EXHIBIT 4.1
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ZIFF ▇▇▇▇▇ MEDIA INC.,
the GUARANTORS named herein
And
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Trustee
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INDENTURE
Dated as of August 12, 2002
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Senior Subordinated Compounding Notes due 2009
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*
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Trust Indenture Indenture Section
Act Section -----------------
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310 (a) (1) 7.10
(a) (2) 7.10
(a) (3) N.A.
(a) (4) N.A.
(a) (5) 7.10
(b) 7.03; 7.10
(c) N.A.
311 (a) 7.11
(b) 7.11
(c) N.A.
312 (a) 2.05
(b) 12.03
(c) 12.03
313 (a) 7.06
(b) (2) 7.06; 7.07
(c) 7.06; 12.02
(d) 7.06
314 (a) 4.03; 12.05
(c) (1) 12.04
(c) (2) 12.04
(c) (3) N.A.
(e) 12.05
(f) N.A.
315 (a) 7.01(b)
(b) 7.05; 12.02
(c) 7.01(a)
(d) 7.01
(e) 6.11
316 (a) (last sentence) 2.09
(a) (1) (A) 6.05
(a) (1) (B) 6.04
(a) (2) N.A.
(b) 6.07
(c) 2.12
317 (a) (1) 6.08
(a) (2) 6.09
(b) 2.04
318 (a) 12.01
(b) N.A.
(c) 12.01
N.A. means not applicable.
* This Cross-Reference Table is not part of the Indenture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE 1
Section 1.01 Definitions 1
Section 1.02 Other Definitions 31
Section 1.03 Trust Indenture Act Definitions 32
Section 1.04 Rules of Construction 32
ARTICLE II THE NOTES 33
Section 2.01 Form and Dating 33
Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication 33
Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying Agent 34
Section 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust 34
Section 2.05 Holder Lists 35
Section 2.06 Transfer and Exchange 35
Section 2.07 Replacement Notes. 47
Section 2.08 Outstanding Notes. 47
Section 2.09 Treasury Notes. 48
Section 2.10 Temporary Notes. 48
Section 2.11 Cancellation. 48
Section 2.12 Defaulted Interest. 48
Section 2.13 CUSIP Numbers. 49
Section 2.14 Payment of Interest; Interest Rate. 49
ARTICLE III REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT 50
Section 3.01 Notices to Trustee. 50
Section 3.02 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed. 50
Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption. 50
Section 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption. 51
Section 3.05 Deposit of Redemption Price. 51
Section 3.06 Notes Redeemed in Part. 52
Section 3.07 Optional Redemption. 52
Section 3.08 Mandatory Redemption. 52
Section 3.09 Offer to Purchase by Application of Asset Sale Offer
Amount. 52
ARTICLE IV COVENANTS 54
Section 4.01 Payment of Notes. 54
Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency. 55
Section 4.03 Reports to Holders. 55
Section 4.04 Compliance Certificate. 56
Section 4.05 Payment of Taxes. 57
Section 4.06 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws. 57
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Section 4.07 Limitation on Restricted Payments. 57
Section 4.08 Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions
Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries. 61
Section 4.09 Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness. 63
Section 4.10 Limitation on Asset Sales. 63
Section 4.11 Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates. 64
Section 4.12 Limitation on Liens. 66
Section 4.13 Conduct of Business. 66
Section 4.14 Corporate Existence. 66
Section 4.15 Offer to Repurchase upon Change of Control. 67
Section 4.16 No Senior Subordinated Indebtedness. 68
Section 4.17 Future Guarantees by Restricted Subsidiaries. 69
ARTICLE V SUCCESSORS 69
Section 5.01 Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets. 69
Section 5.02 Successor Corporation Substituted. 70
ARTICLE VI DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES 70
Section 6.01 Events of Default. 70
Section 6.02 Acceleration. 72
Section 6.03 Other Remedies. 73
Section 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults. 73
Section 6.05 Control by Majority. 73
Section 6.06 Limitation on Suits. 74
Section 6.07 Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment. 74
Section 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee. 74
Section 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. 74
Section 6.10 Priorities. 75
Section 6.11 Undertaking for Costs. 75
Section 6.12 Restoration of Rights and Remedies. 76
ARTICLE VII TRUSTEE 76
Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee. 76
Section 7.02 Rights of Trustee. 77
Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee. 78
Section 7.04 Trustee's Disclaimer. 78
Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults. 78
Section 7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes. 78
Section 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity. 79
Section 7.08 Replacement of Trustee. 80
Section 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc. 81
Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification. 81
Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. 81
ARTICLE VIII LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE 82
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Section 8.01 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. 82
Section 8.02 Legal Defeasance and Discharge. 82
Section 8.03 Covenant Defeasance. 82
Section 8.04 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance. 83
Section 8.05 Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust;
Other Miscellaneous Provisions. 84
Section 8.06 Satisfaction and Discharge. 85
Section 8.07 Repayment to Company. 85
Section 8.08 Reinstatement. 86
Section 8.09 Survival. 86
ARTICLE IX AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER 86
Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders of Notes. 86
Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders of Notes. 87
Section 9.03 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act. 89
Section 9.04 Revocation and Effect of Consents. 89
Section 9.05 Notation on or Exchange of Notes. 89
Section 9.06 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc. 89
ARTICLE X SUBORDINATION 89
Section 10.01 Agreement to Subordinate. 89
Section 10.02 Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy. 90
Section 10.03 Default on Designated Senior Indebtedness. 91
Section 10.04 Acceleration of Notes. 92
Section 10.05 When Distribution Must Be Paid Over. 92
Section 10.06 Notice by Company. 93
Section 10.07 Subrogation. 93
Section 10.08 Relative Rights. 93
Section 10.09 Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Company. 94
Section 10.10 Distribution or Notice to Representative. 95
Section 10.11 Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent. 95
Section 10.12 Authorization to Effect Subordination. 95
Section 10.13 Amendments. 96
ARTICLE XI GUARANTEES 96
Section 11.01 Guarantee. 96
Section 11.02 Subordination of Guarantee. 97
Section 11.03 Limitation on Guarantor Liability. 97
Section 11.04 Execution and Delivery of Guarantee. 98
Section 11.05 Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms. 98
Section 11.06 Releases Following Certain Events. 99
ARTICLE XII MISCELLANEOUS 99
Section 12.01 Trust Indenture Act Controls. 99
Section 12.02 Notices. 100
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Section 12.03 Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes. 101
Section 12.04 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. 101
Section 12.05 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. 101
Section 12.06 Rules by Trustee and Agents. 102
Section 12.07 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and
Stockholders. 102
Section 12.08 Governing Law. 102
Section 12.09 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements. 102
Section 12.10 Successors. 102
Section 12.11 Severability. 102
Section 12.12 Counterpart Originals. 102
Section 12.13 Table of Contents, Headings, etc. 103
Section 12.14 Exclusion of Existing Notes. 103
EXHIBITS
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Exhibit A FORM OF NOTE
Exhibit B FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
Exhibit C FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
Exhibit D FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF ACQUIRING INSTITUTIONAL
ACCREDITED INVESTOR
Exhibit E FORM OF GUARANTEE
Exhibit F FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
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INDENTURE dated as of August 12, 2002 among Ziff ▇▇▇▇▇ Media Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), the Guarantors (as defined herein) and
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, as trustee
(the "Trustee").
The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee agree as follows for the
benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of
the Notes:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01 Definitions.
"Accrued Bankruptcy Interest" means, with respect to any
Indebtedness of any Person, all interest accrued or accruing on such
Indebtedness after the commencement of any bankruptcy, reorganization,
insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding, whether voluntary or
involuntary, against such Person in accordance with and at the contract rate
(including, without limitation, any rate applicable upon default) specified in
the agreement or instrument creating, evidencing or governing such Indebtedness,
whether or not, pursuant to applicable law or otherwise, the claim for such
interest is allowed as a claim in such proceeding.
"Acquired Indebtedness" means Indebtedness of a Person existing at
the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of or is merged into or
consolidated with any other Person or which is assumed in connection with the
acquisition of assets from such Person and, in each case, whether or not
incurred by such Person in connection with, or in anticipation or contemplation
of, such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary or such merger, consolidation
or acquisition.
"Affiliate" means, with respect to any specific Person, any other
Person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls,
or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person. For
the purposes of this definition, "control" (including, with correlative
meanings, the terms "controlling," "controlled by" and "under common control
with"), as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or
policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
agreement or otherwise; provided that, for purposes of Section 4.11, beneficial
ownership of at least 10% of the voting securities of a Person, either directly
or indirectly, will be deemed to be control.
"Agent" means any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-registrar.
"Applicable Law" means all applicable laws, statutes, treaties,
rules, codes (including building codes), ordinances, regulations, certificates,
orders and licenses of, and interpretations by, any Governmental Authority and
judgments, decrees, injunctions, writs, orders or like governmental action of
any Governmental Authority (including any Environmental Law and any laws
pertaining to health or safety) applicable to the Company, any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or any of their property or operations.
"Applicable Procedures" means, with respect to any transfer or
exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and
procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream that apply to such
transfer or exchange.
"Asset Sale" means:
(1) the sale, lease (as lessor), conveyance, disposition or other
transfer (a "disposition") of any properties, assets or rights (including,
without limitation, by way of a sale and lease-back);provided that the sale,
lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets
of the Company and its Subsidiaries
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taken as a whole will be governed by the Change of Control provisions and/or
Section 5.01 and not by Section 4.10; and
(2) the issuance, sale or transfer by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries of Equity Interests of any of the Company's Restricted
Subsidiaries, in the case of either clause (1) or (2), whether in a single
transaction or a series of related transactions
(a) that have a fair market value in excess of $1,000,000; or
(b) for aggregate consideration in excess of $1,000,000.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following items shall not be
deemed to be Asset Sales:
(1) dispositions in the ordinary course of business, including,
without limitation, the sale or lease of databases, software, subscriber lists
or office or laboratory space or the licensing of intellectual property;
(2) a disposition of assets by the Company to a Restricted
Subsidiary or Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantor or by a Restricted Subsidiary or
Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantor to the Company or to another Restricted
Subsidiary or Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantor;
(3) a disposition of Equity Interests by the Company to a Restricted
Subsidiary or Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantor or by an Unrestricted Subsidiary
Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or to another Restricted
Subsidiary or a Person who becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or an Unrestricted
Subsidiary Guarantor (if otherwise in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture) after giving effect to such dispositions;
(4) the sale or other disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents;
(5) foreclosures on assets;
(6) the sale or discount, in each case without recourse, of accounts
receivable arising in the ordinary course of business, but only in connection
with the compromise or collection thereof;
(7) the factoring of accounts receivable arising in the ordinary
course of business pursuant to arrangements customary in the publishing
industry;
(8) disposals or replacements of obsolete assets in the ordinary
course of business;
(9) leases or subleases to third persons not interfering in any
material respect with the business of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantors;
(10) any sale of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness or other
securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(11) a Permitted Investment or a Restricted Payment that is permitted
by Section 4.07; and
(12) an issuance to management of the Company of up to 15% of the
Equity Interests of a Restricted Subsidiary.
"Attributable Indebtedness" in respect of a Sale and Lease-Back
Transaction means, as at the time of determination, the greater of
(1) the fair value of the property subject to such arrangement; and
(2) the present value (discounted at the rate of interest implicit
in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP and compounded annually)
of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the remaining
term of the lease included in such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction (including
any period for which such lease has been extended).
"Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11 of the United States Code or any
similar federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
other law for the relief of debtors.
"Board of Directors" means, as to any Person, the board of directors
of such Person or any duly authorized committee thereof.
"Board Resolution" means, with respect to any Person, a copy of a
resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Person
to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of such Person and to be in
full force and effect on the date of such certification and delivered to the
Trustee.
"Business Day" means any day that is not a Legal Holiday.
"Capital Expenditure Indebtedness" means Indebtedness, including
industrial revenue bonds and purchase money indebtedness, incurred by any Person
to finance or refinance
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the purchase or construction of any property or assets acquired or constructed
by that Person which have a useful life of more than one year so long as
(1) the purchase or construction price for that property or assets
is included in "addition to property, plant or equipment" in accordance with
GAAP;
(2) the acquisition or construction of that property or assets is not
part of any acquisition of a Person or line of business; and
(3) that Indebtedness is incurred within 180 days of the acquisition
or completion of construction of that property or assets.
"Capital Stock" means, with respect to any Person, any and all
shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated and
whether or not voting) of corporate stock, partnership or limited liability
company interests or any other participation, right or other interest in the
nature of an equity interest in such Person including, without limitation,
Common Stock and Preferred Stock of such Person, or any option, warrant or other
security convertible into any of the foregoing.
"Capitalized Lease Obligation" means, with respect to any Person,
Indebtedness represented by obligations under a lease that is required to be
capitalized for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP, and the
amount of such Indebtedness will be the capitalized amount of such obligations
determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Cash Equivalents" means
(1) marketable direct obligations issued by, or unconditionally
guaranteed by, the United States Government or issued by any agency or
instrumentality thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United
States, in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition
thereof;
(2) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United
States of America or any foreign governmental entity or any political
subdivision of any such state or any foreign governmental entity or any public
instrumentality thereof maturing within one year from the date of acquisition
thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having one of the two highest ratings
obtainable from either S&P or Moody's or, in the case of foreign subsidiaries,
the equivalent ratings;
(3) commercial paper maturing no more than one year from the date of
creation thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having a rating of at least
A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Moody's;
(4) time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit or bankers'
acceptances maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof issued
by any lender under the Credit Facility or bank organized under the laws of the
United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia or any
U.S. branch of a foreign bank having at the date of acquisition thereof combined
capital and surplus of not less than $250,000,000;
(5) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days
for underlying securities of the types described in clause (1) above entered
into with any bank meeting the qualifications specified in clause (4) above;
(6) securities with maturities of one year or less from the date of
acquisition backed by standby letters of credit issued by any commercial back
satisfying the requirements of clause (4) above;
(7) demand deposits with any bank or trust company maintained in the
ordinary course of business;
(8) commercial paper, maturing not more than 180 days after the date
of purchase, issued or guaranteed by a corporation (other than the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates) organized and existing under
the laws of any state of the United States of America with a rating, at the time
as of which any determination thereof is to be made, of at least A-1 from S&P or
P-1 from Moody's; and
(9) investments in money market, mutual or similar funds that invest
substantially all their assets in securities of the types described in clauses
(1) through (5) above.
"Change of Control" means the occurrence of any of the following:
(1) the sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition,
other than by way of merger or consolidation, in one or a series of related
transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any "person" or "group" (as those terms are
used in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act), other than the Permitted Holders and
their Related Parties;
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(2) the approval by the Company and the holders of Capital Stock of
the Company of the adoption of a plan for the liquidation or dissolution of the
Company;
(3) any "person" or "group" (as those terms are used in Section 13
(d) of the Exchange Act), other than the Permitted Holders and their Related
Parties, becomes the "beneficial owner" (as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3
and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly through one or
more intermediaries, of 50% or more of the voting power or economic power of the
outstanding Capital Stock of the Company or Parent;
(4) any "person" or "group" (as those terms are used in Section 13
(d) of the Exchange Act), other than the Permitted Holders and their Related
Parties, becomes the "beneficial owner" (as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3
and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) of more than 33 1/3% of the total voting
power of the Capital Stock of the Company and the Permitted Holders and their
Related Parties beneficially own, in the aggregate, a lesser percentage of the
total voting power of the Capital Stock of the Company than such other person or
group and do not have the right or ability by voting power, contract or
otherwise to elect or designate for election a majority of the Board of
Directors of the Company or Parent; and
(5) following the consummation of an initial public offering of
Common Stock of the Company, during any period of two consecutive years,
individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board of
Directors of the Company (together with any new directors whose election by such
Board of Directors or whose nomination for election by the shareholders of the
Company has been approved by the Permitted Holders or a majority of the
directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of
such period or whose election or recommendation for election was previously so
approved) cease to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of the
Company.
"Clearstream" means Clearstream Banking, S.A.
"Compounded Value" means, for any Note, as of any date of
determination, the sum of (A) the principal amount of the Note and (B) any
interest in respect of such Note accrued through such date but in no event later
than August 12, 2006 in accordance with Section 2.14 hereof and the terms of
such Note. On the date of issuance of any such Note, the amount under clause (B)
shall be zero.
"Common Stock" of any Person means all Capital Stock of such Person
that is generally entitled to (i) vote in the election of directors of such
Person; or (ii) if such Person is not a corporation, vote or otherwise
participate in the selection of the governing body, partners, managers or others
that will control the management and policies of such Person.
"Company" means Ziff ▇▇▇▇▇ Media Inc. and any and all successors
thereto that become a party this Indenture in accordance with its terms.
"Consolidated Indebtedness" means, with respect to any specified
Person for any date of determination, the sum, without duplication, of
(1) the total amount of Indebtedness of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries, plus
(2) the total amount of Indebtedness of any other Person, to the
extent that such Indebtedness has been guaranteed by the specified Person or one
or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries, plus
(3) the aggregate liquidation value of all Disqualified Capital Stock
of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated
basis and in accordance with GAAP;
provided, however, that (1) Subordinated Seller Debt, (2) accrued
interest on the Notes included in the balance sheet of the Company arising out
of the "troubled debt accounting" provisions of Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 15, or any successor provisions promulgated thereunder
or similar pronouncements, and (3) intercompany Indebtedness shall be excluded
from Consolidated Indebtedness.
"Consolidated Interest Expense" means, with respect to any Person for
any period, the sum of, without duplication,
(1) the interest expense of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance
with GAAP (including amortization of original issue discount on any
Indebtedness, all noncash interest payments, the interest component of all
payments associated with Capitalized Lease Obligations, imputed interest with
respect to Attributable Indebtedness, commissions, discounts and other
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fees and charges incurred in respect of letters of credit or bankers' acceptance
financings, and net payments, if any, pursuant to Hedging Obligations); and
(2) the consolidated capitalized interest of the Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for that period, whether paid or accrued.
"Consolidated Net Income" means, with respect to any Person for any
period, the aggregate of the Net Income of that Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for that period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance
with GAAP; provided that
(1) the Net Income (or loss) of any Person that is not a Restricted
Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting shall be
included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions paid in
cash to the referent Person or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof;
(2) the Net Income (or loss) of any Restricted Subsidiary other than
a Subsidiary organized or having its principal place of business outside the
United States shall be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of
dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that Net
Income (or loss) is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior
governmental approval (that has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly,
by operation of the terms of its charter or any judgment, decree, order,
statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted
Subsidiary;
(3) the Net Income (or loss) of any Person acquired in a pooling of
interests transaction for any period prior to the date of that acquisition shall
be excluded;
(4) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles shall
be excluded; and
(5) nonrecurring fees and expenses incurred, within three months of
the Issue Date, in connection with the consummation of the Transaction in an
aggregate amount not to exceed $10.0 million shall be excluded.
"Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee" shall be at the address of
the Trustee specified in Section 12.02 or such other address as to which the
Trustee may give notice to the Company.
"Credit Facility" means the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement,
dated as of August 12, 2002, among the Company, the banks, financial
institutions and other institutional lenders from time to time party thereto and
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, as Administrative Agent for the lender
parties thereunder, together with all "Loan Documents" as defined therein and
all other documents related thereto (including, without limitation, any notes,
guarantee agreements and security documents), in each case as such agreements
may be amended (including any amendment and restatement thereof), supplemented
or otherwise modified from time to time, including any agreement or agreements
extending the maturity of, refinancing, renewing, replacing or otherwise
restructuring (including increasing the amount of available borrowings
thereunder (provided that such increase in borrowings is permitted by Section
4.09 herein or adding Subsidiaries of the Company as additional borrowers or
guarantors thereunder), in whole or in part, all or any portion of the
Indebtedness under such agreement or agreements or any successor or replacement
agreement or agreements and whether by the same or any other agent, lender or
group of lenders or other party thereto or by one or more agreements.
"Currency Agreement" means any foreign exchange contract, currency
swap agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company against fluctuations in
currency values.
"Custodian" means any custodian, receiver, trustee, assignee,
liquidator, sequestrator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
"Debt to EBITDA Ratio" means, with respect to any Person as of the
date of determination (the "Calculation Date"), the ratio of Consolidated
Indebtedness of such Person as of such date to the EBITDA of such Person for the
most recent four-quarter period ending immediately prior to such date for which
internal financial statements are available, determined
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on a pro forma basis (including any pro forma cost-savings adjustments
calculated on a basis consistent with Regulation S-X of the Exchange Act) after
giving effect to all acquisitions or dispositions of assets made by such Person
and its Restricted Subsidiaries from the beginning of such period through and
including such date of determination (including any financing transactions in
connection with such acquisitions or dispositions) as if such acquisitions and
dispositions had occurred at the beginning of such period. In addition, for the
purposes of making the computation referred to above, the following shall be
included or excluded, as the case may be:
(1) acquisitions that have been made by the Company or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries or Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantors, including
through mergers or consolidations and including any related financing
transactions, during the applicable period or subsequent to such applicable
period and on or prior to the Calculation Date shall be deemed to have occurred
on the first day of the reference period, and EBITDA for such period shall be
calculated without giving effect to clause (3) of the proviso set forth in the
definition of Consolidated Net Income; and
(2) the EBITDA attributable to discontinued operations, as
determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations of businesses disposed of
prior to the Calculation Date shall be excluded.
"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, in the
form of Exhibit A-1 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
as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto
appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the
applicable provision of this Indenture.
"Designated Senior Indebtedness" means (1) any Senior
Indebtedness under the Credit Facility; and (2) any other Senior Indebtedness
which at the time of determination exceeds $20.0 million in aggregate principal
amount (or accreted value in the case of Indebtedness issued at a discount)
outstanding or available under a committed facility, which is specifically
designated in the instrument evidencing such Senior Indebtedness as "Designated
Senior Indebtedness" by such Person and as to which the Trustee has been given
written notice of such designation.
"Disqualified Capital Stock" means any Capital Stock of a
Person or a Subsidiary thereof which, by its terms (or by the terms of any
security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable at the
option of the holder), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is
mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or
is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or
prior to the maturity date of the Notes, for cash or securities constituting
Indebtedness. Without limitation of the foregoing, Disqualified Capital Stock
will be deemed to include any Preferred Stock of a Person or a Subsidiary of
such Person, with respect to either of which, under the terms of such Preferred
Stock, by agreement or otherwise, such Person or Subsidiary is obligated to pay
current dividends or distributions in cash during the period prior to the
maturity date of the Notes; provided, however, that (x) Preferred Stock of a
Person or any Subsidiary thereof that is issued with the benefit of provisions
requiring a public offering or a change of control offer to be made for such
Preferred Stock in the event of a change of control of or a public offering by
such
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Person or Subsidiary, which provisions have substantially the same effect as the
provisions of Section 4.15, and (y) Preferred Stock of a Subsidiary of any
Person which is held by such Person, will not be deemed to be Disqualified
Capital Stock solely by virtue of such provisions.
"Distribution Compliance Period" means as defined in
Regulation S.
"DLJMB" means D.J. Diversified Partners, L.P., D.J.
Diversified Partners-A, L.P., D.J. EAB Partners, L.P., D.J. ESC II L.P., D.J.
First Esc L.P., D.J. Merchant Banking Partners II-A, L.P., D.J. Merchant Banking
Partners II, L.P., D.J. Millennium Partners, L.P., D.J. Millennium Partners-A,
L.P., D.J. Offshore Partners II, C.V., DLJMB Funding II, Inc. and their
respective Affiliates.
"EBITDA" means, with respect to any specified Person for any
period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period, plus
(1) an amount equal to any extraordinary loss plus any net
loss realized by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection
with an Asset Sale, to the extent such losses were deducted in computing such
Consolidated Net Income; less
(2) an amount equal to any extraordinary gain less any net
gain realized by such person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection
with an Asset Sale, to the extent such gains were included in computing such
Consolidated Net Income; plus
(3) provision for taxes based on income or profits of such
Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such
provision for taxes was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
(4) Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued and whether or
not capitalized (including, without limitation, amortization of debt issuance
costs and original issue discount, noncash interest payments, the interest
component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all
payments associated with Capitalized Lease Obligations, commissions, discounts
and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers'
acceptance financings, and net of the effect of all payments made or received
pursuant to Hedging Obligations), to the extent that any such expense was
deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
(5) depreciation, amortization (including amortization of
goodwill and other intangibles but excluding amortization of prepaid cash
expenses that were paid in a prior period) and other noncash expenses (excluding
any such noncash expense other than noncash rent expense to the extent that it
represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenses in any future period or
amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period) of such
Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such
depreciation, amortization and other noncash expenses were deducted in computing
such Consolidated Net Income; plus
(6) one-time noncash charges recorded in accordance with
GAAP resulting from any merger, recapitalization or acquisition transaction,
including the closing of the Transaction; less
(7) noncash items or nonrecurring items increasing such
Consolidated Net Income for such period, other than the accrual of revenue in
the ordinary course of business, in each case, on a consolidated basis and
determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Environmental Law" means any federal, state, local or
foreign statute, law, ordinance, rule, regulation, code, order, writ, judgment,
injunction, decree or judicial or written agency interpretation, policy or
guidance that has the force and effect of law relating to pollution or
protection of the environment, public health and safety or natural resources,
including, without limitation, those relating to the use, handling,
transportation, treatment, storage, disposal, release or discharge of Hazardous
Materials, including, without limitation, CERCLA; RCRA; the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. (S) 1251 et seq.; the Toxic Substances Control
Act, 15 U.S.C. (S) 2601 et seq.; the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. (S) 7401 et seq.;
the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. (S) 3803 et seq.; the Oil Pollution Act
of 1990, 33 U.S.C.(S) 2701 et seq.; the Emergency Planning and the Community
Right-to-Know Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. (S) 11001 et seq.; the Hazardous Material
Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. (S) 1801 et seq.; and the Occupational
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Safety and Health Act, 29 U.S.C. (S) 651 et seq.; and any state and local or
foreign counterparts or equivalents, in each case as amended from time to time.
"Equity Interests" means Capital Stock and all warrants,
options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt
security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or any successor statute or statutes thereto.
"Exchange Notes" means the Senior Subordinated Compounding
Notes due 2009 to be issued in exchange for the Initial Notes pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement.
"Exchange Offer" has the meaning set forth in the
Registration Rights Agreement.
"Exchange Offer Registration Statement" has the meaning set
forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
"Existing Indebtedness" means Indebtedness of the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness under the Credit Facility)
in existence on the date of this Indenture.
"Existing Notes" means the 12% senior subordinated notes due
2010 of the Company issued pursuant to that indenture dated July 21, 2000,
between the Company, the Guarantors named therein and Bankers Trust Company, as
trustee.
"fair market value" means, with respect to any asset or
property, the price which could be negotiated in an arm's-length, free market
transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing and able buyer,
neither of whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the
transaction.
"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 are in effect as of the
Issue Date.
"Global Note Legend" means the legend set forth in Section
2.06(g)(ii) 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, in the form of
Exhibit A, issued in accordance with Section 2.01, 2.06(b)(iv), 2.06(d)(ii) or
2.06(f).
"Government Securities" means direct obligations of, or
obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America, and for the payment of
which the United States pledges its full faith and credit.
"Governmental Authority" means any government or political
subdivision of the United States or any other country or any agency, authority,
board, bureau, central bank, commission, department or instrumentality thereof
or therein, including, without limitation, any court, tribunal, grand jury or
arbitrator, in each case whether foreign or domestic, or any entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or
pertaining to such government or political subdivision.
"Guarantee" means:
(1) the senior subordinated guarantee of the Notes by the
Guarantors; and
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(2) the senior subordinated guarantee of the Notes by any
Subsidiary required under the terms of Section 4.17.
"Guarantor Designated Senior Indebtedness" means (1) any
Guarantor Senior Indebtedness under the Credit Facility; and (2) any other
Guarantor Senior Indebtedness which at the time of determination exceeds $20.0
million in aggregate principal amount (or accreted value in the case of
Indebtedness issued at a discount) outstanding or available under a committed
facility, which is specifically designated in the instrument evidencing such
Senior Indebtedness as "Guarantor Designated Senior Indebtedness" by such Person
and as to which the Trustee has been given written notice of such designation.
"Guarantor Senior Indebtedness" means Obligations (including,
without limitation, Accrued Bankruptcy Interest) due pursuant to the terms of
all agreements, documents and instruments providing for, creating, securing,
evidencing, relating to or otherwise entered into in connection with:
(1) all Indebtedness of a Guarantor owed to agents and
lenders under the Credit Facility;
(2) all obligations of a Guarantor with respect to Hedging
Obligations;
(3) all obligations of a Guarantor to reimburse any bank or
other Person in respect of amounts paid under letters of credit, acceptances or
other similar instruments;
(4) all other Indebtedness of a Guarantor which does not
provide that it is to rank equally in right of payment to or subordinate to the
Guarantee of such Guarantor, as the case may be; and
(5) all deferrals, renewals, extensions and refundings of,
and amendments, modifications and supplements to, any of the Guarantor Senior
Indebtedness described above.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing,
Guarantor Senior Indebtedness will not include:
(1) Indebtedness of a Guarantor to any of its Subsidiaries
(except to the extent pledged under the Credit Facility);
(2) Indebtedness represented by the Guarantees;
(3) any Indebtedness that by the express terms of the
agreement or instrument creating, evidencing or governing the same is junior or
subordinate in right of payment to any item of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness;
(4) any trade payable arising from the purchase of goods or
materials or for services obtained in the ordinary course of business;
(5) Indebtedness incurred in violation of Section 4.09 (but,
as to any such obligation, no such violation shall be deemed to exist for
purposes of this clause (5) if the holder(s) of such obligation or their
representative and the Trustee shall have received an Officers' Certificate of
the Company to the effect that the incurrence of such Indebtedness does not (or,
in the case of revolving credit indebtedness, that the incurrence of the entire
committed amount thereof at the date on which the initial borrowing thereunder
is made would not) violate Section 4.09);
(6) Indebtedness represented by Disqualified Capital Stock;
and
(7) any Indebtedness to or guaranteed on behalf of any
stockholder, director, officer or employee of a Guarantor or any Subsidiary of
such Guarantor.
"Guarantors" means Ziff ▇▇▇▇▇ Publishing Holdings Inc.,
LaunchCo, InternetCo, eTesting Labs Inc. and Ziff ▇▇▇▇▇ Publishing Inc. and any
other domestic Subsidiary which is a guarantor of the Notes, including any
Person that executes or is required after the Issue Date to execute a Guarantee
pursuant to this Indenture, until a successor replaces such party pursuant to
the applicable provisions of this Indenture and, thereafter, shall mean such
successor.
"Holder" or "Noteholder" means a Person in whose name a Note
is registered.
"Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person, any
indebtedness of that Person in respect of borrowed money or evidenced by bonds,
notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement
agreements in respect thereof) or bankers'
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acceptances or representing Capitalized Lease Obligations or the balance
deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property or representing any
Hedging Obligations (except any such balance that constitutes an accrued
expense, trade payable or customer contract advance) if and to the extent any of
the foregoing Indebtedness would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of
that Person prepared in accordance with GAAP, as well as all Indebtedness of
others secured by a Lien on any asset of that Person (whether or not that
Indebtedness is assumed by that Person (provided, however, that if such
obligation or obligations shall not have been assumed, the amount of such
Indebtedness shall be deemed to be the lesser of the principal amount of the
obligation or the fair market value of the pledged property or assets)) and, to
the extent not otherwise included, the guarantee by that Person of any
Indebtedness of any other Person.
The amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any date will be
the outstanding balance at such date of all unconditional obligations as
described above and, with respect to contingent obligations, the maximum
liability upon the occurrence of the contingency giving rise to the obligation;
provided that (1) the amount outstanding at any time of any Indebtedness issued
with original issue discount is the principal amount of such Indebtedness less
the remaining unamortized portion of the original issue discount of such
Indebtedness at such time as determined in conformity with GAAP; and (2)
Indebtedness will not include (a) any liability for federal, state, local or
other taxes, and (b) any accounts payable, trade payables and other accrued
liabilities arising from the purchase of goods or materials or for services
obtained in the ordinary course of business. Furthermore, guarantees of (or
obligations with respect to letters of credit supporting) Indebtedness otherwise
included in the determination of such amount shall not also be included.
"Indenture" means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented
from time to time.
"Independent Financial Advisor" means an investment banking
firm of national reputation in the United States (1) which does not, and whose
directors, officers and employees or Affiliates do not, have a direct or
indirect financial interest in the Company, and (2) which, in the judgment of
the Board of Directors of the Company, is otherwise independent and qualified to
perform the task for which it is to be engaged.
"Indirect Participant" means a Person who holds a beneficial
interest in a Global Note through a Participant.
"Initial Notes" means up to $95.0 million in aggregate
principal amount of Senior Subordinated Compounding Notes due 2009 of the
Company issued on the Issue Date for so long as such securities constitute
Restricted Securities.
"Institutional Accredited Investor" means an institution that
is an "accredited investor" as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under
the Securities Act that is not also a QIB.
"InternetCo" means Ziff ▇▇▇▇▇ Internet Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
"Investments" means, with respect to any Person, directly or
indirectly, any advance, account receivable (other than an account receivable
arising in the ordinary course of business of such Person or acquired as part of
the assets acquired by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company otherwise in
accordance with this Indenture), loan (including, without limitation, a
guarantee) or capital contribution to (by means of transfers of property to
others, payments for property or services for the account or use of others or
otherwise), the purchase of any Capital Stock, bonds, notes, debentures,
partnership or joint venture interests or other securities or other evidence of
beneficial ownership of, any Person or the making of any
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investment in any Person. Investments exclude (1) extensions of trade credit on
commercially reasonable terms in accordance with normal trade practices of such
Person; and (2) the repurchase of securities of any Person by such Person.
The amount of any Investment will be the original cost of such
Investment plus the cost of all additional Investments by the Company or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries, without any adjustments for increases or decreases
in value, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to such
Investment, reduced by the (i) amount returned in cash with respect to such
Investment whether through interest payments, principal payments, dividends or
other distributions and (ii) proceeds received by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries from the disposition, retirement or redemption of all or
any portion of such Investment; provided that the aggregate of all such
reductions may not exceed the amount of such initial Investment plus the cost of
all additional Investments. If the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
sells or otherwise disposes of any Common Stock of any direct or indirect
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company such that, after giving effect to any such
sale or disposition, the Company no longer owns, directly or indirectly, greater
than 50% of the outstanding Common Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary, the
Company will be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale
or disposition equal to the fair market value of the Common Stock of such
Restricted Subsidiary not sold or disposed of.
"Investors' Rights Agreement" means the Investors' Rights
Agreement dated April 5, 2000 among Parent and certain stockholders of Parent,
as amended from time to time.
"Issue Date" means the date of original issuance of the Notes.
"Issuers" means, collectively, the Company and the Guarantors.
"LaunchCo" means Ziff ▇▇▇▇▇ Development Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
"Legal Holiday" means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which
banking institutions in the City of New York, the city in which the principal
corporate trust office of the Trustee is located 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.
"Letter of Transmittal" means the letter of transmittal to be
prepared by the Company and sent to all Holders of the Notes for use by such
Holders in connection with the Exchange Offer.
"Lien" means, with respect to any property or assets of any
Person, any mortgage or deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, collateral
assignment, deposit arrangement, security interest, lien, charge, easement,
encumbrance, preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential
arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever on or with respect to such property
or assets (including without limitation, any Capitalized Lease Obligation or
conditional sales or other title retention agreement having substantially the
same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
"Liquidated Damages" means all additional interest then owing
pursuant to Section 4 of the Registration Rights Agreement.
"Management Redemption Debt" shall mean any Indebtedness
issued by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in favor of any officers, directors
or employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the
purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries
from such Person.
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"Maturity," when used with respect to any Note, means the date
on which the principal of such Note becomes due and payable as therein or herein
provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call
for redemption or otherwise (including in connection with any offer to purchase
that this Indenture requires the Company to make).
"Moody's" means ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Service, Inc.
"Net Income" means, with respect to any Person, the net income
(loss) of that Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any
reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends, excluding, however:
(1) any gain (or loss), together with any related provisions
for taxes on that gain (or loss), realized in connection with:
(a) any Asset Sale, including, without limitation,
dispositions pursuant to Sale and Lease-Back Transactions; or
(b) the extinguishment of any Indebtedness of that Person or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; and
(2) any extraordinary or nonrecurring gain (or loss),
together with any related provision for taxes on that extraordinary or
nonrecurring gain (or loss).
"Net Proceeds" means
(1) in the case of any sale of Capital Stock by or equity
contribution to any Person, the aggregate net cash proceeds received by such
Person, after payment of expenses, commissions and the like incurred in
connection therewith;
(2) in the case of any exchange, exercise, conversion or
surrender of outstanding securities of any kind for or into shares of Capital
Stock of the Company which is not Disqualified Capital Stock, the net book value
of such outstanding securities on the date of such exchange, exercise,
conversion or surrender (plus any additional amount required to be paid by the
holder to such Person upon such exchange, exercise, conversion or surrender,
less any and all payments made to the holders, e.g., on account of fractional
shares and less all expenses incurred by such Person in connection therewith);
and
(3) in the case of any issuance of any Indebtedness by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, the aggregate net cash proceeds received
by such Person after the payment of expenses, commissions, underwriting
discounts and the like incurred in connection therewith.
"Non-U.S. Person" means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.
"Note Custodian" means the Trustee, as custodian with respect
to the Notes in global form, or any successor entity thereto.
"Notes" means, collectively, the Initial Notes and the
Exchange Notes treated as a single class of securities, as amended or
supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, that are
issued pursuant to this Indenture.
"Obligations" means, with respect to any Indebtedness, any
principal, interest, premiums, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursement
obligations, damages and other liabilities payable to the holder of such
Indebtedness under the documentation governing such Indebtedness.
"Officer" means, with respect to any Person, the President,
Chief Executive Officer, any Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Treasurer,
Secretary or the Chief Financial Officer of such Person.
"Officers' Certificate" means, with respect to any Person, a
certificate signed by two Officers of such Person; provided, however, that every
Officers' Certificate with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition
provided for in this Indenture shall include (i) a statement that the Officers
making or giving such Officers' Certificate have read such condition and any
definitions or other provisions contained in this Indenture relating thereto and
(ii) a statement at to whether, in the opinion of the signers, such conditions
has been complied with.
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"144A Global Note" means a global note in the form of Exhibit
A-1 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.
"Opinion of Counsel" means an opinion from legal counsel who
is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee that meets the requirements of Sections
12.04 and 12.05. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company,
any Subsidiary of the Company or the Trustee.
"Parent" means Ziff ▇▇▇▇▇ Holdings Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
"Participant" means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear
or Cedel, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or
Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and
Clearstream).
"Participating Broker-Dealer" has the meaning set forth in the
Registration Rights Agreement.
"Permitted Business" means any Person engaged directly or
indirectly in the publishing business (in print or on the Internet), the
acquisition, development and management of new magazine publishing initiatives
and events and Internet initiatives related to the business of InternetCo,
testing business, technology events business or any business reasonably related,
incidental or ancillary thereto.
"Permitted Holders" means (a) WSP, (b) equity funds managed by
WSP, (c) any WSP co-investor (other than DLJMB) that signs the Investors' Rights
Agreement and (d) any Affiliate (other than DLJMB and other than any of the
other portfolio companies owned by WSP) of any Person named in clauses (a), (b)
and (c).
"Permitted Indebtedness" means:
(1) the incurrence by the Company and its Subsidiaries of
Indebtedness under the Credit Facility; provided that the aggregate principal
amount of all Indebtedness (with letters of credit being deemed to have a
principal amount equal to the maximum potential liability of the Company and
those Restricted Subsidiaries thereunder) outstanding under the Credit Facility
in reliance on this clause (1) does not exceed an amount equal to $218.0 million
less any mandatory prepayment made thereunder (to the extent, in the case of
payments of revolving credit borrowings, that the corresponding commitments have
been permanently reduced);
(2) the incurrence by the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries and Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantors of Existing Indebtedness
reduced by the amount of scheduled amortization payments or mandatory
prepayments when actually paid or permanent reductions thereof;
(3) the incurrence by the Company and the Guarantors of
Indebtedness represented by the Notes and the Guarantees;
(4) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries and Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantors of Indebtedness represented
by Capital Expenditure Indebtedness, Capitalized Lease Obligations or other
obligations, in each case, the proceeds of which are used solely for the purpose
of financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of construction or
improvement of property, plant or equipment (including acquisitions of Capital
Stock of a Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary to the extent of the fair
market value of the property, plant or equipment so acquired) used in the
business of the Company or that Restricted Subsidiary or Unrestricted Subsidiary
Guarantor, as the case may be (which may but need not be incurred under the
Credit Facility), in an aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as
applicable) not to exceed $10.0 million outstanding after giving effect to that
incurrence;
(5) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantor providing for
indemnification, adjustment of purchase price, earnout or other similar
obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the
acquisition or disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary, other than
guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any
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portion of such business, assets or Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of
financing that acquisition; provided that the maximum assumable liability in
respect of that Indebtedness shall at no time exceed the gross proceeds actually
received by the Company and/or that Restricted Subsidiary or Unrestricted
Subsidiary Guarantor in connection with that disposition;
(6) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantors of permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to refund,
refinance, defease or replace, Indebtedness (other than intercompany
Indebtedness) that is permitted by this Indenture to be incurred;
(7) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantors of intercompany Indebtedness
between or among the Company and/or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or
Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantors; provided that:
(a) if the Company is the obligor on that Indebtedness, that
Indebtedness is expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in
cash of all obligations with respect to the Notes; and
(b) (i) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity
Interests that results in any such Indebtedness being held by a Person
other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or Unrestricted
Subsidiary Guarantor thereof and (ii) any sale or other transfer of any
such Indebtedness to a Person that is neither the Company nor a
Restricted Subsidiary nor an Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantor thereof
shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute an incurrence of that
Indebtedness by the Company or that Restricted Subsidiary or
Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, that was not
permitted by this clause (7);
(8) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantors of Hedging Obligations that
are incurred for the purpose of fixing or hedging:
(a) interest rate risk with respect to any Indebtedness that
is permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be outstanding;
(b) exchange rate risk with respect to agreements or
Indebtedness of that Person payable in a currency other than U.S.
dollars; and
(c) risk with respect to fluctuations in the cost of raw
materials used in the ordinary course of business, including paper;
provided that those agreements do not increase the Indebtedness of the
obligor outstanding at any time other than as a result of fluctuations
in foreign currency exchange rates, interest rates or the cost of raw
materials or by reason of fees, indemnities and compensation payable
thereunder;
(9) the guarantee by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantors of Indebtedness of the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantor of the
Company that was permitted to be incurred by another provision of this
definition;
(10) obligations in respect of performance, surety, appeal and
other similar bonds and completion guarantees (including related letters of
credit) provided by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or Unrestricted
Subsidiary Guarantor in the ordinary course of business;
(11) Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
or Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantor arising from the honoring by a bank or
other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument
inadvertently (except in the case of daylight overdrafts) drawn against
insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided that such
Indebtedness is satisfied within five business days of incurrence;
(12) guarantees that constitute Permitted Investments;
(13) Indebtedness incurred by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries or any Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantor constituting
reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit issued in the
ordinary course of business, including, without limitation, letters of credit to
procure raw materials, or in respect of reimbursement-type obligations regarding
workers' compensation claims or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with
respect to reimbursement-type obligations; and
(14) The incurrence of accrued interest on the Notes included
in the balance sheet of the Company arising out of the "troubled debt
accounting" provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 15, or
any successor provisions promulgated thereunder or similar pronouncements.
For purposes of determining compliance with this definition:
(i) in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than
one of the categories of Permitted Indebtedness described in clauses (1) through
(14) above or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09, the Company
shall, in its sole discretion, classify that item of Indebtedness in any
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manner that complies with this definition and that item of Indebtedness will be
treated as having been incurred pursuant to only one of those clauses or
pursuant to the first paragraph hereof; and (ii) accrual or capitalization of
interest or dividends and accretion or amortization of original issue discount
will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of Section
4.09.
In addition, the Company may, at any time, change the
classification of an item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) to any other
clause above; provided that the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or
Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantor would be permitted to incur such item of
Indebtedness (or portion thereof) pursuant to such other clause above at such
time of reclassification.
"Permitted Investments" means
(1) any Investment in the Company or in a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company;
(2) any Investment in cash or Cash Equivalents;
(3) any Investment by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company in a Person if, as a result of that Investment,
(a) that Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company; or
(b) that Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with
or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to or
is liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company;
(4) any Investment acquired solely in exchange for Equity
Interests (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) of the Company;
(5) loans and advances to or guarantees of third-party loans
to officers, directors and employees for bona fide business purposes in an
aggregate principal amount not to exceed $2.0 million in each year and $5.0
million in the aggregate in the ordinary course of business;
(6) hedging obligations permitted to be incurred under
Section 4.09;
(7) any Person to the extent such Investment represents the
noncash portion of the consideration received for an Asset Sale as permitted
pursuant to Section 4.10;
(8) currency agreements and interest rate agreements entered
into in the ordinary course of the Company's business and otherwise in
compliance with this Indenture;
(9) [Reserved];
(10) leases, utility and other similar deposits made in the
ordinary course of business or other pledges and deposits specifically permitted
under the definition of Permitted Liens;
(11) Investments existing on the date of this Indenture;
(12) so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists or
would result therefrom, Investments in Restricted Subsidiaries, and Unrestricted
Subsidiaries with additional equity contributions to the Company expressly made
for such purposes;
(13) Investments in securities of trade creditors or customers
received pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the
bankruptcy or insolvency of such trade creditors or customers in good faith
settlement of delinquent obligations of such trade creditors or customers;
(14) Investments consisting of licenses or leases of
intellectual property in the ordinary course of business;
(15) guarantees by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of
Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred by Restricted Subsidiaries under
this Indenture;
(16) guarantees by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Indebtedness of the Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantors permitted
to be incurred pursuant to clause (14) of the definition of Permitted
Indebtedness; provided that any such guarantee shall constitute a Permitted
Investment under this clause (16) only if the proceeds of such Indebtedness are
not used by such Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantor to make an Investment other
than in the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(17) Investments consisting of endorsements for collection or
deposit in the ordinary course of business;
(18) non cash loans to officers, directors and employees, in
exchange for notes, to purchase Equity Interests; and
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(19) other Investments in any Person having an aggregate fair
market value (measured on the date each such Investment was made and without
giving effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all
other Investments made pursuant to this clause (19) that are at the time
outstanding, not to exceed $10.0 million.
"Permitted Liens" means
(1) Liens on property of, or any shares of Capital Stock of,
a Person existing at the time that Person is merged into or consolidated with
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided that those
Liens were not incurred in contemplation of that merger or consolidation and do
not secure any property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company other than the property or assets subject to the Liens prior to that
merger or consolidation;
(2) Liens existing on the date of this Indenture;
(3) Liens securing Indebtedness consisting of Capital
Expenditure Indebtedness, mortgage financings, industrial revenue bonds or other
monetary obligations, in each case incurred solely for the purpose of financing
or refinancing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of construction or
installation of assets used in the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries,
or repairs, additions or improvements to those assets; provided that
(a) those Liens secure Indebtedness in an amount not in
excess of the original purchase price or the original cost of any such
assets or repair, addition or improvement thereto (plus an amount equal
to the reasonable fees and expenses in connection with the incurrence
of that Indebtedness);
(b) those Liens do not extend to any other assets of the
Company or its Subsidiaries (and, in the case of repair, addition or
improvements to any such assets, that Lien extends only to the assets
(and improvements thereto or thereon) repaired, added to or improved);
(c) the incurrence of that Indebtedness is permitted by
Section 4.09; and
(d) those Liens attach within 365 days of that purchase,
construction, installation, repair, addition or improvement;
(4) Liens securing Capitalized Lease Obligations permitted
pursuant to the definition of Permitted Indebtedness;
(5) Liens to secure any refinancings, renewals, extensions,
modifications or replacements (collectively, "refinancing") (or successive
refinancings), in whole or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by Liens
referred to in clauses (1) through (4) above and (27) below so long as that Lien
does not extend to any other property (other than improvements thereto);
(6) Liens securing letters of credit entered into in the
ordinary course of business and consistent with past business practice;
(7) Liens on and pledges of the capital stock of any
Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(8) Liens securing (a) Indebtedness (including all
Obligations) under the Credit Facility (including guarantees thereof) or (b)
Hedging Obligations payable to a lender under the Credit Facility or an
Affiliate thereof or to a Person that was a lender or Affiliate thereof at the
time the contract was entered into to the extent such Hedging Obligations are
secured by Liens on assets also securing Indebtedness (including all
Obligations) under the Credit Facility;
(9) Liens for taxes or claims either (a) not delinquent or
not more than 30 days overdue or (b) contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and as to which the Company or any of its Unrestricted Subsidiaries
shall have set aside on its books such reserves as may be required by GAAP;
(10) Liens of landlords and Liens of carriers, warehousemen,
mechanics and materialmen and other similar Liens and other Liens imposed by law
incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(11) Liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of
business in connection with workers' compensation, unemployment insurance and
other types of social security, or to secure the performance of tenders, public
or statutory obligations, regulatory, contractual or warranty requirements,
customs, surety and appeal bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, trade
contracts, performance and return-of-money bonds and other similar obligations
(exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money);
(12) any attachment or judgment Lien not constituting an Event
of Default under clause (f) of Section 6.01;
(13) real property encumbrances, easements, rights-of-way,
restrictions, minor defects, encroachments or irregularities in title, Liens
incidental to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of
its properties and other similar charges or encumbrances not interfering in any
material respect with the ordinary conduct of business of the Company or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries;
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(14) Liens arising out of consignment or similar arrangements
for the sale of goods in the ordinary course of business;
(15) licenses, sublicenses, leases or subleases granted to
others that do not materially interfere with the ordinary course of business of
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(16) Liens arising from filing Uniform Commercial Code
financing statements regarding leases;
(17) customary rights of setoff, revocation, refund or
chargeback under deposit agreements or repurchase agreements or under the UCC of
banks or other financial institutions where the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries maintains deposits in the ordinary course of business permitted by
this Indenture;
(18) Liens on insurance policies and proceeds thereof to
secure premiums thereunder;
(19) Liens relating solely to assets to be sold in any Asset
Sale permitted by this Indenture and arising pursuant to the sale agreements
governing such Asset Sale;
(20) Liens in favor of the Noteholders;
(21) Liens in favor of any of the Issuers granted by the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company;
(22) Liens securing conditional sale, rental or purchase
money obligations permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09, but only on
the property that is the subject of such obligation;
(23) Liens granted to secure Acquired Indebtedness permitted
to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09 that, by its terms, limits the recourse
of the lender or lenders thereunder against the Company, its Restricted
Subsidiaries and the Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantors for the payment of such
Indebtedness directly to the property or assets that were the subject of the
transaction pursuant to which such Indebtedness was created;
(24) Liens encumbering initial deposits and margin deposits,
and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage
accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(25) any interest, right or title of a lessor, licensor or
sublessor arising by operation of law or by any contract, provided that any such
interest arising by contract shall (i) be customary and in the ordinary course
of business, (ii) be limited in scope to the property subject to such contract
and (iii) secure only the obligations arising under such contract;
(26) Liens solely on ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ money deposits made by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or
purchase agreement entered into by it in compliance with Section 4.09;
(27) Liens to secure Indebtedness of foreign Subsidiaries
permitted to be incurred under Section 4.09; and
(28) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business of the
Company and its Subsidiaries with respect to obligations that do not exceed $3.0
million at any one time outstanding.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership,
limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company,
trust, unincorporated organization or government (including any agency or
political subdivision thereof).
"Preferred Stock" means any Capital Stock of a Person, however
designated, which entitles the holder thereof to a preference with respect to
dividends, distributions or liquidation proceeds of such Person over the holders
of other Capital Stock issued by such Person.
"Private Placement Legend" means the legend set forth in
Section 2.06(g)(i) to be placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture except
where otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Indenture.
"Private Exchange Notes" has the meaning set forth in the
Registration Rights Agreement.
"Public Equity Offering" means any issuance of common stock by
the Company or Parent (and, in the case of an issuance by Parent, only if the
proceeds thereof are contributed to the Company) other than Disqualified Capital
Stock that is registered pursuant to the Securities Act, other than issuances
registered on Form S-8 and issuances registered on Form
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S-4, excluding issuances of common stock pursuant to employee benefit plans of
the Company or otherwise as compensation to employees of the Company.
"QIB" means a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined in
Rule 144A.
"Qualified Proceeds" means any of the following or any
combination of the following:
(1) cash;
(2) Cash Equivalents;
(3) any liabilities (as shown on the Company's or any of its
Restricted Subsidiary's most recent balance sheet) of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities, liabilities that are
subordinated to or rank equally with the notes or any guarantee thereof and
liabilities that are incurred in connection with or in contemplation of the
related Asset Sale) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets
pursuant to a customary novation agreement that fully and unconditionally
releases the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from further liability;
(4) assets (other than Investments) that are used or useful in
a Permitted Business; and
(5) the Capital Stock of any Person engaged in a Permitted
Business if, in connection with the receipt by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company of that Capital Stock,
(a) that Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; or
(b) that Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with
or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or
is liquidated into, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary.
"Refinance" means, in respect of any security or Indebtedness,
to refinance, extend, renew, refund, repay, prepay, redeem, defease or retire,
or to issue a security or Indebtedness in exchange or replacement for, such
security or Indebtedness in whole or in part. "Refinanced" and "Refinancing"
shall have correlative meanings.
"Refinancing Indebtedness" means Indebtedness that refunds,
refinances or extends any Indebtedness of the Company outstanding at the Issue
Date or other Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by the Company or its
Restricted Subsidiaries or Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantors (to the extent
applicable) pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, but only to the extent
that:
(1) the Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes
to at least the same extent as the Indebtedness being refunded, refinanced or
extended, if at all;
(2) the Refinancing Indebtedness is scheduled to mature either
(a) no earlier than the Indebtedness being refunded, refinanced or extended, or
(b) after the Maturity Date of the Notes;
(3) the portion, if any, of the Refinancing Indebtedness that
is scheduled to mature on or prior to the Maturity Date of the Notes has a
Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is
incurred that is equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity
of the portion of the Indebtedness being refunded, refinanced or extended that
is scheduled to mature on or prior to the Maturity Date of the Notes;
(4) such Refinancing Indebtedness is in an aggregate principal
amount that is equal to or less than the sum of (a) the aggregate principal
amount then outstanding under the Indebtedness being refunded, refinanced or
extended, (b) the amount of accrued and unpaid interest, if any, and premiums
owed, if any, not in excess of preexisting prepayment provisions on such
Indebtedness being refunded, refinanced or extended and (c) the amount of
customary fees, expenses and costs related to the incurrence of such Refinancing
Indebtedness; and
(5) if such Indebtedness being refinanced is Indebtedness of
the Company solely, then such Refinancing Indebtedness shall be Indebtedness of
the Company solely.
"Registration Rights Agreement" means the Registration Rights
Agreement dated as of the Issue Date by and among the Company, the Guarantors
and the Trustee on behalf of the holders of the Notes.
"Regulation S" means Regulation S promulgated under the
Securities Act.
"Representative" means the indenture trustee or other trustee,
agent or
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representative in respect of any Designated Senior Indebtedness; provided that
if, and for so long as, any Designated Senior Indebtedness lacks such a
representative, then the Representative for such Designated Senior Indebtedness
shall at all times constitute the holders of a majority in outstanding principal
amount of such Designated Senior Indebtedness in respect of any Designated
Senior Indebtedness.
"Responsible Trust Officer" means, when used with respect to
the Trustee, any director, principal, vice president, assistant vice president,
assistant treasurer, assistant secretary or any other officer within the
corporate trust department of the Trustee customarily performing functions
similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also
shall mean, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other
officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge and familiarity
with the particular subject.
"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 a Person means any Subsidiary of
such Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
"Rule 144" means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities
Act.
"Rule 144A" means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities
Act.
"Rule 903" means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities
Act.
"Rule 904" means Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities
Act.
"Sale and Lease-Back Transaction" means any arrangement with
any Person providing for the leasing by means of a capital lease and not an
operating lease by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of
any real or tangible personal property, which property has been or is to be sold
or transferred by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person in
contemplation of such leasing.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Senior Indebtedness" means the Obligations (including,
without limitation, Accrued Bankruptcy Interest) due pursuant to the terms of
all agreements, documents and instruments providing for, creating, securing or
evidencing or otherwise entered into in connection with:
(1) all Indebtedness of the Company owed to agents and
lenders under the Credit Facility;
(2) all obligations of the Company with respect to Hedging
Obligations;
(3) all obligations of the Company to reimburse any bank or
other Person in respect of amounts paid under letters of credit, acceptances or
other similar instruments;
(4) all other Indebtedness of the Company which does not
provide that it is to rank equally in right of payment to or subordinate to the
Notes; and
(5) all deferrals, renewals, extensions and refundings of, and
amendments, modifications and supplements to, any of the Senior Indebtedness
described above.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing,
Senior Indebtedness will not include:
(1) Indebtedness of the Company to any of its Subsidiaries
(except to the extent pledged under the Credit Facility);
(2) Indebtedness represented by the Notes or the Existing
Notes (which shall rank pari passu with each other);
(3) any Indebtedness which by the express terms of the
agreement or instrument creating,
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evidencing or governing the same is junior or subordinate in right of payment to
any item of Senior Indebtedness;
(4) any trade payable arising from the purchase of goods or
materials or for services obtained in the ordinary course of business;
(5) Indebtedness incurred in violation of Section 4.09 (but,
as to any such obligation, no such violation shall be deemed to exist for
purposes of this clause (5) if the holder(s) of such obligation or their
representative and the Trustee shall have received an Officers' Certificate of
the Company to the effect that the incurrence of such Indebtedness does not (or,
in the case of revolving credit indebtedness, that the incurrence of the entire
committed amount thereof at the date on which the initial borrowing thereunder
is made would not) violate such provisions of this Indenture);
(6) Indebtedness represented by Disqualified Capital Stock;
and
(7) any Indebtedness to or guaranteed on behalf of any
stockholders, director, officer or employee of the Company or any Subsidiary of
the Company.
"Shelf Registration Statement" means the Shelf Registration
Statement as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement.
"Significant Restricted Subsidiary" or "Significant
Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantor" means any Subsidiary of the Company that
would be a "significant subsidiary" as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of
Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Regulation
is in effect on the date hereof.
"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of
The ▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ Companies, Inc.
"Stated Maturity" means, with respect to any installment of
interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which such
payment of interest or principal was scheduled to be paid in the original
documentation governing such Indebtedness, and shall not include any contingent
obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior
to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.
"Subordinated Seller Debt" means any Indebtedness issued by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with an Acquisition
permitted under this Indenture, which Indebtedness constitutes all or a portion
of the purchase price for such Acquisition, issued on terms and conditions that
provide, among other things, that such Indebtedness shall (a) be unsecured, (b)
not pay cash interest or principal at any time prior to the Maturity Date of the
Notes, (c) contain no creditor-like rights or remedies and (d) have a final
maturity of no earlier than 90 days after the Maturity Date of the Notes.
"Subsidiary" of any specified Person means any corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association or other
business entity, whether now existing or hereafter organized or acquired, (1) in
the case of a corporation, of which more than 50% of the total voting power of
the Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency)
to vote in the election of directors, officers or trustees thereof is held by
such first-named Person or any of its Subsidiaries; or (2) in the case of a
partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association or other
business entity, with respect to which such first-named Person or any of its
Subsidiaries has the power to direct or cause the direction of the management
and policies of such entity by contract or otherwise or if in accordance with
GAAP such entity is consolidated with the first-named Person for financial
statement purposes.
"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. (S)(S)
77aaa- 77bbbb) as in effect on the date on which this Indenture is qualified
under the TIA.
"Transaction" means the series of transactions effected on the
Issue Date whereby, among other things, holders of $127.3 million in aggregate
principal amount of the Company's existing 12.0% Senior Subordinated Notes due
2010 exchanged such notes for a
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combination of cash, the Initial Notes, the Series E redeemable preferred stock
of Parent and warrants to purchase common stock of Parent.
"Trustee" means the party named as such above until a
successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this
Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.
"Unrestricted Definitive Note" means one or more Definitive
Notes that do not bear and are not required to bear the Private Placement
Legend.
"Unrestricted Global Note" means a permanent global Note in
the form of Exhibit A-1 attached hereto that bears the Global Note Legend and
that has the "Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note" attached
thereto and that is deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of
the Depositary, representing a series of Notes that do not bear the Private
Placement Legend.
"Unrestricted Subsidiary" means each of LaunchCo and
InternetCo and any Subsidiary that is designated by the Board of Directors as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a Board Resolution and any Subsidiary of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary, but only to the extent that such other Subsidiary is
not party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Ziff ▇▇▇▇▇ Publishing Holdings Inc.,
unless the terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding
are not materially less favorable to the Company or that Restricted Subsidiary
than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not
Affiliates of the Company; and neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary
shall at any time:
(a) provide a guarantee of, or similar credit support to, any
Indebtedness of such Subsidiary (including any undertaking, agreement
or instrument evidencing such Indebtedness),
(b) be directly or indirectly liable for any Indebtedness of
such Subsidiary,
(c) be directly or indirectly liable for any other
Indebtedness that provides that the holder thereof may (upon notice,
lapse of time or both) declare a default thereon (or cause the payment
thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to its final scheduled
maturity) upon the occurrence of a default with respect to any other
Indebtedness that is Indebtedness of such Subsidiary (including any
corresponding right to take enforcement action against such
Subsidiary), except in the case of clause (a) or (b) above to the
extent (i) that the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary could
otherwise provide such a guarantee or incur such Indebtedness (other
than as Permitted Indebtedness) pursuant to Section 4.09 and (ii) the
provisions of such guarantee and the incurrence of such Indebtedness
otherwise would be permitted under Section 4.07.
Any such designation by the Board of Directors shall be
evidenced to the trustee by filing with the trustee a certified copy of the
Board Resolution giving effect to that designation and an Officers' Certificate
certifying that designation complied with the foregoing conditions and was
permitted by Section 4.07.
The Board of Directors of the Company may at any time
designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided
that the designation shall be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of any outstanding Indebtedness of that
Unrestricted Subsidiary and that designation shall only be permitted if:
(1) that Indebtedness is permitted under Section 4.09; and
(2) no Default or Event of Default would be in existence
following that designation.
"Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantor" means LaunchCo and
InternetCo.
"U.S. Person" means a U.S. person as defined in Rule 902(o)
under the Securities Act.
"Voting Stock" of any Person as of any date means the Capital
Stock of such
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Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of
Directors of such Person.
"Weighted Average Life to Maturity" means, when applied to any
Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing
(1) the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of such
Indebtedness into
(2) the sum of the total of the products obtained by
multiplying
(a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking
fund, serial maturity or other required payment of principal, including
payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by
(b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest
one-twelfth) which will elapse between such date and the making of such
payment.
"Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary" of any Person means a
Restricted Subsidiary of that Person all the outstanding Equity Interests or
other ownership interests of which (other than directors' qualifying shares)
shall at the time be owned by that Person or by one or more Wholly Owned
Restricted Subsidiaries of that Person or by that Person and one or more Wholly
Owned Restricted Subsidiaries of that Person.
"Wholly Owned Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary, all of the
outstanding voting securities (other than directors' qualifying shares) of which
are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company.
"WSP" means ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & Partners II, L.P., ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ &
Partners III, L.P., ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & Partners Dutch, L.P., ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ &
Partners Dutch III-A, L.P., ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & Partners Dutch III-B, L.P.,
and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & Partners III-C, L.P.
Section 1.02 Other Definitions.
Defined in
Term Section
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"Affiliate Transaction" 4.11
"Asset Sale Offer" 4.10
"Asset Sale Offer Amount" 4.10
"Blockage Period" 10.03
"Change of Control Offer" 4.15
"Change of Control Payment Date" 4.15
"Covenant Defeasance" 8.03
"Default Notice" 10.03
"DTC" 2.03
"Event of Default" 6.01
"Excess Proceeds" 4.10
"incur" 4.09
"Legal Defeasance" 8.02
"Offer Period" 3.09
"Paying Agent" 2.03
"Purchase Date" 3.09
"Registrar" 2.03
"Restricted Payments" 4.07
Section 1.03 Trust Indenture Act Definitions.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the
provision is
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incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.
The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the
following meanings:
"indenture securities" means the Notes;
"indenture security Holder" means a Holder of a Note;
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture;
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the
Trustee; and
"obligor" on the Notes and the Guarantees means the Company
and the Guarantors, respectively, and any successor obligor upon the Notes and
the Guarantees, respectively.
All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the
TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under
the TIA have the meanings so assigned to them.
Section 1.04 Rules of Construction.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) a term has the meaning assigned to
it;
(2) an accounting term not otherwise
defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with
GAAP;
(3) "or" is not exclusive;
(4) words in the singular include the
plural, and in the plural include the singular;
(5) provisions apply to successive
events and transactions; and
(6) references to sections of or rules
under the Securities Act shall be deemed to include
substitute, replacement of successor sections or rules adopted
by the SEC from time to time.
ARTICLE II
THE NOTES
Section 2.01 Form and Dating.
(a) General. The Notes and the Trustee's certificate of
authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A. The Notes may
have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or
usage. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall
initially be issued in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.
The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall
constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture, and the
Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this
Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and
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to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts
with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture
shall govern and be controlling.
(b) Global Notes. Notes issued in global form shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 or A-2 (including the Global Note
Legend thereon and the "Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note"
attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form shall be substantially in the
form of Exhibit A-1 (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the
"Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note" attached thereto). Each
Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified
therein and each shall provide that it shall represent 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 shall be made by the Trustee or the Note Custodian, at the
direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder
thereof as required by Section 2.06.
Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication.
One Officer shall sign the Notes for the Company by manual or
facsimile signature.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that
office at the time a Note is authenticated, the Note shall nevertheless be
valid.
A Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual
signature of the Trustee. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the
Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.
The Trustee shall authenticate Initial Notes for original issue
in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $90,333,600 (other than as
provided in Section 2.07) in one or more series upon a written order of the
Company in the form of an Officers' Certificate. Each such written order shall
specify the amount of Notes to be authenticated, whether the Notes are to be
Initial Notes or Exchange Notes and whether the Notes are to be issued as
Definitive Notes or Global Notes or such other information as the Trustee shall
reasonably request.
The Notes shall be issued initially only in fully registered
form, without coupons and only in denominations of $1,000 and any integral
multiple thereof. All Notes issued under this Indenture shall vote and consent
together on all matters as one class and no series of Notes will have the right
to vote or consent as a separate class on any matter.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to
the Company to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate
Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to
authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An
authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an
Affiliate of the Company.
Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying Agent.
The Company shall 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 shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange.
The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional
paying agents. The term "Registrar" includes any co-registrar and the term
"Paying Agent" includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change any
Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company shall notify
the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this
Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as
Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of
its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
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The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company
("DTC") to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the
Registrar and Paying Agent and to act as Note Custodian with respect to the
Global Notes.
Section 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.
The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the
Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the
benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the
payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest (including Liquidated
Damages, if any) on the Notes, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the
Company in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the
Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee.
The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it
to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other
than the Company or a Subsidiary) shall have no further liability for the money.
If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold
in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as
Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the
Company, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.
Section 2.05 Holder Lists.
The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of
all Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA (S) 312(a). If the Trustee is
not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least seven
Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the
Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the
Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of
Notes and the Company shall otherwise comply with TIA (S) 312(a).
Section 2.06 Transfer and Exchange.
(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. A Global Note may
not be transferred as a whole except 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, the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor
Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global Notes will be
exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes if (i) the Company delivers to the
Trustee notice from the Depositary that it is unwilling or unable to continue to
act as Depositary or that it is no longer a clearing agency registered under the
Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the
Company within 90 days after the date of such notice from the Depositary or (ii)
the Company in its sole discretion determines that the Global Notes (in whole
but not in part) should be exchanged for Definitive Notes and delivers a written
notice to such effect to the Trustee. Upon the occurrence of either of the
preceding events in (i) or (ii) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such
names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may be
exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and
2.10. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a
Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Section
2.07 or 2.10, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be,
a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as
provided in this Section 2.06(a); however, beneficial interests in a Global Note
may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.06(b), (c) or (f).
(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global
Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes
shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of
this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in the
Restricted Global Notes shall 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 shall require
compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii) below, as applicable, as well as
one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:
(i) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global
Note. Beneficial interests in
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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)(i).
(ii) 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)(i) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must
deliver to the Depositary either (A) (1) 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 (2) instructions given in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant
account to be credited with such increase or (B) (1) 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 (2)
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. Upon consummation of an Exchange Offer by the Company in
accordance with Section 2.06(f), the requirements of this Section
2.06(b)(ii) shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon receipt by the
Registrar of the instructions contained in the Letter of Transmittal
delivered by the Holder of such beneficial interests in the Restricted
Global Notes. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for
transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained
in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the
Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the
relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.06(h).
(iii) 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)(ii) above and the
Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the transferee will take delivery in the form
of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note, then the transferor
must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including
the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(B) if the transferee will take delivery in the form
of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note or
the Regulation S Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a
certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (2) thereof; and
(C) if the transferee will take delivery in the form
of a beneficial interest in the IAI Global Note, then the transferor
must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including
the certifications and certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by
item (3) thereof, if applicable.
(iv) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a
Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in the 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)(ii) above and:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to
the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement and the holder of the beneficial interest to be transferred,
in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a
transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal or via the
Depositary's book-entry system that it is not (1) a broker-dealer, (2)
a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or
(3) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the
Company;
(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement;
(C) such transfer is effected by a Participating
Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
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(1) 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, including the certifications in item
(1)(a) thereof; or
(2) 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, including the certifications in item
(4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D) if the
Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an
Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to
the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the
Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein
and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to
maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
If any such transfer is effected pursuant to subparagraph (B)
or (D) above issue and, upon receipt of a written authentication order
in accordance with Section 2.02, the Trustee shall authenticate one or
more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal
to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred
pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (D) above.
Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be
exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in
the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note.
(c) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for
Definitive Notes.
(i) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to
Restricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in
a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest
for a Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial
interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a
Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the
following documentation:
(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest
for a Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the
form of Exhibit C, including the certifications in item (2)(a) thereof;
(B) if such beneficial interest is being
transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities
Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B, 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 under the Securities Act, a
certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B, 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 under the Securities
Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B, including the
certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
(E) if such beneficial interest is being
transferred to an Institutional Accredited Investor in reliance on an
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act
other than those listed in subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a
certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B, including the
certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item
(3) thereof, if applicable;
(F) if such beneficial interest is being
transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to
the effect set forth in Exhibit B, including the certifications in item
(3)(b) thereof; or
(G) if such beneficial interest is being
transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B,
including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,
the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the
applicable Global
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Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h), and the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to
the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the
appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange
for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this
Section 2.06(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such
authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such
beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions
from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The
Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose
names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in
exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant
to this Section 2.06(c)(i) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and
shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.
(ii) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to
Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A holder of a beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest for an
Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial interest
to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted
Definitive Note only if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant
to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement and the holder of such beneficial interest, in the case of an
exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in
the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a
broker-dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution of the
Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule
144) of the Company;
(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the
Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement;
(C) such transfer is effected by a Participating
Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
(1) if the holder of such beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such
beneficial interest to a Definitive Note that does not bear
the Private Placement Legend, a certificate from such holder
in the form of Exhibit C, including the certifications in item
(1)(b) thereof; or
(2) 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 Definitive Note that does not bear
the Private Placement Legend, a certificate from such holder
in the form of Exhibit B, including the certifications in item
(4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the
Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an
Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to
the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the
Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein
and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to
maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
(iii) 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)(ii), the Trustee shall cause the aggregate
principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced
accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h), and the Company shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated
in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal
amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial
interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(iv) shall be registered in
such name or names and in such authorized denomination or
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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 pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(iv) shall not bear the
Private Placement Legend.
(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial
Interests.
(i) 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:
(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, 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 under the Securities
Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B, 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 under the Securities Act, a
certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B, 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 under the Securities
Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B, including the
certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
(E) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being
transferred to an Institutional Accredited Investor in reliance on an
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act
other than those listed in subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a
certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B, including the
certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item
(3) thereof, if applicable;
(F) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being
transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to
the effect set forth in Exhibit B, including the certifications in item
(3)(b) thereof; or
(G) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being
transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B,
including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof, the Trustee shall
cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause to be
increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause (A)
above, the appropriate Restricted Global Note, in the case of clause
(B) above, the 144A Global Note, in the case of clause (C) above, the
Regulation S Global Note, and in all other cases, the IAI Global Note.
(ii) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial
Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of a Restricted
Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to
a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial
interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected
pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration
Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the
transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable
Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a broker-dealer, (2) a Person
participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person
who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the
Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement;
(C) such transfer is effected by a Participating
Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
(1) 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, including the
certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or
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(2) 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, including the certifications in item
(4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the
Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an
Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to
the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the
Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein
and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to
maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this
Section 2.06(d)(ii), the Trustee shall cancel the Definitive Notes and
increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the
Unrestricted Global Note.
(iii) 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 shall cancel the applicable
Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the
aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.
If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial
interest is effected pursuant to subparagraphs (ii)(B), (ii)(D) or
(iii) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been
issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of a written
authentication order in accordance with Section 2.02, the Trustee shall
authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so
transferred.
(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive
Notes. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder's compliance
with the provisions of this Section 2.06(e), the Registrar shall register the
transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer
or exchange, the requesting Holder shall 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 his attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder
shall provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as
applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section
2.06(e).
(i) Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted
Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to
and registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the
form of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the
following:
(A) if the transfer will be made pursuant to
Rule 144A under the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a
certificate in the form of Exhibit B, 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, 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, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of
Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable.
(ii) Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted
Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by
the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred
to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an
Unrestricted Definitive Note if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected
pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration
Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the
transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable
Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a
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broker-dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution of the
Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule
144) of the Company;
(B) any such transfer is effected pursuant to the
Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement;
(C) any such transfer is effected by a
Participating Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
(1) 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, including the certifications in item
(1)(d) thereof; or
(2) 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, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if
the Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form
reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such
exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act
and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in
the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order
to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted
Definitive Notes. A Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Notes may
transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form
of an Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to
register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted
Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.
(f) Exchange Offer. Upon the occurrence of the Exchange Offer
in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company shall issue
and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02,
the Trustee shall authenticate (i) one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial
interests in the Restricted Global Notes tendered for acceptance by Persons that
certify in the applicable Letters of Transmittal that (x) they are not broker-
dealers, (y) they are not participating in a distribution of the Exchange Notes
and (z) they are not affiliates (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company, and
accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer and (ii) Definitive Notes in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Restricted
Definitive Notes accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer. Concurrently with
the issuance of such Notes, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal
amount of the applicable Restricted Global Notes to be reduced accordingly, and
the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the
Persons designated by the Holders of Definitive Notes so accepted Definitive
Notes in the appropriate principal amounts.
(g) Legends. The following legends shall 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.
(i) Private Placement Legend.
(A) Except as permitted by subparagraph (B)
below, each Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued
in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear the legend in
substantially the following form:
"THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE
OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR
BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS EXCEPT AS SET FORTH BELOW. BY ITS ACQUISITION
HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT IT IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER" (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), (B) IT IS
NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE
TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR
(C) IT IS AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501 (a) UNDER THE
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SECURITIES ACT (AN "ACCREDITED INVESTOR"), AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT
WITHIN TWO YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF THIS SECURITY RESELL OR
OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY EXCEPT (A) TO ZIFF ▇▇▇▇▇ MEDIA INC. OR
ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT, (C) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR THAT, PRIOR
TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES (OR HAS FURNISHED ON ITS BEHALF BY A U.S.
BROKER-DEALER) TO THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN
REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER
OF THIS SECURITY (THE FORM OF WHICH LETTER CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE
TRUSTEE FOR THIS SECURITY), (D) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN
OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT (IF AVAILABLE), (E) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION
PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), (F) IN
ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF
THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF ZIFF ▇▇▇▇▇
MEDIA INC. SO REQUESTS), OR (G) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO
EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY
TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER OF THIS
SECURITY WITHIN TWO YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF THIS SECURITY,
IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE IS AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR, THE HOLDER MUST,
PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISH TO THE TRUSTEE AND ZIFF ▇▇▇▇▇ MEDIA
INC. SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS EITHER
OF THEM MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING
MADE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO,
THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT."
(B) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global
Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to subparagraph (b)(iv),
(c)(ii), (c)(iii), (d)(ii), (d)(iii), (e)(ii), (e)(iii) or (f) of this
Section 2.06 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution
thereof) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.
(ii) Global Note Legend. Each Global Note shall bear a
legend in substantially the following form:
"THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE
INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE
BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY
PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE
SUCH
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NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE
INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN
PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL
NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO
SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE
TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF
THE COMPANY."
(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 shall be returned to or
retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11. 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 at maturity of Notes represented by such Global Note shall
be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall 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 shall be increased accordingly
and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the
Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
(i) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.
(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges,
the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Global
Notes and Definitive Notes upon the Company's order or at the
Registrar's request.
(ii) No service charge shall 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 Company may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or
similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than
any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon
exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.06, 3.09, 4.10, 4.15
and 9.05).
(iii) The Registrar shall not be required (A) 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 the mailing of notice
of redemption under Section 3.03 and ending at the close of business on
such day, or (B) to register the transfer of or exchange any Note
selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed
portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
(iv) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon
any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive
Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the
same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as
the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration
of transfer or exchange.
(v) The Company shall not be required (A) to issue, to
register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period
beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the
mailing of notice of redemption under Section 3.03 and ending at the
close of business on such day, or (B) to register the transfer of or to
exchange any Note so selected for redemption in whole or in part,
except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
(vi) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a
transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem
and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the
absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of
principal of and interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and
none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Company shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
(vii) The Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and
Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02.
(viii) 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
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submitted by facsimile.
Section 2.07 Replacement Notes.
If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the
Company and the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or theft of any Note, the Company shall issue and the Trustee,
upon receipt of a written authentication order, shall authenticate a replacement
Note if the Trustee's requirements are met. If required by the Trustee or the
Company, an indemnity bond must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in
the judgment of the Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee,
any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer
if a Note is replaced. The Company may charge for its reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses in replacing a Note.
Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the
Company and shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally
and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
Section 2.08 Outstanding Notes.
The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes
authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to
it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected
by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof and those described in
this Section as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.09, a Note
does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the
Company holds the Note.
If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07, it ceases to
be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the
replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser.
If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under
Section 4.01, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue.
If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or
an Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on a redemption date or maturity date, money
sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date such
Notes shall be deemed to be no longer outstanding and shall cease to accrue
interest.
Section 2.09 Treasury Notes.
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal
amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned
by the Company, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company, shall
be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such
direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that the Trustee knows are so owned
shall be so disregarded.
Section 2.10 Temporary Notes.
Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery,
the Company may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of a written
authentication order pursuant to Section 2.02, shall authenticate temporary
Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of certificated Notes
but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary
Notes. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee
shall authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.
Holders of temporary Notes shall be entitled to all of the
benefits of this Indenture.
Section 2.11 Cancellation.
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The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any
Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The
Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of
transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall return
canceled Notes to the Company. Certification of the destruction of all canceled
Notes shall be delivered to the Company. Subject to Section 2.07, the Company
may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.12 Defaulted Interest.
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes,
it shall 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. The Company shall notify the Trustee in
writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and
the date of the proposed payment. The Company shall fix or cause to be fixed
each such special record date and payment date, provided that no such special
record date shall be less than 10 days prior to the related payment date for
such defaulted interest. At least 15 days before the special record date, the
Company (or, upon the written request of the Company, the Trustee in the name
and at the expense of the Company) shall mail or cause to be mailed to Holders a
notice that states the special record date, the related payment date and the
amount of such interest to be paid.
Section 2.13 CUSIP Numbers.
The Company in issuing the Notes may use "CUSIP" numbers (if
then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP numbers in
notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice
may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers
either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption and
that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on
the Notes, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or the
omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any
change in the CUSIP numbers.
Section 2.14 Payment of Interest; Interest Rate.
From the date of original issuance of the Notes through and
including the fourth anniversary of the Issue Date, interest on the Notes shall
accrue and compound on the Compounded Value in effect immediately prior to the
applicable Interest Payment Date (as defined in paragraph 1 of the Note attached
hereto as Exhibit A) as if the Compounded Value were principal, or, at the
option of the Company and in its sole discretion, be paid in whole or in part in
cash. After the fourth anniversary of the Issue Date, the Company shall pay
interest on the Notes in cash. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing
of its election to pay interest in cash prior to the fourth anniversary of the
Issue Date not less than 10 nor more than 45 days prior to the record date for
an Interest Payment Date. Interest paid in cash shall not compound on the
Compounded Value.
From the Issue Date through and including the second
anniversary of the Issue Date, interest on a Note shall accrue at the rate of
(i) 12% per annum from the most recent date to which interest has been paid, or
if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance of the Note through the
most recent Interest Payment Date (each, an "Interest Period") with respect to
the interest on the Note for such Interest Period that the Company has elected
to pay in cash or (ii) 13% per annum during any applicable Interest Period with
respect to the interest on the Note
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for such Interest Period that was compounded on the Compounded Value. From the
second anniversary of the Issue Date through and including the fourth
anniversary of the Issue Date, interest on a Note shall accrue at a rate of (i)
13% per annum during any applicable Interest Period with respect to the interest
on the Note for such Interest Period that the Company has elected to pay in cash
or (ii) 14% per annum during any applicable Interest Period with respect to the
interest on the Notes for such Interest Period was compounded on the Compounded
Value. Following the fourth anniversary of the Issue Date, interest on a Note
shall accrue at a rate of 12% per annum. Any interest payment on the Notes made
on the Notes through a combination of cash and compounding to the Compounded
Value shall be made on a pro rata basis. All references in this Indenture to
principal of the Notes as of any date shall mean the Compounded Value as of such
date.
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
Section 3.01 Notices to Trustee.
If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional
redemption provisions of Section 3.07, it shall furnish to the Trustee, at least
30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date an Officers'
Certificate setting forth (i) the clause of Section 3.07 pursuant to which the
redemption shall occur, (ii) the redemption date, (iii) the redemption price,
(iv) the CUSIP numbers of the Notes to be redeemed and (v) that such redemption
will comply with the conditions contained in this Article 3.
Section 3.02 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed.
If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed or purchased
in an offer to purchase at any time, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be
redeemed or purchased among the Holders of the Notes in compliance with the
requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the
Notes are listed or, if the Notes are not so listed, on a pro rata basis, by lot
or in accordance with any other method the Trustee considers fair and
appropriate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if less than all of the Notes are to
be redeemed pursuant to Section 3.07 or purchased pursuant to Section 3.09, the
Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed among the Holders of the Notes on
a pro rata basis or on as nearly a pro rata basis as is practicable. In the
event of partial redemption by lot, the particular Notes to be redeemed shall be
selected, unless otherwise provided herein, not less than 30 nor more than 60
days prior to the redemption date by the Trustee from the outstanding Notes not
previously called for redemption.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of
the Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of any Note selected for
partial redemption, the principal amount to be redeemed. Notes and portions of
Notes selected shall be in amounts of $1,000 or whole multiples of $1,000. The
provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also
apply to portions of Notes called for redemption.
Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption.
Subject to the provisions of Section 3.09, at least 30 days
but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company shall mail or
cause to be mailed, by first-class mail, a notice of redemption to each Holder
whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address.
The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed, including
CUSIP numbers, and shall state:
(a) the redemption date;
(b) the redemption price and the amount of accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, to be paid ;
(c) if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the
principal amount of such Note to be
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redeemed and that, after the redemption date upon surrender of such Note, a new
Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion shall be
issued upon cancellation of the original Note;
(d) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(e) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to
the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;
(f) that, unless the Company defaults in making such
redemption payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on
and after the redemption date and the only remaining right of the Holders is to
receive payment of the redemption price upon surrender of the applicable Note to
the Paying Agent;
(g) the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this
Indenture pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed;
and
(h) that no representation is made as to the correctness or
accuracy of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the
Notes.
At the Company's written request, the Trustee shall give the
notice of redemption in the Company's name and at its expense; provided,
however, that the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee, at least 45 days
prior to the redemption date, an Officers' Certificate requesting that the
Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such
notice as provided in the preceding paragraph.
Section 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption.
Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section
3.03, Notes called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the
redemption date at the redemption price. A notice of redemption may not be
conditional.
Section 3.05 Deposit of Redemption Price.
On or before 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the redemption
date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money
sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all Notes to
be redeemed on that date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall promptly return
to the Company any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the
Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption price of, and
accrued interest on, all Notes to be redeemed.
If the Company complies with the provisions of the preceding
paragraph, on and after the redemption date, interest shall cease to accrue on
the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption unless the payment
thereof is prohibited by the provisions of Article 10. If a Note is redeemed on
or after an interest record date but on or prior to the related interest payment
date, then any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose
name such Note was registered at the close of business on such record date. If
any Note called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender for
redemption because of the failure of the Company to comply with the preceding
paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption
date until such principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest not
paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes
and in Section 4.01.
Section 3.06 Notes Redeemed in Part.
Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Company
shall issue and, upon the Company's written request, the Trustee shall
authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Company a new Note equal in
principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered.
Section 3.07 Optional Redemption.
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) below, the Notes shall
not be redeemable at the Company's option prior to the fourth anniversary of the
Issue Date. Thereafter, the Notes shall be subject to redemption at any time at
the option of the Company, in whole or in part, upon not less than 30 nor more
than 60 days' notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of
principal amount thereof) set forth below plus
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accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages thereon, if any, to the
applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period
commencing on the anniversary of the Issue Date of the years set forth below:
Year Percentage
------------------------------ of Principal
Amount
--------------------
2006 106.000%
2007 103.000%
2008 and thereafter 100.000%
(b) Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be made
pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06.
Section 3.08 Mandatory Redemption.
The Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption
payments with respect to the Notes.
Section 3.09 Offer to Purchase by Application of Asset Sale Offer
Amount.
In the event that the Company shall be required to commence an
Asset Sale Offer pursuant to Section 4.10, it shall follow the procedures
specified below.
The Asset Sale Offer shall remain open for a period of 20
Business Days following its commencement or such longer period as may be
required by applicable law (the "Offer Period"). No later than five Business
Days after the termination of the Offer Period (the "Purchase Date"), the
Company shall purchase the Asset Sale Offer Amount except as provided in Section
3.02 or, if Notes in an aggregate principal amount less than the Asset Sale
Offer Amount have been tendered, all Notes validly tendered in response to the
Asset Sale Offer. Payment for any Notes so purchased shall be made in the same
manner as interest payments are made.
If the Purchase Date is on or after an interest record date
and on or before the related interest payment date, any accrued and unpaid
interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the
close of business on such record date, and no additional interest shall be
Holders. The notice, which shall govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer, shall
state:
(a) that the Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to this
Section 3.09 and Section 4.10 and the length of time the Asset Sale Offer shall
remain open;
(b) the Asset Sale Offer Amount, the purchase price and the
Purchase Date;
(c) that any Note not validly tendered or accepted for payment
shall continue to accrue interest;
(d) that, unless the Company defaults in making such payment,
any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer shall cease to
accrue interest after the Purchase Date and the only remaining right of the
Holder is to receive payment of the purchase price upon surrender of the
applicable Note to the Paying Agent;
(e) that Holders electing to have a portion of a Note
purchased pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer
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may only elect to have such Note purchased in integral multiples of $1,000;
(f) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to
any Asset Sale Offer shall be required to surrender the Note, with the form
entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Note
completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Company, a depositary, if
appointed by the Company, or a Paying Agent at the address specified in the
notice at least three days before the Purchase Date;
(g) that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election
if the Company, the depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be,
receives, not later than the expiration of the Offer Period, a telegram, telex,
facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the
principal amount of the Note the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement
that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased;
(h) that, if the aggregate principal amount of Notes
surrendered by Holders exceeds the Asset Sale Offer Amount, the Company shall
select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis (based on amounts tendered
and with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that
only Notes in denominations of $1,000, or integral multiples thereof, shall be
purchased); and
(i) that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part shall
be issued a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unpurchased
portion of the Notes surrendered (or transferred by book-entry transfer) in the
name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Note.
On or before the Purchase Date, the Company shall, to the
extent lawful, accept for payment, on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary
and, except as provided in Section 3.02, the Asset Sale Offer Amount of Notes or
portions thereof validly tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer, or if less
than the Asset Sale Offer Amount has been validly tendered, all Notes or
portions thereof validly tendered, and shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate stating that such Notes or portions thereof were accepted for
payment by the Company in accordance with the terms of this Section 3.09. The
Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall promptly
(but in any case not later than five days after the Purchase Date) mail or
deliver to each tendering Holder an amount equal to the purchase price of the
Notes tendered by such Holder and accepted by the Company for purchase, and the
Company shall promptly issue a new Note, and the Trustee, upon written request
from the Company shall authenticate and mail or deliver such new Note to such
Holder, in a principal amount equal to any unpurchased portion of the Note
surrendered. Any Note not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by
the Company to the Holder thereof. The Company shall publicly announce the
results of the Asset Sale Offer on the Purchase Date.
Other than as specifically provided in this Section 3.09, any
purchase pursuant to this Section 3.09 and Section 4.10 shall be made pursuant
to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06.
To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or
regulations conflict with this Section 3.09 or Section 4.10, the Company shall
comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be
deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 3.09 or Section 4.10.
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
Section 4.01 Payment of Notes.
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The Company shall pay or cause to be paid the principal
amount, premium, if any, and interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, on the
Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes. Principal amount,
premium, if any, and interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, shall be
considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company
or a Subsidiary thereof, holds as of 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the due date
money deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and designated for
and sufficient to pay all principal amount, premium, if any, and interest and
Liquidated Damages, if any, then due unless the provisions of Article 10 hereof
prohibit such payment. The Company shall pay all Liquidated Damages, if any, in
the same manner on the dates and in the amounts set forth in the Registration
Rights Agreement.
The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition
interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal at the
rate equal to 1% per annum in excess of the then applicable interest rate on the
Notes to the extent lawful; it shall pay interest (including post-petition
interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of
interest and Liquidated Damages (without regard to any applicable grace period)
at the same rate to the extent lawful.
Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York, an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or
an affiliate of the Trustee, Registrar or co-registrar) where Notes may be
surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and
demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be
served. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the
location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any
time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or
shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more
other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for
any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations;
provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner
relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York for such purposes. The Company shall
give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission
and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
The Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of
the Trustee as one such office or agency of the Company in accordance with
Section 2.03.
Section 4.03 Reports to Holders.
Whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the
SEC, so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company shall furnish to the
Holders of Notes:
(1) 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
the Company were required to file such forms, including a "Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" that
describes the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and
its consolidated Subsidiaries (showing in reasonable detail, either on the face
of the financial statements or in the footnotes thereto and in "Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," the
financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results of operations of
the Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Company) and, with respect to the annual
information only, a report thereon by the Company's certified independent
accountants; provided that, in the event that the Company
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would be permitted under Rule 310 of Regulation S-X to submit the quarterly and
annual consolidated financial information of Ziff ▇▇▇▇▇ Holdings Inc. in lieu of
its own consolidated financial information, the Company shall be permitted to
furnish such financial information to the Holders of Notes in lieu of its
quarterly and annual financial information; and
(2) all current reports that would be required to be filed with
the SEC on Form 8-K if the Company were required to file such reports, in each
case, within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and regulations.
In addition, following the consummation of the Exchange Offer,
whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the SEC, the Company
shall file a copy of all such information and reports with the SEC for public
availability within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and
regulations (unless the SEC will not accept such a filing) and make such
information available to securities analysts and prospective investors upon
request. The Company shall at all times comply with TIA (S) 314(a). In addition,
for so long as any Notes remain outstanding, the Company shall 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.
Section 4.04 Compliance Certificate.
(a) The Company and each Guarantor (to the extent that such
Guarantor is so required under the TIA) shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90
days after the end of each fiscal year, an Officers' Certificate stating that a
review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the
preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing
Officers with a view to determining whether the Company has kept, observed,
performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and further
stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of
his or her knowledge the Company has 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 shall have occurred, describing
all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and
what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto) and
that to the best of his or her knowledge no event has occurred and remains in
existence by reason of which payments on account of the principal of or
interest, if any, on the Notes is prohibited or if such event has occurred, a
description of the event and what action the Company is taking or proposes to
take with respect thereto. For purposes of this paragraph, such compliance shall
be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice
provided under this Indenture.
(b) So long as not contrary to the then current recommendations of
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the year-end financial
statements delivered pursuant to Section 4.03(a) above shall be accompanied by a
written statement of the Company's independent public accountants (who shall be
a firm of established national reputation) that in making the examination
necessary for certification of such financial statements, nothing has come to
their attention that would lead them to believe that the Company has violated
any provisions of Article 4 or Article 5 or, if any such violation has occurred,
specifying the nature and period of existence thereof, it being understood that
such accountants shall not be liable directly or indirectly to any Person for
any failure to obtain knowledge of any such violation.
(c) The Company shall, so long as any of the Notes are
outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon any Officer becoming aware
of any Default or Event of Default, an Officers' Certificate specifying such
Default or Event of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to
take with respect thereto.
Section 4.05 Payment of Taxes.
The Company shall pay, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to
pay, prior to delinquency, all material taxes, assessments and governmental
levies except such as are contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings
or where the failure to effect such payment is not adverse in any material
respect to the Holders of the Notes.
Section 4.06 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.
The Company and each of the Guarantors covenants (to the extent
that it may lawfully do so) that it shall 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
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any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of
this Indenture; and the Company 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 shall not, by resort to any such law, hinder,
delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but
shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law
has been enacted.
Section 4.07 Limitation on Restricted Payments.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
(1) declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or
distribution on account of the Company's or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries'
Equity Interests other than
(a) dividends or distributions payable in Equity Interests (other
than Disqualified Capital Stock) or
(b) dividends or distributions payable by a Restricted Subsidiary
to the Company or any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
(2) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value any
Equity Interests of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or Parent
(other than any of those Equity Interests owned by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company);
(3) make any principal payment on or with respect to, or purchase,
defease, redeem, prepay, decrease or otherwise acquire or retire for value in
each case, prior to any scheduled final maturity, scheduled repayment or
scheduled sinking fund payment, any Indebtedness of the Company that is
subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Notes or the Existing Notes, if
any (other than subordinated Indebtedness acquired in anticipation of satisfying
any such payment) except in accordance with the mandatory redemption or
repayment provisions set forth in the original documentation governing that
Indebtedness (but not pursuant to any mandatory offer to repurchase upon the
occurrence of any event); or
(4) make any Investment other than a Permitted Investment (all
such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (1) through (4) above being
collectively referred to as "Restricted Payments"), unless, at the time of, and
after giving effect to, such Restricted Payment:
(a) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof;
(b) the Company would, immediately after such Restricted Payment
and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if that Restricted Payment had
been made at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, have been
permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to
the Debt to EBITDA Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09; and
(c) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of
all other Restricted Payments made by the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries after the Issue Date (excluding Restricted Payments permitted
by clauses (1) (to the extent that the declaration of any dividend referred
to therein reduces amounts available for Restricted Payments pursuant to
this clause (c)) and (2) through (15) of the next succeeding paragraph), is
less than the sum, without duplication, of:
(1) 50% of the cumulative Consolidated Net Income of
the Company for the period (taken as one accounting period) from
the Issue Date to the end of the Company's most recently ended
fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are
available at the time of that Restricted Payment (or, if
Consolidated Net Income for that period is a deficit, less 100% of
the deficit); plus
(2) 100% of the Qualified Proceeds received by the
Company on or after the Issue Date from contributions to the
Company's capital or from the issue or sale since the Issue Date
of Equity Interests of the Company or of Disqualified Capital
Stock or convertible debt securities of the Company to the extent
that they have been converted into those Equity Interests, other
than
(i) Equity Interests, Disqualified Capital Stock
or convertible debt securities sold to a Subsidiary of the
Company;
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(ii) Disqualified Capital Stock or convertible
debt securities that have been converted into Disqualified
Capital Stock; and
(iii) any such proceeds that are used to make
Permitted Investments pursuant to clauses (9) and (12) of
the definition of Permitted Investments; plus
(3) the amount equal to the net reduction in
Investments (or net gain from Investments) in Persons after the
Issue Date who are not Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company
(other than Permitted Investments) resulting from:
(A) Qualified Proceeds received as a dividend, repayment of
a loan or advance or other transfer of assets (valued at the fair market
value thereof) to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiary from
those Persons;
(B) Qualified Proceeds received upon the sale or liquidation
of those Investments; and
(C) the redesignation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries whose
assets are used or useful in, or which is engaged in, one or more Permitted
Business as Restricted Subsidiaries (valued, proportionate to the Company's
equity interest in that Subsidiary, at the fair market value of the net
assets of that Subsidiary at the time of that redesignation);
provided, however, that the sum of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above shall not
exceed the aggregate amount of all such Investments made after the Issue Date.
The foregoing provisions will not prohibit:
(1) the payment of any dividend or distribution within 60 days
after the date of declaration thereof, if at said date of declaration, such
payment would comply with all the provisions of this Indenture;
(2) the redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other
acquisition of any Indebtedness subordinated to the Notes or Equity Interests of
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary by conversion into, in exchange for, or
out of the net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to
a Subsidiary of the Company) of other Equity Interests of Parent (to the extent
the proceeds are contributed to the Company), the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be (other than any Disqualified
Capital Stock);
(3) the defeasance, redemption, repurchase, retirement or other
acquisition of Indebtedness of the Company subordinated to the Notes with the
net cash proceeds from an incurrence of, or in exchange for or by conversion
into, Refinancing Indebtedness;
(4) repurchase of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise
of stock options if those Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise
price of those options;
(5) the payment to WSP and/or its Affiliates of no more than
$500,000 in the aggregate per year in exchange for expenses and indemnities
relating to the provision of management services and if no Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred or be continuing or shall occur as a consequence
thereof, the provision of the management services;
(6) any purchase or redemption of Disqualified Capital Stock of
the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary made by exchange for, or out of the
proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, Disqualified Capital Stock of
the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that is permitted to be incurred pursuant
to Section 4.09;
(7) upon the occurrence of a Change of Control and within 60 days
after the completion of the offer to repurchase the notes pursuant to Section
4.15 (including the purchase of the notes tendered), any purchase or redemption
of subordinated Indebtedness required pursuant to the terms thereof as a result
of such Change of Control at a purchase price not to exceed the outstanding
principal amount thereof, plus any accrued and unpaid interest; provided,
however, that (A) at the time of such purchase or redemption no Default shall
have occurred and be continuing (or would result therefrom), (B) the Company
would be able to incur an additional $1.00 of Indebtedness pursuant to the Debt
to EBITDA Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09 after giving pro forma effect to
such Restricted Payment and (C) such purchase or redemption shall be included in
the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments pursuant to clause (c)
above;
(8) [Reserved]
(9) Restricted Payments in connection with the repurchase,
redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests
of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries held by any directors or employees, former
employees and their estates, spouses and former spouses or to make payments on
Management Redemption
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Debt in an aggregate cash amount not to exceed the sum of (i) $2.0 million
during any fiscal year (with unused amounts in any fiscal year being carried
over to succeeding fiscal years), plus (ii) the aggregate net cash proceeds
received from the proceeds of any "key-man" life insurance policies;
(10) Restricted Payments in connection with the repurchase,
redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests
of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries held by directors or employees, former
employees and their estate, spouses and former spouses in exchange for
Management Redemption Debt permitted to be incurred under Section 4.09;
(11) Restricted Payments to Parent to permit Parent to pay taxes,
salaries, directors fees, indemnities and expenses and other corporate expenses
in the ordinary course of its business;
(12) the declaration and payment of dividends solely in shares of
Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock);
(13) the declaration and payment of noncash dividends on
Disqualified Capital Stock incurred without violation of this Indenture;
(14) pro rata dividends or other distributions made by a
Subsidiary of the Company to minority shareholders;
(15) the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from purchasing all
(but not less than all), of the Capital Stock or other ownership interests in a
Subsidiary of the Company, excluding directors' qualifying shares, that were not
previously owned by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company, such that after
giving effect to such purchase such Subsidiary becomes a Restricted Subsidiary
of the Company;
(16) Restricted Payments in connection with the repurchase,
redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests
of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the cancellation of
Indebtedness owed by the holder of such Equity Interests to Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries; provided that the aggregate price paid for all such repurchased,
redeemed, acquired or retired Equity Interests may not exceed (a) $2.5 million
in any 12-month period and/or (b) $6.0 million in the aggregate; and
(17) other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to
exceed $5.0 million.
The amount of:
(1) all Restricted Payments (other than cash) shall be the fair
market value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or securities
proposed to be transferred or issued by the Company or that Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment and
(2) Qualified Proceeds (other than cash) shall be the fair market
value on the date of receipt thereof by the Company of those Qualified Proceeds.
The fair market value of any non-cash Restricted Payment in excess
of $5.0 million shall be determined by independent members of the Board of
Directors of the Company, whose Board Resolution with respect thereto shall be
delivered to the Trustee. The Board of Directors' determination must be based on
an opinion or appraisal issued by an accounting, appraisal or investment banking
firm of national standing if the fair market value exceeds $5.0 million.
Not later than the date of making any Restricted Payment, the
Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that the
Restricted Payment is permitted and setting forth the basis upon which the
calculations required by this Section were computed.
Section 4.08 Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions
Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantors to, directly or indirectly,
create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any encumbrance
or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or any
of the Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantors to:
(a) pay dividends or make any other distributions to the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (i) on its Capital Stock or (ii)
with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its
profits;
(b) repay any Indebtedness or any other obligation owed to the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
(c) make loans or advances or capital contributions to the
Company or any of its Restricted
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Subsidiaries; or
(d) transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; except for such encumbrances or restrictions
existing under or by reason of:
(1) encumbrances or restrictions existing at the Issue Date to
the extent and in the manner such encumbrances and restrictions are in effect at
the Issue Date or not materially more restrictive (including without limitation
pursuant to the Credit Facility);
(2) this Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees;
(3) Applicable Law;
(4) any instrument governing Acquired Indebtedness, which
encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or
assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of the
Person (including any Subsidiary of the Person), so acquired;
(5) customary non-assignment provisions in leases or other
agreements entered in the ordinary course of business;
(6) Refinancing Indebtedness; provided that such restrictions are
not materially more restrictive than those contained in the agreements governing
the Indebtedness being refunded, refinanced or extended;
(7) customary restrictions with respect to a Restricted
Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into for the sale or
disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of such
Restricted Subsidiary;
(8) customary restrictions contained in Disqualified Capital
Stock permitted to be incurred and in any other Capital Stock;
(9) customary restrictions in Capital Expenditure Indebtedness,
Capitalized Lease Obligations, security agreements or mortgages securing
Indebtedness of the Company or a Subsidiary to the extent such restrictions
restrict the transfer of the property subject to such Capital Expenditure
Indebtedness, Capitalized Lease Obligations, security agreements and mortgages;
(10) customary restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary of the
Company pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into for the sale or
disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of such
Subsidiary; or
(11) restrictions contained in agreements governing Indebtedness
incurred by foreign Subsidiaries permitted to be incurred under Section 4.09
herein.
Section 4.09 Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantors to, directly or indirectly,
create, incur, assume, guarantee, acquire, become liable, contingently or
otherwise, with respect to, or otherwise become responsible for payment of
(collectively, "incur") any Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness);
provided, however, that if no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing at the time of or as a consequence of the incurrence of any
such Indebtedness, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is or,
upon such incurrence, becomes a Guarantor may incur Indebtedness (including,
without limitation, Acquired Indebtedness) or issue shares of Disqualified
Capital Stock and any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is not or will
not, upon such incurrence, become a Guarantor may incur Acquired Indebtedness,
in each case if the Debt to EBITDA Ratio for the Company's most recently ended
four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available
immediately preceding the date on which that additional Indebtedness is incurred
or that Disqualified Capital Stock is issued would have been less than 5.50 to
1.0, in the case of any incurrence or issuance on or before the second
anniversary of the Issue Date and 5.00 to 1.0, in the case of any incurrence or
issuance after the second anniversary of the Issue Date, in each case determined
on a consolidated pro forma basis, including a pro forma application of the net
proceeds therefrom, as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred, or the
Disqualified Stock had been issued, as the case may be, at the beginning of that
four-quarter period.
Section 4.10 Limitation on Asset Sales.
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The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantors to, directly or indirectly,
consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(1) the Company or the Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives
consideration at the time of that Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market
value (evidenced by a Board Resolution set forth in an Officers' Certificate
delivered to the trustee) of the assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or
otherwise disposed of; and
(2) at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by the
Company or the Subsidiary is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents. For the
purposes of this provision, each of the following shall be deemed to be cash:
(i) any liabilities, as shown on the Company's or the
Subsidiary's most recent balance sheet, of the Company or any Subsidiary
(other than contingent liabilities and liabilities that are by their terms
subordinated to the notes or any guarantee thereof) that are assumed by the
transferee of any such assets pursuant to a customary novation agreement
that releases the Company or the Subsidiary from further liability; and
(ii) any securities, notes or other obligations received by
the Company or the Subsidiary from the transferee that are converted within
270 days of their receipt by the Company or the Subsidiary into cash or
Cash Equivalents, but only to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents
received.
The 75% limitation referred to in clause (2) above will not apply
to any Asset Sale in which the cash or Cash Equivalents portion of the
consideration received therefrom, determined in accordance with subclauses (i)
and (ii) above, is equal to or greater than what the after-tax proceeds would
have been had that Asset Sale complied with the aforementioned 75% limitation.
Within 365 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an
Asset Sale, the Company or the Subsidiary, as the case may be, shall apply the
Net Proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited by this Indenture (or to the
extent the Company is required, to apply the Net Proceeds pursuant to the terms
of the Credit Facility); provided that when the aggregate amount of such Net
Proceeds exceeds $10.0 million, the Company will be required to (1) use 80% of
the amount of any Net Proceeds in excess of $10.0 million obtained from Asset
Sales (a) within thirty days, to repay or purchase Senior Indebtedness, or (b),
if no Senior Indebtedness is then outstanding, within one hundred twenty days to
commence an offer to all Holders of Notes (an "Asset Sale Offer") to purchase
the maximum principal amount of Notes that may be purchased out of that 80%
portion of Net Proceeds in excess of $10.0 million (the "Asset Sale Offer
Amount"), at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal
amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any,
to the date of purchase, in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section
3.09; and (2) with respect to that 20% portion of the Net Proceeds in excess of
$10.0 million which remain after consummation of a payment on Senior
Indebtedness or an Asset Sale Offer, the Company, its Restricted Subsidiaries
and the Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantors, as applicable, may use such portion
of the Net Proceeds in excess of $10.0 million for any purpose not otherwise
prohibited by this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes
surrendered by Holders thereof in connection with an Asset Sale Offer exceeds
the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be
purchased in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.09. Upon
completion of an Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset
at zero.
The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under
the Exchange Act and any other securities7 laws and regulations thereunder to
the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the
repurchase of the notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the
provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of
this Indenture relating to an Asset Sale Offer, the Company will comply
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with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to
have breached its obligations described in this Indenture by virtue thereof.
Section 4.11 Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantors to, make any payment to, or
sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets
to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any
transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee
with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Company (each of the
foregoing, an "Affiliate Transaction") involving aggregate payments or
consideration in excess of $1.0 million, unless:
(1) that Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not
materially less advantageous to the Company or that Subsidiary than those that
would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Company or that
Subsidiary with an unrelated Person; and
(2) the Company delivers to the Trustee:
(a) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of
related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess
of $5.0 million, a Board Resolution set forth in an Officers' Certificate
certifying that the relevant Affiliate Transaction complies with clause (1)
above and that the Affiliate Transaction has been approved by a committee
composed of the independent members of the Board of Directors; or
(b) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of
related Affiliate Transactions (other than sales of Equity Interests)
involving aggregate consideration in excess of $10.0 million, an opinion as
to the fairness to the holders of that Affiliate Transaction from a
financial point of view issued by an accounting, appraisal or investment
banking firm of national standing.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following items shall not be
deemed to be Affiliate Transactions:
(1) customary directors' fees and expenses, indemnification or
similar arrangements or any employment agreement or other compensation plan or
arrangement entered into by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in
the ordinary course of business;
(2) transactions between or among the Company and/or its
Restricted Subsidiaries or any other Guarantor;
(3) payments of customary fees by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to investment banking firms, financial consultants and
financial advisors made for any financial advisory, financing, underwriting or
placement services or in respect of other investment banking activities,
including, without limitation, in connection with acquisitions or divestitures
that are approved by a majority of the Board of Directors in good faith;
(4) any agreement as in effect on the date of this Indenture or
any amendment thereto (so long as that amendment is not disadvantageous to the
Noteholders in any material respect) or any transaction contemplated thereby;
(5) payments and transactions in connection with the Credit
Facility (including commitment, syndication and arrangement fees payable
thereunder) and this Indenture (including underwriting discounts and commissions
in connection therewith) and the application of the proceeds thereof, and the
payment of the fees and expenses with respect thereto;
(6) payments under any tax-sharing agreement or arrangement among
the Company and other members of the affiliated group of corporations of which
the Company is the common parent;
(7) the issuance or sale of Capital Stock (other than
Disqualified Capital Stock) otherwise permitted hereunder;
(8) contracts between the Company and/or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries and any Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantor with respect to any
management services or administrative services provided by the Company and/or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and any Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantor;
(9) Restricted Payments that are not prohibited by this Indenture
and any Permitted Investments;
(10) transactions permitted by the provisions described in Section
5.01 herein; and
(11) any contracts or arrangements between the Company and USApubs
Inc. (or any of its
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subsidiaries, successors or assigns) entered into in the ordinary course
of business consistent with past practice; except and to the extent that the
aggregate net amount of all such payments and consideration relating thereto
exceeds $10.0 million.
Section 4.12 Limitation on Liens.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantors to, create, incur or
otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any Liens of any kind
(other than Permitted Liens) upon any property or asset of the Company or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries or its Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantors or any
shares of Capital Stock or Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary or its
Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantors acquired that secures Indebtedness ranking
equally in right of payment or subordinated to the Notes unless the Notes are
equally and ratably secured.
Section 4.13 Conduct of Business.
The Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall not engage in
any business that is not a Permitted Business.
Section 4.14 Corporate Existence.
Subject to Article 5, the Company shall do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect (i) its corporate
existence, and the corporate, partnership or other existence of each of its
Restricted Subsidiaries and its Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantors, in
accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the same may be
amended from time to time) of the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary or
Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantor and (ii) the rights (charter and statutory),
licenses and franchises of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and its
Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantors; provided, however, that the Company 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
or its Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantors, if the Board of Directors shall
determine in good faith that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in
the conduct of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and
its Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantors, taken as a whole, and that the loss
thereof is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes.
Section 4.15 Offer to Repurchase upon Change of Control.
(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder will
have the right to require that the Company purchase all or a portion of such
Holder's Notes pursuant to the offer described below (the "Change of Control
Offer"), at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus
accrued interest (including any interest compounded on the Compounded Value) and
Liquidated Damages, if any, to the date of purchase.
Within 30 days following the date upon which the Change of Control
occurred, the Company must send, by first class mail, a notice to each Holder,
with a copy to the Trustee, which notice shall govern the terms of the Change of
Control Offer. Such notice shall state, among other things:
(i) that the Change of Control Offer is being made
pursuant to this Section 4.15 and that all Notes tendered will be accepted
for payment;
(ii) the Change of Control Payment and the purchase date
(which shall be a Business Day no earlier than 30 days nor later than 45
days from the date such notice is mailed (the "Change of Control Payment
Date"));
(iii) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue
interest;
(iv) that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of
the Change of Control Payment, any Notes accepted for payment pursuant to
the Change of Control Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Change
of Control Payment Date;
(v) that Holders accepting the offer to have their Notes
purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to
surrender the Notes, with the form entitled "Option of Holder
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to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Note completed, to the Paying
Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business
on the third business day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date;
(vi) that holders will be entitled to withdraw their
acceptance if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the close of
business on the third Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment
Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the
name of the holder, the principal amount of the Notes delivered for
purchase, and a statement that such holder is withdrawing his election to
have such Notes purchased;
(vii) that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in
part will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased
portion of the Notes surrendered;
(viii) any other procedures that a holder must follow to
accept a Change of Control Offer or effect withdrawal of such acceptance;
and
(ix) the name and address of the Paying Agent.
(b) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to
the extent lawful, (1) accept for payment all Notes or portions thereof properly
tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer, (2) deposit with the Paying
Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes
or portions thereof so tendered and (3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the
applicable Trustee the Notes so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate
stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions thereof being
purchased by the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to each Holder of
Notes so tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee
shall promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry)
to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion
of the Notes surrendered, if any; provided that each such new Note will be in a
principal amount of $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof. The Company shall
publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as
practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date.
Prior to the mailing of the notice referred to in Section 4.15(a)
above, but in any event within 30 days following any Change of Control, the
Company covenants to:
(1) repay in full and terminate all commitments under Indebtedness
under the Credit Facility and all other Senior Indebtedness the terms of which
require repayment upon a Change of Control or offer to repay in full and
terminate all commitments under all Indebtedness under the Credit Facility and
all other such Senior Indebtedness and to repay the Indebtedness owed to each
lender that has accepted such offer; or
(2) obtain the requisite consents under the Credit Facility and
all other Senior Indebtedness to permit the repurchase of the Notes as provided
below. The Company shall first comply with the covenant in the immediately
preceding sentence before it shall be required to repurchase Notes pursuant to
the provisions described below. The Company's failure to comply with the
covenant described in the immediately preceding sentence shall constitute an
Event of Default described in clause (d) and not in clause (b) under Section
6.01.
(c) The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1
under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder
to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the
repurchase of Notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer. To the extent that
the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section
4.15, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and
regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this
Section 4.15 by virtue thereof.
Section 4.16 No Senior Subordinated Indebtedness.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary that is a Guarantor or any Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantor to,
incur or suffer to exist Indebtedness that is senior in right of payment to the
Notes or such Guarantor's Guarantee, as the case may be, and subordinate in
right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Company or such Guarantor, as
the case may be.
Section 4.17 Future Guarantees by Restricted Subsidiaries.
If the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall acquire
or create another domestic Restricted Subsidiary after the date of this
Indenture, then such newly acquired or created Subsidiary shall execute and
deliver to the Trustee a Guarantee of the Notes in the form set forth in
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this Indenture and a supplemental indenture substantially in the form set forth
in this Indenture pursuant to which such Subsidiary shall unconditionally
guarantee all of the Company's obligations under the Notes on the terms set
forth in such supplemental indenture.
ARTICLE V
SUCCESSORS
Section 5.01 Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets.
The Company shall not consolidate or merge with or into (whether
or not the Company is the surviving corporation), or sell, assign, transfer,
convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or
assets in one or more related transactions to, another Person unless:
(1) the Company is the surviving corporation or the Person formed
by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or
to which that sales, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition shall
have been made is a corporation organized or existing under the laws of the
United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia;
(2) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or
merger (if other than the Company or a wholly-owned subsidiary) or the Person to
which that sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition shall
have been made assumes all the obligations of the Company under the Notes and
this Indenture pursuant to an amendment in a form reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee;
(3) immediately after that transaction no Default or Event of
Default exists; and
(4) the Company or the Person formed by or surviving any such
consolidation or merger (if other than the Company), or to which that sale,
assignment, transfer, conveyance other disposition shall have been made will, at
the time of such transaction and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if the
transaction had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period,
be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the
Debt to EBITDA Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09.
The foregoing clause (4) will not prohibit
(a) a merger between the Company and a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of
the Company created for the purpose of holding the Capital Stock of the Company;
(b) a merger between the Company and a Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiary; or
(c) a merger between the Company and an Affiliate incorporated
solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in another State of the
United States so long as, in the case of clauses (a), (b) and (c), the amount of
Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries is not increased
thereby.
For purposes of the foregoing, the transfer (by lease, assignment,
sale or otherwise, in a single transaction or series of transactions) of all or
substantially all of the properties or assets of one or more Restricted
Subsidiaries of the Company the Capital Stock of which constitutes all or
substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company, shall be deemed
to be the transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of
the Company.
Section 5.02 Successor Corporation Substituted.
Upon any consolidation, combination or merger or any transfer of
all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in accordance with Section
5.01 in which the Company is not the continuing corporation, the successor
Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to
which such conveyance, lease or transfer is made shall succeed to, and be
substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under
this Indenture and the Notes with the same effect as if such surviving entity
had been named as such.
ARTICLE VI
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01 Events of Default.
"Events of Default" are:
(a) the Company defaults in the payment when due of interest on
the Notes and such default continues for a period of 30 days (whether or not
such payment is otherwise then permitted by the subordination provisions of
Article 10 herein);
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(b) the Company defaults in the payment when due of principal of
or premium, if any, on the Notes when the same becomes due and payable at its
Maturity (whether or not such payment is otherwise then permitted by Article 10
herein);
(c) the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted
Subsidiary Guarantor fails to observe or perform any other covenant or other
agreement in this Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantees and such failure
continues for a period of 45 days after the Company has received a written
notice of such failure from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% of the
outstanding principal amount of the Notes, which notice must specify the
failure, demand that it be remedied and state that the notice is a "Notice of
Default" (except in the case of a default with respect to Section 5.01, which
will constitute an Event of Default with such notice requirement but without
such passage of time requirement);
(d) a default occurs under any mortgage, indenture or instrument
under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced
any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether
such Indebtedness now exists, or is created after the date of this Indenture,
which default constitutes a failure to pay principal thereof at final maturity
(a "Payment Default"), which default shall not be cured, waived or postponed
pursuant to an agreement with the holders of such Indebtedness within 60 days
after written notice by any Holder, or which acceleration shall not be rescinded
or annulled within 20 days after written notice to the Company of such default
by any Holder or shall have resulted in such Indebtedness being accelerated or
otherwise becoming or being declared due and payable prior to its stated
maturity which acceleration has not been rescinded, annulled or otherwise cured
within 20 days of receipt by the Company or such Subsidiary of notice of any
such acceleration and, in each case, the principal amount of any such
Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness
under which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been
so accelerated, aggregates $10.0 million or more;
(e) a final judgment or final judgments for the payment of money
are entered by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction against the Company
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any such Unrestricted Subsidiary
Guarantor and such judgment or judgments remain unpaid, undischarged or
otherwise unsatisfied for a period (during which execution shall not be
effectively stayed) of 60 consecutive days, provided that the aggregate of all
such undischarged judgments exceeds $10.0 million; or
(f) any Guarantee of a Restricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted
Subsidiary Guarantor ceases to be in full force and effect or any Guarantee of
such a Subsidiary is declared to be null and void and unenforceable or any
Guarantee of such a Subsidiary is found to be invalid or any Guarantor denies
its liability under its Guarantee (other than by reason of release of a
Guarantor in accordance with Section 11.06);
(g) the Company or any of its Significant Restricted Subsidiaries
or Significant Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to or within the
meaning of Bankruptcy laws;
(i) commences a voluntary case;
(ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against
it in an involuntary case;
(iii) consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or
for all or substantially all of its property; or
(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its
creditors; or
(h) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree
under any Bankruptcy Law that:
(i) is for relief against the Company or any of its
Significant Restricted Subsidiaries or Significant Unrestricted Subsidiary
Guarantors;
(ii) appoints a custodian of the Company or any of its
Significant Restricted Subsidiaries or Significant Unrestricted Guarantors
or for all or substantially all of the property of the Company or any of
its Significant Restricted Subsidiaries or Significant Unrestricted
Guarantors; or
(iii) orders the liquidation of the Company or any of its
Significant Restricted Subsidiaries or Significant Unrestricted Guarantors;
and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days.
Section 6.02 Acceleration.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified
in clause (g) or (h) of Section 6.01) occurs and is continuing, then and in
every such case the Trustee or the Holders of 25% or more in principal amount of
the then outstanding Notes may declare the principal amount of all the Notes to
be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company, and upon
any such declaration such principal amount and any accrued interest (i) shall
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become immediately due and payable or (ii) if there are any amounts outstanding
or owing under or in respect of the Credit Facility or any commitments remain in
effect under the Credit Facility, shall become due and payable upon the first to
occur of an acceleration of amounts outstanding under or in respect of the
Credit Facility and five Business Days after receipt by the Company and the
Trustee of notice of the acceleration of the Notes. For the avoidance of doubt,
if any Payment Default or acceleration that constitutes an Event of Default
under clause (e) of Section 6.01 shall have occurred and prior to any
acceleration such Payment Default shall have been cured or waived or such
acceleration shall have been rescinded, then from and after such cure, waiver or
rescission, such Event of Default shall no longer be deemed to be continuing. If
an Event of Default specified in clause (g) or (h) of Section 6.01 occurs and is
continuing with respect to the Company, the principal amount of and any accrued
interest on the outstanding Notes shall automatically, and without any
declaration or other action, become immediately due and payable.
At any time after a declaration of acceleration has been made and
before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained, the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes, by written notice to the
Company, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:
(a) the Company has paid a sum sufficient to pay:
(i) all overdue interest on all Notes (other than as a
result of acceleration);
(ii) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Notes
that have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration
(including any Notes required to have been purchased pursuant to an offer
to purchase that the Company is required to make hereunder) and any
interest thereon at the rate borne by the Notes; and
(iii) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful,
interest upon overdue interest at the rate provided therefore in the Notes
(other than as a result of acceleration); and
(b) all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the
principal amount of Notes and interest thereon that have become due solely by
such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived.
Section 6.03 Other Remedies.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may
pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal, premium, if
any, and interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, 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.
Section 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Notes then outstanding may, by notice to the Trustee, on behalf of
the Holders of all the Notes waive any past Default hereunder and its
consequences, except a Default:
(a) in the payment of the principal (or premium, if any) or
interest on any Note (including any Note which is required to have been
purchased pursuant to an offer to purchase that the Company is required to make
under this Indenture); or
(b) in respect of a Section of this Indenture which cannot be
modified or amended without the consent of the holder of each outstanding Note
affected.
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; provided,
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however, no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or
impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 6.05 Control by Majority.
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding
Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for
exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power
conferred on it. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that
conflicts with law or this Indenture that the Trustee determines may be unduly
prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of Notes or that may involve the
Trustee in personal liability.
In the event the Trustee takes any action or follows any direction
pursuant to this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification
from the Company satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against any fees,
loss, liability, cost or expense caused by taking such action or following such
direction.
Section 6.06 Limitation on Suits.
A Holder of a Note may pursue a remedy with respect to this
Indenture or the Notes only if:
(a) the Holder of a Note gives to the Trustee written notice of a
continuing Event of Default;
(b) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
(c) such Holder of a Note or Holders of Notes offer and, if
requested, provide to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against
any loss, liability or expense;
(d) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days
after receipt of the request and the offer and, if requested, the provision of
indemnity; and
(e) during such 60-day period the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the then outstanding Notes do not give the Trustee a
direction inconsistent with the request.
A Holder of a Note may not use this Indenture to prejudice the
rights of another Holder of a Note or to obtain a preference or priority over
another Holder of a Note.
Section 6.07 Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right
of any Holder of a Note to receive payment of principal, premium and Liquidated
Damages, if any, and interest on the Note, on or after the respective due dates
expressed in the Note (including in connection with an offer to purchase), or to
bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective
dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
Section 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee.
If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a) or (b) occurs
and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name
and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount of
principal amount of, premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, and interest
remaining unpaid on the Notes and interest on overdue principal and, to the
extent lawful, interest and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover
the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and
any amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07.
Section 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other
papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims
of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the
Holders of the Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings
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relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the Notes), its creditors or
its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and
distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims
and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each
Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee
shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to
the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other
amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07. To the extent that the payment of
any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its
agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 out
of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of
the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all
distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the
Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or
under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein
contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or
accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to
authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such
proceeding.
Section 6.10 Priorities.
If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article, it
shall pay out the money in the following order:
First: to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due
under Section 7.07, including payment of all compensation,
expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the
Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;
Second: to Holders of Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the
Notes for principal amount, premium and Liquidated Damages, if
any, and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any
kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for
principal amount, premium and Liquidated Damages, if any and
interest, respectively; and
Third: to the Company 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.
Section 6.11 Undertaking for Costs.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this
Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by
it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party
litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the
court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable
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 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder of a
Note pursuant to Section 6.07, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in
principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.
Section 6.12 Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to
enforce any right or
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remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or
abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to
such Holder, then and in every case, subject to any determination in such
proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally
and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights
and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such
proceeding had been instituted.
ARTICLE VII
TRUSTEE
Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a
prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his
own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) the duties of the Trustee shall be determined solely by
the express provisions of this Indenture and the Trustee need perform only
those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no
others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this
Indenture against the Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee
may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or
opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of
this Indenture. However, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and
opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of
this Indenture.
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own
negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful
misconduct, except that:
(i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph
(b) of this Section;
(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of
judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Trust Officer, unless it is
proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
and
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any
action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a
direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05 hereof.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision
of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to
paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (e) and (f) of this Section.
(e) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to
expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability. The Trustee shall be under
no obligation to exercise any of its rights and powers under this Indenture or
to take any action at the request of any Holders, unless such Holder shall have
offered to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any
loss, liability or expense.
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money
received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company.
Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by law.
Section 7.02 Rights of Trustee.
(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely upon any document believed
by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person.
The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may
require an Officers' Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee
shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in
reliance on such Officers' Certificate or opinion of such counsel. The Trustee
may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or any
Opinion of Counsel shall 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.
(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall
not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with
due care.
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or
omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the
rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.
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(e) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any
demand, request, direction or notice from the Company shall be sufficient if
signed by an Officer of the Company.
(f) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of
the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction
of any of the Holders unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee
reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities
that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.
Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the
owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or any
Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not
Trustee. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting
interest (as defined in the TIA) it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days,
apply to the SEC for permission to continue as trustee or resign. Any Agent may
do the same with like rights and duties. The Trustee is also subject to Sections
7.10 and 7.11.
Section 7.04 Trustee's Disclaimer.
The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no
representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it
shall not be accountable for the Company's use of the proceeds from the Notes or
any money paid to the Company or upon the Company's direction under any
provision of this Indenture, it shall not be responsible for the use or
application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee,
and it shall not be responsible for any statement or recital herein or any
statement in the Notes or any other document in connection with the sale of the
Notes or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of
authentication.
Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults.
(a) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default
or Event of Default unless a Responsible Trust Officer of the Trustee has actual
knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a
Default is received by a Responsible Trust Officer of the Trustee at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Notes and
this Indenture.
(b) If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and
if it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to Holders of Notes a
notice of the Default or Event of Default within 30 days after it occurs. Except
in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice if
and so long as a committee of its Responsible Trust Officers in good faith
determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders of the
Notes.
Section 7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes.
Within 60 days after each May 15 beginning with May 15, 2003, and
for so long as Notes remain outstanding, the Trustee shall mail to the Holders
of the Notes a brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies with
TIA (S) 313(a) (but if no event described in TIA (S) 313(a) has occurred within
the twelve months preceding the reporting date, no report need be transmitted).
The Trustee also shall comply with TIA (S) 313(b)(2). The Trustee shall also
transmit by mail all reports as required by TIA (S) 313(c).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the Holders of
Notes shall be mailed to the Company and filed with the SEC and each stock
exchange on which the Notes are listed in accordance with TIA ss. 313(d). The
Company shall promptly notify the Trustee when the Notes are listed on any stock
exchange.
Section 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity.
The Company and the Guarantors shall jointly and severally pay to
the Trustee from time to time such compensation for its acceptance of this
Indenture and services hereunder as the parties shall agree from time to time.
The Trustee's compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a
trustee of an express trust. The Company and the Guarantors shall
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jointly and severally reimburse the Trustee 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 shall include the
reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee's agents and
counsel.
The Company and the Guarantors shall jointly and severally indemnify
the Trustee, its directors, officers, agents and employees, and each predecessor
Trustee against any and all losses, liabilities or expenses incurred by it
arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this
trust and its duties under this Indenture, including the costs and expenses
(including reasonable attorney's fees) of enforcing this Indenture against the
Company and the Guarantors (including this Section 7.07) and defending itself
against any claim (whether asserted by the Company and the Guarantors or any
Holder or any other person) or liability in connection with the exercise or
performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to the extent any
such loss, liability or expense may be attributable to its negligence or bad
faith. The Trustee shall notify the Company and the Guarantors promptly of any
claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the
Company and the Guarantors shall not relieve the Company and the Guarantors of
its obligations hereunder. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee
shall cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the
Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company
and the Guarantors need not pay for any settlement made without its consent,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
The obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this Section
7.07 shall survive the resignation and removal of the Trustee and the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
To secure the Company's and the Guarantors' payment obligations in this
Section, the Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or
property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay
principal and interest on particular Notes. Such Lien shall survive the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of
Default specified in Section 6.01(g) or (h) occurs, the expenses and the
compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses of its agents and
counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any
Bankruptcy Law.
The Trustee shall comply with the provisions of TIA (S) 313(b)(2) to
the extent applicable.
The Trustee shall not be liable for any indirect, special, punitive or
consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever, including, but not limited
to, lost profits, even if the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such
loss or damage and regardless of the form of action, unless such loss or damage
arises from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Trustee.
In no event shall the Trustee be liable for any failure or delay in the
performance of its obligations hereunder because of circumstances beyond its
control, including, but not limited to, acts of God, flood, war (whether
declared or undeclared), terrorism, fire, riot, embargo, government action,
including any laws, ordinances, regulations, governmental action or the like
which delay, restrict or prohibit the providing of services contemplated by this
Agreement.
Section 7.08 Replacement of Trustee.
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A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee's
acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.08.
The Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be discharged
from the trust hereby created by so notifying the Company. The Holders of Notes
of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may remove the
Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing. The Company may
remove the Trustee if:
(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;
(b) 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;
(c) a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or
its property; or
(d) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the
office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor
Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may appoint a
successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.
If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after
the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company,
or the Holders of Notes of at least 10% in principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Trustee.
If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder of a Note who
has been a Holder of a Note for at least six months, fails to comply with
Section 7.10, such Holder of a Note may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor
Trustee.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon, the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the
successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee
under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its
succession to Holders of the Notes. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer
all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, provided all sums
owing to the Trustee hereunder have been paid and subject to the Lien provided
for in Section 7.07. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this
Section 7.08, the Company's and the Guarantors' obligations under Section 7.07
shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
Section 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.
If the Trustee consolidates, 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 shall be the
successor Trustee.
In case at the time such successor or successors by merger,
conversion or consolidation to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created
by this Indenture any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not
delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of
authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such Notes so
authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been
authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Notes either
in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the
Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which
it is anywhere in the Notes or in this Indenture provided that the certificate
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Trustee shall have.
Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a
corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of
America or of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise
corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by
federal or state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at
least $50.0 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of
condition.
This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the
requirements of TIA (S) 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee is subject to TIA
(S) 310(b). If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with the provisions of this Section 7.10, the Trustee shall resign immediately
in the manner and with the effect specified in this Article 7
Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
The Trustee is subject to TIA (S) 311(a), excluding any creditor
relationship listed in TIA (S) 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been
removed shall be subject to TIA (S) 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.
ARTICLE VIII
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 8.01 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The Company may, at the option of its Board of Directors evidenced
by a Board Resolution set forth in an Officers' Certificate, at any time, elect
to have either Section 8.02 or 8.03 applied to all outstanding Notes upon
compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article 8.
Section 8.02 Legal Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Company's exercise under Section 8.01 of the option
applicable to this Section 8.02, the Company shall, subject to the satisfaction
of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04, be deemed to have been discharged
from its obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes on the date the
conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, "Legal Defeasance"). For
this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have
paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the outstanding
Notes, which shall thereafter be deemed to be "outstanding" only for the
purposes of Section 8.05 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in
clauses (a) through (d) below, and to have satisfied all its other obligations
under such Notes and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the
expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the
same), except for the following provisions which shall survive until otherwise
terminated or discharged hereunder:
(a) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive solely
from the trust fund described in Section 8.04(a), and as more fully set forth in
such Section, payments in respect of the principal amount of, premium, if any,
and interest on such Notes when such payments are due,
(b) the Company's obligations with respect to such Notes under
Article 2 and Section 4.02,
(c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the
Trustee hereunder and the Company's obligations in connection therewith, and
(d) this Article 8.
Subject to compliance with this Article 8, the Company may
exercise its option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise
of its option under Section 8.03.
Section 8.03 Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Company's exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the
option applicable to this Section 8.03, the Company shall, subject to the
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04, be released from its
obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.03,
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4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.15, 4.16 and 4.17 with respect to
the outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section
8.04 are satisfied (hereinafter, "Covenant Defeasance"), and the Notes shall
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 shall continue to be deemed
"outstanding" for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such
Notes shall not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this
purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes,
the Company may omit to comply with and shall 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 shall not
constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01, but, except as
specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes shall be
unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Company's exercise under Section 8.01
of the option applicable to this Section 8.03 and subject to the satisfaction of
the conditions set forth in Section 8.04, the failure to comply with the terms
of Sections 6.01(e) and 6.01(f) shall not constitute Events of Default.
Section 8.04 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.
The following shall be the conditions to the application of either
Section 8.02 or 8.03 to the outstanding Notes:
(a) the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in
trust, for the benefit of the Holders cash in United States dollars,
non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as
will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest
on the Notes on the stated date for payment thereof or on the applicable
redemption date, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with the terms
of this Indenture and the Notes;
(b) in the case of an election under Section 8.02, the Company
shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that:
(i) the Company has received from, or there has been
published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling; or
(ii) since the date of this Indenture, there has been a
change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the
effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that,
the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax
purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to
federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same
times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not
occurred;
(c) in the case of an election under Section 8.03, the Company
shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that the Holders will not
recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of
such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same
amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if
such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;
(d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing on the date of such deposit or insofar as Section 6.01(h) or (i) are
concerned, at any time in the period ending on the 91st day after the date of
deposit;
(e) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result
in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under this Indenture or any
other material agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is
bound;
(f) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent
of preferring the Hold Holders over any other creditors of the Company or with
the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors
of the Company or others;
(g) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of
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Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to
the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with; and
(h) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that:
(i) the trust funds will not be subject to any rights of
holders of Senior Indebtedness, including, without limitation, those
arising under this Indenture; and
(ii) assuming no intervening bankruptcy of the Company
between the date of deposit and the 91st day following the date of deposit
and that no Holder is an insider of the Company, after the 91st day
following the date of deposit, the trust funds will not be subject to the
effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar
laws affecting creditors' rights generally.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Opinion of Counsel required by
clause (b) above with respect to a Legal Defeasance need not be delivered if all
Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (1) have become
due and payable or (2) will become due an payable on the maturity date within
one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice
of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company.
Section 8.05 Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust;
Other Miscellaneous Provisions.
Subject to Section 8.06, all money and non-callable Government
Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee pursuant
to Section 8.04 in respect of the outstanding Notes shall be held in trust and
applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this
Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent
(including the Company acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to
the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect
of principal amount, premium, if any, and interest, but such money need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax,
fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or non-callable
Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 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.
Anything in this Article 8 to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the request
of the Company any money or non-callable Government Securities held by it as
provided in Section 8.04 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(a)), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be
deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
Section 8.06 Satisfaction and Discharge.
This Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further
effect (except as to surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of
the Notes, as expressly provided for in this Indenture) as to all outstanding
Notes when
(1) either:
(a) all the Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (except
lost, stolen or destroyed Notes which have been replaced or paid and Notes for
whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and
held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged
from such trust) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(b) all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation have become due and payable, pursuant to an optional redemption
notice or otherwise, and the Company has irrevocably
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deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee funds in an amount
sufficient to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Notes not
theretofore 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 instructions from the Company directing the Trustee to
apply such funds to the payment thereof at maturity or redemption, as the
case may be;
(2) the Company has paid all other sums payable under this
Indenture by the Company; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions precedent
under this Indenture relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture have been complied with.
Section 8.07 Repayment to Company.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then
held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal, premium, if any,
or interest on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such
principal and premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be
paid to the Company on its request or (if then held by the Company) shall be
discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as a
general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all
liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money,
and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease;
provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required
to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be
published once, in the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (national
edition), notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date
specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such
notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining
will be repaid to the Company.
Section 8.08 Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any United
States dollars or non-callable Government Securities in accordance with Section
8.02 or 8.03, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any
court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting
such application, then the Company's obligations under this Indenture and the
Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant
to Section 8.02 or 8.03 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, as
the case may be; provided, however, that, if the Company makes any payment of
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note following the
reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights
of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the
Trustee or Paying Agent.
Section 8.09 Survival.
The Trustee's rights under this Article 8 shall survive
termination of this Indenture.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders of Notes.
Notwithstanding Section 9.02, the Company, the Guarantors and the
Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes
without the consent of any Holder of a Note:
(a) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
(b) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place
of certificated Notes or to alter the provisions of Article 2 (including the
related definitions) in a manner that does not materially adversely affect any
Holder;
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(c) to provide for the assumption of the Company's or a
Guarantor's obligations to the Holders of the Notes by a successor to the
Company or a Guarantor pursuant to Article 5 or Article 11;
(d) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or
benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal
rights hereunder of any Holder of the Note;
(e) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or
maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;
(f) to allow any Guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture
and/or a Guarantee with respect to the Notes; or
(g) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
under this Indenture of a successor Trustee.
Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a Board Resolution
authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental Indenture, and
upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02 and 9.06,
the Trustee shall join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of
any amended or supplemental Indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of
this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations
that may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter
into such amended or supplemental Indenture that affects its own rights, duties
or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders of Notes.
Except as provided in this Section 9.02, this Indenture, the
Guarantees and the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the
Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding
voting as a single class (including 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, any existing Default or Event of Default (other than a
Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, 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, the Guarantees or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes voting
as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer
or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes). Section 2.08 shall determine
which Notes are considered to be "outstanding" for purposes of this Section
9.02.
Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a Board Resolution
authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental Indenture, and
upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the
consent of the Holders of Notes as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of
the documents described in Sections 7.02 and 9.06, the Trustee shall join with
the Company in the execution of such amended or supplemental Indenture unless
such amended or supplemental Indenture affects the Trustee's own rights, duties
or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may
in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such amended or
supplemental Indenture.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Notes
under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment
or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance
thereof.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section
becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders of Notes affected
thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any
failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not,
however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amended or
supplemental Indenture or waiver. Subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07, the Holders
of a majority
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in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single
class may waive compliance in a particular instance by the Company with any
provision of this Indenture or the Notes. However, without the consent of each
Holder affected, an amendment or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not (with
respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder):
(a) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must
consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
(b) reduce the rate of or change or have the effect of changing
the time for payment of interest, including defaulted interest, on any Note;
(c) reduce the principal of or change or have the effect of
changing the fixed maturity of any Note or alter or waive any of the provisions
with respect to the redemption of the Notes;
(d) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of
principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Notes (except a rescission
of acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, and a waiver of the payment
default that resulted from such acceleration);
(e) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the
Notes;
(f) make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating
to the right of each Holder of Notes to receive payments of principal of and
interest on such Note on or after the due date thereof or to bring suit to
enforce such payment;
(g) after the Company's obligation to purchase Notes arises
thereunder, amend, change or modify in any material respect the obligation of
the Company to make and consummate a Change of Control Offer in the event of a
Change of Control or modify any of the provisions or definitions with respect
thereto after a Change of Control has occurred;
(h) modify or change any provision of this Indenture or the
related definitions affecting the subordination or ranking of the Notes or any
Guarantee in a manner which adversely affects the Holders;
(i) release any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary from
any of its obligations under its Guarantee or this Indenture otherwise than in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture; or
(j) make any change in the foregoing amendment and waiver
provisions (except to increase any percentage set forth therein).
Section 9.03 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.
Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes shall
be set forth in a amended or supplemental Indenture that complies with the TIA
as then in effect.
Section 9.04 Revocation and Effect of Consents.
Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a
consent to it by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent by the Holder of a
Note and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences
the same debt as the consenting Holder's Note, even if notation of the consent
is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder of a Note or subsequent Holder
of a Note may revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written
notice of revocation before the date the waiver, supplement or amendment becomes
effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance
with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder.
Section 9.05 Notation on or Exchange of Notes.
The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment,
supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The Company in
exchange for all Notes may 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 shall
not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
Section 9.06 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.
The Trustee shall sign any amended or supplemental Indenture
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pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment or supplement does not adversely
affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. The Company
may not sign an amendment or supplemental Indenture until the Board of Directors
approves it. In executing any amended or supplemental indenture, the Trustee
shall be entitled to receive and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully
protected in relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section
12.04, an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the
execution of such amended or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted
by this Indenture.
ARTICLE X
SUBORDINATION
Section 10.01 Agreement to Subordinate.
The Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of the Notes, by
its acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, (i) that all Notes shall
be issued subject to the provisions of this Article 10, and each Person holding
any Note, whether upon original issue or upon transfer, assignment or exchange
thereof, accepts and agrees that the payment of all Obligations on the Notes by
the Company shall, to the extent and in the manner herein set forth, be
subordinated and junior in right of payment to the prior payment in full in cash
or Cash Equivalents of all Obligations on Senior Indebtedness, including,
without limitation, the Company's obligations under the Credit Facility and (ii)
that the subordination is for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable directly
by, the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and that each holder of Senior
Indebtedness whether now outstanding or hereafter created, incurred, assumed or
guaranteed shall be deemed to have acquired Senior Indebtedness in reliance upon
the covenants and provisions contained in this Indenture and the Notes.
Section 10.02 Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy.
(a) Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of
any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to creditors
upon any total or partial liquidation, dissolution, winding-up, reorganization,
assignment for the benefit of creditors or marshaling of assets of the Company
or in a bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or other similar
proceeding relating to the Company or its property, whether voluntary or
involuntary, all Obligations due or to become due upon all Senior Indebtedness
shall first be paid in full in cash or Cash Equivalents, or such payment duly
provided for to the satisfaction of the holders of Senior Indebtedness, before
any payment or distribution of any kind or character is made on account of any
Obligations on the Notes, or for the acquisition of any of the Notes for cash or
property or otherwise. Upon any such dissolution, winding-up, liquidation,
reorganization, receivership or similar proceeding, any payment or distribution
of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or
securities, to which the Holders of the Notes or the Trustee under this
Indenture would be entitled, except for the provisions hereof, shall be paid by
the Company or by any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee,
agent or other Person making such payment or distribution, or by the Holders or
by the Trustee under this Indenture if received by them, directly to the holders
of Senior Indebtedness (pro rata to such holders on the basis of the respective
amounts of Senior Indebtedness held by such holders) or their respective
Representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to
which any of such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective
interests may appear, for application to the payment of Senior Indebtedness
remaining unpaid until all such Senior Indebtedness has been paid in full in
cash or Cash Equivalents after giving effect to any concurrent payment,
distribution or provision therefor to or for the holders of Senior Indebtedness.
(b) To the extent any payment of Senior Indebtedness (whether by
or on behalf of the Company, as proceeds of security or enforcement of any right
of setoff or otherwise) is declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside
or required to be paid to any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating
trustee, agent or other similar Person under any bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership, fraudulent conveyance or similar law, then, if such payment is
recovered by, or paid over to, such receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating
trustee, agent or other similar Person, the Senior Indebtedness or part thereof
originally intended to be satisfied shall be deemed to be reinstated and
outstanding as if such payment has not occurred.
(c) In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment
or distribution of assets of the
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Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, shall
be received by the Trustee or any Holder when such payment or distribution is
prohibited by Section 10.02(a), such payment or distribution shall be held in
trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid over or delivered to, the holders of
Senior Indebtedness (pro rata to such holders on the basis of the respective
amount of Senior Indebtedness held by such holders) or their respective
Representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to
which any of such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective
interests may appear, for application to the payment of Senior Indebtedness
remaining unpaid until all such Senior Indebtedness has been paid in full in
cash or Cash Equivalents, after giving effect to any concurrent payment,
distribution or provision therefor to or for the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness.
(d) The consolidation of the Company with, or the merger of the
Company with or into, another corporation or the liquidation or dissolution of
the Company following the conveyance or transfer of all or substantially all of
its assets, to another corporation upon the terms and conditions provided in
Article Five hereof and as long as permitted under the terms of the Senior
Indebtedness shall not be deemed a dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or
reorganization for the purposes of this Section 10.02 if such other corporation
shall, as a part of such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer, assume
the Company's obligations hereunder in accordance with Article 5.
Section 10.03 Default on Designated Senior Indebtedness.
(a) If any default occurs and is continuing in the payment when
due, whether at maturity, upon any redemption, by declaration or otherwise, of
any principal of, interest on, unpaid drawings for letters of credit issued in
respect of, or regularly accruing fees with respect to, any Designated Senior
Indebtedness, no payment of any kind or character shall be made by or on behalf
of the Company or any other Person on its or their behalf with respect to any
Obligations on the Notes or to acquire any of the Notes for cash or property or
otherwise. In addition, if any other event of default occurs and is continuing
with respect to any Designated Senior Indebtedness, as such event of default is
defined in the instrument creating or evidencing such Designated Senior
Indebtedness, permitting the holders of such Designated Senior Indebtedness then
outstanding to accelerate the maturity thereof and if the Representative for the
respective issue of Designated Senior Indebtedness gives notice of the event of
default to the Trustee (a "Default Notice"), then, unless and until all events
of default have been cured or waived or have ceased to exist or the Trustee
receives notice thereof from the Representative for the respective issue of
Designated Senior Indebtedness terminating the Blockage Period (as defined
below), during the 180 days after the delivery of such Default Notice (the
"Blockage Period"), neither the Company nor any other Person on its behalf shall
(x) make any payment of any kind or character with respect to any Obligations on
the Notes or (y) acquire any of the Notes for cash or property or otherwise.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event will a Blockage
Period extend beyond 180 days from the date the payment on the Notes was due and
only one such Blockage Period may be commenced within any 360 consecutive days.
No event of default which existed or was continuing on the date of the
commencement of any Blockage Period with respect to the Designated Senior
Indebtedness shall be, or be made, the basis for commencement of a second
Blockage Period by the Representative of such Designated Senior Indebtedness
whether or not within a period of 360 consecutive days, unless such event of
default shall have been cured or waived for a period of not less than 90
consecutive days (it being acknowledged that any subsequent action, or any
breach of any financial covenants for a period commencing after the date of
commencement of such Blockage Period that, in either case, would give rise to an
event of default pursuant to any provisions under which an event of default
previously existed or was continuing shall constitute a new event of default for
this purpose).
(b) In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment
shall be received by the Trustee or any Holder when such payment is prohibited
by Section 10.03(a), such payment shall be held in trust for the benefit of, and
shall be paid over or delivered to, the holders of Senior Indebtedness (pro rata
to such holders on the basis of the respective amount of Senior Indebtedness
held by such holders) or their respective Representatives, as their respective
interests may appear. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely on information
regarding amounts then due and owing on the Senior Indebtedness, if any,
received from the holders of Senior Indebtedness (or their Representatives) or,
if such information is not received from such holders or their Representatives,
from the Company and only amounts included in the information provided to the
Trustee shall be paid to the holders of Senior Indebtedness.
Nothing contained in this Article 10 shall limit the right of the
Trustee or the Holders of Notes to take any action to accelerate the maturity of
the Notes pursuant to Section 6.02 or to pursue any rights or remedies
hereunder; provided that all Senior Indebtedness
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thereafter due or declared to be due shall first be paid in full in cash or Cash
Equivalents before the Holders are entitled to receive any payment of any kind
or character with respect to Obligations on the Notes.
Section 10.04 Acceleration of Notes.
If payment of the Notes is accelerated because of an Event of
Default, the Company shall promptly notify holders of Senior Indebtedness of the
acceleration.
Section 10.05 When Distribution Must Be Paid Over.
In the event that the Trustee or any Holder receives any payment
of any Obligations with respect to the Notes at a time when such payment is
prohibited by Section 10.02 or 10.03, such payment shall be held by the Trustee
or such Holder, in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid forthwith over
and delivered, upon written request, to, the holders of Senior Indebtedness as
their interests may appear or their Representative under the indenture or other
agreement (if any) pursuant to which such Senior Indebtedness may have been
issued, as their respective interests may appear, for application to the payment
of all Obligations with respect to Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid to the
extent necessary to pay such Obligations in full in cash or Cash Equivalents in
accordance with their terms, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or
distribution to or for the holders of Senior Indebtedness.
With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, the Trustee
undertakes to perform only such obligations on the part of the Trustee as are
specifically set forth in this Article 10, and no implied covenants or
obligations with respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be read
into this Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe
any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and shall not be
liable to any such holders if the Trustee shall pay over or distribute to or on
behalf of Holders or the Company or any other Person money or assets to which
any holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article
10, except if such payment is made as a result of the willful misconduct or
gross negligence of the Trustee.
Section 10.06 Notice by Company.
The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any
fact known to the Company which would prohibit the making of any payment to or
by the Trustee in respect of the Notes pursuant to the provisions of this
Article 10 (although the failure to give any such notice shall not affect the
subordination provision of this Article 10). Regardless of anything to the
contrary contained in this Article 10 or elsewhere in this Indenture, the
Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any default or
event of default with respect to any Senior Indebtedness or of any other facts
which would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the Trustee unless and
until a Responsible Trust Officer of the Trustee shall have received notice in
writing from the Company, or from a holder of Senior Indebtedness or a
Representative therefor, together with proof satisfactory to the Trustee of such
holding of Senior Indebtedness or of the authority of such Representative, and,
prior to the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee shall be entitled
to assume that no such facts exist.
Section 10.07 Subrogation.
Subject to the payment in full in cash or Cash Equivalents of all
Senior Indebtedness, the Holders of the Notes shall be subrogated to the rights
of the holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of
cash, property or securities of the Company applicable to the Senior
Indebtedness until the Notes shall be paid in full; and, for the purposes of
such subrogation, no such payments or distributions to the holders of the Senior
Indebtedness by or on behalf of the Company or by or on behalf of the Holders by
virtue of this Article 10
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which otherwise would have been made to the Holders shall, as between the
Company and the Holders of the Notes, be deemed to be a payment by the Company
to or on account of the Senior Indebtedness, it being understood that the
provisions of this Article 10 are and are intended solely for the purpose of
defining the relative rights of the Holders of the Notes, on the one hand, and
the holders of the Senior Indebtedness, on the other hand.
Section 10.08 Relative Rights.
Nothing contained in this Article 10 or elsewhere in this
Indenture or in the Notes is intended to or shall impair, as between the Company
and the Holders, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and
unconditional, to pay to the Holders the principal of and interest on the Notes
as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their
terms, or is intended to or shall affect the relative rights of the Holders and
creditors of the Company other than the holders of the Senior Indebtedness, nor
shall anything herein or therein prevent the Trustee or any Holder from
exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under
this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article 10 of the
holders of Senior Indebtedness in respect of cash, property or securities of the
Company received upon the exercise of any such remedy. Upon any payment or
distribution of assets or securities of the Company referred to in this Article
10, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections 7.01 and 7.02, and the
Holders shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree made by any court of
competent jurisdiction in which any liquidation, dissolution, winding-up or
reorganization proceedings are pending, or a certificate of the receiver,
trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making any
payment or distribution to the Trustee or to the Holders for the purpose of
ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such payment or
distribution, the holders of Senior Indebtedness and other Indebtedness of the
Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or
distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article 10.
Nothing in this Article 10 shall apply to the claims of, or payments to, the
Trustee in its capacity as such under or pursuant to Section 7.07. The Trustee
shall be entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person
representing himself or itself to be a holder of any Senior Indebtedness (or a
trustee on behalf of, or other representative of, such holder) to establish that
such notice has been given by a holder of such Senior Indebtedness or a trustee
or representative on behalf of any such holder.
In the event that the Trustee determines in good faith that any
evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of
Senior Indebtedness to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to
this Article 10, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the
reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Indebtedness
held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate
in such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of
such Person under this Article 10, and if such evidence is not furnished, the
Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as
to the right of such Person to receive such payment.
Section 10.09 Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Company.
(a) No right of any present or future holder of any Senior
Indebtedness to enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time in
any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of
the Company or by any act or failure to act by any such holder, or by any non-
compliance by the Company with the terms, provisions and covenants of this
Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof any such holder may have or be
otherwise charged with.
(b) Without limiting the generality of subsection (a) of this
Section 10.09, the holders of Senior Indebtedness may, at any time and from time
to time, without the consent of or notice to the Trustee or the Holders of the
Notes, without incurring responsibility to the Holders of the Notes and without
impairing or releasing the
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subordination provided in this Article 10 or the obligations hereunder of the
Holders of the Notes to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, do any one or more
of the following: (1) change the manner, place, terms or time of payment of, or
renew or alter, Senior Indebtedness or any instrument evidencing the same or any
agreement under which Senior Indebtedness is outstanding; (2) sell, exchange,
release or otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise
securing Senior Indebtedness; (3) release any Person liable in any manner for
the collection or payment of Senior Indebtedness; and (4) exercise or refrain
from exercising any rights against the Company and any other Person.
Section 10.10 Distribution or Notice to Representative.
Whenever a distribution is to be made or a notice given to holders
of Senior Indebtedness, the distribution may be made and the notice given to
their Representative.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred
to in this Article 10, the Trustee and the Holders of Notes shall be entitled to
rely upon any order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction or
upon any certificate of such Representative or of the liquidating trustee or
agent or other Person making any distribution to the Trustee or to the Holders
of Notes for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in
such distribution, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness and other Indebtedness
of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts
paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this
Article 10.
Section 10.11 Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article 10 or any other
provision of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of
the existence of any facts that would prohibit the making of any payment or
distribution by the Trustee, and the Trustee and the Paying Agent may continue
to make payments on the Notes, unless a Responsible Trust Officer of the Trustee
shall have received at the Corporate Trust Office at least one Business Day
prior to the date of such payment written notice of facts that would cause the
payment of any Obligations with respect to the Notes to violate this Article 10
(although the receipt of such payment shall otherwise be subject to the
applicable provisions of this Article 10). Only the Company or a Representative
may give the notice. Nothing in this Article 10 shall impair the claims of, or
payments to, the Trustee in its capacity as such under or pursuant to Section
7.07. Nothing in this Section 10.11 is intended to or shall relieve any Holder
of Notes from the obligations imposed under Section 10.05 with respect to other
distributions received in violation of the provisions hereof.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may hold
Senior Indebtedness with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
Any Agent may do the same with like rights.
Section 10.12 Authorization to Effect Subordination.
Each Holder of the Notes by such Holder's acceptance thereof
authorizes and expressly directs the Trustee on such Holder's behalf to take
such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effect the subordination
provisions contained in this Article 10, and appoints the Trustee such Holder's
attorney-in-fact for such purpose, including, in the event of any liquidation,
dissolution, winding-up, reorganization, assignment for the benefit of creditors
or marshaling of assets of the Company tending towards liquidation or
reorganization of the business and assets of the Company, the immediate filing
of a claim for the unpaid balance of such Holder's Notes in the form required in
said proceedings and cause said claim to be approved. If the Trustee does not
file a proper claim or proof of debt in the form required in any proceeding
referred to in Section 6.09 prior to 30 days before the expiration of the time
to file such claim or claims, then any of the holders of the Senior Indebtedness
or their Representative
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is hereby authorized to file an appropriate claim for and on behalf of the
Holders of said Notes. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the
Trustee or the holders of Senior Indebtedness or their Representative to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or
the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee or the holders of
Senior Indebtedness or their Representative to vote in respect of the claim of
any Holder in any such proceeding.
Section 10.13 Amendments.
The provisions of this Article 10 shall not be amended or modified
without the written consent of the majority of the lenders under the Credit
Facility.
ARTICLE XI
GUARANTEES
Section 11.01 Guarantee.
Subject to this Article 11, each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly
and severally, unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated
and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns,
irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes or
the obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, that: (a) the principal
of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes will be promptly paid in full
when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and
interest on the overdue principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the
Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Company to the
Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or
performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and (b) in case
of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other
obligations, that same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in
accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount
so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the
Guarantors shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately.
Each Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of
collection.
The Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder shall
be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of
the Notes or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any
waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions
hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action
to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a
legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby
waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court
in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a
proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever
and covenant that this Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete
performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and this Indenture or
pursuant to Section 11.06.
If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise
to return to the Company, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator
or other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or the
Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder, this
Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full
force and effect.
Each Guarantor agrees that it shall 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
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obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between
the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other
hand, (x) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated
as provided in Article 6 for the purposes of this Guarantee, notwithstanding any
stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of
the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any declaration of
acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6, such obligations
(whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the
Guarantors for the purpose of this Guarantee. The Guarantors shall 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 Guarantee.
Section 11.02 Subordination of Guarantee.
The Obligations of each Guarantor under its Guarantee pursuant to
this Article 11 shall be junior and subordinated to the Senior Indebtedness of
such Guarantor on the same basis as the Notes are junior and subordinated to the
Senior Indebtedness of the Company. For the purposes of the foregoing sentence,
the Trustee and the Holders shall have the right to receive and/or retain
payments by any of the Guarantors only at such times as they may receive and/or
retain payments in respect of the Notes pursuant to this Indenture, including
Article 10 and the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall have the same rights and
remedies provided for in Article 10.
Section 11.03 Limitation on Guarantor Liability.
Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder,
hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the 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 Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee,
the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of
such Guarantor under its Guarantee and this Article 11 shall be limited to the
maximum amount as 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 11, result
in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee not constituting a
fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
Section 11.04 Execution and Delivery of Guarantee.
To evidence its Guarantee set forth in Section 11.01, each
Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Guarantee substantially in the
form included in Exhibit E shall be endorsed by an Officer of such Guarantor on
each Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and that this Indenture
shall be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by its President, any Vice
President, Secretary or Treasurer.
Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Guarantee set forth in
Section 11.01 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure
to endorse on each Note a notation of such Guarantee.
If an Officer whose signature is on this Indenture or on the
Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the
Note on which a Guarantee is endorsed, the Guarantee shall be valid
nevertheless.
The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication
thereof
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hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Guarantee set forth in this
Indenture on behalf of the Guarantors.
In the event that the Company creates or acquires any new
Subsidiaries subsequent to the date of this Indenture, if required by Section
4.17, the Company shall cause such Subsidiaries to execute supplemental
indentures to this Indenture and Guarantees in accordance with Section 4.17 and
this Article 11, to the extent applicable.
Section 11.05 Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms.
No Guarantor may consolidate with or merge with or into (whether
or not such Guarantor is the surviving Person) another Person whether or not
affiliated with such Guarantor unless:
(a) subject to the other provisions of this Section the Person
formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than a
Guarantor or the Company) shall be a corporation organized and validly existing
under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of
Columbia, and unconditionally assumes all the obligations of such Guarantor,
pursuant to a supplemental indenture in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee, under the Notes, this Indenture, the Registration
Rights Agreement and the Guarantee on the terms set forth herein or therein;
(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no
Default or Event of Default exists; and
(c) the Company would be permitted, immediately after giving
effect to such transaction, to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness
(other than Permitted Indebtedness) pursuant to Section 4.09.
In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and
upon the assumption by the successor Person, by supplemental indenture, executed
and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the
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 Person shall succeed to and be substituted for the Guarantor with
the same effect as if it had been named herein as a Guarantor. Such successor
Person thereupon may cause to be signed any or all of the Guarantees to be
endorsed upon all of the Notes issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not
have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee. All the Guarantees
so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this
Indenture as the Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in accordance with
the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Guarantees had been issued at
the date of the execution hereof.
Except as set forth in Articles 4 and 5, and notwithstanding
clause (c) above, nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Notes
shall prevent any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor with or into the
Company or another Guarantor, or shall prevent any sale or conveyance of the
property of a Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the
Company or another Guarantor.
Section 11.06 Releases Following Certain Events.
In the event of a sale or other disposition of all of the assets
of any Guarantor, by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise, or a sale or
other disposition of all of the capital stock of any Guarantor, then such
Guarantor (in the event of a sale or other disposition, by way of merger,
consolidation or otherwise, of all of the capital stock of such Guarantor) or
the corporation acquiring the property (in the event of a sale or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of such Guarantor) will be
released and relieved of any obligations under its Guarantee; provided that the
Net Proceeds of such sale or other disposition are applied in accordance with
the applicable provisions of this Indenture, including without limitation
Section 4.10. Upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such sale or other
disposition was made by the Company in
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accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture, including without
limitation Section 4.10, the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably
required in order to evidence the release of any Guarantor from its obligations
under its Guarantee.
Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under its
Guarantee shall remain liable for the full amount of principal of and interest
on the Notes and for the other obligations of any Guarantor under this Indenture
as provided in this Article 11.
ARTICLE XII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 12.01 Trust Indenture Act Controls.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts
with the duties imposed by TIA (S) 318(c), the imposed duties shall control.
Section 12.02 Notices.
Any notice or communication by the Company, any Guarantor or the
Trustee to the others is duly given if in writing and delivered in Person or
mailed by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested),
telex, telecopier or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to
the others' address:
If to the Company and/or any Guarantor:
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Attention: General Counsel
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Attention: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
If to the Trustee:
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
MS JCY03-0604
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attn: Corporate Trust and Agency Services
The Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee, by notice to the others
may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or
communications.
All notices and communications shall 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
answered back, if telexed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and the
next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air
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courier guaranteeing next day delivery.
Any notice or communication to a Holder shall be mailed by first
class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight
air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the register
kept by the Registrar. Any notice or communication shall also be so mailed to
any Person described in TIA (S) 313(c), to the extent required by the TIA.
Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall
not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.
If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided
above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee
receives it.
If the Company mails a notice or communication to Holders, it
shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.
Section 12.03 Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of
Notes.
Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA (S) 312(b) with other
Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The
Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of
TIA (S) 312(c).
Section 12.04 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to
take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:
(a) an Officers' Certificate in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in
Section 12.05) 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
(b) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in
Section 12.05) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions
precedent and covenants have been satisfied.
Section 12.05 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate
provided pursuant to TIA (S) 314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions of TIA
(S) 314(e) and shall include:
(a) a statement that the Person making such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition;
(b) 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;
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she
has or they have made such examination or investigation as is necessary to
enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such
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covenant or condition has been satisfied; and
(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such
Person, such condition or covenant has been satisfied.
Section 12.06 Rules by Trustee and Agents.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a
meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and
set reasonable requirements for its functions.
Section 12.07 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and
Stockholders.
No past, present or future director, officer, employee,
incorporator or stockholder of the Company or any Guarantor, as such, shall have
any liability for any obligations of the Company or such Guarantor under the
Notes, the Guarantees, this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of,
or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a
Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of
the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
Section 12.08 Governing Law.
THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED
TO CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE GUARANTEES WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT
TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE
NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW) TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS
OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
Section 12.09 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.
This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture,
loan or debt agreement of the Company or its Subsidiaries or of any other
Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret
this Indenture.
Section 12.10 Successors.
All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes
shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall
bind its successors.
Section 12.11 Severability.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 12.12 Counterpart Originals.
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each
signed copy
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shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.
Section 12.13 Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and headings of the
Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of
reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and shall in
no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section 12.14 Exclusion of Existing Notes.
The Trustee also acts as trustee under the indenture governing the
Existing Notes. To the extent applicable, pursuant to TIA (S) 310(b)(1)(i), the
indenture governing the Existing Notes is automatically deemed (unless it is
expressly provided therein that such provision is excluded) to contain a
provision excluding from the operation of TIA (S) 310(b)(1)(i), the Existing
Notes and any other series of notes issued under the indenture governing the
Existing Notes, any other Series under this Indenture and any other indenture or
indentures under which other securities, or certificates of interest or
participation in other securities of the Company are outstanding.
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Dated as of August 12, 2002
ZIFF ▇▇▇▇▇ MEDIA INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
-----------------------------------
Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Chief Operating Officer and
Chief Financial Officer
ZIFF ▇▇▇▇▇ PUBLISHING HOLDINGS INC.
ZIFF ▇▇▇▇▇ PUBLISHING INC.
ZIFF ▇▇▇▇▇ INTERNET INC.
ZIFF ▇▇▇▇▇ DEVELOPMENT INC.,
as Guarantors
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
-----------------------------------
Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Chief Operating Officer and
Chief Financial Officer
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as
Trustee
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
-----------------------------------
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Authorized Signatory
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EXHIBIT A-1
[FORM OF GLOBAL NOTE]
ZIFF ▇▇▇▇▇ MEDIA INC.
SENIOR SUBORDINATED COMPOUNDING NOTES DUE 2009
No. [_] CUSIP: [_] $[_]
ZIFF ▇▇▇▇▇ MEDIA INC., a corporation incorporated under the laws of
the State of Delaware, promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or their registered
assigns, the principal sum of [_] Dollars on August 12, 2009.
Interest Payment Dates: February 15 and August 15, commencing
February 15, 2003.
Record Dates: February 1 and August 1.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note contained
herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this
place.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed by
its duly authorized officer.
ZIFF ▇▇▇▇▇ MEDIA INC.
BY: ___________________________
Name:
Title:
This is one of the Global
Notes referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture:
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
as Trustee
By: ______________________________________
Name:
Title: Authorized Signatory
Dated: , 2002
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ZIFF ▇▇▇▇▇ MEDIA INC.
Senior Subordinated Compounding Notes Due 2009
Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them
in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.
1. Interest. Ziff ▇▇▇▇▇ Media Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at a
rate per annum in accordance with this paragraph from August 12, 2002 until
maturity and shall pay the Liquidated Damages, if any, payable pursuant to
Section 4 of the Registration Rights Agreement referred to below. The Company
shall pay interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, semi-annually on February 15
and August 15 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the
next succeeding Business Day (each an "Interest Payment Date"). From the Issue
Date through and including the second anniversary of the Issue Date, interest on
a Note shall accrue at the rate of (i) 12% per annum from the most recent date
to which interest has been paid, or if no interest has been paid, from the date
of issuance of the Note through the most recent Interest Payment Date (each, an
"Interest Period") with respect to the interest on the Note for such Interest
Period that the Company has elected to pay in cash or (ii) 13% per annum during
any applicable Interest Period with respect to the interest on the Note for such
Interest Period that was compounded on the Compounded Value. From the second
anniversary of the Issue Date through and including the fourth anniversary of
the Issue Date, interest on a Note shall accrue at a rate of (i) 13% per annum
during any applicable Interest Period with respect to the interest on the Note
for such Interest Period that the Company has elected to pay in cash or (ii) 14%
per annum during any applicable Interest Period with respect to the interest on
the Notes for such Interest Period that was compounded on the Compounded Value.
Following the fourth anniversary of the Issue Date, interest on a Note shall
accrue at a rate of 12% per annum. Any interest payment made on the Notes
through a combination of cash and compounding to the Compounded Value shall be
made on a pro rata basis. If there is no existing Default in the payment of
interest, and if this Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on
the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall
accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided, that the first
Interest Payment Date shall be February 15, 2003. The Company shall pay interest
(including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on
overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at a rate
that is 1% per annum in excess of the rate then in effect; it shall pay interest
(including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on
overdue installments of interest and Liquidated Damages, if any (without regard
to any applicable grace periods) from time to time on demand at the same rate to
the extent lawful. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months.
2. Method Of Payment. The Company will pay interest on the Notes
(except defaulted interest) and Liquidated Damages, if any, to the Persons who
are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on February 1 or August
1 immediately preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes
are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date,
except as provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted
interest. The Notes will be payable as to principal, premium and Liquidated
Damages, if any, and interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained
for such purpose within or without the City and State of New York, or, at the
option of the Company, payments of interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, may
be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses
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set forth in the register of Holders, and provided that payment by wire transfer
of immediately available funds will be required with respect to principal of and
interest, premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, on, all Global Notes and all
other Notes the Holders of which shall have provided wire transfer instructions
to the Company or the Paying Agent. Such payment if made in cash shall be in
such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment
is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. From the date of
original issuance of the Notes through and including August 12, 2006, interest
on the Notes shall accrue and compound on the Compounded Value in effect
immediately prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date as if the Compounded
Value were principal or, at the Company's option and in its sole discretion, be
paid in whole or in part of interest in cash. After August 12, 2006, the Company
shall pay interest on the Notes in cash. The Company shall notify the Trustee in
writing of its election to pay interest in cash prior to August 12, 2006 not
less than 10 nor more than 45 days prior to the record date for an Interest
Payment Date. All references in this Note to principal of the Note as of any
date shall mean the Compounded Value as of such date.
3. Paying Agent And Registrar. Initially, Deutsche Bank Trust
Company Americas, the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and
Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice
to any Holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such
capacity.
4. Indenture. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated
as of August 12, 2002 (the "Indenture") among the Company, the Guarantors named
therein and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the
Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S. Code (S)(S) 77aaa-77bbbb). The Notes
are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and
such Act for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note
conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the
Indenture shall govern and be controlling. The Notes are obligations of the
Company.
5. Subordination. The Notes are subordinated in right of payment, in
the manner and to the extent set forth in the Indenture, to the prior payment in
full in cash or Cash Equivalents of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company,
whether outstanding on the date of the Indenture or thereafter created,
incurred, assumed or guaranteed. Each Holder by its acceptance hereof agrees to
be bound by such provisions and authorizes and expressly directs the Trustee, on
its behalf, to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate
the subordination provided for in the Indenture.
6. Optional Redemption.
(a) Except as set forth in subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph 6, the
Notes will not be redeemable before August 12, 2006. Thereafter, the Company may
redeem the Notes at its option, in whole or in part, upon not less than 30 nor
more than 60 days' notice, at the following redemption prices (expressed as
percentages of the principal amount thereof), if redeemed during the twelve
month period commencing on August 12 of the years indicated below:
Year Percentage
------------------------ of Principal
Amount
--------------
2006 106.000%
2007 103.000%
2008 and thereafter 100.000%
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In addition, the Company must pay all accrued and unpaid interest and
Liquidated Damages, if any, on the Notes redeemed.
7. Mandatory Redemption. The Company shall not be required to make
mandatory redemption payments with respect to the Notes.
8. Repurchase at Option of Holder.
(a) If a Change of Control occurs, each Holder will have the right
to require that the Company purchase all or a portion of such Holder's Notes
pursuant to the offer described in the Indenture (the "Change of Control
Offer"), at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus
accrued interest to the date of purchase. Within 30 days following the date upon
which the Change of Control occurred, the Company must send, by first-class
mail, a notice to each Holder, which notice shall govern the terms of the Change
of Control Offer. Such notice shall state, among other things, the purchase
date, which must be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date
such notice is mailed, other than as may be required by law (the "Change of
Control Payment Date").
(b) If the Company or a Subsidiary consummates any Asset Sale, under
certain circumstances the Company is required to commence an offer to all
Holders of Notes (an "Asset Sale Offer") pursuant to Section 3.09 of the
Indenture. The offer price for the Notes (the "Asset Sale Offer Amount") will be
at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid
interest thereon, if any, to the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in
accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture. To the extent that
the aggregate amount of Notes tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less
than the Asset Sale Offer Amount, the Company (or such Subsidiary) may use such
remaining Asset Sale Offer Amount for general corporate purposes or for any
other purpose not prohibited by the Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount
of Notes surrendered by Holders thereof exceeds the amount of Asset Sale Offer
Amount, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis.
Holders of Notes that are the subject of an offer to purchase will receive an
Asset Sale Offer from the Company prior to any related purchase date and may
elect to have such Notes purchased by completing the form entitled "Option of
Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Notes.
9. Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption will be mailed, by
first-class mail, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the
redemption date to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered
address. Notes in denominations larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part but
only in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder are
to be redeemed. On and after the redemption date interest ceases to accrue on
Notes or portions thereof called for redemption, unless the Company fails to
make such payment.
10. Registration Rights. Pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement by and among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee for the
benefit of the holders of the Notes, the Company will be obligated to consummate
an exchange offer pursuant to which the Holder of this Note shall have the right
to exchange this Note for the Company's Senior Subordinated Compounding Notes
due 2009 (the "Exchange Notes"), which have been registered under the Securities
Act, in like principal amount and having terms identical in all material
respects to the Initial Notes. The Holders of the Initial Notes shall be
entitled to receive certain Liquidated Damages payments in the event such
exchange offer is not consummated and upon certain other conditions, all
pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights
Agreement.
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11. Denominations, Transfer, Exchange. The transfer of Notes may be
registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The
Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish
appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a
Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture.
The Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of
a Note selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note
being redeemed in part. Also, the Company need not exchange or register the
transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be
redeemed or during the period between a record date and the corresponding
Interest Payment Date.
12. Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of a Note may be
treated as its owner for all purposes.
13. Amendment, Supplement and Waiver. Subject to certain exceptions,
the Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with
the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the
Notes then outstanding, if any, voting as a single class, and any existing
default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture, the Guarantees or the
Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the then outstanding Notes, if any, voting as a single class. Without
the consent of any Holder of a Note, the Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes
may be amended or supplemented to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency,
to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated
Notes, to provide for the assumption of the Company's or Guarantor's obligations
to Holders of the Notes in case of a merger or consolidation, to make any change
that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes
or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any
such Holder, to comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or
maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, to
allow any Guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture to the Indenture and/or
a Guarantee with respect to the Notes or to evidence and provide for the
acceptance of appointment under the Indenture of a successor Trustee.
14. Defaults and Remedies. Events of Default include (in summary
form): (i) the failure to pay interest on any Notes when the same becomes due
and payable if the default continues for a period of 30 days, whether or not
such payment shall be prohibited by Article 10 of the Indenture; (ii) the
failure to pay the principal on any Notes when such principal becomes due and
payable, at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise (including the failure to
make a payment to purchase Notes tendered pursuant to a Change of Control Offer
or an Asset Sale Offer on the date specified for such payment in the applicable
offer to purchase), whether or not such payment shall be prohibited by Article
10 of the Indenture; (iii) a default in the observance or performance of any
other covenant or agreement contained in the Indenture if the default continues
for a period of 30 days after the Company receives written notice specifying the
default (and demanding that such default be remedied) from the Trustee or the
Holders of at least 25% of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes; (iv)
the failure to pay at final stated maturity (giving effect to any applicable
grace periods and any extensions thereof) the principal amount of any
Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, which
failure continues for at least 20 days, or the acceleration of the final stated
maturity of any
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such Indebtedness, which acceleration remains uncured and unrescinded for at
least 20 days, if the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness, together
with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness in default for failure
to pay principal at final maturity or which has been accelerated, (in each case
with respect to which the 20 day period described above has passed) aggregates
$10.0 million or more at any time; (v) one or more judgments in an aggregate
amount in excess of $10.0 million shall have been rendered against the Company
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantors and
such judgments remain undischarged, unpaid or unstayed for a period of 60 days
after such judgment or judgments become final and non-appealable; (vi) certain
events of bankruptcy affecting the Company or any of its Significant Restricted
Subsidiaries or Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantors and (vii) any Guarantee of a
Restricted Subsidiary or Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantor ceases to be in full
force and effect or any Guarantee of a Restricted Subsidiary or Unrestricted
Subsidiary Guarantor is declared to be null and void and unenforceable or any
Guarantee of a Restricted Subsidiary or Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantor is
found to be invalid or any Guarantor denies its liability under its Guarantee
(other than by reason of release of a Guarantor in accordance with the terms of
the Indenture).
If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the
Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may
declare the principal of and accrued interest on all the Notes to be due and
payable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default
arising from certain events of bankruptcy with respect to the Company, all
outstanding Notes will become due and payable without further action or notice.
Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the
Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of
any trust or power. 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 or interest) if it determines that
withholding notice is in their interest. The Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on
behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or Event of
Default and its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or
Event of Default in the payment of principal of, premium or additional interest,
if any, or interest on the Notes. The Company is required to deliver to the
Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the
Company is required upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, to
deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.
15. Trustee Dealings with Company. The Trustee, in its individual or
any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform
services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the
Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.
16. No Recourse Against Others. No past, present or future director,
officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company or any of the
Guarantors, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company
or such Guarantor under the Notes, the Guarantees or the Indenture or for any
claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such
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obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and
releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration for the issuance of the Notes.
17. Authentication. This Note shall not be valid until authenticated
by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
18. Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of
a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (=
tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship
and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts
to Minors Act).
19. CUSIP Numbers. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the
Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused
CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers
in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made
as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as
contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the
other identification numbers placed thereon.
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and
without charge a copy of the Indenture and/or the Registration Rights Agreement.
Requests may be made to:
Ziff ▇▇▇▇▇ Media Inc.
▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: General Counsel
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and transfer
this Note to
________________________________________________________________________________
(Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint______________________________________________________ to
transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another
to act for him.
________________________________________________________________________________
Date:____________
Your Signature:_________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on
the face of this Note)
Tax Identification No:__________________
SIGNATURE GUARANTEE:
________________________________________
Signatures must be guaranteed by an
"eligible guarantor institution" meeting
the requirements of the Registrar, which
requirements include membership or
participation in the Security Transfer
Agent Medallion Program ("STAMP") or
such other "signature guarantee program"
as may be determined by the Registrar in
addition to, or in substitution for,
STAMP, all in accordance with the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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Option of Holder to Elect Purchase
If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 3.09, 4.10 or 4.15 of the Indenture, check the box below:
[_] Section 3.09 [_] Section 4.10 [_] Section 4.15
If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the
Company pursuant to Section 3.09, 4.10 or Section 4.15 of the Indenture, state
the amount you elect to have purchased: $________________
Date:___________
Your Signature:_________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on
the face of this Note)
Tax Identification
No:_______________________________
SIGNATURE GUARANTEE:
________________________________________
Signatures must be guaranteed by an
"eligible guarantor institution" meeting
the requirements of the Registrar, which
requirements include membership or
participation in the Security Transfer
Agent Medallion Program ("STAMP") or
such other "signature guarantee program"
as may be determined by the Registrar in
addition to, or in substitution for,
STAMP, all in accordance with the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD
WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS
EXCEPT AS SET FORTH BELOW. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS
THAT (A) IT IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT), (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY
IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OR (C) IT IS AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501 (a) UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT (AN "ACCREDITED INVESTOR"), (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT WITHIN
TWO YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF THIS SECURITY RESELL OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFER THIS SECURITY EXCEPT (A) TO ZIFF ▇▇▇▇▇ MEDIA INC. OR ANY SUBSIDIARY
THEREOF, (B) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN
COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES
TO AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES (OR HAS
FURNISHED ON ITS BEHALF BY A U.S. BROKER-DEALER) TO THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER
CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE RESTRICTIONS
ON TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY (THE FORM OF WHICH LETTER CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE
TRUSTEE FOR THIS SECURITY), (D) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE
TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE),
(E) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), (F) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL IF ZIFF ▇▇▇▇▇ MEDIA INC. SO REQUESTS), OR (G) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE
TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO
THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY
WITHIN TWO YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF THIS SECURITY, IF THE PROPOSED
TRANSFEREE IS AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR, THE HOLDER MUST, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER,
FURNISH TO THE TRUSTEE AND ZIFF ▇▇▇▇▇ MEDIA INC. SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL
OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS EITHER OF THEM MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO
CONFIRM THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A
TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.
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 (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE
EXCHANGED IN WHOLE
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BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL
NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11
OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR
DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.
▇-▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇-▇
[FORM OF GLOBAL NOTE]
ZIFF ▇▇▇▇▇ MEDIA INC.
SENIOR SUBORDINATED COMPOUNDING NOTES DUE 2009
No. [ ] CUSIP: [ ]
$[ ]
ZIFF ▇▇▇▇▇ MEDIA INC., a corporation incorporated under the laws of
the State of Delaware, promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or their registered
assigns, the principal sum of [ ] Dollars on August 12, 2009.
Interest Payment Dates: February 15 and August 15, commencing
February 15, 2003.
Record Dates: February 1 and August 1.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note contained
herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this
place.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed by
its duly authorized officer.
ZIFF ▇▇▇▇▇ MEDIA INC.
BY:_______________________________
Name:
Title:
This is one of the Global
Notes referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture:
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
as Trustee
By: ______________________________________________
Name:
Title: Authorized Signatory
Dated: , 2002
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ZIFF ▇▇▇▇▇ MEDIA INC.
Senior Subordinated Compounding Notes due 2009
Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to
them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.
1. Interest. Ziff ▇▇▇▇▇ Media Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at a
rate per annum as determined below from August 12, 2002 until maturity and shall
pay the Liquidated Damages, if any, payable pursuant to Section 4 of the
Registration Rights Agreement referred to below. The Company shall pay interest
and Liquidated Damages, if any, semi-annually on February 15 and August 15 of
each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding
Business Day (each an "Interest Payment Date"). From the Issue Date through and
including the second anniversary of the Issue Date, interest on a Note shall
accrue at the rate of (i) 12% per annum from the most recent date to which
interest has been paid, or if no interest has been paid, from the date of
issuance of the Note through the most recent Interest Payment Date (each, an
"Interest Period") with respect to the interest on the Note for such Interest
Period that the Company has elected to pay in cash or (ii) 13% per annum during
any applicable Interest Period with respect to the interest on the Note for such
Interest Period that was compounded on the Compounded Value. From the second
anniversary of the Issue Date through and including the fourth anniversary of
the Issue Date, interest on a Note shall accrue at a rate of (i) 13% per annum
during any applicable Interest Period with respect to the interest on the Note
for such Interest Period that the Company has elected to pay in cash or (ii) 14%
per annum during any applicable Interest Period with respect to the interest on
the Notes for such Interest Period that was compounded on the Compounded Value.
Following the fourth anniversary of the Issue Date, interest on a Note shall
accrue at a rate of 12% per annum. Any interest payment made on the Notes
through a combination of cash and compounding to the Compounded Value shall be
made on a pro rata basis. If there is no existing Default in the payment of
interest, and if this Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on
the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall
accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided, that the first
Interest Payment Date shall be February 15, 2003. The Company shall pay interest
(including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on
overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at a rate
that is 1% per annum in excess of the rate then in effect; it shall pay interest
(including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on
overdue installments of interest and Liquidated Damages, if any (without regard
to any applicable grace periods) from time to time on demand at the same rate to
the extent lawful. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months.
2. Method Of Payment. The Company will pay interest on the Notes
(except defaulted interest) and Liquidated Damages, if any, to the Persons who
are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the February 1 or
August 1 immediately preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date, even if
such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest
Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect
to defaulted interest. The Notes will be payable as to principal, premium and
Liquidated Damages, if any, and interest at the office or agency of the Company
maintained for such purpose within or without the City and State of New York,
or, at the option of the Company, payments of interest and Liquidated Damages,
if any, may be made by check mailed to the
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Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders, and
provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds will be
required with respect to principal of and interest, premium and Liquidated
Damages, if any, on, all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which
shall have provided wire transfer instructions to the Company or the Paying
Agent. Such payment if made in cash shall be in such coin or currency of the
United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment
of public and private debts. From the date of original issuance of the Notes
through and including August 12, 2006, interest on the Notes shall accrue and
compound on the compounded Value in effect immediately prior to the applicable
Interest Payment Date as if the Compounded Value were principal or, at the
Company's option and in its sole discretion, be paid in whole or in part of
interest in cash. After August 12, 2006, the Company shall pay interest on the
Notes in cash. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of its election
to pay interest in cash prior to August 12, 2006 not less than 10 nor more than
45 days prior to the record date for an Interest Payment Date. All references in
this Note to principal of the Note as of any date shall mean the Compounded
Value as of such date.
3. Paying Agent And Registrar. Initially, Deutsche Bank Trust
Company Americas, the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and
Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice
to any Holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such
capacity.
4. Indenture. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture
dated as of August 12, 2002 (the "Indenture") among the Company, the Guarantors
named therein and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in
the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S. Code ▇▇.▇▇. 77aaa-77bbbb). The Notes
are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and
such Act for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note
conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the
Indenture shall govern and be controlling. The Notes are obligations of the
Company.
5. Subordination. The Notes are subordinated in right of payment,
in the manner and to the extent set forth in the Indenture, to the prior payment
in full in cash or Cash Equivalents of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company,
whether outstanding on the date of the Indenture or thereafter created,
incurred, assumed or guaranteed. Each Holder by its acceptance hereof agrees to
be bound by such provisions and authorizes and expressly directs the Trustee, on
its behalf, to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate
the subordination provided for in the Indenture.
6. Optional Redemption.
(a) Except as set forth in subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph 6,
the Notes will not be redeemable before August 12, 2006. Thereafter, the Company
may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole or in part, upon not less than 30
nor more than 60 days' notice, at the following redemption prices (expressed as
percentages of the principal amount thereof), if redeemed during the twelve
month period commencing on August 12 of the years indicated below:
Year Percentage
-------------------
of Principal
Amount
----------------------
2006 106.000%
2007 103.000%
2008 and thereafter 100.000%
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In addition, the Company must pay all accrued and unpaid interest
and Liquidated Damages, if any, on the Notes redeemed.
7. Mandatory Redemption. The Company shall not be required to
make mandatory redemption payments with respect to the Notes.
8. Repurchase At Option Of Holder.
(a) If a Change of Control occurs, each Holder will have the
right to require that the Company purchase all or a portion of such Holder's
Notes pursuant to the offer described in the Indenture (the "Change of Control
Offer"), at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus
accrued interest to the date of purchase. Within 30 days following the date upon
which the Change of Control occurred, the Company must send, by first-class
mail, a notice to each Holder, which notice shall govern the terms of the Change
of Control Offer. Such notice shall state, among other things, the purchase
date, which must be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date
such notice is mailed, other than as may be required by law (the "Change of
Control Payment Date").
(b) If the Company or a Subsidiary consummates any Asset Sale,
under certain circumstances the Company is required to commence an offer to all
Holders of Notes (an "Asset Sale Offer") pursuant to Section 3.09 of the
Indenture. The offer price for the Notes (the "Asset Sale Offer Amount") will be
at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid
interest thereon, if any, to the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in
accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture. To the extent that
the aggregate amount of Notes tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less
than the Asset Sale Offer Amount, the Company (or such Subsidiary) may use such
remaining Asset Sale Offer Amount for general corporate purposes or for any
other purpose not prohibited by the Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount
of Notes surrendered by Holders thereof exceeds the amount of Asset Sale Offer
Amount, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis.
Holders of Notes that are the subject of an offer to purchase will receive an
Asset Sale Offer from the Company prior to any related purchase date and may
elect to have such Notes purchased by completing the form entitled "Option of
Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Notes.
9. Notice Of Redemption. Notice of redemption will be mailed, by
first-class mail, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the
redemption date to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered
address. Notes in denominations larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part but
only in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder are
to be redeemed. On and after the redemption date interest ceases to accrue on
Notes or portions thereof called for redemption, unless the Company fails to
make such payment.
10. Denominations, Transfer, Exchange. The Notes are in
registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be
exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may
require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and
transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and
fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not
exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for
redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in
part. Also, the Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes
for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be
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redeemed or during the period between a record date and the corresponding
Interest Payment Date.
11. Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of a Note may be
treated as its owner for all purposes.
12. Amendment, Supplement and Waiver. Subject to certain
exceptions, the Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes may be amended or
supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal
amount of the Notes then outstanding, if any, voting as a single class, and any
existing default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture, the
Guarantees or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, if any, voting as a
single class. Without the consent of any Holder of a Note, the Indenture, the
Guarantees or the Notes may be amended or supplemented to cure any ambiguity,
defect or inconsistency, to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or
in place of certificated Notes, to provide for the assumption of the Company's
or Guarantor's obligations to Holders of the Notes in case of a merger or
consolidation, to make any change that would provide any additional rights or
benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal
rights under the Indenture of any such Holder, to comply with the requirements
of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture
under the Trust Indenture Act, to allow any Guarantor to execute a supplemental
indenture to the Indenture and/or a Guarantee with respect to the Notes or to
evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment under the Indenture of a
successor Trustee.
13. Defaults and Remedies. Events of Default include (in summary
form): (i) the failure to pay interest on any Notes when the same becomes due
and payable if the default continues for a period of 30 days, whether or not
such payment shall be prohibited by Article 10 of the Indenture; (ii) the
failure to pay the principal on any Notes when such principal becomes due and
payable, at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise (including the failure to
make a payment to purchase Notes tendered pursuant to a Change of Control Offer
or an Asset Sale Offer on the date specified for such payment in the applicable
offer to purchase), whether or not such payment shall be prohibited by Article
10 of the Indenture; (iii) a default in the observance or performance of any
other covenant or agreement contained in the Indenture if the default continues
for a period of 30 days after the Company receives written notice specifying the
default (and demanding that such default be remedied) from the Trustee or the
Holders of at least 25% of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes; (iv)
the failure to pay at final stated maturity (giving effect to any applicable
grace periods and any extensions thereof) the principal amount of any
Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, which
failure continues for at least 20 days, or the acceleration of the final stated
maturity of any such Indebtedness, which acceleration remains uncured and
unrescinded for at least 20 days, if the aggregate principal amount of such
Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness
in default for failure to pay principal at final maturity or which has been
accelerated, (in each case with respect to which the 20-day period described
above has passed) aggregates $10.0 million or more at any time; (v) one or more
judgments in an aggregate amount in excess of $10.0 million shall have been
rendered against the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or
Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantors and such judgments remain undischarged,
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unpaid or unstayed for a period of 60 days after such judgment or judgments
become final and non-appealable; (vi) certain events of bankruptcy affecting the
Company or any of its Significant Restricted Subsidiaries or Unrestricted
Subsidiary Guarantors and (vii) any Guarantee of a Restricted Subsidiary or
Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantor ceases to be in full force and effect or any
Guarantee of a Restricted Subsidiary or Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantor is
declared to be null and void and unenforceable or any Guarantee of a Restricted
Subsidiary or Unrestricted Subsidiary Guarantor is found to be invalid or any
Guarantor denies its liability under its Guarantee (other than by reason of
release of a Guarantor in accordance with the terms of the Indenture). If any
Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at
least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare the
principal of and accrued interest on all the Notes to be due and payable.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising from
certain events of bankruptcy with respect to the Company, all outstanding Notes
will become due and payable without further action or notice. Holders may not
enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject
to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power.
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 or interest) if it determines that withholding notice
is in their interest. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Notes then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders
of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its
consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default
in the payment of principal of, premium or additional interest, if any, or
interest on the Notes. The Company is required to deliver to the Trustee
annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Company is
required upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, to deliver to
the Trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.
14. Trustee Dealings With Company. The Trustee, in its individual
or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform
services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the
Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.
15. No Recourse Against Others. No past, present or future
director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company or any
of the Guarantors, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the
Company or such Guarantor under the Notes, the Guarantees or the Indenture or
for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or
their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such
liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance
of the Notes.
16. Authentication. This Note shall not be valid until
authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
17. Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in the
name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT
(= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of
survivorship and not as tenants in common),
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CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
18. Cusip Numbers. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by
the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has
caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP
numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation
is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as
contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the
other identification numbers placed thereon.
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and
without charge a copy of the Indenture and/or the Registration Rights Agreement.
Requests may be made to:
Ziff ▇▇▇▇▇ Media Inc.
▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: General Counsel
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and transfer
this Note to
________________________________________________________________________________
(Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint ______________________________________________________
to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute
another to act for him.
Date:______________________
Your Signature:_____________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the
face of this Note)
Tax Identification No:_______________________
SIGNATURE GUARANTEE:
_____________________________________________
Signatures must be guaranteed by an "eligible
guarantor institution" meeting the
requirements of the Registrar, which
requirements include membership or
participation in the Security Transfer Agent
Medallion Program ("STAMP") or such other
"signature guarantee program" as may be
determined by the Registrar in addition to,
or in substitution for, STAMP, all in
accordance with the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended.
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Option of Holder to Elect Purchase
If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 3.09, 4.10 or 4.15 of the Indenture, check the box below:
[_] Section 3.09 [_] Section 4.10 [_] Section 4.15
If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by
the Company pursuant to Section 3.09, 4.10 or Section 4.15 of the Indenture,
state the amount you elect to have purchased: $________
Date:___________________
Your Signature:_________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on
the face of this Note)
Tax Identification No:__________________
SIGNATURE GUARANTEE:
________________________________________
Signatures must be guaranteed by an
"eligible guarantor institution" meeting
the requirements of the Registrar, which
requirements include membership or
participation in the Security Transfer
Agent Medallion Program ("STAMP") or
such other "signature guarantee program"
as may be determined by the Registrar in
addition to, or in substitution for,
STAMP, all in accordance with the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
Ziff ▇▇▇▇▇ Media Inc.
▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: General Counsel
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇ JCY 03-0604
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attn: Corporate Trust and Agency Services
Re: Senior Subordinated Compounding Notes due 2009
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of August 12, 2002
(the "Indenture"), between Ziff ▇▇▇▇▇ Media Inc., as issuer (the "Company"), the
Guarantors named therein and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to
them in the Indenture.
______________, (the "Transferor") owns and proposes to transfer the
Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified in Annex A hereto, in the
principal amount of$___________ in such Note[s] or interests (the "Transfer"),
to__________ (the "Transferee"), as further specified in Annex A hereto. In
connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby certifies that:
[CHECK ALL THAT APPLY]
1. [_] Check if Transferee is a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A.
The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A
under the United States 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 believed and 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 Global Note and/or the Definitive
Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
2. [_] Check if Transferee will take delivery pursuant to
Regulation S. The
B-1
Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S under
the Securities Act B-1 and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies
that (i) the Transfer is not being made to a person in the United States and (x)
at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee was outside the United
States or such Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably
believed and believes that the Transferee was outside the United States or (y)
the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated
offshore securities market and neither such Transferor nor any Person acting on
its behalf knows that the transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the United
States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the
requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S under the Securities
Act, (iii) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the
registration requirements of the Securities Act and (iv) if the proposed
transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance
Period, the transfer is not being made to a U.S. Person or for the account or
benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser). Upon consummation of
the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the
transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the
restrictions on Transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on
the Global Note and/or the Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the
Securities Act.
3. [_] Check and complete if Transferee will take delivery
pursuant to any provision of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A or
Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected in compliance with the transfer
restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes and
Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the
Securities Act and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the
United States, and accordingly the Transferor hereby further certifies that
(check one):
(a) [_] such Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance
with Rule 144 under the Securities Act; or
(b) [_] such Transfer is being effected to the Company or a subsidiary
thereof; or
(c) [_] such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act and in compliance with the
prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act; or
(d) [_] such Transfer is being effected to an Institutional Accredited
Investor and pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act other than Rule 144A, Rule 144 or Regulation S, and the
Transferor hereby further certifies that it has not engaged in any general
solicitation within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act and the
Transfer complies with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial
interests in a Restricted Global Note or Restricted Definitive Notes and the
requirements of the exemption claimed, which certification is supported by (1) a
certificate executed by the Transferee in the form of Exhibit D to the Indenture
and (2) if such Transfer is in respect of a principal amount of Notes at the
time of transfer of less than $500,000, an Opinion of Counsel provided by the
Transferor or the Transferee (a copy of which the Transferor has attached to
this certification), to the effect that such Transfer is in compliance with the
Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive
Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private
Placement Legend printed on the Global Note and/or the Definitive Notes and in
the Indenture and the Securities Act.
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4. [_] Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial
interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or of an Unrestricted Definitive Note.
(a) [_] Check if Transfer is pursuant to Rule 144. (i) The Transfer is
being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities
Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture
and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States
and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private
Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the
Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive
Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the
Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted
Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
(b) [_] Check if Transfer is Pursuant to 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 or
Regulation S and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the
Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United
States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the
Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with
the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance
with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or
Definitive Note will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated
in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes or
Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
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This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your
benefit and the benefit of the Company.
______________________________________
[Insert Name of Transferor]
By: _________________________________________
Name:
Title:
Dated: ___________, ____
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ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
1. The Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the following:
[CHECK ONE OF (a) OR (b)]
(a) [_] a beneficial interest in the Global Note (CUSIP [_]), or
(b) [_] a Restricted Definitive Note.
40. After the Transfer the Transferee will hold:
[CHECK ONE]
(c) [_] a beneficial interest in the Global Note (CUSIP [_]); or
(d) [_] a Restricted Definitive Note; or
(e) [_] an Unrestricted Definitive Note,
in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
Ziff ▇▇▇▇▇ Media Inc.
▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: General Counsel
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇ JCY 03-0604
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attn: Corporate Trust and Agency Services
Re: Senior Subordinated Compounding Notes due 2009
(CUSIP______________)
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of August 12,
2002 (the "Indenture"), between Ziff ▇▇▇▇▇ Media Inc., as issuer (the
"Company"), the Guarantors named therein and Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Americas, as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have
the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
____________, (the "Owner") owns and proposes to exchange the
Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified herein, in the principal amount of
$____________ in such Note[s] or interests (the "Exchange"). In connection with
the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that:
1. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial
Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Unrestricted Definitive Notes or
Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note:
(a) [_] Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. In
connection with the Exchange of the Owner's beneficial interest in a Restricted
Global Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note in an equal
principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is
being acquired for the Owner's own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange
has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the
Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the United States Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), (iii) the restrictions on
transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not
required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the
beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note is being acquired in
compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the
United States.
(b) [_] Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note to Unrestricted Definitive Note. In connection with the
Exchange of the Owner's beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for an
Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby C-1 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
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maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Definitive Note is
being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any
state of the United States.
(c) [_] Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to
beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. In connection with the
Owner's Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest
is being acquired for the Owner's own account without transfer, (ii) such
Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions
applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with
the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the
Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain
compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest is being
acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state
of the United States.
(d) [_] Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to
Unrestricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Owner's Exchange of a
Restricted Definitive Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby
certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner's
own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance
with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and
pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on
transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not
required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the
Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable
blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
2. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial
Interests in Restricted Global Notes for Restricted Definitive Notes or
Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes
(a) [_] Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note to Restricted Definitive Note. In connection with the
Exchange of the Owner's beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a
Restricted Definitive Note with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby
certifies that the Restricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner's
own account without transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Restricted Definitive Note
issued will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in
the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Note and in
the Indenture and the Securities Act.
(b) [_] Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to
beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note. In connection with the Exchange
of the Owner's Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in the
[CHECK ONE] [_] 144A Global Note, [_] Regulation S Global Note, [_] IAI Global
Note with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the
beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner's own account without
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
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beneficial interest issued will be subject to the restrictions on transfer
enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the relevant Restricted
Global Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for
your benefit and the benefit of the Company.
___________________________________
[Insert Name of Owner]
By:
_________________________________________
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Name:
Title:
Dated: __________, ____
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF CERTIFICATE FROM
ACQUIRING ACCREDITED INVESTOR
Ziff ▇▇▇▇▇ Media Inc.
▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: General Counsel
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇ JCY 03-0604
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attn: Corporate Trust and Agency Services
Re: Senior Subordinated Compounding Notes due 2009
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of August 12, 2002 (the
"Indenture"), between Ziff ▇▇▇▇▇ Media Inc., as issuer (the "Company"), the
Guarantors named therein and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to
them in the Indenture.
In connection with our proposed purchase of $____________ aggregate
principal amount of:
(a) [_] a beneficial interest in a Global Note, or
(b) [_] a Definitive Note,
we confirm that:
1. We understand that any subsequent transfer of the Notes or any
interest therein is subject to certain restrictions and conditions set forth in
the Indenture and the undersigned agrees to be bound by, and not to resell,
pledge or otherwise transfer the Notes or any interest therein except in
compliance with, such restrictions and conditions and the United States
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
2. We understand that the offer and sale of the Notes have not been
registered under the Securities Act, and that the Notes and any interest therein
may not be offered or sold except as permitted in the following sentence. We
agree, on our own behalf and on behalf of any accounts for which we are acting
as hereinafter stated, that if we should sell the Notes or any interest therein,
we will do so only (A) to the Company or any subsidiary thereof, (B) in
accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act to a "qualified institutional
buyer" (as defined therein), (c) to an institutional "accredited investor" (as
defined below) that, prior to such transfer, furnishes (or has furnished on its
behalf by a U.S. broker-dealer) to you and to the Company a signed letter
substantially in the form of this letter and, if such transfer is in respect
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of a principal amount of Notes, at the time of transfer of less than $250,000,
an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Company and the
Registrar to the effect that such transfer is in compliance with the Securities
Act, (D) outside the D-1 United States in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation
S under the Securities Act, (E) pursuant to the provisions of Rule 144(k) under
the Securities Act or (F) pursuant to an effective registration statement under
the Securities Act, and we further agree to provide to any person purchasing the
Definitive Note or beneficial interest in a Global Note from us in a transaction
meeting the requirements of clauses (A) through (E) of this paragraph a notice
advising such purchaser that resales thereof are restricted as stated herein.
3. We understand that, on any proposed resale of the Notes or
beneficial interest therein, we will be required to furnish to you and the
Company such certifications, legal opinions and other information as you and the
Company may reasonably require to confirm that the proposed sale complies with
the foregoing restrictions. We further understand that the Notes purchased by us
will bear a legend to the foregoing effect. We further understand that any
subsequent transfer by us of the Notes or beneficial interest therein acquired
by us must be effected through one of the Placement Agents.
4. We are an "accredited investor" (as defined in Rule 501(a) of
Regulation D under the Securities Act) and have such knowledge and experience in
financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and
risks of our investment in the Notes, and we and any accounts for which we are
acting are each able to bear the economic risk of our or its investment.
5. We are acquiring the Notes or beneficial interest therein purchased
by us for our own account or for one or more accounts (each of which is an
institutional "accredited investor") as to each of which we exercise sole
investment discretion.
You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and are
irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested
party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with
respect to the matters covered hereby.
______________________________________
[Insert Name of Accredited Investor]
By:
______________________________________
Name:
Title:
Dated:______________, ____
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EXHIBIT E
FORM OF NOTATION OF GUARANTEE
For value received, each Guarantor (which term includes any successor
Person under the Indenture) has, jointly and severally, unconditionally
guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the Indenture and subject to the
provisions in the Indenture dated as of August 12, 2002 (the "Indenture") among
Ziff ▇▇▇▇▇ Media Inc., the Guarantors named therein and Deutsche Bank Trust
Company Americas, as trustee (the "Trustee"), (a) the due and punctual payment
of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes (as defined in
the Indenture), whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise,
the due and punctual payment of interest on overdue principal and premium, and,
to the extent permitted by law, interest, and the due and punctual performance
of all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee all in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture and (b) in case of any extension of
time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that
the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with
the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise. The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holders of
Notes and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantee and the Indenture are
expressly set forth in Article 11 of the Indenture and reference is hereby made
to the Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee. Each Holder of a Note,
by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions, (b)
authorizes and directs the Trustee, on behalf of such Holder, to take such
action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination as
provided in the Indenture and (c) appoints the Trustee attorney-in-fact of such
Holder for such purpose; provided, however, that the Indebtedness evidenced by
this Guarantee shall cease to be so subordinated and subject in right of payment
upon any defeasance of this Guarantee in accordance with the provisions of the
Indenture.
ZIFF ▇▇▇▇▇ PUBLISHING HOLDINGS INC.
By: ________________________________
Name:
Title:
ZIFF ▇▇▇▇▇ PUBLISHING INC.
By: ________________________________
Name:
Title:
ZIFF ▇▇▇▇▇ INTERNET INC.
By: ________________________________
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Name:
Title:
ZIFF ▇▇▇▇▇ DEVELOPMENT INC.
By: ____________________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT F
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 Ziff ▇▇▇▇▇ Media Inc. (or its permitted successor), a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), the Company, the other Guarantors (as defined in
the Indenture referred to herein) and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as
trustee under the indenture referred to below (the "Trustee").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the
Trustee an indenture (the "Indenture"), dated as of August 12, 2002, providing
for the initial issuance of an aggregate principal amount of up to $95.0 million
of Senior Subordinated Compounding Notes due 2009 (the "Notes");
WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the
Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental
indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally
guarantee all of the Company's Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on
the terms and conditions set forth herein (the "Guarantee"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is
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
Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Trustee 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 as follows:
(a) Along with all Guarantors named in the Indenture, to jointly
and severally Guarantee to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by
the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of
the validity and enforceability of the Indenture, the Notes or the obligations
of the Company hereunder or thereunder, that:
(i) the principal of and interest on the Notes will be
promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration,
redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and
interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of
the Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will
be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms
hereof and thereof; and
(ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of
any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will be promptly
paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the
extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any
performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors shall be
jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately.
(b) The obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective
of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or the Indenture, the
absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder
of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of
any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other
circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or
defense of a guarantor.
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(c) The following is hereby waived: diligence, presentment, demand of
payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy
of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company,
protest, notice and all demands whatsoever.
(d) This Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete
performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and the Indenture or
pursuant to Section 6 hereof.
(e) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise
to return to the Company, the Guarantors, or any custodian, Trustee, liquidator
or other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or the
Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder, this
Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full
force and effect.
(f) The Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall 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.
(g) As between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and
the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed
hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 of the Indenture for the
purposes of this Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other
prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations
guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of
such obligations as provided in Article 6 of the Indenture, such obligations
(whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the
Guarantors for the purpose of this Guarantee.
(h) The Guarantors shall 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 Guarantee. (i) Pursuant to Section 11.03 of the
Indenture, after giving effect to any maximum amount and any other contingent
and fixed liabilities that are relevant under any applicable Bankruptcy or
fraudulent conveyance laws (including, without limitation, all Senior
Indebtedness of such Guarantor), 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
Article 11 of the Indenture shall result in the obligations of such Guarantor
under its Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
3. Subordination. The Obligations of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary
under its Guarantee pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture shall be junior and
subordinated to the Senior Indebtedness of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary on the
same basis as the Notes are junior and subordinated to the Senior Indebtedness
of the Company. For the purposes of the foregoing sentence, the Trustee and the
Holders shall have the right to receive and/or retain payments by the
Guaranteeing Subsidiary only at such time as they may receive and/or retain
payments in respect of the Notes pursuant to the Indenture, including Article 10
thereof.
4. Execution and Delivery. Each Guaranteeing Subsidiary agrees that
the Guarantees shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure
to endorse on each Note a notation of such Guarantee.
5. Guaranteeing Subsidiary May Consolidate, Etc. on Certain Terms.
(i) The Guaranteeing Subsidiary may not consolidate with or
merge with or into (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving Person)
another corporation, Person or entity whether or not affiliated with such
Guarantor unless:
(ii) subject to Section 11.05 of the Indenture, the Person formed
by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than a Guarantor
or the Company) shall be a corporation organized and validly existing under
the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of
Columbia, and unconditionally assumes all the obligations of such
Guarantor, pursuant to a supplemental indenture in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, under the Notes, the Indenture and
the Guarantee on the terms set forth herein or therein;
(iii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no
Default or Event of Default exists; and
(iv) the company would be permitted, immediately after giving
effect to such transaction, to incur at least $1.00 of additional
Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) pursuant to Section 4.09
of the Indenture.
(a) In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and
upon the assumption by the successor Person, by supplemental indenture, executed
and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the
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Trustee, of the Guarantee endorsed upon the Notes and the due and punctual
performance of all of the covenants and conditions of the Indenture to be
performed by the Guarantor, such successor Person shall succeed to and be
substituted for the Guarantor with the same effect as if it had been named
herein as a Guarantor. Such successor Person thereupon may cause to be signed
any or all of the Guarantees to be endorsed upon all of the Notes issuable
hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and
delivered to the Trustee. All the Guarantees so issued shall in all respects
have the same legal rank and benefit under the Indenture as the Guarantees
theretofore and thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of the Indenture
as though all of such Guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution
hereof.
(b) Except as set forth in Articles 4 and 5 of the Indenture, and
notwithstanding clauses(a)(iii) above, nothing contained in the Indenture or in
any of the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor with
or into the Company or another Guarantor, or shall prevent any sale or
conveyance of the property of a Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an
entirety to the Company or another Guarantor.
6. Releases. In the event of a sale or other disposition of all of the
assets of any Guarantor, by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise, or a sale
or other disposition of all to the capital stock of any Guarantor, then such
Guarantor (in the event of a sale or other disposition, by way of merger,
consolidation or otherwise, of all of the capital stock of such Guarantor) or
the corporation acquiring the property (in the event of a sale or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of such Guarantor) will be
released and relieved of any obligations under its Guarantee; provided that the
Net Proceeds of such sale or other disposition are applied in accordance with
the applicable provisions of the Indenture, including without limitation Section
4.10 of the Indenture. Upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such sale or
other disposition was made by the Company in accordance with the applicable
provisions of the Indenture, including without limitation Section 4.10 of the
Indenture, the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably required in order
to evidence the release of any Guarantor from its obligations under its
Guarantee.
Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under its Guarantee
shall remain liable for the full amount of principal of and interest on the
Notes and for the other obligations of any Guarantor under the Indenture as
provided in Article 11 of the Indenture.
7. No Recourse Against Others. No past, present or future director,
officer, employee, incorporator, stockholder or agent of the Guaranteeing
Subsidiary, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company
or any Guaranteeing Subsidiary under the Notes, any Guarantees, the Indenture or
this Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by
reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of the 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. Such waiver may not be
effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws and it is the
view of the SEC that such a waiver is against public policy.
8. New York Law to Govern. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITHOUT GIVING
EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE
APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
9. Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this
Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them
together represent the same agreement.
10. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience
only
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and shall not affect the construction hereof.
11. The Trustee. The Trustee shall not 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 and the Company.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental
Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first above
written.
Dated: _______________, ____
[Guaranteeing Subsidiary]
By: ____________________________________
Name:
Title:
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as
Trustee
By: ____________________________________
Name:
Title:
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Schedule I
SCHEDULE OF GUARANTORS
The following schedule lists each Guarantor under the Indenture as of
the Issue Date:
1. Ziff ▇▇▇▇▇ Publishing Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation.
2. Ziff ▇▇▇▇▇ Publishing Inc., a Delaware corporation.
3. Ziff ▇▇▇▇▇ Development Inc., a Delaware corporation.
4. Ziff ▇▇▇▇▇ Internet Inc., a Delaware corporation
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