EXHIBIT 10.4
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FOUNDATION PA COAL COMPANY
7 1/4% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2014
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INDENTURE
Dated as of July 30, 2004
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The Bank of New York
Trustee
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*
Trust Indenture
Act Section Indenture Section
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310(a)(1)................................................... 7.10
(a)(2)................................................... 7.10
(a)(3)................................................... N.A.
(a)(4)................................................... N.A.
(a)(5)................................................... 7.10
(b)...................................................... 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; 7.07
(c)...................................................... 7.06; 12.02
(d)...................................................... 7.06
314(a)...................................................... 4.03;12.02; 12.05
(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)...................................................... 7.05; 12.02
(c)...................................................... 7.01
(d)...................................................... 7.01
(e)...................................................... 6.11
316(a) (last sentence)...................................... 2.09
(a)(1)(A)................................................ 6.05
(a)(1)(B)................................................ 6.04
(a)(2)................................................... N.A.
(b)...................................................... 6.07
(c)...................................................... 2.12
317(a)(1)................................................... 6.08
(a)(2)................................................... 6.09
(b)...................................................... 2.04
318(a)...................................................... 12.01
(b)...................................................... N.A.
(c)...................................................... 12.01
N.A. means not applicable.
* This Cross Reference Table is not part of the Indenture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01 Definitions.........................................................1
Section 1.02 Other Definitions..................................................33
Section 1.03 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act..................33
Section 1.04 Rules of Construction..............................................34
ARTICLE 2
THE NOTES
Section 2.01 Form and Dating....................................................34
Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication.......................................36
Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying Agent.........................................36
Section 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust................................37
Section 2.05 Holder Lists.......................................................37
Section 2.06 Transfer and Exchange..............................................37
Section 2.07 Replacement Notes..................................................51
Section 2.08 Outstanding Notes..................................................52
Section 2.09 Treasury Notes.....................................................52
Section 2.10 Temporary Notes....................................................52
Section 2.11 Cancellation.......................................................53
Section 2.12 Defaulted Interest.................................................53
Section 2.13 CUSIP Numbers......................................................53
ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
Section 3.01 Notices to Trustee.................................................54
Section 3.02 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed..................................54
Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption...............................................54
Section 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption.....................................55
Section 3.05 Deposit of Redemption Price........................................55
Section 3.06 Notes Redeemed in Part.............................................56
Section 3.07 Optional Redemption................................................56
Section 3.08 Mandatory Redemption...............................................57
Section 3.09 Intentionally Omitted..............................................57
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ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
Section 4.01 Payment of Notes...................................................57
Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency....................................58
Section 4.03 Reports............................................................58
Section 4.04 Compliance Certificate.............................................59
Section 4.05 Intentionally Omitted..............................................60
Section 4.06 Intentionally Omitted..............................................60
Section 4.07 Restricted Payments................................................60
Section 4.08 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries.....65
Section 4.09 Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Equity........67
Section 4.10 Asset Sales........................................................71
Section 4.11 Transactions with Affiliates.......................................74
Section 4.12 Liens..............................................................77
Section 4.13 Business Activities................................................77
Section 4.14 Intentionally Omitted..............................................77
Section 4.15 Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control.........................77
Section 4.16 Payments for Consent...............................................79
Section 4.17 Additional Note Guarantees.........................................79
Section 4.18 Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries............79
Section 4.19 Changes in Covenants upon Notes being Rated Investment Grade.......80
ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSORS
Section 5.01 Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets...........................80
Section 5.02 Successor Substituted..............................................81
ARTICLE 6
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01 Events of Default..................................................82
Section 6.02 Acceleration.......................................................84
Section 6.03 Other Remedies.....................................................84
Section 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults............................................85
Section 6.05 Control by Majority................................................85
Section 6.06 Limitation on Suits................................................85
Section 6.07 Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment......................86
Section 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee.........................................86
Section 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim...................................86
Section 6.10 Priorities.........................................................86
Section 6.11 Undertaking for Costs..............................................87
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ARTICLE 7
TRUSTEE
Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee..................................................87
Section 7.02 Rights of Trustee..................................................88
Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee.......................................89
Section 7.04 Trustee's Disclaimer...............................................90
Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults.................................................90
Section 7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes.........................90
Section 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity.........................................90
Section 7.08 Replacement of Trustee.............................................91
Section 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc...................................92
Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification......................................92
Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company..............93
ARTICLE 8
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 8.01 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance...........93
Section 8.02 Legal Defeasance and Discharge.....................................93
Section 8.03 Covenant Defeasance................................................94
Section 8.04 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.........................94
Section 8.05 Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust;
Other Miscellaneous Provisions..................................95
Section 8.06 Repayment to Company...............................................96
Section 8.07 Reinstatement......................................................96
ARTICLE 9
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders of Notes................................97
Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders of Notes...................................98
Section 9.03 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act................................99
Section 9.04 Revocation and Effect of Consents..................................99
Section 9.05 Notation on or Exchange of Notes...................................99
Section 9.06 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc...................................100
ARTICLE 10
NOTE GUARANTEES
Section 10.01 Guarantee.........................................................100
Section 10.02 Limitation on Guarantor Liability.................................101
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Section 10.03 Intentionally Omitted.............................................102
Section 10.04 Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms................102
Section 10.05 Releases..........................................................102
ARTICLE 11
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 11.01 Satisfaction and Discharge........................................103
Section 11.02 Application of Trust Money........................................104
ARTICLE 12
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 12.01 Trust Indenture Act Controls......................................105
Section 12.02 Notices...........................................................105
Section 12.03 Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes.....106
Section 12.04 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent................106
Section 12.05 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.....................106
Section 12.06 Rules by Trustee and Agents.......................................107
Section 12.07 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and
Stockholders...................................................107
Section 12.08 Governing Law.....................................................107
Section 12.09 Successors........................................................107
Section 12.10 Severability......................................................108
Section 12.11 Counterpart Originals.............................................108
Section 12.12 Table of Contents, Headings, etc..................................108
EXHIBITS
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Exhibit A1 FORM OF NOTE
Exhibit A2 FORM OF REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE
Exhibit B FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
Exhibit C FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
Exhibit D FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF ACQUIRING INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR
Exhibit E FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
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INDENTURE dated as of July 30, 2004 among Foundation PA Coal Company,
a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), the Guarantors (as defined) and The Bank
of New York, a New York banking corporation, as trustee.
The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee agree as follows for the
benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders (as
defined) of the $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company's 7 1/4%
Senior Notes due 2014 (the " Initial Notes"), (b) any Additional Notes (as
defined herein) that may be issued after the date hereof and (c) if and when
issued pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement (as defined herein), the
Company's Exchange Notes (as defined herein) issued in the Registered Exchange
Offer (as defined herein) in exchange for any outstanding Initial Notes or
Additional Notes (all such securities in clauses (a), (b) and (c) being referred
to collectively as the "Notes"):
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01 Definitions.
"144A Global Note" means a Global Note substantially in the form of
Exhibit A1 hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement
Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the
Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the
outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 144A.
"Accelerated Monitoring Fee Payment" means a cash payment equal to the
then-present value of all then-current and future monitoring fees payable under
the Transaction and Monitoring Fee Agreement entered into in connection with the
Transactions.
"Acquired Debt" means, with respect to any specified Person:
(1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other
Person is merged with or into or became a Restricted Subsidiary of such
specified Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is incurred in
connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging with or
into, or becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of, such specified Person; and
(2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by
such specified Person.
"Additional Interest" means all Additional Interest then owing
pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.
"Additional Notes" means additional Notes (other than the Initial
Notes) issued under this Indenture in accordance with Sections 2.02 and 4.09
hereof, as part of the same series as the Initial Notes.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, "control,"
as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or
policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
agreement or otherwise. For purposes of this definition, the terms
"controlling," "controlled by" and "under common control with" have correlative
meanings.
"Agent" means any Registrar, co-registrar, Paying Agent or additional
paying agent.
"Applicable Premium" means, with respect to any Note on any redemption
date, the greater of:
(1) 1.0% of the principal amount of the Note; or
(2) the excess of: (a) the present value at the redemption date of (i)
the redemption price of the Note at August 1, 2009, (such redemption price
being set forth in the table appearing in Section 3.07(c) hereof) plus (ii)
all required interest payments due on the Note through August 1, 2009,
(excluding accrued but unpaid interest to the applicable redemption date),
computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such
redemption date plus 50 basis points; over (b) the principal amount of the
Note.
"Applicable Procedures" means, with respect to any transfer or
exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and
procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream that apply to such
transfer or exchange.
"Asset Acquisition" means:
(1) an Investment by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings
in any other Person pursuant to which such Person shall become a Restricted
Subsidiary of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings, or shall
be merged with or into or consolidated with Holdings or any Restricted
Subsidiary of Holdings; or
(2) the acquisition by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary of
Holdings of the assets of any Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary of
Holdings) which constitute all or substantially all of the assets of such
Person or comprise any division or line of business of such Person or any
other properties or assets of such Person other than in the ordinary course
of business.
"Asset Sale" means:
(1) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any assets or
rights; provided that the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of
all or substantially all of the assets of Holdings and its Restricted
Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be governed by Section 4.15 hereof
and/or Section 5.01 hereof and not by Section 4.10 hereof; and
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(2) the issuance or sale of Equity Interests in any of Holdings'
Restricted Subsidiaries.
Notwithstanding the preceding, none of the following items will be
deemed to be an Asset Sale:
(1) any single transaction or series of related transactions that
involves assets or Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary having a
Fair Market Value of less than $5.0 million;
(2) a transfer of assets between or among Holdings and any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries;
(3) an issuance or sale of Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary
of Holdings to Holdings or to another Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings;
(4) the sale or lease of inventory, products or services or the lease,
assignment or sub-lease of any real or personal property and the sale or
lease of timber and coal bed methane and related ▇▇▇▇▇ in the ordinary
course of business;
(5) the sale or discounting of accounts receivable in the ordinary
course of business;
(6) any sale or other disposition of damaged, worn-out, obsolete or no
longer useful assets or properties (including, without limitation,
equipment and property sold in connection with the closure or abandonment
of a mine) in the ordinary course of business;
(7) any sale of assets received by Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries upon the foreclosure on a Lien;
(8) the sale or other disposition of cash, Cash Equivalents or
Marketable Securities;
(9) a sale of accounts receivable and related assets of the type
specified in the definition of "Receivables Financing" to a Receivables
Subsidiary in a Qualified Receivables Financing;
(10) a transfer of accounts receivable and related assets of the type
specified in the definition of "Receivables Financing" (or a fractional
undivided interest therein) by a Receivables Subsidiary in a Qualified
Receivables Financing;
(11) a Restricted Payment that does not violate Section 4.07 hereof or
a Permitted Investment;
(12) any sale of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness or other
securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
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(13) the granting of Liens not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture;
(14) the surrender, or waiver of contract rights or settlement,
release or surrender of contract, tort or other claims; and
(15) any exchange of assets related to a Permitted Business of
comparable market value, as determined in good faith by Holdings.
"Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or
state law for the relief of debtors.
"Beneficial Owner" has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3
and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial
ownership of any particular "person" (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3)
of the Exchange Act), such "person" will be deemed to have beneficial ownership
of all securities that such "person" has the right to acquire by conversion or
exercise of other securities, whether such right is currently exercisable or is
exercisable only after the passage of time. The terms "Beneficially Owns" and
"Beneficially Owned" have a corresponding meaning.
"Board of Directors" means:
(1) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the
corporation or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of
such board;
(2) with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors or other
governing body of the general partner of the partnership;
(3) with respect to a limited liability company, the Board of
Directors or other governing body, and in the absence of the same, the
manager or board of managers or the managing member or members or any
controlling committee thereof; and
(4) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such
Person serving a similar function.
"Broker-Dealer" has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights
Agreement.
"Business Day" means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day
on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law to close in New
York State.
"Capital Lease Obligation" means, at the time any determination is to
be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at
that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet (excluding the
footnotes thereto) prepared in accordance with GAAP.
"Capital Stock" means:
(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;
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(2) in the case of an association or business entity that is not a
corporation, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other
equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;
(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company,
partnership interests (whether general or limited) or membership interests;
and
(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the
right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of
assets of, the issuing Person, but excluding from all of the foregoing any
debt securities convertible into Capital Stock, whether or not such debt
securities include any right of participation with Capital Stock.
"Cash Contributions" means the aggregate amount of cash contributions
made to the capital of the Company or any Guarantor described in the
definition of "Contribution Indebtedness."
"Cash Equivalents" means:
(1) United States dollars or, in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary
that is a Restricted Subsidiary, such local currencies held by it from time
to time in the ordinary course of business;
(2) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by
the United States government or any agency or instrumentality of the United
States government (provided that the full faith and credit of the United
States is pledged in support of those securities) having maturities of not
more than one year from the date of acquisition;
(3) certificates of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time
deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition,
bankers' acceptances with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight
bank deposits, in each case, with any lender party to the Credit Agreement
or with any domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess
of $500.0 million and a Thomson Bank Watch Rating of "B" or better;
(4) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types
described in clauses (2) and (3) above entered into with any financial
institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (3) above;
(5) commercial paper having one of the two highest ratings obtainable
from ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ or S&P and, in each case, maturing within one year after the
date of acquisition;
(6) securities issued or fully guaranteed by any state or commonwealth
of the United States, or by any political subdivision or taxing authority
thereof having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ or
S&P, and, in each case, maturing within one year after the date of
acquisition;
(7) money market funds at least 95% of the assets of which constitute
Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (1) through (5) of this
definition; and
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(8) Indebtedness or Preferred Stock issued by Persons with a rating of
"A" or higher from S&P or "A-2" from ▇▇▇▇▇'▇.
"Change of Control" means the occurrence of any of the following:
(1) the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other
disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a
series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the
properties or assets of Holdings, the Company and their respective
Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any "person" (as that term is used in
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act), other than the Permitted Holders;
(2) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution
of Holdings or the Company; or
(3) the consummation of any transaction (including, without
limitation, any merger or consolidation), the result of which is that any
"person" (as defined above), other than the Permitted Holders, becomes the
Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting
Stock of Holdings or the Company, measured by voting power rather than
number of shares.
"Clearstream" means Clearstream Banking, S.A.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"Company" means Foundation PA Coal Company, a Delaware corporation and
any and all successors thereto.
"Consolidated Cash Flow" means, with respect to any specified Person
for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period (A)
plus, without duplication to the extent the same was deducted in calculating
Consolidated Net Income:
(1) provision for taxes based on income, profits or capital (including
without limitation state, franchise and similar taxes) (such as the
Pennsylvania and West Virginia franchise tax) of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries or the Tax Amount for such period, to the extent
that such provision for taxes or Tax Amount was deducted in computing such
Consolidated Net Income; plus
(2) the Fixed Charges of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries
for such period, to the extent that such Fixed Charges were deducted in
computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
(3) depreciation, depletion, amortization (including amortization of
goodwill and other intangibles, deferred financing fees and any
amortization included in pension, OPEB or other employee benefit expenses,
but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a
prior period) and other non-cash expenses (including without limitation
write-downs and impairment of property, plant, equipment and intangibles
and other long-lived assets and the impact of purchase accounting, but
excluding any such
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non-cash expense to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve
for cash expenses in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash
expense that was paid in a prior period) of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such depreciation,
depletion, amortization and other non-cash expenses were deducted in
computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
(4) the amount of any restructuring charges (which, for the avoidance
of doubt, shall include retention, severance, systems establishment cost or
excess pension, OPEB, black lung settlement, curtailment or other excess
charges); plus
(5) the minority interest expense consisting of subsidiary income
attributable to minority equity interests of third parties in any
non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary in such period or any prior period, except to
the extent of dividends declared or paid on Equity Interests held by third
parties; plus
(6) the amount of management, consulting, monitoring and advisory fees
and related expenses paid to the Equity Investors or any other Permitted
Holder (or any accruals related to such fees and related expenses) during
such period; provided that such amount shall not exceed in any four quarter
period the greater of (x) $5.0 million and (y) 2% of Consolidated Cash Flow
of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for each period; plus
(7) accretion of asset retirement obligations in accordance with SFAS
No. 143, Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations, and any similar
accounting in prior periods; minus
(B)(1) non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income for such
period, other than any items which represent the reversal of any accrual of, or
cash reserve for, anticipated charges in any prior period where such accrual or
reserve is no longer required; (2) the minority interest income consisting of
subsidiary losses attributable to the minority equity interests of third parties
in any non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary; and (3) an amount representing incremental
insurance costs as a result of being a stand-alone company, which amount shall
be deemed to be $2.4 million for the four quarters prior to the closing date, in
each case, on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Net Income" means, with respect to any specified Person
for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in
accordance with GAAP; provided that:
(1) any net after-tax extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring gains or
losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) or income or expense
or charge (including, without limitation, income, expenses and charges from
the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Dodge, ATV Voyager and Santee ▇▇▇▇▇▇ settlements and other
litigation and arbitration settlements, severance, relocation and other
restructuring costs), including, without limitation, any severance expense,
and fees, expenses or charges related to any offering of Equity Interests
of such Person, any Investment, acquisition or Indebtedness permitted to be
incurred hereunder (in each case, whether or not successful), including all
fees, expenses, charges and
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change in control payments related to the Transactions or the sale of the
Colorado business unit and the related debt repayment, in each case shall
be excluded;
(2) any net after-tax income or loss from discontinued operations and
any net after-tax gain or loss on disposal of discontinued operations shall
be excluded;
(3) any net after-tax gains or losses (less all fees and expenses or
charges relating thereto) attributable to business dispositions or asset
dispositions other than in the ordinary course of business (as determined
in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company) shall be excluded;
(4) any net after-tax income or loss (less all fees and expenses or
charges relating thereto) attributable to the early extinguishment of
indebtedness and Hedging Obligations shall be excluded;
(5) (A) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not a
Subsidiary, or that is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or that is accounted for
by the equity method of accounting, shall be included only to the extent of
the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments in respect of
equity that are actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into
cash) by the referent Person to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary
thereof in respect of such period and (B) the Net Income for such period
shall include any dividend, distribution or other payments in respect of
equity paid in cash by such Person to the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary thereof in excess of the amount included in clause (A);
(6) any increase in depreciation, depletion or amortization or any
one-time non-cash charges (such as purchased in-process research and
development or capitalized manufacturing profit in inventory) resulting
from purchase accounting in connection with the Transactions or any
acquisition that is consummated prior to or after the Issue Date shall be
excluded;
(7) accruals and reserves that are established within twelve months
after the acquisition's Closing Date (as defined in Purchase Agreement) and
that are so required to be established as a result of the Transactions in
accordance with GAAP shall be excluded;
(8) any non-cash impairment charges resulting from the application of
Statements of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142 and No. 144 and the
amortization of intangibles pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 141 shall be excluded;
(9) any long-term incentive plan accruals and any non-cash
compensation expense realized from grants of stock appreciation or similar
rights, stock options or other rights to officers, directors and employees
of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be excluded;
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(10) solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for
Restricted Payments under Section 4.07(a)(C)(i) hereof, the Net Income of
any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor will be
excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or
similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that Net Income is
not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental
approval (that has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by
operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument,
judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation
applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders or members,
unless such restriction with respect to the payment of dividends or similar
distributions has been legally waived; provided that Consolidated Net
Income of such Person shall be increased by the amount of dividends or
distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash (or to the
extent converted into cash) by such Person to the Company or another
Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period, to the extent not
already included therein; and
(11) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles will
be excluded.
"Contingent Obligations" means, with respect to any Person, any
obligation of such Person guaranteeing any leases, dividends or other
obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness ("primary obligations") of any
other Person in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without
limitation, any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent:
(1) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property
constituting direct or indirect security thereof,
(2) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary
obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary
obligor; or
(3) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the
purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability
of the primary obligor to make payment of such obligation against loss in
respect thereof.
"Contribution Indebtedness" means Indebtedness of the Company or any
Guarantor in an aggregate principal amount not greater than twice the aggregate
amount of cash contributions (other than Excluded Contributions) made to the
equity capital of the Company or such Guarantor after the date of this
Indenture, provided that:
(1) if the aggregate principal amount of such Contribution
Indebtedness is greater than one times such cash contributions to the
equity capital of the Company or such Guarantor, as applicable, the amount
in excess shall be Indebtedness (other than secured Indebtedness) with a
Stated Maturity later than the Stated Maturity of the Notes, and
(2) such Contribution Indebtedness (x) is incurred within 180 days
after the making of such cash contributions and (y) is designated as
Contribution Indebtedness pursuant to an Officers' Certificate on the
incurrence date thereof.
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"Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee" will be at the address of the
Trustee specified in Section 12.02 hereof or such other address as to which the
Trustee may give notice to the Company.
"Credit Agreement" means that certain credit agreement, to be dated
July 30, 2004, by and among the Company, FC 2 Corp. and Holdings, providing for
up to $470.0 of term loans and up to $350.0 of revolving credit borrowings and
letters of credit, including any related notes, Guarantees, collateral
documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and, in
each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced (whether
upon or after termination or otherwise) or refinanced (including by means of
sales of debt securities to institutional investors) in whole or in part from
time to time.
"Credit Facilities" means one or more debt facilities (including,
without limitation, the Credit Agreement) or commercial paper facilities, in
each case with banks or other institutional lenders providing for revolving
credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of
receivables to such lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from
such lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, in each case, as
amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced (whether upon or after
termination or otherwise) or refinanced (including by means of sales of debt
securities to institutional investors) in whole or in part from time to time,
including any agreement or indenture extending the maturity thereof or otherwise
restructuring all or any portion of the indebtedness thereunder or increasing
the amount loaned or issued thereunder or altering the maturity thereof.
"Cumberland Shutdown" means the idling and subsequent shutdown of
Holdings' mine located in Cumberland, Pennsylvania for the period between
February 2004 and May 7, 2004.
"Custodian" means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Notes
in global form, or any successor entity thereto.
"Default" means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the
giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.
"Definitive Note" means a certificated Note registered in the name of
the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.06 hereof,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A1 hereto except that such Note shall not
bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the "Schedule of Exchanges of
Interests in the Global Note" attached thereto.
"Depositary" means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in
whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.03 hereof as
the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto
appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the
applicable provision of this Indenture.
"Designated Non-cash Consideration" means the Fair Market Value of
non-cash consideration received by Holdings or one of its Restricted
Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as
"Designated Non-cash Consideration" pursuant to an Officers'
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Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of cash
or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of such
Designated Non-cash Consideration.
"Designated Preferred Stock" means Preferred Stock of the Company,
Holdings or any direct or indirect parent company of the Holdings or the Company
(other than Disqualified Stock) that is issued for cash (other than to Holdings
or any of its Subsidiaries or an employee stock ownership plan or trust
established by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries) and is so designated as
Designated Preferred Stock, pursuant to an Officers' Certificate, on the
issuance date thereof, the cash proceeds of which are excluded from the
calculation set forth in Section 4.07(a)(C)(ii) hereof.
"Disqualified Stock" means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by
the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is
exchangeable, in each case, at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock),
or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable,
pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option
of the holder of the Capital Stock, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date
that is 91 days after the date on which the Notes mature. Notwithstanding the
preceding sentence, any Capital Stock will not constitute Disqualified Stock
solely because the holders of the Capital Stock have the right to require
Holdings to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change of
control or an asset sale. The amount of Disqualified Stock deemed to be
outstanding at any time for purposes of this Indenture will be the maximum
amount that Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries may become obligated to pay
upon the maturity of, or pursuant to any mandatory redemption provisions of,
such Disqualified Stock, exclusive of accrued dividends.
"Domestic Subsidiary" means any Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings that
was formed under the laws of the United States or any state of the United States
or the District of Columbia.
"Equity Interests" means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or
other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is
convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).
"Equity Investors" means First Reserve Corporation, The Blackstone
Group, American Metals and Coal International, Inc. and their respective
Affiliates.
"Equity Offering" means (i) an offer and sale of Capital Stock (other
than Disqualified Stock) of Holdings or the Company or (ii) an offer and sale of
Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of a direct or indirect parent
company of Holdings or the Company (to the extent the net proceeds therefrom are
contributed to the equity capital of Holdings or the Company) pursuant to (x) a
registration statement that has been declared effective by the SEC pursuant to
the Securities Act (other than a registration statement on Form S-8 or otherwise
relating to equity securities issuable under any employee benefit plan of
Holdings or the Company or such direct or indirect parent company), or (y) a
private issuance exempt from registration under the Securities Act.
"Euroclear" means Euroclear Bank, S.A./N.V., as operator of the
Euroclear system.
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"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Exchange Notes" means the Notes issued in the Registered Exchange
Offer pursuant to Section 2.06(f) hereof.
"Exchange Offer Registration Statement" has the meaning set forth in
the Registration Rights Agreement.
"Excluded Contributions" means the net cash proceeds received by
Holdings after the date of this Indenture from:
(1) contributions to its common equity capital, and
(2) the sale (other than to a Subsidiary of Holdings) of Capital Stock
(other than Disqualified Stock and Designated Preferred Stock) of Holdings,
in each case designated as "Excluded Contributions" pursuant to an Officers'
Certificate executed by an Officer of the Company, the net cash proceeds of
which are excluded from the calculation set forth in Section 4.07(a)(C)(ii)
hereof.
"Fair Market Value" means the value that would be paid by a willing
buyer to an unaffiliated willing seller in a transaction not involving distress
or necessity of either party, determined in good faith by (i) the principal
financial officer of the Company for transactions less than $10.0 million and
(ii) the Board of Directors of Holdings (unless otherwise provided in this
Indenture) for transactions valued at, or in excess of, $10.0 million.
"Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio" means with respect to any specified
Person for any period, the ratio of the Consolidated Cash Flow of such Person
for such period to the Fixed Charges of such Person for such period. In the
event that the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurs,
assumes, Guarantees, repays, repurchases, redeems, defeases or otherwise
discharges any Indebtedness (other than (i) ordinary working capital borrowings
and (ii) in the case of revolving credit borrowings or revolving advances under
any Qualified Receivables Financing, in which case interest expense will be
computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the
applicable period) or issues, repurchases or redeems preferred equity subsequent
to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is
being calculated and on or prior to the date on which the event for which the
calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the "Calculation Date"),
then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio will be calculated giving pro forma effect
to such incurrence, assumption, Guarantee, repayment, repurchase, redemption,
defeasance or other discharge of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or
redemption of preferred equity, and the use of the proceeds therefrom, as if the
same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter reference
period.
In addition, for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio, Asset Acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, consolidations and
discontinued operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP), and any related
financing transactions, that the specified Person or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries has both determined to make and made after the date of this
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ture and during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such
reference period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Calculation Date
shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Asset
Acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, consolidations and discontinued operations
(and the change of any associated Fixed Charges and the change in Consolidated
Cash Flow resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter
reference period, including any pro forma expense and cost reductions and other
operating improvements that have occurred or are reasonably expected to occur,
in the reasonable judgment of the chief financial officer of the Company
(regardless of whether these cost savings or operating improvements could then
be reflected in pro forma financial statements in accordance with Regulation S-X
promulgated under the Securities Act or any other regulation or policy of the
SEC related thereto). Any Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary on the
Calculation Date will be deemed to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at all
times during such four-quarter period, and if, since the beginning of the
four-quarter reference period, any Person that subsequently became a Restricted
Subsidiary or was merged with or into Holdings or any of its other Restricted
Subsidiaries since the beginning of such period shall have made any acquisition,
Investment, disposition, merger, consolidation or discontinued operation, in
each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, that would have
required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio shall be adjusted giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if
such Asset Acquisition, disposition, discontinued operation, merger or
consolidation had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter
reference period. Any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary on the
Calculation Date will be deemed not to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at any
time during such four-quarter period.
For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be
given to any transaction, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith
by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company. If any
Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma
effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in
effect on the Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the entire
period (taking into account any Hedging Obligations applicable to such
Indebtedness if such Hedging Obligation has a remaining term in excess of 12
months). Interest on a Capital Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an
interest rate reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting
officer of the Company to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capital Lease
Obligation in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of making the computation
referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit
facility computed on a pro forma basis shall be computed based upon the average
daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period. Interest on
Indebtedness that 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 rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen,
or, if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen as the Company may
designate. Any such pro forma calculation may include adjustments appropriate,
in the reasonable determination of the Company as set forth in an Officers'
Certificate, to reflect operating expense reductions reasonably expected to
result from any acquisition or merger. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the
purposes of calculating Consolidated Cash Flow in order to determine the Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio, the Company may include in the calculation the results of
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the duration of the Cumberland
Shutdown of such four-quarter period during which the Cumberland Shutdown
occurred or was continuing Holdings' good faith estimate (as set forth in an
Officer's Certificate
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delivered to the Trustee) of the amount of Consolidated Cash Flow that Holdings
would have generated from Holdings' Cumberland Mine during the period of the
Cumberland Shutdown in excess of what was actually generated had the Cumberland
Shutdown (and the related start-up inefficiencies) not occurred, which addition
to Consolidated Cash Flow for the quarter from January 1, 2004 to March 31, 2004
is deemed to be $20.2 million and for the quarter from April 1, 2004 to June 30,
2004 is deemed to be $10.9 million.
"Fixed Charges" means, with respect to any specified Person for any
period, the sum, without duplication, of:
(1) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued, excluding
amortization of debt issuance costs and the expensing of any bridge or
other financing fees, but including original issue discount, non-cash
interest payments, the interest component of any deferred payment
obligations (classified as Indebtedness under the Indenture), the interest
component of all payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations and net
of the effect of all payments made or received pursuant to Hedging
Obligations in respect of interest rates; plus
(2) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period; plus
(3) all cash dividend payments or other cash distributions on any
series of preferred equity of such Person and all other dividend payments
or other distributions on the Disqualified Stock of such Person; less
(4) interest income.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the
opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of
the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such
other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting
profession, which are in effect on the date of this Indenture.
"Global Note Legend" means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(2)
hereof, which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this
Indenture.
"Global Notes" means, individually and collectively, each of the
Restricted Global Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes deposited with or on
behalf of and registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A1 hereto and that bears the Global Note
Legend and that has the "Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note"
attached thereto, issued in accordance with Section 2.01, 2.06(b)(3),
2.06(b)(4), 2.06(d)(2) or 2.06(f) hereof.
"Government Securities" means direct obligations of, or obligations
Guaranteed by, the United States of America, and the payment for which the
United States pledges its full faith and credit.
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"Guarantee" means a guarantee other than by endorsement of negotiable
instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business, direct or
indirect, in any manner including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of
assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect
thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness (whether arising by virtue of
partnership arrangements, or by agreements to keep-well, to purchase assets,
goods, securities or services, to take or pay or to maintain financial statement
conditions or otherwise).
"Guarantors" means each of:
(1) Holdings;
(2) each of Alliance Power Marketing, Inc., ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Holdings Inc.,
Castle Gate Holding Company, Coal Gas Recovery, LP, Cumberland Coal
Resources, LP, Delta Mine Holding Company, Emerald Coal Resources, LP,
Energy Development Corporation, Foundation Coal Corporation, Foundation
Coal Development Corporation, Foundation Coal Holding, Inc., Foundation
Coal Resources Corporation, Foundation Coal West, Inc., Foundation Energy
Sales, Inc., Foundation Equipment Company, Foundation Midwest Holding
Company, Foundation Royalty Company, Foundation Wyoming Land Company,
Freeport Mining, LP, Freeport Resources Corporation, Kingston Mining, Inc.,
Kingston Processing, Inc., Kingston Resources, Inc., Laurel Creek Co.,
Inc., Maple Meadow Mining Company, Neweagle Coal Sales Corp., Neweagle
Development Corp, Neweagle Industries, Inc., Neweagle Mining Corp., ▇▇▇▇▇
Processing Inc., ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Branch Mining, Inc., Pennsylvania Land Holdings
Corporation, Pennsylvania Services Corporation, Pioneer Fuel Corporation,
Pioneer Mining, Inc., Plateau Mining Corporation, Red Ash Sales Company,
Inc., River Processing Corporation, Rivereagle Corp., Riverton Capital
Ventures I, Limited Liability Company, Riverton Capital Ventures II,
Limited Liability Company, Riverton Coal Production, Inc., Riverton Coal
Sales, Inc., Rockspring Development, Inc., Ruhrkohle Trading Corporation,
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Fork Mining, Inc., Southern Resources, Inc., Wabash Mine Holding
Company and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Holding Company; and
(3) any other Subsidiary of Holdings that executes a Note Guarantee in
accordance with the provisions of this Indenture,
and their respective successors and assigns, in each case, until the Note
Guarantee of such Person has been released in accordance with the provisions of
this Indenture.
"Hedging Obligations" means, with respect to any specified Person, the
obligations of such Person under:
(1) interest rate swap agreements (whether from fixed to floating or
from floating to fixed), interest rate cap agreements and interest rate
collar agreements;
(2) other agreements or arrangements designed to manage interest rates
or interest rate risk; and
(3) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person
against fluctuations in currency exchange rates or commodity prices.
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Note is registered.
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"Holdings" means Foundation Coal Corporation, a Delaware corporation,
until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means its successor.
"IAI Global Note" means a Global Note substantially in the form of
Exhibit A1 hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement
Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the
Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the
outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold to Institutional Accredited
Investors.
"Immaterial Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary that is not a Material
Subsidiary.
"Indebtedness" means, with respect to any specified Person, any
indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent:
(1) in respect of borrowed money;
(2) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or
letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);
(3) in respect of banker's acceptances;
(4) representing Capital Lease Obligations;
(5) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price
of any property or services due more than six months after such property is
acquired or such services are completed;
(6) representing any Hedging Obligations; or
(7) to the extent not otherwise included, with respect to Holdings and
its Restricted Subsidiaries, the amount then outstanding (i.e., advanced,
and received by, and available for use by, Holdings or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries) under any Receivables Financing (as set forth in
the books and records of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary and
confirmed by the agent, trustee or other representative of the institution
or group providing such Receivables Financing),
if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than letters of credit
and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of the
specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the term
"Indebtedness" includes (i) all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any
asset of the specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by
the specified Person); provided, however, that the amount of such Indebtedness
shall be the lesser of (x) the Fair Market Value of such asset as such date of
determination and (y) the amount of such Indebtedness of such other Person; and
(ii) to the extent not otherwise included, the Guarantee by the specified Person
of any Indebtedness of any other Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
"Indebtedness" shall not include (a) accrued expenses, royalties and trade
payables; (b) Contingent Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of
business; and (c) asset re-
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tirement obligations and obligations in respect of reclamation and workers'
compensation (including black lung, pensions and retiree medical care) that are
not overdue by more than 90 days.
"Indenture" means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time
to time.
"Indirect Participant" means a Person who holds a beneficial interest
in a Global Note through a Participant.
"Initial Notes" has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this
Indenture.
"Initial Purchasers" means Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit
Suisse First Boston LLC, UBS Securities LLC, ABN AMRO Incorporated, Bear,
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Co. Inc., ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Corp., Natexis Bleichroeder Inc. and SG
Americas Securities, LLC.
"Institutional Accredited Investor" means an institution that is an
"accredited investor" as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the
Securities Act, who are not also QIBs.
"Investment Grade Rating" means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3
(or the equivalent) by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ of BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P or, if either
such entity ceases to rate the Notes for reasons outside of the control of the
Company, the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any other Rating
Agency.
"Investment Grade Securities" means:
(1) securities issued or directly and fully Guaranteed or insured by
the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than
Cash Equivalents) and in each case with maturities not exceeding two years
from the date of acquisition;
(2) investments in any fund that invests exclusively in investments of
the type described in clause (1) which fund may also hold immaterial
amounts of cash pending investment and/or distribution; and
(3) corresponding instruments in countries other than the United
States customarily utilized for high quality investments and in each case
with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of acquisition.
"Investments" means, with respect to any Person, all direct or
indirect investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in
the forms of loans (including Guarantees or other obligations), advances or
capital contributions (excluding accounts receivable, trade credit and advances
to customers and commission, travel and similar advances to officers, employees
and consultants made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other
acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other
securities, together with all items that are or would be classified as
investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP. If the Company
or any Subsidiary of the Company sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity
Interests of any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company such that, after
giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a
Subsidiary of the Company, the Company
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will be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or
disposition equal to the Fair Market Value of the Company's Investments in such
Subsidiary that were not sold or disposed of in an amount determined as provided
in Section 4.07(c) hereof.
"Issue Date" means July 30, 2004.
"Letter of Transmittal" means the letter of transmittal to be prepared
by the Company and sent to all Holders of the Notes for use by such Holders in
connection with the Registered Exchange Offer.
"Lien" means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge,
charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset,
whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law,
including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in
the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security
interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under
the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction.
"Marketable Securities" means, with respect to any Asset Sale, any
readily marketable equity securities that are (i) traded on the New York Stock
Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq National Market; and (ii)
issued by a corporation having a total equity market capitalization of not less
than $250.0 million; provided, that the excess of (A) the aggregate amount of
securities of any one such corporation held by the Company and any Restricted
Subsidiary over (B) ten times the average daily trading volume of such
securities during the 20 immediately preceding trading days shall be deemed not
to be Marketable Securities, as determined on the date of the contract relating
to such Asset Sale.
"Material Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary that would be a
"significant subsidiary" as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X,
promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Regulation is in effect on
the date of this Indenture, provided, however, that all references to "10
percent" in such definition shall be replaced with "5 percent."
"Moody's" means ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Service, Inc. and its successors and
assigns.
"Net Income" means, with respect to any Person for any period, (i) the
net income (loss) of such Person for such period, determined in accordance with
GAAP and before any reduction in respect of dividends on preferred interests,
excluding, however, (a) any gain or loss, together with any related provision
for taxes or Tax Distributions on such gain or loss, realized in connection with
(1) any Asset Sale (including, without limitation, dispositions pursuant to sale
and leaseback transactions) or (2) the disposition of any securities by such
Person or any of its Subsidiaries or the extinguishment of any Indebtedness of
such Person or any of its Subsidiaries and (b) any extraordinary or nonrecurring
gain or loss, together with any related provision for taxes or Tax Distributions
on such extraordinary or nonrecurring gain or loss, less (ii) in the case of any
Person that is a partnership or a limited liability company, the Tax Amount of
such Person for such period.
"Net Proceeds" means the aggregate cash proceeds received by Holdings
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale (including,
without limitation, any cash
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received upon the sale or other disposition of any Designated Non-cash
Consideration received in any Asset Sale and any cash payments received by way
of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or
otherwise, but only as and when received, but excluding the assumption by the
acquiring Person of Indebtedness relating to the disposed assets or other
consideration received in any non-cash form), net of the direct costs relating
to such Asset Sale and the sale of such Designated Non-cash Consideration,
including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees,
and sales commissions, and any relocation expenses incurred as a result of the
Asset Sale, taxes or Tax Distributions paid or payable as a result of the Asset
Sale, in each case, after taking into account any available tax credits or
deductions and any tax sharing arrangements, and amounts required to be applied
to the repayment of Indebtedness, other than Indebtedness under a Credit
Facility, secured by a Lien on the asset or assets that were the subject of such
Asset Sale and any reserve for adjustment in respect of the sale price of such
asset or assets established in accordance with GAAP, including without
limitation, pension and post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities
related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations
associated with such transaction.
"Non-Recourse Debt" means Indebtedness:
(1) as to which neither Holdings nor any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries (a) provides credit support of any kind (including any
undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness)
other than a pledge of the Equity Interests of any Unrestricted
Subsidiaries, (b) is directly or indirectly liable (as a guarantor or
otherwise) other than by virtue of a pledge of the Equity Interests of any
Unrestricted Subsidiaries, or (c) constitutes the lender; and
(2) no default with respect to which (including any rights that the
holders of the Indebtedness may have to take enforcement action against an
Unrestricted Subsidiary) would permit, upon notice, lapse of time or both,
any holder of any other Indebtedness (other than the Notes offered hereby)
of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to declare a default on
such other Indebtedness or cause the payment of the Indebtedness to be
accelerated or payable prior to its Stated Maturity.
"Non-U.S. Person" means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.
"Note Guarantee" means the Guarantee by each Guarantor of the
Company's obligations under this Indenture and the Notes, executed pursuant to
the provisions of this Indenture.
"Notes" has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this
Indenture. The Initial Notes, any Additional Notes and any Exchange Notes shall
be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture, and unless
the context otherwise requires, all references to the Notes shall include the
Initial Notes, any Additional Notes and any Exchange Notes.
"Obligations" means any principal, interest, penalties, fees,
indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under
the documentation governing any Indebtedness.
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"Offering Memorandum" means that certain offering memorandum, dated
July 21, 2004, relating to the initial offering of the Notes.
"Officer" means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the
Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer,
the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the
Controller, the Secretary or any Vice-President of such Person.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed on behalf of the
Company by two Officers of the Company, one of whom must be the principal
executive officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer or the
principal accounting officer of the Company, that meets the requirements of
Section 12.05 hereof.
"Opinion of Counsel" means an opinion from legal counsel that meets
the requirements of Section 12.05 hereof. The counsel may be an employee of or
counsel to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company.
"Parent" means Foundation Coal Holdings, LLC, the parent of Holdings,
and its successors and assigns.
"Participant" means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or
Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or
Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and
Clearstream).
"Permitted Business" means the businesses of Holdings and its
Subsidiaries engaged in on the date of this Indenture and any other activities
that are similar, ancillary or reasonably related to, or a reasonable extension,
expansion or development of, such businesses or ancillary thereto.
"Permitted Holders" means the Equity Investors and Related Parties.
Any person or group whose acquisition of beneficial ownership constitutes a
Change of Control in respect of which a Change of Control Offer is made in
accordance with the requirements of this Indenture will thereafter, together
with its Affiliates, constitute an additional Permitted Holder.
"Permitted Investments" means:
(1) any Investment in Holdings or in a Restricted Subsidiary of
Holdings;
(2) any Investment in cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities or
Investment Grade Securities;
(3) any Investment by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary of
Holdings in a Person, if as a result of such Investment:
(a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings; or
(b) such Person, in one transaction or a series of related
transactions, is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or
transfers or conveys sub-
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stantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, Holdings or a
Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings;
(4) any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash
consideration from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in
compliance with Section 4.10 hereof;
(5) any acquisition of assets or Capital Stock solely in exchange for
the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of
Holdings or a direct or indirect parent company of Holdings;
(6) any Investments received (i) in compromise or resolution of (A)
obligations of trade creditors or customers that were incurred in the
ordinary course of business of Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar
arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or
customer; or (B) litigation, arbitration or other disputes; or (ii) as a
result of a foreclosure by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with
respect to any secured Investment in default;
(7) Investments represented by Hedging Obligations;
(8) loans or advances to officers, directors and employees made in the
ordinary course of business of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary of
Holdings in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $2.5 million at any
one time outstanding;
(9) repurchases of the Notes;
(10) Investments in Permitted Businesses, joint ventures or
Unrestricted Subsidiaries having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken
together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (10) that
are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (x) $75.0
million and (y) 5.0% of Total Assets at the time of such Investment (with
the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made
and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value);
(11) any Investment in a Receivables Subsidiary or any Investment by a
Receivables Subsidiary in any other Person in connection with a Qualified
Receivables Financing, including Investments of funds held in accounts
permitted or required by the arrangements governing such Qualified
Receivables Financing or any related Indebtedness; provided, however, that
any Investment in a Receivables Subsidiary is in the form of a Purchase
Money Note, contribution of additional receivables or an equity interest;
(12) any transaction to the extent it constitutes an Investment that
is permitted by and made in accordance with the provisions of Section
4.11(b) hereof (except for transactions described in clauses (6), (8), (10)
and (12) of Section 4.11(b));
(13) Guarantees issued in accordance with Section 4.09 and Section
4.17 hereof;
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(14) any Investment existing on the date of this Indenture and any
Investment that replaces, refinances or refunds an existing Investment;
provided, that the new Investment is in an amount that does not exceed the
amount replaced, refinanced or refunded, and is made in the same Person as
the Investment replaced, refinanced or refunded;
(15) Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of
inventory, supplies, materials and equipment or purchases of contract
rights or licenses or leases of intellectual property, in each case in the
ordinary course of business; and
(16) additional Investments by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary
having an aggregate Fair Market Value (measured on the date each such
Investment was made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in
value), taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this
clause (16) that are at the time outstanding not to exceed 2.0% of Total
Assets; provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause
(16) is made in a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings at
the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes a
Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings after such date, such Investment shall
thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (1) above and
shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (16) for so long as
such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary;
provided, however, that with respect to any Investment, Holdings may, in its
sole discretion, allocate all or any portion of any Investment to one or more of
the above clauses (1) through (16) so that the entire Investment would be a
Permitted Investment.
"Permitted Liens" means:
(1) Liens securing Indebtedness and other Obligations under Credit
Facilities incurred pursuant to Section 4.09 hereof and/or securing Hedging
Obligations related thereto;
(2) Liens in favor of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(3) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is
merged with or into or consolidated with Holdings or any Subsidiary of
Holdings; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the
contemplation of such merger or consolidation and do not extend to any
assets other than those of the Person merged into or consolidated with
Holdings or the Subsidiary;
(4) Liens on property (including Capital Stock) existing at the time
of acquisition of the property by Holdings or any Subsidiary of Holdings;
provided that such Liens were in existence prior to, such acquisition, and
not incurred in contemplation of, such acquisition;
(5) Liens or deposits to secure the performance of statutory or
regulatory obligations, or surety, appeal, indemnity or performance bonds,
warranty and contractual
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requirements or other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary
course of business;
(6) Liens securing reimbursement obligations with respect to
commercial letters of credit which encumber documents and other assets
relating to such letters of credit and products and proceeds thereof;
(7) Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations)
permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(4) hereof covering
only the assets acquired with or financed by such Indebtedness;
(8) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to
Section 4.09(b)(15) hereof;
(9) Liens existing on the date of this Indenture;
(10) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims
that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently concluded;
provided that any reserve or other appropriate provision as is required in
conformity with GAAP has been made therefor;
(11) Liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of
business to secure payment of workers' compensation or to participate in
any fund in connection with workmen's compensation, unemployment insurance,
old-age pensions or other social security programs;
(12) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers', warehousemen's,
landlord's, lessor's, suppliers, banks, repairmen's and mechanics' Liens,
and Liens of landlords securing obligations to pay lease payments that are
not yet due and payable or in default, in each case, incurred in the
ordinary course of business;
(13) contract mining agreements and leases or subleases granted to
others that do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of
business of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(14) easements, rights of way, zoning and similar restrictions,
reservations (including severances, leases or reservations of oil, gas,
coal, minerals or water rights), restrictions or encumbrances in respect of
real property or title defects that were not incurred in connection with
Indebtedness and that do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect
the value of said properties (as such properties are used by Holdings or
its Subsidiaries) or materially impair their use in the operation of the
business of Holdings and its Subsidiaries;
(15) Liens created for the benefit of (or to secure) the Notes (or the
Note Guarantees);
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(16) Liens to secure any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted
to be incurred under this Indenture; provided, however, that:
(a) the new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same
property and assets that secured or, under the written agreements
pursuant to which the original Lien arose, could secure the original
Lien (plus improvements and accessions to, such property or proceeds
or distributions thereof); and
(b) the Indebtedness secured by the new Lien is not increased to
any amount greater than the sum of (x) the outstanding principal
amount, or, if greater, committed amount, of the Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness and (y) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses,
including premiums, related to such renewal, refunding, refinancing,
replacement, defeasance or discharge;
(17) Liens arising from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code
financing statement filings regarding operating leases entered into by
Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of
business;
(18) judgment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default so long as
any appropriate legal proceedings that may have been duly initiated for the
review of such judgment shall not have been finally terminated or the
period within which such legal proceedings may be initiated shall not have
expired;
(19) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations incurred in the
ordinary course of business of Holdings or any Subsidiary of Holdings with
respect to obligations that do not exceed 5.0% of Total Assets at any one
time outstanding;
(20) Liens on accounts receivable and related assets of the type
specified in the definition of "Receivables Financing" incurred in
connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing;
(21) licenses of intellectual property in the ordinary course of
business;
(22) Liens on Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary that secure
Indebtedness or other obligations of such Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(23) leases and subleases of real property which do not materially
interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of Holdings and its
Restricted Subsidiaries;
(24) Liens to secure a defeasance trust;
(25) Liens on equipment of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary
granted in the ordinary course of business to clients of which such
equipment is located;
(26) Liens securing insurance premium financing arrangements, provided
that such Lien is limited to the applicable insurance contracts; and
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(27) Liens securing the aggregate amount of Indebtedness (including
Acquired Debt) incurred in connection with (or at any time following the
consummation of) an Asset Acquisition made in accordance with this
Indenture equal to, at the time of incurrence, the net increase in
inventory, accounts receivable and net property, reserves, plant and
equipment attributable to such Asset Acquisition from the amounts reflected
on Holdings' historical consolidated balance sheet as of the end of the
full fiscal quarter ending on or prior to the date of such Asset
Acquisition, calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis to such
Asset Acquisition (which amount may, but need not, be incurred in whole or
in part under the Credit Agreement) less the amount of Indebtedness
incurred in connection with such Asset Acquisition secured by Liens
pursuant to clauses (4) or (7) above.
"Permitted Payments to Parent" means, without duplication as to
amounts:
(1) payments to the Parent in amounts equal to the amounts required
for any direct payment of the Company to pay fees and expenses (including
franchise or similar taxes) required to maintain its corporate existence,
customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to officers and
employees of any direct parent of the Company and general corporate
overhead expenses of any direct parent of the Company to the extent such
fees and expenses are attributable to the ownership or operation of
Holdings and its Subsidiaries;
(2) for so long as Holdings is a member of a group filing a
consolidated or combined tax return with the Parent, payments to the Parent
in respect of an allocable portion of the tax liabilities of such group
that is attributable to Holdings and its Subsidiaries ("Tax Payments"). The
Tax Payments shall not exceed the lesser of (i) the amount of the relevant
tax (including any penalties and interest) that Holdings would owe if
Holdings were filing a separate tax return (or a separate consolidated or
combined return with its Subsidiaries that are members of the consolidated
or combined group), taking into account any carryovers and carrybacks of
tax attributes (such as net operating losses) of Holdings and such
Subsidiaries from other taxable years and (ii) the net amount of the
relevant tax that the Parent actually owes to the appropriate taxing
authority. Any Tax Payments received from Holdings shall be paid over to
the appropriate taxing authority within 30 days of the Parent's receipt of
such Tax Payments or refunded to Holdings; and
(3) dividends or distributions paid to the Parent, if applicable, in
amounts equal to amounts required for the Parent, if applicable, to pay
interest and/or principal on Indebtedness the proceeds of which have been
contributed to Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and that has
been Guaranteed by, or is otherwise considered Indebtedness of, Holdings
incurred in accordance with Section 4.09 hereof.
"Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness" means any Indebtedness of
Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the
net proceeds of which are used to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or
discharge other Indebtedness of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
(other than intercompany Indebtedness); provided that:
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(1) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or
accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness renewed, refunded,
refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged (plus any premium required to
be paid on the Indebtedness being so renewed, refunded, replaced, defeased
or discharged, plus the amount of all fees and expenses incurred in
connection therewith);
(2) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date
equal to or later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted
Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the remaining Weighted
Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded,
refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged; provided that this clause (2)
shall not apply to debt under the Credit Facilities;
(3) if the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced,
defeased or discharged is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes,
such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later
than the final maturity date of, and is subordinated in right of payment
to, the Notes on terms at least as favorable to the Holders of Notes as
those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being
renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged; and
(4) such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not include Indebtedness of
Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary that refinance Indebtedness of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization,
limited liability company or government or other entity.
"Private Placement Legend" means the legend set forth in Section
2.06(g)(1) hereof to be placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture except
where otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Indenture.
"Purchase Agreement" means the Purchase Agreement dated May 24, 2004
between RAG Coal International AG and American Coal Acquisition Corp.
"Purchase Money Note" means a promissory note of a Receivables
Subsidiary evidencing a line of credit, which may be irrevocable, from Holdings
or any Subsidiary of Holdings to a Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a
Qualified Receivables Financing, which note is intended to finance that portion
of the purchase price that is not paid by cash or a contribution of equity.
"QIB" means a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined in Rule 144A.
"Qualified Receivables Financing" means any Receivables Financing of a
Receivables Subsidiary that meets the following conditions:
(1) the Board of Directors of Holdings will have determined in good
faith that such Qualified Receivables Financing (including financing terms,
covenants, termination
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events and other provisions) is in the aggregate economically fair and
reasonable to Holdings and the Receivables Subsidiary,
(2) all sales of accounts receivable and related assets to the
Receivables Subsidiary are made at Fair Market Value (as determined in good
faith by Holdings), and
(3) the financing terms, covenants, termination events and other
provisions thereof will be market terms (as determined in good faith by
Holdings) and may include Standard Securitization Undertakings.
The grant of a security interest in any accounts receivable of
Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables
Subsidiary) to secure a Credit Facility will not be deemed a Qualified
Receivables Financing. For purposes of this Indenture, a receivables facility
whether now in existence or arising in the future (and any replacement thereof
with substantially similar terms in the aggregate) will be deemed to be a
Qualified Receivables Financing that is not recourse to Holdings (except for
Standard Securitization Undertakings).
"Rating Agency" means each of S&P and ▇▇▇▇▇'▇, or if S&P or ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ or
both shall not make a rating on the Notes publicly available, a nationally
recognized statistical rating organization or organizations, within the meaning
of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act, selected by Holdings as a
replacement agency or agencies for S&P or Moody's, or both, as the case may be.
"Receivables Financing" means any transaction or series of
transactions that may be entered into by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries
pursuant to which Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries may sell, convey or
otherwise transfer to (a) a Receivables Subsidiary (in the case of a transfer by
Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries), and (b) any other Person (in the case of a
transfer by a Receivables Subsidiary), or may grant a security interest in, any
accounts receivable (whether now existing or arising in the future) of Holdings
or any of its Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto including, without
limitation, all collateral securing such accounts receivable, all contracts and
all Guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable,
proceeds of such accounts receivable and other assets which are customarily
transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in
connection with asset securitization transactions involving accounts receivable
and any Hedging Obligations entered into by Holdings or any such Subsidiary in
connection with such accounts receivable.
"Receivables Repurchase Obligation" means any obligation of a seller
of receivables in a Qualified Receivables Financing to repurchase receivables
arising as a result of a breach of a representation, warranty or covenant or
otherwise, including as a result of a receivable or portion thereof becoming
subject to any asserted defense, dispute, off-set or counterclaim of any kind as
a result of any action taken by, any failure to take action by or any other
event relating to the seller.
"Receivables Subsidiary" means a Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary of
Holdings (or another Person formed for the purposes of engaging in a Qualified
Receivables Financing with Holdings in which Holdings or any Subsidiary of
Holdings makes an Investment and to which Holdings or any Subsidiary of Holdings
transfers accounts receivable and related assets)
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which engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of
accounts receivable of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, all proceeds thereof and
all rights (contractual or other), collateral and other assets relating thereto,
and any business or activities incidental or related to such business, and which
is designated by the Board of Directors of Holdings (as provided below) as a
Receivables Subsidiary and:
(1) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations
(contingent or otherwise) of which (i) is Guaranteed by Holdings or any
other Subsidiary of Holdings (excluding Guarantees of Obligations (other
than the principal of, and interest on, Indebtedness) pursuant to Standard
Securitization Undertakings), (ii) is recourse to or obligates Holdings or
any other Subsidiary of Holdings in any way other than pursuant to Standard
Securitization Undertakings, or (iii) subjects any property or asset of
Holdings or any other Subsidiary of Holdings, directly or indirectly,
contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant
to Standard Securitization Undertakings,
(2) with which neither Holdings nor any other Subsidiary of Holdings
has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other
than on terms which Holdings reasonably believes to be no less favorable to
Holdings or such Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time
from Persons that are not Affiliates of Holdings, and
(3) to which neither Holdings nor any other Subsidiary of Holdings has
any obligation to maintain or preserve such entity's financial condition or
cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results. Any such
designation by the Board of Directors of Holdings shall be evidenced to the
Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of the resolution of
the Board of Directors of Holdings giving effect to such designation and an
Officers' Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the
foregoing conditions.
"Registered Exchange Offer" has the meaning set forth in the
Registration Rights Agreement.
"Registration Rights Agreement" means the Registration Rights
Agreement, dated as of July 30, 2004, among the Company, the Guarantors and the
Initial Purchasers named therein, as such agreement may be amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time and, with respect to any Additional Notes, one or
more registration rights agreements among the Company, the Guarantors and the
other parties thereto, as such agreement(s) may be amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time, relating to rights given by the Company to the
purchasers of Additional Notes to register such Additional Notes under the
Securities Act.
"Regulation S" means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities
Act.
"Regulation S Global Note" means a Regulation S Temporary Global Note
or Regulation S Permanent Global Note, as appropriate.
"Regulation S Permanent Global Note" means a permanent Global Note in
the form of Exhibit A1 hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private
Placement Legend
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and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary
or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal
amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note upon expiration of the
Restricted Period.
"Regulation S Temporary Global Note" means a temporary Global Note in
the form of Exhibit A2 hereto deposited with or on behalf of and registered in
the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the
outstanding principal amount of the Notes initially sold in reliance on Rule 903
of Regulation S.
"Responsible Officer," when used with respect to the Trustee, means
any officer within the Corporate Trust Administration of the Trustee (or any
successor group of the Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter,
any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of
and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct
responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.
"Restricted Definitive Note" means a Definitive Note bearing the
Private Placement Legend.
"Restricted Global Note" means a Global Note bearing the Private
Placement Legend.
"Restricted Investment" means an Investment other than a Permitted
Investment.
"Restricted Period" means the 40-day distribution compliance period as
defined in Regulation S.
"Restricted Subsidiary" of a Person means any Subsidiary of the
referent Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
"Rule 144" means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.
"Rule 144A" means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.
"Rule 903" means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act.
"Rule 904" means Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities Act.
"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Services and its successors and
assigns.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Shelf Registration Statement" means the Shelf Registration Statement
as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement.
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"Significant Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary that would be a
"significant subsidiary" as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X,
promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Regulation is in effect on
the date of this Indenture.
"Standard Securitization Undertakings" means representations,
warranties, covenants, indemnities and Guarantees of performance entered into by
Holdings or any Subsidiary of Holdings which Holdings has determined in good
faith to be customary in a Receivables Financing including, without limitation,
those relating to the servicing of the assets of a Receivables Subsidiary, it
being understood that any Receivables Repurchase Obligation shall be deemed to
be a Standard Securitization Undertaking.
"Stated Maturity" means, with respect to any installment of principal
on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which the final payment of principal
was scheduled to be paid in the documentation governing such Indebtedness as of
the date of this Indenture, and will not include any contingent obligations to
repay, redeem or repurchase any such principal prior to the date originally
scheduled for the payment thereof.
"Subsidiary" means, with respect to any specified Person:
(1) any corporation, association or other business entity of which
more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled
(without regard to the occurrence of any contingency and after giving
effect to any voting agreement or stockholders' agreement that effectively
transfers voting power) to vote in the election of directors, managers or
trustees of the corporation, association or other business entity is at the
time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or
more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof);
and
(2) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing
general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or
(b) the only general partners of which are that Person or one or more
Subsidiaries of that Person (or any combination thereof).
"Tax Amount" means, for any period, the aggregate amount of tax
distributions required to be made during such period by the Parent to its
members in accordance with the tax distribution provisions of the Parent's
limited liability company agreement that is in effect on the issue date of the
Notes (as such provisions may thereafter be amended or supplemented so long as
such amendments or supplements are not materially adverse to the Holders),
assuming the highest marginal federal, state and local tax rate for individuals
in effect for the year and assuming residency in New York City, New York,
provided that such distributions shall be for the purpose of enabling such
members to pay their income tax liability on their respective shares of
cumulative Taxable Income attributable to Holdings and its Subsidiaries; and
(ii) for any period, the amount of tax required to be paid by the Parent
directly to taxing authorities in respect of Taxable Income attributable to
Holdings and its Subsidiaries and amounts paid in respect of franchise, capital
and other non-income taxes required to be paid by the Parent.
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"Tax Distribution" means, in the event Holdings becomes a pass-through
or disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes, a distribution in
respect of taxes to the members of Holdings pursuant to Section 4.07(b)(8)
hereof.
"Taxable Income" means, with respect to any Person for any period, the
taxable income or loss of such Person for such period for federal income tax
purposes; provided, that (i) all items of income, gain, loss or deduction
required to be stated separately pursuant to Section 703(a)(1) of the Code shall
be included in taxable income or loss, (ii) any basis adjustment made in
connection with an election under Section 754 of the Code shall be disregarded
and (iii) such taxable income shall be increased or such taxable loss shall be
decreased by the amount of any interest expense incurred by such Person that is
not treated as deductible for federal income tax purposes by a partner or member
of such Person.
"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15
U.S.C. Sections 77aaa-77bbbb).
"Total Assets" means the total consolidated assets of Holdings and its
Restricted Subsidiaries, as shown on the most recent balance sheet of Holdings.
"Transactions" means the transactions contemplated by (i) the Purchase
Agreement, (ii) the Credit Agreement and (iii) this offering of the Notes.
"Treasury Rate" means, as of any redemption date, the yield to
maturity as of such redemption date of United States Treasury securities with a
constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve
Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two
Business Days prior to the redemption date (or, if such Statistical Release is
no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most
nearly equal to the period from the redemption date to August 1, 2009; provided,
however, that if the period from the redemption date to August 1, 2009, is less
than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States
Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used.
"Trustee" means The Bank of New York until a successor replaces it in
accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means
the successor serving hereunder.
"Unrestricted Definitive Note" means a Definitive Note that does not
bear and is not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.
"Unrestricted Global Note" means a Global Note that does not bear and
is not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.
"Unrestricted Subsidiary" means:
(1) any Subsidiary of Holdings that at the time of determination shall
be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors of
Holdings in the manner provided below; and
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(2) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
The Board of Directors of Holdings may designate any Subsidiary of
Holdings (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary of Holdings)
to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of its
Subsidiaries owns any Equity Interests or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any
Lien on any property of, Holdings or any other Subsidiary of Holdings that is
not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated; provided, however, that
the Subsidiary to be so designated and its Subsidiaries do not at the time of
designation have and do not thereafter incur any Non-recourse Debt (other than
Guarantees of performance of the Unrestricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course
of business, excluding Guarantees of Indebtedness for borrowed money); provided
further, however, that either:
(a) the Subsidiary to be so designated has total consolidated assets
of $1,000 or less; or
(b) if such Subsidiary has consolidated assets greater than $1,000,
then such designation would be permitted under Section 4.07 hereof.
The Board of Directors of Holdings may designate any Unrestricted
Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that immediately
after giving effect to such designation:
(x) (1) Holdings could incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant
to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test described in Section 4.09 hereof or
(2) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for Holdings and its Restricted
Subsidiaries would be greater than such ratio for Holdings and its
Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such designation, in each case
on a pro forma basis taking into account such designation, and
(y) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
Any such designation by the Board of Directors of Holdings shall be
evidenced to the Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the
resolution of the Board of Directors of Holdings giving effect to such
designation and an Officers' Certificate certifying that such designation
complied with the foregoing provisions.
"U.S. Person" means a U.S. Person as defined in Rule 902(k)
promulgated under the Securities Act.
"Voting Stock" of any specified Person as of any date means the
Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the
election of the Board of Directors of such Person.
"Weighted Average Life to Maturity" means, when applied to any
Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing:
(1) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of
each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other
required payments of
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principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect of the
Indebtedness, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest
one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such
payment; by
(2) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
"Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary" of any specified Person means a
Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Capital Stock or other
ownership interests of which (other than directors' qualifying shares) will at
the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly-Owned Restricted
Subsidiaries of such Person.
Section 1.02 Other Definitions.
Defined
Term in Section
---- ----------
"Affiliate Transaction"............................................ 4.11
"Asset Sale Offer"................................................. 4.10
"Authentication Order"............................................. 2.02
"Change of Control Offer".......................................... 4.15
"Change of Control Payment"........................................ 4.15
"Change of Control Payment Date"................................... 4.15
"Covenant Defeasance".............................................. 8.03
"DTC".............................................................. 2.03
"Event of Default"................................................. 6.01
"Excess Proceeds".................................................. 4.10
"incur"............................................................ 4.09
"Legal Defeasance"................................................. 8.02
"Offer Period"..................................................... 4.10
"Paying Agent"..................................................... 2.03
"Permitted Debt"................................................... 4.09
"Payment Default".................................................. 6.01
"Redemption Date".................................................. 3.07
"Registrar"........................................................ 2.03
"Restricted Payments".............................................. 4.07
Section 1.03 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the
provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.
The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following
meanings:
"indenture securities" means the Notes;
"indenture security Holder" means a Holder of a Note;
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture;
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"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the Trustee; and
"obligor" on the Notes and the Note Guarantees means the Company and
the Guarantors, respectively, and any successor obligor upon the Notes and the
Note Guarantees, respectively.
All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA,
defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA
have the meanings so assigned to them.
Section 1.04 Rules of Construction.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(i) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(ii) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned
to it in accordance with GAAP;
(iii) "or" is not exclusive;
(iv) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural
include the singular;
(v) "will" shall be interpreted to express a command;
(vi) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and
(vii) references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act will
be deemed to include substitute, replacement of successor sections or rules
adopted by the SEC from time to time.
ARTICLE 2
THE NOTES
Section 2.01 Form and Dating.
(a) General. The Notes and the Trustee's certificate of authentication
will be substantially in the form of Exhibits A1 and A2 hereto. The Notes may
have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or
usage. Each Note will be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall
be in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.
The terms and provisions contained in the Notes will constitute, and
are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the Company, the
Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture,
expressly agree to such terms and provisions and
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to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts
with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture
shall govern and be controlling.
(b) Global Notes. Notes issued in global form will be substantially in
the form of Exhibits A1 or A2 hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon
and the "Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note" attached
thereto). Notes issued in definitive form will be substantially in the form of
Exhibit A1 hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the
"Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note" attached thereto). Each
Global Note will represent such of the outstanding Notes as will be specified
therein and each shall provide that it represents the aggregate principal amount
of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate
principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time
be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions.
Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or
decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented
thereby will be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the
Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required
by Section 2.06 hereof.
(c) Temporary Global Notes. Notes offered and sold in reliance on
Regulation S will be issued initially in the form of the Regulation S Temporary
Global Note, which will be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Notes
represented thereby with the Trustee, at its New York office, as custodian for
the Depositary, and registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of
the Depositary for the accounts of designated agents holding on behalf of
Euroclear or Clearstream, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the
Trustee as hereinafter provided. The Restricted Period will be terminated upon
the receipt by the Trustee of:
(1) a written certificate from the Depositary, together with copies of
certificates from Euroclear and Clearstream certifying that they have
received certification of non-United States beneficial ownership of 100% of
the aggregate principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note
(except to the extent of any beneficial owners thereof who acquired an
interest therein during the Restricted Period pursuant to another exemption
from registration under the Securities Act and who will take delivery of a
beneficial ownership interest in a 144A Global Note or an IAI Global Note
bearing a Private Placement Legend, all as contemplated by Section 2.06(b)
hereof); and
(2) an Officers' Certificate from the Company.
Following the termination of the Restricted Period, beneficial
interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note will be exchanged for
beneficial interests in the Regulation S Permanent Global Note pursuant to the
Applicable Procedures. Simultaneously with the authentication of the Regulation
S Permanent Global Note, the Trustee will cancel the Regulation S Temporary
Global Note. The aggregate principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global
Note and the Regulation S Permanent Global Note may from time to time be
increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the
Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, in connection with transfers of
interest as hereinafter provided.
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(d) Euroclear and Clearstream Procedures Applicable. The provisions of
the "Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System" and "Terms and Conditions
Governing Use of Euroclear" and the "General Terms and Conditions of Clearstream
Banking" and "Customer Handbook" of Clearstream will be applicable to transfers
of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note and the
Regulation S Permanent Global Note that are held by Participants through
Euroclear or Clearstream.
Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication.
At least one Officer must sign the Notes for the Company by manual or
facsimile signature.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office
at the time a Note is authenticated, the Note will nevertheless be valid.
A Note will not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature
of the Trustee. The signature will be conclusive evidence that the Note has been
authenticated under this Indenture.
The Trustee will, upon receipt of a written order of the Company
signed by two Officers of the Company (an "Authentication Order"), authenticate
Notes for original issue that may be validly issued under this Indenture,
including any Additional Notes and any Exchange Notes. The aggregate principal
amount of Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed the aggregate principal
amount of Notes authorized for issuance by the Company pursuant to one or more
Authentication Orders, except as provided in Section 2.07 hereof.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the
Company to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes
whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to
authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An
authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an
Affiliate of the Company.
Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying Agent.
The Company will maintain an office or agency where Notes may be
presented for registration of transfer or for exchange ("Registrar") and an
office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment ("Paying Agent"). The
Registrar will keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange.
The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional
paying agents. The term "Registrar" includes any co-registrar and the term
"Paying Agent" includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change any
Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company will notify
the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this
Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as
Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of
its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") to
act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.
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The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and
Paying Agent and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.
Section 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.
The Company will require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to
agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of
Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of
principal, premium or Additional Interest, if any, or interest on the Notes, and
will notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such
payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying
Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may
require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment
over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a
Subsidiary) will have no further liability for the money. If the Company or a
Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it will segregate and hold in a separate trust
fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon
any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the
Trustee will serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.
Section 2.05 Holder Lists.
The Trustee will preserve in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of
all Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a). If the Trustee
is not the Registrar, the Company will furnish to the Trustee at least seven
Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the
Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the
Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of
Notes and the Company shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a).
Section 2.06 Transfer and Exchange.
(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. A Global Note may not be
transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary,
by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the
Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary
or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global Notes will be exchanged by
the Company for Definitive Notes if:
(1) the Company delivers to the Trustee notice from the Depositary
that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary or that it
is no longer a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in
either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within
120 days after the date of such notice from the Depositary;
(2) the Company in its sole discretion determine that the Global Notes
(in whole but not in part) should be exchanged for Definitive Notes and
deliver a written notice to such effect to the Trustee; provided that in no
event shall the Regulation S Temporary Global Note be exchanged by the
Company for Definitive Notes prior to (A) the ex-
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piration of the Restricted Period and (B) the receipt by the Registrar of
any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B) under the
Securities Act; or
(3) there has occurred and is continuing an Event of Default with
respect to the Notes.
Upon the occurrence of either of the preceding events in (1) or (2)
above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall
instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole
or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10 hereof. Every Note
authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any
portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or 2.10 hereof,
shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global
Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided
in this Section 2.06(a), however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be
transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.06(b), (c) or (f) hereof.
(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes.
The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will be
effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Restricted
Global Notes will be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set
forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of
beneficial interests in the Global Notes also will require compliance with
either subparagraph (1) or (2) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of
the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:
(1) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note.
Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to
Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in
the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer
restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend; provided, however,
that prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of
beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note may not be
made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other
than an Initial Purchaser). Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global
Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of
a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. No written orders or
instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect
the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(1).
(2) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in
Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial
interests that are not subject to Section 2.06(b)(1) above, the transferor
of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either:
(A) both:
(i) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect
Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause
to be credited a beneficial interest
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in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial
interest to be transferred or exchanged; and
(ii) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable
Procedures containing information regarding the Participant
account to be credited with such increase; or
(B) both:
(i) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect
Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be
issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial
interest to be transferred or exchanged; and
(ii) instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar
containing information regarding the Person in whose name such
Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or
exchange referred to in (1) above;
provided, that in no event shall Definitive Notes be issued upon
the transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in the
Regulation S Temporary Global Note prior to (A) the expiration of
the Restricted Period and (B) the receipt by the Registrar of any
certificates required pursuant to Rule 903 under the Securities
Act.
Upon consummation of a Registered Exchange Offer by the Company in
accordance with Section 2.06(f) hereof, the requirements of this Section
2.06(b)(2) shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon receipt by the
Registrar of the instructions contained in the Letter of Transmittal
delivered by the Holder of such beneficial interests in the Restricted
Global Notes. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or
exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this
Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act,
the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global
Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof.
(3) Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global
Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be
transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a
beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the transfer
complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(2) above and the
Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a
beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note, then the transferor must
deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (1) thereof;
(B) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a
beneficial interest in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note or the
Regulation S Permanent
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Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the
form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2)
thereof; and
(C) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a
beneficial interest in the IAI Global Note, then the transferor must
deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item
(3)(d) thereof, if applicable.
(4) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted
Global Note for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note. A
beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any
holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or
transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a
beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or
transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(2) above and:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the
Registered Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement and the holder of the beneficial interest to be transferred,
in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a
transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is
not (i) a Broker-Dealer, (ii) a Person participating in the
distribution of the Exchange Notes or (iii) a Person who is an
affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration
Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the
Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
(i) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial
interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global
Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C
hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(a) thereof; or
(ii) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial
interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form
of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a
certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar
so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of
Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that
such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the
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Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and
in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain
compliance with the Securities Act.
If any such transfer is effected pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (D)
above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the
Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance
with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more
Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to
subparagraph (B) or (D) above.
Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be
exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form
of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note.
(c) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes.
(1) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted
Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global
Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive
Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery
thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon receipt by the
Registrar of the following documentation:
(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global
Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted
Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C
hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(a) thereof;
(B) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in
accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit
B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(C) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a Non-U.S.
Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904,
a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (2) thereof;
(D) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in
accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit
B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
(E) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to an
Institutional Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in
subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a certificate to the effect set forth
in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion
of Counsel required by item (3)(d) thereof, if applicable;
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(F) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or
(G) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to
the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in
item (3)(c) thereof,
the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global
Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof, and the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the
Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate
principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c) shall be
registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or
denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the
Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or
Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the
Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued
in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to
this Section 2.06(c)(1) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be
subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.
(2) Beneficial Interests in Regulation S Temporary Global Note to
Definitive Notes. Notwithstanding Sections 2.06(c)(1)(A) and (C) hereof, a
beneficial interest in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note may not be
exchanged for a Definitive Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery
thereof in the form of a Definitive Note prior to (A) the expiration of the
Restricted Period and (B) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates
required pursuant to Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act, except in
the case of a transfer pursuant to an exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 903 or Rule 904.
(3) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Unrestricted
Definitive Notes. A holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note
may exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or may
transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the
form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note only if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Registered
Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the
holder of such beneficial interest, in the case of an exchange, or the
transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter
of Transmittal that it is not (i) a Broker-Dealer, (ii) a Person
participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (iii) a Person
who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration
Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration
Rights Agreement; or
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(D) the Registrar receives the following:
(i) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted
Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for an
Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the
form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(b)
thereof; or
(ii) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted
Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person
who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted
Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit
B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar
so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of
Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that
such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that
the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement
Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the
Securities Act.
(4) Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted
Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted
Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive
Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery
thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the
conditions set forth in Section 2.06(b)(2) hereof, the Trustee will cause
the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced
accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof, and the Company will
execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the Person
designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate
principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial
interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(4) will be registered in such
name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the
holder of such beneficial interest requests through instructions to the
Registrar from or through the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect
Participant. The Trustee will deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons
in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in
exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(3)(4)
will not bear the Private Placement Legend.
(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial
Interests.
(1) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted
Global Notes. If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange
such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note or to transfer
such Restricted Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the
form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by
the Registrar of the following documentation:
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(A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to
exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, a
certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the
certifications in item (2)(b) thereof;
(B) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB
in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(C) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a
Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or
Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (2) thereof;
(D) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant
to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in
accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit
B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
(E) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to an
Institutional Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in
subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a certificate to the effect set forth
in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion
of Counsel required by item (3)(d) thereof, if applicable;
(F) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth
in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof;
or
(G) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant
to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a
certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,
the Trustee will cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause to be
increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause (A) above,
the appropriate Restricted Global Note, in the case of clause (B) above, the
144A Global Note, in the case of clause (C) above, the Regulation S Global Note,
and in all other cases, the IAI Global Note.
(2) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in
Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may exchange
such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer
such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the
form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Registered
Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the
Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a
transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not
(i) a Broker-Dealer, (ii) a Person participating in the distribution of the
Exchange Notes or (iii) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule
144) of the Company;
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(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration
Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration
Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
(i) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to exchange
such Notes for a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note,
a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto,
including the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or
(ii) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to transfer
such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of
a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate
from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar
so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of
Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that
such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that
the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement
Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the
Securities Act.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in
this Section 2.06(d)(2), the Trustee will cancel the Definitive Notes and
increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the
Unrestricted Global Note.
(3) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in
Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may
exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or
transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the
form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon
receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee will cancel
the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be
increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global
Notes.
If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a
beneficial interest is effected pursuant to subparagraphs (2)(B), (2)(D) or (3)
above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the
Company will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance
with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee will authenticate one or more Unrestricted
Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of
Definitive Notes so transferred.
(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes.
Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder's compliance with
the provisions of this Section 2.06(e), the Registrar will register the transfer
or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to
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such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder must present or
surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by
a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly
executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In
addition, the requesting Holder must provide any additional certifications,
documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following
provisions of this Section 2.06(e).
(1) Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. Any
Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to and registered in the name of
Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note if
the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 144A, then the
transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(B) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904,
then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; and
(C) if the transfer will be made pursuant to any other exemption from
the registration requirements of the Securities Act, then the transferor
must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3)
thereof, if applicable.
(2) Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Any
Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an
Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person or Persons who take
delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Registered
Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the
Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a
transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not
(i) a Broker-Dealer, (ii) a Person participating in the distribution of the
Exchange Notes or (iii) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule
144) of the Company;
(B) any such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration
Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) any such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration
Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
(i) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to
exchange such Notes for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate
from such
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Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications
in item (1)(d) thereof; or
(ii) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes
to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in
the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such
Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications
in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so
requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar
to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the
Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the
Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance
with the Securities Act.
(3) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A
Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who
takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon
receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register
the Unrestricted Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder
thereof.
(f) Registered Exchange Offer. Upon the occurrence of the Registered
Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company
will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with
Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee will authenticate:
(1) one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interests in the
Restricted Global Notes accepted for exchange in the Registered Exchange
Offer by Persons that certify in the applicable Letters of Transmittal that
(A) they are not Broker-Dealers, (B) they are not participating in a
distribution of the Exchange Notes and (C) they are not affiliates (as
defined in Rule 144) of the Company; and
(2) Unrestricted Definitive Notes in an aggregate principal amount
equal to the principal amount of the Restricted Definitive Notes accepted
for exchange in the Registered Exchange Offer by Persons that certify in
the applicable Letters of Transmittal that (A) they are not Broker-Dealers,
(B) they are not participating in a distribution of the Exchange Notes and
(C) they are not affiliates (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company.
Concurrently with the issuance of such Notes, the Trustee will cause
the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Notes to be
reduced accordingly, and the Company will execute and the Trustee will
authenticate and deliver to the Persons designated by the Holders of Definitive
Notes so accepted Unrestricted Definitive Notes in the appropriate principal
amount.
(g) Legends. The following legends will appear on the face of all
Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture unless
specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Indenture.
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(1) Private Placement Legend.
(A) Except as permitted by subparagraph (B) below, each Global Note
and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or
substitution thereof) shall bear the legend in substantially the following form:
"THIS NOTE (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S.
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT") AND, ACCORDINGLY,
MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED WITHIN THE
UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS, EXCEPT
AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A
BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A
"QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT) (A "QIB"), (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON, IS NOT ACQUIRING
THIS NOTE FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS
NOTE IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OR (C) IT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" (AS
DEFINED IN RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT) (AN "IAI"), (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT, WITHIN THE TIME
PERIOD REFERRED TO UNDER RULE 144(k) (TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE PROVISIONS OF
RULE 144(d) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IF APPLICABLE) UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT AS IN EFFECT ON THE DATE OF THE TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE, RESELL OR
OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE EXCEPT (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY
THEREOF, (B) TO A PERSON WHOM THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QIB
PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB IN COMPLIANCE
WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN
AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 903 AND RULE 904 UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, (D) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY
RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), (E) TO AN IAI THAT, PRIOR
TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES TO THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING
CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE REGISTRATION OF
TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE (THE FORM OF WHICH LETTER CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE
TRUSTEE) AND, IF SUCH TRANSFER IS IN RESPECT OF AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT OF NOTES AT THE TIME OF TRANSFER OF LESS THAN $250,000, AN OPINION
OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE
WITH THE SECURITIES ACT (F) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (G) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM
THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES
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ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY), AND,
IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND (3)
AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS NOTE OR AN INTEREST
HEREIN IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND.
IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN WITHIN
THE TIME PERIOD REFERRED TO ABOVE, THE HOLDER MUST CHECK THE APPROPRIATE
BOX SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF RELATING TO THE MANNER OF SUCH TRANSFER
AND SUBMIT THIS CERTIFICATE TO THE TRUSTEE. AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS
"OFFSHORE TRANSACTION," "UNITED STATES" AND "U.S. PERSON" HAVE THE MEANINGS
GIVEN TO THEM BY RULE 902 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. THE
INDENTURE CONTAINS A PROVISION REQUIRING THE TRUSTEE TO REFUSE TO REGISTER
ANY TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE IN VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS."
(B) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note
issued pursuant to subparagraphs (b)(4), (c)(3), (c)(4), (d)(2), (d)(3), (e)(2),
(e)(3) or (f) of this Section 2.06 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or
substitution thereof) will not bear the Private Placement Legend.
(2) Global Note Legend. Each Global Note will bear a legend in
substantially the following form:
"THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE
GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS
MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL
NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a)
OF THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR
CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL
NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN
CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN
DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE
DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY
TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY
OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH
SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS
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THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇) ("▇▇▇"), TO
THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT,
AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH
OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND
ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED
BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE
HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS
THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN."
(3) Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend. The Regulation S
Temporary Global Note will bear a Legend in substantially the following form:
"THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE, AND THE
CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE FOR CERTIFICATED NOTES,
ARE AS SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED HEREIN). NEITHER THE HOLDER
NOR THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE SHALL
BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE PAYMENT OF INTEREST HEREON."
(h) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as
all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for
Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or
canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note will be returned to or
retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11 hereof. At
any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note
is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in
the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive
Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note will be
reduced accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the
Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such
reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred
to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest
in another Global Note, such other Global Note will be increased accordingly and
an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the
Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
(i) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.
(1) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company
will execute and the Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes
upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof
or at the Registrar's request.
(2) No service charge will be made to a Holder of a beneficial
interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any
registration of transfer or exchange, but
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the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or
similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such
transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer
pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.06, 4.10, 4.15 and 9.05 hereof).
(3) The Registrar will not be required to register the transfer of or
exchange of any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the
unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
(4) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration
of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes will be the valid
obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes
surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
(5) Neither the Registrar nor the Company will be required:
(A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes
during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day
of any selection of Notes for redemption under Section 3.02 hereof and
ending at the close of business on the day of selection;
(B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note selected for
redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note
being redeemed in part; or
(C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a record
date and the next succeeding interest payment date.
(6) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any
Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in
whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the
purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Notes and for
all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Company shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
(7) The Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in
accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02 hereof.
(8) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required
to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a
registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile.
Section 2.07 Replacement Notes.
If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Company and
the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or
theft of any Note, the Company will issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an
Authentication Order, will authenticate a replacement Note if the Trustee's
requirements are met. If required by the Trustee or the Company, an
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indemnity bond must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment
of the Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent
and any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note
is replaced. The Company may charge for their expenses in replacing a Note.
Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Company and
will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
Section 2.08 Outstanding Notes.
The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by
the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for
cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the
Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in this
Section 2.08 as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.09 hereof, a
Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the
Company holds the Note; however, Notes held by the Company or a Subsidiary of
the Company shall not be deemed to be outstanding for purposes of Section
3.07(a) hereof.
If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof, it ceases to be
outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the
replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser.
If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section
4.01 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue.
If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an
Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on a redemption date or maturity date, money
sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date such
Notes will be deemed to be no longer outstanding and will cease to accrue
interest.
Section 2.09 Treasury Notes.
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of
Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the
Company or any Guarantor, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company or any
Guarantor, will be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the
purposes of determining whether the Trustee will be protected in relying on any
such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee knows are so owned will be so disregarded.
Section 2.10 Temporary Notes.
Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the
Company may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order,
will authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes will be substantially in the
form of certificated Notes but may have variations that the Company considers
appropriate for temporary Notes and as may be reasona-
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▇▇▇ acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Company will
prepare and the Trustee will authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for
temporary Notes.
Holders of temporary Notes will be entitled to all of the benefits of
this Indenture.
Section 2.11 Cancellation.
The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent will forward to the Trustee any
Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The
Trustee and no one else will cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of
transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and will dispose of
such canceled Notes in its customary manner (subject to the record retention
requirement of the Exchange Act). Certification of the destruction of all
canceled Notes will be delivered to the Company. The Company may not issue new
Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.12 Defaulted Interest.
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, they
will pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful,
interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Holders on a
subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes
and in Section 4.01 hereof. The Company will notify the Trustee in writing of
the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date
of the proposed payment. The Company will fix or cause to be fixed each such
special record date and payment date; provided that no such special record date
may be less than 10 days prior to the related payment date for such defaulted
interest. At least 15 days before the special record date, the Company (or, upon
the written request of the Company, the Trustee in the name and at the expense
of the Company) will mail or cause to be mailed to Holders a notice that states
the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such
interest to be paid.
Section 2.13 CUSIP Numbers.
The Company in issuing the Notes may use "CUSIP" numbers (if then
generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use "CUSIP" numbers in notices
of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may
state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers
either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption and
that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on
the Notes, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or
omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in
writing of any change in the "CUSIP" numbers.
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ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
Section 3.01 Notices to Trustee.
If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional
redemption provisions of Section 3.07 hereof, it must furnish to the Trustee, at
least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, an Officers'
Certificate setting forth:
(1) the clause of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption
shall occur;
(2) the redemption date;
(3) the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed;
(4) the redemption price; and
(5) applicable CUSIP Numbers.
Section 3.02 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed.
If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, the
Trustee will select Notes for redemption or purchase as follows:
(1) if the Notes are listed on any national securities exchange, in
compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities
exchange on which the Notes are listed; or
(2) if the Notes are not listed on any national securities exchange,
on a pro rata basis.
In the event of partial redemption or purchase by lot, the particular
Notes to be redeemed or purchased will be selected, unless otherwise provided
herein, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption date by
the Trustee from the outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption.
The Trustee will promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes
selected for redemption and, in the case of any Note selected for partial
redemption or purchase, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. Notes and
portions of Notes selected will be in amounts of $1,000 or whole multiples of
$1,000; provided that no Notes of $1,000 or less shall be redeemed in part.
Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that
apply to Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for
redemption.
Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption.
(a) At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption
date, the Company will mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, a notice
of redemption to each
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Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address, except that
redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if
the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Articles 8 or 11
hereof.
The notice will identify the Notes (including CUSIP Numbers) to be
redeemed and will state:
(1) the redemption date;
(2) the redemption price;
(3) if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the
principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the redemption
date upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount
equal to the unredeemed portion will be issued upon cancellation of the
original Note;
(4) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(5) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying
Agent to collect the redemption price;
(6) that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption
payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and
after the redemption date;
(7) the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture
pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed; and
(8) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy
of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.
At the Company's request, the Trustee will give the notice of
redemption in the Company's name and at their expense; provided, however, that
the Company has delivered to the Trustee, at least 45 days prior to the
redemption date, an Officers' Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such
notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided
in the preceding paragraph.
Section 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption.
Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.03
hereof, Notes called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the
redemption date at the redemption price. A notice of redemption may not be
conditional.
Section 3.05 Deposit of Redemption Price.
One Business Day prior to the redemption date, the Company will
deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the
redemption price of and accrued interest and Additional Interest, if any, on all
Notes to be redeemed on that date. The
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Trustee or the Paying Agent will promptly return to the Company any money
deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the
amounts necessary to pay the redemption price of, and accrued interest and
Additional Interest, if any, on, all Notes to be redeemed.
If the Company complies with the provisions of the preceding
paragraph, on and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on
the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption. If a Note is redeemed
on or after an interest record date but on or prior to the related interest
payment date, then any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person
in whose name such Note was registered at the close of business on such record
date. If any Note called for redemption is not so paid upon surrender for
redemption because of the failure of the Company to comply with the preceding
paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption
date until such principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest not
paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes
and in Section 4.01 hereof.
Section 3.06 Notes Redeemed in Part.
Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Company will
issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, the Trustee will
authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Company a new Note equal in
principal amount to the unredeemed or unpurchased portion of the Note
surrendered.
Section 3.07 Optional Redemption.
(a) At any time prior to August 1, 2007, the Company may on any one or
more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes
issued under this Indenture (including additional notes issued after Issue Date)
at a redemption price of 107.25% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued
and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to, but not including, the
redemption date, with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings;
provided that:
(1) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued
under this Indenture (excluding Notes held by the Company and its
Subsidiaries) remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such
redemption; and
(2) the redemption occurs within 180 days of the date of the closing
of such Equity Offering.
(b) Except pursuant to the preceding paragraph or as otherwise set
forth below, the Notes will not be redeemable at the Company's option prior to
August 1, 2009; provided, however, the Company may acquire the Notes by means
other than a redemption, whether pursuant to a tender offer, open market
purchase or otherwise, so long as such acquisition does not violate the terms of
this Indenture.
(c) On or after August 1, 2009, the Company may redeem all or a part
of the Notes upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice, at the
redemption prices (expressed
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as percentages of principal amount) set forth below plus accrued and unpaid
interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes redeemed to, but not
including, the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month
period beginning on August 1 of the years indicated below, subject to the rights
of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest on the relevant
interest payment date:
Year Percentage
---- ----------
2009............................................................... 103.625%
2010............................................................... 102.417%
2011............................................................... 101.208%
2012 and thereafter................................................ 100.000%
Unless the Company defaults in the payment of the redemption price,
interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for
redemption on the applicable redemption date.
(d) At any time prior to August 1, 2009, the Company may also redeem
all or a part of the Notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' prior
notice mailed by first-class mail to each Holder's registered address, at a
redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes redeemed plus
the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest and Additional
Interest, if any, to, but not including, the date of redemption, subject to the
rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due
on the relevant interest payment date.
(e) Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be made
pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.
Section 3.08 Mandatory Redemption.
The Company is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking
fund payments with respect to the Notes.
Section 3.09 Intentionally Omitted.
ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
Section 4.01 Payment of Notes.
The Company will pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if
any, and interest and Additional Interest, if any, on, the Notes on the dates
and in the manner provided in the Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and
interest and Additional Interest, if any will be considered paid on the date due
if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, holds as
of 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the due date money deposited by the Company in
immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all
principal of, premium, if any,
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and interest and Additional Interest, if any, then due. The Company will pay all
Additional Interest, if any, in the same manner on the dates and in the amounts
set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
The Company will pay interest on overdue principal at the rate
specified therefor in the Notes, and it shall pay interest on overdue
installments of interest at the same rate borne by the Notes to the extent
lawful.
Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New
York, an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate
of the Trustee, Registrar or co-registrar) where Notes may be surrendered for
registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or
upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The
Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any
change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company
fails to maintain any such required office or agency or fails to furnish the
Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and
demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other
offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or
all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided,
however, that no such designation or rescission will 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 will give prompt
written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any
change in the location of any such other office or agency.
The Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee as one such office or agency of the Company in accordance with Section
2.03 hereof.
Section 4.03 Reports.
(a) So long as any Notes are outstanding, Holdings shall file with the
SEC, to the extent such submissions are accepted for filing by the SEC, and
shall provide to the Trustee (within 15 days after it files (or would have been
required to file) with the SEC):
(1) all quarterly financial information that would be required to be
contained in a filing with the SEC on Forms 10-Q; and
(2) all annual reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC
on Form 10-K if Holdings were required to file reports;
as if Holdings were required to file such forms.
Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is
for informational purposes only and the Trustee's receipt of such shall not
constitute constructive notice
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of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained
therein, including the Company's compliance with any of its covenants hereunder
(as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers'
Certificates).
All such reports will be prepared in all material respects in
accordance with all of the rules and regulations applicable to such reports.
Each annual report on Form 10-K will include a report on Holdings' consolidated
financial statements by Holdings' independent accountants.
If, at any time after consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer
contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company is no longer
subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act for any
reason, Holdings will nevertheless continue filing the reports specified in the
preceding paragraph with the SEC within the time periods specified above unless
the SEC will not accept such a filing.
(b) For so long as any Notes remain outstanding, if at any time they
are not required to file with the SEC the reports required by paragraph (a) of
this Section 4.03, the Company and the Guarantors will furnish to the Holders
and to securities analysts and prospective investors, upon their request, the
information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the
Securities Act.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, such requirements shall be deemed
satisfied prior to the commencement of the Registered Exchange Offer or the
effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement by the filing with the
Commission of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and/or Shelf
Registration Statement, and any amendments thereto, with such financial
information that satisfied Regulation S-X of the Securities Act; provided that
in order for such requirements to be deemed satisfied, any such Registration
Statement must contain quarterly information for the period ended September 30,
2004 as required by Regulation S-X no later than November 30, 2004.
Section 4.04 Compliance Certificate.
(a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the
end of each fiscal year of the Company an Officers' Certificate stating that in
the course of the performance by the signers of their duties as Officers of the
Company they would normally have knowledge of any Default and whether or not the
signers know of any Default that occurred during such period. If they do, the
certificate shall describe the Default, its status and what action the Company
is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. The Company also shall
comply with Section 314(a)(4) of the TIA.
(b) So long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Company will
deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon any Officer becoming aware of any Default
or Event of Default, an Officers' Certificate specifying such Default or Event
of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with
respect thereto.
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Section 4.05 Intentionally Omitted.
Section 4.06 Intentionally Omitted.
Section 4.07 Restricted Payments.
(a) Holdings will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
(1) declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or
distribution on account of Holdings' or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries'
Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any payment in connection
with any merger or consolidation involving Holdings or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries) or to the direct or indirect holders of the
Holdings' or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries' Equity Interests in their
capacity as such (other than dividends or distributions payable in Equity
Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of Holdings and other than
dividends or distributions payable to Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary
of Holdings);
(2) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value
(including, without limitation, in connection with any merger or
consolidation involving Holdings) any Equity Interests of Holdings or any
direct or indirect parent of Holdings;
(3) make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem,
defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, any Indebtedness of
Holdings, the Company or any Guarantor that is contractually subordinated
to the Notes or to any Note Guarantee (excluding (x) any intercompany
Indebtedness between or among Holdings and any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or (y) the purchase, repurchase, or other acquisition of
Indebtedness that is contractually subordinated to the notes or to any Note
Guarantee, as the case may be, purchased in anticipation of satisfying a
sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each
case due within one year of the date of purchase, repurchase or
acquisition), except a payment of interest or principal at the Stated
Maturity thereof; or
(4) make any Restricted Investment
(all such payments and other actions set forth in these clauses (1) through (4)
above being collectively referred to as "Restricted Payments"), unless, at the
time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment:
(A) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or
would occur as a consequence of such Restricted Payment;
(B) Holdings would, after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such
Restricted Payment had been made at the beginning of the applicable
four-quarter period, have been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of
additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test
set forth in Section 4.09(a); and
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(C) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all
other Restricted Payments made by Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries
since the date of this Indenture (excluding Restricted Payments permitted
by clauses (2), (3), (4), (5) (only to the extent of one-half of the
amounts paid pursuant to such clause), (6), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12),
(13), (15), (16), (17) and (18) of Section 4.07(b) hereof), is less than
the sum, without duplication, of:
(i) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of Holdings for the period
(taken as one accounting period) from the beginning of the first
fiscal quarter commencing prior to the date of this Indenture to the
end of the Holding's most recently ended fiscal quarter for which
internal financial statements are available at the time of such
Restricted Payment (or, if such Consolidated Net Income for such
period is a deficit, less 100% of such deficit); plus
(ii) 100% of the aggregate net proceeds, including cash and the
Fair Market Value of property other than cash, received by Holdings
since the date of this Indenture (x) as a contribution to its common
equity capital or (y) from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of
Holdings or any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings (other
than Disqualified Stock, Designated Preferred Stock, Excluded
Contributions or Cash Contributions) or from the issue or sale of
convertible or exchangeable Disqualified Stock or convertible or
exchangeable debt securities that have been converted into or
exchanged for such Equity Interests (other than Equity Interests (or
Disqualified Stock or debt securities) sold to a Subsidiary of
Holdings); plus
(iii) to the extent that any Restricted Investment that was made
after the date of this Indenture is sold for cash or otherwise
liquidated or repaid for cash, 100% of the aggregate amount received
in cash and the Fair Market Value of property other than cash
received; plus
(iv) to the extent that any Unrestricted Subsidiary of Holdings
designated as such after the date of this Indenture is redesignated as
a Restricted Subsidiary after the date of this Indenture or has been
merged into, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or
conveys its assets to, Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary of
Holdings, 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Holdings' Investment in
such Subsidiary as of the date of such redesignation, combination or
transfer (or of the assets transferred or conveyed, as applicable)
after deducting any Indebtedness associated with the Unrestricted
Subsidiary so designated or combined or any Indebtedness associated
with the assets so transferred or conveyed); plus
(v) 100% of any dividends or distributions received by Holdings
or a Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings after the date of this
Indenture from an Unrestricted Subsidiary of Holdings, to the extent
that such dividends or distributions were not otherwise included in
the Consolidated Net Income of Holdings for such period.
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(b) The provisions of Section 4.07(a) hereof will not prohibit:
(1) the payment of any dividend or distribution or the consummation of
any redemption within 60 days after the date of declaration of the dividend
or distribution or giving of the redemption notice, as the case may be, if,
at the date of declaration or notice, the dividend, distribution or
redemption payment would have complied with the provisions of this
Indenture;
(2) the making of any Restricted Payment in exchange for, or out of
the net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a
Subsidiary of Holdings) of, Equity Interests of Holdings or any direct or
indirect parent company of Holdings (other than Disqualified Stock) or from
the substantially concurrent contribution of common equity capital to
Holdings; provided that the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are
utilized for any such Restricted Payment will be excluded from clause
(C)(ii) of Section 4.07(a) hereof;
(3) the repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or
retirement for value of Indebtedness of Holdings or any Restricted
Subsidiary that is contractually subordinated to the Notes or to any Note
Guarantee with the net cash proceeds from a substantially concurrent
incurrence of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness;
(4) the payment of any dividend (or, in the case of any partnership or
limited liability company, any similar distribution) by a Restricted
Subsidiary of Holdings to the holders of its Equity Interests on a pro rata
basis;
(5) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement (or
dividends or distributions to any direct or indirect parent company of
Holdings to finance any such repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or
retirement) for value of any Equity Interests of Holdings or any Restricted
Subsidiary of Holdings or any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings
held by any current or former officer, director, consultant or employee of
Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect
parent company of Holdings pursuant to any equity subscription agreement,
stock option agreement, shareholders' or members' agreement or similar
agreement, plan or arrangement; provided that the aggregate price paid for
all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired Equity Interests may
not exceed $2.5 million in any calendar year (with unused amounts in any
calendar year being permitted to be carried over for the two succeeding
calendar years); provided further, that the amount in any calendar year may
be increased by an amount not to exceed:
(a) the cash proceeds received by Holdings or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries from the sale of Equity Interests (other than
Disqualified Stock) of Holdings or any direct or indirect parent
company of Holdings (to the extent contributed to Holdings) to members
of management, directors or consultants of Holdings and its Restricted
Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings that
occurs after the date of this Indenture (provided that the amount of
such cash proceeds utilized for any such repurchase, retirement, other
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tion, or dividend or distribution will not increase the amount
available for Restricted Payments under clause (C) of Section
4.07(a)); plus
(b) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received
by Holdings or any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings (to
the extent contributed to Holdings) and its Restricted Subsidiaries
after the date of this Indenture;
(provided that Holdings may elect to apply all or any portion of the
aggregate increase contemplated by clauses (a) and (b) above in any single
calendar year);
(6) the repurchase of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon the
exercise of stock options to the extent such Equity Interests represent a
portion of the exercise price of those stock options;
(7) the declaration and payment of regularly scheduled or accrued
dividends or distributions to holders of any class or series of
Disqualified Stock of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings
issued on or after the date of this Indenture in accordance with the Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio test described in Section 4.09 hereof;
(8) without duplication as to amounts distributable with respect to
taxes under clause (9) below, in the event Holdings becomes a pass-through
or disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes, Tax
Distributions to members of Holdings in an amount, with respect to any
period after the last day of the fiscal quarter preceding the issuance of
the Notes in 2004, not to exceed the Tax Amount for such period;
(9) without duplication as to amounts distributed under clause (8)
above, Permitted Payments to Parent;
(10) purchases of receivables pursuant to a Receivables Repurchase
Obligation in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing;
(11) the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions to
holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than
Disqualified Stock) issued after the date of this Indenture and the
declaration and payment of dividends to any direct or indirect parent
company of Holdings, the proceeds of which will be used to fund the payment
of dividends or distributions to holders of any class or series of
Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of any direct or
indirect parent company of Holdings issued after the date of this
Indenture; provided, however, that (A) for the most recently ended four
full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available
immediately preceding the date of issuance of such Designated Preferred
Stock, after giving effect to such issuance (and the payment of dividends
or distributions) on a pro forma basis, Holdings could incur an additional
$1.00 of Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, and (B)
the aggregate amount of dividends declared and paid pursuant to this clause
(11) does not exceed the net cash proceeds actually received by Holdings
(including any such proceeds contributed to Holdings by any direct or
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rect parent company of Holdings) from any such sale of Designated Preferred
Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued after the date of this
Indenture;
(12) any payments made in connection with the consummation of the
Transactions (as such term is defined in the Offering Memorandum);
(13) Investments that are made with Excluded Contributions;
(14) other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$25.0 million since the date of this Indenture;
(15) the satisfaction of change of control obligations once Holdings
has fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture with respect to a Change
of Control;
(16) the repayment of intercompany debt that was permitted to be
incurred under this Indenture;
(17) cash dividends or other distributions on Holdings' Capital Stock
used to, or the making of loans to any direct or indirect parent of
Holdings to, fund the payment of fees and expenses owed by Holdings or its
Restricted Subsidiaries to Affiliates, to the extent permitted by Section
4.11 hereof;
(18) the payment of dividends or distributions on Holdings' common
equity (or the payment of dividends or distributions to a direct or
indirect parent company of Holdings to fund the payment by such parent
company of dividends or distributions on its common equity) of up to 5.0%
per calendar year of the net proceeds received by the Holdings from any
public Equity Offering or contributed to Holdings by a direct or indirect
parent company of Holdings from any public Equity Offering; provided that
the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any such
Restricted Payment will be excluded from clause (C)(ii) of Section 4.07(a)
hereof; and
(19) the distribution, as a dividend or otherwise, of shares of
Capital Stock of, or Indebtedness owed to Holdings or a Restricted
Subsidiary of Holdings by, Unrestricted Subsidiaries;
provided, however, that at the time of, and after giving effect to, any
Restricted Payment permitted under clauses (11) or (18) of this Section 4.07(b),
no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would
occur as a consequence thereof.
(c) The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) will be
the Fair Market Value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or
securities proposed to be transferred or issued by Holdings or such Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment.
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Section 4.08 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries.
(a) Holdings will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or permit to exist or become
effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any
Restricted Subsidiary to:
(1) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock
to Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or with respect to any
other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, or pay any
Indebtedness owed to Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(2) make loans or advances to Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries; or
(3) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to
Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
(b) The restrictions in Section 4.08(a) hereof will not apply to
encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:
(1) agreements governing Indebtedness outstanding on the date of this
Indenture, the Credit Agreement and Credit Facilities as in effect on the
date of this Indenture and any amendments, restatements, modifications,
renewals, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of those
agreements; provided that the amendments, restatements, modifications,
renewals, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are not
materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such
dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in those
agreements on the date of this Indenture;
(2) this Indenture, the notes and the Note Guarantees;
(3) applicable law, rule, regulation, order, approval, license, permit
or similar restriction;
(4) any instrument governing Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person
acquired by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as in effect at
the time of such acquisition (except to the extent such Indebtedness or
Capital Stock was incurred in connection with or in contemplation of such
acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any
Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person,
or the property or assets of the Person, so acquired; provided that, in the
case of Indebtedness, such Indebtedness was permitted by the terms of this
Indenture to be incurred;
(5) non-assignment provisions or subletting restrictions in contracts,
leases and licenses entered into in the ordinary course of business;
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(6) purchase money obligations for property (including Capital Stock)
acquired in the ordinary course of business and Capital Lease Obligations
that impose restrictions on the property purchased or leased of the nature
described in clause (3) of Section 4.08(a) hereof;
(7) any agreement for the sale or other disposition of the Capital
Stock or assets of a Restricted Subsidiary that restricts distributions by
that Restricted Subsidiary pending closing of the sale or other
disposition;
(8) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; provided that the restrictions
contained in the agreements governing such Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, than
those contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness being
refinanced;
(9) Liens permitted to be incurred under Section 4.12 hereof that
limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets securing such
Indebtedness;
(10) provisions limiting the disposition or distribution of assets or
property or transfer of Capital Stock in joint venture agreements, asset
sale agreements, sale-leaseback agreements, stock sale agreements, limited
liability company organizational documents, and other similar agreements
entered into in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past
practice or with the approval of the Holdings' Board of Directors, which
limitation is applicable only to the assets, property or Capital Stock that
are the subject of such agreements;
(11) any encumbrance or restriction of a Receivables Subsidiary
effected in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing; provided,
however, that such restrictions apply only to such Receivables Subsidiary;
(12) restrictions on cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities or
other deposits or net worth imposed by customers or lessors under contracts
or leases entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(13) other Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries (i) that are
Guarantors that is incurred subsequent to the date of this Indenture
pursuant to Section 4.09 hereof or (ii) that is incurred subsequent to the
date of this Indenture pursuant to clauses (4) and (15) of Section 4.09(b)
hereof;
(14) encumbrances on property that exist at the time the property was
acquired by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(15) contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the issue
date, and any amendments, restatements, modifications, renewals,
supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of those agreements;
provided that the amendments, restatements, modifications, renewals,
supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are not materially
more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such dividend and
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other payment restrictions than those contained in those agreements on the
date of this Indenture; or
(16) any encumbrances or restrictions imposed by any amendments or
refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to above
in clauses (1) through (15); provided that such amendments or refinancings
are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, than such
encumbrances and restrictions prior to such amendment or refinancing.
Section 4.09 Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Equity.
(a) Holdings will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee
or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise,
with respect to (collectively, "incur") any Indebtedness (including Acquired
Debt), and Holdings will not issue any Disqualified Stock and will not permit
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any shares of preferred equity;
provided, however, that Holdings may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired
Debt) or issue Disqualified Stock, and the Company or any other Restricted
Subsidiary may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue preferred
equity, if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for Holdings' most recently ended
four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available
immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred
or such Disqualified Stock or such preferred equity is issued, as the case may
be, would have been at least 2.0 to 1.0, determined on a pro forma basis
(including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the
additional Indebtedness had been incurred or the Disqualified Stock or the
preferred equity had been issued, as the case may be, at the beginning of such
four-quarter period.
(b) The provisions of Section 4.09(a) hereof will not prohibit the
incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness (collectively,
"Permitted Debt"):
(1) the incurrence by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
of additional Indebtedness and letters of credit and bankers' acceptances
thereunder under Credit Facilities in an aggregate principal amount at any
one time outstanding under this clause (1) (with letters of credit being
deemed to have a principal amount equal to the maximum potential liability
of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries thereunder) not to exceed
$920.0 million;
(2) the incurrence by Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries of
Indebtedness to the extent outstanding on the date of this Indenture;
(3) the incurrence by Holdings and the Guarantors (including any
future Guarantor) of Indebtedness represented by the notes and the related
Note Guarantees to be issued on the date of this Indenture and the exchange
notes and the related Note Guarantees to be issued pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement;
(4) the incurrence by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
of Indebtedness represented by Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage
financings, industrial revenue
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bonds, purchase money obligations or other Indebtedness or preferred stock,
or synthetic lease obligations, in each case, incurred for the purpose of
financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of design,
development, construction, installation or improvement of property (real or
personal and including Capital Stock), plant or equipment used in the
business of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (in each case,
whether through the direct purchase of such assets or the Equity Interests
of any Person owning such assets), in an aggregate principal amount not to
exceed at any time outstanding the greater of (x) $75.0 million and (y)
5.0% of Total Assets;
(5) the incurrence by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net proceeds
of which are used to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or
discharge any Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness) that was
permitted by this Indenture to be incurred under Section 4.09(a) hereof or
clauses (2), (3), (4), (5), (12) or (16) of this Section 4.09(b);
(6) the incurrence by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
of intercompany Indebtedness between or among Holdings and any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that:
(A) if Holdings or any Guarantor is the obligor on such
Indebtedness and the payee is not Holdings or a Guarantor, such
Indebtedness must be expressly subordinated to the prior payment in
full in cash of all Obligations then due with respect to the notes, in
the case of the Company, or the Note Guarantee, in the case of a
Guarantor; and
(B) (i) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests
that results in any such Indebtedness being held by a Person other
than Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings, and (ii) any
sale or other transfer of any such Indebtedness to a Person that is
not either Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings, will be
deemed, in each case, to constitute an incurrence of such Indebtedness
by Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, that
was not permitted by this clause (6);
(7) the issuance by any of Holdings' Restricted Subsidiaries to
Holdings or to any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of shares of preferred
equity; provided, however, that:
(A) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that
results in any such preferred equity being held by a Person other than
Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings, and
(B) any sale or other transfer of any such preferred equity to a
Person that is not either Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary of
Holdings,
will be deemed, in each case, to constitute an issuance of such preferred
equity by such Restricted Subsidiary that was not permitted by this clause
(7);
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(8) the incurrence by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
of Hedging Obligations other than for speculative purposes;
(9) the guarantee by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of
Indebtedness of Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings that was
permitted to be incurred by another provision of this Section 4.09
(including Section 4.09(a) hereof); provided that if the Indebtedness being
guaranteed is subordinated to or pari passu with the Notes, then the
Guarantee shall be subordinated or pari passu, as applicable, to the same
extent as the Indebtedness guaranteed;
(10) the incurrence by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
of Indebtedness in respect of workers' compensation claims, payment
obligations in connection with health or other types of social security
benefits, unemployment or other insurance or self-insurance obligations,
reclamation, statutory obligations, bankers' acceptances, performance,
surety or similar bonds and letters of credit or completion or performance
guarantees (including without limitation, performance guarantees pursuant
to coal supply agreements or equipment leases), or other similar
obligations in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past
practice;
(11) the incurrence by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
of Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial
institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently drawn
against insufficient funds;
(12) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred equity of Persons
that are acquired by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or
merged into a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture; provided, however, that such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock
is not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition or merger or to
provide all or a portion of the funds or credit support required to
consummate such acquisition or merger; provided further, however, that, for
any such indebtedness outstanding under this clause (12) in excess of $10.0
million on the date such Person is acquired by Holdings or a Restricted
Subsidiary, after giving effect to such acquisition and the incurrence of
such Indebtedness either:
(A) Holdings would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of
additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
test set forth in the first sentence of this Section 4.09; or
(B) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio would not be less than
immediately prior to such acquisition;
(13) Indebtedness incurred by a Receivables Subsidiary in a Qualified
Receivables Financing that is not recourse to Holdings or any Restricted
Subsidiary of Holdings other than a Receivables Subsidiary (except for
Standard Securitization Undertakings);
(14) the incurrence of Indebtedness arising from agreements of
Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification,
adjustment of purchase price, earn outs, or similar obligations, in each
case, incurred or assumed in connection with the dis-
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position or acquisition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture, other than guarantees of
Indebtedness incurred or assumed by any Person acquiring all or any portion
of such business, assets or Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such
acquisition;
(15) the incurrence by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
of additional Indebtedness or the issuance of Disqualified Stock or
preferred equity in an aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as
applicable) or having an aggregate liquidation preference at any time
outstanding not to exceed $100.0 million (it being understood that any
Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred equity incurred pursuant to
this clause (15) shall cease to be deemed incurred or outstanding for
purposes of this Section 4.09 from and after the date on which Holdings
could have incurred such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or preferred
equity under Section 4.09(a) hereof without reliance upon this clause
(15)); and
(16) Contribution Indebtedness.
The Company will not incur, and will not permit any Guarantor to
incur, any Indebtedness (including Permitted Debt) that is contractually
subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Company or
such Guarantor unless such Indebtedness is also contractually subordinated in
right of payment to the Notes and the applicable Note Guarantee on substantially
identical terms and Holdings will not incur any Indebtedness (including
Permitted Debt) that is contractually subordinated in right of payment to any
other Indebtedness of Holdings unless such Indebtedness is also contractually
subordinated in right of payment to the Note Guarantee provided by Holdings on
substantially identical terms; provided, however, that no Indebtedness shall be
deemed to be contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other
Indebtedness of Holdings solely by virtue of being unsecured or by virtue of
being secured on a first or junior Lien basis.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.09, in the
event that an item of proposed Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred
equity meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted Debt
described in clauses (1) through (16) above or is entitled to be incurred
pursuant to Section 4.09(a) hereof, Holdings will be permitted to classify such
item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred equity on the date of its
incurrence and will only be required to include the amount and type of such
Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred equity in one of the above
clauses, although Holdings may divide and classify an item of Indebtedness,
Disqualified Stock or preferred equity in one or more of the types of
Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred equity and may later reclassify
all or a portion of such item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred
equity, in any manner that complies with this Section 4.09. The accrual of
interest or dividends, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount,
the payment of interest on any Indebtedness in the form of additional
Indebtedness with the same terms, the reclassification of preferred equity as
Indebtedness due to a change in accounting principles, and the payment of
dividends on Disqualified Stock or preferred equity in the form of additional
shares of the same class of Disqualified Stock or preferred equity will not be
deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of Disqualified Stock
or preferred equity for purposes of this Section 4.09; provided, in each such
case
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(other than preferred stock that is not Disqualified Stock), that the amount of
any such accrual, accretion or payment is included in Fixed Charges of Holdings
as accrued. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.09, the
maximum amount of Indebtedness that Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary may
incur pursuant to this Section 4.09 shall not be deemed to be exceeded solely as
a result of fluctuations in exchange rates or currency values.
The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date will be:
(1) the accreted value of the Indebtedness, in the case of any
Indebtedness issued with original issue discount;
(2) the principal amount of the Indebtedness, in the case of any other
Indebtedness; and
(3) in respect of Indebtedness of another Person secured by a Lien on
the assets of the specified Person, the lesser of:
(A) the Fair Market Value of such assets at the date of
determination; and
(B) the amount of the Indebtedness of the other Person.
Section 4.10 Asset Sales.
Holdings will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(1) Holdings (or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be)
receives consideration at the time of the Asset Sale at least equal to the
Fair Market Value of the assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or
otherwise disposed of; and
(2) at least 75% of the consideration received in the Asset Sale by
Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash, Cash
Equivalents or Marketable Securities. For purposes of this provision, each
of the following shall be deemed to be cash:
(A) any liabilities of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary
(other than contingent liabilities and liabilities that are by their
terms subordinated to the Notes or any Note Guarantee) that are
assumed by the transferee of any such assets and as a result of which,
Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary is released from further
liability;
(B) any securities, notes, other obligations or assets received
by Holdings or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee
that are converted by Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash
or Cash Equivalents within 180 days of the receipt thereof, to the
extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received in that conversion;
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(C) any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by Holdings or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Asset Sale; provided that
the aggregate Fair Market Value of such Designated Non-cash
Consideration, taken together with the Fair Market Value at the time
of receipt of all other Designated Non-cash Consideration received
pursuant to this clause (C) less the amount of Net Proceeds previously
realized in cash from prior Designated Non-cash Consideration is less
than the greater of (x) 2.5% of Total Assets at the time of the
receipt of such Designated Non-cash Consideration (with the Fair
Market Value of each item of Designated Non-cash Consideration being
measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent
changes in value) and (y) $40.0 million; and
(D) any Capital Stock or assets of the kind referred to in clause
(2) or (4) of the next paragraph of this Section 4.10.
Within 365 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset
Sale, Holdings (or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be)
may:
(a) apply such Net Proceeds, at its option:
(1) to repay (w) Indebtedness and other Obligations under a
Credit Facility, (x) any Indebtedness that was secured by the assets
sold in such Asset Sale, (y) other pari passu Indebtedness (provided,
that Holdings shall also equally and ratably reduce Indebtedness under
the Notes by making an offer (in accordance with the procedures set
forth below for an Asset Sale) to all Holders to purchase at a
purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus
accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, the pro
rata principal amount of Notes), or (z) Indebtedness of a Restricted
Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, in each case other than
Indebtedness owed to Holdings or an Affiliate of Holdings;
(2) to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of, or any
Capital Stock of, another Permitted Business; provided, that in the
case of any such acquisition of Capital Stock, the Permitted Business
is or becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings;
(3) to make a capital expenditure; or
(4) to acquire other assets that are not classified as current
assets under GAAP and that are used or useful in a Permitted Business;
or
(b) enter into a binding commitment to apply the Net Proceeds pursuant
to clauses (a) (2), (3) or (4) above, provided that such binding commitment
shall be treated as a permitted application of the Net Proceeds from the
date of such commitment until the earlier of (x) the date on which such
acquisition or expenditure is consummated, and (y) the 180th day following
the expiration of the aforementioned 365 day period.
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Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds, the Company may temporarily
reduce revolving credit borrowings or otherwise invest the Net Proceeds in any
manner that is not prohibited by this Indenture.
Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied or invested as
provided in the second paragraph of this Section 4.10 will constitute "Excess
Proceeds." When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $15.0 million,
within ten Business Days thereof, the Company will make an offer to all holders
of Notes (an "Asset Sale Offer") and all holders of other Indebtedness that is
pari passu with the notes containing provisions similar to those set forth in
this Indenture with respect to offers to purchase or redeem with the proceeds of
sales of assets to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes and such other
pari passu Indebtedness that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds. The
offer price in any Asset Sale Offer will be equal to 100% of the principal
amount plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to, but
excluding, the date of purchase and will be payable in cash. If any Excess
Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company may use
those Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this
Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and other pari passu
Indebtedness tendered into such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess
Proceeds, the Trustee will select the Notes and such other pari passu
Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis. Upon completion of each Asset
Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds will be reset at zero.
The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the
Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the
extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with each
repurchase of notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the
provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Asset Sale
provisions of this Indenture, the Company will comply with the applicable
securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its
obligations under the Asset Sale provisions of this Indenture by virtue of such
compliance.
Not later than the date upon which written notice of an Asset Sale
Offer is delivered to the Trustee as provided above, the Company shall deliver
to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate as to (i) the amount of the Excess
Proceeds, (ii) the allocation of the Net Proceeds from the Asset Sales pursuant
to which such Asset Sale Offer is being made and (iii) the compliance of such
allocation with the provisions of Section 4.10. Upon the expiration of the
period for which the Asset Sale Offer remains open (the "Offer Period"), the
Company shall deliver to the Trustee for cancellation the Notes or portions
thereof that have been properly tendered to and are to be accepted by the
Company. The Trustee (or a Paying Agent, if not the Trustee) shall, on the date
of purchase, mail or deliver payment to each tendering Holder in the amount of
the purchase price. In the event that the Excess Proceeds delivered by the
Company to the Trustee is greater than the purchase price of the Notes tendered,
the Trustee shall deliver the excess to the Company immediately after the
expiration of the Offer Period for application in accordance with this Section
4.10.
Holders electing to have a Note purchased shall be required to
surrender the Note, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase"
attached to the Note duly completed, to the Company at the address specified in
the notice at least three Business Days prior to the
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purchase date. Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the
Trustee or the Company receives not later than one Business Day prior to the
purchase date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth
the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note which was delivered by
the Holder for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his
election to have such Note purchased. If at the end of the Offer Period more
Notes are tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer than the Company is required
to purchase, selection of such Notes for purchase shall be made by the Trustee
in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities
exchange, if any, on which such Notes are listed, or if such Notes are not so
listed, on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee shall
deem fair and appropriate (and in such manner as complies with applicable legal
requirements); provided that no Notes of $1,000 or less shall be purchased in
part.
Notices of an Asset Sale Offer shall be mailed by first class mail,
postage prepaid, at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the purchase date
to each Holder of Notes at such Holder's registered address. If any Note is to
be purchased in part only, any notice of purchase that relates to such Security
shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof that is to be purchased.
A new Note in principal amount equal to the unpurchased portion of any
Note purchased in part shall be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon
cancellation of the original Note. On and after the purchase date, unless the
Company defaults in payment of the purchase price, interest shall cease to
accrue on Notes or portions thereof purchased.
Section 4.11 Transactions with Affiliates.
(a) Holdings will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise
dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or
assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract,
agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit
of, any Affiliate of Holdings (each, an "Affiliate Transaction"), involving
aggregate consideration in excess of $1.0 million, unless:
(1) the Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not materially less
favorable to Holdings or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that
would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by Holdings or such
Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person; and
(2) Holdings delivers to the Trustee:
(A) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of
related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in
excess of $5.0 million, a resolution of the Board of Directors of the
Company certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with this
Section 4.11 and that such Affiliate Transaction has been approved by
a majority of the disinterested members, if any, of the Board of
Directors of the Company; and
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(B) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of
related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in
excess of $25.0 million, an opinion as to the fairness to the Company
or such Subsidiary of such Affiliate Transaction from a financial
point of view issued by an accounting, appraisal or investment banking
firm of national standing.
(b) The following items will not be deemed to be Affiliate
Transactions and, therefore, will not be subject to the provisions of Section
4.11(a) hereof:
(1) any employment agreement, employee benefit plan, officer or
director indemnification agreement or any similar arrangement entered into
by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of
business or consistent with past practice and payments pursuant thereto;
(2) transactions (including a merger) between or among Holdings and/or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(3) transactions with a Person (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary
of Holdings) that is an Affiliate of Holdings solely because Holdings owns,
directly or through a Restricted Subsidiary, an Equity Interest in, or
controls, such Person;
(4) payment of reasonable fees to, and indemnity provided on behalf
of, officers, directors, employees or consultants of Holdings or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent company of
Holdings;
(5) any issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock)
of Holdings to Affiliates of Holdings or to any director, officer, employee
or consultant of Holdings or any direct or indirect parent company of
Holdings, and the granting and performance of registration rights;
(6) Restricted Payments and Investments that do not violate Section
4.07 hereof;
(7) the entering into any agreement to pay, and the payment of,
customary annual management, consulting, monitoring and advisory fees to
the Equity Investors in an amount not to exceed in any four quarter period
the greater of (x) $5.0 million and (y) 2.0% of Consolidated Cash Flow of
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period and related
expenses, or the payment of, or in respect of, an Accelerated Monitoring
Fee Payment in an amount not to exceed $18.0 million upon an initial public
offering of Holdings or the Company or any of their parent entities;
(8) loans or advances to employees or consultants in the ordinary
course of business or consistent with past practice not to exceed $2.5
million in the aggregate at any one time outstanding;
(9) any transaction effected as part of a Qualified Receivables
Financing;
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(10) any transaction in which Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, as the case may be, delivers to the Trustee a letter from an
accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing
stating that such transaction is fair to Holdings or such Restricted
Subsidiary from a financial point of view or that such transaction meets
the requirements of clause (1) of Section 4.11(a);
(11) the existence of, or the performance by Holdings or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries of its obligations under the terms of, any
acquisition agreements or members' or stockholders agreement or related
documents to which it is a party as of the date of this Indenture and any
amendment thereto or similar agreements which it may enter into thereafter;
provided, however, that the existence of, or the performance by Holdings or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of its obligations under, any future
amendment to any such existing agreement or under any similar agreement
entered into after the date of this Indenture shall only be permitted by
this clause (11) to the extent that the terms of any such existing
agreement, together with all amendments thereto, taken as a whole, or such
new agreement are not otherwise more disadvantageous to the Holders of the
Notes taken as a whole than the original agreement as in effect on the date
of this Indenture;
(12) transactions with Unrestricted Subsidiaries, customers, clients,
suppliers, joint venture partners or purchasers or sellers of goods or
services, or lessors or lessees of property, in each case in the ordinary
course of business and otherwise in compliance with the terms of this
Indenture which are, in the aggregate (taking into account all the costs
and benefits associated with such transactions), materially no less
favorable to Holdings or its Restricted Subsidiaries than those that would
have been obtained in a comparable transaction by Holdings or such
Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person, in the reasonable
determination of the Board of Directors of Holdings or senior management
thereof, or are on terms at least as favorable as might reasonably have
been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated party;
(13) (x) guarantees of performance by Holdings and its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Unrestricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of
business, except for guarantees of Indebtedness in respect of borrowed
money, and (y) pledges of Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries for
the benefit of lenders of Unrestricted Subsidiaries;
(14) if such Affiliate Transaction is with a Person in its capacity as
a holder of Indebtedness or Capital Stock of Holdings or any Restricted
Subsidiary where such Person is treated no more favorably than the holders
of Indebtedness or Capital Stock of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(15) transactions effected pursuant to agreements in effect on the
issue date and any amendment, modification or replacement of such agreement
(so long as such amendment or replacement is not materially more
disadvantageous to the Holders of the Notes, taken as a whole); and
(16) payments to the Equity Investors made for any financial advisory,
financing or other investment banking activities, including without
limitation, in connection
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with acquisitions or divestitures, which payments are approved by a
majority of the Board of Directors.
Section 4.12 Liens.
Holdings will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or
become effective any Lien of any kind (other than Permitted Liens) upon any of
their property or assets, now owned or hereafter acquired, securing Indebtedness
of the Company or the Guarantors unless all payments due under this Indenture
and the Notes are secured on an equal and ratable basis with the obligations so
secured until such time as such obligations are no longer secured by a Lien.
Section 4.13 Business Activities.
Holdings will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, engage in any business other than Permitted Businesses, except
to such extent as would not be material to Holdings and its Restricted
Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
Section 4.14 Intentionally Omitted.
Section 4.15 Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control.
(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company will make
an offer (a "Change of Control Offer") to each Holder of the Notes to repurchase
all or any part (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000) of that
Holder's Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate
principal amount of Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest and
Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased to, but not including, the
date of purchase, subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date
to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date (the "Change of
Control Payment"). Within 30 days following any Change of Control, except to the
extent that the Company has exercised its right to redeem the Notes in
accordance with Article 3 of this Indenture the Company will mail a notice to
each Holder describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the
Change of Control and stating:
(1) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this
Section 4.15 and that all Notes properly tendered pursuant to such Change
of Control Offer will be accepted for payment;
(2) the purchase price and the purchase date, which shall be no
earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is
mailed (the "Change of Control Payment Date");
(3) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change of
Control Payment, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of
Control Offer will cease to accrue interest after the Change of Control
Payment Date;
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(5) that Holders electing to have any Notes purchased pursuant to a
Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender the Notes, with the
form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" attached to the Notes
completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Paying Agent at the
address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third
Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the
Paying Agent receives, not later than the close of business on the second
Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date, a telegram,
telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the
Holder, the principal amount of Notes delivered for purchase, and a
statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have the Notes
purchased; and
(7) that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part will be
issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of
the Notes surrendered, which unpurchased portion must be equal to $1,000 in
principal amount or an integral multiple thereof.
The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the
Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the
extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the
repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change in Control. To the extent that
the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the
provisions of this Section 4.15 hereof, the Company will comply with the
applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have
breached their obligations under this Section 4.15 by virtue of such compliance.
(b) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will, to the
extent lawful:
(1) accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly
tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;
(2) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of
Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly
tendered; and
(3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly
accepted together with an Officers' Certificate stating the aggregate
principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being purchased by the
Company.
The Paying Agent will promptly mail to each Holder of Notes properly
tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee will
promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to
each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of
the Notes surrendered, if any; provided, that each new note will be in a
principal amount of $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000. The Company will
publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as
reasonably practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date.
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(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.15, the
Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of
Control if (1) a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at
the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this
Section 4.15 and purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under
the Change of Control Offer, or (2) notice of redemption has been given pursuant
to Section 3.07 hereof, unless and until there is a default in payment of the
applicable redemption price.
Section 4.16 Payments for Consent.
Holdings will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any
consideration to or for the benefit of any Holder of Notes for or as an
inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions
of this Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid
and is paid to all Holders of the Notes that consent, waive or agree to amend in
the time frame set forth in the solicitation documents relating to such consent,
waiver or agreement.
Section 4.17 Additional Note Guarantees.
If Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquires or creates
another wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary after the date of this Indenture, then
that newly acquired or created Domestic Subsidiary, if such Subsidiary
guarantees any Indebtedness of the Company (unless such Subsidiary is a
Receivables Subsidiary) will become a Guarantor and execute a supplemental
indenture and deliver an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Trustee within
30 days of the date on which it was acquired or created; provided that any
Domestic Subsidiary that constitutes an Immaterial Subsidiary need not become a
Guarantor until such time as it (i) ceases to be an Immaterial Subsidiary or
(ii) guarantees the Senior Credit Facility. The form of such supplemental
indenture is attached as Exhibit E hereto.
Section 4.18 Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
The Board of Directors of Holdings may designate any Restricted
Subsidiary, other than the Company, to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if that
designation would not cause a Default. If a Restricted Subsidiary is designated
as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the aggregate Fair Market Value of all
outstanding Investments owned by Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the
Subsidiary designated as Unrestricted will be deemed to be an Investment made as
of the time of the designation and will reduce the amount available for
Restricted Payments under Section 4.07 hereof or under one or more clauses of
the definition of Permitted Investments, as determined by Holdings. That
designation will only be permitted if the Investment would be permitted at that
time and if the Restricted Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Board of Directors of Holdings may redesignate any
Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary if that redesignation
would not cause a Default.
Any designation of a Subsidiary of Holdings as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary will be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a
certified copy of a resolution of the Board of Directors giving effect to such
designation and an officers' certificate certifying that such designation
complied with the preceding conditions and was permitted by Section 4.07 hereof.
If, at
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any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the preceding
requirements as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it will thereafter cease to be an
Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Indenture and any Indebtedness of
such Subsidiary will be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of
Holdings as of such date and, if such Indebtedness is not permitted to be
incurred as of such date under Section 4.09 hereof, Holdings will be in default
of such covenant. The Board of Directors of Holdings may at any time designate
any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings; provided
that such designation will be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a
Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings of any outstanding Indebtedness of such
Unrestricted Subsidiary, and such designation will only be permitted if (1) (x)
Holdings could incur such Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio test, described in Section 4.09(a) hereof, or (y) the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio for Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries would be greater
than such ratio for Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior
to such designation, in each case on a pro forma basis taking into account such
designation; and (2) no Default or Event of Default would be in existence
following such designation.
Section 4.19 Changes in Covenants upon Notes being Rated Investment Grade.
If on any date following the date of this Indenture: (i) the Notes are
assigned an Investment Grade Rating from both of the Rating Agencies and (ii) no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, then,
beginning on that day, the covenants contained in Sections 4.07, 4.08, 4.09,
4.10, 4.11, 4.13 and 4.18 hereof, and clause (4) of Section 5.01 shall
terminate.
ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSORS
Section 5.01 Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets.
Neither Holdings nor the Company will, directly or indirectly: (i)
consolidate or merge with or into another Person; or (ii) sell, assign,
transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of Holdings'
properties or assets (determined on a consolidated basis for Holdings and its
Restricted Subsidiaries) in one or more related transactions to another Person,
unless:
(1) either:
(A) Holdings or the Company is the surviving entity; or
(B) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or
merger (if other than Holdings or the Company) or to which such sale,
assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made is
a corporation, partnership or limited liability company organized or
existing under the laws of the United States, any state of the United
States or the District of Columbia;
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(2) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger
(if other than Holdings or the Company) or the Person to which such sale,
assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made assumes
all the obligations of Holdings or the Company, as the case may be, under
the Notes, this Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to
agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;
(3) immediately after such transaction, no Default or Event of Default
exists; and
(4) (a) Holdings, the Company or the Person formed by or surviving any
such consolidation or merger (if other than Holdings or the Company), or to
which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has
been made would, on the date of such transaction after giving pro forma
effect thereto and any related financing transactions as if the same had
occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period be
permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to
the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a) hereof;
or
(b) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the successor entity and its
Restricted Subsidiaries would not be less than such ratio for Holdings and
its Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such transaction.
In addition, neither Holdings nor the Company will, directly or
indirectly, lease all or substantially all of the properties and assets of it
and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one or more related
transactions, to any other Person.
This Section 5.01 will not apply to:
(1) a merger of Holdings or the Company with an Affiliate solely for
the purpose of reincorporating Holdings or the Company in another
jurisdiction; or
(2) any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer,
conveyance, lease or other disposition of assets between or among Holdings
and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Section 5.02 Successor Substituted.
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer,
lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
properties or assets of Holdings or the Company in a transaction that is subject
to, and that complies with the provisions of, Section 5.01 hereof, the successor
Person formed by such consolidation or into or with which Holdings or the
Company is merged or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance
or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that
from and after the date of such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment,
transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the provisions of this
Indenture referring to the "Company" or "Holdings", as the case may be, shall
refer instead to the successor Person and not to the Company or Holdings, as the
case may be), and may exercise every right and power of the Company or Holdings,
as the case may be, under this Indenture with the same effect as if such
successor Person had been named as the Company
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or Holdings, as the case may be herein; provided, however, that the predecessor
shall not be relieved from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest
on the Notes except in the case of a sale of all or substantially all of the
Company's properties or assets in a transaction that is subject to, and that
complies with the provisions of, Section 5.01 hereof.
ARTICLE 6
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01 Events of Default.
Each of the following is an "Event of Default":
(1) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on, or
Additional Interest, if any, with respect to, the Notes;
(2) default in the payment when due (at maturity, upon redemption or
otherwise) of the principal of, or premium, if any, on, the Notes;
(3) failure by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to
comply with the provisions of Sections 4.15 or 5.01 hereof;
(4) failure by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for 60
days after notice to Holdings by the Trustee or the holders of at least 25%
in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a
single class to comply with any of the other agreements in this Indenture;
(5) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which
there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any
Indebtedness for money borrowed by Holdings or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries or group of Restricted Subsidiaries that taken as a whole
would constitute a Significant Subsidiary (or the payment of which is
guaranteed by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries), whether such
Indebtedness or Guarantee now exists, or is created after the date of this
Indenture (but excluding Indebtedness owing to Holdings or a Restricted
Subsidiary), if that default:
(A) is caused by a failure to pay principal on such Indebtedness
prior to the expiration of the grace period provided in such
Indebtedness following the Stated Maturity of such Indebtedness (a
"Payment Default"); or
(B) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its
Stated Maturity,
and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together
with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there
has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so
accelerated, aggregates $25.0 million or more;
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(6) failure by Holdings or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, or
group of Restricted Subsidiaries that taken as a whole would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary, to pay final and non-appealable judgments entered
by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction aggregating in excess of
$25.0 million (net of any amounts which are covered by insurance or
bonded), which judgments are not paid, waived, satisfied, discharged or
stayed for a period of 60 days;
(7) Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a
Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken
together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within
the meaning of Bankruptcy Law:
(A) commences a voluntary case,
(B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an
involuntary case,
(C) consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for all
or substantially all of its property, or
(D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors.
(8) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under
any Bankruptcy Law that:
(A) is for relief against Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of
Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case;
(B) appoints a custodian of Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of
Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the property
of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a
Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that,
taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; or
(C) orders the liquidation of Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of
Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary;
and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60
consecutive days; and
(9) except as permitted by this Indenture, any Note Guarantee of any
Significant Subsidiary or group of Restricted Subsidiaries that taken as a
whole would constitute a Significant Subsidiary is held in any judicial
proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or ceases for any reason to be in
full force and effect (other than in accordance with the terms of such Note
Guarantee and this Indenture), or any Guarantor, or any Person acting
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on behalf of any Guarantor, denies or disaffirms its obligations under its
Note Guarantee and such Default continues for 10 days.
Section 6.02 Acceleration.
In the case of an Event of Default specified in clause (7) or (8) of
Section 6.01 hereof, with respect to Holdings, any Restricted Subsidiary of
Holdings that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted
Subsidiaries of Holdings that, taken together, would constitute a Significant
Subsidiary, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable immediately
without further action or notice. If any other Event of Default occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal
amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and
payable immediately.
Upon any such declaration, the Notes shall become due and payable
immediately.
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes by written notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of all of the
Holders, rescind an acceleration and its consequences, if the rescission would
not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing Events of Default
(except nonpayment of principal, interest or premium or Additional Interest, if
any, that has become due solely because of the acceleration) have been cured or
waived.
In the event of any Event of Default specified in clause (5) of
Section 6.01, such Event of Default and all consequences thereof (excluding,
however, any resulting payment default) will be annulled, waived and rescinded,
automatically and without any action by the Trustee or the Holders of the Notes,
if within 20 days after such Event of Default arose the Company delivers an
Officers' Certificate to the Trustee stating that (x) the Indebtedness or
Guarantee that is the basis for such Event of Default has been discharged or (y)
the Holders thereof have rescinded or waived the acceleration, notice or action
(as the case may be) giving rise to such Event of Default or (z) the default
that is the basis for such Event of Default has been cured, it being understood
that in no event shall an acceleration of the principal amount of the Notes as
described above be annulled, waived or rescinded upon the happening of any such
events.
Section 6.03 Other Remedies.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may
pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal, premium and
Additional Interest, if any, and interest on the Notes or to enforce the
performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any
of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or
omission by the Trustee or any Holder of a Note in exercising any right or
remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or
constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are
cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
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Section 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults.
Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the then outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders
of all of the Notes rescind an acceleration or waive an existing Default or
Event of Default and its consequences hereunder, except a continuing Default or
Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium and Additional
Interest, if any, or interest on, the Notes (including in connection with an
offer to purchase). Upon any such rescission or waiver, such Default shall cease
to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have
been cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend
to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 6.05 Control by Majority.
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any
trust or power conferred on it. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any
direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture that the Trustee determines
may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of Notes or that may
involve the Trustee in personal liability.
Section 6.06 Limitation on Suits.
A Holder may pursue a remedy with respect to this Indenture or the
Notes only if:
(1) such Holder has previously given the Trustee written notice that
an Event of Default is continuing;
(2) Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the
remedy;
(3) such Holder or Holders offer and, if requested, provide to the
Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee
against any loss, liability or expense;
(4) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after
receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity; and
(5) during such 60-day period, Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the then outstanding Notes do not give the Trustee a
direction inconsistent with such request.
A Holder of a Note may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights
of another Holder of a Note or to obtain a preference or priority over another
Holder of a Note.
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Section 6.07 Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of
any Holder of a Note to receive payment of principal, premium and Additional
Interest, if any, and interest on the Note, on or after the respective due dates
expressed in the Note (including in connection with an offer to purchase), or to
bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective
dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
Section 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee.
If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(1) or (2) hereof
occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its
own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole
amount of principal of, premium and Additional Interest, if any, and interest
remaining unpaid on, the Notes and interest on overdue principal and, to the
extent lawful, interest and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover
the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
Section 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other
papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims
of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the
Holders of the Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company
(or any other obligor upon the Notes), its creditors or its property and shall
be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other
property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such
judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to
the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of
such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to
it for the reasonable and documented compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the
Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof. To the extent that the payment of any such
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof out
of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of
the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all
distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the
Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or
under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein
contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or
accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to
authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such
proceeding.
Section 6.10 Priorities.
If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article 6, it shall
pay out the money in the following order:
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First: to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under
Section 7.07 hereof, including payment of all compensation, expenses and
liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs
and expenses of collection;
Second: to Holders of Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes
for principal, premium and Additional Interest, if any, and interest,
ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the
amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal, premium and Additional
Interest, if any and interest, respectively; and
Third: to the Company or to such party as a court of competent
jurisdiction shall direct in writing.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to
Holders of Notes pursuant to this Section 6.10.
Section 6.11 Undertaking for Costs.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this
Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by
it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party
litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the
court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable and
documented attorneys' fees and expenses against any party litigant in the suit,
having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by
the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a
suit by a Holder of a Note pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof, or a suit by Holders
of more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.
ARTICLE 7
TRUSTEE
Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee
will exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and
use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would
exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person's own
affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(1) the duties of the Trustee will be determined solely by the express
provisions of this Indenture and the Trustee need perform only those duties
that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no
implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against
the Trustee; and
(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,
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upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to
the requirements of this Indenture. However, with respect to certificates
or opinions specifically required by any provision hereof to be furnished
to it, the Trustee will examine the certificates and opinions to determine
whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own
negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful
misconduct, except that:
(1) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this
Section 7.01;
(2) the Trustee will not be liable for any error of judgment made in
good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee
was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(3) the Trustee will not be liable with respect to any action it takes
or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by
it pursuant to Section 6.05 hereof.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of
this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs
(a), (b), and (c) of this Section 7.01.
(e) No provision of this Indenture will require the Trustee to expend
or risk its own funds or incur any liability. The Trustee will be under no
obligation to exercise any of its rights and powers under this Indenture at the
request of any Holders, unless such Holder has offered to the Trustee security
and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.
(f) The Trustee will not be liable for interest on any money received
by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in
trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the
extent required by law.
Section 7.02 Rights of Trustee.
(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely upon any document believed by it
to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The
Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an
Officers' Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee will not be
liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on
such Officers' Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with
counsel of its own selection and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of
Counsel will be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in
respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith
and in reliance thereon.
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(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and will not
be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due
care.
(d) The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to
take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or
powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.
(e) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any
demand, request, direction or notice from the Company will be sufficient if
signed by an Officer of the Company.
(f) The Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of
any of the Holders unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable
indemnity or security satisfactory to it against the losses, liabilities and
expenses that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or
direction.
(g) in no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for
special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever
(including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the
Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless
of the form of action;
(h) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or
Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has knowledge
thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a default is
received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such
notice references the Notes and this Indenture;
(i) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given
to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are
extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities
hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder;
and
(j) the Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officers'
Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers
authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture,
which Officers' Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an
Officers' Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any
such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.
Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the
owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or any
Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not
Trustee. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting
interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for
permission to continue as trustee (if this Indenture has been qualified under
the TIA) or resign. Any Agent may do the same with like rights and duties. The
Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11 hereof.
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Section 7.04 Trustee's Disclaimer.
The Trustee will not be responsible for and makes no representation as
to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be
accountable for the Company's use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money
paid to the Company or upon the Company's direction under any provision of this
Indenture, it will not be responsible for the use or application of any money
received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it will not be
responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Notes or
any other document in connection with the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this
Indenture other than its certificate of authentication.
Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults.
If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is
known to the Trustee, the Trustee will mail to Holders of Notes a notice of the
Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case
of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of, premium or
Additional Interest, if any, or interest on, any Note, the Trustee may withhold
the notice if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good
faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders
of the Notes.
Section 7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes.
(a) Within 60 days after each May 15 beginning with the May 15
following the date of this Indenture, and for so long as Notes remain
outstanding, the Trustee will mail to the Holders of the Notes a brief report
dated as of such reporting date that complies with TIA Section 313(a) (but if no
event described in TIA Section 313(a) has occurred within the twelve months
preceding the reporting date, no report need be transmitted). The Trustee also
will comply with TIA Section 313(b)(2). The Trustee will also transmit by mail
all reports as required by TIA Section 313(c).
(b) A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the Holders of
Notes will be mailed by the Trustee to the Company and filed by the Trustee with
the SEC and each stock exchange on which the Notes are listed in accordance with
TIA Section 313(d). The Company will promptly notify the Trustee when the Notes
are listed on any stock exchange or delisted therefrom.
Section 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity.
(a) The Company will pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable
compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder. The
Trustee's compensation will not be limited by any law on compensation of a
trustee of an express trust. The Company will reimburse the Trustee promptly
upon request for all reasonable and documented disbursements, advances and
expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its
services. Such expenses will include the reasonable and documented compensation,
disbursements and expenses of the Trustee's agents and counsel.
(b) The Company and each Guarantor, jointly and severally, will
indemnify the Trustee against any and all losses, liabilities, claims, damages
or expenses incurred by it aris-
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ing out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties
under this Indenture, including the reasonable and documented costs and expenses
of enforcing this Indenture against the Company and the Guarantors (including
this Section 7.07) and defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by
the Company, the Guarantors, any Holder or any other Person) or liability in
connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties
hereunder, except to the extent any such loss, liability or expense may be
attributable to its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. The Trustee
will notify the Company promptly of any claim of which a Responsible Officer has
received written notice for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee
to so notify the Company will not relieve the Company or any of the Guarantors
of their obligations hereunder. The Company or such Guarantor will defend the
claim and the Trustee will cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have
separate counsel and the Company and the Guarantors, as applicable, will pay the
reasonable and documented fees and expenses of such counsel provided, however
that the Company and any Guarantor shall not be required to pay such fees and
expenses if it assumes such indemnified parties' defense and, in such
indemnified parties' reasonable judgment, there is no conflict of interest
between the Company and the Guarantors, as applicable, and such parties in
connection with such defense. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor need pay for
any settlement made without its consent, which consent will not be unreasonably
withheld.
(c) The obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this
Section 7.07 will survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
(d) To secure the Company's and the Guarantors' payment obligations in
this Section 7.07, the Trustee will have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money
or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay
principal and interest on particular Notes. Such Lien will survive the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
(e) When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an
Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(7) or (8) hereof occurs, the expenses
and the compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses of its
agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under
any Bankruptcy Law.
(f) The Trustee will comply with the provisions of TIA Section
313(b)(2) to the extent applicable.
Section 7.08 Replacement of Trustee.
(a) A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor Trustee will become effective only upon the successor Trustee's
acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.08.
(b) The Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be discharged
from the trust hereby created by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may remove
the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing. The Company
may remove the Trustee if:
(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof;
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(2) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for
relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;
(3) a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its
property; or
(4) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
(c) If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the
office of Trustee for any reason, the Company will promptly appoint a successor
Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders
of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may
appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the
Company.
(d) 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 aggregate principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Trustee.
(e) If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder who has been a
Holder for at least six months, fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof, such
Holder may petition at the expense of the Company any court of competent
jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor
Trustee.
(f) A successor Trustee will deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon, the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee will become effective, and the
successor Trustee will have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee
under this Indenture. The successor Trustee will mail a notice of its succession
to Holders. The retiring Trustee will promptly transfer all property held by it
as Trustee to the successor Trustee; provided all sums owing to the Trustee
hereunder have been paid and subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.07
hereof. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section
7.08, the Company's obligations under Section 7.07 hereof will continue for the
benefit of the retiring Trustee.
Section 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.
If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all
or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation,
the successor corporation without any further act will be the successor Trustee.
Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification.
There will at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation
organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or
of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate
trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state
authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50.0
million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.
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This Indenture will always have a Trustee who satisfies the
requirements of TIA Section 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee is subject to
TIA Section 310(b).
Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company.
The Trustee is subject to TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor
relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been
removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.
ARTICLE 8
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 8.01 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The Company may at any time, at the option of its Board of Directors
evidenced by a resolution set forth in an Officers' Certificate, elect to have
either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof be applied to all outstanding Notes and Note
Guarantees upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article
8.
Section 8.02 Legal Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Company's exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option
applicable to this Section 8.02, the Company and each of the Guarantors will,
subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof,
be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to all
outstanding Notes (including the Note Guarantees) on the date the conditions set
forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, "Legal Defeasance"). For this purpose,
Legal Defeasance means that the Company and the Guarantors will be deemed to
have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the outstanding
Notes (including the Note Guarantees), which will thereafter be deemed to be
"outstanding" only for the purposes of Section 8.05 hereof and the other
Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (1) and (2) below, and to have
satisfied all their other obligations under such Notes, the Note Guarantees and
this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company,
shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the
following provisions which will survive until otherwise terminated or discharged
hereunder:
(1) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive payments in
respect of the principal of, or interest or premium and Additional
Interest, if any, on, such Notes when such payments are due from the trust
referred to in Section 8.04 hereof;
(2) the Company's obligations with respect to such Notes under Article
2 and Section 4.02 hereof;
(3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee
hereunder and the Company's and the Guarantors' obligations in connection
therewith; and
(4) this Article 8.
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Subject to compliance with this Article 8, the Company may exercise
its option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its
option under Section 8.03 hereof.
Section 8.03 Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Company's exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option
applicable to this Section 8.03, the Company and each of the Guarantors will,
subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof,
be released from each of their obligations under the covenants contained in
Sections 4.03, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.15, 4.16, 4.17, 4.18
and 4.19 and clauses (3) and (4) of Section 5.01 hereof with respect to the
outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04
hereof are satisfied (hereinafter, "Covenant Defeasance"), and the Notes will
thereafter be deemed not "outstanding" for the purposes of any direction,
waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any
thereof) in connection with such covenants, but will continue to be deemed
"outstanding" for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such
Notes will not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose,
Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes and Note
Guarantees, the Company and the Guarantors may omit to comply with and will have
no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any
such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference
elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such
covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such
omission to comply will not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under
Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this
Indenture and such Notes and Note Guarantees will be unaffected thereby. In
addition, upon the Company's exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option
applicable to this Section 8.03, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions
set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, Sections 6.01(3) through 6.01(6) hereof will
not constitute Events of Default.
Section 8.04 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.
In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
under either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof:
(1) the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust,
for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable
Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be
sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized investment bank,
appraisal firm, or firm of independent public accountants, to pay the
principal of, premium and Additional Interest, if any, and interest on, the
outstanding Notes on the stated date for payment thereof or on the
applicable redemption date, as the case may be, and the Company must
specify whether the Notes are being defeased to such stated date for
payment or to a particular redemption date;
(2) in the case of an election under Section 8.02 hereof, the Company
must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that:
(A) the Company has received from, or there has been published
by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling; or
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(B) since the date of this Indenture, there has been a change in
the applicable federal income tax law,
in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of
Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not
recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result
of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the
same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been
the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;
(3) in the case of an election under Section 8.03 hereof, the Company
must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that the
Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss
for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and
will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same
manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant
Defeasance had not occurred;
(4) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of
Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit
and the grant of any Lien securing such borrowing);
(5) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a
breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material
agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is bound;
(6) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of
preferring the Holders of Notes over the other creditors of the Company
with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any
creditors of the Company or others; and
(7) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent
relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been
complied with.
Section 8.05 Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust;
Other Miscellaneous Provisions.
Subject to Section 8.06 hereof, all money and non-callable Government
Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other
qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 8.05, the
"Trustee") pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof in respect of the outstanding Notes
will be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the
provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or
through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as Paying Agent) as the
Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to
become due thereon in respect of principal, premium and Additional Interest, if
any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except
to the extent required by law.
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The Company will pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or
other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or non-callable Government
Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof or the principal and
interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other
charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.
Notwithstanding anything in this Article 8 to the contrary, the
Trustee will deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the request of
the Company any money or non-callable Government Securities held by it as
provided in Section 8.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized
firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification
thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under
Section 8.04(1) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be
required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance.
Section 8.06 Repayment to Company.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held
by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium or
Additional Interest, if any, or interest on, any Note and remaining unclaimed
for two years after such principal, premium or Additional Interest, if any, or
interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on its request
or (if then held by the Company) will be discharged from such trust; and the
Holder of such Note will thereafter be permitted to look only to the Company for
payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with
respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee
thereof, will thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such
Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the
expense of the Company causes to be published once, in the New York Times and
The Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such money remains
unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which will not be less than
30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance
of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
Section 8.07 Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any U.S. dollars or
non-callable Government Securities in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03
hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or
governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such
application, then the Company's and the Guarantors' obligations under this
Indenture and the Notes and the Note Guarantees will be revived and reinstated
as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof until
such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in
accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be; provided,
however, that, if the Company makes any payment of principal of, premium or
Additional Interest, if any, or interest on, any Note following the
reinstatement of its obligations, the Company will be subrogated to the rights
of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the
Trustee or Paying Agent.
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ARTICLE 9
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders of Notes.
Notwithstanding Section 9.02 of this Indenture, the Company, the
Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Notes
or the Note Guarantees without the consent of any Holder of Note:
(1) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
(2) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of
certificated Notes;
(3) to provide for the assumption of the Company's or a Guarantor's
obligations to the Holders of the Notes and Note Guarantees by a successor
to the Company or such Guarantor pursuant to Article 5 or Article 10
hereof;
(4) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or
benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect the
legal rights hereunder of any Holder;
(5) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or
maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;
(6) to conform the text of this Indenture or the Notes to any
provision of the "Description of Notes" section of the Offering Memorandum,
to the extent that such provision in that "Description of Notes" was
intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this Indenture, the
Note Guarantees or the Notes;
(7) to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with
the limitations set forth in this Indenture as of the date hereof; or
(8) to allow any Guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture and/or
a Note Guarantee with respect to the Notes and to release Guarantors from
the Note Guarantee in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its
Board of Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental
indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section
7.02 hereof, the Trustee will join with the Company and the Guarantors in the
execution of any amended or supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by
the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and
stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee will not be
obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental indenture that affects its
own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
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Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders of Notes.
Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Company, the
Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture (including,
without limitation, Sections 4.10 and 4.15 hereof) and the Notes or the Note
Guarantees with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the then outstanding Notes voting as a single class
(including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a tender
offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes), and, subject to
Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, any existing Default or Event of Default (other
than a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium
or Additional Interest, if any, or interest on, the Notes, except a payment
default resulting from an acceleration that has been rescinded) or compliance
with any provision of this Indenture or the Notes or the Note Guarantees may be
waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the then outstanding Notes (including, without limitation, Additional
Notes, if any) voting as a single class (including, without limitation, consents
obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase
of, the Notes). Section 2.08 hereof shall determine which Notes are considered
to be "outstanding" for purposes of this Section 9.02.
Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its
Board of Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental
indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the
Trustee of the consent of the Holders of Notes as aforesaid, and upon receipt by
the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02 hereof, the Trustee will
join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of such amended or
supplemental indenture unless such amended or supplemental indenture directly
affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or
otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but will not be
obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental Indenture.
It is not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Notes under
this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment,
supplement or waiver, but it is sufficient if such consent approves the
substance thereof.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02
becomes effective, the Company will mail to the Holders of Notes affected
thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any
failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, will not,
however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amendment,
supplement or waiver. Subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a
single class may waive compliance in a particular instance by the Company with
any provision of this Indenture or the Notes or the Note Guarantees. However,
without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment, supplement or waiver
under this Section 9.02 may not (with respect to any Notes held by a
non-consenting Holder):
(1) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to
an amendment, supplement or waiver;
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(2) reduce the principal of or extend the fixed maturity of any Note
or alter the provisions with respect to the redemption of the Notes (except
as provided above with respect to Sections 4.10 and 4.15 hereof);
(3) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest,
including default interest, on any Note;
(4) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal
of, or premium or Additional Interest, if any, or interest on, the Notes
(except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at
least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding
Notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such
acceleration);
(5) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the
Notes;
(6) make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating to
waivers of past Defaults or impair the rights of Holders of Notes to
receive payments of principal of, or interest or premium or Additional
Interest, if any, on, the Notes;
(7) waive a redemption payment with respect to any Note (other than a
payment required by Sections 4.10 or 4.15 hereof);
(8) release any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary from any of
its obligations under its Note Guarantee or this Indenture, except in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture; or
(9) make any change in the preceding amendment and waiver provisions.
Section 9.03 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.
Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes will be
set forth in a amended or supplemental indenture that complies with the TIA as
then in effect.
Section 9.04 Revocation and Effect of Consents.
Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent
to it by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent by the Holder of a Note and
every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same
debt as the consenting Holder's Note, even if notation of the consent is not
made on any Note. However, any such Holder of a Note or subsequent Holder of a
Note may revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written
notice of revocation before the date the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes
effective. After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in
accordance with its terms, it thereafter binds every Holder.
Section 9.05 Notation on or Exchange of Notes.
The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment,
supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The Company in
exchange for all Notes may
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issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order,
authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver.
Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note will not
affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
Section 9.06 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.
The Trustee will sign any amended or supplemental indenture authorized
pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment or supplement does not adversely
affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. The Company
may not sign an amended or supplemental indenture until the Board of Directors
of the Company approves it. In executing any amended or supplemental indenture,
the Trustee will be provided with and (subject to Section 7.01 hereof) will be
fully protected in relying upon, in addition to the documents required by
Section 12.04 hereof, an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating
that the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture is authorized or
permitted by this Indenture.
ARTICLE 10
NOTE GUARANTEES
Section 10.01 Guarantee.
(a) Subject to this Article 10, each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly
and severally, unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated
and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns,
irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes or
the obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, that:
(1) the principal of, premium and Additional Interest, if any, and
interest on, the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at
maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the
overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all
other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or
thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance
with the terms hereof and thereof; and
(2) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any
Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will be promptly paid in
full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or
renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.
Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any
performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors will be jointly
and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that
this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.
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(b) The Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder are
unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the
Notes or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any
waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions
hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action
to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a
legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby
waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court
in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a
proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever
and covenant that this Note Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete
performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and this Indenture.
(c) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise
to return to the Company, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator
or other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or the
Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder, this Note
Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, will be reinstated in full
force and effect.
(d) Each Guarantor agrees that it will not be entitled to any right of
subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed
hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby. Each
Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and
the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (1) the maturity of the
obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 hereof
for the purposes of this Note Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or
other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations
guaranteed hereby, and (2) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of
such obligations as provided in Article 6 hereof, such obligations (whether or
not due and payable) will forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for
the purpose of this Note Guarantee. The Guarantors will have the right to seek
contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right
does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Note Guarantee.
Section 10.02 Limitation on Guarantor Liability.
Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby
confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Note Guarantee of
such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes
of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent
Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any
Note Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders
and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such
Guarantor will be limited to the maximum amount that will, after giving effect
to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such
Guarantor that are relevant under such laws, and after giving effect to any
collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on
behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other
Guarantor under this Article 10, result in the obligations of such Guarantor
under its Note Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
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Section 10.03 Intentionally Omitted.
Section 10.04 Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms.
Except as otherwise provided in this Section 10.04, no Guarantor
(other than Holdings) may sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all
of its assets to, or consolidate with or merge with or into (whether or not such
Guarantor is the surviving Person) another Person, other than the Company or
another Guarantor, unless:
(1) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or
Event of Default exists; and
(2) either:
(a) the Person acquiring the property in any such sale or
disposition or the Person formed by or surviving any such
consolidation or merger assumes all the obligations of that Guarantor
under this Indenture, its Note Guarantee and the Registration Rights
Agreement on the terms set forth herein or therein, pursuant to a
supplemental indenture in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Trustee; or
(b) the Net Proceeds of such sale or other disposition are
applied in accordance with the applicable provisions of this
Indenture.
In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and upon
the assumption by the successor Person, by supplemental indenture, executed and
delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the Note
Guarantee and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and
conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Guarantor, such successor
Person will succeed to and be substituted for the Guarantor with the same effect
as if it had been named herein as a Guarantor. Such successor Person thereupon
may cause to be signed any or all of the Note Guarantees to be endorsed upon all
of the Notes issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by
the Company and delivered to the Trustee. All the Note Guarantees so issued will
in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the
Note Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in accordance with the terms
of this Indenture as though all of such Note Guarantees had been issued at the
date of the execution hereof.
Except as set forth in Articles 4 and 5 hereof, and notwithstanding
clauses 2(a) and (b) above, nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the
Notes will prevent any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor with or into a
Company or another Guarantor, or will 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.
Section 10.05 Releases.
The Note Guarantee of a Guarantor (other than Holdings) will be
released:
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(1) in connection with any sale; disposition or transfer of all or
substantially all of the assets of that Guarantor (including by way of
merger or consolidation) to a Person that is not (either before or after
giving effect to such transaction) Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary of
Holdings, if the sale, disposition or transfer does not violate Section
4.10 hereof;
(2) in connection with any sale, disposition or transfer of all of the
Capital Stock of that Guarantor to a Person that is not (either before or
after giving effect to such transaction) Holdings or a Restricted
Subsidiary of Holdings, if the sale, disposition or transfer does not
violate Section 4.10 hereof;
(3) if Holdings designates any Restricted Subsidiary that is a
Guarantor to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the
applicable provisions of the indenture;
(4) upon Legal Defeasance in accordance with Article 8 hereof or
satisfaction and discharge of the indenture in accordance with Article 11
hereof; or
(5) upon the release of such Guarantors' Guarantee under the Credit
Agreement or such other Indebtedness that triggered such Guarantor's Note
Guarantee.
Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under its Note
Guarantee as provided in this Section 10.05 will remain liable for the full
amount of principal of and interest and premium and Additional Interest, if any,
on the Notes and for the other obligations of any Guarantor under this Indenture
as provided in this Article 10.
ARTICLE 11
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 11.01 Satisfaction and Discharge.
This Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further
effect as to all Notes issued hereunder, when:
(1) either:
(a) all Notes that have been authenticated, except lost, stolen
or destroyed Notes that have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose
payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated
and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company,
have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(b) all Notes that have not been delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the mailing of a
notice of redemption or otherwise or will become due and payable
within one year and the Company or any Guarantor has irrevocably
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in
trust solely for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S.
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dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof,
in such amounts as will be sufficient, without consideration of any
reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness
on the Notes not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for
principal, premium and Additional Interest, if any, and accrued
interest to the date of maturity or redemption;
(2) the Company or any Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all
sums payable by it under this Indenture; and
(3) the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee
under this Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the
Notes at maturity or on the redemption date, as the case may be.
In addition, the Company must deliver an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and
discharge have been satisfied.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, if
money has been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (b) of clause
(1) of this Section 11.01, the provisions of Sections 11.02 and 8.06 hereof will
survive such satisfaction and discharge. In addition, nothing in this Section
11.01 will be deemed to discharge those provisions of Section 7.07 hereof, that,
by their terms, survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
Section 11.02 Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of Section 8.06 hereof, all money deposited
with the Trustee pursuant to Section 11.01 hereof shall be held in trust and
applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this
Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent
(including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may
determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium and
Additional Interest, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been
deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from other
funds except to the extent required by law.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or
Government Securities in accordance with Section 11.01 hereof 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 any Guarantor's obligations under this Indenture
and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred
pursuant to Section 11.01 hereof; provided that if the Company has made any
payment of principal of, premium or Additional Interest, if any, or interest on,
any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be
subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment
from the money or Government Securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
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ARTICLE 12
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 12.01 Trust Indenture Act Controls.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with
the duties imposed by TIA Section 318(c), the imposed duties will control.
Section 12.02 Notices.
Any notice or communication by the Company, any Guarantor or the
Trustee to the others is duly given if in writing and delivered in Person or by
first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), facsimile
transmission or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the
others' address:
If to the Company and/or any Guarantor:
Foundation Coal Corporation
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Facsimile No.: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
With a copy to:
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Facsimile No.: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ III, Esq.
If to the Trustee:
The Bank of New York
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Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
The Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee, by notice to the others,
may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or
communications.
All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) will
be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally
delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage
prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if
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transmitted by facsimile; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the
courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.
Any notice or communication to a Holder will be mailed by first class
mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air
courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the register kept
by the Registrar. Any notice or communication will also be so mailed to any
Person described in TIA Section 313(c), to the extent required by the TIA.
Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it will
not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.
If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above
within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee
receives it.
If the Company mails a notice or communication to Holders, it will
mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.
Section 12.03 Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes.
Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other
Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The
Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of
TIA Section 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 (other than in connection with the
Authentication Order, dated the date hereof, and delivered to the Trustee in
connection with the issuance of the Initial Notes), the Company shall furnish to
the Trustee:
(1) an Officers' Certificate in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee (which must include the statements set forth in
Section 12.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all
conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture
relating to the proposed action have been satisfied; and
(2) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee (which must include the statements set forth in
Section 12.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all
such conditions precedent and covenants have been satisfied.
Section 12.05 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate
provided pursuant to TIA Section 314(a)(4)) must comply with the provisions of
TIA Section 314(e) and must include:
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(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 or she has
made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her
to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or
condition has been satisfied; and
(4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person,
such condition or covenant has been satisfied.
Section 12.06 Rules by Trustee and Agents.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of
Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set
reasonable requirements for its functions.
Section 12.07 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and
Stockholders.
No past, present or future director, manager, officer, employee,
incorporator, stockholder or member of Holdings, any parent entity of Holdings
or any Subsidiary, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the
Company or the Guarantors under the Notes, this Indenture, the Note Guarantees
or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or
their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all
such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for
issuance of the Notes. The waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities
under the federal securities laws.
Section 12.08 Governing Law.
THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE NOTE GUARANTEES SHALL BE GOVERNED
BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 12.09 Successors.
All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes will
bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture will bind
its successors. All agreements of each Guarantor in this Indenture will bind its
successors, except as otherwise provided in Section 10.04 hereof.
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Section 12.10 Severability.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes is invalid,
illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 12.11 Counterpart Originals.
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each
signed copy will be an original, but all of them together represent the same
agreement.
Section 12.12 Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of the
Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of
reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and will in no
way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
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Dated as of July 30, 2004
SIGNATURES
FOUNDATION PA COAL COMPANY
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
FOUNDATION COAL CORPORATION
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: President
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Secretary
ALLIANCE POWER MARKETING, INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ HOLDINGS INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Treasurer
CASTLE GATE HOLDING COMPANY
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
COAL GAS RECOVERY, LP
BY: PENNSYLVANIA SERVICES
CORPORATION, AS GENERAL PARTNER
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
CUMBERLAND COAL RESOURCES, LP,
F/K/A RAG CUMBERLAND RESOURCES, LP
BY: PENNSYLVANIA SERVICES
CORPORATION, AS GENERAL PARTNER
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
DELTA MINE HOLDING COMPANY
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
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EMERALD COAL RESOURCES, LP, F/K/A
RAG EMERALD RESOURCES, LP
BY: PENNSYLVANIA SERVICES
CORPORATION, AS GENERAL PARTNER
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
ENERGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
FOUNDATION AMERICAN COAL
COMPANY, LLC, F/K/A/ RAG AMERICAN COAL
COMPANY, LLC
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
FOUNDATION COAL DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION, F/K/A RAG COAL DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
FOUNDATION COAL HOLDING, INC., F/K/A
RAG AMERICAN COAL HOLDING, INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Title: Senior Vice President
FOUNDATION COAL RESOURCES
CORPORATION, F/K/A RAG CONSOLIDATED LAND
CORPORATION
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
FOUNDATION COAL WEST, INC., F/K/A
RAG COAL WEST, INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
FOUNDATION ENERGY SALES, INC., F/K/A
RAG ENERGY SALES, INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
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FOUNDATION EQUIPMENT COMPANY, F/K/A
RAG EQUIPMENT COMPANY
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
FOUNDATION MIDWEST HOLDING COMPANY,
F/K/A RAG MIDWEST HOLDING COMPANY
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
FOUNDATION ROYALTY COMPANY, F/K/A
RAG ROYALTY COMPANY
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
FOUNDATION WYOMING LAND COMPANY, F/K/A
RAG WYOMING LAND COMPANY
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
FREEPORT MINING, LP, F/K/A
RAG FREEPORT MINING, LP
BY: PENNSYLVANIA SERVICES CORPORATION,
AS GENERAL PARTNER
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
FREEPORT RESOURCES CORPORATION, F/K/A
RAG FREEPORT RESOURCES CORPORATION
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
KINGSTON MINING, INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Treasurer
KINGSTON PROCESSING, INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Treasurer
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KINGSTON RESOURCES, INC.
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Treasurer
LAUREL CREEK CO., INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Treasurer
MAPLE MEADOW MINING COMPANY
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
NEWEAGLE COAL SALES CORP.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Treasurer
NEWEAGLE DEVELOPMENT CORP.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Treasurer
NEWEAGLE INDUSTRIES, INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Treasurer
NEWEAGLE MINING CORP.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Treasurer
▇▇▇▇▇ PROCESSING INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Treasurer
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ BRANCH MINING, INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Treasurer
PENNSYLVANIA LAND HOLDINGS CORPORATION
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
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PENNSYLVANIA SERVICES CORPORATION
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
PIONEER FUEL CORPORATION
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Treasurer
PIONEER MINING, INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Treasurer
PLATEAU MINING CORPORATION
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
RIVER PROCESSING CORPORATION, F/K/A
RAG RIVER PROCESSING CORPORATION
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
RED ASH SALES COMPANY, INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Treasurer
RIVEREAGLE CORP.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Treasurer
RIVERTON CAPITAL VENTURES I,
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Manager
RIVERTON CAPITAL VENTURES II,
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Manager
RIVERTON COAL PRODUCTION, INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Treasurer
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RIVERTON COAL SALES, INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Treasurer
ROCKSPRING DEVELOPMENT, INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Treasurer
RUHRKOHLE TRADING CORPORATION
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Treasurer
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ FORK MINING, INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Treasurer
SOUTHERN RESOURCES, INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
WABASH MINE HOLDING COMPANY
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ HOLDING COMPANY
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
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Dated as of July 30, 2004
SIGNATURES
The Bank of New York, as Trustee
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Authorized Signatory
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EXHIBIT A1
[Face of Note]
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CUSIP/ISIN 350472 AA 4/US350472AA48
7 1/4% Senior Notes due 2014
No. $
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FOUNDATION PA COAL COMPANY
promise to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered assigns,
the principal sum of
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DOLLARS on August 1, 2014.
Interest Payment Dates: February 1 and August 1
Record Dates: January 15 and July 15
Dated: July 30, 2004
FOUNDATION PA COAL COMPANY
By:
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Name:
Title:
This is one of the Notes referred to
in the within-mentioned Indenture:
The Bank of New York, as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Signatory
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[Back of Note]
7 1/4% Senior Notes due 2014
[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the
Indenture]
[Insert the Private Placement Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions
of the Indenture]
Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in
the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.
(1) INTEREST. Foundation PA Coal Company, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at 7
1/4% per annum from July 30, 2004 until maturity and shall pay the Additional
Interest, if any, payable pursuant to Section 6 of the Registration Rights
Agreement referred to below. The Company will pay interest and Additional
Interest, if any, semi-annually in arrears on February 1 and August 1 of each
year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business
Day (each, an "Interest Payment Date"). Interest on the Notes will accrue from
the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been
paid, from July 30, 2004 until the principal hereof is due. The first Interest
Payment Date shall be February 1, 2005. The Company will pay interest on overdue
principal at the rate borne by the Notes, and it shall pay interest on overdue
installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest will be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
(2) METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Company will pay interest on the Notes
(except defaulted interest) and Additional Interest, if any, to the Persons who
are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the January 15 or
July 15 next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are
canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date,
except as provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted
interest. Payments in respect of Notes represented by Global Notes (including
principal, premium, if any, and interest) shall be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the accounts specified by The Depository Trust
Company or any successor depositary. The Company will make all payments in
respect of a Definitive Note (including principal, premium, if any, and
interest), at the office of each Paying Agent, except that, at the option of the
Company, payment of interest may be made by mailing a check to the registered
address of each Holder thereof; provided, however, that payments on the Notes
may also be made in the case of a Holder of at least $1,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of Notes, by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained
by the payee with a bank in the United States if such Holder elects payment by
wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or a Paying Agent to such
effect designating such account no later than 30 days immediately preceding the
relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in
its discretion). Such payment will be in such coin or currency of the United
States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of
public and private debts.
(3) PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, The Bank of New York, the
Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company
may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The
Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.
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(4) INDENTURE. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated
as of July 30, 2004 (the "Indenture") among the Company, the Guarantors and the
Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those
made part of the Indenture by reference to the TIA. Terms defined in the
Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the
Indenture. The Notes are subject to all the terms and provisions of the
Indenture, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement
of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the
express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall
govern and be controlling.
The Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Company. This Note
is one of the Initial Notes referred to in the Indenture. The Notes include the
Initial Notes, any Additional Notes and any Exchange Notes issued in exchange
for Initial Notes or Additional Notes pursuant to the Indenture. The Initial
Notes, any Additional Notes and any Exchange Notes are treated as a single class
of securities under the Indenture. The Indenture imposes certain limitations on
the ability of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries to, among other things,
make certain Investments and other Restricted Payments, pay dividends and other
distributions, incur Indebtedness, enter into consensual restrictions upon the
payment of certain dividends and distributions by such Restricted Subsidiaries,
issue or sell shares of capital stock of Holdings and such Restricted
Subsidiaries, enter into or permit certain transactions with Affiliates, create
or Incur Liens and make asset sales. The Indenture also imposes limitations on
the ability of the Company and each Guarantor to consolidate or merge with or
into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of
its property.
To guarantee the due and punctual payment of the principal and
interest on the Notes and all other amounts payable by the Company under the
Indenture and the Notes when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether
at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, according to the terms of the Notes
and the Indenture, the Guarantors have, jointly and severally, unconditionally
guaranteed the Obligations of the Company under the Notes on a senior unsecured
basis pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.
(5) OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.
(a) Except as set forth in subparagraphs (b) and (c) of this Paragraph
5, the Company will not have the option to redeem the Notes prior to August 1,
2009. On or after August 1, 2009, the Company may redeem all or a part of the
Notes upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice, at the redemption
prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below plus
accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes
redeemed to, but not including, the applicable redemption date, if redeemed
during the twelve-month period beginning on August 1 of the years indicated
below, subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date to receive
interest on the relevant interest payment date:
Year Percentage
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2009............................................................... 103.625%
2010............................................................... 102.417%
2011............................................................... 101.208%
2012 and thereafter................................................ 100.000%
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Unless the Company defaults in the payment of the redemption price,
interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for
redemption on the applicable redemption date.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (a) of this
Paragraph 5, at any time prior to August 1, 2007, the Company may on any one or
more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes
issued under the Indenture (including any additional notes issued after the
Issue Date) at a redemption price of 107.25% of the principal amount thereof,
plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to, but not
including the redemption date, with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity
Offerings; provided that (1) at least 65% in aggregate principal amount of the
Notes issued under the Indenture (excluding Notes held by the Company and its
Subsidiaries) remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such
redemption and (2) that such redemption occurs within 180 days of the date of
the closing of such Equity Offering.
(c) At any time prior to August 1, 2009, the Company may also redeem
all or a part of the Notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' prior
notice mailed by first-class mail to each Holder's registered address, at a
redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes redeemed plus
the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest and Additional
Interest, if any, to, but not including, the date of redemption, subject to the
rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due
on the relevant interest payment date.
(6) MANDATORY REDEMPTION.
The Company is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking
fund payments with respect to the Notes.
(7) NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. Notice of redemption will be mailed at least
30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder
whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address, except that redemption
notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice
is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction or
discharge of the Indenture. Notes in denominations larger than $1,000 may be
redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000.
(8) REPURCHASE AT THE OPTION OF HOLDER.
(a) If there is a Change of Control, the Company will make an offer (a
"Change of Control Offer") to each Holder of the Notes to repurchase all or any
part (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000) of that Holder's Notes
at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of
Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if
any, on the Notes repurchased to, but not including, the date of purchase,
subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest
due on the relevant interest payment date. Within 30 days following any Change
of Control, the Company will mail a notice to each Holder setting forth the
procedures governing the Change of Control Offer as required by the Indenture.
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(b) If Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings consummates any
Asset Sales, within ten Business Days of each date on which the aggregate amount
of Excess Proceeds exceeds $15.0 million, the Company will commence an offer to
all Holders of Notes and all holders of other Indebtedness that is pari passu
with the Notes containing provisions similar to those set forth in the Indenture
with respect to offers to purchase or redeem with the proceeds of sales of
assets (an "Asset Sale Offer") pursuant to Section 4.10 of the Indenture to
purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes and such other pari passu
Indebtedness that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at an offer price
in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued
and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, thereon to, but excluding,
the date of purchase, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the
Indenture. To the extent that, any Excess Proceeds remain after the consummation
of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company may use those Excess Proceeds for any
purpose not otherwise prohibited by the Indenture. If the aggregate principal
amount of Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness tendered into such Asset Sale
Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes
and such other pari passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis.
Holders of Notes that are the subject of an offer to purchase will receive an
Asset Sale Offer from the Company prior to any related purchase date and may
elect to have such Notes purchased by completing the form entitled "Option of
Holder to Elect Purchase" attached to the Notes.
(9) DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The Notes are in registered
form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of
$1,000. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as
provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder,
among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents
and the Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law
or permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not exchange or register the
transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption, except for
the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, the Company
need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days
before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or during the period between a record
date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date.
(10) PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of a Note may be
treated as its owner for all purposes.
(11) AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. Subject to certain exceptions,
the Indenture or the Notes or the Note Guarantees may be amended or supplemented
with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the then outstanding Notes including Additional Notes, if any, voting
as a single class, and any existing Default or Event or Default or compliance
with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes or the Note Guarantees may be
waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the then outstanding Notes including Additional Notes, if any, voting
as a single class. Without the consent of any Holder of a Note, the Indenture or
the Notes or the Note Guarantees may be amended or supplemented (i) to cure any
ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, (ii) to provide for uncertificated Notes in
addition to or in place of certificated Notes, (iii) to provide for the
assumption of the Company's or a Guarantor's obligations to Holders of the Notes
and Note Guarantees in case of a merger or consolidation or sale of all or
substantially all of the Company's or such Guarantor's assets, as applicable,
(iv) to make any change that would pro-
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vide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does
not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any such Holder,
(v) to comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain
the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA, (vi) to conform the text of
the Indenture or the Notes to any provision of the "Description of Notes"
section of the Company's Offering Memorandum dated July 21, 2004, to the extent
that such provision in that "Description of Notes" was intended to be a verbatim
recitation of a provision of the Indenture, the Note Guarantees or the Notes,
(vii) to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the
limitations set forth in the Indenture or (viii) to allow any Guarantor to
execute a supplemental indenture to the Indenture and/or a Note Guarantee with
respect to the Notes and to release Guarantors from the Note Guarantee in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
(12) DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. If any Event of Default occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal
amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and
payable immediately. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of
Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to
Holdings, any Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings that is a Significant Subsidiary
or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of Holdings that, taken together, would
constitute a Significant Subsidiary, all outstanding Notes will become due and
payable immediately without further action or notice. Holders may not enforce
the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to
certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or
power. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders of all
of the Notes, rescind an acceleration or waive any existing Default or Event of
Default and its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or
Event of Default in the payment of interest or premium or Additional Interest,
if any, on, or the principal of, the Notes. The Company is required to deliver
to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture, and
the Company is required, upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default,
to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of
Default.
(13) DISCHARGE AND DEFEASANCE. Subject to certain conditions, the
Company at any time may terminate some or all of its obligations under the
Notes, the Note Guarantees and the Indenture if the Company deposits with the
Trustee money or Government Securities for the payment of principal of and
interest on the Notes to redemption or maturity, as the case may be.
(14) TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH COMPANY. The Trustee, in its individual or
any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform
services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the
Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.
(15) NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. A director, manager, officer,
employee, incorporator, member or stockholder of the Company or any of the
Guarantors, as such, will not have any liability for any obligations of the
Company or the Guarantors under the Notes, the Note Guarantees or the Indenture
or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of,
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such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and
releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration for the issuance of the Notes.
(16) AUTHENTICATION. This Note will not be valid until authenticated
by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
(17) ABBREVIATIONS. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of
a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (=
tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship
and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts
to Minors Act).
(18) ADDITIONAL RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES AND
RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES. In addition to the rights provided to Holders of
Notes under the Indenture, Holders of Restricted Global Notes and Restricted
Definitive Notes will have all the rights set forth in the Registration Rights
Agreement dated as of July 30, 2004, among the Company, the Guarantors and the
Initial Purchasers named therein or, in the case of Additional Notes, Holders of
Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes will have the rights set
forth in one or more registration rights agreements, if any, among the Company,
the Guarantors and the other parties thereto, relating to rights given by the
Company and the Guarantors to the purchasers of any Additional Notes
(collectively, the "Registration Rights Agreement").
(19) CUSIP NUMBERS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the
Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused
CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes, and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers
in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made
as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as
contained in any notice of redemption, and reliance may be placed only on the
other identification numbers placed thereon.
(20) GOVERNING LAW. THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND
BE USED TO CONSTRUE THE INDENTURE, THIS NOTE AND THE NOTE GUARANTEES.
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and
without charge a copy of the Indenture and/or the Registration Rights Agreement.
Requests may be made to:
Foundation PA Coal Company
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▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:
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(Insert assignee's legal name)
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(Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
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(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint
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to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute
another to act for him.
Date:
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Your Signature:
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(Sign exactly as your name
appears on the face of this Note)
Signature Guarantee*:
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* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other
signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 4.10 or 4.15 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box
below:
[_] Section 4.10 [_] Section 4.15
If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the
Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.15 of the Indenture, state the
amount you elect to have purchased:
$
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Date:
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Your Signature:
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(Sign exactly as your name
appears on the face of this Note)
Tax Identification No.:
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Signature Guarantee*:
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* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other
signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).
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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE*
The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest
in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of
another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have
been made:
Amount of Amount of Principal Amount
decrease in increase in of this Global Note Signature of
Principal Amount Principal Amount following such authorized officer
of of decrease of Trustee or
Date of Exchange this Global Note this Global Note (or increase) Custodian
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* This schedule should be included only if the Note is issued in global form.
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EXHIBIT A2
[Face of Regulation S Temporary Global Note]
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CUSIP/ISIN U34578 AA 9/USU34578AA93
7 1/4% Senior Notes due 2014
No. $
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FOUNDATION PA COAL COMPANY.
promise to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered assigns,
the principal sum of
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DOLLARS on August 1, 2014.
Interest Payment Dates: February 1 and August 1
Record Dates: January 15 and July 15
Dated: July 30, 2004
FOUNDATION PA COAL COMPANY
By:
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Name:
Title:
This is one of the Notes referred to in
the within-mentioned Indenture:
The Bank of New York, as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Signatory
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[Back of Regulation S Temporary Global Note]
7 1/4% Senior Notes due 2014
THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE, AND THE
CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE FOR CERTIFICATED NOTES, ARE AS
SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED HEREIN). NEITHER THE HOLDER NOR THE
BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE ENTITLED
TO RECEIVE PAYMENT OF INTEREST HEREON.
THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE
GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL
OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED
IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS
GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION
2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR
DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE
FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A
NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR
ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A
SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS
CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY (55 ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇) ("▇▇▇"), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS
AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
THIS NOTE (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND ACCORDINGLY MAY NOT BE
OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO,
OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS, EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE
FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST
HEREIN, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER" (AS DEFINED IN
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RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) (A "QIB"), (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON, IS
NOT ACQUIRING THIS NOTE FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF A U.S. PERSON AND IS
ACQUIRING THIS NOTE IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (C) IT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" (AS
DEFINED IN RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT) (AN "IAI"), (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT, WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD REFERRED TO
UNDER RULE 144(k) (TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE PROVISIONS OF RULE 144(d) UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, IF APPLICABLE) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AS IN EFFECT ON THE DATE
OF THE TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE, RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE EXCEPT (A)
TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) TO A PERSON WHOM THE HOLDER
REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QIB PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT
OF A QIB IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) OUTSIDE THE
UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 903 AND RULE
904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION
PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), (E) TO AN IAI
THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES TO THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER
CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE REGISTRATION
OF TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE (THE FORM OF WHICH LETTER CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE
TRUSTEE) AND, IF SUCH TRANSFER IS IN RESPECT OF AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF
NOTES AT THE TIME OF TRANSFER OF LESS THAN $250,000, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL
ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
SECURITIES ACT, (F) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OR (G) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL
ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY), AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE
STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO
WHOM THIS NOTE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO
THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE OR ANY
INTEREST HEREIN WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD REFERRED TO ABOVE, THE HOLDER MUST CHECK
THE APPROPRIATE BOX SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF RELATING TO THE MANNER OF
SUCH TRANSFER AND SUBMIT THIS CERTIFICATE TO THE TRUSTEE. AS USED HEREIN, THE
TERMS "OFFSHORE TRANSACTION," "UNITED STATES" AND "U.S. PERSON" HAVE THE
MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM BY RULE 902 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. THE
INDENTURE CONTAINS A PROVISION REQUIRING THE TRUSTEE TO REFUSE TO REGISTER ANY
TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE IN VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in
the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.
(1) INTEREST. Foundation PA Coal Company, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at 7
1/4% per annum
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from July 30, 2004 until maturity and shall pay the Additional Interest, if any,
payable pursuant to Section 6 of the Registration Rights Agreement referred to
below. The Company will pay interest and Additional Interest, if any,
semi-annually in arrears on February 1 and August 1 of each year, or if any such
day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, an
"Interest Payment Date"). Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent
date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from July
30, 2004 until the principal hereof is due. The first Interest Payment Date
shall be February 1, 2005. The Company will pay interest on overdue principal at
the rate borne by the Notes, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments
of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest will be computed on
the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
Until this Regulation S Temporary Global Note is exchanged for one or
more Regulation S Permanent Global Notes, the Holder hereof shall not be
entitled to receive payments of interest hereon; until so exchanged in full,
this Regulation S Temporary Global Note shall in all other respects be entitled
to the same benefits as other Notes under the Indenture.
(2) METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Company will pay interest on the Notes
(except defaulted interest) and Additional Interest, if any, to the Persons who
are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the January 15 or
July 15 next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are
canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date,
except as provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted
interest. Payments in respect of Notes represented by Global Notes (including
principal, premium, if any, and interest) shall be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the accounts specified by The Depository Trust
Company or any successor depositary. The Company will make all payments in
respect of a Definitive Note (including principal, premium, if any, and
interest), at the office of each Paying Agent, except that, at the option of the
Company, payment of interest may be made by mailing a check to the registered
address of each Holder thereof; provided, however, that payments on the Notes
may also be made in the case of a Holder of at least $1,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of Notes, by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained
by the payee with a bank in the United States if such Holder elects payment by
wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or a Paying Agent to such
effect designating such account no later than 30 days immediately preceding the
relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in
its discretion). Such payment will be in such coin or currency of the United
States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of
public and private debts.
(3) PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, The Bank of New York, the
Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company
may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The
Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.
(4) INDENTURE. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated
as of July 30, 2004 (the "Indenture") among the Company, the Guarantors and the
Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those
made part of the Indenture by reference to the TIA. Terms defined in the
Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the
Indenture. The Notes are subject to all the terms and provisions of the
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Indenture, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement
of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the
express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall
govern and be controlling.
The Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Company. This Note
is one of the Initial Notes referred to in the Indenture. The Notes include the
Initial Notes, any Additional Notes and any Exchange Notes issued in exchange
for Initial Notes or Additional Notes pursuant to the Indenture. The Initial
Notes, any Additional Notes and any Exchange Notes are treated as a single class
of securities under the Indenture. The Indenture imposes certain limitations on
the ability of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries to, among other things,
make certain Investments and other Restricted Payments, pay dividends and other
distributions, incur Indebtedness, enter into consensual restrictions upon the
payment of certain dividends and distributions by such Restricted Subsidiaries,
issue or sell shares of capital stock of Holdings and such Restricted
Subsidiaries, enter into or permit certain transactions with Affiliates, create
or Incur Liens and make asset sales. The Indenture also imposes limitations on
the ability of the Company and each Guarantor to consolidate or merge with or
into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of
its property.
To guarantee the due and punctual payment of the principal and
interest on the Notes and all other amounts payable by the Company under the
Indenture and the Notes when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether
at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, according to the terms of the Notes
and the Indenture, the Guarantors have, jointly and severally, unconditionally
guaranteed the Obligations of the Company under the Notes on a senior unsecured
basis pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.
(5) OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.
(a) Except as set forth in subparagraphs (b) and (c) of this Paragraph
5, the Company will not have the option to redeem the Notes prior to August 1,
2009. On or after August 1, 2009, the Company may redeem all or a part of the
Notes upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice, at the redemption
prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below plus
accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes
redeemed to, but not including, the applicable redemption date, if redeemed
during the twelve-month period beginning on August 1 of the years indicated
below, subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date to receive
interest on the relevant interest payment date:
Year Percentage
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2009............................................................... 103.625%
2010............................................................... 102.417%
2011............................................................... 101.208%
2012 and thereafter................................................ 100.000%
Unless the Company defaults in the payment of the redemption price,
interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for
redemption on the applicable redemption date.
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(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (a) of this
Paragraph 5, at any time prior to August 1, 2007, the Company may on any one or
more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes
issued under the Indenture (including any additional notes issued after the
Issue Date) at a redemption price of 107.25% of the principal amount thereof,
plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to, but not
including the redemption date, with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity
Offerings; provided that (1) at least 65% in aggregate principal amount of the
Notes issued under the Indenture (excluding Notes held by the Company and its
Subsidiaries) remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such
redemption and (2) that such redemption occurs within 180 days of the date of
the closing of such Equity Offering.
(c) At any time prior to August 1, 2009, the Company may also redeem
all or a part of the Notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' prior
notice mailed by first-class mail to each Holder's registered address, at a
redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes redeemed plus
the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest and Additional
Interest, if any, to, but not including, the date of redemption, subject to the
rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due
on the relevant interest payment date.
(6) MANDATORY REDEMPTION.
The Company is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking
fund payments with respect to the Notes.
(7) NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. Notice of redemption will be mailed at least
30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder
whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address, except that redemption
notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice
is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction or
discharge of the Indenture. Notes in denominations larger than $1,000 may be
redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000.
(8) REPURCHASE AT THE OPTION OF HOLDER.
(a) If there is a Change of Control, the Company will make an offer (a
"Change of Control Offer") to each Holder of the Notes to repurchase all or any
part (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000) of that Holder's Notes
at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of
Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if
any, on the Notes repurchased to, but not including, the date of purchase,
subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest
due on the relevant interest payment date. Within 30 days following any Change
of Control, the Company will mail a notice to each Holder setting forth the
procedures governing the Change of Control Offer as required by the Indenture.
(b) If Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings consummates any
Asset Sales, within ten Business Days of each date on which the aggregate amount
of Excess Proceeds exceeds $15.0 million, the Company will commence an offer to
all Holders of Notes and all holders of other Indebtedness that is pari passu
with the Notes containing provisions similar
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to those set forth in the Indenture with respect to offers to purchase or redeem
with the proceeds of sales of assets (an "Asset Sale Offer") pursuant to Section
4.10 of the Indenture to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes and such
other pari passu Indebtedness that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds
at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount
thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any,
thereon to, but excluding, the date of purchase, in accordance with the
procedures set forth in the Indenture. To the extent that any Excess Proceeds
remain after the consummation of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company may use those
Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by the Indenture. If
the aggregate principal amount of Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness
tendered into such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the
Trustee shall select the Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness to be
purchased on a pro rata basis. Holders of Notes that are the subject of an offer
to purchase will receive an Asset Sale Offer from the Company prior to any
related purchase date and may elect to have such Notes purchased by completing
the form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" attached to the Notes.
(9) DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The Notes are in registered
form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of
$1,000. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as
provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder,
among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents
and the Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law
or permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not exchange or register the
transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption, except for
the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, the Company
need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days
before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or during the period between a record
date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date.
This Regulation S Temporary Global Note is exchangeable in whole or in
part for one or more Global Notes only (i) on or after the termination of the
40-day distribution compliance period (as defined in Regulation S) and (ii) upon
presentation of certificates (accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel, if
applicable) required by Article 2 of the Indenture. Upon exchange of this
Regulation S Temporary Global Note for one or more Global Notes, the Trustee
shall cancel this Regulation S Temporary Global Note.
(10) PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of a Note may be
treated as its owner for all purposes.
(11) AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. Subject to certain exceptions,
the Indenture or the Notes or the Note Guarantees may be amended or supplemented
with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the then outstanding Notes including Additional Notes, if any, voting
as a single class, and any existing Default or Event or Default or compliance
with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes or the Note Guarantees may be
waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the then outstanding Notes including Additional Notes, if any, voting
as a single class. Without the consent of any Holder of a Note, the Indenture or
the Notes or the Note Guarantees may be amended or supplemented (i) to cure any
ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, (ii) to provide for uncertificated Notes in
addition to or in place of certificated Notes, (iii) to provide
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for the assumption of the Company's or a Guarantor's obligations to Holders of
the Notes and Note Guarantees in case of a merger or consolidation or sale of
all or substantially all of the Company's or such Guarantor's assets, as
applicable, (iv) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or
benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal
rights under the Indenture of any such Holder, (v) to comply with the
requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the
Indenture under the TIA, (vi) to conform the text of the Indenture or the Notes
to any provision of the "Description of Notes" section of the Company's Offering
Memorandum dated July 21, 2004, to the extent that such provision in that
"Description of Notes" was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision
of the Indenture, the Note Guarantees or the Notes, (vii) to provide for the
issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the limitations set forth in the
Indenture or (viii) to allow any Guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture
to the Indenture and/or a Note Guarantee with respect to the Notes and to
release Guarantors from the Note Guarantee in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture.
(12) DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. If any Event of Default occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal
amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and
payable immediately. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of
Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to
Holdings, any Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings that is a Significant Subsidiary
or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of Holdings that, taken together, would
constitute a Significant Subsidiary, all outstanding Notes will become due and
payable immediately without further action or notice. Holders may not enforce
the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to
certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or
power. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders of all
of the Notes, rescind an acceleration or waive any existing Default or Event of
Default and its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or
Event of Default in the payment of interest or premium or Additional Interest,
if any, on, or the principal of, the Notes. The Company is required to deliver
to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture, and
the Company is required, upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default,
to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of
Default.
(13) DISCHARGE AND DEFEASANCE. Subject to certain conditions, the
Company at any time may terminate some or all of its obligations under the
Notes, the Note Guarantees and the Indenture if the Company deposits with the
Trustee money or Government Securities for the payment of principal of and
interest on the Notes to redemption or maturity, as the case may be.
(14) TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH COMPANY. The Trustee, in its individual or
any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform
services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the
Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.
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(15) NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. A director, manager, officer,
employee, incorporator, member or stockholder of the Company or any of the
Guarantors, as such, will not have any liability for any obligations of the
Company or the Guarantors under the Notes, the Note Guarantees or the Indenture
or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or
their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such
liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance
of the Notes.
(16) AUTHENTICATION. This Note will not be valid until authenticated
by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
(17) ABBREVIATIONS. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of
a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (=
tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship
and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts
to Minors Act).
(18) ADDITIONAL RIGHTS OF HOLDERS. In addition to the rights provided
to Holders of Notes under the Indenture, Holders of Restricted Global Notes and
Restricted Definitive Notes will have all the rights set forth in the
Registration Rights Agreement dated as of July 30, 2004, among the Company, the
Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers named therein or, in the case of
Additional Notes, Holders of Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive
Notes will have the rights set forth in one or more registration rights
agreements, if any, among the Company, the Guarantors and the other parties
thereto, relating to rights given by the Company and the Guarantors to the
purchasers of any Additional Notes (collectively, the "Registration Rights
Agreement").
(19) CUSIP NUMBERS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the
Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused
CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes, and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers
in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made
as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as
contained in any notice of redemption, and reliance may be placed only on the
other identification numbers placed thereon.
(20) GOVERNING LAW. THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND
BE USED TO CONSTRUE THE INDENTURE, THIS NOTE AND THE NOTE GUARANTEES.
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and
without charge a copy of the Indenture and/or the Registration Rights Agreement.
Requests may be made to:
Foundation PA Coal Company
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Attention: Chief Financial Officer
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:
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(Insert assignee's legal name)
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(Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
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(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint
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to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute
another to act for him.
Date:
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Your Signature:
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(Sign exactly as your name
appears on the face of this Note)
Signature Guarantee*:
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* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other
signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 4.10 or 4.15 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box
below:
[_] Section 4.10 [_] Section 4.15
If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the
Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.15 of the Indenture, state the
amount you elect to have purchased:
$
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Date:
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Your Signature:
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(Sign exactly as your name
appears on the face of this Note)
Tax Identification No.:
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Signature Guarantee*:
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* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other
signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).
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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE REGULATION S
TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE
The following exchanges of a part of this Regulation S Temporary
Global Note for an interest in another Global Note, or exchanges of a part of
another other Restricted Global Note for an interest in this Regulation S
Temporary Global Note, have been made:
Amount of Amount of Principal Amount
decrease in increase in of this Global Note Signature of
Principal Amount Principal Amount following such authorized officer
of of decrease of Trustee or
Date of Exchange this Global Note this Global Note (or increase) Custodian
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
Foundation PA Coal Company
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The Bank of New York
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Re: 7 1/4% Senior Notes due 2014
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of July 30, 2004
(the "Indenture"), among Foundation PA Coal Company, as issuer (the "Company"),
the Guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York, as trustee. Capitalized
terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the
Indenture.
___________________, (the "Transferor") owns and proposes to transfer
the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified in Annex A hereto, in the
principal amount of $___________ in such Note[s] or interests (the "Transfer"),
to ___________________________ (the "Transferee"), as further specified in Annex
A hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby certifies that:
[CHECK ALL THAT APPLY]
1. [_] CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST
IN THE 144A GLOBAL NOTE OR A RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A.
The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and,
accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the beneficial
interest or Definitive Note is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor
reasonably believes is purchasing the beneficial interest or Definitive Note for
its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person
exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account is a
"qualified institutional buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction
meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, and such Transfer is in compliance with
any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon
consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be
subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement
Legend printed on the 144A Global Note and/or the Restricted Definitive Note and
in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
2. [_] CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST
IN THE REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE, THE REGULATION S PERMANENT GLOBAL
NOTE OR A RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE PURSUANT TO REGULATION S. The Transfer is
being effected pursuant
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to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and,
accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer is
not being made to a Person in the United States and (x) at the time the buy
order was originated, the Transferee was outside the United States or such
Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes
that the Transferee was outside the United States or (y) the transaction was
executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities
market and neither such Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows
that the transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (ii) no
directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of
Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (iii) the
transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration
requirements of the Securities Act and (iv) if the proposed transfer is being
made prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, the transfer is not being
made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than
an Initial Purchaser). Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance
with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or
Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on Transfer enumerated in
the Private Placement Legend printed on the Regulation S Permanent Global Note,
the Regulation S Temporary Global Note and/or the Restricted Definitive Note and
in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
3. [_] CHECK AND COMPLETE IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A
BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE IAI GLOBAL NOTE OR A RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE
PURSUANT TO ANY PROVISION OF THE SECURITIES ACT OTHER THAN RULE 144A OR
REGULATION S. The Transfer is being effected in compliance with the transfer
restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes and
Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the
Securities Act and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the
United States, and accordingly the Transferor hereby further certifies that
(check one):
(a) [_] such Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance
with Rule 144 under the Securities Act;
or
(b) [_] such Transfer is being effected to the Company or a subsidiary
thereof;
or
(c) [_] such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act and in compliance with the
prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act;
or
(d) [_] such Transfer is being effected to an Institutional Accredited
Investor and pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of
the Securities Act other than Rule 144A, Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904,
and the Transferor hereby further certifies that it has not engaged in any
general solicitation within the meaning of Regulation D under the
Securities Act and the Transfer complies with the transfer re-
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strictions applicable to beneficial interests in a Restricted Global Note
or Restricted Definitive Notes and the requirements of the exemption
claimed, which certification is supported by (1) a certificate executed by
the Transferee in the form of Exhibit D to the Indenture and (2) if such
Transfer is in respect of a principal amount of Notes at the time of
transfer of less than $250,000, an Opinion of Counsel provided by the
Transferor or the Transferee (a copy of which the Transferor has attached
to this certification), to the effect that such Transfer is in compliance
with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial
interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer
enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the IAI Global Note
and/or the Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture and the
Securities Act.
4. [_] CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST
IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE OR OF AN UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE.
(a) [_] CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO RULE 144. (i) The Transfer is
being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities
Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture
and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States
and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private
Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the
Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive
Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the
Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted
Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
(b) [_] CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO REGULATION S. (i) The
Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule
904 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions
contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any
state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in
the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to
maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed
Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred
beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the
restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on
the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the
Indenture.
(c) [_] CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO OTHER EXEMPTION. (i) The
Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from
the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule
903 or Rule 904 and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in
the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the
United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture
and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain
compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer
in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial
interest or Definitive Note will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer
enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global
Notes or Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
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This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your
benefit and the benefit of the Company.
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[Insert Name of Transferor]
By:
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Name:
Title:
Dated:
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ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
1. The Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the following:
[CHECK ONE OF (a) OR (b)]
(a) [_] a beneficial interest in the:
(i) [_] 144A Global Note (CUSIP _________), or
(ii) [_] Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP _________), or
(iii) [_] IAI Global Note (CUSIP _________); or
(b) [_] a Restricted Definitive Note.
2. After the Transfer the Transferee will hold:
[CHECK ONE]
(a) [_] a beneficial interest in the:
(i) [_] 144A Global Note (CUSIP _________), or
(ii) [_] Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP _________), or
(iii) [_] IAI Global Note (CUSIP _________); or
(iv) [_] Unrestricted Global Note (CUSIP _________); or
(b) [_] a Restricted Definitive Note; or
(c) [_] an Unrestricted Definitive Note,
in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
Foundation PA Coal Company
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The Bank of New York
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Re: 7 1/4% Senior Notes due 2014
(CUSIP ________________ )
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of July 30, 2004
(the "Indenture"), among Foundation PA Coal Company, as issuer (the "Company"),
the Guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York, as trustee. Capitalized
terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the
Indenture.
__________________________, (the "Owner") owns and proposes to
exchange the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified herein, in the
principal amount of $____________ in such Note[s] or interests (the "Exchange").
In connection with the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that:
1. EXCHANGE OF RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN
A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE FOR UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL
INTERESTS IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE
(a) [_] CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED
GLOBAL NOTE TO BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. In connection
with the Exchange of the Owner's beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note
for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note in an equal principal
amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired
for the Owner's own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been
effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Global
Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"), (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in
the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to
maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest in
an Unrestricted Global Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable
blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
(b) [_] CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED
GLOBAL NOTE TO UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE. In connection with the Exchange of
the Owner's beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for an Unrestricted
Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Definitive Note is being
acquired for the Owner's own account without
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transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer
restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in
accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained
in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to
maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Definitive Note is
being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any
state of the United States.
(c) [_] CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE TO
BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. In connection with the
Owner's Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest
is being acquired for the Owner's own account without transfer, (ii) such
Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions
applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with
the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the
Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain
compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest is being
acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state
of the United States.
(d) [_] CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE TO
UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE. In connection with the Owner's Exchange of a
Restricted Definitive Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby
certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner's
own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance
with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and
pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on
transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not
required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the
Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable
blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
2. EXCHANGE OF RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN
RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES FOR RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS
IN RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES
(a) [_] CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED
GLOBAL NOTE TO RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE. In connection with the Exchange of
the Owner's beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a Restricted
Definitive Note with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies that
the Restricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner's own account
without transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture, the Restricted Definitive Note issued will continue
to be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private
Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture
and the Securities Act.
(b) [_] CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE TO
BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. In connection with the Exchange
of the Owner's Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in the
[CHECK ONE] [_] 144A Global Note, Regulation S Global Note, IAI [_] Global Note
with an equal principal amount, the Owner [_] hereby certifies (i) the
beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner's own account without
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transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the
transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to
and in accordance with the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable
blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of
the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the
beneficial interest issued will be subject to the restrictions on transfer
enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the relevant Restricted
Global Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your
benefit and the benefit of the Company.
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[Insert Name of Transferor]
By:
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Name:
Title:
Dated:
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF CERTIFICATE FROM
ACQUIRING INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR
Foundation PA Coal Company
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The Bank of New York
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Re: 7 1/4% Senior Notes due 2014
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of July 30, 2004
(the "Indenture"), among Foundation PA Coal Company, as issuer (the "Company"),
the guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York, as trustee. Capitalized
terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the
Indenture.
In connection with our proposed purchase of $____________ aggregate
principal amount of:
(a) [_] a beneficial interest in a Global Note, or
(b) [_] a Definitive Note,
we confirm that:
1. We understand that any subsequent transfer of the Notes or any
interest therein is subject to certain restrictions and conditions set forth in
the Indenture and the undersigned agrees to be bound by, and not to resell,
pledge or otherwise transfer the Notes or any interest therein except in
compliance with, such restrictions and conditions and the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
2. We understand that the offer and sale of the Notes have not been
registered under the Securities Act, and that the Notes and any interest therein
may not be offered or sold except as permitted in the following sentence. We
agree, on our own behalf and on behalf of any accounts for which we are acting
as hereinafter stated, that if we should sell the Notes or any interest therein,
we will do so only (A) to the Company or any subsidiary thereof, (B) in
accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act to a "qualified institutional
buyer" (as defined therein), (C) to an institutional "accredited investor" (as
defined below) that, prior to such transfer, furnishes (or has furnished on its
behalf by a U.S. broker-dealer) to you and to the Company a signed letter
substantially in the form of this letter and, if such transfer is in respect of
a principal amount of Notes, at the time of transfer of less than $250,000, an
Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Company to the effect
that such transfer is in compliance with the
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Securities Act, (D) outside the United States in accordance with Rule 904 of
Regulation S under the Securities Act, (E) pursuant to the provisions of Rule
144(k) under the Securities Act or (F) pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act, and we further agree to provide to any
Person purchasing the Definitive Note or beneficial interest in a Global Note
from us in a transaction meeting the requirements of clauses (A) through (E) of
this paragraph a notice advising such purchaser that resales thereof are
restricted as stated herein.
3. We understand that, on any proposed resale of the Notes or
beneficial interest therein, we will be required to furnish to you and the
Company such certifications, legal opinions and other information as you and the
Company may reasonably require to confirm that the proposed sale complies with
the foregoing restrictions. We further understand that the Notes purchased by us
will bear a legend to the foregoing effect.
4. We are an institutional "accredited investor" (as defined in Rule
501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act) and have
such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable
of evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in the Notes, and we and
any accounts for which we are acting are each able to bear the economic risk of
our or its investment.
5. We are acquiring the Notes or beneficial interest therein purchased
by us for our own account or for one or more accounts (each of which is an
institutional "accredited investor") as to each of which we exercise sole
investment discretion.
You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and are
irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested
party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with
respect to the matters covered hereby.
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[Insert Name of Accredited Investor]
By:
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Name:
Title:
Dated:
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EXHIBIT E
[FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS]
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this "Supplemental Indenture"), dated as of
________________, 200__, among __________________ (the "New Guarantor"), a
subsidiary of Foundation Coal Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Holdings"),
Foundation PA Coal Company (the "Company") and The Bank of New York, as trustee
under the Indenture referred to below (the "Trustee").
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, the Company and the existing Guarantors have heretofore
executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture ( as amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified, the "Indenture"), dated as of July 30, 2004 providing for
the issuance of 7 1/4% Senior Notes due 2014 (the "Notes");
WHEREAS, Section 4.17 of the Indenture provides that under certain
circumstances the New Guarantor shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a
supplemental indenture pursuant to which the New Guarantor shall unconditionally
guarantee all of the Company's Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on
the terms and conditions set forth herein (the "Note Guarantee"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee, the
Company and the existing Guarantors are authorized to execute and deliver this
Supplemental Indenture.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the New
Guarantor, the Company and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal
and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:
1. DEFINED TERMS. Defined terms used herein without definition shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
2. AGREEMENT TO GUARANTEE. The New Guarantor hereby agrees, jointly
and severally with all existing Guarantors (if any), to provide an unconditional
Guarantee on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article 10 of
the Indenture and to be bound by all other applicable provisions of the
Indenture and the Notes and to perform all of the obligations and agreements of
a Guarantor under the Indenture.
3. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. No past, present or future director,
manager, officer, employee, incorporator, stockholder or member of Holdings, any
parent entity of Holdings or any Subsidiary, as such, will have any liability
for any obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Notes, this
Indenture, the Note Guarantees or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by
reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of
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Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and
release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. The waiver may
not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws.
4. NOTICES. All notices or other communications to the New Guarantor
shall be given as provided in Section 12.02 of the Indenture.
5. RATIFICATION OF INDENTURE; SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES PART OF
INDENTURE. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects
ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof
shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a
part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every holder of Notes heretofore or
hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.
6. GOVERNING LAW. THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE NOTE GUARANTEES
SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK.
7. COUNTERPARTS. The parties may sign any number of copies of this
Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them
together represent the same agreement.
8. EFFECT OF HEADINGS. The Section headings herein are for convenience
only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
9. TRUSTEE MAKES NO REPRESENTATION. The Trustee makes no
representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental
Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first above
written.
Dated: , 20
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[NEW GUARANTOR]
By:
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Name:
Title:
[COMPANY]
By:
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Name:
Title:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Signatory
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