................. 92
Section 12.09 No Adverse Interpretation of Other
Agreements ............................... 92
Section 12.10 No Recourse Against Others ................. 92
Section 12.11 Successors ................................. 92
Section 12.12 Duplicate Originals ........................ 92
Section 12.13 Severability ............................... 93
Signatures ................................................... 94
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Exhibit A - Form Of Series A Note ............................ A-1
Exhibit B - Form of Series B Note ............................ B-1
Exhibit C - Form of Legend for Book-Entry Securities ......... C-1
Exhibit D - Form of Transferee Certificate ................... D-l
Note: This Table of Contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of
the Indenture.
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INDENTURE, dated as of September 15, 1992, among ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, a New
York general partnership (the "Company"), Daboco Inc., a New York corporation,
and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Inc., a Delaware corporation, as Guarantors, and The Connecticut
National Bank, as Trustee (the "Trustee").
Each party hereto agrees as follows for the benefit of each other
party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Company's 12%
Senior Notes due September 15, 2002, Series A and 12% Senior Notes due September
15, 2002, Series B:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01. Definitions.
"Acquired Indebtedness" means Indebtedness of a person or any of its
Subsidiaries existing at the time such person becomes a Subsidiary of the
Company or assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such person
and not incurred by such person in connection with, or in anticipation or
contemplation of, such person becoming a Subsidiary of the Company or such
acquisition.
"Acquisition" means DR Holdings' acquisition of the Company through
(i) the acquisition of 100% of the outstanding capital stock of Daboco, one of
the partners of the Company, and (ii) the redemption of the partnership
interests in the Company owned by Dajaco Inc. and DLR Inc.
"Adjusted Net Assets" has the meaning provided in Section 11.05.
"Affiliate" of any specified person means any other person, directly
or indirectly, controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any person means the power to direct the
management and policies of such person, directly or indirectly, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms
"affiliated," "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing. For purposes of Section 4.11, the term "Affiliate" shall include
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any person who, as a result of any transaction described in Section 4.11, would
become an Affiliate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term "Affiliate," with
respect to the Company and its Affiliates, shall not include BT Securities
Corporation or any of its Affiliates.
"Affiliate Transaction" has the meaning provided in Section 4.11.
"Agent" means any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-Registrar.
"Asset Acquisition" means (i) an Investment by the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company in any other person pursuant to which such person
shall become a Subsidiary of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or
shall be merged with the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or (ii) the
acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of the assets of any
person which constitute all or substantially all of the assets of such person or
any division or line of business of such person.
"Asset Sale" means any direct or indirect sale, issuance,
conveyance, transfer, lease, assignment or other transfer for value by the
Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Guarantor (including any Sale/leaseback)
to any person other than the Company or a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the
Company, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, of (i) any
Capital Stock of any Subsidiary of the Company; (ii) all or substantially all of
the properties and assets of any division or line of business of the Company,
any Subsidiary of the Company or any Guarantor; or (iii) any other properties or
assets of the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any Guarantor other than
in the ordinary course of business; provided that clause (iii) shall not apply
to an Asset Sale as such term is used in the definition of "Consolidated Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio." For the purposes of this definition, the term "Asset
Sale" shall not include Capital Stock of the Company or any sale, issuance,
conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition of properties or assets that is
governed by the provisions of Article Five.
"Asset Swap" shall mean any transaction, or series of related
transactions (whether by purchase or sale of assets or securities), whereby
assets of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Guarantor are exchanged by
the Company, any of such Subsidiaries or any Guarantor for Productive Assets
owned
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by a person other than the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Guarantor or
any Affiliates thereof. If a transaction otherwise constitutes an Asset Swap but
also includes the receipt of Net Cash Proceeds, such transaction shall be
treated as a disposition of assets to the extent of such Net Cash Proceeds for
purposes of Section 4.16.
"▇▇▇▇ Capital" means, collectively, ▇▇▇▇ Venture Capital, a
California limited partnership, BCIP Associates, BCIP Trust Associates, L.P.,
Tyler Capital Fund, L.P., Tyler Massachusetts, L.P., and Tyler International,
L.P.-II, and the partners (as of the date of determination) of each of the
foregoing.
"Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar Federal,
state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.
"Board of Directors" means, with respect to any person, the Board of
Directors of such person or any committee of the Board of Directors of such
person duly authorized, with respect to any particular matter, to exercise the
power of the Board of Directors of such person.
"Board Resolution" means, with respect to any person, a duly adopted
resolution of the Board of Directors or other equivalent governing body of such
person.
"Book-Entry Security" means a Security represented by a Global
Security and registered in the name of the nominee of the Depository.
"Business Day" means a day that is not a Legal Holiday.
"Capital Lease," as applied to any person, means any lease of any
property (whether real, personal or mixed) by that person as lessee that, in
conformity with GAAP, is accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet
of that person.
"Capital Stock" means (i) with respect to any person, any and all
shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of
corporate stock, including each class of common stock and preferred stock of
such person and (ii) with respect to the Company or any other person formed
other than as a corporation, any and all partnership or other equity interests
of the Company or such other person.
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"Capitalized Lease Obligation" means, as to any person, the
obligations of such person under a lease that are required to be classified and
accounted for as capital lease obligations under GAAP and, for purposes of this
Indenture, the amount of such obligations at any date shall be the capitalized
amount of such obligations at such date, determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Cash Equivalents" means (i) marketable direct obligations issued
by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States Government or issued by
any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States,
in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof; (ii)
marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of
America or any political subdivision of any such state or any public
instrumentality thereof maturing within one year from the date of acquisition
thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having one of the two highest ratings
obtainable from either Standard & Poor's Corporation or ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors
Service, Inc.; (iii) commercial paper maturing no more than one year from the
date of creation thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having a rating of at
least A-1 from Standard & Poor's Corporation or at least P-l from ▇▇▇▇▇'▇
Investors Service, Inc.; (iv) certificates of deposit or bankers' acceptances
maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof issued by any
commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any
state thereof or the District of Columbia or any U.S. branch of a foreign bank
having at the date of acquisition thereof combined capital and surplus of not
less than $250,000,000; (v) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than
seven days for underlying securities of the types described in clause (i) above
entered into with any bank meeting the qualifications specified in clause (iv)
above; and (vi) investments in money market funds which invest substantially all
their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (i) through (v)
above.
"Change of Control" means the occurrence of one or more of the
following events: (i) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one
transaction or a series of related transactions) of all or substantially all of
the assets of the Company, DR Holdings or Daboco to any person or group of
related persons for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act (a "Group"),
together with any Affiliates thereof (whether or not otherwise in compliance
with the provisions of the Indenture); (ii) the approval by the holders of
Capital Stock
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of the Company or DR Holdings or Daboco of any plan or proposal for the
liquidation or dissolution of the Company or DR Holdings or Daboco (whether or
not otherwise in compliance with the provisions of the Indenture); (iii) the
acquisition in one or more transactions of beneficial ownership (within the
meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) by any person, entity or Group
(other than ▇▇▇▇ Capital) of any securities of the Company, DR Holdings or
Daboco such that, as a result of such acquisition, such person, entity or Group
either (A) beneficially owns (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the
Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, at least 30% of the Company's, DR
Holdings' or Daboco's then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote on a
regular basis in an election for a majority of the Board of Directors or other
equivalent governing body thereof, unless at all times that such person, entity
or Group so owns at least 30% of such voting securities ▇▇▇▇ Capital
beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, at least 50% of the voting securities
of the entity (i.e., either the Company, DR Holdings or Daboco) in which such
person, entity or Group holds such 30% or more voting interest or (B) otherwise
has the ability to elect, directly or indirectly, a majority of the members of
the Company's, DR Holdings' or Daboco's Board of Directors or other equivalent
governing body; or (iv) ▇▇▇▇ Capital sells, transfers, or otherwise disposes of
more than 50% of the economic interest in the Company, DR Holdings or Daboco
held by ▇▇▇▇ Capital on the Issue Date; provided that for purposes of clause
(iv) above, if ▇▇▇▇ Capital transfers any Capital Stock of the Company, DR
Holdings or Daboco to management of the Company, DR Holdings or Daboco
subsequent to the Issue Date, then the economic interest deemed to be held by
▇▇▇▇ Capital as of the Issue Date shall be reduced by the economic interest of
such Capital Stock so transferred.
"Change of Control Date" has the meaning provided in Section 4.15.
"Change of Control Offer" has the meaning provided in Section 4.15.
"Change of Control Payment Date" has the meaning provided in Section
4.15.
"Company" means the party named as such in this Indenture until a
successor replaces it pursuant to this Indenture and thereafter means such
successor.
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"Consolidated EBITDA" means, with respect to any person, for any
period, the sum (without duplication) of (i) Consolidated Net Income, (ii) to
the extent Consolidated Net Income has been reduced thereby, all income taxes of
such person and its Subsidiaries paid or accrued in accordance with GAAP for
such period (other than income taxes attributable to extraordinary, unusual or
non-recurring gains or losses), Consolidated Interest Expense, amortization
expense and depreciation expense and (iii) other non-cash items other than
non-cash interest reducing Consolidated Net Income less other non-cash items
increasing Consolidated Net Income, all as determined on a consolidated basis
for such person and its Subsidiaries in conformity with GAAP (it being
understood that, for purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA,
notwithstanding GAAP, rent expense shall only reduce Consolidated Net Income to
the extent that such rent is actually paid and no effect shall be given to rent
deferrals or any reversals thereof).
"Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio" means, with respect to
any person, the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA of such person during the four full
fiscal quarters (the "Four Quarter Period") ending on or prior to the date of
the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio (the "Transaction Date") to Consolidated Fixed Charges of
such person for the Four Quarter Period. For purposes of this definition, prior
to the date on which four full fiscal quarters have elapsed subsequent to the
Issue Date, "Consolidated EBITDA" and "Consolidated Fixed Charges" shall be
calculated, in the case of the Company, after giving effect to the Acquisition
on a pro forma basis as if it occurred on the first day of the Four Quarter
Period. In addition to and without limitation of the foregoing, for purposes of
this definition, "Consolidated EBITDA" and "Consolidated Fixed Charges" shall be
calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis for the period of such
calculation to (i) the incurrence or repayment of any Indebtedness of such
person or any of its Subsidiaries (and the application of the proceeds thereof)
giving rise to the need to make such calculation and any incurrence or repayment
of other Indebtedness (and the application of the proceeds thereof) at any time
subsequent to the last day of the Four Quarter Period and on or prior to the
Transaction Date, as if such incurrence or repayment, as the case may be (and
the application of the proceeds thereof), occurred on the first day of the Four
Quarter Period and (ii) any Asset Sales or Asset Acquisitions (including,
without limitation, any Asset Acquisition giving rise to the need to make such
calculation as a result of such person or one of its
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Subsidiaries (including any person who becomes a Subsidiary as a result of the
Asset Acquisition) incurring, assuming or otherwise being liable for Acquired
Indebtedness and also including any Consolidated EBITDA associated with such
Asset Acquisition) occurring during the Four Quarter Period or at any time
subsequent to the last day of the Four Quarter Period and on or prior to the
Transaction Date, as if such Asset Sale or Asset Acquisition (including the
incurrence, assumption or liability for any such Indebtedness or Acquired
Indebtedness) occurred on the first day of the Four Quarter Period. If such
person or any of its Subsidiaries directly or indirectly guarantees Indebtedness
of a third person, the preceding sentence shall give effect to the incurrence of
such guaranteed Indebtedness as if such person or any Subsidiary of such person
had directly incurred or otherwise assumed such guaranteed Indebtedness.
Furthermore, in calculating "Consolidated Fixed Charges" for purposes of
determining the denominator (but not the numerator) of this "Consolidated Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio," (1) interest on Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating
basis as of the Transaction Date and which will continue to be so determined
thereafter shall be deemed to have accrued at a fixed rate per annum equal to
the rate of interest on such Indebtedness in effect on the Transaction Date; (2)
if interest on any Indebtedness actually incurred on the Transaction Date may
optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or
similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rates, then the
interest rate in effect on the Transaction Date will be deemed to have been in
effect during the Four Quarter Period; (3) notwithstanding clause (1) above,
interest on Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating basis, to the extent such
interest is covered by agreements relating to Interest Swap Obligations, shall
be deemed to accrue at the rate per annum resulting after giving effect to the
operation of such agreements; and (4) the permanent retirement of any
Indebtedness during the Four Quarter Period or at any time subsequent to the
last day of the Four Quarter Period and on or prior to the Transaction Date
shall be given effect as if it occurred at the beginning of such Four Quarter
Period. Furthermore, in calculating "Consolidated Fixed Charges" for purposes of
determining both the denominator and the numerator of this "Consolidated Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio," interest on Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating
basis, to the extent such interest is covered by Interest Rate Cap Agreements,
shall be deemed to accrue at the rate per annum resulting after giving effect to
the operation of such agreements.
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"Consolidated Fixed Charges" means, with respect to any person for
any period, the sum, without duplication, of (i) Consolidated Interest Expense
(before amortization or write-off of debt issuance costs and excluding, in the
case of the Company, any original issue discount in connection with the issuance
of any securities of DR Holdings required to be "pushed-down" to the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP) and (ii) the product of (x) the
amount of all dividend payments on any series of preferred stock of such person
(except dividends for such period which are accrued but unpaid) times (y) a
fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one
minus the then current effective consolidated federal, state and local tax rate
of such person, expressed as a decimal.
"Consolidated Interest Expense" means, with respect to any person
for any period, the aggregate of all cash and non-cash interest expense (net of
interest income) with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of such person and
its Subsidiaries, including the net costs associated with Interest Swap
Obligations, for such period determined on a consolidated basis in conformity
with GAAP. With respect to the Company, Consolidated Interest Expense shall
include cash and non-cash interest payable by DR Holdings on the Senior
Subordinated Notes subsequent to the seven-year anniversary of the issuance of
the Senior Subordinated Notes.
"Consolidated Net Income" means, with respect to any person for any
period, the net income (or loss) of such person and its Subsidiaries, on a
consolidated basis for such period determined in conformity with GAAP; provided
that the net income of any person, in which such person or any Subsidiary of
such person has an ownership interest shall be included only to the extent of
the lesser of (y) such income that has actually been received by such person or
its Subsidiaries in the form of dividends or other distributions during such
period or (z) the net income of such person (which in no event shall be less
than zero); provided, further, that there shall be excluded (i) the income (or
deficit) of any person (acquired in a pooling of interests transaction) accrued
prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary of such person or is merged into or
consolidated with such person or any Subsidiary and (ii) any extraordinary,
unusual or nonrecurring gains or losses (and related tax effects) in accordance
with GAAP; provided, further that notwithstanding the requirements of GAAP, in
calculating Consolidated Net Income the amortization of non-compete payments
relating to the Non-Compete Agreements shall be based upon a
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25-year amortization schedule and the amortization of debt issuance costs shall
be over the scheduled life of the debt (without regard to early retirement)
giving rise to such debt issuance costs.
"Consolidated Net Worth" means, (i) with respect to the Company as
at any date of determination, the consolidated partners' equity of the Company
and its Subsidiaries as of the date of the then most recently available annual
or quarterly consolidated balance sheet of the Company prepared in accordance
with GAAP consistently applied, plus (a) the amount, if any, of contributions by
partners and net proceeds from the issuance and sale of Capital Stock of the
Company since the date of such balance sheet (to the extent the same will be
added in computing partners' equity as of the next succeeding annual or
quarterly balance sheet date), minus (b) the amount, if any, of partnership
distributions made since the date of such balance sheet (to the extent the same
was not deducted in computing partners' equity as of the date of such balance
sheet but will be deducted in computing partners' equity as of the next
succeeding annual or quarterly balance sheet date), or (ii) with respect to any
person organized as a corporation as at any date of determination, the total of
the amounts shown on the balance sheet of such person and its consolidated
Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP as (i)
the par or stated value of all outstanding Capital Stock of such person plus
(ii) paid-in capital or capital surplus relating to such Capital Stock plus
(iii) any retained earnings or earned surplus less (A) any accumulated deficit
and (B) any amounts attributable to Disqualified Capital Stock.
"Credit Agreement" means the Credit Agreement dated as of September
24, 1992, among the Company, the Guarantors, the Lenders and Bankers Trust
Company, as Agent, or any successor agreement (whether or not the Guarantors are
also parties thereto), together with the documents related thereto, including,
without limitation, any security agreements, pledge agreements, mortgages and
guaranties, in each case as such agreements may be amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time and includes any agreement
renewing, extending the maturity of, refinancing (including by way of placement
or issuance of notes or Permitted Preferred Stock) or restructuring (including
the inclusion of additional borrowers and/or the exclusion of Daboco and/or
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Inc. as guarantors) all or any portion of the Indebtedness under
such agreements.
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"Credit Agreement Reinvestment Notice" means a notice of election to
reinvest Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale given by the Company pursuant to the
terms of the Credit Agreement; provided, however, that for purposes of this
Indenture only $500,000 of Net Cash Proceeds received in any fiscal year shall
be subject to such a notice.
"Custodian" means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator,
sequestrator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
"Daboco" means Daboco, Inc., a New York corporation, which as of the
Issue Date will be the owner of a 99% partnership interest in the Company and
which is a wholly-owned Subsidiary of DR Holdings.
"Default" means any event or condition the occurrence of which
would, with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both, become an Event
of Default.
"Depository" means, with respect to the Securities issued in the
form of one or more Book-Entry Securities, The Depository Trust Company or
another person designated as Depository by the Company, which must be a clearing
agency registered under the Exchange Act.
"Disqualified Capital Stock" means any class of 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, on or
prior to the Maturity Date.
"DR Holdings" means ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Holding Corp., a Delaware
corporation.
"▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Inc." means ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Inc., a Delaware corporation,
which as of the Issue Date will be the owner of a 1% partnership interest in the
Company and which is a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Daboco.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended from time to time.
"Event of Default" has the meaning provided in Section 6.01.
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"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder.
"Exchange Offer" means the registration by the Company under the
Securities Act of all the Series B Notes pursuant to a registration statement
under which the Company offers each Holder of Series A Notes the opportunity to
exchange all Series A Notes held by such Holder for Series B Notes in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Series A
Notes held by such Holder, all in accordance with the terms and conditions of
the Registration Rights Agreement.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect
in the United States of America as of the date of this Indenture. If the Company
has changed one or more of the accounting principles used in the preparation of
its financial statements, then a Default or an Event of Default relating to
financial ratios or amounts, calculated under the new accounting principles,
shall not be considered a Default or an Event of Default if the required ratio
or amount would have been complied with had the Company continued to use those
generally accepted accounting principles employed as of the date of this
Indenture.
"Global Security" means a Security evidencing all or a part of the
Securities to be issued as Book-Entry Securities, issued to the Depository in
accordance with Section 2.02 and bearing the legend prescribed in Exhibit C.
"Guarantee" means the guarantee of each Guarantor set forth in
Article Eleven and any additional guarantee of the Securities executed by any
Subsidiary of the Company after the Issue Date pursuant to Sections 4.17 and
4.18.
"Guarantors" mean (i) Daboco, (ii) ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Inc. and (iii) each
Subsidiary of the Company which becomes a guarantor of the Securities after the
Issue Date pursuant to Sections 4.17 and 4.18.
"Holder" or "Securityholder" means the person in whose name a
Security is registered on the Registrar's books.
"Indebtedness" means with respect to any person, without
duplication, (i) all obligations of such person for borrowed money, (ii) all
obligations of such person evidenced
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by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (iii) all Capitalized
Lease Obligations of such person, (iv) all obligations of such person issued or
assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding
deferred rent expense), all conditional sale obligations and all obligations
under any title retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable and
accrued expenses arising in the ordinary course of business, (v) all obligations
of such person for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit,
banker's acceptance or similar credit transaction entered into in the ordinary
course of business, (vi) all obligations of any other person of the type
referred to in clauses (i) through (v) which are secured by any Lien on any
property or asset of such first person and the amount of such obligation shall
be the lesser of the value of such property or asset or the amount of the
obligation so secured, (vii) all guarantees of Indebtedness by such person,
(viii) Disqualified Capital Stock valued at the greater of its voluntary or
involuntary maximum fixed repurchase price plus accrued dividends, (ix) all
obligations under Interest Swap Obligations of such person and (x) any
amendment, supplement, modification, deferral, renewal, extension or refunding
of any liability of the types referred to in clauses (i) through (ix) above. For
purposes hereof, the "maximum fixed repurchase price" of any Disqualified
Capital Stock which does not have a fixed repurchase price shall be calculated
in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified Capital Stock as if such
Disqualified Capital Stock were purchased on any date on which Indebtedness
shall be required to be determined pursuant to this Indenture, and if such price
is based upon, or measured by, the fair market value of such Disqualified
Capital Stock, such fair market value to be determined in good faith by the
Board of Directors of the Company.
"Indenture" means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from
time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
"Independent Financial Advisor" means a nationally recognized
reputable accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm that is, in the
reasonable judgment of the Board of Directors or other equivalent governing body
of the Company, qualified to perform the task for which such firm has been
engaged hereunder and disinterested and independent with respect to the Company
and its Affiliates.
"Interest Payment Date" means the stated maturity of an installment
of interest on the Securities.
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"Interest Rate Cap Agreement" means any agreement pursuant to which
any person purchases a cap on the applicable rate of interest on specified
Indebtedness.
"Interest Swap Obligations" means the obligations of any person,
pursuant to any arrangement with any other person, whereby, directly or
indirectly, such person is entitled to receive from time to time periodic
payments calculated by applying either a floating or a fixed rate of interest on
a stated notional amount in exchange for periodic payments made by such other
person calculated by applying a fixed or a floating rate of interest on the same
notional amount.
"Internal Revenue Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended to the date hereof and from time to time hereafter.
"Investment" as applied to any person, means any direct or indirect
purchase or other acquisition by that person of, or of a beneficial interest in,
stock or other securities of any other person, or any direct or indirect loan,
advance (other than advances to employees for moving and travel expenses, loans
to management for purchases of common equity of DR Holdings, drawing accounts
and deposits in connection with rental property and similar expenditures made
and credit extended in the ordinary course of business) or capital contribution
by that person to any other person (other than the Company or a Guarantor),
including all indebtedness and accounts receivable from that other person that
are not current assets or did not arise in the ordinary course of business. The
amount of any Investment shall be the fair market value of such Investment, as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors or other equivalent governing
body of the Company at the time such Investment is made.
"Issue Date" means the date of first issuance of the Securities
under this Indenture.
"Legal Holiday" has the meaning provided in Section 12.07.
"Lenders" means the lending institutions listed on the signature
pages of the Credit Agreement, together with any lending institutions that may
become a party to the Credit Agreement as therein provided.
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"Lien" means any lien, mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, security
interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof and any
agreement to give any security interest).
"Maturity Date" means September 15, 2002.
"Net Cash Proceeds" means, (i) with respect to any Asset Sale, the
proceeds in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents including payments in respect
of deferred payment obligations when received in the form of cash or Cash
Equivalents received by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Guarantor
from such Asset Sale net of (a) reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and fees
relating to such Asset Sale (including, without limitation, legal, accounting
and investment banking fees and sales commissions), (b) taxes paid or payable
((1) including, without limitation, income taxes reasonably estimated to be
actually payable as a result of any disposition of property within two years of
the date of disposition and (2) after taking into account any reduction in tax
liability due to available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing
arrangements), and (c) repayment of Indebtedness (other than the Securities or
any Indebtedness expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Securities)
that is required to be repaid in connection with such Asset Sale or (ii) with
respect to the sale of Capital Stock by any person, the aggregate net proceeds
received by such person after payment of expenses, commissions and other similar
charges incurred in connection therewith, whether such proceeds are in cash or
in property (valued at the fair market value thereof, as determined in good
faith by the Board of Directors or other equivalent governing body of such
person, at the time of receipt, whose determination shall be evidenced by a
Board Resolution).
"Net Proceeds Offer" has the meaning provided in Section 3.07.
"Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date" means, with respect to an Asset
Sale, the earliest of (i) the date which is 180 days after the date of receipt
of the Net Cash Proceeds from the applicable Asset Sale or (ii) in the case of
an Asset Sale for which a Credit Agreement Reinvestment Notice is given, 390
days.
"Non-Compete Agreements" means the non-compete agreements with
each stockholder of Daboco, Dajaco, Inc., and DLR
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Inc. entered into in connection with the Acquisition and the non-compete
agreements with ▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ in those
certain employment and consulting agreements entered into in connection with the
Acquisition.
"Officer" means, with respect to any person, the Chairman of the
Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Chief
Financial Officer, the Controller, or the Secretary of such person.
"Officers' Certificate" means, with respect to any person, a
certificate signed by two Officers or by an Officer and either an Assistant
Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary of such person and otherwise complying with
the requirements of Sections 12.04 and 12.05.
"Operating Lease" means, as applied to any person, any lease
(including, without limitation, leases that may be terminated by the lessee at
any time) of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) that is not a
Capital Lease other than any such lease under which that person is the lessor.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion from legal counsel who
is acceptable to the Trustee complying with the requirements of Sections 12.04
and 12.05. Unless otherwise required by the TIA, the legal counsel may be an
employee of or counsel to the Company or the Trustee.
"Paying Agent" has the meaning provided in Section 2.03, except
that, for the purposes of Articles Three and Eight and Sections 4.15 and 4.16,
the Paying Agent shall not be the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company.
"Permitted Accreted Amount" means at any date, with respect to any
Indebtedness, the proceeds of which are used to refinance Indebtedness
outstanding under the Credit Agreement, that portion of the original issue
discount (i.e., the excess of the face amount over the price paid therefor)
which has been amortized at such time on the effective interest method of
accounting, using semi-annual compounding of interest from the date of issuance
of the relevant Indebtedness through the date as of which the Permitted Accreted
Amount is being determined.
"Permitted Indebtedness" means (i) any Indebtedness under the Term
Loan Facility and all guarantees thereof in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$90 million less any permanent reductions thereof, (ii) any Indebtedness in
respect of the
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Working Capital Facility and all guarantees thereof in an aggregate amount not
to exceed $10 million less any permanent reductions in availability thereunder,
(iii) the Securities and the Guarantees, (iv) purchase money Indebtedness and
any Indebtedness incurred for Capitalized Lease Obligations not to exceed $10
million in the aggregate, (v) Interest Swap Obligations designed to protect the
Company against fluctuations in interest rates on borrowings under the Credit
Agreement and other Interest Swap Obligations covering other Indebtedness of the
Company, the Guarantors or any Subsidiary of the Company which bears interest at
fluctuating interest rates to the extent the notional principal amount of such
Interest Swap Obligation does not exceed the principal amount of the
Indebtedness to which such Interest Swap Obligation relates, (vi), additional
Indebtedness not to exceed $22 million, (vii) Indebtedness owed by the Company,
any Guarantor or any of their respective wholly owned Subsidiaries to the
Company, any Guarantor or any of their respective wholly owned Subsidiaries,
(viii) any renewals, extensions, substitutions, refundings, refinancings or
replacements of any Indebtedness described in the preceding clauses (i), (ii)
and (iii) above, so long as such renewal, extension, substitution, refunding,
refinancing or replacement does not result in an increase in the aggregate
principal amount of the outstanding Indebtedness represented thereby, (ix) any
guarantees of the foregoing, (x) any notes issued by the Company to management
of DR Holdings or the Company and its Subsidiaries in connection with the
repurchase of Capital Stock of DR Holdings so long as such notes are
subordinated in right of payment to the Securities, (xi) trade accounts payable
to the extent they constitute Indebtedness, and (xii) additional Indebtedness in
the form of Permitted Accreted Amount and/or Permitted PIK Interest in an
aggregate amount not to exceed $9,000,000.
"Permitted Investment" means (i) cash and Cash Equivalents, (ii) any
Investment by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the Company or any
wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company, (iii) the incurrence of Permitted
Indebtedness and (iv) in the case of the Company, the Guarantors and their
Subsidiaries, any Investment (other than in an Unrestricted Subsidiary) not to
exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding.
"Permitted Liens" means (i) pledges or deposits by such person under
worker's compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws or similar legislation,
or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than
for the
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payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which such person is a party, or deposits
to secure public statutory obligations of such person or deposits to secure
surety or appeal bonds to which such person is a party, or deposits as security
for contested taxes or import duties or for the payment of rent, (ii) Liens
imposed by law, such as carriers', warehousemen's and mechanics' Liens or
bankers' Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business for sums which are
not yet due or are being contested in good faith and for which adequate
provision has been made, (iii) Liens for taxes not yet subject to penalties for
non-payment or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate
proceedings, if adequate reserve, as may be required by generally accepted
accounting principles then in effect, shall have been made therefor, (iv) Liens
in favor of issuers of surety bonds or appeal bonds issued pursuant to the
request of and for the account of such person in the course of its business, (v)
Liens to support trade letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of
business, (vi) survey exceptions, encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or
rights of others for, rights of way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and
telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions on
the use of real property, (vii) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under
clause (iv) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness; provided that the value
of the asset at the time of the incurrence of the Indebtedness subject to the
Lien shall not exceed the principal amount of the Indebtedness secured, (viii)
any interest or title of a lessor under any lease, including Liens arising from
UCC financing statements regarding leases, (ix) Liens with respect to Acquired
Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Section 4.12; provided that such
Liens secured such Acquired Indebtedness at the time of the incurrence of such
Acquired Indebtedness by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company or any
Guarantor and were not incurred in connection with, or in anticipation of, the
incurrence of such Acquired Indebtedness by the Company or a Subsidiary of the
Company or any Guarantor; and provided, further, that such Liens do not extend
to or cover any property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company or any Guarantor other than the property or assets that secured the
Acquired Indebtedness prior to the time such Indebtedness became Acquired
Indebtedness of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company or any Guarantor and
are no more favorable to the lienholders than those securing the Acquired
Indebtedness prior to the incurrence of such Acquired Indebtedness by the
Company or a Subsidiary of the Company or any Guarantor and (x) Liens arising
from judgments, decrees or
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attachments in circumstances not constituting an Event of Default under Section
6.01(5).
"Permitted PIK Interest" means the aggregate principal amount of all
debt securities issued as interest (whether in lieu of cash or otherwise) on
Indebtedness, all of the proceeds of which are used to repay permanently
Indebtedness outstanding under the Credit Agreement.
"Permitted Preferred Stock" means Preferred Stock issued by any
Subsidiary of DR Holdings to any non-affiliate of the Company or DR Holdings (i)
all of the proceeds of which are used to repay permanently Indebtedness
outstanding under the Credit Agreement, (ii) having a liquidation preference not
in excess of the cash proceeds received in exchange therefor plus accrued but
unpaid dividends, (iii) which pays a fixed or floating dividend and (iv) which
may be entitled to pay contingent dividends based upon the Company's future
performance such that, after giving effect to the payment of any such contingent
dividends through inclusion of such dividends in the computation of Consolidated
Fixed Charges, the Company shall be in compliance with Section 4.12(b).
"person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization
or government or other agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Plan of Liquidation" means, with respect to any person, a plan that
provides for, contemplates or the effectuation of which is preceded or
accompanied by (whether or not substantially contemporaneously, in phases or
otherwise) (i) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of such person otherwise than as an entirety or
substantially as an entirety and (ii) the distribution of all or substantially
all of the proceeds of such sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition and all
or substantially all of the remaining assets of such person to holders of
Capital Stock of such person.
"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 outstanding on the date
hereof or issued after the date of this Indenture, and including, without
limitation, all classes and series of preferred or preference stock of such
person.
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"principal" of any Indebtedness (including the Securities) means the
principal of such Indebtedness plus the premium, if any, on such Indebtedness.
"Proceeds Purchase Date" shall have the meaning provided in Section
3.07.
"Productive Assets" means assets (including Capital Stock) of a kind
used or useable in the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as it is
conducted in accordance with Section 4.20.
"pro forma" means, with respect to any calculation made or required
to be made pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, a calculation in accordance
with Article 11 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act as interpreted by the
Company's Board of Directors or other equivalent governing body in consultation
with its independent certified public accountants.
"Purchase Agreement" means the Purchase Agreement among the Company,
the Guarantors and the Purchasers, dated as of September 25, 1992, as the same
may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in
accordance with the terms thereof, providing for the purchase of the Securities.
"Purchasers" means the Purchasers named on the execution pages
attached to the Purchase Agreement.
"Qualified Capital Stock" means, with respect to any person, any
Capital Stock of such person that is not Disqualified Capital Stock.
"Qualified Institutional Buyer" or "QIB" shall have the meaning
specified in Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
"Record Date" means the Record Dates specified in the Securities;
provided that if any such date is a Legal Holiday, the Record Date shall be the
first day immediately preceding such specified day that is not a Legal Holiday.
"Redemption Date," when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption pursuant to this Indenture
and the Securities.
"Redemption Price," when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the price fixed for such redemption pursuant to this Indenture
and the Securities.
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"Registrar" has the meaning provided in Section 2.03.
"Registration Rights Agreement" means the Registration Rights
Agreement among the Company, the Guarantors and the Purchasers, dated as of
September 25, 1992, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
"Restricted Payment" has the meaning provided in Section 4.03.
"Restricted Security" has the meaning provided in the Purchase
Agreement.
"Sale/leaseback" means any lease, whether an Operating Lease or a
Capital Lease, whereby the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, directly or
indirectly, becomes or remains liable as lessee or as guarantor or other surety,
of any property (whether real or personal or mixed) whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, (i) that the Company or its Subsidiaries, as the case may
be, has sold or transferred or is to sell or transfer to any other person (other
than the Company or any of the Guarantors), or (ii) that the Company or its
Subsidiaries, as the case may be, intends to use for substantially the same
purpose as any other property that has been or is to be sold or transferred by
the Company or any such Subsidiary to any person (other than the Company or any
of the Guarantors) in connection with such lease.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Securities" means the Series A Notes and the Series B Notes.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
"Senior Subordinated Note Indenture" means the indenture between DR
Holdings and The Connecticut National Bank, as Trustee, relating to the Senior
Subordinated Notes as in effect on the Issue Date as amended or supplemented
from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
"Senior Subordinated Note Registration Rights Agreement" means the
registration rights agreement between DR Holdings and the purchasers of the
Senior Subordinated Notes
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relating to the Senior Subordinated Notes as in effect on the Issue Date.
"Senior Subordinated Notes" means the $123,380,000 in aggregate
principal amount of 15% Senior Subordinated Zero Coupon Notes due 2004 of DR
Holdings Series A or Series B, as the case may be, issued pursuant to an
Indenture dated as of September 15, 1992 between DR Holdings and The Connecticut
National Bank, as Trustee, as amended or supplemented from time to time in
accordance with the terms thereof.
"Series A Notes" means the Company's 12% Senior Notes due September
15, 2002, Series A, as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance
with the terms hereof, that are issued pursuant to the Indenture.
"Series B Notes" means the Company's 12% Senior Notes due September
15, 2002, Series B, as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance
with the terms hereof, that are issued pursuant to the Indenture.
"Significant Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of the Company that
satisfies the criteria for a "significant subsidiary" set forth in Rule 1.02(v)
of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act, but shall not include any
Unrestricted Subsidiary.
"Subsidiary" of any person means (i) any corporation of which the
outstanding capital stock having at least a majority of the votes entitled to be
cast in the election of directors under ordinary circumstances shall at the time
be owned, directly or indirectly, by such person or (ii) any other person of
which at least a majority of the voting interest under ordinary circumstances is
at the time owned, directly or indirectly, by such person. Unrestricted
Subsidiaries shall not be included in the definition of Subsidiaries for any
purpose of the Indenture.
"Term Loan Facility" means the term loan facilities (or any similar
facilities) under the Credit Agreement.
"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. ▇▇.▇▇.
77aaa-77bbbb), as amended, as in effect on the date of the execution of this
Indenture until such time as this Indenture is qualified under the TIA, and
thereafter as in effect on the date on which this Indenture is qualified under
the TIA, except as otherwise provided in Section 9.03.
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"Trustee" means the party named as such in this Indenture until a
successor replaces it in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and
thereafter means such successor.
"Trust Officer" means any officer of the Trustee assigned by the
Trustee to administer its corporate trust matters.
"Unrestricted Subsidiary" means a newly-formed or newly-acquired
entity that would, but for the last sentence of the definition of the term
"Subsidiary" herein, be a Subsidiary of the Company (a) no portion of the
Indebtedness or any other obligation (contingent or otherwise) of which (i) is
guaranteed by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, (ii) is recourse to
or obligates the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in any way or (iii)
subjects any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company,
directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to satisfaction thereof, (b)
with which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company has no contract,
agreement, arrangement, understanding or is subject to an obligation of any
kind, whether written or oral, other than a transaction on terms no less
favorable to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company than those which might
be obtained at the time from persons who are not Affiliates of the Company, (c)
with which neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company has any
obligation (other than as required by the terms of this Indenture) (i) to
subscribe for additional shares of Capital Stock, or other equity interest
therein, or (ii) to maintain or preserve such Subsidiary's financial condition
or to cause such Subsidiary to achieve certain levels of operating results, (d)
which has been designated at the time of its formation or acquisition in a Board
Resolution of the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, (e) having no
Indebtedness outstanding at any time, the breach or violation of the terms of
which causes or would cause a default under, or gives or would give the holders
of any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company the right to
accelerate, any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or
any Guarantor and (f) any Subsidiary of an entity that satisfies the criteria
described in the foregoing clauses (a) through (e).
"U.S. Government Obligations" has the meaning provided in Section
8.01.
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"U.S. Legal Tender" means such coin or currency of the United States
of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of
public and private debts.
"wholly owned Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary all of the shares of
Capital Stock of which (except directors' qualifying shares) are at the time
directly or indirectly owned by the Company.
"Working Capital Facility" means (i) the revolving credit facility
(or any similar facility) available under the Credit Agreement including any
related letters of credit or (ii) any other credit facility secured by accounts
receivable and/or inventory and proceeds thereof.
SECTION 1.02. Incorporation by Reference of TIA.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, such
provision is incorporated by reference in, and made a part of, this Indenture.
The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
"Commission" means the SEC.
"indenture securities" means the Securities.
"indenture security holder" means a Holder or a Securityholder.
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture.
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the Trustee.
"obligor" on the indenture securities means the Company, any
Guarantor or any other obligor on the Securities or the Guarantees.
All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the
TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule and not
otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them therein.
SECTION 1.03. Rules of Construction.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
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(1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning
assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;
(3) "or" is not exclusive;
(4) words in the singular include the plural, and words in the
plural include the singular;
(5) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and
(6) "herein," "hereof" and other words of similar import refer to
this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or
other subdivision.
ARTICLE TWO
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 2.01. Form and Dating.
The Securities, the notation thereon relating to the Guarantees and
the Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form
of Exhibit A or Exhibit B hereto, as the case may be. The Securities may have
notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or
usage. The Company and the Trustee shall approve the form of the Securities and
any notation, legend or endorsement on them. Each Security shall be dated the
date of its authentication.
The terms and provisions contained in the Securities and the
Guarantee shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this
Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Company, the Guarantors and the
Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to
such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.
SECTION 2.02. Execution and Authentication.
Two Officers, or an Officer and an Assistant Secretary, shall sign,
or one Officer shall sign and one Officer or an Assistant Secretary (each of
whom shall, in each case, have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate
actions) shall
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attest to, the Securities for the Company by manual or facsimile signature. Each
Guarantor shall execute the Guarantee in the manner set forth in Section 11.07.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Security was an Officer at the
time of such execution but no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee
authenticates the Security, the Security shall nevertheless be valid.
A Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the
Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Security. The
signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated
under this Indenture.
The Trustee shall authenticate Securities for original issue in the
aggregate principal amount of up to $90,000,000 upon receipt of a written order
of the Company in the form of an Officers' Certificate. The Officers'
Certificate shall specify the amount of Securities to be authenticated and the
date on which the Securities are to be authenticated. The aggregate principal
amount of Securities outstanding at any time may not exceed $90,000,000, except
as provided in Section 2.07. Upon the written order of the Company in the form
of an Officers' Certificate, the Trustee shall authenticate Securities in
substitution of Securities originally issued to reflect any name change of the
Company.
Series B Notes may be issued only in exchange for a like principal
amount of Series A Notes pursuant to an Exchange Offer.
Subject to Section 2.13, the principal and interest on Book-Entry
Securities shall be payable to the Depository or its nominee, as the case may
be, as the sole registered owner and the sole holder of the Book-Entry
Securities represented thereby. Except as otherwise provided in Section 4.3 of
the Purchase Agreement and Section 2.13, the principal and interest on
Securities in certificated form shall be payable at the office or agency of the
Company maintained for such purpose in the Borough of Manhattan 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 by check mailed to the addresses of the persons entitled thereto as
such addresses shall appear with either the Registrar or Paying Agent.
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The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent reasonably
acceptable to the Company to authenticate Securities. Unless otherwise provided
in the appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever
the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the
Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the
same rights as an Agent to deal with the Company and Affiliates of the Company.
The Securities shall be issuable only in registered form without
coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
If the Securities are to be issued in the form of one or more Global
Securities, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver one or more Global Securities (each having an executed Guarantee
endorsed thereon) that (i) shall represent and shall be in minimum denominations
of $1,000 or in the approximate equivalent amount, (ii) shall be registered in
the name of the Depository for such Global Security or Securities or the nominee
of such Depository, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such Depository
or pursuant to such Depository's instructions and (iv) shall bear the legend set
forth in Exhibit C.
SECTION 2.03. Registrar and Paying Agent.
The Company shall maintain an office or agency in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, where (a) Securities may be presented or
surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange ("Registrar"), (b)
Securities may be presented or surrendered for payment ("Paying Agent") and (c)
notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this
Indenture may be served. The Company may also from time to time designate one or
more other offices or agencies where the Securities may be presented or
surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such
designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in
any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency
in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, for such purposes. The
Company may act as its own Registrar or Paying Agent except that for the
purposes of Articles Three and Eight and Sections 4.15 and 4.16 neither the
Company, any Guarantor, any Subsidiary of the Company or any Guarantor nor any
of their Affiliates shall act as Paying Agent. The Registrar shall keep a
register of the Securities and of their transfer and exchange.
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The Company, upon notice to the Trustee, may have one or more co-Registrars and
one or more additional paying agents reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. The
term "Paying Agent" includes any additional paying agent. The Company initially
appoints the Trustee as Registrar and Paying Agent until such time as the
Trustee has resigned or a successor has been appointed.
The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with
any Agent not a party to this Indenture, which agreement shall implement the
provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Agent. The Company shall notify
the Trustee, in advance, of the name and address of any such Agent. If the
Company fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as
such.
SECTION 2.04. Paying Agent To Hold Assets in Trust.
The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee
to agree in writing that each Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit
of the Holders or the Trustee all assets held by the Paying Agent for the
payment of principal of, or interest on, the Securities (whether such assets
have been distributed to it by the Company or any other obligor on the
Securities), and shall notify the Trustee of any Default by the Company (or any
other obligor on the Securities) in making any such payment. If the Company or a
Subsidiary of the Company acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate such assets
and hold them as a separate trust fund. The Company at any time may require a
Paying Agent to distribute all assets held by it to the Trustee and account for
any assets disbursed and the Trustee may at any time during the continuance of
any payment Default, upon written request to a Paying Agent, require such Paying
Agent to distribute all assets held by it to the Trustee and to account for any
assets distributed. Upon distribution to the Trustee of all assets that shall
have been delivered by the Company to the Paying Agent, the Paying Agent shall
have no further liability for such assets.
SECTION 2.05. Securityholder Lists.
The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of
the Holders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to
the Trustee before each Record Date and at such other times as the Trustee may
request in writing a list as of such date and in such form as
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the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders,
which list may be conclusively relied upon by the Trustee.
SECTION 2.06. Transfer and Exchange.
When Securities in certificated form are presented to the Registrar
or a co-Registrar with a request to register the transfer of such Securities or
to exchange such Securities for an equal principal amount of Securities of other
authorized denominations, the Registrar or co-Registrar shall register the
transfer or make the exchange as requested if its requirements for such
transaction are met; provided, however, that the Securities surrendered for
transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar or
co-Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing. To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the
Registrar's or co-Registrar's request. No service charge shall be made for any
registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable
in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar
governmental charge payable upon exchanges or transfers pursuant to Sections
2.02, 2.10, 3.06, 4.15, 4.16 or 9.05). The Registrar or co-Registrar shall not
be required to register the transfer of or exchange of any Security (i) during a
period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the mailing of a
notice of redemption of Securities and ending at the close of business on the
day of such mailing and (ii) selected for redemption in whole or in part
pursuant to Article Three, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being
redeemed in part.
If a Series A Note is a Restricted Security in certificated form,
then as provided in this Indenture and subject to the limitations herein set
forth, the Holder, provided it is a Qualified Institutional Buyer, may exchange
such Security for a Book-Entry Security by instructing the Trustee (by
completing the Transferee Certificate attached to the Security) to arrange for
such Series A Note to be represented by a beneficial interest in a Global
Security in accordance with the customary procedures of the Depository.
The Company may at any time determine not to have Securities (other
than Restricted Securities) represented in
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certificated form, in which event the Holder of a Security (other than
Restricted Securities) in certificated form may be required to exchange such
Security for a Book-Entry Security.
A Global Security is exchangeable for Securities in certificated
form only if (x) the Depository is at any time unwilling or unable to continue
as depository and a successor depository is not appointed by the Company within
30 days or (y) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default
or (z) the Company may at any time determine not to have Securities represented
by a Global Security. In addition, in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture and subject to certain limitations herein set forth including the
preceding sentence and the delivery of a certificate in the form of Exhibit D
hereto, an owner of a beneficial interest in a Global Security which is a Series
A Note may request a Security in certificated form, in exchange in whole or in
part, as the case may be, for such beneficial owner's interest in the Global
Security.
Upon any exchange provided for in the preceding paragraph, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the
person specified by the Depository a new Security or Securities registered in
such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depository, pursuant to
the instructions of the beneficial owner of the Securities requesting the
exchange, shall instruct the Trustee. Thereupon, the beneficial ownership of
such Global Security shown on the records maintained by the Depository or its
nominee shall be reduced by the amounts so exchanged and an appropriate
endorsement shall be made by or on behalf of the Trustee on the Global Security.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.06, unless and
until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Series A Notes in certificated
registered form, a Global Security representing Book-Entry Securities may not be
transferred, except as a whole by the Depository to a nominee of the Depository
or by a nominee of the Depository to the Depository or another nominee of the
Depository or by the Depository or any such nominee to a successor depository or
a nominee of such successor depository.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Global Security shall be
registered for transfer or exchange, or authenticated and delivered, whether
pursuant to this Section, Section 2.07, 2.10 or 3.06 or otherwise, in the name
of a person other than
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the Depository for such Global Security or its nominee until (i) the Depository
notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository
for such Global Security or if at any time the Depository ceases to be a
clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and a successor depository is
not appointed by the Company within 30 days, (ii) the Company executes and
delivers to the Trustee a Company order that all such Global Securities shall be
exchangeable or (iii) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of
Default. Upon the occurrence in respect of any Global Security representing the
Securities of any one or more of the conditions specified in clause (i), (ii) or
(iii) of the preceding sentence, such Global Security may be registered for
transfer or exchange for Series A Notes registered in the names of,
authenticated and delivered to, such persons as the Trustee or the Depository,
as the case may be, shall direct.
Except as provided above, any Security authenticated and delivered
upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, any Global
Security, whether pursuant to this Section, Section 2.07, 2.10 or 3.06 or
otherwise, shall also be a Global Security and bear the legend specified in
Exhibit C.
SECTION 2.07. Replacement Securities.
If a mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee or if the
Holder of a Security claims that the Security has been lost, destroyed or
wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a
replacement Security if the Trustee's requirements are met. If required by the
Trustee or the Company, such Holder must provide an indemnity bond or other
indemnity, sufficient in the judgment of both the Company and the Trustee, to
protect the Company, the Trustee or any Agent from any loss which any of them
may suffer if a Security is replaced. The Company may charge such Holder for its
reasonable, out-of-pocket expenses in replacing a Security, including reasonable
fees and expenses of counsel. Every replacement Security shall constitute an
additional obligation of the Company and the Guarantors.
SECTION 2.08. Outstanding Securities.
Securities outstanding at any time are all the Securities that have
been authenticated by the Trustee except those cancelled by it, those delivered
to it for cancellation and those described in this Section as not outstanding. A
Security
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does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or any of its Affiliates
holds the Security.
If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 (other than a
mutilated Security surrendered for replacement), it ceases to be outstanding
unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Security
is held by a bona fide purchaser. A mutilated Security ceases to be outstanding
upon surrender of such Security and replacement thereof pursuant to Section
2.07.
If on a Redemption Date or the Maturity Date the Paying Agent (other
than the Company, any Guarantor or a Subsidiary of the Company or any Guarantor)
holds U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations sufficient to pay all of
the principal and interest due on the Securities payable on that date, then on
and after that date such Securities cease to be outstanding and interest on them
ceases to accrue; provided, however, that to the extent the Trustee is enjoined
from making payments to the Holders, interest will continue to accrue until such
time as the Trustee is not so enjoined.
SECTION 2.09. Treasury Securities.
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount
of Securities have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Securities
owned by the Company, the Guarantors or any person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the
Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, shall be disregarded, except that,
for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in
relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Securities that the
Trustee knows are so owned shall be disregarded.
SECTION 2.10. Temporary Securities.
Until definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Company may
prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities upon receipt of
a written order of the Company in the form of an Officers' Certificate. The
Officers' Certificate shall specify the amount of temporary Securities to be
authenticated and the date on which the temporary Securities are to be
authenticated. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of
definitive Securities but may have variations that the Company considers
appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company
shall
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prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate upon receipt of a written order of
the Company pursuant to Section 2.02 definitive Securities in exchange for
temporary Securities.
SECTION 2.11. Cancellation.
The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee
any Securities surrendered to them for transfer, exchange or payment. The
Trustee, or at the direction of the Trustee, the Registrar or the Paying Agent
(other than the Company, any Guarantor or a Subsidiary of the Company or any
Guarantor), and no one else, shall cancel and, at the written direction of the
Company, shall dispose of all Securities surrendered for transfer, exchange,
payment or cancellation. Subject to Section 2.07, the Company may not issue new
Securities to replace Securities that it has paid or delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation. If the Company or any Guarantor shall acquire any of the
Securities, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction
of the Indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the same are
surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation pursuant to this Section 2.11.
SECTION 2.12. Defaulted Interest.
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Securities,
it shall, unless the Trustee fixes another record date pursuant to Section 6.10,
pay the defaulted interest, plus (to the extent lawful) any interest payable on
the defaulted interest to the persons who are Holders on a subsequent special
record date, which date shall be the fifteenth day next preceding the date fixed
by the Company for the payment of defaulted interest or the next succeeding
Business Day if such date is not a Business Day. At least 15 days before the
subsequent special record date, the Company shall mail to each Holder, with a
copy to the Trustee, a notice that states the subsequent special record date,
the payment date and the amount of defaulted interest, and interest payable on
such defaulted interest, if any, to be paid.
SECTION 2.13. Home Office Payment Agreements.
Notwithstanding any provisions of the Indenture and of the
Securities to the contrary, payments of principal and interest on Restricted
Securities shall be made by the Paying Agent directly to the Holder of such
certificated Security
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without surrender or presentation thereof to the Paying Agent in accordance with
the provision of Section 4.3 of the Purchase Agreement.
SECTION 2.14. CUSIP Number.
The Company in issuing the Securities may use a "CUSIP" number, and
if so, the Trustee shall use the CUSIP number in notices of redemption or
exchange as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state
that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP
number printed in the notice or on the Securities, and that reliance may be
placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities.
SECTION 2.15. Designation.
The Indebtedness evidenced by the Securities is hereby irrevocably
designated as "senior indebtedness" or such other term denoting seniority for
the purposes of any future Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor, as the
case may be, which the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, expressly
makes subordinate to any senior indebtedness or such other term denoting
seniority. In connection with the issuance of any such future subordinated
Indebtedness, the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, shall take all
necessary steps to effectuate the foregoing.
ARTICLE THREE
REDEMPTION
SECTION 3.01. Notices to Trustee.
If the Company elects to redeem or is required to redeem Securities
pursuant to Paragraph 6 or Paragraph 7 of the Securities, it shall notify the
Trustee and the Paying Agent in writing of the Redemption Date and the principal
amount of the Securities to be redeemed and whether it wants the Trustee to give
notice of redemption to the Holders (at the Company's expense) at least 30 days
(unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) but not more than
60 days before the Redemption Date. Any such notice may be cancelled at any time
prior to notice of such redemption being mailed to any Holder and shall thereby
be void and of no effect.
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No later than 45 days (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory
to the Trustee) prior to the date on which the sinking fund payment is to be
made pursuant to Paragraph 7 of the Securities, if the Company desires to reduce
the principal amount of securities to be redeemed pursuant to such mandatory
redemption provisions, it shall provide to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
specifying the amount of and basis for the reduction. If the Company desires to
credit against any such redemption Securities not previously delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation, the Company shall deliver such Securities with the
Officers' Certificate.
SECTION 3.02. Selection of Securities To Be Redeemed.
If fewer than all of the Securities are to be redeemed, the Trustee
shall select the Securities to be redeemed in compliance with the requirements
of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Securities
being redeemed are listed, or, if the Securities are not listed on a national
securities exchange, on a pro rata basis.
The Trustee shall make the selection from the Securities outstanding
and not previously called for redemption and shall promptly notify the Company
in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any
Security selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be
redeemed. Securities in denominations of $1,000 may be redeemed only in whole.
The Trustee may select for redemption portions (equal to $1,000 or any integral
multiple thereof) of the principal of Securities that have denominations larger
than $1,000. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities called for
redemption also apply to portions of Securities called for redemption.
SECTION 3.03. Notice of Redemption.
At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a Redemption Date,
the Company shall mail a notice of redemption by first class mail to each Holder
whose Securities are to be redeemed, with a copy to the Trustee. At the
Company's request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the
Company's name and at the Company's expense. Each notice for redemption shall
identify the Securities to be redeemed and shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
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(2) the Redemption Price;
(3) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(4) that Securities called for redemption must be surrendered to the
Paying Agent to collect the Redemption Price;
(5) that, unless the Company defaults in making the redemption
payment, interest on Securities called for redemption ceases to accrue on
and after the Redemption Date, and the only remaining right of the Holders
of such Securities is to receive payment of the Redemption Price upon
surrender to the Paying Agent of the Securities redeemed;
(6) if any Security is being redeemed in part, the portion of the
principal amount of such Security to be redeemed and that, after the
Redemption Date, and upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or
Securities in the aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed
portion thereof will be issued; and
(7) if fewer than all the Securities are to be redeemed, the
identification of the particular Securities (or portion thereof) to be
redeemed, as well as the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be
redeemed and the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be
outstanding after such partial redemption.
SECTION 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption.
Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.03,
Securities called for redemption become due and payable on the Redemption Date
and at the Redemption Price. Upon surrender to the Trustee or Paying Agent, such
Securities called for redemption shall be paid at the Redemption Price.
SECTION 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price.
On or before the Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the
Paying Agent U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of all
Securities to be redeemed on that date (other than Securities or portions
thereof called for redemption on that date which have been delivered by the
Company to the Trustee for cancellation). The Paying Agent shall promptly return
to the Company any U.S. Legal Tender so
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deposited which is not required for that purpose upon the written request of
the Company, except with respect to monies owed as obligations to the Trustee
pursuant to Article Seven.
If the Company complies with the preceding paragraph, then, unless
the Company defaults in the payment of such Redemption Price, interest on the
Securities to be redeemed will cease to accrue on and after the applicable
Redemption Date, whether or not such Securities are presented for payment.
SECTION 3.06. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Upon surrender of a Security that is to be redeemed in part, the
Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder a new Security or Securities equal in
principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Security surrendered.
SECTION 3.07. Offer To Purchase by Application of Net Cash Proceeds.
(a) The Company shall provide the Trustee with prompt notice of the
occurrence of a Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date; provided that the Company shall
only be required to give such notice if after such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger
Date the Company or any Guarantor is required to make a Net Proceeds Offer. Such
notice shall be accompanied by an Officers' Certificate setting forth (a) a
statement to the effect that the Company, a Subsidiary of the Company or a
Guarantor, as the case may be, has made an Asset Sale and (b) the aggregate
principal amount of Securities offered to be purchased and the basis of
calculation in determining such aggregate principal amount. Upon the occurrence
of any Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, the Company shall make an offer (a "Net
Proceeds Offer") to purchase, at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount
of Securities to be repurchased plus accrued interest thereon to the Proceeds
Purchase Date (as defined below), such aggregate principal amount of Securities
equal to such Net Cash Proceeds, less any amounts applied in accordance with
Section 4.16(iii)(A) or (B).
(b) The notice of a Net Proceeds Offer shall be sent, by first class
mail, by the Company (or caused to be mailed by the Company) with a copy to the
Trustee not more than 10 days after the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date to the
Holders at their last registered addresses. The Net Proceeds Offer shall remain
open from the time of mailing until three days before the Proceeds Purchase
Date. The notice to the Holders
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shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to
tender Securities pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer. Such notice shall state:
(1) that the Net Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to Section
3.07 and 4.16;
(2) the purchase price (including an amount of accrued interest) and
the purchase date (which shall be no earlier than 10 days nor later than
20 days from the date notice is mailed) (the "Proceeds Purchase Date");
(3) that any Security not tendered will continue to accrue interest;
(4) that unless the Company defaults in making payment therefor, any
Security accepted for payment pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer shall
cease to accrue interest after the Proceeds Purchase Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Security purchased pursuant to a
Net Proceeds Offer will be required to surrender the Security, with the
form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the last page of the
Security completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the
notice prior to the close of business on the Business Day prior to the
Proceeds Purchase Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the
Paying Agent receives, no later than two Business Days prior to the
Proceeds Purchase Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or
letter stating fully the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the
Securities the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such
Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Security purchased;
(7) that if Securities in a principal amount in excess of the
principal amount of the Securities to be acquired pursuant to the Net
Proceeds Offer are tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the Net Proceeds
Offer, the Company shall purchase Securities on a pro rata basis (with
such adjustment as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only
Securities in denominations of $1,000 or integral multiples of $1,000
shall be so acquired); and
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(8) that Holders whose Securities are purchased only in part will be
issued new Securities in a principal amount equal to the unpurchased
portion of the Securities surrendered.
On or before a Proceeds Purchase Date, the Company shall (i) accept
for payment Securities or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds
Offer (on a pro rata basis if required pursuant to paragraph (7) above), (ii)
deposit with the Paying Agent U.S. Legal Tender or Securities acquired in the
manner described in clause (a) of this Section 3.07 sufficient to pay the
purchase price of all Securities or portions thereof so accepted or to be
credited against the Net Proceeds Offer and (iii) deliver to the Trustee
Securities so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate identifying the
Securities or portions thereof accepted for payment by the Company. The Paying
Agent shall promptly mail or deliver to Holders of Securities so accepted
payment in an amount equal to the purchase price, and the Trustee shall promptly
authenticate and mail or deliver to such Holders new Securities equal in
principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Securities surrendered. Any
Securities not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Company
to the Holder thereof. The Company will publicly announce the results of the Net
Proceeds Offer as promptly as practicable following the Proceeds Purchase Date.
For purposes of this Section 3.07, the Trustee shall act as the Paying Agent.
ARTICLE FOUR
COVENANTS
SECTION 4.01. Payment of Securities.
The Company shall pay the principal of and interest on the
Securities on the dates and in the manner provided in the Securities. An
installment of principal of or interest on the Securities shall be considered
paid on the date it is due if the Trustee or Paying Agent (other than the
Company, any Guarantor or a Subsidiary of the Company or any Guarantor) holds on
that date U.S. Legal Tender designated for and sufficient to pay the
installment.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Indenture, the Company may, to the extent it is required
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to do so by law, deduct or withhold income or other similar taxes imposed by the
United States of America from principal or interest payments hereunder.
SECTION 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of
New York, the office or agency required under Section 2.03. The Company shall
give prior notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the
location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to
maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee
with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands
may be made or served at the address of the Trustee set forth in Section 12.02.
SECTION 4.03. Limitation on Distributions, Stock Purchases and Certain
Investments, Loans and Advances.
The Company and the Guarantors will not, and they will not permit
any of their Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, (a) make any distribution
on the Company's Capital Stock to holders of such Capital Stock (other than
dividends or distributions payable in Qualified Capital Stock of the Company and
other than dividends on Permitted Preferred Stock), (b) purchase, redeem or
otherwise acquire or retire for value any Qualified Capital Stock of the Company
or any warrants, rights or options to purchase or acquire shares of any class of
such Capital Stock, other than the exchange of such Capital Stock for Qualified
Capital Stock, (c) purchase, redeem, prepay, decrease or otherwise acquire or
retire for value, prior to any scheduled maturity, scheduled repayment or
scheduled sinking fund payment, Disqualified Capital Stock or Indebtedness of
the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any Guarantor (which shall not
include Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement) that is expressly subordinate
in right of payment to the Securities or the Guarantees or (d) make any
Investment (excluding any Permitted Investment) (each of the foregoing actions
set forth in clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) being referred to as a "Restricted
Payment"), if at the time of such Restricted Payment or immediately after giving
effect thereto, (i) a Default or an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, (ii) the Company's Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the
last four completed fiscal quarters preceding such Restricted Payment,
calculated on a pro forma basis, as if such Restricted Payment had been made at
the beginning of such period, shall be less than 2.75 to 1.0 or (iii) Restricted
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Payments made subsequent to the Issue Date (the amount expended for such
purposes, if other than in cash, shall be the fair market value of such property
as determined by senior management of the Company or, if the market value of
such property exceeds $1,000,000, by the Board of Directors or other equivalent
governing body of the Company in good faith (which determination shall be
evidenced by a Board Resolution)) shall exceed the sum of:
(x) 50% of the cumulative Consolidated Net Income (or if cumulative
Consolidated Net Income shall be a loss, minus 100% of such loss) of the
Company earned subsequent to the Issue Date and prior to the date the
Restricted Payment occurs (treating such period as a single accounting
period);
(y) 100% of the aggregate net proceeds, including the fair market
value of property other than cash as determined by senior management of
the Company or, if the market value of such property exceeds $1,000,000,
by the Board of Directors or other equivalent governing body of the
Company in good faith (which determination shall be evidenced by a Board
Resolution), received by the Company from any person (other than a
Subsidiary of the Company) from capital contributions subsequent to the
Issue Date or from the issuance and sale subsequent to the Issue Date of
Qualified Capital Stock of the Company (excluding (A) Qualified Capital
Stock made as a distribution on any Capital Stock or as interest on any
Indebtedness and (B) any net proceeds from issuances and sales financed
directly or indirectly using funds borrowed from the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company, until and to the extent such borrowing is
repaid); provided that the foregoing shall exclude any proceeds referred
to in the parenthetical contained in clause (2) below that were taken into
account to permit the making of any payment to the Company in accordance
with said clause (2); and
(z) 100% of the aggregate net proceeds, including the fair market
value of property other than cash as determined by senior management of
the Company or, if the market value of such property exceeds $1,000,000,
by the Board of Directors or other equivalent governing body of the
Company in good faith (which determination shall be evidenced by a Board
Resolution), received by the Company from any person (other than a
Subsidiary of the Company) from the issue and sale of Disqualified Capital
Stock
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and/or Indebtedness, in each case that has been converted into or
exchanged for Qualified Capital Stock of the Company after the Issue Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 4.03
shall not prohibit:
(1) the making of any distribution within 60 days after the date of
its declaration if the distribution would have been permitted on the date
of declaration;
(2) the Company from making payments for the purpose of and in an
amount equal to the amount required to permit DR Holdings to redeem or
repurchase DR Holdings' common equity or options in respect thereof in
connection with the repurchase provisions under employee stock option or
stock purchase agreements or other agreements to compensate management
employees; provided that such redemptions or repurchases shall not exceed
$5,000,000 in the aggregate (the amount considered redeemed or repurchased
pursuant to this clause (2) shall be reduced (but not below $0) by any
proceeds received in connection with reissuances of securities of the same
class to other management employees following any such redemptions or
purchases, which proceeds shall not have otherwise been taken into account
under clause (y) above) with respect to the Company's ability to make any
Restricted Payment under clause (iv) above;
(3) the making of distributions, loans or advances in an amount not
to exceed $500,000 per annum sufficient to permit DR Holdings to pay the
ordinary operating expenses of DR Holdings (including all reasonable
professional fees and expenses) in connection with its complying with its
reporting obligations and obligations to prepare and distribute business
records in the ordinary course of business and DR Holdings' costs and
related expenses relating to insurance premiums, surety bonds, insurance
brokers' fees and consulting fees (other than to ▇▇▇▇ Capital);
(4) the making of distributions, loans or advances in an amount not
in excess of the lesser of (i) the aggregate of the separate return
federal income tax liability (if any) of the affiliated group (as defined
in Section 1504(a) of the Internal Revenue Code) of which Daboco would be
the common parent and (ii) the actual federal tax
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liability (if any) of the DR Holdings affiliated group (which taxes are
attributable to the operations of Daboco and its Subsidiaries); provided
that such payments can be made by the Company no earlier than the date,
and no greater in amount, than that which DR Holdings is required to make
as payments of income tax (or required as estimated tax payments) to the
Internal Revenue Service. In the event that DR Holdings and any member of
the DR Holdings affiliated group join in filing any combined or
consolidated (or similar) state or local income or franchise tax returns,
or in the event that any Guarantor and any member of such Guarantor's
affiliated group join in filing any combined or consolidated (or similar)
state or local income or franchise tax returns or in the event any of the
Guarantors file separate state or local income or franchise tax returns,
then the making of distributions, loans or advances to DR Holdings or to
any Guarantor shall be allowed in a manner as similar as possible to that
provided in the preceding sentence for federal income taxes;
(5) the making of distributions, loans or advances in an amount
sufficient to permit DR Holdings to pay its obligations to register
securities with the SEC (including all reasonable professional fees and
expenses) pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement;
(6) distributions, loans or advances necessary to make interest
payments on the Senior Subordinated Notes subsequent to the seven-year
anniversary of the issuance of the Senior Subordinated Notes and, if
necessary, to pay liquidated damages pursuant to the Senior Subordinated
Note Registration Rights Agreement in cash to the extent such liquidated
damages cannot be satisfied through the issuance of additional Senior
Subordinated Notes;
(7) the acquisition of Capital Stock of the Company or Indebtedness
of the Company that is expressly subordinate in right of payment to the
Securities either (i) solely in exchange for shares of Qualified Capital
Stock or (ii) through the application of net proceeds of a substantially
concurrent sale for cash (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of
shares of Qualified Capital Stock;
(8) the acquisition of Indebtedness of the Company that is expressly
subordinate in right of payment to the Securities either (i) solely in
exchange for Indebtedness
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of the Company which is expressly subordinate in right of payment to the
Securities at least to the extent that the Indebtedness being acquired is
subordinated to the Securities and has no scheduled principal prepayment
dates prior to the scheduled final maturity date of the Indebtedness being
exchanged or (ii) through the application of net proceeds of a
substantially concurrent sale for cash (other than to a Subsidiary of the
Company) of Indebtedness of the Company which is expressly subordinate in
right of payment to the Securities at least to the extent that the
Indebtedness being acquired is subordinated to the Securities and has no
scheduled principal prepayment dates prior to the scheduled final maturity
date of the Indebtedness being refinanced;
(9) the Investment by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in one
or more Unrestricted Subsidiaries not to exceed $5,000,000 in the
aggregate (calculated at the time such Investment is made); and
(10) distributions, loans or advances payable directly or indirectly
necessary to permit DR Holdings to make the payments required by Sections
4.15 and 4.16 of the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture as in effect on
the Issue Date upon compliance with all of the terms set forth therein.
provided, that in the case of clauses (2), (6), (7), (8), (9) and (10), no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of
such payment or as a result thereof.
In determining the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments
permissible under clause (iii) of the first paragraph of this Section 4.03,
amounts expended, incurred or outstanding pursuant to clauses (1), (2), (7) and
(10) of the second paragraph of this Section 4.03 shall be included as
Restricted Payments; provided that any proceeds received from the issuance of
Qualified Capital Stock pursuant to clause (7) of the second paragraph of this
Section 4.03 shall be included in calculating the amount referred to in clause
(y) or clause (z), as the case may be, of the first paragraph under this Section
4.03.
Prior to any Restricted Payment under the first paragraph of this
Section 4.03, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
setting forth the computation by which the amount available for Restricted
Payments pursuant
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to such paragraph was determined. The Trustee shall have no duty or
responsibility to determine the accuracy or correctness of this computation and
shall be fully protected in relying on such Officers' Certificate.
SECTION 4.04. Corporate Existence.
Except as otherwise permitted by Article Five, each of the Company
and the Guarantors shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve
and keep in full force and effect its corporate or other existence and the
corporate or other existence of each of their Subsidiaries in accordance with
the respective organizational documents of each such Subsidiary and the material
rights (charter and statutory) and franchises of the Company, the Guarantors and
each such Subsidiary; provided, however, that each of the Company and the
Guarantors shall not be required to preserve, with respect to themselves, any
material right or franchise, and with respect to any of their Subsidiaries
(other than the Company and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Inc.) any such existence, material right
or franchise, if the Board of Directors or other equivalent governing body of
the Company, the Guarantors or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, shall
determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of
the business of the Company, the Guarantors or any such Subsidiary.
SECTION 4.05. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.
Each of the Company and the Guarantors shall pay or discharge or
cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, (i) all
taxes, assessments and governmental charges (including withholding taxes and any
penalties, interest and additions to taxes) levied or imposed upon it or any of
its Subsidiaries or properties of it or any of its Subsidiaries and (ii) all
lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies that, if unpaid, might by law
become a Lien upon the property of it or any of its Subsidiaries; provided,
however, that the Company and the Guarantors shall not be required to pay or
discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or
claim if either (a) the amount, applicability or validity thereof is being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and an adequate reserve has
been established therefor to the extent required by generally accepted
accounting principles then in effect or (b) the failure to make such payment or
effect such discharge (together with all other such failures) would not have a
material adverse
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effect on the financial condition or results of operations of the Company and
its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
SECTION 4.06. Maintenance of Properties and Insurance.
(a) Each of the Company and the Guarantors shall cause all
properties used or useful in the conduct of its business or the business of any
of its Subsidiaries to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and
working order and supplied with all necessary equipment and shall cause to be
made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements
thereof, all as in its judgment may be necessary, so that the business carried
on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all
times unless the failure to so maintain such properties (together with all other
such failures) would not have a material adverse effect on the financial
condition or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as
a whole; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 4.06 shall prevent the
Company, any Guarantor or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Guarantor from
discontinuing the operation or maintenance of any of such properties, or
disposing of any of them, if such discontinuance or disposal is either (i) in
the ordinary course of business, (ii) in the good faith judgment of the Board of
Directors or other equivalent governing body of the Company, any Guarantor or
such Subsidiary concerned, or of the senior officers of the Company, any
Guarantor or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, desirable in the conduct of
the business of the Company, the Guarantor or such Subsidiary, as the case may
be, or (iii) is otherwise permitted by this Indenture.
(b) Each of the Company and the Guarantors shall provide or cause to
be provided, for itself and each of its Subsidiaries, insurance (including
appropriate self-insurance) against loss or damage of the kinds that, in the
reasonable, good faith opinion of the Company are adequate and appropriate for
the conduct of the business of the Company, such Guarantor and such Subsidiaries
in a prudent manner, with reputable insurers or with the government of the
United States of America or an agency or instrumentality thereof, in such
amounts, with such deductibles, and by such methods as shall be customary, in
the reasonable, good faith opinion of the Company or such Guarantor, for
companies similarly situated in the industry, unless the failure to provide such
insurance (together with all other such failures) would not have a material
adverse effect on the financial condition or results of operations of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
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SECTION 4.07. Compliance Certificate; Notice of Default.
(a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after
the end of the Company's fiscal year, an Officers' Certificate stating that a
review of its activities and the activities of its Subsidiaries during the
preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing
Officers with a view to determining whether it has kept, observed, performed and
fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture and further stating, as to each
such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his knowledge the
Company during such preceding fiscal year has kept, observed, performed and
fulfilled each and every such covenant and no Default or Event of Default
occurred during such year and at the date of such certificate there is no
Default or Event of Default that has occurred and is continuing or, if such
signers do know of such Default or Event of Default, the certificate shall
describe the Default or Event of Default and its status with particularity. The
Officers' Certificate shall also include all calculations necessary to show
covenant compliance. The Officers' Certificate shall also notify the Trustee
should the Company elect to change the manner in which it fixes its fiscal year
end.
(b) So long as not contrary to the then current recommendations of
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Company shall
deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year a
written statement by the Company's independent certified public accountants
stating (A) that their audit examination has included a review of the terms of
this Indenture and the Securities as they relate to accounting matters, and (B)
whether, in connection with their audit examination, any Default has come to
their attention and if such a Default has come to their attention, specifying
the nature and period of existence thereof.
(c)(i) If any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, (ii) if the Trustee or any Holder takes any enforcement action with
respect to a claimed default under this Indenture or the Securities or (iii) if
the trustee for or the holder of any other evidence of Indebtedness of the
Company or any Subsidiary takes any enforcement 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 followed by hard
copy by registered or certified mail an
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Officers' Certificate specifying such event, notice or other action within five
Business Days of its occurrence.
SECTION 4.08. Compliance with Laws.
The Company shall comply, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries
and Unrestricted Subsidiaries to comply, and the Guarantors shall comply, with
all applicable statutes, rules, regulations, orders and restrictions of the
United States of America, all states and municipalities thereof, and of any
governmental department, commission, board, regulatory authority, bureau, agency
and instrumentality of the foregoing, in respect of the conduct of their
respective businesses and the ownership of their respective properties, except
such as are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and
except for such noncompliances as would not in the aggregate have a material
adverse effect on the financial condition or results of operations of the
Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
SECTION 4.09. SEC Reports and Other Information.
(a) At all times when the Company is required to file with the SEC
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company (at its own
expense) shall file with the SEC and shall file with the Trustee within 5 days
after it files them with the SEC copies of the annual reports and of the
information, documents, and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of
the foregoing as the SEC may by rules and regulations prescribe) to be filed
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. If the Company is not
subject to the requirements of such Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the
Company (at its own expense) shall file with the Trustee and mail to Holders at
their addresses appearing in the register of Securities maintained by the
Registrar at the time of such mailing so long as such Holders covenant and agree
to keep such information confidential, within 5 days after it would have been
required to file such information with the SEC, all information and financial
statements, including any notes thereto and with respect to annual reports, an
auditors' report by an accounting firm of established national reputation, and a
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations," comparable to the disclosure that the Company would have been
required to include in annual and quarterly reports, information, documents or
other reports, including, without limitation, reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and
8-K, if the Company was subject to the requirements of such
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Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. To the extent permitted by law, the
Company shall also provide the foregoing information to prospective purchasers
of Securities (it being understood that the Company will be furnishing any such
information to any such prospective purchasers on the premise that such
information shall be used by such prospective purchasers solely in connection
with deciding whether or not to purchase the Securities). Upon qualification of
this Indenture under the TIA, the Company shall also comply with the provisions
of TIA ss. 314(a).
(b) At any time after a registered public offering under the
Securities Act of the common stock of DR Holdings, at the Company's expense, the
Company shall cause an annual report if furnished by it to stockholders
generally and each quarterly or other financial report if furnished by it to
stockholders generally to be filed with the Trustee and mailed to the Holders at
their addresses appearing in the register of Securities maintained by the
Registrar at the time of such mailing or furnishing to stockholders. If the
Company is not required to furnish annual or quarterly reports to its
stockholders pursuant to the Exchange Act, the Company shall cause its financial
statements, including any notes thereto and with respect to annual reports, an
auditors' report by an accounting firm of established national reputation, and a
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations," to be so mailed to the Holders at their addresses appearing in the
register of Securities maintained by the Registrar at the time of such mailing,
so long as such Holders covenant and agree to keep such information
confidential, within 105 (or, at such time as the Company is subject to the
reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, 90) days
after the end of each of the Company's fiscal years and within 60 (or, at such
time as the Company is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act, 45) days after the end of each of the first three
quarters of each fiscal year. If the Trustee (at the Company's request and
expense) is to mail the foregoing information to the Holders, the Company shall
supply such information to the Trustee at least five days prior thereto.
(c) The Company will, upon request, provide to any Holder of
Securities or any prospective transferee of any such Holder any information
concerning the Company or any Guarantor (including financial statements)
necessary in order to permit such Holder to sell or transfer Securities in
compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
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(d) At any time when the Company is not subject to Section 13 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act, upon the request of a Holder of a Series A Note, the
Company will promptly furnish or cause to be furnished such information as is
specified pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act (or any successor
provision thereto) to such Holder or to a prospective purchaser of such Series A
Note designated by such Holder, as the case may be, in order to permit
compliance by such Holder with Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
SECTION 4.10. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws.
Each of the Company and the Guarantors covenants (to the extent that
it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in
any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or
extension law or any usury law or other law that would prohibit or forgive the
Company or any Guarantor from paying all or any portion of the principal of or
interest on the Securities as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at
any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the
performance of this Indenture; and (to the extent that it may lawfully do so)
each of the Company and the Guarantors 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.
SECTION 4.11. Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, and the Guarantors will not, directly or indirectly, enter into
or permit to exist any transaction (including, without limitation, the purchase,
sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with or
for the benefit of, an Affiliate of the Company or any Subsidiary or
Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company or the Guarantors (other than
transactions between the Company and a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company or
among the Company, the Guarantors and any of their wholly owned Subsidiaries)
(an "Affiliate Transaction"), other than (x) Affiliate Transactions permitted
under Section 4.11(b) and (y) Affiliate Transactions (including lease
transactions) on terms that are no less favorable in the aggregate than those
that might reasonably have been obtained in a comparable transaction on an
arm's-length basis (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors or
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other equivalent governing body of the Company, as evidenced by a Board
Resolution) from a person that is not an Affiliate; provided that, except as
otherwise provided by Section 4.11(b), neither the Company, any of its
Subsidiaries nor any Guarantor shall enter into an Affiliate Transaction or
series of related Affiliate Transactions involving or having a value of more
than $5,000,000 unless the Company, such Subsidiary or Guarantor, as the case
may be, has received an opinion from an Independent Financial Advisor, with a
copy thereof to the Trustee, to the effect that the financial terms of such
Affiliate Transaction are fair and reasonable to the Company, such Subsidiary or
Guarantor, as the case may be, and is on terms no less favorable to the Company,
such Subsidiary or Guarantor, as the case may be, than those that could be
obtained in a comparable transaction on an arm's-length basis with a person that
is not an Affiliate.
(b) The provisions of Section 4.11(a) shall not apply to (i) any
Restricted Payment that is made in compliance with the provisions of Section
4.03, (ii) the payment by the Company of management fees to ▇▇▇▇ Capital in an
amount equal to $1,000,000 per twelve-month period ending on September 30 of
each year subsequent to the Issue Date (each an "Annual Period"), beginning with
the Annual Period ending on September 30, 1993, plus out-of-pocket expenses not
to exceed $156,000 in any such Annual Period; provided that for the period from
the Issue Date through September 30, 1992, ▇▇▇▇ Capital shall be entitled to be
paid a management fee equal to $16,500, (iii) the payment of a transaction fee
to ▇▇▇▇ Capital in connection with the closing of the Acquisition in an amount
not to exceed $2,500,000 plus reasonable expenses and (iv) employment
compensation arrangements with officers of the Company and its Subsidiaries in
the ordinary course of business.
SECTION 4.12. Limitation on Indebtedness.
(a) Except as set forth in this Section 4.12, the Company shall not,
and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, and the Guarantors shall not,
after the Issue Date, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume, guarantee,
become liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to, or otherwise become
responsible for the payment of (collectively "incur") any Indebtedness other
than Permitted Indebtedness.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 4.12(a), the Company or any Guarantors
that are not Subsidiaries of the Company may
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incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) if (A) no Default or Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of or as a
consequence of the incurrence of such Indebtedness and (B) the Consolidated
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company, measured on the date of the
incurrence of such Indebtedness, is greater than 2.25 to 1.0 if such date is on
or prior to September 15, 1994; greater than 2.5 to 1.0 if such date is after
September 15, 1994 and on or prior to September 15, 1996; and greater than 2.75
to 1.0 thereafter.
SECTION 4.13. Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions
Affecting Subsidiaries.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries
to, and the Guarantors will not, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise
cause or suffer to exist or become effective any encumbrance or restriction on
the ability of any Subsidiary of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Guarantors
(other than the Company) to (a) pay dividends or make any other distributions on
its Capital Stock, or any other interest or participation in, or measured by,
its profits, owned by the Company, the Guarantors or any Subsidiary of the
Company or the Guarantors, or pay any Indebtedness owed to the Company, the
Guarantors or a Subsidiary of the Company or the Guarantors, (b) make loans or
advances to the Company, the Guarantors or a Subsidiary of the Company or the
Guarantors, or (c) transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company or
the Guarantors, except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or
by reason of (i) applicable law, (ii) this Indenture, (iii) customary
nonassignment provisions of any lease governing a leasehold interest of the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, (iv) any instrument governing
Indebtedness of a person acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company at the time of such acquisition, which encumbrance or restriction is not
applicable to any person, or the properties or assets of any person, other than
the person or its Subsidiaries so acquired, (v) Indebtedness existing on the
Issue Date, including, without limitation, the Term Loan Facility and the
Working Capital Facility or any refinancing, refunding, replacement or extension
of the Term Loan Facility or the Working Capital Facility; provided that any
such encumbrance or restriction contained in any refinancing, refunding,
replacement or extension of the Senior Notes, the Term Loan Facility or the
Working Capital Facility shall be no more restrictive than such encumbrance or
restriction contained in the Credit Agreement as in effect on the Issue Date, or
(vi) Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under the Credit Agreement; provided
that any such
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encumbrance or restriction contained in any such Indebtedness shall be no more
restrictive than such encumbrance or restriction contained in the Credit
Agreement as in effect on the Issue Date.
SECTION 4.14. Limitation on Liens.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries
to, and the Guarantors will not, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume
or suffer to exist any Liens upon any of their respective properties or assets,
whether now owned or acquired after the Issue Date, or any income or profits
therefrom, unless the Securities are equally and ratably secured by such
properties or assets, except for (i) Liens existing as of the Issue Date, (ii)
Liens securing Indebtedness incurred under the Credit Agreement and (iii)
Permitted Liens.
SECTION 4.15. Change of Control.
(a) In the event of a Change of Control, the Company shall be
obligated to make an offer to purchase all outstanding Securities pursuant to
the offer described in paragraph (b), below (the "Change of Control Offer"), at
a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount, thereof plus accrued
interest, if any, to the date of purchase. Within 10 days after the date upon
which the Change of Control occurred (the "Change of Control Date") requiring
the Company to make a Change of Control Offer pursuant to this Section 4.15, the
Company shall so notify the Trustee.
(b) The notice to the Holders shall contain all instructions and
materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Securities pursuant to the
Change of Control Offer. Within 20 Business Days following any Change of Control
Date, the Company shall send, by first class mail, a notice to each Holder, with
copies to the Trustee, which notice shall govern the terms of the Change of
Control Offer. Such notice shall state:
(1) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this
Section 4.15 and that all Securities tendered will be accepted for
payment;
(2) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued interest)
and the purchase date (which shall be no earlier than 20 Business Days
nor later than 40 Business Days from the date such notice is mailed, other
than as
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may be required by law) (the "Change of Control Payment Date");
(3) that any Security not tendered will continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment therefor,
any Security accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer
shall cease to accrue interest after the Change of Control Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Security purchased pursuant to a
Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender the Security, with
the form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the last page of
the Security completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in
the notice prior to the close of business on the Business Day prior to the
Change of Control Payment Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the
Paying Agent receives, not later than two Business Days prior to the
Change of Control Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission
or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of
the Securities the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such
Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Security purchased;
(7) that Holders whose Securities are purchased only in part will be
issued new Securities in a principal amount equal to the unpurchased
portion of the Securities surrendered; and
(8) the circumstances and relevant facts regarding such Change of
Control.
On or before the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall
(i) accept for payment Securities or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the
Change of Control Offer, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent U.S. Legal Tender
sufficient to pay the purchase price of all Securities so tendered and (iii)
deliver to the Trustee Securities so accepted together with an Officers'
Certificate stating the Securities or portions thereof being purchased by the
Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders of Securities so
accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price, and the
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Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail to such Holders new Securities
equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Securities
surrendered. Any Securities not so accepted shall be promptly mailed by the
Company to the Holder thereof. The Company will publicly announce the results of
the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of
Control Payment Date. For purposes of this Section 4.15, the Trustee shall act
as the Paying Agent.
SECTION 4.16. Limitation on Asset Sales.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries
to, and the Guarantors will not, make any Asset Sale, unless (i) the Company,
the applicable Subsidiary or the applicable Guarantor, as the case may be,
receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair
market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of (as determined in good
faith by the Board of Directors or other equivalent governing body of the
Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, as evidenced by a Board
Resolution); provided that to the extent the consideration received in
connection with an Asset Sale exceeds $2,000,000, such fair market value shall
be corroborated by an Independent Financial Advisor, (ii) at least 80% of the
consideration received by the Company, such Subsidiary or such Guarantor, as the
case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be cash or Cash Equivalents (except in
the case of any Asset Sale which constitutes an Asset Swap) and (iii) upon the
consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company or such Guarantor shall either (A)
reinvest or, in the case of the Company, cause its Subsidiary to reinvest, the
Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale in Productive Assets within 180 days of the
receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds, except in the case of an Asset Sale for which
a Credit Agreement Reinvestment Notice has been given, as to which the time
period to reinvest in Productive Assets shall be 360 days, (B) to the extent
such Net Cash Proceeds are required by the terms of the Credit Agreement to be
applied to repay, and permanently reduce the commitments under, any outstanding
Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement, apply or cause such Net Cash Proceeds
to be applied to the repayment of outstanding Indebtedness under the Credit
Agreement within 120 days of the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds, or (except
as to Net Cash Proceeds relating to an Asset Sale for which a Credit Agreement
Reinvestment Notice has been given and not reinvested in Productive Assets
within 360 days, as to which the time period shall be within 390 days of the
receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds); (C) after the occurrence of a Net Proceeds
Offer Trigger Date, make a Net Proceeds Offer pursuant
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to Section 3.07; provided, however, that if at any time any non-cash
consideration received by the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any
Guarantor, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted
into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash, then such conversion or
disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net
Cash proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with clause (iii) of this
Section 4.16; provided, further, that the Company may defer making a Net
Proceeds Offer until the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds from Asset Sales to be
applied equals or exceeds $2,000,000.
SECTION 4.17. Limitation on Transfer of Assets to Subsidiaries.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, transfer any assets or property to any Subsidiary of the
Company unless such Subsidiary (i) is a Guarantor or (ii) simultaneously
executes and delivers a supplemental indenture evidencing its senior guarantee
(or, in the case of Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement or other senior
Indebtedness, its pari passu guarantee) of the Company's obligations under the
Securities and this Indenture.
(b) The Guarantors will not transfer any assets or property to any
of its Subsidiaries other than to the Company.
SECTION 4.18. Limitation on Guarantees by Subsidiaries.
The Company will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to guarantee the
payment of any Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor, unless such
Subsidiary (i) is a Guarantor or (ii) simultaneously executes and delivers a
supplemental indenture evidencing its senior guarantee (or, in the case of
Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement or other senior Indebtedness, its pari
passu guarantee) of the Company's or such Guarantor's obligations under the
Securities or the Guarantees, as the case may be, and this Indenture.
SECTION 4.19. Restrictions on Preferred Stock of Subsidiaries.
The Company will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to issue any
Preferred Stock (other than to the Company or to a wholly owned Subsidiary of
the Company) or permit any person (other than the Company or a wholly owned
Subsidiary of the
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Company) to own any Preferred Stock of any Subsidiary of the Company.
SECTION 4.20. Conduct of Business.
The Company and its Subsidiaries will not engage in any businesses
which are not the same, similar or related to the businesses in which the
Company is engaged on the Issue Date, it being understood that nothing in this
Section 4.20 shall limit the ability of the Company or its Subsidiaries to
introduce or sell new product lines into its stores from time to time.
SECTION 4.21. Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
(a) Neither the Company, the Guarantors nor any Subsidiary of the
Company shall transfer to any Unrestricted Subsidiary any assets (other than
cash) owned by the Company, any Guarantor or any Subsidiary of the Company on
the Issue Date.
(b) Promptly after the adoption of any Board Resolution designating
an entity as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, a copy thereof shall be filed with the
Trustee, together with an Officers' Certificate stating that the provisions of
this Section have been complied with in connection with such designation.
(c) The Company shall not designate any newly-formed or
newly-acquired entity an Unrestricted Subsidiary if such entity owns any Capital
Stock of, or owns or holds any lien on, any property of, any Subsidiary of the
Company.
(d) The Company shall not designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a
Subsidiary.
(e) At the date of this Indenture there shall be no Unrestricted
Subsidiaries.
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ARTICLE FIVE
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
SECTION 5.01. When Company May Merge, Etc.
(a) The Company shall not, in a single transaction or through a
series of related transactions, (i) consolidate with or merge with or into any
other person, or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of
all or substantially all of its properties and assets as an entirety or
substantially as an entirety to another person or group of affiliated persons or
(ii) adopt a Plan of Liquidation, unless, in either case:
(1) either the Company is the continuing person, or the person (if
other than the Company) formed by such consolidation or into which the
Company is merged or to which all or substantially all of the properties
and assets of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety
are transferred (or, in the case of a Plan of Liquidation, any person to
which assets are transferred) (the Company or such other person being
hereinafter referred to as the "Surviving Person") is a corporation,
partnership or trust organized and validly existing under the laws of the
United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and
expressly assumes, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and
delivered to the Trustee on or prior to the consummation of such
transaction, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, all the obligations of
the Company under the Securities and this Indenture;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a pro
forma basis (including any Indebtedness incurred or anticipated to be
incurred in connection with such transaction), the Consolidated Net Worth
of the Surviving Person (as adjusted to include any preferred stock (other
than Disqualified Capital Stock) to be outstanding after giving effect to
such transaction) is at least equal to the Consolidated Net Worth of the
Company immediately prior to such transaction;
(3) immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a pro
forma basis (including any Indebtedness incurred or anticipated to be
incurred in connection with
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such transaction), the Surviving Person shall be able to incur $1 of
additional Indebtedness under Section 4.12;
(4) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and the
assumption of the obligations as set forth in clause (1) above and the
incurrence or anticipated incurrence of any Indebtedness to be incurred in
connection therewith, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing; and
(5) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
consolidation, merger, transfer or adoption and such supplemental
indenture comply with this Article Five, that the Surviving Person agrees
to be bound hereby, and that all conditions precedent herein provided
relating to such transaction have been satisfied.
(b) For purposes of the foregoing, the sale, assignment, transfer,
lease, conveyance, sale or other disposition, in a single transaction or series
of transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of one
or more Subsidiaries of the Company, the Capital Stock of which constitutes all
or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company shall be deemed
to be the transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of
the Company.
SECTION 5.02. Successor Corporation Substituted.
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any transfer of assets in
accordance with Section 5.01, the successor person formed by such consolidation
or into which the Company is merged or to which such transfer 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
person had been named as the Company herein. When a successor corporation
assumes all of the obligations of the Company hereunder and under the Securities
and agrees to be bound hereby and thereby, the predecessor shall be released
from such obligations.
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ARTICLE SIX
DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
SECTION 6.01. Events of Default.
An "Event of Default" occurs if:
(1) the Company defaults in the payment of interest on any
Securities when the same becomes due and payable and the Default continues
for a period of 30 days;
(2) the Company defaults in the payment of the stated principal
amount of any Securities when the same becomes due and payable at
maturity, upon acceleration or redemption pursuant to an offer to purchase
required hereunder or otherwise;
(3) the Company or any Guarantor fails to comply in all material
respects with any of its other agreements contained in the Securities or
this Indenture and the Default continues for the period and after the
notice specified below;
(4) there shall be a default under any bond, debenture, or other
evidence of Indebtedness of the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company,
any Guarantor or DR Holdings or under any mortgage, indenture or other
instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be
secured or evidenced any Indebtedness of the Company, any Subsidiary of
the Company, any Guarantor or DR Holdings whether such Indebtedness now
exists or shall hereafter be created, if both (a) such default either (i)
results from the failure to pay any such Indebtedness at its stated final
maturity (that is, the date of the last principal installment of any
installment Indebtedness under the instrument or agreement pursuant to or
under which such Indebtedness was created or is evidenced) or (ii) relates
to an obligation other than the obligation to pay any principal of such
Indebtedness at its stated final maturity and results in the holder or
holders of such Indebtedness causing such Indebtedness to become due prior
to its stated maturity and (b) the principal amount of such Indebtedness,
together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness in
default for failure to pay principal at stated final maturity or the
maturity of
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which has been so accelerated, is $10,000,000 or more individually or in
the aggregate;
(5) one or more judgments, orders or decrees for the payment of
money which either individually or in the aggregate at any one time
exceeds $10,000,000 shall be rendered against the Company, any of its
Subsidiaries, any Guarantor or DR Holdings by a court of competent
jurisdiction and shall remain undischarged and unbonded for a period
(during which execution shall not be effectively stayed) of 60 consecutive
days after such judgment becomes final and nonappealable;
(6) the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary (A)
admits in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become
due, (B) commences a voluntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law
with respect to itself, (C) consents to the entry of a judgment, decree or
order for relief against it in an involuntary case or proceeding under any
Bankruptcy Law, (D) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or
for substantially all of its property, (E) consents to or acquiesces in
the institution of a bankruptcy or an insolvency proceeding against it,
(F) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or (G)
takes any corporate action to authorize or effect any of the foregoing;
and
(7) a court of competent jurisdiction enters a judgment, decree or
order for relief in respect of the Company, any Guarantor or any
Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding under any
Bankruptcy Law, which shall (A) approve as properly filed a petition
seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition in respect
of the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary, (B) appoint a
Custodian of the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary or
for substantially all of its property or (C) order the winding-up or
liquidation of its affairs; and such judgment, decree or order shall
remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days.
A Default under clause (3) above (other than in the case of any
Default under Section 4.15 or 5.01, which Defaults shall be Events of Default
with the notice specified in this paragraph but without the passage of time
specified in this paragraph) is not an Event of Default until the Trustee
notifies the Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in principal
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amount of the outstanding Securities notify the Company and the Trustee of the
Default, and the Company does not cure the Default within 30 days after receipt
of the notice. The notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied
and state that the notice is a "Notice of Default." Such notice shall be given
by the Trustee if so requested by the Holders of at least 25% in principal
amount of the Securities then outstanding. A Default under clause (5) above
shall be an Event of Default with the notice specified in this paragraph but
without the passage of time referred to in this paragraph.
SECTION 6.02. Acceleration.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in
Section 6.01(6) or (7) with respect to the Company) occurs and is continuing,
the Trustee may, by notice to the Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in
principal amount of the Securities then outstanding may, by written notice to
the Company and the Trustee, and the Trustee shall, upon the request of such
Holders, declare the aggregate principal amount of the Securities outstanding,
together with accrued but unpaid interest thereon to the date of payment, to be
due and payable and, upon any such declaration, the same shall become and be due
and payable; provided, however, that the Trustee shall be under no obligation to
follow any request of any of the Holders unless such Holders shall have offered
to the Trustee, after request by the Trustee, reasonable security or indemnity
against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred by it in
compliance with such request, order or direction. If an Event of Default
specified in Section 6.01(6) or (7) occurs with respect to the Company, all
unpaid principal and accrued interest on the Securities then outstanding shall
ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or
other act on the part of the Trustee or any Securityholder. Upon payment of such
principal amount and interest, all of the Company's and the Guarantors'
obligations under the Securities and this Indenture, other than obligations
under Section 7.07, shall terminate. The Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Securities then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may rescind
an acceleration and its consequences if (i) all existing Events of Default,
other than the non-payment of the principal and interest on the Securities which
have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or
waived, (ii) to the extent the payment of such interest is lawful, interest on
overdue installments of interest and overdue principal, which has become due
otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, has been paid, and
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(iii) the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court
of competent jurisdiction. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent
default or impair any right consequent thereto. In the event that a declaration
of acceleration under Section 6.01(4) above has occurred and is continuing, such
declaration of acceleration shall be automatically annulled if the Indebtedness
that is the subject of such Event of Default has been discharged or paid or the
holders of such Indebtedness shall have rescinded their declaration of
acceleration in respect of such Indebtedness within 60 days thereafter and no
other Event of Default has occurred during such 60-day period which has not been
cured or waived.
SECTION 6.03. Other Remedies.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may
pursue any available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to collect the
payment of principal of or interest on the Securities or to enforce the
performance of any provision of the Securities or this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess
any of the Securities or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay
or omission by the Trustee or any Securityholder in exercising any right or
remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or
constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is
exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative to the
extent permitted by law.
SECTION 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults.
Subject to Sections 6.07 and 9.02, the Holders of a majority in
principal amount, of the outstanding Securities by notice to the Trustee may
waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences, except a
Default in the payment of principal of or interest on any Security as specified
in clauses (1) and (2) of Section 6.01.
SECTION 6.05. Control by Majority.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding
Securities 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 it including, without limitation, any remedies provided for in
Section 6.03.
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Subject to Section 7.01, however, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction
that conflicts with any law or this Indenture that the Trustee determines may be
unduly prejudicial to the rights of another Securityholder, or that may involve
the Trustee in personal liability; provided that the Trustee may take any other
action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such
direction.
SECTION 6.06. Limitation on Suits.
A Securityholder may not pursue any remedy with respect to this
Indenture or the Securities unless:
(1) the Holder gives to the Trustee notice of a continuing Event of
Default;
(2) Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding
Securities make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
(3) such Holders offer to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against
any loss, liability or expense to be incurred in compliance with such
request;
(4) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 45 days
after receipt of the request and the offer of satisfactory indemnity; and
(5) during such 45-day period the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the outstanding Securities do not give the Trustee a direction
which, in the opinion of the Trustee, is inconsistent with the request.
A Securityholder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights
of another Securityholder or to obtain a preference or priority over such other
Securityholder.
SECTION 6.07. Rights of Holders To Receive Payment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of
any Holder to receive payment of principal of and interest on a Security, on or
after the respective due dates expressed in such Security, or to bring suit for
the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not
be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
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SECTION 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee.
If an Event of Default in payment of principal or interest specified
in clause (1) or (2) of Section 6.01 occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may
recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the
Company or any other obligor on the Securities for the whole amount of principal
and accrued interest remaining unpaid, together with interest on overdue
principal and, to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest
on overdue installments of interest, in each case at the rate per annum borne by
the Securities and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs
and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
SECTION 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or
documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the
Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, taxes,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the
Securityholders allowed in any judicial proceedings relating to the Company, any
Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities, any of their respective
creditors or any of their respective property and shall be entitled and
empowered to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same, and any Custodian in
any such judicial proceedings is hereby authorized by each Securityholder 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 Securityholders, to pay
to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
taxes, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agent and counsel, and any
other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07. Nothing herein contained shall
be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt
on behalf of any Securityholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder
thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any
Securityholder in any such proceeding.
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SECTION 6.10. Priorities.
If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article Six, it
shall pay out the money in the following order:
First: to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.07;
Second: if the Holders are forced to proceed against the Company
directly without the Trustee, to Holders for their collection costs; and
Third: to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Securities for
principal and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any
kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Securities for
principal and interest, respectively;
Fourth: to the Company, any Guarantor or any other obligor on the
Securities, as their interests may appear, or as a court of competent
jurisdiction may direct.
The Trustee, upon prior notice to the Company, may fix a record date
and payment date for, any payment to Securityholders pursuant to this Section
6.10.
SECTION 6.11. Undertaking for Costs.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this
Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by
it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party
litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the
court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable
attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to
the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant.
This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder
pursuant to Section 6.07, or a suit by a Holder or Holders of more than 10% in
principal amount of the outstanding Securities.
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ARTICLE SEVEN
TRUSTEE
The Trustee hereby accepts the trust imposed upon it by this
Indenture and covenants and agrees to perform the same, as herein expressed.
SECTION 7.01. Duties of Trustee.
(a) If a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in
it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise
thereof as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the
conduct of his own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of a Default or an Event of
Default:
(1) The Trustee need perform only those duties as are specifically
set forth in this Indenture and no covenants or obligations shall be
implied in this Indenture that are adverse to the Trustee.
(2) In the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness
of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished
to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture.
However, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to
determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this
Indenture.
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own
negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful
misconduct, except that:
(1) This paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of
this Section 7.01.
(2) The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made
in good faith by a Trust Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was
negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts.
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(3) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it
takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction
received by it pursuant to Sections 6.02 or 6.05.
(d) 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.
(e) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of
this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs
(a), (b), (c) and (d) of this Section 7.01.
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money or
assets received by it except as the Trustee may agree with the Company. Assets
held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other assets except to
the extent required by law.
SECTION 7.02. Rights of Trustee.
Subject to Section 7.01:
(a) The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any document believed by it to be genuine and
to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need
not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may consult
with counsel and may require an Officers' Certificate or an Opinion of
Counsel, which shall conform to Sections 12.04 and 12.05. The Trustee
shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith
in reliance on such certificate or opinion.
(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall
not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed
with due care.
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(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action that it takes or
omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within
its rights or powers.
(e) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into
the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond,
debenture, 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, upon reasonable
notice to the Company, to examine the books, records, and premises of the
Company, personally or by agent or attorney.
(f) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or
direction of any of the Holders pursuant to the provisions of this
Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee
reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and
liabilities which may be incurred by it in compliance with such request,
order or direction.
SECTION 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the
owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company, the
Guarantors any Subsidiary of the Company, or their respective Affiliates with
the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same
with like rights. However, the Trustee must comply with Sections 7.10 and 7.11.
SECTION 7.04. Trustee's Disclaimer.
The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy
of this Indenture or the Securities, it shall not be accountable for the
Company's use of the proceeds from the Securities, and it shall not be
responsible for any statement in the Securities other than the Trustee's
certificate of authentication.
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SECTION 7.05. Notice of Default.
If a Default or an Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if
it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder, as
their names and addresses appear on the Securityholder list described in Section
2.05, notice of the uncured Default or Event of Default within 90 days after the
Trustee obtains actual knowledge that such Default or Event of Default has
occurred. The provisions of TIA ss. 3.15(b) are specifically excluded from this
Indenture.
SECTION 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders.
This Section 7.06 shall not be operative as a part of this Indenture
until this Indenture is qualified under the TIA, and, until such qualification,
this Indenture shall be construed as if this Section 7.06 were not contained
herein.
Within 60 days after each May 15 beginning with the May 15 following
the date of this Indenture, the Trustee shall, to the extent that any of the
events described in TIA ss. 313(a) occurred within the previous twelve months,
but not otherwise, mail to each Securityholder a brief report dated as of such
May 15 that complies with TIA ss. 313(a). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA
▇▇.▇▇. 313(b) and 313(c).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Securityholders
shall be mailed to the Company and filed with the SEC and each stock exchange,
if any, on which the Securities are listed.
The Company shall notify the Trustee if the Securities become listed
on any stock exchange.
SECTION 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity.
The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable
compensation for its services. The Trustee's compensation shall not be limited
by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall
reimburse the Trustee upon request for all tax obligations imposed on the
Trustee related to this Indenture and all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
incurred or made by it. Such expenses shall include the reasonable fees and
expenses of the Trustee's agents and counsel.
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The Company shall indemnify the Trustee and its agents for, and hold
them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred by them except
for such actions to the extent caused by any negligence or bad faith on their
part, arising out of or in connection with the administration of this trust
including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending themselves against any
claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of
their rights, powers or duties hereunder. The Trustee shall notify the Company
promptly of any claim asserted against the Trustee for which it may seek
indemnity. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in
the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the
reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel; provided that the Company will not
be required to pay such fees and expenses if it assumes the Trustee's defense
and there is no conflict of interest between the Company and the Trustee in
connection with such defense as reasonably determined by the Trustee. The
Company need not pay for any settlement made without its written consent. The
Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss or
liability to the extent incurred by the Trustee through its negligence, bad
faith or willful misconduct.
To secure the Company's payment obligations in this Section 7.07,
the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities on all assets or money
held or collected by the Trustee, in its capacity as Trustee, except assets or
money held in trust to pay principal of or interest on particular Securities.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event
of Default specified in Section 6.01(6) or (7) occurs, such expenses and the
compensation for such services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
SECTION 7.08. Replacement of Trustee.
The Trustee may resign by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities may remove the
Trustee by so notifying the Company and the Trustee and may appoint a successor
trustee. The Company may remove the Trustee if:
(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;
(2) the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;
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(3) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee
or its property; or
(4) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the
office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall notify each Holder of such
event and shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the
successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the Securities may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee
appointed by the Company.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Immediately after that,
the retiring Trustee shall transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the
successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided in Section 7.07, the resignation
or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor
Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this
Indenture. A successor Trustee shall mail notice of its succession to each
Securityholder.
If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the
retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the
Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
Trustee.
If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, any Securityholder
may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee
and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section
7.08, the Company's obligations under Section 7.07 shall continue for the
benefit of the retiring Trustee.
SECTION 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.
If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or
transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another
corporation, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without any
further act shall, if
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such resulting, surviving or transferee corporation is otherwise eligible
hereunder, be the successor Trustee.
SECTION 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification.
This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the
requirement of TIA ▇▇.▇▇. 3l0(a)(l) and 310(a)(5). The Trustee (or in the case
of a corporation included in a bank holding company system, the related bank
holding company) shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least
$100,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of
condition. In addition, if the Trustee is a corporation included in a bank
holding company system, the Trustee, independently of such bank holding company,
shall meet the capital requirements of TIA ss. 310(a)(2). The Trustee shall
comply with TIA ss. 310(b); provided, however, that there shall be excluded from
the operation of TIA ss. 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which other
securities, or certificates of interest or participation in other securities, of
the Company are outstanding, if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in
TIA ss. 310(b)(l) are met.
SECTION 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
The Trustee shall comply with TIA ss. 311(a), excluding any creditor
relationship listed in TIA ss. 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been
removed shall be subject to TIA ss. 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.
ARTICLE EIGHT
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
SECTION 8.01. Satisfaction, Discharge of the Indenture and Defeasance of the
Securities.
The Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire
Indebtedness on the Securities and the provisions of this Indenture (subject to
Section 8.03), if:
(1) The Company irrevocably deposits in trust with the Trustee,
pursuant to an irrevocable trust and security agreement in form and
substance satisfactory to the Trustee, U.S. Legal Tender or direct
non-callable obligations
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of, or non-callable obligations guaranteed by, the United States of
America for the payment of which obligation or guarantee the full faith
and credit of the United States of America is pledged ("U.S. Government
Obligations") maturing as to principal and interest in such amounts and at
such times as are sufficient, without consideration of the reinvestment of
such interest and after payment of all Federal, state and local taxes or
other charges or assessments in respect thereof payable by the Trustee, in
the opinion of the Chief Financial Officer of the Company expressed in a
written certification thereof (in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee) delivered to the Trustee, to pay the
principal of and interest on the outstanding Securities on the dates
(including any Redemption Date) on which any such payments are due and
payable in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and of the
Securities;
(2) Such deposits shall not cause the Trustee to have a conflicting
interest as defined in and for purposes of the TIA;
(3) No Default or Event of Default (i) shall have occurred and be
continuing on the date of such deposit or (ii) shall occur on or before
the 91st day after the date of such deposit;
(4) Such deposit will not result in a Default under this Indenture
or a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other
instrument or agreement (including, without limitation, the Credit
Agreement) to which the Company, any Guarantor or any Subsidiary of the
Company is a party or by which it or its property is bound;
(5) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel,
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, to the
effect that Holders of the Securities will not recognize income, gain or
loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and the
defeasance contemplated hereby and will be subject to Federal income tax
in the same amounts and in the same manner and at the same times as would
have been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not occurred;
(6) The deposit shall not result in the Company, the Trustee or the
trust becoming or being deemed to be an
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"investment company" under the Investment Company Act of 1940;
(7) The Holders shall have a perfected security interest under
applicable law in the U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations
deposited pursuant to Section 8.01(1) above;
(8) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, to
the effect that, after the passage of 90 days following the deposit, the
trust funds will not be subject to any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or similar law affecting creditors' rights generally; and
(9) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent specified herein relating to the defeasance contemplated by this
Section 8.01 have been complied with; provided, however, that no deposit
under clause (1) above shall be effective to terminate the obligations of
the Company or any Guarantor under the Securities or this Indenture prior
to 90 days following any such deposit.
In the event all or any portion of the Securities are to be redeemed
through such irrevocable trust, the Company must make arrangements satisfactory
to the Trustee, at the time of such deposit, for the giving of the notice of
such redemption or redemptions by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of
the Company. In connection with the issuance of debt securities the proceeds of
which will be used to redeem all the Securities then outstanding, neither
Sections 4.12, 4.13 nor Section 4.14 shall be violated by the issuance of such
debt securities to the extent the Company complies with all of the provisions of
this Section 8.01 other than Section 8.0l(3)(ii).
SECTION 8.02. Termination of Obligations upon Cancellation of the Securities.
In addition to the Company's rights under Section 8.01, the Company
may terminate all of its obligations under this Indenture (subject to Section
8.03) when:
(1) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other
than Securities which have been
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destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided
in Section 2.07) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder and under the Securities by the Company; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent specified herein relating to the satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture have been complied with.
SECTION 8.03. Survival of Certain Obligations.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and
of the Securities referred to in Section 8.01 or 8.02, the respective
obligations of the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee under Sections 2.02,
2.03, 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.13, 4.01, 4.02, 6.07, 7.07, 7.08, 8.05, 8.06 and
8.07 shall survive until the Securities are no longer outstanding, and
thereafter the obligations of the Company and the Trustee under Sections 7.07,
8.05, 8.06 and 8.07 shall survive. Nothing contained in this Article Eight shall
abrogate any of the obligations or duties of the Trustee under this Indenture.
SECTION 8.04. Acknowledgment of Discharge by Trustee.
Subject to Section 8.07, after (i) the conditions of Section 8.01 or
8.02 have been satisfied, (ii) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all
other sums payable hereunder by the Company and (iii) the Company has delivered
to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating
that all conditions precedent referred to in clause (i) above relating to the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with, the
Trustee upon written request shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of the
Company's obligations under this Indenture except for those surviving
obligations specified in Section 8.03.
SECTION 8.05. Application of Trust Assets.
The Trustee shall hold any U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government
Obligations deposited with it in the irrevocable trust established pursuant to
Section 8.01. The Trustee shall
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apply the deposited U.S. Legal Tender or the U.S. Government Obligations,
together with earnings thereon, through the Paying Agent (other than the
Company, any Guarantor or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Guarantor), in
accordance with this Indenture and the terms of the irrevocable trust agreement
established pursuant to Section 8.01, to the payment of principal of and
interest on the Securities. The U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations
so held in trust and deposited with the Trustee in compliance with Section 8.01
shall not be part of the trust estate under this Indenture, but shall constitute
a separate trust fund for the benefit of all Holders entitled thereto.
SECTION 8.06. Repayment to the Company.
Upon termination of the trust established pursuant to Section 8.01,
the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly pay to the Company upon request
any excess U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations held by them.
The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon
request, and, if applicable, in accordance with the irrevocable trust
established pursuant to Section 8.01 or 8.02, any U.S. Legal Tender or U.S.
Government Obligations held by them for the payment of principal of or interest
on the Securities that remain unclaimed for one year after the date on which
such payment shall have become due. After payment to the Company, Holders
entitled to such payment must look to the Company for such payment as general
creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another person.
SECTION 8.07. Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any U.S. Legal
Tender or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 8.01 or 8.02 by
reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any
court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting
such application, the Company's and the Guarantors' obligations under this
Indenture and the Securities shall be revived and reinstated as though no
deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.01 or 8.02 until such time as the
Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such U.S. Legal Tender or U.S.
Government Obligations in accordance with Section 8.01 or 8.02.
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ARTICLE NINE
AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS
SECTION 9.01. Without Consent of Holders.
The Company and each Guarantor, when authorized by a Board
Resolution, and the Trustee, together, may amend or supplement this Indenture or
the Securities without notice to or consent of any Securityholder:
(1) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency; provided that
such amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights of any
Holder;
(2) to comply with Article Five;
(3) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in
place of certificated Securities;
(4) to make any other change that does not materially adversely
affect the rights of any Securityholders hereunder; or
(5) to comply with any requirements of the SEC in connection with
the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;
provided that the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel and
an Officers' Certificate, each stating that such amendment or supplement
complies with the provisions of this Section 9.01.
SECTION 9.02. With Consent of Holders.
Subject to Section 6.07, the Company and each Guarantor, when
authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, together, with the written
consent of the Holder or Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the outstanding Securities, may amend or supplement this Indenture or
the Securities, without notice to any other Securityholders. Subject to Section
6.07, the Holder or Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Securities may waive compliance by the Company with any provision of
this Indenture or the Securities without notice to any other Securityholder.
Without the consent of each Securityholder
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affected, however, no amendment, supplement or waiver, including a waiver
pursuant to Section 6.04, may:
(1) change the principal amount of Securities whose Holders must
consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver of any provision of this
Indenture or the Securities;
(2) reduce the rate or extend the time for payment of interest on
any Security;
(3) reduce the principal amount of any Security;
(4) change the Maturity Date of any Security, or alter the
redemption provisions contained in Paragraphs 6 and 7 of the Securities in
a manner adverse to any Holder;
(5) make any changes in the provisions concerning waivers of
Defaults or Events of Default by Holders of the Securities or the rights
of Holders to recover the principal of, interest on, or redemption
payments or payments arising out of offers to purchase with respect to,
any Security;
(6) make any changes in Section 6.04, 6.07 or this third sentence of
this Section 9.02;
(7) make the principal of, or the interest on any Security payable
in money other than as provided for in the Indenture and the Securities as
in effect on the date hereof; or
(8) affect the ranking of the Securities in a manner adverse to the
Holders.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this
Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or
waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance
thereof.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02
becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders affected thereby a
notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of
the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in
any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.
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SECTION 9.03. Compliance with TIA.
From the date on which the Indenture is qualified under the TIA,
every amendment, waiver or supplement of this Indenture or the Securities shall
comply with the TIA as then in effect.
SECTION 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents.
Until an amendment, waiver or supplement becomes effective, a
consent to it by a Holder is a continuing consent by the Holder and every
subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same
debt as the consenting Holder's Security, even if notation of the consent is not
made on any Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke
the consent as to his Security or portion of his Security by notice to the
Trustee or the Company received before the date on which the Trustee receives an
Officers' Certificate certifying that the Holders of the requisite principal
amount of Securities have consented (and not theretofore revoked such consent)
to the amendment, supplement or waiver.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date
for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment,
supplement or waiver, which record date shall be at least 30 days prior to the
first solicitation of such consent. If a record date is fixed, then
notwithstanding the last sentence of the immediately preceding paragraph, those
persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies),
and only those persons, shall be entitled to revoke any consent previously
given, whether or not such persons continue to be Holders after such record
date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 90 days after
such record date.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it shall
bind every Securityholder, unless it makes a change described in any of clauses
(1) through (8) of Section 9.02, in which case, the amendment, supplement or
waiver shall bind only each Holder of a Security who has consented to it and
every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences
the same debt as the consenting Holder's Security; provided that any such waiver
shall not impair or affect the right of any Holder to receive payment of
principal of and interest on a Security, on or after the respective due dates
expressed in such Security, or to bring suit for the
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enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates without the
consent of such Holder.
SECTION 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Securities.
If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a
Security, the Trustee may require the Holder of the Security to deliver it to
the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Security about
the changed terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company or
the Trustee so determines, the Company in exchange for the Security shall issue
and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Security that reflects the changed
terms.
SECTION 9.06. Trustee To Sign Amendments, Etc.
The Trustee shall execute any amendment, supplement or waiver
authorized pursuant to this Article Nine; provided that the Trustee may, but
shall not be obligated to, execute any such amendment, supplement or waiver
which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this
Indenture. The Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and shall be fully
protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers' Certificate
each stating that the execution of any amendment, supplement or waiver
authorized pursuant to this Article Nine is authorized or permitted by this
Indenture. Such Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee.
ARTICLE TEN
MEETINGS OF SECURITYHOLDERS
SECTION 10.01. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called.
A meeting of Securityholders may be called at any time and from time
to time pursuant to the provisions of this Article Ten for any of the following
purposes:
(a) to give any notice to the Company or to the Trustee, or to give
any directions to the Trustee, or to waive or to consent to the waiving of
any Default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences, or to take
any other action authorized to be taken by Securityholders pursuant to any
of the provisions of Article Six;
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(b) to remove the Trustee or appoint a successor Trustee pursuant to
the provisions of Article Seven;
(c) to consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver pursuant to the
provisions of Section 9.02; or
(d) to take any other action (i) authorized to be taken by or on
behalf of the Holders of any specified aggregate principal amount of the
Securities under any other provision of this Indenture, or authorized or
permitted by law or (ii) which the Trustee deems necessary or appropriate
in connection with the administration of this Indenture.
SECTION 10.02. Manner of Calling Meetings.
The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Securityholders to
take any action specified in Section 10.01, to be held at such time and at such
place in The City of New York, New York or elsewhere as the Trustee shall
determine. Notice of every meeting of Securityholders, setting forth the time
and place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken
at such meeting, shall be mailed by the Trustee, first-class postage prepaid,
to the Company and to the Holders at their last addresses as they shall appear
on the registration books of the Registrar not less than 10 nor more than 60
days prior to the date fixed for a meeting.
Any meeting of Securityholders shall be valid without notice if the
Holders of all Securities then outstanding are present in person or by proxy, or
if notice is waived before or after the meeting by the Holders of all Securities
outstanding, and if the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee are either
present by duly authorized representatives or have, before or after the meeting,
waived notice.
SECTION 10.03. Call of Meetings by Company or Holders.
In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or
the Holders of not less than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities
then outstanding shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of
Securityholders to take any action specified in Section 10.01, by written
request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at
the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have mailed the notice of such meeting
within 20 days after receipt of such request, then the Company or the Holders of
Securities in the
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amount above specified may determine the time and place in The City of New York,
New York or elsewhere for such meeting and may call such meeting for the purpose
of taking such action, by mailing or causing to be mailed notice thereof as
provided in Section 10.02, or by causing notice thereof to be published at least
once in each of two successive calendar weeks (on any Business Day during such
week) in a newspaper or newspapers printed in the English language, customarily
published at least five days a week and of a general circulation in The City of
New York, State of New York, the first such publication to be not less than 10
nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.
SECTION 10.04. Who May Attend and Vote at Meetings.
To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Securityholders, a person
shall (a) be a registered Holder of one or more Securities, or (b) be a person
appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for the registered Holder or
Holders of Securities. The only persons who shall be entitled to be present or
to speak at any meeting of Securityholders shall be the persons entitled to vote
at such meeting and their counsel and any representatives of the Trustee and its
counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.
SECTION 10.05. Regulations May Be Made by Trustee; Conduct of the Meeting;
Voting Rights; Adjournment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the Trustee
may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any action by
or any meeting of Securityholders, in regard to proof of the holding of
Securities and of the appointment of proxies, and in regard to the appointment
and duties of inspectors of votes, and submission and examination of proxies,
certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters
concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall think appropriate. Such
regulations may fix a record date and time for determining the Holders of record
of Securities entitled to vote at such meeting, in which case those and only
those persons who are Holders of Securities at the record date and time so
fixed, or their proxies, shall be entitled to vote at such meeting whether or
not they shall be such Holders at the time of the meeting.
The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary
chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting
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shall have been called by the Company or by Securityholders as provided in
Section 10.03, in which case the Company or the securityholders calling the
meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman.
A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected
by vote of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities
represented at the meeting and entitled to vote.
At any meeting each Securityholder or proxy shall be entitled to one
vote for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities held or represented by him;
provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in
respect of any Securities challenged as not outstanding and ruled by the
chairman of the meeting to be not outstanding. The chairman may adjourn any such
meeting if he is unable to determine whether any Holder or proxy shall be
entitled to vote at such meeting. The chairman of the meeting shall have no
right to vote other than by virtue of Securities held by him or instruments in
writing as aforesaid duly designating him as the proxy to vote on behalf of
other Securityholders. Any meeting of Securityholders duly called pursuant to
the provisions of Section 10.02 or Section 10.03 may be adjourned from time to
time by vote of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities represented at the meeting and entitled to vote, and the meeting may
be held as so adjourned without further notice.
SECTION 10.06. Voting at the Meeting and Record To Be Kept.
The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of
Securityholders shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the
signatures of the Holders of Securities or of their representatives by proxy and
the principal amount of the Securities voted by the ballot. The permanent
chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes, who shall count
all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make
and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in
duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record in duplicate of the
proceedings of each meeting of Securityholders shall be prepared by the
secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to such record the original
reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and
affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the facts, setting forth a
copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that such notice was mailed as
provided in Section 10.02 or published as provided in Section 10.03.
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The record shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent
chairman and the secretary of the meeting and one of the duplicates shall be
delivered to the Company and the other to the Trustee to be preserved by the
Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting.
Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of
the matters therein stated.
SECTION 10.07. Exercise of Rights of Trustee or Securityholders May Not Be
Hindered or Delayed by Call of Meeting.
Nothing contained in this Article Ten shall be deemed or construed
to authorize or permit, by reason of any call of a meeting of Securityholders or
any rights expressly or impliedly conferred hereunder to make such call, any
hindrance or delay in the exercise of any right or rights conferred upon or
reserved to the Trustee or to the Securityholders under any of the provisions of
this Indenture or of the Securities.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
GUARANTEE OF SECURITIES
SECTION 11.01. Unconditional Guarantee.
Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally, jointly and severally,
guarantees (such guarantee to be referred to herein as the "Guarantee"), as a
primary obligor and not a surety, to each Holder of a Security authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns,
that: (i) the principal of and interest on the Securities (including without
limitation, interest that, but for the filing of a petition in bankruptcy with
respect to the Company or any Guarantor, would have accrued, whether or not a
claim is allowed against such Person for such interest in any such bankruptcy
proceeding) will be promptly paid in full when due, subject to any applicable
grace period, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise (including
amounts that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under
Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. ss. 362(a)) and interest on the
overdue principal, if any, and interest on any interest, to the extent lawful,
of the Securities and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the
Trustee hereunder or
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thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with
the terms hereof; and (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or
renewal of any Securities or of any such other obligations, the same will be
promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the
extension or renewal, subject to any applicable grace period, whether at stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, subject, however, in the case of clauses
(i) and (ii) above, to the limitations set forth in Section 11.04. Upon failure
of payment when due of any amount so guaranteed for whatever reason, each
Guarantor will be obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor hereby
agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of
the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Securities, this Indenture or
the obligations of the Company or any other Guarantor hereunder or thereunder,
the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any
Holder of the Securities with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the
recovery of any judgment against the Company or any other Guarantor, any action
to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a
legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby
waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court
in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a
proceeding first against the Company or any other Guarantor, protest, notice and
all demands whatsoever and covenants that this Guarantee will not be discharged
except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Securities,
this Indenture and in this Guarantee. If any Securityholder or the Trustee is
required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company, any Guarantor, or
any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation
to the Company or any Guarantor, any amount paid by the Company or any Guarantor
to the Trustee or such Securityholder, this Guarantee, to the extent theretofore
discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect. Each Guarantor further
agrees that, as between each Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders and the
Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed
hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article Six for the purposes of this
Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing
such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y) in
the event of any acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article Six,
such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and
payable by each Guarantor for the purpose of this Guarantee.
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SECTION 11.02. Severability.
In case any provision of this Guarantee shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining
provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 11.03. Release of a Guarantor.
Upon the sale or disposition (by merger, sale of stock of such
Guarantor or the parent of such Guarantor or otherwise) of a Guarantor (or all
or substantially all its assets) to an entity which is not a Subsidiary of the
Company and which sale or disposition is otherwise in compliance with the terms
of this Indenture, such Guarantor shall be deemed released from all obligations
under this Article Eleven without any further action required on the part of the
Trustee or any Holder; provided that any such release shall occur if and only to
the extent that all obligations of such Guarantor under all of its guarantees of
the Indebtedness of the Company under the Credit Agreement shall be terminated
upon such sale or disposition. The Trustee shall deliver an appropriate
instrument evidencing such release upon receipt of a request by the Company
accompanied by an Officers' Certificate certifying as to the compliance with
this Section 11.03. Any Guarantor not so released remains liable for the full
amount of principal of and interest on the Securities as provided in this
Article Eleven.
SECTION 11.04. Guarantors May Consolidate, Etc., on Certain Terms.
(a) Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities
shall prevent any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor with or into the
Company or another Guarantor or shall prevent any sale or conveyance of the
property of a Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety, to the
Company or another Guarantor. Upon any such consolidation, merger, sale or
conveyance, the Guarantee given by such Guarantor shall no longer have any force
or effect.
(b) Except as set forth in Article Four and Section 9.02, nothing
contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities shall prevent any (i)
consolidation or merger of a Guarantor with or into a corporation or
corporations other than the Company or another Guarantor (whether or not
affiliated with the Guarantor), or successive consolidations or mergers in which
a Guarantor or its successor or successors shall be a
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party or parties, or (ii) sale or conveyance of the property of a Guarantor as
an entirety or substantially as an entirety, to a corporation other than the
Company or another Guarantor (whether or not affiliated with the Guarantor);
provided, however, that, subject to Sections 11.03 and 11.04(a), (x) immediately
after a transaction set forth in clause (ii) above, and giving effect thereto,
no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred as a result of such
transaction and be continuing, and (y) the Net Cash Proceeds of any such
transaction shall be applied in accordance with Section 4.16.
SECTION 11.05. Contribution.
In order to provide for just and equitable contribution among the
Guarantors, the Guarantors agree, among themselves, that in the event any
payment or distribution is made by any Guarantor (a "Funding Guarantor") under
the Guarantee, such Funding Guarantor shall be entitled to a contribution from
all other Guarantors in a pro rata amount based on the Adjusted Net Assets of
each Guarantor (including the Funding Guarantor) for all payments, damages and
expenses incurred by that Funding Guarantor in discharging the Company's
obligations with respect to the Securities or any other Guarantor's obligations
with respect to the Guarantee. "Adjusted Net Assets" of such Guarantor at any
date shall mean the lesser of the amount by which (x) the fair value of the
property of such Guarantor exceeds the total amount of liabilities, including,
without limitation, contingent liabilities (after giving effect to all other
fixed and contingent liabilities), but excluding liabilities under the
Guarantee, of such Guarantor at such date and (y) the present fair salable value
of the assets of such Guarantor at such date exceeds the amount that will be
required to pay the probable liability of such Guarantor on its debts (after
giving effect to all other fixed and contingent liabilities and after giving
effect to any collection from any Subsidiary of such Guarantor in respect of the
obligations of such Subsidiary under the Guarantee), excluding liabilities under
the Guarantee, as they become absolute and matured.
SECTION 11.06. Waiver of Subrogation.
Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any claim or other rights
which it may now or hereafter acquire against the Company that arise from the
existence, payment, performance or enforcement of such Guarantor's obligations
under the Guarantee and this Indenture, including, without limitation, any right
of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, indemnification, and
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any right to participate in any claim or remedy of any Holder of Securities
against the Company, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in
equity, or under contract, statute or common law, including, without limitation,
the right to take or receive from the Company, directly or indirectly, in cash
or other property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or security on
account of such claim or other rights. If any amount shall be paid to any
Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence and the Securities shall not
have been paid in full, such amount shall have been deemed to have been paid to
such Guarantor for the benefit of, and held in trust for the benefit of, the
Holders of the Securities, and shall forthwith be paid to the Trustee for the
benefit of such Holders to be credited and applied upon the Securities, whether
matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture. Each
Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from
the financing arrangements contemplated by this Indenture and that the waiver
set forth in this Section 11.06 is knowingly made in contemplation of such
benefits.
SECTION 11.07. Execution of Guarantee.
To evidence their guarantee to the Securityholders specified in
Section 11.01, each Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Guarantee
substantially in the form of Exhibit A shall be endorsed on each Security
ordered to be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee. Each Guarantor hereby
agrees that its Guarantee set forth in Section 11.01 shall remain in full force
and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Security a notation of
such Guarantee. Each such Guarantee shall be signed on behalf of each Guarantor
by two Officers, or an Officer and an Assistant Secretary or one Officer shall
sign and one Officer or an Assistant Secretary (each of whom shall, in each
case, have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate actions) shall attest
to such Guarantee prior to the authentication of the Security on which it is
endorsed, and the delivery of such Security by the Trustee, after the
authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of such
Guarantee on behalf of such Guarantor. Such signatures upon the Guarantee may be
by manual or facsimile signature of such officers and may be imprinted or
otherwise reproduced on the Guarantee, and in case any such officer who shall
have signed the Guarantee shall cease to be such officer before the Security on
which such Guarantee is endorsed shall have been authenticated and delivered by
the Trustee or disposed of by the Company, such Security nevertheless may be
authenticated and delivered or disposed of as
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though the person who signed the Guarantee had not ceased to be such officer of
the Guarantor.
ARTICLE TWELVE
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 12.01. TIA Controls.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies, or conflicts
with another provision which is required to be included in this Indenture by the
TIA, the required provision shall control.
SECTION 12.02. Notices.
Any notices or other communications required or permitted hereunder
shall be in writing, and shall be sufficiently given if made by hand delivery,
by telex, by telecopier or registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return
receipt requested, addressed as follows:
if to the Company or any Guarantor:
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
c/o Bain Capital
Two ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Place
Boston, MA 02116
Attention: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
with a copy to:
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇, P.C. and
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, Esq.
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if to the Trustee:
The Connecticut National Bank
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▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Each of the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee by written
notice to each other such person may designate additional or different addresses
for notices to such person. Any notice or communication to the Company, the
Guarantors or the Trustee shall be deemed to have been given or made as of the
date so delivered if personally delivered; when answered back, if telexed; when
receipt is acknowledged, if faxed; and five (5) calendar days after mailing if
sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid (except that a notice of
change of address shall not be deemed to have been given until actually received
by the addressee).
Any notice or communication mailed to a Securityholder shall be
mailed to him by first class mail or other equivalent means at his address as it
appears on the registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently
given to him if so mailed within the time prescribed.
Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Securityholder or any
defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other
Securityholders. If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided
above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
SECTION 12.03. Communications by Holders with Other Holders.
Securityholders may communicate pursuant to TIA ss. 312(b) with
other Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the
Securities. The Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee, the Registrar and any
other person shall have the protection of TIA ss. 312(c).
SECTION 12.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to
take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:
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(1) an Officers' Certificate, in form and substance satisfactory to
the Trustee, stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions
precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed
action have been complied with; and
(2) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.
SECTION 12.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture, other than the Officers'
Certificate required by Section 4.07, shall include:
(1) a statement that the person making such certificate or opinion
has read such covenant or condition;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination
or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, he has made
such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express
an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has
been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of each such
person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 12.06. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules in accordance with the
Trustee's customary practices for action by or at a meeting of Securityholders.
The Paying Agent or Registrar may make reasonable rules for its functions.
SECTION 12.07. Legal Holidays.
A "Legal Holiday" used with respect to a particular place of payment
is a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in New York, New
York or at such place of
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payment are not required to be open. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at
such place, payment may be made at such place on the next succeeding day that is
not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.
SECTION 12.08. Governing Law.
THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AS APPLIED TO CONTRACTS
MADE AND PERFORMED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF
CONFLICT OF LAWS. Each of the parties hereto agrees to submit to the
jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York in any action or proceeding
arising out of or relating to this Indenture.
SECTION 12.09. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.
This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan
or debt agreement of any of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Any such
indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.
SECTION 12.10. No Recourse Against Others.
A director, officer, employee, stockholder or incorporator, as such,
of the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company
under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of
or by reason of such obligations or their creations. Each Securityholder by
accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. Such waiver and
release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Securities.
SECTION 12.11. Successors.
All agreements of the Company and each Guarantor in this Indenture
and the Securities shall bind their respective successors. All agreements of the
Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successor.
SECTION 12.12. Duplicate Originals.
All parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each
signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together shall represent the
same agreement.
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SECTION 12.13. Severability.
In case any one or more of the provisions in this Indenture or in
the Securities shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, in any respect
for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision
in every other respect and of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be
affected or impaired thereby, it being intended that all of the provisions
hereof shall be enforceable to the full extent permitted by law.
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SIGNATURES
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to
be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed
and attested, all as of the date first written above.
Dated: September 25, 1992
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
By: Daboco Inc.
Its: General Partner
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
THE CONNECTICUT NATIONAL BANK
as Trustee
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
DABOCO INC.
as Guarantor
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ INC.
as Guarantor
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF NOTE]
THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"). NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR
PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED,
ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF AT ANY TIME IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH
REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION. THE HOLDER
OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE WHICH IS THREE YEARS AFTER THE LATER
OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE COMPANY OR ANY
AFFILIATE OF THE COMPANY WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF
SUCH SECURITY) ONLY (A) TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A "QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT 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, (B) IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) TO
AN INSTITUTION THAT IS AN "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)(l),
(2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS ACQUIRING THE
SECURITY FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION (WITHIN THE MEANING OF
THE SECURITIES ACT), (D) TO THE COMPANY OR BT SECURITIES CORPORATION, THE
PLACEMENT AGENT, (E) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN
DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (F) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION AS CONFIRMED IN DOCUMENTATION (WHICH AT THE COMPANY'S DISCRETION
SHALL INCLUDE AN OPINION OF COUNSEL (WHICH MAY BE IN-HOUSE COUNSEL)) IN FORM AND
SUBSTANCE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY (PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IN THE
CASE OF CLAUSES (B) AND (C), EITHER THE TRANSFEREE OR A U.S. REGISTERED
BROKER-DEALER ON ITS BEHALF HAS DELIVERED TO THE COMPANY C/O THE TRUSTEE A
TRANSFEREE CERTIFICATE IN THE FORM ATTACHED TO THIS SECURITY). WITH RESPECT TO
TRANSFERS PURSUANT TO CLAUSES (A), (B) AND (C) ABOVE, THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY
PURCHASING THIS SECURITY, REPRESENTS AND AGREES, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY,
THAT IT IS (i) A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A
OR (ii) AN INSTITUTION THAT IS AN "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" AS DEFINED IN RULE
501(a)(l), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS
HOLDING THIS SECURITY FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION (WITHIN
THE MEANING OF THE SECURITIES ACT) OR (iii) A NON-U.S. PERSON THAT IS OUTSIDE
THE U.S. WITHIN THE MEANING OF (OR ACCOUNTS SATISFYING THE REQUIREMENTS OF
PARAGRAPH (o)(ii) OF RULE 902 UNDER) REGULATION S.
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
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12% Senior Note
due September 15, 2002, Series A
No. $
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, a New York general partnership (the "Company," which
term includes any successor entity), for value received promises to pay to
or registered assigns, the principal sum of Dollars,
on September 15, 2002.
Interest Payment Dates: March 15 and September 15
Record Dates: March 1 and September 1
Pursuant to the Indenture, the payment of principal of and interest
hereon is unconditionally guaranteed by Daboco Inc., a New York corporation, and
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Inc., a Delaware corporation, the only entities owning partnership
interests in the Company (the "Guarantors"). The guarantees by the Guarantors
are each endorsed hereon.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Security
contained herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set
forth at this place.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Security to be
signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.
Dated: September 25, 1992
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
By: Daboco Inc.
Its: General Partner
By:
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Name:
Title:
This is one of the Securities described in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
THE CONNECTICUT NATIONAL BANK
as Trustee
By
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Authorized Signatory
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▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
12% Senior Note
due September 15, 2002, Series A
1. Interest.
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, a New York general partnership (the "Company"),
promises to pay cash interest on the principal amount of this Security at the
rate per annum shown above. The Company will pay interest semi-annually in
arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year (the "Interest Payment Date"),
commencing March 15, 1993. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months.
2. Method of Payment.
The Company shall pay interest on the Securities (except defaulted
interest) to the persons who are the registered Holders at the close of business
on the Record Date immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date even if the
Securities are cancelled on registration of transfer or registration of exchange
after such Record Date. Holders must surrender Securities to a Paying Agent to
collect principal payments. The Company shall pay principal and interest in
money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for
payment of public and private debts ("U.S. Legal Tender"). However, the Company
may pay principal and interest by wire transfer of Federal funds, or interest by
its check payable in such U.S. Legal Tender. The Company may deliver any such
interest payment to the Paying Agent or to a Holder at the Holder's registered
address. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall pay or cause to be
paid all amounts payable with respect to Restricted Securities or non-DTC
eligible Securities by wire transfer of Federal funds to the account of the
Holders of such Securities. If this Security is a Global Security, all payments
in respect of this Security will be made to the Depository or its nominee in
immediately available funds in accordance with customary procedures established
from time to time by the Depository. If this Security is a Global Security and a
Restricted Security, only Qualified Institutional Buyers (as defined in Rule
144A under the Securities Act) may hold a beneficial interest herein.
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3. Paying Agent and Registrar.
Initially, The Connecticut National Bank (the "Trustee"), will act
as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent,
Registrar or co-Registrar without notice to the Holders. The Company or any of
its Subsidiaries may, subject to certain exceptions, act as Paying Agent,
Registrar or co-Registrar.
4. Indenture and Guarantees.
The Company issued the Securities under an Indenture, dated as of
September 15, 1992 (the "Indenture"), among the Company, the Guarantors and the
Trustee. This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the
Company designated as its 12% Senior Notes Due 2002, Series A (the "Series A
Securities"), limited (except as otherwise provided in the Indenture) in
aggregate principal amount to $90,000,000, which may be issued under the
Indenture. Capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless
otherwise defined herein. The terms of the Securities include those stated in
the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code ▇▇.▇▇. 77aaa-77bbbb) (the "TIA"), as in
effect on the date of the Indenture until such time as the Indenture is
qualified under the TIA, and thereafter as in effect on the date on which the
Indenture is qualified under the TIA. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein, the Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders of Securities
are referred to the Indenture and said Act for a statement of them. The
Securities are general unsecured obligations of the Company limited in aggregate
principal amount to $90,000,000. Payment on each Security is guaranteed on a
senior basis, jointly and severally, by the Guarantors pursuant to Article
Eleven of the Indenture.
5. Registration Rights.
Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement among the Company, the
Guarantors and the Holders of the Series A Securities, the Company will be
obligated to consummate an exchange offer pursuant to which the Holder of this
Security shall have the right to exchange this Security for 12% Senior Notes Due
2002, Series B, of the Company (the "Series B Securities"), which have been
registered under the Securities Act, in like principal amount and having
identical terms as the Series A Securities. The Holders of Series A Securities
shall be entitled to receive certain additional interest payments in the event
such exchange offer is not consummated and upon certain other conditions, all
pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights
Agreement. The Series A
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Securities and the Series B Securities are together referred to herein as the
"Securities."
6. Optional Redemption.
The Securities may not be redeemed at the option of the Company
prior to September 15, 1997. Thereafter, the Company may redeem all or any of
the Securities at any time at redemption prices (expressed in percentages of the
principal amount), set forth below plus accrued interest, if any, to the
Redemption Date if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on September 15
in the years indicated below:
Year Percentage
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1997 ................................. 104.5%
1998 ................................. 103.0%
1999 ................................. 101.5%
2000 and thereafter .................. 100.0%
7. Mandatory Redemption.
The Company will make a mandatory sinking fund payment on September
15, 2001, sufficient to retire 50% of the aggregate principal amount of
Securities originally issued under the Indenture at a redemption price equal to
100% of the principal amount thereof, together with accrued interest to the
Redemption Date. The Company may, at its option, receive credit against such
sinking fund payment for 100% of the principal amount of any Securities
previously acquired by the Company in the open market and surrendered to the
Trustee (other than in connection with an exchange offer) for cancellation or
redeemed at the option of the Company and which were not previously used as a
credit against any other required payment pursuant to the Indenture. The Company
may subtract the same Security only once.
8. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more
than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of Securities to be
redeemed at such Holder's registered address. Securities in denominations larger
than $1,000 may be redeemed in part.
Except as set forth in the Indenture, from and after any Redemption
Date, if monies for the redemption of the Securities called for redemption shall
have been deposited with the Paying Agent for redemption on such Redemption
Date, then, unless the Company defaults in the payment of such Redemption
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Price, the Securities called for redemption will cease to bear interest and
purchase discount will cease to accrue and the only right of the Holders of such
Securities will be to receive payment of the Redemption Price.
9. Change of Control Offer.
In the event of a Change of Control, upon the satisfaction of the
conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Company shall be required to offer to
purchase all of the then outstanding Securities pursuant to a Change of Control
Offer at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus
accrued interest, if any, to the date of purchase. Holders of Securities which
are the subject of such an offer to repurchase shall receive an offer to
repurchase and may elect to have such Securities repurchased in accordance with
the provisions of the Indenture pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of
the Indenture.
10. Limitation on Disposition of Assets.
Under certain circumstances the Company is required to apply the net
proceeds from Asset Sales to repurchase Securities at a price equal to 100% of
the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest to the date of
purchase.
11. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.
The Securities are in registered form, without coupons, in
denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. A Holder shall
register the transfer of or exchange Securities in accordance with the
Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish
appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay certain transfer
taxes or similar governmental charges payable in connection therewith as
permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or
exchange any Securities or portions thereof selected for redemption.
If this Series A Security is a Restricted Security in certificated
form, then as provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the Holder, provided it is a Qualified Institutional Buyer,
may exchange this Series A Security for a Book-Entry Security by instructing the
Trustee (by completing the Transferee Certificate attached to this Security) to
arrange for such Series A Security to be represented by a beneficial interest in
a Global Security in accordance with the customary procedures of the Depository.
In addition, the Company may at any time determine not to have Series A
Securities represented in certificated form, in which
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event the Holder of a Series A Security in certificated form may be required to
exchange this Series A Security for a Book-Entry Security.
If this Series A Security is a Global Security, it is exchangeable
for Series A Securities in certificated form only if (x) the Depository is at
any time unwilling or unable to continue as depository and a successor
depository is not appointed by the Company within 30 days or (y) there shall
have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default or (z) the Company may at
any time determine not to have Series A Securities represented by a Global
Security. In addition, in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth, an owner of a beneficial
interest in a Global Security may request a Series A Security in certificated
form, in exchange in whole or in part, as the case may be, for such beneficial
owner's interest in the Global Security. In any such instance, an owner of a
beneficial interest in a Global Security will be entitled to physical delivery
in certificated form of Series A Securities in authorized denominations equal in
principal amount to such beneficial interest and to have such Series A
Securities registered in its name.
12. Persons Deemed Owners.
The registered Holder of a Security shall be treated as the owner of
it for all purposes.
With respect to Global Securities, the Depository may grant proxies
and otherwise authorize Holders of Book-Entry Securities to give or take any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action which a Holder of a Security is entitled to give or take under this
Indenture.
13. Unclaimed Money.
If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed
for one year, the Trustee and the Paying Agents will pay the money back to the
Company at its request. After that, all liability of the Trustee and such Paying
Agents with respect to such money shall cease.
14. Discharge Prior to Redemption or Maturity.
If the Company at any time deposits with the Trustee U.S. Legal
Tender or U.S. Government Obligations sufficient to pay the principal of and
interest on the Securities to redemption or maturity and complies with the other
provisions of the
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Indenture relating thereto, the Company will be discharged from certain
provisions of the Indenture and the Securities (including the financial
covenants, but excluding its obligation to pay the principal of and interest on
the Securities).
15. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver.
Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Securities may
be amended or supplemented with the written consent of the Holders of at least a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding, and
any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with any provision may be
waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities then outstanding. Without notice to or consent of any
Holder, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture or the
Securities to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency,
provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated
Securities, comply with Article Five of the Indenture or comply with any
requirements of the SEC in connection with the qualification of the Indenture
under the TIA, or make any other change that does not adversely affect the
rights of any Holder of a Security.
16. Restrictive Covenants.
The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the
Company and its Subsidiaries to, among other things, incur additional
Indebtedness or Liens, make payments in respect of its Capital Stock and merge
or consolidate with any other person and sell, lease, transfer or otherwise
dispose of substantially all of certain of its properties or assets. The
limitations are subject to a number of important qualifications and exceptions.
The Company must annually report to the Trustee on compliance with such
limitations.
17. Successors.
When a successor assumes all the obligations of its predecessor
under the Securities and the Indenture, the predecessor will be released from
those obligations.
18. Defaults and Remedies.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the
Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of Securities then
outstanding may declare all the Securities to be due and payable in the manner,
at the time and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Holders of Securities
may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as
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provided in the Indenture. The Trustee is not obligated to enforce the Indenture
or the Securities unless it has received indemnity satisfactory to it. The
Indenture permits, subject to certain limitations therein provided, Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding to
direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may
withhold from Holders of Securities notice of any continuing Default or Event of
Default (except a Default in payment of principal or interest) if it determines
that withholding notice is in their interest.
19. Trustee Dealings with Company.
The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal
with the Company, its Subsidiaries or their respective Affiliates as if it were
not the Trustee.
20. No Recourse Against Others.
No stockholder, director, officer, employee or incorporator, as
such, of the Company shall have any liability for any obligation of the Company
under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of
or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of a Security
by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and
release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Securities.
21. Authentication.
This Security shall not be valid until the Trustee or authenticating
agent manually signs the certificate of authentication on this Security.
22. Governing Law.
The Laws of the State of New York shall govern this Security and the
Indenture.
23. Abbreviations and Defined Terms.
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of a
Security 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).
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24. CUSIP Numbers.
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform
Security Identification Procedures, the Company will cause CUSIP numbers to be
printed on the Securities immediately prior to the qualification of the
Indenture under the TIA as a convenience to the Holders of the Securities. No
representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers as printed on the
Securities and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers
printed hereon.
25. Indenture.
Each Holder, by accepting a Security, agrees to be bound by all of
the terms and provisions of the Indenture, as the same may be amended from time
to time.
The Company will furnish to any Holder of a Security upon written
request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇/▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Attn: ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇.
26. Certain Information Obligations.
At any time when the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company shall furnish the Trustee
and the Holders and, under certain circumstances, prospective purchasers with
the information that the Company would have had to provide to the SEC if the
Company had been subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934. Also, at any time when the Company is not subject to Section 13 or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, upon the request of a Holder of a
Series A Security, the Company will promptly furnish or cause to be furnished
such information as is specified pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the
Securities Act (or any successor provision thereto) to such Holder or to a
prospective purchaser of such Series A Security designated by such Holder, as
the case may be, in order to permit compliance by such Holder with Rule 144A
under the Securities Act.
[The Transferee Certificate (Exhibit D to the Indenture) will be
attached to the Series A Note.]
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[FORM OF NOTATION ON NOTE RELATING TO GUARANTEE]
GUARANTEE
Each of the Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture) referred to in
the Security upon which this notation is endorsed and each hereinafter referred
to as a "Guarantor," which term includes any successor person under the
Indenture) has unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis (such guarantee by
each Guarantor being referred to herein as the "Guarantee") (i) the due and
punctual payment of the principal of and interest on the Securities, whether at
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest
on the overdue principal and interest, if any, on the Securities, to the extent
lawful, and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the
Company to the Holders or the Trustee all in accordance with the terms set forth
in Article Eleven of the Indenture and (ii) in case of any extension of time of
payment or renewal of any Securities or any of such other obligations, that the
same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the
terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration
or otherwise.
The obligations of each Guarantor to the Holders of Securities and
to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set
forth in Article Eleven of the Indenture, and reference is hereby made to such
Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee therein made.
The Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until
the certificate of authentication on the Securities upon which the Guarantee is
noted shall have been executed by the Trustee under the Indenture by the manual
signature of one of its authorized officers.
DABOCO INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
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[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT]
I or we assign this Security to
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Print or type name, address and zip code of assignee)
Please insert Social Security or other
identifying number of assignee
______________________________________
and irrevocably appoint _________________________ agent to transfer this
Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act
for him.
Dated: ____________________ Signed: ____________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on
the front of this Security)
Signature Guarantee:
____________________________________________________________
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[OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE]
If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 4.15 or Section 4.16 of the Indenture, check the appropriate
box:
Section 4.15 [ ]
Section 4.16 [ ]
If you want to elect to have only part of this Security purchased by
the Company pursuant to Section 4.15 or Section 4.16 of the Indenture, state the
amount:
$
Date: __________ Signature: ____________________________________________________
(Sign exactly as your name
appears on the front of
this Security)
Signature Guarantee: ___________________________________________________________
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EXHIBIT B
[FORM OF NOTE]
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
12% Senior Note
due September 15, 2002, Series B
No. $
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, a New York general partnership (the "Company," which
term includes any successor entity), for value received promises to pay to
or registered assigns, the principal sum of Dollars,
on September 15, 2002.
Interest Payment Dates: March l5 and September 15
Record Dates: March 1 and September 1
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Security
contained herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set
forth at this place.
Pursuant to the Indenture, the payment of principal of and interest
hereon is unconditionally guaranteed by Daboco Inc., a New York corporation, and
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Inc., a Delaware corporation, the only entities owning partnership
interests in the Company (the "Guarantors"). The guarantees by the Guarantors
are each endorsed hereon.
▇-▇
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Security to be
signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.
Dated: September 25, 1992
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
By: Daboco Inc.
Its: General Partner
By:
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Name:
Title:
This is one of the Securities described in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
THE CONNECTICUT NATIONAL BANK
as Trustee
By
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Authorized Signatory
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▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
12% Senior Note
due September 15, 2002, Series B
1. Interest.
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, a New York general partnership (the "Company"),
promises to pay cash interest on the principal amount of this Security at the
rate per annum shown above. The Company will pay interest semi-annually in
arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year (the "Interest Payment Date"),
commencing March 15, 1993. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months.
2. Method of Payment.
The Company shall pay interest on the Securities (except defaulted
interest) to the persons who are the registered Holders at the close of business
on the Record Date immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date even if the
Securities are cancelled on registration of transfer or registration of exchange
after such Record Date. Holders must surrender Securities to a Paying Agent to
collect principal payments. The Company shall pay principal and interest in
money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for
payment of public and private debts ("U.S. Legal Tender"). However, the Company
may pay principal and interest by wire transfer of Federal funds, or interest by
its check payable in such U.S. Legal Tender. The Company may deliver any such
interest payment to the Paying Agent or to a Holder at the Holder's registered
address. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall pay or cause to be
paid all amounts payable with respect to Restricted Securities or non-DTC
eligible Securities by wire transfer of Federal funds to the account of the
Holders of such Securities. If this Security is a Global Security, all payments
in respect of this Security will be made to the Depository or its nominee in
immediately available funds in accordance with customary procedures established
from time to time by the Depository.
3. Paying Agent and Registrar.
Initially, The Connecticut National Bank (the "Trustee"), will act
as Paying Agent and Registrars. The Company may change any Paying Agent,
Registrar or co-Registrar without notice to the Holders. The Company or any of
its Subsidiaries
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may, subject to certain exceptions, act as Paying Agent, Registrar or
co-Registrar.
4. Indenture and Guarantees.
The Company issued the Securities under an Indenture, dated as of
September 15, 1992 (the "Indenture"), among the Company, the Guarantors and the
Trustee. This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the
Company designated as its 12% Senior Notes Due 2002, Series B (the "Series B
Securities"), limited (except as otherwise provided in the Indenture) in
aggregate principal amount to $90,000,000, which may be issued under the
Indenture. Capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless
otherwise defined herein. The terms of the Securities include those stated in
the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code ▇▇.▇▇. 77aaa-77bbbb) (the "TIA"), as in
effect on the date of the Indenture until such time as the Indenture is
qualified under the TIA, and thereafter as in effect on the date on which the
Indenture is qualified under the TIA. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein, the Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders of Securities
are referred to the Indenture and said Act for a statement of them. The
Securities are general unsecured obligations of the Company limited in aggregate
principal amount to $90,000,000. Payment on each Security is guaranteed on a
senior basis, jointly and severally, by the Guarantors pursuant to Article
Eleven of the Indenture.
5. Exchange Offer.
The Series B Securities were issued pursuant to an exchange offer
pursuant to which 12% Senior Notes Due 2002, Series A, of the Company (the
"Series A Securities"), in like principal amount and having substantially
identical terms as the Series B Securities, were exchanged for the Series B
Securities. The Series A Securities and the Series B Securities are together
referred to herein as the "Securities."
6. Optional Redemption.
The Securities may not be redeemed at the option of the Company
prior to September 15, 1997. Thereafter, the Company may redeem all or any of
the Securities at any time at redemption prices (expressed in percentages of the
principal amount), set forth below plus accrued interest, if any, to the
Redemption Date if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on September 15
in the years indicated below:
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Year Percentage
---- ----------
1997 .................................. 104.5%
1998 .................................. 103.0%
1999 .................................. 101.5%
2000 and thereafter ................... 100.0%
7. Mandatory Redemption.
The Company will make a mandatory sinking fund payment on September
15, 2001, sufficient to retire 50% of the aggregate principal amount of
Securities originally issued under the Indenture at a redemption price equal to
100% of the principal amount thereof, together with accrued interest to the
Redemption Date. The Company may, at its option, receive credit against such
sinking fund payment for 100% of the principal amount of any Securities
previously acquired by the Company in the open market and surrendered to the
Trustee (other than in connection with an exchange offer) for cancellation or
redeemed at the option of the Company and which were not previously used as a
credit against any other required payment pursuant to the Indenture. The Company
may subtract the same Security only once.
8. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more
than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of Securities to be
redeemed at such Holder's registered address. Securities in denominations larger
than $1,000 may be redeemed in part.
Except as set forth in the Indenture, from and after any Redemption
Date, if monies for the redemption of the Securities called for redemption shall
have been deposited with the Paying Agent for redemption on such Redemption
Date, then, unless the Company defaults in the payment of such Redemption Price,
the Securities called for redemption will cease to bear interest and purchase
discount will cease to accrue and the only right of the Holders of such
Securities will be to receive payment of the Redemption Price.
9. Change of Control Offer.
In the event of a Change of Control, upon the satisfaction of the
conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Company shall be required to offer to
purchase all of the then outstanding Securities pursuant to a Change of Control
Offer at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus
accrued interest, if any, to the date of purchase.
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Holders of Securities which are the subject of such an offer to repurchase shall
receive an offer to repurchase and may elect to have such Securities repurchased
in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture pursuant to and in accordance
with the terms of the Indenture.
10. Limitation on Disposition of Assets.
Under certain circumstances the Company is required to apply the net
proceeds from Asset Sales to repurchase Securities at a price equal to 100% of
the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest to the date of
purchase.
11. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.
The Securities are in registered form, without coupons, in
denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. A Holder shall
register the transfer of or exchange Securities in accordance with the
Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish
appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay certain transfer
taxes or similar governmental charges payable in connection therewith as
permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or
exchange any Securities or portions thereof selected for redemption. The Company
may at any time determine not to have Series B Securities represented in
certificated form, in which event the Holder of a Series B Security in
certificated form may be required to exchange this Series B Security for a
Book-Entry Security.
If this Series B Security is a Global Security, it is exchangeable
for Series B Securities in certificated form only if (x) the Depository is at
any time unwilling or unable to continue as depository and a successor
depository is not appointed by the Company within 30 days or (y) there shall
have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default or (z) the Company may at
any time determine not to have Series B Securities represented by a Global
Security. In any such instance, an owner of a beneficial interest in a Global
Security will be entitled to physical delivery in certificated form of Series B
Securities in authorized denominations equal in principal amount to such
beneficial interest and to have such Series B Securities registered in its name.
12. Persons Deemed Owners.
The registered Holder of a Security shall be treated as the owner of
it for all purposes.
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With respect to Global Securities, the Depository may grant proxies
and otherwise authorize Holders of Book-Entry Securities to give or take any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action which a Holder of a Security is entitled to give or take under this
Indenture.
13. Unclaimed Money.
If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed
for one year, the Trustee and the Paying Agents will pay the money back to the
Company at its request. After that, all liability of the Trustee and such Paying
Agents with respect to such money shall cease.
14. Discharge Prior to Redemption or Maturity.
If the Company at any time deposits with the Trustee U.S. Legal
Tender or U.S. Government Obligations sufficient to pay the principal of and
interest on the Securities to redemption or maturity and complies with the other
provisions of the Indenture relating thereto, the Company will be discharged
from certain provisions of the Indenture and the Securities (including the
financial covenants, but excluding its obligation to pay the principal of and
interest on the Securities).
15. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver.
Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Securities may
be amended or supplemented with the written consent of the Holders of at least a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding, and
any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with any provision may be
waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities then outstanding. Without notice to or consent of any
Holder, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture or the
Securities to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency,
provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated
Securities, comply with Article Five of the Indenture or comply with any
requirements of the SEC in connection with the qualification of the Indenture
under the TIA, or make any other change that does not adversely affect the
rights of any Holder of a Security.
16. Restrictive Covenants.
The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the
Company and its Subsidiaries to, among other things, incur additional
Indebtedness or Liens, make payments
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in respect of its Capital Stock and merge or consolidate with any other person
and sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of substantially all of certain
of its properties or assets. The limitations are subject to a number of
important qualifications and exceptions. The Company must annually report to the
Trustee on compliance with such limitations.
17. Successors.
When a successor assumes all the obligations of its predecessor
under the Securities and the Indenture, the predecessor will be released from
those obligations.
18. Defaults and Remedies.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the
Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of Securities then
outstanding may declare all the Securities to be due and payable in the manner,
at the time and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Holders of Securities
may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the
Indenture. The Trustee is not obligated to enforce the Indenture or the
Securities unless it has received indemnity satisfactory to it. The Indenture
permits, subject to certain limitations therein provided, Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding to direct the
Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from
Holders of Securities notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default
(except a Default in payment of principal or interest) if it determines that
withholding notice is in their interest.
19. Trustee Dealings with Company.
The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal
with the Company, its Subsidiaries or their respective Affiliates as if it were
not the Trustee.
20. No Recourse Against Others.
No stockholder, director, officer, employee or incorporator, as
such, of the Company shall have any liability for any obligation of the Company
under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of
or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of a Security
by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and
release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Securities.
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21. Authentication.
This Security shall not be valid until the Trustee or authenticating
agent manually signs the certificate of authentication on this Security.
22. Governing Law.
The Laws of the State of New York shall govern this Security and the
Indenture.
23. Abbreviations and Defined Terms.
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of a
Security 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).
24. CUSIP Numbers.
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform
Security Identification Procedures, the Company will cause CUSIP numbers to be
printed on the Securities immediately prior to the qualification of the
Indenture under the TIA as a convenience to the Holders of the Securities. No
representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers as printed on the
Securities and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers
printed hereon.
25. Indenture.
Each Holder, by accepting a Security, agrees to be bound by all of
the terms and provisions of the Indenture, as the same may be amended from time
to time.
The Company will furnish to any Holder of a Security upon written
request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇/▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Attn: ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇.
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[FORM OF NOTATION ON NOTE RELATING TO GUARANTEE]
GUARANTEE
Each of the Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture) referred to in
the Security upon which this notation is endorsed and each hereinafter referred
to as a "Guarantor," which term includes any successor person under the
Indenture) has unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis (such guarantee by
each Guarantor being referred to herein as the "Guarantee") (i) the due and
punctual payment of the principal of and interest on the Securities, whether at
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest
on the overdue principal and interest, if any, on the Securities, to the extent
lawful, and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the
Company to the Holders or the Trustee all in accordance with the terms set forth
in Article Eleven of the Indenture and (ii) in case of any extension of time of
payment or renewal of any Securities or any of such other obligations, that the
same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the
terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration
or otherwise.
The obligations of each Guarantor to the Holders of Securities and
to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set
forth in Article Eleven of the Indenture, and reference is hereby made to such
Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee therein made.
The Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until
the certificate of authentication on the Securities upon which the Guarantee is
noted shall have been executed by the Trustee under the Indenture by the manual
signature of one of its authorized officers.
DABOCO INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
B-l0
[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT]
I or we assign this Security to
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Print or type name, address and zip code of assignee)
Please insert Social Security or other
identifying number of assignee
______________________________________
and irrevocably appoint ________________________ agent to transfer this Security
on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Dated: _____________________ Signed: ___________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on
the front of this Security)
Signature Guarantee: ___________________________________________________________
B-11
[OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE]
If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 4.15 or Section 4.16 of the Indenture, check the appropriate
box:
Section 4.15 [ ]
Section 4.16 [ ]
If you want to elect to have only part of this Security purchased by
the Company pursuant to Section 4.15 or Section 4.16 of the Indenture, state the
amount:
$
Date: __________________ Signature: ____________________________________________
(Sign exactly as your name
appears on the front of
this Security)
Signature Guarantee: ___________________________________________________________
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF LEGEND FOR BOOK-ENTRY SECURITIES
Any Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear
a legend (which would be in addition to any other legends required in the case
of a Restricted Security) in substantially the following form:
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE
INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A
DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITORY OR A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY. THIS
SECURITY IS NOT EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A
PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY OR ITS NOMINEE EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY
(OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TO A
NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TO THE
DEPOSITORY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT
IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO ISSUER
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.
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF TRANSFEREE CERTIFICATE
[Letterhead of Prospective Purchaser or
U.S. Registered Broker-Dealer]
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Date: ________________
▇/▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention:
Dear Sirs:
I. We hereby request that $ aggregate principal amount of 12%
Senior Notes Due 2002, Series A (the "Notes"), of ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, a general
partnership formed under the laws of the State of New York ("▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇"), be
registered in the name set forth below and confirm that either:
[Check One]
[ ] (a) each person in whose name the Notes are to be registered
upon transfer (or, in the case of a transfer to a nominee, each beneficial owner
of such Note) has been advised that such Note has been sold or transferred to it
in reliance upon Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), and the address of the person in whose name the Notes are to
be registered upon transfer is an address outside the United States (as defined
in Regulation S) and such person is not a U.S. Person (as defined in Regulation
S).
[ ] (b) the new beneficial owner is an institutional "accredited
investor" (as defined in Rule 501(a)(l), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under
the Securities Act) that is acquiring the notes for investment purposes and not
for distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act); it has such
knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of
evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in the Notes, and it and any
accounts for which it is acting are each able to bear the economic risk of its
investment; it is acquiring the Notes purchased by it for its own account or for
one or more accounts as to each of which it exercises sole investment
discretion.
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If this letter is being filled out by a prospective purchaser, the
undersigned purchaser confirms that the Notes will only be transferred in
accordance with the legend on the Notes, and further, that it understands that
in connection with any such transfer, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ and the Trustee may request,
and if so requested the undersigned purchaser will furnish, such certificates
and other information as may reasonably be required to confirm that any such
transfer complies with the restrictions set forth therein.
We also confirm that we will only transfer the Notes in accordance
with the legend on the Notes.
II. For Qualified Institutional Buyers:
[ ] The Notes are being transferred to a "Qualified Institutional
Buyer" (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act), which person has been
advised that the Notes have been sold or transferred to it in reliance upon Rule
144A, and the transferee wishes the Trustee to arrange for the transferred Notes
to be represented by a beneficial interest in a global security and held in
book-entry form in accordance with the customary procedures of The Depository
Trust Company.
III. The Notes should be registered as follows (unless the box under
II above is checked):
Name:
Address:
Tax Identification Number:
Physical Location of Notes (including address):
Address:
Contact:
IV. If this letter is being completed by a U.S. registered
broker-dealer on behalf of the transferee, the undersigned broker-dealer
confirms that (a) it has delivered to the transferee a notice regarding the
restrictions on transfer of the Notes by such transferee as set forth in the
legend on the Notes and (b) to the best of its knowledge, the information
provided herein about the transferee is true and correct.
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You are entitled to rely upon this letter and you 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.
Very truly yours,
[Name of Prospective Purchaser
or U.S. Registered Broker-
Dealer]
By:
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Title: