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EXHIBIT 4.2
[FORM OF FACE OF EXCHANGE NOTE]
CUSIP 470290 AC 1
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ PARTNERS, L.P.
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ FINANCE CORP.
No. B- $
10 3/4% SERIES B SENIOR NOTE DUE 2004
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ PARTNERS, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
(the "Company"), and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ FINANCE CORP., a Michigan corporation
("Finance Corp." and, together with the Company, the "Issuers"), for value
received, promise to pay to or registered assigns the
principal sum of $ dollars on August 15, 2004.
Interest Payment Dates: February 15 and August 15
Record Dates: February 1 and August 1
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note
contained herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set
forth at this place.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuers have caused this Note to be
signed manually or by facsimile by their duly authorized officers.
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ PARTNERS, L.P.
By: ▇▇▇▇▇ Communications
Partners, a Michigan
co-partnership, its
General Partner
By: Jamesco, Inc., a Michigan
corporation, its
Partner
By:
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: President
By: DKS Holdings, Inc.,
a Michigan corporation
its partner
By:
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: President
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ FINANCE CORP.
By:
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: President
By:
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Treasurer
Dated:
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Certificate of Authentication
This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
UNITED STATES TRUST COMPANY OF
NEW YORK, as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Signatory
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF EXCHANGE NOTE]
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ PARTNERS, L.P.
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ FINANCE CORP.
10 3/4% SERIES B SENIOR NOTE DUE 2004
1. Interest. ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Partners, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership (the "Company"), and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Finance Corp., a Michigan
corporation ("Finance Corp." and, together with the Company, the "Issuers"),
promise to pay, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for
payment, interest on the principal amount set forth on the face hereof at a
rate of 10 3/4% per annum. Interest hereon will accrue from and including the
most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been
paid, from and including August 15, 1997 to but excluding the date on which
interest is paid. Interest shall be payable in arrears on each February 15 and
August 15, commencing February 15, 1998. Interest will be computed on the
basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The Issuers shall pay
interest on overdue principal and on overdue interest (to the full extent
permitted by law) at a rate of 10 3/4% per annum.
2. Method of Payment. The Issuers will pay interest
hereon (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders at
the close of business on February 1 or August 1 next preceding the interest
payment date (whether or not a Business Day). Holders must surrender Notes to
a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Issuers will pay principal
and interest in money of the United States of America that at the time of
payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Interest may
be paid by check mailed to the Holder entitled thereto at the address indicated
on the register maintained by the Registrar for the Notes.
3. Paying Agent and Registrar. Initially, United States
Trust Company of New York (the "Trustee") will act as a Paying Agent and
Registrar. The Issuers may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without
notice. Neither the Issuers nor any of their Affiliates may act as Paying
Agent or Registrar.
4. Indenture. The Issuers issued the Notes under an
Indenture dated as of August 15, 1997 (the "Indenture") among the Issuers and
the Trustee. This is one of an issue of Notes of the Issuers issued, or to be
issued, under the Indenture. The terms of the Notes include those stated in
the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code Section Section 77aaa-77bbbb), as amended
from time to time. The Notes are subject to all
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such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and such Act for a
statement of them. Capitalized and certain other terms used herein and not
otherwise defined have the meanings set forth in the Indenture. The Notes are
obligations of the Issuers limited in aggregate principal amount to $100.0
million.
5. Optional Redemption. The Issuers, at their option,
may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time on or after August 15,
2001 upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice, at the redemption
prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount), set forth below,
together, in each case, with accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption
Date, if redeemed during the twelve month period beginning on August 15 of each
year listed below:
Year Redemption Price
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2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.375%
2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.687%
2003 and thereafter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.000%
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuers may redeem in the
aggregate up to 35% of the original principal amount of Notes at any time and
from time to time on or prior to August 15, 2000 at a redemption price equal to
110.750% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid
interest thereon to the Redemption Date with the net proceeds of one or more
Public Equity Offerings; provided, that at least $65.0 million of the principal
amount of Notes originally issued remains outstanding immediately after the
occurrence of any such redemption and that any such redemption occurs within 60
days following the closing of any such Public Equity Offering.
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 Notes to be redeemed at his registered address. On and after
the Redemption Date, unless the Issuers default in making the redemption
payment, interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for
redemption.
7. Offers to Purchase. The Indenture provides that upon
the occurrence of a Change of Control or an Asset Sale and subject to further
limitations contained therein, the Issuers shall make an offer to purchase
outstanding Notes in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture.
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8. Denominations, Transfer, Exchange. The Notes are in
registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000. A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance
with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to
furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay to it any
taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar
need not register the transfer of or exchange any Notes or portion of a Note
selected for redemption, or register the transfer of or exchange any Notes for
a period of 15 days before selection of Notes to be redeemed.
9. Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of this
Note may be treated as the owner of this Note for all purposes.
10. Unclaimed Money. If money for the payment of
principal, premium, if any, or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the
Trustee will pay the money back to the Issuers at their written request. After
that, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Issuers or Guarantors for
payment as general creditors unless an "abandoned property" law designates
another Person.
11. Amendment, Supplement, Waiver, Etc. The Issuers, the
Guarantors, and the Trustee may, without the consent of the Holders of any
outstanding Notes, amend, waive or supplement the Indenture or the Notes for
certain specified purposes, including, among other things, curing ambiguities,
defects or inconsistencies, maintaining the qualification of the Indenture
under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and making any change that
does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder. Other amendments and
modifications of the Indenture or the Notes may be made by the Issuers, the
Guarantors and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a
majority of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes, subject to
certain exceptions requiring the consent of the Holders of the Notes to be
affected.
12. Restrictive Covenants. The Indenture imposes certain
limitations on the ability of the Issuers and their Subsidiaries to, among
other things, incur additional Indebtedness, make payments in respect of their
Capital Stock or certain Indebtedness, make certain Investments, create or
incur Liens, enter into transactions with Affiliates, enter into agreements
restricting the ability of Subsidiaries to pay dividends and make
distributions, issue Preferred Stock of any Subsidiaries of the Issuers, enter
into Sale and Leaseback Transactions and on the ability of the Issuers and
Guarantors to merge or consolidate with any other Person or transfer all or
substantially all of the Issuers' or Guarantors' assets.
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Such limitations are subject to a number of important qualifications and
exceptions. Pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Indenture, the Issuers must
annually report to the Trustee on compliance with such limitations.
13. Successor Corporation. When a successor corporation
assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under the Notes and the
Indenture and the transaction complies with the terms of Article 5 of the
Indenture, the predecessor corporation will, except as provided in Article 5,
be released from those obligations.
14. Defaults and Remedies. Events of Default are set
forth in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations in the Indenture, if an
Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(7)
or (8) of the Indenture with respect to the Issuers, the General Partner or any
Significant Subsidiary) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of
not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes may,
by written notice to the Trustee and the Issuers, and the Trustee upon the
request of the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of
the outstanding Notes shall, declare all principal of and accrued interest on
all Notes to be immediately due and payable and such amounts shall become
immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section
6.01(7) or (8) of the Indenture occurs with respect to the Issuers, the General
Partner or any Significant Subsidiary, the principal amount of and interest on,
all Notes shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without
any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. Holders
may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture.
The Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to it before it enforces the
Indenture or the Notes. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its
exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders notice
of any continuing default (except a default in payment of principal, premium,
if any, or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in their
interests. The Issuers must furnish an annual compliance certificate to the
Trustee.
15. Trustee Dealings with Issuers. The Trustee, in its
individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and
perform services for the Issuers, the General Partner or their Affiliates, and
may otherwise deal with the Issuers, the General Partner or their Affiliates,
as if it were not Trustee.
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16. No Personal Liability of Certain Persons. No
director, officer, employee, partner, interest holder or shareholder,
as such, of either Issuer or of the General Partner, will have any liability
for any obligations of either of the Issuers under the Notes or the Indenture
or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or
their creation. Each Holder of the Notes by accepting a Note waives and
releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration for issuance of the Notes. Such waiver may not be effective to
waive liabilities under the federal securities laws and it is the view of the
SEC that such a waiver is against public policy. Absent such waiver and
release, under the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, as
amended, the Holders of the Notes would have been able to proceed against the
General Partner in the event of nonpayment thereof, and such Holders would have
been able to proceed against the limited partners of the Company only if the
limited partners received distributions from the Company and, at the time of
such distributions, they knew that the Company's total liabilities exceeded the
fair value of the Company's assets.
17. Discharge. The Issuers' obligations pursuant to the
Indenture will be discharged, except for obligations pursuant to certain
sections thereof, subject to the terms of the Indenture, upon the payment of
all the Notes or upon the irrevocable deposit with the Trustee of United States
dollars or U.S. Government Obligations sufficient to pay when due principal of
and interest on the Notes to maturity or redemption, as the case may be.
18. Guarantees by Future Subsidiaries. The Notes will be
entitled to the benefits of certain Guarantees by future subsidiaries made for
the benefit of the Holders. Reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a
statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and
obligations thereunder of the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders.
19. Authentication. This Note shall not be valid until
the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the other side
of this Note.
20. Governing Law. THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK SHALL GOVERN THIS NOTE WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS.
The Trustee, the Issuers and the Holders agree to submit to the jurisdiction of
the courts of the State of New York in any action or proceeding arising out of
or relating to the Indenture or the Notes.
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21. Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used
in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in
common), TENANT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with
right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and
U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
The Issuers will furnish to any Holder upon written request
and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ PARTNERS, L.P..
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Attention: Chief Financial Officer
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ASSIGNMENT
I or we assign and transfer this Note to:
(Insert assignee's social security or tax I.D. number)
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Print or type name, address and zip code of assignee)
and irrevocably appoint:
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuers. The Agent may
substitute another to act for him.
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have all or any part of this Note
purchased by the Issuers pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.16 of the
Indenture, check the appropriate box:
[ ] Section 4.10 [ ] Section 4.16
If you want to have only part of the Note purchased by the
Issuers pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.16 of the Indenture, state the
amount you elect to have purchased:
$____________________
(multiple of $1,000)
Date: ___________________
Your Signature: ___________________________________________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)
_________________________
Signature Guaranteed
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