TRONOX INCORPORATED AND EACH OF THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO 9.125% SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2030
Exhibit 4.1
TRONOX INCORPORATED
AND EACH OF THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO
9.125% SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2030
Dated as of September 26, 2025
Wilmington Trust, National Association,
as Trustee and Collateral Agent
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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE |
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Section 1.01
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Definitions
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Section 1.02
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Other Definitions
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Section 1.03
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[Reserved]
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36
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Section 1.04
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Rules of Construction
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36
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Section 1.05
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Limited Condition Transactions
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ARTICLE 2
THE NOTES
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Section 2.01
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Form and Dating
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Section 2.02
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Execution and Authentication
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39
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Section 2.03
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Registrar and Paying Agent
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Section 2.04
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Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust
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40
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Section 2.05
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Holder Lists
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40
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Section 2.06
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Transfer and Exchange
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40
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Section 2.07
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Treasury Notes
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Section 2.08
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Replacement Notes
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Section 2.09
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Outstanding Notes
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55
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Section 2.10
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Temporary Notes
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55
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Section 2.11
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Cancellation
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55
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Section 2.12
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Defaulted Interest
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56
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Section 2.13
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▇▇▇▇▇ and ISIN Numbers
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56
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Section 2.14
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Additional Amounts
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56
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ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
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Section 3.01
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Notices to Trustee
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Section 3.02
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Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased
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60
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Section 3.03
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Notice of Redemption
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60
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Section 3.04
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Effect of Notice of Redemption
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Section 3.05
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Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price
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Section 3.06
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Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part
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62
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Section 3.07
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Optional Redemption.
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Section 3.08
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Optional Redemption for Changes in Withholding Taxes
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Section 3.09
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Mandatory Redemption
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Section 3.10
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Open Market Purchases
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ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS |
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Section 4.01
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Payment of Notes; Springing Maturity
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65
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Section 4.02
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Maintenance of Office or Agency
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65
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Section 4.03
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Reports
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66
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Section 4.04
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Compliance Certificate
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Section 4.05
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Stay, Extension and Usury Laws
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68
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Section 4.06
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Limitation on Secured Debt
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68
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Section 4.07
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Limitation on Non-Guarantor Subsidiary Debt
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71
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Section 4.08
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Limitation on Sale and Lease-Back Transactions
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72
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Section 4.09
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Corporate Existence
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73
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Section 4.10
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Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control Repurchase Event
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73
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Section 4.11
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Issuer shall be a Subsidiary of Holdings
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76
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Section 4.12
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Refinancing of Existing Unsecured Notes
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76
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ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSORS
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Section 5.01
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Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets
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76
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Section 5.02
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Successor Corporation Substituted
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77
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ARTICLE 6
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
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Section 6.01
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Events of Default
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77
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Section 6.02
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Acceleration
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79
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Section 6.03
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Other Remedies
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80
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Section 6.04
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Waiver of Past Defaults
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80
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Section 6.05
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Control by Majority
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Section 6.06
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Limitation on Suits
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81
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Section 6.07
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Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment
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81
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Section 6.08
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Collection Suit by Trustee
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81
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Section 6.09
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Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
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82
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Section 6.10
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Priorities
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82
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Section 6.11
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Undertaking for Costs
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83
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ARTICLE 7
TRUSTEE
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Section 7.01
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Duties of Trustee
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Section 7.02
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Rights of Trustee and Collateral Agent
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84
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Section 7.03
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Individual Rights of Trustee
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86
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Section 7.04
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Trustee’s Disclaimer
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86
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Section 7.05
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Notice of Defaults
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86
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Section 7.06
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[Reserved]
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87
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Section 7.07
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Compensation and Indemnity
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87
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Section 7.08
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Replacement of Trustee
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88
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Section 7.09
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Successor Trustee by ▇▇▇▇▇▇, etc
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89
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Section 7.10
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Eligibility; Disqualification
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89
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ARTICLE 8
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
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Section 8.01
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Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
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89
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Section 8.02
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Legal Defeasance and Discharge
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89
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Section 8.03
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Covenant Defeasance
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90
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Section 8.04
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Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance
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90
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Section 8.05
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Cash or Non-Callable U.S. Government Obligations to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions
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92
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Section 8.06
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Repayment to Issuer
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92
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Section 8.07
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Reinstatement
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92
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ARTICLE 9
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
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Section 9.01
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Without Consent of Holders of Notes
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Section 9.02
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With Consent of Holders of Notes
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94
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Section 9.03
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[Reserved]
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96
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Section 9.04
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Revocation and Effect of Consents
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96
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Section 9.05
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Notation on or Exchange of Notes
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96
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Section 9.06
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Trustee and Collateral Agent to Sign Amendments, etc
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96
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ARTICLE 10
NOTE GUARANTEES
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Section 10.01
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Guarantee
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Section 10.02
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Limitation on Guarantor Liability
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98
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Section 10.03
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Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantee
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100
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Section 10.04
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Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms
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100
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Section 10.05
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Releases
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101
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ARTICLE 11
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
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Section 11.01
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Satisfaction and Discharge
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102
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Section 11.02
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Application of Trust Money
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ARTICLE 12
COLLATERAL
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Section 12.01
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Collateral
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104
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Section 12.02
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Maintenance of Collateral
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Section 12.03
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Certain Post-Closing Obligations
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106
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Section 12.04
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Further Assurances
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106
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Section 12.05
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After-Acquired Property
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106
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Section 12.06
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Real Estate Mortgages and Filings
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107
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Section 12.07
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Additional Pari Passu Lien Obligations
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109
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Section 12.08
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Release of Liens on the Collateral
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109
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Section 12.09
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Authorization of Actions to be Taken by the Trustee or the Collateral Agent under the Security Documents and the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement
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111
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Section 12.10
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[Reserved]
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112
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Section 12.11
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Security Documents and Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement
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112
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Section 12.12
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Collateral Agent
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112
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Section 12.13
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Parallel Liability
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116
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ARTICLE 13
MISCELLANEOUS
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Section 13.01
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[Reserved]
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117
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Section 13.02
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Notices
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117
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Section 13.03
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[Reserved]
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118
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Section 13.04
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Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
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118
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Section 13.05
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Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion
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118
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Section 13.06
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Rules by Trustee and Agents
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119
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Section 13.07
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No Personal Liability of Directors, Managers, Officers, Employees, Incorporators, Stockholders or Members
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119
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Section 13.08
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Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial
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119
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Section 13.09
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No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements
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119
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Section 13.10
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Successors
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119
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Section 13.11
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Severability
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120
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Section 13.12
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Counterpart Originals
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120
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Section 13.13
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[Reserved]
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120
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Section 13.14
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Table of Contents, Headings, etc
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120
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Section 13.15
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U.S.A. Patriot Act
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120
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Section 13.16
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Force Majeure
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120
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Section 13.17
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Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process
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121
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SCHEDULES
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Schedule 1
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GUARANTORS ON THE ISSUE DATE
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit A
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FORM OF NOTE
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Exhibit B
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FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
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Exhibit C
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FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
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Exhibit D
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FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
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Exhibit E
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AGREED SECURITY PRINCIPLES
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INDENTURE dated as of September 26, 2025 among Tronox Incorporated, a Delaware corporation, as Issuer, each of the Guarantors (as defined herein)
and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee and collateral agent.
The Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable
benefit of the Holders (as defined) of the 9.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2030 (the “Notes”):
“144A Global Note” means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit
A 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.
“Additional Notes” means additional Notes (other than the Initial Notes)
issued under this Indenture in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, as part of the same series as the Initial Notes.
“Adjusted Treasury Rate” means with respect to any redemption date, the
rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, plus 0.50%.
“affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person
who directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person. The term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative of the foregoing.
“Agent” means any Registrar, co-registrar, Collateral Agent, Paying Agent
or additional paying agent.
“Agreed Security Principles” means those certain agreed security principles
set out in Exhibit E hereto.
“Applicable Collateral Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the
Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement.
“Applicable Premium” means in connection with the optional redemption of
any Note on any date fixed for a redemption, as determined by Holdings, the greater of:
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1.00% of the then outstanding principal amount of the Note; and
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the excess of: (a) the present value at such redemption date of (i) the redemption price of the Note at September 30, 2027 (such redemption price being set forth in Section 3.07(e) hereof), plus
(ii) all required interest payments due on the Note through September 30, 2027 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to the redemption date, if any), computed using a discount rate equal to the Adjusted Treasury Rate as of such redemption
date; over (b) the outstanding principal amount of the Note;
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in each case, as calculated by the Issuer or on behalf of the Issuer by such Person as the Issuer shall designate. The Trustee shall have no duty to calculate or
verify the calculations of the Applicable Premium.
“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.
“Attributable Debt” means, in the context of a Sale and Lease-Back
Transaction, the amount that Holdings determines in good faith to be the present value, discounted at the interest rate implicit in the lease involved in such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, of the lessee’s obligation under the lease for rental
payments during the remaining term of such lease, as it may be extended. For purposes of this definition, any amounts lessee must pay, whether or not designated as rent or additional rent, on account of maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes,
assessments, water rates or similar charges or any amounts lessee must pay under the lease contingent upon the amount of sales, maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates or similar charges are not included in the
determination of lessee’s obligations under the lease.
“Australian PPS Law” means (a) the Personal Property Securities Act 2009
(Cth) of Australia and any regulation made at any time under the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) of Australia, including the Personal Property Securities Regulations 2010 (Cth) of Australia (each as amended from time to time); and (b)
any amendment made at any time to any other legislation as a consequence of a law or regulation referred to in clause (a).
“Bank Product Obligations” means obligations under any agreement or other
arrangement governing the provision of treasury or cash management services, including deposit accounts, overdraft, credit or debit card, funds transfer, automated clearinghouse, zero balance accounts, returned check concentration, controlled
disbursement, lockbox, account reconciliation and reporting and trade finance services and other cash management services.
“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,” “beneficially owned”
and “beneficial ownership” have corresponding meanings.
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“Board of Directors” means, with respect to any Person, the board of
directors or board of managers or managing members, as the case may be, or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board, or the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Legal Holiday.
“Capital Stock” means:
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in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;
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in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;
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in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and
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any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distribution of assets of, the issuing Person, but excluding any debt
securities convertible or exchangeable into such equity.
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“CFC” means a Foreign Subsidiary treated as a “controlled foreign
corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code that is owned by any Domestic Subsidiary of Holdings (other than the Issuer).
“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:
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the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person;
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any person or “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 or Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, but excluding any employee benefit plan and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee,
agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan), other than one or more Permitted Holders, acquires beneficial ownership of more than 50% of the voting power of the Voting Stock (measured by reference to voting power) of
Holdings (determined on a fully diluted basis); or
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Holdings ceases to own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock of the Issuer.
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In addition, for the avoidance of doubt, transactions among Holdings and its Subsidiaries (other than transactions under clause (3) above) shall not
constitute a “Change of Control” for purposes of this definition.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction in which the Issuer or a parent entity of the Issuer becomes a subsidiary of a Future Parent Entity
shall not constitute a Change of Control if (a) the equityholders of the Issuer or such parent entity immediately prior to such transaction beneficially own, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, at least a majority of the
total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Issuer or such Future Parent Entity immediately following the consummation of such transaction, or (b) immediately following the consummation of such transaction, no Person, other than a Permitted
Holder, the Future Parent Entity or any subsidiary of the Future Parent Entity, beneficially owns, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, more than 50% of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the Issuer or the Future Parent
Entity.
“Change of Control Repurchase Event” means the occurrence of both a Change
of Control and a Ratings Event.
“Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, S.A.
“Collateral” means all property subject or purported to be subject, from
time to time, to a Lien under any Security Document, but excluding in each case any Excluded Assets and subject to the Agreed Security Principles and Section 12.01(d).
“Collateral Agent” means Wilmington Trust, National Association in its
capacity as “Collateral Agent” under this Indenture and under the Security Documents and any successor thereto in such capacity.
“Commodity Agreement” means any commodity futures contract, commodity
option or other similar agreement or arrangement entered into by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries designed to protect Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries against fluctuations in the price of commodities actually at that
time used in the ordinary course of business of Holdings or its Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury Security with
a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15(519) that has become 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 comparable market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the redemption date to September 30, 2027; provided that, if such
period is less than one year, the United States Treasury Security with a constant maturity of one year will be used.
“Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, the Consolidated Net Income
for such period, plus:
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without duplication and to the extent already deducted (and not added back) in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, the sum of the following amounts for such period:
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total interest expense and, to the extent not reflected in such total interest expense, any losses on hedging obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging
interest rate risk, net of interest income and gains on such hedging obligations or such derivative instruments, and bank and letter of credit fees and costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities (whether amortized or
immediately expensed),
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provision for taxes based on income, profits, revenue or capital, including federal, foreign and state income, franchise, and similar taxes based on income, profits, revenue or capital and foreign
withholding taxes paid or accrued during such period (including in respect of repatriated funds) including penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from any tax examinations,
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depreciation, depletion and amortization (including amortization of deferred financing fees or costs (including original issue discount)),
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other non-cash charges (provided, in each case, that if any non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, (i) Holdings may determine not to add
back such non-cash charge in the current period or (ii) to the extent Holdings decides to add back such non-cash charge, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated EBITDA to such extent),
and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period,
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any payments in the nature of compensation or expense reimbursement made to independent board members,
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losses or discounts on sales of receivables and related assets in connection with any Permitted Receivables Financing,
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cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenditures) not included in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA in any prior period to the extent non-cash gains relating
to such receipts were deducted in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to clause (3) below for any previous period and not added back,
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(i) any costs or expenses incurred or paid by Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any
other management or employee benefit plan or long term incentive plan or agreement, any severance agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, and (ii) any charge in connection with the rollover, acceleration or payout of
equity interests held by management and members of the board of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof), in each case under this clause (ii), to the extent any such cash charge is funded with net cash proceeds contributed to
Holdings as a capital contribution or as a result of net proceeds of an issuance of equity interests of Holdings,
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any net pension or other post-employment benefit costs representing amortization of unrecognized prior service costs, actuarial losses, including amortization of such amounts arising in prior
periods, amortization of the unrecognized net obligation (and loss or cost) existing at the date of initial application of FASB Accounting Standards Codification 715, and any other items of a similar nature,
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charges attributable to, and payments of, legal settlements, fines, judgments or orders,
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to the extent deducted in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income, earn-out obligation expense incurred in connection with any acquisition or other investment (including any acquisition or other
investment consummated prior to the Issue Date) which is paid or accrued during the applicable period,
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to the extent not otherwise included in Consolidated Net Income, proceeds of business interruption insurance in an amount representing the earnings for the applicable period that such proceeds are
intended to replace (whether or not then received so long as Holdings in good faith expects to receive such proceeds within the next four fiscal quarters (it being understood that to the extent such proceeds are not actually received within
such fiscal quarters, such proceeds shall be deducted in calculating Consolidated EBITDA for such fiscal quarters)),
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the amount of any charge or deduction associated with any Restricted Subsidiary that is attributable to any non-controlling interest or minority interest of any third party,
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charges, expenses or losses incurred in connection with any Tax Restructuring (in each case, whether or not consummated), and
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charges relating to the sale of products in new locations, including, without limitation, start-up costs, initial testing and registration costs in new markets, the cost of feasibility studies,
travel costs for employees engaged in activities relating to any or all of the foregoing and the allocation of general and administrative support in connection with any or all of the foregoing,
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without duplication, the amount of “run rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies related to the Transactions and any restructuring, cost saving initiative or other initiative
that are projected by Holdings in good faith to be realized as a result of actions that have been taken or initiated or are expected to be taken or initiated on or prior to the date that is eight fiscal quarters after the end of the
relevant Test Period or, in the case of the Transactions, the Issue Date, (including restructuring and integration charges) (which cost savings shall be added to Consolidated EBITDA until fully realized and calculated on a Pro Forma Basis
as though such cost savings had been realized on the first day of the relevant period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized from such actions (it being understood that “run rate” shall mean the full reasonably expected recurring
benefit during the eight fiscal quarter period referred to above that is associated with the relevant action); provided that (i) such cost savings are factually supportable and reasonably identifiable, (ii) no cost savings, operating
expense reductions or synergies shall be added pursuant to this clause (2) to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges relating to such cost savings, operating expense reductions or synergies that are included in clause (1) above
or are excluded from Consolidated Net Income pursuant to clause (1) of the definition thereof;
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without duplication and to the extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, the sum of the following amounts for such period:
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non-cash gains (excluding any non-cash gain to the extent it represents the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item that reduced Consolidated Net Income or Consolidated EBITDA
in any prior period),
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the amount of any non-controlling interest consisting of loss attributable to non-controlling interests of third parties in any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a wholly-owned subsidiary added to
and not deducted in such period from Consolidated Net Income, and
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cash expenditures (or any netting arrangements resulting in increased cash expenditures) not representing Consolidated EBITDA in any period to the extent non-cash losses relating to such
expenditures were added to the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA for any previous periods and not subtracted back;
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in each case, as determined on a consolidated basis for Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP and on a Pro Forma Basis;
provided that:
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there shall be included in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period, without duplication, the EBITDA of any Person, property, business or asset acquired by Holdings or any Restricted
Subsidiary during such period (other than any Unrestricted Subsidiary) whether such acquisition occurred before or after the Issue Date to the extent not subsequently sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of (but not including the EBITDA
of any related Person, property, business or assets to the extent not so acquired) (each such Person, property, business or asset acquired, including pursuant to a transaction consummated prior to the Issue Date, and not subsequently so
disposed of, an “Acquired Entity or Business”), and the EBITDA of any Unrestricted Subsidiary that is converted into a Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each,
a “Converted Restricted Subsidiary”), in each case based on the EBITDA of such Pro Forma Entity for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such
acquisition or conversion) determined on a historical Pro Forma Basis,
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there shall be (A) excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period the disposed EBITDA of any Person, property, business or asset (other than any Unrestricted Subsidiary) sold,
transferred or otherwise disposed of, closed or classified as discontinued operations by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (but if such operations are classified as discontinued due to the fact that they are subject
to an agreement to dispose of such operations, only when and to the extent such operations are actually disposed of) (each such Person, property, business or asset so sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, closed or classified, a “Sold Entity or Business”), and the disposed EBITDA of any Restricted Subsidiary that is converted into an Unrestricted Subsidiary during such period (each, a “Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary”), in each case based on the disposed EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for such period
(including the portion thereof occurring prior to such sale, transfer, disposition, closure, classification or conversion) determined on a historical Pro Forma Basis and (B) included in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period in
which a Sold Entity or Business is disposed, an adjustment equal to the Pro Forma Disposal Adjustment with respect to such Sold Entity or Business (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such disposal), and
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Consolidated EBITDA shall be increased (with respect to losses) or decreased (with respect to gains) by, without duplication, any net realized gains and losses relating to (A) amounts denominated
in foreign currencies resulting from the application of FASB ASC 830 (including net realized gains and losses from exchange rate fluctuations on intercompany balances and balance sheet items, net of realized gains or losses from related
Swap Agreements (entered into in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice)) or (B) any other amounts denominated in or otherwise trued-up to provide similar accounting as if it were denominated in foreign currencies.
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“Consolidated First Lien Net Debt” means the amount of Consolidated Total
Net Debt (x) in respect of the Notes and (y) that is secured by a Lien on any assets or property of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries on an equal priority basis (but without regard to the control of remedies) with Liens securing the Notes
Obligations (including, as of the date hereof, the Credit Facilities).
“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the net income (loss) of
Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, excluding, without duplication:
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extraordinary, exceptional unusual or non-recurring gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses (including any unusual or non-recurring operating expenses directly
attributable to the implementation of cost savings initiatives and any accruals or reserves in respect of any extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual items), severance, relocation costs, integration and facilities’ opening costs,
restructuring charges, accruals or reserves (including restructuring and integration costs related to acquisitions after the Issue Date and adjustments to existing reserves and any restructuring charge relating to any Tax Restructuring),
whether or not classified as restructuring expense on the consolidated financial statements, business optimization charges, systems implementation charges, charges relating to entry into a new market, consulting charges, software
development charges, charges associated with new systems design, project startup charges, charges in connection with new operations, corporate development charges, signing costs, retention or completion bonuses, transition costs, costs
related to closure/consolidation of facilities and curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans (including any settlement of multi-employer plan or pension liabilities), for such period,
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the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income,
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Transaction Costs, including (i) payment of any severance and the amount of any other success, change of control or similar bonuses or payments payable to any current or former employee, director,
officer or consultant of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries as a result of the Transaction without the requirement of any action on the part of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, and (ii) costs in connection with payments related to the
rollover, acceleration or payout of equity interests and stock options held by management and members of the board of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, including the payment of any employer taxes related to the items in this clause (c), and
similar costs, expenses or charges incurred in connection with any other acquisition or Specified Transaction,
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the net income (loss) for such period of any Person that is an Unrestricted Subsidiary and any Person that is not a Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, except to
the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions or other similar payments that are actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) by such Person to Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period,
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any fees and expenses (including any transaction or retention bonus or similar payment) incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any acquisition,
investment, asset disposition, issuance or repayment of debt, issuance of equity securities (including any public offering of Holdings or any direct or indirect parent company), refinancing transaction or amendment or other modification of
any debt instrument (in each case, including any such transaction consummated prior to the Issue Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed) and any charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a
result of any such transaction, in each case whether or not successful (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the effects of expensing all transaction-related expenses in accordance with FASB Accounting Standards Codification 805 and gains
or losses associated with FASB Accounting Standards Codification 460),
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any income (loss) for such period attributable to the early extinguishment of indebtedness, hedging agreements or other derivative instruments,
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accruals and reserves that are established or adjusted in accordance with GAAP (including any adjustment of estimated payouts on existing earnouts, inventory, property and equipment, leases, rights
fee arrangements, software, goodwill, intangible assets, in-process research and development, deferred revenue, advanced ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and debt line items thereof) resulting from the application of recapitalization accounting or the acquisition
method of accounting, as the case may be, in relation to the Transactions or any consummated acquisition or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, or changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies
during such period,
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all non-cash compensation expenses,
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any income (loss) attributable to deferred compensation plans or trusts, any employment benefit scheme or any similar equity plan or agreement,
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any gain (loss) on asset sales, disposals or abandonments (other than asset sales, disposals or abandonments in the ordinary course of business) or income (loss) from discontinued operations (but
if such operations are classified as discontinued due to the fact that they are subject to an agreement to dispose of such operations, only when and to the extent such operations are actually disposed of),
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any non-cash gain (loss) attributable to the mark to market movement in the valuation of hedging obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to FASB Accounting Standards Codification
815-Derivatives and Hedging or mark to market movement of other financial instruments pursuant to FASB Accounting Standards Codification 825-Financial Instruments; provided that any cash payments or receipts relating to transactions
realized in a given period shall be taken into account in such period,
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any non-cash gain (loss) related to currency remeasurements of indebtedness (including the net loss or gain resulting from hedging agreements for currency exchange risk and revaluations of
intercompany balances or any other currency-related risk), unrealized or realized net foreign currency translation or transaction gains or losses impacting net income,
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any non-cash expenses, accruals or reserves related to adjustments to historical tax exposures (provided, in each case, that the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be
subtracted from Consolidated Net Income for the period in which such cash payment was made),
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any impairment charge or asset write-off or write-down related to intangible assets (including goodwill), long-lived assets, and investments in debt and equity securities,
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the effects of purchase accounting, fair value accounting or recapitalization accounting adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the referent Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries) resulting from the application of purchase accounting, fair value accounting or recapitalization accounting in relation to the Transactions or any acquisition consummated before or after the Issue Date, and the amortization,
write-down or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of taxes, and
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all discounts, commissions, fees and other charges (including interest expense) associated with any Permitted Receivables Financing.
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In addition, to the extent not already included in Consolidated Net Income, Consolidated Net Income shall include the amount of proceeds received
or, so long as Holdings has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed by the indemnifying party and only to the extent that such amount is in fact reimbursed within 365 days of the date
of the indemnifiable event (net of any amount so added back in any prior period to the extent not so reimbursed within the applicable 365-day period), due from reimbursement of expenses and charges that are covered by indemnification and other
reimbursement provisions in connection with any acquisition or other investment or any disposition of any asset permitted hereunder.
“Consolidated Total Debt” means, as of any date of determination, the
outstanding principal amount of all third party indebtedness for borrowed money (including purchase money indebtedness), unreimbursed drawings under letters of credit to the extent not reimbursed within one Business Day following the drawing
thereof, Finance Lease Obligations and third party indebtedness obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, in each case of the Issuer and the Guarantors on such date, on a consolidated basis and determined in
accordance with GAAP (but without giving effect to any election to value any such indebtedness at “fair value”, or any other accounting principle that results in any such indebtedness (other than zero coupon indebtedness) being reflected as an
amount below the stated principal amount thereof and excluding, in any event, the effects of any discounting of indebtedness resulting from the application of acquisition method accounting in connection with any acquisition or other investment); provided that Permitted Receivables Financings and Non-Finance Lease Obligations shall not constitute indebtedness of the type included in the definition of Consolidated Total
Debt.
“Consolidated Total Net Debt” means, as of any date of determination, (a)
Consolidated Total Debt as of such date, minus (b) (x) the aggregate amount of unrestricted cash and cash equivalents owned by Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries, as reflected on a
balance sheet prepared as of such date on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP but without giving Pro Forma Effect to the receipt of the proceeds of any indebtedness that is incurred on such date and (y) cash and cash equivalents restricted
in favor of the Credit Facilities (which may also include cash and cash equivalents securing other indebtedness permitted hereunder that is secured by a Lien).
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“continuing” means, with respect to any Default or Event of Default, that
such Default or Event of Default has not been cured or waived.
“Corporate Trust Office” means the address of the Trustee or Collateral
Agent, as applicable, specified in Section 13.02 hereof or such other address as to which the Trustee or Collateral Agent, as applicable, may give notice to the Issuer.
“Credit Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated First Lien
Credit Agreement, dated as of March 11, 2021 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), by and among Holdings, Tronox Finance LLC, a Delaware limited liability company as borrow, the lenders
party thereto from time to time (the “Credit Facilities Lenders”) and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent.
“Credit Facilities” means the Term Facilities and the Revolving Facility.
“Credit Facilities Agent” means HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as
administrative agent under the Credit Agreement, and its successors and permitted assigns thereunder.
“Credit Facilities Collateral Agent” means HSBC Bank USA, National
Association, as administrative agent under the Credit Agreement, and its successors and permitted assigns thereunder.
“Credit Facilities Loans” means any term loans or revolving loans made by
the lenders under the Credit Facilities.
“Credit Facilities Obligations” means the Obligations of the Issuer and the
Guarantors in respect of the Credit Facilities Loans, and all other “Secured Obligations” as defined in the Credit Agreement.
“Currency Agreement” means any foreign exchange contract, currency swap
agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings against fluctuations in currency values.
“DB LC Agreement” means that certain Uncommitted Continuing Agreement for
Standby Letters of Credit, dated as of June 5, 2024, (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), by and among Holdings, Tronox Limited, a public limited company incorporated in the
Commonwealth of Australia, and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch.
“Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian or
similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
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“Default” means an event or condition the occurrence of which is, or with
the lapse 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 A 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.
“Division” means the division of the assets, liabilities and/or obligations
of a Person (the “Dividing Person”) among two or more Persons (whether pursuant to a “plan of division” or similar arrangement), which may or may not include the Dividing Person and pursuant to which the Dividing Person may or may not survive.
“Division Successor” means any Person that, upon the consummation of a
Division of a Dividing Person, holds all or any portion of the assets, liabilities and/or obligations previously held by such Dividing Person immediately prior to the consummation of such Division. A Dividing Person which retains any of its assets,
liabilities and/or obligations after a Division shall be deemed a Division Successor upon the occurrence of such Division.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Foreign
Subsidiary.
“Equity Offering” means any sale of Capital Stock of Holdings or any
capital contribution to the equity of Holdings from any Person other than a Subsidiary of Holdings.
“Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank, S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear
system.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or
any successor statute or statutes thereto.
“Excluded Assets” means the following:
(a) (x) any fee owned real property
other than Material Real Property and (y) all leasehold interests in real property;
(b) any governmental licenses or state
or local franchises, charters or authorizations, to the extent a security interest in any such license, franchise, charter or authorization would be prohibited or restricted thereby (including any legally effective prohibition or restriction,
but excluding any prohibition or restriction that is ineffective under the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction);
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(c) any asset to the extent a pledge
thereof or grant of security interest therein is prohibited by any requirement of law (including any legally effective requirement to obtain the consent of any governmental authority, except to the extent such consent has been obtained, other
than to the extent that any such prohibition would be rendered ineffective pursuant to any other applicable requirements of law, including the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction);
(d) margin stock and, to the extent (i)
prohibited by the terms of, creating an enforceable right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than the Issuer or any Guarantor) or requiring the consent of one or more third parties (other than any Holding Company) under
and/or (ii) any pledge could give rise to a “right of first refusal”, a “right of first offer” or a similar right that may be exercised by any third party (other than any Holding Company) pursuant to, any applicable organizational documents,
joint venture agreement or shareholders’ agreement, Capital Stock in any Person other than Restricted Subsidiaries that are wholly-owned subsidiaries;
(e) assets to the extent a grant or
perfection of a security interest in such assets would result in material adverse tax consequences to Holdings, the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as reasonably determined by the Issuer in consultation with (but without the
consent of) the Credit Facilities Agent (acting solely on behalf of the Credit Facilities lenders);
(f) in respect of United States Federal
trademark applications, any intent-to-use trademark application prior to the filing of a “Statement of Use” or “Amendment to Allege Use” with respect thereto, provided that, upon the filing of a “Statement of Use” or “Amendment to Allege Use”,
such trademark application will cease to be an Excluded Asset;
(g) any lease, license or other
agreement or any property subject to a purchase money security interest, capital lease obligation or similar arrangement permitted hereunder to the extent that a grant of a security interest therein would violate or invalidate such lease,
license or agreement or purchase money arrangement, capital lease or similar arrangement or create a breach, default or right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than the Issuer or any Guarantor) after giving effect to the
applicable anti-assignment provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction or other similar applicable law, other than proceeds and receivables thereof, the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the
Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction or other similar applicable law notwithstanding such prohibition;
(h) the Capital Stock of (i) any
Immaterial Subsidiary, (ii) any Unrestricted Subsidiary, (iii) any not for profit subsidiary, any special purpose entity used for any securitization facility permitted under the Credit Facilities Loans and this Indenture and/or any captive
insurance company, (iv) any employee stock ownership plan or trust established by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or a direct or indirect parent of Holdings (to the extent such employee stock ownership plan or trust has been funded by
Holdings or any Subsidiary or a direct or indirect parent of Holdings), (v) any acquired entity pledged to secure indebtedness permitted to be assumed under the Credit Facilities Loans and this Indenture and (vi) any Person other than a wholly
owned Restricted Subsidiary if the joint venture or other agreement governing such Person prohibits the pledge of such Capital Stock;
(i) receivables, leases contracts,
loans, mortgages, royalties and related assets (or interests therein) including but not limited to inventory, bank accounts, records and proceeds of any of the foregoing (A) sold or contributed to any Receivables Subsidiary or (B) otherwise
pledged, factored, transferred or sold, in each case, in connection with any Permitted Receivables Financing;
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(j) in excess of 65% of the Voting
Stock of any first-tier Foreign Subsidiary of a Domestic Subsidiary that is a CFC formed in a non-Qualified Jurisdiction and any FSHCO in excess of 65% of the Voting Stock of such FSHCO;
(k) any payroll accounts, any withholding
tax and fiduciary accounts, and any escrow account holding funds for the benefit of third parties (other than Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries that is a guarantor or borrower under Credit Facilities); and/or
(l) any assets located in or governed
by any non-Qualified Jurisdiction or regulation.
Other assets shall be deemed to be “Excluded Assets” if the Credit Facilities Agent (acting solely on behalf of the Credit Facilities lenders) and
the Issuer reasonably agree in writing that the cost of obtaining or perfecting a security interest in such assets is excessive in relation to the value of such assets as Collateral to the Credit Facilities Loan.
“Excluded Entity” means:
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any one or more Restricted Subsidiaries organized under the laws of the Netherlands that has not received the unconditional positive or neutral advice of its works council and any prior corporate
approvals, including the decision of its Board of Directors (or similar governing body), that it is in such Restricted Subsidiary’s corporate interest (vennootschappelijk
belang) to become a Guarantor of the Notes;
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any one or more Restricted Subsidiaries organized under the laws of a non-Qualified Jurisdiction; or
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each of Tronox US Securitization LLC, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Point LLC, Cristal Metals, LLC, Tronox Pigment UK Limited.
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“Existing Unsecured Notes” means the $1,075 million aggregate principal
amount of 4.625% Senior Notes due 2029 issued by the Issuer on March 15, 2021.
“Finance Lease” means, as applied to any Person, any lease of any property
(whether real, personal, or mixed) by that Person as lessee that, in conformity with GAAP, is, or is required to be, accounted for as a finance lease on the balance sheet of that Person.
“Finance Lease Obligations” means, at the time any determination thereof is
to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a Finance Lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) prepared in accordance with GAAP; provided
that Finance Lease Obligations shall, for the avoidance of doubt, exclude all Non-Finance Lease Obligations.
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“First Lien Net Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date, the ratio of
Consolidated First Lien Net Debt as of such date to Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws
of a jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
“FSHCO” means any direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary of Holdings (other
than the Issuer) that has no material assets other than Capital Stock and debt, if any, in one or more direct or indirect Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs.
“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 may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession of the United States, which were in effect as of the Issue Date; other than with respect to financial information contained in reports furnished to Holders of Notes under
Section 4.03 hereunder, where GAAP will continue to mean as in effect from time to time; provided, further, that, at any time after the Issue Date, Issuer may elect to apply IFRS accounting principles in lieu of GAAP and, upon any such election,
references herein to GAAP shall thereafter be construed to mean IFRS (an equivalent pronouncements) as in effect (except as otherwise provided for in this Indenture) on the date of such election; provided, further, that any calculation or
determination in this Indenture that requires the application of GAAP for periods that include fiscal quarters ended prior to the adoption of IFRS shall remain as previously calculated or determined.
“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 Depositary or its nominee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A 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)(1) or 2.06(d)(2) 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.
“Group” means Holdings and each of its Subsidiaries from time to time.
“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).
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“Guarantors” means Holdings and each of Holdings’ Subsidiaries that is
either a borrower or guarantor under the Credit Facilities on the Issue Date, any other Subsidiary of Holdings that executes a Supplemental Indenture 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.
“Holder” means a Person in whose name a Note is registered.
“Holding Company” means each of Holdings, Tronox Investment Holdings
Limited, a private limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales with registered number 11880284, and Tronox Limited (ACN 153 348 111), a public limited company incorporated in the Commonwealth of Australia.
“Holdings” means Tronox Holdings plc, or any successor obligor to its
obligations under this Indenture and its Note Guarantee pursuant to Article 5 hereof.
“HSBC LC Agreement” means that certain Discretionary Demand Line of Credit,
dated as of December 21, 2022 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), by and between Holdings and HSBC Bank USA, National Association.
“Immaterial Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a
Material Subsidiary.
“incur” means to issue, assume, guarantee, incur or otherwise become liable
for.
“Indenture” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to
time.
“Indirect Participant” means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a
Global Note through a Participant.
“Initial Notes” means the first $400.0 million in aggregate principal
amount of Notes issued under this Indenture on the date hereof.
“Interest Swap Obligations” means the obligations of any Person pursuant to
any arrangement with any other Person, whereby, directly or indirectly, such Person is entitled to receive from time to time periodic payments calculated by applying either a floating or a fixed rate of interest on a stated notional amount in
exchange for payments made by such other Person calculated by applying a fixed or a floating rate of interest on the same notional amount and shall include, without limitation, interest rate swaps, caps, floors, collars and similar agreements.
“Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or
the equivalent) by ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, or an equivalent rating by any other Rating Agency.
“Issue Date” means the date on which Notes are first issued under this
Indenture.
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“Issuer” means Tronox Incorporated or any successor obligor to the
obligations of Tronox Incorporated under this Indenture and the Notes pursuant to Article 5 hereof, as the case may be.
“Legal Holiday” means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking
institutions in the City of New York or at a place of payment are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next
succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue on such payment for the intervening period.
“Lien” means a mortgage, deed of trust, security interest, pledge,
encumbrance, assignment by way of security, hypothecation, “security interest” as defined in the Australian PPS Law, lien or charge of any kind and including the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale, capital lease or title
retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
“Limited Condition Transaction” means (i) any acquisition or other
investment whose consummation is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing and (ii) any redemption, repurchase, defeasance, satisfaction and discharge or repayment of Indebtedness requiring irrevocable notice in
advance of such redemption, repurchase, defeasance, satisfaction and discharge or repayment.
“Material Adverse Effect” means, a circumstance or condition that would
materially and adversely affect (in each case after taking into account all relevant factors or circumstances including any insurance, warranty, indemnity or other resources available to Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries or right of recourse
against any third party with respect to the relevant circumstance or condition) (i) the business, assets, financial condition or results of operations and any obligation of any person in force to provide any equity investment in each case, of
Holdings or the Issuer (as applicable) or Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) the ability of the Issuer and the Guarantors (taken as a whole) to perform their payment obligations under the applicable Notes Documents or
(iii) the rights and remedies (taken as a whole) of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent and the Holders under the applicable Notes Documents.
“Material Real Property” means each parcel of real property and the
improvements thereon (i) owned in fee by the Issuer or any Guarantor and subject to a Lien in favor of the Credit Facilities Collateral Agent as of the Issue Date or (ii) if acquired by the Issuer or any Guarantor after the Issue Date, having an
individual fair market value of greater than $20,000,000 as determined on the date of acquisition (or the date of substantial completion of any material improvement thereon or new construction thereof).
“Material Subsidiary” means (a) each Restricted Subsidiary that, as of the
last day of the fiscal quarter of Holdings’ most recently ended for which financial statements are available, had revenues or total assets (determined on a consolidated basis for such Restricted Subsidiary and its Restricted Subsidiaries) for such
quarter in excess of 5.0% of the consolidated revenues or total assets, as applicable, of Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such quarter or that is designated by Holdings as a Material Subsidiary and (b) any Restricted Subsidiary that,
taken together with other Restricted Subsidiaries that each would not have been a Material Subsidiary under clause (a) but that, taken together, as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of Holdings most recently ended for which financial statements
are available, had revenues or total assets (determined on a consolidated basis for all such Restricted Subsidiaries and their respective Restricted Subsidiaries) for such quarter in excess of 10.0% of the consolidated revenues or total assets, as
applicable, of Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such quarter.
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“Maturity Date” means the earlier of (i) September 30, 2030 (the “Scheduled Maturity Date”) or (ii) December 14, 2028 (the “Springing Maturity Date,” which is the 91st
day prior to the stated maturity date of the Existing Unsecured Notes (March 15, 2029)), if on such date the aggregate principal amount of Existing Unsecured Notes outstanding is greater than $250 million.
“▇▇▇▇▇’▇” means ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Investors Service, Inc. and its successors.
“Non-Finance Lease Obligation” means a lease obligation that is not
required to be accounted for as a finance lease on both the balance sheet and the income statement for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP. For the avoidance of doubt, a straight-line or operating lease shall be considered a
Non-Finance Lease Obligation.
“Non-U.S. Person” means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.
“Note Guarantee” means the Guarantee by each Guarantor of the Issuer’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 and the Additional 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 and any Additional Notes;
provided, however, that Additional Notes that are not fungible with the Initial Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes shall have a separate CUSIP, ISIN or other securities identification number from the Initial Notes.
“Notes Custodian” means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Notes
in global form, or any successor entity thereto.
“Notes Documents” means this Indenture, the Notes (including any Additional
Notes), the Note Guarantees, the Sixth Amended and Restated Intercompany Note and the Security Documents.
“Notes Obligations” means all Obligations owing pursuant to the Notes, this
Indenture, the Note Guarantees and the other Notes Documents.
“Obligations” means any principal (including reimbursement obligations with
respect to letters of credit whether or not drawn), interest (including, to the extent legally permitted, all interest accrued thereon after the commencement of any insolvency or liquidation proceeding at the rate, including any applicable
post-default rate, specified in the applicable agreement), premium (if any), guarantees of payment, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, expenses, damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any indebtedness; provided
that Obligations with respect to the Notes shall not include fees or indemnification in favor of third parties other than the Holders of the Notes and the Trustee and the Collateral Agent (and their respective agents, directors, officers, employees
and counsel).
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“Offering Circular” means the final offering circular dated as of September
15, 2025 related to the issuance of the Notes.
“Officer” means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board of
Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, any Director, any Manager, the Secretary or any Vice-President of such Person
(or with respect to the Issuer or any Guarantor, an authorized signatory).
“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Issuer
by an Officer of the Issuer or Holdings that meets the requirements of Section 13.05 hereof.
“Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion from legal counsel that meets the
requirements of Section 13.05 hereof. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to Holdings, the Issuer or any Subsidiary of Holdings.
“Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain Amended and
Restated First Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of September 26, 2025, among the Collateral Agent, the Trustee, the Credit Facilities Collateral Agent, the other Pari Passu Lien Representatives party thereto, the other Collateral
Agents party thereto, the Issuer and the Guarantors, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Pari Passu Lien Documents” means, collectively, (x) this Indenture, the
Notes, the Security Documents, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, the Credit Facilities Loans, the HSBC LC Agreement, the DB LC Agreement, the Trade Facility Agreement and the Pari Passu Lien Security Documents, and (y) any other indenture,
credit agreement or other agreement governing or evidencing any other Pari Passu Lien Obligations, provided, in the case of this clause (y), that (i) the indebtedness thereunder has been designated as Pari Passu Lien Obligations pursuant to and in
accordance with the terms of the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, (ii) such indebtedness was permitted to be incurred and secured pursuant to the terms of the Credit Facilities Loans, this Indenture and each of the other then existing Pari Passu
Lien Documents and (iii) the applicable Pari Passu Lien Representative shall have joined the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement.
“Pari Passu Lien Obligations” means (i) the Notes Obligations, (ii) the
Credit Facilities Obligations and (iii) all Obligations and other amounts owing to any other holder of Pari Passu Obligations pursuant to the terms of any other Pari Passu Lien Document (together, in each such case, with any secured ▇▇▇▇▇▇, cash
management arrangements or similar permitted arrangements secured by the Pari Passu Lien Security Documents of the applicable series).
“Pari Passu Lien Representative” means (1) the Collateral Agent, in the
case of the Notes, (2) the Credit Facilities Collateral Agent, in the case of the Credit Facilities Loans, (3) HSBC Bank USA, National Association, in the case of Obligations owing under the HSBC LC Agreement, (4) Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch,
in the case of Obligations owing under the DB LC Agreement, (5) HSBC Bank Australia Limited, in the case of Obligations owing under the Trade Facility Agreement and (6) in the case of any other series of Pari Passu Lien Obligations, the trustee,
agent or representative of the holders of such series of Pari Passu Lien Obligations that is appointed as a representative of such series of Pari Passu Lien Obligations (for purposes of the administration of the applicable Pari Passu Lien Security
Documents) pursuant to the indenture, credit agreement or other agreement governing such series of Pari Passu Lien Obligations.
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“Pari Passu Lien Security Documents” means the security documents or
collateral documents or similar term as defined in the applicable Pari Passu Lien Document and any other agreement, document or instrument entered into for the purpose of granting a Lien to secure any Pari Passu Lien Obligations or to perfect such
Lien.
“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 Encumbrances” means:
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Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges that are not delinquent for a period of more than (x) in the case of any such Liens on any assets of any Person organized under the laws
of the United States, the United Kingdom or Australia or any state, province or other subdivision thereof, 30 days and (y) otherwise, 60 days, or that are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if
adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP, in each case, the nonpayment of which could not reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect to Holdings
and its subsidiaries;
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Liens imposed by statutory or common law, such as landlords’, carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or construction contractors’ Liens and other
similar Liens, arising in the ordinary course of business that secure amounts not overdue for a period of more than (x) in the case of any such Liens on any assets of any Person organized under the laws of the United States, the United
Kingdom or Australia or any state, province or other subdivision thereof, 30 days and (y) otherwise, 60 days, or, in each such case, if more than 60 days overdue, are unfiled and no other action has been taken to enforce such Liens or that
are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP, in each case so long as such
Liens could not reasonably be expected to individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect to Holdings and its subsidiaries;
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(a) Liens incurred or pledges or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, payroll taxes, unemployment insurance and other
social security legislation or (b) pledges or deposits made in the ordinary course of business securing liability for reimbursement or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees
or similar instruments for the benefit of) insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance to Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary or otherwise supporting the payment of items of the type set forth in the foregoing
clause (a);
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Liens incurred or deposits made to secure the performance of tenders, bids, trade contracts (other than for the payment of indebtedness), governmental contracts and leases (other than Finance Lease
Obligations), statutory obligations, surety, stay, customs and appeal bonds, performance bonds, bankers’ acceptance facilities and other obligations of a like nature (including those to secure health, safety and environmental obligations)
and obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments that have been posted to support the same, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practices;
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easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, covenants, conditions, encroachments, protrusions, zoning restrictions and other similar encumbrances, matters that are or would be reflected on a survey of
any real property, irregularities of title, title defects affecting real property that, in the aggregate, do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
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(a) Liens securing, or otherwise arising from, judgments, awards attachments and/or decrees and notices of lis pendens and associated rights relating to litigation being contested in good faith and
(b) any pledge and/or deposit securing any settlement of litigation;
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Liens on goods the purchase price of which is financed by a documentary letter of credit issued for the account of the Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or Liens on bills of lading,
drafts or other documents of title arising by operation of law or pursuant to the standard terms of agreements relating to letters of credit, bank guarantees and other similar instruments; provided that such Lien secures only the
obligations of the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of such letter of credit, bank guarantee or other similar instrument;
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rights of setoff, banker’s lien, netting agreements and other Liens arising by operation of law or by the terms of documents of banks or other financial institutions in relation to the maintenance
of administration of deposit accounts, securities accounts or cash management arrangements or in connection with the issuance of letters of credit, bank guarantees or other similar instruments; and
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Liens arising from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code financing statements or any similar filings made in respect of operating leases or consignment or bailee arrangements entered into by
Holdings or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries.
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“Permitted Holders” means each of (a) managers and members of management of
Holdings (or any parent entity or Public Company specified in clause (c) of this definition that is a direct or indirect parent of Holdings) or its Subsidiaries that have ownership interests in Holdings (or such parent entity or Public Company
specified in clause (c) of this definition that is a direct or indirect parent of Holdings), (b) any group (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) of which the Persons described in clause (a) of this definition are
members; provided that, without giving effect to the existence of such group or any other group, the Persons described in clause (a), collectively, beneficially own Voting Stock representing 50% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock
of Holdings (or such parent entity specified in clause (c)(i) of this definition) then held by such group, and (c)(i) any direct or indirect parent of Holdings so long as a Permitted Holder pursuant to clauses (a) or (b) of this definition holds
50% or more of the Voting Stock of such direct or indirect parent of Holdings, (ii) any Public Company (or wholly owned Subsidiary of such Public Company) to the extent and until such time as any Person or group (other than a Permitted Holder under
clause (a) or (b) of this definition) is deemed to be or become a beneficial owner of Voting Stock of such Public Company representing more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of such Public Company and (iii) each of (x) Exxaro
Resources Limited, and (y) Cristal Global and Cristal Australia Pty Limited, in each case including any parent entity thereof.
Any Person or group, together with its affiliates, whose acquisition of beneficial ownership constitutes a Change of Control in
respect of which a Change of Control Offer or Alternate Offer is made in accordance with the requirements of this Indenture will thereafter, together with its affiliates, constitute an additional Permitted Holder.
“Permitted Liens” means each of the following:
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Liens representing any interest or title of a lessor under any Finance Lease Obligations; provided that such Liens do not extend to any property or assets which is not leased property subject to
such Finance Lease Obligations;
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Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods (and the proceeds thereof) of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or created in the ordinary
course of business for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;
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Liens securing Bank Product Obligations, Interest Swap Obligations, Commodity Agreements and Currency Agreements;
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Permitted Encumbrances;
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Liens existing on the Issue Date (other than Liens created under the Credit Facilities and Liens securing the Notes);
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leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses granted to others (on a non-exclusive basis) that are entered into in the ordinary course of business or that do not interfere in any material respect
with the business of Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
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Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;
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Liens (A) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code on items in the course of collection and (B) in favor of a banking institution arising as a matter of law
encumbering deposits (including the right of setoff) and that are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry;
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Liens (A) on cash advances or escrow deposits in favor of the seller of any property to be acquired in an investment to be applied against the purchase price for such investment or otherwise in
connection with any escrow arrangements with respect to any such investment or any disposition (including any letter of intent or purchase agreement with respect to such investment or disposition) or (B) consisting of an agreement to
dispose of any property, in each case, solely to the extent such investment or disposition, as the case may be, would have been permitted on the date of the creation of such Lien;
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Liens on assets of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor; provided that such Liens do not extend to any portion of the
Collateral or any assets of Holdings or any Guarantor;
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(1) Liens granted by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor in favor of any Guarantor (other than Holdings), (2) Liens granted by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor in favor
of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor and (3) Liens granted by a Guarantor (other than Holdings) in favor of any other Guarantor (other than Holdings);
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Liens existing on property at the time of its acquisition or existing on the property of any Person at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case after the date hereof;
provided that (A) such Lien was not created in contemplation of such acquisition or such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and (B) such Lien does not extend to or cover any other assets or property (other than the proceeds or products
thereof and other than after-acquired property subject to a Lien securing indebtedness and other obligations incurred prior to such time and which indebtedness and other obligations are permitted hereunder that require or include, pursuant
to their terms at such time, a pledge of after-acquired property, it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition);
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any interest or title (and all encumbrances and other matters affecting such interest or title) of a lessor or sublessor, licensor or sublicensor or secured by a lessor’s or sublessor’s, licensor’s
or sublicensor’s interest under leases (other than leases constituting Finance Lease Obligations), subleases, licenses, cross-licenses or sublicenses entered into by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of
business, provided that any interest or title granted under any licenses, cross-licenses, or sublicenses is non-exclusive and does not materially interfere with the business of Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
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Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for sale or purchase of goods by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of
business;
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Liens deemed to exist in connection with investments in repurchase agreements in the ordinary course of business;
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Liens encumbering reasonable and customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course
of business and not for speculative purposes;
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Liens that are contractual rights of setoff (A) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the incurrence of indebtedness, (B) relating to pooled
deposit or sweep accounts to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries or (C) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered
into with customers of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
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ground leases in respect of real property on which facilities owned or leased by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary are located and any zoning or similar law or right reserved to or vested in
any governmental authority to control or regulate the use of any real property that does not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary;
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Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of the premiums with respect thereto;
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Liens on Permitted Receivables Financing Assets or Liens on other assets granted pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings, in each case, incurred in connection with Permitted Receivables
Financings;
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receipt of progress payments and advances from customers in the ordinary course of business to the extent the same creates a Lien on the related inventory and proceeds thereof;
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(i) Liens on equity interests of joint ventures securing capital contributions to, or obligations of, such Persons, (ii) customary rights of first refusal and tag, drag and similar rights in joint
venture agreements and (iii) Liens solely on any ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ money deposits made by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted hereunder;
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Liens in respect of Sale and Lease-Back Transaction in each case on the assets or property sold and leased back in such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction;
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Liens on cash and cash equivalents arising in connection with the defeasance, discharge or redemption of indebtedness provided that such defeasance, discharge or redemption is permitted hereunder;
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Liens on cash or cash equivalents securing Swap Agreements in the ordinary course of business submitted for clearing in accordance with applicable requirements of law and that are not entered into
for speculative purposes and Liens securing cash management obligations and other indebtedness in respect of netting services, overdraft protections and similar arrangements and indebtedness arising from the honoring of a bank or other
financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
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with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary, other Liens and privileges arising mandatorily by requirements of law;
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Liens on the equity interests of joint venture arrangements securing financing arrangements for the benefit of the applicable joint venture arrangement that are not otherwise prohibited under this
Indenture and Liens on equity interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries; and (28)Liens on cash collateral granted in favor of any lender under the Credit Facilities created as a result of any requirement or option to cash collateralize
pursuant to the Credit Facilities.
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“Permitted Receivables Financing” means a securitization or other similar
financing (including any factoring program) of Permitted Receivables Financing Assets that is non-recourse to Holdings, the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries (except for (w) recourse to any Foreign Subsidiaries that own the assets underlying
such financing (or have sold such assets in connection with such financing), (x) any customary limited recourse pursuant to the Standard Securitization Undertakings or, to the extent applicable only to non-Guarantor Subsidiaries, recourse that is
customary in the relevant local market, (y) any performance undertaking or guarantee, to the extent applicable only to non-Guarantor Subsidiaries, that is customary in the relevant local market, and (z) an unsecured parent guarantee by Holdings or
any Restricted Subsidiary that is a parent company of a Foreign Subsidiary of obligations of Foreign Subsidiaries, and, in each case, reasonable extensions thereof).
“Permitted Receivables Financing Assets” means (a) any accounts receivable,
loan receivables, mortgage receivables, receivables or loans relating to the financing of insurance premiums, royalty, patent or other revenue streams and other rights to payment or related assets and the proceeds thereof and (b) all assets
securing or related to any such receivable or asset, all contracts and contract rights, guarantees or other obligations in respect of any such receivable or asset, lockbox accounts and records with respect to any such receivable or assets and any
other assets (including inventory and proceeds thereof) customarily transferred (or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted) together with receivables or assets in connection with a securitization, factoring or receivables
financing or sale transaction.
“Person” means an individual, partnership,
corporation, unincorporated organization, trust or joint venture, or a governmental agency or political subdivision thereof.
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“Private Placement Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(1)
hereof to be placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture except where otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Indenture.
“Pro Forma Basis”, “Pro Forma Compliance” and “Pro Forma Effect” mean, as to any Person, for any events as described below that occur subsequent to the commencement
of a period for which the effect of such events is being calculated, and giving effect to the events for which such calculation is being made, such calculation as will give pro forma effect to such events as if such events occurred on the first day
of the four (4) consecutive fiscal quarter period ended on or before the occurrence of such event (the “Reference Period”): (a) in making any determination of Consolidated
EBITDA or any component thereof, effect shall be given to any Specified Transaction and any synergies, operating improvements, cost savings or restructurings of the business of Holdings or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case, that
occurred during the Reference Period or with respect to any such event or transaction included in the definition of Specified Transactions are expected to occur within eight (8) fiscal quarters of the determination to take such actions and which
Holdings determines are reasonably identifiable and projected in good faith to result from actions that have been taken or with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or are expected to be taken, and without duplication of any such
amount included in Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to the definition thereof and provided, that any increase in Consolidated EBITDA as a result of synergies, operating improvements, cost savings and restructurings pursuant to this definition shall be
subject to the limitations set forth in clause (2) of the definition of Consolidated EBITDA; (b) in making any determination on a Pro Forma Basis, of Pro Forma Compliance or of Pro Forma
Effect, (x) all indebtedness (including indebtedness issued, incurred or assumed as a result of, or to finance, any relevant transactions and for which the financial effect is being calculated, whether incurred under this Indenture or otherwise)
issued, incurred, assumed or repaid during the Reference Period (or with respect to indebtedness repaid, during the Reference Period or subsequent to the end of the Reference Period and prior to, or simultaneously with, the event for which the
calculation of any such ratio is made) shall be deemed to have been issued, incurred, assumed or repaid at the beginning of such period and (y) interest expense of such Person attributable to interest on any indebtedness, for which pro forma effect
is being given as provided in preceding clause (x), bearing floating interest rates shall be computed on a pro forma basis as if the rates that would have been in effect during the period for which pro forma effect is being given had been actually
in effect during such periods, (c) with respect to (i) any redesignation of a Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, effect shall be given to such Subsidiary redesignation and all other Subsidiary redesignations after the first day of the relevant
Reference Period and on or prior to the date of the respective Subsidiary redesignation then being designated, collectively, and (ii) any designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, effect shall be given to such designation and all
other designations of Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries after the first day of the relevant Reference Period and on or prior to the date of the then applicable designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, collectively, and (d)
notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this definition or in any classification under GAAP of any Person, business, assets or operations in respect of which a definitive agreement for the asset sale, transfer, disposition or lease thereof has
been entered into as discontinued operations, no Pro Forma Effect shall be given to the classification thereof as discontinued operations (and the Consolidated EBITDA or any component thereof attributable to any such Person, business, assets or
operations shall not be excluded for any purposes hereunder) until such asset sale, transfer, disposition or lease shall have been consummated.
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Whenever a financial ratio or test or covenant is to be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis, the reference to the “Test Period” for purposes of calculating such financial ratio or test shall be deemed to be a reference to, and shall be based on, the most recently ended Test Period for which financial statements of Holdings
are available.
“Pro Forma Disposal Adjustment” means, taking into account any limitations
set forth in the definition of Pro Forma Basis, for any four-quarter period that includes all or a portion of a fiscal quarter included in any post-transaction period with respect to any Sold Entity or Business, the pro forma increase or decrease
in Consolidated EBITDA projected by the Issuer in good faith as a result of contractual arrangements between Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary entered into with such Sold Entity or Business at the time of its disposal or within the
post-transaction period and which represent an increase or decrease in Consolidated EBITDA which is incremental to the disposed EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business for the most recent four-quarter period prior to its disposal.
“Pro Forma Entity” means any Acquired Entity or Business or any Converted
Restricted Subsidiary.
“Public Company” means any Person with a class or series of Voting Stock
that is traded on a stock exchange or in the over-the-counter market.
“QIB” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.
“Qualified Jurisdiction” means the United States, any state thereof, or the
District of Columbia, France, England and Wales, the Commonwealth of Australia, the Netherlands or any other jurisdiction agreed to by the Credit Facilities Agent and the Issuer, in their respective sole discretion.
“Qualified Securitization Transaction” 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 pursuant to terms necessary or customary in the relevant jurisdiction,
directly or indirectly, to
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a Securitization Entity or to Holdings which subsequently transfers to a Securitization Entity (in the case of a transfer by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries); and
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any other Person (in the case of transfer by a Securitization Entity),
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or may grant a security interest, in any accounts receivable or any participations or other interests therein (whether now existing or arising or acquired in the
future) of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or other entities formed as necessary or customary under the laws of the relevant jurisdiction, and any assets related thereto including, without limitation, all collateral securing such accounts
receivable, all contracts and contract rights and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, proceeds of such accounts receivable and other assets (including contract rights) which are necessarily or customarily
transferred in the relevant jurisdiction or in respect of which security interests are necessarily or customarily granted in the relevant jurisdiction in connection with asset securitization transactions involving accounts receivable.
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“Rating Agency” means each of (i) S&P and ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ or (ii) if either
S&P or ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ or both of them are not making ratings of the Notes publicly available, a nationally recognized U.S. rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by Holdings, which will be substituted for S&P or ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ or both,
as the case may be.
“Ratings Event” means (1) to the extent the Notes were rated with an
Investment Grade Rating by either of the Rating Agencies at the commencement of the Relevant Period (as defined below), and the ratings of such Notes are downgraded by one or both of the Rating Agencies on any date from the date of the public
notice of an arrangement that could result in a Change of Control until the end of the 60-day period following public notice of the occurrence of the Change of Control (the “Relevant
Period”) such that the rating of the Notes by both of the Rating Agencies at the end of the Relevant Period is below an Investment Grade Rating, which downgrading is a result of the transactions constituting or occurring simultaneously
with the applicable Change of Control (as evidenced by a public statement by the Rating Agency or Rating Agencies that downgraded the Notes) or (2) to the extent the Notes were not rated with an Investment Grade Rating by either of the Rating
Agencies at the commencement of the Relevant Period, the Notes continue to be rated at a level below an Investment Grade Rating by both of the Rating Agencies at the end of the Relevant Period.
“Receivables Subsidiary” means any Special Purpose Entity established in
connection with a Permitted Receivables Financing and any other subsidiary (other than the Issuer and any Guarantor) involved in a Permitted Receivables Financing which is not permitted by the terms of such Permitted Receivables Financing to
guarantee the Notes or provide Collateral.
“Regulation S” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Regulation S Global Note” means a Global Note substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of
the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation S.
“Responsible Officer” means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any
officer within the capital markets department of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also
means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter relating to this Indenture, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject, and in each case, who shall
have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture, and when used with respect to the Collateral Agent, means any officer within the capital markets department of the Collateral Agent (or any successor group of the Collateral
Agent) or any other officer of the Collateral Agent 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 relating to this Indenture,
any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject, and in each case, who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.
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“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 Subsidiary” of any Person means any Subsidiary of such Person
that, at the time of determination, is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Unless otherwise indicated in this Indenture, all references to Restricted Subsidiaries shall mean Restricted Subsidiaries of Holdings (including the Issuer).
“Revolving Facility” means, any first lien senior secured revolving loan
facility under the Credit Agreement.
“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 Global Ratings and its successors.
“Sale and Lease-Back Transaction” means the leasing by Holdings or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries of any asset, whether owned on the Issue Date or acquired after the Issue Date (except for temporary leases for a term, including any renewal term, of up to three years and except for leases between or among Holdings and
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries), which property has been or is to be sold or transferred by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to any party with the intention of taking back a lease of such property.
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Secured Parties” means the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Holders of
the Notes, the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by the Issuer or any Guarantor under any Notes Document, and the successors and permitted assigns of each of the foregoing.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any
successor statute or statutes thereto.
“Securitization Entity” means a wholly owned Subsidiary of Holdings (or
another Person in which Holdings or any Subsidiary of Holdings makes an investment and to which Holdings or any Subsidiary of Holdings transfers, directly or indirectly, accounts receivable or participations or interests therein or related assets)
which engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of accounts receivable and which is designated by the Board of Directors of Holdings or a designated representative thereof (as provided below) as a Securitization Entity
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(1) |
no portion of the indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or otherwise) of which
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is guaranteed by Holdings or any Subsidiary of Holdings (other than the Securitization Entity) (excluding guarantees of obligations (other than the principal of, and interest on, indebtedness))
pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings,
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is recourse to or obligates Holdings or any Subsidiary of Holdings (other than the Securitization Entity) in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings, or
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subjects any property or asset of Holdings or any Subsidiary of Holdings (other than the Securitization Entity), directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof,
other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings and other than any interest in the accounts receivable and related assets being financed (whether in the form of an equity interest in such assets or subordinated indebtedness
payable primarily from such financed assets), which equity interest or subordinated indebtedness is retained or acquired by Holdings or any Subsidiary of Holdings,
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with which neither Holdings nor any Subsidiary of Holdings has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than on terms no less favorable to Holdings or such Subsidiary
than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not affiliates of the Issuer, other than fees payable in the ordinary course of business in connection with servicing receivables of such entity, and
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to which neither Holdings nor any 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.
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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 Officer’s Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing conditions.
“Security Documents” means the U.S. Security Agreement, the Pari Passu
Intercreditor Agreement and all of the security agreements, pledge agreements, collateral assignments, mortgages, deeds of trust and other agreements or instruments, as amended, supplemented, restated, renewed, refunded, replaced, restructured,
repaid, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time, evidencing or creating or purporting to create or evidence, or perfecting or purporting to perfect, a Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent in the Collateral as contemplated by this
Indenture, in each case, as amended, modified, renewed, restated, supplemented or replaced, in whole or in part, from time to time.
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“Significant Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings which,
at the date of determination, is a “Significant Subsidiary” as such term is defined in Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC.
“Sixth Amended and Restated Intercompany Note” means the Sixth Amended and
Restated Intercompany Note, dated as of the Issue Date, by and among Holdings and its Subsidiaries.
“Special Purpose Entity” means a direct or indirect subsidiary of the
Issuer or any Guarantor, whose organizational documents contain restrictions on its purpose and activities intended to preserve its separateness from the Issuer and the Guarantors and their other subsidiaries.
“Specified Transaction” means, with respect to any period, any investment,
disposition, incurrence or repayment of indebtedness, dividend, subsidiary designation, operating improvements, restructurings, new project or other event that by the terms of this Indenture requires “Pro Forma Compliance” with a test or covenant
hereunder or requires such test or covenant to be calculated on a “Pro Forma Basis” or after giving “Pro Forma Effect” to such event.
“Standard Securitization Undertakings” means obligations, representations,
warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by Holdings or any Securitization Entity or any Subsidiary of Holdings which are customary or necessary in the relevant jurisdiction in an accounts receivable securitization transaction.
“Subsidiary” means with respect to any Person,
(1) |
any corporation of which the outstanding Capital Stock having at least a majority of the votes entitled to be cast in the election of managers or directors, as applicable, under ordinary
circumstances shall at the time be owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person; or
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any other Person of which at least a majority of the voting interests under ordinary circumstances is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by such Person.
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“Supplemental Indenture” means a supplemental indenture substantially in
the form of Exhibit D hereto.
“Swap Agreement” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps,
credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond
price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options,
spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b)
any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any
International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”),
including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
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“Tax Restructuring” means any reorganizations and other activities related
to tax planning and tax reorganization (as determined by Holdings in good faith) entered into after the date hereof so long as such Tax Restructuring does not impair the guarantee in any material respect and is otherwise not adverse to the Holders
in any material respect.
“Term Facilities” means any senior secured first lien term loan facilities
under the Credit Agreement.
“Test Period” means, at any date of determination, the most recently
completed four consecutive fiscal quarters of Holdings ending on or prior to such date for which financial statements are available.
“Total Net Secured Debt” means, as of any date, all Consolidated Total Net
Debt of the Issuer and the Guarantors as of such date that is secured by a Lien.
“Total Net Secured Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date, the ratio of
Total Net Secured Debt as of such date to Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis.
“Trade Facility Agreement” means that certain Trade Facilities Agreement,
dated as of August 25, 2022 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), by and among Tronox Mining Australia Limited, a public limited company incorporated in the Commonwealth of Australia,
Tronox Pigment Bunbury Ltd, a public limited company incorporated in the Commonwealth of Australia, Tronox Management Pty Ltd, a proprietary company incorporated in the Commonwealth of Australia, and HSBC Bank Australia Limited.
“Transaction Costs” means any fees, expenses and other transaction costs
incurred or paid by Holdings, the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the Transactions, this Indenture, the Credit Facilities and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
“Transactions” means the issuance and sale of the Notes and the use of a
portion of the net proceeds therefrom to repay all outstanding borrowings under the Issuer’s revolving credit facilities as contemplated by the Offering Circular.
“Trustee” means Wilmington Trust, National Association, until a successor
replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.
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“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in
the State of New York; provided, however, that, at any time, if by reason of mandatory provisions of
law, any or all of the perfection or priority of the Collateral Agent’s security interest in any item or portion of the Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a U.S. jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the
term “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect, at such time, in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection or priority and for purposes of definitions relating to such provisions.
“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” of any Person means:
(1) |
any Subsidiary of such Person that at the time of determination will be or continue to be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; and
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any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
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As of the Issue Date, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Point LLC will be an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
The Board of Directors of Holdings may, after the Issue Date, designate any Subsidiary (including any newly acquired or newly formed subsidiary) to
be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if
(1) |
such Subsidiary does not own any Capital Stock of, or does not own or hold any mortgage on any property of, Holdings or any other Subsidiary of Holdings that is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary
to be so designated; and
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each Subsidiary to be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary and each of its Subsidiaries has not at the time of designation, and does not thereafter, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or
otherwise become directly or indirectly liable with respect to any indebtedness for borrowed money under which the creditor has direct recourse to any of the assets of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than obligations
in respect of representations and warranties, indemnities and performance and completion guaranties and similar contingent liabilities).
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The Board of Directors of Holdings may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary only if immediately before and
immediately after giving effect to such designation, no Default or Event of Default will have occurred and be continuing.
Any such designation by the Board of Directors of Holdings will be evidenced to the Trustee by promptly delivering to the Trustee a copy of the
board resolution approving the designation and an Officer’s Certificate certifying that the designation complied with this Indenture.
“U.S. Person” means a U.S. Person as defined in Rule
902(k) promulgated under the Securities Act.
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“U.S. Security Agreement” means, collectively, (i) the
Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among Holdings, the Issuer, the other Guarantors and the Collateral Agent, and (ii) the Pledge Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among Holdings, the Issuer, the other Guarantors from
time to time party thereto, and the Collateral Agent, in each case as amended, restated, amended and restated, otherwise modified, refinanced or replaced from time to time.
“Voting Stock” of any Person as of any date means the
Capital Stock of such Person that is entitled to vote in the election of the board of directors or managers of such Person.
Section 1.02 Other Definitions.
Term
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“Additional Amounts”
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2.14
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“Alternate Offer”
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4.10
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“Authentication Order”
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2.02
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“Change of Control Offer”
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4.10
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“Change of Control Payment”
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4.10
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“Change of Control Payment Date”
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4.10
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“Code”
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2.06
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“Covenant Defeasance”
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8.03
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“DTC”
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2.03
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“Event of Default”
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6.01
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“Future Parent Entity”
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4.03
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“Initial Default”
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6.02
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“Land Records”
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12.06
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“LCT Election”
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1.05
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“LCT Test Date”
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1.05
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“Legal Defeasance”
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8.02
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“Limitation”
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10.02
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“Mortgage”
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12.06
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“Mortgaged Property”
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12.06
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“Non-Guarantor Subsidiary Debt”
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4.07
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“Non-U.S. Guarantors”
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13.17
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“Paying Agent”
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2.03
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“Payor”
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2.14
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“Process Agent”
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13.17
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“Registrar”
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2.03
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“Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction”
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2.14
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“Subsequent Transaction”
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1.05
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“Successor Guarantor”
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10.04
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“Title Company”
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12.06
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“Title Policy”
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12.06
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“UK Security Document”
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12.12
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“Unsecured Notes Refinancing Indebtedness”
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4.12
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Section 1.03 [Reserved].
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) |
a term has the meaning assigned to it;
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(2) |
an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;
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(3) |
“or” is not exclusive;
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(4) |
“including” is not limiting;
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words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;
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“will” shall be interpreted to express a command;
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provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and
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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; and
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unless otherwise provided herein or in any other Notes Document, the words “execute”, “execution”, “signed”, and “signature” and words of similar import used in or related to any document to be
signed in connection with this Indenture, any other Notes Document or any of the transactions contemplated hereby (including amendments, waivers, consents and other modifications) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures and the
keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature in ink or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as applicable, to the fullest
extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, and any other similar state laws based on the
Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Agent is under any obligation to agree to accept electronic signatures in any form or in any format
unless expressly agreed to by the Trustee or the Collateral Agent pursuant to reasonable procedures approved by the Trustee or the Collateral Agent.
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In connection with any action being taken in connection with a Limited Condition Transaction, for purposes of any provision of this Indenture which
will require that no Default or Event of Default or specified Event of Default, as applicable, has occurred, is continuing or would result from any such action, as applicable, such condition shall, at the option of the Issuer, be deemed satisfied,
so long as no Default, Event of Default or specified Event of Default, as applicable, exists on the date the definitive agreement for such Limited Condition Transaction is entered into.
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Furthermore, in connection with any action being taken in connection with a Limited Condition Transaction, for purposes of:
(1) |
determining compliance with any provision of this Indenture which will require the calculation of any financial ratio or test, including the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio and the Total Net Secured
Leverage Ratio; or
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testing availability under baskets to be set forth in this Indenture (including baskets measured as a percentage of Consolidated EBITDA);
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in each case, at the option of the Issuer (the Issuer’s election to exercise such option in connection with any Limited Condition Transaction, an “LCT Election”), the date of determination of whether any such action is permitted hereunder shall be deemed to be the date the definitive agreement for such Limited Condition
Transaction is entered into (the “LCT Test Date”), and if, after giving Pro Forma Effect to the Limited Condition Transaction, the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
would have been permitted to take such action on the relevant LCT Test Date in compliance with such ratio, test or basket, such ratio, test or basket shall be deemed to have been complied with. For the avoidance of doubt, (i) if the Issuer has made
an LCT Election and any of the ratios, tests or baskets for which compliance was determined or tested as of the LCT Test Date would have failed to have been satisfied as a result of fluctuations in any such ratio, test or basket, including due to
fluctuations in Consolidated EBITDA, at or prior to the consummation of the relevant transaction or action, such baskets, tests or ratios will not be deemed to have failed to have been satisfied as a result of such fluctuations and (ii) such
ratios, tests or baskets shall not be tested at the time of consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction, unless the Issuer elects in its sole discretion to test such ratio, test or basket on the date such Limited Condition Transaction is
consummated instead of the date of the related definitive agreement. If the Issuer has made an LCT Election for any Limited Condition Transaction, then in connection with any event or transaction occurring after the relevant LCT Test Date and prior
to the earlier of the date on which such Limited Condition Transaction is consummated or the date that the definitive agreement or date for redemption, repurchase, defeasance, satisfaction and discharge or repayment specified in an irrevocable
notice for such Limited Condition Transaction is terminated, expires or passes, as applicable, without consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction (a “Subsequent Transaction”)
in connection with which a ratio, test or basket availability calculation must be made on a Pro Forma Basis or giving Pro Forma Effect to such Subsequent Transaction, for purposes of determining whether such ratio, test or basket availability has
been complied with under this Indenture, any such ratio, test or basket shall be required to be satisfied on a Pro Forma Basis assuming such Limited Condition Transaction and other transactions in connection therewith have been consummated.
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(a) General. The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock
exchange rule or usage. Each Note will be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
The Issuer can issue Additional Notes from time to time in the future as part of the same series without consent from Holders of the Notes under
this Indenture. Any Additional Notes that the Issuer issues in the future will be identical in all respects to the Notes offered hereby and will be treated as a single class for all purposes of this Indenture, including with respect to waivers,
amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase, except that Notes issued in the future may have different issuance prices and will have different issuance dates. However, in order
for any Additional Notes to have the same CUSIP number as the Notes, such Additional Notes must be treated as part of the same issuance as the Notes for United States federal income tax purposes.
The terms and provisions contained in the Notes will constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the Issuer, the
Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this
Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
(b) Global Notes. Notes issued in global form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A 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 A 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 Notes Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.06
hereof.
(c) 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 Global Note that are held by Participants through Euroclear or Clearstream.
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At least one Officer must sign the Notes for the Issuer by manual or facsimile or other electronic 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 Issuer signed by an Officer of the Issuer (an “Authentication Order”), authenticate Notes for original issue that may be validly issued under this Indenture. There is no limit on the aggregate principal amount of Notes (including Additional Notes) that may be
issued under this Indenture.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Issuer 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 Issuer.
The Issuer 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 Issuer 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 Issuer may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Issuer will notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Issuer fails to appoint or
maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
The Issuer initially appoints The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) to act
as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.
The Issuer initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and Paying Agent and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes. The
Issuer may change the Paying Agent or Registrar without prior notice to the Holders, and the Issuer or any of Holdings’ other Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar. The Notes will initially be issued as Global Notes registered in the
name of or held by DTC or its nominee and therefore payments with respect thereto will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by DTC.
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The Issuer 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 of, premium on, if any, or interest on the Notes, and will notify the Trustee in writing of any default by the Issuer 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 Issuer 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 Holdings, Issuer or a Subsidiary) will have no further liability for the money. If Holdings, Issuer 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 Issuer, the Trustee will serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.
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. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Issuer 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.
(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 Issuer for Definitive Notes if:
(1) |
the Issuer delivers to the Trustee notice from the Depositary that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary and a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Issuer within 90
days after the date of such notice from the Depositary;
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(2) |
the Issuer in its sole discretion determines that the Global Notes (in whole but not in part) should be exchanged for Definitive Notes and deliver an Officer’s Certificate to such effect to the
Trustee; or
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(3) |
there has occurred and is continuing a Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes and the Registrar has received a written request from DTC or 30% of the Holders.
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Upon the occurrence of any of the preceding events in (1), (2) or (3) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall
instruct the Trustee in writing and the Issuer shall promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of Definitive Notes. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.08 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 2.08 or 2.10 hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global
Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a); however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.06(b) or (c) hereof.
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(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. 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).
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(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:
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(A) |
both:
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(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 in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and
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(ii) |
instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase; or
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(B) |
both:
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(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
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(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.
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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:
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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; and
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(B) |
if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including
the certifications in item (2) thereof.
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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 the Registrar receives the following:
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(A) |
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
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if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest
in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
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and, in each such case set forth in this Section 2.06(b)(4), if the Issuer or the Registrar so request or if the Applicable Procedures so require,
an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Issuer or the Registrar, as the case may be, to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and
in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
If any such transfer is effected pursuant to this Section 2.06(b)(4) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Issuer
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 this Section 2.06(b)(4).
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:
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(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 the Issuer 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
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(f) 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 Issuer 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 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 the Registrar receives the following:
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(a) 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
(b) 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 Section 2.06(c)(2), if the Issuer or Registrar so request or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an
Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Issuer or the Registrar, as the case may be, 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) |
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 Unrestricted Global Note to be reduced
accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof, and the Issuer 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)(3) 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) will not bear the Private Placement Legend.
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(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 the Issuer 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
(f) 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, and in the case of clause (c) above, the Regulation S Global Note.
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(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 the Registrar receives the following:
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(a) 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
(b) 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 Section 2.06(d)(2), if the Issuer or the Registrar so request or if the Applicable Procedures so require,
an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Issuer or the Registrar, as the case may be, 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.
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If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest is effected pursuant to subparagraphs (2)(b) or (3) above at a time
when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Issuer 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.
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(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 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:
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(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 the
Registrar receives the following:
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(a) if the Holder of such Restricted
Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(d) thereof; or
(b) 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 Section 2.06(e)(2), if the Issuer or the Registrar so request, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably
acceptable to the Issuer or the Registrar, as the case may be, 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.
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(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.
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(f) [Reserved].
(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.
(1) |
Private Placement Legend.
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(a)
(A) |
Except as permitted by subparagraph (b) below, each Rule 144A Global Note and each Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global Note (and all Notes issued in
exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
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“THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR
OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT
FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES, TO OFFER,
SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) THAT IS ONE YEAR AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF, THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THE ISSUANCE OF ANY ADDITIONAL NOTES AND THE LAST
DATE ON WHICH THE ISSUER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE ISSUER WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY), ONLY (A) TO THE ISSUER OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED
EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE
144A THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES TO NON-U.S. PERSONS THAT OCCUR IN
OFFSHORE TRANSACTIONS WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE ISSUER’S AND THE REGISTRAR’S RIGHT PRIOR TO
ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSES (D) OR (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/ OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER
THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.”
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(B) |
Except as permitted by subparagraph (b) below, in the case of any Notes offered in reliance on Regulation S, each Regulation S Global Note and each Definitive Note issued in exchange for a
beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
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“THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR
OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT
FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES, TO OFFER,
SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) THAT IS 40 DAYS AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF, THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THE ISSUANCE OF ANY ADDITIONAL NOTES AND THE DATE
ON WHICH THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY) WAS FIRST OFFERED TO PERSONS OTHER THAN DISTRIBUTORS (AS DEFINED IN RULE 902 OF REGULATION S) IN RELIANCE ON REGULATION S, ONLY (A) TO THE ISSUER OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) PURSUANT
TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A
“QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT TO
OFFERS AND SALES TO NON-U.S. PERSONS THAT OCCUR IN OFFSHORE TRANSACTIONS WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO
THE ISSUER’S AND THE REGISTRAR’S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSES (D) OR (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/ OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL
BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER HEREOF REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON NOR IS IT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING
THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.”
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to subparagraphs (b)(4), (c)(2), (c)(3), (d)(2), (d)(3), (e)(2) or (e)(3) 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:
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“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 ISSUER.
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 (▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇) (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUER OR THEIR 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.”
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▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇. Each Global Note and each Definitive Note
shall bear a legend in substantially the following form (and each purchaser and transferee of an interest in a Note shall be deemed to have made the representations contained therein):
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“BY ITS ACQUISITION OF THIS NOTE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, THE HOLDER HEREOF WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED AND WARRANTED THAT EITHER (1) NO
PORTION OF THE ASSETS USED BY SUCH HOLDER TO ACQUIRE OR HOLD THIS NOTE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN CONSTITUTES ASSETS OF ANY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE U.S. EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED
(“ERISA”), OF ANY PLAN, INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR OTHER ARRANGEMENT THAT IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE U.S. INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”) (COLLECTIVELY WITH ANY PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF ERISA, A
“PLAN”), OR OF AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS ARE CONSIDERED TO INCLUDE “PLAN ASSETS” (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(42) OF ERISA OR ANY APPLICABLE SIMILAR LAWS) OF ANY SUCH PLAN, ACCOUNT OR ARRANGEMENT OR A GOVERNMENTAL, CHURCH OR NON-U.S. PLAN THAT
IS SUBJECT TO PROVISIONS UNDER ANY OTHER FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, NON U.S. OR OTHER LAWS OR REGULATIONS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO SUCH PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE (“SIMILAR LAWS”), OR (2) THE ACQUISITION AND HOLDING OF THIS NOTE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR
RESULT IN A NON EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A SIMILAR VIOLATION UNDER ANY APPLICABLE SIMILAR LAWS.
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FURTHER, IF THE PURCHASER OR TRANSFEREE IS A PLAN, SUCH PURCHASER OR SUBSEQUENT TRANSFEREE WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE
REPRESENTED AND WARRANTED THAT EACH OF THE FOLLOWING SUBPARAGRAPHS (A) THROUGH (C) WILL BE SATISFIED: (A) THE DECISION TO PURCHASE THE NOTES HAS BEEN MADE BY A “FIDUCIARY” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 3(21) OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975(e)(3) OF THE
CODE, AS APPLICABLE (EACH A “PLAN FIDUCIARY”)) WHO IS AWARE OF AND HAS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION ITS FIDUCIARY DUTIES, INCLUDING THE DIVERSIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 404(A)(1)(C) OF ERISA; (B) THE PLAN FIDUCIARY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT
NEITHER WE NOR ANY AGENT ENGAGED BY US, WITH RESPECT TO THE PURCHASE OF THE NOTES, IS A “FIDUCIARY” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 3(21) OF ERISA) WITH RESPECT TO ANY ASSETS OF THE PLAN INVESTED IN THE NOTES AND THAT THE PLAN FIDUCIARY HAS NOT
RELIED AND IS NOT RELYING ON US TO PROVIDE, AND NONE OF US PROVIDED, ANY KIND OF INVESTMENT ADVICE WITH RESPECT TO THE PURCHASE OF THE NOTES; AND (C) NONE OF US, NOR ANY AGENT ENGAGED BY US WITH RESPECT TO THE PURCHASE OF THE NOTES, WILL RECEIVE
ANY FEE OR OTHER COMPENSATION DIRECTLY FROM THE PLAN, PLAN FIDUCIARY, ANY PARTICIPANT, BENEFICIARY, OR OWNER OF SUCH PLAN FOR ANY INVESTMENT ADVICE (AS OPPOSED TO OTHER SERVICES) PROVIDED WITH RESPECT TO THE PURCHASE OF THE NOTES.”
(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.
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(i) General Provisions Relating to
Transfers and Exchanges.
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To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Issuer 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.
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(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 the Issuer 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 charges payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Section
2.10, 3.06, 4.10 and 9.05 hereof).
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(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.
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(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 Issuer, 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.
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(5) |
Neither the Registrar nor the Issuer will be required:
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(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, the Collateral Agent, any Agent and the Issuer 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, the Collateral Agent, any Agent or the Issuer shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
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In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the
Issuer or any Guarantor, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Issuer 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 actually knows are so owned will be so disregarded.
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The Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02 hereof.
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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.
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(b) The Trustee shall have no obligation
or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note other than to require delivery of such
certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express
requirements hereof.
(c) Neither the Trustee nor any Agent
shall have any responsibility or liability for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary. Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall have any responsibility or obligation to any Holder that is a member of (or a participant in) DTC or any
other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of DTC (or its nominee) or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Notes or with respect to the delivery of any notice (including any notice of
redemption) or the payment of any amount or delivery of any Notes (or other security or property) under or with respect to the Notes. The Trustee and the Agents may rely (and shall be fully protected in relying) upon information furnished by
DTC with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners in the Notes.
(d) Participants shall have no rights
either under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depositary or by the Note Custodian as custodian for the Depositary or under such Global Note, and the Depositary may be treated by the Issuer, the Trustee,
the Collateral Agent, any Agent and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Issuer, the Trustee or any Agent
or other agent of the Issuer or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its Participants, the operation of customary
practices of such Depositary governing the exercise of the rights of an owner of a beneficial interest in any Global Note.
If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Issuer and the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or
theft of any Note, the Issuer 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 Issuer, an indemnity bond must be
supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of (i) the Trustee for itself and (ii) the Issuer to protect the Issuer, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent, from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced.
The Issuer may charge the Holder for their expenses in replacing a Note.
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Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Issuer and will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture
equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
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 2.09 as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.09
hereof, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Issuer or an affiliate of the Issuer holds the Note.
If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.08 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 Holdings, the Issuer, a Subsidiary or an affiliate of any thereof) holds, on a redemption date or the 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.
Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the Issuer 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 Issuer considers appropriate for temporary Notes. Without unreasonable delay, the Issuer 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.
The Issuer 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 (subject to the record retention requirements of the Exchange Act and the Trustee). Certification of the cancellation of such Notes will be delivered to the Issuer upon its written request. The Issuer may not issue new Notes to replace Notes
that it has paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation. All Notes which are redeemed by or on behalf of the Issuer will be canceled and, accordingly, may not be reissued or resold. If the Issuer purchases any Notes, such
acquisition shall not operate as a redemption unless such Notes are surrendered for cancellation.
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If the Issuer defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it 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 Issuer 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 Issuer 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 Issuer (or, upon the written request of the Issuer, the Trustee in
the name and at the expense of the Issuer) will send or cause to be sent to Holders a notice that states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.
The Issuer in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” and/or “ISIN” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” and/or
“ISIN” numbers in notices of redemption or offers to purchase as a convenience to Holders; provided that the Trustee shall have no liability for any defect in the “CUSIP”
and/or “ISIN” numbers as they appear on any Note, notice or elsewhere, and, provided further 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 Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the “CUSIP” and/or “ISIN” numbers.
(a) All payments required to be made by
or on behalf of the Issuer under or with respect to the Notes or by or on behalf of any Guarantor under or with respect to a Note Guarantee (the Issuer or such Guarantor and, in each case, any successor thereof, making such payment, the “Payor”), will be made free and clear of, and without withholding or deduction for or on account of, any taxes imposed or levied by or on behalf of any authority or agency
having power to tax within any jurisdiction in which any Payor is incorporated, organized or otherwise resident for tax purposes, or engaged in business for tax purposes, or any jurisdiction from or through which payment is made by or on behalf
of such Payor (each a “Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction”), unless such Payor is required to withhold or deduct such taxes by law or regulation.
(b) If a Payor is so required to
withhold or deduct any amount for or on account of taxes imposed or levied by or on behalf of a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction from any payment made under or with respect to the Notes or a Note Guarantee, as applicable, such Payor will be
required to pay such additional amounts (“Additional Amounts”) as may be necessary so that the net amount received by any Holder (including Additional Amounts) after such
withholding or deduction will not be less than the amount the Holder or beneficial owner would have received if such taxes had not been withheld or deducted; provided, however, that the foregoing obligation to pay Additional Amounts does not apply to:
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any taxes that would not have been (or would not be required to be) so imposed, withheld, deducted or levied but for the existence of any present or former connection between the relevant Holder or
beneficial owner (or between a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, partner, member or shareholder of, or possessor of power over, the relevant Holder or beneficial owner, if the relevant Holder or beneficial owner is an estate, nominee, trust,
partnership, company or corporation) and the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, including, without limitation, such Holder or beneficial owner being or having been a citizen, domiciliary, national or resident, including for tax purposes,
thereof, or being or having been present or engaged in a trade or business therein or having or having had a permanent establishment therein (other than any connection arising solely from the acquisition or holding of any Note, the receipt
of any payments in respect of such Note or Note Guarantee or the exercise or enforcement of rights under a Note or Note Guarantee);
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any taxes that would not have been (or would not be required to be) so imposed, withheld, deducted or levied but for the fact that the payment is made in a non-cooperative State or territory within
the meaning the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction’s applicable law, such law including, without limitation, any local, regional, national, international law considered as binding in the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction;
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any estate, inheritance, gift, sales transfer, personal property or similar tax or assessment;
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any taxes which are payable other than by withholding or deduction from payments made under or with respect to the Notes or any Note Guarantee;
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any taxes that would not have been (or would not be required to be) imposed, withheld, deducted or levied if such Holder or the beneficial owner of any Note or interest therein (to the extent such Holder or beneficial owner is legally eligible to do so) (i) complied with all reasonable written requests by the Payor (made at a time that would enable the Holder or
beneficial owner acting reasonably to comply with such request) to provide timely and accurate information or documentation concerning notably the nationality, residence (including for tax purposes) or identity of such Holder or
beneficial owner or (ii) made any declaration or similar claim or satisfy any certification, information or reporting requirement, which in the case of (i) or (ii), is required or imposed by a statute, treaty, regulation or administrative
practice of a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction as a precondition to exemption from, or reduction in the rate of withholding or deduction of, all or part of such taxes;
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any taxes imposed or withheld on or with respect to a payment which could have been made without deduction or withholding if the beneficiary of the payment had presented the Note for payment (where
presentation is required) within 30 days after the date on which such payment or such Note became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever is later (except to the extent that the Holder or
beneficial owner would have been entitled to Additional Amounts had the Note been presented on any day during the 30-day period);
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any taxes imposed on or with respect to any payment made under or with respect to such Note or Note Guarantee to any Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or any Person other than the sole
beneficial owner of such payment, to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary, a member of such a partnership or the beneficial owner of such payment would not have been entitled to the Additional Amounts had
such beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the sole beneficial owner of such Note;
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any taxes payable under Sections 1471-1474 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), as of the
Issue Date of the Notes (or any amended or successor version), any regulations or official interpretations thereof, any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection therewith, or any law or regulation adopted pursuant to an
intergovernmental agreement between a non-U.S. jurisdiction and the United States with respect to the foregoing or any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code;
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any United States withholding taxes;
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amounts which arise because the Commission of Taxation of Australia has given a notice under section 260-5 of Schedule 1 to the Taxation
Administration Act of 1953 (Cth) or section 255 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cth) requiring a Payor to deduct any payment to be made to the holder
of the Note; or
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any taxes imposed or levied by reason of any combination of clauses (1) through (10) of this Section 2.14(b).
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(c) The Issuer and the Guarantors (as the
case may be) will pay any present or future stamp, issue, registration, excise, property, court or documentary taxes, or similar taxes, charges or levies (referred to in this Section 2.14(c) as “stamp taxes”) for which the Issuer, any Guarantor or a Holder of Notes is accountable and interest, penalties and other reasonable expenses related thereto that arise in or are levied by any Relevant Taxing
Jurisdiction on the execution, issuance, delivery, enforcement or registration of, or in connection with payments under, the Notes, this Indenture, the Note Guarantees or any other document or instrument in relation thereto (other than on a
transfer or assignment of the Notes) except for stamp taxes due as a result of registration or other action by the Holder where such registration or action is not necessary to
maintain, preserve, establish, enforce, perfect or protect the rights of the Holder.
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(d) The Payor will make or cause to be
made any withholding or deduction required in respect of taxes, and remit the full amount deducted or withheld to the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, in accordance with applicable law. Upon request from Holders, the Payor will use reasonable
efforts to provide the Trustee, within a reasonable time after the date the payment of any such taxes so deducted or withheld is made, with official receipts or other documentation evidencing the payment of the taxes so deducted or withheld.
(e) If any Payor will be obligated to pay
Additional Amounts under or with respect to any payment made on the Notes, the Payor will deliver to the paying agent with a copy to the Trustee on a date that is at least 10 days prior to the date of that payment (unless the obligation to pay
Additional Amounts arises after the 45th day prior to that payment date, in which case the Payor shall notify the paying agent and the Trustee promptly thereafter) a certificate stating the fact that Additional Amounts will be payable and the
amount estimated to be so payable and such other information reasonably necessary to enable the paying agent to pay Additional Amounts to Holders on the relevant payment date. The Payor shall also deliver a form of Additional Amounts notice
that can be delivered to the registered Holders.
(f) Whenever in this Indenture there is
mentioned, in any context:
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the payment of principal;
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the payment of interest; or
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any other amount payable on or with respect to any of the Notes, such reference will be deemed to include payment of Additional Amounts as described in this Section 2.14 to the extent that, in such
context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof.
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(g) The obligations described in this
Section 2.14 will survive any termination, defeasance or discharge of this Indenture or any Note Guarantee and will apply mutatis mutandis to any jurisdiction in which
any successor Person to the Payor is incorporated, organized or otherwise resident for tax purposes or any political subdivision or taxing authority or agency thereof or therein.
If the Issuer 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 (except that redemption notices may be sent 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 Article 8 or Article 11 hereof), an Officer’s Certificate setting forth:
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the clause of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur;
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the redemption date;
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the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed; and
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the redemption price.
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If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time in connection with an optional redemption, selection of the Notes for redemption will
be made by the Trustee in compliance with the requirements of the principal securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed or, if the Notes are not listed, then in accordance with the applicable procedures of DTC or, if the Notes are
not represented by note certificates in global form, on a pro rata basis, by lot or such other method as the Trustee in its sole discretion deems fair and appropriate.
In the event of partial redemption or purchase, 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 or purchase date by the Trustee from the outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption or purchase.
The Trustee will promptly notify the Issuer in writing of the Notes selected for redemption or purchase and, in the case of any Note selected for
partial redemption or purchase, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed or purchased. Notes with a minimum principal amount of $2,000 or less may not be redeemed in part. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this
Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption or purchase also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption or purchase.
At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Issuer will mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, or send
electronically if the Notes are held by DTC, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address (with a copy to the Trustee), except that redemption notices may be sent 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 Article 8 or Article 11 hereof.
The notice will identify the Notes (including CUSIP and/or ISIN numbers) to be redeemed and will state:
(1) |
the date fixed for redemption of such Notes;
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the redemption price and the amount of accrued interest, if any, to be paid;
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the name and address of the Paying Agent;
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that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;
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that unless the Issuer defaults in making the redemption payment, interest, if any, on Notes or portions of them called for redemption will cease to accrue on and after the redemption date;
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that, if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Note to be redeemed, and, on or after the redemption date, the only remaining right of the Holders of Notes
called for redemption is to receive payment of the redemption price upon surrender to the Paying Agent of such Notes;
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that, if less than all the Notes are to be redeemed, the identification of the particular Notes and the principal amount (or portion thereof) of such Notes to be redeemed and the aggregate
principal amount of Notes to be outstanding after such partial redemption;
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whether the redemption is conditioned on any events and what such conditions are;
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the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed; and
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that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP and/or ISIN numbers, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.
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Any notice of redemption may be given prior to the completion of any event or transaction related to such redemption, and any such redemption or
notice may be subject to one or more conditions precedent. In addition, if such redemption or notice is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such notice will state that, in the discretion of the Issuer, the redemption date
may be delayed until such time as any or all of such conditions have been satisfied, or such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions have not been satisfied by the redemption date, or
by the redemption date so delayed. If one or more conditions specified with respect to a redemption are not satisfied or waived, the redemption date shall be deemed not to have occurred for all purposes of this Indenture and the Issuer shall give
notice of such non-occurrence to the Holders of the applicable Notes and to the Trustee.
At the Issuer’s request, the Trustee will give the notice of redemption in the Issuer’s name and at their expense; provided, however, that the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee, at least 15 days (or such shorter period as may be acceptable to
the Trustee) prior to the date the notice of redemption is to be sent to Holders, an Officer’s Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in the Officer’s Certificate described in Section
3.01.
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The Issuer may provide in any notice of redemption that payment of the redemption price and performance of the Issuer’s obligations with respect to
such redemption may be performed by another Person.
Once notice of redemption is sent in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof, Notes called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the
redemption date at the redemption price, subject to the satisfaction of any condition set forth in the notice of redemption.
By 12:00 p.m. New York time on the redemption or purchase date, the Issuer will deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient
to pay the redemption or purchase price of, accrued interest, if any, on all Notes to be redeemed or purchased on that date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent will promptly return to the Issuer any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent
by the Issuer in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption or purchase price of, accrued interest, if any, on all Notes to be redeemed or purchased.
If the Issuer complies with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on and after the redemption or purchase date, interest will cease to accrue
on the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption or purchase. If a Note is redeemed or purchased 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 or purchase is not so paid upon surrender for redemption or purchase because of the failure of the Issuer to comply
with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption or purchase 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.
Upon surrender and cancellation of a Definitive Note that is redeemed or purchased in part, the Issuer will issue and, upon receipt of an
Authentication Order, the Trustee will authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Issuer a new Definitive Note in the name of the Holder equal in principal amount to the unredeemed or unpurchased portion of the Definitive Note surrendered
upon cancellation of the original Definitive Note.
(a) At any time prior to September 30,
2027, the Issuer may on any one or more occasions redeem all or a part of the Notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed, plus the Applicable
Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the applicable date of redemption, subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date
occurring prior to or on the date of redemption.
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(b) At any time prior to September 30,
2027, the Issuer may, at its option on any one or more occasions following any Equity Offering, redeem Notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed 40% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Indenture (including
any Additional Notes), upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at a redemption price of 109.125% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon up to, but excluding, the redemption
date (subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on a relevant record date to receive interest due on an interest payment date that occurs prior to the redemption date), and any amount payable in any such redemption can be funded from any
source; provided that: (1) at least 50% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Indenture (including any Additional Notes) remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption (excluding Notes held by the
Issuer or its affiliates); and (2) the redemption must occur within 180 days of the date of the closing of such Equity Offering.
(c) Prior to September 30, 2027, the
Issuer may redeem during each calendar year commencing with the calendar year in which the Issue Date occurs up to 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, including any Additional Notes, at its option, from time to
time at a redemption price equal to 103% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to (but not including) the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of Notes on the
relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date falling on or prior to the redemption date).
(d) Except pursuant to Sections 3.07(a),
3.07(b), 3.07(c), 3.08 and 4.10(e) hereof, the Notes will not be redeemable at the Issuer’s option prior to September 30, 2027.
(e) On or after September 30, 2027, the
Issuer may on any one or more occasions 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 a percentage of principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed) set forth
below, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes, if any, to, but excluding, the applicable date of redemption (subject to the right of Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment
date falling on or prior to the redemption date), if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on September 30 of each of the years indicated below:
Year
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2027
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104.563%
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2028
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102.281%
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2029 and thereafter
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100.000%
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(f) Unless the Issuer 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.
(g) Any redemption pursuant to this
Section 3.07 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.
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(a) The Issuer is entitled to redeem
Notes, at its option, at any time in whole but not in part, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice to the Holders of the Notes, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, plus accrued and
unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date of redemption (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date), in the event any Payor has become or would
become obligated to pay, on the next date on which any amount would be payable with respect to the Notes, any Additional Amounts (but, in the case of a Guarantor, only if such amount could not be paid by the Issuer or another Guarantor who can
pay such amount without the obligation to pay Additional Amounts), in each case, as a result of:
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a change in, or an amendment to, the laws (including any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder) or treaties of any Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction; or
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any change in, amendment to, or introduction of any official published position regarding the application, administration or interpretation of such laws or treaties (including any regulations or
rulings promulgated thereunder and including the decision of any court, governmental agency or tribunal),
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in each case which change, amendment or introduction is publicly announced and becomes effective on or after the Issue Date (or, if the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction
becomes a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction on a date after the date of this Indenture, such later date) and the Payor cannot avoid such obligation by taking reasonable measures available to it (including making payment through a paying agent located in
another jurisdiction), provided that such Payor will not be required to take any measures that would result in the imposition on it of any material legal or regulatory
burden or the incurrence by it of any material additional costs, or would otherwise result in any material adverse consequences. The notice of redemption described in Section 3.08(a) hereof shall not be delivered (a) more than 90 days prior to the
earliest date on which such Payor would be obligated to make such payment of Additional Amounts, and (b) unless at the time such notice is given, the obligation to pay such
Additional Amounts remains in effect.
(b) Prior to the giving of any notice of
redemption described in Section 3.08(a) hereof, the Issuer will deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate to the effect that the Payor cannot avoid its obligation to pay Additional Amounts by taking reasonable measures available to it.
The Issuer will also deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel of recognized standing to the effect that the Payor would be obligated to pay Additional Amounts as a result of a change, amendment, or introduction described above. Absent
manifest error, the Trustee will accept such Opinion of Counsel and Officer’s Certificate as sufficient evidence of the Payor’s obligations, to pay such Additional Amounts, and it will be conclusive and binding on the Holders of the Notes.
The Issuer is not required to make any mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes other than pursuant to Section 4.10
hereof.
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The Issuer may acquire Notes by means other than a redemption, whether by tender offer, open market purchases, negotiated transactions or otherwise.
The Issuer will pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium on, if any, and interest, if any, on, the Notes on the dates and in the manner
provided in the Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, will be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than Holdings, the Issuer or a Subsidiary thereof, holds as of 12:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the due date
money deposited by the Issuer in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, then due.
If on December 4, 2028, more than $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Existing Unsecured Notes are outstanding, the Issuer will provide
notice to the Trustee of the effectiveness of the Springing Maturity Date. On the Springing Maturity Date, the Issuer shall either (i) cause the Notes to be redeemed or otherwise cause all amounts payable under this Indenture to be paid or (ii)
notify the Trustee that the aggregate principal amount of Existing Unsecured Notes has been reduced to below $250,000,000, and the Springing Maturity Date is no longer in effect.
Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Issuer will maintain 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 Issuer in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Issuer 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 Issuer 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; provided, however, no service of legal process against the Issuer or any Guarantor may be made at any office of the Trustee.
The Issuer 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 Issuer of its obligation to maintain an office or agency for such purposes. The Issuer 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 Issuer hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as one such office or agency of the Issuer in accordance with Section 2.03
hereof.
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(a) Whether or not required by the SEC,
so long as any Notes are outstanding, Holdings will furnish to the Trustee and to the Holders of Notes, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations including any extension periods available under such rules and
regulations and excluding any requirement and time periods applicable to “accelerated filers” (as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act) under such rules and regulations, and make available to securities analysts and potential investors
upon request:
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all quarterly and annual financial information that would be required to be contained in a filing with the SEC on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if Holdings were required to file such forms, including a
“Narrative Analysis of Results of Operations” or “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” as applicable, and, with respect to the annual information only, a report on the annual financial
statements by Holdings’ certified independent accountants; and
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all current reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC on Form 8-K if Holdings were required to file such reports;
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provided, however, that (i) in no event shall such reports be required to comply with Rule 3-09, Rule 3-10 or Rule 3-16 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC (except that summary financial information with
respect to non-Guarantor Subsidiaries of the type and scope included in the Offering Circular will be required), (ii) in no event shall such reports be required to comply with Regulation G promulgated by the SEC or Item 10(e) of Regulation S-K
promulgated by the SEC with respect to any non-GAAP financial measures contained therein, (iii) no such reports referenced under clause (2) above (other than reports referenced in clause (v) below) shall be required to be furnished if Holdings
determines in its good faith judgment that such event is not material to the Holders of the notes or the business, assets, operations or financial position of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (iv) in no event shall such
reports be required to include any information that is not otherwise similar to information currently included in the Offering Circular, other than with respect to reports provided under clause (2) above and (v) in no event shall reports
referenced in clause (2) above be required to include as exhibits copies of any agreements, financial statements or other items that would be required to be filed as exhibits to a current report on Form 8-K except for (x) agreements evidencing
material indebtedness and (y) historical and pro forma financial statements to the extent reasonably available and, in any case with respect to pro forma financial statements, to include only pro forma total assets, total debt, senior secured
debt, revenues, operating income and capital expenditures in lieu thereof.
(b) If Holdings has designated as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary any of its Subsidiaries that would, individually or in the aggregate, constitute a Significant Subsidiary, then the quarterly and annual financial information required by Section 4.03(a) will include a reasonably
detailed presentation, either on the face of the financial statements or in the footnotes or schedules thereto, or in Narrative Analysis of Results of Operations or Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, as applicable, of the financial condition and results of operations of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results of
operations of any such Unrestricted Subsidiaries of Holdings.
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(c) In the event that any direct or
indirect parent company of Holdings is or becomes a Guarantor of the Notes, Holdings may satisfy the requirements of this Section 4.03 with respect to financial information relating to Holdings by furnishing financial information relating to
any direct or indirect parent of Holdings as may exist at any time in the future (any such entity the “Future Parent Entity”) instead of Holdings; provided that to the
extent either (x) such Future Parent Entity holds assets (other than its direct or indirect interest in Holdings) that exceed 2.5% of the assets of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as of such fiscal period end or (y) such Future Parent Entity has
revenues (other than revenue of Holdings and its Subsidiaries) that exceed 2.5% of the total revenue of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for the immediately preceding fiscal period, then such information related to such Future Parent Entity shall
be accompanied by consolidating information that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information of such Future Parent Entity, on the one hand, and the information relating to Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a stand-alone
basis, on the other hand.
(d) 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 Section 4.03(a) and (b), the Issuer 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.
(e) Delivery of the reports and documents
described above to the Trustee is for informational purposes only, and the Trustee’s receipt of such reports and documents shall not constitute constructive or actual notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information
contained therein, including the Issuer’s or the Guarantors’ compliance with any of the covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely on an Officer’s Certificate). The Trustee shall not be obligated to monitor or confirm, on
a continuing basis or otherwise, whether any reports or other documents filed with the SEC or posted on the Holding’s website, or participate in any conference calls or determine whether any reports have been filed or posted.
(f) For purposes of this Section 4.03,
Holdings will be deemed to have furnished such reports referred to above to the Trustee and the Holders if Holdings has filed such reports with the SEC via the ▇▇▇▇▇ filing system and such reports are publicly available; provided, however, that the Trustee shall have no obligation to determine whether or not Holdings
shall have made such filings.
(a) Holdings or the Issuer shall
deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, an Officer’s Certificate stating that as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries
have kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (or, if a Default or Event
of Default has occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action Holdings or the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto).
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(b) So long as any of the Notes are
outstanding, Holdings or the Issuer will deliver to the Trustee, promptly upon any Officer obtaining knowledge of any Event of Default, an Officer’s Certificate specifying such Event of Default, the status thereof and what action it has taken
or proposes to take to remedy such Event of Default. Neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have notice or be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless the Trustee or Collateral Agent, as the
case may be, shall have received from the Issuer or any other obligor upon the Notes or from any Holder written notice in accordance with this Section 4.04(b) and Section 13.02.
Each of the Issuer and each of the Guarantors covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, plead
or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Issuer and
each of the Guarantors (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein
granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.
(a) Holdings will not, and will not
permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to create, incur, issue, assume or guarantee any indebtedness for borrowed money secured by a Lien, unless:
(1) |
in the case of Liens on any asset or property constituting Collateral, such Lien expressly has priority that is junior to the Lien on the Collateral relative to the Notes and the applicable Note
Guarantee of a Guarantor; and
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in the case of any Lien on any asset or property that does not constitute Collateral, the Notes (or a Note Guarantee in the case of Liens on assets or property of a Guarantor) are secured on a pari
passu basis with (or on a senior basis to, in the case such Lien secures any subordinated indebtedness) the Obligations secured by such Lien until such time as such Obligations are no longer secured by such Lien.
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(b) The provisions of Section 4.06(a)
hereof will not apply to indebtedness secured by any of the following:
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Liens securing indebtedness in an amount equal to (x) the amount incurred under the Credit Facilities as of the Issue Date (including, for purposes of this clause (x), undrawn commitments under the
Revolving Facility as of the Issue Date), plus (y) the greater of (i) $800.0 million and (ii) an amount equal to 100% of Consolidated EBITDA for the four most recently ended fiscal quarters for which financial statements are available
(including letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances issued or created under the Credit Facilities and any guarantees in respect thereof, plus in the case of any refinancing of any such indebtedness or any portion thereof, the aggregate
amount of fees, underwriting discounts, accrued and unpaid interest, premiums and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with such refinancing);
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Liens on any property acquired, leased, constructed or improved by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after the date of this Indenture to secure indebtedness incurred for the purpose of
financing or refinancing all or any part of the purchase price of such property or of the cost of any construction or improvements on such property, in each case, to the
extent that the original indebtedness is incurred prior to or within one year after the applicable acquisition, lease, completion of construction or beginning of commercial operation of such property, as the case may be;
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Liens on any property existing at the time Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary acquires any of the same;
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Liens on property of a Person existing at the time Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary merges or consolidates with such Person or at the time Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary acquires all or
substantially all of the properties of such Person;
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Liens to secure indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings to Holdings or another Restricted Subsidiary;
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Liens in favor of governmental bodies to secure partial, progress, advance or other payments pursuant to any contract or statute or to secure indebtedness incurred or guaranteed to finance or
refinance all or any part of the purchase price of the property, shares of Capital Stock or indebtedness subject to such Liens, or the cost of constructing or improving the property subject to such Liens;
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Liens to secure indebtedness, together with all other indebtedness incurred under this clause (7) not to exceed, at the time of incurrence and after application of the proceeds therefrom, an
aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of (i) $150.0 million (including any refinancing indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (9) below) and (ii)(x) in the case of Liens secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Notes
(and subject to the representative of such indebtedness entering into the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement), an amount that, after giving Pro Forma Effect to the incurrence of such indebtedness, would cause the First Lien Net Leverage
Ratio not to exceed 3.5 to 1.00 (or, if greater, to the extent such indebtedness is incurred in connection with the financing of an acquisition or investment, the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio in effect for the most recently ended Test
Period before giving Pro Forma Effect to such acquisition or investment) and (y) in the case of Liens not secured by the Collateral, an amount that, after giving Pro Forma Effect to the incurrence of such indebtedness, would cause the Total
Net Secured Leverage Ratio not to exceed 4.5 to 1.00 (or, if greater, to the extent such indebtedness is incurred in connection with the financing of an acquisition or investment, the Total Net Secured Leverage Ratio in effect for the most
recently ended Test Period before giving Pro Forma Effect to such acquisition or investment);
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Liens securing the Notes (but not any Additional Notes);
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extensions, renewals or replacements of any Lien existing on, or contractually obligated to be granted within a period of time following, the Issue Date (other than Liens securing indebtedness
under the Credit Facilities) or any Lien referred to above; provided that (i) the principal amount of indebtedness secured thereby may not exceed the principal amount of indebtedness (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any unused commitments under any revolving credit facilities) so secured at the time of such extension, renewal or replacement (plus the amount of all fees, underwriting discounts,
accrued and unpaid interest, premiums and other costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith), and such extension, renewal or replacement will be limited to all or a part of the property (plus improvements and construction on such
property), shares of Capital Stock or indebtedness that was subject to the Lien so extended, renewed or replaced and (ii) such new Lien does not rank senior in priority to the original Lien;
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Liens on accounts receivable and related assets of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to a Qualified Securitization Transaction; and
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Permitted Liens.
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(c) Notwithstanding the restrictions
contained in Sections 4.06(a) and 4.06(b), (i) Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries may, without having to equally and ratably secure the Notes issue, assume or guarantee indebtedness secured by a Lien, if at the time of such issuance,
assumption or guarantee, after giving effect thereto and to the retirement of any indebtedness that is concurrently being retired, the aggregate amount of all such indebtedness secured by Liens that would otherwise be subject to the
restrictions in Section 4.06(a) (other than any indebtedness secured by ▇▇▇▇▇ described in clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 4.06) plus the aggregate amount (without duplication) of all Attributable Debt of Holdings and any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries in respect of Sale and Lease-Back Transactions (with the exception of any such transactions that are permitted under clauses (1) and (2) of Section 4.08) does not exceed the greater of (x) $175.0 million and (y) 25% of Consolidated
EBITDA for the most recent four quarters for which financial statements are available, (ii) all indebtedness outstanding pursuant to the Credit Facilities on the Issue Date (including undrawn commitments under the Revolving Facility) shall be
deemed to be permitted solely in reliance on Section 4.06(b)(1)(x) and may not be reclassified and (iii) in the event an item of indebtedness is incurred pursuant to Sections 4.06 (a) and (b) (other than Section 4.06(b)(7)(ii)) on the same date
that an item of indebtedness is incurred under Section 4.06(b)(7)(ii), then the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio or the Total Net Secured Leverage Ratio, as the case may be, will be calculated with respect to such incurrence under Section
4.06(b)(7)(ii) without regard to any incurrence under Sections 4.06 (a) and (b) (other than with respect to any incurrence under Section 4.06(b)(7)(ii)).
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(a) Holdings will not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries that is not a Guarantor to create, assume, incur, issue or guarantee any indebtedness for borrowed money (any such indebtedness of a non-Guarantor Subsidiary, “Non-Guarantor Subsidiary Debt”), unless such Restricted Subsidiary guarantees the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes on a senior secured basis.
(b) The provisions of Section 4.07(a)
hereof will not apply to Non-Guarantor Subsidiary Debt constituting:
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indebtedness of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged into or consolidated with Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or at the time of a sale, lease or other disposition of the properties and assets of such Person (or a division thereof) as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings that is
assumed by any Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings; provided that such
indebtedness was not incurred in contemplation thereof
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indebtedness of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings; provided that such
indebtedness was not incurred in contemplation thereof
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indebtedness owed to or among Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
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indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings secured by Liens on assets of such Restricted Subsidiary permitted under any of clauses (1) through (11) of Section 4.06(b) (other than clause
(b)(7)(ii) of such Section);
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indebtedness outstanding on the Issue Date (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any unused commitments under any revolving credit facilities) or any extension, renewal, replacement or refunding
of any indebtedness existing on the Issue Date or referred to in clauses (1), (2), (3) or (4) ; provided that the principal amount of the indebtedness incurred
pursuant to this clause (5) shall not exceed the principal amount of the original indebtedness plus all premiums, fees and expenses (including accrued interest) payable in connection with any such extension, renewal, replacement or
refunding; and
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indebtedness in respect of a Qualified Securitization Transaction.
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(c) Notwithstanding the restrictions
described in this Section 4.07, Holdings and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may create, incur, issue, assume or guarantee Non-Guarantor Subsidiary Debt, without guaranteeing the Notes on a senior secured basis, if at the time of such
creation, incurrence, issuance, assumption or guarantee, after giving effect thereto and to the retirement of any indebtedness that is concurrently being retired, the aggregate amount of all such Non-Guarantor Subsidiary Debt that would
otherwise be subject to the restrictions in Section 4.07(a) (other than Non-Guarantor Subsidiary Debt described in clauses (1) through (6) of Section 4.07(b)) does not exceed the greater of (x) $950.0 million and (y) 120% of Consolidated EBITDA
for the most recent four quarters for which financial statements are available.
Section 4.08 |
Limitation on Sale and Lease-Back Transactions.
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Holdings will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction unless:
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Holdings or such Subsidiary would be entitled under the provisions described in clauses (1) through (11) of Section 4.06(b) to create, issue, assume or guarantee indebtedness secured by a Lien on
the property to be leased without having to equally and ratably secure the Notes;
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Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries applies an amount equal to the amount of the net cash proceeds from the sale of the Sale and Lease-Back Transaction within 545 days after the consummation thereof to make non-mandatory prepayments on long-term indebtedness, retire long-term indebtedness or to be otherwise reinvested in the business of
Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries (or, solely in the case of reinvestments (but not prepayments or retirements of indebtedness), committed to be so reinvested within 545 days and so reinvested within 180 days thereafter in the
business of Holdings or its Restricted Subsidiaries); or
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the sum of:
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(a) the Attributable Debt of Holdings and
its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction and all other Sale and Lease-Back Transactions entered into after the Issue Date (other than any such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction as would be permitted pursuant
to clauses (1) or (2) of this sentence), plus
(b) the aggregate principal amount
(without duplication) of indebtedness secured by ▇▇▇▇▇ then outstanding (not including any such indebtedness secured by ▇▇▇▇▇ described in clauses (a) and (b) of Section 4.06) that do not equally and ratably secure the Notes (or secure Notes on
a basis that is prior to other indebtedness secured thereby)
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would not exceed the greater of (x) $175.0 million and (y) 25% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recent four quarters for which financial
statements are available.
Subject to Article 5 hereof and Section 10.04 hereof, Holdings and each Issuer shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and
keep in full force and effect:
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its corporate existence, and the corporate, partnership or other existence of each of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the same may be
amended from time to time) of Holdings, the Issuer or any such Restricted Subsidiary; and
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the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of Holdings, the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided,
however, that Holdings shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership or other existence of any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries, if Holdings shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
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(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of
Control Repurchase Event, each Holder will have the right to require the Issuer to make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder to repurchase all or any part
(equal to a minimum of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such 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, if
any, on the Notes repurchased to, but not including, the date of purchase, subject to the rights of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the
relevant interest payment date occurring on or prior to the repurchase date (the “Change of Control Payment”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control Repurchase Event, the Issuer will send a notice to the Trustee and each Holder stating:
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that a Change of Control Repurchase Event has occurred and that such Holder has the right to require the Issuer to repurchase such Holder’s Notes at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the
principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the date of repurchase (subject to the right of Holders of record on a record date to receive interest on the relevant interest payment date occurring
on or prior to the repurchase date);
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the circumstances and relevant facts and financial information regarding such Change of Control Repurchase Event;
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(3) |
the repurchase date (the “Change of Control Payment Date”) (which will be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days
from the date such notice is sent, except that such notice may be delivered more than 60 days prior to the repurchase date in connection with a Change of Control Offer or Alternate Offer made in advance of the occurrence of a Change of
Control, if such repurchase date is delayed or changed to conform to the actual closing date of the Change of Control); and
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if such notice is delivered in advance of the occurrence of a Change of Control, that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned upon the occurrence of such Change of Control and setting forth a
brief description of the definitive agreement for the Change of Control; and
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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 applicable 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.
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The Issuer will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws, rules and regulations thereunder to
the extent those laws, rules and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control Repurchase Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws, rules or regulations conflict
with the provisions of this Section 4.10, the Issuer will comply with the applicable securities laws, rules and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.10 by virtue of such compliance.
(b) On the Change of Control Payment
Date, the Issuer will, to the extent lawful:
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accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;
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deposit with the applicable Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered; and
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deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officer’s Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being
purchased by the Issuer.
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The applicable Paying Agent will promptly send (but in any case not later than five days after the Change of Control Payment Date) 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. The Issuer will publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date.
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Notes repurchased by the Issuer pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will have the status of Notes issued but not outstanding or will be canceled
at the option of the Issuer. Notes purchased by a third party pursuant to the preceding paragraph will have the status of Notes issued and outstanding.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Section 4.10, the Issuer will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer with respect to the Notes upon the consummation of a Change of Control Repurchase Event if (i) a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in
the manner, at the time and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 4.10 and purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under the Change of Control Offer, (ii) notice of redemption of all outstanding
notes has been given pursuant to Section 3.03 of this Indenture, unless and until there is a default in payment of the applicable redemption price or (iii) in connection with or in contemplation of any Change of Control, the Issuer has made an
offer to purchase (an “Alternate Offer”) any and all Notes validly tendered at a cash price equal to or higher than the Change of Control Payment, plus accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, to, but not including, the date of repurchase (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date occurring on or prior to the repurchase date),
and has purchased all notes properly tendered and not properly withdrawn in accordance with the terms of such Alternate Offer. Any Alternate Offer shall specify a repurchase date which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days
from the date such Alternate Offer is made.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, a Change of Control Offer or Alternate Offer may be made in advance of the occurrence of a Change of Control, and conditioned upon the occurrence of such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for
the Change of Control at the time of making of the Change of Control Offer or Alternate Offer. The closing date of any such Change of Control Offer or Alternate Offer made in advance of a Change of Control may be delayed or changed to conform
to the actual closing date of the Change of Control; provided that such closing date is not earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date the Change of Control Offer or Alternate Offer notice is sent, except that such notice may be
delivered more than 60 days prior to the repurchase date in connection with a Change of Control Offer or Alternate Offer made in advance of the occurrence of a Change of Control, if such repurchase date is delayed or changed to conform to the
actual closing date of the Change of Control.
(e) In the event that Holders of not less
than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes in such tender offer and the Issuer (or any other Person making such tender offer) purchases all of the Notes validly tendered and not
withdrawn by such Holders, the Issuer will have the right, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, given not more than 30 days following such purchase
pursuant to such tender offer, to redeem all of the Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase at a price in cash equal to the price offered to each Holder in such tender offer, plus, to the extent not included in the tender offer
payment, accrued and unpaid interest, to but excluding the redemption date (subject to the rights of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).
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For as long as the Notes are outstanding, the Issuer shall remain a subsidiary of Holdings or Future Parent Entity (such Holdings or Future Parent
Entity shall, directly or indirectly, own 100% of the equity interests of the Issuer).
For so long as the Notes are outstanding, if the Issuer refinances the Existing Unsecured Notes with other indebtedness for borrowed money (“Unsecured Notes Refinancing Indebtedness”), such Unsecured Notes Refinancing Indebtedness shall have a maturity date that is no earlier than the 91st day after the Scheduled
Maturity Date of the Notes.
(a) The Issuer and Holdings may not
consummate a Division as a Dividing Person and may not consolidate or merge with or into any other Person, or lease, sell or transfer all or substantially all of its property and assets unless:
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the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Issuer or Holdings, as the case may be, is merged, or the Person which acquires by lease, sale or transfer all or substantially all of the
property and assets of the Issuer or Holdings or the Division Successor surviving any Division, as the case may be, is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Australia, Switzerland, any Member State of the European Union,
the United Kingdom or, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia;
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(x) the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Issuer or Holdings, as the case may be, is merged, or the Person which acquires by lease, sale or transfer all or substantially all of
the property and assets of the Issuer or Holdings, as the case may be, agrees (i) in the case of the Issuer, to pay the principal of, and any premium and interest on, the Notes, assume, perform and observe all obligations, covenants and
conditions of the Issuer and Holdings, as the case may be, under this Indenture and the Security Documents by executing and delivering to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent a supplemental indenture and, if applicable, joinders or
supplements to the Security Documents, and (ii) in the case of Holdings, to guarantee the Notes pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or (y) in the case of a Division, where the Issuer or Holdings is the Dividing Person, the Division
Successor shall remain or become a co-issuer of the Notes; and
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immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating indebtedness for borrowed money that becomes an obligation of the Issuer, Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as a result
of such transaction as having been incurred by the Issuer, Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiaries at the time of such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
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(b) In addition, notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Issuer may (a) consolidate or merge with or into, or sell, lease or transfer all or substantially all of its properties or assets to, Holdings or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries or (b) merge or consolidate with an affiliate incorporated solely for the purpose of reincorporating or reorganizing the Issuer in another jurisdiction.
(c) Nothing in the foregoing clauses shall
restrict the Issuer or Holdings from consolidating with or merging with or into or winding up into an affiliate of Holdings solely for the purpose of redomiciling the Issuer or Holdings, as applicable, in Australia, Switzerland, any Member
State of the European Union, the United Kingdom or, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia, so long as the amount of indebtedness outstanding of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries is not increased thereby and such
action would not result in any material adverse tax consequences to Holders or otherwise adversely affect in any material respect the legal rights under this Indenture of any Holder.
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 the Issuer or Holdings 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 the Issuer or Holdings 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 “Holdings” or “Issuer” as the case may be, shall refer instead to the successor Person and not to the Issuer or Holdings), and may exercise every right and power of the
Issuer or Holdings under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as Issuer or Holdings herein; provided, however, that the predecessor Issuer or Holdings shall not be relieved from the obligation to pay the principal of, premium on, if any, and interest, if any, on, the Notes except in the case of a
sale of all of the Issuer’s or Holdings’ assets in a transaction that is subject to, and that complies with the provisions of, Section 5.01 hereof.
Each of the following events is an “Event of Default”:
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the failure to pay interest on any Notes when the same becomes due and payable and the default continues for a period of 30 days;
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the failure to pay the principal on any Notes, when such principal becomes due and payable, at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise;
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the failure of the Issuer or any Guarantor to comply with any covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture, which default continues for a period of 90 days after the Issuer receives written
notice specifying the default (or 120 days after such a notice in the event of a Default under Section 4.03 hereof) (and demanding that such default be remedied) from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 30% of the outstanding principal
amount of the Notes (including any Additional Notes subsequently issued under this Indenture) (except in the case of a default with respect to Sections 5.01 or 10.04 hereof, which will constitute an Event of Default with such notice
requirement but without such passage of time requirement);
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the occurrence of any default under any agreement governing indebtedness of the Issuer or any of its Significant Subsidiaries if that default:
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(a) is caused by the failure to pay at
final maturity the principal amount of any indebtedness after giving effect to any applicable grace periods and any extensions of time for payment of such indebtedness; or
(b) results in the acceleration of the
final stated maturity of any such indebtedness, and in each case, the aggregate principal amount of such indebtedness unpaid or accelerated aggregates $150.0 million or more and has not been discharged in full or such acceleration has not been
rescinded or annulled within 60 days of such final maturity or acceleration;
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Holdings or the Issuer:
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(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,
(d) makes a general assignment for the
benefit of its creditors,
(e) generally is not paying its debts
as they become due and has lost its creditworthiness; or
(f) commences any bankruptcy,
insolvency, liquidation, moratorium, reorganization process or other process under similar laws affecting the rights of creditors in the United Kingdom; or
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a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
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(a) is for relief against Holdings or
the Issuer in an involuntary case;
(b) appoints a Custodian of Holdings or
the Issuer; or
(c) orders the liquidation of Holdings
or the Issuer; and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days;
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the failure of any Note Guarantee by Holdings or any Significant Subsidiary to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with the terms of such Note Guarantee and this Indenture) or any
of the Guarantors denies its liability under its Note Guarantee and such default continues for 10 days;
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unless all the Collateral has been released from the Liens in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Security Documents, the Issuer or any Guarantor asserts, in any pleading in a
court of competent jurisdiction, that any such security interest is invalid or unenforceable and, in the case of any such Guarantor, the Issuer fails to cause such Guarantor to rescind such assertions within 30 days after the Issuer has
actual knowledge of such assertions; or
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the Issuer or any Guarantor fails to comply for 60 days after notice with its other agreements contained herein or in the Security Documents, except for a failure that would not be material to the
Holders of the Notes and without materially affecting the value of the Collateral taken as a whole.
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Section 6.02 Acceleration.
In the case of an Event of Default specified in clause (5) or (6) of Section 6.01 hereof occurs and is continuing, then all unpaid principal of, and
premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all of the outstanding Notes will become immediately due and payable without further action or notice. If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, then the Trustee by notice in writing
to Holdings or the Issuer or the Holders of at least 30% in principal amount of outstanding Notes by notice in writing to Holdings or the Issuer and the Trustee may declare the principal of and accrued interest on all the Notes to be due and
payable, which notice must also specify that it is a “notice of acceleration.” Upon any such declaration of acceleration, the Notes will become immediately due and payable.
If a Default for failure to report or failure to deliver a required certificate in connection with another Default (the “Initial Default”) occurs, then, at the time such Initial Default is cured or waived, such Default for a failure to report or failure to deliver a required certificate in connection with that Initial
Default will also be cured without any further action.
At any time after a declaration of acceleration with respect to the Notes as described in the preceding paragraph, the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding Notes may rescind and cancel such declaration and its consequences:
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(a) if the rescission would not
conflict with any judgment or decree;
(b) if all existing Events of Default
have been cured or waived except non-payment of principal or interest that has become due solely because of the acceleration;
(c) to the extent the payment of such
interest is lawful, interest on overdue installments of interest and overdue principal, which has become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, has been paid;
(d) if the Issuer has paid the Trustee
all amounts it is owed under this Indenture; and
(e) in the event of the cure or waiver
of an Event of Default specified in clause (4) of Section 6.01 hereof; provided that the Trustee shall have received an Officer’s Certificate that such Event of Default
has been cured or waived.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal of, premium on, if
any, or 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.
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by written notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders
of all of the Notes waive any existing Event of Default and its consequences hereunder, except a Default in the payment of principal of, premium on, if any, or interest on the Notes (including in connection with an offer to purchase); provided, however, that the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding
Notes may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration. Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed
to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
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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 the Collateral Agent, as applicable, or exercising any trust or power conferred on it. Neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Agent will be under any obligation to exercise any
of its rights or powers under this Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Holders, unless such Holders have offered and, if requested, provided to the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, indemnity and security
satisfactory to the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, against any loss, liability or expense. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of
Default relating to the payment of principal, premium or interest) if it determines in good faith that withholding notice is in their interest.
No Holder of a Note may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes unless:
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such Holder has previously given the Trustee written notice that an Event of Default is continuing;
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Holders of at least 30% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
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such Holder or Holders offer and, if requested, provide to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;
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the Trustee does not pursue such remedy within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity; and
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during such 60-day period, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes do not give the Trustee a written direction inconsistent with such request.
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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 (it being understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or forbearance are unduly prejudicial to such Holders).
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Note to receive payment of principal of, premium on,
if any, or 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 Issuer for the whole amount of principal of, premium on, if any, and interest, if any, 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 compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
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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 compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel), the Collateral Agent (including any claim for the compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Collateral Agent, its agents and counsel) and the Holders of the Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer (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 compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, their
agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee and Collateral Agent under Section 7.07 hereof. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, their
agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee or Collateral Agent 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.
If the Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money or property in the following order
(subject to the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement):
First: to the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, their agents and attorneys for amounts due under this Indenture, including payment of all compensation, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and
Collateral Agent and the costs and expenses of collection;
Second: to Holders of Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal, premium, 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, if any, and interest, respectively; and
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Third: to the Issuer or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders of Notes pursuant to this Section 6.10.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or
omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable
attorneys’ fees, 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.
TRUSTEE
(a) If an Event of Default known to the Trustee 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 his or her own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
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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 or the other Notes Documents against the Trustee; and
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in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished
to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However, the Trustee will examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or
investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).
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(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own grossly negligent action, its own negligent
failure to act, or its own willful misconduct as determined by a final order of a court of competent jurisdiction, except that:
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this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section 7.01;
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the Trustee will not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by it or its officers, employees or agents, unless it is proved that the Trustee was grossly negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
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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.
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(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), (c) and (e) of this Section 7.01.
(e) No provision of this Indenture or the Notes Documents 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 or powers under this Indenture at the request of any Holders, unless such Holder has offered to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory
to the Trustee 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 Issuer. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
(g) Every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording
protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 7.01.
(a) The Trustee and Collateral Agent may conclusively rely upon any document believed by it to be genuine and to
have been signed or presented by the proper Person and need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document. The Trustee and Collateral Agent, if applicable, shall receive and retain financial reports of the Issuer as provided herein,
but shall have no duty to review or analyze such reports or statements to determine compliance with covenants or other obligations of the Issuer.
(b) Before the Trustee or Collateral Agent acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer’s Certificate or
an Opinion of Counsel or both. Neither the Trustee nor Collateral Agent will be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee and Collateral Agent may
consult with counsel of its 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 and Collateral Agent 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) Neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Agent will 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
Issuer will be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Issuer.
(f) Neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Agent will be under any 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 and, if requested, provided to the Trustee or the Collateral Agent indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee or the
Collateral Agent, as applicable, against the losses, liabilities and expenses that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.
(g) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee under this Indenture,
including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are also given to and shall be enforceable by (i) the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, (ii) to each agent of the Trustee, (iii) to the Collateral Agent and each other
Agent, (iv) Notes Custodian, and (v) each other Person, employed to act hereunder. Therefore, for the avoidance of doubt in any interpretation of a relevant section of this Indenture that relates to the rights, privileges, protections,
immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, such section shall be construed as including each agent, custodian and each other Person employed to act hereunder.
(h) Neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge of any fact or matter unless
such fact or matter is actually known to a Responsible Officer.
(i) Neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have notice or be charged with knowledge of
any Default or Event of Default unless the Trustee or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, shall have received from the Issuer or any other obligor upon the Notes or from any Holder written notice at its respective Corporate Trust Office, and
such notice references the Notes and this Indenture and states that it is a “notice of default”. In the absence of such notice, the Trustee and Collateral Agent may conclusively assume that no Default or Event of Default exists.
(j) Whenever in the administration of this Indenture, the Notes or the other Notes Documents, the Trustee or
Collateral Agent shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder or thereunder, the Trustee or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, (unless other evidence be herein
specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on its part as determined by a final order of a court of competent jurisdiction, conclusively rely upon an Officer’s Certificate.
(k) Neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Agent shall be bound to make any investigation into the facts or
matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, judgment, bond, debenture, coupon or other paper or document, but the Trustee or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, in
its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be
entitled to examine, during business hours and upon reasonable notice, the books, records and premises of Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Issuer and shall incur no liability
or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.
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(l) The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the performance of its powers
and duties hereunder.
(m) The Trustee may request that the Issuer deliver an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the names of
individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, the Notes or the other Notes Documents.
(n) In no event shall the Trustee or Collateral Agent be liable to any Person for special, punitive, indirect,
consequential or incidental loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, lost profits), even if the Trustee or Collateral Agent, as applicable, has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage.
(o) The permissive rights of the Trustee and Collateral Agent to do things enumerated in this Indenture and the
Notes Documents shall not be construed as a duty unless so specified herein.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or
any affiliate of the Issuer 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, or resign. Any Agent may do the same
with like rights and duties. The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.09 and 7.10 hereof.
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 Issuer’s use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Issuer or upon the Issuer’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.
If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the
Trustee will send to Holders of Notes a notice of the Default or Event of Default within the later of 90 days after it occurs or promptly after a Responsible Officer of the Trustee receives written notice of such event. Except in the case of a
Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of, premium on, if any, or interest on, any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as it in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders
of the Notes.
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Section 7.06 [Reserved].
(a) The Issuer will pay to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent from time to time such compensation for its
acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder as mutually agreed to in writing. The Trustee’s compensation will not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Issuer will reimburse the Trustee and the
Collateral Agent promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses will include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and
expenses of the Trustee’s and the Collateral Agent’s agents and counsel.
(b) The Issuer and the Guarantors will, in the case of a Guarantor incorporated in Switzerland subject to the
limitations set forth in Section 10.02(c), jointly and severally, indemnify each of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent and their directors, officers, employees and agents against any and all losses, liabilities or expenses incurred by it
(including reasonable attorneys’ and agents’ fees and expenses) arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture and the other Notes Documents, including the costs and expenses of
enforcing this Indenture against the Issuer and the Guarantors (including this Section 7.07) and defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Issuer, 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 directly attributable to its gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a final, non-appealable
order of a court of competent jurisdiction. Each of the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, as applicable, will notify the Issuer promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee and the Collateral Agent to so notify
the Issuer will not relieve the Issuer or any of the Guarantors of their obligations hereunder. The Issuer or such Guarantor will defend the claim and the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, as applicable, will cooperate in the defense. The
Trustee and the Collateral Agent may have separate counsel and the Issuer will pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. Neither the Issuer nor any Guarantor need pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent will
not be unreasonably withheld.
(c) The obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors under this Section 7.07 will survive the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture and the resignation and removal of the Trustee and the Collateral Agent.
(d) To secure the Issuer’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 of, premium on, if any, or interest on, particular Notes. Such lien will survive the satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture.
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(e) Without prejudice to any other rights available to the Trustee and Collateral Agent under applicable law,
when the Trustee or the Collateral Agent incurs fees or expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in clause (5) or (6) of Section 6.01 hereof occurs, the fees, 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.
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 Issuer. 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 Issuer in writing. The Issuer may remove the Trustee if:
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the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof;
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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;
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a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or
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the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
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(c) If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the
Issuer 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 Issuer.
(d) If a successor ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed,
the retiring Trustee, the Issuer, or the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may at the expense of the Issuer, 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 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
Issuer. 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 and the other Notes Documents. The successor
Trustee will send 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 that 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 Issuer’s obligations under Section 7.07 hereof will continue for the
benefit of the retiring Trustee.
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Section 7.09 Successor Trustee by ▇▇▇▇▇▇, 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.
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 $100.0
million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
The Issuer may, at its option and at any time, evidenced by a resolution of its Board of Directors accompanied by an Officer’s
Certificate, elect to have either Section 8.02 or Section 8.03 hereof be applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article 8.
Upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.02, the Issuer 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 Issuer 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 written request of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute such instruments reasonably
requested by the Issuer acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which will survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:
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the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of, and the premium, if any, and interest, if any, on, such Notes when such payments are due from the trust referred to in Section 8.04 hereof;
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the Issuer’s obligations with respect to such Notes under Article 2 and Section 4.02 hereof;
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the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee and the Collateral Agent hereunder and the Issuer’s obligations and the obligations of the Guarantors in connection therewith; and
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this Article 8, as it relates to Legal Defeasance.
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Subject to compliance with this Article 8, the Issuer may exercise its option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise
of its option under Section 8.03 hereof.
Upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, the Issuer 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 4.06, 4.07 and 4.08 hereof and 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 Issuer 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 Issuer’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,
Section 6.01(3), (4), and (7) hereof will not constitute Events of Default.
In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance under either Section 8.02 or Section 8.03 hereof:
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The Issuer must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars or non-callable U.S. government obligations, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally
recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes on the stated date for payment thereof or on an applicable redemption date;
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in the case of an election under Section 8.02 hereof, the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that:
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(a) the Issuer has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling; or
(b) since the Issue Date, there has been a change in the applicable U.S. federal income tax law, in either case
to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall state that, the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be
subject to U.S. 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; provided, however, such Opinion of Counsel shall not be required if all the Notes will become due and payable on the Scheduled Maturity Date within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year under
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee;
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in the case of an election under Section 8.03 hereof, the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal
income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. 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;
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no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than any default arising from the substantially contemporaneous incurrence of indebtedness to fund the deposit described above in clause (1));
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such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under this Indenture (other than any default arising from the substantially contemporaneous incurrence of indebtedness
to fund the deposit described above in clause (1)) or any other material agreement or instrument to which Holdings, the Issuer or any of their Subsidiaries is a party or by which Holdings, the Issuer or any of their Subsidiaries is bound;
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the Issuer must deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Issuer with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any creditors of the Issuer or others;
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the Issuer must deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with;
and
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the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that either (i) the Issuer has assigned all its ownership interest in the trust funds to the Trustee (or such other entity directed, designated and appointed
by the Trustee as co-Trustee for this purpose) or (ii) the Trustee has a valid perfected security interest in the trust funds.
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Section 8.05 Cash or
Non-Callable U.S. Government Obligations to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.
Subject to Section 8.06 hereof, all cash or non-callable U.S. government obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with 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 Holdings, the Issuer or any of their Subsidiaries acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and
interest, if any, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
The Issuer will pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or
non-callable U.S. government obligations 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 Issuer from time to time upon the
written request of the Issuer any cash or non-callable U.S. government obligations 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.
Subject to unclaimed property laws, any cash deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Issuer, in trust for
the payment of the principal of, premium on, if any, or interest on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Issuer on its request or (if
then held by the Issuer) will be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note will thereafter be permitted to look only to the Issuer for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust
money, and all liability of the Issuer as trustee thereof, will thereupon cease.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any U.S. dollars or non-callable U.S. government obligations 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 Issuer’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 Issuer makes any payment of principal of, premium on, if any, or
interest, if any, on, any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer 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
Notwithstanding Section 9.02 of this Indenture, without the consent of any Holder of Notes, the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and
the Collateral Agent, as applicable, may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees, the Security Documents or the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement to:
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cure any ambiguities, defect, inconsistency or mistake;
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provide for the assumption of the Issuer’s or Guarantor’s obligations to Holders of Notes in the case of a merger or consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the Issuer’s or Guarantor’s assets in accordance with the
requirements of Article 5 hereof or Section 10.04 hereof, as applicable;
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provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes (provided, that the uncertificated Notes are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code);
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add any Person as a Guarantor of the Notes or secure the Notes or the Note Guarantees;
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comply with the rules of any applicable Depositary;
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evidence and provide for the acceptance of an appointment under this Indenture of a successor Trustee, Collateral Agent or Paying Agent; provided that the successor Trustee, Collateral Agent
or Paying Agent is otherwise qualified and eligible to act as such under the terms of this Indenture;
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make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of Notes or that does not adversely affect in any material respect the legal rights under this Indenture of any such Holder;
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conform the text of this Indenture, the Notes, any Note Guarantees, the Security Documents or the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement to any provision of the “Description of Notes” section of the Offering Circular, to the extent that
the Trustee and the Collateral Agent have received an Officer’s Certificate stating that such text constitutes an unintended conflict with the corresponding provision of the “Description of Notes” section of the Offering Circular;
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add additional assets as Collateral, release Collateral from the Lien pursuant to this Indenture and the Security Documents when permitted or required by this Indenture, the Security Documents and/or the Pari Passu Intercreditor
Agreement; or
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modify the Security Documents and/or the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement to secure additional extensions of credit and add additional secured creditors holding Obligations that are permitted to constitute Pari Passu Lien Obligations
under the Security Documents pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
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Upon the request of the Issuer accompanied by resolutions of the Board of Directors authorizing the execution of any such supplemental
indenture or other amendment, and upon receipt by the Trustee and the Collateral Agent of the documents described in Sections 7.02 and 9.06 hereof, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent will join with the Issuer and the Guarantors in the execution
of any supplemental indenture or other amendment to the Notes Documents authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but neither the Trustee
nor the Collateral Agent will be obligated to enter into such supplemental indenture or other amendment, security document or intercreditor agreement that affects its own rights, duties, liabilities or immunities under this Indenture or
otherwise.
Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Issuer, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent may amend or supplement this Indenture,
the Notes, the Note Guarantees and the Security Documents with the consent of the Holders of at least 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), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, any existing Event of Default (other than an Event
of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium on, 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 2.09 hereof shall determine which Notes are considered to be “outstanding” for purposes of this Section 9.02.
Upon the request of the Issuer accompanied by resolutions of its Board of Directors authorizing the execution of any such supplemental
indenture or other amendment, and upon delivering to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent evidence satisfactory to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent of the consent of the Holders of Notes as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee and the
Collateral Agent of the documents described in Sections 7.02 and 9.06 hereof, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent will join with the Issuer and the Guarantors in the execution of such supplemental indenture or other amendment to the Notes
Documents unless such supplemental indenture, other amendment, security document or intercreditor agreement affects the Trustee’s or the Collateral Agent’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the
Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, may in its discretion, but will not be obligated to, enter into such supplemental indenture, other amendment, security document or intercreditor agreement
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It is not 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 Issuer will send to the Holders of Notes
affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Issuer to send such notice, or any defect therein, will not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amendment,
supplemental indenture or waiver. Subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class may waive compliance in a particular instance by the Issuer
with any provision of this Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees or the Security Documents. 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):
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reduce the amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment;
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reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest, including defaulted interest, on any Note;
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reduce the principal of or change the Scheduled Maturity Date of any Note or change the date on which the Notes may be subject to redemption or repurchase (other than by amending the provisions of Section 4.10 hereof), or reduce the
redemption or repurchase price for such Notes;
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make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the Notes;
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impair the legal rights of Holders of Notes to receive payments of principal and interest on the Notes, or permitting Holders of a majority in principal amount of such Notes to waive Defaults or Events of Default;
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release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Note Guarantee or this Indenture, except in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; or
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make the Notes or any Note Guarantee subordinated in right of payment to other obligations.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of the Holders of at least 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then
outstanding, no amendment or waiver may (A) make any change in any Security Document or the provisions in this Indenture dealing with Collateral or application of trust proceeds of the Collateral with the effect of releasing the Liens on all or
substantially all of the Collateral which secure the Notes Obligations or (B) change or alter the priority of the Liens securing the Notes Obligations in any material portion of the Collateral in any way materially adverse, taken as a whole, to
the Holders of the Notes, other than, in each case, in connection with (1) debtor-in-possession financing or the use of the Collateral in any insolvency proceeding and (2) as otherwise permitted as provided under the terms of this Indenture, the
Security Documents or the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable.
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Section 9.03 [Reserved].
Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent by the Holder
of a Note and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder of a Note or subsequent Holder of
a Note may revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its
terms and thereafter binds every Holder.
The Trustee at the request of the Issuer may cause the Notes Custodian to place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement
or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The Issuer in exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver.
Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note will not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or
waiver.
The Trustee and the Collateral Agent will sign any amendment, supplemental indenture, security document or intercreditor agreement
authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment, supplement, security document or intercreditor agreement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as applicable. The
Issuer may not sign an amendment, supplemental indenture, security document or intercreditor agreement until its Board of Directors approves it. In executing any amendment, supplemental indenture, security document or intercreditor agreement, the
Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, shall receive and (subject to Section 7.01 hereof) will be fully protected in conclusively relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section 12.04 hereof, an Officer’s Certificate and
an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment, supplemental indenture, security document or intercreditor agreement is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that such amendment, supplemental indenture, security
document or intercreditor agreement is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuer or any Guarantor, as the case may be, enforceable against the Issuer or any Guarantor, as the case may be, in accordance with its terms.
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ARTICLE 10
NOTE GUARANTEES
(a) Subject to this Article 10 and the Agreed Security Principles, 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 the Collateral Agent and their successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this
Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Issuer hereunder or thereunder, that:
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the principal of, premium, if any, on, 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, premium on, if any, and
interest on the Notes, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Issuer to the Holders, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof
(including enforcement of this Note Guarantee) and thereof; and
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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.
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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 (or, in the case of any Australian Guarantor, an amount equal to the same) immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.
(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 or any amendment with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any
judgment against the Issuer, 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 Issuer, any right to require a proceeding first against the Issuer, 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, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent is required by any court or otherwise to return to the
Issuer, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Issuer or a Guarantor, any amount paid by either to the Trustee, the Collateral Agent or such Holder, this Note Guarantee,
to the extent theretofore discharged, will be reinstated in full force and effect.
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(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, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, 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.
(e) Each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements
contemplated by this Indenture and that the guarantee and waivers made by it pursuant to its Note Guarantee are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits. Each Guarantor acknowledges that entering into this Indenture is in its best
interests and is based on commercial grounds.
(a) 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 Collateral Agent, 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.
(b) Any Excluded Entity will not become, and will be under no obligation to become, a Guarantor on the Notes.
(c) Limitation on Note Guarantees by English Guarantors. The Note
Guarantee and/or any obligation of any Guarantor in any Notes Document does not apply to the extent that it would result in such Note Guarantee or obligation constituting unlawful financial assistance within the meaning of sections 678 or 679
of the Companies Act 2006.
(d) Limitation on Note Guarantees by French Guarantors. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, any guarantee, indemnity, obligation and/or liability granted, incurred, undertaken, assumed or otherwise agreed by any Guarantor incorporated in France shall be limited to the following:
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any guarantee, indemnity or other obligation provided herein by a Guarantor incorporated in France shall not include any obligation or liability which if incurred would constitute the provisions of financial assistance within the
meaning of article L.225-216 of the French Code de commerce or/and would constitute a misuse of corporate assets within the meaning of article L. 241-3, L. 242-6 or L. 244-1 of the French Code de commerce or any other law or regulations having the same effect, as interpreted by French courts and/or would infringe article L. 511-7 of the French Code
monétaire et financier;
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the obligations and liabilities of each Guarantor incorporated in France under this Indenture for the obligations under this Indenture of (i) any other Guarantor which is not a Subsidiary of such Guarantor incorporated in France or
(ii) the Issuer will be limited, at any time to an amount equal to the aggregate amount of the proceeds of the Notes under the Indenture directly or indirectly on-lent to such Guarantor incorporated in France under intercompany loan
agreements and outstanding at the date a payment is to be made by such Guarantor incorporated in France under this Indenture, it being specified that any payment made by such Guarantor incorporated in France under this Indenture in
respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor or the Issuer will reduce pro tanto the outstanding amount of the intercompany loans due by such Guarantor incorporated in France under the
intercompany loan arrangements referred to above and that any repayment of the intercompany loans by the Guarantor incorporated in France shall reduce pro tanto the amount payable under this
Indenture;
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The obligations and liabilities of each Guarantor incorporated in France under this Indenture for the obligations under the Indenture of any other Guarantor which is its Subsidiary shall not be limited and shall therefore cover all
amounts due by such Guarantor. However, where such Subsidiary is itself a Guarantor which guarantees the obligations of a member of the Group which is not a Subsidiary of the relevant Guarantor incorporated in France, the amounts payable
by such Guarantor incorporated in France under this paragraph (3) in respect of the obligations of its Subsidiary as Guarantor, will be limited as set out in paragraph (2) above;
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It is acknowledged that no Guarantor incorporated in France is acting jointly and severally with the other Guarantors as to its obligations pursuant to the guarantee given pursuant to this Indenture;
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For the purpose of paragraphs (2) and (3) above, Subsidiary means, in relation to any company, another company which is controlled by it within the meaning of article L.233-3 of the French Code de
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Section 10.03 Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantee.
To evidence its Note Guarantee set forth in Section 10.01 hereof, each Guarantor hereby agrees that this Indenture (or a Supplemental
Indenture in the form of Exhibit D hereto) shall be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by one of its Officers.
Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Note Guarantee set forth in Section 10.01 hereof will remain in full force and effect
notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Note Guarantee.
If an Officer whose signature is on this Indenture or on the Note Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee
authenticates the Note on which a Note Guarantee is endorsed, the Note Guarantee will be valid nevertheless.
The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, will constitute due delivery of the Note Guarantee
set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the Guarantors.
(a) No Guarantor (other than Holdings, and it being understood that Holdings may consolidate or merge with or
into any other Person as provided for in Section 5.01) may consummate a Division as a Dividing Person (whether or not the Issuer or Holdings is the surviving person) or consolidate or merge with or into any other Person, or sell, lease or
transfer all or substantially all of the properties or assets of such Guarantor unless:
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the Person formed by such consolidation or into which such Guarantor is merged, or the Person which acquires by lease, sale or transfer all or substantially all of the property and assets of such Guarantor, or the Division Successor
surviving any Division, as the case may be, is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States, Australia, any state in the United States or the District of Columbia, Switzerland, the United Kingdom or any member
state of the European Union or, if such Guarantor was organized and existing under the laws of another jurisdiction immediately prior to such transaction, the laws of such other jurisdiction (such Person, the “Successor Guarantor”);
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the Successor Guarantor or the Division Successor (if other than such Guarantor) formed by such consolidation or into which such Guarantor is merged, or the Successor Guarantor which acquires by lease, sale or transfer all or
substantially all of the property and assets of such Guarantor, agrees to pay the principal of, and any premium and interest on, the Notes, perform and observe all covenants and conditions of this Indenture and the Security Documents by
executing and delivering to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent a Supplemental Indenture and, if applicable, joinders or supplements to the Security Documents; and
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immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating indebtedness for borrowed money that becomes an obligation of such Successor Guarantor or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of such transaction as having
been incurred by such Successor Guarantor or such Restricted Subsidiaries at the time of such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
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In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and upon the assumption by the Successor Guarantor or the Division
Successor, as applicable, by Supplemental Indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, of the Note Guarantee endorsed upon the Notes and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this
Indenture to be performed by the Guarantor, such Successor Guarantor or Division Successor will succeed to and be substituted for the Guarantor with the same effect as if it had been named herein as a Guarantor and such Guarantor’s Notes
Obligations will automatically be released and discharged. Such Successor Guarantor or Division Successor 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 Issuer 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.
(b) In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, any Guarantor may (a) consolidate or merge with or into, or sell,
lease or transfer all or substantially all of its properties or assets to, Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or (b) merge or consolidate with an affiliate incorporated solely for the purpose of reincorporating or reorganizing such
Guarantor in another jurisdiction.
The obligations of any Guarantor under its Note Guarantee will be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged when any of
the following occurs:
(a) in connection with any sale or other disposition (including by merger, liquidation or otherwise) of (i)
Capital Stock of the Guarantor after which such Guarantor is no longer a Subsidiary of Holdings, or (ii) all or substantially all of the assets of such Guarantor (other than Holdings), in each case, which sale or other disposition complies with
the applicable provisions of this Indenture and all obligations (other than contingent obligations) of such Guarantor in respect of all other indebtedness of the Issuer and Holdings terminate upon consummation of such transaction;
(b) if Holdings properly designates the Guarantor (other than Holdings) as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant
to the terms of this Indenture;
(c) solely in the case of a Note Guarantee created pursuant to Section 4.07 hereof upon, the release or
discharge of the guarantee or incurrence of indebtedness that resulted in the creation of such Note Guarantee or incurrence of indebtedness pursuant to that covenant, except a discharge or release by or as a result of payment under such
guarantee or incurrence of indebtedness;
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(d) upon Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance in accordance with Article 8 hereof or satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture in accordance with Article 11 hereof;
(e) upon payment in full of the aggregate principal amount of all Notes then outstanding and all other
obligations under this Indenture and the Notes then due and owing;
(f) pursuant to Article 9 hereof; or
(g) in the case of any Guarantor (other than Holdings) which is also a borrower or guarantor under the Credit
Facilities, upon the release of such Guarantor of its obligations under the Credit Facilities (which release under such Credit Facilities may be conditioned upon the concurrent release of the guarantee of the Notes hereunder), except by reason
of the termination or repayment in full of the Credit Facilities.
Upon any occurrence giving rise to a release of a Note Guarantee as specified above, the Trustee will execute any documents reasonably
requested by the Issuer and at the Issuer’s expense in order to evidence or effect such release, termination and discharge in respect of such guarantee. None of the Issuer, any Guarantor or the Trustee will be required to make a notation on the
Notes to reflect any Note Guarantee or any such release, termination or discharge.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Opinions of Counsel will not be required in connection with the release of any
Guarantor (and the release of any Collateral owned by such Guarantor) permitted by this Indenture.
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, premium on, if any, and interest on, the Notes and for the other obligations of any Guarantor under this Indenture as provided in this Article 10.
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
This Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect (except as to surviving rights or registration of transfer or
exchange of the Notes and certain rights of the Trustee and the Collateral Agent and the obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors in connection therewith) as to all Notes issued hereunder, when:
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(a) all the existing authenticated and delivered Notes (except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes which have been
replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Issuer and repaid to the Issuer or discharged from such trust) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
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(b) all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable or will
become due and payable within one year (including by way of irrevocable written instructions delivered by the Issuer to the Trustee to effect the redemption of the Notes), and the Issuer has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with
the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders of such Notes, funds in amounts as will be sufficient without consideration of any reinvestment of interest to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Notes not
already delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes to the date of deposit together with irrevocable written instructions from the Issuer directing the Trustee to apply such funds to
the payment thereof at maturity or redemption, as the case may be;
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the Issuer or any Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under this Indenture; and
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the Issuer has, upon its request for written acknowledgment of such satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent
under this Indenture relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.
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Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, Section 7.07 hereof will survive and if money has been deposited with
the Trustee pursuant to subclause (b) of clause (1) of this Section 11.01, the provisions of Section 11.02 and 8.06 hereof will survive.
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 Issuer acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons
entitled thereto, of the principal, premium, if any, and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money 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 Issuer’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 Issuer has made any payment of principal of, premium on, if any, or interest on
any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer 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
COLLATERAL
(a) The Notes Obligations owing to the Secured Parties shall be secured by a Lien on the Collateral on a
first-priority basis subject to Permitted Liens and the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, as provided in this Indenture and the Security Documents to which the Issuer and the Guarantors, as the case may be, shall become parties to on the
Issue Date or thereafter and will be secured by all of the Collateral pledged pursuant to the Security Documents delivered on the date hereof or hereafter delivered as required or permitted by this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Pari
Passu Intercreditor Agreement. The Issuer, for the benefit of the Holders, hereby appoints Wilmington Trust, National Association as the initial Collateral Agent, and the Collateral Agent is hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver
the Security Documents and the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement. Each Holder by its acceptance of any Notes and the Note Guarantees thereof, irrevocably consents and agrees to such appointment.
(b) Each Holder, by its acceptance of any Notes and the Note Guarantees, consents and agrees to the terms of the
Security Documents and the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement (including, without limitation, the provisions providing for foreclosure and release of Collateral and the automatic amendments, supplements, consents, waivers and other
modifications thereto without the consent of the Holders) as the same may be in effect or may be amended from time to time in accordance with their terms and this Indenture and authorizes and directs the Collateral Agent to perform its
obligations and exercise its rights under the Security Documents and the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement in accordance therewith.
(c) The Trustee and each Holder, by accepting the Notes and the Note Guarantees, acknowledges that, as more fully
set forth in the Security Documents and the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, the Collateral as hereafter constituted shall be held for the benefit of all the Secured Parties, and that the Lien of this Indenture and the Security Documents in
respect of the Secured Parties is subject to and qualified and limited in all respects by the Security Documents and the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and actions that may be taken thereunder.
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(d) Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, (a) the provisions of this Article 12 shall not
require the creation or perfection of pledges of or security interests in, or the obtaining of title insurance, legal opinions or other deliverables with respect to, particular assets of the Issuer or any Guarantor, or the provision of Note
Guarantees by any Subsidiary (i) in respect of the Issuer and the Guarantors that are Domestic Subsidiaries, if such assets constitute Excluded Assets, (ii) in respect of non-U.S. Guarantors, other than in accordance with the Agreed Security
Principles and/or (iii) if the grant or perfection of a security interest in such asset would (A) be prohibited by enforceable anti-assignment provisions of any applicable law (other than anti-assignment provisions included in general banking
conditions), (B) violate the terms of any contract (to the extent binding on such property at the time of the acquisition thereof and not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition) (in each case, after giving effect to the applicable
anti-assignment provisions of the UCC or other applicable law) or (C) trigger termination of any contract pursuant to any “change of control” or similar provision (to the extent binding on such property at the time of the acquisition thereof
and not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition); provided that the Collateral shall include any proceeds and/or receivables (other than to the extent constituting Excluded Assets) arising out of any contract described in this clause
(iii) to the extent the assignment of such proceeds or receivables is expressly deemed effective under the UCC or other applicable law (and in respect of any non-U.S. Guarantors, is otherwise effective) notwithstanding the relevant
prohibition, violation or termination right, (b) Liens required to be granted from time to time pursuant to the terms of this Indenture shall be subject to exceptions and limitations set forth in the Agreed Security Principles and in the
Security Documents as in effect on the Issue Date, (c) the Collateral Agent shall not be authorized hereunder to take any perfection actions with respect to assets of the Issuer or any Guarantor consisting of (A) commercial tort claims with a
value less than $20,000,000, (B) motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title, (C) letter of credit rights that cannot be perfected by filing a financing statement under the UCC, (D)
promissory notes evidencing debt for borrowed money in a principal amount individually or in an aggregate of less than $20,000,000 and (E) (i) the Capital Stock of any Immaterial Subsidiary and/or (ii) the Capital Stock of a Person that is not
a subsidiary, which Person, if a subsidiary, would constitute an Immaterial Subsidiary, (d) neither the Issuer nor any Guarantor shall be required to seek any landlord lien waiver, estoppel, warehouseman waiver or other collateral access or
similar letter or agreement, (e) neither the Issuer nor any Guarantors shall be required to enter into any deposit account control agreement or similar agreement (including any local law equivalent), (f) there shall be no action required to be
taken by the laws of France or any non-Qualified Jurisdiction under the Security Documents in order to create any security interests in any assets or to perfect or make enforceable such security interests in any assets, (g) there shall be no
guarantees governed under the laws of any non-U.S. jurisdiction, (h) there shall be no Security Documents (including security agreements and pledge agreements) governed under the laws of France or any non-Qualified Jurisdiction, (i) there shall
be no perfection actions required to be taken with respect to intellectual property under the laws of any non-U.S. jurisdiction and(j) in respect of any Subsidiary which is formed or acquired after the Issue Date, the requirement to provide a
Note Guarantee and Collateral by such Subsidiary shall apply on the date set forth in Section 12.05. The Credit Facilities Agent (in its reasonable discretion, acting solely on behalf of the Credit Facilities lenders) may grant
extensions of time under the Credit Facilities Loan for the creation and perfection of security interests in or the obtaining of title insurance, legal opinions or other deliverables with respect to particular assets or the provision of any
Note Guarantee by any Subsidiary (and such extensions shall automatically apply to the timelines set forth in Section 12.05 in connection with the assets acquired, or Subsidiaries formed or acquired, after the Issue Date, but not, for
the avoidance of doubt, in respect of any requirements set forth in Section 12.03 in respect of (x) assets that, as of the Issue Date, secure Obligations in respect of the Credit Facilities Loan or (y) guarantees, in effect as of the
Issue Date, of Obligations in respect of the Credit Facilities Loan) where it determines that such action cannot be accomplished without undue effort or expense by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required to be accomplished by
the Credit Facilities Loan and this Indenture, and such determination will be binding on the Holders.
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Section 12.02 Maintenance of Collateral.
Except where the failure to do so would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect,
the Issuer and the Guarantors shall maintain the Collateral in good, safe and insurable operating order, condition and repair (ordinary wear and tear excepted and casualty or condemnation excepted) and shall do all other acts as may be reasonably
necessary or appropriate to maintain and preserve the Collateral; provided that the Issuer and the Guarantors may dispose of Collateral to the extent permitted by Section 5.01 hereof. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Issuer and the Guarantors shall pay all real estate and other taxes (except such as are being contested in good faith and by appropriate negotiations or proceedings), and maintain in
full force and effect all material permits and insurance in amounts and that insures against such losses and risks as are reasonable for the type and size of the business conducted by the Issuer and the Guarantors.
Within 120 days of the Issue Date the Issuer will, and will cause each applicable Guarantor to, execute a Security Document (to the
extent not executed on or by the Issue Date) and take such other actions (to the extent not taken on or by the Issue Date) as are necessary such that the Notes and the Note Guarantees will be secured by and perfected in the same assets which, as
of the Issue Date, secure the obligations under the Credit Facilities (subject to any applicable limitations set forth in this Indenture or any of the Security Documents).
To the extent required under this Indenture or any of the Security Documents or the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, the Issuer and
the Guarantors shall execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all further actions that may be required under applicable law, or that the Credit Facilities Collateral Agent or the Collateral
Agent may reasonably request, in order to grant, preserve, protect and perfect (and maintain the perfection of) the validity and priority of the security interests and Liens created or intended to be created by the Security Documents in the
Collateral. In addition, from time to time, the Issuer and the Guarantors will reasonably promptly secure the obligations under this Indenture and the Security Documents by pledging or creating, or causing to be pledged or created, perfected
security interests and Liens with respect to the Collateral to the extent required by this Indenture and/or the Security Documents.
To the extent the Issuer or any Guarantor creates or perfects any additional Lien upon any property or assets to secure any Pari Passu
Lien Obligation (including, without limitation, with respect to after-acquired assets that are intended to be Collateral), it shall concurrently grant or perfect a Lien upon such property or assets as security for the Notes Obligations such that
the property or assets subject to such Lien becomes Collateral, except to the extent such property or assets constitutes segregated cash or cash equivalents required to secure only letter of credit obligations under any credit facility, hedging
arrangements or cash management arrangements that constitute Permitted Liens and as otherwise provided in the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement.
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Subject to the Agreed Security Principles, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and Section 12.01(d), upon the
acquisition by the Issuer or any Guarantor after the Issue Date of any assets having a fair market value in excess of $20,000,000 (other than Excluded Assets), the Issuer or such Guarantor shall, within 90 days after such acquisition (or such
longer period as the Credit Facilities Agent (acting solely on behalf of the Credit Facilities lenders) shall reasonably agree) execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent any information, documentation, financing statements or other certificates
and Opinions of Counsel as may be necessary to vest in the Collateral Agent a perfected security interest, with the priority required by this Indenture, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, subject only to Permitted
Liens, in such after-acquired property and to have such after-acquired property added to the Collateral.
Subject to the Agreed Security Principles, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and Section 12.01(d), upon the
formation or acquisition by the Issuer or any Guarantor of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) after the Issue Date, the Issuer or such Guarantor shall, within 90 days after such formation or acquisition (or such longer
period as the Credit Facilities Agent (acting solely on behalf of the Credit Facilities lenders) shall reasonably agree) execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent (i) a Supplemental Indenture providing for a Note Guarantee by such Restricted
Subsidiary, (ii) applicable Security Documents (in substantially the form as those executed and delivered to the Collateral Agent on the Issue Date or the date otherwise first delivered) or joinders to existing Security Documents, as applicable,
(iii) joinders to the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, and (iv) any other information, documentation, financing statements or other certificates and opinions of counsel as may be necessary to vest in the Collateral Agent a perfected security
interest in the assets of and Capital Stock in such Restricted Subsidiary, with the priority required by this Indenture, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, subject only to Permitted Liens.
Subject to the Agreed Security Principles, the Issuer or the applicable Guarantor shall deliver the following items (in each case solely
to the extent, and substantially in the form, delivered to the Credit Facilities Collateral Agent, but no greater scope) (i) on or before the date that is 120 days after the Issue Date, with respect to any Material Real Property owned by the
Issuer or such Guarantor on the Issue Date, , and (ii) within 90 days after the date of acquisition, with respect to any Material Real Property acquired by the Issuer or such Guarantor after the Issue Date:
(a) Mortgages. One or more counterparts of mortgages, deeds of trust, security deeds or deeds to secured
debt (or equivalent instruments encumbering the such Material Real Property), as applicable (each, a “Mortgage”), duly executed and (where customary in an applicable jurisdiction) acknowledged by the
owner of the interest in each Material Real Property (each such property, a “Mortgaged Property”), in favor of the Collateral Agent for its benefit and the benefit of the Secured Parties, in proper form
for recording in the land records in the jurisdiction in which such Mortgaged Property is located (the “Land Records”), in form and substance substantially similar to that provided to the Credit
Facilities Collateral Agent and sufficient to create a valid mortgage lien on such Mortgaged Property in favor of the Collateral Agent for its benefit and the benefit of the Secured Parties, securing the Notes Obligations, subject only to
Permitted Liens, and the lien of any mortgage, deed of trust, security deeds, or deeds to secure debt securing the Credit Facilities on a pari passu basis with any Mortgage on such Mortgaged Property, together with evidence that a counterpart
of such Mortgage has been delivered to the Title Company (as hereinafter defined) for recording in the Land Records;
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(b) Title Insurance. A lender’s policy of title insurance (or commitment to issue such a policy having the
effect of a policy of title insurance) issued by a nationally recognized title insurance company (the “Title Company”) insuring (or committing to insure) the lien of the applicable Mortgage as a valid
mortgage lien on the Mortgaged Property described therein (each, a “Title Policy”) which insures the Collateral Agent that such Mortgage creates a valid mortgage lien on such Mortgaged Property in an
amount not less than 100% of the fair market value of such Mortgaged Property as reasonably determined, in good faith, by the Issuer and reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent, free and clear of all defects and encumbrances except
Permitted Liens, and the lien of any mortgage, deed of trust, security deeds, or deeds to secure debt securing the Credit Facilities on a pari passu basis with any Mortgage on such Mortgaged Property, together with such endorsements as shall be
reasonably required in transactions of similar size and purpose including, without limitation, to the extent available at commercially reasonably rates, a “tie-in” or “cluster” endorsement, if available under applicable law (i.e., policies
which insure against losses regardless of location or allocated value of the insured property up to a stated maximum coverage amount), endorsements on matters relating to usury, first loss, zoning, contiguity, future advances, doing business,
public road access, survey, variable rate, environmental lien, subdivision, separate tax lot revolving credit, so-called comprehensive coverage over covenants and restrictions and for any and all other matters that the Credit Facilities
Collateral Agent may request with respect to the corresponding requirements under the Credit Agreement, and such Title Policy shall not include an exception for mechanics’ liens unless any such mechanics’ lien constitutes a Permitted
Encumbrance;
(c) Other Real Property Documents. Evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent that the
Issuer and the Guarantors have delivered to the Title Company such affidavits, certificates, information, instruments of indemnification (including a so-called “gap” indemnification) and other documents as may be reasonably necessary to cause
the Title Company to issue the Title Policies and endorsements contemplated by clause (b) above;
(d) Survey or “No-Change” Affidavit. Either (i) a new or updated American Land Title Association/National
Society of Professional Surveyors (ALTA/NSPS) form of survey by a duly registered and licensed land surveyor for which all necessary fees have been paid dated a date reasonably satisfactory to the Title Company, certified to the Collateral
Agent and the Title Company or (ii) (x) an existing American Land Title Association/National Society of Professional Surveyors (ALTA/NSPS) form of survey by a duly registered and licensed land surveyor in such form as shall be acceptable to the
Title Company, together with (y) an affidavit of so-called “no-change” to such existing survey in such form as shall be acceptable to the Title Company, in both cases sufficient for the Title Company to issue the so-called comprehensive and
other survey related endorsements and to remove the standard survey exceptions from the Title Policy with respect to such Mortgaged Property;
(e) Fixture Filings. Proper fixture filings under the UCC for filing under the UCC in the appropriate
jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Properties are located, necessary or desirable to create or perfect the security interests in fixtures purported to be created by the Mortgages in favor of the Collateral Agent for its benefit and the benefit
of the Secured Parties; provided, however, that to the extent local counsel opines that any Mortgage would constitute a valid and effective fixture filing in the jurisdiction in which the applicable Mortgaged Property is located, a fixture
filing shall not be required with respect to such Mortgaged Property;
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(f) Counsel Opinions. Opinions of Counsel addressed to the Collateral Agent for its benefit and for the
benefit of the Secured Parties of (a) local counsel in each jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located with respect to the enforceability of the Mortgages and other matters customarily included in such opinions and (b) counsel for the
Issuer regarding due authorization, execution and delivery of the Mortgages, in each case, in customary form and substance;
(g) Real Property Collateral Fees and Expenses. Evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent
of payment by the Issuer or the applicable Guarantor of all Title Policy premiums, search and examination charges, escrow charges and related charges, mortgage recording taxes, fees, charges, costs and expenses required for the recording of the
Mortgages, fixture filings and other documents and issuance of the Title Policies and endorsements contemplated by clause (b) above; and
(h) Flood Insurance. Life of Loan Federal Emergency Management Agency standard flood hazard determination
with respect to each Mortgaged Property, delivered to the Collateral Agent, duly executed and acknowledged by the Issuer or the appropriate Guarantor, and if any portion of any Mortgaged Property is at any time located in an area identified by
the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or any successor agency) as a special flood hazard area then the Issuer shall (a) maintain, or cause to be maintained, with a financially sound and reputable insurer, flood insurance in an amount and
otherwise sufficient to comply with all applicable rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to (1) the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (2) the Flood Disaster Protection Act
of 1973 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statue thereto, (3) the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto and (4) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 as now or
hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto and (b) deliver to the Collateral Agent evidence of such compliance, including evidence of payment, in form and substance substantially similar to such evidence delivered the Credit
Facilities Collateral Agent.
Following the Issue Date, other Pari Passu Lien Obligations may be secured by a Pari Passu Lien on the Collateral without the consent of
any Holder so long as (i) the Issuer delivers a certificate to the Collateral Agent certifying that such Pari Passu Lien Obligations are being incurred in compliance with the Indenture and (ii) except in the case of Notes Obligations in
connection with Additional Notes, the Pari Passu Lien Representative for the holders of such Pari Passu Lien Obligations executes a joinder to the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement.
(a) The Liens on the Collateral will be released with respect to any series of Notes and the related Note
Guarantees, as applicable:
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in whole, upon payment in full of the principal of, together with accrued and unpaid interest and premium, if any, on, such series of Notes and all other Notes Obligations that are due and payable at or prior to the time such
principal, together with accrued and unpaid interest and premium, if any, are paid;
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in whole, upon satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture in accordance with Article 11;
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in whole, upon a Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance with respect to such series as set forth under Article 11;
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in whole or in part, as to any asset constituting Collateral, in accordance with, and as expressly provided for under the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement;
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with the consent of Holders of at least 66 2⁄3% in aggregate principal amount of such series of Notes, including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, such
series of Notes as provided under Section 9.02;
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in respect of the property and assets of a Guarantor, upon the designation of such Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary”;
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in part, as to any asset constituting Collateral, to the extent released under the Credit Facilities, including after giving effect to any amendment, waiver or consent thereunder, but excluding payment under or the termination or
repayment in full of the Credit Facilities Loans (it being understood that, in each case, a release subject to a contingent reinstatement is still a release, and if any such Collateral under the Credit Facilities is so reinstated, such
Collateral shall also be reinstated with respect to the Notes Obligations);
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in part, as to any property or assets constituting Collateral, to enable the disposition of such property or other assets (to a Person that is not the Issuer or a Guarantor) to the extent not prohibited by Section 5.01.
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in the case of a Guarantor that is released from its Note Guarantee with respect to the Notes in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, the release of the Lien on the Collateral constituting the property and assets of such
Guarantor.
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(b) The Issuer or the applicable Guarantor will furnish to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, prior to each
proposed release of Collateral pursuant to Sections 12.08(a)(1) through (8) or pursuant to the Security Documents:
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an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture and the Security Documents to such release have been complied with; and
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a form of such release (which release shall provide that the requested release is without recourse or warranty to the Trustee or the Collateral Agent).
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Opinions of Counsel will not be required in connection with the release of any
Collateral permitted by this Indenture.
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(c) Upon compliance by the Issuer or any Guarantor, as the case may be, with the conditions precedent set forth
above, and if required by this Indenture upon delivery by the Issuer or such Guarantor to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent of an Officer’s Certificate stating that such conditions precedent have been complied with, the Trustee shall direct
the Collateral Agent to promptly execute and deliver such form of release reasonably requested by the Issuer or such Guarantor to evidence such release, and take all other actions reasonably requested by the Issuer or such Guarantor in
connection therewith, at the Issuer’s expense.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Article 7 and Section 12.12 of this Indenture and the provisions of the Security
Documents and the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, each of the Trustee or the Collateral Agent may (but shall in no event be required to), in its sole discretion and without the consent of the Holders, on behalf of the Holders, take all
actions it deems necessary or appropriate in order to (i) enforce any of its rights or any of the rights of the Holders under the Security Documents and the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and (ii) collect and receive any and all amounts
payable in respect of the Collateral in respect of the obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors hereunder and thereunder. Subject to the provisions of the Security Documents and the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, the Trustee or the
Collateral Agent shall have the power, but not the obligation, to institute and to maintain such suits and proceedings as it may deem expedient to prevent any impairment of the Collateral by any acts that may be unlawful or in violation of the
Security Documents or this Indenture, and such suits and proceedings as the Trustee or the Collateral Agent may deem expedient to preserve or protect its interest and the interests of the Holders in the Collateral (including the power to
institute and maintain suits or proceedings to restrain the enforcement of or compliance with any legislative or other governmental enactment, rule or order that may be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid if the enforcement of, or compliance
with, such enactment, rule or order would impair the security interest hereunder or be prejudicial to the interests of the Holders or the Trustee).
(b) Where any provision of this Indenture requires that additional property or assets be added to the Collateral,
the Issuer and each Guarantor, as applicable, shall deliver to the Trustee or the Collateral Agent the following:
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a request from the Issuer that such Collateral be added;
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the form of instrument adding such Collateral, which, based on the type and location of the property subject thereto, shall be in substantially the form of the applicable Security Documents entered into on the Issue Date or on the date
first delivered in the case of Collateral that is permitted hereunder to be delivered after the Issue Date, with such changes thereto as the Issuer shall consider appropriate, or in such other form as the Issuer shall deem proper; provided that any such changes or such form are administratively satisfactory to the Trustee or the Collateral Agent;
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an Officer’s Certificate stating that the Collateral being added is in the form, consists of the assets and is in the amount or otherwise has the fair market value required by this Indenture;
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an Officer’s Certificate and (only to the extent an opinion of counsel is delivered to the Credit Facilities Collateral Agent with respect to the addition of such Collateral) an Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions precedent
provided for in this Indenture to the addition of such Collateral have been complied with, which Opinion of Counsel shall also opine as to the creation and perfection of the Collateral Agent’s Lien on such Collateral and as to the due
authorization, execution, delivery, validity and enforceability of the Security Document being entered into; and
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such financing statements, if any, as the Issuer shall deem necessary to perfect the Collateral Agent’s security interest in such Collateral.
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The provisions in this Indenture relating to Collateral are subject to the provisions of the Security Documents and the Pari Passu
Intercreditor Agreement. The Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent and, by accepting the Notes, the Holders acknowledge and agree to be bound by the provisions of the Security Documents and the Pari Passu Intercreditor
Agreement.
(a) The Collateral Agent agrees to act as Collateral Agent on the express conditions contained in this Section
12.12. The provisions of this Section 12.12 are solely for the benefit of the Collateral Agent (and where provided, the Trustee) and none of the Holders, the Issuer nor any of the Guarantors shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of
any of the provisions contained herein. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, the duties of the Collateral Agent shall be
ministerial and administrative in nature, and the Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Notes Documents to which the Collateral Agent is a party, nor shall the
Collateral Agent have or be deemed to have any trust or other fiduciary relationship with the Trustee, any Holder, the Issuer or any Guarantor, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be
read into this Indenture or the other Notes Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” in this Indenture with reference to the Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or
other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between
independent contracting parties.
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(b) None of the Collateral Agent or any of its respective related persons shall be liable for any action taken or
omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final order of a court of competent
jurisdiction) or under or in connection with any Notes Document or the transactions contemplated thereby. Beyond the exercise of reasonable care in the custody and preservation thereof, the Collateral Agent will have no duty as to any
Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or control of any sub-agent or bailee or any income therefrom or as to the preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto. The Collateral Agent
will be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of the Collateral in its possession or control if such Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it accords its own property, and will not
be liable or responsible for any loss or damage to any Collateral, or for any diminution in the value thereof, by reason of any act or omission of any sub-agent or bailee selected by the Collateral Agent in good faith, except to the extent that
such liability arises from the Collateral Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(c) The Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Indenture
and the other Notes Documents unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Trustee or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes as it determines and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified
to its satisfaction by the Holders against any and all loss, liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or
in refraining from acting, under this Indenture and the Notes Documents in accordance with a request, direction, instruction or consent of the Trustee or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes and
such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Holders.
(d) Wilmington Trust, National Association shall initially act as Collateral Agent and shall be authorized to
appoint co-Collateral Agents as necessary in its sole discretion. None of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any
of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part
thereof. The Collateral Agent and Trustee shall be accountable only for amounts that they actually receive as a result of the exercise of such powers.
(e) The Collateral Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to the Trustee or any of the Holders to assure that
the Collateral exists or is owned by the Issuer or any Guarantor or is cared for, protected, or insured or has been encumbered, or that the Collateral Agent’s Liens have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected,
maintained or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, or to determine whether all of the property constituting Collateral intended to be subject to the Lien and security interest of the Security Documents has been properly and
completely listed or delivered, as the case may be, or the genuineness, validity, marketability or sufficiency thereof or title thereto, or to exercise at all or in any particular manner or under any duty of care, disclosure, or fidelity, or to
continue exercising, any of the rights, authorities, and powers granted or available to the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Indenture or any Notes Document other than pursuant to the instructions of the Trustee or the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Notes or as instructed pursuant to the Security Documents, it being understood and agreed that in respect of the Collateral, or any act, omission, or event related thereto, the Collateral Agent shall have no
other duty or liability whatsoever to the Trustee or any Holder as to any of the foregoing.
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(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement
or the Security Documents, in the event the Collateral Agent is entitled or required to commence an action to foreclose or otherwise exercise its remedies to acquire control or possession of the Collateral, the Collateral Agent shall not be
required to commence any such action or exercise any remedy or to inspect or conduct any studies of any property under the mortgages or take any such other action if the Collateral Agent has determined that the Collateral Agent may incur
personal liability as a result of the presence at, or release on or from, the Collateral or such property, of any hazardous substances unless the Collateral Agent has received security or indemnity from the Holders in an amount and in a form
all satisfactory to the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion, protecting the Collateral Agent from all such liability. The Collateral Agent shall at any time be entitled to cease taking any action described in this paragraph (f) if it no
longer reasonably deems any indemnity, security or undertaking from the Issuers or the Holders to be sufficient.
(g) For the avoidance of doubt, the Collateral Agent shall have no discretion under this Indenture, the Pari Passu
Intercreditor Agreement or the Notes Documents and shall not be required to make or give any determination, consent, approval, request or direction without the written direction of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
then outstanding Notes or the Trustee or as instructed pursuant to the Security Documents. After the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Trustee may direct the Collateral Agent in connection with any action required or permitted by this
Indenture or the Notes Documents. If the Collateral Agent shall request direction from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to refrain acting unless and
until the Collateral Agent shall have received direction from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (accompanied by, if requested, indemnity or security satisfactory to the Collateral Agent), and
the Collateral Agent shall not incur liability to any Person by reason of so refraining.
(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or any other Notes Document, in no event shall the
Collateral Agent or the Trustee be responsible for, or have any duty or obligation with respect to, the recording, filing, registering, perfection, protection or maintenance of the security interests or Liens intended to be created by this
Indenture or the other Notes Documents (including without limitation the filing or continuation of any UCC financing or continuation statements or similar documents or instruments), nor shall the Collateral Agent or the Trustee be responsible
for, and neither the Collateral Agent nor the Trustee makes any representation regarding, (i) the validity, effectiveness, enforceability or priority of any of the Notes Documents or the security interests or Liens intended to be created
thereby, (ii) the genuineness, enforceability, collectability, value, sufficiency, location or existence of any Collateral, the Issuer’s or Guarantors’ rights therein, or the validity, effectiveness, enforceability, sufficiency, extent,
perfection or priority of any Lien therein, or (iii) any failure or delay in performance or any breach by the Issuer or any other Guarantor under this Indenture or the Notes Documents or for any failure of any obligor to perform its Obligations
under this Indenture or the Notes Documents.
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(i) By its acceptance of the Notes, each Holder is deemed to have consented to the terms of the Pari Passu
Intercreditor Agreement and the other Notes Documents, and authorized and directed the Collateral Agent and the Trustee to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each Security Document to which it is a party and the Pari Passu
Intercreditor Agreement.
(j) Whether or not expressly provided in any Security Document, in entering into and performing under any
Security Document, the Trustee and Collateral Agent, as applicable, shall be entitled to all of the rights, privileges, immunities or indemnities granted to them under this Indenture, as if the provisions herein setting forth such rights,
privileges, immunities or indemnities were set forth therein.
(k) The Collateral Agent may resign or be removed and a successor be appointed in accordance with the provisions
of Sections 7.08 and 7.09, with the references therein to “Trustee” deemed to be references to “Collateral Agent.”
(l) The Trustee or the Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the existence, genuineness or value (or
diminution of value) of any of the Collateral or for the validity, perfection, priority or enforceability of the Liens in any of the Collateral, whether impaired by operation of law or by reason of any action on its part hereunder, except to
the extent such action constitutes gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee or the Collateral Agent as determined by a final order of a court of competent jurisdiction, for the validity or sufficiency of the Collateral
or any agreement or assignment contained therein, for the validity of the title of the Issuer to the Collateral, for insuring the Collateral or for the payment of taxes, charges, assessments or Liens upon the Collateral or otherwise as to the
maintenance of the Collateral. The Trustee or the Collateral Agent shall have no responsibility for recording, filing, re-recording or refiling any financing statement (or amendment thereto), continuation statement, termination statement,
document, instrument or other notice in any public office at any time or times or to otherwise take any action to perfect or maintain the perfection of any security interest granted to it under the Security Documents or otherwise. Beyond the
exercise of reasonable care in the custody thereof, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent shall have no duty as to any Collateral in their possession or control or in the possession or control of any agent or bailee or any income thereon or as
to preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto. The Trustee and the Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody of the Collateral in their possession if the
Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which they accord their own property and shall not be liable or responsible for any loss or diminution in the value of any of the Collateral by reason of the act or omission of any
carrier, forwarding agency or other agent or bailee selected by the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, in good faith. The Trustee and the Collateral Agent shall have no duty to ascertain or inquire as to the performance or
observance of any of the terms of this Indenture or the Security Documents by the Issuer or the Guarantors.
(m) The Trustee or the Collateral Agent, in giving any consent or approval under the Security Documents, shall be
entitled to receive, as a condition to such consent or approval, an Officer’s Certificate stating that the action or omission for which consent or approval is to be given is authorized and permitted according to the terms of this Indenture and
the Security Documents, and the Trustee or the Collateral Agent shall be fully protected in giving such consent or approval on the basis of such Officer’s Certificate.
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(n) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, each Secured Party irrevocably appoints the Collateral
Agent to act as its trustee under and in connection with each Security Document governed by English law (a “UK Security Document”) on the terms and conditions set out in this Article 12 and in any such
UK Security Document to hold the assets subject to the security thereby created as trustee for the Secured Parties. Each of the Secured Parties authorizes the Collateral Agent to exercise the rights, remedies, power and discretions,
specifically given to the Collateral Agent under or in respect of the UK Security Document(s), together with any rights, remedies, power and discretions, incidental thereto. In addition, when acting in the capacity of trustee for the Secured
Parties, the Collateral Agent shall have all the rights, remedies and benefits of and in favor of the Collateral Agent contained in this Article 12. Any reference in this Indenture to ▇▇▇▇▇ stated to be in favor of the Collateral Agent shall be
construed so as to include a reference to Liens granted in favor of the Collateral Agent in its capacity as security trustee of the Secured Parties.
In this Section 12.13: “Corresponding Liabilities” means the Notes Obligations of the Issuer or any Guarantor, but excluding its
Parallel Liability; and “Parallel Liability” means the Issuer’s and the Guarantors’ undertaking pursuant to this Section 12.13.
(a) Each of the Issuer and each Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally undertakes to pay to the Collateral
Agent an amount equal to the aggregate amount of its Corresponding Liabilities (as these may exist from time to time).
(b) The parties hereto agree that:
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each of the Issuer’s and each Guarantor’s Parallel Liability is due and payable at the same time as, for the same amount of and in the same currency as its Corresponding Liabilities;
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each of the Issuer’s and each Guarantor’s Parallel Liability is decreased to the extent that its Corresponding Liabilities have been irrevocably paid or discharged and its Corresponding Liabilities are decreased to the extent that its
Parallel Liability has been irrevocably paid or discharged;
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the Issuer’s and any Guarantor’s Parallel Liability is independent and separate from, and without prejudice to, its Corresponding Liabilities, and constitutes a single obligation of the Issuer or such Guarantor to the Collateral Agent
(even though the Issuer or such Guarantor may owe more than one Corresponding Liability to the Secured Parties under the Notes Documents) and an independent and separate claim of the Collateral Agent to receive payment of that Parallel
Liability (in its capacity as the independent and separate creditor of that Parallel Liability and not as a co-creditor in respect of the Corresponding Liabilities); and
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for purposes of this Section 12.13, the Collateral Agent acts in its own name and not as agent, representative or trustee of any of the Secured Parties and accordingly holds neither its claim resulting from a Parallel Liability nor any
security securing a Parallel Liability on trust.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Section 13.01 [Reserved].
Section 13.02 Notices.
Any notice or communication by the Issuer, any Guarantor, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent 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, PDF or other electronic transmission or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the others’ address:
If to the Issuer and/or any Guarantor:
One Stamford Plaza
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Stamford, CT 06901
Facsimile No.: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
If to the Trustee and/or the Collateral Agent:
Global Capital Markets
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Iselin, NJ 08830
Facsimile No.: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: Tronox Notes Administrator
The Issuer, any Guarantor, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, 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 transmitted by facsimile; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by
overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.
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Any notice or communication to a Holder will be mailed by first class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, by
overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar or by electronic transmission to the registered Holder of any Global Note. Failure to mail, transmit or deliver a notice or
communication to a Holder or any defect in it will not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or any Note, where this Indenture or any Note provides for notice of any event
(including any notice of purchase) to a Holder of a Global Note (whether by mail or otherwise), such notice shall be sufficiently given if given to the Depositary for such Note (or its designee) pursuant to the standing instructions from such
Depositary.
If a notice or communication is mailed, transmitted or delivered in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly
given, whether or not the addressee receives it; provided that any notice or communication to the Trustee or Collateral Agent shall be deemed to be duly given upon actual receipt thereof.
If the Issuer sends a notice or communication to Holders, it will send a copy to the Trustee, the Collateral Agent and each Agent at the
same time.
Upon any request or application by the Issuer to the Trustee or the Collateral Agent to take any action under this Indenture or the
other Notes Documents, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, as applicable:
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an Officer’s Certificate in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, as applicable (which must include the statements set forth in Section 13.05 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
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an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, as applicable (which must include the statements set forth in Section 13.05 hereof), stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such
conditions precedent and covenants have been satisfied.
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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 Section 4.04 hereof) must include:
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a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;
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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;
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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
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a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been satisfied.
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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.
No director, manager, officer, employee, incorporator, stockholder or member of Holdings, the Issuer or any Subsidiary thereof will have
any liability for any obligations of Holdings, the Issuer 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.
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. THE ISSUER, THE GUARANTORS, THE HOLDERS, THE TRUSTEE AND THE COLLATERAL AGENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING
TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES, THE NOTE GUARANTEES, THE NOTES DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of Holdings, the Issuer or their Subsidiaries or
of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.
Section 13.10 Successors.
All agreements of the Issuer 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 10.05 hereof.
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Section 13.11 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 13.12 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. The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile, PDF or other electronic transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in
lieu of the original Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile, PDF or other electronic transmission shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.
Section 13.14 Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
The Table of Contents 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.
Section 13.15 U.S.A. Patriot Act.
The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, the Trustee and Collateral Agent, like all
financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, are required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an
account with the Trustee or Collateral Agent. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee and Collateral Agent with such information as it may request in order for the Trustee and Collateral Agent to satisfy the
requirements of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, including but not limited to the name, address, tax identification number and other information that will allow the Trustee and Collateral Agent to identify the individual or entity who is establishing the
relationship or opening the account and may also ask for formation documents such as articles of incorporation or other identifying documents to be provided.
Section 13.16 Force Majeure.
In no event shall the Trustee or the Collateral Agent be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its
obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural
catastrophes or acts of God, epidemics or pandemics, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services or the unavailability of the Federal Reserve Bank wire or telex or other wire
or communication facility; it being understood that the
Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon
as practicable under the circumstances.
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Section 13.17 Jurisdiction;
Consent to Service of Process
(a) Each party hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive
jurisdiction of any U.S. federal or New York State court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, New York, New York in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture or the other Notes Documents, or for recognition or
enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted
by law, in such federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by
law. Nothing in this Indenture shall affect any right that the parties hereto may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Indenture against any party hereto or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(b) Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and
effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture in any court referred to in paragraph (a) of this Section 13.17. Each of
the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(c) Each of the Issuer and each of the Guarantors listed in the signature pages to this Indenture that are not
U.S. Guarantors (the “Non-U.S. Guarantors”) hereby irrevocably designates, appoints and empowers Tronox Incorporated (the “Process Agent”), in the case of any
suit, action or proceeding brought in the United States of America as its designee, appointee and agent to receive, accept and acknowledge for and on its behalf, and in respect of its property, service of any and all legal process, summons,
notices and documents that may be served in any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Indenture. Such service may be made by mailing (by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid) or delivering a copy of such
process to any Issuer or Guarantor in care of the Process Agent at One Stamford Plaza, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, and the Issuer and each of the Non-U.S. Guarantors hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs
the Process Agent to accept such service on its behalf. As an alternative method of service, each of the Issuer and each of the Non-U.S. Guarantors irrevocably consents to the service of any and all process in any such action or proceeding by
the mailing (by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid) of copies of such process to the Process Agent, the Issuer or any Guarantor at its address specified in Section 13.02.
(d) To the extent permitted by law, each party to this Indenture hereby irrevocably waives personal service of
any and all process upon it and agrees that all such service of process may be made by registered mail (return receipt requested) directed to it at its address for notices as provided for in Section 13.02. Nothing in this Indenture will affect
the right of any party to this Indenture to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
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SIGNATURES
Dated as of September 26, 2025
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TRONOX LLC
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AUSTRALIAN GUARANTORS:
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Tronox Limited ACN 153 348 111
Tronox Global Holdings Pty Limited ACN 154 691 826
Tronox Management Pty Ltd ACN 009 343 364
Tronox Sands Holdings Pty Limited ACN 154 709 332
Tronox Pigment Bunbury Ltd ACN 008 683 627
Tronox Mining Australia Limited ACN 009 247 858
Cable Sands Holdings Pty. Limited ACN 001 288 268
Cable Sands Investments Pty. Limited ACN 000 430 482
Peregrine Mineral Sands Pty Ltd ACN 009 307 591
Peregrine Gold Mining Pty Ltd ACN 009 267 207
Nissho Iwai Mineral Sands (Australia) Pty. Limited ACN 003 870 871
Cable Sands Pty. Limited ACN 008 678 386
Cable Sands (W.A.) Pty Ltd ACN 009 137 142
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Investments (Australia) Pty Ltd ACN 008 402 891
Coffs Harbour Rutile Pty Ltd ACN 000 173 099
Rutile & Zircon Mines (Newcastle) Pty Ltd ACN 000 393 135
Titanium Technology (Australia) Pty Ltd ACN 000 833 643
RZM Pty. Limited ACN 001 242 397
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▇▇▇▇▇▇ Basin Titanium Pty Ltd ACN 082 497 827
Pooncarie Operations Pty Ltd ACN 102 895 581
Probo Mining Pty Ltd ACN 079 938 819
Imperial Mining (Aust) Pty Ltd ACN 062 193 266
Bemax Sales Pty Ltd ACN 101 858 931
Tronox Pigments Pty Limited ACN 052 533 829 under power of attorney dated
Under power of attorney dated 16 September 2025
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The person signing above certifies that his/her signature is to be treated as constituting a separate signing as attorney for each party listed above respectively
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By executing this agreement the attorney states that the attorney has received no notice of revocation of the power of attorney
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[Signature Page to Indenture]
DUTCH GUARANTORS:
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TRONOX PIGMENTS (HOLLAND) B.V.
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TRONOX INVESTMENTS NETHERLANDS B.V.
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TRONOX INTERNATIONAL B.V.
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U.K. GUARANTORS:
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TRONOX UK HOLDINGS LIMITED
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TRONOX UK MERGER COMPANY LIMITED
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TRONOX INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LIMITED
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TRONOX INVESTMENTS UK LIMITED
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MILLENNIUM INORGANIC CHEMICALS OVERSEAS HOLDINGS
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FRENCH GUARANTORS:
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TRONOX FRANCE SAS
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MILLENNIUM INORGANIC CHEMICALS LE HAVRE SAS
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WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee and Collateral Agent
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[Signature Page to Indenture]
Schedule 1
Guarantors on the Issue Date
United States
Tronox LLC
Tronox US Holdings Inc.
Tronox Finance LLC
Australia
Tronox Global Holdings Pty Limited
Tronox Limited
Tronox Management Pty Ltd
Tronox Sands Holdings Pty Limited
Tronox Pigments Pty Limited
Tronox Pigment Bunbury Ltd
Tronox Mining Australia Limited
Cable Sands Holdings Pty. Limited
Cable Sands Investments Pty. Limited
Peregrine Mineral Sands Pty Ltd
Peregrine Gold Mining Pty Ltd
Nissho Iwai Mineral Sands (Australia) Pty Limited
Cable Sands Pty. Limited
Cable Sands (W.A.) Pty Ltd
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Coffs Harbour Rutile Pty Limited
Rutile & Zircon Mines (Newcastle) Pty Ltd
Titanium Technology (Australia) Pty Ltd
RZM Pty. Limited
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Pooncarie Operations Pty Ltd
Probo Mining Pty Ltd
Imperial Mining (AUST) Pty Ltd
Bemax Sales Pty Ltd
Netherlands
Tronox Pigments (Holland) B.V.
Tronox Investments Netherlands B.V.
Tronox International B.V.
United Kingdom
Tronox UK Holdings Limited
Tronox UK Merger Company Limited
Tronox Investment Holdings Limited
Tronox Investments UK Limited
Millennium Inorganic Chemicals Overseas Holdings
Schedule 1 - 1
France
Tronox France SaS
Millennium Inorganic Chemicals Le Havre SAS
Millennium Inorganic Chemicals SAS
Schedule 1 - 2
Exhibit A
Form of Note
[Insert the applicable Private Placement Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]
[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]
[Insert ERISA Legend]
9.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2030
No. ____
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[$____________]
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TRONOX INCORPORATED
promises to pay to [Cede & Co.] [ ] or registered assigns, the principal sum [set forth on the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests
in the Global Note attached hereto] [of ____________________ UNITED STATES DOLLARS] on the earlier of (i) September 30, 2030 and (ii) December 14, 2028 (which is the 91st day prior to the stated maturity date of Tronox Incorporated’s 4.625%
Senior Notes due 2029 (the “Existing Unsecured Notes”)), if on such date the aggregate principal amount of Existing Unsecured Notes outstanding is greater than $250 million.
Interest Payment Dates: March 31 and September 30
Record Dates: March 15 and September 15
Reg S CUSIP / ISIN: U8969Q AD3 / USU8969QAD35
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TRONOX INCORPORATED
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This is one of the Notes referred to
in the within-mentioned Indenture:
WILMINGTON TRUST,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
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Authorized Signatory
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Dated:
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[Note should be dated the date of Trustee’s authentication]
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[Back of Note]
9.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2030
Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.
Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
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(5) |
OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.
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(d) |
Except pursuant to Sections 3.07(a), 3.07(b), 3.07(c), 3.08 and 4.10(e) of the Indenture, the Notes will not be redeemable at the Issuer’s option prior to September 30, 2027.
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Year
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Percentage
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2027
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104.563%
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2028
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102.281%
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2029 and thereafter
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100.000%
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(f) |
Unless the Issuer 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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(g) |
Any redemption pursuant to Section 3.07 of the Indenture shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 of the Indenture.
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(h) |
The Issuer is entitled to redeem Notes, at its option, at any time in whole but not in part, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice to the Holders of the Notes, at a redemption price equal to
100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding the date of redemption (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the
relevant interest payment date), in the event any Payor has become or would become obligated to pay, on the next date on which any amount would be payable with respect to the Notes, any Additional Amounts (but, in the case of a
Guarantor, only if such amount could not be paid by the Issuer or another Guarantor who can pay such amount without the obligation to pay Additional Amounts), in each case, as a result of:
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a change in, or an amendment to, the laws (including any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder) or treaties of any Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction; or
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any change in, amendment to, or introduction of any official published position regarding the application, administration or interpretation of such laws or treaties (including any regulations or rulings
promulgated thereunder and including the decision of any court, governmental agency or tribunal),
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in each case which change, amendment or introduction is publicly announced and becomes effective on or after the Issue Date (or, if
the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction becomes a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction on a date after the date of the Indenture, such later date) and the Payor cannot avoid such obligation by taking reasonable measures available to it (including making
payment through a paying agent located in another jurisdiction), provided that such Payor will not be required to take any measures that would result in the imposition on it of any material legal or regulatory burden or the incurrence by it of
any material additional costs, or would otherwise result in any material adverse consequences. The notice of redemption described in Section 3.08(a) of the Indenture shall not be delivered (a) more than 90 days prior to the earliest date on
which such Payor would be obligated to make such payment of Additional Amounts, and (b) unless at the time such notice is given, the obligation to pay such Additional Amounts remains in effect.
(6) |
Mandatory Redemption. The Issuer is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes
other than as described in clause (7) below.
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(7) |
REPURCHASE AT THE OPTION OF HOLDER. Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event, each Holder will have the right to require the Issuer to make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder to repurchase all or any part (equal to a minimum of
$2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such 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, if any, on the
Notes repurchased to, but not including, the date of purchase, subject to the rights of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date occurring on or prior to the
repurchase date (the “Change of Control Payment”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control Repurchase Event, the Issuer will send a notice to the Trustee and each Holder setting forth the procedures governing the Change of
Control Offer as required by the Indenture.
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PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The
registered Holder of a Note may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes. Only registered Holders have rights under the Indenture.
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(13) |
TRUSTEE AND COLLATERAL AGENT DEALINGS WITH ISSUER. Each of the Trustee and Collateral Agent, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Issuer or its affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the
Issuer or its affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be.
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(15) |
AUTHENTICATION. This Note will
not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
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(18) |
GOVERNING LAW. THIS NOTE SHALL
BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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The Issuer will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:
Tronox Incorporated
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Stamford, CT 06901
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Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
(19) |
SECURITY. The Notes and the
related Guarantees shall be secured by Liens on the Collateral, on the terms and subject to the conditions in the Indenture and the other Notes Documents. The Collateral Agent holds a Lien on the Collateral for the benefit of the
Secured Parties pursuant to the Indenture and the Security Documents.
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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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and irrevocably appoint
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to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. 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 Issuer pursuant to Section 4.10 of the Indenture, check the box below:
☐ Section 4.10
If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.10 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) |
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Tax Identification No.: |
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:
Date of Exchange
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Amount of
decrease in
Principal Amount
of
this Global Note
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Amount of
increase in
Principal Amount
of
this Global Note
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Principal Amount
of this Global Note
following such
decrease
(or increase)
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Signature of
authorized
signatory of
Trustee or
Notes Custodian
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This schedule should be included only if the Note is issued in global form.
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Exhibit B
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
Tronox Incorporated
One Stamford Plaza
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Stamford, CT 06901
Facsimile No.: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
Wilmington Trust, National Association
Global Capital Markets
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Iselin, NJ 08830
Facsimile No.: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: Tronox Notes Administrator
Re: 9.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2030
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture dated as of September 26, 2025 (the “Indenture”)
among Tronox Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), each of the Guarantors (as defined therein), and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee and collateral agent. 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.
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2. ☐ Check if Transferee will take delivery of a
beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note or a Restricted Definitive Note pursuant to Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected pursuant 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 and (iii) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of 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 Regulation S 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 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 Issuer 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.
4. ☐ Check if Transferee will take delivery of a
beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or of an Unrestricted Definitive Note.
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(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.
This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Issuer.
[Insert Name of Transferor]
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Name:
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Title:
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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
(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) ☐ 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
Tronox Incorporated
One Stamford Plaza
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Stamford, CT 06901
Facsimile No.: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
Wilmington Trust, National Association
Global Capital Markets
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Iselin, NJ 08830
Facsimile No.: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: Tronox Notes Administrator
Re: 9.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2030 (CUSIP [______])
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture dated as of September 26, 2025 (the “Indenture”) among Tronox
Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), each of the Guarantors (as defined therein) and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee and collateral agent. 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.
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(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 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.
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(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 or ☐ Regulation S 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 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 I™ndenture and the Securities Act.
This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Issuer.
[Insert Name of Transferor]
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Name:
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Title:
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Dated:
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Exhibit D
FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS
[_________________] SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of
_______________, among _________________ (the “Guaranteeing Subsidiary”), a subsidiary of Tronox Holdings plc (or its permitted successor) (“Holdings”), Tronox
Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), the other Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture referred to herein) and Wilmington Trust, National Association, a national banking association, as
trustee (the “Trustee”) and collateral agent (the “Collateral Agent”) under the Indenture referred to below.
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Issuer has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent an indenture (the
“Indenture”), dated as of September 26, 2025 providing for the issuance of 9.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2030 (the “Notes”);
WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall execute and
deliver to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Issuer’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 Issuer, Holdings, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent 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 Issuer, Holdings, the Guarantors, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:
1. CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.
2. AGREEMENT TO GUARANTEE. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees to provide an unconditional
Guarantee on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Note Guarantee and in the Indenture including but not limited to Article 10 thereof.
3. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. No director, manager, officer, employee, incorporator, stockholder
or member of Holdings, the Issuer or any Subsidiary thereof will have any liability for any obligations of Holdings, the Issuer 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.
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4. GOVERNING LAW. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
5. COUNTERPARTS. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each
signed copy will be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile, PDF or other electronic transmission shall constitute effective
execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile, PDF or other electronic transmission
shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.
6. EFFECT OF HEADINGS. The Section headings herein are for convenience of reference only, are
not to be considered a part of this Supplemental Indenture and will in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
7. THE TRUSTEE AND THE COLLATERAL AGENT. Neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Agent shall be
responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary,
Holdings and the Issuer.
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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.
[GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY]
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Name:
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WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee and Collateral Agent
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Exhibit E
AGREED SECURITY PRINCIPLES
These Agreed Security Principles shall be applicable to the Issuer and all Guarantors other than any Person
organized under the laws of the United States or any state, territory or other entity thereof. Notes Documents with respect to such United States Guarantors shall be on customary market terms.
1.
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SECURITY PRINCIPLES
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(a) |
The Note Guarantees and Collateral provided by Foreign Subsidiaries in support of the Notes will be subject to these Agreed Security Principles. This Exhibit addresses the manner in which these Agreed Security Principles will impact on
the Note Guarantees and ▇▇▇▇▇ proposed to be taken in relation to this transaction.
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(b) |
These Agreed Security Principles embody recognition by all parties that there may be certain legal and practical difficulties in obtaining effective or commercially reasonable Guarantees and/or Liens from Guarantors in each
jurisdiction of such Guarantor’s incorporation or organization. In particular:
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(i) |
general legal and statutory limitations (including pursuant to reviews of the Committee on Foreign Investments in the US and Foreign Ownership and Controlling Influence restrictions or, with respect to the relevant jurisdictions for
which guarantee limitation language is set out in this Indenture or in any applicable joinder agreement to this Indenture, such limitations as set out herein), financial assistance, corporate benefit, fraudulent preference, transfer
pricing, “thin capitalization”, “earnings stripping”, “controlled foreign corporation” (within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code), “exchange control restrictions” and “capital maintenance” rules, retention of title claims, employee
consultation or approval requirements and similar principles may limit the ability of a member of the Group to provide a Note Guarantee or ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇ or may require that the Note Guarantee or Lien be limited by an amount or otherwise;
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(ii) |
the relevant Guarantor shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to assist in demonstrating that adequate corporate benefit accrues to each relevant Guarantor and to overcome any such other limitations to the extent reasonably
practicable;
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(iii) |
the Lien and extent of its perfection will take into account the cost to the Group of creating Liens (including any increase to the tax cost of the Group) so as to ensure that it is proportionate to the benefit accruing to the Secured
Parties, it being understood that in no event will any Note Guarantee be given or Lien be granted over, or by, any members of the Group incorporated in a jurisdiction that is not a Qualified Jurisdiction;
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(iv) |
members of the Group will not be required to give Note Guarantees or enter into Security Documents if (a) they are not wholly-owned by another member of the Group
and are prevented from doing so under the terms of any shareholders agreement that is (i) with any person that is not a member of the Group or any of their affiliates and (ii) that is in existence as at the Issue Date or (with respect
to newly acquired entities) as at the time of completion of the relevant acquisition (provided that (x) such prohibition is not made in contemplation of the Issue Date or such acquisition and (y) the relevant member of the Group shall
use its commercially reasonable endeavors for a period of 25 Business Days from request by the Credit Facilities Collateral Agent (acting solely on behalf of the Credit Facilities Lenders) to obtain any required consents or waivers from
the other parties to such shareholders agreement (it being understood that nothing in these Agreed Security Principles shall require a member of the Group to seek an amendment of the relevant shareholders agreement or to jeopardize its
commercial relationship with the other parties thereto), and if the relevant Group member has used its commercially reasonable endeavors but has not been able to obtain such required consents or waivers, its obligation to obtain those
consents or waivers shall cease on the expiry of that 25 Business Day period) or (b) it is not within the legal capacity of the relevant member of the Group or if it would conflict with the fiduciary duties of their directors or
contravene any applicable legal or regulatory prohibition or result in a risk of personal or criminal liability on the part of any officer provided that the relevant Group member shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to overcome
any such obstacle;
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(v) |
the creation or perfection of Liens, when required, and other legal formalities will be completed as soon as reasonably practicable and, in any event, within the time periods specified in the Notes Documents therefore or (if earlier or
to the extent no such time periods are specified in the Notes Documents) within the time periods specified by applicable law in order to ensure due perfection. The perfection of Liens will not be required prior to the Credit Facilities
Collateral Agent (acting solely on behalf of the Credit Facilities Lenders) serving notice pursuant to and in accordance with the Credit Agreement if it would have a material adverse effect on the commercial relationship of the relevant
Guarantor or the ability of the relevant Guarantor to conduct its operations and business in the ordinary course or as otherwise permitted by the Notes Documents (including, without limitation, notification of receivables security to
third party debtors until the Credit Facilities Collateral Agent (acting solely on behalf of the Credit Facilities Lenders) has served notice of default pursuant to the Credit Agreement Loan Facility);
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(vi) |
any assets subject to a legal requirement, contracts, leases, licenses or other third party arrangement, which may prevent those assets from being charged (or assets which, if charged or pledged, would give a third party the right to
terminate or otherwise amend any rights, benefits and/or obligations with respect to a member of the Group in respect of those assets or which require any member of the Group to take any action materially adverse to the interests of any
member of the Group or any member thereof), other than provisions included in general banking conditions, will be excluded from any relevant Security Document, or, if already subject to a security or otherwise local law restricts such
exclusion, will be released upon reasonable request from any relevant security document any requirement to give security, provided that the relevant member of the Group shall use its commercially reasonable efforts for a maximum period of
15 Business Days (provided that the relevant member of the Group is satisfied that such efforts will not involve placing relationships with third parties in jeopardy) and the relevant member of the Group has not already used its
commercially reasonable efforts at the time of negotiation of the relevant third party arrangement to avoid the inclusion of the relevant prohibition or condition nor otherwise to limit its scope) to obtain consent to charging or pledging
any such assets if required by the Notes Documents and if the Credit Facilities Collateral Agent (acting solely on behalf of the Credit Facilities Lenders) reasonably determines the relevant assets to be material in the context of the
business of the Group as a whole and (taking into account the Issuer’s view on any potential impact on relationships with third parties) from such date as the Credit Facilities Collateral Agent (acting solely on behalf of the Credit
Facilities Lenders) reasonably requests the Issuer to do so and if the relevant Group member has used its commercially reasonable efforts but has not been able to obtain such required consents or waivers, its obligation to obtain those
consents or waivers shall cease on the expiry of that 15 Business Day period;
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(vii) |
unless granted under a global security agreement governed by the law of the jurisdiction of the Issuer or a Guarantor all security (other than share security over its subsidiaries that are Guarantors) shall be governed by the law of
and secure assets located in the jurisdiction of incorporation of that Guarantor or the Issuer or any other Guarantor;
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(viii) |
no perfection action will be required in jurisdictions where the Issuer or any Guarantors are not incorporated but perfection action may be required in the jurisdiction of incorporation of one such Person in relation to Liens granted
by another such Person incorporated in a different jurisdiction;
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(ix) |
the maximum guaranteed or secured amount may be limited to minimize stamp duty, notarization, registration or other applicable fees, taxes and duties so as to ensure that the costs to the Issuer and the Guarantors are proportionate to
the benefits accruing to the Secured Parties;
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(x) |
where a class of assets to be secured includes material and immaterial assets, if the cost of creating Liens over the immaterial assets is disproportionate to the benefit of such Lien, as reasonably determined by the Issuer, ▇▇▇▇▇ will
be granted over the material assets only;
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(xi) |
it is expressly acknowledged that it may be either impossible or impractical to grant security over certain categories of assets in which event security will not be taken over such assets;
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(xii) |
(A) no Note Guarantee or Lien will be required to be given by or in respect of any acquired person or other acquired asset (and no consent shall be required to be sought with respect thereto) which are required to support acquired
indebtedness to the extent such acquired indebtedness is permitted by the Credit Facilities Loans and this Indenture to remain outstanding after an acquisition and (B) no member of a target group or other entity acquired pursuant to an
acquisition not prohibited by this Indenture shall be required to become a Guarantor or grant Liens, in each case, if prevented by the terms of the documentation governing that acquired indebtedness or if becoming a Guarantor or the
creation of Liens would give rise to an obligation (including any payment obligation) under or in relation thereto;
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(xiii) |
to the extent possible and unless required by applicable law, there should be no action required to be taken in relation to the Note Guarantees or Liens when any Secured Party assigns or transfers any of its holdings or its role, as
applicable, to a third party (and, unless explicitly agreed to the contrary in this Indenture, no member of the Group shall bear or otherwise be liable for any taxes, any notarial, registration or perfection fees or any other costs, fees
or expenses that result from any assignment or transfer by a Secured Party);
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(xiv) |
no title investigations or other diligence on assets will be required and no title insurance will be requested;
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(xv) |
Liens will not be required over any cash constituting regulatory capital or customer cash (and such assets or cash shall be excluded from any relevant Security Document);
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(xvi) |
Note Guarantees and Liens will not be required from or over the assets of any joint-venture or similar arrangement unless granted pursuant to an “all-asset” security and not prohibited by the terms of the joint venture or similar
arrangement;
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(xvii) |
no Liens may be provided on terms which are inconsistent with the turnover or sharing provisions in any intercreditor agreement;
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(xviii) |
no Note Guarantee and Liens shall be required over any assets situated in any jurisdiction that is not a Qualified Jurisdiction;
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(xix) |
to the extent legally effective, all Liens will be given in favor of the Collateral Agent and not to the secured creditors individually, with the Collateral Agent to hold one set of Liens for the Secured Parties (subject to applicable
law); “parallel debt” provisions will be used where necessary (and included in any intercreditor agreement and not the individual Security Documents);
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(xx) |
the giving of a guarantee or the granting, creation or perfection of security will not be required if it would be unduly burdensome or restrict the ability of the relevant Guarantor to conduct its operations and any business in the
ordinary course or as otherwise permitted or not prohibited by the Security Documents as reasonably determined by the Issuer (including by way of imposing any restriction or practical limitation on the ability of the Group to deal with
secured assets or enter into (or amend, waive, terminate or allow to lapse any rights, benefits or obligations) leasing, vendor financing, maintenance, insurance or similar or equivalent arrangements otherwise permitted by the terms of
the Notes); and
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(xxi) |
certain supervisory board, works council or another external body’s consent may be required to enable a member of the Group to provide a guarantee or security, such guarantee and/or security shall not be required unless such consent
has been received provided that reasonable efforts have been used by the relevant member of the Group to obtain the relevant consent to the extent permissible by law and regulation and such consent has no material adverse impact on
relationships with third parties
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(c) |
Notwithstanding any term of any Notes Document: no loan or other obligation under any Notes Document may be, directly or indirectly guaranteed by (i) any CFC or by an a FSHCO or (ii) a subsidiary of a CFC of FSHCO.
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(d) |
The Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties, as the case may be, shall, subject to the terms of the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, promptly discharge any guarantees and release any Lien which is or are or has become subject to any
legal or regulatory prohibition as is referred to in paragraph (b) above.
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2.
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GUARANTORS AND SECURITY
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(a) |
Subject to the guarantee limitations set out in this Indenture, each Note Guarantee will be an upstream, cross-stream and downstream guarantee and security for all liabilities of the Guarantors under the Notes Documents in accordance
with, and subject to, the requirements of these Agreed Security Principles in each relevant jurisdiction. Security Documents will secure the Note Guarantee obligations of the relevant security provider or, if such Lien is provided on a
third party basis, all liabilities of the Guarantors under the Notes Documents, in each case in accordance with, and subject to, the requirements of these Agreed Security Principles in each relevant jurisdiction.
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Where a Guarantor pledges shares, the Security Document will be governed by the laws of the company whose shares are being pledged and not by the law of the country of the pledgor; provided that if the laws of the company whose shares
are being pledged are not the laws of a Qualified Jurisdiction, no share pledge agreement shall be required. Subject to these principles, the shares in each Guarantor shall be secured. The shares held by a Guarantor in a Subsidiary that
is not a Guarantor shall not be required to be the subject of any Lien, unless that Subsidiary is a Significant Subsidiary (or unless the shares in such Subsidiary can be secured in a global security agreement such as a New York law
global security agreement and an English law debenture, or similar) and is incorporated or formed in a Qualified Jurisdiction.
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(c) |
Any Security Document shall only be required to be notarized or notarially certified if required by law in order for the relevant Lien to become effective or admissible in evidence.
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TERMS OF SECURITY DOCUMENTS
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The following principles will be reflected in the terms of any Lien granted as part of this transaction:
(a) |
the Lien will be first ranking, to the extent possible and subject always to the terms of the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement;
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(b) |
subject to the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall only be able to exercise a power of attorney following the occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 6.01 (Events of
Default) of this Indenture or if the relevant Guarantor has failed to comply with a further assurance or perfection obligation (and any grace period applicable thereto has expired), but only to the extent necessary to comply with
such further assurance or perfection obligation;
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Liens will not be enforceable (including the crystallization of any floating charge (unless it has occurred automatically pursuant to the terms of the English law debenture)) until the occurrence of an Event of Default under Section
6.01 (Events of Default) of this Indenture;
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the provisions of each Security Document will not be unduly burdensome on any Guarantor or interfere unreasonably with the operation of its business, will be limited to those required by local law to grant or perfect or ensure the
priority of Liens and will not otherwise impose commercial obligations;
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the Security Documents should only operate to grant Liens rather than to impose other commercial obligations or repeat clauses in other Notes Documents; accordingly (i) there will be no repetition or extension of clauses set out in
this Indenture (or any intercreditor agreement) such as those relating to notices, cost and expenses (except in Security Documents requiring notarization), indemnities, tax gross up, distribution of proceeds and release of any Liens; (ii)
representations and undertakings shall be included in the Security Documents only to the extent required by local law in order to grant or perfect or ensure the priority of the security interest expressed to be granted thereby; and (iii)
nothing in any Security Document shall (or shall be construed to) prohibit any transaction, matter or other step (or a grantor of security taking or entering into the same or dealing in any manner whatsoever in relation to any asset
(including all rights, claims, benefits, proceeds and documentation, and contractual counterparties in relation thereto) the subject of (or expressed to be the subject of) the Security Document if not prohibited by the terms of the other
Notes Documents (and accordingly to such extent, the Collateral Agent shall promptly effect releases, confirmations, consents to deal or similar steps always at the cost of the relevant grantor of such Lien);
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(f) |
information, such as lists of assets, will be provided if, and only to the extent required by local law to be provided to perfect or register the Lien and, when required, shall be provided no more frequently than annually (unless
required more frequently under local law) or, following an Event of Default which is continuing, as necessary and appropriate;
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no Lien will be granted over parts, stock, moveable plant, equipment if it would require labelling, segregation or periodic listing or specification of such parts, stocks, moveable plant or equipment;
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(h) |
perfection will not be required in respect of (i) vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title or (ii) letter of credit rights and tort claims (or the local law equivalent);
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(i) |
in no event shall control agreements (or perfection by control or similar arrangements) be required with respect to any asset (including deposit or securities account);
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Liens will, where possible and practical, automatically grant security over future assets of the same type as those already secured; where local law requires supplemental pledges to be delivered in respect of future acquired assets in
order for effective Liens to be granted over that class of asset, such supplemental pledges shall be provided at intervals no more frequent than twelve months (unless required more frequently under local law to grant such Lien or,
following an Event of Default which is continuing, as necessary and appropriate); and
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each Security Document must contain a clause which records that if there is a conflict between the Security Document and this Indenture or any intercreditor agreement then (to the fullest extent permitted by law) the provisions of this
Indenture or (as applicable) any intercreditor agreement will take priority over the provisions of the Security Document.
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FIXED ASSETS
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(a) |
If a Guarantor grants security over its fixed assets it shall be free to deal with those assets in the course of its business to the extent not prohibited by this Indenture until the occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 6.01
(Events of Default) of this Indenture.
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(b) |
No notice, whether to third parties or by attaching a notice to the fixed assets, shall be prepared or given until the occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 6.01 (Events of Default) of
this Indenture.
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If required under local law security over fixed assets will be registered subject to the general principles set out in these Agreed Security Principles.
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5.
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INSURANCE POLICIES
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(a) |
A Guarantor may grant Liens over its insurance policies (excluding any third party liability or public liability insurance and any directors and officers insurance) in respect of which claims thereunder may be mandatorily prepaid,
provided that such insurance policy allows Liens to be so granted.
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If required by local law to perfect the Lien, notice of the Lien will be served on the insurance provider within 10 Business Days of the Lien being granted and the Guarantor shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain an
acknowledgement of that notice within 15 Business Days of service. If the Guarantor has used its commercially reasonable efforts but has not been able to obtain acknowledgement its obligation to obtain acknowledgement shall cease on the
expiry of that 15 Business Day period.
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No loss payee or other endorsement shall be made on the insurance policy.
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6.
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
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(a) |
If a Guarantor grants a Lien over its intellectual property it shall be free to deal with those assets in the course of its business (including, without limitation, allowing its intellectual property to lapse if no longer material to
its business) to the extent not prohibited by this Indenture until the occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 6.01 (Events of Default) of this Indenture.
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No Lien shall be granted over any intellectual property which cannot be secured under the terms of the relevant licensing agreement. No notice shall be prepared or given to any third party from whom intellectual property is licensed
until the occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 6.01 (Events of Default) of this Indenture.
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If required under local law, Liens over intellectual property will be registered under the law of that Security Document at a relevant supra-national registry (such as the EU) or otherwise at any national (or US State, if applicable)
registry subject to the general principles set out in these Agreed Security Principles.
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INTERCOMPANY RECEIVABLES
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(a) |
If a Guarantor grants Liens over its intercompany receivables it shall, subject to the terms of this Indenture and any intercreditor agreement, be free to deal with those receivables in the course of its business until the occurrence
of an Event of Default under Section 6.01 (Events of Default) of this Indenture.
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If required under local law to perfect the Lien, notice of the Lien will be served on the relevant debtor within 5 Business Days of the Lien being granted and the Guarantor shall obtain an acknowledgement of that notice within 15
Business Days of service.
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(c) |
If required under local law, Liens over intercompany receivables will be registered subject to the general principles set out in these Agreed Security Principles.
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TRADE RECEIVABLES
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(a) |
If a Guarantor grants Liens over its trade receivables it shall be free to deal with those receivables in the course of its business to the extent not prohibited by this Indenture until the occurrence of an Event of Default under
Section 6.01 (Events of Default) of this Indenture.
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No notice of Liens over its trade receivables may be served until the occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 6.01 (Events of Default) of this Indenture.
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No Liens will be granted over any trade receivables which cannot be secured under the terms of the relevant contract.
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(d) |
If required under local law Liens over trade receivables will be registered subject to the general principles set out in these Agreed Security Principles.
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(e) |
Save as required under local law, any list of trade receivables required shall not include details of the underlying contracts (but may include non-sensitive generic information to the extent that would allow for the creation of Liens)
and as necessary and appropriate to the extent required to grant or perfect Liens and in any event no more frequently than once per calendar year.
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SHARES
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(a) |
Until the occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 6.01 (Events of Default) of this Indenture, the charging Guarantor will be permitted to retain and to exercise voting rights
appertaining to any shares charged by it and the company whose shares have been charged will be permitted to pay dividends upstream on pledged shares to the extent permitted under the Notes Documents with the proceeds to be available to
the Issuer and its Subsidiaries.
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Where customary and applicable as a matter of law, on, or as soon as reasonably practicable following execution of the share charge, the original share certificate and stock transfer form executed in blank (or other document evidencing
title) will be delivered to the Collateral Agent (at such of its locations as it shall elect) and where required by law the share certificate or shareholders’ register (or other local law equivalent) will be endorsed or written up and the
endorsed share certificate or a copy of the written up register provided to the Collateral Agent.
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Unless the restriction is required by law or regulation, the constitutional documents of the company whose shares have been charged will be amended to remove any restriction on the transfer or the registration of the transfer of the
shares on the taking or enforcement of the Liens granted over them.
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REAL ESTATE
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(a) |
Unless pursuant to a global security document otherwise being entered into by a Guarantor and subject to these Agreed Security Principles, a Guarantor shall not be required to grant Liens over its real estate.
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Without prejudice to paragraph (a) above, no fixed Liens (or other analogous security interest in the relevant jurisdiction) shall be granted over real property, provided that this shall not restrict any real property being secured
under a floating charge (or other similar security) under a global security document of the type referred to in paragraph (a) above which charges all of the assets of the Issuer or a Guarantor but excluding (i) any unregistered real
property which, if subject to any such Liens would be required to be registered under the relevant land registry laws and (ii) any leasehold real property that has 25 years or less to run on the lease or has a rack rent payable.
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(c) |
There will be no obligation to investigate title, provide surveys or other insurance or environmental due diligence.
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RELEASE OF SECURITY
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Unless required by local law the circumstances in which the Lien shall be released should not be dealt with in individual Security
Documents but, if so required, shall, except to the extent required by local law, be the same as those set out in this Indenture or any intercreditor agreement.
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