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THE ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ COMPANY
10 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2006
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INDENTURE
Dated as of November 25, 1996
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STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY,
Trustee
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
TIA Indenture
Section Section
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310(a)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.10
(a)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.10
(a)(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N.A.
(a)(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N.A.
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.08; 7.10
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N.A.
311(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.11
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.11
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N.A.
312(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.05
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.03
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.03
313(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.06
(b)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N.A.
(b)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.06
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.02
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.06
314(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.02; 4.12; 11.02
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N.A.
(c)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.04
(c)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.04
(c)(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N.A.
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N.A.
(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.05
(f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.12
315(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.01
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.05; 11.02
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.01
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.01
(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.11
316(a) (last sentence) . . . . . . . . . . . 11.06
(a)(1)(A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.05
(a)(1)(B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.04
(a)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N.A.
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.07
317(a)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.08
(a)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.09
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.04
318(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.01
N.A. means Not Applicable.
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Note: This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be
part of the Indenture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1
Definitions and Incorporation by Reference
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SECTION 1.01. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
SECTION 1.02. Other Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
SECTION 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust . . . . . . . .
Indenture Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
SECTION 1.04. Rules of Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
ARTICLE 2
The Securities
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SECTION 2.01. Form and Dating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
SECTION 2.02. Execution and Authentication. . . . . . . . . . . . 30
SECTION 2.03. Registrar and Paying Agent. . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
SECTION 2.04. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust . . . . . . . . 31
SECTION 2.05. Securityholder Lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
SECTION 2.06. Transfer and Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
SECTION 2.07. Replacement Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
SECTION 2.08. Outstanding Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
SECTION 2.09. Temporary Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
SECTION 2.10. Cancellation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
SECTION 2.11. Defaulted Interest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
SECTION 2.12. CUSIP Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
ARTICLE 3
Redemption
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SECTION 3.01. Notices to Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
SECTION 3.02. Selection of Securities to Be
Redeemed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
SECTION 3.03. Notice of Redemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
SECTION 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption. . . . . . . . . . . 44
SECTION 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
SECTION 3.06. Securities Redeemed in Part . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
SECTION 3.07. Optional Redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
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ARTICLE 4
Covenants
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SECTION 4.01. Payment of Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
SECTION 4.02. SEC Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
SECTION 4.03. Limitation on Indebtedness. . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
SECTION 4.04. Limitation on Restricted Payments . . . . . . . . . 50
SECTION 4.05. Limitation on Restrictions on
Distributions from Restricted
Subsidiaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SECTION 4.06. Limitation on Sales of Assets and
Subsidiary Stock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
SECTION 4.07. Limitation on Transactions with
Affiliates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
SECTION 4.08. Change of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
SECTION 4.09. Compliance Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
SECTION 4.10. Further Instruments and Acts. . . . . . . . . . . . 62
SECTION 4.11. Limitation on Liens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
SECTION 4.12. Subsidiary Guarantees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
SECTION 4.13. Limitation on Lines of Business . . . . . . . . . . 63
ARTICLE 5
Successor Company
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SECTION 5.01. When Company May Merge or Transfer
Assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
ARTICLE 6
Defaults and Remedies
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SECTION 6.01. Events of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
SECTION 6.02. Acceleration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
SECTION 6.03. Other Remedies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
SECTION 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
SECTION 6.05. Control by Majority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
SECTION 6.06. Limitation on Suits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
SECTION 6.07. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment. . . . . . . . 69
SECTION 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
SECTION 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. . . . . . . . . . 69
SECTION 6.10. Priorities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
SECTION 6.11. Undertaking for Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
SECTION 6.12. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. . . . . . . . . . 70
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ARTICLE 7
Trustee
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SECTION 7.01. Duties of Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
SECTION 7.02. Rights of Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
SECTION 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . 73
SECTION 7.04. Trustee's Disclaimer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
SECTION 7.05. Notice of Defaults. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
SECTION 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders . . . . . . . . . . . 74
SECTION 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity. . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
SECTION 7.08. Replacement of Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
SECTION 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
SECTION 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification . . . . . . . . . . . 77
SECTION 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims
Against Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
ARTICLE 8
Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance
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SECTION 8.01. Discharge of Liability on Securities;
Defeasance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
SECTION 8.02. Conditions to Defeasance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
SECTION 8.03. Application of Trust Money. . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
SECTION 8.04. Repayment to Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
SECTION 8.05. Indemnity for Government
Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
SECTION 8.06. Reinstatement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
ARTICLE 9
Amendments
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SECTION 9.01. Without Consent of Holders. . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
SECTION 9.02. With Consent of Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
SECTION 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act . . . . . . . . 83
SECTION 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consent
and Waivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
SECTION 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of
Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
SECTION 9.06. Trustee to Sign Amendments. . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
SECTION 9.07. Payment for Consent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
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ARTICLE 10
Subordination
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SECTION 10.01. Agreement to Subordinate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
SECTION 10.02. Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy. . . . . . . . 85
SECTION 10.03. Default on Senior Indebtedness. . . . . . . . . . . 86
SECTION 10.04. Acceleration of Payment of
Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
SECTION 10.05. When Distribution Must Be Paid Over . . . . . . . . 87
SECTION 10.06. Subrogation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
SECTION 10.07. Relative Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
SECTION 10.08. Subordination May Not Be Impaired
by Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
SECTION 10.09. Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent. . . . . . . . . 88
SECTION 10.10. Distribution or Notice to
Representative. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
SECTION 10.11. Article 10 Not To Prevent Events of
Default or Limit Right To
Accelerate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
SECTION 10.12. Trust Moneys Not Subordinated . . . . . . . . . . . 89
SECTION 10.13. Trustee Entitled To Rely. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
SECTION 10.14. Trustee To Effectuate Subordination . . . . . . . . 90
SECTION 10.15. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders
of Senior Indebtedness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
SECTION 10.16. Reliance by Holders of Senior
Indebtedness on Subordination
Provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
SECTION 10.17. Trustee's Compensation Not
Prejudiced. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
ARTICLE 11
Miscellaneous
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SECTION 11.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . 91
SECTION 11.02. Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
SECTION 11.03. Communication by Holders with Other
Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
SECTION 11.04. Certificate of Opinion as to
Conditions Precedent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
SECTION 11.05. Statements Required in Certificate or
Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
SECTION 11.06. When Securities Disregarded . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
SECTION 11.07. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and
Registrar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
SECTION 11.08. Legal Holidays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
SECTION 11.09. Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
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SECTION 11.10. No Recourse Against Others. . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
SECTION 11.11. Successors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
SECTION 11.12. Multiple Originals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
SECTION 11.13. Table of Contents; Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Exhibit A - Form of Initial Security
Exhibit B - Form of Exchange Security
Exhibit C - Form of Certificate of Transfer
Exhibit D - Form of Transferee Letter of Representation
Exhibit E - Form of Note Guarantee
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INDENTURE dated as of November 25, 1996, between The ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Company, a Massachusetts corporation (the "Company"), and State Street Bank and
Trust Company, a Massachusetts trust company (the "Trustee").
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and
for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Company's 10 3/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2006 Series A (the "Initial Securities") and, when and
if issued as provided in the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement of even
date herewith, the Company's 10 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2006 Series B
(the "Exchange Securities", and together with the Initial Securities, the
"Securities").
ARTICLE A.
Definitions and Incorporation by Reference
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SECTION 1.01. DEFINITIONS.
"Acquisition" means the acquisition on October 30, 1996, by ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Holdings, Inc. ("Holdings"), a company organized on behalf of affiliates of
Investcorp S.A. ("Investcorp"), management and certain other investors, through
the merger of TWCC Acquisition Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Holdings,
with and into the Company.
"Additional Assets" means (i) any property or assets (other than
Indebtedness and Capital Stock of the acquiring person) to be used by the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in a Related Business; (ii) the Capital Stock
of a Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of the acquisition
of such Capital Stock by the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary; or
(iii) Capital Stock constituting a minority interest in any Person that at such
time is a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that, in the case of clauses
(ii) and (iii), such Restricted Subsidiary is primarily engaged in a Related
Business.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means (i) any other Person,
directly or indirectly, controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with such specified Person or (ii) any person who is a director
or officer (a) of such Person, (b) of any Subsidiary of such Person or (c) of
any Person described in clause (i) above. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the
management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms
"controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
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"Applicable Premium" means, with respect to a Security at any
Redemption Date, the greater of (i) 1.0% of the principal amount of such
Security and (ii) the excess of (A) the present value at such time of (1) the
redemption price of such Security at December 1, 2001, as set forth in Section
3.07, plus (2) all required interest payments (excluding accrued but unpaid
interest) due on such Security through December 1, 2001, computed using a
discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 100 basis points, over (B) the
principal amount of such Security.
"Asset Disposition" means any sale, lease, transfer or other
disposition of shares of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary (other than
directors' qualifying shares), property or other assets (each referred to for
the purposes of this definition as a "disposition") by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries (including any disposition by means of a merger,
consolidation or similar transaction) other than (i) a disposition by a
Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or by the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary to a Wholly Owned Subsidiary; (ii) a disposition of property or
assets in the ordinary course of business; (iii) for purposes of Section 4.06
only, a disposition subject to Section 4.04 and 5.01; (iv) leases or subleases
to third parties of real property owned in fee or leased by the Company or its
Subsidiaries; (v) a disposition of a lease of real property; and (vi) any
disposition of property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that, in
reasonable judgment of the Company, has become uneconomic, obsolete or worn out.
"Average Life" means, as of the date of determination, with respect to
any Indebtedness or Preferred Stock, the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the
sum of the products of the numbers of years from the date of determination to
the dates of each successive scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness or
redemption or similar payment with respect to such Preferred Stock multiplied by
the amount of such payment by (ii) the sum of all such payments.
"Bank Indebtedness" means any and all amounts payable under or in
respect of the Senior Credit Facility, the other Senior Credit Documents and the
Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto, as amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, including increases in the principal
amount thereof permitted under the Indenture and including principal, premium
(if any), interest (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any
petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Company whether or
not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings), fees,
charges, expenses, reimbursement
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obligations, guarantees and all other amounts payable thereunder or in respect
thereof.
"Banks" has the meaning specified in the Senior Credit Facility.
"Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of the Company or
any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such Board.
"Business Day" means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day
on which commercial banking institutions (including, without limitation, the
Federal Reserve System) are authorized or required by law to close in New York
City.
"Capital Stock" of any Person means any and all shares, interests,
rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or
interests in (however designated) equity of such Person, including any Preferred
Stock, but excluding any debt securities convertible into such equity.
"Capitalized Lease Obligation" means an obligation that is required to
be classified and accounted for as a capitalized lease for financial reporting
purposes in accordance with GAAP; the amount of Indebtedness represented by such
obligation shall be the capitalized amount of such obligation determined in
accordance with GAAP, and the Stated Maturity thereof shall be the date of the
last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease.
"Change of Control" means the occurrence of any of the following
events:
(i) prior to the the first public offering of Voting Stock of the
Company or Holdings, as the case may be, the Permitted Holders cease to be
the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the
Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of a majority of the voting power of
the Voting Stock of Holdings or Holdings shall cease to own 100% of the
issued and outstanding Voting Stock of the Company, whether as a result of
issuance of securities of the Company or Holdings, as the case may be, any
merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution of the Company or
Holdings, as the case may be, any direct or indirect transfer of securities
by any Permitted Holder or otherwise (for purposes of this clause (i) and
clause (ii) below, the Permitted Holders shall be deemed to own
beneficially any Voting Stock of a corporation (the "specified
corporation") held by any other corporation (the "parent corporation") so
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long as the Permitted Holders beneficially own (as so defined), directly or
indirectly, a majority of the Voting Stock of the parent corporation);
(ii) following the first public offering of Voting Stock of the
Company or Holdings, as the case may be, (A) any "person" (as such term is
used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than one or
more Permitted Holders, is or becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in
clause (i) above, except that a person shall be deemed to have "beneficial
ownership" of all shares that such person has the right to acquire, whether
such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time),
directly or indirectly, of more than 40% of the total voting power of the
Voting Stock of the Company or Holdings, as the case may be, provided that
the Permitted Holders "beneficially own" (as defined in clause (i) above),
directly or indirectly, in the aggregate a lesser percentage of the total
voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company or Holdings, as the case
may be, than such other person 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 Holdings, as the case
may be (for the purposes of this clause (ii), such other person shall be
deemed to beneficially own any Voting Stock of a specified corporation held
by a parent corporation, if such other person "beneficially owns" (as
defined in this clause (ii)), directly or indirectly, more than 40% of the
voting power of the Voting Stock of such parent corporation and the
Permitted Holders "beneficially own" (as defined in clause (i) above),
directly or indirectly, in the aggregate a lesser percentage of the voting
power of the Voting Stock of such parent corporation 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 such parent
corporation); or
(iii) following the first public offering of Voting Stock of the
Company or Holdings, as the case may be, (a) any Person (other than
Investcorp, its Affiliates and members of the Management Group) nominates
one or more individuals for election to the board of directors of the
Company or Holdings, as the case may be, and solicits proxies,
authorizations or consents in connection therewith and (b) as a result,
such number of nominees elected to serve on the board of directors
represents a majority of the board of directors of the Company or Holdings,
as the case may be, following such election.
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"Closing Date" means the date of this Indenture as set forth in the
preamble.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"Company" means the party named as such in this Indenture until a
successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor and, for purposes of
any provision contained herein and required by the TIA, each other obligor on
the indenture securities.
"Consolidated Coverage Ratio" as of any date of determination means
the ratio of (i) the aggregate amount of EBITDA for the period of the most
recent four consecutive fiscal quarters ending prior to the date of such
determination to (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense for such four fiscal
quarters; provided, however, that (A) if the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary (1) has Incurred any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness Incurred
for working capital purposes under a revolving credit facility) since the
beginning of such period that remains outstanding on such date of determination
or if the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated
Coverage Ratio is an Incurrence of Indebtedness, EBITDA and Consolidated
Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving effect on a
pro forma basis to such Indebtedness as if such Indebtedness had been Incurred
on the first day of such period and the discharge of any other Indebtedness
repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged with the proceeds of such
new Indebtedness as if such discharge had occurred on the first day of such
period, or (2) has repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged any
Indebtedness since the beginning of the period that is no longer outstanding on
such date of determination, or if the transaction giving rise to the need to
calculate the Consolidated Coverage Ratio involves a discharge of Indebtedness,
EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated
after giving effect to such discharge of such Indebtedness, including with the
proceeds of such new Indebtedness, as if such discharge had occurred on the
first day of such period (except that, in making such computation, the amount of
Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility shall be computed based upon
the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during such four-quarter period);
(B) if since the beginning of such period the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary shall have made any Asset Disposition of a company, business or group
of assets comprising an operating unit, the EBITDA for such period shall be
reduced by an amount equal to the EBITDA (if positive) directly attributable to
the assets which are the subject of such Asset Disposition for such period or
increased by an amount equal to the EBITDA (if negative) directly attributable
thereto for such
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period and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be reduced by an
amount equal to the Consolidated Interest Expense directly attributable to any
Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary repaid, repurchased,
defeased or otherwise discharged with respect to the Company and its continuing
Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such Asset Disposition for such
period (or, if the Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary is sold, the
Consolidated Interest Expense for such period directly attributable to the
Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary to the extent the Company and its
continuing Restricted Subsidiaries are no longer liable for such Indebtedness
after such sale), (C) if since the beginning of such period the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary (by merger or otherwise) shall have made an Investment in
any Restricted Subsidiary (or any Person which becomes a Restricted Subsidiary)
or an acquisition of assets, including any acquisition of assets occurring in
connection with a transaction causing a calculation to be made hereunder, which
constitutes all or substantially all of an operating unit of a business, EBITDA
and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after
giving pro forma effect thereto (including the Incurrence of any Indebtedness)
as if such Investment or acquisition occurred on the first day of such period
and (D) if since the beginning of such period any Person (that subsequently
became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period) shall have made any
Asset Disposition or any Investment or acquisition of assets that would have
required an adjustment pursuant to clause (B) or (C) above if made by the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary during such period, EBITDA and Consolidated
Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma
effect thereto as if such Asset Disposition, Investment or acquisition of assets
occurred on the first day of such period. For purposes of this definition,
whenever pro forma effect is to be given to an acquisition of assets, the amount
of income or earnings relating thereto and the amount of Consolidated Interest
Expense associated with any Indebtedness Incurred in connection therewith, the
pro forma calculations shall be determined in good faith by a responsible
financial or accounting Officer of the Company. If any Indebtedness bears a
floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest
expense on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the
date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking
into account any Interest Rate Agreement applicable to such Indebtedness if such
Interest Rate Agreement has a remaining term as at the date of determination in
excess of 12 months).
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"Consolidated Interest Expense" means, for any period, the total
interest expense of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, plus, to the
extent incurred by the Company and its Subsidiaries in such period but not
included in such interest expense, (i) interest expense attributable to
Capitalized Lease Obligations, (ii) amortization of debt discount, (iii)
capitalized interest, (iv) non-cash interest expense (excluding amortization of
debt issuance costs, commissions, and other fees and expenses), (v) commissions,
discounts and other fees and charges attributable to letters of credit and
bankers' acceptance financing, (vi) interest actually paid by the Company or any
such Subsidiary under any Guarantee of Indebtedness or other obligation of any
other Person, (vii) net costs associated with Hedging Obligations (including
amortization of fees), (viii) the product of (A) all Preferred Stock dividends
in respect of all Preferred Stock of Subsidiaries of the Company and
Disqualified Stock of the Company (excluding the Existing Preferred Stock) held
by Persons other than the Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary multiplied by
(B) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is
one minus the then current combined federal, state and local statutory tax rate
of the Company, expressed as a decimal, in each case, determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that there shall
be excluded therefrom any such interest expense of any Unrestricted Subsidiary
to the extent the related Indebtedness is not Guaranteed or paid by the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary.
"Consolidated Net Income" means, for any period, the net income (loss)
of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries before any reduction in respect
of Preferred Stock dividends plus, in each case, to the extent deducted in
determining net income for such period, any expenses incurred in connection with
the Acquisition (other than the amortization of the prepaid management fee)
including without limitation, management bonuses and payments under the
management incentive and equity participation plans; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
there shall not be included in such Consolidated Net Income:
(i) any net income of any Person if such Person is not a Restricted
Subsidiary, except that (A) subject to the limitations contained in clause
(iv) below, the Company's equity in the net income of any such Person for
such period shall be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the
aggregate amount of cash actually distributed by such Person during such
period to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other
distribution (subject, in the case of a dividend or other distribution to a
Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitations contained in clause (iv) below)
and (B)
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the Company's equity in a net loss of any such Person (other than an
Unrestricted Subsidiary) for such period shall be included in determining
such Consolidated Net Income,
(ii) any expense recognized (net of tax benefits related thereto) as a
consequence of payments permitted to be made by the Company under clauses
(b)(vi)(A), (B) and (D) of Section 4.04;
(iii) any net income (loss) of any person acquired by the Company or a
Subsidiary in a pooling of interests transaction for any period prior to
the date of such acquisition,
(iv) any net income (loss) of any Restricted Subsidiary if such
Subsidiary is subject to restrictions, directly or indirectly, on the
payment of dividends or the making of distributions by such Restricted
Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to the Company, except that (A) subject
to the limitations contained in (v) below, the Company's equity in the net
income of any such Restricted Subsidiary for such period shall be included
in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash that
could have been distributed by such Restricted Subsidiary during such
period to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend
(subject, in the case of a dividend that could have been made to another
Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitation contained in this clause) and (B)
the Company's equity in a net loss of any such Restricted Subsidiary for
such period shall be included in determining such Consolidated Net Income,
(v) any gain or loss realized upon the sale or other disposition of
any asset of the Company or its consolidated Subsidiaries (including
pursuant to any Sale/Leaseback Transaction) which is not sold or otherwise
disposed of in the ordinary course of business and any gain or loss
realized upon the sale or other disposition of any Capital Stock of any
Person,
(vi) any extraordinary or non-recurring gain, loss or charge (together
with any related provisions for taxes on such extraordinary or
non-recurring gain, loss or charge); and
(vii) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles
(effected either through cumulative effect adjustment or a retroactive
application, in each case, in accordance with GAAP).
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"Consolidated Net Worth" means the total of the amounts shown on the
balance sheet of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a
Consolidated basis, as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter of the
Company ending prior to the taking of any action for the purpose of which the
determination is being made, as (i) the par or stated value of all outstanding
Capital Stock of the Company plus (ii) paid-in capital or capital surplus
relating to such Capital Stock plus (iii) any retained earnings or earned
surplus less (A) any accumulated deficit and (B) any amounts attributable to
Disqualified Stock.
"Consolidation" means the consolidation of the amounts of each of the
Restricted Subsidiaries with those of the Company in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied; provided, however, that "Consolidation" shall not include
consolidation of the accounts of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, but the interest
of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in a Unrestricted Subsidiary shall
be accounted for as an investment. The term "Consolidated" has a correlative
meaning.
"Currency Agreement" means in respect of a Person any foreign exchange
contract, currency swap agreement or other similar agreement as to which such
Person is a party or a beneficiary.
"Default" means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time
or both would be, an Event of Default.
"Definitive Securities" means Securities that are in the form of
Exhibit A or Exhibit B attached hereto that do not include the information
called for by footnote 1 thereof.
"Depository" means, with respect to the Securities issuable or issued
in whole or in part in global form, the person specified in Section 2.03 as the
Depository with respect to the Securities, until a successor shall have been
appointed and become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter "Depository" shall mean or include such successor.
"Designated Senior Indebtedness" means (i) the Bank Indebtedness and
(ii) any other Senior Indebtedness which, at the date of determination, has an
aggregate principal amount outstanding of, or under which, at the date of
determination, the holders thereof, are committed to lend up to, at least
$10,000,000 and is specifically designated by the Company in the instrument
evidencing or governing such Senior Indebtedness as "Designated Senior
Indebtedness" for purposes of this Indenture.
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"Disqualified Stock" means, with respect to any Person, any Capital
Stock which by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is
convertible or for which it is exchangeable or exercisable) or upon the
happening of any event (other than as a result of a Change of Control)
(i) matures or is mandatorily redeemable pursuant to a sinking fund obligation
or otherwise, (ii) is convertible or exchangeable for Indebtedness or
Disqualified Stock or (iii) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof,
in whole or in part, in each case on or prior to the first anniversary of the
Stated Maturity of the Securities.
"Domestic Subsidiary" means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company
other than a Foreign Subsidiary.
"EBITDA" means, for any period, the Consolidated Net Income for such
period, plus the following to the extent deducted in calculating such
Consolidated Net Income: (i) total income tax expense, (ii) Consolidated
Interest Expense together with amortization of debt issuance costs, commissions,
and other fees and expenses, (iii) depreciation expense, (iv) amortization
expense, including amortization of inventory write-up under APB 16, amortization
of intangibles (including, but not limited to, goodwill and the costs of
Interest Rate Agreements or Currency Agreements, license agreements and
non-competition agreements) and organization costs, (v) non-cash expenses
related to the amortization of pre-paid management fees pursuant to certain
agreements referred to in the Indenture, (vi) costs of surety bonds in
connection with financing activities, (vii) non-cash amortization of Capitalized
Lease Obligations, (viii) franchise taxes, (ix) expenses recorded in historical
periods through the date of the Acquisition related to the management incentive
and equity participation plans and allocation of "C" stock, (x) any other
write-downs, write-offs, minority interests and other non-cash charges in
determining such Consolidated Net Income for such period, and (xi) all
extraordinary non-cash charges in determining such Consolidated Net Income for
such period; provided that the impact of foreign currency translations shall be
excluded.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement" means the Exchange and
Registration Rights Agreement dated November 25, 1996, by and between the
Initial Purchasers and the Company, as such
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agreement may be amended, modified, or supplemented from time to time in
accordance with the terms thereof.
"Exchange Securities" means the 10 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due
2006 Series B to be issued pursuant to this Indenture in connection with the
offer to exchange Securities for the Initial Securities that may be made by the
Company pursuant to the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement.
"Existing Preferred Stock" means the 12% preferred stock of the
Company issued and outstanding on the Issue Date, and any extensions,
refinancings, renewals, or replacements thereof (the "Refinancing Preferred
Stock"); PROVIDED that (i) the aggregate liquidation preference of such
Refinancing Preferred Stock does not exceed the aggregate liquidation preference
of the Existing Preferred Stock, (ii) the dividend rate per annum of such
Refinancing Preferred Stock does not exceed the dividend rate per annum of the
Existing Preferred Stock and (iii) the Refinancing Preferred Stock has a
mandatory redemption date no earlier than the Existing Preferred Stock.
"Foreign Subsidiary means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company
which is not organized under the laws of the United States of America or any
state thereof or the District of Columbia.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the United
States of America as in effect from time to time, including those 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 approved by a significant segment of the
accounting profession. All ratios and computations based on GAAP contained in
this Indenture shall be computed in conformity with GAAP as in effect as of the
Issue Date.
"Global Security" means a Security that is in the form of Exhibit A or
Exhibit B hereto that includes the information called for by footnote 1 thereof.
"Governmental Authority" means any nation or government, any state or
other political subdivision thereof or any entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining
to government.
"Guarantee" means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any
Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation
of any other Person and any
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obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person (i) to
purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such
Indebtedness or other obligation of such other Person (whether arising by virtue
of partnership arrangements, or by agreement to keep-well, to purchase assets,
goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial
statement conditions or otherwise) or (ii) entered into for purposes of assuring
in any other manner the obligee of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the
payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in
whole or in part); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the term "Guarantee" shall not
include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of
business. The term "Guarantee" used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
"Hedging Obligations" of any Person means the obligations of such
Person pursuant to any Interest Rate Agreement or Currency Agreement.
"Holder" or "Securityholder" means the Person in whose name a Security
is registered on the Registrar's books.
"Holdings" means ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Holdings, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation.
"Holdings Securities" means the $20,000,000 aggregate principal amount
of senior subordinated notes of Holdings, as amended from time to time.
"Incur" means issue, assume, Guarantee, incur or otherwise become
liable for; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a
Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (whether by merger,
consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to be Incurred by such
Subsidiary at the time it becomes a Subsidiary.
"Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person on any date of
determination (without duplication),
(i) the principal of and premium (if any) in respect of indebtedness
of such Person for borrowed money,
(ii) the principal of and premium (if any) in respect of obligations
of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar
instruments,
(iii) all obligations of such Person in respect of letters of credit or
other similar instruments (including
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reimbursement obligations with respect thereto but excluding letters of
credit supporting the purchase of goods in the ordinary course of business
and expiring no more than six months from the date of issuance),
(iv) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred and unpaid
purchase price of property or services (except Trade Payables), which
purchase price is due more than six months after the date of placing such
property in service or taking delivery and title thereto or the completion
of such services,
(v) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person,
(vi) the amount of all obligations of such Person with respect to the
redemption, repayment or other repurchase of any Disqualified Stock or,
with respect to any Subsidiary of the Company, any Preferred Stock (but
excluding, in each case, any accrued dividends),
(vii) all Indebtedness of other Persons secured by a Lien on any asset
of such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person;
provided, however, that the amount of Indebtedness of such Person shall be
the lesser of (A) the fair market value of such asset at such date of
determination and (B) the amount of such Indebtedness of such other
Persons,
(viii) all Indebtedness of other Persons to the extent Guaranteed by
such Person, and
(ix) to the extent not otherwise included in this definition, Hedging
Obligations of such Person.
The amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any date shall be the
outstanding balance at such date of all unconditional obligations as described
above and the liability, assuming the occurrence of the contingency giving rise
to the obligation, of any contingent obligations at such date. For purposes of
clarification, Indebtedness shall not include undrawn commitments on credit
facilities.
"Indenture" means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time
to time.
"Initial Purchasers" means BT Securities Corporation, Chase Securities
Inc. and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ & Co. in their capacity as initial purchasers of the
Securities.
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"Initial Securities" means the 10 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due
2006 Series A, issued under this Indenture on or about the date hereof.
"Interest Rate Agreement" means with respect to any Person any
interest rate protection agreement, interest rate future agreement, interest
rate option agreement, interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap
agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate hedge agreement or
other similar agreement or arrangement as to which such Person is party or a
beneficiary.
"Investcorp" means INVESTCORP S.A., a Luxembourg corporation.
"Investment" in any Person means any direct or indirect advance, loan
(other than advances to customers in the ordinary course of business that are
recorded as accounts receivable on the balance sheet of such Person) or other
extension of credit (including by way of Guarantee or similar arrangement) or
capital contribution to (by means of any transfer of cash or other property to
others or any payment for property or services for the account or use of
others), or any purchase or acquisition of Capital Stock, Indebtedness or other
similar instruments issued by such Person. For purposes of the definition of
"Unrestricted Subsidiary" and Section 4.04, (i) "Investment" shall include the
portion (proportionate to the Company's equity interest in such Subsidiary) of
the fair market value of the net assets of any Subsidiary of the Company at the
time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; and (ii) any
property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at
its fair market value at the time of such transfer, in each case as determined
in good faith by the Board of Directors.
"Issue Date" means the date on which the Initial Securities are
originally issued.
"Lien" means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance,
lien or charge of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof).
"Management Agreement" means the Management Services Agreement dated
as of October 30, 1996, between Investcorp International, Inc. and the Company.
"Management Group" means the senior management of the Company and/or
Holdings.
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"Net Available Cash" from an Asset Disposition means cash payments
received (including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of
principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or otherwise, but only as
and when received, but excluding any other consideration received in the form of
assumption by the acquiring person of Indebtedness or other obligations relating
to the properties or assets that are the subject of such Asset Disposition or
received in any other noncash form) therefrom, in each case net of (i) all
legal, title and recording tax expenses, commissions and other fees and expenses
incurred (including legal, accounting and investment banking fees and any
relocation expenses incurred as a result of an Asset Disposition), and all
Federal, state, provincial, foreign and local taxes required to be paid or
accrued as a liability under GAAP, as a consequence of such Asset Disposition,
(ii) all payments made on any Indebtedness which is secured by any assets
subject to such Asset Disposition, in accordance with the terms of any Lien upon
such assets, or which must by its terms, or in order to obtain a necessary
consent to such Asset Disposition, or by applicable law be repaid out of the
proceeds from such Asset Disposition, (iii) all distributions and other payments
required to be made to minority interest holders in Subsidiaries or joint
ventures as a result of such Asset Disposition and (iv) appropriate amounts to
be provided by the seller as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any
liabilities associated with the assets disposed of in such Asset Disposition and
retained (including by way of indemnification obligations) by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary after such Asset Disposition.
"Net Cash Proceeds", with respect to any issuance or sale of Capital
Stock or disposition of any Investment by the Company or any Subsidiary, means
the cash proceeds of such issuance, sale or disposition net of attorneys' fees,
accountants' fees, underwriters' or placement agents' fees, discounts or
disposition of any commissions and brokerage, consultant and other fees actually
incurred in connection with such issuance, sale or disposition and net of taxes
paid or payable as a result thereof.
"Note Guarantee" means any guarantee be executed and delivered by a
Note Guarantor pursuant to Section 4.12. Each such Note Guarantee will be in
the form prescribed in Exhibit E hereto.
"Note Guarantor" means each of the Company's Subsidiaries that in the
future executes a supplemental indenture in which such Subsidiary agrees to be
bound by the terms of the Indenture as a Note Guarantor; provided that any
Person constituting a Note Guarantor as described above shall cease to
constitute a Note
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Guarantor when its respective Note Guarantee is released in accordance with the
terms thereof.
"Officer" means the President, the Treasurer, or the Clerk of the
Company.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by two Officers.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion from legal counsel who is
acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the
Company or the Trustee.
"Permitted Holders" means Investcorp, its Affiliates, members of the
Management Group, the international investors who are initial holders of the
Capital Stock of Holdings and any Person acting in the capacity of an
underwriter in connection with a public or private offering of the Company's or
Holdings' Capital Stock.
"Permitted Investment" means an Investment by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary in (i) a Restricted Subsidiary, the Company or a Person
which will, upon the making of such Investment, become a Restricted Subsidiary;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the primary business of such Restricted Subsidiary is a
Related Business; (ii) another Person if as a result of such Investment such
other Person is merged or consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys all
or substantially all its assets to, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such Person's primary business is a Related Business;
(iii) Temporary Cash Investments; (iv) receivables owing to the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary, if created or acquired in the ordinary course of business
and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that such trade terms may include such concessionary trade terms as the
Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary deems reasonable under the
circumstances; (v) payroll, travel, entertainment, relocation and similar
advances that are made in the ordinary course of business; (vi) loans or
advances to employees made in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past practices of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary; (vii) loans or
advances to employees (or guarantees of third party loans to employees) in an
aggregate amount not to exceed $2,500,000, at any time outstanding;
(viii) stock, obligations or securities received in settlement of debts created
in the ordinary course of business and owing to the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary or in satisfaction of judgments; or (ix) securities received in
connection with an Asset Disposition complying with the provisions of Section
4.06.
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"Permitted Liens" means (i) Liens securing Senior Indebtedness (or
Indebtedness of a Subsidiary of the Company which if incurred by the Company
would be Senior Indebtedness) permitted to be Incurred under this Indenture;
(ii) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet
delinquent or that are being contested in good faith and by appropriate
proceedings if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the
books of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in
accordance with GAAP; (iii) carriers', warehousemen's, mechanics', landlords',
materialmen's, repairmen's or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of
business in respect of obligations that are not yet due or that are bonded or
that are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings if
adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in accordance with
GAAP; (iv) pledges or deposits in connection with workmen's compensation,
unemployment insurance and other social security legislation; (v) deposits to
secure the performance of bids, tenders, trade or government contracts (other
than for borrowed money), leases, licenses, statutory obligations, surety and
appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred
in the ordinary course of business; (vi) easements (including reciprocal
easement agreements), rights-of-way, building, zoning and similar restrictions,
utility agreements, covenants, reservations, restrictions, encroachments,
changes, and other similar encumbrances or title defects incurred, or leases or
subleases granted to others, in the ordinary course of business, which do not in
the aggregate materially detract from the aggregate value of the properties of
the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or in the aggregate
materially interfere with or adversely affect in any material respect the
ordinary conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries on the
properties subject thereto, taken as a whole; (vii) Liens pursuant to the
Senior Credit Documents, Liens in connection with industrial revenue bonds,
Liens securing the Bank Indebtedness and bankers' Liens arising by operation of
law; (viii) Liens on property of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries created solely for the purpose of securing Indebtedness permitted
by clause (b)(iv) of Section 4.03 or incurred in connection with Indebtedness
permitted by clause (b)(vii) thereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER that, in the case of
liens described in such clause (b)(iv), no such Lien shall extend to or cover
other property of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary other than the
respective property so acquired, and the principal amount of Indebtedness
secured by any such Lien shall at no time exceed the original purchase price of
such property; (ix) Liens existing on the date of this Indenture; (x) Liens on
goods (and the proceeds thereof) and documents of title and the
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property covered thereby securing Indebtedness in respect of commercial letters
of credit; (xi) (A) mortgages, liens, security interests, restrictions,
encumbrances or any other matters of record that have been placed by any
developer, landlord or other third party on property over which the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company has easement rights or on any real
property leased by the Company on the Issue Date and subordination or similar
agreements relating thereto and (B) any condemnation or eminent domain
proceedings affecting any real property; (xii) leases or subleases to third
parties; (xiii) Liens in connection with workmen's compensation obligations and
general liability exposure of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(xiv) Liens securing Indebtedness Incurred under clauses (a) or (b)(v) of
Section 4.03; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such Indebtedness is not subordinate or
junior in ranking to the Securities; and (xv) Liens securing Indebtedness of any
Subsidiary of the Company to the Company.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization,
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.
"Preferred Stock", as applied to the Capital Stock of any corporation,
means Capital Stock of any class or classes (however designated) that is
preferred as to the payment of dividends, or as to the distribution of assets
upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such
corporation, over shares of Capital Stock of any other class of such
corporation.
"principal" of a Security means the principal of the Security plus the
premium, if any, payable on the Security that is due or overdue or is to become
due at the relevant time.
"Public Equity Offering" means an underwritten primary public offering
of common stock (or other voting stock) of the Company or Holdings pursuant to
an effective registration statement (other than a registration statement on Form
▇-▇, ▇-▇ or any successor or similar forms) under the Securities Act.
"Public Market" means any time after (i) a Public Equity Offering has
been consummated and (ii) at least 15% of the total issued and outstanding
common stock of the Company or Holdings (as applicable) has been distributed by
means of an effective registration statement under the Securities Act.
"Redemption Date" means the date on which the Securities are
optionally redeemed pursuant to Section 3.07.
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"Refinancing Indebtedness" means Indebtedness that is Incurred to
refund, refinance, replace, renew, repay or extend (including pursuant to any
defeasance or discharge mechanism) (collectively, "refinances," and "refinanced"
shall have a correlative meaning) any Indebtedness existing on the date of this
Indenture or Incurred in compliance with this Indenture (including Indebtedness
of the Company that refinances Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary (to the
extent permitted in this Indenture) and Indebtedness of any Restricted
Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness of another Restricted Subsidiary)
including Indebtedness that refinances Refinancing Indebtedness; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that (i) except in the case of any refunding, refinancing, replacement,
renewal, repayment or extension of any Bank Indebtedness, the Refinancing
Indebtedness has a Stated Maturity no earlier than the Stated Maturity of the
Indebtedness being refinanced, (ii) except in the case of any refunding,
refinancing, replacement, renewal, repayment or extension of any Bank
Indebtedness, the Refinancing Indebtedness has an Average Life at the time such
Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred that is equal to or greater than the
Average Life of the Indebtedness being refinanced and (iii) such Refinancing
Indebtedness is Incurred in an aggregate principal amount (or if issued with
original issue discount, an aggregate issue price) that is equal to or less than
the sum of (A) the aggregate principal amount (or if issued with original issue
discount, the aggregate accreted value) then outstanding of the Indebtedness
being refinanced, (B) in the case of revolving credit Indebtedness, the unused
commitment thereunder, plus (C) fees, underwriting discounts and other costs and
expenses incurred in connection with such Refinancing Indebtedness; PROVIDED,
FURTHER, HOWEVER, that Refinancing Indebtedness shall not include (A)
Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness of the
Company or (B) Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that
refinances Indebtedness of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
"Registered Exchange Offer" shall have the meaning set forth in the
Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement.
"Related Business" means those businesses in which the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries are engaged on the date of this Indenture, or that are
related thereto.
"Representative" means the trustee, agent or representative (if any)
for an issue of Senior Indebtedness.
"Restricted Securities Legend" means the legend set forth in Section
2.06 hereof.
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"Restricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of the Company other than
an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
"Sale/Leaseback Transaction" means an arrangement relating to property
now owned or hereafter acquired whereby the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary
transfers such property to a Person and the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary
leases it from such Person.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Secured Indebtedness" means any Indebtedness of the Company secured
by a Lien.
"Securities" means, collectively, the Initial Securities and, when and
if issued as provided in the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, the
Exchange Securities.
"Securities Custodian" means the custodian with respect to the Global
Security (as appointed by the Depository), or any successor entity thereto and
shall initially be the Trustee.
"Senior Credit Documents" means, collectively, the Senior Credit
Facility, the notes issued pursuant thereto and the Guarantees thereof, and the
Security Agreements, the Mortgages and the Pledge Agreements (each as defined in
the Senior Credit Facility).
"Senior Credit Facility" means the credit agreement dated as of
October 30, 1996, as amended, waived or otherwise modified from time to time,
including increases in the principal amount thereof, among the Company, the
several lenders party thereto, and The Chase Manhattan Bank, a New York banking
corporation, as administrative agent (except to the extent that any such
amendment, waiver or other modification thereto would be prohibited by the terms
of this Indenture, unless otherwise agreed to by the Holders of at least a
majority in aggregate principal amount of Notes at the time outstanding).
"Senior Indebtedness" means, whether outstanding on the date of this
Indenture or thereafter issued, (i) all obligations consisting of the Bank
Indebtedness; (ii) all obligations consisting of the principal of and premium,
if any, and accrued and unpaid interest (including interest accruing on or after
the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the
Company regardless of whether post-filing interest is allowed in such
proceeding) in respect of (A) indebtedness of the Company for money borrowed and
(B) indebtedness evidenced by notes, debentures,
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bonds or other similar instruments for the payment of which the Company is
responsible or liable; (iii) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of the Company;
(iv) all obligations of the Company (A) for the reimbursement of any obligor on
any letter of credit, banker's acceptance or similar credit transaction, (B)
under Hedging Obligations entered into in respect of any obligations described
in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) or (C) the deferred purchase price of newly
acquired property, or the price of construction or improvement of any property,
in each case used in the ordinary course of business of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, whether such indebtedness is owed to the seller or Person carrying
out such construction or improvement or to any third party; (v) all obligations
of other persons of the type referred to in clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) and all
dividends of other persons for the payment of which, in either case, the Company
is responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, as obligor, guarantor or
otherwise, including Guarantees of such obligations and dividends; and (vi) all
obligations of the Company consisting of modifications, renewals, extensions,
replacements and refundings of any obligations described in clauses (i), (ii),
(iii), (iv) or (v); unless, in each case in the instrument creating or
evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding, it is provided
that such obligations are not superior in right of payment to the Securities;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that Senior Indebtedness shall not include (1) any obligation
of the Company to any Subsidiary, (2) any liability for Federal, state, local or
other taxes owed or owing by the Company, (3) any accounts payable or other
liability to trade creditors arising in the ordinary course of business
(including Guarantees thereof or instruments evidencing such liabilities), (4)
any Indebtedness, Guarantee or obligation of the Company which is subordinate or
junior to any other Indebtedness, Guarantee or obligation of the Company or (5)
any Indebtedness that is incurred in violation of this Indenture. If any
Designated Senior Indebtedness is disallowed, avoided or subordinated pursuant
to the provisions of Section 548 of Title 11 of the United States Code or any
applicable state fraudulent conveyance law, such Designated Senior Indebtedness
nevertheless shall constitute Senior Indebtedness.
"Senior Subordinated Indebtedness" means the Securities and any other
Indebtedness of the Company that specifically provides that such Indebtedness is
to rank pari passu with the Securities or is not subordinated by its terms to
any Indebtedness or other obligation of the Company that is not Senior
Indebtedness.
"Significant Subsidiary" means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be
a "Significant Subsidiary" of the Company within the meaning of Rule 1-02 under
Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC.
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"Stated Maturity" means, with respect to any security, the date
specified in such security as the fixed date on which the payment of principal
of such security is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory
redemption provision (but excluding any provision providing for the repurchase
of such security at the option of the holder thereof upon the happening of any
contingency beyond the control of the issuer unless such contingency has
occurred).
"Subordinated Obligation" means any Indebtedness of the Company
(whether outstanding on the date of this Indenture or thereafter Incurred) which
is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Securities pursuant to a
written agreement.
"Subsidiary" of any Person means any corporation, association,
partnership or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting
power of shares of Capital Stock or other interests (including partnership
interests) entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to
vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time
owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by (i) such Person or (ii) one or
more Subsidiaries of such Person.
"Temporary Cash Investments" means any of the following: (i) any
investment in direct obligations of the United States of America or any agency
or instrumentality thereof or obligations Guaranteed by the United States of
America or any agency or instrumentality thereof; (ii) investments in time
deposit accounts, certificates of deposit and money market deposits maturing
within 180 days of the date of acquisition thereof, bankers' acceptances with
maturities of 180 days or less and overnight bank deposits, in each case with or
issued by a bank or trust company that is organized under the laws of the United
States of America, any state thereof or any foreign country recognized by the
United States of America having capital, surplus and undivided profits
aggregating in excess of $300,000,000 (or the foreign currency equivalent
thereof); (iii) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days
for underlying securities of the types described in clause (i) or (ii) above
entered into with a bank meeting the qualifications described in clause (ii)
above; and (iv) investments in commercial paper, maturing not more than six
months after the date of acquisition, issued by any Lender (as defined under the
Senior Credit Facility) or the parent corporation of any Lender, and commercial
paper with a rating at the time as of which any investment therein is made of
"P-1" (or higher) according to ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Service, Inc. or "A-1" (or
higher) according to Standard and Poor's Ratings Services, a division of The
▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ Companies, Inc.
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"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. 77aaa-77bbbb)
as in effect on the date of this Indenture.
"Trade Payables" means, with respect to any Person, any accounts
payable or any indebtedness or monetary obligation to trade creditors created,
assumed or Guaranteed by such Person arising in the ordinary course of business
in connection with the acquisition of goods or services.
"Transfer Restricted Securities" means Securities that bear or are
required to bear the legend set forth in Section 2.06 hereof.
"Treasury Rate" means the yield to maturity at the time of computation
of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and
published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15(519) which
has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to the Redemption
Date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly
available source or similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from
the Redemption Date to December 1, 2001; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the period
from the Redemption Date to December 1, 2001 is not equal to the constant
maturity of a United States Treasury security for which a weekly average yield
is given, the Treasury Rate shall be obtained by linear interpolation
(calculated to the nearest one-twelfth of a year) from the weekly average yields
of United States Treasury securities for which such yields are given, except
that if the period from the Redemption Date to December 1, 2001 is less than one
year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury
securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year shall be used.
"Trustee" means the party named as such in this Indenture until a
successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor.
"Trust Officer" means any officer or assistant officer of the Trustee
assigned to and working in the corporate trust department of the Trustee, and
also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter
is referred because of such officer's knowledge and familiarity with the
particular subject.
"Uniform Commercial Code" means the New York Uniform Commercial Code
as in effect from time to time.
"Unrestricted Subsidiary" means (i) any Subsidiary of the Company that
at the time of determination shall be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by
the Board of Directors in the manner
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provided below and (ii) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Board
of Directors may designate any Subsidiary of the Company (including any newly
acquired or newly formed Subsidiary of the Company) to be an Unrestricted
Subsidiary if (i) such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries does not own any
Capital Stock or Indebtedness of, or own or hold any Lien on any property of,
the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Subsidiary of
the Subsidiary to be so designated and (ii) either (A) the Subsidiary to be so
designated has total consolidated assets of $1,000 or less or (B) if such
Subsidiary has consolidated assets greater than $1,000, then such designation
would be permitted under Section 4.04. The Board of Directors may designate any
Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
immediately after giving effect to such designation (x) the Company could Incur
$1.00 of additional Indebtedness under Section 4.03(a) and (y) no Default shall
have occurred and be continuing. Any such designation by the Board of Directors
shall be evidenced to the Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of
the resolution of the Board of Directors giving effect to such designation and
an Officers' Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the
foregoing provisions.
"U.S. Government Obligations" means direct obligations (or
certificates representing an ownership interest in such obligations) of the
United States of America (including any agency or instrumentality thereof) for
the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America
is pledged and which are not callable or redeemable at the issuer's option.
"Voting Stock" of a corporation means all classes of Capital Stock of
such corporation then outstanding and normally entitled to vote in the election
of directors.
"Wholly Owned Subsidiary" means a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company
all the Capital Stock of which (other than directors' qualifying shares) is
owned by the Company or another Wholly Owned Subsidiary.
SECTION 1.02. OTHER DEFINITIONS.
Defined in
Term Section
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"Affiliate Transaction" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.07
"Bankruptcy Law" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.01
"Blockage Notice" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.03
"covenant defeasance option" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.01(b)
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"Custodian". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.01
"Event of Default" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.01
"legal defeasance option". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.01(b)
"Legal Holiday". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.08
"Offer". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.06
"Offer Amount" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.06
"Offer Period" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.06
"pay the Securities" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.03
"Paying Agent" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.03
"Payment Blockage Period". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.03
"Purchase Date". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.06
"Registrar". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.03
"Restricted Payment" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.04
"Successor Company". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.01
SECTION 1.03. INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
This Indenture is subject to the mandatory provisions of the TIA, which are
incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following
TIA terms have the following meanings:
"Commission" means the SEC.
"indenture securities" means the Securities.
"indenture security holder" means a Securityholder.
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture.
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the Trustee.
"obligor" on the indenture securities means the Company and any other
obligor on the indenture securities.
All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the
TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule have the
meanings assigned to them by such definitions.
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;
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(3) "or" is not exclusive;
(4) "including" means including without limitation;
(5) words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural
include the singular;
(6) unsecured Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be subordinate or
junior to Secured Indebtedness merely by virtue of its nature as unsecured
Indebtedness;
(7) the principal amount of any non-interest bearing or other
discount security at any date shall be the principal amount thereof that
would be shown on a balance sheet of the issuer dated such date prepared in
accordance with GAAP and accretion of principal on such security shall be
deemed to be the Incurrence of Indebtedness; and
(8) the principal amount of any Preferred Stock shall be (i) the
maximum liquidation value of such Preferred Stock or (ii) the maximum
mandatory redemption or mandatory repurchase price with respect to such
Preferred Stock, whichever is greater.
ARTICLE B.
The Securities
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SECTION 2.01. FORM AND DATING. The Initial Securities and the
Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit A, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this
Indenture. Any Exchange Securities and the Trustee's certificate of
authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B, which is
incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The Securities may
have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule,
agreements to which the Company is subject, if any, or usage (provided that any
such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to the Company).
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. The terms of the
Securities set forth in Exhibit A and B are part of the terms of this Indenture.
(a) Global Securities. The Initial Securities are being offered and
sold by the Company pursuant to a Purchase Agreement, dated November 20, 1996,
between the Company and the Initial Purchasers.
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Initial Securities offered and sold to "qualified institutional
buyers" (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) ("QIBs") in
accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act ("Rule 144A") as provided in
the Purchase Agreement, shall be issued initially in the form of a single
permanent Global Security in definitive, fully registered form without interest
coupons with the legend set forth in footnote 1 to Exhibit A hereto (the
"Restricted Global Security"), which shall be deposited on behalf of the Initial
Purchasers with the Trustee, as Securities Custodian for the Depository, and
registered in the name of the Depository or a nominee of the Depository, duly
executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter
provided. The aggregate principal amount of the Restricted Global Security may
from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records
of the Trustee, as Securities Custodian, and the Depository or its nominee as
hereinafter provided.
(b) Book-Entry Provisions. This Section 2.01(b) shall apply only to
Global Securities deposited with or on behalf of the Depository.
The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with
this Section 2.01(b), authenticate and deliver initially one or more Global
Securities that (i) shall be registered in the name of the Depository for such
Global Security or Global Securities or the nominee of such Depository and
(ii) shall be held by the Trustee as custodian for the Depository. After the
issuance of Exchange Securities under a Registered Exchange Offer, the Trustee
shall have no duty to hold any Global Security as custodian for the Depository
or any other Security registered in the name of the Depository or a nominee of
the Depository.
Members of, or participants in, the Depository ("Agent Members") shall
have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on
their behalf by the Depository or by the Trustee as the custodian of the
Depository or under such Global Security, and the Depository may be treated by
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the
absolute owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the
Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any
written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depository
or impair, as between the Depository and its Agent Members, the operation of
customary practices of such Depository governing the exercise of the rights of a
holder of a beneficial interest in any Global Security.
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(c) CERTIFICATED SECURITIES. Except as otherwise provided herein,
owners of beneficial interests in Global Securities will not be entitled to
receive physical delivery of certificated Securities. Purchasers of Initial
Securities who are not QIBs (referred to herein as the "Non-Global Purchasers")
will receive certificated Initial Securities bearing the Restricted Securities
Legend set forth in Exhibit A hereto ("Restricted Certificated Securities");
provided, however, that upon transfer of such Restricted Certificated Securities
to a QIB or in accordance with Regulation S, such Restricted Certificated
Securities will, unless the relevant Global Security has previously been
exchanged, be exchanged for an interest in a Global Security pursuant to the
provisions of Section 2.06 hereof. Certificated Securities will include the
Restricted Securities Legend set forth in Exhibit A unless removed in accordance
with this Section 2.01(c) or Section 2.06(g) hereof.
After a transfer of any Initial Securities during the period of the
effectiveness of, and pursuant to, a Shelf Registration Statement with respect
to the Initial Securities, all requirements pertaining to legends on such
Initial Securities will cease to apply, the requirements requiring that any such
Initial Securities issued to certain Holders be issued in global form will cease
to apply, and certificated Initial Securities without legends will be made
available to the Holders of such Initial Securities. Upon the consummation of a
Registered Exchange Offer with respect to the Initial Securities pursuant to
which Holders of Initial Securities are offered Exchange Securities in exchange
for their Initial Securities, all requirements pertaining to such Initial
Securities that Initial Securities issued to certain Holders be issued in global
form will cease to apply and certificated Initial Securities with the Restricted
Securities Legend set forth in Exhibit A hereto will be available to Holders of
such Initial Securities that do not exchange their Initial Securities, and
Exchange Securities in certificated form will be available to Holders that
exchange such Initial Securities in such Registered Exchange Offer.
SECTION 2.02. EXECUTION AND AUTHENTICATION. Two Officers shall sign
the Securities for the Company by manual or facsimile signature. The Company's
seal shall be impressed, affixed, imprinted or reproduced on the Securities and
may be in facsimile form.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that
office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Security, the Security shall be
valid nevertheless.
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A Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the
Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Security. The
signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated
under this Indenture.
The Trustee shall authenticate and deliver (1) Initial Securities for
original issue in an aggregate principal amount of $100,000,000, and (2)
Exchange Securities for issue only in a Registered Exchange Offer, pursuant to
the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, for Initial Securities for a
like principal amount of Initial Securities exchanged pursuant thereto, in each
case upon a written order of the Company signed by two Officers or by an Officer
and either an Assistant Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary of the Company.
Such order shall specify the amount of the Securities to be authenticated, the
date on which the original issue of Securities is to be authenticated and
whether the Securities are to be Initial Securities or Exchange Securities. The
aggregate principal amount of Securities outstanding at any time may not exceed
$100,000,000 except as provided in Section 2.07.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent reasonably acceptable
to the Company to authenticate the Securities. Unless limited by the terms of
such appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever
the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by
the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has
the same rights as any Registrar, Paying Agent or agent for service of notices
and demands.
SECTION 2.03. REGISTRAR AND PAYING AGENT. The Company shall
maintain an office or agency where Securities may be presented for registration
of transfer or for exchange (the "Registrar") and an office or agency where
Securities may be presented for payment (the "Paying Agent"). The Registrar
shall keep a register of the Securities and of their transfer and exchange. The
Company may have one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying
agents. The term "Paying Agent" includes any additional paying agent.
The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any
Registrar, Paying Agent or co-registrar not a party to this Indenture, which
shall incorporate the terms of the TIA. The agreement shall implement the
provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent. The Company shall
notify the Trustee of the name and address of any such agent. If the Company
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fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such and
shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 7.07.
The Company or any of its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries that is a Domestic
Subsidiary may act as Registrar, co-registrar or transfer agent. None of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar and Paying
Agent in connection with the Securities.
The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company to act as
Depository with respect to the Global Securities.
SECTION 2.04. PAYING AGENT TO HOLD MONEY IN TRUST. Prior to each due
date of the principal and interest on any Security, the Company shall deposit
with the Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such principal and interest when
so becoming due. The Company shall require each Paying Agent (other than the
Trustee) to agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the
benefit of Securityholders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for
the payment of principal of or interest on the Securities and shall notify the
Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. The Company
at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the
Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed by the Paying Agent. Upon
complying with this Section, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability
for the money delivered to the Trustee.
SECTION 2.05. SECURITYHOLDER LISTS. The Trustee shall preserve in as
current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it
of the names and addresses of Securityholders. If the Trustee is not the
Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee, in writing at least five
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 Securityholders.
SECTION 2.06. TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.
(a) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Securities. When Definitive
Securities are presented to the Registrar or a co-registrar with a request:
(x) to register the transfer of such Definitive Securities; or
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(y) to exchange such Definitive Securities for an equal principal
amount of Definitive Securities of other authorized denominations,
the Registrar or co-registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange
as requested if its reasonable requirements for such transaction are met;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Definitive Securities surrendered for transfer or
exchange:
(i) shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar
or co-registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing; and
(ii) in the case of Transfer Restricted Securities that are Definitive
Securities, are being transferred or exchanged pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to clause (A),
(B) or (C) below, and are accompanied by the following additional
information and documents, as applicable:
(A) if such Transfer Restricted Securities are being delivered
to the Registrar by a Holder for registration in the name of such
Holder, without transfer, a certification from such Holder to that
effect (in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit C hereto); or
(B) if such Transfer Restricted Securities are being transferred
to the Company or to a "qualified institutional buyer" (as defined in
Rule 144A under the Securities Act) in accordance with Rule 144A under
the Securities Act, a certification to that effect (in substantially
the form set forth in Exhibit C hereto); or
(C) if such Transfer Restricted Securities are being transferred
(x) pursuant to an exemption from registration in accordance with Rule
144 or Regulation S under the Securities Act; or (y) to an
institutional "accredited investor" within the meaning of Rule
501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act that is acquiring
the Securities for its own account, or for the account of such an
institutional accredited investor, in each case in a minimum principal
amount of the Securities of $250,000 for investment purposes and not
with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any
distribution in violation of the Securities Act; or
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(z) in reliance on another exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act: (i) a certification to that effect
(in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit C hereto), (ii) in the
case of clause (y), a signed letter substantially in the form of
Exhibit D hereto and (iii) in the case of clause (Z), if the Company
or Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable
to the Company and to the Registrar to the effect that such transfer
is in compliance with the Securities Act.
(b) RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF A DEFINITIVE SECURITY FOR A
BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A GLOBAL SECURITY. A Definitive Security may not be
exchanged for a beneficial interest in a Global Security except upon
satisfaction of the requirements set forth below. Upon receipt by the Trustee
of a Definitive Security, duly endorsed or accompanied by appropriate
instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, together with:
(i) if such Definitive Security is a Transfer Restricted Security,
certification, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit C hereto,
that such Definitive Security is being transferred to a "qualified
institutional buyer" (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) in
accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act; and
(ii) whether or not such Definitive Security is a Transfer Restricted
Security, written instructions directing the Trustee to make, or to direct
the Securities Custodian to make, an adjustment on its books and records
with respect to such Global Security to reflect an increase in the
aggregate principal amount of the Securities represented by the Global
Security,
then the Trustee shall cancel such Definitive Security and cause, or direct the
Securities Custodian to cause, in accordance with the standing instructions and
procedures existing between the Depository and the Securities Custodian, the
aggregate principal amount of Securities represented by the Global Security to
be increased accordingly. If no Global Securities are then outstanding, the
Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate, upon written order of
the Company in the form of an Officers' Certificate, a new Global Security in
the appropriate principal amount.
(c) TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF GLOBAL SECURITIES. The transfer and
exchange of Global Securities or beneficial interests therein shall be effected
through the Depository, in accordance
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with this Indenture (including applicable restrictions on transfer set forth
herein, if any) and the procedures of the Depository therefor.
(d) TRANSFER OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A GLOBAL SECURITY FOR A
DEFINITIVE SECURITY. (a)Any person having a beneficial interest in a Global
Security that is being transferred or exchanged pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to clause (A), (B)
or (C) below may upon request, and if accompanied by the information specified
below, exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Security of the same
aggregate principal amount. Upon receipt by the Trustee of written instructions
or such other form of instructions as is customary for the Depository from the
Depository or its nominee on behalf of any Person having a beneficial interest
in a Global Security and upon receipt by the Trustee of a written order or such
other form of instructions as is customary for the Depository or the Person
designated by the Depository as having such a beneficial interest in a Transfer
Restricted Security only, the following additional information and documents
(all of which may be submitted by facsimile):
(A) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Person
designated by the Depository as being the owner of a beneficial interest in
a Global Security, a certification from such Person to that effect (in
substantially the form set forth in Exhibit C hereto); or
(B) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a "qualified
institutional buyer" (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) in
accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, a certification to that
effect (in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit C hereto); or
(C) if such beneficial interest is being transferred (x) pursuant to
an exemption from registration in accordance with Rule 144 or Regulation S
under the Securities Act; or (y) to an institutional "accredited investor"
within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities
Act that is acquiring the Securities for its own account, or for the
account of such an institutional accredited investor, in each case in a
minimum principal amount of the Securities of $250,000 for investment
purposes and not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with,
any distribution in violation of the Securities Act; or (z) in reliance on
another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act:
(i) a certification to that effect from the transferee or transferor (in
substantially the form set forth in Exhibit C
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hereto), (ii) in the case of clause (y), a signed letter substantially in
the form of Exhibit D hereto and (iii) in the case of clause (Z), if the
Company or Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel from the transferee
or transferor reasonably acceptable to the Company and to the Registrar to
the effect that such transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act,
then the Trustee or the Securities Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee,
will cause, in accordance with the standing instructions and procedures existing
between the Depository and the Securities Custodian, the aggregate principal
amount of the Global Security to be reduced on its books and records and,
following such reduction, the Company will execute and the Trustee will
authenticate and deliver to the transferee a Definitive Security.
(ii) Definitive Securities issued in exchange for a beneficial
interest in a Global Security pursuant to this Section 2.06(d) shall be
registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depository,
pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise,
shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive
Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered in
accordance with the instructions of the Depository.
(e) RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF GLOBAL SECURITIES.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture (other than the
provisions set forth in Section 2.06(f)), a Global Security may not be
transferred as a whole except by the Depository to a nominee of the Depository
or by a nominee of the Depository to the Depository or another nominee of the
Depository or by the Depository or any such nominee to a successor Depository or
a nominee of such successor Depository.
(f) AUTHENTICATION OF DEFINITIVE SECURITIES IN ABSENCE OF DEPOSITORY.
If at any time:
(i) the Depository for the Securities notifies the Company that the
Depository is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for the Global
Securities and a successor Depository for the Global Securities is not
appointed by the Company within 90 days after delivery of such notice; or
(ii) the Company, in its sole discretion, notifies the Trustee in
writing that they elect to cause the issuance of Definitive Securities
under this Indenture,
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then the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officers'
Certificate requesting the authentication and delivery of Definitive Securities
to the Persons designated by the Company, will authenticate and deliver
Definitive Securities, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal
amount of Global Securities, in exchange for such Global Securities.
(g) LEGEND. (a) Except as permitted by the following paragraph
(ii), each Security certificate evidencing the Global Securities and the
Definitive Securities (and all Securities issued in exchange therefor or
substitution thereof) shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE
REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR
OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF WITHIN THE UNITED STATES TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT
OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR
UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO,
REGISTRATION.
THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO OFFER,
SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE
"RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE") WHICH IS THREE YEARS AFTER THE
LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE
COMPANY OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE COMPANY WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY
(OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY), ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY,
(B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED
EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES
ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER" AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR
FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS
GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A,
(D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E) TO AN
INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE
501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS ACQUIRING
THE SECURITY FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN
INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, IN EACH CASE IN A MINIMUM PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT OF
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THE SECURITIES OF $250,000, FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO,
OR FOR OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF
THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (F) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY'S
AND THE TRUSTEE'S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT
TO CLAUSE (F) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL,
CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM, AND IN
THE CASE OF THE FOREGOING CLAUSE (E), A CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER (THE FORM
OF WHICH CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE) IS COMPLETED AND DELIVERED BY
THE TRANSFEROR TO THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE. THIS LEGEND WILL BE
REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION
TERMINATION DATE.
(ii) Upon any sale or transfer of a Transfer Restricted Security
(including any Transfer Restricted Security represented by a Global Security)
pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act:
(A) in the case of any Transfer Restricted Security that is a
Definitive Security, the Registrar shall permit the Holder thereof to
exchange such Transfer Restricted Security for a Definitive Security that
does not bear the legend set forth above and rescind any restriction on the
transfer of such Transfer Restricted Security; and
(B) any such Transfer Restricted Security represented by a Global
Security shall not be subject to the provisions set forth in clause (i) of
this Section 2.06(g) (such sales or transfers being subject only to the
provisions of Section 2.06(c) hereof); provided, however, that with respect
to any request for an exchange of a Transfer Restricted Security that is
represented by a Global Security for a Definitive Security that does not
bear a legend, which request is made in reliance upon Rule 144, the Holder
thereof shall certify in writing to the Registrar that such request is
being made pursuant to Rule 144 (such certification to be substantially in
the form set forth in Exhibit C hereto).
(h) CANCELLATION AND/OR ADJUSTMENT OF GLOBAL SECURITY. At such time
as all beneficial interests in a Global Security have either been exchanged for
Definitive Securities, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, such Global Security
shall be returned to the Depository for cancellation or retained and canceled by
the Trustee. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest
in a Global Security is exchanged for Definitive
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Securities, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, the principal amount of
Securities represented by such Global Security shall be reduced and an
adjustment shall be made on the books and records of the Trustee (if it is then
the Securities Custodian for such Global Security) with respect to such Global
Security, by the Trustee or the Securities Custodian, to reflect such reduction.
(i) OBLIGATIONS WITH RESPECT TO TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES OF
SECURITIES. (i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Definitive Securities
and Global Securities at the Registrar's or co-registrar's request.
(ii) No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration
of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any transfer tax, assessments, or similar governmental charge payable
in connection therewith.
(iii) The Registrar or co-registrar shall not be required to register
the transfer of or exchange of (a) any Definitive Security selected for
redemption in whole or in part pursuant to Article 3, except the unredeemed
portion of any Definitive Security being redeemed in part, or (b) any Security
for a period beginning 15 Business Days before the mailing of a notice of an
offer to repurchase or redeem Securities [or 15 Business Days before an interest
payment date].
(iv) Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any
Security, the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar or any
co-registrar may deem and treat the Person in whose name a Security is
registered as the absolute owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving
payment of principal of and interest on such Security and for all other purposes
whatsoever, whether or not such Security is overdue, and none of the Company,
the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar or any co-registrar shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
(v) All Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to
the terms of this Indenture shall evidence the same debt and shall be entitled
to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Securities surrendered upon
such transfer or exchange.
(j) NO OBLIGATION OF THE TRUSTEE. (i) The Trustee shall have no
responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of a Global Security, a
member of, or a participant in the Depository or other Person with respect to
the accuracy of the records of the Depository or its nominee or of any
participant or
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member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Securities or with
respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other
Person (other than the Depository) of any notice (including any notice of
redemption) or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such
Securities. All notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all
payments to be made to Holders under the Securities shall be given or made only
to or upon the order of the registered Holders (which shall be the Depository or
its nominee in the case of a Global Security). The rights of beneficial owners
in any Global Security in global form shall be exercised only through the
Depository subject to the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository.
The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information
furnished by the Depository with respect to its members, participants and any
beneficial owners.
(ii) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor,
determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed
under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any
interest in any Security (including without limitation any transfers between or
among Depository participants, members or beneficial owners in any Global
Security) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other
documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when
expressly required by, the terms of this Indenture, and to examine the same to
determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements
hereof.
SECTION 2.07. REPLACEMENT SECURITIES. If a mutilated Security is
surrendered to the Registrar or if the Holder of a Security claims that the
Security has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue
and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Security if the requirements of
Section 8-405 (or a successor provision) of the Uniform Commercial Code are met,
such that the Holder (i) satisfies the Company or the Trustee within a
reasonable time after he has notice of such loss, destruction or wrongful taking
and the Registrar does not register a transfer prior to receiving such
notification, (ii) so requests the Company or the Trustee prior to the Security
being acquired by a bona fide purchaser and (iii) satisfies any other reasonable
requirements of the Trustee. If required by the Trustee or the Company, such
Holder shall furnish an indemnity bond sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee
to protect the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar and any
co-registrar from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Security is
replaced. The Company and the Trustee may charge the Holder for their expenses
in replacing a Security.
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Every replacement Security is an additional obligation of the Company.
SECTION 2.08. OUTSTANDING SECURITIES. Securities outstanding at any
time are all Securities authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled
by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this
Section as not outstanding. A Security does not cease to be outstanding because
the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Security.
If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07, it ceases to be
outstanding unless the Trustee and the Company receive proof satisfactory to
them that the replaced Security is held by a bona fide purchaser.
If the Paying Agent segregates and holds in trust, in accordance with
this Indenture, on a redemption date or maturity date money sufficient to pay
all principal and interest payable on that date with respect to the Securities
(or portions thereof) to be redeemed or maturing, as the case may be, and the
Paying Agent is not prohibited from paying such money to the Securityholders on
that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, then on and after that date
such Securities (or portions thereof) cease to be outstanding and interest on
them ceases to accrue.
SECTION 2.09. TEMPORARY SECURITIES. Until definitive Securities are
ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate
temporary Securities. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form
of Definitive Securities but may have variations that the Company considers
appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company
shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate Definitive Securities and
deliver them in exchange for temporary Securities.
SECTION 2.10. CANCELLATION. The Company at any time may deliver
Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent
shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for registration
of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel and
destroy (subject to the record retention requirements of the Exchange Act) all
Securities surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment or
cancellation unless the Company directs the Trustee to deliver canceled
Securities to the Company. The Company may not issue new Securities to replace
Securities it has redeemed, paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
The Trustee shall not authenticate Securities in place of canceled Securities
other than pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
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SECTION 2.11. DEFAULTED INTEREST. If the Company defaults in a
payment of interest on the Securities, the Company shall pay the defaulted
interest (plus interest on such defaulted interest to the extent lawful) in any
lawful manner. The Company may pay the defaulted interest to the persons who
are Securityholders on a subsequent special record date. The Company shall fix
or cause to be fixed any such special record date and payment date to the
reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee and shall promptly mail to each
Securityholder a notice that states the special record date, the payment date
and the amount of defaulted interest to be paid.
SECTION 2.12. CUSIP NUMBERS. The Company in issuing the Securities
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, however, that any such notice may state that no representation is made
as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as
contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on
the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such
redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers.
ARTICLE 3.
Redemption
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SECTION 3.01. NOTICES TO TRUSTEE. If the Company elects to redeem
Securities pursuant to paragraph 5 of the Securities, it shall notify the
Trustee in writing of the redemption date, the principal amount of Securities to
be redeemed and the paragraph of the Securities pursuant to which the redemption
will occur.
The Company shall give each notice to the Trustee provided for in this
Section at least 60 days before the redemption date unless the Trustee consents
to a shorter period. Such notice shall be accompanied by an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel from the Company to the effect that such
redemption will comply with the conditions herein. If fewer than all the
Securities are to be redeemed, the record date relating to such redemption shall
be selected by the Company and given to the Trustee, which record date shall be
not less than 15 days after the date of notice to the Trustee. Any such notice
may be canceled at any time prior to notice of such redemption being mailed to
any Holder and shall thereafter be void and of no effect.
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SECTION 3.02. SELECTION OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED. If fewer than
all the Securities are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Securities
to be redeemed pro rata or by lot or by a method that complies with applicable
legal and securities exchange requirements, if any, and that the Trustee
considers fair and appropriate. The Trustee shall make the selection from
outstanding Securities not previously called for redemption. The Trustee may
select for redemption portions of the principal of Securities that have
denominations larger than $1,000. Securities and portions of them the Trustee
selects shall be in amounts of $1,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000. Provisions
of this Indenture that apply to Securities called for redemption also apply to
portions of Securities called for redemption. The Trustee shall notify the
Company promptly of the Securities or portions of Securities to be redeemed.
SECTION 3.03. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. At least 30 days but not more
than 60 days before a date for redemption of Securities, the Company shall mail
a notice of redemption by first-class mail to each Holder of Securities to be
redeemed.
The notice shall identify the Securities to be redeemed and shall
state:
(1) the redemption date;
(2) the redemption price;
(3) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(4) that Securities called for redemption must be surrendered to the
Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;
(5) if fewer than all the outstanding Securities are to be redeemed,
the certificate numbers and principal amounts of the particular Securities
to be redeemed;
(6) that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption
payment or the Paying Agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant
to the terms of this Indenture, interest on Securities (or portion thereof)
called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;
(7) the paragraph of the Securities pursuant to which the Securities
called for redemption are being redeemed;
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(8) the CUSIP number, if any, printed on the Securities being
redeemed; and
(9) 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
Securities.
At the Company's request, the Trustee shall give the notice of
redemption in the Company's name and at the Company's expense. In such event,
the Company shall provide the Trustee with the information required by this
Section.
SECTION 3.04. EFFECT OF NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. Once notice of
redemption is mailed, Securities called for redemption become due and payable on
the redemption date and at the redemption price stated in the notice. Upon
surrender to the Paying Agent, such Securities shall be paid at the redemption
price stated in the notice, plus accrued interest, if any, to the redemption
date; provided that if the redemption date is after a regular record date and on
or prior to the interest payment date, the accrued interest shall be payable to
the Securityholder of the redeemed Securities registered on the relevant record
date. Failure to give notice or any defect in the notice to any Holder shall
not affect the validity of the notice to any other Holder.
SECTION 3.05. DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE. Prior to 10:00 a.m. on
the redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent money
sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all Securities
to be redeemed on that date other than Securities or portions of Securities
called for redemption which have been delivered by the Company to the Trustee
for cancellation.
SECTION 3.06. SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART. Upon surrender of a
Security that is redeemed in part, the Company shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate for the Holder (at the Company's expense) a new Security
equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Security surrendered.
SECTION 3.07. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION. (a) Except as set forth in the
next two paragraphs, the Securities may not be redeemed at the option of the
Company prior to December 1, 2001. On and after that date, the Company may
redeem the Securities at its option in whole at any time or in part upon not
fewer than 30 nor more than 60 days prior notice mailed by first-class mail to
each Holder's registered address at the following redemption prices (expressed
in percentages of principal amount), plus accrued interest to the Redemption
Date (subject to the right of Holders of
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record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the related
interest payment date), if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on or
after December 1 of the years set forth below:
Redemption
Period Price
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2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.188%
2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.458%
2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.729%
2004 and thereafter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.000%
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time prior to December 1,
1999, the Company may redeem in the aggregate up to 35% of the original
aggregate principal amount of Securities with the proceeds of one or more Public
Equity Offerings by Holdings (so long as substantially all its assets consist of
its investment in the Company) or the Company following which there is a Public
Market, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) of
110.375% plus accrued interest to the Redemption Date (subject to the right of
Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the
relevant interest payment date); provided, however, that at least 65% of the
original aggregate principal amount of the Securities must remain outstanding
after each such redemption.
(c) At any time on or prior to December 1, 2001, the Securities may
be redeemed as a whole but not in part at the option of the Company upon the
occurrence of a Change of Control, upon not fewer than 30 nor more than 60 days'
prior notice (but in no event more than 90 days after the occurrence of such
Change of Control) mailed by first-class mail to each Holder's registered
address, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof
plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued but unpaid interest, if any, to,
the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant
record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).
ARTICLE 4.
Covenants
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SECTION 4.01. PAYMENT OF SECURITIES. The Company shall promptly pay
the principal of and interest on the Securities on the dates and in the manner
provided in the Securities and in this Indenture. Principal and interest shall
be considered paid on the
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date due if on such date the Trustee or the Paying Agent holds in accordance
with this Indenture money sufficient to pay all principal and interest then due
and the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, is not prohibited from
paying such money to the Securityholders on that date pursuant to the terms of
this Indenture.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate
specified therefor in the Securities, and it shall pay interest on overdue
installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful.
SECTION 4.02. SEC REPORTS. The Company shall file with the Trustee
and provide the Securityholders, within 15 days after it files them with the
SEC, copies of its annual report and the information, documents and other
reports which the Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. Notwithstanding that the Company may
not be required to be subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company shall file with the SEC (if then
permissible), and, within 15 days after such reports would be required to be
filed, provide the Trustee and the Securityholder with, copies of its annual
report and the information, documents and other reports which are specified in
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. In addition, following a Public Equity
Offering, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee and the Securityholders,
promptly upon their becoming available, copies of the annual report to
shareholders and any other information provided by the Company or Holdings to
its public shareholders generally. The Company also shall comply with the other
provisions of TIA Section 314(a).
SECTION 4.03. LIMITATION ON INDEBTEDNESS. (a) The Company shall
not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, Incur any Indebtedness;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company may Incur Indebtedness if on the date
thereof the Consolidated Coverage Ratio would be greater than 2.00:1.00 if such
Indebtedness is Incurred on or prior to September 30, 1998, and 2.25:1.00 if
such Indebtedness is Incurred thereafter.
(b) NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION 4.03(A), the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries may Incur the following Indebtedness:
(i) Indebtedness under the Senior Credit Facility (as the same may be
amended from time to time) and any Refinancing Indebtedness with respect
thereto in each case in an aggregate principal amount which, when added to
all other Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (i) and then
outstanding, shall not exceed $100,000,000 less the sum of all repayments
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thereon made with the Net Cash Proceeds from Asset Dispositions (to the
extent, in the case of repayment of revolving credit Indebtedness, that the
corresponding commitments have been permanently reduced); PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that any Refinancing Indebtedness with respect to Indebtedness
Incurred pursuant to this clause (i) shall not be subject to the
limitations contained in clauses (i) and (ii) of the definition of
Refinancing Indebtedness;
(ii) Indebtedness (A) of the Company to any Restricted Subsidiary and
(B) of any Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or any other Restricted
Subsidiary;
(iii) Indebtedness represented by the Securities, any Indebtedness
(other than the Indebtedness described in clauses (i) and (ii) above)
outstanding on the date of this Indenture and any Refinancing Indebtedness
Incurred in respect of any Indebtedness described in this clause (iii) or
paragraph (a) of this Section 4.03;
(iv) Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in
respect of (A) industrial revenue bonds or other similar governmental and
municipal bonds and (B) the deferred purchase price of newly acquired
property of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, or the price of
construction or improvement of any property of the Company or its
Subsidiaries, in each case used in the ordinary course of business of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, including Capitalized Lease Obligations,
whether such Indebtedness is owed to the seller or Person carrying out such
construction or improvement or to a third party (provided such financing is
entered into within 180 days of the acquisition or conclusion of such
construction or improvement of such property) in an amount (based on the
remaining balance of the obligations therefor on the books of the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries) which in the case of the preceding clauses
(A) and (B) shall not exceed $12,000,000 in the aggregate at any time
outstanding;
(v) Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
(which may comprise Bank Indebtedness) in an aggregate principal amount at
any time outstanding not in excess of $15,000,000;
(vi) Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount at any time
outstanding not in excess of $5,000,000 in respect of letters of credit
(other than letters of credit issued under the Senior Credit Facility);
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(vii) (A) Indebtedness assumed in connection with acquisitions
permitted under the Senior Credit Facility or any Refinancing Indebtedness
in respect thereof (so long as such Indebtedness was not incurred in
anticipation of such acquisitions), (B) Indebtedness of newly acquired
Subsidiaries acquired in such acquisitions (so long as such Indebtedness
was not incurred in anticipation of such acquisitions) and (C) Indebtedness
owed to the seller in any acquisition permitted under the Senior Credit
Facility or any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof constituting
part of the purchase price thereof, all in an aggregate principal amount at
any time outstanding not in excess of $5,000,000;
(viii) Indebtedness represented by the Note Guarantees and Guarantees of
Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (i), (iv) or (v) above;
(ix) Indebtedness incurred in connection with the repurchase of shares
of the Capital Stock of the Company or Holdings as permitted by Section
4.04(b)(vi)(C);
(x) Refinancing Indebtedness with respect to Indebtedness permitted
pursuant to clauses (iv), (vii) or (ix) of this paragraph (b) (provided
that such Refinancing Indebtedness shall be included in determining the
aggregate amount of Indebtedness for purposes of the monetary limitations
contained in such clauses); and
(xi) Hedging Obligations designed to protect the company or its
subsidiaries from fluctuations in interest or exchange rates.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.03, the
Company shall not Incur any Indebtedness (i) pursuant to Section 4.03(b) if the
proceeds thereof are used, directly or indirectly, to repay, prepay, redeem,
defease, retire, refund or refinance any Subordinated Obligations unless such
Indebtedness shall be subordinated to the Securities to at least the same extent
as such Subordinated Obligations or (ii) pursuant to Section 4.03(a) or 4.03(b)
if such Indebtedness is subordinate or junior in right of payment to any Senior
Indebtedness unless such Indebtedness is Senior Subordinated Indebtedness or is
expressly subordinated in right of payment to Senior Subordinated Indebtedness.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.03, the
maximum amount of Indebtedness that the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may
Incur pursuant to any provision of this
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Section shall not be deemed to be exceeded solely as a result of fluctuations in
the exchange rates of currencies. For purposes of determining the outstanding
principal amount of any particular Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this
Section 4.03, (1) Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to the Senior Credit Facility
prior to or on the date of this Indenture shall be treated as Incurred pursuant
to Section 4.03(b)(i), (2) Indebtedness permitted by this Section 4.03 need not
be permitted solely by reference to one provision permitting such Indebtedness
but may be permitted in part by one such provision and in part by one or more
other provisions of this Section permitting such Indebtedness and (3) in the
event that Indebtedness or any portion thereof meets the criteria of more than
one of the types of Indebtedness described in this Section, the Company, in its
sole discretion, shall classify such Indebtedness and only be required to
include the amount of such Indebtedness in one of such clauses.
SECTION 4.04. LIMITATION ON RESTRICTED PAYMENTS. (e)The Company
shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary, directly or
indirectly, to (i) declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution on or in
respect of its Capital Stock (including any payment in connection with any
merger or consolidation involving the Company) except dividends or distributions
payable solely in its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) and except
dividends or distributions payable to the Company or another Restricted
Subsidiary (and, if such Restricted Subsidiary is not wholly owned, to its other
shareholders on a pro rata basis), (ii) repurchase, redeem, retire or otherwise
acquire for value any Capital Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
held by Persons other than the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary,
(iii) purchase, repurchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for
value, prior to scheduled maturity, scheduled repayment or scheduled sinking
fund payment any Subordinated Obligations (other than the purchase, repurchase
or other acquisition of Subordinated Obligations purchased in anticipation of
satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity,
in each case due within one year of the date of acquisition), or (iv) make any
Investment (other than a Permitted Investment) in any Person (any such dividend,
distribution, purchase, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, other acquisition,
retirement, payment or Investment being herein referred to as a "Restricted
Payment") if at the time the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary makes such
Restricted Payment:
(1) a Default shall have occurred and be continuing (or would result
therefrom);
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(2) the Company could not Incur at least $1.00 of additional
Indebtedness under Section 4.03(a); or
(3) the aggregate amount of such Restricted Payment and all other
Restricted Payments (the amount so expended, if other than in cash, to be
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination
shall be conclusive and evidenced by a resolution of the Board of
Directors) declared or made subsequent to the Issue Date would exceed the
sum of:
(A) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income accrued during the period
(treated as one accounting period) from the beginning of the fiscal
quarter during which the Securities are originally issued to the end
of the most recent fiscal quarter ending prior to the date of such
Restricted Payment for which consolidated income statements of the
company are available (or, in case such Consolidated Net Income shall
be a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit);
(B) the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by the Company from
capital contribution by Holding with respect to, or the issue or sale
of, the Company's Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock)
subsequent to the Issue Date (other than an issuance or sale to a
Subsidiary of the Company or an employee stock ownership plan or other
trust established by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries);
(C) the amount by which Indebtedness of the Company or its
Restricted Subsidiaries is reduced on the Company's balance sheet upon
the conversion or exchange (other than by a Subsidiary) subsequent to
the Issue Date of any Indebtedness of the Company or its Restricted
Subsidiaries convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock (other
than Disqualified Stock) of the Company (less the amount of any cash
or other property distributed by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary upon such conversion or exchange); and
(D) without duplication, the sum of (x) the aggregate amount
returned in cash on or with respect to Investments (other than
Permitted Investments) made subsequent to the Issue Date whether
through interest payments, principal payments, dividends or other
distributions or payments, (y) the Net Cash Proceeds received by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from
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the disposition of all or any portion of such Investments (other than
to a Subsidiary of the Company) and (z) upon redesignation of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the fair market
value of such Subsidiary; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that with respect to all
Investments made in any Unrestricted Subsidiary or joint venture the
sum of clauses (x), (y) and (z) above with respect to such Investments
shall not exceed the aggregate amount of all such Investments made
subsequent to the date hereof in such Unrestricted Subsidiary.
(b) The provisions of Section 4.04(a) shall not prohibit:
(i) any purchase or redemption of Capital Stock of the Company or
Subordinated Obligations made out of a substantially concurrent capital
contribution to, or by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the
substantially concurrent sale of, Capital Stock of the Company (other than
Disqualified Stock and other than Capital Stock issued or sold to a
Subsidiary or an employee stock ownership plan or other trust established
by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (A)
such capital contribution, purchase or redemption shall be excluded in the
calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments and (B) the Net Cash
Proceeds from such capital contribution or sale applied in the manner set
forth in this clause (i) shall be excluded from clause (3)(B) of Section
4.04(a);
(ii) any purchase or redemption of Subordinated Obligations made by
exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale
of, Indebtedness of the Company which is permitted to be Incurred pursuant
to Section 4.03; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such purchase or redemption shall
be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;
(iii) any purchase or redemption of Subordinated Obligations from Net
Available Cash to the extent permitted by Section 4.06; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that such purchase or redemption shall be excluded in the calculation of
the amount of Restricted Payments;
(iv) dividends paid within 60 days after the date of declaration
thereof if at such date of declaration such dividend would have complied
with Section 4.04(a); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such dividend shall be
included in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;
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(v) payments by the Company to members of management of the Company
under the management incentive and equity participation plans as a result
of and upon the Acquisition; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such payments shall
be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments; or
(vi) payment of dividends, other distributions or other amounts by the
Company for the purposes set forth in clauses (A) through (D) below;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such dividend, distribution or amount set forth in
clauses (A), (C) and (D) shall be included in the calculation of the amount
of Restricted Payments for the purposes of Section 4.04(a):
(A) to Holdings in amounts equal to the amounts required for
Holdings to pay franchise taxes and other fees required to maintain
its corporate existence and provide for other operating costs of up to
$500,000 per fiscal year;
(B) to Holdings in amounts equal to amounts required for
Holdings to pay Federal, state and local income taxes to the extent
such income taxes are attributable to the income of the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries (and, to the extent of amounts actually
received from its Unrestricted Subsidiaries, in amounts required to
pay such taxes to the extent attributable to the income of such
Unrestricted Subsidiaries); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such dividend or
distribution from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall not be included in
the calculation of Consolidated Net Income and any such dividend or
distribution to Holdings shall not be included in the amount of
Restricted Payments;
(C) to Holdings in amounts equal to amounts expended by Holdings
to repurchase Capital Stock of Holdings owned by former employees of
the Company or its Subsidiaries or their assigns, estates and heirs;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the aggregate amount paid, loaned or advanced
to Holdings pursuant to this clause (C) shall not, in the aggregate,
exceed $2,500,000 per fiscal year of the Company, up to a maximum
aggregate amount of $7,500,000 during the term of this Indenture, plus
any amounts contributed by Holdings to the Company as a result of
resales of such repurchased shares of Capital Stock;
(D) so long as, after giving effect thereto, no Default has
ocurred and is continuing, on May 1 and
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November 1 in each year (or, if such day is not a Business Day, on the
next succeeding Business Day), the Company may pay cash dividends to
Holdings on the Existing Preferred Stock to enable Holdings to pay
dividends or interest to the holders of the Holding Securities in
respect of the six-month period ended on such day (or accrued deferred
interest in respect of any prior period); provided that within 20 days
Holdings uses such dividends to pay current or accrued cash interest
on the Holding Securities;
(vii) payments which would otherwise be Restricted Payments in an
aggregate amount not to exceed $2,500,000; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such
payments shall be included in the calculation of the amount of Restricted
Payments; or
(viii) after, 1998, Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries or joint
ventures in an amount not to exceed $2,500,000 at any time outstanding;
provided, however, that such Investments shall be included in the
calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments.
SECTION 4.05. LIMITATION ON RESTRICTIONS ON DISTRIBUTIONS FROM
RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARIES. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any
Restricted Subsidiary to, create or otherwise cause or permit to exist or become
effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any
Restricted Subsidiary to (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions on
its Capital Stock or pay any Indebtedness or other obligations owed to the
Company, (ii) make any loans or advances to the Company or (iii) transfer any of
its property or assets to the Company, except:
(1) any encumbrance or restriction pursuant to an agreement in effect
at or entered into on the date of this Indenture;
(2) any encumbrance or restriction with respect to a Restricted
Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement relating to any Indebtedness Incurred
by such Restricted Subsidiary prior to the date on which such Restricted
Subsidiary was acquired by the Company or designated as a Restricted
Subsidiary (other than Indebtedness Incurred as consideration in, or to
provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized to
consummate, the transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to
which such Restricted Subsidiary became a Restricted Subsidiary or was
acquired by the Company) and outstanding on such date;
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(3) any encumbrance or restriction pursuant to an agreement effecting
a refinancing of Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to an agreement referred to
in clause (1) or (2) of this Section 4.05 or this clause (3) or contained
in any amendment, supplement or other modification to an agreement referred
to in clause (1) or (2) of this Section 4.05 or this clause (3); PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that the encumbrances and restrictions contained in any such
refinancing agreement or amendment, supplement or other modification are
not materially less favorable to the Securityholders than encumbrances and
restrictions contained in such agreements;
(4) in the case of clause (iii), any encumbrance or restriction (A)
that restricts in a customary manner the subletting, assignment or transfer
of any property or asset that is subject to a lease, license or similar
contract, (B) by virtue of any transfer of, agreement to transfer, option
or right with respect to, or Lien on, any property or assets of the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture or
(C) contained in security agreements or mortgages securing Indebtedness of
a Restricted Subsidiary to the extent such encumbrance or restrictions
restrict the transfer of the property subject to such security agreements
or mortgages; and
(5) any restriction with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary imposed
pursuant to an agreement entered into for the sale or disposition of all or
substantially all the Capital Stock or assets of such Restricted Subsidiary
pending the closing of such sale or disposition.
SECTION 4.06. LIMITATION ON SALES OF ASSETS AND SUBSIDIARY STOCK.
(f) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to,
make any Asset Disposition unless (i) the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary
receives consideration (including by way of relief from, or by any other Person
assuming sole responsibility for, any liabilities, contingent or otherwise) at
the time of such Asset Disposition at least equal to the fair market value of
the shares and assets subject to such Asset Disposition, (ii) at least 80% of
the consideration thereof received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary
is in the form of cash and (iii) an amount equal to 100% of the Net Available
Cash from such Asset Disposition is applied by the Company (or such Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be): (A) FIRST, to the extent the Company elects
(or is required by the terms of any Senior Indebtedness or Indebtedness (other
than Preferred Stock) of a Wholly Owned Subsidiary), to prepay, repay or
purchase Senior Indebtedness or such Indebtedness (other than
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Preferred Stock) of a Wholly Owned Subsidiary (in each case other than
Indebtedness owed to the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) within 12
months after the later of the date of such Asset Disposition or the receipt of
such Net Available Cash; (B) SECOND, to the extent of the balance of Net
Available Cash after application in accordance with clause (A), to the extent
the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary elects, to reinvest in Additional
Assets (including by means of an Investment in Additional Assets by a Restricted
Subsidiary with Net Available Cash received by the Company or another Restricted
Subsidiary) within 12 months from the later of the date of such Asset
Disposition or the receipt of such Net Available Cash; (C) THIRD, to the extent
of the balance of such Net Available Cash after application in accordance with
clauses (A) and (B), to make an Offer to purchase Securities pursuant and
subject to the conditions of this Indenture to the Securityholders at a purchase
price of 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest
to the purchase date; and (D) FOURTH, to the extent of the balance of such Net
Available Cash after application in accordance with clauses (A), (B) and (C), to
any application not prohibited by this Indenture. The Company and the
Restricted Subsidiaries shall not be required to apply any Net Available Cash in
accordance with this Section 4.06 except to the extent that the aggregate Net
Available Cash from all Asset Dispositions that is not applied in accordance
with this Section 4.06 exceeds $2,000,000.
For the purposes of this Section 4.06, the following are deemed to be
cash: (x) the assumption of Indebtedness of the Company (other than
Disqualified Stock of the Company) or any Restricted Subsidiary and the release
of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from all liability on such
Indebtedness in connection with such Asset Disposition; and (y) securities
received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from the transferee that
are converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash within 12
months.
(b) In the event of an Asset Disposition that requires the purchase
of Securities pursuant to Section 4.06(a)(iii)(C), the Company shall be required
to purchase Securities tendered pursuant to an offer by the Company for the
Securities (the "Offer") at a purchase price of 100% of their principal amount
plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Purchase Date in accordance with the
procedures (including prorating in the event of oversubscription) set forth in
Section 4.06(c). If the aggregate purchase price of Securities tendered
pursuant to the Offer is less than the Net Available Cash allotted to the
purchase of the Securities, the Company shall apply the remaining Net Available
Cash in accordance with Section 4.06(a)(iii)(D). The Company shall
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not be required to make an Offer for Securities pursuant to this Section if the
Net Available Cash available therefor (after application of the proceeds as
provided in clauses (A) and (B) of Section 4.06(a)(iii)) is less than $5,000,000
for any particular Asset Disposition (which lesser amounts shall be carried
forward for purposes of determining whether an Offer is required with respect to
the Net Available Cash from any subsequent Asset Disposition).
(c) (1) Promptly, and in any event within 10 days after the Company
becomes obligated to make an Offer, the Company shall be obligated to deliver to
the Trustee and send, by first-class mail to each Holder, a written notice
stating that the Holder may elect to have his Securities purchased by the
Company either in whole or in part (subject to prorationing as hereinafter
described in the event the Offer is oversubscribed) in integral multiples of
$1,000 of principal amount, at the applicable purchase price. The notice shall
specify a purchase date not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days after the
date of such notice (the "Purchase Date") and shall contain such information
concerning the business of the Company which the Company in good faith believes
will enable such Holders to make an informed decision (which at a minimum shall
include (i) the most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K (including
audited consolidated financial statements) of the Company, the most recent
subsequently filed Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and any Current Report on Form
8-K of the Company filed subsequent to such Quarterly Report, other than Current
Reports describing Asset Dispositions otherwise described in the offering
materials (or corresponding successor reports), (ii) a description of material
developments in the Company's business subsequent to the date of the latest of
such reports, and (iii) if material, appropriate pro forma financial
information) and all instructions and materials necessary to tender Securities
pursuant to the Offer, together with the address referred to in clause (3).
(2) Not later than the date upon which written notice of an Offer is
delivered to the Trustee as provided above, the Company shall deliver to the
Trustee an Officers' Certificate as to (i) the amount of the Offer (the "Offer
Amount"), (ii) the allocation of the Net Available Cash from the Asset
Dispositions pursuant to which such Offer is being made and (iii) the compliance
of such allocation with the provisions of Section 4.06(a). On such date, the
Company shall also irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent
in Temporary Cash Investments an amount equal to the Offer Amount to be held for
payment in accordance with the provisions of this Section. Upon the expiration
of the period for which the Offer remains open (the "Offer Period"), the Company
shall deliver to the Trustee for cancellation the Securities or
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portions thereof which have been properly tendered to and are to be accepted by
the Company. From funds on hand and available for such purpose, the Trustee (or
the Paying Agent, if not the Trustee) shall, on the Purchase Date, mail or
deliver payment to each tendering Holder in the amount of the purchase price.
In the event that the aggregate purchase price of the Securities delivered by
the Company to the Trustee is less than the Offer Amount, the Trustee shall
deliver the excess to the Company immediately after the expiration of the Offer
Period for application in accordance with this Section 4.06.
(3) Holders electing to have a Security purchased shall be required
to surrender the Security, with an appropriate form duly completed, to the
Company at the address specified in the notice at least three Business Days
prior to the Purchase Date. Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their
election if the Trustee receives not later than one Business Day prior to the
Purchase Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth
the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Security which was delivered
by the Holder for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his
election to have such Security purchased. If at the expiration of the Offer
Period the aggregate principal amount of Securities surrendered by Holders
exceeds the Offer Amount, the Company shall select the Securities to be
purchased on a pro rata basis (with such adjustments as may be deemed
appropriate by the Company so that only Securities in denominations of $1,000,
or integral multiples thereof, shall be purchased). Holders whose Securities
are purchased only in part will be issued new Securities equal in principal
amount to the unpurchased portion of the Securities surrendered.
(4) At the time the Company delivers Securities to the Trustee which
are to be accepted for purchase, the Company shall also deliver an Officers'
Certificate stating that such Securities are to be accepted by the Company
pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Section 4.06; as well as an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that all of the requirements of this Section
4.06 have been satisfied. A Security shall be deemed to have been accepted for
purchase at the time the Trustee, directly or through an agent, mails or
delivers payment therefor to the surrendering Holder.
(d) The Company shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the
requirements of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws
or regulations in connection with the repurchase of Securities pursuant to this
Section 4.06. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or
regulations conflict with provisions of this Section 4.06, the Company shall
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comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be
deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.06 by virtue
thereof.
SECTION 4.07. LIMITATION ON TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES. (a) The
Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly
or indirectly, enter into or conduct any transaction (including, the purchase,
sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with
any Affiliate of the Company (an "Affiliate Transaction") on terms (i) that are
less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be,
than those that could be obtained at the time of such transaction in
arm's-length dealings with a Person who is not such an Affiliate and (ii) that,
in the event such Affiliate Transaction involves an aggregate amount in excess
of $500,000, are not in writing and have not been approved by a majority of the
members of the Board of Directors having no personal stake in such Affiliate
Transaction. In addition, any transaction involving aggregate payments or other
transfers by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in excess of
$3,000,000, shall also require an opinion from an independent investment banking
firm or appraiser that is nationally recognized, as appropriate, to the effect
that such transaction is fair to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from
a financial point of view.
(b) The provisions of Section 4.07(a) shall not apply to (i) any
Permitted Investment or Restricted Payment permitted to be made or paid
pursuant to Section 4.04, (ii) the performance of the Company's or Subsidiary's
obligations under any employment contract, collective bargaining agreement,
employee benefit plan, related trust agreement or any other similar arrangement
heretofore or hereafter entered into in the ordinary course of business,
(iii) payment of compensation to employees, officers, directors or consultants
in the ordinary course of business, (iv) maintenance in the ordinary course of
business (and payments required thereby) of benefit programs or arrangements for
employees, officers or directors, including vacation plans, health and life
insurance plans, deferred compensation plans, directors' and officers'
indemnification agreements, arrangements, and insurance and retirement or
savings plans and similar plans, (v) any transaction between the Company and a
Wholly Owned Subsidiary or between Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, (vi) beginning
November 1, 1999, the payment of certain fees under the Management Agreement or
any amendment or supplement thereto, to the extent that such payment shall not
exceed an aggregate amount of $1,350,000 during any 12- month period, or
(vii) payments made to Holdings to reimburse Holdings for costs, fees and
expenses incident to a registration of any of
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the capital stock of Holdings for a primary offering under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, so long as the net proceeds (after application to the
redemption of the Holding Securities) of such offering (if it is completed) are
contributed to, or otherwise used for the benefit of, the Company.
SECTION 4.08. CHANGE OF CONTROL. (g) Upon a Change of Control, each
Holder shall have the right to require that the Company repurchase all or any
part of such Holder's Securities at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of
the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the
date of purchase (subject to the right of Holders of record on a record date to
receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date), in accordance with
the terms contemplated in Section 4.08(b); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
notwithstanding the occurrence of a Change in Control, the Company shall not be
obligated to purchase the Securities pursuant to this Section 4.08 in the event
that it has exercised its right to redeem all the Securities under Section 3.07
hereof and such redemption is permitted by the terms of the Bank Indebtedness
(or the requisite number of lenders thereof has consented thereto). In the
event that at the time of such Change of Control the terms of the Bank
Indebtedness restrict or prohibit the repurchase of Securities pursuant to this
Section 4.08, then prior to the mailing of the notice to Holders provided for
in Section 4.08(b) below but in any event within 30 days following any Change of
Control, the Company shall (i) repay in full all Bank Indebtedness or offer to
repay in full all Bank Indebtedness and repay the Bank Indebtedness of each
lender who has accepted such offer or (ii) obtain the requisite consent under
the agreements governing the Bank Indebtedness to permit the repurchase of the
Securities as provided for in Section 4.08(b).
(b) Within 30 days following any Change of Control (except as
provided in the proviso to the first sentence of Section 4.08(a)), the Company
shall mail a notice to each Holder with a copy to the Trustee stating:
(1) that a Change of Control has occurred and that such Holder has
the right to require the Company to purchase such Holder's Securities at a
purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase (subject to
the right of Holders of record on a record date to receive interest due on
the relevant interest payment date);
(2) the circumstances and relevant facts and financial information
regarding such Change of Control;
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(3) the repurchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor
later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed and not more than 90
days after the Change of Control); and
(4) the instructions determined by the Company, consistent with this
Section 4.08, that a Holder must follow in order to have its Securities
purchased.
(c) Holders electing to have a Security purchased shall be required
to surrender the Security, with an appropriate form duly completed, to the
Company at the address specified in the notice at least three Business Days
prior to the purchase date. Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their
election if the Trustee receives not later than one Business Day prior to the
purchase date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth
the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Security which was delivered
for purchase by the Holder and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his
election to have such Security purchased.
(d) On the purchase date, all Securities purchased by the Company
under this Section 4.08 shall be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, and
the Company shall pay the purchase price plus accrued and unpaid interest, if
any, to the purchase date to the Holders entitled thereto.
(e) The Company shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the
requirements of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws
or regulations in connection with the repurchase of Securities pursuant to this
Section 4.08. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or
regulations conflict with provisions of this Section 4.08, the Company shall
comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be
deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.08 by virtue
thereof.
SECTION 4.09. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE. The Company shall deliver to
the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company an
Officers' Certificate complying with Section 314(a)(4) of the TIA and stating
that a review of its activities and the activities of its Subsidiaries during
the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing
Officers with a view to determining whether the Company has kept, observed,
performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture and further
stating, as to each Officer signing such certificate, whether or not the signer
knows of any failure by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company to comply
with any conditions or
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covenants in this Indenture, and, if such signer does know of such a failure to
comply, the certificate shall describe such failure with particularity and
describe what actions, if any, the Company proposes to take with respect to such
failure.
SECTION 4.10. FURTHER INSTRUMENTS AND ACTS. Upon request of the
Trustee, the Company shall execute and deliver such further instruments and do
such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more
effectively the purpose of this Indenture.
SECTION 4.11. LIMITATION ON LIENS. The Company shall not, and shall
not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, create or
permit to exist any Lien on any of its property or assets (including Capital
Stock), whether owned on the date of this Indenture or thereafter acquired,
securing any obligation other than Permitted Liens unless the obligations due
under the Indenture and the Notes are secured, on an equal and ratable basis
(or on a senior basis, in the case of Indebtedness subordinated in right of
payment to the Securities) with the obligations so secured.
SECTION 4.12. SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES. The Company shall cause each
Domestic Subsidiary that Incurs Indebtedness and each Restricted Subsidiary that
is a guarantor of Indebtedness Incurred, in each case, pursuant to clause (b)(i)
of Section 4.03 to execute and deliver to the Trustee a Note Guarantee pursuant
to which such Subsidiary shall Guarantee payment of the Securities on the terms
and conditions set forth in this Indenture. Each Note Guarantee shall be
limited in amount to an amount not to exceed the maximum amount that can be
Guaranteed by that Subsidiary without rendering the Note Guarantee, as it
relates to such Subsidiary, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent
conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of
creditors generally.
SECTION 4.13. LIMITATION ON LINES OF BUSINESS. The Company shall
not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, engage in any business,
other than a Related Business.
ARTICLE 5.
Successor Company
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SECTION 5.01. WHEN COMPANY MAY MERGE OR TRANSFER ASSETS. The Company
shall not consolidate with or merge with or into, or
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convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all its assets to, any Person,
unless:
i. the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the "Successor
Company") is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the
United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and
the Successor Company (if not the Company) expressly assumes, by an
indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in
form satisfactory to the Trustee, all the obligations of the Company under
the Securities and this Indenture;
ii. immediately after giving effect to such transaction (and treating
any Indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Successor Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been
Incurred by the Successor Company or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time
of such transaction), no Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
iii. immediately after giving effect to such transaction, the
Successor Company would be able to incur an additional $1.00 of
Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.03(a);
iv. immediately after giving effect to such transaction, the
Successor Company shall have Consolidated Net Worth in an amount which is
not less than the Consolidated Net Worth of the Company immediately prior
to such transaction; and
v. the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture (if any)
comply with this Indenture.
The Successor Company shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and
may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture, but the
predecessor Company in the case of a lease of all or substantially all its
assets shall not be released from the obligation to pay the principal of and
interest on the Securities.
Notwithstanding the foregoing clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv), (1) any
Restricted Subsidiary may consolidate with, merge into or transfer all or part
of its properties and assets to the Company and (2) the Company may merge with
an Affiliate incorporated for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in
another jurisdiction to realize tax or other benefits.
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ARTICLE 1.
Defaults and Remedies
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SECTION 6.01. EVENTS OF DEFAULT. An "Event of Default" occurs if:
(1) the Company defaults in any payment of interest on any Security
when the same becomes due and payable, whether or not such payment shall
be prohibited by Article 10, and such default continues for a period of 30
days;
(2) the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of any
Security when the same becomes due and payable at its Stated Maturity, upon
optional redemption, upon required repurchase (including those pursuant to
Section 4.06 and 4.08), upon declaration or otherwise, whether or not such
payment shall be prohibited by Article 10;
(3) the Company fails to comply with Section 5.01;
(4) the Company fails to comply with Section 4.03, 4.04, 4.06, 4.08 or
4.12 (other than a failure to purchase Securities when required under
Section 4.06 or 4.08) and such failure continues for 30 days after the
notice specified below;
(5) the Company fails to comply with any of its agreements in the
Securities or this Indenture (other than those referred to in (1), (2), (3)
or (4) above) and such failure continues for 60 days after the notice
specified below;
(6) Indebtedness of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary is not
paid within any applicable grace period after final maturity or the
acceleration by the holders thereof because of a default and the total
amount of such Indebtedness unpaid or accelerated exceeds $10,000,000 or
its foreign currency equivalent at the time;
(7) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within
the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
(A) commences a voluntary case;
(B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an
involuntary case;
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(C) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for any
substantial part of its property;
(D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;
or takes any comparable action under any foreign laws relating to
insolvency;
(8) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under
any Bankruptcy Law that:
(A) is for relief against the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary in an involuntary case;
(B) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary or for any substantial part of its property; or
(C) orders the winding up or liquidation of the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary;
or any similar relief is granted under any foreign laws and the order or
decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days;
(9) any judgment or decree for the payment of money in excess of
$10,000,000 or its foreign currency equivalent at the time is entered
against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary and is not discharged,
waived or stayed and either (A) an enforcement proceeding has been
commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or decree or (B) there is a
period of 60 days following the entry of such judgment or decree during
which such judgment or decree is not discharged, waived or the execution
thereof stayed; or
(10) any Note Guarantee by a Guarantor which is a Significant
Subsidiary shall cease to be in full force and effect (except as
contemplated by the terms thereof) or any such Note Guarantor or person
acting by or on behalf of such Guarantor shall deny or disaffirm its
obligations under this Indenture or any Note Guarantee and such Default
continues for 10 days after the notice specified below.
The foregoing shall constitute Events of Default whatever the reason
for any such Event of Default and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is
effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any
court or any
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order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body.
The term "Bankruptcy Law" means ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Code, or any
similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors. The term "Custodian"
means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian or similar official
under any Bankruptcy Law.
A Default under clause (4) or (5) is not an Event of Default until the
Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Securities
notify the Company of the Default and the Company does not cure such Default
within the time specified after receipt of such notice. Such notice must
specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that such notice is a
"Notice of Default".
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days after the
occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officers' Certificate of
any Event of Default under clause (6) and any event which with the giving of
notice or the lapse of time would become an Event of Default under clause (4),
(5) or (9), its status and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take
with respect thereto.
SECTION 6.02. ACCELERATION. If an Event of Default (other than an
Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(7) or (8) with respect to the
Company) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Company, or the
Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Securities by notice to the
Company and the Trustee, may declare the principal of and accrued but unpaid
interest on all the Securities to be due and payable. Upon such a declaration,
such principal and interest shall be due and payable immediately. If an Event
of Default specified in Section 6.01(7) or (8) with respect to the Company
occurs, the principal of and interest on all the Securities shall IPSO FACTO
become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act
on the part of the Trustee or any Securityholders. The Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Securities by notice to the Trustee may rescind an
acceleration and its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any
judgment or decree and if all existing Events of Default have been cured or
waived except nonpayment of principal or interest that has become due solely
because of acceleration. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default
or impair any right consequent thereto.
SECTION 6.03. OTHER REMEDIES. If an Event of Default occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available
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remedy to collect the payment of principal of or interest on the Securities or
to enforce the performance of any provision of the Securities or this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any
of the Securities or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or
omission by the Trustee or any Securityholder in exercising any right or remedy
accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or
constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is
exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative.
SECTION 6.04. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS. The Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Securities by notice to the Trustee may waive an
existing Default and its consequences except (i) a Default in the payment of the
principal of or interest on a Security or (ii) a Default in respect of a
provision that under Section 9.02 cannot be amended without the consent of each
Securityholder affected. When a Default is waived, it is deemed cured, but no
such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any
consequent right.
SECTION 6.05. CONTROL BY MAJORITY. The Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Securities may direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. However, the Trustee
may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or,
subject to Section 7.01, that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to
the rights of other Securityholders or would involve the Trustee in personal
liability; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Trustee may take any other action deemed
proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction. Prior to
taking any action hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification
satisfactory against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such
action.
SECTION 6.06. LIMITATION ON SUITS. A Securityholder may not pursue
any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Securities unless:
(1) the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice stating that an
Event of Default is continuing;
(2) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Securities
make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
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(3) such Holder or Holders offer to the Trustee reasonable security
or indemnity against any loss, liability or expense;
(4) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after
receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity; and
(5) the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities
do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request during
such 60-day period.
A Securityholder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of
another Securityholder or to obtain a preference or priority over another
Securityholder.
SECTION 6.07. RIGHTS OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PAYMENT. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder to receive
payment of principal of and interest on the Securities held by such Holder, on
or after the respective due dates expressed in the Securities, or to bring suit
for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall
not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 6.08. COLLECTION SUIT BY TRUSTEE. If an Event of Default
specified in Section 6.01(1) or (2) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may
recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the
Company for the whole amount then due and owing (together with interest on any
unpaid interest to the extent lawful) and the amounts provided for in Section
7.07.
SECTION 6.09. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM. The Trustee may file
such proofs of claim and other papers or documents and take such other actions,
including participating as a member, voting or otherwise, of any committee of
creditors appointed in the matter, as may be necessary or advisable in order to
have the claims of the Trustee and the Securityholders allowed in any judicial
proceedings relative to the Company, any Subsidiary or Note Guarantor, their
creditors or their property and, unless prohibited by law or applicable
regulations, may vote on behalf of the Holders in any election of a trustee in
bankruptcy or other Person performing similar functions, and any Custodian in
any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make
payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the
making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any
amount due it for the reasonable
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compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and its counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07.
SECTION 6.10. PRIORITIES. If the Trustee collects any money or
property pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money or property in
the following order:
FIRST: to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.07;
SECOND: to holders of Senior Indebtedness to the extent required by
Article 10;
THIRD: to Securityholders for amounts due and unpaid on the
Securities for principal and interest, ratably, without preference or
priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the
Securities for principal and interest, respectively; and
FOURTH: to the Company.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to
Securityholders pursuant to this Section. At least 15 days before such record
date, the Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder and the Company a notice
that states the record date, the payment date and amount to be paid.
SECTION 6.11. UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS. In any suit for the enforcement
of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee
for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may
require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay
the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable
costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in the
suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses
made by the party litigant. This Section does not apply to a suit by the
Company, a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07 or a
suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the Securities.
SECTION 6.12. WAIVER OF STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS. The Company (to the
extent it may lawfully do so) shall not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in
any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or
extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may
affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to
the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives
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all benefit or advantage of any such law, and shall not 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 had been enacted.
ARTICLE 7.
Trustee
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SECTION 7.01. DUTIES OF TRUSTEE. (a) If an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers
vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in
their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances
in the conduct of such person's own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such
duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied
covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the
Trustee; and
(2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of
the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to
the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However,
the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine
whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own
negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own wilful misconduct,
except that:
(1) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this
Section;
(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in
good faith by a Trust Officer unless it is proved that the Trustee was
negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
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(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it
takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction
received by it pursuant to Section 6.05.
(d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the
Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 7.01 and to
the provisions of the TIA.
(e) 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.
(f) Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from
other funds except to the extent required by law.
(g) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its
rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds to believe that repayment
of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not
reasonably assured to it.
SECTION 7.02. RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE. Subject to Section 7.01:
(a) The Trustee may rely on 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. The Trustee shall not
be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in
reliance on the Officers' Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.
(c) The Trustee may act through 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 which it believes to be authorized or within its
rights or powers; provided, however, that the Trustee's conduct does not
constitute wilful misconduct or negligence.
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(e) The Trustee may consult with counsel, and the advice or opinion
of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and the
Securities shall be full and complete authorization and protection from
liability in respect to any action taken, omitted or suffered by it
hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of
such counsel.
(f) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval,
bond, debenture, note or other paper or document unless requested in
writing to do so by the Holders of not less than a majority in principal
amount of the Securities at the time outstanding, but the Trustee, in its
discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts
or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make
such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the
books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or
attorney, during reasonable business hours and subject to executing a
confidentiality undertaking in customary form with respect to confidential
and/or proprietary information of the Company; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if
the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses
or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such
investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to
the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture,
the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such expense or
liability as a condition to so proceeding.
(g) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any default
or fact the occurrence of which requires the Trustee to take any action
(other than a payment default hereunder) unless a Trust Officer knows of
such default or fact.
SECTION 7.03. INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE. The Trustee in its
individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities
and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights
it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Paying Agent, Registrar, co-registrar
or co-paying agent may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee must
comply with Sections 7.10 and 7.11.
SECTION 7.04. TRUSTEE'S DISCLAIMER. The Trustee shall not be
responsible for and makes no representation as to the
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validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities, it shall not be
accountable for the Company's use of the proceeds from the Securities, and it
shall not be responsible for any statement of the Company in this Indenture or
in any document issued in connection with the sale of the Securities or in the
Securities other than the Trustee's certificate of authentication.
SECTION 7.05. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS. If a Default occurs and is
continuing and if it is known to a Trust Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee
shall mail to each Securityholder notice of the Default no later than the date
that is the earlier of 90 days after such default occurs or 30 days after it is
known to a Trust Officer or written notice is received by the Trustee. Except
in the case of a Default in payment of principal of or interest on any Security
(including payments pursuant to the mandatory redemption provisions of such
Security, if any), the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a
committee of its Trust Officers in good faith determines that withholding the
notice is in the interests of Securityholders.
SECTION 7.06. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE TO HOLDERS. As promptly as
practicable after each May 15 beginning with the May 15 following the date of
this Indenture, but only upon the occurrence within the previous 12 months of
any events specified in TIA Section 313(a), the Trustee shall mail to each
Securityholder a brief report dated as of May 15 that complies with TIA Section
313(b).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Securityholders
shall be filed with the SEC and each stock exchange (if any) on which the
Securities are listed. The Company agrees to notify promptly the Trustee
whenever the Securities become listed on any stock exchange and of any
delisting thereof.
SECTION 7.07. COMPENSATION AND INDEMNITY. The Company shall pay to
the Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar from time to time reasonable
compensation for its services. The Trustee's compensation shall not be limited
by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall
reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
incurred or made by it, including costs of collection, in addition to the
compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable
compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee's agents,
counsel, accountants and experts. The Company shall indemnify the Trustee,
Paying Agent, Registrar, and each of their officers, directors, agents and
employees (each in their respective capacities), for and hold each of them
harmless against any and all loss, liability or expense (including attorneys'
fees) incurred by them without negligence or bad faith
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on their part in connection with the administration of this trust and the
performance of their duties hereunder. The Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar
shall notify the Company of any claim for which they may seek indemnity promptly
upon obtaining actual knowledge thereof; PROVIDED that any failure so to notify
the Company shall not relieve the Company of its indemnity obligations hereunder
except to the extent the Company shall have been adversely affected thereby.
The Company shall defend the claim and the indemnified party shall provide
reasonable cooperation at the Company's expense in the defense. Such
indemnified parties may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the fees
and expenses of such counsel; PROVIDED that the Company shall not be required to
pay such fees and expenses if it assumes such indemnified parties' defense and,
in such indemnified parties' reasonable judgment, there is no conflict of
interest between the Company and such parties in connection with such defense.
The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its written consent.
The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss,
liability or expense incurred by an indemnified party through such party's own
wilful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.
To secure the Company's payment obligations in this Section 7.07, the
Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities on all money or property held
or collected by the Trustee other than money or property held in trust to pay
principal of and interest on particular Securities.
The Company's payment obligations pursuant to this Section shall
survive the discharge of this Indenture. When the Trustee, Paying Agent or
Registrar incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in Section
6.01(7) or (8) with respect to the Company, the expenses are intended to
constitute expenses of administration under the Bankruptcy Law.
SECTION 7.08. REPLACEMENT OF TRUSTEE. The Trustee may resign at any
time by so notifying the Company in writing. The Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Securities may remove the Trustee by so notifying the
Company and the Trustee and may appoint a successor Trustee with the consent of
the Company, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Company shall remove
the Trustee if:
(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;
(2) the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;
(3) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or
its property; or
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(4) the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns, is removed by the Company or by the Holders of
a majority in principal amount of the Securities and such Holders do not
reasonably promptly appoint a successor Trustee, or if a vacancy exists in the
office of Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event being referred to
herein as the retiring Trustee), the Company shall promptly appoint 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 Securityholders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all
property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the lien
provided for in Section 7.07.
If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the
retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee or the Holders of
10% in principal amount of the Securities may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, any Securityholder
may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee
and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this
Section 7.08, the Company's obligations under Section 7.07 shall continue for
the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
SECTION 7.09. SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE BY MERGER. If the Trustee
consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially
all its corporate trust business or assets (including the trust created by this
Indenture) to, another corporation or banking association, the resulting,
surviving or transferee 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 Securities shall have been authenticated but not delivered,
any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of
any
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predecessor trustee, and deliver such Securities so authenticated; and in case
at that time any of the Securities shall not have been authenticated, any
successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Securities 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 Securities or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the
Trustee shall have.
SECTION 7.10. ELIGIBILITY; DISQUALIFICATION. The Trustee shall at
all times satisfy the requirements of TIA Section 310(a). The Trustee shall
have a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000 as set forth in its
most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with
TIA Section 310(b); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that there shall be excluded from the
operation of TIA Section 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which
other securities or certificates of interest or participation in other
securities of the Company are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion
set forth in TIA 310(b)(1) are met.
SECTION 7.11. PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY. The
Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor
relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been
removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated.
ARTICLE 8.
Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance
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SECTION 8.01. Discharge of Liability on Securities; Defeasance. (a)
When (i) the Company delivers to the Trustee all outstanding Securities (other
than Securities replaced pursuant to Section 2.07) for cancellation or (ii) all
outstanding Securities have become due and payable, whether at maturity or as a
result of the mailing of a notice of redemption pursuant to Article 3 hereof and
the Company irrevocably deposits with the Trustee funds or U.S. Government
Obligations on which payment of principal, premium (if any) and interest when
due will be sufficient to pay at maturity or upon redemption all outstanding
Securities, including interest thereon to maturity or such redemption date
(other than Securities replaced pursuant to Section 2.07), and if in either case
the Company pays all other sums payable hereunder by the Company, then this
Indenture shall, subject to Section 8.01(c), cease to be of further effect. The
Trustee shall acknowledge satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture on demand
of the Company accompanied by
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an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel and at the cost and expense
of the Company.
(b) Subject to Sections 8.01(c) and 8.02, the Company at any time may
terminate (i) all its obligations under the Securities and this Indenture
("legal defeasance option") or (ii) its obligations under Sections 4.02, 4.03,
4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4.08, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 5.01(iii) and 5.01(iv) and the
operation of Section 6.01(4), 6.01(6), 6.01(7) (with respect to Subsidiaries of
the Company only), 6.01(8) (with respect to Subsidiaries of the Company only)
and 6.01(9) ("covenant defeasance option"). The Company may exercise its legal
defeasance option notwithstanding its prior exercise of its covenant defeasance
option.
If the Company exercises its legal defeasance option, payment of the
Securities may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default. If the
Company exercises its covenant defeasance option, payment of the Securities may
not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(4),
6.01(6), 6.01(7) (with respect to Subsidiaries of the Company only), 6.01(8)
(with respect to Subsidiaries of the Company only) and 6.01(9) or because of the
failure of the Company to comply with clauses (iii) and (iv) of Section 5.01.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein and upon request
of the Company, the Trustee shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of those
obligations that the Company terminates.
(c) Notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) above, the Company's
obligations in Sections 2.03, 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 7.07, 7.08, 8.04, 8.05 and
8.06 shall survive until the Securities have been paid in full. Thereafter, the
Company's obligations in Sections 7.07, 8.04 and 8.05 shall survive.
SECTION 8.02. CONDITIONS TO DEFEASANCE. The Company may exercise its
legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option only if:
(1) the Company irrevocably deposits in trust with the Trustee money
or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal, premium (if
any) and interest on the Securities to maturity or redemption, as the case
may be;
(2) the Company delivers to the Trustee a certificate from a
nationally recognized firm of independent accountants expressing their
opinion that the payments of principal and interest when due and without
reinvestment on the deposited
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U.S. Government Obligations plus any deposited money without investment
will provide cash at such times and in such amounts as will be sufficient
to pay principal and interest when due on all the Securities to maturity or
redemption, as the case may be;
(3) 123 days pass after the deposit is made and during the 123-day
period no Default specified in Section 6.01(7) or (8) with respect to the
Company occurs which is continuing at the end of the period;
(4) the deposit does not constitute a default under any other
agreement binding on the Company and is not prohibited by the terms of any
Senior Indebtedness or Article 10;
(5) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that the trust resulting from the deposit does not constitute, or is
qualified as, a regulated investment company under the Investment Company
Act of 1940;
(6) in the case of the legal defeasance option, the Company shall
have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating 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 Securityholders will not recognize income, gain or loss for
federal income tax purposes as a result of such 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 defeasance had not
occurred;
(7) in the case of the covenant defeasance option, the Company shall
have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the
Securityholders 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; and
(8) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and
an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the
defeasance and discharge of the Securities as contemplated by this Article
8 have been complied with.
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Before or after a deposit, the Company may make arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for the redemption of Securities at a future date in
accordance with Article 3.
SECTION 8.03. APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY. The Trustee shall hold in
trust money or U.S. Government Obligations deposited with it pursuant to this
Article 8. It shall apply the deposited money and the money from U.S.
Government Obligations through the Paying Agent and in accordance with this
Indenture to the payment of principal of, premium (if any) and interest on the
Securities. Money and securities so held in trust are not subject to Article
10.
SECTION 8.04. REPAYMENT TO COMPANY. The Trustee and the Paying Agent
shall promptly turn over to the Company upon request any excess money or
securities held by them at any time.
Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, the Trustee and the
Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon request any money held by them for
the payment of principal or interest that remains unclaimed for two years, and,
thereafter, Securityholders entitled to the money must look to the Company for
payment as general creditors.
SECTION 8.05. INDEMNITY FOR GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS. The Company
shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge
imposed on or assessed against deposited U.S. Government Obligations or the
principal and interest received on such U.S. Government Obligations.
SECTION 8.06. REINSTATEMENT. If the Trustee or Paying Agent is
unable to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with this
Article 8 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or
judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or
otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company's obligations under this
Indenture and the Securities shall be revived and reinstated as though no
deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article 8 until such time as the Trustee
or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or U.S. Government
Obligations in accordance with this Article 8; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, if the
Company has made any payment of interest on or principal of any Securities
because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated
to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the
money or U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
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ARTICLE 9.
Amendments
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SECTION 9.01. WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS. The Company and the
Trustee may amend this Indenture or the Securities without notice to or consent
of any Securityholder:
(1) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency;
(2) to comply with Article 5;
(3) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in
place of certificated Securities; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
uncertificated Securities are issued in registered form for purposes of
Section 163(f) of the Code or in a manner such that the uncertificated
Securities are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code;
(4) to make any change in Article 10 that would limit or terminate
the benefits available to any holder of Senior Indebtedness (or
Representatives therefor) under Article 10;
(5) to add Note Guarantees with respect to the Securities or to
secure the Securities;
(6) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the
Holders or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the
Company;
(7) to comply with any requirements of the SEC in connection with
qualifying this Indenture under the TIA;
(8) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of
any Securityholder; or
(9) to provide for the issuance and authorization of the Exchange
Securities.
An amendment under this Section may not make any change that adversely
affects the rights under Article 10 of any holder of Senior Indebtedness then
outstanding unless the holders of such Senior Indebtedness (or any group or
representative thereof authorized to give a consent) consent to such change.
After an amendment under this Section becomes effective, the Company
shall mail to Securityholders a notice briefly
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describing such amendment. The failure to give such notice to all
Securityholders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity
of an amendment under this Section 9.01.
SECTION 9.02. WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS. The Company and the Trustee
may amend this Indenture or the Securities without notice to any Securityholder
but with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal
amount of the Securities. However, without the consent of each Securityholder
affected, an amendment may not:
(1) reduce the amount of Securities whose Holders must consent to an
amendment;
(2) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest on
any Security;
(3) reduce the principal of or extend the Stated Maturity of any
Security;
(4) reduce the premium payable upon the redemption of any Security or
change the time at which any Security may be redeemed in accordance with
Article 3;
(5) make any Security payable in money other than that stated in the
Security;
(6) make any change in Article 10 that adversely affects the rights
of any Securityholder;
(7) impair the right of such Securityholder to receive payment of
principal of and interest on such Securityholder's Securities on or after
the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any
payment on or with respect to such Securityholder's Securities; or
(8) make any change in Section 6.04 or 6.07 or the second sentence of
this Section 9.02.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this
Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it
shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
An amendment under this Section 9.02 may not make any change that
adversely affects the rights under Article 10 of any holder of Senior
Indebtedness then outstanding unless the holders
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of such Senior Indebtedness (or any group or representative thereof authorized
to give a consent) consent to such change.
After an amendment under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the
Company shall mail to Securityholders a notice briefly describing such
amendment. The failure to give such notice to all Securityholders, or any
defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under
this Section 9.02.
SECTION 9.03. COMPLIANCE WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT. Every amendment
to this Indenture or the Securities shall comply with the TIA as then in effect.
SECTION 9.04. REVOCATION AND EFFECT OF CONSENT AND WAIVERS. A
consent to an amendment or a waiver by a Holder of a Security shall bind the
Holder and every subsequent Holder of that Security or portion of the Security
that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder's Security, even if
notation of the consent or waiver is not made on the Security. However, any
such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent or waiver as to such
Holder's Security or portion of the Security if the Trustee receives the notice
of revocation before the date the amendment or waiver becomes effective. After
an amendment or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Securityholder.
An amendment or waiver becomes effective once the requisite number of consents
are received by the Company or the Trustee.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for
the purpose of determining the Securityholders entitled to give their consent or
take any other action described above or required or permitted to be taken
pursuant to this Indenture. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the
immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Securityholders at such
record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be
entitled to give such consent or to revoke any consent previously given or to
take any such action, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after
such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 120
days after such record date.
SECTION 9.05. NOTATION ON OR EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES. If an amendment
changes the terms of a Security, the Trustee may require the Holder of the
Security to deliver it to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate
notation on the Security regarding the changed terms and return it to the
Holder. Alternatively, if the Company or the Trustee so determines, the Company
in exchange for the Security shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a
new Security that reflects the changed terms.
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Failure to make the appropriate notation or to issue a new Security shall not
affect the validity of such amendment.
SECTION 9.06. TRUSTEE TO SIGN AMENDMENTS. The Trustee shall sign any
amendment authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment does not
adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee.
If it does, the Trustee may but need not sign it. In signing such amendment the
Trustee shall be entitled to receive indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it and
to receive, and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying
upon, an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that such
amendment is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and complies with the
provisions hereof (including Section 9.03).
SECTION 9.07. PAYMENT FOR CONSENT. Neither the Company nor any
Affiliate of the Company shall, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid
any consideration, whether by way of interest, fee or otherwise, to any Holder
for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms
or provisions of this Indenture or the Securities unless such consideration is
offered to be paid to all Holders that so consent, waive or agree to amend in
the time frame set forth in solicitation documents relating to such consent,
waiver or agreement.
ARTICLE 10.
Subordination
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SECTION 10.1. AGREEMENT TO SUBORDINATE. The Company agrees, and each
Securityholder by accepting a Security agrees, that the Indebtedness evidenced
by the Securities is subordinated in right of payment, to the extent and in the
manner provided in this Article 10, to the prior payment in full of all Senior
Indebtedness and that the subordination is for the benefit of and enforceable by
the holders of Senior Indebtedness. The Securities shall in all respects rank
PARI PASSU with all Indebtedness of the Company other than Senior Indebtedness
or Subordinated Obligations and only Indebtedness of the Company that is Senior
Indebtedness shall rank senior to the Securities in accordance with the
provisions set forth herein. For purposes of these subordination provisions,
the Indebtedness evidenced by the Securities is deemed to include the
liquidated damages payable pursuant to the provisions set forth in the
Securities and the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement. All provisions
of this Article 10 shall be subject to Section 10.12.
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SECTION 10.2. LIQUIDATION, DISSOLUTION, BANKRUPTCY. Upon any payment
or distribution of the assets of the Company to creditors upon a total or
partial liquidation or a total or partial dissolution of the Company or in a
bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding
relating to the Company or its property:
(1) holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled to receive
payment in full of the Senior Indebtedness before Securityholders shall be
entitled to receive any payment of principal of or interest on the
Securities; and
(2) until the Senior Indebtedness is paid in full, any payment or
distribution to which Securityholders would be entitled but for this
Article 10 shall be made to holders of Senior Indebtedness as their
interests may appear.
SECTION 10.3. DEFAULT ON SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS. The Company may not
pay the principal of, premium (if any) or interest on the Securities or make any
deposit pursuant to Section 8.01 and may not repurchase, redeem or otherwise
retire any Securities (collectively, "pay the Securities") if (i) any Senior
Indebtedness is not paid when due or (ii) any other default on Senior
Indebtedness occurs and the maturity of such Senior Indebtedness is accelerated
in accordance with its terms unless, in either case, (x) the default has been
cured or waived and any such acceleration has been rescinded or (y) such Senior
Indebtedness has been paid in full; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company may pay
the Securities without regard to the foregoing if the Company and the Trustee
receive written notice approving such payment from the Representative of the
Designated Senior Indebtedness with respect to which either of the events in
clause (i) or (ii) of this sentence has occurred and is continuing. During the
continuance of any default (other than a default described in clause (i) or (ii)
of the preceding sentence) with respect to any Designated Senior Indebtedness
pursuant to which the maturity thereof may be accelerated immediately without
further notice (except such notice as may be required to effect such
acceleration) or the expiration of any applicable grace periods, the Company may
not pay the Securities for a period (a "Payment Blockage Period") commencing
upon the receipt by the Company and the Trustee of written notice (a "Blockage
Notice") of such default from the Representative of such Designated Senior
Indebtedness specifying an election to effect a Payment Blockage Period and
ending 179 days thereafter (or earlier if such Payment Blockage Period is
terminated (i) by written notice to the Trustee (with a copy to the Company)
from the Person or Persons who gave such Blockage Notice, (ii) by repayment in
full of such Designated Senior Indebtedness or (iii) because the
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default giving rise to such Blockage Notice is no longer continuing).
Notwithstanding the provisions described in the immediately preceding sentence
(but subject to the provisions contained in the first sentence of this Section
10.03), unless the holders of such Designated Senior Indebtedness or the
Representative of such holders shall have accelerated the maturity of such
Designated Senior Indebtedness, the Company may resume payments on the
Securities after such Payment Blockage Period. Not more than one Blockage
Notice may be given in any consecutive 360-day period, irrespective of the
number of defaults with respect to Designated Senior Indebtedness during such
period; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if any Blockage Notice within such 360-day
period is given by or on behalf of any holders of Designated Senior Indebtedness
(other than the Bank Indebtedness), the Representative of the Bank Indebtedness
may give another Blockage Notice within such period; provided further, however,
that in no event may the total number of days during which any Payment Blockage
Period or Periods is in effect exceed 179 days in the aggregate during any 360
consecutive day period.
SECTION 10.04. ACCELERATION OF PAYMENT OF SECURITIES. If payment of
the Securities is accelerated because of an Event of Default, the Company or the
Trustee shall promptly notify the holders of the Designated Senior Indebtedness
(or their Representative) of the acceleration. If any Designated Senior
Indebtedness is outstanding, the Company may not pay the Securities until five
Business Days after such holders or the Representative of the Designated Senior
Indebtedness receive notice of such acceleration and, thereafter, may pay the
Securities only if this Article 10 otherwise permits payment at that time.
SECTION 10.05. WHEN DISTRIBUTION MUST BE PAID OVER. If a
distribution is made to Securityholders that because of this Article 10 should
not have been made to them, the Securityholders who receive the distribution
shall hold it in trust for holders of Senior Indebtedness and pay it over to
them as their interests may appear.
SECTION 10.06. SUBROGATION. After all Senior Indebtedness is paid in
full and until the Securities are paid in full, Securityholders shall be
subrogated to the rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive
distributions applicable to Senior Indebtedness. A distribution made under this
Article 10 to holders of Senior Indebtedness which otherwise would have been
made to Securityholders is not, as between the Company and Securityholders, a
payment by the Company on Senior Indebtedness.
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SECTION 10.07. RELATIVE RIGHTS. This Article 10 defines the relative
rights of Securityholders and holders of Senior Indebtedness. Nothing in this
Indenture shall:
(1) impair, as between the Company and Securityholders, the
obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay
principal of and interest on the Securities in accordance with their terms;
or
(2) prevent the Trustee or any Securityholder from exercising its
available remedies upon a Default, subject to the rights of holders of
Senior Indebtedness to receive distributions otherwise payable to
Securityholders.
SECTION 10.08 SUBORDINATION MAY NOT BE IMPAIRED BY COMPANY. No right
of any holder of Senior Indebtedness to enforce the subordination of the
Indebtedness evidenced by the Securities shall be impaired by any act or failure
to act by the Company or by its failure to comply with this Indenture.
SECTION 10.09. RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE AND PAYING AGENT. Notwithstanding
Section 10.03, the Trustee or Paying Agent may continue to make payments on the
Securities and shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of facts
that would prohibit the making of any such payments unless, not less than two
Business Days prior to the date of such payment, a Trust Officer of the Trustee
receives notice satisfactory to it that payments may not be made under this
Article 10. The Company, the Registrar or co-registrar, the Paying Agent, a
Representative or a holder of Senior Indebtedness may give the notice; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that, if an issue of Senior Indebtedness has a Representative, only the
Representative may give the notice. 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 Representative of such
holder) to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of such Senior
Indebtedness or Representative thereof.
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. The
Registrar and co-registrar and the Paying Agent may do the same with like
rights. The Trustee shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this
Article 10 with respect to any Senior Indebtedness which may at any time be held
by it, to the same extent as any other holder of Senior Indebtedness; and
nothing in Article 7 shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such
holder. Nothing in this Article 10 shall apply to
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claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 7.07.
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 (if
any).
SECTION 10.11. ARTICLE 10 NOT TO PREVENT EVENTS OF DEFAULT OR LIMIT
RIGHT TO ACCELERATE. The failure to make a payment pursuant to the Securities
by reason of any provision in this Article 10 shall not be construed as
preventing the occurrence of a Default. Nothing in this Article 10 shall have
any effect on the right of the Securityholders or the Trustee to accelerate the
maturity of the Securities.
SECTION 10.12. TRUST MONEYS NOT SUBORDINATED. Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, payments from money or the proceeds
of U.S. Government Obligations held in trust under Article 8 by the Trustee for
the payment of principal of and interest on the Securities shall not be
subordinated to the prior payment of any Senior Indebtedness or subject to the
restrictions set forth in this Article 10, and none of the Securityholders shall
be obligated to pay over any such amount to the Company or any holder of Senior
Indebtedness of the Company or any other creditor of the Company.
SECTION 10.13. TRUSTEE ENTITLED TO RELY. Upon any payment or
distribution pursuant to this Article 10, the Trustee and the Securityholders
shall be entitled to rely (i) upon any order or decree of a court of competent
jurisdiction in which any proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 10.02
are pending, (ii) upon a certificate of the liquidating trustee or agent or
other Person making such payment or distribution to the Trustee or to the
Securityholders or (iii) upon the Representatives for the holders of Senior
Indebtedness for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate
in such payment or 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. In the event that the Trustee determines, in
good faith, that 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
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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. The provisions of Sections 7.01 and 7.02 shall be applicable to
all actions or omissions of actions by the Trustee pursuant to this Article 10.
SECTION 10.14. TRUSTEE TO EFFECTUATE SUBORDINATION. Each
Securityholder by accepting a Security authorizes and directs the Trustee on his
behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to acknowledge or
effectuate the subordination between the Securityholders and the holders of
Senior Indebtedness as provided in this Article 10 and appoints the Trustee as
attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
SECTION 10.15. TRUSTEE NOT FIDUCIARY FOR HOLDERS OF SENIOR
INDEBTEDNESS. 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 it
shall mistakenly pay over or distribute to Securityholders 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 or otherwise.
SECTION 10.16. RELIANCE BY HOLDERS OF SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS ON
SUBORDINATION PROVISIONS. Each Securityholder by accepting a Security
acknowledges and agrees that the foregoing subordination provisions are, and are
intended to be, an inducement and a consideration to each holder of any Senior
Indebtedness, whether such Senior Indebtedness was created or acquired before
or after the issuance of the Securities, to acquire and continue to hold, or to
continue to hold, such Senior Indebtedness and such holder of Senior
Indebtedness shall be deemed conclusively to have relied on such subordination
provisions in acquiring and continuing to hold, or in continuing to hold, such
Senior Indebtedness.
SECTION 10.17. TRUSTEE'S COMPENSATION NOT PREJUDICED. Nothing in
this Article shall apply to amounts due to the Trustee pursuant to other
sections of this Indenture.
ARTICLE 11.
Miscellaneous
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SECTION 11.01. TRUST INDENTURE ACT CONTROLS. If any provision of
this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with
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another provision which is required to be included in this Indenture by the TIA,
the required provision shall control.
SECTION 11.02. NOTICES. Any notice or communication shall be in
writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail addressed as
follows:
if to the Company:
The ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Company
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention of:
Chief Financial Officer
if to the Trustee:
State Street Bank and Trust Company
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention of:
Corporate Trust Department
(the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ 10 3/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2006)
The Company or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate
additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
Any notice or communication mailed to a Securityholder shall be mailed
to the Securityholder at the Securityholder's address as it appears on the
registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently given if so mailed
within the time prescribed.
Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Securityholder or any
defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other
Securityholders. If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided
above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
SECTION 11.03. COMMUNICATION BY HOLDERS WITH OTHER HOLDERS.
Securityholders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other
Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the
Securities. The Company, the Trustee, the
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Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).
SECTION 11.04. CERTIFICATE AND OPINION AS TO CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take or refrain
from taking any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the
Trustee:
(1) an Officers' Certificate in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of the signers,
all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating
to the proposed action have been complied with; and
(2) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of such counsel,
all such conditions precedent have been complied with.
SECTION 11.05. STATEMENTS REQUIRED IN CERTIFICATE OR OPINION. Each
certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition
provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(1) a statement that the individual making such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination
or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of such individual, he has made
such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express
an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has
been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such
individual, such covenant or condition has been complied with; provided
that an Opinion of Counsel can rely as to matters of fact on an Officers'
Certificate or certificates of public officials.
SECTION 11.06 WHEN SECURITIES DISREGARDED. In determining whether
the Holders of the required principal amount of Securities have concurred in any
direction, waiver or consent, Securities owned by the Company or by any Person
directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with the Company shall be disregarded and deemed not
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to be outstanding, except that, for the purpose of determining whether the
Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent,
only Securities which the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.
Also, subject to the foregoing, only Securities outstanding at the time shall be
considered in any such determination.
SECTION 11.07. RULES BY TRUSTEE, PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. The
Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of Securityholders.
The Registrar and the Paying Agent may make reasonable rules for their
functions.
SECTION 11.08. LEGAL HOLIDAYS. A "Legal Holiday" is a Saturday, a
Sunday or a day on which commercial banking institutions (including, without
limitation, the Federal Reserve System) are authorized or required by law to
close in New York City. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday, payment shall be
made on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest
shall accrue for the intervening period. If a regular record date is a Legal
Holiday, the record date shall not be affected.
SECTION 11.09. GOVERNING LAW. This Indenture and the Securities
shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of
New York but 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.
SECTION 11.10. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. A director, officer,
employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability
for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or this Indenture or for
any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their
creation. By accepting a Security, each Securityholder shall waive and release
all such liability. The waiver and release shall be part of the consideration
for the issue of the Securities.
SECTION 11.11. SUCCESSORS. All agreements of the Company in this
Indenture and the Securities shall bind its successors. All agreements of the
Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors.
SECTION 11.12. MULTIPLE ORIGINALS. The parties may sign any number
of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of
them together represent the same agreement. One signed copy is enough to prove
this Indenture.
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SECTION 11.13. TABLE OF CONTENTS; HEADINGS. The table of contents,
cross-reference sheet and headings of the Articles and Sections of this
Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended
to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms
or provisions hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Indenture to be duly
executed as of the date first written above.
THE ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ COMPANY
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Senior Vice President
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST
COMPANY,
as Trustee
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF FACE OF INITIAL SECURITY]
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN
DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE
DEPOSITORY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TO
THE DEPOSITORY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF
SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY ("DTC"), TO THE
COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY
CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR
TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO.,
HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.1
THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER
THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD,
ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF WITHIN THE
UNITED STATES TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS IN THE ABSENCE
OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT
TO, REGISTRATION.
THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO OFFER,
SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE "RESALE
RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE") WHICH IS THREE YEARS AFTER THE LATER OF THE
ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE COMPANY OR ANY
AFFILIATE OF THE COMPANY WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF
SUCH SECURITY) ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT
THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS
THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER" AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE
ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE
TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND
SALES THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR WITHIN THE
MEANING OF RULE
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1 This paragraph should only be added if the Security is issued in global form.
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501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS ACQUIRING THE
SECURITY FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN INSTITUTIONAL
ACCREDITED INVESTOR, IN EACH CASE IN A MINIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THE
SECURITIES OF $250,000, FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR FOR
OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE
SECURITIES ACT, OR (F) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY'S OR THE
TRUSTEE'S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (F)
TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER
INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM, AND IN THE CASE OF THE FOREGOING
CLAUSE (E), A CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER (THE FORM OF WHICH CAN BE OBTAINED FROM
THE TRUSTEE) IS COMPLETED AND DELIVERED BY THE TRANSFEROR TO THE COMPANY AND THE
TRUSTEE. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE
RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.
THE ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ COMPANY
10 3/8% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTE SERIES A DUE 2006
No. CUSIP No.
$
THE ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ COMPANY, a Massachusetts corporation, promises to
pay to , or registered assigns, the principal sum of $ on
December 1, 2006.
Interest Payment Dates: June 1 and December 1.
Record Dates: May 15 and November 15.
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Additional provisions of this Security are set forth on the other side
of this Security.
Dated: , 1996
THE ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ COMPANY
By:
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TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST [Seal]
COMPANY, as Trustee,
certifies that this is one
of the Securities referred
to in the Indenture
By:__________________________
Authorized Signatory
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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF INITIAL SECURITY]
10 3/8% Senior Subordinated Note Series A due 2006
1. INTEREST
The ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Company, a Massachusetts corporation (such
corporation, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter
referred to, being herein called the "Company"), promises to pay interest on the
principal amount of this Security at the rate per annum shown above. The
Company will use its best efforts to have the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement and, if applicable, a Shelf Registration Statement (each a
"Registration Statement") declared effective by the Commission as promptly as
practicable after the filing thereof. If (i) the Shelf Registration Statement
or Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as applicable under the Exchange and
Registration Rights Agreement is not filed with the Commission on or prior to 90
days after the Issue Date, (ii) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or, as
the case may be, the Shelf Registration Statement, is not declared effective
within 135 days after the Issue Date, (iii) the Exchange Offer is not
consummated on or prior to 165 days after the Issue Date, or (iv) the Shelf
Registration Statement is filed and declared effective within 135 days after the
Issue Date but shall thereafter cease to be effective (at any time that the
Company is obligated to maintain the effectiveness thereof) without being
succeeded within 30 days by an additional Registration Statement filed and
declared effective (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (iv), a
"Registration Default"), the Company will pay liquidated damages to each holder
of Transfer Restricted Securities, during the period of such Registration
Default, in an amount equal to $0.192 per week per $1,000 principal amount of
the Securities constituting Transfer Restricted Securities held by such holder
until the applicable Registration Statement is filed or declared effective, the
Exchange Offer is consummated or the Shelf Registration Statement again becomes
effective, as the case may be. All accrued liquidated damages shall be paid to
holders in the same manner as interest payments on the Securities on semi-annual
payment dates which correspond to interest payment dates for the Securities.
Following the cure of all Registration Defaults, the accrual of liquidated
damages will cease. The Trustee shall have no responsibility with respect to
the determination of the amount of any such liquidated damages.
The Company will pay interest semiannually on June 1 and December 1 of
each year. Interest on the Securities will accrue from the most recent date to
which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from
November 25, 1996. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at
the rate borne by the Securities plus 1% per annum, and it shall pay
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interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the extent
lawful.
2. METHOD OF PAYMENT
The Company will pay interest on the Securities (except defaulted
interest) to the Persons who are registered holders of Securities at the close
of business on the May 15 or November 15 next preceding the interest payment
date even if Securities are canceled after the record date and on or before the
interest payment date. Holders must surrender Securities to a Paying Agent to
collect principal payments. The Company will pay principal and interest in
money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for
payment of public and private debts. However, the Company may pay principal and
interest by check payable in such money. It may mail an interest check to a
Holder's registered address.
3. PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR
Initially, State Street Bank and Trust Company, a Massachusetts trust
company ("Trustee"), will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may
appoint and change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar without notice.
The Company or any of its domestically incorporated Wholly Owned Subsidiaries
may act as Registrar or co-registrar.
4. INDENTURE
The Company issued the Securities under an Indenture dated as of
November 25, 1996 ("Indenture"), between the Company and the Trustee. The terms
of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of
the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C.
Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the "Act").
Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed
thereto in the Indenture. The Securities are subject to all such terms, and
Securityholders are referred to the Indenture and the Act for a statement of
those terms.
The Securities are general unsecured obligations of the Company
limited to $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding
(subject to Section 2.07 of the Indenture). This Security is one of the Initial
Securities referred to in the Indenture. The Securities include the Initial
Securities and any Exchange Securities issued in exchange for the Initial
Securities pursuant to the Indenture. The Initial Securities and the Exchange
Securities are treated as a single class of securities under the Indenture. The
Indenture imposes certain limitations on the issuance of debt by the Company,
the payment of dividends and other distributions and acquisitions or retirements
of the Company's Capital Stock and Subordinated Obligations, the incurrence by
the
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Company and its Subsidiaries of Liens on its property and assets which do not
equally and ratably secure the Securities, the sale or transfer of assets and
Subsidiary Stock, investments by the Company, the lines of business in which the
Company may operate, consolidations, mergers and transfers of all or
substantially all of the Company's assets and transactions with Affiliates. In
addition, the Indenture limits the ability of the Company and its Subsidiaries
to restrict distributions and dividends from Subsidiaries.
5. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION
Except as set forth in the next two paragraphs, the Securities may not
be redeemed prior to December 1, 2001. On and after that date, the Company may
redeem the Securities in whole at any time or in part from time to time at the
following redemption prices (expressed in percentages of principal amount), plus
accrued interest to the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of
record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the related
interest payment date):
if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on or after
December 1 of the years set forth below:
Redemption
Period Price
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2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.188%
2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.458%
2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.729%
2004 and thereafter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.000%
Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time prior to December 1, 1999,
the Company may redeem in the aggregate up to 35% of the original aggregate
principal amount of Securities with the proceeds of one or more Public Equity
Offerings by Holdings (so long as substantially all its assets consist of its
investment in the Company) or the Company following which there is a Public
Market, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) of
110.375% plus accrued interest to the Redemption Date (subject to the right of
Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the
relevant interest payment date); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that at least 65% of the
original aggregate principal amount of the Securities must remain outstanding
after each such redemption.
At any time on or prior to December 1, 2001, the Securities may also
be redeemed as a whole at the option of the Company upon the occurrence of a
Change of Control, upon not fewer than 30 nor more than 60 days prior notice
(but in no event more than 90 days after the occurrence of such Change of
Control) mailed by first-class mail to each Holder's registered address, at a
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redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus the
Applicable Premium as of, and accrued but unpaid interest, if any, to, the
Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant
record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).
6. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION
Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than
60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed
at his registered address. Securities in denominations larger than $1,000 may
be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000. If money sufficient
to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all Securities (or
portions thereof) to be redeemed on the redemption date is deposited with the
Paying Agent on or before the redemption date and certain other conditions are
satisfied, on and after such date interest ceases to accrue on such Securities
(or such portions thereof) called for redemption.
7. PUT PROVISIONS
Upon a Change of Control, any Holder of Securities will have the
right, subject to certain conditions specified in the Indenture, to cause the
Company to repurchase all or any part of the Securities of such Holder at a
repurchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Securities to be
repurchased plus accrued interest to the date of repurchase (subject to the
right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due
on the related interest payment date) as provided in, and subject to the terms
of, the Indenture.
8. SUBORDINATION
The Securities are subordinated to Senior Indebtedness, as defined in
the Indenture. To the extent provided in the Indenture, Senior Indebtedness
must be paid before the Securities may be paid. The Company agrees, and each
Securityholder by accepting a Security agrees, to the subordination provisions
contained in the Indenture and authorizes the Trustee to give it effect and
appoints the Trustee as attorney-in-fact for such purpose.
9. DENOMINATIONS; TRANSFER; EXCHANGE
The Securities are in registered form without coupons in denominations
of $1,000 and whole multiples of $1,000. A Holder may transfer or exchange
Securities in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a
Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer
documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the
Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or
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exchange any Securities selected for redemption (except, in the case of a
Security to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Security not to be redeemed)
or any Securities for a period of 15 days before a selection of Securities to be
redeemed or 15 days before an interest payment date.
10. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS
The registered Holder of this Security may be treated as the owner of
it for all purposes.
11. UNCLAIMED MONEY
If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed
for two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the
Company at its request unless an abandoned property law designates another
Person. After any such payment, Holders entitled to the money must look only to
the Company and not to the Trustee for payment.
12. DISCHARGE AND DEFEASANCE
Subject to certain conditions, the Company at any time may terminate
some or all of its obligations under the Securities and the Indenture if the
Company deposits with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations for the
payment of principal and interest on the Securities to redemption or maturity,
as the case may be.
13. AMENDMENT, WAIVER
Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the
Indenture or the Securities may be amended with the written consent of the
Holders of at least a majority in principal amount outstanding of the Securities
and (ii) any default or noncompliance with any provision may be waived with the
written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount outstanding of
the Securities. Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture,
without the consent of any Securityholder, the Company and the Trustee may amend
the Indenture or the Securities to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or
inconsistency, or to comply with Article 5 of the Indenture, or to provide for
uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities,
or to add guarantees with respect to the Securities or to secure the Securities,
or to add additional covenants or surrender rights and powers conferred on the
Company, or to comply with any request of the SEC in connection with qualifying
the Indenture under the Act, or to make certain changes in the subordination
provisions or to make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights
of any Securityholder, or to provide for the issuance and authorization of the
Exchange Securities.
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14. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Under the Indenture, Events of Default include (i) default for 30 days
in payment of interest on the Securities; (ii) default in payment of principal
on the Securities at maturity, upon redemption pursuant to paragraph 5 or 6 of
the Securities, upon acceleration or otherwise, or failure by the Company to
redeem or purchase Securities when required; (iii) failure by the Company to
comply with other agreements in the Indenture or the Securities, in certain
cases subject to notice and lapse of time; (iv) certain accelerations (including
failure to pay within any grace period after final maturity) of other
Indebtedness of the Company if the amount accelerated (or so unpaid) exceeds
$10,000,000; (v) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the
Company and the Significant Subsidiaries; and (vi) certain judgments or decrees
for the payment of money in excess of $10,000,000. If an Event of Default
occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in
principal amount of the Securities may declare all the Securities to be due and
payable immediately. Certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency are Events of
Default which will result in the Securities being due and payable immediately
upon the occurrence of such Events of Default.
Securityholders may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except
as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture
or the Securities unless it receives reasonable indemnity or security. Subject
to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Securities may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The
Trustee may withhold from Securityholders notice of any continuing Default
(except a Default in payment of principal or interest) if it determines that
withholding notice is in the interest of the Holders.
15. TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH THE COMPANY
Subject to certain limitations imposed by the Act, the Trustee under
the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or
pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed
to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company
or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
16. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS
A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company
or the Trustee shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company
under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of
or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Security,
each Securityholder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver
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and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.
17. AUTHENTICATION
This Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the
Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of
authentication on the other side of this Security.
18. ABBREVIATIONS
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Securityholder or
an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the
entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as
tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift 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 Securities and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers in
notices of redemption as a convenience to Securityholders. No representation is
made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Securities 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 SECURITYHOLDER UPON WRITTEN REQUEST
AND WITHOUT CHARGE TO THE SECURITYHOLDER A COPY OF THE INDENTURE WHICH HAS IN IT
THE TEXT OF THIS SECURITY IN LARGER TYPE. REQUESTS MAY BE MADE TO:
THE ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ COMPANY
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
ATTENTION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Security, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Security to
(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)
(Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
and irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this
Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act
for him.
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Date: ________________ Your Signature: _____________________
Signature Guarantee:_______________________________________
(Signature must be guaranteed by a
participant in a recognized signature
guarantee medallion program)
____________________________________________________________
Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security.
OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 4.06 or 4.08 of the Indenture, check the box: / /
If you want to elect to have only part of this Security purchased by
the Company pursuant to Section 4.06 or 4.08 of the Indenture, state the amount:
$
Date: __________________ Your Signature: __________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears
on the other side of the Security)
Signature Guarantee:_______________________________________
(Signature must be guaranteed by a
participant in a recognized signature
guarantee medallion program)
EXHIBIT B
[FORM OF FACE OF EXCHANGE SECURITY]
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN
DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE
DEPOSITORY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TO
THE DEPOSITORY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF
SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY ("DTC") TO THE COMPANY
OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY
CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE OR TO
ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS
AN INTEREST HEREIN.2
THE ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ COMPANY
10 3/8% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTE SERIES B DUE 2006
No. Cusip No.
$__________
THE ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ COMPANY, a Massachusetts corporation, promises to
pay to , or registered assigns, the principal sum of on
December 1, 2006.
Interest Payment Dates: June 1 and December 1.
Record Dates: May 15 and November 15.
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2 This paragraph should only be added if the Security is issued in global
form.
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Additional provisions of this Security are set forth on the other side
of this Security.
Dated: November 25, 1996
THE ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ COMPANY
By:
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TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST [Seal]
COMPANY, as Trustee,
certifies that this is one
of the Securities referred
to in the Indenture
By:__________________________
Authorized Signatory
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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF EXCHANGE SECURITY]
10 3/8% Senior Subordinated Note Series B due 2006
1. INTEREST
The ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Company, a Massachusetts corporation (such
corporation, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter
referred to, being herein called the "Company"), promises to pay interest on the
principal amount of this Security at the rate per annum shown above. The
Company will pay interest semiannually on and of each year.
Interest on the Securities will accrue from the most recent date to which
interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from , 1996.
Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate borne
by the Securities plus 1% per annum, and it shall pay interest on overdue
installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful.
2. METHOD OF PAYMENT
The Company will pay interest on the Securities (except defaulted
interest) to the Persons who are registered holders of Securities at the close
of business on the May 15 or November 15 next preceding the interest payment
date even if Securities are canceled after the record date and on or before the
interest payment date. Holders must surrender Securities to a Paying Agent to
collect principal payments. The Company will pay principal and interest in
money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for
payment of public and private debts. However, the Company may pay principal and
interest by check payable in such money. It may mail an interest check to a
Holder's registered address.
3. PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR
Initially, State Street Bank and Trust Company, a Massachusetts trust
company ("Trustee"), will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may
appoint and change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar without notice.
The Company or any of its domestically incorporated Wholly Owned Subsidiaries
may act as Registrar or coregistrar.
4. INDENTURE
The Company issued the Securities under an Indenture dated as of
November 25, 1996 ("Indenture"), between the Company and the Trustee. The
terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made
part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C.
Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) as
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in effect on the date of the Indenture (the "Act"). Terms defined in the
Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the
Indenture. The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Securityholders
are referred to the Indenture and the Act for a statement of those terms.
The Securities are general unsecured obligations of the Company
limited to $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding
(subject to Section 2.07 of the Indenture). This Security is one of the
Exchange Securities referred to in the Indenture. The Securities include the
Initial Securities and any Exchange Securities issued in exchange for the
Initial Securities pursuant to the Indenture. The Initial Securities and the
Exchange Securities are treated as a single class of securities under the
Indenture. The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the issuance of debt by
the Company, the payment of dividends and other distributions and acquisitions
or retirements of the Company's Capital Stock and Subordinated Obligations, the
incurrence by the Company and its Subsidiaries of Liens on its property and
assets which do not equally and ratably secure the Securities, the sale or
transfer of assets and Subsidiary Stock, investments by the Company, the lines
of business in which the Company may operate, consolidations, mergers and
transfers of all or substantially all of the Company's assets and transactions
with Affiliates. In addition, the Indenture limits the ability of the Company
and its Subsidiaries to restrict distributions and dividends from Subsidiaries.
5. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION
Except as set forth in the next two paragraphs, the Securities may not
be redeemed prior to December 1, 2001. On and after that date, the Company may
redeem the Securities in whole at any time or in part from time to time at the
following redemption prices (expressed in percentages of principal amount), plus
accrued interest to the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of
record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the related
interest payment date):
if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on or after December
1 of the years set forth below:
Redemption
Period Price
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2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.188%
2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.458%
2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.729%
2004 and thereafter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.000%
Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time prior to December 1, 1999,
in the aggregate up to 35% of the original
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aggregate principal amount of Securities with the proceeds of one or more Public
Equity Offerings by Holdings (so long as substantially all its assets consist of
its investment in the Company) or the Company following which there is a Public
Market, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) of
110.375% plus accrued interest to the Redemption Date (subject to the right of
Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the
relevant interest payment date); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that at least 65% of the
original aggregate principal amount of the Securities must remain outstanding
after each such redemption.
At any time on or prior to December 1, 2001, the Notes may also be
redeemed as a whole at the option of the Company upon the occurrence of a Change
of Control, upon not fewer than 30 nor more than 60 days prior notice (but in no
event more than 90 days after the occurrence of such Change of Control) mailed
by first-class mail to each Holder's registered address, at a redemption price
equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus the Applicable Premium as of,
and accrued but unpaid interest, if any, to, the Redemption Date (subject to the
right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due
on the relevant interest payment date).
6. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION
Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than
60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed
at his registered address. Securities in denominations larger than $1,000 may
be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000. If money sufficient
to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all Securities (or
portions thereof) to be redeemed on the redemption date is deposited with the
Paying Agent on or before the redemption date and certain other conditions are
satisfied, on and after such date interest ceases to accrue on such Securities
(or such portions thereof) called for redemption.
7. PUT PROVISIONS
Upon a Change of Control, any Holder of Securities will have the
right, subject to certain conditions specified in the Indenture, to cause the
Company to repurchase all or any part of the Securities of such Holder at a
repurchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Securities to be
repurchased plus accrued interest to the date of repurchase (subject to the
right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due
on the related interest payment date) as provided in, and subject to the terms
of, the Indenture.
8. SUBORDINATION
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The Securities are subordinated to Senior Indebtedness, as defined in
the Indenture. To the extent provided in the Indenture, Senior Indebtedness
must be paid before the Securities may be paid. The Company agrees, and each
Securityholder by accepting a Security agrees, to the subordination provisions
contained in the Indenture and authorizes the Trustee to give it effect and
appoints the Trustee as attorney-in-fact for such purpose.
9. DENOMINATIONS; TRANSFER; EXCHANGE
The Securities are in registered form without coupons in denominations
of $1,000 and whole multiples of $1,000. A Holder may transfer or exchange
Securities in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a
Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer
documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the
Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange any
Securities selected for redemption (except, in the case of a Security to be
redeemed in part, the portion of the Security not to be redeemed) or any
Securities for a period of 15 days before a selection of Securities to be
redeemed or 15 days before an interest payment date.
10. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS
The registered Holder of this Security may be treated as the owner of
it for all purposes.
11. UNCLAIMED MONEY
If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed
for two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the
Company at its request unless an abandoned property law designates another
Person. After any such payment, Holders entitled to the money must look only to
the Company and not to the Trustee for payment.
12. DISCHARGE AND DEFEASANCE
Subject to certain conditions, the Company at any time may terminate
some or all of its obligations under the Securities and the Indenture if the
Company deposits with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations for the
payment of principal and interest on the Securities to redemption or maturity,
as the case may be.
13. AMENDMENT, WAIVER
Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the
Indenture or the Securities may be amended with the written consent of the
Holders of at least a majority in principal amount
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outstanding of the Securities and (ii) any default or noncompliance with any
provision may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in
principal amount outstanding of the Securities. Subject to certain exceptions
set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of any Securityholder, the
Company and the Trustee may amend the Indenture or the Securities to cure any
ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency, or to comply with Article 5 of the
Indenture, or to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in
place of certificated Securities, or to add guarantees with respect to the
Securities or to secure the Securities, or to add additional covenants or
surrender rights and powers conferred on the Company, or to comply with any
request of the SEC in connection with qualifying the Indenture under the Act, or
to make certain changes in the subordination provisions, or to make any change
that does not adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder.
14. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Under the Indenture, Events of Default include (i) default for 30 days
in payment of interest on the Securities; (ii) default in payment of principal
on the Securities at maturity, upon redemption pursuant to paragraph 5 or 6 of
the Securities, upon acceleration or otherwise, or failure by the Company to
redeem or purchase Securities when required; (iii) failure by the Company to
comply with other agreements in the Indenture or the Securities, in certain
cases subject to notice and lapse of time; (iv) certain accelerations (including
failure to pay within any grace period after final maturity) of other
Indebtedness of the Company if the amount accelerated (or so unpaid) exceeds
$10,000,000; (v) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the
Company and the Significant Subsidiaries; and (vi) certain judgments or decrees
for the payment of money in excess of $10,000,000. If an Event of Default
occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in
principal amount of the Securities may declare all the Securities to be due and
payable immediately. Certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency are Events of
Default which will result in the Securities being due and payable immediately
upon the occurrence of such Events of Default.
Securityholders may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except
as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture
or the Securities unless it receives reasonable indemnity or security. Subject
to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Securities may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The
Trustee may withhold from Securityholders notice of any continuing Default
(except a Default in payment of principal or interest) if it determines that
withholding notice is in the interest of the Holders.
15. TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH THE COMPANY
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Subject to certain limitations imposed by the Act, the Trustee under
the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or
pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed
to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company
or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
16. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS
A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company
or the Trustee shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company
under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of
or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Security,
each Securityholder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and
release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.
17. AUTHENTICATION
This Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the
Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of
authentication on the other side of this Security.
18. ABBREVIATIONS
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Securityholder or
an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the
entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as
tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift 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 Securities and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers in
notices of redemption as a convenience to Securityholders. No representation is
made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Securities 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 SECURITYHOLDER UPON WRITTEN REQUEST
AND WITHOUT CHARGE TO THE SECURITYHOLDER A COPY OF THE INDENTURE WHICH HAS IN IT
THE TEXT OF THIS SECURITY IN LARGER TYPE. REQUESTS MAY BE MADE TO:
THE ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ COMPANY
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
▇-▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
ATTENTION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Security, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Security to
(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)
(Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
and irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this
Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act
for him.
____________________________________________________________
Date: ________________ Your Signature: _____________________
Signature Guarantee:_______________________________________
(Signature must be guaranteed by a
participant in a recognized signature
guarantee medallion program)
____________________________________________________________
Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security.
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 4.06 or 4.08 of the Indenture, check the box: / /
If you want to elect to have only part of this Security purchased by
the Company pursuant to Section 4.06 or 4.08 of the Indenture, state the amount:
$
Date: __________________ Your Signature: __________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on
the other side of the Security)
Signature Guarantee:_______________________________________
(Signature must be guaranteed by a
participant in a recognized signature
guarantee medallion program)
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CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON TRANSFER
OR EXCHANGE OF TRANSFER RESTRICTED SECURITIES
This certificate relates to $_________ principal amount of Securities held in
(check applicable space) ____ book-entry or _____ definitive form by the
undersigned.
The undersigned (check one box below):
/ / has requested the Trustee by written order to deliver in exchange for its
beneficial interest in the Global Security held by the Depository a
Security or Securities in definitive, registered form of authorized
denominations and an aggregate principal amount equal to its beneficial
interest in such Global Security (or the portion thereof indicated above);
/ / has requested the Trustee by written order to exchange or register the
transfer of a Security or Securities.
In connection with any transfer or exchange of any of such Securities occurring
prior to the date that is three years after the later of the date of original
issuance of such Securities and the last date, if any, on which such Securities
were owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, the undersigned
confirms that such Securities are being:
CHECK ONE BOX BELOW:
(1) / / acquired for the undersigned's own account, without transfer
(in satisfaction of Section 2.06(a)(ii)(A) or Section
2.06(d)(i)(A) of the Indenture); or
(2) / / transferred to the Company; or
(3) / / transferred pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; or
(4) / / transferred pursuant to and in compliance with Regulation S
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; or
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(5) / / transferred to an institutional "accredited investor" (as
defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended) that has furnished to
the Trustee a signed letter containing certain
representations and agreements (the form of which letter
appears as Exhibit D to the Indenture); or
(6) / / transferred pursuant to another available exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of
the Securities evidenced by this certificate in the name of any person other
than the registered holder thereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if box (6) is
checked, the Trustee or the Company may require, prior to registering any such
transfer of the Securities, in their sole discretion, such legal opinions,
certifications and other information as the Trustee or Company has reasonably
requested 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 of 1933, as amended, such as the exemption provided by Rule 144
under such Act.
______________________________
Signature
Signature Guarantee:
_________________________ ______________________________
Signature
(Signature must be guaranteed
by a participant in a signature
guarantee medallion program)
____________________________________________________________
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EXHIBIT D
Transferee Letter of Representation
State Street Bank and Trust Company
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
The ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Company
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Dear Sirs:
This certificate is delivered to request a transfer of $
principal amount of the 10 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2006 (the "Notes")
of The ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Company (the "Company").
Upon transfer, the Notes would be registered in the name of the new
beneficial owner as follows:
Name: ___________________________________
Address: ________________________________
Taxpayer ID Number: _____________________
The undersigned represents and warrants to you that:
1. We are an institutional "accredited investor" (as defined in Rule
501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act")) purchasing for our own account or for the account of such an
institutional "accredited investor," and we are acquiring the Notes not with a
view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution in violation
of the Securities Act. We have such knowledge and experience in financial and
business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risk of our
investment in the Notes and invest in or purchase securities similar to the
Notes in the normal course of our business. We and any accounts for which we
are acting are each able to bear the economic risk of our or its investment.
2. We understand that the Notes have not been registered under the
Securities Act and, unless so registered, may not be sold except as permitted in
the following sentence. We agree on our own behalf and on behalf of any
investor account for which we are purchasing Notes to offer, sell or otherwise
transfer such Notes prior to the date which is three years after the later of
the date of original issue and the last date on which the Company or any
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affiliate of the Company was the owner of such Notes (or any predecessor
thereto) (the "Resale Restriction Termination Date") only (a) to the Company,
(b) pursuant to a registration statement which has been declared effective under
the Securities Act, (c) in a transaction complying with the requirements of Rule
144A under the Securities Act, to a person we reasonably believe is a qualified
institutional buyer under Rule 144A (a "QIB") that purchases for its own account
or for the account of a QIB and to whom notice is given that the transfer is
being made in reliance on Rule 144A, (d) pursuant to offers and sales that occur
outside the United States within the meaning of Regulation S under the
Securities Act, (e) to an institutional "accredited investor" within the meaning
of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act that is purchasing
for its own account or for the account of such an institutional "accredited
investor", in each case in a minimum principal amount of Notes of $250,000 or
(f) pursuant to any other available exemption from the registration requirements
of the Securities Act, subject in each of the foregoing cases to any requirement
of law that the disposition of our property or the property of such investor
account or accounts be at all times within our or their control and in
compliance with any applicable state securities laws. The foregoing
restrictions on resale will not apply subsequent to the Resale Restriction
Termination Date. If any resale or other transfer of the Notes is proposed to
be made pursuant to clause (e) above prior to the Resale Restriction Termination
Date, the transferor shall deliver a letter from the transferee substantially in
the form of this letter to the Company and the Trustee, which shall provide,
among other things, that the transferee is an institutional "accredited
investor" within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the
Securities Act and that it is acquiring such Notes for investment purposes and
not for distribution in violation of the Securities Act. Each purchaser
acknowledges that the Company and the Trustee reserve the right prior to any
offer, sale or other transfer prior to the Resale Termination Date of the Notes
pursuant to clause (f) above to require the delivery of an opinion of counsel,
certifications and/or other information satisfactory to the Company and the
Trustee.
TRANSFEREE:_____________________
By: ____________________________
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EXHIBIT E
FORM OF NOTE GUARANTEE
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NOTE GUARANTEE, dated as of , , made by
(the "Guarantor"), the undersigned subsidiary of The ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Company, in favor of the Holders and the Trustee (as defined in the Indenture
referred to below).
Reference is made to the Indenture dated as of November 25, 1996 (as
amended, restated, supplemented, modified or waived from time to time, the
"Indenture"), between The ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Company (the "Company") and the
Trustee.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS the Company is a party to the Indenture;
WHEREAS the Company owns directly all of or a majority interest in the
Guarantor;
WHEREAS the Guarantor will derive substantial direct and indirect
benefit from the transactions contemplated by the Indenture;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises thereby, the
Guarantor hereby agrees with and for the benefit of the Holders as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
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SECTION 1.01. DEFINED TERMS. As used in this Guarantee, terms
defined in the Indenture or in the preamble or recitals hereto are used herein
as therein defined, except that the term "Holders" in this guarantee shall refer
to the term "Holders" as defined in the Indenture and the Trustee acting on
behalf or for the benefit of such holders.
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ARTICLE II
Representations and Warranties of the Guarantor
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SECTION 2.01. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The Guarantor hereby
represents and warrants to the Holders as follows:
(a) DUE EXISTENCE; COMPLIANCE. The Guarantor is a corporation or
limited partnership duly organized, validly existing and in good standing,
where applicable, under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it was
incorporated or organized and has all requisite power and authority under
such laws to own or lease and operate its properties and to carry on its
business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted, and to execute,
deliver and perform its obligations under this Guarantee. The Guarantor is
duly qualified or licensed to do business as a foreign corporation or
entity and is in good standing, where applicable, in all jurisdictions in
which it owns or leases property, or proposes to own or lease property, or
in which the conduct of its business requires it to so qualify or be
licensed, except to the extent that the failure to so qualify or be in good
standing would have no material adverse effect on the business, operations,
properties, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the
Guarantor. The Guarantor is in compliance in all material respects with
all applicable law, rules, regulations and orders.
(b) CORPORATE AUTHORITIES; NO CONFLICTS. The execution, delivery and
performance by the Guarantor of this Guarantee is within its corporate or
limited partnership powers and has been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate and stockholder approvals or partnership approvals and (i) does
not contravene its organizational documents or any law, rule, regulation,
judgment, order or decree applicable to or binding on the Guarantor and
(ii) does not contravene, and will not result in the creation of any lien
under, any provision of any contract, indenture, mortgage or agreement to
which the Guarantor is a party, or by which it or any of its properties are
bound.
(c) GOVERNMENT APPROVALS AND AUTHORIZATIONS. No authorization or
approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any
governmental authority or regulatory body is required for the due
execution, delivery and performance by or enforcement against the Guarantor
of this Guarantee (except such governmental approvals or authorizations as
have been duly obtained or made and remain in full force and effect).
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(d) LEGAL, VALID AND BINDING. This Guarantee is the legal valid and
binding obligation of the Guarantor, enforceable against the Guarantor in
accordance with its terms.
(e) LITIGATION. There is no pending or threatened action or
proceeding affecting the Guarantor by or before any court, governmental
agency or arbitrator, which may materially adversely affect the condition,
operations, business, prospects, properties or assets of the Guarantor, or
prohibit, limit in any way or materially adversely affect the ability of
the Guarantor to perform its obligations under this Guarantee.
(f) IMMUNITIES. Neither the Guarantor nor its property has any
immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether
through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid
of execution, execution or otherwise) under applicable law.
(g) NO FILING. To ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or
admissibility in evidence of this Guarantee in each of the jurisdictions in
which the Guarantor is incorporated or organized and the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts or any other jurisdiction in which the Guarantor conducts
business, it is not necessary that this Guarantee be filed or recorded with
any court or other authority in such jurisdiction, or that any stamp or
similar tax be paid on or with respect to this Guarantee.
(h) NO DEFAULTS. There does not exist any event of default, or any
event that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute an event
of default, under any agreement to which the Guarantor is a party or by
which it may be bound, or to which any of its properties or assets may be
subject which default would have a material adverse effect on the
Guarantor, or would materially adversely affect the Guarantor's ability to
perform its obligations under this Guarantee.
(i) SOLVENCY. The Guarantor is on the date hereof, and at all times
will be, solvent.
ARTICLE III
Guarantee
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SECTION 3.01. GUARANTEE. The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and
irrevocably guaranties to each Holder of the Securities (a) the full and
punctual payment of principal of and
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interest on the Securities when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by
redemption or otherwise, and all other monetary obligations of the Company under
the Indenture and the Securities and (b) the full and punctual performance
within applicable grace periods of all other obligations of the Company under
the Indenture and the Securities (all the foregoing being hereinafter
collectively called the "Obligations"). The Guarantor further agrees that the
Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or
further assent from it, and that it will remain bound under this Article III
notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Obligation.
The Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of payment from and
protest to the Company of any of the Obligations and also waives notice of
protest for nonpayment. The Guarantor waives notice of any default under the
Securities or the Obligations. The obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall
not be affected by (a) the failure of any Holder to assert any claim or demand
or to enforce any right or remedy against the Company or any other person under
the Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement or otherwise; (b) any
extension or renewal of any thereof; (c) any rescission, waiver, amendment or
modification of any of the terms or provisions of the Indenture, the Securities
or any other agreement; or (d) the failure of any Holder to exercise any right
or remedy against any other Guarantor of the Obligations.
The Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein constitutes a
guarantee of payment, performance and compliance when due (and not a guarantee
of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any
Holder to any security held for payment of the Obligations.
Except as otherwise provided herein, the obligations of the Guarantor
hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or
termination for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender,
alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense of setoff,
counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the
invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Obligations or otherwise.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of the
Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by
the failure of any Holder to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy
under the Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement, by any waiver or
modification of any thereof, by any default, failure or delay, willful or
otherwise, in the performance of the Obligations, or by any other act or thing
or omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any
manner or to any extent vary the risk of the Guarantor or would otherwise
operate as a discharge of the Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.
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The Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein shall continue
to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or
any part thereof, of principal of or interest on any Obligation is rescinded or
must otherwise be restored by any Holder upon the bankruptcy or reorganization
of the Company or otherwise.
In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other
right which any Holder has at law or in equity against the Guarantor by virtue
hereof, upon the failure of the Company to pay the principal of or interest on
any Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by
acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, or to perform or comply with any other
Obligation, the Guarantor hereby promises to and will, upon receipt of written
demand by the Trustee or the Holders of a majority of the Securities (the
"Majority Securityholders"), forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the
Holders an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid principal amount of such
Obligations, (ii) accrued and unpaid interest on such Obligations (but only to
the extent not prohibited by law) and (iii) all other monetary Obligations of
the Company to the Holders.
The Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of
subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any Obligations guarantied
hereby until payment in full of all Obligations. The Guarantor further agrees
that, as between such Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other
hand, (x) the maturity of the Obligations guarantied hereby may be accelerated
for the purposes of such Guarantor's Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay,
injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the
Obligations guarantied hereby, and (y) in the event of any declaration of
acceleration of such Obligations, such Obligations (whether or not due and
payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by such Guarantor for the
purposes of this Section 3.01.
The Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses
(including reasonable attorneys' fees) incurred by any Holder in enforcing any
rights under this Section 3.01.
SECTION 3.02. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY. (a) Any term or provision of
this Guarantee to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum aggregate amount of
the Obligations guarantied hereunder by the Guarantor shall not exceed the
maximum amount that can be hereby guarantied without rendering this Guarantee,
as it relates to such Guarantor, voidable under applicable law relating to
fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer.
(b) This Guarantee shall terminate and be of no further force or
effect upon the sale or other transfer (i) by the
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Guarantor of all or substantially all of its assets or (ii) by the Company of
all of its stock or other equity interests in the Guarantor (whether by sale,
merger, consolidation or otherwise), to a Person that is not an Affiliate of the
Company; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such sale or transfer constitutes an Asset
Disposition as defined in the Indenture. Upon notice to the Trustee that such a
sale or transfer described in this clause 3.02(b) has occurred, the Trustee
shall return the original Guarantee to the Guarantor.
SECTION 3.03. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. Subject to Section 3.02(b)
hereof, this Article III shall be binding upon the Guarantor and its successors
and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the
Holders and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder,
the rights and privileges conferred upon that party in this Guarantee and in the
Securities shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or
assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions of this Guarantee.
SECTION 3.04. NO WAIVER, ETC. Neither a failure nor a delay on the
part of the Holders or the Trustee in exercising any right, power or privilege
under this Article III shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall a single or
partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any right,
power or privilege. The rights, remedies and benefits of the Holders and the
Trustee herein expressly specified are cumulative and not exclusive of any other
rights, remedies or benefits which either may have under this Article III at
law, in equity, by statute or otherwise.
SECTION 3.05. MODIFICATION, ETC. No modification, amendment or
waiver of any provision of this Article, nor the consent to any departure by the
Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in
writing and signed by the Majority Securityholders holding a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding, and then such
waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the
purpose for which it was given. No notice to or demand on the Guarantor in any
case shall entitle such Guarantor or any other guarantor to any other or further
notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances.
ARTICLE IV
Subordination
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SECTION 4.01. SUBORDINATION. The Obligations of the Guarantor under
this Guarantee are subordinate to the obligations
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of the Guarantor under any Guarantee of the Senior Credit Facility and any other
Senior Indebtedness of the Company to the extent and in the manner that the
Indebtedness evidenced by the Securities is subordinate to the obligations of
the Company under the Senior Credit Facility and other Senior Indebtedness of
the Company under Article 10 of the Indenture. By acceptance of this Guarantee,
the Holders agree to be bound by the foregoing provisions.
ARTICLE V
Miscellaneous
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SECTION 5.01. NOTICES. All notices and other communications
pertaining to this Guarantee or any Security shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given upon the receipt thereof. Such notices shall be
delivered by hand, or mailed, certified or registered mail with postage prepaid
(a) if to the Guarantor, at its address set forth below, and (b) if to the
Holders or the Trustee, as provided in the Indenture.
SECTION 5.02. PARTIES. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this
Guarantee is intended or shall be construed to give any Person, firm or
corporation, other than the Holders and the Trustee and the holders of any
Senior Indebtedness, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in
respect of this Guarantee or any provision herein contained.
SECTION 5.03. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by the
laws of the State of New York regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern
under applicable principles of conflict of laws thereof.
SECTION 5.04. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. In case any provision in this
Guarantee shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or
impaired thereby and such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of
such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability.
SECTION 5.05. WAIVERS, AMENDMENTS AND REMEDIES. The failure to
insist in any one or more instances upon strict performance of any of the
provisions of this Guarantee or to take advantage of any of its rights hereunder
shall not be construed as a waiver of any such provisions or the relinquishment
of any such rights, but the same shall continue and remain in full force and
effect. Except as otherwise expressly limited in this Guarantee, all remedies
under this Guarantee shall be cumulative and in addition to every other remedy
provided for herein or by law.
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SECTION 5.06. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Guarantee is intended by the
parties to be a final expression of their agreement in respect of the subject
matter contained herein and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings
between the parties with respect to such subject matter.
SECTION 5.07. HEADINGS. The headings of the Articles and the
Sections in this Guarantee are for convenience of reference only and shall not
be deemed to alter or affect the meaning or interpretation of any provisions
hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has duly executed this Guarantee as
of the date first above written.
[NAME OF GUARANTOR],
By:
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Name:
Title:
Address:
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