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THIS LEASE is made the 13th day of December 0000 X X X X X X N the party named
in paragraph 1 of the First Schedule hereto (hereinafter called "the Landlord")
of the one part and the party or parties named in paragraph 2 of the First
Schedule hereto (hereinafter called "The Tenant") of the other part.
[PENALTY STAMP, DATED 2 FEB 1994]
[INLAND REVENUE PRODUCED
20 JAN 1994
FINANCE XXX 0000
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WITNESSETH as follows:
1. In this Lease save where the context otherwise requires the following
words and expressions shall have the meanings assigned to them hereunder:
1:1 "the Landlord" shall include the person or persons for the time being
entitled to the reversion immediately expectant on the term hereby granted
1:2 "the Tenant" shall include the successors in title to the Tenant
1:3 "the demised premises" shall mean the premises described in paragraph 3 of
the First Schedule hereto
1:4 "the Building" shall mean The Innovation Centre 000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx X00 0XX
1:5 "the Rent" shall mean the sum specified as the rent in paragraph 4 of the
First Schedule hereto (or such other sum as may be substituted therefor in
accordance with the provisions of the Fourth Schedule hereto)
1:6 "the Term" shall mean the term of years specified as the term in paragraph
5 of the First Schedule hereto
1:7 "Person" shall include a Company or other body legally capable of holding
land
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1:8 The masculine shall include the feminine and the singular the plural and
vice versa
1:9 Obligations undertaken (or to be undertaken) by more than a single person
are (or shall be) joint and several obligations
1:10 Any agreement by the Tenant not to do any act or thing shall be construed
as if it were an agreement not to do or permit or suffer such act or thing
1:11 Rights excepted reserved or granted to the Landlord shall be construed as
excepted reserved or granted to the Landlord the Superior Landlord and
all persons respectively authorised by it or them
1:12 A reference to a statute shall refer to the statute as amended at the
date hereof and shall include any subsequent statutory amendments or
re-enactment thereof
1:13 "the Bank" shall mean Midland Bank Plc or the Bank which is the successor
to the business of that Bank or if such Bank ceases to trade in
circumstances that no one Bank succeeds to that business such member of
the Committee of London Clearing Bankers as the Landlord nominates
1:14 "Base Rate" shall mean the published base rate from time to time of the
Bank but if no such rate shall be published two per centum above the rate
paid by the Bank from time to time on deposits of the minimum sum
accepted at interest for repayment on seven days notice
1:15 "Interest" is at the annual rate of four per centum above the Base Rate
for the time being compounded with rests the 30th June and 31st December
in each year of the Term
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1:16 Any covenant to pay interest shall be a covenant to pay interest at
the said rate both before and after judgment or arbitration award
1:17 "the Service Charge" shall mean the sum specified or referred to in
paragraph 6 of the First Schedule hereto
1:18 "the Advance Service Charge" shall mean the sum specified or referred
to in paragraph 9 of the First Schedule hereto
1:19 "the Insurance Rent" shall mean the sum specified or referred to in
paragraph 7 of the First Schedule hereto
1:20 "the Common Parts" shall mean the roads footpaths pavements car
parking areas (including the access to individual parking bays)
landscaped areas and other open areas entrance hall (including
reception and waiting areas) landings lifts lift shafts staircases
passages fire escape routes and all other areas which are from time
to time during the Term provided by the Landlord for common use and
enjoyment by the tenants and occupiers of the Building and all
persons expressly or by implication authorised by them
1:21 "the Permitted Use" shall mean the use specified as the permitted use
in paragraph 8 of the First Schedule hereto
1:22 "the Landlords Surveyor" means any person or firm who or the partners
in which shall be an associate or fellow of the Royal Institution of
Chartered Surveyors acting for the landlord including an employee of
the Landlord appointed to perform the function of a surveyor for any
purpose of this Lease
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1:23 "The Telephone Charge: means the proportion of the telephone calls
made to and from the Building attributable exclusively to the demised
premises and as determined by the Telephone Equipment and a copy of
the computer printout from the Telephone Equipment shall (save for
manifest or proven error) be conclusive of the same
1:24 "The Telephone Equipment" means all equipment (including the computer
for monitoring the same) installed in the Building from time to time
in order to provide a telephone service for the occupiers of the
Building other than telephone handsets or similar equipment installed
in individual units within the Building
1:25 "The Private Service" means such services as shall be provided by the
Landlord for the benefit of individual tenants within the Building
from time to time the cost of which is intended shall be borne only
by such tenants as shall use such services including (but without
prejudice to the generality of the foregoing):-
1:25:1 Secretarial and clerical services
1:25:2 Telegraphic facsimile transmission services
1:25:3 Photocopying services
1:25:4 Conference facility services
1:25:5 Audio/visual facility services
1:25:6 Any other service which may from time to time be provided by the
Landlord for the benefit of individual tenants within the Building
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1:26 "The Private Charge" means the amount payable by the Tenant monthly
in arrears in respect of the Tenants use of the Private Services
during the month in question and representing the cost of such
services as determined from time to time by the Landlord who shall
act reasonably in making that determination
1:27 "The Superior Lease" means a lease dated 1st May 1991 and made
between London Docklands Corporation (1) Xxxxxxx Investment
Corporation Limited (2)
1:28 "The Superior Landlord" means the persons for the time being entitled
to the reversion immediately expectant on the determination of the
term created by the Superior Lease together with any persons for the
time being entitled to the reversion immediately expectant on the
determination of any term created by any other lease ranking superior
to this Lease
1:29 "The Permitted Hours" means the hours between 8.30 a.m. and 6.00 p.m.
Mondays to Fridays (other than Bank and other Public Holidays) and
8.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. on Saturdays
1:30 "The Break Dates" means the 29th September 1996 and the 29th
September 1999
1:31 "Inherent Defect" means any defect in the Building or in anything
installed in or on the Building which is attributable to:-
1:31:1 Defective design or
1:31:2 Defective workmanship or materials or
1:31:3 Defective supervision of the construction of or the installation of
anything in or on the Building or
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1:31:4 Defective preparation of the site upon which the Building is
constructed
2. IN CONSIDERATION of the Rent and of the covenants on the part of the
Tenant hereinafter contained the Landlord HEREBY DEMISES unto the Tenant ALL
THAT the demised premises TOGETHER WITH the easements and rights described in
Part 1 of the Second Schedule hereto EXCEPT AND RESERVING as mentioned in Part
2 of the Second schedule hereto SUBJECT AS specified in Part 3 of the Second
Schedule TO HOLD the same unto the Tenant for the Term PAYING THEREFOR to the
Landlord the following rents:-
2:1 Firstly the Rent
2:2 Secondly the Service Charge
2:3 Thirdly the Insurance Rent
2:4 Fourthly the Advance Service Charge (if any)
3. THE TENANT HERBY COVENANTS with the Landlord in manner following that
is to say:-
3:1:1 To pay the Rent the Serviced Charge the Insurance Rent and the Advance
Service Charge at the times and in the manner described and specified
in the First Schedule hereto and if so required to pay the Rent by
Bankers Standing Order or any other reasonable means (other than by
direct debit) which the Landlord may require
3:1:2 To pay to the Landlord within 21 days of written demand (which demand
shall be accompanied by a copy of the computer printout from the
Telephone Equipment) the Telephone Charge
3:1:3 To pay to the Landlord within 21 days of written demand the Private
Charge
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3:2 To pay all existing and future rates (or any similar tax or outgoing
replacing the same from time to time) taxes assessments impositions
and outgoings assessed or imposed on or in respect of the demised
premises (whether assessed or imposed on the Landlord or the Tenant)
PROVIDED ALWAYS that if any of the foregoing shall be or become
assessed or imposed (without formal apportionment) upon or payable
(whether by the owner or the occupier) in respect of the demised
premises or any part or parts thereof together with other premises not
included in this Lease the Tenant shall pay and discharge (and
indemnify the Landlord against) the fair and proper proportion thereof
attributable to the demised premises or the part or parts thereof so
affected such fair and proper proportion to be determined by the
Landlord's Surveyor for the time being who shall act reasonably in
making such determination and whose decision shall save for any
manifest or proven error be final and binding upon the Tenant
3:3 If any rent or other sums payable by the Tenant to the Landlord under
this Lease shall be due but unpaid for fourteen days to pay to the
Landlord (if the Landlord shall so require) interest from the due date
until payment Provided that this subclause shall not prejudice any
other right or remedy in respect of such money
3:4 Without prejudice to Clauses 3:1:2 and 3:1:3 hereof to pay to the
suppliers thereof all charges for gas electricity water and other
services supplied to the demised premises
3:5:1 To repair and keep in good and substantial repair and condition
(including well and substantially decorated) the whole of the interior
of the demised
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premises (including without prejudice to the generality of the
foregoing the suspended ceilings the raised floors and other floor
surfaces all plasterwork and other internal finishes any fire exit
doors and normal entrance doors and door frames all windows and
window frames all electrical circuits and wiring and fittings within
the demised premises and/or solely serving the demised premises and
all partitions and fixtures and fittings within the demised premises
and at the expiration or sooner determination of the Term quietly
yield up to the Landlord the demised premises (including all additions
and improvements made thereto) in such good and substantial repair and
condition and properly cleaned and decorated Provided that this
sub-clause shall not apply to damage by fire and other perils
specified in Clause 3 of the Eighth Schedule hereto unless and to the
extent that any act or omission of the Tenant renders the insurance
money irrecoverable Provided further that nothing in this Lease
contained shall oblige the Tenant to repair any damage to the demised
premises arising out of an Inherent Defect nor shall the Tenant be
obliged to rectify any Inherent Defect
3:5:2 As soon as reasonably possible after the Tenant becomes aware of the
same or should reasonably have become aware of the same to give
notice to the Landlord and the Superior Landlord of any defect or
need of repair or renewal arising to the demised premises which would
or might result in the Landlord and/or the Superior Landlord becoming
liable to third parties by reason of the provisions of the Defective
Premises Xxx 0000 or which would or might give rise to an obligation
on the Landlord to do or refrain from doing any act or thing in order
to comply with its duty of care imposed on the Landlord
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pursuant to such provisions and insofar as any such defect or need of
repair or renewal as aforesaid shall be the responsibility of the Tenant
under this Lease to indemnify the Landlord (to the extent that it can so
require) against all liability and costs arising in respect of any
notice claim or demand costs and proceedings made or brought thereunder
and furthermore (without prejudice to the foregoing) to indemnify and
keep indemnified the Landlord and the Superior Landlord from and against
any losses claims actions costs demands or other liability arising from
a failure to give such notice as aforesaid and furthermore at all times
to display and maintain all notices (including the wording thereof)
which the Landlord may from time to time display or require to be
displayed on the demised premises
3:5:3 As often as shall be required and in any event in the year 1998 and in
the last year of the Term (howsoever determined including for the
avoidance of doubt where this Lease is determined by the operation of
Clause 6.1 hereof on 29th September 1996 if reasonably so required by
the Landlord but not otherwise) in a proper and workmanlike manner
(a) to prepare and paint all the inside wood metal and other parts of
the demised premises usually or requiring to be painted with not less
than two coats of good quality oil or other suitable paint
(b) to prepare and repolish any inside wood of the demised premises
now polished with best quality materials
(c) to prepare and paint the ceilings and walls of the demised
premises as the same are now treated and
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(d) to clean and treat in a suitable manner for its maintenance in
good condition any inside wood metal work tiles bricks and similar
surfaces to the demised premises not required to be painted or
polished.
Provided that the painting in the last year of the Term shall be done
in colours first approved in writing by the Landlord such approval not
to be unreasonably withheld or delayed AND PROVIDED ALSO that the
Tenant shall not be liable to carry out any decorative works of this
nature the need for which arises wholly or partly from an Inherent
Defect or damage caused by an Inherent Defect
3:5:4 To make good forthwith any damage to the demised premises or fixtures
therein caused by the Tenant his licencees and invitees whether
accidentally or otherwise
3:5:5 At the expiration or sooner determination of the Term (howsoever
determined) provided that such expiration or sooner determination
shall occur after the third anniversary of the Term to replace all the
carpeting (or carpet tiles as appropriate) within the demised premises
with new carpeting (or carpet tiles as appropriate) of a quality
design and colour similar to the quality design and colour of the
carpeting (or carpet tiles as appropriate) supplied by the Landlord at
the commencement of the Term such replacement carpeting (or carpet
tiles as appropriate) to be first approved in writing by the Landlord
(such approval not to be unreasonably withheld)
3:5:6 The Tenant shall pay the Landlord's Surveyor's reasonable and proper
fees necessarily incurred as a result of any breach of this sub-clause
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3:6:1 To keep and maintain all drains and pipes exclusively serving the
demised premises in good repair and condition and clear and
unobstructed and not to cause or allow to be caused any blockage or
stoppage of those within the Common Parts
3:6:2 To clean the interior of the windows and other glazing of the demised
premises at least once in every month
3:6:3 To keep all areas forming part of the demised premises clean and tidy
3:6:4 To employ for the cleaning of the demised premises only such firm or
company as shall be approved in writing by the Landlord such approval
not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed
3:7:1 To make good within one month (or sooner if necessary) any defect in
repair or decoration of the demised premises for which the Tenant is
liable in accordance with the Tenant's covenants hereunder and of
which the Landlord has given notice in writing to the Tenant
3:7:2 If the Tenant shall not comply with Clause 3:7:1 hereof the Landlord
may enter the demised premises and make good such defects and the
reasonable expense of so doing (including reasonable Surveyor's fees
necessarily incurred) shall be repaid to the Landlord by the Tenant
within 21 days of written demand and if not so repaid shall be
recoverable by action or distress as if rent in arrear
3:8 To permit the Landlord and its Agents and all others authorised by the
Landlord together with workmen and all necessary tools and appliances
on reasonable notice (except in emergency) at all reasonable hours to
enter the demised premises for the purpose of :-
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3:8:1 Viewing and recording the condition of the demised premises
3:8:2 Repairing maintaining altering or cleaning adjoining or nearby units
within the Building provided such works cannot be carried out from
outside the demised premises
3:8:3 Repairing maintaining cleaning altering replacing or adding to any
pipes wires flues channels or apparatus which service other parts of
the Building or adjoining or nearby premises provided such works
cannot be carried out from outside the demised premises
3:8:4 Enabling the Landlord to comply with the covenants on its part and
the conditions contained in the Superior Lease or for any purpose
that is in the reasonable opinion of the Landlord necessary in order
to enable it to do so in either case so far as the Tenant does not
expressly covenant hereunder to observe and perform the same
PROVIDED THAT the Landlord or those exercising such right (as appropriate) shall
cause as little damage and/or disturbance as practicable and shall as soon as
practicable make good (to the reasonable satisfaction of the Tenant) all damage
to the demised premises caused by such entry but shall not otherwise be liable
for any damage or inconvenience caused to the Tenant
3:9:1 At the Tenant's own cost to observe and comply as soon as reasonably
practicable in all respects with the provisions and requirements of
any and every enactment (which expression in this sub-clause includes
every general and local Act or Acts of
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EXHIBIT 2.2
______________________________________________________________________
STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
among
GETTY IMAGES INC.,
GETTY COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED,
VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS GROUP (VCG) B.V.,
UNITED BUSINESS INFORMATION B.V.
and
UNITED NEWS & MEDIA PLC
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Dated as of March 21, 2000
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THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE
CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT BETWEEN UNITED NEWS &
MEDIA PLC AND GETTY IMAGES INC.
DATED DECEMBER 9, 1999.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SUMMARY OF TRANSACTION ...................................................... 1
ARTICLE I -- CERTAIN DEFINITIONS AND TERMS ................................ 1
1.1 Specific Definitions ......................................... 1
1.2 Other Terms .................................................. 7
1.3 Other Definitional Provisions ................................ 7
ARTICLE II -- PURCHASE AND SALE OF VERMONT SHARES .......................... 8
2.1 Basic Transaction ............................................ 8
2.2 Purchase Price ............................................... 8
2.3 Cash Adjustment .............................................. 8
2.4 Closing; Deliveries; Payment ................................. 10
ARTICLE III -- REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
CONCERNING THE TRANSACTION ................................................ 11
3.1 Representations and Warranties of Unicorn, UBIBV and VCG ..... 11
(a) Organization ............................................ 11
(b) Execution; Authorization of Transaction ................. 11
(c) Brokers' Fees ........................................... 12
(d) Vermont Shares .......................................... 12
(e) Litigation Regarding Vermont Shares ..................... 12
3.2 Representations and Warranties of the Buyer .................. 12
(a) Organization ............................................ 13
(b) Execution; Authorization of Transaction ................. 13
(c) Brokers' Fees ........................................... 13
(d) Investment .............................................. 13
ARTICLE IV -- REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF UBIBV CONCERNING THE VERMONT ENTITIES .................................. 14
ARTICLE V -- PRE-CLOSING COVENANTS ........................................ 14
5.1 General ...................................................... 14
5.2 Press Releases and Public Announcements ...................... 14
5.3 Disclosure ................................................... 15
5.4 Operation of Business ........................................ 15
5.5 Notices; HSR ................................................. 18
5.6 Assistance ................................................... 19
5.7 Issuance of Securities ....................................... 19
5.8 Other Changes ................................................ 19
5.9 Pensions ..................................................... 19
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5.10 Bonuses............................................................ 19
ARTICLE VI -- POST-CLOSING COVENANTS......................................... 20
6.1 Further Actions Regarding Transfer................................. 20
6.2 Confidentiality.................................................... 20
6.3 Covenants.......................................................... 20
6.4 Access to Information.............................................. 21
6.5 Removal of Trademarks, Etc......................................... 22
6.6 Certain Taxes...................................................... 22
6.7 Tax Returns; Utilization of Tax Losses............................. 23
6.8 Leases............................................................. 25
6.9 Indemnifying Party................................................. 26
6.10 Xxxxxx Xxxxx....................................................... 26
6.11 [Intentionally Omitted]............................................ 26
6.12 New York Lease..................................................... 26
6.13 Share Options...................................................... 27
ARTICLE VII -- CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATION TO CLOSE............................. 28
7.1 Conditions to Obligation of Buyer and Communications............... 28
(a) Performance of Obligations of UBIBV........................... 28
(b) Closing Documentation......................................... 28
(c) Approval of Legal Matters..................................... 30
(d) No Litigation................................................. 30
(e) Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Waiting Period.............................. 30
(f) Laws.......................................................... 30
(g) Financial Capacity............................................ 30
(h) Form 403...................................................... 30
7.2 Conditions to Obligation of Unicorn, VCG and UBIBV................. 31
(a) Performance of Obligations of Buyer and Communications........ 31
(b) Closing Documentation......................................... 31
(c) Approval of Legal Matters..................................... 32
(d) No Litigation................................................. 32
(e) Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Waiting Period.............................. 32
ARTICLE VIII -- REMEDIES FOR BREACHES OF THIS AGREEMENT...................... 32
8.1 Survival of Representations and Warranties......................... 32
8.2 Indemnification Provisions for Benefit of Buyer and Communications. 34
8.3 Indemnification Provisions for Benefit of UBIBV and VCG............ 35
8.4 Matters Involving Third Parties.................................... 36
8.5 Sole Remedy........................................................ 37
8.6 Unlimited Claims................................................... 37
8.7 Litigation Claim................................................... 38
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ARTICLE IX - TERMINATION............................................... 38
9.1 Termination of Agreement................................... 38
9.2 Effect of Termination...................................... 38
9.3 Liquidated Damages......................................... 39
ARTICLE X - MISCELLANEOUS.............................................. 39
10.1 Entire Agreement........................................... 39
10.2 No Third-Party Beneficiaries............................... 39
10.3 Succession and Assignment.................................. 40
10.4 Counterparts............................................... 40
10.5 Headings................................................... 40
10.6 Notices.................................................... 40
10.7 Governing Law.............................................. 41
10.8 Return of Information...................................... 41
10.9 Amendments and Waivers..................................... 41
10.10 Severability............................................... 42
10.11 Expenses................................................... 42
10.12 Construction............................................... 42
10.13 Incorporation of Exhibits, Annexes and Schedules........... 42
10.14 Specific Performance....................................... 42
10.15 Submission to Jurisdiction................................. 43
10.16 Fulfillment of Obligations................................. 43
10.17 Schedules.................................................. 44
10.18 Definition of "ordinary course"............................ 44
10.19 Attorney's Fees............................................ 44
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DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE
SCHEDULE SECTION HEADING
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I Intercompany Debt
S Subsidiaries
Section 3.1 Representation and Warranties (Seller Side)
Section 3.2 Representation and Warranties (Buyer Side)
Section 5.4(g) Operation of Business
Section 4.1 Interest in Related Entities
Section 4.3 Vermont Entities Capitalization
Section 4.4 Investments
Section 4.5 No Violations
Section 4.6 Title to Assets; Encumbrances
Section 4.7 Possession
Section 4.8 Personal Property
Section 4.10(a) Intellectual Property
Section 4.10(b) Infringement by VCG
Section 4.10(d) Validity
Section 4.10(e) Claims
Section 4.10(f) Infringement against VCG
Section 4.10(m) Registered Marks
Section 4.10(n) Owned Images
Section 4.10(q) Licensed Images
Section 4.10(s) Storage/Handling Contracts
Section 4.10(v) Photographer Contracts
Section 4.11 Environmental Protection
Section 4.13 Certain Changes and Events
Section 4.14 Absence of Changes
Section 4.15 Tax Matters
Section 4.16 Compliance with Laws
Section 4.17 Litigation regarding Vermont Entities
Section 4.18 Permits
Section 4.19 Employees; Labor Relations
Section 4.20(a) Employee Benefit Plans
Section 4.20(c) Qualification; Compliance
Section 4.22 Agreements
Section 4.23 Certain Matters Concerning Pix
Section 4.24 Insurance
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A Form of Joint Press Release
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STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Agreement entered into as of March 21, 2000, by and among United Business
Information B.V., a corporation organized pursuant to the laws of The
Netherlands ("UBIBV"), Visual Communications Group (VCG) B.V., a corporation
organized under the laws of The Netherlands ("VCG"), United News & Media plc,
an English limited company ("Unicorn"), Getty Communications Limited, an
English limited company ("Communications"), and Getty Images Inc., a Delaware
corporation ("Buyer"). Buyer, Communications, UBIBV and Unicorn are referred to
collectively herein as the "Parties" and each individually as a "Party".
SUMMARY OF TRANSACTION
WHEREAS, UBIBV owns a majority of the issued and outstanding capital stock
and equity interests of VCG;
WHEREAS, VCG is the legal and beneficial owner of all of the issued stock
or share capital of Visual Communications Group Holdings Ltd., a company
incorporated in England and Wales ("VCG Holdings"), Definitive Stock, Inc., a
Delaware corporation ("Definitive Stock"), and VCG Holdings LLC ("VCGLLC") a
Delaware limited liability company; and
WHEREAS, Buyer desires to purchase, and VCG desires to sell all of the
Definitive Stock Shares and all of the VCGLLC Shares, upon the terms and subject
to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, Communications desires to purchase, and VCG desires to sell all
of the VCG Holdings Shares, upon the terms and subject to the satisfaction of
the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and
NOW, THEREFORE, to effect such transactions and in consideration of the
mutual covenants, representations, warranties and agreements hereinafter set
forth and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged by each Party, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the
Parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS AND TERMS
1.1 SPECIFIC DEFINITIONS. As used in this Agreement, the following terms
shall have the meanings set forth or as referenced below:
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"Adverse Consequences" shall mean actions, suits, proceedings, hearings,
investigations, charges, complaints, claims, demands, injunctions, judgments,
orders, decrees, rulings, damages, dues, penalties, fines, costs, amounts paid
in settlement, liabilities, obligations, taxes, liens, losses, expenses, and
fees, including court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses.
"Affiliate" shall mean with respect to any Person, any Person directly or
indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, such
other Person at the time at which the determination of affiliation is made. As
used in this definition, the term "control" (including, with correlative
meanings, the terms "controlled by" and "under common control with"), as
applied to any Person, means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power
to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person,
whether through the ownership of voting securities or other ownership
interests, by contract or otherwise. (When used in relation to Buyer or
Communications, the term "Affiliate" shall include the Vermont Entities after
the Closing and when used in relation to a Vermont Entity the term "Affiliate"
shall include the Buyer and Communications after the Closing.)
"Agreement" shall mean this Agreement, as the same may be amended or
supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
"Approved Images" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.10.
"Authorizations" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.18.
"Assets" means the assets of the Vermont Entities, including all real and
personal property owned or leased by the Vermont Entities.
"Bavaria" shall mean VCG Deutschland GmbH, a corporation organized under
the laws of Germany.
"Bavaria Agreement" shall mean the Stock Purchase Agreement dated of even
date herewith among Unicorn, UBIBV, Ludgate Holdings GmbH, a corporation
organized under the laws of Germany, Xxxx Xxxxx Associates GmbH, a corporation
organized under the laws of Germany, and Buyer.
"Bavaria Entities" shall mean Bavaria and each of its Subsidiaries.
"Bavaria Financial Statements" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4.12 of the Bavaria Agreement.
"Benefit Plans" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.20.
"Books and Records" shall mean all books, ledgers, files, reports, plans
and operating records
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of, or maintained by or for, the Vermont Entities.
"Business" shall mean the business of the Vermont Entities, taken together
as a group, comprised of the licensing of still photography images to persons
in the advertising, design, publishing and corporate markets.
"Business Day(s)" shall mean any day or days other than a Saturday, a
Sunday or a United States federal holiday or a state holiday in the State of
New York.
"Buyer" shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
"Cash Adjustment Amount" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
"Cash Statement" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
"Chosen Courts" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.15.
"Closing" shall mean the closing of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
"Closing Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(a).
"Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"Communications" shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
"Confidentiality Agreement" shall mean the Agreement dated December 9,
1999 between Unicorn and Buyer.
"Contracts" shall mean any agreements, contracts, leases, purchase orders,
arrangements, commitments and licenses, whether oral or written.
"Damages" shall mean any and all costs, damages, liabilities, fines, fees,
penalties, interest obligations, deficiencies, losses, Taxes and expenses
(including, without limitation, amounts paid in settlement, interest, court
costs, costs of investigation, reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys,
accountants, actuaries, and experts, and other reasonable expenses of
litigation or mediation of any claim, default, or assessment), and diminution
in value, including incidental and consequential damages, whether or not
involving a third party claim.
"Definitive Stock" shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
"Definitive Stock Shares" shall mean all of the issued stock and share
capital of Definitive Stock.
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"Disclosure Schedule" shall have the meaning set forth in Article IV.
"Dispute Accountants" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
"Employees" shall mean all current and former employees of the Vermont
Entities.
"Encumbrances" shall mean any and all mortgages, pledges, assessments,
security interests, leases, subleases, liens, adverse claims, tribal claims,
levies, charges, options, warrants, assignments, rights to possession, rights
of others or restrictions (whether on voting, sale, transfer, disposition or
otherwise) or other encumbrances of any kind, whether imposed by agreement,
understanding, law or equity, or any conditional sale contract, title retention
contract, or other contract to give or refrain from giving any of the foregoing.
"ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
"GAAP" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
"Governmental Authority" shall mean any court (including a court of
equity), any federal, provincial, state, county, municipal or other government
or governmental department, ministry, commission, board, bureau, agency or
instrumentality, any securities commission, stock exchange or other regulatory
or self regulatory body, any arbitrator or arbitration tribunal and any other
tribunal, whether domestic or foreign.
"Governmental Authorizations" shall mean all licenses, permits,
certificates and other authorizations and approvals required (i) with respect to
Buyer, Communications, UBIBV, VCG or a Vermont Entity to perform their
respective obligations hereunder and (ii) with respect to the Vermont Entities,
to carry on its business as currently conducted or presently proposed to be
conducted under applicable laws, ordinances or regulations of any Governmental
Authority.
"Group Entities" shall mean the Vermont Entities and the Bavaria Entities,
and each such entity shall be referred to individually as a "Group Entity".
"Holdings" shall mean Ludgate Holdings GmbH, a corporation organized under
the laws of Germany.
"HSR Act" shall mean the Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Antitrust Improvements Act of
1976, as amended.
"Image" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.10.
"Indemnified Parties" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.4(a).
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"Indemnifying Party" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.4(a).
"Intellectual Property" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.10.
"Intercompany Debt" shall mean that debt owing by any of the Group
Entities to UBIBV or any of UBIBV's Affiliates (other than the Group Entities),
or by UBIBV or any of UBIBV's Affiliates to any Group Entity as at the Closing
Date and to the extent set forth on a Schedule I, to be delivered by UBIBV to
Buyer not less than two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date. For
purposes of Purchase Price in Section 2.2 hereof. Intercompany Debt addressed
in the Bavaria Agreement shall be excluded.
"Knowledge of Seller" shall mean knowledge of at least one of the
directors and executive officers of UBIBV or at least one of the following
directors and executive officers of VCG: Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx (with respect only to Section 4.15) and
Xxxxx Xxxxx and Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx (with respect only to Section 4.10) and Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx (with respect only to Section 4.10). "Knowledge of Seller" shall
include the knowledge that any of such persons would have had if he or she had
made due inquiry.
"Laws" shall mean any federal, state, foreign, or local law, statute,
ordinance, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree.
"Leases" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.9.
"Licensed Images" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.10.
"Licensed Intellectual Property" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4.10.
"Listed Intellectual Property" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4.10.
"Material Adverse Effect" shall mean a material adverse effect on the
validity or enforceability of this Agreement, on the ability of a particular
Party to perform its obligations under this Agreement, or on the business,
operations, assets, liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise) or results
of operations of such Party.
"Material Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.22.
"Merger" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.23.
"Owned Images" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.10.
"Owned Intellectual Property" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4.10.
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"Person" shall mean an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an
association, a limited liability company, a trust or other entity or
organization.
"Regulatory Law" means the Xxxxxxx Act, as amended, the Xxxxxxx Act, as
amended, the HSR Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, as amended, and all
other federal, state and foreign, if any, statutes, rules, regulations, orders,
decrees, administrative and judicial doctrines and other laws that are designed
or intended to prohibit, restrict or regulate (i) mergers, acquisitions or
other business combinations, (ii) foreign investment or (iii) actions having
the purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint of trade or lessening
competition.
"Returns" shall mean all information, notices, accounts, computations,
returns, declarations, reports, estimates, information returns and statements
of any nature regarding Taxes.
"Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Software" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.10.
"Subsidiaries" shall mean any corporation, company, partnership or other
entity the majority of the voting equity or other ownership interests of which
is owned, directly or indirectly, by the entity in connection with which the
term is employed, and shall include, in the case of a partnership, any
partnership whose general partner is the entity in connection with which the
term is employed (when referring to VCG Holdings, Definitive Stock or VCGLLC,
"Subsidiaries" shall include without limitation each of the entities set forth
on Schedule S attached hereto).
"Taxes" shall mean all federal, state, local or foreign taxes, charges,
duties, fees, imposts, levies or other assessments, in all cases in the nature
of taxation, including, but not limited to income, gross receipts, windfall
profits, capital, net worth, profits, corporate value added, capital duty,
severance, real property, personal property, inheritance, gift, production,
sales, use, license, excise, franchise, employment, withholding, transfer, ad
valorem, inventory, capital stock, social security, national insurance,
payroll, unemployment, severance, stamp, occupation or similar taxes, customs
duties, fees, assessments and charges of any kind whatsoever, in each case: (i)
whether computed on a separate, consolidated, combined, unitary or any other
basis (including pursuant to a statutorily imposed transferee liability); and
(ii) together with any interest, additions or penalties with respect thereto
and any interest in respect of such additions or penalties.
"Taxing Authority" shall mean the Internal Revenue Service and any other
domestic or foreign governmental authority responsible for the administration
of any Taxes.
"UBIBV" shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
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"UK Benefit Plans" shall mean (a) United Money Purchase Pension Scheme;
(b) Group Personal Pension Scheme for VCG employees; (c) United Magazines Final
Salary Pension Scheme; (d) the personal pension arrangement for Mr. Angeloglou
with Scottish Widows; and (e) United Pension Plan.
"Unapproved Images" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.10.
"Unicorn" shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
"VCG" shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
"VCG Holdings" shall have the meaning set forth in the recital.
"VCG Holdings Shares" shall mean all of the issued stock and share capital
of VCG Holdings.
"VCGLLC" shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
"VCGLLC Shares" shall mean all of the issued and outstanding equity or
other ownership interests in VCGLLC.
"Vermont Entities" shall mean VCG Holdings, Definitive Stock, VCGLLC and
each of their Subsidiaries.
"Vermont Shares" shall mean all of the VCG Holdings Shares, all of the
Definitive Stock Shares and all of the VCGLLC Shares.
1.2 OTHER TERMS. Other terms may be defined elsewhere in the text of this
Agreement and, unless otherwise indicated, shall have the meaning specifically
ascribed to such terms wherever such terms appear elsewhere in this Agreement.
1.3 OTHER DEFINITIONAL PROVISIONS.
(a) References in this Agreement to "Sections," "Articles,"
"Exhibits," "Annexes" and "Schedules" are to sections, articles, exhibits,
annexes and schedules herein and hereto unless otherwise indicated. Unless
otherwise set forth herein, references in this Agreement to any document,
instrument or agreement (including, without limitation, this Agreement) (i)
shall include all exhibits, annexes, schedules and other attachments thereto,
(ii) shall include all documents, instruments or agreements issued or executed
in replacement thereof and (iii) shall mean such document, instrument or
agreement, or replacement or predecessor thereto, as amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms and in effect at any
given time.
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(b) Wherever from the context it appears appropriate, each term
stated in either the singular or plural shall include the singular or plural.
(c) The words "hereof", "herein", and "hereunder" and words of
similar import, when used in this Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement as a
whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement.
(d) References to any statute or statutory provision shall be
construed as a reference to such statute or statutory provision as in force at
the date of this Agreement and as respectively subsequently amended, re-enacted
or consolidated.
ARTICLE II
PURCHASE AND SALE OF VERMONT SHARES
2.1 BASIC TRANSACTION. On the terms and subject to the conditions of this
Agreement, and in reliance upon the representations and warranties of the
Parties herein, at the Closing, (i) Buyer agrees to purchase from VCG, and VCG
agrees to sell, transfer and convey to Buyer, or cause the sale, transfer and
conveyance to Buyer, all of the Definitive Stock Shares and VCGLLC Shares, and
(ii) Communications agrees to purchase from VCG and VCG agrees to sell,
transfer and convey to Communications, all of the VCG Holdings Shares,
collectively for the consideration specified in Section 2.2 hereof.
2.2 PURCHASE PRICE. At the Closing, as the Purchase Price to be paid by
Buyer and Communications for the Vermont Shares, Buyer and Communications shall
pay to VCG the aggregate sum of $203,000,000 less the amount of Intercompany
Debt (the "Purchase Price"), subject to post-Closing adjustment to increase or
decrease the Purchase Price by the Cash Adjustment Amount pursuant to Section
2.3.
2.3 CASH ADJUSTMENT. As soon as practicable, but in any event not later
than five (5) business days following the Closing Date, Buyer shall cause to be
delivered to UBIBV an unaudited statement of the cash, cash equivalents and bank
overdrafts of the Group Entities taken as a whole (the "Cash Statement"), as of
the close of business on the Closing Date, prepared in accordance with United
Kingdom generally accepted accounting standards applied on a basis consistent
with the prior practices of the Group Entities (hereinafter, "GAAP"), provided,
however, that cash, cash equivalents and bank overdrafts will be determined for
purposes of the Cash Statement through full application of the procedures used
in preparing the most recent balance sheet included within the Audited Vermont
Financial Statements and the Bavaria Financial Statements. For the avoidance of
doubt, in calculating the amount of cash, such amount shall be reduced by the
amount of any checks drawn prior to Closing which have not been present prior to
closing, and increased by the amount of any receipts paid-in but not yet cleared
as of the Closing. For the avoidance of doubt, the Cash Statement shall be
prepared and shall reflect the cash balances of the Group Entities immediately
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prior to settlement of the Intercompany Debt.
UBIBV and its accountants PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLC ("UBIBV's
Accountants"), shall have the right to review the Cash Statement, and in
connection with such review, UBIBV and UBIBV's Accountants shall have the right
to examine any books and records of the Group Entities reasonably necessary to
make a complete review of the Cash Statement, and Buyer shall make available to
UBIBV and UBIBV's Accountants their working papers related to the preparation of
the Cash Statement.
Within five (5) business days after UBIBV receives the Cash Statement,
UBIBV shall give written notice to Buyer of any objections UBIBV has with
respect to the Cash Statement, which notice shall specify the basis for such
objections in reasonable detail. If UBIBV does not notify Buyer of any
objections within such five business day period, then UBIBV shall be deemed to
have accepted the Cash Statement and the amounts reflected therein shall become
final and binding on the Parties for purposes of this Section 2.3.
If UBIBV objects to the Cash Statement as provided above, then the parties
shall negotiate in good faith to resolve such objections and arrive at an
agreed upon Cash Statement. Any objections of UBIBV which have not been
resolved by the parties within 10 business days after the delivery of UBIBV's
objections to Buyer shall be presented for resolution to Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP
(the "Dispute Accountants"). The Dispute Accountants shall promptly resolve the
disputed items in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.3 and the
determinations of the Dispute Accountants in respect thereof shall be final and
binding upon the parties for purposes of this Section 2.3. Neither party will
disclose to the Dispute Accountants, nor will the Dispute Accountants consider
for any purpose, any settlement offer made by either party.
As used in this Agreement, the term "Cash Statement" shall mean such
statement in the form which becomes final and binding upon the Parties as
hereinabove provided.
After the Cash Statement is finalized, the Purchase Price shall be
adjusted upward or downward as follows: (A) if the net amount of cash, cash
equivalents and bank overdrafts reflected on the Cash Statement exceeds Pound
Sterling 450,000, then the Purchase Price shall be increased by the amount of
such excess (the "Cash Adjustment Amount") and Buyer shall pay the Cash
Adjustment Amount to UBIBV, or (B) if the net amount of cash, cash equivalents
and bank overdrafts reflected on the Cash Statement are less than Pound
Sterling 450,000, then the Purchase Price shall be decreased by the amount of
such deficiency (the "Cash Adjustment Amount") and UBIBV shall pay the Cash
Adjustment Amount to Buyer.
The appropriate party shall, within one (1) business day after the Cash
Statement becomes final and binding, pay to the other party the Cash Adjustment
Amount, together with interest thereon at a rate of LIBOR plus one percent (1%)
calculated from the Closing Date to the date on which the Cash Adjustment
Amount is received by the party that is entitled to payment thereof.
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2.4 Closing; Deliveries; Payment.
(a) The closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the
"Closing") shall take place at the offices of Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx at Two
Wall Street, New York, New York, commencing at 10:00 a.m. local time on March
26, 2000, or at such other, or such additional, time and place as the Parties
hereto may mutually agree (the "Closing Date"). The Closing shall be deemed to
have occurred at 12:01 a.m. local time, on the Closing Date.
(b) The Vermont Shares shall be delivered to Buyer and Communications free
and clear of all liens, pledges, encumbrances, claims, security interests,
charges, voting trusts, voting agreements, other agreements, rights, options,
warrants or restrictions or claims of any kind, nature or description, other
than pursuant to this Agreement. At the Closing, UBIBV and VCG shall also
deliver such certificates, instruments, and documents as are required of UBIBV
and VCG under the terms and provisions of this Agreement, all of which shall be
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Buyer. At the Closing, VCG
shall deliver to Communications a duly executed stock transfer form in relation
to the entire issued share capital of VCG Holdings, together with a share
certificate in respect of the number of shares constituted in that stock
transfer form in favor of Communications and shall cause the name of
Communications to be entered into the register of members of VCG Holdings as the
registered holder of such shares subject to the stock transfer form being duly
stamped. At the Closing, VCG shall deliver to Buyer (on its permitted assignee)
stock powers duly endorsed in blank in respect of the Definitive Stock Shares.
(c) At the Closing, Buyer shall pay the Purchase Price to VCG for the
Vermont Shares in immediately available funds by wire transfer to such
account(s) as shall be designated by VCG in writing at least two (2) full
Business Days prior to the Closing. Buyer and VCG shall agree prior to the
Closing on the allocation of the Purchase Price among the Vermont Entities.
Buyer shall deliver such certificates, instruments and documents as are required
of Buyer and Communications under the terms and provisions of this Agreement,
all of which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to VCG.
(d) On the Closing Date, Buyer and Communications will cause the Vermont
Entities to settle all Intercompany Debt and shall put them in funds to do so in
an amount equal to the Intercompany Debt. If and to the extent that following
payment of all Intercompany Debt any amount is or may become payable by any of
the Vermont Entities to UBIBV or any Affiliate of UBIBV (other than a Vermont
Entity), the occurrence of Closing shall take effect as a waiver by UBIBV, for
itself and on behalf of each of its Affiliates, of any amount so payable, except
with respect to normal trading balances payable to OiT and Express Newspapers
Limited and receivable by FPG International, L.L.C. in respect to web hosting,
image purchasing and rent respectively, which shall survive and continue on
normal terms or as otherwise provided herein.
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ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
CONCERNING THE TRANSACTION
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3.1 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF UNICORN, UBIBV AND VCG. Unicorn,
UBIBV and VCG jointly and severally represent and warrant to Buyer and
Communications that the statements contained in this Section 3.1 are correct
and complete with respect to itself as of February 27, 2000 and will be correct
and complete with respect to itself as of the Closing Date (as though made then
and as though the Closing Date were substituted for the date of this Agreement
throughout this Section 3.1), except as set forth in Section 3.1 of the
Disclosure Schedule attached hereto.
(a) Organization. Each of Unicorn, UBIBV and VCG is a company duly
organized and validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
organization and has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease
and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted.
(b) Execution; Authorization of Transaction. Each of UBIBV, Unicorn
and VCG has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this
Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder, subject to the receipt of
the approvals, consents and authorizations contemplated hereby. This Agreement
has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by each of UBIBV,
VCG and Unicorn and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of UBIBV,
VCG and Unicorn, enforceable against each of them in accordance with its terms
and conditions, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating
to or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles. Except for
filings, permits, authorizations, consents and approvals as may be required
under, and other applicable requirements of, the HSR Act and as otherwise set
forth in Section 3.1 to the Disclosure Schedule, no filing with or notice to,
and no permit, authorization, consent or approval of, any Governmental
Authority is necessary for the execution and delivery by each of UBIBV, VCG and
Unicorn of this Agreement or the consummation by each of them of the
transactions contemplated hereby, except where the failure to obtain such
permits, authorizations, consents or approvals or to make such filings or give
such notice do not or would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or
in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement by each of UBIBV, VCG and Unicorn nor the
consummation by them of the transactions contemplated hereby will (i) conflict
with or result in any breach of any provision of the respective articles of
association or bylaws (or similar governing documents) of UBIBV, VCG, Unicorn
or any of the Vermont Equities, or (ii) result in a violation or breach of,
or constitute (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) a default
(or give rise to any right of termination, amendment, cancellation or
acceleration or lien) under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any
Law applicable to UBIBV, VCG and Unicorn or any of the Vermont Entities or any
note, bond, mortgage, indenture, lease, license, contract, agreement or other
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instrument or obligation to which UBIBV, VCG, Unicorn or any of the Vermont
Entities is a party or by which any of them or any of their respective
properties or assets may be bound, except in the case of violations, breaches or
defaults which do not or would not reasonably be expected to have, individually
or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Brokers' Fees. None of UBIBV, VCG or Unicorn has any liability or
obligation to pay any fees or commissions to any broker, finder, or agent with
respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement for which the Vermont
Entities, Buyer or Communications could become liable or obligated.
(d) Vermont Shares VCG is the legal and beneficial owner of all of the
Vermont Shares, in each case free and clear of any restrictions on transfer
(other than any restrictions under the Securities Act, state securities laws and
restrictions on transfer set forth in the Articles of Association of VCG),
Taxes, Encumbrances, options, warrants, purchase rights, contracts, commitments,
equities, claims, and demands. Neither UBIBV nor VCG is a party to any option,
warrant, purchase right, or other contract or commitment that could require
UBIBV or VCG to sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of any capital stock of the
Vermont Entities (other than this Agreement). Neither UBIBV nor VCG is a party
to any trust, proxy, or other agreement or understanding with respect to the
voting of any shares or capital stock of VCG Holdings, Definitive Stock or
VCGLLC. The Vermont Shares owned by VCG constitute 100% of the outstanding
voting capital of VCG Holdings, Definitive Stock and VCGLLC. No dividends or
other distributions of cash or property have been declared on the Vermont Shares
to any person which are due and/or have remained unpaid.
(e) Litigation Regarding Vermont Shares There are no actions, suits,
claims, investigations or legal or administrative or arbitration (or other
binding alternative dispute resolution) proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge
of Seller, threatened by or against: (I) UBIBV or VCG relating to the Vermont
Shares owned by VCG or (II) UBIBV or VCG relating to this Agreement and/or the
transactions contemplated hereby, before any court, governmental agency or other
body, and no judgment, order, writ, injunction, decree or other similar command
of any court or governmental agency or other body has been entered against or
served upon: (I) UBIBV or VCG relating to the Vermont Shares owned by VCG, or
(II) UBIBV or VCG relating to this Agreement and/or the transactions
contemplated hereby.
3.2 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BUYER. Buyer represents and
warrants to UBIBV and VCG that the statements contained in this Section 3.2 are
correct and complete as of February 27, 2000 and will be correct and complete as
of the Closing Date (as though made then and as though the Closing Date were
substituted for the date of this Agreement throughout this Section 3.2), except
as set forth in Section 3.2 of the Disclosure Schedule attached hereto.
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(a) Organization. Each of Buyer and Communications is a corporation duly
organized and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation and has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease
and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted.
(b) Execution; Authorization of Transaction. Each of Buyer and
Communications has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into
this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder, subject to the receipt
of the approvals, consents and authorizations contemplated hereby. This
Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by Buyer
and Communications and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of
Buyer and Communications, enforceable in accordance with its terms and
conditions, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating
to or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles. Except for
filings, permits, authorizations, consents and approvals as may be required
under, and other applicable requirements of, the HSR Act and as otherwise set
forth in Section 3.2 to the Disclosure Schedule, no filing with or notice to,
and no permit, authorization, consent or approval of, any Governmental
Authority is necessary for the execution and delivery by Buyer and
Communications of this Agreement or the consummation by Buyer and
Communications of the transactions contemplated hereby, except where the
failure to obtain such permits, authorizations, consents or approvals or to
make such filings or give such notice do not or would not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
Neither the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Buyer and
Communications nor the consummation by Buyer and Communications of the
transactions contemplated hereby will (i) conflict with or result in any breach
of any provision of the articles of incorporation or bylaws (or similar
governing documents) of Buyer or Communications, (ii) result in a violation or
breach of, or constitute (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both)
a default (or give rise to any right of termination, amendment, cancellation or
acceleration or lien) under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any
Law applicable to Buyer or Communications or any note, bond, mortgage,
indenture, lease, license, contract, agreement or other instrument or
obligation to which Buyer or Communications is a party or by which Buyer or
Communications or any of their respective properties or assets may be bound,
except in the case of violations, breaches or defaults which do not or would
not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Brokers' Fees. Neither Buyer nor Communications has any liability or
obligation to pay any fees or commissions to any broker, finder, or agent with
respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement for which UBIBV, VCG
or Unicorn could become liable or obligated.
(d) Investment. Buyer is acquiring the Definitive Stock Shares and the
VCGLLC Shares, and Communications is acquiring the VCG Holdings Shares, solely
for the purpose of investment and not with a view to, or for sale in connection
with, any distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act. Buyer and
Communications acknowledge that the Vermont Shares are not
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registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, and
that such Vermont Shares may not be transferred or sold except pursuant to the
registration provisions of the Securities Act or pursuant to an applicable
exemption therefrom and pursuant to state securities laws and regulation as
applicable.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF UBIBV CONCERNING THE VERMONT ENTITIES
UBIBV represents and warrants to Buyer and Communications, as of
February 27, 2000 and as of the Closing Date (except that representations and
warranties that are made as of a specific date need to be true only as of such
date), as provided in Annex A hereto, subject to and except as disclosed in the
Disclosure Schedule delivered by UBIBV to Buyer and Communications and initialed
by the Parties (the "Disclosure Schedule"). For purposes of this Agreement the
disclosure of any matter in any Section of the Disclosure Schedule shall serve
as sufficient disclosure for purposes of all of the representations and
warranties contained in Annex A hereto as to which the descriptive nature of the
disclosure provides sufficient notice of the materials, facts or items described
therein to indicate such disclosure's relevancy to other representations and
warranties.
ARTICLE V
PRE-CLOSING COVENANTS
The Parties agree as follows with respect to the period between the
execution of this Agreement and the Closing.
5.1 GENERAL. Each of the Parties will use its commercially reasonable
efforts to take all action and to do all things necessary, proper, or advisable
in order to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement (including satisfaction, but not waiver, of the closing conditions
set forth in Article VII below).
5.2 PRESS RELEASES AND PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS. No Party shall issue or
cause to be issued any press release or make or cause to be made any public
announcement relating to the subject matter of this Agreement prior to the
Closing (except for the joint press release to be made on or about the Closing
Date in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A), without the prior written
approval of the other Parties; provided, however, that any Party may make any
public disclosure it believes in good faith is required by applicable law, as a
result of being listed on an exchange or any listing or trading agreement
concerning its publicly-traded securities (in which case the disclosing Party
will use its best efforts to advise the other Parties prior to making the
disclosure). The provisions of this Section 5.2 shall supersede any conflicting
provision contained in the Confidentiality Agreement.
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5.3 DISCLOSURE. All information delivered to Buyer and Communications by
UBIBV, VCG or the Vermont Entities, or to which Buyer and Communications have
been provided access by UBIBV, VCG or the Vermont Entities or in connection
with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be subject
to the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement, which Confidentiality Agreement
shall survive the Closing or any termination of this Agreement.
5.4 OPERATION OF BUSINESS. Except as contemplated by this Agreement,
UBIBV shall procure that each of the Vermont Entities shall conduct its
operations in the ordinary and usual course of business consistent with past
practice and to the extent consistent therewith, with no less diligence and
effort than would be applied in the absence of this Agreement, use their
commercially reasonable efforts: (i) to preserve intact its current business
organizations, and (ii) to keep available the service of its current officers
and employees and to preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers and
others having business dealings with it to the end that goodwill and ongoing
businesses shall be unimpaired at the Closing Date. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, and except as otherwise expressly provided in this
Agreement or in the Disclosure Schedule, prior to the Closing Date no Vermont
Entity will, without the prior written consent of Buyer and Communications:
(a) amend its certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or other
similar governing instrument);
(b) authorize for issuance, issue, sell, deliver or agree or commit
to issue, sell or deliver (whether through the issuance or granting of options,
warrants, commitments, subscriptions, rights to purchase or otherwise) any
stock of any class or any other securities convertible into or exchangeable for
any stock or any equity equivalents (including, without limitation, any stock
options or stock appreciation rights);
(c) (i) split, combine or reclassify any shares of its capital
stock; (ii) declare, set aside or pay any dividend or other distribution
(whether in cash, stock or property or any combination thereof) in respect of
its capital stock; (iii) make any other actual, constructive or deemed
distribution in respect of any shares of its capital stock or otherwise make
any payments to stockholders in their capacity as such; or (iv) redeem,
repurchase or otherwise acquire any of its securities or any securities of any
of its subsidiaries;
(d) adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution,
merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization
of itself or any of its subsidiaries;
(e) alter through merger, liquidation, reorganization, restructuring
or in any other fashion the corporate structure or ownership of any subsidiary;
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(f) (i) incur or assume any long-term or short-term debt or issue any
debt securities, except for borrowings under existing lines of credit in the
ordinary and usual course of business consistent with past practice and in
amounts not material to the Group Entities taken as a whole; (ii) assume,
guarantee, endorse or otherwise become liable or responsible (whether directly,
contingently or otherwise) for the obligations of any other person, except in
the ordinary and usual course of business consistent with past practice and in
amounts not material to the Group Entities, taken as a whole, and except for
obligations of the wholly-owned Subsidiaries of VCG Holdings, Definitive Stock
and VCGLLC; (iii) make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or
investments in, any other person (other than to the wholly-owned Subsidiaries of
VCG Holdings, Definitive Stock or VCGLLC or customary loans or advances to
employees in the ordinary and usual course of business consistent with past
practice and in amounts not material to the maker of such loan or advance); (iv)
pledge or otherwise encumber shares of capital stock of any of the Vermont
Entities; or (v) mortgage or pledge any of its material assets, tangible or
intangible, or create or suffer to exist any material Lien thereupon;
(g) except as may be required by Law or as contemplated by this
Agreement, enter into, adopt or amend or terminate any bonus, profit sharing,
compensation, severance, termination, stock option, stock appreciation right,
restricted stock, performance unit, stock equivalent, stock purchase agreement,
pension, retirement, deferred compensation, employment, severance or other
employee benefit agreement, trust, plan, fund, award or other arrangement for
the benefit or welfare of any director, officer or employee in any manner, or
(except as set forth in Section 5.4(g) of the Disclosure Schedule, as required
under existing agreements, and hiring and compensation adjustments occurring in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices) increase in any
manner the compensation or fringe benefits of any director, officer or employee
or pay any benefit not required by any plan and arrangement as in effect as of
February 27, 2000 (including, without limitation, the granting of stock
appreciation rights or performance units);
(h) acquire, sell, lease or dispose of any assets outside the
ordinary and usual course of business consistent with past practice or any
assets which in the aggregate are material to the Group Entities taken as a
whole, enter into any commitment or transaction outside the ordinary and usual
course of business consistent with past practice or grant any exclusive
distribution rights;
(i) except as may be required as a result of a change in Law or in
GAAP, change any of the accounting principles or practices used by it;
(j) revalue in any material respect any of its assets, including,
without limitation, writing down the value of inventory or writing-off notes or
accounts receivable other than in the ordinary and usual course of business
consistent with past practice or as required by GAAP;
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(k) acquire (by merger, consolidation, or acquisition of stock or assets)
any corporation, partnership or other business organization or division thereof
or any equity interest therein; (ii) enter into any contract or agreement,
other than in the ordinary and usual course of business consistent with past
practice, or amend in any material respect any of the Material Agreements (iii)
authorize any new capital expenditure or expenditures which, individually, are
in excess of $60,000 or, in the aggregate, are in excess of $250,000 or (iv)
enter into or amend any contract, agreement, commitment or arrangement
providing for the taking of any action that would be prohibited hereunder;
provided that notwithstanding the foregoing each Vermont Entity shall continue
to make any capital expenditure in accordance with any capital expenditure plan
in existence at February 27, 2000;
(l) make or revoke any Tax election, or settle or compromise any Tax
liability or change (or make a request to any taxing authority to change) any
aspect of its method of accounting for Tax purposes;
(m) pay, discharge or satisfy any material claims, liabilities or
obligations (absolute, accrued, asserted or unasserted, contingent or
otherwise), other than the payment, discharge or satisfaction contemplated by
this agreement or in the ordinary and usual course of business consistent with
past practice of liabilities reflected or reserved against in the consolidated
financial statements of the Vermont Entities, or otherwise incurred in the
ordinary and usual course of business consistent with past practice, or waive
the benefits of, or agree to modify in any manner, any confidentiality,
standstill or similar agreement to which any of the Vermont Entities is a party;
provided that each Vermont Entity shall continue to pay its creditors as they
fall due in the period up to the Closing Date consistent with past practices;
(n) settle or compromise any pending or threatened suit, action or claim
relating to the transactions contemplated hereby;
(o) enter into any agreement or arrangement that limits or otherwise
restricts the Vermont Entities or any successor thereto or that could, after
the Closing Date, limit or restrict the Vermont Entities or any successor
thereto, from engaging or competing in any line of business or in any
geographic area;
(p) commit to any new expenditure in respect to iSwoop; or
(q) take, propose to take, or agree in writing or otherwise to take, any
of the actions described in Sections 5.4(a) through 5.4(p) or any action which
would make any of the representations or warranties of UBIBV contained in this
Agreement (i) which are qualified as to materiality untrue or incorrect or (ii)
which are not so qualified untrue or incorrect in any material respect.
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5.5 NOTICES; HSR. (a) Each of the Parties will give any notices to, make
any filings with, and use its reasonable commercial efforts (in the case of
Buyer, subject to the provisions of Section 5.5(c) below) to obtain any
authorizations, consents, and approvals of governments and governmental
agencies in connection with the matters referred to in Section 3.1(b) and
Section 3.2(b) above. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of
the Parties (or appropriate Affiliates) have filed the Notification and Report
Forms and related material were required to be filed with the Federal Trade
Commission (the "FTC") and the Antitrust Division of the United States
Department of Justice (the "DOJ") under the HSR Act, and each of the Parties
will make (and UBIBV will cause its appropriate Affiliate to make) any further
filings pursuant thereto that may be necessary, proper, or advisable in
connection therewith. Any filing fees required in connection with filings under
the HSR Act shall be borne by Buyer.
(b) Each of UBIBV, VCG, VCG Holdings, Definitive Stock, VCGLLC and Buyer
shall use its reasonable efforts to (i) cooperate in all respects with each
other in connection with any filing or submission and in connection with any
investigation or other inquiry, including any proceeding initiated by a private
party, (ii) promptly inform the other party of any communication received by
such party from, or given by such party to the DOJ, the FTC or any other
Governmental Authority and of any material communication received or given in
connection with any proceeding by a private party, in each case regarding any
of the transactions contemplated hereby, and (iii) consult with each other in
advance to the extent practicable of any meeting or conference with the DOJ,
the FTC or any such other Governmental Authority or, in connection with any
proceeding by a private party, with any other Person, and to the extent
permitted by the DOJ, the FTC or such other applicable Governmental Authority
or other Person, give the other party the opportunity to attend and participate
in such meetings and conferences.
(c) In furtherance and not in limitation of the covenant of Buyer set
forth in Sections 5.5(a) and (b) above, if any administrative or judicial
action or proceeding, including any proceeding by a private party, is
instituted (or threatened to be instituted) challenging any transaction
contemplated by this Agreement as violative of any Regulatory Law, or if any
statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, injunction or
administrative order is enacted, entered, promulgated or enforced by a
Governmental Authority which would make this Agreement or the other
transactions contemplated hereby illegal or would otherwise prohibit or
materially impair or delay the consummation of this Agreement or the other
transactions contemplated hereby, Buyer shall use its best efforts, including
without limitation, selling, holding separate or otherwise disposing of or
conducting its business in a specified manner, or agreeing to sell, hold
separate or otherwise dispose of or conduct its business in a specified manner
or permitting the sale, holding separate or other disposition of, any assets of
Buyer or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or the conducting of their business in
a specified manner, to vigorously contest and resist any such action or
proceeding and to have vacated, lifted, reversed or overturned any decree,
judgment, injunction or other order, whether temporary, preliminary or
permanent, that is in effect and that prohibits, prevents or restricts
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the consummation of this Agreement or the other transactions contemplated
hereby and to have such statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree,
injunction or administrative order repealed, rescinded or made inapplicable so
as to permit the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
5.6 ASSISTANCE. Subject to Section 5.3 hereof, UBIBV and VCG shall
provide Buyer and Communications with such assistance as they may reasonably
request and shall generally assist Buyer and Communications with respect to the
introduction of Buyer, Communications and their representatives and agents, to
appropriate governmental agencies or officials having regulatory jurisdiction
over the Business and shall cooperate generally with Buyer and Communications
in all reasonable respects, including, with limitation, communications with
employees, customers and suppliers.
5.7 ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES. Except as otherwise contemplated hereby UBIBV
shall not permit any of the Vermont Entities to (i) issue any debt or equity
security or any options or warrants, (ii) enter into any subscriptions,
agreements, plans or other commitments pursuant to which any of the Vermont
Entities is or may become obligated to issue any shares of its capital stock or
any securities convertible into shares of its capital stock, (iii) otherwise
change or modify its capital structure, (iv) make interim distributions, (v)
engage in any reorganization or similar transaction, or (vi) agree to take any
of the foregoing actions.
5.8 OTHER CHANGES. VCG and/or the Vermont Entities may (i) make capital
expenditures of an emergency nature required to avoid imminent material damage
to or shutdown of the Business, or reasonably necessary for safety reasons,
(ii) take such actions as may be required by law, (iii) change, for any
Employee who is not exempt from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor
Standards Act, the method of calculating the regular rate of pay for overtime
pay calculation purposes to using a weighted average of the different rates
earned by the Employee during the workweek.
5.9 PENSIONS. The provisions of the Pension Schedule shall have effect in
respect of the UK Benefit Plans.
5.10 BONUSES. At the Closing Date, VCG shall procure that no amounts in
the nature of bonus payments will remain payable by any Vermont Entity to any
of its employees or former employees (i) for the calendar year ended December
31, 1999, or (ii) in the nature of "stay or loyalty bonuses" payable to any
employee of a Vermont Entity in connection with the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement.
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ARTICLE VI
POST-CLOSING COVENANTS
The Parties agree as follows with respect to the period following the Closing:
6.1 FURTHER ACTIONS REGARDING TRANSFER. From and after the Closing, each
Party hereto shall, if reasonably requested by any other Party, execute and
deliver such further instruments of conveyance and transfer and take such other
reasonable action as may be necessary or desirable to provide more effectively
the sale and transfer of the Vermont Shares to Buyer and Communications.
6.2 CONFIDENTIALITY. For a period of three years after the Closing, UBIBV,
VCG, Unicorn and their Affiliates shall not divulge, furnish or make available,
to anyone (other than Buyer, Communications, UBIBV, VCG, Unicorn and their
respective Affiliates) any knowledge or information with respect to any
proprietary information of the Vermont Entities. This Section 6.2 shall not
apply to any such proprietary information which (i) shall have entered the
public domain or become available to the public through no act or omission of
UBIBV, VCG, Unicorn or any Affiliate of the foregoing, (ii) shall have become
available to UBIBV, VCG, Unicorn or any Affiliate of the foregoing from a third
party whom UBIBV, VCG, Unicorn or such Affiliate of the foregoing reasonably
believes is not obligated to the Vermont Entities, Buyer or Communications to
keep such proprietary information confidential, or (iii) shall be required by
law to be disclosed.
6.3 COVENANTS. Each of UBIBV, VCG, Unicorn and their Affiliates undertakes
with the Buyer and Communications that, without the prior written consent of
Buyer it will not and it will procure that none of their respective Affiliates
will:
(a) for the period of 3 years after the date of this Agreement, either
on its own account or in conjunction with or on behalf of any person carry on or
be engaged, concerned or interested (directly or indirectly and whether as
principal, shareholder, agent, consultant, partner or otherwise) in carrying on
the Business, provided, however, that the provisions of this Section 6.3(a)
shall in no way be construed to restrict UBIBV, VCG, Unicorn and their
Affiliates that are currently engaged in an activity that competes with the
Business from continuing to engage in such activity at levels which are not
materially greater than the levels at which such activity is currently
conducted; or
(b) for the period of 3 years after the date of this Agreement, either
on its own account or in conjunction with or on behalf of any other person,
solicit or endeavor to entice away from any Vermont Entity, with a view to
obtaining its business in relation to the business, any person who is (and was
at the Closing Date) a customer of a Vermont Entity; or
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(c) for the period of 3 years after the date of this Agreement,
either on its own account or in conjunction with or on behalf of any person,
employ, solicit or endeavor to entice away from any Vermont Entity any person
employed or engaged by any Vermont Entity in an executive or managerial
capacity, whether or not such person would commit a breach of contract by
reason of leaving service or office, except for Xxx Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxx Xxxxx.
For purposes of this section 6.3(c), bona fide public advertisements shall not
be deemed to constitute "solicitation" or "enticement" in violation of the
provisions hereof; or
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of UBIBV, VCG, Unicorn and
their Affiliates shall, either on its own account or in conjunction with or on
behalf of any person, employ solicit or endeavor to entice Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx away
from Buyer or Buyer's Affiliates for so long as Xx Xxxxxxx is employed by Buyer
or one of Buyer's Affiliates, provided, however, that the foregoing restriction
shall not apply in the event that, by the Closing Date, Xx Xxxxxxx has not
agreed to become an employee of Buyer or one of Buyer's Affiliates following
the Closing Date.
6.4 ACCESS TO INFORMATION.
(a) In order to facilitate the resolution of any third-party claims
made by or against or incurred by or indemnified by UBIBV prior to or after the
Closing, upon reasonable notice, Buyer and Communications shall, after the
Closing: (i) afford the officers, employees and authorized agents and
representatives of UBIBV reasonable access, during normal business hours, to
the offices, properties, books and records of Buyer, Communications and the
Vermont Entities with respect to the Business for the period prior to the
Closing; (ii) furnish to the officers, employees and authorized agents and
representatives of UBIBV such additional financial and other information
regarding the Business for the period prior to the Closing as Buyer,
Communications or any Vermont Entity has in its possession and UBIBV may from
time to time reasonably request; and (iii) make available to UBIBV, the
employees of Buyer, Communications and the Vermont Entities whose assistance,
testimony or presence is necessary to assist UBIBV in evaluating any such
claims and in defending such claims, including the presence of such persons as
witnesses in hearings on trials for such purposes; provided, however, that
such investigation shall not unreasonably interfere with the businesses or
operations of Buyer, Communications or any of their Affiliates; and provided,
however, that Buyer and Communications shall not be obligated to disclose any
information which they or any of their Affiliates holds under a legally binding
obligation of confidentiality or which is protected by any privilege.
(b) In order to facilitate the resolution of any third-party claims
made by or against or incurred by Buyer or Communications after the Closing,
upon reasonable notice, UBIBV, VCG and, with respect to Taxes, Unicorn shall,
after the Closing: (i) afford the officers, employees and authorized agents and
representatives of Buyer and Communications reasonable access, during normal
business hours, to the offices, properties, books and records of UBIBV and VCG
(and, as regards Taxes, of Unicorn) with respect to the Business and the Assets
for the period prior to the Closing; (ii) furnish to the officers, employees
and authorized agents and representatives of Buyer
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and Communications such additional financial and other information regarding
the Business and the Assets for the period prior to the Closing as Buyer and
Communications may from time to time reasonably request; and (iii) make
available to Buyer and Communications, the employees of UBIBV and VCG (and, as
regards Taxes of any Vermont Entity, of Unicorn) whose assistance, testimony or
presence is necessary to assist Buyer and Communications in evaluating any such
claims and in defending such claims, including the presence of such persons as
witnesses in hearings or trials for such purposes; provided, however, that such
investigation shall not unreasonably interfere with the businesses or
operations of UBIBV, VCG, Unicorn or any of their Affiliates; and provided,
however, that neither UBIBV nor Unicorn shall be obligated to disclose any
information which it or any of its Affiliates holds under a legally binding
obligation of confidentiality or which is protected by any privilege.
6.5 REMOVAL OF TRADEMARKS, ETC. As promptly as practicable after the
Closing, and in no event later than ninety (90) days after the Closing Date,
Buyer and Communications agree to (and will cause the Vermont Entities to)
cease use of and to delete, remove or otherwise obliterate from the Assets, and
from all packaging, advertisements, marketing and promotional materials and
other materials used by the Vermont Entities, all trade names and trademarks of
UBIBV, VCG and their Affiliates, including, but not limited to, references to
"United News & Media" "UNM" and derivatives thereof, and logos associated
therewith, provided, however, that for a period of six months following the
Closing Date, Buyer, Communications and their Affiliates shall be permitted to
dispose of inventory included in the Assets on the Closing Date which bears the
trade names or trade-marks of UBIBV, VCG and their Affiliates, and provided
further that Buyer, Communications and their Affiliates may, following the
Closing Date, ship, deliver and display catalogs bearing such trade names or
trademarks which have been produced prior to the Closing Date.
6.6 CERTAIN TAXES. All transfer, documentary, sales, use, stamp,
registration and other similar taxes and fees (including any penalties and
interest, but excluding taxes imposed on income) incurred in connection with
this Agreement, shall, whether imposed upon UBIBV, VCG, Buyer, Communications or
any Vermont Entity, be borne by Buyer or Communications. VCG will file all
necessary Returns and other documentation with respect to all such taxes, and,
if required by applicable law, Buyer and Communications will, and will cause
the Vermont Entities to, joint in the execution of any such Returns and other
documentation. All costs and expenses incurred in connection with VCG's filing
of Returns hereunder shall be borne by Buyer or Communications. Buyer and VCG
further agree (and each shall cause the Vermont Entities to), upon request, to
use their best efforts to obtain any certificate or other document from any
governmental authority or any other Person as may be necessary to mitigate,
reduce or eliminate any such tax that could be imposed (including, but not
limited to, with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby).
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6.7 TAX RETURNS; UTILIZATION OF TAX LOSSES.
(a) In respect of any Tax accounting period of any Vermont Entity
ending on or before the Closing Date, VCG and such of VCG's Affiliates as are
legally competent to do so ("the Surrendering Companies") shall be entitled
(but not required) to surrender and Buyer and Communications shall procure that
the relevant Vermont Entity shall cooperate with the Surrendering Companies to
accept, receive or utilize some or all Tax losses of the relevant Surrendering
Company so as to reduce or extinguish any pre-Closing Tax liability of the
Vermont Entity.
(b) To the extent that a Tax loss surrendered in accordance with
paragraph (a) above reduces or eliminates a Tax liability for any 1999 Tax
accounting period that was provided for in the Audited Vermont Financial
Statements, Buyer and Communications shall cause the relevant Vermont Entity to
pay as consideration to the relevant Surrendering Company an amount certified
by VCG's auditors to be equal to the difference between (i) the Tax otherwise
due and payable absent such surrender and (ii) the Tax due and payable taking
into account such surrender. Any payments that are due to be made by the
relevant Vermont Entity hereunder shall be made on the date on which the Tax
that is saved by virtue of such surrender would otherwise first have been due
and payable. To the extent that a Tax liability for any 1999 Tax accounting
period is either paid to the relevant Taxing Authority or reduced by reasons of
a Tax loss surrendered by a Surrendering Company that is reimbursed pursuant to
this Section 6.7(b), the accrual or reserve for Taxes in the Audited Vermont
Financial Statements shall be reduced for purposes of Section 8.2(c) hereof.
(c) To the extent that a Tax loss surrendered in accordance with
Section 6.7(a) reduces or eliminates a Tax liability that was not provided for
in the Audited Vermont Financial Statements in respect of a 1999 Tax accounting
period, no payment shall be made therefor by the relevant Vermont Entity but
the full value or benefit of such surrender to the relevant Vermont Entity
shall be taken into account when computing the amount of any Adverse
Consequences suffered by any relevant Vermont Entity.
(d)(i) Except as provided in Section 6.7(d)(iii), VCG, or its duly
authorized agents, shall be responsible for and have the conduct of preparing,
submitting and agreeing all Returns of the Vermont Entities (and
correspondence and other documentation relating thereto) with respect to Tax
accounting periods ending on or before the December 31, 1999, subject to all
such Returns being submitted in draft form to Buyer or to Buyer's duly
authorized agent for comment at least 42 days before the same are due to be
submitted to the relevant Taxing Authority. Buyer or Buyer's agents shall
within 21 days of such submission provide written comments thereon to VCG and
if VCG shall not have received comments within that period, Buyer shall be
deemed to have approved such draft Returns. Such deemed approval shall not by
itself constitute a waiver of Buyer's or Communications' other rights, if any,
under this Agreement. If Buyer or Buyer's agents shall have made any written
comments in accordance with the provisions of this Section, VCG shall not
unreasonably refuse to adopt such comments provided that VCG and VCG's agents
shall not be
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obliged to submit any Return to any relevant Taxing Authority unless reasonably
satisfied that it is accurate and complete in all material respects. VCG and
Buyer shall respectively afford (or procure to be afforded) to the other or to
the other's agents such information and assistance as may reasonably be required
to prepare, submit and agree all relevant Returns.
(ii) For Vermont Entities which are tax resident in the Netherlands and
Germany, UBIBV, VCG, and their duly authorized agents, shall be responsible for
and have the conduct of preparing, submitting and agreeing to the relevant
fiscal unity Returns for Tax accounting periods beginning prior to the Closing
Date (and correspondence and other documentation relating thereto) subject to
all such returns being submitted in draft form to Buyer or to Buyer's duly
authorized agent for comment at least 42 days before the same are due to be
submitted to the relevant Taxing Authority. Buyer or Buyer's agents shall within
21 days of such submission provide written comments thereon to VCG and if VCG
shall not have received comments within that period, Buyer shall be deemed to
have approved such draft Returns. Such deemed approval shall not by itself
constitute a waiver of Buyer's other rights, if any, under this Agreement. If
Buyer or Buyer's agents shall have made any written comments in accordance with
the provisions of this Section, VCG shall not unreasonably refuse to adopt such
comments provided that VCG and VCG's agents shall not be obliged to submit any
Return to any relevant Taxing Authority unless reasonably satisfied that it is
accurate and complete in all material respects. VCG and Buyer shall respectively
afford (or procure to be afforded) to the other or to the other's agents such
information and assistance as may reasonably be required to prepare, submit and
agree all relevant Returns.
(iii) Buyer, or its duly authorized agents, shall be responsible for and
have the conduct of preparing, submitting and agreeing (x) all 0000 Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Federal, state and local income tax returns (and correspondence and other
documentation relating thereto) of Vermont Entities which are organized in the
United States and (y) 1999 Irish income tax returns of iSwoop Limited and iSwoop
International Limited, subject to all such Returns being submitted in draft form
to VCG or to VCG's duly authorized agent for comment at least 42 days before the
same are due to be submitted to the relevant Taxing Authority. VCG or VCG's
agents shall within 21 days of such submission provide written comments thereon
to Buyer and if Buyer shall not have received comments within that period, VCG
shall be deemed to have approved such draft Returns. Such deemed approval shall
not by itself constitute a waiver of VCG's other rights, if any, under this
Agreement. If VCG or VCG's agents shall have made any written comments in
accordance with the provisions of this Section, Buyer shall not unreasonably
refuse to adopt such comments provided that Buyer and Buyer's agents shall not
be obliged to submit any Return to any relevant Taxing Authority unless
reasonably satisfied that it is accurate and complete in all material respects.
VCG and Buyer shall respectively afford (or procure to be afforded) to the other
or to the other's agents such information and assistance as may reasonably be
required to prepare, submit and agree all relevant Returns.
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(iv) Except as provided in Section 6.7(d)(ii), Buyer, or its
duly authorized agents, shall be responsible for and have the conduct of
preparing, submitting and agreeing all Returns (and correspondence and other
documentation relating thereto) of Vermont Entities for Tax accounting periods
beginning on or after January 1, 2000, subject to all such Returns for which
Buyer and Communications will seek indemnification under Section 8.2(c) hereof
being submitted in draft form to VCG or to VCG's duly authorized agent for
comment at least 42 days before the same are due to be submitted to the
relevant Taxing Authority. VCG or VCG's agents shall within 21 days of such
submission provide written comments thereon to Buyer and if Buyer shall not
have received comments within that period, VCG shall be deemed to have approved
such draft Returns. Such deemed approval shall not by itself constitute a
waiver of VCG's other rights, if any, under this Agreement. If VCG or VCG's
agents shall have made any written comments in accordance with the provisions
of this Section, Buyer shall not unreasonably refuse to adopt such comments
provided that Buyer and Buyer's agents shall not be obliged to submit any
Return to any relevant Taxing Authority unless reasonably satisfied that it is
accurate and complete in all material respects. VCG and Buyer shall
respectively afford (or procure to be afforded) to the other or to the other's
agents such information and assistance as may reasonably be required to prepare,
submit and agree all relevant Returns.
(e) (i) To the extent that it does not result in more than nominal
Adverse Consequences to any of them, Buyer shall procure that all Vermont
Entities shall cause the agreed Returns referred to in Section 6.7(d) and,
subject to Section 6.7(a) above, all such claims, disclaimers, surrenders and
elections as may be directed by UBIBV relating to all such Returns of all
Vermont Entities with respect to Tax accounting periods ending on or before the
Closing Date to be authorized, signed and returned to UBIBV for submission to
the Taxing Authority as soon as is reasonably practicable. VCG shall submit
such claims, disclaimers, surrenders and elections to the relevant Vermont
Entity for such signature sufficiently in advance of the required filing date
for the relevant Vermont Entity to adequately review such claim, disclaimer,
surrender or election.
(ii) Buyer shall, and shall procure that all Vermont Entities,
cooperate with VCG and its agents as and to the extent reasonably requested by
VCG, in connection with VCG's exercise of their rights and responsibilities
under this Section 6.7. Such cooperation shall include retention and (upon VCG
request) the provision of records and information which are reasonably relevant
to such exercise, and making employees available on a mutually convenient basis
to provide additional information and explanation of any material provided
hereunder. VCG shall reimburse Buyer and the Vermont Entities for any
reasonable out of pocket expenditures incurred by them by reason of such
cooperation.
6.8 LEASES. Buyer shall indemnify VCG and its Affiliates, in the manner
and subject to the limitations set forth in Article VIII, from and against any
and all claims and Adverse Consequences arising from the Leases for all periods
after the Closing Date.
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6.9 INDEMNIFYING PARTY In the event that the net worth of UBIBV shall, at
any time during the period for which UBIBV is obligated to indemnify Buyer
pursuant to Section 8.1 and 8.2 hereof, be less than $650,000,000, Unicorn shall
cause one of its Affiliates having a net worth of not less than $650,000,000
execute such agreement(s) as may be reasonably requested by Buyer including
legal opinions or other assurances as to the enforceability of such agreements
to provide for the assignment by UBIBV and the assumption by such Affiliate of
UBIBV's indemnification obligations pursuant to such Section, provided that in
no event shall such indemnification obligations be expanded or increased beyond
the limitations set forth in such Section.
6.10 XXXXXX XXXXX UBIBV shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to
cause Xxxxxx Xxxxx to voluntarily resign his employment by the Vermont Entity
by which he is currently employed on the third business day following the
Closing, and Buyer and Communications will cause such Vermont Entity to waive
in writing its right to notice of termination of Mr Nugee's employment with
such Vermont Entity.
6.11 [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]
6.12 NEW YORK LEASE The Parties hereby covenant and agree that, for a
period of 6 months following the Closing Date, Unicorn shall be permitted to
continue its occupation of such portion of the office space located on the 5th
floor at 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx as it presently occupies
pursuant to an oral sublease from FPG International, LLC (successor-in-interest
to FPG International Group, Inc., the lessee thereof pursuant to the Lease
dated August 9, 1990 with 00-00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx Associates, Limited
Partnership (the "Landlord"), as amended), on the same terms, including without
limitation, rental rate, as Unicorn presently occupies such space. The Parties
hereby agree that Unicorn's sublease shall require 6 months prior written
notice for termination by FPG International, LLC. Buyer hereby covenants and
agrees that neither it nor its Affiliates will serve any such termination
notice prior to the six month anniversary of the Closing Date. During the
initial 12 month period, Buyer shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to
assist Unicorn in (i) securing the Landlord's consent to and approval of this
Section 6.12 (with respect to Unicorn's continued occupation, and (ii) securing
a direct lease of such space from the Landlord. On furtherance of the
foregoing, the Parties hereby agree that FPG International LLC and Unicorn
shall be permitted to enter into a written sublease reflecting the terms of the
existing sublease described above, in a form reasonably acceptable to Buyer.
6.13 SHARE OPTIONS
(a) Definitions
the "SCHEMES" the Sharesave Plan, the 1994 International Scheme,
the 1994 UK Scheme and the 1994 XXXX and any other
share option schemes adopted and operated by
UBIBV;
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the "THE 1994
INTERNATIONAL SCHEME" the Unapproved 1994 International Executive
Share Option Scheme;
the "1994 XXXX" the Approved 1994 UK Executive Share Option
Scheme;
the "SHARESAVE PLAN" the 1997 Unapproved United News & Media plc
International Sharesave Plan;
the "OPTION" an option over shares in the issued ordinary
share capital of Unicorn Plc, the terms of
which are as determined by the applicable
Scheme;
"RELEVANT EMPLOYEE" a person who is an employee of any one or
more Vermont Entities on or after Closing and
who currently has or may in the future have
any rights under any of the Schemes, which
expression shall include the personal
representatives of such individual and any
other person deriving rights under any such
Scheme from such individual;
"RETAINED GROUP" UBIBV and any subsidiary or subsidiary
undertaking or any holding company for the
time being of UBIBV, or any subsidiary or
subsidiary undertaking of such holding
company other than the Vermont Entities;
"SCHEME RIGHTS" the right of a Relevant Employee under the
Schemes to exercise any Option under the
Schemes on or in consequence of Closing in
favour of such Relevant Employee.
(b) UBIBV's Obligations
Where Scheme Rights confer upon any Relevant Employee any legal or
contractual right to exercise any outstanding Option under any Scheme and any
Relevant Employee elects to exercise any outstanding Option under any Scheme in
accordance with such legal or contractual right, then UBIBV shall or shall
procure that all relevant shares or securities are issued to the Relevant
Employee in satisfaction of such exercise.
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(c) Buyer's Obligations
Buyer shall co-operate with VCG to ensure that, following Closing,
it shall, at the request of VCG, take such steps as shall be reasonably
necessary or desirable to enable the Retained Group to efficiently administer
the Schemes in an effective and timely manner in relation to the Relevant
Employees (including enabling the Retained Group to utilize the payroll
services of the Vermont Entities to effect any payment and any consequential
deductions therefrom in respect of income tax, social security or the like
required to be made as a result of UBIBV acquitting its responsibilities under
paragraph 2 above.). In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of
the foregoing, Buyer and Communications shall procure that neither they nor any
of the Vermont Entities grant or purport to grant any rights or entitlements
under any Scheme nor does nor purports to do anything pursuant to any Scheme.
For the avoidance of doubt, as between the Parties, Buyer shall be responsible
for any relevant Taxes occurring upon exercise of Scheme Rights as employer of
the Relevant Employees.
ARTICLE VII
CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATION TO CLOSE
7.1 CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF BUYER AND COMMUNICATIONS. The
obligations of Buyer and Communications under this Agreement and the
consummation by Buyer and Communications of the transactions contemplated
hereby are subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing of the
following conditions, unless waived by Buyer and Communications in writing:
(a) Performance of Obligations of UBIBV. UBIBV shall have materially
performed all obligations required to be performed by it under this Agreement,
and materially complied with all covenants for which compliance by it is
required under this Agreement, prior to or at the Closing.
(b) Closing Documentation. Buyer and Communications shall have
received the following documents, agreements and instruments from UBIBV and VCG:
(i) Duly executed stock powers and stock transfer forms,
together with share certificates, if applicable, for the Vermont Shares
described in Section 2.4(b) hereof in forms mutually agreeable to the parties;
(ii) Certificates signed by an officer or director of UBIBV
certifying as to the matters set forth in Section 7.1(a) above with respect to
UBIBV;
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(iii) An opinion of Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, U.S. counsel for
Unicorn, UBIBV and VCG, dated the date of the Closing and addressed to Buyer and
Communications, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Buyer and
Communications, together with such opinions of Xxxxx & XxXxxxxx, PWC Landwell,
or other counsel reasonably acceptable to Buyer and Communications, as shall be
required;
(iv) The Shareholders Registers of VCG Holdings, Definitive Stock
and VCGLLC (which shall be updated at Closing) and statutory company books,
including the minute books and stock record books, of the Vermont Entities to
the extent required to be maintained or actually maintained;
(v) A certificate of a member of the Management Board of each of
UBIBV and VCG dated the Closing Date certifying (A) that attached thereto are
true, complete and correct copies of the Articles of Association of each of
UBIBV, VCG, VCGLLC, VCG Holdings and Definitive Stock as in effect on the date
of such certification, (B) that the Articles of Association or other
organizational document of each of the foregoing entities have not been amended
since the date of the last amendment referred to in the certificate, (C) that
attached thereto are true, complete and correct copies of resolutions, as in
effect on the date of such certification, duly adopted by the Board of Directors
of UBIBV and VCG or a duly authorized committee thereof, approving the
transactions contemplated hereby and authorizing the execution, delivery and
performance by UBIBV and VCG of this Agreement and the sale and transfer of the
Vermont Shares owned by VCG in accordance herewith, and (D) as to the incumbency
and signatures of the officers of UBIBV and VCG executing this Agreement and all
instruments or other documents delivered in connection with this Agreement;
(vi) [Intentionally omitted]
(vii) Signed resignation letters of all directors and officers of
the Vermont Entities requested by Buyer prior to Closing (or actions of the
Shareholders or Board of Directors of VCG removing such persons as directors and
officers); and
(viii) All other instruments and documents required by this
Agreement to be delivered by UBIBV and VCG to Buyer and Communications on or
before the Closing, including execution and delivery of the Bavaria Agreement.
(c) Approval of Legal Matters. The form of all instruments, certificates
and documents to be executed and delivered by UBIBV and VCG to Buyer and
Communications pursuant to this Agreement shall be reasonably satisfactory to
Buyer and its counsel, none of whose approval shall be unreasonably withheld or
delayed.
(d) No Litigation. Except with respect to matters relating to antitrust
laws including the HSR Act which, for purposes of this Section 7.1 are addressed
exclusively in Section
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7.1(e) below:
(i) No action, suit or other proceeding shall be pending or
threatened before any court, tribunal or governmental authority seeking or
threatening to restrain or prohibit the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or seeking to obtain substantial damages in
respect thereof, or involving a claim that consummation thereof would result in
the violation of any law, decree or regulation of any governmental authority
having appropriate jurisdiction; provided, however, that no such action, suit or
proceeding commenced or threatened by a private person or entity shall
constitute failure of a condition to Buyer's obligations under this Agreement;
and
(ii) No order, decree or ruling of any governmental authority or
court shall have been entered prohibiting, restraining or otherwise preventing
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(e) Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Waiting Period. All applicable waiting periods
under the HSR Act shall have expired without any indication by the Department
of Justice or the Federal Trade Commission that either of them intends to
challenge the transactions contemplated hereby, provided, however, that nothing
in this Section 7.1(e) shall be construed to constitute a modification of
Buyer's obligations as set forth in Section 5.5 hereof.
(f) Laws. No statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been
adopted or promulgated which materially adversely affects the Business, the
Assets of the Group Entities taken together as a whole.
(g) Financial Capacity. Buyer shall have obtained sufficient funds to
purchase the Vermont Shares on the terms and conditions contemplated by this
Agreement after using its reasonable commercial efforts to obtain such funds.
(h) Form 403. UBIBV shall have provided the filing by The Telegraph
Colour Library Limited at the Companies Registry of a duly executed and
completed Form 403 in respect of the charge in favour of Hambros Bank Limited.
7.2 CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF UNICORN, VCG AND UBIBV. The obligations
of Unicorn and UBIBV under this Agreement and the consummation by Unicorn, VCG
and UBIBV of the transactions contemplated hereby are subject to the
satisfaction at or prior to the Closing of the following conditions, unless
waived by Unicorn, VCG and UBIBV in writing:
(a) Performance of Obligations of Buyer and Communications. Each of
Buyer and Communications shall have performed all obligations required to be
performed by it under this Agreement, and complied with all covenants for which
compliance by it is required under this Agreement, prior to or at the Closing.
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(b) Closing Documentation. UBIBV and VCG shall have received the following
documents, agreements and instruments from Buyer and Communications:
(i) Payment of the Purchase Price pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof;
(ii) A certificate signed by an officer of each of Buyer and
Communications certifying as to the matters set forth in Section 7.2(a) above;
(iii) An opinion of Weil, Gotshal & Xxxxxx, LLP, counsel for Buyer and
Communications, dated the date of the Closing and addressed to UBIBV and VCG,
in form and substance reasonably acceptable to UBIBV and VCG;
(iv) Copies of all consents, approvals and notices referred to in
Section 3.2(b) hereof;
(v) A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each
of Buyer and Communications dated the Closing Date certifying (A) that attached
thereto are true, complete and correct copies of resolutions, as in effect on
the date of such certification, duly adopted by the Board of Directors of Buyer
and Communications, or a duly authorized committee thereof, approving the
transactions contemplated hereby and authorizing the execution, delivery and
performance by Buyer and Communications of this Agreement and the purchase and
acquisition by Buyer and Communications of the Vermont Shares in accordance
herewith, and (B) as to the incumbency and signatures of the officers of Buyer
and Communications executing this Agreement and all instruments or other
documents delivered in connection with this Agreement; and
(vi) All other instruments and documents required by this Agreement
to be delivered by Buyer and Communications to UBIBV and VCG on or before the
Closing, including execution and delivery of the Bavaria Agreement.
(c) Approval of Legal Matters. The form of all instruments, certificates
and documents to be executed and delivered by Buyer and Communications to UBIBV
and VCG pursuant to this Agreement shall be reasonably satisfactory to UBIBV
and its counsel, none of whose approval shall be unreasonably withheld or
delayed.
(d) No Litigation
(i) No action, suit or other proceeding shall be pending or
threatened before any court, tribunal or governmental authority seeking or
threatening to restrain or prohibit the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or seeking to obtain substantial damages in
respect thereof, or involving a claim that consummation thereof would result
in the violation of any law, decree or regulation of any governmental authority
having appropriate jurisdiction; provided, however, that no such action, suit
or proceeding commenced or threatened
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by a private person or entity shall constitute failure of a condition to
UBIBV's or VCG's obligations under this Agreement; and
(ii) No order, decree or ruling of any governmental authority or
court shall have been entered prohibiting, restraining or otherwise preventing
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(e) Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Waiting Period. All applicable waiting periods
under the HSR Act, shall have expired without any indication by the Department
of Justice or the Federal Trade Commission that either of them intends to
challenge the transactions contemplated hereby.
ARTICLE VIII
REMEDIES FOR BREACHES OF THIS AGREEMENT
8.1 SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Notwithstanding any
otherwise applicable statute of limitations, all of the representations and
warranties of Unicorn, VCG and UBIBV contained in Section 3.1 and all of the
representations and warranties of UBIBV contained in Sections 4.1 - 4.24 of
Annex A hereto, or in any certificate, annex or Schedule to this Agreement or
prepared by UBIBV in connection with this Agreement (including the Disclosure
Schedule) shall survive the Closing hereunder and continue in full force and
effect for the period specified below:
(a) for the representations and warranties contained in
Sections 4.6-4.14 and 4.16 - 4.24 of Annex A, until the 18 month anniversary of
the Closing Date;
(b) notwithstanding Section 8.1(a) above, for claims in relation to
the lost Licensed Images or model consents with releases (or lack thereof)
within the Knowledge of Seller prior to February 27, 2000 (including, for
purposes of this Article VIII, claims in relation to lost Licensed Images or
model consents with arising under the Bavaria Agreement) ("Media Claims"),
until the 5 year anniversary of the Closing Date; and
(c) for all other representations, warranties and covenants of the
parties, until the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations,
including extensions thereof.
Any Party entitled to receive indemnification pursuant to this Article
VIII shall use commercially reasonable efforts to seek recovery (including both
cost of defense and indemnity) under applicable insurance policies with respect
to any Adverse Consequences. In determining the amount payable hereunder there
shall be taken into account the dollar amount of any insurance as other net
proceeds actually received by (or paid for the benefit of) the party claiming
indemnification hereunder with respect to the events giving rise to a claim
hereunder. In the event that a Party (a "Collecting Party") receives payment
under this Article VIII from another Party (a "Paying Party"),
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and then subsequently receives insurance proceeds with respect to the matter
for which such Collecting Party received indemnification payment from Paying
Party, Collecting Party shall, within two (2) business days of the receipt of
such insurance proceeds, remit such proceeds to Paying Party up to the amount
previously paid by Paying Party.
Except as provided in the immediately following paragraph, no Party shall
be entitled to indemnification hereunder for any Adverse Consequences for which
indemnification is sought under the Bavaria Agreement, and no Party shall be
entitled to indemnification for any Adverse Consequences under the Bavaria
Agreement for which indemnification is sought hereunder.
UBIBV and Buyer hereby agree that to the extent that indemnification
claims pursuant to Section 8.2(a), 8.2(c) and 8.3 of the Bavaria Agreement
exceed the aggregate maximum amount set forth in such Sections, Buyer and UBIBV
shall be entitled to raise such claims hereunder as if the indemnities and
warranties contained in this Agreement relating to the Vermont Entities (or any
of them) were warranties and indemnities relating to the Bavaria Entities, to
the extent such claims (together with indemnification claims hereunder) do not
exceed the aggregate maximum amounts set forth in Sections 8.2(a), 8.2(c) and
8.3 hereof. Similarly UBIBV and Buyer hereby agree that to the extent that
indemnification claims pursuant to Sections 8.2(a) and 8.3 hereof exceed the
aggregate maximum amount set forth in such Sections, Buyer and UBIBV shall be
entitled to raise such claims under the comparable provisions of the Bavaria
Agreement as if the indemnities and warranties contained in the Bavaria
Agreement relating to the Bavaria Entities (or any of them) were warranties and
indemnities relating to the Vermont Entities, to the extent such claims
(together with indemnification claims thereunder) do not exceed the aggregate
maximum amounts set forth in Sections 8.2(a), 8.2(c) and 8.3 of the Bavaria
Agreement.
The Parties hereby acknowledge and agree that any item disclosed in
Section 4.10 of the Disclosure Schedule hereto shall be deemed to constitute
disclosure of such item in the comparable section of the Disclosure Schedule to
the Bavaria Agreement for purposes thereof.
8.2 INDEMNIFICATION PROVISIONS FOR BENEFIT OF BUYER AND COMMUNICATIONS
(a) In the event that any of Unicorn, VCG or UBIBV breach (or in the
event any third party alleges facts that, if true, would mean that any of
Unicorn, VCG or UBIBV has breached) any of their representations, warranties,
and covenants contained herein, or in any certificate, annex or Schedule
delivered pursuant hereto (except with respect to Media Claims, which are the
subject of Section 8.2(b) below), and, if there is an applicable survival
period pursuant to Section 8.1 above, provided that Buyer or Communications, as
the case may be, makes a written claim for indemnification against UBIBV
pursuant to Section 10.6 below within such survival period, then UBIBV agrees
to indemnify Buyer, Communications, VCGLLC, Definitive Stock and VCG Holdings
from and against the entirety of any Adverse Consequences any of the foregoing
entities may suffer resulting from, arising out of, relating to, in the nature
of, or caused by the breach (or the alleged breach), up to, together with
Adverse Consequences under Section 8.2(c), an aggregate
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maximum amount equal to one-half of the Purchase Price; provided, however, that
UBIBV shall have no obligation to indemnify Buyer, Communications, VCGLLC,
Definitive Stock or VCG Holdings from and against any Adverse Consequence
(treating as a single Adverse Consequence related Adverse Consequences arising
out of a single fact situation) that does not equal or exceed $25,000 ("De
Minimis Claims"); and provided, further, that UBIBV shall have no obligation to
indemnify Buyer, Communications, VCGLLC, Definitive Stock or VCG Holdings until
all such Adverse Consequences shall exceed $2,000,000 in aggregate amount (taken
together with any Adverse Consequences pursuant to the Bavaria Agreement, and
not including, in either case, any Adverse Consequences that are De Minimis
Claims) at which time UBIBV shall be liable to Buyer, Communications, Definitive
Stock, VCGLLC and VCG Holdings for all Adverse Consequences from the first $1 of
such Adverse Consequences.
(b) In the event Buyer or Communications makes a written claim for
indemnification against UBIBV pursuant to Section 10.6 below within the survival
period set forth in Section 8.1(b) above with respect to Adverse Consequence
suffered by Buyer, Communications, VCGLLC, Definitive Stock or VCG Holdings as a
result of Media Claims, UBIBV agrees to indemnify the foregoing entities from
and against all such Adverse Consequences any of the foregoing entities may
suffer resulting from, arising out of or relating to such lost Licensed Images
or model releases, up to an aggregate maximum amount equal to $2,000,000,
provided, however, that UBIBV shall have no obligation to indemnify Buyer,
Communications, VCGLLC, Definitive Stock or VCG Holdings from and against any
Adverse Consequences until all such Adverse Consequences shall exceed $500,000
in aggregate amount (taken together with any such Adverse Consequences pursuant
to the Bavaria Agreement), and provided, further that UBIBV shall have no
obligation to indemnify Buyer, Communications, VCGLLC, Definitive Stock or VCG
Holdings from and against that first $500,000 in aggregate amount of any such
Adverse Consequences.
(c) Without duplication of any indemnification payments pursuant to
Section 8.2(a), UBIBV agrees to indemnify Buyer and Communications from and
against (i) the Adverse Consequences of any Taxes payable by any Vermont Entity
for any Tax accounting period ending prior to January 1, 2000 (or, in the case
of a period that begins before December 31, 1999 and ends after such date, the
portion thereof through December 31, 1999), and (ii) one-half of the Adverse
Consequences of any income Taxes payable by any Vermont Entity for the period
beginning January 1, 2000 and ending on the Closing Date (the "Stub Period"),
up to, together with Adverse Consequences under Section 8.2(a), an aggregate
maximum amount equal to one-half of the Purchase Price. Whether or not an
income Tax accounting period ends on the Closing Date, income Taxes for the
Stub Period for the purposes of this Section 8.2(c) shall be determined based
upon a closing of the books on the Closing Date; provided, however that income
Taxes for the Stub Period shall exclude any Tax attributable to any
extraordinary income or gain that would not be recognized but for an action of
the Buyer or Communications after the Closing Date (including, without
limitation, an election under Code Section 338). With respect to any Taxes
payable for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1999 (or any portion thereof),
UBIBV shall be liable under the first sentence of this Section 8.2(c) only to
the extent that such Taxes are, in the aggregate, in excess of the accrual
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or reserve for Taxes as of December 31, 1999 in the Audited Vermont Financial
Statements. No claim may be brought under this Section 8.2(c) for any single
Tax item (or related series of items) which does not exceed $10,000. Any claim
hereunder must be brought within the time limit specified in Section 8.1(c).
8.3 INDEMNIFICATION PROVISIONS FOR BENEFIT OF UBIBV AND VCG. In the event
Buyer or Communications breaches (or in the event any third party alleges facts
that, if true, would mean Buyer of Communications has breached) any of its
representations, warranties, and covenants contained herein, or in any
certificate, annex or Schedule delivered pursuant hereto, and, if there is an
applicable survival period pursuant to Section 8.1 above, provided that UBIBV or
VCG makes a written claim for indemnification against Buyer and Communications
pursuant to Section 10.6 below within such survival period, then Buyer and
Communications agree, jointly and severally, to indemnify UBIBV and VCG from
and against any Adverse Consequences any of the foregoing entities may suffer
(including any Adverse Consequences UBIBV and VCG may suffer after the end of
any applicable survival period) resulting from, arising out of, relating to, in
the nature of, or caused by the breach (or the alleged breach), up to an
aggregate maximum amount equal to one-half of the Purchase Price, provided,
however, that Buyer and Communications shall not have any obligation to
indemnify UBIBV and VCG from and against any Adverse Consequence (treating as a
single Adverse Consequence related Adverse Consequences arising out of a single
fact situation) that does not equal or exceed $25,000 ("De Minimis Claims");
and provided, further, that Buyer and Communications shall not have any
obligation to indemnify UBIBV or VCG until all such Adverse Consequences shall
exceed $2,000,000 in aggregate amount (taken together with any Adverse
Consequences pursuant to the Bavaria Agreement, and not including, in either
case, any Adverse Consequences that are De Minimis Claims) at which time Buyer
and Communications shall, jointly and severally, be liable to UBIBV and VCG for
all Adverse Consequences from the first $1 of such Adverse Consequences.
8.4 MATTERS INVOLVING THIRD PARTIES.
(a) If any third party shall notify any Party (the "Indemnified
Party") with respect to any matter (a "Third Party Claim") which may give rise
to a claim for indemnification against any other Party (the "Indemnifying
Party") under this Article VIII, then the Indemnified Party shall promptly
notify the Indemnifying Party thereof in writing; provided, however, that no
delay on the part of the Indemnified Party in notifying the Indemnifying Party
shall relieve the Indemnifying Party from any obligation hereunder unless (and
then solely to the extent) the Indemnifying Party thereby is prejudiced.
(b) The Indemnifying Party will have the right to defend the
Indemnified Party against the Third Party Claim with counsel of its choice
satisfactory to the Indemnified Party so long as (i) the Indemnifying Party
notifies the Indemnified Party in writing within 15 days after the Indemnified
Party has given notice of the Third Party Claim that the Indemnifying Party
will indemnify the Indemnified Party from and against the entirety of any
Adverse Consequences the
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Indemnified Party may suffer resulting from, arising out of, relating to, in
the nature of, or caused by the Third Party Claim, (ii) the Indemnifying Party
provides the Indemnified Party with evidence acceptable to the Indemnified
Party that the Indemnifying Party will have the financial resources to defend
against the Third Party Claim and fulfill its indemnification obligations
hereunder, (iii) the Third Party Claim involves only money damages and does not
seek an injunction or other equitable relief, (iv) settlement of, or an adverse
judgment with respect to, the Third Party Claim is not, in the good faith
judgment of the Indemnified Party, likely to establish a precedential custom or
practice adverse to the continuing business interests of the Indemnified Party,
and (v) the Indemnifying Party conducts the defense of the Third Party Claim
actively and diligently.
(c) So long as the Indemnifying Party is conducting the defense of
the Third Party Claim in accordance with Section 8.4(b) above, (i) the
Indemnified Party may retain separate co-counsel at its sole cost and expense
and participate in the defense of the Third Party Claim, (ii) the Indemnified
Party will not consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any
settlement with respect to the Third Party Claim without the prior written
consent of the Indemnifying Party (not to be withheld unreasonably), and (iii)
the Indemnifying Party will not consent to the entry of any judgment or enter
into any settlement with respect to the Third Party Claim without the prior
written consent of the Indemnified Party (not to be withheld unreasonably).
(d) In the event any of the conditions in Section 8.4(b) above is or
becomes unsatisfied, however, (i) the Indemnified Party may defend against, and
consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement with respect
to, the Third Party Claim in any manner it may deem appropriate (and the
Indemnified Party need not consult with, or obtain any consent from, any
Indemnifying Party in connection therewith), (ii) the Indemnifying Party will
reimburse the Indemnified Party promptly and periodically for the costs of
defending against the Third Party Claim (including reasonable attorneys' fees
and expenses), and (iii) the Indemnifying Party will remain responsible for any
Adverse Consequences the Indemnified Party may suffer resulting from, arising
out of, relating to, in the nature of, or caused by the Third Party Claim to
the fullest extent provided in this Article VIII.
(e) The Indemnified Party shall (and, in the case of Buyer and
Communications, shall cause the Vermont Entities to) cooperate fully, as and to
the extent reasonably requested by the other Party, in connection with any
Third Party Claim. Such cooperation shall include the retention and (upon the
other Party's request) the provision of records and information which are
reasonably relevant to any such Third Party Claim and making employees
available on a mutually convenient basis to provide additional information and
explanation of any material provided hereunder. The Parties agree (i) to
retain, and (in the case of Buyer and Communications) to cause the Vermont
Entities to retain, all books and records with respect to Tax matters pertinent
to the Vermont Entities relating to any taxable period beginning before the
Closing Date until six months after the expiration of the statute of
limitations (and, to the extent notified by Buyer, Communications or UBIBV, any
extensions thereof) of the respective taxable periods, and to abide by all
record retention obligations imposed by law or pursuant to agreements entered
into with any Taxing Authority, and (ii) to give
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the other Party reasonable written notice prior to transferring, destroying or
discarding any such books and records and, if the other Party so requests,
Buyer or Communications or UBIBV, as the case may be, shall allow the other
Party to take possession of such books and records.
8.5 SOLE REMEDY. Each Party acknowledges and agrees that the
foregoing indemnification provisions of this Article VIII (including the
limitations set forth herein) are such Party's sole and exclusive remedy
against the other Parties and their Affiliates for any claim with respect to
the transactions contemplated hereby or otherwise relating to any Vermont
Entity, or the Assets or the Business, and each Party hereby waives and
releases any statutory, equitable or common law remedies which might otherwise
be available against the other Parties and their Affiliates. All
indemnification payments under this Article VIII shall be deemed adjustments to
the Purchase Price.
8.6 UNLIMITED CLAIMS.
(a) The proviso contained in Section 8.2 shall not apply to
UBIBV's liability in respect of any breach of the representations and
warranties contained in Section 3.1 or in Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 or 4.5 or
the final sentence of Section 4.6 of Annex A, with respect to which such
Party's liability shall not exceed the Purchase Price hereunder.
(b) The proviso contained in Section 8.3 shall not apply to
Buyer's liability in respect of any breach of the representations and
warranties contained in Section 3.2 with respect to which such Party's
liability shall not exceed the Purchase Price hereunder.
8.7 LITIGATION CLAIM. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of
this Article VIII, UBIBV agrees to provide to Buyer and Communications (and the
appropriate Vermont Entities following the Closing) with the benefit of UBIBV's
insurance coverage to the extent that it exists with respect to any Adverse
Consequences Buyer, Communications or any of the Vermont Entities may suffer in
respect of the Latina claim identified and described in Section 4.17 of the
Disclosure Schedule. UBIBV hereby represents and warrants that the Latina claim
has been submitted to its insurance company and has not, as of February 27,
2000, received any notice of rejection or non-coverage.
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
9.1 TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT. This Agreement may be terminated by
the Parties as provided below:
(a) The Parties may terminate this Agreement by mutual written
consent at any time prior to the Closing:
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(b) Either of Buyer or Communications may terminate this Agreement by
giving written notice to each of UBIBV, VCG and Unicorn at any time prior to
the Closing if the Closing shall not have occurred on or before March 26, 2000,
by reason of the failure of any condition precedent under Section 7.1(a)-(d)
and 7.1(f) or (g) hereof (unless the failure results primarily from Buyer or
Communications themselves breaching any representation, warranty, or covenant
contained in this Agreement, including, without limitation, Buyer's covenant
set forth in Section 5.5 hereof, or unless the failure otherwise relates to the
HSR Act);
(c) Either of UBIBV, VCG or Unicorn may terminate this Agreement by
giving written notice to each of Buyer and Communications at any time prior to
the Closing if the Closing shall not have occurred on or before March 26, 2000,
by reason of the failure of any condition precedent under Section 7.2 hereof
(unless the failure results primarily from UBIBV, VCG or Unicorn themselves
breaching any representation, warranty, or covenant contained in this
Agreement).
9.2 EFFECT OF TERMINATION. If any Party terminates this Agreement
pursuant to Section 9.1 above, all rights and obligations of the Parties
hereunder shall terminate without any liability of any Party to any other Party
or their respective Affiliates, directors, officers or employees, except for
the obligations of the Parties hereto contained in this Section 9.2, Section
9.3 (if applicable) and in all other provisions which are stated to survive any
termination of this Agreement, including, without limitation, Sections 5.2,
5.3, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.12, 10.16 and 10.20.
9.3 LIQUIDATED DAMAGES. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, the
Parties hereby agree that, in the event that the transactions contemplated
hereby are not consummated by March 26, 2000 Buyer shall pay to UBIBV as
liquidated damages and a break-up fee, and not as a penalty, the aggregate
amount of $2,000,000 (subject to a dollar-for-dollar reduction for any payment
made pursuant to Section 9.3 of the Bavaria Agreement), except in the event
that the transactions contemplated are not consummated as a result of the
failure of the conditions to Closing set forth in Sections 7.1(a), (b), (c)
(unless Buyer unreasonably withholds or delays with respect to Section 7.1(c))
or (d) (with respect to Section 7.1(d) to the extent such litigation does not
arise out of the action of Buyer.)
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
10.1 ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement (including the Annexes, Exhibits,
Schedules and documents attached hereto or referred to herein) constitutes the
entire agreement among the Parties and supersedes any prior understandings,
agreements, or representations by or among the Parties, written or oral, to the
extent they related in any way to the subject matter hereof, except for the
Confidentiality Agreement which will remain in full force and effect for the
term provided for therein.
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10.2 NO THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES.
(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided for in this
Agreement, nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended or shall
be construed to confer upon or give to any employee of UBIBV, VCG, VCGLLC,
Buyer, Communications, Definitive Stock, VCG Holdings, or any Subsidiary of the
foregoing, or any other Person, other than the Parties hereto (and their
successors and permitted assigns), any rights, remedies or other benefits under
or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) The Parties hereto agree and acknowledge that after the
Closing Date: (i) VCGLLC, Definitive Stock and VCG Holdings are intended third
party beneficiaries under this Agreement and are independently entitled to
avail themselves of all the rights and remedies of Buyer and Communications
hereunder and all benefits related thereto.
10.3 SUCCESSION AND ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement shall be binding upon
and inure to the benefit of the Parties named herein and their respective
successors and permitted assigns. No Party may assign either this Agreement or
any of his or its rights, interests, or obligations hereunder without the prior
written approval of the other Parties, provided, however, that Buyer may
assign, without the approval of the other parties, all or any portion of its
rights hereunder to any entity directly or indirectly owned wholly by Buyer, in
which extent Buyer shall, notwithstanding such assignment, remain wholly and
solely liable for the obligations, representations, warranties and covenants of
Buyer hereunder and under any certificate, schedule, annex or other agreement
delivered pursuant hereto.
10.4 COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed by exchanging
executed copies or facsimile signatures and in any number of counterparts, and
by any Party on separate counterparts, each of which as so executed and
delivered shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall
constitute one and the same instrument, and it shall not be necessary in making
proof of this Agreement as to any Party hereto to produce or account for more
than one such counterpart executed and delivered by such Party.
10.5 HEADINGS. The Article and Section headings, and the table of
contents, contained in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and
shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
10.6 NOTICES. All notices, certificates, requests, demands, claims,
and other communications hereunder shall be given in writing and shall be
delivered personally (including by personal courier or delivery service) or
sent by facsimile, telex or telegram or by the registered or certified mail
(return receipt requested), postage prepaid, to the Parties at the following
address (or at such other addresses as the shall be specified by like notice):
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IF TO UNICORN, VCG OR UBIBV: COPY TO:
c/o United News & Media plc Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxx Xxxx Xxxxxx
000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Xxxxxx XX0 0XX, Xxxxxxx
Fax No.: 000-00-000-000-0000 Fax No.: 000-000-0000
Attention: Company Secretary Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
IF TO THE BUYER
OR COMMUNICATIONS: COPY TO:
Getty Images Inc. Weil, Gotshal & Xxxxxx, LLP
000 Xxxxx 00xx Xxxxxx 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 0000 Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Fax No.: 000-000-0000 Fax No.: 000-000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Page Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
GETTY IMAGES INC.
c/o PhotoDisc Inc.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Fax No.: 000-000-0000
Attention: General Counsel
Any notice given personally or by mail or telegram shall be effective when
received. Any notice given by telex or facsimile shall be effective when the
appropriate telex or facsimile answerback is received.
10.7 GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the domestic laws of the State of New York as to all matters,
including but not limited to matters of validity, construction, effect,
performance and remedies (without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law
provision or rule, whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction,
that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the
State of New York).
10.8 RETURN OF INFORMATION. If for any reason whatsoever the sale and
purchase of the Vermont Shares pursuant to this Agreement is not consummated,
Buyer shall promptly return to UBIBV and VCG all books, records and documents of
UBIBV, VCG and the Vermont Entities (including all copies, if any, thereof)
furnished by UBIBV, VCG or any of their Affiliates, agents,
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employees, or representatives, and shall not use or disclose the information
contained in such books, records or documents for any purpose or make such
information available to any other entity or person, except that one copy of
all such information may be retained in the files of Buyer's legal department.
10.9 AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS. No amendment of any provision of this
Agreement shall be valid unless the same shall be in writing and signed by
Buyer, Communications, Unicorn, VCG and UBIBV. Any Party hereto may, by written
notice to the other Parties, waive any provision of this Agreement. No waiver
by any Party of any default, misrepresentation, or breach of warranty or
covenant hereunder, whether intentional or not, shall be deemed to extend to
any prior or subsequent default, misrepresentation, or breach of warranty or
covenant hereunder or affect in any way any rights arising by virtue of any
prior or subsequent such occurrence.
10.10 SEVERABILITY. The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed
severable and any term or provision of this Agreement that is invalid or
unenforceable in any situation in any jurisdiction shall not affect the
validity or enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions hereof. If any
provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof to any person or entity
or any circumstance, is invalid or unenforceable, (i) a suitable provision
shall be substituted therefor in order to carry out, so far as may be valid and
enforceable, the intent and purpose of such invalid or unenforceable provision,
and (ii) the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such provision
to other persons, entities or circumstances shall not be affected by such
invalidity or unenforceability, nor shall such invalidity or unenforceability
affect the validity or enforceability of such provision, or the application
thereof, in any other jurisdiction.
10.11 EXPENSES. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement,
whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated,
each of the Parties will bear its own costs and expenses (including, but not
limited to, all compensation and expenses of counsel, financial advisors,
consultants, actuaries and independent accountants) incurred in connection with
this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
10.12 CONSTRUCTION. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or
interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly
by the Parties and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or
disfavoring any Party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of
this Agreement. Any reference to any federal, state, local, or foreign statute
or law shall be deemed also to refer to all rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, unless the context requires otherwise. The word "including" shall
mean including without limitation. The Parties intend that each representation,
warranty, and covenant contained herein shall have independent significance. If
any Party has breached any representation, warranty, or covenant contained
herein in any respect, the fact that there exists another representation,
warranty, or covenant relating to the same subject matter (regardless of the
relative levels of specificity) which the Party has not breached shall not
detract from or mitigate the fact that the Party is in breach of the first
representation, warranty, or covenant.
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10.13 INCORPORATION OF EXHIBITS, ANNEXES, AND SCHEDULES. The Exhibits,
Annexes, and Schedules identified in this Agreement are incorporated herein by
reference and made a part hereof. References herein to "Section 4".x shall
refer to Section 4.x of Annex A.
10.14 SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE. Each of the Parties acknowledges and
agrees that the other Parties would be damaged irreparably in the event any of
the provisions of this Agreement are not performed in accordance with their
specific terms or otherwise are breached. Accordingly, each of the Parties
agrees that the other Parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions
to prevent breaches, or threatened breaches, of the provisions of this
Agreement and to enforce specifically this Agreement and the terms and
provisions hereof in any action instituted in any court of the United States or
any state thereof having jurisdiction over the Parties and the matter (subject
to the provisions set forth in Section 10.15 below), in addition to any other
remedy to which they may be entitled, at law or in equity.
10.15 SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. IF ANY PARTY SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO
SEEK RECOURSE TO A COURT WITH RESPECT TO ANY DISPUTE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED
TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTAINED IN OR CONTEMPLATED BY THIS
AGREEMENT, WHETHER IN TORT OR CONTRACT OR AT LAW OR IN EQUITY, THEN ANY ACTION
OR PROCEEDING IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH DISPUTE SHALL BE BROUGHT EXCLUSIVELY IN
THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK FOR THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK (THE
"CHOSEN COURTS") AND (I) IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF
THE CHOSEN COURTS FOR SUCH PURPOSES, (II) WAIVES ANY OBJECTION TO LAYING VENUE
IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN THE CHOSEN COURTS, (III) WAIVES ANY
OBJECTION THAT THE CHOSEN COURTS ARE AN INCONVENIENT FORUM OR DO NOT HAVE
JURISDICTION OVER ANY PARTY HERETO AND (IV) AGREES THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON
SUCH PARTY IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE EFFECTIVE IF NOTICE IS
GIVEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 10.6 OF THIS AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY AGREES THAT
A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING SO BROUGHT SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND
MAY BE ENFORCED BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW
OR AT EQUITY. EACH PARTY ALSO AGREES NOT TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT IN ANY OTHER COURT. EACH OF BUYER
AND COMMUNICATIONS IRREVOCABLY DESIGNATES GETTY IMAGES INC.'S NEW YORK OFFICE
AS ITS AGENT AND ATTORNEY-IN-FACT FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS ON
ITS BEHALF IN ANY SUCH CLAIM OR PROCEEDING AND TAKING ALL SUCH ACTS AS MAY BE
NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE IN ORDER TO CONFER JURISDICTION OVER IT UPON THE
CHOSEN COURTS AND EACH OF BUYER AND COMMUNICATIONS STIPULATES THAT SUCH CONSENT
AND APPOINTMENT IS IRREVOCABLE AND COUPLED WITH AN INTEREST. EACH OF UBIBV,
VCG AND UNICORN IRREVOCABLY DESIGNATES CT CORPORATION AS ITS AGENT AND
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF SERVICE OF
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PROCESS AND MAKING AN APPEARANCE ON ITS BEHALF IN ANY SUCH CLAIM OR PROCEEDING
AND TAKING ALL SUCH ACTS AS MAY BE NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE IN ORDER TO CONFER
JURISDICTION OVER IT UPON THE CHOSEN COURTS AND EACH OF UBIBV, VCG AND UNICORN
STIPULATES THAT SUCH CONSENT AND APPOINTMENT IS IRREVOCABLE AND COUPLED WITH AN
INTEREST.
10.16 FULFILLMENT OF OBLIGATIONS. Any obligation of any Party to any
other Party under this Agreement, which obligation is performed, satisfied or
fulfilled by an Affiliate of such Party, shall be deemed to have been
performed, satisfied or fulfilled by such Party.
10.17 SCHEDULES. The inclusion of any matter in any schedule to this
Agreement shall be deemed to be an inclusion for all purposes of this
Agreement, including each representation and warranty to which it may relate,
but inclusion thereon shall expressly not be deemed to constitute admission by
either Party, or otherwise imply, that any such matter is material or create a
measure for materiality for the purposes of this Agreement.
10.18 DEFINITION OF "ORDINARY COURSE". For purposes of this Agreement,
the term "ordinary course" as it relates to the Business prior to the Closing
means in a manner substantially the same as that normally employed by VCG in
the ordinary course with respect to businesses it holds with a view towards
operating and maintaining such businesses rather than a view towards the sale
of such businesses to a third party.
10.19 ATTORNEY'S FEES. In any proceeding brought by any Party hereto
to enforce this Agreement, the prevailing Party shall be entitled to reasonable
attorneys' fees incurred by the prevailing Party in connection therewith, plus
court costs and experts' fees.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, UBIBV, VCG, Unicorn, Buyer and Communications have each
executed or caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized
officers, as the case may be, each as of the date first above written.
GETTY IMAGES INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: CEO
GETTY COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Director
UNITED BUSINESS INFORMATION B.V.
By:
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Name:
Title:
VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS GROUP (VCG)
B.V.
By:
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Name:
Title:
UNITED NEWS & MEDIA PLC
By:
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Name:
Title:
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, UBIBV, VCG, Unicorn, Buyer and Communications have each
executed or caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized
officers, as the case may be, each as of the date first above written.
GETTY IMAGES INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
GETTY COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
By:
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Name:
Title:
UNITED BUSINESS INFORMATION B.V.
By: /s/ illegible signature
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Name:
Title:
VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS GROUP (VCG)
B.V.
By: /s/ illegible signature
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Name:
Title:
UNITED NEWS & MEDIA PLC
By: /s/ illegible signature
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ANNEX A
4.1 INTEREST IN RELATED ENTITIES. Except as set forth in Section 4.1 of
the Disclosure Schedule, neither nor any Affiliate of VCG (i) has any direct or
indirect interest in any person or entity which is a lessor of assets or
properties to, material supplier of, or provider of services to any Vermont
Entity, (ii) has a direct or indirect interest in or is a party to any contract
or agreement to which any Vermont Entity is a party, or (iii) owns directly or,
to the Knowledge of Seller, indirectly, any tangible or intangible property
which any Vermont Entity uses in the conduct of the Business, or (iv) has any
outstanding indebtedness to any Vermont Entity. For purposes of this Section,
any investment by VCG or any Affiliate of VCG in any company whose stock is
listed on a national securities exchange or actively traded in the
over-the-counter market, which investment represents no more than 5% of the
outstanding voting power of such company, shall be deemed not to constitute a
direct or indirect interest in such company.
4.2 ORGANIZATION; QUALIFICATION; POWER. VCG Holdings is a corporation
duly organized and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
England and Wales. Definitive Stock is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of Delaware. VCGLLC is a limited
liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of Delaware. Each of the Subsidiaries of VCG Holdings, Definitive
Stock and VCGLLC is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (with
respect to jurisdictions that recognize such concept) under the laws of its
jurisdiction of domicile. The Vermont Entities have all requisite corporate
power and authority to own, lease and operate the Assets and to carry on the
Business as it is now being conducted, except to the extent any failure to be
so empowered or authorized does not have a Material Adverse Effect. Prior to
the Closing, VCG shall have delivered to Buyer and Communications true,
complete and correct copies of the Articles of Association or other
organizational document (including all amendments thereto) and the By-Laws, as
currently in effect, of each of the Vermont Entities. Each of the Vermont
Entities is duly qualified or licensed and in good standing (with respect to
jurisdictions that recognize such a concept) to do business in each
jurisdiction in which the property owned, leased or operated by it or the
nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification or licensing
necessary.
VCG represents and warrants that the records and minutes of the
meetings of the shareholders and the board of directors as well as the reports
of the statutory auditors of Pix SA and, where applicable, iSwoop EURL, have
been maintained in accordance with French law since the respective dates of
incorporation thereof.
Any shares of Pix SA held by Pix SA as a result of the Merger have
been acquired, held and recorded in accordance with French law governing the
merger by absorption of a company by the subsidiary thereof.
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4.3 CAPITALIZATION. All of the Vermont Shares are duly authorized,
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. No depository certificates of
shares in the share capital of VCG have been issued. Section 4.3 of the
Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of all of the Vermont Entities, the
number of shares of each such entities' authorized capital stock and the number
and class of shares thereof duly issued and outstanding or, if the entity is a
limited partnership, the partnership's capital and the capital contributions
including their respective amounts. Each outstanding share of capital stock of
each of the Vermont Entities is duly authorized, validly issued fully paid and
non-assessable. The capital contributions of Vermont Entities being limited
partnerships have been duly taken over, fully paid and are non-assessable. VCG
owns all of the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests
of VCG Holdings, Definitive Stock and VCGLLC, in each case free and clean of
all encumbrances. There are no pre-emptive rights, whether at law or otherwise,
to purchase any of the securities of VCG and there are no outstanding options,
warrants, subscriptions, agreements, plans or other commitments pursuant to
which any Vermont Entity is or may become obligated to sell or issue any
security.
4.4 INVESTMENTS. Except as set forth in Section 4.4 of the Disclosure
Schedule, as of the Closing Date, no Vermont Entity owns or maintains, directly
or indirectly, any capital stock or other equity or ownership or proprietary
interest in any corporation, partnership, association, trust, joint venture or
other entity.
4.5 NO VIOLATIONS. The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and the performance by
UBIBV and VCG of its obligations hereunder and under the agreements to be
executed and delivered pursuant hereto, do not and will not conflict with or
violate any of the terms of the Articles of Association, By-Laws or other
organizational documents of UBIBV, VCG or any Vermont Entity.
4.6 TITLE TO ASSETS; ENCUMBRANCES; DEBT. The Vermont Entities own, lease
or have the legal right to use all of the material Assets, including, without
limitation, real and personal property, presently used in the conduct of the
Business of the Vermont Entities, or which is otherwise owned, leased or used
by the Vermont Entities and, with respect to contract rights, enjoys the right
to the benefits of all material Contracts. The Vermont Entities have good and
marketable title to the Assets (except with respect to the Intellectual
Property included in such Assets, with respect to which, to the Knowledge of
Seller, the Vermont Entities have good and marketable title), free and clear of
all Encumbrances, except those specified in Section 4.6 of the Disclosure
Schedule, liens for taxes not yet due and payable, and Encumbrances that do not
in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect on the value or use by the
Vermont Entities of the Assets and the Intellectual Property, as currently
used. At the Closing, and following repayment of all Intercompany Debt, the
Vermont Entities shall be free of all debt of whatever kind or nature, except
for debts between the Vermont Entities, accounts payable and other liabilities
arising in the ordinary course of business.
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4.7 POSSESSION. Except as set forth in Section 4.7 of the Disclosure
Schedule, no other Person has a right of possession or, to the Knowledge of
Seller, claims possession of any material part of the Assets, except for the
rights of lessors over (a) the leased Personal Property identified in Section
4.8 of the Disclosure Schedule and (b) the leased Real Property identified in
Section 4.9 of the Disclosure Schedule.
4.8 PERSONAL PROPERTY.
(a) Set forth in Section 4.8(a) of the Disclosure Schedule is a list
of all material machinery and equipment, apparatus, motor vehicles, furniture,
furnishings and fixtures owned or leased by the Vermont Entities (the "Personal
Property").
(b) Each lease of Personal Property is valid and in full force and
effect, and none of the Vermont Entities is in default on any of their material
obligations under such leases and there is no event or condition that with the
giving of notice or the passage of time, or both, would create such a default
other than defaults that in the aggregate would not result in a Material Adverse
Effect. To the Knowledge of Seller, (i) no lessor under any of such leases is in
default of any of its obligations thereunder and (ii) there is no event or
condition that with the giving of notice or the passage of time, or both, would
create a default by any such lessor under any such lease. The Personal Property
has been maintained in good operating condition (in each case taking into
account the age of such Personal Property) a manner consistent with the ordinary
course of the Business.
4.9 REAL PROPERTY.
(a) No Owned Real Property. The Vermont Entities do not own any real
property.
(b) Leased Real Property. Section 4.9 of the Disclosure Schedule sets
forth all leases, subleases and other agreements under which any Vermont Entity
uses or occupies or has the legal right to use of occupy, now or in the future,
any real property (the "Leases").
(c) Compliance with Leases. Each of the Leases and each lease of real
property identified in Section 4.22 of the Disclosure Schedule is valid and in
full force and effect, and the Vermont Entities are not in default on any of
their obligations under such Leases and, to the Knowledge of Seller, there is no
event or condition that the giving of notice or the passage of time, or both,
would create such a default other than, in each case, defaults that in the
aggregate would not have a Material Adverse Effect. To the Knowledge of Seller,
(i) no lessor under any of such leases is in default of any of its obligations
thereunder and (ii) there is no event or condition that with the giving of
notice or the passage of time, or both, would create a default by any such
lessor under any such lease.
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(d) Pix Lease. To the extent required, the principal lessor consented
to the sublease entered into between Photographie Giraudon SA, as sub-lessee,
and Agence Generale d'Image, AGI SA, as sub-lessor, dated 1 October, 1994.
4.10 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
(a) Section 4.10(a) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true and
complete list of all (i) patents and patent applications, trademark and service
xxxx registrations, trademark and service xxxx applications and, to the
Knowledge of Seller, all material common law trademarks and service marks,
registered copyrights and copyright applications, and Internet domain names, in
each case owned by a Vermont Entity and material to the business of the Vermont
Entities ("Listed Intellectual Property"), (ii) Software (as defined herein),
and (iii) licenses, sublicenses, and other agreements pertaining to Intellectual
Property, Software or Images (as defined herein) to which a Vermont Entity is a
party, including agreements with major Internet service providers and major
Internet portals, in each case that are material to the business of the Vermont
Entities ("Licensed Intellectual Property"). For purposes hereof, "Intellectual
Property" means any and all of the following, but excluding Images: (i) United
States, international, and foreign patents, patent applications and statutory
invention registrations, (ii) trademarks, service marks, intent to use
registrations, trade names, trade dress, slogans, logos, and Internet domain
names, including registrations and applications for registration thereof, (iii)
copyrights, including registrations and applications for registration thereof
and (iv) confidential and proprietary information. For purposes hereof, "Owned
Intellectual Property" means Listed Intellectual Property and any copyright,
confidential proprietary information including trade secrets and knowhow, owned
by a Vermont Entity and, to the Knowledge of Seller, material to the business of
the Vermont Entity, "Image" means a reproduction of any artwork, photograph,
illustration, font, video, clip art, map art, film, animation or any other type
of image. For purposes hereof, "Software" means all material computer software
developed by or on behalf of a Vermont Entity, or used by a Vermont Entity,
including all material computer software and databases operated or used by
Vermont or Bavaria on their web sites or used by Vermont or Bavaria in
connection with processing customer orders, storing customer information,
storing Image related vendor information, or storing and archiving Images. For
purposes hereof, "Approved Images" means Images used or held for use by the
Vermont Entities in connection with their business for which a Vermont Entity
has the right to grant licenses or sublicenses in writing to third parties. For
purposes hereof, "Unapproved Images" means Images used or held for use by the
Vermont Entities in connection with their business which are not Approved Images
(the Approved Images and Unapproved Images collectively being "Licensed
Images").
(b) To the Knowledge of Seller, the use of the Owned Intellectual
Property, Software, Licensed Images, and Licensed Intellectual Property by the
Vermont Entities in the ordinary course of business does not infringe upon or
misappropriate the valid Intellectual Property rights of any third party. Except
as set forth in section 4.10(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, no claim
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has been received that the use of the Owned Intellectual property, Software,
Licensed Images, or Licensed Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of
business does or may infringe upon or misappropriate the Intellectual Property
rights, right of privacy or right of publicity of any third party.
(c) The Vermont Entities are the owner of the entire and unencumbered
right, title and interest in and to each item of Owned Intellectual Property,
and the Vermont Entities are entitled to use the Owned Intellectual Property in
the ordinary day-to-day conduct of business.
(d) The Owned Intellectual Property and the Licensed Intellectual Property
include all of the material Intellectual Property and Software used in the
ordinary day-to-day conduct of the business of the Vermont Entities, and there
are no other items of Intellectual Property or Software that are material to
such ordinary day-to-day conduct of such business. Except as set forth in
Section 4.10(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, to the Knowledge of Seller, the
Owned Intellectual Property and Licensed Intellectual Property, is not subject
to any claim or challenge in relation to subsistence, validity or
enforceability and has not been adjudged invalid or unenforceable in whole or
part and, to the actual knowledge of VCG, the Listed Intellectual Property is
subsisting, valid and enforceable.
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.10(e) of the Disclosure Schedule, no
claims have been made, asserted, are pending, or, to the Knowledge of Seller,
threatened against a Vermont Entity, and no international agent licensee of the
Owned Intellectual Property or end user of the Owned or Licensed Intellectual
Property has informed VCG that any claims have been made, asserted, are pending
or threatened against a Vermont Entity, (i) based upon or challenging or
seeking to deny or restrict the use, license, sublicense, distribution,
display, copying, performance, marketing or creation of derivative works by a
Vermont Entity of any of the Owned Intellectual Property or Licensed
Intellectual property, (ii) alleging that any services provided by, processes
used by, licenses by, sublicenses by, distribution by, display by, copying by,
performances by, marketing by or creation of derivative works by or products
manufactured or sold by a Vermont Entity infringe upon or misappropriate any
Intellectual Property right, right of privacy or right of publicity of any
third party, or (iii) alleging that any Intellectual Property licensed under
the Licensed Intellectual property infringes upon any Intellectual Property
right of any third party or is being licensed or sublicensed in conflict with
the terms of any license or other agreement and to the Knowledge of Seller no
such claims have been made, asserted, are pending, or threatened against any
third party licensor, any licensee, or end user of the Owned Intellectual
Property.
(f) Except as set forth in Section 4.10(f) of the Disclosure Schedule, to
the Knowledge of Seller no person is engaging in any activity that infringes
upon the Owned Intellectual Property or any Intellectual Property Licensed to
the Vermont Entities under the Licensed Intellectual Property. No Vermont
Entity has granted any license or other right to any third party with respect
to the Owned Intellectual Property or Licensed Intellectual Property on a free
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xxxx' basis without the consent of or a license from the owner of such
Intellectual Property. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement will not result in the termination or material impairment of any
of the Owned Intellectual Property.
(g) VCG has delivered or made available to the Buyer correct and
complete copies of all the material licenses and sublicenses of the Licensed
Intellectual Property (excluding for such purposes all Images included therein)
including all amendments thereto, and all current standard forms of all model
and property releases which are in the custody, or under the control, of VCG
and the Vermont Entities. With respect to each such material license and
sublicense:
(i) such license or sublicense is valid and binding and in
full force and effect with respect to the Vermont Entities and, to the knowledge
of VCG, with respect to the relevant counterparty and represents the entire
agreement between the respective licensor and licensee with respect to the
subject matter of such license or sublicense;
(ii) such license or sublicense will not cease to be valid
and binding and in full force and effect on terms identical to those currently
in effect as a result of the consummation of the transaction contemplated by
this Agreement, nor will the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement constitute a breach or default under such license or sublicense
or otherwise give the licensor or sublicensor other than a Vermont Entity a
right to terminate such license or sublicense;
(iii) Except as set forth in Section 4.10 of the Disclosure
Schedule, (A) no Vermont Entity has received any notice of termination or
cancellation under such license or sublicense, (B) no Vermont Entity has
received any notice of a breach or default under such license or sublicense,
which breach has not been cured, and (C) to the Knowledge of Seller no Vermont
Entity has granted to any other third party any rights, adverse or otherwise,
under such license or sublicense that would constitute a breach of such license
or sublicense; and
(iv) no Vermont Entity, nor, to the Knowledge of Seller, any
other party to such license or sublicense is in breach or default in any
material respect, and, to the Knowledge of Seller, no event has occurred that,
with notice or lapse of time would constitute such a breach or default or
permit termination, modification or acceleration under such license or
sublicense.
(h) To the Knowledge of Seller, the Software is as of the Closing
Date free of all viruses, worms, trojan horses and other material known
contaminants, and does not contain any bugs, errors, or problems in each case
which is of a material nature that disrupts its operation or have
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an adverse impact on the operation of other software programs or operating
systems. The Vermont Entities do not import or export from the United States any
Software. No rights in the Software have been transferred to any third party
except to the customers of a Vermont Entity to whom a Vermont Entity licensed
such Software in the ordinary course of business.
(i) The Vermont Entities have the right to use all software
development tools, library functions, compilers, and other third party software
that is material to the business of the Vermont Entities, or that is required to
operate or modify the Software in a manner necessary for the ongoing operation
of the business. The Software which the Vermont Entities purport to own was
either developed (i) by employees of the Vermont Entities within the scope of
their employment; (ii) by independent contractors who have assigned their
rights to the Vermont Entities pursuant to enforceable written agreements; or
(iii) has otherwise been rightfully assigned. The source code for such Software
is maintained on the premises of the Vermont Entities and can be compiled from
the associated source code without undue burden. The Vermont Entities have
copies of all material documentation which exists relating to use, maintenance
and operation of such Software used in the conduct of the Business.
(j) The Vermont Entities have taken reasonable steps in accordance
with normal industry practice to maintain the confidentiality of their trade
secrets and other confidential Intellectual Property. To the Knowledge of
Seller: (i) there has been no misappropriation of any material trade secrets or
other material confidential Intellectual Property of any Vermont Entity by any
person, (ii) no employee, independent contractor or agent of any Vermont Entity
has misappropriated any material trade secrets of any other person in the course
of such performance as any employee, independent contractor or agent and (iii)
no Employee, independent contractor or agent of any Vermont Entity is in
material default or breach of any term of any employment agreement,
non-disclosure agreement, assignment of proprietary rights agreement or similar
agreement or contract relating in any way to the protection, ownership,
development, use or transfer of Owned or Licensed Intellectual Property.
(k) To the Knowledge of Seller, the Internal MIS Systems are Euro
Compliant. For purposes hereof, "Internal MIS Systems" means any computer
software and systems (including hardware, firmware, operating system software,
utilities and applications software) used in the ordinary course of the Business
that process financial information and that are material to the operation of the
Business, including, where applicable, payroll, accounting, billing/receivables,
purchasing payables, inventory, asset tracking, customer service, and human
resources. For purposes hereof, "Euro Compliant" means that the Internal MIS
Systems will record, store, process and present currency denominated in Euros,
in the same manner, and with the same functionality, as the Internal MIS Systems
record, store, process and present currencies denominated in U.S. Dollars and
major European currencies.
(l) The Vermont Entities have obtained the necessary permissions from
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appropriate parties for links on its web sites to third party web sites and to
use third party marks in association with those links.
(m) To the Knowledge of the Seller, the Vermont Entities have obtained
all necessary releases and permissions in writing for the use of any artists'
name, biography, likeness, and Image used in marketing and advertising materials
distributed by the Vermont Entities. Except as set forth in Section 4.10(m) of
the Disclosure Schedule, the Vermont Entities' registered trademarks and service
marks as listed at Section 4.10(a) of the Disclosure Schedule have been duly
registered with, filed in or issued by, as the case may be, the United States
Patent and Tradesman Office or such other domestic or foreign office of
appropriate jurisdiction, and such registrations, filings, issuances and other
actions remain in full force and effect, are current and unexpired.
(n) Except for public domain imagery as set forth in Section 4.10(n)
of the Disclosure Schedule, the Vermont Entities validly own or license all
Images used or held for use by a Vermont Entity which are material to the
operation of the business of any Vermont Entity as currently conducted. With
respect to each Image owned by a Vermont Entity ("Owned Images"), the Vermont
Entity, as applicable, has the right to display, reproduce, distribute, sell,
market, perform, advertise, bundle with other derivative works, create
derivative works, license and sublicense the use of such Image to the extent
required for the continued day-to-day operation of the business in a manner
consistent with past practices. The Owned Images and Licensed Images include all
of the Images used or held for use by the Vermont Entities which are material to
the day-to-day operation of the business as currently conducted. With respect to
the public domain Images offered by the Vermont Entities, each Image, to the
Knowledge of Seller, does not require a license or the payment of a fee for the
Vermont Entities' use in a manner consistent with past practice. Without
prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, nothing in this Section shall be
deemed to be construed as a representation or warranty with respect to the
Licensor's ownership or license of Images.
(o) To the Knowledge of Seller, (a) no Vermont Entity has granted any
license, sublicense or other right to any other person with respect to any
Unapproved Images (b) no Vermont Entity has granted any license, sublicense or
other right to any other person with respect to any Approved Image that would
constitute a breach of any agreement or license pertaining to such Approved
Image, and (c) except as disclosed at Section 4.10 of the Disclosure Schedule no
Vermont Entity has granted any license, sublicense or other right to any other
person with respect to any Approved Image for which such Vermont Entity has no
model or property release where such license, sub-license or other right would
constitute a breach of a third party's rights without such model or property
release.
(p) To the Knowledge of Seller, (a) the display, sale, marketing,
distribution, bundling with other works, creation of derivative works, copying,
marketing, performance and advertising of the Licensed Images, and the licensing
and sublicensing of Approved Images as done, authorized or agreed to by the
Vermont Entities does not infringe upon the Intellectual Property
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right, right of publicity, or right of privacy of any third party, and (b) the
display, sale marketing, performance, distribution, bundling with other works,
creation of derivative works, copying and advertising of the Licensed Images,
and the licensing and sublicensing of Approved Images, as done, authorized or
agreed to by the Vermont Entities does not constitute a breach of any agreement
or license to which a Vermont Entity is a party.
(q) Except as set forth in Section 4.10(q) of the Disclosure Schedule, no
claims have been made, asserted, are pending, or to the Knowledge of Seller
threatened, against any Vermont Entity, and no international agent licensee of
the Licensed Images or end user of the Licensed Images has informed VCG that any
claims have been made, asserted, are pending or threatened against a Vermont
Entity, (i) based upon or challenging or seeking to deny or restrict the
display, sale, marketing, performance, distribution, bundling with other works,
creation of derivative works, copying, advertising, licensing or sublicensing by
any Vermont Entity of any of the Licensed Images, (ii) alleging that the sale,
reproduction, distribution, bundling with other derivative works, creation of
derivative works, copying, advertising, licensing or sublicensing of the
Licensed Images by any Vermont Entity or in accordance with the terms granted by
any Vermont Entity does or may infringe upon the Intellectual Property rights,
right of publicity, right of privacy of any third party, (iii) claiming in
respect of loss or damage to Licensed Images, (iv) claiming in respect of model
or property releases (or lack thereof) in respect of the Licensed Images, (v)
challenging the ownership of the Owned Images or the Vermont Entities' rights to
the Licensed Images, and to the Knowledge of Seller, no such claims have been
made, asserted, are pending, or threatened against any third party licensor, any
licensee, or any end user of a Licensed Images or an international agent for a
Vermont Entity. Except as set forth in Schedule 4.10(q) of the Disclosure
Schedule, no person has requested indemnification from any Vermont Entity based
on the proper use of an Owned Image or Licensed Image within the last 24 months.
(r) To the Knowledge of Seller, no person is engaging in any activity that
infringes upon the Licensed Images or upon the rights of any Vermont Entity
therein. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
will not result in the termination or impairment of any right of a Vermont
Entity to sell, copy, market, advertise, perform, bundle with other works,
create derivative works of, distribute or sublicense any of the Licensed Images.
(s) To the Knowledge of Seller, except as set forth in Section 4.10(s) of
the Disclosure Schedule, each of the Vermont Entities has, prior to any
display, bundling, marketing, performance, advertisement, sale, reproduction,
distribution or sublicensing of any Licensed Image, obtained in writing all
such releases and/or other third party consents or authorizations required by
law for such display, bundling, marketing, performance, advertisement, sale,
reproduction, distribution or sublicensing, or taken reasonable steps to ensure
that such releases, consents or authorizations have been given. Except as set
forth in Schedule 4.10(s) of the Disclosure Schedule the Vermont Entities have
not entered into any contract under which a Vermont Entity has assumed any
obligation for the storage and handling of Images outside of the ordinary
course of business.
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(t) With respect to each material license or agreement by which Vermont or
Bavaria has obtained the right to display, perform, advertise, market, sell,
reproduce, distribute, bundle with other derivative works, create derivative
works, market copy, license or sublicense the Licensed Images or by which
Vermont or Bavaria has granted to any third party the right to display, sell,
reproduce, perform or distribute any Licensed Images:
(i) such license or agreement is legal, valid, binding and
enforceable and in full force and effect with respect to the Vermont
Entities and, to the Knowledge of Seller, with respect to the relevant
counterparty and represents the entire agreement between the parties
thereto with respect to the subject matter thereof;
(ii) such license or agreement will not cease to be legal, valid,
binding and enforceable and in full force and effect on terms identical to
those currently in effect as a result of the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, nor will the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement constitute a breach or
default under such license or agreement, or otherwise give any party
thereto a right to terminate such license or agreement;
(iii) except as set out in Section 4.10 of the Disclosure Schedule,
with respect to each such license or agreement, (A) no Vermont Entity has
received any notice of termination or cancellation under such license or
agreement, and no party thereto has any right of termination or
cancellation thereunder except in accordance with its terms (B) no Vermont
Entity has received any notice of a breach or default under such license or
agreement which breach or default has not been cured, and (C) to the
Knowledge of Seller no Vermont Entity has granted to any other person any
rights, adverse or otherwise, under such license or agreement that would
constitute a breach of such licence or agreement; and
(iv) none of the Vermont Entities nor, to the Knowledge of Seller,
any other party to such license or agreement, is in breach or default
thereof in any material respect, and, to the Knowledge of Seller, no event
has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time would constitute such a
breach or default or permit termination, modification or acceleration under
such license or agreement.
(u) No Vermont Entity has granted to any Person the right to distribute or
sell the Licensed Images except in the ordinary course of business.
(v) Section 4.10(v) of the Disclosure Schedule identifies each material
contract between a Vermont Entity and a photographer or other content provider
to a Vermont Entity that has been terminated or revoked since January 1, 1998
that involves the display, reproduction, distribution, creation of derivative
works, bundling with other works, licensing or sublicensing the use of any Image
owned or controlled by such third party.
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(w) All publicly and freely available electronic versions of Owned
Images and Licensed Images with a resolution level at or above "comping
resolution" distributed or made available by the Vermont Entities on a web
site, contain watermarks or similar protection mechanisms advertising or
marketing material.
4.11 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
(a) Except as set forth in Section 4.11 of the Disclosure Schedule:
(i) no notice, notification, demand, request for information,
citation, summons or order has been received by, no complaint has been
filed against, no penalty has been assessed against, and no investigation,
action, claim, suit, proceeding or review is pending or, to the Knowledge
of Seller, threatened, by any person or Governmental Authority against, any
Vermont Entity with respect to any matters relating to or arising out of
any Environmental Law which, individually or in the aggregate, would have a
Material Adverse Effect;
(ii) to the Knowledge of Seller, no Hazardous Substance has been
discharged, disposed of, dumped, injected, pumped, deposited, spilled,
leaked, emitted or released at, on or under any property now or previously
owned, leased or operated by any Vermont Entity which circumstance,
individually or in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect; and
(iii) there are no Environmental Liabilities that, individually or
in the aggregate, have had or would have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) For purposes of this Section, the following terms shall have the
meanings set forth below:
(i) "Vermont Entity" shall include any entity which is, in whole
or in part, a predecessor of any Vermont Entity;
(ii) "Environmental Laws" means any and all federal, state, local
and foreign law (including common law), treaty, judicial decision,
regulation, rule, judgment, order, decree, injunction, permit, or
governmental restrictions or any agreement with any Governmental Authority
or other third party, relating to human health and safety, the environment
or to pollutants, contaminants, wastes or chemicals or toxic, radioactive,
ignitable, corrosive, reactive or otherwise hazardous substances, wastes or
materials, in each case to the extent in effect on February 27, 2000;
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(iii) "Environmental Liabilities" means any and all liabilities of or
relating to the Vermont Entities of any kind whatsoever, whether accrued,
contingent, absolute, determined, determinable or otherwise, which (A) have
arisen under or relate to matters covered by Environmental Laws and (B)
have arisen from actions occurring or conditions existing on or prior to
the Closing; and
(iv) "Hazardous Substances" means any pollutant, contaminant, waste or
chemical or any toxic, radioactive, corrosive, reactive or otherwise
hazardous substance, waste or material, or any substance having any
constituent elements displaying any of the foregoing characteristics,
including, without limitation, petroleum, its derivatives, by-products and
other hydrocarbons, or any substance, waste or material regulated under any
Environmental Laws.
4.12 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. VCG has previously furnished Buyer with a true
and complete copy of the audited consolidated balance sheets of VCG as of
December 31, 1999 and the related audited statements of income for the fiscal
year then ended including the notes thereto (the "Audited Vermont Financial
Statements"). Subject to the elimination of transactions and balances between
the Vermont Entities, the Audited Vermont Financial Statements present fairly in
all material respects the financial position of the Vermont Entities results of
operations and changes in financial position and the income of the Business for
the period ended on the date thereof in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles in the United Kingdom, applied on a consistent basis.
There are no debts, liabilities or obligations of any kind, whether accrued or
fixed, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured or determined or
determinable, to the extent required by GAAP to be reflected on financial
statements ("Liabilities") of any Vermont Entity, other than Liabilities (i)
reflected or reserved against on the Audited Vermont Financial Statements or
(ii) incurred in the ordinary course of business, consistent with the past
practices of the Vermont Entities, since December 31, 1999, provided, however,
that to the extent any such Liabilities exist, they shall be offset against any
assets reflected on the Audited Vermont Financial Statements which are later
determined to have a greater value than as reflected thereon.
4.13 ABSENCE OF CERTAIN CHANGES OR EVENTS. Except as set forth in Section
4.13 of the Disclosure Schedule, since the date of the Audited Vermont Financial
Statements there has not been any event, change or effect which has had or would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect in the financial
condition, properties, business, results of operations or, to the Knowledge of
Seller, prospects of the Vermont Entities taken as a whole. None of the Vermont
Entities are currently in default on any installment or installments on
indebtedness for borrowed money, or on any rental payment on any long-term
lease.
4.14 ABSENCE OF CHANGES. Except as set forth in Section 4.14 of the
Disclosure Schedule, since the date of the Audited Vermont Financial Statements,
the Business has been operated in the ordinary course, and there has not been
incurred, nor has there occurred:
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(a) Any material damage, destruction or loss (whether or not covered by
insurance), adversely affecting the Business or any of the material Assets;
(b) Any issuance, declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or
other distribution of cash or property on any of the capital stock of any
Vermont Entity, or any direct or indirect redemption, purchase or other
acquisition of any shares of capital stock of any Vermont Entity or any
agreement or commitment by any Vermont Entity to do so;
(c) Any strikes, work stoppages or other material labor disputes involving
any Employees;
(d) Any sale, transfer or other disposition of any of the Assets, except
for sales made in the ordinary course of business;
(e) Any amendment, termination, waiver or cancellation of any Material
Agreement included in the Assets, or of any right or claim thereunder;
(f) Any (i) general uniform increase in the compensation of the Employees
of the Vermont Entities (including, without limitation, any increase pursuant to
any bonus, pension, profit sharing or other plan or commitment), other than in
the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice, (ii) increase
in any compensation payable by any Vermont Entity to any officer, director,
Employee, consultant or agent of any Vermont Entity, other than in the ordinary
course of business and consistent with past practice, (iii) loan or commitment
therefor made by any Vermont Entity to any officer, director, stockholder,
Employee, consultant or agent of a Vermont Entity, (iv) grant of any severance
or termination pay to any director, officer or Employee of any Vermont Entity,
or (v) entering into any employment, deferred compensation or other similar
agreement (or any amendment to any such existing agreement) with any director,
officer or Employee or any Vermont Entity.
(g) Any change in the accounting methods, procedures or practices followed
by the Vermont Entities;
(h) Any material change in policies, operations or practices of the Vermont
Entities, including, without limitation, with respect to selling methods,
returns, discounts or other terms of sale, as well as payments of liabilities;
(i) Any sales contracts or commitments which will be materially in excess
of the capacity of the Vermont Entities as of the Closing Date;
(j) Any purchase contracts or commitments materially in excess of the
requirements of the Business in the ordinary course;
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(k) Except as contemplated by clause (i) of Section 5.8 hereof, any
capital appropriation, expenditure or commitment therefor by the Vermont
Entities;
(l) Except as contemplated by clauses (ii) and (iii) of Section 5.8
hereof and except with respect to the Severance Plans, any material change in
policies, operations or practices of the Vermont Entities concerning the
Employees thereof, including, without limitation, with respect to any Employee
fringe Benefit Plans;
(m) Any event, occurrence or development within the control of VCG
and the Vermont Entities which has, or would reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect;
(n) Any creation or assumption by any Vermont Entity of any
Encumbrance on any Asset other than in the ordinary course of business,
consistent with past practice;
(o) Any making of any loan, advance or capital contribution to or
investment in any person by any Vermont Entity, involving an amount in excess of
Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000);
(p) Any making or rescission of any material express or deemed
election relating to Taxes, settlement or compromise of any material claim,
action, suit, litigation, proceeding, arbitration, investigation, audit or
controversy relating to Taxes, or except as may be required by applicable law,
made any change to any of its material methods of reporting income or
deductions for federal income tax purposes from those employed in the
preparation of its most recently filed federal and foreign income tax returns;
and
(q) Any agreement, whether in writing or otherwise, for any Vermont
Entity to take any of the actions enumerated in this Section 4.14 or any other
material action outside of the ordinary course of business.
4.15 TAX MATTERS. Except as will be disclosed not later than March 26,
2000 in a Schedule 4.15:
(a)(i) each U.S. Vermont Entity (as defined below) utilizes the
accrual method of accounting for computing its federal income Tax liability;
(ii) to the Knowledge of Seller, all Returns required to be filed by or on
behalf of any Vermont Entity have been timely filed in accordance with all
applicable laws (including allowance for extension of time to file); (iii) to
the Knowledge of Seller, such Returns are true, correct and complete in all
material respects (excluding, however, any inaccuracy the correction of which
would not cause a net Tax deficiency on such Returns); (iv) all Taxes shown on
such Returns as due and payable have been paid; (v) each Vermont Entity has
maintained with respect to transfer pricing proper intercompany agreements and
concurrent and supporting documentation as required under OECD guidelines, such
that no transfer pricing amounts will be denied as deductions in any
jurisdiction by reason of a lack of proper agreements or
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supporting documentation; (vi) there are no agreements or consents currently in
effect with any Taxing Authority for the extension or waiver of the time (A) to
file any Return or (B) for assessment or collection of any Taxes relating to the
income, properties, employees or operations of the Vermont Entities, or (C) for
the retention of records, documents or Returns; (vii) to the Knowledge of
Seller, all Taxes which the Vermont Entities are required by law to withhold or
collect have been duly withheld or collected, and have been timely paid over to
the appropriate Taxing Authority to the extent due and payable; and (viii) to
the Knowledge of the Seller, no power of attorney with respect to any Tax matter
of any Vermont Entity is currently in force.
(b) Each Vermont Entity that is a U.S. corporation (a "U.S. Vermont
Entity"), or is a non-U.S. corporation but is engaged in trade or business in
the United States, has filed all reports and has created and/or retained all
records required under Code Section 6038A with respect to its ownership by and
transactions with related parties. Each related foreign person required to
maintain records under Code Section 6038A with respect to transactions between
such Vermont Entity and the related foreign person has maintained such records.
All documents that are required to be created and/or preserved by the related
foreign person with respect to transactions with any such Vermont Entity are
either maintained in the United States, or such Vermont Entity is exempt from
the record maintenance requirements of Code Section 6038A with respect to such
transactions under Treasury Regulation Section 1.6038A-1. No such Vermont Entity
is a party to any record maintenance agreement with the Internal Revenue Service
with respect to Code Section 6038A.
(c) There is no action, suit, proceeding, investigation, audit or claim
currently pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened, regarding any
Taxes relating to the income, properties or operations of the Vermont Entities.
(d) No U.S. Vermont Entity (i) nor any Person on behalf of any U.S. Vermont
Entity has (A) executed or entered into a closing agreement pursuant to Code
Section 7121 (or any similar provision of U.S. state or local law) that is
currently in force and determines the Tax liabilities of the U.S. Vermont
Entities or (B) agreed to or is required to make any adjustments pursuant to
Code Section 481(a) by reason of a change in accounting method initiated by (or
on behalf of) any U.S. Vermont Entity, nor does VCG have knowledge that any
Taxing Authority has proposed any such adjustment or change in accounting
method, nor does any U.S. Vermont Entity have any application pending with any
Taxing Authority requesting permission for any changes in accounting methods
that relate to the business or operations of any of the U.S. Vermont Entities or
(ii) is subject to any private letter ruling of the Internal Revenue Service nor
is any request for such a ruling pending with the Internal Revenue Service.
(e)(i) No Vermont Entity has executed or entered into a binding agreement
with a non-U.S. Taxing Authority, similar to a Closing Agreement pursuant to US
Code Section 7121, that is currently in force and will determine the Tax
Liability of such Vermont Entity for any period ending after the Closing Date;
and (ii) to the Knowledge of Seller, no Vermont Entity is subject to any written
ruling addressed to it by a non-U.S. Taxing Authority, comparable to a private
letter
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ruling of the Internal Revenue Service, nor has any such ruling been requested.
(f) No Vermont Entity (i) is treated for any taxation purpose as
resident in a country other than the country of its incorporation or (ii) has
been subject to a claim by a Taxing Authority in a jurisdiction where a Vermont
Entity does not file Returns that it is or may be subject to taxation by that
jurisdiction.
(g) None of the Vermont Entities (i) has entered into any tax
sharing or similar agreement or arrangement (whether or not written and
including without limitation any arrangement under which tax losses or tax
reliefs are surrendered or claimed or agreed to be surrendered or claimed)
pursuant to which it will have any obligation to make any payments after the
Closing with respect to any period commencing after December 31, 1999, or (ii)
is liable to taxation chargeable primarily on any other company which is not a
Vermont Entity.
(h) There are no liens for any Tax on the assets of the Vermont
Entities except for taxes not yet due and payable.
(i) No Vermont Entity will be subject to a clawback of any Irish
stamp duty relief claimed under the Irish stamp duty legislation nor any
capital gains tax deferred under the Irish Taxes Acts by virtue of the entering
into and/or completion of this Agreement. To the Knowledge of Seller (limited,
however, to actual knowledge), no charge to taxation will arise on, nor will
any gain or loss otherwise be recognized by, any Vermont Entity by virtue of
the entering into and/or completion of this Agreement (excluding any charge to
taxation that would not arise, and gain or loss that would not be recognized,
but for an action of the Buyer after the Closing Date, including, without
limitation, an election under Code Section 338).
(j) To the Knowledge of Seller, each Vermont Entity is duly
registered in any country or jurisdiction where it could legally be subject to
the collection or payment of value added Tax ("VAT").
(k) Complete and correct copies of the Returns set forth in Schedule
4.15 (to be provided not later than March 26, 2000) were made available to the
Buyer and Communications prior to the date of this Agreement.
(l) There is no contract, agreement, plan or arrangement of any
Vermont Entity covering any person that, individually or collectively, will
give rise to the payment of any amount that would not be deductible by Buyer or
its Affiliates by reason of Code Sections 280G or 162(m).
(m) None of the U.S. Vermont Entities (i) is required to treat any
of their assets as owned by another person pursuant to the "safe harbor"
leasing provisions of the Code, (ii) owns assets that are "tax-exempt use
property" within the meaning of Code Section 168(h), "tax-exempt
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bond financed property" within the meaning of Code Section 168(g), "limited use
property" (as that term is defined in Rev. Proc. 76-30) or security for debt
the interest on which is tax-exempt under Code Section 103(a) or (iii) is
required to apply any of the foregoing rules under any comparable U.S. state or
local Tax provision.
(n) No (i) U.S. Vermont Entity nor any other Person on behalf of any U.S.
Vermont Entity has filed a consent pursuant to Code Section 341(f) or any
comparable foreign, state or local Tax provision or agreed to have Code Section
341(f)(2) or any comparable foreign, state or local Tax provision apply to any
disposition of a subsection (f) asset (as such term is defined in Code Section
341(f)(4)) owned by a Vermont Entity and (ii) UK Vermont Entity has acquired
any of its assets by virtue of a transfer from a group company under Section
171 of the UK Taxation of Chargeable Gains Xxx 0000.
(o) No claim has been made under Section 152 of the UK Taxation of
Chargeable Gains Xxx 0000 that affects the amount of the consideration which
would be allowable under Section 8 of such Act on a disposal of an asset by a
Vermont Entity.
(p) No Vermont Entity has at any time after April 6, 1965 repaid, redeemed
or purchased or agreed to repay, redeem or purchase, or granted an option under
which it may become liable to purchase, any shares of any class of its share
capital nor has any Vermont Entity after that date capitalized or agreed to
capitalize in the form of shares or debentures any profits or reserves of any
class or description or otherwise issued or agreed to issue any share capital
other than for the receipt of a new consideration (within the meaning of Part VI
of the UK Income and Corporation Taxes act 1988) or passed or agreed to pass any
resolution to do so.
(q) No indebtedness of any U.S. Vermont Entity is "corporate acquisition
indebtedness" within the meaning of Code Section 279(b), an "applicable high
yield discount obligation" within the meaning of Code Section 163(i) or debt on
which any portion of the interest thereon is "disqualified interest" within the
meaning of Code Section 163(h).
(r) None of the Vermont Entities is or has ever been a "United States
real property holding corporation," a "controlled foreign corporation," a
"personal holding company," a "foreign personal holding company," a "foreign
investment company," or a "passive foreign investment company," as each of
those terms is defined in the U.S. Code. None of the Vermont Entities would,
for 1999, have constituted a foreign investment company or a passive foreign
investment company had it had U.S. shareholders.
(s) None of the U.S. Vermont Entities has participated in, or cooperated
with, an "international boycott" within the meaning of Code Section 999.
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(t) Each Vermont Entity that is incorporated in Ireland or is engaged
in a trade or business in Ireland (an "Irish Vermont Entity") has (a) delivered
a notice of particulars to the Irish Revenue pursuant to Section 882 of the
Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 and (b) complied with the provisions of Chapter 8A
of the Taxes Consolidation Xxx 0000 in respect of all dividends paid and
distributions made.
(u) No Irish Vermont Entity (a) will be required to make any payment
under Section 411 of the Taxes Consolidation Xxx 0000 for the trading losses
surrendered in excess of the amount surrendered or (b) has made any disposals of
capital assets which would require Irish Revenue clearance under Section 980 of
the Taxes Consolidation Xxx 0000.
4.16 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS, ETC. To the Knowledge of Seller, except with
respect to Environmental Laws, compliance with which is the subject of Section
4.11 hereof: (i) the Vermont Entities are in compliance with (A) all applicable
Laws and (B) all applicable orders, writs, judgments, injunctions, decrees and
similar commands of Governmental Authorities and all decisions and awards of any
arbitration panel or tribunal, except in each case where noncompliance would
have a Material Adverse Effect; and (ii) except as set forth in Section 4.16 of
the Disclosure Schedule, since the date of the Audited Vermont Financial
Statements, the Vermont Entities have not received any notification of any
asserted present or past failure by it to comply with such Laws or such orders,
writs, judgments, injunctions or decrees.
4.17 LITIGATION REGARDING THE VERMONT ENTITIES. Except as set forth in
Section 4.17 of the Disclosure Schedule, there are no (i) civil or criminal
actions, suits, claims, investigations or legal or administrative or
arbitration (or other binding alternative dispute resolution) proceedings
pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened against any Vermont Entity or
any of the Assets that seek damages in excess of $25,000 or which seek equitable
relief, or (ii) orders, writs, judgments, injunctions, decrees, awards or
similar commands of any Governmental Authority, or any arbitration tribunal or
panel, applicable to any Vermont Entity, except, in each case in this Section
4.17(ii), for those orders, writs, judgments, injunctions, decrees, awards or
similar commands which would not have Material Adverse Effect.
4.18 PERMITS, ETC. Set forth in Section 4.18 of the Disclosure Schedule is
a list of all material governmental licenses, permits, certificates or
inspection, other authorizations, filings and registrations which are necessary
for the Vermont Entities to own and operate the Business and Assets as presently
operated in all material respects (collectively, the "Authorizations"). All the
Authorizations have been duly and lawfully secured or made by UBIBV and are in
full force and effect and the Vermont Entities are in material compliance with
all such Authorizations. There are no proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge
of Seller, threatened to revoke or limit any Authorization. None of VCG or the
Vermont Entities have received notice of any violation of any Authorization.
Except as set forth in Section 4.18 of the Disclosure Schedule, none of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement will terminate, violate or limit the
effectiveness of any of the Authorizations. The Vermont Entities have made, in a
timely manner, all material filings,
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reports, notices and other communications with the appropriate Governmental
Authority, and have otherwise taken, in a timely manner, all other action
required to be taken by them, reasonably necessary to secure the renewal of the
Authorizations prior to the dates of their respective expirations.
4.19 EMPLOYEES; LABOR RELATIONS. (a) Except as set forth in Section 4.19
of the Disclosure Schedule (i) the Vermont Entities (A) are not delinquent in
the payment to or on behalf of any past or present Employees of the Vermont
Entities of any wages, salaries, social security premiums, commissions,
bonuses, benefit plan contributions or other compensation (including without
limitation disability compensation) for all periods prior to February 27, 2000
and (B) are not delinquent in the payment of any amount which is due and
payable to any state or state fund pursuant to any workers' compensation
statute, rules or regulations or any amount which is due and payable to any
workers' compensation claimant or any other party arising under or with respect
to a claim that has been filed under state workers' compensation statutes and
approved in the ordinary course in accordance with the policies of the Vermont
Entities regarding workers' compensation and/or any applicable state statute or
administrative procedure; (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown or work
stoppage in progress against any Vermont Entity; (iii) no collective bargaining
agreement currently exists or is currently being negotiated by any Vermont
Entity; (iv) to the Knowledge of Seller, there has been no request to any
Vermont Entity for collective bargaining on behalf of any Employees not
represented currently by a union or from the National Labor Relations Board in
respect of any Employees of any Vermont Entity; (v) to the Knowledge of Seller,
no union representation or jurisdictional dispute or question exists respecting
any Employees of any Vermont Entity; (vi) no material dispute exists between
any Vermont Entity and any of their respective sales representatives or, to the
Knowledge of Seller, between any such sales representatives with respect to
territory, commissions, products or any other terms of their representation;
and (vii) to the Knowledge of Seller, there has been no "mass layoff" or "plant
closing" as defined by WARN with respect to any of the Vermont Entities within
the six (6) months prior to Closing.
(b) With respect to Pix SA and iSwoop EURL, and since the respective
dates of incorporation thereof, all employer contributions payable to any state
social security agency (including, without limitation, L'Union pour le
Recouvrement des cotisations de Securite Sociale et d'Allocations Familiales)
have been paid in a timely manner.
4.20 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS.
(a) Benefits Plans. Section 4.20(a) of the Disclosure Schedule lists each
employee benefit plan (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA) consulting
or other compensation agreements, incentive, equity or equity-based
compensation, severance pay, sick leave, vacation pay, salary continuation for
disability, retirement benefits scheme (within the meaning of Section 611 of
the UK Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (the "Taxes Act") personal pension
scheme (within the meaning of Section 630 of the Taxes Act) pension or
superannuation arrangement stock purchase plan, stock option plan, fringe
benefit plan, bonus plan and any other deferred compensation
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agreement or plan or funding arrangement which covers any Employee immediately
prior to Closing and which is sponsored or maintained or to which contributions
are required to be made by (i) UBIBV or VCG or (ii) any other organization which
is a member of a controlled group of organizations (within the meanings of
Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code) or an associated employer (within
the meaning of Section 590A(3) or (4) of the Texas Act) of which VCG is a member
(the "Controlled Group"), such plans described in this sentence being referred
to collectively as the "Benefit Plans." Except as set forth on Section 4.20(a)
of the Disclosure Schedule, there are no material employee plans, arrangements,
benefit programs or similar plans which cover Employees immediately prior to
Closing. Schedule 4.20(a) separately set forth each Benefit Plan which is a
multiemployer plan, as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA ("Multiemployer Plan"),
or is or has been subject to Sections 4063 or 4064 of ERISA ("Multiple Employer
Plans").
(b) Documents Furnished. VCG has made available to Buyer and Communications
a current, accurate and complete copy of each Benefit Plan specified in Section
4.20(a) of the Disclosure Schedule and, to the extent applicable, copies of the
most recent:
(i) determination letter or outstanding request for a determination
letter with respect to Benefit Plans intended to be qualified under Section
401(a) of the Code or, as the case may be, Chapters I or IV Part XIV or the
Taxes Act; and
(ii) Form 5500 with respect to all Benefit Plans, as applicable, for
which separate Form 5500's are filed, with all attachments and schedules
thereto.
(c) VCG has made available to Buyer and Communications copies of all
agreements, trust deeds and rules currently governing the UK Benefit Plans
together with copies of explanatory literature issued to members of the UK
Benefit Plans and a list of the Employees who are members of the UK Benefit
Plans with all details relevant to their membership including the basis upon
which their entitlements to benefits are calculated.
(d) Except as set forth on Section 4.20(c) of the Disclosure Schedule, for
each Benefit Plan specified below, the following is true:
(i) each such Benefit Plan which is intended to qualify under Section
401(a) of the Code as the case may be, Chapters I or IV Part XIV or the
Taxes Act has received a favorable determination letter as to its
qualification under the Code or the Taxes Act, and to the Knowledge of
Seller nothing has occurred, whether by action or failure to act, which
would cause the loss of such qualification;
(ii) with respect to all Benefit Plans, there are no actions, suits or
claims (other than routine claims for benefits in the ordinary course)
pending, and to the Knowledge of Seller there are no threatened actions,
suits or claims (other than routine claims for benefits in the ordinary
course);
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(iii) each of the Benefit Plans is, and its administration is and has
been since inception, in compliance with ERISA and the Code or equivalent UK
laws and regulation, except for such failures to comply which could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Business;
(iv) all contributions and other payments required to be made by
UBIBV, VCG or any Vermont Entity to any Benefit Plan under the terms of such
Benefit Plan in respect of Employees for any period ending on the Closing have
been made;
(v) no employer securities, employer real property or other employer
property is included in the assets of any Benefit Plan;
(vi) no assurance, promise or guarantee (oral or written) has been
made or given to an employee who is a member of a UK Benefit Plan of any
particular kind or amount of benefits (other than insured death in service
benefits) to be provided for or in respect of him on retirement, death or
leaving service;
(vii) Buyer will not have (x) any obligation to make any contribution
to any Multiemployer Plan under which VCG or the Controlled Group had
contribution obligations prior to the Closing Date or (y) any withdrawal
liability from any such Multiemployer Plan under Section 4201 of ERISA;
(viii) there has been no "reportable event" as that term is defined
in Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations thereunder with respect to the
Benefit Plans which would require the giving of notice or any event requiring
disclosure under Section 4041(c)(3)(C) or 4063(a) of ERISA;
(ix) none of the VCG nor the Controlled Group has terminated any
Benefit Plan, or incurred any outstanding liability under Section 4062 of ERISA
to the PBGC, or to a trustee appointed under Section 4042 of ERISA. All
premiums due to the PBGC with respect to the Benefit Plans have been paid;
(x) neither VCG nor the Controlled Group or any organization to which
UBIBV is a successor parent corporation, within the meaning of Section 4069(b)
of ERISA, has engaged in any transaction, within the meaning of Section 4069 of
ERISA; and
(xi) none of the Benefit Plans which are "welfare benefit plans"
within the meaning of Section 3(1) of ERISA provide for continuing benefits or
coverage for any participant or any beneficiary or a participant
post-termination of employment, except as may be required under the
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended ("COBRA") or
benefits at the expense of the participant or the participant's beneficiary and
each of UBIBV and the Controlled Group which maintains a "group health plan"
within the meaning of Section 5000(b)(1)
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of the Code has complied with the notice and continuation requirements of
Section 4980B of the Code, COBRA, Part 6 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA and
the regulations thereunder, except for such failures to comply which could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Business.
(e) No Changes. Except as set forth in Section 4.20 of the
Disclosure Schedule, on or after February 27, 2000 and before the Closing, no
Benefit Plan as it affects the Employees has been, or will be (i) amended in
any manner which would materially increase the benefits accrued, or which may
be accrued, by any participating or sponsoring employer thereunder or (ii)
amended in any manner which would increase the cost to UBIBV, VCG or any
Vermont Entity, or Buyer or Communications of maintaining such Benefit Plan
except to the extent required by law.
4.21 POWERS OF ATTORNEY. On the Closing Date, there will be no persons,
firms, associations, corporations or business organizations or entities holding
general or special powers of attorney from any Vermont Entity.
4.22 AGREEMENTS, ETC. Set forth in Section 4.22 of the Disclosure Schedule
is a list of all of the following contracts, agreements, documents,
instruments, understandings or arrangements, written or oral, included in the
Assets (collectively, the "Material Agreements"):
(a) Contracts involving the expenditure of more than Two Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($200,000) in any instance for the purchase of materials,
supplies, equipment or services, specifying those which are not cancelable on
thirty (30) days notice without penalty;
(b) Collective Bargaining Agreements with labor unions;
(c) Contracts and agreements relating to the leasing (as lessor or
lessee) or to the conditional purchase or sale of any property, real, personal
or mixed in excess of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000) per year;
(d) Indentures, mortgages, promissory notes, loan agreements,
capital leases, security agreements, or other agreements or commitments for the
borrowing of money, or the purchase of assets involving deferred payments (in
the latter case, involving payments in excess of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars
per year), or which otherwise evidence indebtedness for borrowing or which
create an Encumbrance on any of the Assets;
(e) Guarantees of the obligations of a third party or agreements to
indemnify third parties;
(f) Individual employment, severance or consulting agreements or
arrangements under which payments were in excess of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars
($200,000) during 1999 or are reasonably projected to exceed Two Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($200,000) in 2000;
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(g) Distributor, dealer, sales, advertising, agency, manufacturer's
representative, franchise or similar contracts or any other contract relating to
the payment of a commission under which payments were in excess of Two Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($200,000) during 1999 or are reasonably projected to exceed
Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000) in 2000;
(h) contracts granting a right of first refusal or first negotiation
with respect to the capital stock of any Vermont Entity;
(i) partnership or joint venture agreements with unaffiliated third
parties;
(j) agreements for the acquisition, sale or lease of material
properties or assets of any Vermont Entity since December 31, 1996 which involve
payments in excess of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000) per year;
(k) agreements that purport to limit, curtail or restrict the ability
of any Vermont Entity to compete in any geographic area or line of business,
except for exclusive distributor or agency agreements pursuant to which a
Vermont Entity is not the distributor or agent;
(l) agreements between any Vermont Entity, on the one hand, and UBIBV
or Affiliate of UBIBV, or any officer, director or Employee of any Vermont
Entity, on the other hand;
(m) contracts or agreements with any Governmental Authority which
involve payments in excess of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000) per year;
and
(n) agreements relating to the license, purchase, right to use or
other supply of still photographic images to any Vermont Entity which involve
payments in excess of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000) per year.
True copies of all written Material Agreements, described on Section 4.22
of the Disclosure Schedule have been furnished to the Buyer and Communications.
Each of the Material Agreements constitutes a valid and binding obligation of
the Vermont Entity party thereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms and
is valid and in full force and effect and, except as set forth in Section 4.22
of the Disclosure Schedule, the transactions contemplated hereby will not
require the consent of any party thereto or otherwise adversely affect the
validity and effectiveness thereof. The Vermont Entities are not in default in
any material respect or alleged to be in default in any material respect under
any Material Agreement nor, to the Knowledge of Seller, is any other party to
any of the Material Agreements in default of any of its obligations thereunder.
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4.23 CERTAIN MATTERS CONCERNING PIX.
(a) Pix SA is the resultant company from the merger by absorption of
Photographie Giraudon SA by Pix SA having as its effective date January 1, 1999
(the "Merger"). VCG further represents that the Merger (in particular, any and
all assessments or valuations made in connection therewith) was effected in
compliance with applicable French law and that the Merger has been duly
consummated, with retroactive effect to January 1, 1999, and is therefore valid
and opposable to third parties. Without in any way limiting the generality of
the foregoing, prior to the Merger, the share transfer agreement between Visual
Communications Group Limited and Photographie Giraudon SA dated 30 November,
1999, was validly made and duly filed with the clerk's office of the relevant
Commercial Court in a timely manner and that, with respect to the Merger, the
following formalities were duly complied with in a timely matter:
(i) consultation of workers' councils;
(ii) draft merger agreement approved by the boards;
(iii) appointment by the Court of a merger auditor;
(iv) filing of draft merger agreement with the Commercial Court;
(v) publication in a legal newspaper;
(vi) appropriate notice to shareholders;
(vii) appropriate notice to creditors;
(viii) special report of the boards; and
(ix) special report of the merger auditor.
(b) The actual net value of the assets of Photographie Giraudon SA
transferred to Pix SA pursuant to the Merger as compared to the net value of
said assets as valued in the Merger does not require adjustment or correction
to Pix SA's share capital as presently stated.
(c) Subsequent to the Merger, Pix SA had no off-balance sheet
liabilities other than those disclosed in Section 4.23 of the Disclosure
Schedule.
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4.24 INSURANCE. Section 4.24 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list
of insurance policies (including information on the premiums payable in
connection therewith and the scope and amount of the coverage provided
thereunder) maintained by any Vermont Entity, which policies have been issued
by insurers which, to the Knowledge of Seller, are reputable and financially
sound and provide coverage for the operations conducted by the Vermont Entities
of a scope and coverage consistent with customary industry practice.
4.25 ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES. Except as expressly set
forth in Section 3.1 and in Sections 4.1 through 4.24 hereof or in the
certificates, annexes, Exhibits and Schedules hereto, VCG makes no
representations or warranties to Buyer or Communications (including, without
limitation, no representations or warranties with respect to financial
projections), express or implied, and no representations or warranties by
UBIBV, VCG or Unicorn to Buyer and Communications shall be deemed to arise
hereafter except as set forth (i) in this Agreement and the documents
contemplated hereby including any certificates, annexes or schedules executed
and/or delivered at the Closing by UBIBV and VCG or (ii) in documents otherwise
delivered by UBIBV and VCG to Buyer or Communications on or after the date of
this Agreement that have been executed by UBIBV and VCG and which expressly
makes representations and warranties to Buyer and Communications.
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PENSION SCHEDULE
1. In this Schedule the following words shall, unless the context otherwise
requires, have the following meanings:
"APPROVAL" approval by the Board of Inland Revenue as
an exempt approved scheme for the purposes
of Chapter 1 of Part XIV of the Income and
Corporation Taxes Xxx 0000;
"THE EMPLOYEE MEMBERS" those employees and directors of the
Vermont Entities who are active members of
the UNM Plans at Closing (with the
exception of those Employees who are
members of the UNM Plans for life assurance
benefits only);
"THE PENSION TRANSFER DATE" 1 June 2000 or such other date as is
agreed in writing by UBIBV and Buyer;
"THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD" the period commencing on the day
immediately following Closing and ending
on the day immediately preceding the
Pension Transfer Date; and
"THE UNM PLANS" each of:
(a) the United Money Purchase Pension
Plan;
(b) the United Pension Plan; and
(c) the United Magazines Final Salary
Pension Scheme.
2. UBIBV and Buyer shall use their reasonable endeavors to procure the
continued participation of the Vermont Entities in the UNM Plans during
the Transitional Period for the purpose of the continued membership of
the Employee Members.
3. Buyer undertakes that during the Transitional Period the relevant
Vermont Entities will:
3.1 pay contributions determined in accordance with the Rules of the UNM
Plans to the Trustees of the UNM Plans by no later than the 14th day of
the month following that in which the relevant contributions are due;
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3.2 in respect of life assurance benefits for Employee Members of the United
Money Purchase Pension Plan and the United Pension Plan, pay contributions
equal to 0.5% of pensionable pay to the Trustees of those Plans;
3.3 in respect of Mr C Baxendale, pay to the trustees of the United Magazines
Final Salary Pension Scheme employer contributions at the rate of 13.1% and
employee contributions at the rate of 5% of his pensionable pay;
3.4 not do or omit to do any act or thing which would or might prejudice the
Approval of the UNM Plans or the contracted-out status of the United
Magazines Final Salary Pension Scheme;
3.5 cooperate with UBIBV to ensure that Mr C Baxendale continues to be in
contracted out employment in respect of the United Magazines Final Salary
Pension Scheme.
4. UBIBV undertakes that during the Transitional Period it will take no
voluntary action and shall use its reasonable endeavours to procure that no
action is taken to wind-up the UNM Plans or alter the provisions of the UNM
Plans to the detriment of the Employee Members or Buyer or the Vermont
Entities without the prior written consent of Buyer which will not be
withheld unreasonably.
5. Buyer shall arrange for those of the Employee Members who are still in the
employment of the Vermont Entities on the Pension Transfer Date to be
offered membership of a group personal pension arrangement with effect from
the Pension Transfer Date.
6. Notwithstanding that an Employee Member may not have been a member of a UNM
Plan for two years and therefore have no legal entitlement to preserved
benefits under Chapter IV of the Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxx 0000, the UBIBV shall
use its reasonable endeavours to procure that the trustees of the relevant
UNM Plan will treat such an Employee Member as being so entitled.
7. UBIBV hereby agrees with Buyer (contracting for itself and as trustee for
the Vermont Entities) to indemnify Buyer and the Vermont Entities against
all losses, costs, expenses, damages, liabilities, demands, claims, actions
and proceedings which may be suffered or incurred by or made or brought
against Buyer or the Vermont Entities directly or indirectly in connection
with or as a consequence of the application of section 75 of the Pensions
Xxx 0000 and any regulations made thereunder in relation to the United
Magazines Final Salary Pension Scheme.
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Parliament now or hereafter enacted and every statutory order rule
instrument regulation and bye-law and every notice order or direction
and every licence consent or permission already or hereafter to be
made or given thereunder) including (but without prejudice to the
generality of the foregoing) the Health and Safety at Work etc Xxx
0000 and the lawful requirements of any local or public authority so
far as the same shall relate to or affect the demised premises or the
user thereof for the purposes of any manufacture process or business
or the employment therein of any person or persons or any fixtures
machinery plant or chattels for the time being affixed thereto or
being thereupon or used for the purposes thereof and to do and
execute or cause to be done and executed all such works and provide
and maintain all arrangements which by or under any enactment or by
and government department local authority or other public authority
or duly authorised officer or Court of competent jurisdiction acting
under or in pursuance of any enactment are or may be directed or
required to be done executed provided and maintained at any time
during the Term upon or in respect of the demised premises or any
part or parts thereof or in respect of any such user thereof or
employment therein of any person or persons or fixtures machinery
plant or chattels as aforesaid whether by the Landlord or the Tenant
or occupier thereof and to indemnify the Landlord at all times
against all costs charges and expenses of or incidental to the
execution of any works or the provision or maintenance of any
arrangements so directed or required as aforesaid and to pay the
reasonable costs charges and expenses of the Solicitors and of the
surveyors for the time being of the Landlord in relation thereto and
not at any time during the Term to do or omit or suffer to
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be done or omitted on or about the demised premises any act or thing
by reason of which the Landlord may under any enactment incur or have
imposed upon it or become liable to pay any penalty damages
compensation costs charges or expenses and to pay all costs charges
and expenses incurred by the Landlord in abating a nuisance caused by
the Tenant or anyone within the control of the Tenant and executing
all such works as may be necessary for abating such a nuisance in
connection with the demised premises whether or not in obedience to a
notice served by a Local Authority
3:9:2 To furnish the Landlord with copies of all consents and certificates
which may be obtained by the Tenant under the Health and Safety at
Work etc Xxx 0000 or any other enactment from time to time affecting
the same
3:10:1 Not to assign charge underlet or part with possession of part only of
the demised premises nor allow any person deriving title from the
tenant to do so
3:10:2 Not without the Landlord's prior written consent (which shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed) to underlet the whole of the
demised premises nor allow any person deriving title from the Tenant
to do so Provided that in the event of the Tenant applying for
consent to underlet the whole of the demised premises the Landlord
shall be entitled (without prejudice to the generality of the
foregoing and without prejudice to any other matters the Landlord may
wish to take into account in determining such application) to refuse
to consider such application if in the opinion of the Landlord acting
reasonably there may be a breach of the
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EXHIBIT 4.1
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GETTY IMAGES, INC.
To
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
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INDENTURE
Dated as of
March 13, 2000
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5% CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2007
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ARTICLE 1. DEFINITIONS .................................................................... 1
Section 1.1. Definitions ....................................................... 1
ARTICLE 2. ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES .............. 8
Section 2.1. Designation, Amount And Issue Of Notes ............................ 8
Section 2.2. Form Of Notes ..................................................... 8
Section 2.3. Date And Denomination Of Notes; Payments Of Interest .............. 9
Section 2.4. Execution Of Notes ................................................10
Section 2.5. Exchange And Registration Of Transfer Of Notes; Restrictions
On Transfer; Depositary ...........................................11
Section 2.6. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost Or Stolen Notes ........................18
Section 2.7. Temporary Notes ...................................................19
Section 2.8. Cancellation Of Notes Paid, Etc ...................................19
Section 2.9. CUSIP Numbers .....................................................19
ARTICLE 3. REDEMPTION OF NOTES ............................................................19
Section 3.1. Initial Prohibition On Redemption .................................19
Section 3.2. Notice Of Redemptions; Selection Of Notes .........................20
Section 3.3. Payment Of Notes Called For Redemption ............................22
Section 3.4. Conversion Arrangement On Call For Redemption .....................22
Section 3.5. Redemption At Option Of Holders ...................................23
ARTICLE 4. SUBORDINATION OF NOTES .........................................................25
Section 4.1. Agreement Of Subordination ........................................25
Section 4.2. Payments To Noteholders ...........................................25
Section 4.3. Subrogation Of Notes ..............................................28
Section 4.4. Authorization To Effect Subordination .............................29
Section 4.5. Notice To Trustee .................................................29
Section 4.6. Trustee's Relation To Senior Indebtedness .........................30
Section 4.7. No Impairment Of Subordination ....................................30
Section 4.8. Certain Conversions Not Deemed Payment ............................31
Section 4.9. Article Applicable To Paying Agents ...............................31
Section 4.10. Senior Indebtedness Entitled To Rely ..............................31
Section 4.11. Reliance On Judicial Order Or Certificate Of Liquidating Agent ....31
ARTICLE 5. PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY ............................................32
Section 5.1. Payment Of Principal, Premium And Interest ........................32
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Section 5.2. Maintenance Of Office Or Agency ..................................32
Section 5.3. Appointments To Fill Vacancies In Trustee's Office ...............33
Section 5.4. Provisions As To Paying Agent ....................................33
Section 5.5. Existence ........................................................34
Section 5.6. Maintenance Of Properties ........................................34
Section 5.7. Payment Of Taxes And Other Claims ................................34
Section 5.8. Rule 144A Information Requirement ................................34
Section 5.9. Stay, Extension And Usury Laws ...................................35
Section 5.10. Compliance Certificate ...........................................35
Section 5.11. Liquidated Damages Notice ........................................36
ARTICLE 6. NOTEHOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE .................36
Section 6.1. Noteholders' Lists ...............................................36
Section 6.2. Preservation And Disclosure Of Lists .............................36
Section 6.3. Reports By Trustee ...............................................37
Section 6.4. Reports By Company ...............................................37
ARTICLE 7. REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND NOTEHOLDERS ON AN EVENT OF DEFAULT ................37
Section 7.1. Events Of Default ................................................37
Section 7.2. Payments Of Notes On Default; Suit Therefor ......................39
Section 7.3. Application Of Monies Collected By Trustee .......................41
Section 7.4. Proceedings By Noteholder ........................................41
Section 7.5. Proceedings By Trustee ...........................................42
Section 7.6. Remedies Cumulative And Continuing ...............................42
Section 7.7. Direction Of Proceedings And Waiver Of Defaults By Majority
Of Noteholders ...................................................42
Section 7.8. Notice Of Defaults ...............................................43
Section 7.9. Undertaking To Pay Costs .........................................43
ARTICLE 8. THE TRUSTEE ...................................................................44
Section 8.1. Duties And Responsibilities Of Trustee ...........................44
Section 8.2. Reliance On Documents, Opinions, Etc .............................45
Section 8.3. No Responsibility For Recitals, Etc ..............................46
Section 8.4. Trustee, Paying Agents, Conversion Agents Or Registrar May
Own Notes ........................................................46
Section 8.5. Monies To Be Held In Trust .......................................46
Section 8.6. Compensation And Expenses Of Trustee .............................46
Section 8.7. Officers' Certificate As Evidence ................................47
Section 8.8. Conflicting Interests Of Trustee .................................47
Section 8.9. Eligibility Of Trustee ...........................................47
Section 8.10. Resignation or Removal Of Trustee ................................48
Section 8.11. Acceptance By Successor Trustee ..................................49
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Section 8.12. Succession By Merger, Etc ..........................................49
Section 8.13. Preferential Collection Of Claims ..................................50
Section 8.14. Trustee's Application For Instructions From The Company ............50
ARTICLE 9. THE NOTEHOLDERS .................................................................50
Section 9.1. Action By Noteholders ..............................................50
Section 9.2. Proof Of Execution By Noteholders ..................................51
Section 9.3. Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners .....................................51
Section 9.4. Company-Owned Notes Disregarded ....................................51
Section 9.5. Revocation Of Consents; Future Holders Bound .......................52
ARTICLE 10. MEETINGS OF NOTEHOLDERS ........................................................52
Section 10.1. Purpose Of Meetings ................................................52
Section 10.2. Call Of Meetings By Trustee ........................................52
Section 10.3. Call Of Meetings By Company Or Noteholders .........................53
Section 10.4. Qualifications For Voting ..........................................53
Section 10.5. Regulations ........................................................54
Section 10.6. Voting .............................................................54
Section 10.7. No Delay Of Rights By Meeting ......................................54
ARTICLE 11. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES ........................................................54
Section 11.1. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent Of Noteholders .............54
Section 11.2. Supplemental Indenture With Consent Of Noteholders .................55
Section 11.3. Effect Of Supplemental Indenture ...................................56
Section 11.4. Notation On Notes ..................................................57
Section 11.5. Evidence Of Compliance Of Supplemental Indenture To Be
Furnished To Trustee ...............................................57
ARTICLE 12. CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE ..............................57
Section 12.1. Company May Consolidate, Etc. On Certain Terms .....................57
Section 12.2. Successor Corporation To Be Substituted ............................57
Section 12.3. Opinion Of Counsel To Be Given Trustee .............................58
ARTICLE 13. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE ........................................58
Section 13.1. Discharge Of Indenture .............................................58
Section 13.2. Deposited Monies To Be Held In Trust By Trustee ....................59
Section 13.3. Paying Agent To Repay Monies Held ..................................59
Section 13.4. Return Of Unclaimed Monies .........................................59
Section 13.5. Reinstatement ......................................................59
ARTICLE 14. IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS ................60
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Section 14.1. Indenture And Notes Solely Corporate Obligations ...................60
ARTICLE 15. CONVERSION OF NOTES ............................................................60
Section 15.1. Right To Convert ...................................................60
Section 15.2. Exercise Of Conversion Privilege; Issuance Of Common Stock On
Conversion; No Adjustment For Interest Or Dividends ................60
Section 15.3. Cash Payments In Lieu Of Fractional Shares .........................62
Section 15.4. Conversion Price ...................................................62
Section 15.5. Adjustment Of Conversion Price .....................................62
Section 15.6. Effect Of Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger Or Sale ..........71
Section 15.7. Taxes On Shares Issued .............................................72
Section 15.8. Reservation Of Shares; Shares To Be Fully Paid; Compliance
With Governmental Requirements; Listing Of Common Stock ............72
Section 15.9. Responsibility Of Trustee ..........................................73
Section 15.10. Notice To Holders Prior To Certain Actions .........................73
ARTICLE 16. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS .......................................................74
Section 16.1. Provisions Binding On Company's Successors .........................74
Section 16.2. Official Acts By Successor Corporation .............................74
Section 16.3. Addresses For Notices, Etc .........................................74
Section 16.4. Governing Law ......................................................75
Section 16.5. Evidence Of Compliance With Conditions Precedent;
Certificates To Trustee ............................................75
Section 16.6. Legal Holidays .....................................................75
Section 16.7. Trust Indenture Act ................................................75
Section 16.8. No Security Interest Created .......................................76
Section 16.9. Benefits Of Indenture ..............................................76
Section 16.10. Table Of Contents, Headings, Etc ...................................76
Section 16.11. Authenticating Agent ...............................................76
Section 16.12. Execution In Counterparts ..........................................77
Section 16.13. Severability .......................................................77
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Reconciliation and Tie Between the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and
Indenture, dated as of March 13, 2000, between Getty Images, Inc. and The Bank
of New York, as Trustee.
TRUST INDENTURE ACT SECTION INDENTURE SECTION
Section 310(a)(1) ............................................................. 8.9
(a)(2) ................................................................ 8.9
(a)(3) ................................................................N.A.
(a)(4) ................................................................N.A.
(a)(5) ................................................................ 8.9
(b) ...................................................8.8; 8.9; 8.10; 8.11
Section 311(a) ................................................................8.13
(b) ...................................................................8.13
(b)(2) ................................................................8.13
Section 312(a) .........................................................6.1; 6.2(a)
(b) .................................................................6.2(b)
(c) .................................................................6.2(c)
Section 313(a) ..............................................................6.3(a)
(b) .................................................................6.3(a)
(c) .................................................................6.3(a)
(d) .................................................................6.3(b)
Section 314(a) .................................................................6.4
(b) .................................................................. N.A.
(c)(1) ............................................................... 16.5
(c)(2) ............................................................... 16.5
(c)(3) ............................................................... N.A.
(d) .................................................................. N.A.
(e) .................................................................. 16.5
Section 315(a) ........................................................ 8.1
(b) ................................................................... 7.8
(c) ................................................................... 8.1
(d) ................................................................... 8.1
(d)(1) ..............................................................8.1(a)
(d)(2) ..............................................................8.1(b)
(d)(3) ..............................................................8.1(c)
(e) ................................................................... 7.9
Section 316(a) ................................................................ 7.7
(a)(1)(A) ............................................................. 7.7
(a)(1)(B) ............................................................. 7.7
(a)(2) ................................................................N.A.
(b) ................................................................... 7.4
Section 317(a)(1) ............................................................. 7.5
(a)(2) ................................................................ 7.5
(b) ................................................................... 5.4
Section 318(a) ............................................................... 16.7
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* Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed
to be a part of the Indenture.
** Note: N.A. means Not Applicable.
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INDENTURE
INDENTURE, dated as of March 13, 2000, between Getty Images,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called the "Company"), having its
principal office at 000 X. 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000,
and The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation, as trustee hereunder
(hereinafter called the "Trustee"), having its principal corporate trust office
at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00 Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
W I T N E S S E T H:
- - - - - - - - - -
WHEREAS, for its lawful corporate purposes, the Company has duly
authorized the issue of its 5% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2007
(hereinafter called the "Notes"), in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$250,000,000 and, to provide the terms and conditions upon which the Notes are
to be authenticated, issued and delivered, the Company has duly authorized the
execution and delivery of this Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Notes, the certificate of authentication to be borne
by the Notes, a form of assignment, a form of option to elect repayment upon a
Fundamental Change, and a form of conversion notice to be borne by the Notes are
to be substantially in the forms hereinafter provided for; and
WHEREAS, all acts and things necessary to make the Notes, when
executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or a duly
authorized authenticating agent, as in this Indenture provided, the valid,
binding and legal obligations of the Company, and to constitute this Indenture a
valid agreement according to its terms, have been done and performed, and the
execution of this Indenture and the issue hereunder of the Notes have in all
respects been duly authorized.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
That in order to declare the terms and conditions upon which the
Notes are, and are to be, authenticated, issued and delivered, and in
consideration of the premises and of the purchase and acceptance of the Notes by
the holders thereof, the Company covenants and agrees with the Trustee for the
equal and proportionate benefit of the respective holders from time to time of
the Notes (except as otherwise provided below), as follows:
ARTICLE 1.
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1. Definitions. The terms defined in this Section 1.1
(except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise
requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental
hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section 1.1. All
other terms used in this Indenture that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act
or which are by reference therein defined in the Securities Act (except as
herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires)
shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in said Trust Indenture Act and
in said Securities Act as in force at the date of the execution of this
Indenture. The words "herein", "hereof", "hereunder", and words of similar
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import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article,
Section or other Subdivision. The terms defined in this Article include the
plural as well as the singular.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person
directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control", when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to
direct or cause the direction of 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.
"Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of the Company
or a committee of such Board duly authorized to act for it hereunder.
"Business Day" means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday which is not a day on which the banking institutions in New York City
or the city in which the Corporate Trust Office is located are authorized or
obligated by law or executive order to close or be closed.
"Closing Price" has the meaning specified in Section 15.5(h)(1).
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as
from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any
time after the execution of this Indenture such Commission is not existing and
performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the
body performing such duties at such time.
"Common Stock" means any stock of any class of the Company which
has no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of
any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Company and which is not subject to redemption by the Company. Subject to the
provisions of Section 15.6, however, shares issuable on conversion of Notes
shall include only shares of the class designated as common stock of the Company
at the date of this Indenture (namely, the Common Stock, par value $.01 per
share) or shares of any class or classes resulting from any reclassification or
reclassifications thereof and which have no preference in respect of dividends
or of amounts payable in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Company and which are not subject to redemption
by the Company; provided, however, that if at any time there shall be more than
one such resulting class, the shares of each such class then so issuable shall
be substantially in the proportion which the total number of shares of such
class resulting from all such reclassifications bears to the total number of
shares of all such classes resulting from all such reclassifications.
"Company" means the corporation named as the "Company" in the
first paragraph of this Indenture, and, subject to the provisions of Article
Twelve, shall include its successors and assigns.
"Company Notice" has the meaning specified in Section 3.5(b).
"Conversion Price" has the meaning specified in Section 15.4.
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"Corporate Trust Office" or other similar term, means the
designated office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate
trust business shall be principally administered, which office is, as of the
date of this Indenture, located at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 21 West, New York,
New York 10286, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration.
"Credit Agreement" means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as
of October 25, 1999 and as amended on December 3, 1999, among the Company,
certain of its subsidiaries, HSBC Investment Bank plc, as arranger, facility
agent and security agent, the financial institutions named therein and HSBC Bank
plc, as over-draft bank (including all deferrals, renewals, extensions or
refundings of, or amendments, modifications or supplements to, the foregoing).
"Custodian" means The Bank of New York, as custodian with respect
to the Notes in global form, or any successor entity thereto.
"Default" means any event that is, or after notice or passage of
time, or both, would be, an Event of Default.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 2.3.
"Depositary" means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued
in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.5(d) as
the Depositary with respect to such Notes, until a successor shall have been
appointed and become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter, "Depositary" shall mean or include such successor.
"Designated Senior Indebtedness" means Senior Indebtedness under
the Credit Agreement and the Company's obligations under any other particular
Senior Indebtedness in which the instrument creating or evidencing the same or
the assumption or guarantee thereof (or related agreements or documents to which
the Company is a party) expressly provides that such Senior Indebtedness shall
be "Designated Senior Indebtedness" for purposes of this Indenture (provided
that such instrument, agreement or other document may place limitations and
conditions on the right of such Senior Indebtedness to exercise the rights of
Designated Senior Indebtedness); provided that while the Credit Agreement shall
be outstanding, "Designated Senior Indebtedness" shall not include any Senior
Indebtedness other than Senior Indebtedness incurred in connection with the
Credit Agreement and Senior Indebtedness incurred in connection with the
Indebtedness described in clause (c) of the definition of "Indebtedness." If any
payment made to any holder of any Designated Senior Indebtedness or its
Representative with respect to such Designated Senior Indebtedness is rescinded
or must otherwise be returned by such holder or Representative upon the
insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise, the
reinstated Indebtedness of the Company arising as a result of such rescission or
return shall constitute Designated Senior Indebtedness effective as of the date
of such rescission or return.
"Event of Default" means any event specified in Section 7.1(a),
(b), (c), (d) or (e).
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as in effect from
time to time.
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"Fundamental Change" means the occurrence of any transaction or
event in connection with which all or substantially all of the Common Stock
shall be exchanged for, converted into, acquired for or constitute solely the
right to receive consideration (whether by means of an exchange offer,
liquidation, tender offer, consolidation, merger, combination, reclassification,
recapitalization or otherwise) which is not all or substantially all common
stock listed (or, upon consummation of or immediately following such transaction
or event, which will be listed) on a United States national securities exchange
or approved for quotation on the Nasdaq National Market or any similar United
States system of automated dissemination of quotations of securities prices.
"Global Note" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(b).
"Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person, and without
duplication, (a) all indebtedness, obligations and other liabilities (contingent
or otherwise) of such Person for borrowed money (including obligations of the
Company in respect of overdrafts, foreign exchange contracts, currency exchange
agreements, interest rate protection agreements, and any loans or advances from
banks, whether or not evidenced by notes or similar instruments) or evidenced by
bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments (whether or not the recourse of
the lender is to the whole of the assets of such Person or to only a portion
thereof), other than any account payable or other accrued current liability or
obligation incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the
obtaining of materials or services; (b) all reimbursement obligations and other
liabilities (contingent or otherwise) of such Person with respect to letters of
credit, bank guarantees or bankers' acceptances; (c) all obligations and
liabilities (contingent or otherwise) in respect of leases of such Person
required, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles, to be
accounted for as capitalized lease obligations on the balance sheet of such
Person and all obligations and other liabilities (contingent or otherwise) under
any lease or related document (including a purchase agreement) in connection
with the lease of real property which provides that such Person is contractually
obligated to purchase or cause a third party to purchase the leased property and
thereby guarantee a minimum residual value of the leased property to the lessor
and the obligations of such Person under such lease or related document to
purchase or to cause a third party to purchase such leased property; (d) all
obligations of such Person (contingent or otherwise) with respect to an interest
rate or other swap, cap or collar agreement or other similar instrument or
agreement or foreign currency hedge, exchange, purchase or similar instrument or
agreement; (e) all direct or indirect guaranties or similar agreements by such
Person in respect of, and obligations or liabilities (contingent or otherwise)
of such Person to purchase or otherwise acquire or otherwise assure a creditor
against loss in respect of, indebtedness, obligations or liabilities of another
Person of the kind described in clauses (a) through (d); (f) any indebtedness or
other obligations described in clauses (a) through (e) secured by any mortgage,
pledge, lien or other encumbrance existing on property which is owned or held by
such Person, regardless of whether the indebtedness or other obligation secured
thereby shall have been assumed by such Person; and (g) any and all deferrals,
renewals, extensions and refundings of, or amendments, modifications or
supplements to, any indebtedness, obligation or liability of the kind described
in clauses (a) through (f).
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed or, if
amended or supplemented as herein provided, as so amended or supplemented.
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"Initial Purchasers" means Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated,
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., XX Xxxxx Securities Corporation and Xxxxxxxxx &
Xxxxx LLC.
"Institutional Accredited Investor" means an institutional
"accredited investor" within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7)
under the Securities Act.
"Liquidated Damages" has the meaning specified for "Liquidated
Damages Amount" in Section 2(e) of the Registration Rights Agreement.
"Non-Payment Default" has the meaning specified in Section
4.2(ii).
"Note" or "Notes" means any Note or Notes, as the case may be,
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, including the Global Note.
"Note Register" has the meaning specified in Section 2.5(a).
"Note Registrar" has the meaning specified in Section 2.5(a).
"Noteholder" or "Holder" as applied to any Note, or other similar
terms (but excluding the term "beneficial holder"), means any Person in whose
name at the time a particular Note is registered on the Note registrar's books.
"Officers' Certificate", when used with respect to the Company,
means a certificate signed by both (a) the Chairman of the Board, the Chief
Executive Officer, the President or any Vice President (whether or not
designated by a number or numbers or word or words added before or after the
title "Vice President") and (b) the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer, the
Controller or any Assistant Controller, or the Secretary or any Assistant
Secretary of the Company.
"Opinion of Counsel" means an opinion in writing signed by legal
counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel to the Company, or other counsel
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
"Outstanding", when used with reference to Notes and subject to
the provisions of Section 9.4, means, as of any particular time, all Notes
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture, except:
(a) Notes theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation;
(b) Notes, or portions thereof, (i) for the redemption of
which monies in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with the
Trustee or with any paying agent (other than the Company) or (ii) which shall
have been otherwise defeased in accordance with Article Thirteen;
(c) Notes paid pursuant to Section 2.6 or Notes in lieu of
which, or in substitution for which, other Notes shall have been authenticated
and delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 2.6; and
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(d) Notes converted into Common Stock pursuant to Article
Fifteen and Notes deemed not outstanding pursuant to Article Three.
"Payment Blockage Notice" has the meaning specified in Section
4.2(ii).
"Person" means a corporation, an association, a partnership, a
limited liability company, an individual, a joint venture, a joint stock
company, a trust, an unincorporated organization or a government or an agency or
a political subdivision thereof.
"Portal Market" means The Portal Market operated by the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or any successor thereto.
"Predecessor Note" of any particular Note means every previous
Note evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such
particular Note, and, for the purposes of this definition, any Note
authenticated and delivered under Section 2.6 in lieu of a lost, destroyed or
stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed or
stolen Note that it replaces.
"QIB" means a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined in Rule
144A.
"Registration Rights Agreement" means that certain Registration
Rights Agreement, dated as of March 13, 2000, among the Company and the Initial
Purchasers, as amended from time to time in accordance with its terms.
"Representative" means (a) the indenture trustee or other
trustee, agent or representative for holders of Senior Indebtedness or (b) with
respect to any Senior Indebtedness that does not have any such trustee, agent or
other representative, (i) in the case of such Senior Indebtedness issued
pursuant to an agreement providing for voting arrangements as among the holders
or owners of such Senior Indebtedness, any holder or owner of such Senior
Indebtedness acting with the consent of the required persons necessary to bind
such holders or owners of such Senior Indebtedness and (ii) in the case of all
other such Senior Indebtedness, the holder or owner of such Senior Indebtedness.
"Responsible Officer", when used with respect to the Trustee,
means an officer of the Trustee in the Corporate Trust Office assigned and duly
authorized by the Trustee to administer this Indenture.
"Restricted Securities" has the meaning specified in Section
2.5(d).
"Rule 144A" means Rule 144A as promulgated under the Securities
Act.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as in effect from time to
time.
"Senior Indebtedness" means the principal of, premium, if any,
interest (including all interest accruing subsequent to the commencement of any
bankruptcy or similar proceeding, whether or not a claim for post-petition
interest is allowable as a claim in any such proceeding) and rent payable on or
in connection with, and all fees, costs, expenses and other amounts
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accrued or due on or in connection with, Indebtedness of the Company, whether
outstanding on the date of this Indenture or thereafter created, incurred,
assumed, guaranteed or in effect guaranteed by the Company (including all
deferrals, renewals, extensions or refundings of, or amendments, modifications
or supplements to, the foregoing), unless in the case of any particular
Indebtedness the instrument creating or evidencing the same or the assumption or
guarantee thereof expressly provides that such Indebtedness shall not be senior
in right of payment to the Notes or expressly provides that such Indebtedness is
"pari passu" or "junior" to the Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term
Senior Indebtedness shall not include any Indebtedness of the Company to any
subsidiary of the Company, a majority of the voting stock of which is owned,
directly or indirectly, by the Company or the Company's 4.75% Convertible
Subordinated Notes due 2003. If any payment made to any holder of any Senior
Indebtedness or its Representative with respect to such Senior Indebtedness is
rescinded or must otherwise be returned by such holder or Representative upon
the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise, the
reinstated Indebtedness of the Company arising as a result of such rescission or
return shall constitute Senior Indebtedness effective as of the date of such
rescission or return.
"Significant Subsidiary" means, as of any date of determination,
a Subsidiary of the Company, if as of such date of determination either (a) the
assets of such subsidiary equal 10% or more of the Company's total consolidated
assets or (b) the total revenue of which represented 10% or more of the
Company's consolidated total revenue for the most recently completed fiscal
year.
"Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, (i) any
corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the
total voting power of shares of capital stock or other equity interest 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 such Person or one or more of the other subsidiaries
of that Person (or a combination thereof) and (ii) any partnership (a) the sole
general partner or managing general partner of which is such Person or a
subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are such
Person or of one or more subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination
thereof).
"Trading Day" has the meaning specified in Section 15.5(h)(5).
"Trigger Event" has the meaning specified in Section 15.5(d).
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, as it was in force at the date of this Indenture, except as provided in
Sections 11.3 and 15.6; provided, however, that, in the event the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after the date hereof, the term "Trust
Indenture Act" shall mean, to the extent required by such amendment, the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
"Trustee" means The Bank of New York and its successors and any
corporation resulting from or surviving any consolidation or merger to which it
or its successors may be a party and any successor trustee at the time serving
as successor trustee hereunder.
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The definitions of certain other terms are as specified in
Sections 2.5 and 3.5 and Article Fifteen.
ARTICLE 2.
ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION,
REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES
Section 2.1. Designation, Amount And Issue Of Notes. The Notes shall be
designated as "5% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2007." Notes not to exceed
the aggregate principal amount of $250,000,000 (except pursuant to Sections 2.5,
2.6, 3.3, 3.5 and 15.2 hereof) upon the execution of this Indenture, or from
time to time thereafter, may be executed by the Company and delivered to the
Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and
deliver said Notes to or upon the written order of the Company, signed by (a)
its Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President or any Vice
President (whether or not designated by a number or numbers or word or words
added before or after the title "Vice President") and (b) its Treasurer or any
Assistant Treasurer, its Controller or any Assistant Controller or its Secretary
or any Assistant Secretary, without any further action by the Company hereunder.
Section 2.2. Form Of Notes. The Notes and the Trustee's certificate of
authentication to be borne by such Notes shall be substantially in the form set
forth in Exhibit A, which is incorporated in and made a part of this Indenture.
Any of the Notes may have such letters, numbers or other marks of
identification and such notations, legends and endorsements as the officers
executing the same may approve (execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of
such approval) and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this
Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or
regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any
securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Notes may be
listed, or to conform to usage.
Any Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as
shall be specified therein and shall provide that it shall represent the
aggregate amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and
that the aggregate amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time
to time be increased or reduced to reflect transfers or exchanges permitted
hereby. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase
or decrease in the amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made
by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in such manner
and upon instructions given by the holder of such Notes in accordance with this
Indenture. Payment of principal of and interest and premium, if any, on any
Global Note shall be made to the holder of such Note.
The terms and provisions contained in the form of Note attached
as Exhibit A hereto shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of
this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by
their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms
and provisions and to be bound thereby.
Section 2.3. Date And Denomination Of Notes; Payments Of Interest. The
Notes shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in denominations of
$1,000 principal amount and
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integral multiples thereof. Every Note shall be dated the date of its
authentication and shall bear interest from the applicable date in each case as
specified on the face of the form of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto. Interest
on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of
twelve (12) 30-day months.
The Person in whose name any Note (or its Predecessor Note) is
registered on the Note register at the close of business on any record date with
respect to any interest payment date shall be entitled to receive the interest
payable on such interest payment date, except (i) that the interest payable upon
redemption (unless the date of redemption is an interest payment date) will be
payable to the Person to whom principal is payable and (ii) as set forth in the
next succeeding sentence. In the case of any Note (or portion thereof) that is
converted into Common Stock during the period from (but excluding) a record date
to (but excluding) the next succeeding interest payment date either (x) if such
Note (or portion thereof) has been called for redemption on a redemption date
which occurs during such period, or is to be redeemed in connection with a
Fundamental Change on a Repurchase Date (as defined in Section 3.5) that occurs
during such period, the Company shall not be required to pay interest on such
interest payment date in respect of any such Note (or portion thereof) except to
the extent required to be paid upon redemption of such Note or portion thereof
pursuant to Section 3.3 or 3.5 hereof or (y) if such Note (or portion thereof)
has not been called for redemption on a redemption date that occurs during such
period and is not to be redeemed in connection with a Fundamental Change on a
Repurchase Date that occurs during such period, such Note (or portion thereof)
that is submitted for conversion during such period shall be accompanied by
funds equal to the interest payable on such succeeding interest payment date on
the principal amount so converted, as provided in the penultimate paragraph of
Section 15.2 hereof. Interest shall be payable at the office of the Company
maintained by the Company for such purposes in the Borough of Manhattan, City of
New York, which shall initially be an office or agency of the Trustee and may,
as the Company shall specify to the paying agent in writing by each record date,
be paid either (i) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto
as it appears in the Note register (provided that the holder of Notes with an
aggregate principal amount in excess of $2,000,000 shall, at the written
election of such holder, be paid by wire transfer in immediately available
funds) or (ii) by transfer to an account maintained by such Person located in
the United States; provided, however, that payments to the Depositary will be
made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the
Depositary or its nominee. The term "record date" with respect to any interest
payment date shall mean the March 1 or September 1 preceding the relevant March
15 or September 15, respectively.
Any interest on any Note which is payable, but is not punctually
paid or duly provided for, on any March 15 or September 15 (herein called
"Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Noteholder on
the relevant record date by virtue of his having been such Noteholder, and such
Defaulted Interest shall be paid by the Company, at its election in each case,
as provided in clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted
Interest to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective
Predecessor Notes) are registered at the close of business on a special record
date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the
following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount
of Defaulted Interest to be paid on each Note and the date of the payment
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(which shall be not less than twenty-five (25) days after the receipt by the
Trustee of such notice, unless the Trustee shall consent to an earlier date),
and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of
money equal to the aggregate amount to be paid in respect of such Defaulted
Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit
prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held
in trust for the benefit of the Person entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in
this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a special record date for
the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than fifteen (15)
days and not less than ten (10) days prior to the date of the proposed payment,
and not less than ten (10) days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice
of the proposed payment, the Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such
special record date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall
cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special
record date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each
Noteholder at his address as it appears in the Note register, not less than ten
(10) days prior to such special record date. Notice of the proposed payment of
such Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor having been so
mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the
Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes) were registered at the close of
business on such special record date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to
the following clause (2) of this Section 2.3.
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest
in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Notes may be
listed or designated for issuance, and upon such notice as may be required by
such exchange or automated quotation system, if, after notice given by the
Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such
manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Section 2.4. Execution Of Notes. The Notes shall be signed in the name
and on behalf of the Company by the manual or facsimile signature of its
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President or any Vice President
(whether or not designated by a number or numbers or word or words added before
or after the title "Vice President") and attested by the manual or facsimile
signature of its Secretary or any of its Assistant Secretaries or its Treasurer
or any of its Assistant Treasurers (which may be printed, engraved or otherwise
reproduced thereon, by facsimile or otherwise). Only such Notes as shall bear
thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in the form set forth on
the form of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto, manually executed by the Trustee
(or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee as provided by Section
16.11), shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose. Such certificate by the Trustee (or such an
authenticating agent) upon any Note executed by the Company shall be conclusive
evidence that the Note so authenticated has been duly authenticated and
delivered hereunder and that the holder is entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture.
In case any officer of the Company who shall have signed any of
the Notes shall cease to be such officer before the Notes so signed shall have
been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, or disposed of by the Company,
such Notes nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered or disposed of as
though the person who signed such Notes had not ceased to be such officer of the
Company, and any Note may be signed on behalf of the Company by such persons as,
at the actual date of the execution of such Note, shall be the proper officers
of the
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Company, although at the date of the execution of this Indenture any such
person was not such an officer.
Section 2.5. Exchange And Registration Of Transfer Of Notes;
Restrictions On Transfer; Depositary.
(a) The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust
Office a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other
office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 5.2 being herein
sometimes collectively referred to as the "Note register") in which, subject to
such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for
the registration of Notes and of transfers of Notes. The Note register shall be
in written form or in any form capable of being converted into written form
within a reasonably prompt period of time. The Trustee is hereby appointed "Note
registrar" for the purpose of registering Notes and transfers of Notes as herein
provided. The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars in accordance with
Section 5.2.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note to the
Note registrar or any co-registrar, and satisfaction of the requirements for
such transfer set forth in this Section 2.5, the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee
or transferees, one or more new Notes of any authorized denominations and of a
like aggregate principal amount and bearing such restrictive legends as may be
required by this Indenture.
Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of any authorized
denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the
Notes to be exchanged at any such office or agency maintained by the Company
pursuant to Section 5.2. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Notes
which the Noteholder making the exchange is entitled to receive bearing
registration numbers not contemporaneously outstanding.
All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of
Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt,
and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Notes surrendered
upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
All Notes presented or surrendered for registration of transfer
or for exchange, redemption or conversion shall (if so required by the Company
or the Note registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written
instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, and
the Notes shall be duly executed by the Noteholder thereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made to any holder for any
registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Company may require
payment by the holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of
transfer or exchange of Notes.
Neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any Note registrar shall
be required to exchange or register a transfer of (a) any Notes for a period of
fifteen (15) days next preceding the mailing of a notice of redemption of Notes
to be redeemed, (b) any Notes or portions thereof
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called for redemption pursuant to Section 3.2, (c) any Notes or portions thereof
surrendered for conversion pursuant to Article Fifteen or (d) any Notes or
portions thereof tendered for redemption (and not withdrawn) pursuant to Section
3.5.
(b) So long as the Notes are eligible for book-entry
settlement with the Depositary, or unless otherwise required by law, all Notes
that, upon initial issuance are beneficially owned by QIBs or as a result of a
sale or transfer after initial issuance are beneficially owned by QIBs, will be
represented by one or more Notes in global form registered in the name of the
Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary (the "Global Note"), except as
otherwise specified below. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in
any such Global Note shall be effected through the Depositary in accordance with
this Indenture and the procedures of the Depositary therefor. The Trustee shall
make appropriate endorsements to reflect increases or decreases in the principal
amounts of any such Global Note as set forth on the face of the Note ("Principal
Amount") to reflect any such transfers. Except as provided below, beneficial
owners of a Global Note shall not be entitled to have certificates registered in
their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of
certificates in definitive form and will not be considered holders of such
Global Note.
(c) So long as the Notes are eligible for book-entry
settlement with the Depositary, or unless otherwise required by law, upon any
transfer of a definitive Note to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, and upon
receipt of the definitive Note or Notes being so transferred, together with a
certification, substantially in the form on the reverse of the Note, from the
transferor that the transfer is being made in compliance with Rule 144A (or
other evidence satisfactory to the Trustee), the Trustee shall make an
endorsement on the Global Note to reflect an increase in the aggregate Principal
Amount of the Notes represented by such Global Note, and the Trustee shall
cancel such definitive Note or Notes in accordance with the standing
instructions and procedures of the Depositary, the aggregate Principal Amount of
the Notes represented by such Global Note to be increased accordingly; provided,
however, that no definitive Note, or portion thereof, in respect of which the
Company or an Affiliate of the Company held any beneficial interest shall be
included in such Global Note until such definitive Note is freely tradable in
accordance with Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act, provided further that the
Trustee shall issue Notes in definitive form upon any transfer of a beneficial
interest in the Global Note to the Company or any Affiliate of the Company.
Upon any sale or transfer of a Note to an Institutional
Accredited Investor (other than pursuant to a registration statement that has
been declared effective under the Securities Act), such Institutional Accredited
Investor shall, prior to such sale or transfer, furnish to the Company and/or
the Trustee a signed letter containing representations and agreements relating
to restrictions on transfer substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B to
this Indenture. Upon any transfer of a beneficial interest in the Global Note to
an Institutional Accredited Investor, the Trustee shall make an endorsement on
the Global Note to reflect a decrease in the aggregate Principal Amount of the
Notes represented by such Global Note, and the Company shall execute a
definitive Note or Notes in exchange therefor, and the Trustee, upon receipt of
such definitive Note or Notes and the written order of the Company, shall
authenticate and deliver such, definitive Note or Notes.
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Any Global Note may be endorsed with or have incorporated in the
text thereof such legends or recitals or changes not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Indenture as may be required by the Custodian, the Depositary
or by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. in order for the
Notes to be tradeable on the Portal Market or as may be required for the Notes
to be tradeable on any other market developed for trading of securities pursuant
to Rule 144A or required to comply with any applicable law or any regulation
thereunder or with the rules and regulations of any securities exchange or
automated quotation system upon which the Notes may be listed or traded or to
conform with any usage with respect thereto, or to indicate any special
limitations or restrictions to which any particular Notes are subject.
(d) Every Note that bears or is required under this Section
2.5(d) to bear the legend set forth in this Section 2.5(d) (together with any
Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Notes and required to bear the legend
set forth in Section 2.5(e), collectively, the "Restricted Securities") shall be
subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 2.5(d)
(including those set forth in the legend set forth below) unless such
restrictions on transfer shall be waived by written consent of the Company, and
the holder of each such Restricted Security, by such Noteholder's acceptance
thereof, agrees to be bound by all such restrictions on transfer. As used in
Sections 2.5(d) and 2.5(e), the term "transfer" encompasses any sale, pledge,
loan, transfer or other disposition whatsoever of any Restricted Security.
Until the expiration of the holding period applicable to sales
thereof under Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act (or any successor provision),
any certificate evidencing such Note (and all securities issued in exchange
therefor or substitution thereof, other than Common Stock, if any, issued upon
conversion thereof, which shall bear the legend set forth in Section 2.5(e), if
applicable) shall bear a legend in substantially the following form, unless such
Note has been sold pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared
effective under the Securities Act (and which continues to be effective at the
time of such transfer), or unless otherwise agreed by the Company in writing,
with written notice thereof to the Trustee:
THE NOTE EVIDENCED HEREBY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED
STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY
STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD
WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, UNITED
STATES PERSONS EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS
ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A
"QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT) OR (B) IT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" (AS
DEFINED IN RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT)
("INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR"); (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT,
PRIOR TO EXPIRATION OF THE HOLDING PERIOD APPLICABLE TO SALES OF THE
NOTE EVIDENCED HEREBY UNDER RULE 144(K) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (OR ANY
SUCCESSOR PROVISION), RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THE NOTE EVIDENCED
HEREBY OR THE COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF SUCH NOTE EXCEPT
(A) TO GETTY IMAGES, INC. OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) TO A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT, (C) TO AN
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INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER,
FURNISHES TO THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE (OR A SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE,
AS APPLICABLE), A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND
AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF THE NOTE
EVIDENCED HEREBY (THE FORM OF WHICH LETTER CAN BE OBTAINED FROM SUCH
TRUSTEE OR A SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE, AS APPLICABLE), (D) PURSUANT TO THE
EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT (IF AVAILABLE) OR (E) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS
BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (AND WHICH CONTINUES TO
BE EFFECTIVE AT THE TIME OF SUCH TRANSFER); (3) PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER
(OTHER THAN A TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (2)(E) ABOVE), IT WILL FURNISH
TO THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE (OR A SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE, AS
APPLICABLE), SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS
THE TRUSTEE MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS
BEING MADE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT
SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT; AND (4)
AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THE NOTE EVIDENCED
HEREBY IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS
LEGEND. IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER OF THE NOTE EVIDENCED HEREBY
PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE HOLDING PERIOD APPLICABLE TO SALES OF THE
NOTE EVIDENCED HEREBY UNDER RULE 144(K) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (OR ANY
SUCCESSOR PROVISION), THE HOLDER MUST CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX SET
FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF RELATING TO THE MANNER OF SUCH TRANSFER AND
SUBMIT THIS CERTIFICATE TO THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE (OR A
SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE, AS APPLICABLE). IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE IS AN
INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR OR IS A PURCHASER WHO IS NOT A UNITED
STATES PERSON, THE HOLDER MUST, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISH TO THE
BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE (OR A SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE, AS APPLICABLE),
SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRUSTEE
MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE
PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. THIS LEGEND WILL BE
REMOVED UPON THE EARLIER OF THE TRANSFER OF THE NOTE EVIDENCED HEREBY
PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (2)(E) ABOVE OR UPON ANY TRANSFER OF THE NOTE
EVIDENCED HEREBY UNDER RULE 144(K) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (OR ANY
SUCCESSOR PROVISION). AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS "UNITED STATES" AND
"U.S. PERSON" HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT.
Any Note (or security issued in exchange or substitution
therefor) as to which such restrictions on transfer shall have expired in
accordance with their terms or as to conditions for removal of the foregoing
legend set forth therein have been satisfied may, upon surrender of
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such Note for exchange to the Note registrar in accordance with the provisions
of this Section 2.5, be exchanged for a new Note or Notes, of like tenor and
aggregate principal amount, which shall not bear the restrictive legend required
by this Section 2.5(d).
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture (other
than the provisions set forth in the second paragraph of Section 2.5(c) and in
this Section 2.5(d)), a Global Note may not be transferred as a whole or in part
except by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the
Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the
Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such
successor Depositary.
The Depositary shall be a clearing agency registered under the
Exchange Act. The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company to act
as Depositary with respect to the Notes in global form. Initially, the Global
Note shall be issued to the Depositary, registered in the name of Cede & Co., as
the nominee of the Depositary, and deposited with the Custodian for Cede & Co.
If at any time the Depositary for a Global Note notifies the
Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Note,
the Company may appoint a successor Depositary with respect to such Note. If a
successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within ninety (90) days
after the Company receives such notice, the Company will execute, and the
Trustee, upon receipt of an Officers' Certificate for the authentication and
delivery of Notes, will authenticate and deliver, Notes in certificated form, in
aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Note, in
exchange for such Global Note.
If a Note in certificated form is issued in exchange for any
portion of a Global Note after the close of business at the office or agency
where such exchange occurs on any record date and before the opening of business
at such office or agency on the next succeeding interest payment date, interest
will not be payable on such interest payment date in respect of such
certificated Note, but will be payable on such interest payment date, subject to
the provisions of Section 2.3, only to the Person to whom interest in respect of
such portion of such Global Note is payable in accordance with the provisions of
this Indenture.
Notes in certificated form issued in exchange for all or a part
of a Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.5 shall be registered in such names
and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions
from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the
Trustee. Upon execution and authentication, the Trustee shall deliver such Notes
in certificated form to the Persons in whose names such Notes in certificated
form are so registered.
At such time as all interests in a Global Note have been
redeemed, converted, canceled, exchanged for Notes in certificated form, or
transferred to a transferee who receives Notes in certificated form thereof,
such Global Note shall, upon receipt thereof, be canceled by the Trustee in
accordance with standing procedures and instructions existing between the
Depositary and the Custodian. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any
interest in a Global Note is exchanged for Notes in certificated form, redeemed,
converted, repurchased or canceled, or transferred to a transferee who receives
Notes in certificated form therefor or any Note in
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certificated form is exchanged or transferred for part of a Global Note, the
principal amount of such Global Note shall, in accordance with the standing
procedures and instructions existing between the Depositary and the Custodian,
be appropriately reduced or increased, as the case may be, and an endorsement
shall be made on such Global Note, by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the
direction of the Trustee, to reflect such reduction or increase.
(e) Until the expiration of the holding period applicable to
sales thereof under Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act (or any successor
provision), any stock certificate representing Common Stock issued upon
conversion of any Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form,
unless such Common Stock has been sold pursuant to a registration statement that
has been declared effective under the Securities Act (and which continues to be
effective at the time of such transfer) or such Common Stock has been issued
upon conversion of Notes that have been transferred pursuant to a registration
statement that has been declared effective under the Securities Act, or unless
otherwise agreed by the Company in writing with written notice thereof to the
transfer agent:
THE COMMON STOCK EVIDENCED HEREBY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"),
OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR
SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF,
UNITED STATES PERSONS EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. THE
HOLDER HEREOF AGREES THAT UNTIL THE EXPIRATION OF THE HOLDING PERIOD
APPLICABLE TO SALES OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY UNDER RULE 144(K)
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION), (1) IT WILL NOT
RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THE COMMON STOCK EVIDENCED HEREBY EXCEPT
(A) TO GETTY IMAGES, INC. OR TO ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) TO A
"QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT) IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A, (C) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL
"ACCREDITED INVESTOR" (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7)
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) THAT PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES TO THE
BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRANSFER AGENT (OR A SUCCESSOR TRANSFER AGENT, AS
APPLICABLE), A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND
AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF THE COMMON STOCK
EVIDENCED HEREBY (THE FORM OF WHICH LETTER CAN BE OBTAINED FROM SUCH
TRANSFER AGENT OR A SUCCESSOR TRANSFER AGENT, AS APPLICABLE), (D)
PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), OR (E) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION
STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
(AND WHICH CONTINUES TO BE EFFECTIVE AT THE TIME OF SUCH TRANSFER); (2)
PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (1)(E)
ABOVE), IT WILL FURNISH TO THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRANSFER AGENT (OR
SUCCESSOR TRANSFER AGENT, AS APPLICABLE), SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL
OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY
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REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO AN
EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT; AND (3) IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH
PERSON TO WHOM THE COMMON STOCK EVIDENCED HEREBY IS TRANSFERRED (OTHER
THAN A TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 1(E) ABOVE) A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO
THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE IS AN
INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR OR IS A PURCHASER WHO IS NOT A UNITED
STATES PERSON, THE HOLDER MUST, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISH TO THE
BANK OF NEW YORK (OR A SUCCESSOR TRANSFER AGENT, AS APPLICABLE), SUCH
CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS IT MAY REASONABLY
REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO AN
EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE
EARLIER OF THE TRANSFER OF THE COMMON STOCK EVIDENCED HEREBY PURSUANT TO
CLAUSE (1)(E) ABOVE OR UPON ANY TRANSFER OF THE COMMON STOCK EVIDENCED
HEREBY AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE HOLDING PERIOD APPLICABLE TO SALES OF
THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY UNDER RULE 144(K) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
(OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION). AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS "UNITED STATES"
AND "UNITED STATES PERSON" HAVE THE MEANING GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION
S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
Any such Common Stock as to which such restrictions on transfer
shall have expired in accordance with their terms or as to which the conditions
for removal of the foregoing legend set forth therein have been satisfied may,
upon surrender of the certificates representing such shares of Common Stock for
exchange in accordance with the procedures of the transfer agent for the Common
Stock, be exchanged for a new certificate or certificates for a like number of
shares of Common Stock, which shall not bear the restrictive legend required by
this Section 2.5(e).
(f) Any Note or Common Stock issued upon the conversion or
exchange of a Note that, prior to the expiration of the holding period
applicable to sales thereof under Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act (or any
successor provision), is purchased or owned by the Company or any Affiliate
thereof may not be resold by the Company or such Affiliate unless registered
under the Securities Act or resold pursuant to an exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act in a transaction which results
in such Notes or Common Stock, as the case may be, no longer being "restricted
securities" (as defined under Rule 144).
The Trustee shall have no additional obligation or duty to
determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed
under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any
interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among Depositary
participants or beneficial owners of interests in any Global Note), other than
to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as
are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the
terms of, this Indenture, and to
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examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express
requirements hereof.
Section 2.6. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost Or Stolen Notes. In case any
Note shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company in its
discretion may execute, and upon its written request the Trustee or an
authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee shall authenticate and make
available for delivery, a new Note, bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the mutilated Note, or in lieu of
and in substitution for the Note so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the
applicant for a substituted Note shall furnish to the Company, to the Trustee
and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent such security or indemnity as
may be required by them to save each of them harmless for any loss, liability,
cost or expense caused by or connected with such substitution, and, in every
case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the
Company, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent
evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Note
and of the ownership thereof.
Following receipt by the Trustee or such authenticating agent, as
the case may be, of satisfactory security or indemnity and evidence, as
described in the preceding paragraph, the Trustee or such authenticating agent
may authenticate any such substituted Note and make available for delivery such
Note. Upon the issuance of any substituted Note, the Company may require the
payment by the holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses connected therewith. In case any Note which has matured or is about to
mature or has been called for redemption or has been tendered for redemption
(and not withdrawn) or is to be converted into Common Stock shall become
mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, instead of issuing a
substitute Note, pay or authorize the payment of or convert or authorize the
conversion of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a
mutilated Note), as the case may be, if the applicant for such payment or
conversion shall furnish to the Company, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to
such authenticating agent such security or indemnity as may be required by them
to save each of them harmless for any loss, liability, cost or expense caused by
or connected with such substitution, and, in every case of destruction, loss or
theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company, the Trustee and, if
applicable, any paying agent or conversion agent evidence to their satisfaction
of the destruction, loss or theft of such Note and of the ownership thereof.
Every substitute Note issued pursuant to the provisions of this
Section 2.6 by virtue of the fact that any Note is destroyed, lost or stolen
shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or
not the destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be found at any time, and shall be
entitled to all the benefits of (but shall be subject to all the limitations set
forth in) this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other
Notes duly issued hereunder. To the extent permitted by law, all Notes shall be
held and owned upon the express condition that the foregoing provisions are
exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment or conversion of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and shall preclude any and all other rights or
remedies notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the
contrary with respect to the replacement or payment or conversion of negotiable
instruments or other securities without their surrender.
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Section 2.7. Temporary Notes. Pending the preparation of Notes in
certificated form, the Company may execute and the Trustee or an authenticating
agent appointed by the Trustee shall, upon the written request of the Company,
authenticate and deliver temporary Notes (printed or lithographed). Temporary
Notes shall be issuable in any authorized denomination, and substantially in the
form of the Notes in certificated form, but with such omissions, insertions and
variations as may be appropriate for temporary Notes, all as may be determined
by the Company. Every such temporary Note shall be executed by the Company and
authenticated by the Trustee or such authenticating agent upon the same
conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with the same effect, as
the Notes in certificated form. Without unreasonable delay the Company will
execute and deliver to the Trustee or such authenticating agent Notes in
certificated form (other than in the case of Notes in global form) and thereupon
any or all temporary Notes (other than any such Global Note) may be surrendered
in exchange therefor, at each office or agency maintained by the Company
pursuant to Section 5.2 and the Trustee or such authenticating agent shall
authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange for such temporary
Notes an equal aggregate principal amount of Notes in certificated form. Such
exchange shall be made by the Company at its own expense and without any charge
therefor. Until so exchanged, the temporary Notes shall in all respects be
entitled to the same benefits and subject to the same limitations under this
Indenture as Notes in certificated form authenticated and delivered hereunder.
Section 2.8. Cancellation Of Notes Paid, Etc. All Notes surrendered for
the purpose of payment, redemption, conversion, exchange or registration of
transfer shall, if surrendered to the Company or any paying agent or any Note
registrar or any conversion agent, be surrendered to the Trustee and promptly
canceled by it, or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be promptly canceled by
it, and no Notes shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted
by any of the provisions of this Indenture. The Trustee shall dispose of such
canceled Notes in accordance with its customary procedures. If the Company shall
acquire any of the Notes, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or
satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Notes unless and until the
same are delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.9. CUSIP Numbers. The Company in issuing the Notes may use
"CUSIP" numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use
"CUSIP" numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Noteholders;
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 Notes or as
contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on
the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such redemption
shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company
will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the "CUSIP" numbers.
ARTICLE 3.
REDEMPTION OF NOTES
Section 3.1. Initial Prohibition On Redemption.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 3.5, the Notes may
not be redeemed by the Company, in whole or in part, at any time prior to March
20, 2003.
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(b) Optional Redemption By The Company. At any time on or
after March 20, 2003, and prior to maturity, the Notes may be redeemed at the
option of the Company, in whole or in part, upon notice as set forth in Section
3.2, at the following redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the
principal amount), together in each case with accrued and unpaid interest, if
any (including Liquidated Damages, if any) to, but excluding, the date fixed for
redemption:
Period Redemption Price
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Beginning on March 20, 2003 and ending on March 14, 2004 ...... 102.857%
Beginning on March 15, 2004 and ending on March 14, 2005 ...... 102.143%
Beginning on March 15, 2005 and ending on March 14, 2006 ...... 101.429%
Beginning on March 15, 2006 and ending on March 14, 2007 ...... 100.714%
and 100% on March 15, 2007; provided, however, that if the date fixed for
redemption is on a March 15 or September 15, then the interest payable on such
date shall be paid to the holder of record on the preceding March 1 or September
1, respectively.
Section 3.2. Notice Of Redemptions; Selection Of Notes. In case the
Company shall desire to exercise the right to redeem all or, as the case may be,
any part of the Notes pursuant to Section 3.1, it shall fix a date for
redemption and it or, at its written request received by the Trustee not fewer
than forty-five (45) days prior (or such shorter period of time as may be
acceptable to the Trustee) to the date fixed for redemption, the Trustee in the
name of and at the expense of the Company, shall mail or cause to be mailed a
notice of such redemption not fewer than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60)
days prior to the date fixed for redemption to the holders of Notes so to be
redeemed as a whole or in part at their last addresses as the same appear on the
Note register; provided, however, that if the Company shall give such notice, it
shall also give written notice, and written notice of the Notes to be redeemed,
to the Trustee. Such mailing shall be by first class mail. The notice if mailed
in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly
given, whether or not the holder receives such notice. In any case, failure to
give such notice by mail or any defect in the notice to the holder of any Note
designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of
the proceedings for the redemption of any other Note. Concurrently with the
mailing of any such notice of redemption, the Company shall issue a press
release announcing such redemption, the form and content of which press release
shall be determined by the Company in its sole discretion. The failure to issue
any such press release or any defect therein shall not affect the validity of
the redemption notice or any of the proceedings for the redemption of any Note
called for redemption.
Each such notice of redemption shall specify the aggregate
principal amount of Notes to be redeemed, the CUSIP number or numbers of the
Notes being redeemed, the date fixed for redemption (which shall be a Business
Day), the redemption price at which Notes are to be redeemed, the place or
places of payment, that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of
such Notes, that interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption will be paid
as specified in said notice, and that on and after said date interest thereon or
on the portion thereof to be redeemed will cease to accrue. Such notice shall
also state the current Conversion Price and the date on which the right to
convert such Notes or portions thereof into Common Stock
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will expire. If fewer than all the Notes are to be redeemed, the notice of
redemption shall identify the Notes to be redeemed (including CUSIP numbers, if
any). In case any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption
shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and shall
state that, on and after the date fixed for redemption, upon surrender of such
Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion
thereof will be issued.
On or prior to the redemption date specified in the notice of
redemption given as provided in this Section 3.2, the Company will deposit with
the Trustee or with one or more paying agents (or, if the Company is acting as
its own paying agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust as provided in
Section 5.4) an amount of money in immediately available funds sufficient to
redeem on the redemption date all the Notes (or portions thereof) so called for
redemption (other than those theretofore surrendered for conversion into Common
Stock) at the appropriate redemption price, together with accrued interest to,
but excluding, the date fixed for redemption; provided, however, that if such
payment is made on the redemption date it must be received by the Trustee or
paying agent, as the case may be, by 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on such
date. The Company shall be entitled to retain any interest, yield or gain on
amounts deposited with the Trustee or any paying agent pursuant to this Section
3.2 in excess of amounts required hereunder to pay the redemption price together
with accrued interest to, but excluding, the date fixed for redemption. If any
Note called for redemption is converted pursuant hereto prior to such
redemption, any money deposited with the Trustee or any paying agent or so
segregated and held in trust for the redemption of such Note shall be paid to
the Company upon its written request, or, if then held by the Company, shall be
discharged from such trust. Whenever any Notes are to be redeemed, the Company
will give the Trustee written notice in the form of an Officers' Certificate not
fewer than forty-five (45) days (or such shorter period of time as may be
acceptable to the Trustee) prior to the redemption date as to the aggregate
principal amount of Notes to be redeemed.
If less than all of the outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the
Trustee shall select the Notes or portions thereof of the Global Note or the
Notes in certificated form to be redeemed (in principal amounts of $1,000 or
integral multiples thereof) by lot, on a pro rata basis or by another method the
Trustee deems fair and appropriate. If any Note selected for partial redemption
is submitted for conversion in part after such selection, the portion of such
Note submitted for conversion shall be deemed (so far as may be) to be the
portion to be selected for redemption. The Notes (or portions thereof) so
selected shall be deemed duly selected for redemption for all purposes hereof,
notwithstanding that any such Note is submitted for conversion in part before
the mailing of the notice of redemption.
Upon any redemption of less than all of the outstanding Notes,
the Company and the Trustee may (but need not), solely for purposes of
determining the pro rata allocation among such Notes as are unconverted and
outstanding at the time of redemption, treat as outstanding any Notes
surrendered for conversion during the period of fifteen (15) days next preceding
the mailing of a notice of redemption and may (but need not) treat as
outstanding any Note authenticated and delivered during such period in exchange
for the unconverted portion of any Note converted in part during such period.
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Section 3.3. Payment Of Notes Called For Redemption. If notice of
redemption has been given as above provided, the Notes or portion of Notes with
respect to which such notice has been given shall, unless converted into Common
Stock pursuant to the terms hereof, become due and payable on the date fixed for
redemption and at the place or places stated in such notice at the applicable
redemption price, together with interest accrued to (but excluding) the date
fixed for redemption, and on and after said date (unless the Company shall
default in the payment of such Notes at the redemption price, together with
interest accrued to said date) interest on the Notes or portion of Notes so
called for redemption shall cease to accrue and, after the close of business on
the Business Day next preceding the date fixed for redemption, such Notes shall
cease to be convertible into Common Stock and, except as provided in Sections
8.5 and 13.4, to be entitled to any benefit or security under this Indenture,
and the holders thereof shall have no right in respect of such Notes except the
right to receive the redemption price thereof and unpaid interest to (but
excluding) the date fixed for redemption. On presentation and surrender of such
Notes at a place of payment in said notice specified, the said Notes or the
specified portions thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the Company at the
applicable redemption price, together with interest accrued thereon to (but
excluding) the date fixed for redemption; provided, however, that if the
applicable redemption date is an interest payment date, the semi-annual payment
of interest becoming due on such date shall be payable to the holders of such
Notes registered as such on the relevant record date instead of the holders
surrendering such Notes for redemption on such date.
Upon presentation of any Note redeemed in part only, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery
to the holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Note or Notes, of
authorized denominations, in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of
the Notes so presented.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee shall not redeem any
Notes or mail any notice of redemption during the continuance of a default in
payment of interest or premium, if any, on the Notes. If any Note called for
redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the
principal and premium, if any, shall, until paid or duly provided for, bear
interest from the date fixed for redemption at the rate borne by the Note and
such Note shall remain convertible into Common Stock until the principal and
premium, if any, and interest shall have been paid or duly provided for.
Section 3.4. Conversion Arrangement On Call For Redemption. In
connection with any redemption of Notes, the Company may arrange for the
purchase and conversion of any Notes by an agreement with one or more investment
bankers or other purchasers to purchase such Notes by paying to the Trustee in
trust for the Noteholders, on or before the date fixed for redemption, an amount
not less than the applicable redemption price, together with interest accrued to
(but excluding) the date fixed for redemption, of such Notes. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Article Three, the obligation of the
Company to pay the redemption price of such Notes, together with interest
accrued to (but excluding) the date fixed for redemption, shall be deemed to be
satisfied and discharged to the extent such amount is so paid by such
purchasers. If such an agreement is entered into, a copy of which will be filed
with the Trustee prior to the date fixed for redemption, any Notes not duly
surrendered for conversion by the holders thereof may, at the option of the
Company, be deemed, to the fullest extent permitted by law, acquired by such
purchasers from such holders and (notwithstanding anything
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to the contrary contained in Article Fifteen) surrendered by such purchasers for
conversion, all as of immediately prior to the close of business on the date
fixed for redemption (and the right to convert any such Notes shall be extended
through such time), subject to payment of the above amount as aforesaid. At the
direction of the Company, the Trustee shall hold and dispose of any such amount
paid to it in the same manner as it would monies deposited with it by the
Company for the redemption of Notes. Without the Trustee's prior written
consent, no arrangement between the Company and such purchasers for the purchase
and conversion of any Notes shall increase or otherwise affect any of the
powers, duties, responsibilities or obligations of the Trustee as set forth in
this Indenture.
Section 3.5. Redemption At Option Of Holders.
(a) If there shall occur a Fundamental Change at any time prior
to maturity of the Notes, then each Noteholder shall have the right, at such
holder's option, to require the Company to redeem all of such holder's Notes, or
any portion thereof that is an integral multiple of $1,000 principal amount, on
the date (the "Repurchase Date") that is thirty (30) days after the date of the
Company Notice (as defined in Section 3.5(b) below) of such Fundamental Change
(or, if such 30th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day)
at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, together
with accrued interest to (but excluding) the Repurchase Date; provided, however,
that, if such Repurchase Date is a March 15 or September 15, then the interest
payable on such date shall be paid to the holders of record of the Notes on the
next preceding March 1 or September 1, respectively.
Upon presentation of any Note redeemed in part only, the Company
shall execute and, upon the Company's written direction to the Trustee, the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the holder thereof, at the expense of
the Company, a new Note or Notes, of authorized denominations, in principal
amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Notes so presented.
(b) On or before the tenth day after the occurrence of a
Fundamental Change, the Company or at its written request (which must be
received by the Trustee at least five (5) Business Days prior to the date the
Trustee is requested to give notice as described below, unless the Trustee shall
agree in writing to a shorter period), the Trustee, in the name of and at the
expense of the Company, shall mail or cause to be mailed to all holders of
record on the date of the Fundamental Change a notice (the "Company Notice") of
the occurrence of such Fundamental Change and of the redemption right at the
option of the holders arising as a result thereof. Such notice shall be mailed
in the manner and with the effect set forth in the first paragraph of Section
3.2 (without regard for the time limits set forth therein). If the Company shall
give such notice, the Company shall also deliver a copy of the Company Notice to
the Trustee at such time as it is mailed to Noteholders. Concurrently with the
mailing of any Company Notice, the Company shall issue a press release
announcing such Fundamental Change referred to in the Company Notice, the form
and content of which press release shall be determined by the Company in its
sole discretion. The failure to issue any such press release or any defect
therein shall not affect the validity of the Company Notice or any proceedings
for the redemption of any Note which any Noteholder may elect to have the
Company redeem as provided in this Section 3.5.
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Each Company Notice shall specify the circumstances constituting
the Fundamental Change, the Repurchase Date, the price at which the Company
shall be obligated to redeem Notes, that the holder must exercise the redemption
right on or prior to the close of business on the Repurchase Date (the
"Fundamental Change Expiration Time"), that the holder shall have the right to
withdraw any Notes surrendered prior to the Fundamental Change Expiration Time,
a description of the procedure which a Noteholder must follow to exercise such
redemption right and to withdraw any surrendered Notes, the place or places
where the holder is to surrender such holder's Notes, the amount of interest
accrued on each Note to the Repurchase Date and the "CUSIP" number or numbers of
the Notes (if then generally in use).
No failure of the Company to give the foregoing notices and no
defect therein shall limit the Noteholders' redemption rights or affect the
validity of the proceedings for the redemption of the Notes pursuant to this
Section 3.5.
(c) For a Note to be so redeemed at the option of the holder, the
Company must receive at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that
purpose or, at the option of such holder, the Corporate Trust Office, such Note
with the form entitled "Option to Elect Repayment Upon A Fundamental Change" on
the reverse thereof duly completed, together with such Notes duly endorsed for
transfer, on or before the Fundamental Change Expiration Time. All questions as
to the validity, eligibility (including time of receipt) and acceptance of any
Note for repayment shall be determined by the Company, whose determination shall
be final and binding absent manifest error.
(d) On or prior to the Repurchase Date, the Company will deposit
with the Trustee or with one or more paying agents (or, if the Company is acting
as its own paying agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust as provided in
Section 5.4) an amount of money sufficient to redeem on the Repurchase Date all
the Notes to be redeemed on such date at the appropriate redemption price,
together with accrued interest to (but excluding) the Repurchase Date; provided,
however, that if such payment is made on the Repurchase Date it must be received
by the Trustee or paying agent, as the case may be, by 10:00 a.m., New York City
time, on such date. Payment for Notes surrendered for redemption (and not
withdrawn) prior to the Fundamental Change Expiration Time will be made promptly
(but in no event more than five (5) Business Days) following the Repurchase Date
by mailing checks for the amount payable to the holders of such Notes entitled
thereto as they shall appear on the registry books of the Company.
(e) In the case of a reclassification, change, consolidation,
merger, combination, sale or conveyance to which Section 15.6 applies, in which
the Common Stock of the Company is changed or exchanged as a result into the
right to receive stock, securities or other property or assets (including cash),
which includes shares of Common Stock of the Company or shares of common stock
of another Person that are, or upon issuance will be, traded on a United States
national securities exchange or approved for trading on an established automated
over-the-counter trading market in the United States and such shares constitute
at the time such change or exchange becomes effective in excess of 50% of the
aggregate fair market value of such stock, securities or other property or
assets (including cash) (as determined by the Company, which determination shall
be conclusive and binding), then the Person formed by such consolidation or
resulting from such merger or which acquires such assets, as the case may be,
shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture (accompanied
by an Opinion of
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Counsel that such supplemental indenture complies with the Trust Indenture Act
as in force at the date of execution of such supplemental indenture) modifying
the provisions of this Indenture relating to the right of holders of the Notes
to cause the Company to repurchase the Notes following a Fundamental Change,
including without limitation the applicable provisions of this Section 3.5 and
the definitions of Common Stock and Fundamental Change, as appropriate, as
determined in good faith by the Company (which determination shall be conclusive
and binding), to make such provisions apply to such other Person if different
from the Company and the common stock issued by such Person (in lieu of the
Company and the Common Stock of the Company).
(f) The Company will comply with the provisions of Rule 13e-4 and
any other tender offer rules under the Exchange Act to the extent then
applicable in connection with the redemption rights of the holders of Notes in
the event of a Fundamental Change.
ARTICLE 4.
SUBORDINATION OF NOTES
Section 4.1. Agreement Of Subordination. The Company covenants and
agrees, and each holder of Notes issued hereunder by its acceptance thereof
likewise covenants and agrees, that all Notes shall be issued subject to the
provisions of this Article Four, and each Person holding any Note, whether upon
original issue or upon registration of transfer, assignment or exchange thereof,
accepts and agrees to be bound by such provisions.
The payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest
(including Liquidated Damages, if any) on all Notes (including, but not limited
to, the redemption price with respect to the Notes called for redemption in
accordance with Section 3.2 or submitted for redemption in accordance with
Section 3.5, as the case may be, as provided in this Indenture) issued hereunder
shall, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, be subordinated
and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior
Indebtedness, whether outstanding at the date of this Indenture or thereafter
incurred.
No provision of this Article Four shall prevent the occurrence of
any default or Event of Default hereunder.
Section 4.2. Payments To Noteholders. No payment shall be made with
respect to the principal of, premium, if any, or interest (including Liquidated
Damages, if any) on the Notes (including, but not limited to, the redemption
price with respect to the Notes to be called for redemption in accordance with
Section 3.2 or submitted for redemption in accordance with Section 3.5, as the
case may be, as provided in this Indenture), except payments and distributions
made by the Trustee as permitted by the first or second paragraph of Section
4.5, if:
(i) a default in the payment of principal, premium, if any,
interest, rent or other obligations in respect of Designated Senior Indebtedness
occurs and is continuing (or, in the case of Designated Senior Indebtedness for
which there is a period of grace, in the event of such a default that continues
beyond the period of grace, if any, specified in the instrument or
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lease evidencing such Designated Senior Indebtedness) (a "Payment Default"),
unless and until such Payment Default shall have been cured or waived or shall
have ceased to exist; or
(ii) a default, other than a Payment Default, on any Designated
Senior Indebtedness occurs and is continuing that then permits holders of such
Designated Senior Indebtedness to accelerate its maturity (or in the case of any
lease, a default occurs and is continuing that permits the lessor to either
terminate the lease or require the Company to make an irrevocable offer to
terminate the lease following an event of default thereunder) and the Trustee
receives a notice of the default (a "Payment Blockage Notice") from a holder of
Designated Senior Indebtedness, a Representative of Designated Senior
Indebtedness or the Company (a "Non-Payment Default").
If the Trustee receives any Payment Blockage Notice pursuant to
clause (ii) above, no subsequent Payment Blockage Notice shall be effective for
purposes of this Section 4.2 unless and until at least 365 days shall have
elapsed since the initial effectiveness of the immediately prior Payment
Blockage Notice. No Non-Payment Default that existed or was continuing on the
date of delivery of any Payment Blockage Notice to the Trustee shall be, or be
made, the basis for a subsequent Payment Blockage Notice.
The Company may and shall resume payments on and distributions in
respect of the Notes upon the earlier of:
(1) the date upon which any such Payment Default is cured
or waived or ceases to exist, or
(2) in the case of a Non-Payment Default, the earlier of
(a) the date upon which such default is cured or waived or ceases to exist or
(b) 179 days after the applicable Payment Blockage Notice is received by the
Trustee if the maturity of such Designated Senior Indebtedness has not been
accelerated (or in the case of any lease, 179 days after notice is received if
the Company has not received notice that the lessor under such lease has
exercised its right to terminate the lease or require the Company to make an
irrevocable offer to terminate the lease following an event of default
thereunder), unless this Article Four otherwise prohibits the payment or
distribution at the time of such payment or distribution.
Upon any payment by the Company, or distribution of assets of the
Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to
creditors upon any dissolution or winding up or liquidation or reorganization of
the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary or in bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or other proceedings, all amounts due or to become due upon all
Senior Indebtedness shall first be paid in full in cash or other payment
satisfactory to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness (and satisfactory to the
holders of Senior Indebtedness in the case such Senior Indebtedness includes
Designated Senior Indebtedness), or payment thereof in accordance with its terms
provided for in cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness (and satisfactory to the holders of Senior Indebtedness in the case
such Senior Indebtedness includes Designated Senior Indebtedness) before any
payment is made on account of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest
(including Liquidated Damages, if any) on the Notes (except payments made
pursuant to Article Thirteen from monies deposited with the Trustee pursuant
thereto prior to commencement of proceedings for such dissolution,
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winding up, liquidation or reorganization), and upon any such dissolution or
winding up or liquidation or reorganization of the Company or bankruptcy,
insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, any payment by the
Company, or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character,
whether in cash, property or securities, to which the holders of the Notes or
the Trustee would be entitled, except for the provisions of this Article Four,
shall (except as aforesaid) be paid by the Company or by any receiver, trustee
in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other Person making such payment or
distribution, or by the holders of the Notes or by the Trustee under this
Indenture if received by them or it, directly to the holders of Senior
Indebtedness (pro rata to such holders on the basis of the respective amounts of
Senior Indebtedness held by such holders, or as otherwise required by law or a
court order) or their Representative or Representatives, as their respective
interests may appear, to the extent necessary to pay all Senior Indebtedness in
full, in cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness (and satisfactory to the holders of Senior Indebtedness in the case
such Senior Indebtedness includes Designated Senior Indebtedness), after giving
effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of Senior
Indebtedness, before any payment or distribution is made to the holders of the
Notes or to the Trustee.
For purposes of this Article Four, the words, "cash, property or
securities" shall not be deemed to include shares of stock of the Company as
reorganized or readjusted, or securities of the Company or any other corporation
provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment, the payment of which
is subordinated at least to the extent provided in this Article Four with
respect to the Notes to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness which may at the
time be outstanding, provided that (i) the Senior Indebtedness is assumed by the
new corporation, if any, resulting from any reorganization or readjustment, and
(ii) the rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness (other than leases which
are not assumed by the Company or the new corporation, as the case may be) are
not, without the consent of such holders, altered by such reorganization as the
case may be) are not, without the consent of such holders, altered by such
reorganization or readjustment. The consolidation of the Company with, or the
merger of the Company into, another corporation or the liquidation or
dissolution of the Company following the conveyance or transfer of its property
as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to another Person upon the
terms and conditions provided for in Article Twelve shall not be deemed a
dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization for the purposes of this
Section 4.2 if such other Person shall, as a part of such consolidation, merger,
conveyance or transfer, comply with the conditions stated in Article Twelve.
In the event of the acceleration of the Notes because of an Event
of Default, no payment or distribution shall be made to the Trustee or any
holder of Notes in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest
(including Liquidated Damages, if any) on the Notes (including, but not limited
to, the redemption price with respect to the Notes called for redemption in
accordance with Section 3.2 or submitted for redemption in accordance with
Section 3.5, as the case may be, as provided in this Indenture), except payments
and distributions made by the Trustee as permitted by the first or second
paragraph of Section 4.5, until all Senior Indebtedness has been paid in full in
cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders of Senior Indebtedness (and
satisfactory to the holders of Designated Senior Indebtedness in the case such
Senior Indebtedness includes Designated Senior Indebtedness) or such
acceleration is rescinded in accordance with the terms of this Indenture. If
payment of the Notes is accelerated because of
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an Event of Default, the Company or the Trustee shall promptly notify holders of
Senior Indebtedness (including the agent under the Credit Agreement) of the
acceleration.
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, any
payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character,
whether in cash, property or securities (including, without limitation, by way
of setoff or otherwise), prohibited by the foregoing provisions in this Section
4.2, shall be received by the Trustee or the holders of the Notes before all
Senior Indebtedness is paid in full in cash or other payment satisfactory to the
holders of such Senior Indebtedness (and satisfactory to the holders of Senior
Indebtedness in the case such Senior Indebtedness includes Designated Senior
Indebtedness), or provision is made for such payment thereof in accordance with
its terms in cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness (and satisfactory to the holders of Senior Indebtedness in the case
such Senior Indebtedness includes Designated Senior Indebtedness), such payment
or distribution shall be held in trust for the benefit of and shall be paid over
or delivered to the holders of Senior Indebtedness or their Representative or
Representatives, as their respective interests may appear, as calculated by the
Company, for application to the payment of any Senior Indebtedness remaining
unpaid to the extent necessary to pay all Senior Indebtedness in full in cash or
other payment satisfactory to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness (and
satisfactory to the holders of Senior Indebtedness in the case such Senior
Indebtedness includes Designated Senior Indebtedness), after giving effect to
any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness.
Nothing in this Section 4.2 shall apply to claims of, or payments
to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 8.6. This Section 4.2 shall be
subject to the further provisions of Section 4.5.
Section 4.3. Subrogation Of Notes. Subject to the payment in full of all
Senior Indebtedness, the rights of the holders of the Notes shall be subrogated
to the extent of the payments or distributions made to the holders of such
Senior Indebtedness pursuant to the provisions of this Article Four (equally and
ratably with the holders of all indebtedness of the Company which by its express
terms is subordinated to other indebtedness of the Company to substantially the
same extent as the Notes are subordinated and is entitled to like rights of
subrogation) to the rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive
payments or distributions of cash, property or securities of the Company
applicable to the Senior Indebtedness until the principal, premium, if any, and
interest (including Liquidated Damages, if any) on the Notes shall be paid in
full, and, for the purposes of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to
the holders of the Senior Indebtedness of any cash, property or securities to
which the holders of the Notes or the Trustee would be entitled except for the
provisions of this Article Four, and no payment pursuant to the provisions of
this Article Four, to or for the benefit of the holders of Senior Indebtedness
by holders of the Notes or the Trustee, shall, as among the Company, its
creditors other than holders of Senior Indebtedness, and the holders of the
Notes, be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or on account of the Senior
Indebtedness, and no payments or distributions of cash, property or securities
to or for the benefit of the holders of the Notes pursuant to the subrogation
provisions of this Article Four, which would otherwise have been paid to the
holders of Senior Indebtedness, shall be deemed to be a payment by the Company
to or for the account of the Notes. It is understood that the provisions of this
Article
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Four are intended solely for the purposes of defining the relative
rights of the holders of the Notes, on the one hand, and the holders of the
Senior Indebtedness, on the other hand.
Nothing contained in this Article Four or elsewhere in this
Indenture or in the Notes is intended to or shall impair, as among the Company,
its creditors other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and the holders of
the Notes, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional,
to pay to the holders of the Notes the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest (including Liquidated Damages, if any) on the Notes as and when the
same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms, or is intended
to or shall affect the relative rights of the holders of the Notes and creditors
of the Company other than the holders of the Senior Indebtedness, nor shall
anything herein or therein prevent the Trustee or the holder of any Note from
exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under
this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article Four of the
holders of Senior Indebtedness in respect of cash, property or securities of the
Company received upon the exercise of any such remedy.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company
referred to in this Article Four, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of
Section 8.1, and the holders of the Notes shall be entitled to rely upon any
order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such
bankruptcy, dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization proceedings
are pending, or a certificate of the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy,
liquidating trustee, agent or other Person making such payment or distribution,
delivered to the Trustee or to the holders of the Notes, for the purpose of
ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the
holders of the Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Company, the
amount thereof or payable thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to
this Article Four.
Section 4.4. Authorization To Effect Subordination. Each holder of a
Note by the holder's acceptance thereof authorizes and directs the Trustee on
the holder's behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to
effectuate the subordination as provided in this Article Four and appoints the
Trustee to act as the holder's attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
If the Trustee does not file a proper proof of claim or proof of debt in the
form required in any proceeding referred to in the third paragraph of Section
7.2 hereof at least thirty (30) days before the expiration of the time to file
such claim, the holders of any Senior Indebtedness or their Representatives are
hereby authorized to file an appropriate claim for and on behalf of the holders
of the Notes.
Section 4.5. Notice To Trustee. The Company shall give prompt written
notice in the form of an Officers' Certificate to a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee and to any paying agent of any fact known to the Company that would
prohibit the making of any payment of monies to or by the Trustee or any paying
agent in respect of the Notes pursuant to the provisions of this Article Four.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article Four or any other provision of
this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence
of any facts that would prohibit the making of any payment of monies to or by
the Trustee in respect of the Notes pursuant to the provisions of this Article
Four, unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received
written notice thereof at the Corporate Trust Office from the Company (in the
form of an Officers' Certificate) or a Representative or a holder or holders of
Senior Indebtedness, and before the receipt of any such written notice, the
Trustee, subject to the
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provisions of Section 8.1, shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no
such facts exist; provided, however, that if on a date not less than one
Business Day prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any such monies
may become payable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment
of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest (including Liquidated
Damages, if any) on any Note) the Trustee shall not have received, with respect
to such monies, the notice provided for in this Section 4.5, then, anything
herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have full
power and authority to apply monies received to the purpose for which they were
received, and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary that may be
received by it on or after such prior date.
Notwithstanding anything in this Article Four to the contrary,
nothing shall prevent any payment by the Trustee to the Noteholders of monies
deposited with it pursuant to Section 13.1, if a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee shall not have received written notice at the Corporate Trust Office on
or before one Business Day prior to the date such payment is due that such
payment is not permitted under Section 4.1 or 4.2.
The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 8.1, shall be
entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Representative
or a person representing himself to be a holder of Senior Indebtedness (or a
trustee on behalf of such holder) to establish that such notice has been given
by a Representative or a holder of Senior Indebtedness or a trustee on behalf of
any such holder or holders. The Trustee shall not be required to make any
payment or distribution to or on behalf of a holder of Senior Indebtedness
pursuant to this Article Four unless it has received satisfactory evidence as to
the amount of Senior Indebtedness held by such Person, the extent to which such
Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and any other
facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article Four.
Section 4.6. Trustee's Relation To Senior Indebtedness. The Trustee, in
its individual capacity, shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this
Article Four in respect of any Senior Indebtedness at any time held by it, to
the same extent as any other holder of Senior Indebtedness, and nothing in
Section 8.13 or elsewhere in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of
its rights as such holder.
With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, the Trustee
undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants and obligations
as are specifically set forth in this Article Four, and no implied covenants or
obligations with respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be read
into this Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe
any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness and, subject to the
provisions of Section 8.1, the Trustee shall not be liable to any holder of
Senior Indebtedness (i) for any failure to make any payments or distributions to
such holder or (ii) if it shall pay over or deliver to holders of Notes, the
Company or any other Person money in compliance with this Article Four.
Section 4.7. No Impairment Of Subordination. No right of any present or
future holder of any Senior Indebtedness to enforce subordination as herein
provided shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or
failure to act on the part of the Company or by any act or failure to act, in
good faith, by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Company with the
terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge
thereof
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which any such holder may have or otherwise be charged with. Senior Indebtedness
may be created, renewed or extended and holders of Senior Indebtedness may
exercise any rights under any instrument creating or evidencing such Senior
Indebtedness, including, without limitation, any waiver of default thereunder,
without any notice to or consent from the holders of the Notes or the Trustee.
No compromise, alteration, amendment, modification, extension, renewal or other
change of, or waiver, consent or other action in respect of, any liability or
obligation under or in respect of the Senior Indebtedness or any terms or
conditions of any instrument creating or evidencing such Senior Indebtedness
shall in any way alter or affect any of the provisions of this Article Four or
the subordination of the Notes provided thereby.
Section 4.8. Certain Conversions Not Deemed Payment. For the purposes of
this Article Four only, (1) the issuance and delivery of junior securities upon
conversion of Notes in accordance with Article Fifteen shall not be deemed to
constitute a payment or distribution on account of the principal of, premium, if
any, or interest (including Liquidated Damages, if any) on Notes or on account
of the purchase or other acquisition of Notes, and (2) the payment, issuance or
delivery of cash (except in satisfaction of fractional shares pursuant to
Section 15.3), property or securities (other than junior securities) upon
conversion of a Note shall be deemed to constitute payment on account of the
principal of, premium, if any, or interest (including Liquidated Damages, if
any) on such Note. For the purposes of this Section 4.8, the term "junior
securities" means (a) shares of any stock of any class of the Company or (b)
securities of the Company that are subordinated in right of payment to all
Senior Indebtedness that may be outstanding at the time of issuance or delivery
of such securities to substantially the same extent as, or to a greater extent
than, the Notes are so subordinated as provided in this Article Four. Nothing
contained in this Article Four or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Notes is
intended to or shall impair, as among the Company, its creditors (other than
holders of Senior Indebtedness) and the Noteholders, the right, which is
absolute and unconditional, of the Holder of any Note to convert such Note in
accordance with Article Fifteen.
Section 4.9. Article Applicable To Paying Agents. If at any time any
paying agent other than the Trustee shall have been appointed by the Company and
be then acting hereunder, the term "Trustee" as used in this Article Four shall
(unless the context otherwise requires) be construed as extending to and
including such paying agent within its meaning as fully for all intents and
purposes as if such paying agent were named in this Article Four in addition to
or in place of the Trustee; provided, however, that the first paragraph of
Section 4.5 shall not apply to the Company or any Affiliate of the Company if it
or such Affiliate acts as paying agent.
The Trustee shall not be responsible for the actions or inactions
of any other paying agents (including the Company if acting as its own paying
agent) and shall have no control of any funds held by such other paying agents.
Section 4.10. Senior Indebtedness Entitled To Rely. The holders of
Senior Indebtedness (including, without limitation, Designated Senior
Indebtedness) shall have the right to rely upon this Article Four, and no
amendment or modification of the provisions contained herein shall diminish the
rights of such holders unless such holders shall have agreed in writing thereto.
Section 4.11. Reliance On Judicial Order Or Certificate Of Liquidating
Agent. Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in
this Article Four, the Trustee
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and the Noteholders shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree entered
by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such insolvency, bankruptcy,
receivership, liquidation, reorganization, dissolution, winding up or similar
case or proceeding is pending, or a certificate of the trustee in bankruptcy,
liquidating trustee, custodian, receiver, assignee for the benefit of creditors,
agent or other Person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the
Trustee or to the Noteholders, for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons
entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of Senior
Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or
payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other
facts pertinent thereto or to this Article Four.
ARTICLE 5.
PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
Section 5.1. Payment Of Principal, Premium And Interest. The Company
covenants and agrees that it will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid
the principal of and premium, if any (including the redemption price upon
redemption pursuant to Article Three), and interest (including Liquidated
Damages, if any), on each of the Notes at the places, at the respective times
and in the manner provided herein and in the Notes.
Section 5.2. Maintenance Of Office Or Agency. The Company will maintain
an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, where the
Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for
presentation for payment or for conversion or redemption and where notices and
demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be
served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the
location and any change in the location of such office or agency not designated
or appointed by the Trustee. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain
any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the
address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made
or served at the Corporate Trust Office or the office of agency of the Trustee
in The Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York (which shall initially be
located at The Bank of New York, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 21 West, New York,
New York 10286, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration.
The Company may also from time to time designate co-registrars
and one or more offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or
surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such
designations. The Company will give prompt written notice of any such
designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other
office or agency.
The Company hereby initially designates the Trustee as paying
agent, Note registrar, Custodian and conversion agent and each of the Corporate
Trust Office and the office of agency of the Trustee in The Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York (which shall initially be located at The Bank of
New York, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 21 West, New York, New York 10286,
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, shall be considered as one such
office or agency of the Company for each of the aforesaid purposes.
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So long as the Trustee is the Note registrar, the Trustee agrees
to mail, or cause to be mailed, the notices set forth in Section 8.10(a) and the
third paragraph of Section 8.11. If co-registrars have been appointed in
accordance with this Section, the Trustee shall mail such notices only to the
Company and the holders of Notes it can identify from its records.
Section 5.3. Appointments To Fill Vacancies In Trustee's Office. The
Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee,
will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 8.10, a Trustee, so that there
shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder.
Section 5.4. Provisions As To Paying Agent.
(a) If the Company shall appoint a paying agent other than the
Trustee, or if the Trustee shall appoint such a paying agent, the Company will
cause such paying agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in
which such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this
Section 5.4:
(1) that it will hold all sums held by it as such agent
for the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest (including
Liquidated Damages, if any) on the Notes (whether such sums have been paid to it
by the Company or by any other obligor on the Notes) in trust for the benefit of
the holders of the Notes;
(2) that it will give the Trustee notice of any failure by
the Company (or by any other obligor on the Notes) to make any payment of the
principal of and premium, if any, or interest on the Notes when the same shall
be due and payable; and
(3) that at any time during the continuance of an Event of
Default, upon request of the Trustee, it will forthwith pay to the Trustee all
sums so held in trust.
The Company shall, on or before each due date of the principal
of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, deposit with the paying agent a
sum (in funds which are immediately available on the due date for such payment)
sufficient to pay such principal, premium, if any, or interest, and (unless such
paying agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any
failure to take such action; provided, however, that if such deposit is made on
the due date, such deposit shall be received by the paying agent by 10:00 a.m.,
New York City time, on such date.
(b) If the Company shall act as its own paying agent, it will, on
or before each due date of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest
(including Liquidated Damages, if any) on the Notes, set aside, segregate and
hold in trust for the benefit of the holders of the Notes a sum sufficient to
pay such principal, premium, if any, or interest (including Liquidated Damages,
if any) so becoming due and will promptly notify the Trustee of any failure to
take such action and of any failure by the Company (or any other obligor under
the Notes) to make any payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest
(including Liquidated Damages, if any) on the Notes when the same shall become
due and payable.
(c) Anything in this Section 5.4 to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Company may, at any time, for the purpose of obtaining a satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture, or for any other reason, pay or cause to be paid to
the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company
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or any paying agent hereunder as required by this Section 5.4, such sums to be
held by the Trustee upon the trusts herein contained and upon such payment by
the Company or any paying agent to the Trustee, the Company or such paying agent
shall be released from all further liability with respect to such sums.
(d) Anything in this Section 5.4 to the contrary notwithstanding,
the agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section 5.4 is subject
to Sections 13.3 and 13.4.
The Trustee shall not be responsible for the actions of any other
paying agents (including the Company if acting as its own paying agent) and
shall have no control of any funds held by such other paying agents.
Section 5.5. Existence. Subject to Article Twelve, the Company will do
or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and
effect its existence and rights (charter and statutory); provided, however, that
the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right if the Company
shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the
conduct of the business of the Company and that the loss thereof is not
disadvantageous in any material respect to the Noteholders.
Section 5.6. Maintenance Of Properties. The Company will cause all
properties used or useful in the conduct of its business or the business of any
Significant Subsidiary to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and
working order and supplied with all necessary equipment and will cause to be
made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements
thereof, all as in the judgment of the Company may be necessary so that the
business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously
conducted at all times; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 5.6
shall prevent the Company from discontinuing the operation or maintenance of any
of such properties if such discontinuance is, in the judgment of the Company,
desirable in the conduct of its business or the business of any subsidiary and
not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Noteholders.
Section 5.7. Payment Of Taxes And Other Claims. The Company will pay or
discharge, or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same may become
delinquent, (i) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or
imposed upon the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or upon the income,
profits or property of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, (ii) all
claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a
lien or charge upon the property of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary
and (iii) all stamps and other duties, if any, which may be imposed by the
United States or any political subdivision thereof or therein in connection with
the issuance, transfer, exchange or conversion of any Notes or with respect to
this Indenture; provided, however, that, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii),
the Company shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or
discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim (A) if the failure to do so
will not, in the aggregate, have a material adverse impact on the Company or (B)
if the amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings.
Section 5.8. Rule 144A Information Requirement. Within the period prior
to the expiration of the holding period applicable to sales thereof under Rule
144(k) under the
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Securities Act (or any successor provision), the Company covenants and agrees
that it shall, during any period in which it is not subject to Section 13 or
15(d) under the Exchange Act, make available to any holder or beneficial holder
of Notes or any Common Stock issued upon conversion thereof which continue to be
Restricted Securities in connection with any sale thereof and any prospective
purchaser of Notes or such Common Stock designated by such holder or beneficial
holder, the information required pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the
Securities Act upon the request of any holder or beneficial holder of the Notes
or such Common Stock and it will take such further action as any holder or
beneficial holder of such Notes or such Common Stock may reasonably request, all
to the extent required from time to time to enable such holder or beneficial
holder to sell its Notes or Common Stock without registration under the
Securities Act within the limitation of the exemption provided by Rule 144A, as
such Rule may be amended from time to time. Upon the request of any holder or
any beneficial holder of the Notes or such Common Stock, the Company will
deliver to such holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with
such requirements.
Section 5.9. Stay, Extension And Usury Laws. The Company covenants (to
the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist
upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage
of, any stay, extension or usury law or other law which would prohibit or
forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of, premium,
if any, or interest (including Liquidated Damages, if any) on the Notes as
contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or
which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture and the
Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all
benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort
to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein
granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such
power as though no such law had been enacted.
Section 5.10. Compliance Certificate. The Company shall deliver to the
Trustee, within one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of each fiscal year
of the Company, a certificate signed by either the principal executive officer,
principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Company,
stating whether or not, to the best knowledge of the signer thereof, the Company
is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions
and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or
requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the Company shall be in
default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and the status thereof of
which the signer may have knowledge.
The Company will deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon becoming
aware of (i) any default in the performance or observance of any covenant,
agreement or condition contained in this Indenture or (ii) any Event of Default,
an Officers' Certificate specifying with particularity such default or Event of
Default and further stating what action the Company has taken, is taking or
proposes to take with respect thereto.
Any notice required to be given under this Section 5.10 or
Section 4.5 shall be delivered to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee at its
Corporate Trust Office. In the event that the payment of the Notes is
accelerated because of an Event of Default, the Company shall promptly provide
written notice to the Trustee specifying the names and addresses of the holders
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of Senior Indebtedness if the Trustee (and not the Company) is to provide
holders of Senior Indebtedness notice of such acceleration under Section 4.5 of
the Indenture.
Section 5.11. Liquidated Damages Notice. In the event that the Company
is required to pay Liquidated Damages to holders of Notes pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement, the Company will provide written notice
("Liquidated Damages Notice") to the Trustee of its obligation to pay Liquidated
Damages no later than fifteen (15) days prior to the proposed payment date for
the Liquidated Damages, and the Liquidated Damages Notice shall set forth the
amount of Liquidated Damages to be paid by the Company on such payment date. The
Trustee shall not at any time be under any duty to responsibility to any holder
of Notes to determine the Liquidated Damages, or with respect to the nature,
extent or calculation of the amount of Liquidated Damages when made, or with
respect to the method employed in such calculation of the Liquidated Damages.
ARTICLE 6.
NOTEHOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS
BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE
Section 6.1. Noteholders' Lists. The Company covenants and agrees that
it will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee, semiannually, not more
than fifteen (15) days after each March 1 and September 1 in each year beginning
with September 1, 2000, and at such other times as the Trustee may request in
writing, within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Company of any such
request (or such lesser time as the Trustee may reasonably request in order to
enable it to timely provide any notice to be provided by it hereunder), a list
in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of
the holders of Notes as of a date not more than fifteen (15) days (or such other
date as the Trustee may reasonably request in order to so provide any such
notices) prior to the time such information is furnished, except that no such
list need be furnished by the Company to the Trustee so long as the Trustee is
acting as the sole Note registrar.
Section 6.2. Preservation And Disclosure Of Lists.
(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is
reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the
holders of Notes contained in the most recent list furnished to it as provided
in Section 6.1 or maintained by the Trustee in its capacity as Note registrar or
co-registrar in respect of the Notes, if so acting. The Trustee may destroy any
list furnished to it as provided in Section 6.1 upon receipt of a new list so
furnished.
(b) The rights of Noteholders to communicate with other holders
of Notes with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Notes,
and the corresponding rights and duties of the Trustee, shall be as provided by
the Trust Indenture Act.
(c) Every Noteholder, by receiving and holding the same, agrees
with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor
any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of any
disclosure of information as to names and addresses of holders of Notes made
pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.
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Section 6.3. Reports By Trustee.
(a) Within sixty (60) days after May 15 of each year commencing
with the year 2000, the Trustee shall transmit to holders of Notes such reports
dated as of May 15 of the year in which such reports are made concerning the
Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the
Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.
(b) A copy of such report shall, at the time of such transmission
to holders of Notes, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange and
automated quotation system upon which the Notes are listed and with the Company.
The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing when the Notes are
listed on any stock exchange or automated quotation system or delisted
therefrom.
Section 6.4. Reports By Company. The Company shall file with the Trustee
(and the Commission if at any time the Indenture becomes qualified under the
Trust Indenture Act), and transmit to holders of Notes, such information,
documents and other reports and such summaries thereof, as may be required
pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided
pursuant to such Act, whether or not the Notes are governed by such Act;
provided, however, that any such information, documents or reports required to
be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
shall be filed with the Trustee within fifteen (15) days after the same is so
required to be filed with the Commission. Delivery of such reports, information
and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the
Trustee's receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any
information contained therein or determinable from information contained
therein, including the Company's compliance with any of its covenants hereunder
(as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers'
Certificates).
ARTICLE 7.
REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND
NOTEHOLDERS ON AN EVENT OF DEFAULT
Section 7.1. Events Of Default. In case one or more of the following
Events of Default (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it
shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant
to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation
of any administrative or governmental body) shall have occurred and be
continuing:
(a) default in the payment of any installment of interest
(including Liquidated Damages, if any) upon any of the Notes as and when the
same shall become due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period
of thirty (30) days, whether or not such payment is permitted under Article Four
hereof; or
(b) default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if
any, on any of the Notes as and when the same shall become due and payable
either at maturity or in connection
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with any redemption pursuant to Article Three, by acceleration or otherwise,
whether or not such payment is permitted under Article Four hereof; or
(c) failure on the part of the Company duly to observe or perform
any other of the covenants or agreements on the part of the Company in the Notes
or in this Indenture (other than a covenant or agreement a default in whose
performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section 7.1 specifically dealt
with) continued for a period of sixty (60) days after the date on which written
notice of such failure, requiring the Company to remedy the same, shall have
been given to the Company by the Trustee, or the Company and a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee by the holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) in
aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding determined in
accordance with Section 9.4; or
(d) the Company shall commence a voluntary case or other
proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to
the Company or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law
now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver,
liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Company or any
substantial part of the property of the Company, or shall consent to any such
relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an
involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against the Company, or shall
make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail generally
to pay its debts as they become due; or
(e) an involuntary case or other proceeding shall be commenced
against the Company seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with
respect to the Company or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other
similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee,
receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Company or any
substantial part of the property of the Company, and such involuntary case or
other proceeding shall remain undismissed and unstayed for a period of ninety
(90) consecutive days;
then, and in each and every such case (other than an Event of Default specified
in Section 7.1(d) or (e)), unless the principal of all of the Notes shall have
already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the holders of not less
than twenty-five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then
outstanding hereunder determined in accordance with Section 9.4, by notice in
writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Noteholders), may declare
the principal of and premium, if any, on all the Notes and the interest accrued
thereon (including Liquidated Damages, if any) to be immediately due and
payable, and upon any such declaration the same shall become and shall be
immediately due and payable, anything in this Indenture or in the Notes
contained to the contrary notwithstanding. If an Event of Default specified in
Section 7.1(d) or (e) occurs, the principal of all the Notes and the interest
accrued thereon shall (including Liquidated Damages, if any) be immediately and
automatically due and payable without necessity of further action. This
provision, however, is subject to the conditions that if, at any time after the
principal of the Notes shall have been so declared due and payable, and before
any judgment or decree for the payment of the monies due shall have been
obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, the Company shall pay or shall
deposit with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of
interest upon (including Liquidated Damages, if any) all Notes and the principal
of and premium, if any, on any and all Notes which shall have become due
otherwise than by acceleration (with interest on overdue installments of
interest
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(including Liquidated Damages, if any) (to the extent that payment of such
interest is enforceable under applicable law) and on such principal and premium,
if any, at the rate borne by the Notes, to the date of such payment or deposit)
and amounts due to the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.6, and if any and all
defaults under this Indenture, other than the nonpayment of principal of and
premium, if any, and accrued interest on (including Liquidated Damages, if any)
Notes which shall have become due by acceleration, shall have been cured or
waived pursuant to Section 7.7, then and in every such case the holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by written
notice to the Company and to the Trustee, may waive all defaults or Events of
Default and rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences; but no such
waiver or rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any
subsequent default or Event of Default, or shall impair any right consequent
thereon. The Company shall notify a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, promptly
upon becoming aware thereof, of any Event of Default.
In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right
under this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or
abandoned because of such waiver or rescission and annulment or for any other
reason or shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every
such case the Company, the holders of Notes, and the Trustee shall be restored
respectively to their several positions and rights hereunder, and all rights,
remedies and powers of the Company, the holders of Notes, and the Trustee shall
continue as though no such proceeding had been taken.
Section 7.2. Payments Of Notes On Default; Suit Therefor. The Company
covenants that (a) in case default shall be made in the payment of any
installment of interest upon (including Liquidated Damages, if any) any of the
Notes as and when the same shall become due and payable, and such default shall
have continued for a period of thirty (30) days or (b) in case default shall be
made in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, on any of the Notes
as and when the same shall have become due and payable, whether at maturity of
the Notes or in connection with any redemption, by or under this Indenture by
declaration or otherwise, then, upon demand of the Trustee, the Company will pay
to the Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of the Notes, the whole amount
that then shall have become due and payable on all such Notes for principal and
premium, if any, or interest (including Liquidated Damages, if any), as the case
may be, with interest upon the overdue principal and premium, if any, and (to
the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law)
upon the overdue installments of interest (including Liquidated Damages, if any)
at the rate borne by the Notes, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as
shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including
reasonable compensation to the Trustee, its agents, attorneys and counsel, and
all other amounts due the Trustee under Section 8.6. Until such demand by the
Trustee, the Company may pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest
on (including Liquidated Damages, if any) the Notes to the registered holders,
whether or not the Notes are overdue.
In case the Company shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon
such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust,
shall be entitled and empowered to institute any actions or proceedings at law
or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute
any such action or proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any
such judgment or final decree against the Company or any other obligor on the
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Notes and collect in the manner provided by law out of the property of the
Company or any other obligor on the Notes wherever situated the monies adjudged
or decreed to be payable.
In case there shall be pending proceedings for the bankruptcy or
for the reorganization of the Company or any other obligor on the Notes under
Title 11 of the United States Code, or any other applicable law, or in case a
receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator,
sequestrator or similar official shall have been appointed for, or taken
possession of, the Company or such other obligor, the property of the Company or
such other obligor, or in the case of any other judicial proceedings relative to
the Company or such other obligor upon the Notes, or to the creditors or
property of the Company or such other obligor, the Trustee, irrespective of
whether the principal of the Notes shall then be due and payable as therein
expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee
shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section 7.2, shall
be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise, to
file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal, premium, if
any, and interest (including Liquidated Damages, if any) owing and unpaid in
respect of the Notes, and, in case of any judicial proceedings, to file such
proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable
in order to have the claims of the Trustee and of the Noteholders allowed in
such judicial proceedings relative to the Company or any other obligor on the
Notes, its or their creditors, or its or their property, and to collect and
receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims,
and to distribute the same after the deduction of any amounts due the Trustee
under Section 8.6, and any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or
reorganization, liquidator, custodian or similar official is hereby authorized
by each of the Noteholders to make such payments to the Trustee, and, in the
event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to
the Noteholders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for reasonable
compensation, expenses, advances and disbursements, including counsel fees
incurred by it up to the date of such distribution. To the extent that such
payment of reasonable compensation, expenses, advances and disbursements out of
the estate in any such proceedings shall be denied for any reason, payment of
the same shall be secured by a lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all
distributions, dividends, monies, securities and other property which the
holders of the Notes may be entitled to receive in such proceedings, whether in
liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise.
All rights of action and of asserting claims under this
Indenture, or under any of the Notes, may be enforced by the Trustee without the
possession of any of the Notes, or the production thereof at any trial or other
proceeding relative thereto, and any such suit or proceeding instituted by the
Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any
recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agent and
counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the holders of the Notes.
In any proceedings brought by the Trustee (and in any proceedings
involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the
Trustee shall be a party) the Trustee shall be held to represent all the holders
of the Notes, and it shall not be necessary to make any holders of the Notes
parties to any such proceedings.
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Section 7.3. Application Of Monies Collected By Trustee. Any monies
collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article Seven shall be applied in the
order following, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee for the distribution
of such monies, upon presentation of the several Notes, and stamping thereon the
payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof, if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under
Section 8.6;
SECOND: Subject to the provisions of Article Four, in case the
principal of the outstanding Notes shall not have become due and be unpaid, to
the payment of interest on (including Liquidated Damages, if any) the Notes in
default in the order of the maturity of the installments of such interest, with
interest (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee)
upon the overdue installments of interest (including Liquidated Damages, if any)
at the rate borne by the Notes, such payments to be made ratably to the Persons
entitled thereto;
THIRD: Subject to the provisions of Article Four, in case the
principal of the outstanding Notes shall have become due, by declaration or
otherwise, and be unpaid to the payment of the whole amount then owing and
unpaid upon the Notes for principal and premium, if any, and interest (including
Liquidated Damages, if any), with interest on the overdue principal and premium,
if any, and (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee)
upon overdue installments of interest (including Liquidated Damages, if any) at
the rate borne by the Notes, and in case such monies shall be insufficient to
pay in full the whole amounts so due and unpaid upon the Notes, then to the
payment of such principal and premium, if any, and interest (including
Liquidated Damages, if any) without preference or priority of principal and
premium, if any, over interest (including Liquidated Damages, if any), or of
interest (including Liquidated Damages, if any) over principal and premium, if
any, or of any installment of interest over any other installment of interest,
or of any Note over any other Note, ratably to the aggregate of such principal
and premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest; and
FOURTH: Subject to the provisions of Article Four, to the payment
of the remainder, if any, to the Company or any other Person lawfully entitled
thereto.
Section 7.4. Proceedings By Noteholder. No holder of any Note shall have
any right by virtue of or by reference to any provision of this Indenture to
institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or
with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver, trustee,
liquidator, custodian or other similar official, or for any other remedy
hereunder, unless such holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written
notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof, as hereinbefore
provided, and unless also the holders of not less than twenty-five percent (25%)
in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding shall have made
written request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in
its own name as Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such
indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and
liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee for sixty (60)
days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity, shall
have neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or proceeding and
no direction inconsistent with such written request shall have been given to the
Trustee pursuant to Section 7.7; it being understood and intended, and being
expressly covenanted by the taker and holder of every Note with every other
taker and holder and the Trustee, that no one or
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more holders of Notes shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of
or by reference to any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or
prejudice the rights of any other holder of Notes, or to obtain or seek to
obtain priority over or preference to any other such holder, or to enforce any
right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the
equal, ratable and common benefit of all holders of Notes (except as otherwise
provided herein). For the protection and enforcement of this Section 7.4, each
and every Noteholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be
given either at law or in equity.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture and any
provision of any Note, the right of any holder of any Note to receive payment of
the principal of and premium, if any (including the redemption price upon
redemption pursuant to Article Three), and accrued interest on (including
Liquidated Damages, if any) such Note, on or after the respective due dates
expressed in such Note or in the event of redemption, or to institute suit for
the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates against
the Company shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such
holder.
Anything in this Indenture or the Notes to the contrary
notwithstanding, the holder of any Note, without the consent of either the
Trustee or the holder of any other Note, in its own behalf and for its own
benefit, may enforce, and may institute and maintain any proceeding suitable to
enforce, its rights of conversion as provided herein.
Section 7.5. Proceedings By Trustee. In case of an Event of Default
known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee may, in its
discretion, proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this
Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as are necessary to protect
and enforce any of such rights, either by suit in equity or by action at law or
by proceeding in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement
of any covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or in aid of the
exercise of any power granted in this Indenture, or to enforce any other legal
or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by law.
Section 7.6. Remedies Cumulative And Continuing. Except as provided in
Section 2.6, all powers and remedies given by this Article Seven to the Trustee
or to the Noteholders shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed
cumulative and not exclusive of any thereof or of any other powers and remedies
available to the Trustee or the holders of the Notes, by judicial proceedings or
otherwise, to enforce the performance or observance of the covenants and
agreements contained in this Indenture, and no delay or omission of the Trustee
or of any holder of any of the Notes to exercise any right or power accruing
upon any default or Event of Default occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall
impair any such right or power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such
default or any acquiescence therein, and, subject to the provisions of Section
7.4, every power and remedy given by this Article Seven or by law to the Trustee
or to the Noteholders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as shall
be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Noteholders.
Section 7.7. Direction Of Proceedings And Waiver Of Defaults By Majority
Of Noteholders. The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Notes at the time outstanding determined in accordance with Section 9.4 shall
have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding
for any remedy available to the Trustee or
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exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee; provided, however, that
(a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this
Indenture, (b) the Trustee may take any other action which is not inconsistent
with such direction and (c) the Trustee may decline to take any action that
would benefit some Noteholders to the detriment of other Noteholders. The
holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time
outstanding determined in accordance with Section 9.4 may, on behalf of the
holders of all of the Notes, waive any past default or Event of Default
hereunder and its consequences except (i) a default in the payment of interest
(including Liquidated Damages, if any) or premium, if any, on, or the principal
of, the Notes, (ii) a failure by the Company to convert any Notes into Common
Stock, (iii) a default in the payment of the redemption price pursuant to
Article Three or (iv) a default in respect of a covenant or provisions hereof
which under Article Eleven cannot be modified or amended without the consent of
the holders of each or all Notes then outstanding or affected thereby. Upon any
such waiver, the Company, the Trustee and the holders of the Notes shall be
restored to their former positions and rights hereunder; but no such waiver
shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair
any right consequent thereon. Whenever any default or Event of Default hereunder
shall have been waived as permitted by this Section 7.7, said default or Event
of Default shall for all purposes of the Notes and this Indenture be deemed to
have been cured and to be not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent
thereon.
Section 7.8. Notice Of Defaults. The Trustee shall, within ninety (90)
days after a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has knowledge of the occurrence
of a default, mail to all Noteholders, as the names and addresses of such
holders appear upon the Note register, notice of all defaults known to a
Responsible Officer, unless such defaults shall have been cured or waived before
the giving of such notice; provided, however, that except in the case of default
in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest (including
Liquidated Damages, if any) on any of the Notes, the Trustee shall be protected
in withholding such notice if and so long as a trust committee of directors
and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that the
withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Noteholders.
Section 7.9. Undertaking To Pay Costs. All parties to this Indenture
agree, and each holder of any Note by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to
have agreed, that any court may, in its discretion, require, 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, the filing by any
party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit and
that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including
reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses, against any party litigant in such
suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses
made by such party litigant; provided, however, that the provisions of this
Section 7.9 (to the extent permitted by law) shall not apply to any suit
instituted by the Trustee, any suit instituted by any Noteholder, or group of
Noteholders, holding in the aggregate more than ten percent (10%) in principal
amount of the Notes at the time outstanding determined in accordance with
Section 9.4, any suit instituted by any Noteholder for the enforcement of the
payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Note on or
after the due date expressed in such Note or any suit for the enforcement of the
right to convert any Note in accordance with the provisions of Article Fifteen.
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ARTICLE 8.
THE TRUSTEE
Section 8.1. Duties And Responsibilities Of Trustee. The Trustee, prior
to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing of all Events of
Default which may have occurred, undertakes to perform such duties and only such
duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture. In case an Event of
Default has occurred (which has not been cured or waived), the Trustee shall
exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use
the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would
exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure
to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(a) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the
curing or waiving of all Events of Default which may have occurred:
(1) the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be
determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture and the Trust
Indenture Act, and the Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of
such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and
no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture and the
Trust Indenture Act against the Trustee; and
(2) in the absence of bad faith and willful misconduct on
the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely as to the truth of
the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any
certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the
requirements of this Indenture; but, in the case of any such certificates or
opinions which by any provisions hereof are specifically required to be
furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same
to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture;
(b) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment
made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee, unless
the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(c) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action
taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the written
direction of the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Notes at the time outstanding determined as provided in Section 9.4 relating to
the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available
to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee,
under this Indenture;
(d) whether or not therein provided, every provision of this
Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of, or affording
protection to, the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section
8.1;
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(e) the Trustee shall not be liable in respect of any payment (as
to the correctness of amount, entitlement to receive or any other matters
relating to payment) or notice effected by the Company or any paying agent or
any records maintained by any co-registrar with respect to the Notes; and
(f) if any party fails to deliver a notice relating to an event
the fact of which, pursuant to this Indenture, requires notice to be sent to the
Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely on its failure to receive such notice
as reason to act as if no such event occurred.
None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require
the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal
financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise
of any of its rights or powers, if there is reasonable ground for believing that
the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability
is not reasonably assured to it.
Section 8.2. Reliance On Documents, Opinions, Etc. Except as otherwise
provided in Section 8.1:
(a) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in
acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, coupon or other paper or
document (whether in its original or facsimile form) believed by it in good
faith to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or
parties;
(b) any request, direction, order or demand of the Company
mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers' Certificate
(unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed);
and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be evidenced to the Trustee by
a copy thereof certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Company;
(c) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its own selection and
any advice or Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and
protection in respect of any action taken or omitted by it hereunder in good
faith and in accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel;
(d) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of
the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or
direction of any of the Noteholders pursuant to the provisions of this
Indenture, unless such Noteholders shall have offered to the Trustee security or
indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and
liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby;
(e) 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, direction, consent, order, bond,
debenture or other paper or document, 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;
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(f) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder
or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed by it with due care
hereunder;
(g) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken,
suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and reasonably believed by
it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon
it by this Indenture; provided, however, that the Trustee's conduct does not
constitute willful misconduct or negligence;
(h) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default
or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual
knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a
default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee,
and such notice references the Notes and this Indenture;
(i) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits
given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be
indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each
of its capacities hereunder; and
(j) the Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officers'
Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers
authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture,
which Officers' Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an
Officers' Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any
such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.
Section 8.3. No Responsibility For Recitals, Etc. The recitals contained
herein and in the Notes (except in the Trustee's certificate of authentication)
shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no
responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no
representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the
Notes. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the
Company of any Notes or the proceeds of any Notes authenticated and delivered by
the Trustee in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture.
Section 8.4. Trustee, Paying Agents, Conversion Agents Or Registrar May
Own Notes. The Trustee, any paying agent, any conversion agent or Note
registrar, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or
pledgee of Notes with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee,
paying agent, conversion agent or Note registrar.
Section 8.5. Monies To Be Held In Trust. Subject to the provisions of
Section 13.4 and Section 4.2, all monies received by the Trustee shall, until
used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which
they were received. Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee
shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder
except as may be agreed in writing from time to time by the Company and the
Trustee.
Section 8.6. Compensation And Expenses Of Trustee. The Company covenants
and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee shall be
entitled to, such compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder in any
capacity (which shall not be
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limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an
express trust) as mutually agreed to from time to time in writing between the
Company and the Trustee, and the Company will pay or reimburse the Trustee upon
its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances reasonably
incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this
Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and
disbursements of its counsel) except any such expense, disbursement or advance
as may arise from its negligence, willful misconduct, recklessness or bad faith.
The Company also covenants to indemnify the Trustee (or any officer, director or
employee of the Trustee), in any capacity under this Indenture and its agents
and any authenticating agent for, and to hold them harmless against, any and all
loss, liability, damage, claim or expense incurred without negligence, willful
misconduct, recklessness or bad faith on the part of the Trustee or such
officers, directors, employees and agent or authenticating agent, as the case
may be, and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of this trust or in any other capacity hereunder, including the
costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim (whether asserted
by the Company, a holder of Notes or any other Person) of liability in the
premises. The obligations of the Company under this Section 8.6 to compensate or
indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for expenses,
disbursements and advances shall be secured by a lien prior to that of the Notes
upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except
funds held in trust for the benefit of the holders of particular Notes. The
obligation of the Company under this Section shall survive the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture.
When the Trustee and its agents and any authenticating agent
incur expenses or render services after an Event of Default specified in Section
7.1(d) or (e) with respect to the Company occurs, the expenses and the
compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws.
The provisions of this Section 8.6 shall not be subject to the
subordination provisions of Article Four.
Section 8.7. Officers' Certificate As Evidence. Except as otherwise
provided in Section 8.1, whenever in the administration of the provisions of
this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be
proved or established prior to taking or omitting any action hereunder, such
matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically
prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence or willful misconduct on the part
of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an
Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee.
Section 8.8. Conflicting Interests Of Trustee. If the Trustee has or
shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture
Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent
and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust
Indenture Act and this Indenture.
Section 8.9. Eligibility Of Trustee. There shall at all times be a
Trustee hereunder which shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust
Indenture Act to act as such and has a combined capital and surplus of at least
$50,000,000 (or if such Person is a member of a bank holding company system, its
bank holding company shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least
$50,000,000). If such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually,
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law or to the requirements of any supervising or examining authority, then for
the purposes of this Section 8.9 the combined capital and surplus of such Person
shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most
recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease
to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8.9, it shall
resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in
this Article Eight.
Section 8.10. Resignation or Removal Of Trustee.
(a) The Trustee may at any time resign by giving written notice
of such resignation to the Company and to the holders of Notes. Upon receiving
such notice of resignation, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor
trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of
Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning
Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee. If no successor trustee shall
have been so appointed and have accepted appointment sixty (60) days after the
mailing of such notice of resignation to the Noteholders, the resigning Trustee
may petition, at the expense of the Company, any court of competent jurisdiction
for the appointment of a successor trustee, or, if any Noteholder who has been a
bona fide holder of a Note or Notes for at least six (6) months may, subject to
the provisions of Section 7.9, on behalf of himself and all others similarly
situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a successor trustee.
Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and
prescribe, appoint a successor trustee.
(b) In case at any time any of the following shall occur:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 8.8
after written request therefor by the Company or by any Noteholder who has been
a bona fide holder of a Note or Notes for at least six (6) months;
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with the provisions of Section 8.9 and shall fail to resign after written
request therefor by the Company or by any such Noteholder; or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or shall
be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or of its
property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control
of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation,
conservation or liquidation;
then, in any such case, the Company may remove the Trustee and appoint a
successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the
Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the
Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee, or, subject to the
provisions of Section 7.9, any Noteholder who has been a bona fide holder of a
Note or Notes for at least six (6) months may, on behalf of himself and all
others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee; provided,
however, that if no successor Trustee shall have been appointed and have
accepted appointment sixty (60) days after either the Company or the Noteholders
has removed the Trustee, the Trustee so removed may petition, at the expense of
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Company, any court of competent jurisdiction for an appointment of a successor
trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem
proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee.
(c) The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Notes at the time outstanding may at any time remove the Trustee and
nominate a successor trustee which shall be deemed appointed as successor
trustee unless, within ten (10) days after notice to the Company of such
nomination, the Company objects thereto, in which case the Trustee so removed or
any Noteholder, or if such Trustee so removed or any Noteholder fails to act,
the Company, upon the terms and conditions and otherwise as in Section 8.10(a)
provided, may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for an appointment of
a successor trustee.
(d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of
a successor trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 8.10 shall
become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as
provided in Section 8.11.
Section 8.11. Acceptance By Successor Trustee. Any successor trustee
appointed as provided in Section 8.10 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to
the Company and to its predecessor trustee an instrument accepting such
appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the
predecessor trustee shall become effective and such successor trustee, without
any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights,
powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as
if originally named as trustee herein; but, nevertheless, on the written request
of the Company or of the successor trustee, the trustee ceasing to act shall,
upon payment of any amount then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section
8.6, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor trustee
all the rights and powers of the trustee so ceasing to act. Upon request of any
such successor trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments in
writing for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor
trustee all such rights and powers. Any trustee ceasing to act shall,
nevertheless, retain a lien upon all property and funds held or collected by
such trustee as such, except for funds held in trust for the benefit of holders
of particular Notes, to secure any amounts then due it pursuant to the
provisions of Section 8.6.
No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this
Section 8.11 unless, at the time of such acceptance, such successor trustee
shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 8.8 and be eligible under the
provisions of Section 8.9.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided
in this Section 8.11, the Company (or the former trustee, at the written
direction of the Company) shall mail or cause to be mailed notice of the
succession of such trustee hereunder to the holders of Notes at their addresses
as they shall appear on the Note register. If the Company fails to mail such
notice within ten (10) days after acceptance of appointment by the successor
trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the
expense of the Company.
Section 8.12. Succession By Merger, Etc. Any corporation into which the
Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any
corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the
Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially
all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee (including any
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trust created by this Indenture), shall be the successor to the Trustee
hereunder without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the
part of any of the parties hereto, provided that in the case of any corporation
succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the
Trustee, such corporation shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 8.8
and eligible under the provisions of Section 8.9.
In case at the time such successor to the Trustee shall succeed
to the trusts created by this Indenture, any of the Notes shall have been
authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the
certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee or authenticating agent
appointed by such predecessor trustee, and deliver such Notes so authenticated;
and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated, any
successor to the Trustee or any authenticating agent appointed by such successor
trustee may authenticate such Notes in the name of the successor trustee; and in
all such cases such certificates shall have the full force that is provided in
the Notes or in this Indenture; provided, however, that the right to adopt the
certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or authenticate Notes
in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply only to its successor or
successors by merger, conversion or consolidation.
Section 8.13. Preferential Collection Of Claims. If and when the Trustee
shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any other obligor on the
Notes), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture
Act regarding the collection of the claims against the Company (or any such
other obligor).
Section 8.14. Trustee's Application For Instructions From The Company.
Any application by the Trustee for written instructions from the Company (other
than with regard to any action proposed to be taken or omitted to be taken by
the Trustee that affects the rights of the holders of the Notes or holders of
Senior Indebtedness under this Indenture, including, without limitation, under
Article Four hereof) may, at the option of the Trustee, set forth in writing any
action proposed to be taken or omitted by the Trustee under this Indenture and
the date on and/or after which such action shall be taken or such omission shall
be effective. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken by, or
omission of, the Trustee in accordance with a proposal included in such
application on or after the date specified in such application (which date shall
not be less than three (3) Business Days after the date any officer of the
Company actually receives such application, unless any such officer shall have
consented in writing to any earlier date) unless prior to taking any such action
(or the effective date in the case of an omission), the Trustee shall have
received written instructions in response to such application specifying the
action to be taken or omitted.
ARTICLE 9.
THE NOTEHOLDERS
Section 9.1. Action By Noteholders. Whenever in this Indenture it is
provided that the holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal
amount of the Notes may take any action (including the making of any demand or
request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other
action), the fact that at the time of taking any such action, the holders of
such specified percentage have joined therein may be evidenced (a) by any
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number of instruments of similar tenor executed by Noteholders in person or by
agent or proxy appointed in writing, (b) by the record of the holders of Notes
voting in favor thereof at any meeting of Noteholders duly called and held in
accordance with the provisions of Article Ten, or (c) by a combination of such
instrument or instruments and any such record of such a meeting of Noteholders.
Whenever the Company or the Trustee solicits the taking of any action by the
holders of the Notes, the Company or the Trustee may fix in advance of such
solicitation, a date as the record date for determining holders entitled to take
such action. The record date shall be not more than fifteen (15) days prior to
the date of commencement of solicitation of such action.
Section 9.2. Proof Of Execution By Noteholders. Subject to the
provisions of Sections 8.1, 8.2 and 10.5, proof of the execution of any
instrument by a Noteholder or its agent or proxy shall be sufficient if made in
accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by
the Trustee or in such manner as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee. The
holding of Notes shall be proved by the registry of such Notes or by a
certificate of the Note registrar.
The record of any Noteholders' meeting shall be proved in the
manner provided in Section 10.6.
Section 9.3. Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners. The Company, the Trustee,
any paying agent, any conversion agent and any Note registrar may deem the
Person in whose name such Note shall be registered upon the Note register to be,
and may treat it as, the absolute owner of such Note (whether or not such Note
shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing
thereon made by any Person other than the Company or any Note registrar) for the
purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal of, premium, if
any, and interest on such Note, for conversion of such Note and for all other
purposes; and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any paying agent nor any
conversion agent nor any Note registrar shall be affected by any notice to the
contrary. All such payments so made to any holder for the time being, or upon
his order, shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sum or sums so paid,
effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for monies payable upon any
such Note.
Section 9.4. Company-Owned Notes Disregarded. In determining whether the
holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Notes have concurred in
any direction, consent, waiver or other action under this Indenture, Notes which
are owned by the Company or any other obligor on the Notes or any Affiliate of
the Company or any other obligor on the Notes shall be disregarded and deemed
not to be outstanding for the purpose of any such determination; provided,
however, that, for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be
protected in relying on any such direction, consent, waiver or other action,
only Notes which a Responsible Officer actually knows are so owned shall be so
disregarded. Notes so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be
regarded as outstanding for the purposes of this Section 9.4 if the pledgee
shall establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right to vote
such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Company, any other obligor on the
Notes or any Affiliate of the Company or any such other obligor. In the case of
a dispute as to such right, any decision by the Trustee taken upon the advice of
counsel shall be full protection to the Trustee. Upon request of the Trustee,
the Company shall furnish to the Trustee promptly an Officers' Certificate
listing and identifying all Notes, if any, known by the Company to be owned or
held by or for the account of any of the above described Persons, and, subject
to Section 8.1, the Trustee shall be entitled to accept such Officers'
Certificate as conclusive evidence of the facts therein set forth
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and of the fact that all Notes not listed therein are outstanding for the
purpose of any such determination.
Section 9.5. Revocation Of Consents; Future Holders Bound. At any time
prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section
9.1, of the taking of any action by the holders of the percentage in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes specified in this Indenture in connection with
such action, any holder of a Note which is shown by the evidence to be included
in the Notes the holders of which have consented to such action may, by filing
written notice with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office and upon proof of
holding as provided in Section 9.2, revoke such action so far as concerns such
Note. Except as aforesaid, any such action taken by the holder of any Note shall
be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders and
owners of such Note and of any Notes issued in exchange or substitution
therefor, irrespective of whether any notation in regard thereto is made upon
such Note or any Note issued in exchange or substitution therefor.
ARTICLE 10.
MEETINGS OF NOTEHOLDERS
Section 10.1. Purpose Of Meetings. A meeting of Noteholders may be
called at any time and from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this
Article Ten for any of the following purposes:
(1) to give any notice to the Company or to the Trustee or
to give any directions to the Trustee permitted under this Indenture, or to
consent to the waiving of any default or Event of Default hereunder and its
consequences, or to take any other action authorized to be taken by Noteholders
pursuant to any of the provisions of Article Seven;
(2) to remove the Trustee and nominate a successor trustee
pursuant to the provisions of Article Eight;
(3) to consent to the execution of an indenture or
indentures supplemental hereto pursuant to the provisions of Section 11.2; or
(4) to take any other action authorized to be taken by or
on behalf of the holders of any specified aggregate principal amount of the
Notes under any other provision of this Indenture or under applicable law.
Section 10.2. Call Of Meetings By Trustee. The Trustee may at any time
call a meeting of Noteholders to take any action specified in Section 10.1, to
be held at such time and at such place as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of
every meeting of the Noteholders, setting forth the time and the place of such
meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting and
the establishment of any record date pursuant to Section 9.1, shall be mailed to
holders of Notes at their addresses as they shall appear on the Note register.
Such notice shall also be mailed to the Company. Such notices shall be mailed
not less than twenty (20) nor more than ninety (90) days prior to the date fixed
for the meeting.
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Any meeting of Noteholders shall be valid without notice if the
holders of all Notes then outstanding are present in person or by proxy or if
notice is waived before or after the meeting by the holders of all Notes
outstanding, and if the Company and the Trustee are either present by duly
authorized representatives or have, before or after the meeting, waived notice.
Section 10.3. Call Of Meetings By Company Or Noteholders. In case at any
time the Company, pursuant to a resolution of its Board of Directors, or the
holders of at least ten percent (10%) in aggregate principal amount of the Notes
then outstanding, shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of
Noteholders, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action
proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have mailed the
notice of such meeting within twenty (20) days after receipt of such request,
then the Company or such Noteholders may determine the time and the place for
such meeting and may call such meeting to take any action authorized in Section
10.1, by mailing notice thereof as provided in Section 10.2.
Section 10.4. Qualifications For Voting. To be entitled to vote at any
meeting of Noteholders a person shall (a) be a holder of one or more Notes on
the record date pertaining to such meeting or (b) be a person appointed by an
instrument in writing as proxy by a holder of one or more Notes on the record
date pertaining to such meeting. The only persons who shall be entitled to be
present or to speak at any meeting of Noteholders shall be the persons entitled
to vote at such meeting and their counsel and any representatives of the Trustee
and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.
Section 10.5. Regulations. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem
advisable for any meeting of Noteholders, in regard to proof of the holding of
Notes and of the appointment of proxies, and in regard to the appointment and
duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies,
certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters
concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall think fit.
The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a
temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by
the Company or by Noteholders as provided in Section 10.3, in which case the
Company or the Noteholders calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in
like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent
secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the holders of a majority
in principal amount of the Notes represented at the meeting and entitled to vote
at the meeting.
Subject to the provisions of Section 9.4, at any meeting each
Noteholder or proxyholder shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000
principal amount of Notes held or represented by him; provided, however, that no
vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Note challenged
as not outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not
outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote other than
by virtue of Notes held by him or instruments in writing as aforesaid duly
designating him as the proxy to vote on behalf of other Noteholders. Any meeting
of Noteholders duly called pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.2 or 10.3
may be adjourned from time to time by the holders of a majority of the aggregate
principal amount of Notes represented at the meeting, whether or not
constituting a quorum, and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without
further notice.
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Section 10.6. Voting. The vote upon any resolution submitted to any
meeting of Noteholders shall be by written ballot on which shall be subscribed
the signatures of the holders of Notes or of their representatives by proxy and
the outstanding principal amount of the Notes held or represented by them. The
chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count
all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make
and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in
duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record in duplicate of the
proceedings of each meeting of Noteholders shall be prepared by the secretary of
the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of
the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by
one or more persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the
notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was mailed as provided in
Section 10.2. The record shall show the principal amount of the Notes voting in
favor of or against any resolution. The record shall be signed and verified by
the affidavits of the chairman and secretary of the meeting and one of the
duplicates shall be delivered to the Company and the other to the Trustee to be
preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted
at the meeting.
Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of
the matters therein stated.
Section 10.7. No Delay Of Rights By Meeting. Nothing contained in this
Article Ten shall be deemed or construed to authorize or permit, by reason of
any call of a meeting of Noteholders or any rights expressly or impliedly
conferred hereunder to make such call, any hindrance or delay in the exercise of
any right or rights conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the
Noteholders under any of the provisions of this Indenture or of the Notes.
ARTICLE 11.
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 11.1. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent Of Noteholders.
The Company, when authorized by the resolutions of the Board of Directors, and
the Trustee may, from time to time, and at any time enter into an indenture or
indentures supplemental hereto for one or more of the following purposes:
(a) make provision with respect to the conversion rights of the
holders of Notes pursuant to the requirements of Section 15.6 and the redemption
obligations of the Company pursuant to the requirements of Section 3.5(e);
(b) subject to Article Four, to convey, transfer, assign,
mortgage or pledge to the Trustee as security for the Notes, any property or
assets;
(c) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company,
or successive successions, and the assumption by the successor Person of the
covenants, agreements and obligations of the Company pursuant to Article Twelve;
(d) to add to the covenants of the Company such further
covenants, restrictions or conditions as the Board of Directors and the Trustee
shall consider to be for the benefit of the holders of Notes, and to make the
occurrence, or the occurrence and continuance,
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of a default in any such additional covenants, restrictions or conditions a
default or an Event of Default permitting the enforcement of all or any of the
several remedies provided in this Indenture as herein set forth; provided,
however, that in respect of any such additional covenant, restriction or
condition, such supplemental indenture may provide for a particular period of
grace after default (which period may be shorter or longer than that allowed in
the case of other defaults) or may provide for an immediate enforcement upon
such default or may limit the remedies available to the Trustee upon such
default;
(e) to provide for the issuance under this Indenture of Notes in
coupon form (including Notes registrable as to principal only) and to provide
for exchangeability of such Notes with the Notes issued hereunder in fully
registered form and to make all appropriate changes for such purpose;
(f) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any
provision contained herein or in any supplemental indenture that may be
defective or inconsistent with any other provision contained herein or in any
supplemental indenture, or to make such other provisions in regard to matters or
questions arising under this Indenture that shall not materially adversely
affect the interests of the holders of the Notes;
(g) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Notes; or
(h) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of this
Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to effect the qualifications of
this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, or under any similar federal
statute hereafter enacted.
Upon the written request of the Company, accompanied by a copy of
the resolutions of the Board of Directors certified by its Secretary or
Assistant Secretary authorizing the execution of any supplemental indenture, the
Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company in the execution of any
such supplemental indenture, to make any further appropriate agreements and
stipulations that may be therein contained and to accept the conveyance,
transfer and assignment of any property thereunder, but the Trustee shall not be
obligated to, but may in its discretion, enter into any supplemental indenture
that affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture
or otherwise.
Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this
Section 11.1 may be executed by the Company and the Trustee without the consent
of the holders of any of the Notes at the time outstanding, notwithstanding any
of the provisions of Section 11.2.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Indenture or the
Notes, the Registration Rights Agreement and the obligation to pay Liquidated
Damages thereunder may be amended, modified or waived in accordance with the
provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement.
Section 11.2. Supplemental Indenture With Consent Of Noteholders. With
the consent (evidenced as provided in Article Nine) of the holders of not less
than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time
outstanding, the Company, when authorized by the resolutions of the Board of
Directors, and the Trustee may, from time to time and at any time,
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enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of
adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of this Indenture or any supplemental indenture or of modifying in
any manner the rights of the holders of the Notes; provided, however, that no
such supplemental indenture shall (i) extend the fixed maturity of any Note, or
reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce the
principal amount thereof or premium, if any, thereon, or reduce any amount
payable on redemption thereof, or impair the right of any Noteholder to
institute suit for the payment thereof, or make the principal thereof or
interest or premium, if any, thereon payable in any coin or currency other than
that provided in the Notes, or modify the provisions of this Indenture with
respect to the subordination of the Notes in a manner adverse to the Noteholders
in any material respect, or change the obligation of the Company to redeem any
Note upon the happening of a Fundamental Change in a manner adverse to the
holder of Notes, or impair the right to convert the Notes into Common Stock
subject to the terms set forth herein, including Section 15.6, in each case,
without the consent of the holder of each Note so affected or (ii) reduce the
aforesaid percentage of Notes, the holders of which are required to consent to
any such supplemental indenture, without the consent of the holders of all Notes
then outstanding.
Upon the written request of the Company, accompanied by a copy of
the resolutions of the Board of Directors certified by its Secretary or
Assistant Secretary authorizing the execution of any such supplemental
indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of
Noteholders as aforesaid, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the
execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture
affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or
otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be
obligated to, enter into such supplemental indenture.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Noteholders
under this Section 11.2 to approve the particular form of any proposed
supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve
the substance thereof.
Section 11.3. Effect Of Supplemental Indenture. Any supplemental
indenture executed pursuant to the provisions of this Article Eleven shall
comply with the Trust Indenture Act, as then in effect, provided that this
Section 11.3 shall not require such supplemental indenture or the Trustee to be
qualified under the Trust Indenture Act prior to the time such qualification is
in fact required under the terms of the Trust Indenture Act or the Indenture has
been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, nor shall it constitute any
admission or acknowledgment by any party to such supplemental indenture that any
such qualification is required prior to the time such qualification is in fact
required under the terms of the Trust Indenture Act or the Indenture has been
qualified under the Trust Indenture Act. Upon the execution of any supplemental
indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article Eleven, this Indenture
shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and
the respective rights, limitation of rights, obligations, duties and immunities
under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Company and the holders of Notes shall
thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder, subject in all
respects to such modifications and amendments and all the terms and conditions
of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the
terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.
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Section 11.4. Notation On Notes. Notes authenticated and delivered after
the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this
Article Eleven may bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any
matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company or the
Trustee shall so determine, new Notes so modified as to conform, in the opinion
of the Trustee and the Board of Directors, to any modification of this Indenture
contained in any such supplemental indenture may, at the Company's expense, be
prepared and executed by the Company, authenticated by the Trustee (or an
authenticating agent duly appointed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 16.11)
and delivered in exchange for the Notes then outstanding, upon surrender of such
Notes then outstanding.
Section 11.5. Evidence Of Compliance Of Supplemental Indenture To Be
Furnished To Trustee. Prior to entering into any supplemental indenture, the
Trustee may request an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as
conclusive evidence that any supplemental indenture executed pursuant hereto
complies with the requirements of this Article Eleven.
ARTICLE 12.
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE
Section 12.1. Company May Consolidate, Etc. On Certain Terms. Subject to
the provisions of Section 12.2, nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of
the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into
any other Person or Persons (whether or not affiliated with the Company), or
successive consolidations or mergers in which the Company or its successor or
successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any sale, conveyance or
lease (or successive sales, conveyances or leases) of all or substantially all
of the property of the Company, to any other Person (whether or not affiliated
with the Company), authorized to acquire and operate the same and that shall be
organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or
the District of Columbia; provided, however, that upon any such consolidation,
merger, sale, conveyance or lease, the due and punctual payment of the principal
of and premium, if any, and interest (including Liquidated Damages, if any) on
all of the Notes, according to their tenor and the due and punctual performance
and observance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be
performed by the Company, shall be expressly assumed, by supplemental indenture
satisfactory in form to the Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trustee by
the Person (if other than the Company) formed by such consolidation, or into
which the Company shall have been merged, or by the Person that shall have
acquired or leased such property, and such supplemental indenture shall provide
for the applicable conversion rights set forth in Section 15.6.
Section 12.2. Successor Corporation To Be Substituted. In case of any
such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance or lease and upon the assumption by
the successor Person, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the
Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the due and punctual payment
of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on all of the Notes and
the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this
Indenture to be performed by the Company, such successor Person shall succeed to
and be substituted for the Company, with the same effect as if it had been named
herein as the party of this first part. Such successor Person thereupon may
cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of Getty
Images, Inc. any or all of the Notes,
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issuable hereunder that theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company
and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such successor Person
instead of the Company and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations
in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver,
or cause to be authenticated and delivered, any Notes that previously shall have
been signed and delivered by the officers of the Company to the Trustee for
authentication, and any Notes that such successor Person thereafter shall cause
to be signed and delivered to the Trustee for that purpose. All the Notes so
issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this
Indenture as the Notes theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the
terms of this Indenture as though all of such Notes had been issued at the date
of the execution hereof. In the event of any such consolidation, merger, sale,
conveyance or lease, the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph of
this Indenture or any successor that shall thereafter have become such in the
manner prescribed in this Article Twelve may be dissolved, wound up and
liquidated at any time thereafter and such Person shall be released from its
liabilities as obligor and maker of the Notes and from its obligations under
this Indenture.
In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance or
lease, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made
in the Notes thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.
Section 12.3. Opinion Of Counsel To Be Given Trustee. The Trustee shall
receive an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive
evidence that any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance or lease and any
such assumption complies with the provisions of this Article Twelve.
ARTICLE 13.
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
Section 13.1. Discharge Of Indenture. When (a) the Company shall deliver
to the Trustee for cancellation all Notes theretofore authenticated (other than
any Notes that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and in lieu of or in
substitution for which other Notes shall have been authenticated and delivered)
and not theretofore canceled or (b) all the Notes not theretofore canceled or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation shall have become due and payable, or
are by their terms to become due and payable within one year or are to be called
for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee
for the giving of notice of redemption, and the Company shall deposit with the
Trustee, in trust, funds sufficient to pay at maturity or upon redemption of all
of the Notes (other than any Notes that shall have been mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen and in lieu of or in substitution for which other Notes shall
have been authenticated and delivered) not theretofore canceled or delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation, including principal and premium, if any, and
interest due or to become due to such date of maturity or redemption date, as
the case may be, accompanied by a verification report, as to the sufficiency of
the deposited amount, from an independent certified accountant or other
financial professional satisfactory to the Trustee, and if the Company shall
also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company,
then this Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as to (i)
remaining rights of registration of transfer, substitution and exchange and
conversion of Notes, (ii) rights hereunder of Noteholders to receive payments of
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principal of and premium, if any, and interest on, the Notes and the other
rights, duties and obligations of Noteholders, as beneficiaries hereof with
respect to the amounts, if any, so deposited with the Trustee and (iii) the
rights, obligations and immunities of the Trustee hereunder), and the Trustee,
on written demand of the Company accompanied by an Officers' Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel as required by Section 16.5 and at the cost and expense of
the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and
discharging this Indenture; the Company, however, hereby agrees to reimburse the
Trustee for any costs or expenses thereafter reasonably and properly incurred by
the Trustee and to compensate the Trustee for any services thereafter reasonably
and properly rendered by the Trustee in connection with this Indenture or the
Notes.
Section 13.2. Deposited Monies To Be Held In Trust By Trustee. Subject
to Section 13.4, all monies deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 13.1,
provided such deposit was not in violation of Article Four, shall be held in
trust for the sole benefit of the Noteholders and not to be subject to the
subordination provisions of Article Four, and such monies shall be applied by
the Trustee to the payment, either directly or through any paying agent
(including the Company if acting as its own paying agent), to the holders of the
particular Notes for the payment or redemption of which such monies have been
deposited with the Trustee, of all sums due and to become due thereon for
principal and interest and premium, if any.
Section 13.3. Paying Agent To Repay Monies Held. Upon the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture, all monies then held by any paying agent of the
Notes (other than the Trustee) shall, upon written request of the Company, be
repaid to it or paid to the Trustee, and thereupon such paying agent shall be
released from all further liability with respect to such monies.
Section 13.4. Return Of Unclaimed Monies. Subject to the requirements of
applicable law, any monies deposited with or paid to the Trustee for payment of
the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on Notes and not applied but
remaining unclaimed by the holders of Notes for two years after the date upon
which the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on such Notes, as the case
may be, shall have become due and payable, shall be repaid to the Company by the
Trustee on written demand and all liability of the Trustee shall thereupon cease
with respect to such monies; and the holder of any of the Notes shall thereafter
look only to the Company for any payment that such holder may be entitled to
collect unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another Person.
Section 13.5. Reinstatement. If the Trustee or the paying agent is
unable to apply any money in accordance with Section 13.2 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 Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had
occurred pursuant to Section 13.1 until such time as the Trustee or the paying
agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 13.2;
provided, however, that if the Company makes any payment of interest on or
principal of any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the
Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of such Notes to
receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or paying agent.
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ARTICLE 14.
IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS,
STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
Section 14.1. Indenture And Notes Solely Corporate Obligations. No
recourse for the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on
any Note, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no
recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company in
this Indenture or in any supplemental indenture or in any Note, or because of
the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any
incorporator, stockholder, employee, agent, officer, director or subsidiary, as
such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor corporation,
either directly or through the Company or any successor corporation, whether by
virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any
assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that all such
liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a
consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issue of the Notes.
ARTICLE 15.
CONVERSION OF NOTES
Section 15.1. Right To Convert. Subject to and upon compliance with the
provisions of this Indenture, including, without limitation, Article Four, the
holder of any Note shall have the right, at its option, at any time after the
original issuance of the Notes hereunder through the close of business on the
final maturity date of the Notes (except that, with respect to any Note or
portion of a Note that shall be called for redemption, such right shall
terminate, except as provided in Section 15.2, Section 3.2 or Section 3.4, at
the close of business on the Business Day next preceding the date fixed for
redemption of such Note or portion of a Note unless the Company shall default in
payment due upon redemption thereof) to convert the principal amount of any such
Note, or any portion of such principal amount which is $1,000 or an integral
multiple thereof, into that number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of
Common Stock (as such shares shall then be constituted) obtained by dividing the
principal amount of the Note or portion thereof surrendered for conversion by
the Conversion Price in effect at such time, by surrender of the Note so to be
converted in whole or in part in the manner provided, together with any required
funds, in Section 15.2. A Note in respect of which a holder is exercising its
option to require redemption upon a Fundamental Change pursuant to Section 3.5
may be converted only if such holder withdraws its election to exercise in
accordance with Section 3.5. A holder of Notes is not entitled to any rights of
a holder of Common Stock until such holder has converted his Notes to Common
Stock, and only to the extent such Notes are deemed to have been converted to
Common Stock under this Article Fifteen.
Section 15.2. Exercise Of Conversion Privilege; Issuance Of Common Stock
On Conversion; No Adjustment For Interest Or Dividends. In order to exercise the
conversion privilege with respect to any Note in certificated form, the holder
of any such Note to be converted in whole or in part shall surrender such Note,
duly endorsed, at an office or agency maintained by the Company pursuant to
Section 5.2, accompanied by the funds, if any, required by the penultimate
paragraph of this Section 15.2, and shall give written notice of conversion in
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the form provided on the Notes (or such other notice which is acceptable to the
Company) to the office or agency that the holder elects to convert such Note or
the portion thereof specified in said notice. Such notice shall also state the
name or names (with address or addresses) in which the certificate or
certificates for shares of Common Stock which shall be issuable on such
conversion shall be issued, and shall be accompanied by transfer taxes, if
required pursuant to Section 15.7. Each such Note surrendered for conversion
shall, unless the shares issuable on conversion are to be issued in the same
name as the registration of such Note, be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by
instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company duly executed by,
the holder or his duly authorized attorney.
In order to exercise the conversion privilege with respect to any
interest in a Global Note, the beneficial holder must complete, or cause to be
completed, the appropriate instruction form for conversion pursuant to the
Depository's book-entry conversion program, deliver, or cause to be delivered,
by book-entry delivery an interest in such Global Note, furnish appropriate
endorsements and transfer documents if required by the Company or the Trustee or
conversion agent, and pay the funds, if any, required by this Section 15.2 and
any transfer taxes if required pursuant to Section 15.7.
As promptly as practicable after satisfaction of the requirements
for conversion set forth above, subject to compliance with any restrictions on
transfer if shares issuable on conversion are to be issued in a name other than
that of the Noteholder (as if such transfer were a transfer of the Note or Notes
(or portion thereof) so converted), the Company shall issue and shall deliver to
such Noteholder at the office or agency maintained by the Company for such
purpose pursuant to Section 5.2, a certificate or certificates for the number of
full shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of such Note or portion
thereof as determined by the Company in accordance with the provisions of this
Article Fifteen and a check or cash in respect of any fractional interest in
respect of a share of Common Stock arising upon such conversion, calculated by
the Company as provided in Section 15.3. In case any Note of a denomination
greater than $1,000 shall be surrendered for partial conversion, and subject to
Section 2.3, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver to the holder of the Note so surrendered, without charge to him, a new
Note or Notes in authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal
to the unconverted portion of the surrendered Note.
Each conversion shall be deemed to have been effected as to any
such Note (or portion thereof) on the date on which the requirements set forth
above in this Section 15.2 have been satisfied as to such Note (or portion
thereof), and the Person in whose name any certificate or certificates for
shares of Common Stock shall be issuable upon such conversion shall be deemed to
have become on said date the holder of record of the shares represented thereby;
provided, however, that any such surrender on any date when the stock transfer
books of the Company shall be closed shall constitute the Person in whose name
the certificates are to be issued as the record holder thereof for all purposes
on the next succeeding day on which such stock transfer books are open, but such
conversion shall be at the Conversion Price in effect on the date upon which
such Note shall be surrendered.
No adjustment in respect of interest on any Note converted or
dividends on any shares issued upon conversion of such Note will be made upon
any conversion except as set forth
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in the next sentence. If this Note (or portion hereof) is surrendered for
conversion during the period from the close of business on any record date for
the payment of interest to the close of business on the Business Day preceding
the following interest payment date and either (x) has not been called for
redemption on a redemption date that occurs during such period or (y) is not to
be redeemed in connection with a Fundamental Change on a Repurchase Date that
occurs during such period, this Note (or portion hereof being converted) must be
accompanied by an amount, in New York Clearing House funds or other funds
acceptable to the Company, equal to the interest payable on such interest
payment date on the principal amount being converted; provided, however, that no
such payment shall be required if there shall exist at the time of conversion a
default in the payment of interest on the Notes.
Upon the conversion of an interest in a Global Note, the Trustee
(or other conversion agent appointed by the Company), or the Custodian at the
direction of the Trustee (or other conversion agent appointed by the Company),
shall make a notation on such Global Note as to the reduction in the principal
amount represented thereby. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of
any conversions of Notes effected through any conversion agent other than the
Trustee.
Section 15.3. Cash Payments In Lieu Of Fractional Shares. No fractional
shares of Common Stock or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued
upon conversion of Notes. If more than one Note shall be surrendered for
conversion at one time by the same holder, the number of full shares that shall
be issuable upon conversion shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate
principal amount of the Notes (or specified portions thereof to the extent
permitted hereby) so surrendered. If any fractional share of stock would be
issuable upon the conversion of any Note or Notes, the Company shall make an
adjustment and payment therefor in cash at the current market price thereof to
the holder of Notes. The current market price of a share of Common Stock shall
be the Closing Price on the last Business Day immediately preceding the day on
which the Notes (or specified portions thereof) are deemed to have been
converted.
Section 15.4. Conversion Price. The conversion price shall be as
specified in the form of Note (herein called the "Conversion Price") attached as
Exhibit A hereto, subject to adjustment as provided in this Article Fifteen.
Section 15.5. Adjustment Of Conversion Price. The Conversion Price shall
be adjusted from time to time by the Company as follows:
(a) In case the Company shall hereafter pay a dividend or make a
distribution to all holders of the outstanding Common Stock in shares of Common
Stock, the Conversion Price shall be reduced so that the same shall equal the
price determined by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect at the opening of
business on the date following the date fixed for the determination of
stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or other distribution by a
fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of the Common
Stock outstanding at the close of business on the date fixed for such
determination, and the denominator of which shall be the sum of such number of
shares and the total number of shares constituting such dividend or other
distribution, such reduction to become effective immediately after the opening
of business on the day following the date fixed for such determination. For the
purpose of this paragraph (a), the number of shares of Common Stock at any time
outstanding shall not include shares held in
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the treasury of the Company. The Company will not pay any dividend or make any
distribution on shares of Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company. If
any dividend or distribution of the type described in this Section 15.5(a) is
declared but not so paid or made, the Conversion Price shall again be adjusted
to the Conversion Price that would then be in effect if such dividend or
distribution had not been declared.
(b) In case the Company shall issue rights or warrants to all
holders of its outstanding shares of Common Stock entitling them (for a period
expiring within forty-five (45) days after the date fixed for determination of
stockholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants) to subscribe for or
purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share less than the Current
Market Price (as defined below) on the date fixed for determination of
stockholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants, the Conversion Price
shall be adjusted so that the same shall equal the price determined by
multiplying the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the date fixed
for determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants by
a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding at the close of business on the date fixed for determination of
stockholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants plus the number of
shares that the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares so
offered would purchase at such Current Market Price, and the denominator of
which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the date
fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights or
warrants plus the total number of additional shares of Common Stock offered for
subscription or purchase. Such adjustment shall be successively made whenever
any such rights or warrants are issued, and shall become effective immediately
after the opening of business on the day following the date fixed for
determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants. To
the extent that shares of Common Stock are not delivered after the expiration of
such rights or warrants, the Conversion Price shall be readjusted to the
Conversion Price that would then be in effect had the adjustments made upon the
issuance of such rights or warrants been made on the basis of delivery of only
the number of shares of Common Stock actually delivered. In the event that such
rights or warrants are not so issued, the Conversion Price shall again be
adjusted to be the Conversion Price that would then be in effect if such date
fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights or
warrants had not been fixed. In determining whether any rights or warrants
entitle the holders to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at less
than such Current Market Price, and in determining the aggregate offering price
of such shares of Common Stock, there shall be taken into account any
consideration received by the Company for such rights or warrants and any amount
payable on exercise or conversion thereof, the value of such consideration, if
other than cash, to be determined by the Board of Directors.
(c) In case outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be
subdivided into a greater number of shares of Common Stock, the Conversion Price
in effect at the opening of business on the day following the day upon which
such subdivision becomes effective shall be proportionately reduced, and
conversely, in case outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be combined into a
smaller number of shares of Common Stock, the Conversion Price in effect at the
opening of business on the day following the day upon which such combination
becomes effective shall be proportionately increased, such reduction or
increase, as the case may be, to become effective immediately after the opening
of business on the day following the day upon which such subdivision or
combination becomes effective.
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(d) In case the Company shall, by dividend or otherwise,
distribute to all holders of its Common Stock shares of any class of capital
stock of the Company (other than any dividends or distributions to which Section
15.5(a) applies) or evidences of its indebtedness or assets (including
securities, but excluding any rights or warrants referred to in Section 15.5(b),
and excluding any dividend or distribution (x) paid exclusively in cash or (y)
referred to in Section 15.5(a) (any of the foregoing hereinafter in this Section
15.5(d) called the "Securities")), then, in each such case (unless the Company
elects to reserve such Securities for distribution to the Noteholders upon the
conversion of the Notes so that any such holder converting Notes will receive
upon such conversion, in addition to the shares of Common Stock to which such
holder is entitled, the amount and kind of such Securities which such holder
would have received if such holder had converted its Notes into Common Stock
immediately prior to the Record Date (as defined in Section 15.5(h)(4) for such
distribution of the Securities)), the Conversion Price shall be reduced so that
the same shall be equal to the price determined by multiplying the Conversion
Price in effect on the Record Date with respect to such distribution by a
fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price per share of
the Common Stock on such Record Date less the fair market value (as determined
by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive, and
described in a resolution of the Board of Directors) on the Record Date of the
portion of the Securities so distributed applicable to one share of Common Stock
and the denominator of which shall be the Current Market Price per share of the
Common Stock, such reduction to become effective immediately prior to the
opening of business on the day following such Record Date; provided, however,
that in the event the then fair market value (as so determined) of the portion
of the Securities so distributed applicable to one share of Common Stock is
equal to or greater than the Current Market Price of the Common Stock on the
Record Date, in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, adequate provision shall be
made so that each Noteholder shall have the right to receive upon conversion the
amount of Securities such holder would have received had such holder converted
each Note on the Record Date. In the event that such dividend or distribution is
not so paid or made, the Conversion Price shall again be adjusted to be the
Conversion Price that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution
had not been declared. If the Board of Directors determines the fair market
value of any distribution for purposes of this Section 15.5(d) by reference to
the actual or when issued trading market for any securities, it must in doing so
consider the prices in such market over the same period used in computing the
Current Market Price of the Common Stock.
In the event that the Company implements a rights agreement, such
rights agreement will provide that upon conversion of the notes into common
stock, the holders will receive, in addition to the common stock, the rights
under the rights agreement, whether or not the rights have separated from the
common stock at the time of conversion, subject to certain limited customary
exceptions.
Rights or warrants distributed by the Company to all holders of
Common Stock entitling the holders thereof to subscribe for or purchase shares
of the Company's capital stock (either initially or under certain
circumstances), which rights or warrants, until the occurrence of a specified
event or events ("Trigger Event"): (i) are deemed to be transferred with such
shares of Common Stock; (ii) are not exercisable; and (iii) are also issued in
respect of future issuances of Common Stock, shall be deemed not to have been
distributed for purposes of this Section 15.5 (and no adjustment to the
Conversion Price under this Section 15.5 will be required) until the occurrence
of the earliest Trigger Event, whereupon such rights and warrants shall be
deemed to
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have been distributed and an appropriate adjustment (if any is required) to the
Conversion Price shall be made under this Section 15.5(d). If any such right or
warrant, including any such existing rights or warrants distributed prior to the
date of this Indenture, are subject to events, upon the occurrence of which such
rights or warrants become exercisable to purchase different securities,
evidences of indebtedness or other assets, then the date of the occurrence of
any and each such event shall be deemed to be the date of distribution and
record date with respect to new rights or warrants with such rights (and a
termination or expiration of the existing rights or warrants without exercise by
any of the holders thereof). In addition, in the event of any distribution (or
deemed distribution) of rights or warrants, or any Trigger Event or other event
(of the type described in the preceding sentence) with respect thereto that was
counted for purposes of calculating a distribution amount for which an
adjustment to the Conversion Price under this Section 15.5 was made, (1) in the
case of any such rights or warrants that shall all have been redeemed or
repurchased without exercise by any holders thereof, the Conversion Price shall
be readjusted upon such final redemption r repurchase to give effect to such
distribution or Trigger Event, as the case may be, as though it were a cash
distribution, equal to the per share redemption or repurchase price received by
a holder or holders of Common Stock with respect to such rights or warrants
(assuming such holder had retained such rights or warrants), made to all holders
of Common Stock as of the date of such redemption or repurchase, and (2) in the
case of such rights or warrants that shall have expired or been terminated
without exercise by any holders thereof, the Conversion Price shall be
readjusted as if such rights and warrants had not been issued.
No adjustment of the Conversion Price shall be made pursuant to
this Section 15.5(d) in respect of rights or warrants distributed or deemed
distributed on any Trigger Event to the extent that such rights or warrants are
actually distributed, or reserved by the Company for distribution to holders of
Notes upon conversion by such holders of Notes to Common Stock.
For purposes of this Section 15.5(d) and Sections 15.5(a) and
(b), any dividend or distribution to which this Section 15.5(d) is applicable
that also includes shares of Common Stock, or rights or warrants to subscribe
for or purchase shares of Common Stock (or both), shall be deemed instead to be
(1) a dividend or distribution of the evidences of indebtedness, assets or
shares of capital stock other than such shares of Common Stock or rights or
warrants (and any Conversion Price reduction required by this Section 15.5(d)
with respect to such dividend or distribution shall then be made) immediately
followed by (2) a dividend or distribution of such shares of Common Stock or
such rights or warrants (and any further Conversion Price reduction required by
Sections 15.5(a) and (b) with respect to such dividend or distribution shall
then be made), except (A) the Record Date of such dividend or distribution shall
be substituted as "the date fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled
to receive such dividend or other distribution", "the date fixed for the
determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants" and
"the date fixed for such determination" within the meaning of Sections 15.5(a)
and (b), and (B) any shares of Common Stock included in such dividend or
distribution shall not be deemed "outstanding at the close of business on the
date fixed for such determination" within the meaning of Section 15.5(a).
(e) In case the Company shall, by dividend or otherwise,
distribute to all holders of its Common Stock cash (excluding (x) any quarterly
cash dividend on the Common
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Stock to the extent the aggregate cash dividend per share of Common Stock in any
fiscal quarter does not exceed the greater of (A) the amount per share of Common
Stock of the next preceding quarterly cash dividend on the Common Stock to the
extent that such preceding quarterly dividend did not require any adjustment of
the Conversion Price pursuant to this Section 15.5(e) (as adjusted to reflect
subdivisions, or combinations of the Common Stock), and (B) 3.75% of the
arithmetic average of the Closing Price (determined as set forth in Section
15.5(h)) during the ten (10) Trading Days (as defined in Section 15.5(h))
immediately prior to the date of declaration of such dividend, and (y) any
dividend or distribution in connection with the liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary), then, in such
case, the Conversion Price shall be reduced so that the same shall equal the
price determined by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior
to the close of business on such record date by a fraction, the numerator of
which shall be the Current Market Price of the Common Stock on the record date
less the amount of cash so distributed (and not excluded as provided above)
applicable to one share of Common Stock, and the denominator of which shall be
such Current Market Price of the Common Stock, such reduction to be effective
immediately prior to the opening of business on the day following the record
date; provided, however, that in the event the portion of the cash so
distributed applicable to one share of Common Stock is equal to or greater than
the Current Market Price of the Common Stock on the record date, in lieu of the
foregoing adjustment, adequate provision shall be made so that each Noteholder
shall have the right to receive upon conversion the amount of cash such holder
would have received had such holder converted each Note on the record date. In
the event that such dividend or distribution is not so paid or made, the
Conversion Price shall again be adjusted to be the Conversion Price that would
then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared. If any
adjustment is required to be made as set forth in this Section 15.5(e) as a
result of a distribution that is a quarterly dividend, such adjustment shall be
based upon the amount by which such distribution exceeds the amount of the
quarterly cash dividend permitted to be excluded pursuant hereto. If an
adjustment is required to be made as set forth in this Section 15.5(e) above as
a result of a distribution that is not a quarterly dividend, such adjustment
shall be based upon the full amount of the distribution.
(f) In case a tender or exchange offer made by the Company or any
Subsidiary for all or any portion of the Common Stock shall expire and such
tender or exchange offer (as amended upon the expiration thereof) shall require
the payment to stockholders of consideration per share of Common Stock having a
fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors, whose determination
shall be conclusive and described in a resolution of the Board of Directors)
that as of the last time (the "Expiration Time") tenders or exchanges may be
made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (as it may be amended) exceeds
the Current Market Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding
the Expiration Time, the Conversion Price shall be reduced so that the same
shall equal the price determined by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect
immediately prior to the Expiration Time by a fraction the numerator of which
shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (including any
tendered or exchanged shares) at the Expiration Time multiplied by the Current
Market Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding the
Expiration Time and the denominator of which shall be the sum of (x) the fair
market value (determined as aforesaid) of the aggregate consideration payable to
stockholders based on the acceptance (up to any maximum specified in the terms
of the tender or exchange offer) of all shares validly tendered or exchanged and
not withdrawn as of the Expiration Time (the shares deemed so accepted, up to
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any such maximum, being referred to as the "Purchased Shares") and (y) the
product of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (less any Purchased
Shares) at the Expiration Time and the Current Market Price of the Common Stock
on the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Time, such reduction to become
effective immediately prior to the opening of business on the Trading Day
following the Expiration Time. In the event that the Company is obligated to
purchase shares pursuant to any such tender or exchange offer, but the Company
is permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting any such purchases or
all such purchases are rescinded, the Conversion Price shall again be adjusted
to be the Conversion Price that would then be in effect if such tender or
exchange offer had not been made.
(g) In case of a tender or exchange offer made by a Person other
than the Company or any Subsidiary for an amount that increases the offeror's
ownership of Common Stock to more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the Common
Stock outstanding and shall involve the payment by such Person of consideration
per share of Common Stock having a fair market value (as determined by the Board
of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive, and described in a
resolution of the Board of Directors) that as of the last time (the "Offer
Expiration Time") tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or
exchange offer (as it shall have been amended) that exceeds the Current Market
Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding the Offer
Expiration Time, and in which, as of the Offer Expiration Time the Board of
Directors is not recommending rejection of the offer, the Conversion Price shall
be reduced so that the same shall equal the price determined by multiplying the
Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the Offer Expiration Time by a
fraction the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding (including any tendered or exchanged shares) at the Offer Expiration
Time multiplied by the Current Market Price of the Common Stock on the Trading
Day next succeeding the Offer Expiration Time and the denominator of which shall
be the sum of (x) the fair market value (determined as aforesaid) of the
aggregate consideration payable to stockholders based on the acceptance (up to
any maximum specified in the terms of the tender or exchange offer) of all
shares validly tendered or exchanged and not withdrawn as of the Offer
Expiration Time (the shares deemed so accepted, up to any such maximum, being
referred to as the "Accepted Purchased Shares") and (y) the product of the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (less any Accepted Purchased
Shares) at the Offer Expiration Time and the Current Market Price of the Common
Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding the Offer Expiration Time, such
reduction to become effective immediately prior to the opening of business on
the Trading Day following the Offer Expiration Time. In the event that such
Person is obligated to purchase shares pursuant to any such tender or exchange
offer, but such Person is permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting
any such purchases or all such purchases are rescinded, the Conversion Price
shall again be adjusted to be the Conversion Price that would then be in effect
if such tender or exchange offer had not been made. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the adjustment described in this Section 15.5(g) shall not be made
if, as of the Offer Expiration Time, the offering documents with respect to such
offer disclose a plan or intention to cause the Company to engage in any
transaction described in Article Twelve.
(h) For purposes of this Section 15.5, the following terms shall
have the meaning indicated:
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(1) "Closing Price" with respect to any security on any
day shall mean the closing sale price, regular way, on such day or, in case no
such sale takes place on such day, the average of the reported closing bid and
asked prices, regular way, in each case as quoted on the Nasdaq National Market
or, if such security is not quoted or listed or admitted to trading on such
Nasdaq National Market, on the principal national securities exchange or
quotation system on which such security is quoted or listed or admitted to
trading or, if not quoted or listed or admitted to trading on any national
securities exchange or quotation system, the average of the closing bid and
asked prices of such security on the over-the-counter market on the day in
question as reported by the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated, or a similar
generally accepted reporting service, or if not so available, in such manner as
furnished by any New York Stock Exchange member firm selected from time to time
by the Board of Directors for that purpose, or a price determined in good faith
by the Board of Directors or, to the extent permitted by applicable law, a duly
authorized committee thereof, whose determination shall be conclusive.
(2) "Current Market Price" shall mean the average of the
daily Closing Prices per share of Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive
Trading Days immediately prior to the date in question except as hereinafter
provided for purposes of any computation under Section 15.5(f) or (g); provided,
however, that (1) if the "ex" date (as hereinafter defined) for any event (other
than the issuance or distribution requiring such computation and other than the
tender or exchange offer requiring such computation under Section 15.5(f) or
(g)) that requires an adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to Section
15.5(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) or (g) occurs during such ten (10) consecutive
Trading Days, the Closing Price for each Trading Day prior to the "ex" date for
such other event shall be adjusted by multiplying such Closing Price by the same
fraction by which the Conversion Price is so required to be adjusted as a result
of such other event, (2) if the "ex" date for any event (other than the issuance
or distribution requiring such computation and other than the tender or exchange
offer requiring such computation under Section 15.5(f) or (g)) that requires an
adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to Section 15.5(a), (b), (c), (d),
(e), (f) or (g) occurs on or after the "ex" date for the issuance or
distribution requiring such computation and prior to the day in question, the
Closing Price for each Trading Day on and after the "ex" date for such other
event shall be adjusted by multiplying such Closing Price by the reciprocal of
the fraction by which the Conversion Price is so required to be adjusted as a
result of such other event, and (3) if the "ex" date for the issuance or
distribution requiring such computation is prior to the day in question, after
taking into account any adjustment required pursuant to clause (1) or (2) of
this proviso, the Closing Price for each Trading Day on or after such "ex" date
shall be adjusted by adding thereto the amount of any cash and the fair market
value (as determined by the Board of Directors or, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, a duly authorized committee thereof in a manner consistent with
any determination of such value for purposes of Section 15.5(d), (f) or (g),
whose determination shall be conclusive and described in a resolution of the
Board of Directors or such duly authorized committee thereof, as the case may
be) of the evidences of indebtedness, shares of capital stock or assets being
distributed applicable to one share of Common Stock as of the close of business
on the day before such "ex" date. For purposes of any computation under Section
15.5(f) or (g), the "Current Market Price" of the Common Stock on any date shall
be deemed to be the average of the daily Closing Prices per share of Common
Stock for such day and the next two (2) succeeding Trading Days; provided,
however, that if the "ex" date for any event (other than the tender or exchange
offer requiring such computation under Section 15.5(f)
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or (g)) that requires an adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to Section
15.5(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) or (g) occurs on or after the Expiration Time
or Offer Expiration Time, as the case may be, for the tender or exchange offer
requiring such computation and prior to the day in question, the Closing Price
for each Trading Day on and after the "ex" date for such other event shall be
adjusted as provided in clauses (1), (2) and (3) of the proviso contained in the
first sentence of this Section 15.5(h)(2). For purpose of this paragraph, the
term "ex" date, (1) when used with respect to any issuance or distribution,
means the first date on which the Common Stock trades, regular way, on the
relevant exchange or in the relevant market from which the Closing Price was
obtained without the right to receive such issuance or distribution, (2) when
used with respect to any subdivision or combination of shares of Common Stock,
means the first date on which the Common Stock trades, regular way, on such
exchange or in such market after the time at which such subdivision or
combination becomes effective, and (3) when used with respect to any tender or
exchange offer means the first date on which the Common Stock trades, regular
way, on such exchange or in such market after the Expiration Time or the Offer
Expiration Time of such offer.
(3) "Fair Market Value" shall mean the amount which a
willing buyer would pay a willing seller in an arm's-length transaction.
(4) "Record Date" shall mean, with respect to any
dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of
Common Stock have the right to receive any cash, securities or other property or
in which the Common Stock (or other applicable security) is exchanged for or
converted into any combination of cash, securities or other property, the date
fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to receive such cash,
securities or other property (whether such date is fixed by the Board of
Directors or by statute, contract or otherwise).
(5) "Trading Day" shall mean (x) if the applicable
security is quoted on the Nasdaq National Market, a day on which trades may be
made thereon, (y) if the applicable security is listed or admitted for trading
on the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange, a day on
which the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange is
open for business or (z) if the applicable security is not so listed, admitted
for trading or quoted, any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day on which
banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or obligated by law
or executive order to close.
(i) The Company may make such reductions in the Conversion Price,
in addition to those required by Sections 15.5(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) or
(g) as the Board of Directors considers to be advisable to avoid or diminish any
income tax to holders of Common Stock or rights to purchase Common Stock
resulting from any dividend or distribution of stock (or rights to acquire
stock) or from any event treated as such for income tax purposes.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Company from time
to time may reduce the Conversion Price by any amount for any period of time if
the period is at least twenty (20) days, the reduction is irrevocable during the
period and the Board of Directors shall have made a determination that such
reduction would be in the best interests of the Company, which determination
shall be conclusive. Whenever the Conversion Price is reduced pursuant to the
preceding sentence, the Company shall mail to holders of record of the Notes a
notice of the
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reduction at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date the reduced Conversion
Price takes effect, and such notice shall state the reduced Conversion Price and
the period during which it will be in effect.
(j) No adjustment in the Conversion Price shall be required
unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least one
percent (1%) in such price; provided, however, that any adjustments that by
reason of this Section 15.5(j) are not required to be made shall be carried
forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. All calculations
under this Article Fifteen shall be made by the Company and shall be made to the
nearest cent or to the nearest one-hundredth (1/100) of a share, as the case may
be. No adjustment need be made for rights to purchase Common Stock pursuant to a
Company plan for reinvestment of dividends or interest. To the extent the Notes
become convertible into cash, assets, property or securities (other than capital
stock of the Company), no adjustment need be made thereafter as to the cash,
assets, property or such securities. Interest will not accrue on the cash.
(k) Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted as herein provided,
the Company shall promptly file with the Trustee and any conversion agent other
than the Trustee an Officers' Certificate setting forth the Conversion Price
after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring
such adjustment. Unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall
have received such Officers' Certificate, the Trustee shall not be deemed to
have knowledge of any adjustment of the Conversion Price and may assume that the
last Conversion Price of which it has knowledge is still in effect. Promptly
after delivery of such certificate, the Company shall prepare a notice of such
adjustment of the Conversion Price setting forth the adjusted Conversion Price
and the date on which each adjustment becomes effective and shall mail such
notice of such adjustment of the Conversion Price to the holder of each Note at
his last address appearing on the Note register provided for in Section 2.5 of
this Indenture, within twenty (20) days after execution thereof. Failure to
deliver such notice shall not affect the legality or validity of any such
adjustment.
(l) In any case in which this Section 15.5 provides that an
adjustment shall become effective immediately after (1) a record date or Record
Date for an event, (2) the date fixed for the determination of stockholders
entitled to receive a dividend or distribution pursuant to Section 15.5(a), (3)
a date fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive rights or
warrants pursuant to Section 15.5(b), (4) the Expiration Time for any tender or
exchange offer pursuant to Section 15.5(f), or (5) the Offer Expiration Time for
a tender or exchange offer pursuant to Section 15.5(g) (each a "Determination
Date"), the Company may elect to defer until the occurrence of the relevant
Adjustment Event (as hereinafter defined) (x) issuing to the holder of any Note
converted after such Determination Date and before the occurrence of such
Adjustment Event, the additional shares of Common Stock or other securities
issuable upon such conversion by reason of the adjustment required by such
Adjustment Event over and above the Common Stock issuable upon such conversion
before giving effect to such adjustment and (y) paying to such holder any amount
in cash in lieu of any fraction pursuant to Section 15.3. For purposes of this
Section 15.5(l), the term "Adjustment Event" shall mean:
(a) in any case referred to in clause (1) hereof, the
occurrence of such event,
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(b) in any case referred to in clause (2) hereof, the date
any such dividend or distribution is paid or made,
(c) in any case referred to in clause (3) hereof, the date
of expiration of such rights or warrants, and
(d) in any case referred to in clause (4) or clause (5)
hereof, the date a sale or exchange of Common Stock pursuant to
such tender or exchange offer is consummated and becomes
irrevocable.
(m) For purposes of this Section 15.5, the number of shares of
Common Stock at any time outstanding shall not include shares held in the
treasury of the Company but shall include shares issuable in respect of scrip
certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares of Common Stock. The Company
will not pay any dividend or make any distribution on shares of Common Stock
held in the treasury of the Company.
Section 15.6. Effect Of Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger Or Sale.
If any of the following events occur, namely (i) any reclassification or change
of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (other than a subdivision or
combination to which Section 15.5(c) applies), (ii) any consolidation, merger or
combination of the Company with another Person as a result of which holders of
Common Stock shall be entitled to receive stock, other securities or other
property or assets (including cash) with respect to or in exchange for such
Common Stock or (iii) any sale or conveyance of all or substantially all of the
properties and assets of the Company to any other Person as a result of which
holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive stock, other securities or
other property or assets (including cash) with respect to or in exchange for
such Common Stock, then the Company or the successor or purchasing Person, as
the case may be, shall execute with the Trustee a supplemental indenture (which
shall comply with the Trust Indenture Act as in force at the date of execution
of such supplemental indenture) providing that such Note shall be convertible
into the kind and amount of shares of stock, other securities or other property
or assets (including cash) receivable upon such reclassification, change,
consolidation, merger, combination, sale or conveyance by a holder of a number
of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of such Notes (assuming, for
such purposes, a sufficient number of authorized shares of Common Stock are
available to convert all such Notes) immediately prior to such reclassification,
change, consolidation, merger, combination, sale or conveyance assuming such
holder of Common Stock did not exercise his rights of election, if any, as to
the kind or amount of stock, other securities or other property or assets
(including cash) receivable upon such reclassification, change, consolidation,
merger, combination, sale or conveyance (provided that, if the kind or amount of
stock, other securities or other property or assets (including cash) receivable
upon such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, combination, sale or
conveyance is not the same for each share of Common Stock in respect of which
such rights of election shall not have been exercised ("non-electing share"),
then for the purposes of this Section 15.6 the kind and amount of stock, other
securities or other property or assets (including cash) receivable upon such
reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, combination, sale or conveyance
for each non-electing share shall be deemed to be the kind and amount so
receivable per share by a plurality of the non-electing shares). Such
supplemental indenture shall provide for adjustments which shall be as nearly
equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Article
Fifteen.
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The Company shall cause notice of the execution of such
supplemental indenture to be mailed to each holder of Notes, at its address
appearing on the Note register provided for in Section 2.5 of this Indenture,
within twenty (20) days after execution thereof. Failure to deliver such notice
shall not affect the legality or validity of such supplemental indenture.
The above provisions of this Section 15.6 shall similarly apply
to successive reclassifications, changes, consolidations, mergers, combinations,
sales and conveyances.
If this Section 15.6 applies to any event or occurrence, Section
15.5 shall not apply.
Section 15.7. Taxes On Shares Issued. The issue of stock certificates on
conversions of Notes shall be made without charge to the converting Noteholder
for any tax in respect of the issue thereof. The Company shall not, however, be
required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved
in the issue and delivery of stock in any name other than that of the holder of
any Note converted, and the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver
any such stock certificate unless and until the Person or Persons requesting the
issue thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of such tax or shall
have established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid.
Section 15.8. Reservation Of Shares; Shares To Be Fully Paid; Compliance
With Governmental Requirements; Listing Of Common Stock. The Company shall
provide, free from preemptive rights, out of its authorized but unissued shares
or shares held in treasury, sufficient shares of Common Stock to provide for the
conversion of the Notes from time to time as such Notes are presented for
conversion.
Before taking any action which would cause an adjustment reducing
the Conversion Price below the then par value, if any, of the shares of Common
Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes, the Company will take all corporate
action which may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary in order that the
Company may validly and legally issue shares of such Common Stock at such
adjusted Conversion Price.
The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock which may
be issued upon conversion of Notes will upon issue be fully paid and
non-assessable by the Company and free from all taxes, liens and charges with
respect to the issue thereof.
The Company covenants that, if any shares of Common Stock to be
provided for the purpose of conversion of Notes hereunder require registration
with or approval of any governmental authority under any federal or state law
before such shares may be validly issued upon conversion, the Company will in
good faith and as expeditiously as possible, to the extent then permitted by the
rules and interpretations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any
successor thereto), endeavor to secure such registration or approval, as the
case may be.
The Company further covenants that, if at any time the Common
Stock shall be listed on the Nasdaq National Market or any other national
securities exchange or automated quotation system, the Company will, if
permitted by the rules of such exchange or automated quotation system, list and
keep listed, so long as the Common Stock shall be so listed on such exchange or
automated quotation system, all Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the
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Note; provided, however, that, if the rules of such exchange or automated
quotation system permit the Company to defer the listing of such Common Stock
until the first conversion of the Notes into Common Stock in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture, the Company covenants to list such Common Stock
issuable upon conversion of the Notes in accordance with the requirements of
such exchange or automated quotation system at such time.
Section 15.9. Responsibility Of Trustee. The Trustee and any other
conversion agent shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to
any holder of Notes to determine the Conversion Price or whether any facts exist
which may require any adjustment of the Conversion Price, or with respect to the
nature or extent or calculation of any such adjustment when made, or with
respect to the method employed, or herein or in any supplemental indenture
provided to be employed, in making the same. The Trustee and any other
conversion agent shall not be accountable with respect to the validity or value
(or the kind or amount) of any shares of Common Stock, or of any securities or
property, which may at any time be issued or delivered upon the conversion of
any Note; and the Trustee and any other conversion agent make no representations
with respect thereto. Neither the Trustee nor any conversion agent shall be
responsible for any failure of the Company to issue, transfer or deliver any
shares of Common Stock or stock certificates or other securities or property or
cash upon the surrender of any Note for the purpose of conversion or to comply
with any of the duties, responsibilities or covenants of the Company contained
in this Article Fifteen. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
neither the Trustee nor any conversion agent shall be under any responsibility
to determine the correctness of any provisions contained in any supplemental
indenture entered into pursuant to Section 15.6 relating either to the kind or
amount of shares of stock or securities or property (including cash) receivable
by Noteholders upon the conversion of their Notes after any event referred to in
such Section 15.6 or to any adjustment to be made with respect thereto, but,
subject to the provisions of Section 8.1, may accept as conclusive evidence of
the correctness of any such provisions, and shall be protected in relying upon,
the Officers' Certificate (which the Company shall be obligated to file with the
Trustee prior to the execution of any such supplemental indenture) with respect
thereto.
Section 15.10. Notice To Holders Prior To Certain Actions. In case:
(a) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other
distribution) on its Common Stock that would require an adjustment in the
Conversion Price pursuant to Section 15.5; or
(b) the Company shall authorize the granting to the holders of
all or substantially all of its Common Stock of rights or warrants to subscribe
for or purchase any share of any class or any other rights or warrants; or
(c) of any reclassification or reorganization of the Common Stock
of the Company (other than a subdivision or combination of its outstanding
Common Stock, or a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or
from no par value to par value), or of any consolidation or merger to which the
Company is a party and for which approval of any stockholders of the Company is
required, or of the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets
of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary; or
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(x) of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or
winding up of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary;
the Company shall cause to be filed with the Trustee and to be mailed to each
holder of Notes at his address appearing on the Note register provided for in
Section 2.5 of this Indenture, as promptly as possible but in any event at least
ten (10) days prior to the applicable date hereinafter specified, a notice
stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such
dividend, distribution or rights or warrants, or, if a record is not to be
taken, the date as of which the holders of Common Stock of record to be entitled
to such dividend, distribution or rights are to be determined or (y) the date on
which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, dissolution,
liquidation or winding up is expected to become effective or occur, and the date
as of which it is expected that holders of Common Stock of record shall be
entitled to exchange their Common Stock for securities or other property
deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer,
dissolution, liquidation or winding up. Failure to give such notice, or any
defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of such dividend,
distribution, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer,
dissolution, liquidation or winding up.
ARTICLE 16.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 16.1. Provisions Binding On Company's Successors. All the
covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements by the Company contained in
this Indenture shall bind its successors and assigns whether so expressed or
not.
Section 16.2. Official Acts By Successor Corporation. Any act or
proceeding by any provision of this Indenture authorized or required to be done
or performed by any board, committee or officer of the Company shall and may be
done and performed with like force and effect by the like board, committee or
officer of any Person that shall at the time be the lawful sole successor of the
Company.
Section 16.3. Addresses For Notices, Etc. Any notice or demand which by
any provision of this Indenture is required or permitted to be given or served
by the Trustee or by the holders of Notes on the Company shall be deemed to have
been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if given or served by being
deposited postage prepaid by registered or certified mail in a post office
letter box addressed (until another address is filed by the Company with the
Trustee) to Getty Images, Inc., 000 X. 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Chief Financial Officer. Any notice, direction,
request or demand hereunder to or upon the Trustee shall be deemed to have been
sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if given or served by being
deposited, postage prepaid, by registered or certified mail in a post office
letter box addressed to the Corporate Trust Office, which office is, at the date
as of which this Indenture is dated, located at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 21
West, New York, New York 10286, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration.
The Trustee, by notice to the Company, may designate additional
or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
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Any notice or communication mailed to a Noteholder shall be
mailed to him by first class mail, postage prepaid, at his address as it appears
on the Note register and shall be sufficiently given to him if so mailed within
the time prescribed.
Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Noteholder or any
defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Noteholders.
If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly
given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
Section 16.4. Governing Law. This Indenture and each Note shall be
deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of New York, and for
all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New
York, without regard to the conflict of laws provisions thereof.
Section 16.5. Evidence Of Compliance With Conditions Precedent;
Certificates To Trustee. Upon any application or demand by the Company to the
Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the
Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that all
conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the
proposed action have been complied with, and an Opinion of Counsel stating that,
in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied
with, provided that such Opinion of Counsel shall not be required in connection
with the initial issuance of the Notes.
Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and
delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
provided for in this Indenture shall include: (1) a statement that the person
making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition; (2) a
brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation
upon which the statement or opinion contained in such certificate or opinion is
based; (3) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, 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
person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 16.6. Legal Holidays. In any case in which the date of maturity
of interest on or principal of the Notes or the date fixed for redemption of any
Note will not be a Business Day, then payment of such interest on or principal
of the Notes need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next
succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date of
maturity or the date fixed for redemption, and no interest shall accrue for the
period from and after such date.
Section 16.7. Trust Indenture Act. This Indenture is hereby made subject
to, and shall be governed by, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act required
to be part of and to govern indentures qualified under the Trust Indenture Act;
provided, however, that, unless otherwise required by law, notwithstanding the
foregoing, this Indenture and the Notes issued hereunder shall not be subject to
the provisions of subsections (a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(3) of Section 314 of the
Trust Indenture Act as now in effect or as hereafter amended or modified;
provided further that this Section 16.7 shall not require this Indenture or the
Trustee to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act prior to the time such
qualification is in fact required under the terms of the Trust
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Indenture Act, nor shall it constitute any admission or acknowledgment by any
party to the Indenture that any such qualification is required prior to the time
such qualification is in fact required under the terms of the Trust Indenture
Act. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another
provision hereof which is required to be included in an indenture qualified
under the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control.
Section 16.8. No Security Interest Created. Nothing in this Indenture or
in the Notes, expressed or implied, shall be construed to constitute a security
interest under the Uniform Commercial Code or similar legislation, as now or
hereafter enacted and in effect, in any jurisdiction in which property of the
Company or its subsidiaries is located.
Section 16.9. Benefits Of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the
Notes, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties
hereto, any paying agent, any authenticating agent, any Note registrar and their
successors hereunder, the holders of Notes and the holders of Senior
Indebtedness, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under
this Indenture.
Section 16.10. Table Of Contents, Headings, Etc. The table of contents
and the titles and headings of the articles and Sections of this Indenture have
been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part
hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions
hereof.
Section 16.11. Authenticating Agent. The Trustee may appoint an
authenticating agent that shall be authorized to act on its behalf, and subject
to its direction, in the authentication and delivery of Notes in connection with
the original issuance thereof and transfers and exchanges of Notes hereunder,
including under Sections 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 3.3 and 3.5, as fully to all
intents and purposes as though the authenticating agent had been expressly
authorized by this Indenture and those Sections to authenticate and deliver
Notes. For all purposes of this Indenture, the authentication and delivery of
Notes by the authenticating agent shall be deemed to be authentication and
delivery of such Notes "by the Trustee" and a certificate of authentication
executed on behalf of the Trustee by an authenticating agent shall be deemed to
satisfy any requirement hereunder or in the Notes for the Trustee's certificate
of authentication. Such authenticating agent shall at all times be a Person
eligible to serve as trustee hereunder pursuant to Section 8.9.
Any corporation into which any authenticating agent may be merged
or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, consolidation or conversion to which any authenticating agent
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the
corporate trust business of any authenticating agent, shall be the successor of
the authenticating agent hereunder, if such successor corporation is otherwise
eligible under this Section 16.11, without the execution or filing of any paper
or any further act on the part of the parties hereto or the authenticating agent
or such successor corporation.
Any authenticating agent may at any time resign by giving written
notice of resignation to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any
time terminate the agency of any authenticating agent by giving written notice
of termination to such authenticating
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agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon
such a termination, or in case at any time any authenticating agent shall cease
to be eligible under this Section, the Trustee shall either promptly appoint a
successor authenticating agent or itself assume the duties and obligations of
the former authenticating agent under this Indenture and, upon such appointment
of a successor authenticating agent, if made, shall give written notice of such
appointment of a successor authenticating agent to the Company and shall mail
notice of such appointment of a successor authenticating agent to all holders of
Notes as the names and addresses of such holders appear on the Note register.
The Company agrees to pay to the authenticating agent from time
to time such reasonable compensation for its services as shall be agreed upon in
writing between the Company and the authenticating agent.
The provisions of Sections 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.3 and this Section
16.11 shall be applicable to any authenticating agent.
Section 16.12. Execution In Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed
in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 16.13. Severability. In case any provision in this Indenture or
in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then (to the extent
permitted by law) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
The Bank of New York hereby accepts the trusts in this Indenture
declared and provided, upon the terms and conditions herein above set forth.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture
to be duly executed.
GETTY IMAGES, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A
For Global Note only: UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 XXXXX XXXXXX, XXX
XXXX, XXX XXXX) (THE "DEPOSITARY", WHICH TERM INCLUDES ANY SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY
FOR THE CERTIFICATES) 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 IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREIN IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER
ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY), 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.
THE NOTE EVIDENCED HEREBY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY
STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE
UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, UNITED STATES PERSONS
EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE
HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" (AS
DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OR (B) IT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL
"ACCREDITED INVESTOR" (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT) ("INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR"); (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL
NOT, PRIOR TO EXPIRATION OF THE HOLDING PERIOD APPLICABLE TO SALES OF THE NOTE
EVIDENCED HEREBY UNDER RULE 144(K) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (OR ANY SUCCESSOR
PROVISION), RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THE NOTE EVIDENCED HEREBY OR THE COMMON
STOCK ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF SUCH NOTE EXCEPT (A) TO GETTY IMAGES, INC. OR
ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE
WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED
INVESTOR THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES TO THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS
TRUSTEE (OR A SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE, AS APPLICABLE), A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING
CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER
OF THE NOTE EVIDENCED HEREBY (THE FORM OF WHICH LETTER CAN BE OBTAINED FROM SUCH
TRUSTEE OR A SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE, AS APPLICABLE), (D) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION
FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE)
OR (E) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (AND WHICH CONTINUES TO BE EFFECTIVE AT THE TIME OF
SUCH TRANSFER); (3) PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER PURSUANT TO
CLAUSE (2)(E) ABOVE), IT WILL FURNISH TO THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE (OR A
SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE, AS APPLICABLE), SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER
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INFORMATION AS THE TRUSTEE MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT SUCH TRANSFER
IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO,
THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT; AND (4) AGREES THAT IT WILL
DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THE NOTE EVIDENCED HEREBY IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE
SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER OF
THE NOTE EVIDENCED HEREBY PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE HOLDING PERIOD
APPLICABLE TO SALES OF THE NOTE EVIDENCED HEREBY UNDER RULE 144(K) UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT (OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION), THE HOLDER MUST CHECK THE
APPROPRIATE BOX SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF RELATING TO THE MANNER OF SUCH
TRANSFER AND SUBMIT THIS CERTIFICATE TO THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE (OR A
SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE, AS APPLICABLE). IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE IS AN
INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR OR IS A PURCHASER WHO IS NOT A UNITED STATES
PERSON, THE HOLDER MUST, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISH TO THE BANK OF NEW
YORK, AS TRUSTEE (OR A SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE, AS APPLICABLE), SUCH CERTIFICATIONS,
LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRUSTEE MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO
CONFIRM THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A
TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.
THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE EARLIER OF THE TRANSFER OF THE NOTE
EVIDENCED HEREBY PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (2)(E) ABOVE OR UPON ANY TRANSFER OF THE
NOTE EVIDENCED HEREBY UNDER RULE 144(K) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (OR ANY
SUCCESSOR PROVISION). AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS "UNITED STATES" AND "U.S.
PERSON" HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT.
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GETTY IMAGES, INC.
5% CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2007
CUSIP:_____________________
No. __________ $____________________
Getty Images, Inc., a corporation duly organized and validly
existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the "Company",
which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture referred to on
the reverse hereof), for value received hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or
its registered assigns, the principal sum of _______________ ($__________) on
March 15, 2007, at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that
purpose in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, in such coin or currency
of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender
for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest, semi-annually
on March 15 and September 15 of each year, commencing September 15, 2000, on
said principal sum at said office or agency, in like coin or currency, at the
rate per annum of 5%, from the next preceding date to which interest has been
paid or duly provided for, unless no interest has been paid or duly provided for
on the Notes, in which case from March 13, 2000, until payment of said principal
sum has been made or duly provided for. Except as otherwise provided in the
Indenture, the interest payable on the Note pursuant to the Indenture on any
March 15 or September 15 will be paid to the Person entitled thereto as it
appears in the Note register at the close of business on the record date, which
shall be the March 1 or September 1 (whether or not a Business Day) next
preceding such March 15 or September 15, as provided in the Indenture; provided,
however, that any such interest not punctually paid or duly provided for shall
be payable as provided in the Indenture. Interest may, at the option of the
Company, be paid either (i) by check mailed to the registered address of such
Person (provided that the holder of Notes with an aggregate principal amount in
excess of $2,000,000 shall, at the written election of such holder, be paid by
wire transfer of immediately available funds) or (ii) by transfer to an account
maintained by such Person located in the United States; provided, however, that
payments to the Depositary will be made by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set
forth on the reverse hereof, including, without limitation, provisions
subordinating the payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on
the Notes to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, as defined in
the Indenture, and provisions giving the holder of this Note the right to
convert this Note into Common Stock of the Company on the terms and subject to
the limitations referred to on the reverse hereof and as more fully specified in
the Indenture. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same
effect as though fully set forth at this place.
This Note shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of
the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance
with and governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to
principles of conflicts of laws.
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This Note shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose
until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been manually signed
by the Trustee or a duly authorized authenticating agent under the Indenture.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly
executed.
GETTY IMAGES, INC.
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Attest:
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Name:
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Title:
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Dated:
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TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Notes described in the within-named Indenture.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
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FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE
GETTY IMAGES, INC.
5% CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2007
1. General.
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the
Company, designated as its 5% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2007 (herein
called the "Notes"), limited to the aggregate principal amount of $250,000,000
all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of March
13, 2000 (herein called the "Indenture"), between the Company and The Bank of
New York, as trustee (herein called the "Trustee"), to which Indenture and all
indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of
the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder
of the Trustee, the Company and the holders of the Notes.
In case an Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture) shall
have occurred and be continuing, the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued
interest (including Liquidated Damages (as defined in the Registration Rights
Agreement), if any) on all Notes may be declared by either the Trustee or the
holders of not less than twenty-five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount
of the Notes then outstanding, and upon said declaration shall become, due and
payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided
in the Indenture.
2. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver.
The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the
Trustee, with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, to execute
supplemental indentures adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or
eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental
indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the holders of the Notes;
provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall (i) extend the
fixed maturity of any Note, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of
interest thereon, or reduce the principal amount thereof or premium, if any,
thereon, or reduce any amount payable upon redemption thereof, or impair the
right of any Noteholder to institute suit for the payment thereof, or make the
principal thereof or interest or premium, if any, thereon payable in any coin or
currency other than that provided in the Notes, or modify the provisions of the
Indenture with respect to the subordination of the Notes in a manner adverse to
the Noteholders in any material respect, or change the obligation of the Company
to redeem any Note upon the happening of a Fundamental Change (as defined in the
Indenture) in a manner adverse to the holder of the Notes, or impair the right
to convert the Notes into Common Stock subject to the terms set forth in the
Indenture, including Section 15.6 thereof, without the consent of the holder of
each Note so affected or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Notes, the
holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture,
without the consent of the holders of all Notes then outstanding. Subject to the
provisions of the Indenture, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Notes at the time outstanding may on behalf of the holders of all
of the Notes waive any past default or Event of Default under the Indenture and
its consequences except a default in the payment of
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interest (including Liquidated Damages, if any) or any premium on, or the
principal of, any of the Notes, or a failure by the Company to convert any Notes
into Common Stock of the Company, or a default in the payment of the redemption
price pursuant to Article Three of the Indenture, or a default in respect of a
covenant or provisions of the Indenture which under Article Eleven of the
Indenture cannot be modified without the consent of the holders of each or all
Notes then outstanding or affected thereby. Any such consent or waiver by the
holder of this Note (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be
conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders and owners
of this Note and any Notes which may be issued in exchange or substitution
hereof, irrespective of whether or not any notation thereof is made upon this
Note or such other Notes.
3. Subordination.
The indebtedness evidenced by the Notes is, to the extent and in
the manner provided in the Indenture, expressly subordinated and subject in
right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness of the
Company, whether outstanding at the date of the Indenture or thereafter
incurred, and this Note is issued subject to the provisions of the Indenture
with respect to such subordination. Each holder of this Note, by accepting the
same, agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions and authorizes the Trustee
on its behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to
effectuate the subordination so provided and appoints the Trustee his
attorney-in-fact for such purpose.
4. Payment; Denominations; Exchange.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this
Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company,
which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and
interest (including Liquidated Damages, if any) on this Note at the place, at
the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.
Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months.
The Notes are issuable in fully registered form, without coupons,
in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and any integral multiple of $1,000.
At the office or agency of the Company referred to on the face hereof, and in
the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without
payment of any service charge but with payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax, assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any registration or exchange of Notes, Notes may be exchanged for a like
aggregate principal amount of Notes of any other authorized denominations.
5. Redemption.
The Notes will not be redeemable at the option of the Company
prior to March 20, 2003. At any time on or after March 20, 2003, and prior to
maturity, the Notes may be redeemed at the option of the Company, in whole or in
part, upon notice as set forth in Section 3.2, at the following redemption
prices (expressed as percentages of the principal
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amount), together in each case with accrued and unpaid interest, if any
(including Liquidated Damages, if any) to, but excluding, the date fixed for
redemption:
Period Redemption Price
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Beginning on March 20, 2003 and ending on March 14, 2004 ....... 102.857%
Beginning on March 15, 2004 and ending on March 14, 2005 ....... 102.143%
Beginning on March 15, 2005 and ending on March 14, 2006 ....... 101.429%
Beginning on March 15, 2006 and ending on March 14, 2007 ....... 100.714%
and 100% on March 15, 2007; provided, however, that if the date fixed for
redemption is on a March 15 or September 15, then the interest payable on such
date shall be paid to the holder of record on the preceding March 1 or September
1, respectively.
The Company may not give notice of any redemption of the Notes if
a default in the payment of interest or premium, if any, on the Notes has
occurred and is continuing.
The Notes are not subject to redemption through the operation of
any sinking fund.
6. Fundamental Change.
If a Fundamental Change occurs at any time prior to maturity of
the Notes, the Notes will be redeemable on the 30th day after notice thereof
(the "Repurchase Date") at the option of the holder of the Notes at a redemption
price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, together with accrued
interest to (but excluding) the date of redemption; provided, however, that, if
such Repurchase Date is a March 15 or September 15, the interest payable on such
date shall be paid to the holder of record of the Notes on the preceding March 1
or September 1, respectively. The Notes will be redeemable in multiples of
$1,000 principal amount. The Company shall mail to all holders of record of the
Notes a notice of the occurrence of a Fundamental Change and of the redemption
right arising as a result thereof on or before the 10th day after the occurrence
of such Fundamental Change. For a Note to be so redeemed at the option of the
holder, the Company must receive at the office or agency of the Company
maintained for that purpose in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, such
Note with the form entitled "Option to Elect Repayment Upon a Fundamental
Change" on the reverse thereof duly completed, together with such Note, duly
endorsed for transfer, on or before the 30th day after the date of such notice
of a Fundamental Change (or if such 30th day is not a Business Day, the
immediately succeeding Business Day).
7. Conversion.
Subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the holder hereof has
the right, at its option, at any time after the original issuance of any Notes
through the close of business on the final maturity date of the Notes, or, as to
all or any portion hereof called for redemption, prior to the close of business
on the Business Day immediately preceding the date fixed for redemption (unless
the Company shall default in payment due upon redemption thereof), to convert
the principal hereof or any portion of such principal which is $1,000 or an
integral multiple thereof into that number of shares of the Company's Common
Stock (as such shares shall be constituted
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at the date of conversion) obtained by dividing the principal amount of this
Note or portion thereof to be converted by the Conversion Price of $61.08, as
may adjusted from time to time as provided in the Indenture, upon surrender of
this Note, together with a conversion notice as provided in the Indenture (the
form entitled "Conversion Notice" on the reverse hereof), to the Company at the
office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture, or at the option of such holder, the Corporate Trust
Office, and, unless the shares issuable on conversion are to be issued in the
same name as this Note, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by instruments of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Company duly executed by, the holder or by
his duly authorized attorney. No adjustment in respect of interest on any Note
converted or dividends on any shares issued upon conversion of such Note will be
made upon any conversion except as set forth in the next sentence. If this Note
(or portion hereof) is surrendered for conversion during the period from the
close of business on any record date for the payment of interest to the close of
business on the Business Day preceding the following interest payment date and
either (x) has not been called for redemption on a redemption date that occurs
during such period or (y) is not to be redeemed in connection with a Fundamental
Change on a Repurchase Date that occurs during such period, this Note (or
portion hereof being converted) must be accompanied by an amount, in New York
Clearing House funds or other funds acceptable to the Company, equal to the
interest payable on such interest payment date on the principal amount being
converted; provided, however, that no such payment shall be required if there
shall exist at the time of conversion a default in the payment of interest on
the Notes. No fractional shares will be issued upon any conversion, but an
adjustment and payment in cash will be made, as provided in the Indenture, in
respect of any fraction of a share which would otherwise be issuable upon the
surrender of any Note or Notes for conversion. A Note in respect of which a
holder is exercising its right to require redemption upon a Fundamental Change
may be converted only if such holder withdraws its election to exercise such
right in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. Any Notes called for
redemption, unless surrendered for conversion by the holders thereof on or
before the close of business on the Business Day preceding the date fixed for
redemption, may be deemed to be redeemed from the holders of such Notes for an
amount equal to the applicable redemption price, together with accrued but
unpaid interest (including Liquidated Damages, if any) to (but excluding) the
date fixed for redemption, by one or more investment banks or other purchasers
who may agree with the Company (i) to purchase such Notes from the holders
thereof and convert them into shares of the Company's Common Stock and (ii) to
make payment for such Notes as aforesaid to the Trustee in trust for the
holders.
8. Transfer.
Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note at
the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in accordance
with the terms of the Indenture, a new Note or Notes of authorized denominations
for an equal aggregate principal amount will be issued to the transferee in
exchange thereof; subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without
charge except for any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed in
connection therewith.
9. Persons Deemed Owners.
The Company, the Trustee, any authenticating agent, any paying
agent, any conversion agent and any Note registrar may deem and treat the
registered holder hereof as the
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absolute owner of this Note (whether or not this Note shall be overdue and
notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon made by anyone
other than the Company or any Note registrar) for the purpose of receiving
payment hereof, or on account hereof, for the conversion hereof and for all
other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any other
authenticating agent nor any paying agent nor other conversion agent nor any
Note registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. All payments
made to or upon the order of such registered holder shall, to the extent of the
sum or sums paid, satisfy and discharge liability for monies payable on this
Note.
10. No Recourse.
No recourse for the payment of the principal of or any premium or
interest on this Note, or for any claim based hereon or otherwise in respect
hereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of
the Company in the Indenture or any supplemental indenture or in any Note, or
because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had
against any incorporator, stockholder, employee, agent, officer or director or
subsidiary, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor
corporation, either directly or through the Company or any successor
corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law or by
the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability
being, by acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue
hereof, expressly waived and released.
This Note shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of
New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of
New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.
11. Defined Terms.
Terms used in this Note and defined in the Indenture are used
herein as therein defined.
12. Abbreviations.
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription of the
face of this Note, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations.
TEN COM tenants in common
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT Uniform Gift to Minors Act
TEN ENT tenants by the entireties
CUST custodian
JT TEN joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as
tenants in common
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above
list.
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CONVERSION NOTICE
TO: GETTY IMAGES, INC.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
The undersigned registered owner of this Note hereby irrevocably
exercises the option to convert this Note, or the portion thereof (which is
$1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) below designated, into shares of Common
Stock of Getty Images, Inc. in accordance with the terms of the Indenture
referred to in this Note, and directs that the shares issuable and deliverable
upon such conversion, together with any check in payment for fractional shares
and any Notes representing any unconverted principal amount hereof, be issued
and delivered to the registered holder hereof unless a different name has been
indicated below. If shares or any portion of this Note not converted are to be
issued in the name of a person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will
provide the appropriate information below and pay all transfer taxes payable
with respect thereto. Any amount required to be paid by the undersigned on
account of interest accompanies this Note.
Dated:
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Signature(s)
Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution"
meeting the requirements of the Note registrar, which requirements
include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent
Medallion Program ("STAMP") or such other "signature guarantee program"
as may be determined by the Note registrar in addition to, or in
substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
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Signature Guarantee
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Fill in the registration of shares of Common Stock if to be
issued, and Notes if to be delivered, other than to and in the name of the
registered holder:
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(Name)
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(Street Address)
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(City, State and Zip Code)
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Please print name and address
Principal amount to be converted
(if less than all):
$------------------------------------
Social Security or Other Taxpayer
Identification Number:
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OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT
UPON A FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE
TO: GETTY IMAGES, INC.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
The undersigned registered owner of this Note hereby irrevocably
acknowledges receipt of a notice from Getty Images, Inc. (the "Company") as to
the occurrence of a Fundamental Change with respect to the Company and requests
and instructs the Company to repay the entire principal amount of this Note, or
the portion thereof (which is $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) below
designated, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to in this
Note at the price of 100% of such entire principal amount or portion thereof,
together with accrued interest to, but excluding, such repayment date, to the
registered holder hereof.
Dated:
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Signature(s)
NOTICE: The above signatures of the
holder(s) hereof must correspond
with the name as written upon the
face of the Note in every particular
without alteration or enlargement or
any change whatever. Principal
amount to be repaid (if less than
all):
$
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Social Security or Other Taxpayer
Identification Number
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ASSIGNMENT
For value received __________________________________________
hereby sell(s) assign(s) and transfer(s) unto__________________________________
(Please insert social security or other
Taxpayer Identification Number of assignee) the within Note, and hereby
irrevocably constitutes and appoints ____________________________________
attorney to transfer said Note on the books of the Company, with full power of
substitution in the premises.
In connection with any transfer of the Note prior to the
expiration of the holding period applicable to sales thereof under Rule 144(k)
under the Securities Act (or any successor provision) (other than any transfer
pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective under the
Securities Act), the undersigned confirms that such Note is being transferred
within the United States only or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S.
persons only:
[ ] To Getty Images, Inc. or a subsidiary thereof;
[ ] To and in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended;
[ ] To an Institutional Accredited Investor pursuant to and in
compliance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in a
minimum denomination of $100,000; or
[ ] Pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144 under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended;
and unless the box below is checked, the undersigned confirms that such Note is
not being transferred to an "affiliate" of the Company as defined in Rule 144
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (an "Affiliate").
[ ] The transferee is an Affiliate of the Company.
Dated:
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Signature(s)
Signature(s) must be guaranteed by
an "eligible guarantor institution"
meeting the requirements of the Note
registrar, which requirements
include membership or participation
in the Security Transfer Agent
Medallion Program ("STAMP") or such
other "signature guarantee program"
as may be determined by the Note
registrar in addition to, or in
substitution for, STAMP, all in
accordance with the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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Signature Guarantee
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NOTICE: The signature of the conversion notice, the option to elect repayment
upon a Fundamental Change or the assignment must correspond with the name as
written upon the face of the Note in every particular without alteration or
enlargement or any change whatever.
X-00
000
XXXXXXX X
Getty Images, Inc.
000 X 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
The Bank of New York
as Trustee
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00 Xxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our proposed purchase of 5% Convertible
Subordinated Notes due 2007 (the "Notes") of Getty Images, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company") we confirm that:
(i) we are an "accredited investor" within the meaning of Rule
501(a)(1), (2) or (3) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), or an entity in which all of the equity owners are accredited
investors within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2) or (3) under the Securities
Act (an "Institutional Accredited Investor");
(ii) (A) any purchase of Notes by us will be for our own account
or for the account of one or more other Institutional Accredited Investors or as
fiduciary for the account of one or more trusts, each of which is an "accredited
investor" within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(7) under the Securities Act and for
each of which we exercise sole investment discretion or (B) we are a "bank,"
within the meaning of Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act, or a "savings and
loan association" or other institution described in Section 3(a)(5)(A) of the
Securities Act that is acquiring Notes as fiduciary for the account of one or
more institutions for which we exercise sole investment discretion;
(iii) the event that we purchase any Notes, we will acquire Notes
having a minimum purchase price of not less than $100,000 for our own account or
for any separate account for which we are acting;
(iv) we have such knowledge and experience in financial and
business matters that we are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of
purchasing Notes; and
(v) we are not acquiring Notes with a view to distribution
thereof or with any present intention of offering or selling Notes or the Common
Stock of the Company issuable upon conversion thereof, except as permitted
below; provided that the disposition of our property and property of any
accounts for which we are acting as fiduciary shall remain at all times within
our control.
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We understand that the Notes are being offered in a transaction
not involving any public offering within the United States within the meaning of
the Securities Act and that the Notes and the Common Stock of the Company
issuable upon conversion thereof have not been registered under the Securities
Act, and we agree, on our own behalf and on behalf of each account for which we
acquire any Notes, that if in the future we decide to resell or otherwise
transfer such Notes or the Common Stock of the Company issuable upon conversion
thereof, such Notes or Common Stock of the Company may be resold or otherwise
transferred only (i) to the Company or any subsidiary thereof, (ii) to a person
who is a "qualified institutional buyer" (as defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act) in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, (iii) to
an Institutional Accredited Investor that, prior to such transfer, furnishes to
the Trustee for the Notes (or in the case of Common Stock of the Company, the
transfer agent therefor) a signed letter containing certain representations and
agreements relating to the restrictions on transfer of such securities (the form
of which letter can be obtained from the Trustee or the transfer agent, as the
case may be), (iv) pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule
144 under the Securities Act (if applicable), or (v) pursuant to a registration
statement that has been declared effective under the Securities Act (and which
continues to be effective at the time of such transfer), and in each case, in
accordance with any applicable securities law of any state of the United States
and in accordance with the legends set forth on the Notes or the Common Stock of
the Company issuable upon conversion thereof. We further agree to provide any
person purchasing any of the Notes or the Common Stock of the Company issuable
upon conversion thereof (other than pursuant to clause (iv) or (v) above) from
us a notice advising such purchaser that resales of such securities are
restricted as stated herein. We understand that the Trustee and transfer agent
for the Notes and the Common Stock of the Company will not be required to accept
for registration of transfer any Notes or any Common Stock of the Company issued
upon conversion of the Notes, except upon presentation of evidence satisfactory
to the Company that the foregoing restrictions on transfer have been complied
with. We further understand that any Notes and any Common Stock of the Company
issued upon conversion of the Notes will be in the form of definitive physical
certificates and that such certificates will bear a legend reflecting the
substance of this paragraph other than certificates transferred pursuant to (iv)
or (v) above.
The Company and the Trustee and their respective counsel are
entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this
letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal
proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.
THIS LETTER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(Name of Purchaser)
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Address:
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provisions of the Tenth Schedule hereto and furthermore the Tenant
shall in the event that the Landlord grants consent to underlet the
whole of the demised premises at all times comply with such provisions
contained in the Tenth Schedule hereto
3:10:3 Not without the Landlord's prior written consent (which shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed) to assign charge or part with
possession of the demised premises as a whole
3:10:4 Upon every assignment of the whole of the demised premises if so
required by the Landlord to procure that the intending assignee shall
join in the Licence to Assign to give a direct covenant to the Landlord
to pay the Rent the Service Charge the Insurance Rent the Advance
Service Charge the Telephone Charge and the Private Charge and perform
and observe the covenants contained in this Lease and if such intending
assignee shall be a limited liability company then upon the Landlord's
reasonable demand in that behalf at least two (or more if the Landlord
reasonably so requires) of such company's directors of satisfactory
standing shall join in such deed as sureties for such company in order
jointly and severally to covenant with the Landlord as sureties that at
all times during the Term (or any extension thereof by way of a
continuation thereof pursuant to notice served under or by virtue of
the provisions of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954) the Rent the
Service Charge the Insurance Rent the Advance Service Charge the
Telephone Charge and the Private Charge and all other sums and payments
herein or therein covenanted to be paid by the Tenant shall be paid at
the respective times and in manner herein or therein appointed and that
all covenants on the part of the
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Tenant herein or therein contained shall be duly performed and
observed and that in case of default in such payment of the Rent the
Service Charge the Insurance Rent the Advance Service Charge the
Telephone Charge the Private Charge or other moneys or performance or
observance of covenants as aforesaid as well after as before any
disclaimer the sureties will pay and make good to the Landlord on
demand all loss damage costs and expenses thereby arising or incurred
by the Landlord and such covenant shall further provide that:-
(a) no neglect or forbearance of the Landlord in endeavouring to
obtain payment of the Rent the Service Charge the Insurance Rent the
Advance Service Charge the Telephone Charge or the Private Charge
hereby reserved or other moneys when the same become due or delay in
taking steps to enforce performance or observance of the covenants on
the Tenant's part herein or therein contained
(b) nor any refusal by the Landlord to accept the Rent the Service
Charge the Insurance Rent the Advance Service Charge the Telephone
Charge or the Private Charge tendered by or on behalf of the Tenant
during a period in which the Landlord is entitled or would after
service of a notice under Section 146 of the Law of Property Xxx 0000
be entitled to re-enter the demised premises
(c) nor any time which may be given by the Landlord to the Tenant
(d) nor any variation by agreement between the Landlord and the
Tenant of the terms of this Lease or any extension thereof where such
variation is immaterial and not prejudicial to the sureties
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(e) nor any other act or thing whereby but for this provision the
sureties would have been released
shall release or exonerate or in any way lessen or affect the
liability of the sureties AND such deed shall further provide for the
sureties jointly and severally to covenant with the Landlord that in
the event of the intending assignee during the Term (or any extension
thereof pursuant to notice served under the provisions of the Landlord
and Tenant Act 1954) having a receiving order made against the
intending assignee or entering into liquidation and the receiver or
liquidator disclaiming this Lease or extension thereof the sureties
will accept a new lease of the demised premises for a term equal in
duration to the residue remaining unexpired of the Term or of the term
of the extension thereof at the time of the grant of such lease to the
sureties such lease to contain the like Landlord's and the Tenant's
covenants respectively and the proviso for re-entry as are contained
in this Lease PROVIDED ALWAYS that the Landlord within the period of
six (6) months after such disclaimer serves upon the sureties a notice
in writing so to do AND in such case the sureties shall pay the
Landlord's reasonable legal and surveyors' costs and fees and
disbursements necessarily incurred on the grant of such lease or
underlease and execute and deliver to the Landlord a counterpart
thereof
3:10:5 Notwithstanding anything herein contained and subject to and without
prejudice to the express provisions of Clause 3:10 hereof hereinbefore
contained the Tenant shall not create or permit the creation of any
interest derived out of the Term howsoever remote or inferior upon the
payment of a fine or premium or at a rent less than the Rent or
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the full market rent (obtainable without taking a fine or premium) of
the demised premises (whichever shall be the greater) or whereunder
any rent is payable more than one quarter in advance or whereby the
rent is not subject to review on the Review Dates specified in Clause
1 of the Fourth Schedule hereto (such review to be in identical terms
to the provisions of the Fourth Schedule hereto) and shall not create
or permit the creation of any such derivative interest as aforesaid
save by instrument in writing
3:10:6 Within twenty-eight days of any permitted assignment charge or
underletting of the whole of the demised premises or any transmission
of this Lease by reason of a death or otherwise affecting the demised
premises or any part thereof the Tenant shall submit two certified
copies of such assignment charge or counterpart underlease or other
document evidencing or effecting the same (as the case may be) to the
Landlord's Solicitors (for retention by the Landlord and the Superior
Landlord respectively) and shall pay to such Solicitors their
reasonable fees (not being less than L30.00 (Plus VAT)) for the
registration thereof together with the reasonable registration fees
payable to the Superior Landlord (or its Managing Agents) and as
prescribed or referred to in the Superior Leases
3:11:1 Not to make any alterations or additions whatsoever to the demised
premises externally or internally except that the Tenant may with the
Landlord's and the Superior Landlord's prior written consent (which
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) carry out internal
non-structural alterations which do not result in a material increase
in the net lettable area of the demised premises
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3:11:2 Without prejudice to the generality of Clause 3:11:1 hereof not to alter
amend or add to the electrical circuits wiring and fittings within the
demised premises or solely serving the demised premises without the
Landlord's prior written consent which shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed Provided that the Landlord may as a condition of
such consent require the Tenant to produce to the Landlord following
completion of any such works a certificate signed by a competent
electrician that any such works have been carried out in accordance with
and the electrical installations at the demised premises have been
inspected and tested (following completion of such works) in accordance
with the current requirements regulations and conditions of the
Electricity Supply Authority and have been found to be satisfactory
3:11:3 Not to merge the demised premises with any adjoining suites within the
Building
3:12 Not to overload the floors or structures of the demised premises or the
Building or permit or suffer the same to be used in any manner which
will cause undue strain or interfere therewith and not to install or
permit to be installed any machinery on the demised premises which shall
be unduly noisy or cause dangerous vibrations or to use or permit or
suffer to be used on the demised premises or any part thereof in such
manner as to subject the same to any strain beyond that which it is
designed to bear
3:13 Not to place or display outside the demised premises or inside the
demised premises so as to be visible from the outside any poster
placard notice advertisement name or sign other than such as shall
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be approved in writing by the Landlord (such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed) giving the name of the Tenant and
nature of the Tenant's business within the locational signboard in the
entrance lobby to the Building
3:14 Not to do anything upon the demised premises which is or may in the
opinion of the landlord become a nuisance damage or annoyance to the
Landlord or to the tenants or occupiers of the Building or any nearby
premises
3:15:1 Not to use the whole or any part of the demised premises
3:15:1:1 For any illegal or immoral purposes
3:15:1:2 For any dangerous noxious noisy noisome or offensive trade business
occupation or manufacture
3:15:1:3 For any social business functions within the Permitted Hours or any
social functions unconnected with the Tenant's Business at any time
3:15:1:4 For any purpose other than the Permitted Use
3:15:1:5 otherwise than during the Permitted Hours
3:15:2 Provided Always and the Tenant hereby acknowledges and admits that
notwithstanding the foregoing provisions as to use of the demised
premises the Landlord does not thereby or in any other way give or
make nor has given or made at any other time any representation or
warranty that any such use is or will be permitted within the
provisions of the
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EXHIBIT 10.1
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
BY AND AMONG
GETTY IMAGES, INC.
AS ISSUER,
AND
THE INITIAL PURCHASERS
DATED AS OF MARCH 13, 2000
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THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this "AGREEMENT") is made and
entered into as of March 13, 2000 by and among Getty Images, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "COMPANY"), and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated, Deutsche
Bank Securities Inc. and XX Xxxxx Securities Corporation, as representatives of
the Initial Purchasers (as defined herein) pursuant to the Purchase Agreement,
dated March 6, 2000 (the "PURCHASE AGREEMENT"), among the Company and the
Initial Purchasers. In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to enter into the
Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide the registration rights
set forth in this Agreement. The execution of this Agreement is a condition to
the closing under the Purchase Agreement.
The Company agrees with the Initial Purchasers (i) for their
benefit as Initial Purchasers and (ii) for the benefit of the beneficial owners
(including the Initial Purchasers) from time to time of the Notes (as defined
herein) and the beneficial owners from time to time of the Underlying Common
Stock (as defined herein) issued upon conversion of the Notes (each of the
foregoing a "HOLDER" and together the "HOLDERS"), as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. Capitalized terms used herein without
definition shall have their respective meanings set forth in the Purchase
Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
"AFFILIATE" means with respect to any specified person, an
"affiliate," as defined in Rule 144, of such person.
"AMENDMENT EFFECTIVENESS DEADLINE DATE" has the meaning set forth
in Section 2(d) hereof.
"APPLICABLE CONVERSION PRICE" means, as of any date of
determination, the Conversion Price in effect as of such date of determination
or, if no Notes are then outstanding, the Conversion Price that would be in
effect were Notes then outstanding.
"BUSINESS DAY" means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday that is not a day on which banking institutions in New York City are
authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
"COMMON STOCK" means the shares of common stock, par value $.01
per share, of the Company and any other shares of common stock as may constitute
"Common Stock" for purposes of the Indenture, including the Underlying Common
Stock.
"CONVERSION PRICE" has the meaning assigned such term in the
Indenture.
"DAMAGES ACCRUAL PERIOD" has the meaning set forth in Section
2(e) hereof.
"DAMAGES PAYMENT DATE" means each interest payment date under the
Indenture in the case of Notes, and each March 15 and September 15 in the case
of the Underlying Common Stock.
"DEFERRAL NOTICE" has the meaning set forth in Section 3(i)
hereof.
"DEFERRAL PERIOD" has the meaning set forth in Section 3(i)
hereof.
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"EFFECTIVENESS DEADLINE DATE" has the meaning set forth in
Section 2(a) hereof.
"EFFECTIVENESS PERIOD" means the period commencing on the date
hereof and ending on the date that all Registrable Securities have ceased to be
Registrable Securities.
"EVENT" has the meaning set forth in Section 2(e) hereof.
"EVENT DATE" has the meaning set forth in Section 2(e) hereof.
"EVENT TERMINATION DATE" has the meaning set forth in Section
2(e) hereof.
"EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
"FILING DEADLINE DATE" has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)
hereof.
"HOLDER" has the meaning set forth in the second paragraph of
this Agreement.
"INDENTURE" means the Indenture, dated as of March 13, 2000,
between the Company and The Bank of New York, as trustee, pursuant to which the
Notes are being issued.
"INITIAL PURCHASERS" means Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated,
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., XX Xxxxx Securities Corporation and Xxxxxxxxx &
Xxxxx LLC.
"INITIAL SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT" has the meaning set forth
in Section 2(a) hereof.
"ISSUE DATE" means the first date of original issuance of the
Notes.
"LIQUIDATED DAMAGES AMOUNT" has the meaning set forth in Section
2(e) hereof.
"LOSSES" has the meaning set forth in Section 6 hereof.
"MATERIAL EVENT" has the meaning set forth in Section 3(i)
hereof.
"NOTES" means the 5% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2007 of
the Company to be purchased pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
"NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE" means a written notice delivered to
the Company containing substantially the information called for by the Selling
Securityholder Notice and Questionnaire attached as Annex A to the Offering
Memorandum of the Company issued March 6, 2000 relating to the Notes.
"NOTICE HOLDER" means, on any date, any Holder that has delivered
a Notice and Questionnaire to the Company on or prior to such date.
"PURCHASE AGREEMENT" has the meaning set forth in the preamble
hereof.
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"PROSPECTUS" means the prospectus included in any Registration
Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that discloses
information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective
registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated under the
Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any amendment or prospectus
supplement, including post-effective amendments, and all materials incorporated
by reference or explicitly deemed to be incorporated by reference in such
Prospectus.
"RECORD HOLDER" means (i) with respect to any Damages Payment
Date relating to any Notes as to which any such Liquidated Damages Amount has
accrued, the holder of record of such Note on the record date with respect to
the interest payment date under the Indenture on which such Damages Payment Date
shall occur and (ii) with respect to any Damages Payment Date relating to the
Underlying Common Stock as to which any such Liquidated Damages Amount has
accrued, the registered holder of such Underlying Common Stock fifteen (15) days
prior to such Damages Payment Date.
"REGISTRABLE SECURITIES" means the Notes until such Notes have
been converted into or exchanged for the Underlying Common Stock and, at all
times subsequent to any such conversion or exchange, the Underlying Common Stock
and any securities into or for which such Underlying Common Stock has been
converted or exchanged, and any security issued with respect thereto upon any
stock dividend, split or similar event until, in the case of any such security,
(A) the earliest of (i) its effective registration under the Securities Act and
resale in accordance with the Registration Statement covering it, (ii)
expiration of the holding period that would be applicable thereto under Rule
144(k) or (iii) its sale to the public pursuant to Rule 144 (or any similar
provision then in force, but not Rule 144A) under the Securities Act, and (B) as
a result of the event or circumstance described in any of the foregoing clauses
(i) through (iii), the legend with respect to transfer restrictions required
under the Indenture are removed or removable in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture or such legend, as the case may be.
"REGISTRATION EXPENSES" has the meaning set forth in Section 5
hereof.
"REGISTRATION STATEMENT" means any registration statement of the
Company that covers any of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions
of this Agreement including the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such
registration statement, including post-effective amendments, all exhibits, and
all materials incorporated by reference or explicitly deemed to be incorporated
by reference in such registration statement.
"RESTRICTED SECURITIES" means "Restricted Securities" as defined
in Rule 144.
"RULE 144" means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act,
as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation
hereafter adopted by the SEC.
"RULE 144A" means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act,
as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation
hereafter adopted by the SEC.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"SECURITIES ACT" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder.
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"SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT" has the meaning set forth in
Section 2(a) hereof.
"SPECIAL COUNSEL" means Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx or such other successor
counsel as shall be specified by the Holders of a majority of the Registrable
Securities, but which may, with the written consent of the Initial Purchasers
(which shall not be unreasonably withheld), be another nationally recognized law
firm experienced in securities law matters designated by the Company, the
reasonable fees and expenses of which will be paid by the Company pursuant to
Section 5 hereof.
"SUBSEQUENT SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT" has the meaning set
forth in Section 2(b) hereof.
"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
"TRUSTEE" means The Bank of New York, the Trustee under the
Indenture.
"UNDERLYING COMMON STOCK" means the Common Stock into which the
Notes are convertible or issued upon any such conversion.
SECTION 2. SHELF REGISTRATION. (a) The Company shall use its best
efforts to prepare and file or cause to be prepared and filed with the SEC, as
soon as practicable but in any event by the date (the "FILING DEADLINE DATE")
ninety (90) days after the Issue Date, a Registration Statement for an offering
to be made on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 of the
Securities Act (a "SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT") registering the resale from
time to time by Holders thereof of all of the Registrable Securities (the
"INITIAL SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT"). The Initial Shelf Registration
Statement shall be on Form S-3 or another appropriate form permitting
registration of such Registrable Securities for resale by such Holders in
accordance with the methods of distribution elected by the Holders and set forth
in the Initial Shelf Registration Statement. The Company shall use its
reasonable efforts to cause the Initial Shelf Registration Statement to be
declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable but in
any event by the date (the "EFFECTIVENESS DEADLINE DATE") that is one hundred
eighty (180) days after the Issue Date, and to keep the Initial Shelf
Registration Statement (or any Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement)
continuously effective under the Securities Act until the expiration of the
Effectiveness Period. At the time the Initial Shelf Registration Statement is
declared effective, each Holder that became a Notice Holder on or prior to the
date ten (10) Business Days prior to such time of effectiveness shall be named
as a selling securityholder in the Initial Shelf Registration Statement and the
related Prospectus in such a manner as to permit such Holder to deliver such
Prospectus to purchasers of Registrable Securities in accordance with applicable
law. None of the Company's security holders (other than the Holders of
Registrable Securities) shall have the right to include any of the Company's
securities in the Shelf Registration Statement.
(b) If the Initial Shelf Registration Statement or any
Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be effective for any reason at
any time during the Effectiveness Period (other than because all Registrable
Securities registered thereunder shall have been resold pursuant thereto or
shall have otherwise ceased to be Registrable Securities), the Company shall use
its reasonable efforts to obtain the prompt withdrawal of any order suspending
the effectiveness thereof, and in any event shall within thirty (30) days of
such cessation of effectiveness amend the Shelf Registration Statement in a
manner reasonably expected to obtain the withdrawal of the order suspending the
effectiveness thereof, or file an additional Shelf
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Registration Statement covering all of the securities that as of the date of
such filing are Registrable Securities (a "SUBSEQUENT SHELF REGISTRATION
STATEMENT"). If a Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement is filed, the Company
shall use its reasonable efforts to cause the Subsequent Shelf Registration
Statement to become effective as promptly as practicable after such filing and
to keep such Registration Statement (or subsequent Shelf Registration Statement)
continuously effective until the end of the Effectiveness Period.
(c) The Company shall supplement and amend the Shelf Registration
Statement if required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to
the registration form used by the Company for such Shelf Registration Statement,
if required by the Securities Act or as reasonably requested by the Initial
Purchasers or by the Trustee on behalf of the Holders of the Registrable
Securities covered by such Shelf Registration Statement.
(d) Each Holder of Registrable Securities agrees that if such
Holder wishes to sell Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration
Statement and related Prospectus, it will do so only in accordance with this
Section 2(d) and Section 3(i). Each Holder of Registrable Securities wishing to
sell Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement and
related Prospectus agrees to deliver a Notice and Questionnaire to the Company
at least three (3) Business Days prior to any intended distribution of
Registrable Securities under the Shelf Registration Statement. From and after
the date the Initial Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective, the
Company shall, as promptly as practicable after the date a Notice and
Questionnaire is delivered, and in any event upon the later of (x) five (5)
Business Days after such date or (y) five (5) Business Days after the expiration
of any Deferral Period in effect when the Notice and Questionnaire is delivered
or put into effect within five (5) Business Days of such delivery date, (i) if
required by applicable law, file with the SEC a post-effective amendment to the
Shelf Registration Statement or prepare and, if required by applicable law, file
a supplement to the related Prospectus or a supplement or amendment to any
document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document
so that the Holder delivering such Notice and Questionnaire is named as a
selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement and the related
Prospectus in such a manner as to permit such Holder to deliver such Prospectus
to purchasers of the Registrable Securities in accordance with applicable law
and, if the Company shall file a post-effective amendment to the Shelf
Registration Statement, use its reasonable efforts to cause such post-effective
amendment to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as
practicable, but in any event by the date (the "AMENDMENT EFFECTIVENESS DEADLINE
DATE") that is forty-five (45) days after the date such post-effective amendment
is required by this clause to be filed; (ii) provide such Holder copies of any
documents filed pursuant to Section 2(d)(i); and (iii) notify such Holder as
promptly as practicable after the effectiveness under the Securities Act of any
post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Section 2(d)(i); PROVIDED, that if
such Notice and Questionnaire is delivered during a Deferral Period, the Company
shall so inform the Holder delivering such Notice and Questionnaire and shall
take the actions set forth in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above upon expiration
of the Deferral Period in accordance with Section 3(i). Notwithstanding anything
contained herein to the contrary, (i) the Company shall be under no obligation
to name any Holder that is not a Notice Holder as a selling securityholder in
any Registration Statement or related Prospectus and (ii) the Amendment
Effectiveness Deadline Date shall be extended by up to ten (10) Business Days
from the expiration of a Deferral Period (and the Company shall incur no
obligation to pay Liquidated Damages during such extension) if such Deferral
Period shall be in effect on the Amendment Effectiveness Deadline Date.
(e) The parties hereto agree that the Holders of Registrable
Securities will suffer damages, and that it would not be feasible to ascertain
the extent of such damages with
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precision, if (i) the Initial Shelf Registration Statement has not been filed on
or prior to the Filing Deadline Date, (ii) the Initial Shelf Registration
Statement has not been declared effective under the Securities Act on or prior
to the Effectiveness Deadline Date, (iii) the Company has failed to perform its
obligations set forth in Section 2(d) within the time period required therein,
(iv) the aggregate duration of Deferral Periods in any period exceeds the number
of days permitted in respect of such period pursuant to Section 3(i) hereof or
(v) the number of Deferral Periods in any period exceeds the number permitted in
respect of such period pursuant to Section 3(i) hereof (each of the events of a
type described in any of the foregoing clauses (i) through (v) are individually
referred to herein as an "EVENT," and the Filing Deadline Date in the case of
clause (i), the Effectiveness Deadline Date in the case of clause (ii), the date
by which the Company is required to perform its obligations set forth in Section
2(d) in the case of clause (iii) (including the filing of any post-effective
amendment prior to the Amendment Effectiveness Deadline Date), the date on which
the aggregate duration of Deferral Periods in any period exceeds the number of
days permitted by Section 3(i) hereof in the case of clause (iv), and the date
of the commencement of a Deferral Period that causes the limit on the number of
Deferral Periods in any period under Section 3(i) hereof to be exceeded in the
case of clause (v), being referred to herein as an "EVENT DATE"). Events shall
be deemed to continue until the "EVENT TERMINATION DATE," which shall be the
following dates with respect to the respective types of Events: the date the
Initial Shelf Registration Statement is filed in the case of an Event of the
type described in clause (i), the date the Initial Shelf Registration Statement
is declared effective under the Securities Act in the case of an Event of the
type described in clause (ii), the date the Company performs its obligations set
forth in Section 2(d) in the case of an Event of the type described in clause
(iii) (including, without limitation, the date the relevant post-effective
amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective under the
Securities Act), termination of the Deferral Period that caused the limit on the
aggregate duration of Deferral Periods in a period set forth in Section 3(i) to
be exceeded in the case of the commencement of an Event of the type described in
clause (iv), and termination of the Deferral Period the commencement of which
caused the number of Deferral Periods in a period permitted by Section 3(i) to
be exceeded in the case of an Event of the type described in clause (v).
Accordingly, commencing on (and including) any Event Date and
ending on (but excluding) the next date on which there are no Events that have
occurred and are continuing (a "DAMAGES ACCRUAL PERIOD"), the Company agrees to
pay, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, an amount (the "LIQUIDATED
DAMAGES AMOUNT"), payable on the Damages Payment Dates to Record Holders of
Notes that are Registrable Securities and of shares of Underlying Common Stock
issued upon conversion of Notes that are Registrable Securities, as the case may
be, accruing, for each portion of such Damages Accrual Period beginning on and
including a Damages Payment Date (or, in respect of the first time that the
Liquidated Damages Amount is to be paid to Holders on a Damages Payment Date as
a result of the occurrence of any particular Event, from the Event Date) and
ending on but excluding the first to occur of (A) the date of the end of the
Damages Accrual Period or (B) the next Damages Payment Date, at a rate per annum
equal to one-half of one percent (0.5%) of the aggregate principal amount of
such Notes or, in the case of Notes that have been converted into or exchanged
for Underlying Common Stock, at a rate per annum equal to one-half of one
percent (0.5%) of the Applicable Conversion Price of such shares of Underlying
Common Stock, as the case may be, in each case determined as of the Business Day
immediately preceding the next Damages Payment Date; PROVIDED, that in the case
of a Damages Accrual Period that is in effect solely as a result of an Event of
the type described in clause (iii) of the immediately preceding paragraph, such
Liquidated Damages Amount shall be paid only to the Notice Holders that caused
the Company to incur the obligations set forth in Section 2(d), the
non-performance of which is the basis of such Event; PROVIDED FURTHER, that any
Liquidated Damages Amount accrued with respect
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to any Note or portion thereof called for redemption on a redemption date or
converted into Underlying Common Stock on a conversion date prior to the Damages
Payment Date, shall, in any such event, be paid instead to the Holder who
submitted such Note or portion thereof for redemption or conversion on the
applicable redemption date or conversion date, as the case may be, on such date
(or promptly as practicable following the conversion date, in the case of
conversion). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Liquidated Damages Amounts shall
accrue as to any Registrable Security from and after the earlier of (x) the date
such security is no longer a Registrable Security and (y) expiration of the
Effectiveness Period. The rate of accrual of the Liquidated Damages Amount with
respect to any period shall not exceed the rate provided for in this paragraph
notwithstanding the occurrence of multiple concurrent Events. Following the cure
of all Events requiring the payment by the Company of Liquidated Damages Amounts
to the Holders of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section, the accrual
of Liquidated Damages Amounts will cease (without in any way limiting the effect
of any subsequent Event requiring the payment of Liquidated Damages Amount by
the Company).
The Trustee shall be entitled, on behalf of Holders of Notes or
Underlying Common Stock, to seek any available remedy for the enforcement of
this Agreement, including for the payment of any Liquidated Damages Amount.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties agree that the sole damages payable
for a violation of the terms of this Agreement with respect to which liquidated
damages are expressly provided shall be such liquidated damages. Nothing shall
preclude a Notice Holder or Holder of Registrable Securities from pursuing or
obtaining specific performance or other equitable relief with respect to this
Agreement.
All of the Company's obligations set forth in this Section 2(e)
that are outstanding with respect to any Registrable Security at the time such
security ceases to be a Registrable Security shall survive until such time as
all such obligations with respect to such security have been satisfied in full
(notwithstanding termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8(k)).
The parties hereto agree that the liquidated damages provided for
in this Section 2(e) constitute a reasonable estimate of the damages that may be
incurred by Holders of Registrable Securities by reason of the failure of the
Shelf Registration Statement to be filed or declared effective or available for
effecting resales of Registrable Securities in accordance with the provisions
hereof.
SECTION 3. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES. In connection with the
registration obligations of the Company under Section 2 hereof, the Company
shall:
(a) Prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement or
Registration Statements on any appropriate form under the Securities Act
available for the sale of the Registrable Securities by the Holders thereof in
accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof, and use
its reasonable efforts to cause each such Registration Statement to become
effective and remain effective as provided herein; PROVIDED, that before filing
any Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements
thereto with the SEC, furnish to the Initial Purchasers and the Special Counsel
copies of all such documents proposed to be filed and use its best efforts to
reflect in each such document when so filed with the SEC such comments as the
Special Counsel reasonably shall propose within four (4) Business Days of the
delivery of such copies to the Initial Purchasers and the Special Counsel.
(b) Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and
post-effective amendments to each Registration Statement as may be necessary to
keep such Registration
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Statement continuously effective for the applicable period specified in Section
2(a); cause the related Prospectus to be supplemented by any required Prospectus
supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 (or any
similar provisions then in force) under the Securities Act; and use its best
efforts to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act applicable to it
with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration
Statement during the Effectiveness Period in accordance with the intended
methods of disposition by the sellers thereof set forth in such Registration
Statement as so amended or such Prospectus as so supplemented.
(c) As promptly as practicable give notice to the Notice Holders,
the Initial Purchasers and the Special Counsel (i) when any Prospectus,
Prospectus supplement, Registration Statement or post-effective amendment to a
Registration Statement has been filed with the SEC and, with respect to a
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has been
declared effective, (ii) of any request, following the effectiveness of the
Initial Shelf Registration Statement under the Securities Act, by the SEC or any
other federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to
any Registration Statement or related Prospectus or for additional information,
(iii) of the issuance by the SEC or any other federal or state governmental
authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration
Statement or the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for that purpose,
(iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the
suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the
Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or
threatening of any proceeding for such purpose, (v) of the occurrence of (but
not the nature of or details concerning) a Material Event (as defined herein)
and (vi) of the determination by the Company that a post-effective amendment to
a Registration Statement will be filed with the SEC, which notice may, at the
discretion of the Company (or as required pursuant to Section 3 (i)), state that
it constitutes a Deferral Notice, in which event the provisions of Section 3(i)
shall apply.
(d) Use its reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any
order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or the lifting of
any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of
the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction in which they have been
qualified for sale, in either case at the earliest possible moment, and provide
prompt notice to each Notice Holder and the Initial Purchasers of the withdrawal
of any such order.
(e) If reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or any
Notice Holder, as promptly as practicable incorporate in a Prospectus supplement
or post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement such information as the
Initial Purchasers, the Special Counsel or such Notice Holder shall, on the
basis of a written opinion of nationally-recognized counsel experienced in such
matters, determine to be required to be included therein by applicable law and
make any required filings of such Prospectus supplement or such post-effective
amendment.
(f) As promptly as practicable furnish to each Notice Holder, the
Special Counsel and the Initial Purchasers, without charge, at least one (1)
conformed copy of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto,
including financial statements but excluding schedules, all documents
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference and all exhibits
(unless requested in writing to the Company by such Notice Holder, Special
Counsel, counsel or Initial Purchasers).
(g) During the Effectiveness Period, deliver to each Notice
Holder, the Special Counsel and the Initial Purchasers, in connection with any
sale of Registrable Securities
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pursuant to a Registration Statement, without charge, as many copies of the
Prospectus or Prospectuses relating to such Registrable Securities (including
each preliminary prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto as such
Notice Holder may reasonably request; and the Company hereby consents (except
during such periods that a Deferral Notice is outstanding and has not been
revoked) to the use of such Prospectus or each amendment or supplement thereto
by each Notice Holder, in connection with any offering and sale of the
Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto in the manner set forth therein.
(h) Prior to any public offering of the Registrable Securities
pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, register or qualify or cooperate
with the Notice Holders in connection with the registration or qualification (or
exemption from such registration or qualification) of such Registrable
Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such
jurisdictions within the United States as any Notice Holder reasonably requests
in writing (which request may be included in the Notice and Questionnaire);
prior to any public offering of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement, keep each such registration or qualification (or
exemption therefrom) effective during the Effectiveness Period in connection
with such Notice Holder's offer and sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to
such registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) and do any and all
other acts or things reasonably necessary or advisable to enable the disposition
in such jurisdictions of such Registrable Securities in the manner set forth in
the relevant Registration Statement and the related Prospectus; PROVIDED, that
the Company will not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or as a
dealer in securities in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be
required to qualify but for this Agreement or (ii) take any action that would
subject it to general service of process in suits or to taxation in any such
jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.
(i) Upon (A) the issuance by the SEC of a stop order suspending
the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement or the initiation of
proceedings with respect to the Shelf Registration Statement under Section 8(d)
or 8(e) of the Securities Act, (B) the occurrence of any event or the existence
of any fact (a "MATERIAL EVENT") as a result of which any Registration Statement
shall contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, or any Prospectus shall contain any untrue statement of
a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading, or (C) the occurrence or existence
of any pending corporate development that, in the reasonable discretion of the
Company, makes it appropriate to suspend the availability of the Shelf
Registration Statement and the related Prospectus, (i) in the case of clause (B)
above, subject to the next sentence, as promptly as practicable prepare and
file, if necessary pursuant to applicable law, a post-effective amendment to
such Registration Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any
document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document
that would be incorporated by reference into such Registration Statement and
Prospectus so that such Registration Statement does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and
such Prospectus does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the
Registrable Securities being sold thereunder, and, in the case of a
post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement, subject to the next
sentence, use its reasonable efforts to cause it to be declared effective as
promptly as practicable, and (ii) give notice to the Notice Holders and the
Special Counsel that the availability of the Shelf Registration
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Statement is suspended (a "DEFERRAL NOTICE") and, upon receipt of any Deferral
Notice, each Notice Holder agrees not to sell any Registrable Securities
pursuant to the Registration Statement until such Notice Holder's receipt of
copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus provided for in clause (i)
above, or until it is advised in writing by the Company that the Prospectus may
be used, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that
are incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference in such Prospectus. The
Company will use all reasonable efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus
may be resumed (x) in the case of clause (A) above, as promptly as practicable,
(y) in the case of clause (B) above, as soon as, in the sole judgment of the
Company, public disclosure of such Material Event would not be prejudicial to or
contrary to the interests of the Company or, if necessary to avoid unreasonable
burden or expense, as soon as practicable thereafter and (z) in the case of
clause (C) above, as soon as, in the discretion of the Company, such suspension
is no longer appropriate. The Company shall be entitled to exercise its right
under this Section 3(i) to suspend the availability of the Shelf Registration
Statement or any Prospectus, without incurring or accruing any obligation to pay
liquidated damages pursuant to Section 2(e), no more than one (1) time in any
three (3) month period or four (4) times in any twelve (12) month period, and
any such period during which the availability of the Registration Statement and
any Prospectus is suspended (the "DEFERRAL PERIOD") shall, without incurring any
obligation to pay liquidated damages pursuant to Section 2(e), not exceed thirty
(30) days; PROVIDED, that in the case of a Material Event relating to an
acquisition or a probable acquisition or financing, recapitalization, business
combination or other similar transaction, the Company may, without incurring any
obligation to pay liquidated damages pursuant to Section 2(e), deliver to Notice
Holders a second notice to the effect set forth above, which shall have the
effect of extending the Deferral Period by up to an additional thirty (30) days,
or such shorter period of time as is specified in such second notice, PROVIDED,
that the aggregate duration of any Deferral Periods shall not, without incurring
any obligation to pay liquidated damages pursuant to Section 2(e), exceed thirty
(30) days in any three (3) month period (or sixty (60) days in any three (3)
month period in the event of a Material Event pursuant to which the Company has
delivered a second notice as required above) or ninety (90) days in any twelve
(12) month period.
(j) If requested in writing by the Notice Holders in connection
with a disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration
Statement, make reasonably available for inspection during normal business hours
by a representative for the Notice Holders of such Registrable Securities, and
any broker-dealers, attorneys and accountants retained by such Notice Holders,
all relevant financial and other records and pertinent corporate documents and
properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, and cause the appropriate
officers, directors and employees of the Company and its subsidiaries to make
reasonably available for inspection during normal business hours on reasonable
notice all relevant information reasonably requested by such representative for
the Notice Holders, managing underwriter, or any such broker-dealers, attorneys
or accountants in connection with such disposition, in each case as is customary
for similar due diligence examinations; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such persons
shall first agree in writing with the Company that any information that is
reasonably and in good faith designated by the Company in writing as
confidential at the time of delivery of such information shall be kept
confidential by such persons and shall be used solely for the purposes of
exercising rights under this Agreement, unless (i) disclosure of such
information is required by court or administrative order or is necessary to
respond to inquiries of regulatory authorities, (ii) disclosure of such
information is required by law (including any disclosure requirements pursuant
to federal securities laws in connection with the filing of any Registration
Statement or the use of any Prospectus referred to in this Agreement), (iii)
such information becomes generally available to the public other than as a
result of a disclosure or failure to safeguard by any such person or (iv) such
information becomes available to any such person from a source other than the
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Company and such source is not bound by a confidentiality agreement, and
PROVIDED, that the foregoing inspection and information gathering shall be
coordinated on behalf of all the Notice Holders and the other parties entitled
thereto by the counsel referred to in Section 5, and PROVIDED FURTHER, that the
Company shall not be required to disclose any information subject to the
attorney-client or attorney work product privilege if and to the extent such
disclosure would constitute a waiver of such privilege.
(k) Use all reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable
rules and regulations of the SEC and make generally available to its
securityholders earning statements (which need not be audited) satisfying the
provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder (or
any similar rule promulgated under the Securities Act) no later than 45 days
after the end of any 3-month period (or 90 days after the end of any 12-month
period if such period is a fiscal year) commencing on the first day of the first
fiscal quarter of the Company commencing after the effective date of a
Registration Statement, which statements shall cover said periods.
(l) Cooperate with each Notice Holder to facilitate the timely
preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities
sold or to be sold pursuant to a Registration Statement, which certificates
shall not bear any restrictive legends, and cause such Registrable Securities to
be in such denominations as are permitted by the Indenture and registered in
such names as such Notice Holder may request in writing at least two (2)
Business Days prior to any sale of such Registrable Securities.
(m) Provide a CUSIP number for all Registrable Securities covered
by each Registration Statement not later than the effective date of such
Registration Statement and provide the Trustee and the transfer agent for the
Common Stock with printed certificates for the Registrable Securities that are
in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company.
(n) Cooperate and assist in any filings required to be made with
the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
(o) Upon (i) the filing of the Initial Registration Statement and
(ii) the effectiveness of the Initial Registration Statement, announce the same,
in each case by release to Reuters Economic Services and Bloomberg Business
News.
SECTION 4. HOLDER'S OBLIGATIONS. Each Holder agrees, by
acquisition of the Registrable Securities, that no Holder of Registrable
Securities shall be entitled to sell any of such Registrable Securities pursuant
to a Registration Statement or to receive a Prospectus relating thereto, unless
such Holder has furnished the Company with a Notice and Questionnaire as
required pursuant to Section 2(d) hereof (including the information required to
be included in such Notice and Questionnaire) and the information set forth in
the next sentence. Each Notice Holder agrees promptly to furnish to the Company
all information required to be disclosed in order to make the information
previously furnished to the Company by such Notice Holder not misleading and any
other information regarding such Notice Holder and the distribution of such
Registrable Securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably request.
Any sale of any Registrable Securities by any Holder shall constitute a
representation and warranty by such Holder that the information relating to such
Holder and its plan of distribution is as set forth in the Prospectus delivered
by such Holder in connection with such disposition, that such Prospectus does
not as of the time of such sale contain any untrue statement of a material fact
relating to or provided by such Holder or its plan of distribution and that such
Prospectus does not as of the time of such sale omit to state any material fact
relating to or
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provided by such Holder or its plan of distribution necessary to make the
statements in such Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading.
SECTION 5. REGISTRATION EXPENSES. The Company shall bear all fees
and expenses incurred in connection with the performance by the Company of its
obligations under Sections 2 and 3 of this Agreement whether or not any of the
Registration Statements are declared effective. Such fees and expenses shall
include, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including,
without limitation, fees and expenses (x) with respect to filings required to be
made with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. and (y) of
compliance with federal and state securities or Blue Sky laws (including,
without limitation, reasonable fees and disbursements of the Special Counsel in
connection with Blue Sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities under the
laws of such jurisdictions as the Notice Holders of a majority of the
Registrable Securities being sold pursuant to a Registration Statement may
designate), (ii) printing expenses (including, without limitation, expenses of
printing certificates for Registrable Securities in a form eligible for deposit
with The Depository Trust Company, (iii) duplication expenses relating to copies
of any Registration Statement or Prospectus delivered to any Holders hereunder,
(iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, (v) reasonable fees and
disbursements of the Special Counsel in connection with the Shelf Registration
Statement (provided that the Company shall not be liable for the fees and
expenses of more than one separate firm for all parties participating in any
transaction hereunder), (vi) reasonable fees and disbursements of the Trustee
and its counsel and of the registrar and transfer agent for the Common Stock and
(vii) Securities Act liability insurance obtained by the Company in its sole
discretion. In addition, the Company shall pay the internal expenses of the
Company (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of officers
and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual
audit, the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing by the
Company of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange on which
similar securities of the Company are then listed and the fees and expenses of
any person, including special experts, retained by the Company. Notwithstanding
the provisions of this Section 5, each seller of Registrable Securities shall
pay selling expenses and all registration expenses to the extent required by
applicable law.
SECTION 6. INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) INDEMNIFICATION BY THE COMPANY. The Company shall indemnify
and hold harmless each Notice Holder and each person, if any, who controls any
Notice Holder (within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or
Section 20 of the Exchange Act) from and against any losses, liabilities,
claims, damages and expenses (including, without limitation, any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any
such action or claim) (collectively, "LOSSES"), arising out of or based upon any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
Registration Statement or Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto
or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or based upon any omission
or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent
that any such Losses arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement contained in or omission or alleged omission from any
of such documents in reliance upon and conformity with any of the information
relating to the Holders furnished to the Company in writing by a Holder
expressly for use therein; PROVIDED FURTHER, that the indemnification contained
in this paragraph shall not inure to the benefit of any Holder of Registrable
Securities (or to the benefit of any person controlling such Holder) on account
of any such Losses arising out of or based upon an untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement or
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omission or alleged omission made in any preliminary prospectus provided in each
case the Company has performed its obligations under Section 3(a) hereof if
either (A) (i) such Holder failed to send or deliver a copy of the Prospectus
with or prior to the delivery of written confirmation of the sale by such Holder
to the person asserting the claim from which such Losses arise and (ii) the
Prospectus would have corrected such untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or such omission or alleged omission, or (B) (x) such untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement, omission or alleged omission is corrected in an
amendment or supplement to the Prospectus and (y) having previously been
furnished by or on behalf of the Company with copies of the Prospectus as so
amended or supplemented, such Holder thereafter fails to deliver such Prospectus
as so amended or supplemented, with or prior to the delivery of written
confirmation of the sale of a Registrable Security to the person asserting the
claim from which such Losses arise.
(b) INDEMNIFICATION BY HOLDERS OF REGISTRABLE SECURITIES. Each
Holder agrees severally and not jointly to indemnify and hold harmless the
Company and its directors and officers, and each person, if any, who controls
the Company (within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or
Section 20 of the Exchange Act) or any other Holder, from and against all Losses
arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of
a material fact contained in any Registration Statement or Prospectus or in any
amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out
of or based upon any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading, to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made
in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company by
such Holder expressly for use in such Registration Statement or Prospectus or
amendment or supplement thereto. In no event shall the liability of any selling
Holder of Registrable Securities hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar
amount of the proceeds received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable
Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement giving rise to such
indemnification obligation.
(c) CONDUCT OF INDEMNIFICATION PROCEEDINGS. In case any
proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted
involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to
either of the two preceding paragraphs, such person (the "INDEMNIFIED PARTY")
shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the
"INDEMNIFYING PARTY") in writing and the indemnifying party, upon request of the
indemnified party, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
indemnified party to represent the indemnified party and any others the
indemnifying party may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the reasonable
fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such
proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own
counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of
such indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified
party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii) the
named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include
both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both
parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential
differing interests between them. It is understood that the indemnifying party
shall not, in respect of the legal expenses of any indemnified party in
connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction,
be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition
to any local counsel) for all indemnified parties, and that all such fees and
expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Such separate firm shall be
designated in writing by, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section
6(a), the Holders of a majority (with Holders of Notes deemed to be the Holders,
for purposes of determining such majority, of
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the number of shares of Underlying Common Stock into which such Notes are or
would be convertible or exchangeable as of the date on which such designation is
made) of the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement held
by Holders that are indemnified parties pursuant to Section 6(a) and, in the
case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(b), the Company. The
indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding
effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if
there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to
indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason
of such settlement or judgment. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior
written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending
or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could
have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such
indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of
such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter
of such proceeding.
(d) CONTRIBUTION. To the extent that the indemnification provided
for in this Section 6 is unavailable to an indemnified party under Section 6(a)
or 6(b) hereof in respect of any Losses or is insufficient to hold such
indemnified party harmless, then each applicable indemnifying party, in lieu of
indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or
payable by such indemnified party as a result of such Losses (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party or
parties on the other hand or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above
is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also
the relative fault of the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and of
the indemnified party or parties on the other hand in connection with the
statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses, as well as any other
relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the Company shall be
deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds from the initial placement pursuant
to the Purchase Agreement (before deducting expenses) of the Registrable
Securities to which such Losses relate. The relative fault of the Holders on the
one hand and the Company on the other hand shall be determined by reference to,
among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to
information supplied by the Holders or by the Company, and the parties' relative
intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent
such statement or omission. The Holders' respective obligations to contribute
pursuant to this paragraph are several in proportion to the respective number of
Registrable Securities they have sold pursuant to a Registration Statement, and
not joint.
The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable
if contribution pursuant to this Section 6(d) were determined by pro rata
allocation or by any other method or allocation that does not take into account
the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph.
The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the Losses
referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include,
subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating
or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding this Section 6(d), an
indemnifying party that is a selling Holder of Registrable Securities shall not
be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total
price at which the Registrable Securities sold by such indemnifying party and
distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any
damages that such indemnifying party has otherwise been required to pay by
reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the
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meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation.
(e) The indemnity, contribution and expense reimbursement
obligations of the parties hereunder shall be in addition to any liability any
indemnified party may otherwise have hereunder, under the Purchase Agreement or
otherwise.
(f) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this
Section 6 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i)
any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf
of any Holder or any person controlling any Holder, or the Company, or the
Company's officers or directors or any person controlling the Company and (iii)
the sale of any Registrable Securities by any Holder.
SECTION 7. INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS. (a) The Company covenants
that, if at any time before the end of the Effectiveness Period the Company is
not subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, it will cooperate
with any Holder of Registrable Securities and take such further reasonable
action as any Holder of Registrable Securities may reasonably request in writing
(including, without limitation, making such reasonable representations as any
such Holder may reasonably request), all to the extent required from time to
time to enable such Holder to sell Registrable Securities without registration
under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by
Rule 144 and Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act and customarily
taken in connection with sales pursuant to such exemptions. Upon the written
request of any Holder of Registrable Securities, the Company shall deliver to
such Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such filing
requirements, unless such a statement has been included in the Company's most
recent report filed pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of Exchange Act.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 7 shall be deemed to
require the Company to register any of its securities (other than the Common
Stock) under any section of the Exchange Act.
(b) The Company shall file the reports required to be filed
by it under the Exchange Act and shall comply with all other requirements set
forth in the instructions to Form S-3 in order to allow the Company to be
eligible to file registration statements on Form S-3.
SECTION 8. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) NO CONFLICTING AGREEMENTS. The Company is not, as of the date
hereof, a party to, nor shall it, on or after the date of this Agreement, enter
into, any agreement with respect to its securities that conflicts with the
rights granted to the Holders of Registrable Securities in this Agreement. The
Company represents and warrants that the rights granted to the Holders of
Registrable Securities hereunder do not in any way conflict with the rights
granted to the holders of the Company's securities under any other agreements.
(b) AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS. The provisions of this Agreement,
including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or
supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof
may not be given, unless the Company has obtained the written consent of Holders
of a majority of the then outstanding Underlying Common Stock constituting
Registrable Securities (with Holders of Notes deemed to be the Holders, for
purposes of this Section, of the number of outstanding shares of Underlying
Common Stock into which such Notes are or would be convertible or exchangeable
as of the date on which such consent is requested). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect
to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of
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Holders of Registrable Securities whose securities are being sold pursuant to a
Registration Statement and that does not directly or indirectly affect the
rights of other Holders of Registrable Securities may be given by Holders of at
least a majority of the Registrable Securities being sold by such Holders
pursuant to such Registration Statement; PROVIDED, that the provisions of this
sentence may not be amended, modified, or supplemented except in accordance with
the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence. Each Holder of Registrable
Securities outstanding at the time of any such amendment, modification,
supplement, waiver or consent or thereafter shall be bound by any such
amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent effected pursuant to this
Section 8(b), whether or not any notice, writing or marking indicating such
amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent appears on the
Registrable Securities or is delivered to such Holder.
(c) NOTICES. All notices and other communications provided for or
permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand delivery, by telecopier, by
courier guaranteeing overnight delivery or by first-class mail, return receipt
requested, and shall be deemed given (i) when made, if made by hand delivery,
(ii) upon confirmation, if made by telecopier, (iii) one (1) Business Day after
being deposited with such courier, if made by overnight courier or (iv) on the
date indicated on the notice of receipt, if made by first-class mail, to the
parties as follows:
(w) if to a Holder of Registrable Securities, at the most current
address given by such Holder to the Company in a Notice and Questionnaire or any
amendment thereto;
(x) if to the Company, to: Getty Images, Inc.
000 X. 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Page
Telecopy No.: (000) 000-0000
and
Xxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP
0000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Telecopy No.: (000) 000-0000
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(y) if to the Initial
Purchasers, to: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
Attention: Equity Capital Markets
Telecopy No.: (000) 000-0000
and
Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx
000 Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Telecopy No.: (000) 000-0000
or to such other address as such person may have furnished to the other persons
identified in this Section 8(c) in writing in accordance herewith.
(d) APPROVAL OF HOLDERS. Whenever the consent or approval of
Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities is required
hereunder, Registrable Securities held by the Company or its affiliates (as such
term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) (other than the Initial
Purchasers or subsequent Holders of Registrable Securities if such subsequent
Holders are deemed to be such affiliates solely by reason of their holdings of
such Registrable Securities) shall not be counted in determining whether such
consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage.
(e) SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. Any person who purchases any
Registrable Securities from the Initial Purchasers shall be deemed, for purposes
of this Agreement, to be an assignee of the Initial Purchasers. This Agreement
shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of
each of the parties and shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon each
Holder of any Registrable Securities.
(f) COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which
when so executed shall be deemed to be original and all of which taken together
shall constitute one and the same agreement.
(g) HEADINGS. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience
of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(h) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD
TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
(i) SEVERABILITY. If any term provision, covenant or restriction
of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the
remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein
shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired
or invalidated thereby, and the parties hereto shall use their best efforts to
find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the
same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or
restriction, it being intended that all of the rights and privileges of the
parties shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.
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(j) ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement is intended by the parties
hereto as a final expression of their agreement and is intended to be a complete
and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto
in respect of the subject matter contained herein and the registration rights
granted by the Company with respect to the Registrable Securities. Except as
provided in the Purchase Agreement, there are no restrictions, promises,
warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein,
with respect to the registration rights granted by the Company with respect to
the Registrable Securities. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and
undertakings among the parties hereto with respect to such registration rights.
No party hereto shall have any rights, duties or obligations other than those
specifically set forth in this Agreement. In no event will such methods of
distribution take the form of an underwritten offering of the Registrable
Securities without the prior agreement of the Company.
(k) TERMINATION. This Agreement and the obligations of the
parties hereunder shall terminate upon the end of the Effectiveness Period,
except for any liabilities or obligations under Section 4, 5 or 6 hereof and the
obligations to make payments of and provide for liquidated damages under Section
2(e) hereof to the extent such damages accrue prior to the end of the
Effectiveness Period, each of which shall remain in effect in accordance with
its terms.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as
of the date first written above.
GETTY IMAGES, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
Confirmed and accepted as of
the date first above written:
XXXXXX XXXXXXX & CO. INCORPORATED
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
XX XXXXX SECURITIES CORPORATION
XXXXXXXXX & XXXXX LLC
By: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
By:
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT 10.4
AMENDMENT TO
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
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APRIL 1, 2000
THIS AMENDMENT is made as of April 1, 2000 ("Commencement Date"), and is by and
between Getty Images, Inc. (the "Company") and A.D. "Bud" Xxxxxx (the
"Employee").
WHEREAS the Company and the Employee desire to amend the Employment Agreement
dated October 11, 1999 (the "Agreement");
THEREFORE the Company AND the Employee agree to delete Section 3 (a) in its
entirety and replace it as follows:
3. (a) SALARY. The Company shall pay to the Employee an annual salary
(the "Salary") at the initial rate of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars
($250,000.00), payable to the Employee in accordance with the normal payroll
practices of the Company for its employees as are in effect from time to time.
The amount of the Employee's Salary shall be reviewed annually by the Company on
or about April 1 of each year during the Term beginning in the 2000 calendar
year.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Getty Images, Inc. and A.D. "Bud" Xxxxxx have caused this
Amendment to be executed as of the Commencement Date.
GETTY IMAGES, INC. A.D. XXXXXX
By:
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Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, CEO A.D. Xxxxxx
Date:
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EXHIBIT 10.5
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT, dated as of this 3rd day of April, 2000, by and
between GETTY IMAGES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and Xxxxxxx
X'Xxxxx, an individual residing at 00X Xxx Xxxxxxx, 0 Xxx Xxxx, Xxxx Xxxx (the
"Employee").
W I T N E S S E T H:
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WHEREAS, both parties desire that the terms and conditions of the
Employee's employment with the Company be governed by the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and the mutual
covenants herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. EMPLOYMENT AND DUTIES.
(a) General. The Company hereby employs the Employee, effective
as of the date hereof (the "Effective Date"), and the Employee agrees upon the
terms and conditions herein set forth to serve, effective as of the Effective
Date, as Senior Vice President of Human Resources of the Company and shall
perform all duties customarily appurtenant to such position. In such capacity,
the Employee shall report directly to Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Chief Executive Officer of
the Company, or to such other person designated by the Board of Directors of the
Company. The Employee's principal place of business shall be Seattle,
Washington.
(b) Services and Duties. For so long as the Employee is employed
by the Company, the Employee shall devote his full business time to the
performance of his duties hereunder; shall faithfully serve the Company; shall
in all respects conform to and comply with the lawful and good faith directions
and instructions given to him by Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, or such other person designated
by the Board of Directors of the Company; and shall use his best efforts to
promote and serve the interests of the Company.
(c) No Other Employment. For so long as the Employee is employed
by the Company, he shall not, directly or indirectly, render services to any
other person or organization for which he receives compensation without the
prior approval of Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, or such other person designated by the Board
of Directors of the Company. No such approval will be required if the Employee
seeks to perform inconsequential services without direct compensation therefor
in connection with the management of personal investments or in connection with
the performance of charitable and civic activities, provided that such
activities do not contravene the provisions of Section 6 hereof.
2. TERM OF EMPLOYMENT. The term of the Employee's employment
under this Agreement (the "Term") shall commence on the Effective Date and
continue until it is
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terminated by either party giving the other at least one month written notice;
provided, however, that in no event may a non-renewal notice be given prior to
March 1, 2001; and provided further, however, that, in any event, the Term shall
not extend beyond the last day of the month in which the Employee attains age
65.
3. COMPENSATION AND OTHER BENEFITS. Subject to the provisions of
this Agreement, the Company shall pay and provide the following compensation and
other benefits to the Employee during the Term as compensation for all services
rendered hereunder and the covenants contained in Section 6 hereof:
(a) Salary. The Company shall pay to the Employee an annual
salary (the "Salary") at the initial rate of $225,000, payable to the Employee
in accordance with the normal payroll practices of the Company for its employees
as are in effect from time to time. The amount of the Employee's Salary shall be
reviewed annually by the Company on or about April 1st of each year during the
Term beginning in the 2001 calendar year.
(b) Annual Bonus. The Employee shall be eligible in 2000 and each
calendar year thereafter that begins during his employment to participate in an
annual incentive bonus program established by the Company, in accordance with
the policies of the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates (hereinafter,
collectively the "Group") and subject to such terms and conditions as may be
approved annually by the Company. Under the terms of the annual incentive bonus
program, the Employee will be afforded the opportunity to earn up to 30% of his
Salary (the "Bonus") in effect for the applicable calendar year, subject to the
achievement of the performance targets established by the Company for that year,
to be paid on a pro-rata basis in the event that the Employee is employed for
less than a full calendar year (for purposes of determining the 2000 bonus, the
Employee shall be deemed to have commenced employment as of April 1, 2000).
(c) Stock Options. Effective as of the Effective Date, the Company
shall grant the Employee an option (the "Option") to purchase 100,000 shares of
the common stock of the Company pursuant to the terms the Company's 1998 Stock
Option Plan (the "Option Plan"). The per share exercise price of the Option
shall equal the fair market value of a share of Common Stock on the Effective
Date, as determined in accordance with the terms of the Option Plan. The Option
shall vest and become exercisable as to 25% on April 3, 2001; the remainder of
the Option shall vest ratably on the first day of each month over the following
three years. Except as otherwise specified herein, the Option shall be subject
to the terms of the Option Plan and to such other terms and conditions as may be
specified by the Compensation Committee of the Company in the form of a standard
option agreement between the Company and the Employee.
(d) Expenses. The Company shall pay or reimburse the Employee for
all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Employee in connection
with his employment hereunder in accordance with Group Policies. Such expenses
shall be paid upon the periodic submission of invoices and shall be paid
reasonably promptly after the date of such
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invoice. The reimbursement of expenses under this Section 3(d) shall be subject
to the Employee's providing the Company with such documentation of the expenses
as the Company may from time to time reasonably request in accordance with the
policies of the Group.
(d) 401k plan, Health and Fringe Benefits. During the Term, the
Employee shall be eligible to participate in the Company's 401k plan, medical,
disability and life insurance plans applicable to executives of the Company in
accordance with the terms of such plans as in effect from time to time. The
Employee shall also be provided with free parking at the place of employment.
(e) Long-Term Incentive Program. During the Term, the Employee
shall participate in all long-term incentive plans and programs of the Group
that are applicable to its senior executives in accordance with their terms and
in a manner consistent with his position with the Company.
(f) Holidays. In addition to the usual public and bank holidays,
the Employee shall be entitled to twenty days' paid vacation annually, which
shall be taken at such times as are approved by the Company. The Employee shall
be permitted to carry forward any portion of his vacation time for up to one
year and, upon the expiration of such one-year period, the Employee shall be
paid in lieu of such vacation days.
(g) Relocation Expenses. The Company shall pay and/or reimburse
temporary housing expenses and moving expenses as outlined in the attached
relocation agreement.
4. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. Subject to the notice and other
provisions of this Section 4, the Company shall have the right to terminate the
Employee's employment hereunder, and he shall have the right to resign, at any
time for any reason or for no stated reason.
(a) Termination for Cause; Resignation Without Good Reason. (i)
If, prior to April 1, 2001, the Employee's employment is terminated by the
Company for Cause or if the Employee resigns from his employment hereunder other
than for Good Reason, he shall be entitled to payment of the pro rata portion of
his Salary and accrued Bonus (for purposes of this Agreement, "accrued Bonus"
shall be determined using the number of days in the applicable calendar year
that the Employee was employed by the Company and the applicable performance
criteria under the bonus plan, in each case through the date of termination or
resignation) through and including the date of termination or resignation, as
well as any unreimbursed expenses. Except to the extent required by the terms of
any applicable compensation or benefit plan or program or as otherwise required
by applicable law, the Employee shall have no rights under this Agreement or
otherwise to receive any other compensation or to participate in any other plan,
program or arrangement after such termination or resignation of employment with
respect to the year of such termination or resignation and later years.
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(ii) In addition, the Employee shall be entitled to retain the
then-vested portion of his options to purchase shares of the Company's common
stock until such options expire in accordance with their terms.
(iii) Termination for "Cause" shall mean termination of the
Employee's employment with the Company because of (A) willful, material or
persistently repeated non-performance of the Employee's duties to the Company
(other than by reason of the incapacity of the Employee due to physical or
mental illness) after notice by the Board of such failure and the Employee's
non-performance and continued, willful, material or persistent repeated
non-performance after such notice, (B) the indictment of the Employee for a
felony offense, (C) fraud against the Group or any willful misconduct that
brings the reputation of the Group into serious disrepute or causes the Employee
to cease to be able to perform his duties, (D) any other material breach by the
Employee of any material term of this Agreement, or (E) the Employee is unable
to perform his duties, by reason of disability, for a period of six (6) months
or more.
(iv) Termination of the Employee's employment for Cause shall be
communicated by delivery to the Employee of a written notice from the Company
stating that the Employee has been terminated for Cause, specifying the
particulars thereof and the effective date of such termination. The date of a
resignation by the Employee without Good Reason shall be the date specified in a
written notice of resignation from the Employee to the Company. The Employee
shall provide at least 30 days' advance written notice of resignation without
Good Reason.
(b) Involuntary Termination. (i) If, prior to April 1, 2002, the
Company terminates the Employee's employment for any reason other than Cause or
Employee resigns from his employment hereunder for Good Reason (collectively
hereinafter referred to as an "Involuntary Termination"), the Company shall pay
to the Employee his Salary and accrued Bonus up to and including the date of
such Involuntary Termination, as well as any unreimbursed expenses. In addition,
the Company shall continue to pay to the Employee as severance (the "Severance
Payments") in accordance with the Company's normal payroll practices, his
Salary, at the rate in effect immediately prior to such Involuntary Termination,
through and including April 1, 2002.
(ii) In addition, in the event of the Employee's Involuntary
Termination prior to April 1, 2002, all of the Employee's then-outstanding
options to purchase shares of the Company's common stock shall continue to vest
until April 1, 2002. The Employee shall be entitled to retain the vested portion
of his options as if he had remained an Employee until April 1, 2002.
(iii) Resignation for "Good Reason" shall mean resignation by
Employee because of (A) an adverse and material change in the Employee's duties,
titles or reporting responsibilities, (B) a material breach by the Company of
any term of the Agreement, (C) a
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reduction in the Employee's Salary or bonus opportunity or the failure of the
Company to pay the Employee any material amount of compensation when due, (D)
the assignment to Employee of any material duties that are inconsistent with
those described in Section 1 of this Agreement without the Employee's consent,
or (E) the Company's requirement that Employee perform a substantial portion of
his duties outside the Seattle, Washington metropolitan area, except for travel
in furtherance of the Company's business. The Company shall have 30 business
days from the date of receipt of such notice to effect a cure of the material
breach described therein and, upon cure thereof by the Company to the reasonable
satisfaction of the Employee, such material breach shall no longer constitute
Good Reason for purposes of this Agreement.
(iv) The date of termination of employment without Cause shall be
the date specified in a written notice of termination to the Employee. The date
of resignation for Good Reason shall be the date specified in a written notice
of resignation from the Employee to the Company; provided, however, that no such
written notice shall be effective unless the cure period specified in Section
4(b)(iii) above has expired without the Company having corrected, to the
reasonable satisfaction of the Employee, the event or events subject to cure.
(v) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding,
no amounts shall be payable under this Section 4(b) if the Employee's employment
with the Company ends, for any reason, on or after April 1, 2001.
5. LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if any of the
payments made hereunder would constitute a "parachute payment" (as defined in
Section 280G(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
"Code"), and the net after-tax amount of the parachute payment is less than the
net after-tax amount if the aggregate payments to be made to the Employee were
three times his "base amount" (as defined in Section 280G(b)(3) of the Code),
less $1.00, then the aggregate of the amounts constituting the parachute payment
shall be reduced to an amount that will equal three times the base amount, less
$1.00. The determinations to be made with respect to this Section 5 shall be
made by an independent accounting firm of national standing (other than the
Company's regular auditors). The accounting firm shall be paid by the Company
for its services performed hereunder.
6. PROTECTION OF THE COMPANY'S INTERESTS.
(a) No Competing Employment. For so long as the Employee is
employed by the Company and for one (1) year thereafter (such period being
referred to hereinafter as the "Restricted Period"), the Employee shall not,
without the prior written consent of the Board, directly or indirectly, own an
interest in, manage, operate, join, control, lend money or render financial or
other assistance to or participate in or be connected with, as an officer,
employee, partner, stockholder, consultant or otherwise, any individual,
partnership, firm, corporation or other business organization or entity that
competes with the Group by providing
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any goods or services provided or under development by the Group at the
effective date of the Employee's termination of employment under this Agreement;
provided, however, that this Section 6(a) shall not proscribe the Employee's
ownership, either directly or indirectly, of either less than five percent of
any class of securities which are listed on a national securities exchange or
quoted on the automated quotation system of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc.
(b) No Interference. During the Restricted Period, the Employee
shall not, whether for his own account or for the account of any other
individual, partnership, firm, corporation or other business organization (other
than the Company), intentionally solicit, endeavor to entice away from the Group
or otherwise interfere with the relationship of the Group with, any key person
or team who is employed by or otherwise engaged to perform services for the
Group or any key person or team or entity who is, or was within the then most
recent twelve-month period, a customer, client or supplier of the Group.
(c) Secrecy. The Employee recognizes that the services to be
performed by him hereunder are special, unique and extraordinary in that, by
reason of his employment hereunder, he may acquire confidential information and
trade secrets concerning the operation of the Group, the use or disclosure of
which could cause the Group substantial losses and damages which could not be
readily calculated and for which no remedy at law would be adequate.
Accordingly, the Employee covenants and agrees with the Company that he will not
at any time, except in performance of the Employee's obligations to the Company
hereunder or with the prior written consent of the Board, directly or indirectly
disclose to any person any confidential information that he may learn or has
learned by reason of his association with the Group. The term "confidential
information" means any information not previously disclosed to the public or to
the trade by the Group with respect to the Company's, or any of its affiliates'
or subsidiaries', products, facilities and methods, trade secrets and other
intellectual property, systems, procedures, manuals, confidential reports,
product price lists, customer lists, financial information (including the
revenues, costs or profits associated with any of the Group's products),
business plans, prospects or opportunities.
(d) Exclusive Property. The Employee confirms that all
confidential information is and shall remain the exclusive property of the
Group. All business records, papers and documents kept or made by the Employee
relating to the business of the Group shall be and remain the property of the
Group. Upon the termination of his employment with the Company or upon the
request of the Company at any time, the Employee shall promptly deliver to the
Company, and shall not without the consent of the Board retain copies of, any
written materials not previously made available to the public, or records and
documents made by the Employee or coming into his possession concerning the
business or affairs of the Group; provided, however, that subsequent to any such
termination, the Company shall provide the Employee with copies (the cost of
which shall be borne by the Employee) of any documents which are requested by
the Employee and which the Employee has determined in good faith are (i)
required to establish a defense to a claim that the Employee has not complied
with his duties hereunder or (ii) necessary to the Employee in order to comply
with applicable law.
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(e) Assignment of Developments. All "Developments" (as defined
below) that were or are at any time made, conceived or suggested by Employee,
whether acting alone or in conjunction with others, during Employee's employment
with the Group shall be the sole and absolute property of the Group, free of any
reserved or other rights of any kind on the part of Employee. During Employee's
employment and, if such Developments were made, conceived or suggested by
Employee during his employment with the Group, thereafter, Employee shall
promptly make full disclosure of any such Developments to the Group and, at the
Group's cost and expense, do all acts and things (including, among others, the
execution and delivery under oath of patent and copyright applications and
instruments of assignment) deemed by the Group to be necessary or desirable at
any time in order to effect the full assignment to the Group of Employee's right
and title, if any, to such Developments. For purposes of this Agreement, the
term "Developments" shall mean all data, discoveries, findings, reports,
designs, inventions, improvements, methods, practices, techniques, developments,
programs, concepts, and ideas, whether or not patentable, relating to the
activities of the Group of which Employee is as of the date of this Agreement
aware or of which Employee becomes aware at any time during the Term, excluding
any Development for which no equipment, supplies, facilities or confidential
information of the Group was used and which was developed entirely on Employee's
own time, unless (i) the Development relates directly to the business of the
Group, (ii) the Development relates to actual or demonstrably anticipated
research or development of the Group, or (iii) the Development results from any
work performed by Employee for the Group (the foregoing is agreed to satisfy the
written notice and other requirements of Section 49.44.140 of the Revised Code
of Washington).
(f) Injunctive Relief. Without intending to limit the remedies
available to the Company, the Employee acknowledges that a breach of any of the
covenants contained in this Section 6 may result in material irreparable injury
to the Group for which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be
possible to measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event
of such a breach or threat thereof, the Company shall be entitled to obtain a
temporary restraining order and/or a preliminary or permanent injunction
restraining the Employee from engaging in activities prohibited by this Section
6 or such other relief as may be required to specifically enforce any of the
covenants in this Section 6. Without intending to limit the remedies available
to the Employee, the Employee shall be entitled to seek specific performance of
the Company's obligations under this Agreement.
7. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
(a) Source of Payments. All payments provided under this
Agreement, other than payments made pursuant to a plan which provides otherwise,
shall be paid in cash from the general funds of the Company, and no special or
separate fund shall be established, and no other segregation of assets made, to
assure payment. The Employee shall have no right, title or interest whatever in
or to any investments which the Company may make to aid the Company in meeting
its obligations hereunder. To the extent that any person acquires a right to
receive payments from the Company hereunder, such right shall be no greater than
the right
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of an unsecured creditor of the Company; provided, however, that this provision
shall not be deemed to waive or abrogate any preferential or other rights to
payment accruing to the Employee under applicable bankruptcy laws by virtue of
the Employee's status as an employee of the Company.
(b) No Other Severance Benefits. Except as specifically set forth
in this Agreement, the Employee covenants and agrees that he shall not be
entitled to any other form of severance benefits from the Company, including,
without limitation, benefits otherwise payable under any of the Company's
regular severance policies, in the event his employment hereunder ends for any
reason and, except with respect to obligations of the Company expressly provided
for herein, the Employee unconditionally releases the Company and its
subsidiaries and affiliates, and their respective directors, officers, employees
and stockholders, or any of them, from any and all claims, liabilities or
obligations under this Agreement or under any severance or termination
arrangements of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates for
compensation or benefits in connection with his employment or the termination
thereof.
(c) Tax Withholding. Payments to the Employee of all compensation
contemplated under this Agreement shall be subject to all applicable tax
withholding.
(d) Notices. Any notice hereunder by either party to the other
shall be given in writing by personal delivery, or certified mail, return
receipt requested, or (if to the Company) by telex or facsimile, in any case
delivered to the applicable address set forth below:
(i) To the Company: Getty Images, Inc.
000 X. 00xx , Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
(ii) To the Employee: Xxxxxxx X'Xxxxx
00X Xxx Xxxxxxx
0 Xxx Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxx
or to such other persons or other addresses as either party may specify to the
other in writing.
(e) Representation by the Employee. The Employee represents and
warrants that his entering into this Agreement does not, and that his
performance under this Agreement and consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby will not, violate the provisions of any agreement or
instrument to which the Employee is a party, or any decree, judgment or order to
which the Employee is subject, and that this Agreement constitutes a valid and
binding obligation of the Employee in accordance with its terms. Breach of this
representation will render all of the Company's obligations under this Agreement
void ab initio.
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(f) Limited Waiver. The waiver by the Company or the Employee of
a violation of any of the provisions of this Agreement, whether express or
implied, shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent
violation of any such provision.
(g) Assignment; Assumption of Agreement. No right, benefit or
interest hereunder shall be subject to assignment, encumbrance, charge, pledge,
hypothecation or setoff by the Employee in respect of any claim, debt,
obligation or similar process. The Company will require any successor (whether
direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or
substantially all of the business or assets of the Company to assume expressly
and to agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent
that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken
place.
(h) Amendment; Actions by the Company. This Agreement may not be
amended, modified or canceled except by written agreement of the Employee and
the Company. Any and all determinations, judgments, reviews, verifications,
adjustments, approvals, consents, waivers or other actions of the Company
required or permitted under this Agreement shall be effective only if undertaken
by the Company pursuant to authority granted by a resolution duly adopted by the
Board; provided, however, that by resolution duly adopted in accordance with
this Section 7(h), the Board may delegate its responsibilities hereunder to one
or more of its members other than the Employee.
(i) Severability. If any term or provision hereof is determined
to be invalid or unenforceable in a final court or arbitration proceeding, (i)
the remaining terms and provisions hereof shall be unimpaired and (ii) the
invalid or unenforceable term or provision shall be deemed replaced by a term or
provision that is valid and enforceable and that comes closest to expressing the
intention of the invalid or unenforceable term or provision.
(j) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware (determined
without regard to the choice of law provisions thereof).
(k) Entire Agreement. This Agreement sets forth the entire
agreement and understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the matters
covered hereby and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings of the
parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.
(l) Headings. The headings and captions of the sections of this
Agreement are included solely for convenience of reference and shall not control
the meaning or interpretation of any provisions of this Agreement.
(m) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by the parties
hereto in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but both such
counterparts shall together constitute one and the same document.
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(n) Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures. For statutory
purposes, there is no formal disciplinary procedure in relation to the
Employee's employment. The Employee shall be expected to maintain the highest
standards of integrity and behavior. If the Employee has any grievance in
relation to his employment or is not satisfied with any disciplinary procedure
taken in relation to him, he may apply in writing within 14 days of that
decision to the Board, whose decision shall be final. The foregoing shall not be
construed, however, to limit the Employee's remedies at law or otherwise.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement
effective as of the day and year first written above.
GETTY IMAGES, INC.
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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EMPLOYEE
By:
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Xxxxxxx X'Xxxxx
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3. (g) EXPENSES. The Company shall pay or reimburse the Executive for
all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Executive in connection
with his employment hereunder and expressly agrees that it will reimburse the
Executive for his business class airfare on international flights which are over
five (5) hours in duration taken in connection with Company business. The
Company also agrees that, in the event that the Executive is required to travel
abroad in connection with the performance of his duties hereunder for a period
in excess of two (2) weeks, the Company will reimburse the Executive for the
airfare, hotel and other transportation expenses of his spouse and minor
children so that they may accompany him on such trip. In addition, the Company
shall reimburse the Executive for all fees and costs incurred for services
provided by the Executive's personal tax advisor in connection with his personal
taxes. All of the above listed expenses shall be paid upon the periodic
submission of invoices and shall be paid reasonably promptly after the date of
such invoice. The reimbursement of expenses under this Section 3 (g) shall be
subject to the Executive's providing the Company with such documentation of the
expenses as the Company may from time to time reasonably request in accordance
with the policies of the Group.
3. (j) BENEFITS. During the term, the Company will provide The Executive
with two automobiles of such make and models as the Board deems appropriate and
suitable for his status with the Company for his and his spouse's sole use and
will reimburse the Executive for all costs and expenses incurred by the
Executive in connection with the use of those vehicles, or, at the Executive's
sole discretion, the Company shall pay an equivalent amount of such perquisite
to him as additional compensation. The Company shall install and pay the rental
and unit charges attributable to a dedicated business telephone and/or ISDN line
at his home. During the Term, the Company shall also pay for the Executive's
purchase, line charges, rental and unit charges for his mobile phones. The
Company shall provide the Executive with a fax machine and computer modem and
ISDN line to be installed at the Executive's home and a suitable desktop and
laptop computer, as well as all ancillary equipment and maintenance therefore.
In addition, the Company will pay for the cost of the Executive's member ship in
or subscriptions to the internet service provider of his choice, and such
professional memberships and journals as are appropriate to his duties under
this agreement. In addition, the Company will pay for any healthclub membership
fees that Xxxxxxxx and/or his family belong to.
THEREFORE the Company AND the Executive confirm and agree that the three-page
"Appendix A" attached to the Executive's original Employment Agreement dated
June 1, 1999 is a valid and approved section of the Employment Agreement. A copy
of the Appendix A is attached.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Getty Images, Inc. and Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx have caused this
Amendment to be executed as of the Commencement Date.
GETTY IMAGES, INC. XXXXXXXX X. XXXXX
By:
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Xxxx X. Getty Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Executive Chairman Chief Executive Officer
Date:
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EXHIBIT 10.9
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LEASE DATED AS OF APRIL 1, 2000
BY AND BETWEEN
THE XXXXXX, CHURCH-WARDENS AND VESTRYMEN
OF TRINITY CHURCH IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, AS LANDLORD
AND
PHOTODISC, INC., AS TENANT
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ENTIRE 4TH AND 6TH FLOORS AND PORTION OF 0XX XXXXX
00 XXXXXX XXXXXX
XXX XXXX, XXX XXXX
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PARISH OF TRINITY CHURCH IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT
00 XXXXXXX XXXXX
XXX XXXX, XXX XXXX 00000-0000
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE ONE TERM; RENT; FREE RENT........................................................................2
ARTICLE TWO USE..........................................................................................3
ARTICLE THREE REPAIRS; NOISE AND VIBRATION...............................................................4
ARTICLE FOUR ALTERATIONS AND FIXTURES....................................................................5
ARTICLE FIVE COMPLIANCE WITH GOVERNMENTAL RULES AND REGULATIONS..........................................8
ARTICLE SIX RULES AND REGULATIONS........................................................................8
ARTICLE SEVEN PLATE GLASS................................................................................9
ARTICLE EIGHT CARE OF SIDEWALKS..........................................................................9
ARTICLE NINE LANDLORD'S ACCESS TO THE PREMISES...........................................................9
ARTICLE TEN ELECTRIC CURRENT; LIVE STEAM................................................................10
ARTICLE ELEVEN CONDEMNATION AND DEMOLITION..............................................................11
ARTICLE TWELVE MECHANIC'S LIENS.........................................................................12
ARTICLE THIRTEEN SUBORDINATION..........................................................................12
ARTICLE FOURTEEN CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY...............................................................14
ARTICLE FIFTEEN VAULTS..................................................................................14
ARTICLE SIXTEEN FIRE AND OTHER CASUALTY.................................................................14
ARTICLE SEVENTEEN CHANGE IN USE OF PREMISES, SUBLETTING AND ASSIGNMENT..................................16
ARTICLE EIGHTEEN WAIVER AND SURRENDER; REMEDIES CUMULATIVE..............................................22
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ARTICLE NINETEEN NO REPRESENTATIONS AS TO PREMISES, CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND USE....................23
ARTICLE TWENTY LIMITATION OF LANDLORD'S LIABILITY.......................................................23
ARTICLE TWENTY-ONE INDEMNITY BY TENANT..................................................................24
ARTICLE TWENTY-TWO NOTICES..............................................................................25
ARTICLE TWENTY-THREE INSOLVENCY.........................................................................25
ARTICLE TWENTY-FOUR REMEDIES OF THE LANDLORD ON DEFAULT IN PERFORMANCE BY THE TENANT....................27
ARTICLE TWENTY-FIVE DEFAULT.............................................................................27
ARTICLE TWENTY-SIX REMEDIES AND DAMAGES.................................................................29
ARTICLE TWENTY-SEVEN SURRENDER AT EXPIRATION............................................................30
ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT QUIET ENJOYMENT....................................................................31
ARTICLE TWENTY-NINE SECURITY DEPOSIT....................................................................31
ARTICLE THIRTY REAL ESTATE TAX AND OPERATING EXPENSE ESCALATION.........................................33
ARTICLE THIRTY-ONE SERVICES.............................................................................35
ARTICLE THIRTY-TWO INSURANCE............................................................................37
ARTICLE THIRTY-THREE DEFAULT UNDER OTHER LEASES.........................................................38
ARTICLE THIRTY-FOUR WORK TO BE DONE BY LANDLORD.........................................................38
ARTICLE THIRTY-FIVE CONSENT TO JURISDICTION.............................................................38
ARTICLE THIRTY-SIX TENANT LIABILITY.....................................................................38
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ARTICLE THIRTY-SEVEN ADJACENT EXCAVATION-SHORING........................................................39
ARTICLE THIRTY-EIGHT FAILURE TO GIVE POSSESSION.........................................................39
ARTICLE THIRTY-NINE BROKER..............................................................................39
ARTICLE FORTY RENT RESTRICTIONS.........................................................................40
ARTICLE FORTY-ONE CERTIFICATES BY TENANT................................................................40
ARTICLE FORTY-TWO RESTRICTIONS ON TENANT'S USE..........................................................40
ARTICLE FORTY-THREE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.................................................................41
ARTICLE FORTY-FOUR MISCELLANEOUS........................................................................41
ARTICLE FORTY-SIX LANDLORD'S CONTRIBUTION...............................................................43
ARTICLE FORTY-SIX GENERATOR.............................................................................47
SCHEDULE A RULES AND REGULATIONS........................................................................(i)
SCHEDULE B CLEANING SPECIFICATIONS......................................................................(v)
EXHIBIT A - FLOOR PLANS
EXHIBIT B - CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY
EXHIBIT C - WORK LETTER
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THIS LEASE made as of the 1st day of April, 2000 between THE XXXXXX,
CHURCH-WARDENS AND VESTRYMEN OF TRINITY CHURCH IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, a
religious corporation (hereafter referred to as "the Landlord"), having its
offices at 00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx xx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxx, Xxxxxx and State of New
York, and PHOTODISC, INC. (hereafter referred to as "the Tenant"), a corporation
organized under the laws of the state of Washington, having an address at 000
Xxxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
W I T N E S S E T H :
That the Landlord hereby lets and leases to the Tenant, and the Tenant
hereby takes and hires from the Landlord, the following described spaces in the
building known as 0 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, having a street address of 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx,
in the Borough of Manhattan, City, County and State of New York (hereafter
referred to as "the building"), with the privilege to the Tenant of using
(subject to such reasonable rules and regulations as the Landlord shall from
time to time prescribe) the necessary entrances and appurtenances to the
premises, reserving to the Landlord all other portions of the building not
herein specifically demised:
Shown By
Cross-Hatching
Unit of Space on Exhibit Referred to as
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Portion of Basement A-1 the "Basement Space"
Portion of 0xx Xxxxx X-0 the "4th Floor Initial Space"
Portion of 0xx Xxxxx X-0 the "Europadisk Space"
Portion of 0xx Xxxxx X-0 the "Xxxx Xxxxxx Space"
Portion of 0xx Xxxxx X-0 the "5th Floor Initial Space"
Portion of 0xx Xxxxx X-0 the "6th Floor Initial Space"
Portion of 0xx Xxxxx X-0 the "Tri-Don Space"
Portion of 0xx Xxxxx X-0 the "Astoria Space"
Portion of 0xx Xxxxx X-0 the "Power Color Space"
Portion of 5th Floor A-10 the "Xxxxx Tender Space"
The Basement Space, 4th Floor Initial Space, the 5th Floor Initial
Space, and the 6th Floor Initial Space are hereinafter collectively referred to
as the "Initial Premises"; all other spaces described above are hereinafter
collectively referred to as "Additional Space"; and all of the units of space
described above are hereinafter referred to the "Premises". At such time as
Tenant occupies the entire 4th Floor or entire 6th Floor, the Premises shall
include that portion of the 4th or 6th Floors, as the case may be, which is
presently a common corridor, so that, with respect to such floor, the Premises
shall be as shown by hatching on Exhibit A-11, which is a typical floor plan.
The several portions of the Premises shall become available at different times.
The Commencement Date and proportionate share for the Initial Premises and each
portion of Additional Space are set forth below. Other than the Initial
Premises, the Commencement Date for each portion of Additional Space is an
estimate and the Commencement Date for each such portion shall be as set forth
in Article One. Subject to paragraph (g) of Article One below, Tenant's right to
occupy the various units of space constituting the Premises, and the obligation
to pay rent, additional rent and other charges with respect to the various units
of space shall commence as of the later of (a) the Commencement Date indicated
below or (b) the date upon which possession is delivered to Tenant.
Unit of Commencement Proportionate
Space Date Share
Initial Premises April 1, 2000 8.64%
Europadisk Space July 1, 2000* 3.56%
Xxxx Xxxxxx Space February 1, 2002 1.14%
Tri-Don Space August 1, 2000* 2.25%
Astoria Space June 1, 2000* 1.38%
Power Color Space July 1, 2000* 1.19%
Xxxxx Tender Space October 1, 2007 1.01%
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* Landlord is negotiating with the tenants occupying these units of
space in order to obtain early lease terminations so that Landlord may deliver
the spaces on or before the dates set forth above. Tenant has been advised of
the actual lease expiration dates applicable to each portion of space, and
Tenant acknowledges that Landlord cannot guaranty delivery of such portions of
the Premises by the estimated Commencement Date stated above. As more fully set
forth in Article Thirty-Eight hereof, Landlord shall have no liability to Tenant
if Landlord is unable to deliver one or more of such portions of the Premises to
Tenant by the dates set forth above, Tenant agreeing to accept the risk of such
non-delivery by Landlord. Landlord shall continue to negotiate in good faith
with these tenants to bring the negotiations to a successful conclusion to meet
the estimated Commencement Date.
This letting is upon the following covenants and conditions, each and
every one of which the Tenant covenants and agrees with the Landlord to keep and
perform, and the Tenant agrees that the covenants herein contained on the part
of the Tenant to be performed, shall be deemed conditional limitations, as well
as covenants and conditions.
ARTICLE ONE
TERM; RENT; FREE RENT
(a) The term shall commence (1) with respect to the Initial Premises,
April 1, 2000 (the "Initial Premises Commencement Date"), and (2) with respect
to the other portions of the Premises, upon delivery to Tenant of vacant
possession of such Premises (such delivery dates being referred to hereinafter
as the "_______ Space Commencement Date,"), and shall expire on March 31, 2015
(or until such term shall sooner cease and expire or be terminated as
hereinafter provided) (the "Expiration Date"), at an annual rent ( the "fixed
rent") of :
Unit of Fixed Rent Fixed Rent Fixed Rent
Space 4/1/00-3/31/05 4/1/05-3/31/10 4/1/10-3/31/15
Initial Premises $2,861,552 $2,944,857 $3,157,285
Europadisk Space $1,218,985 $1,255,427 $1,348,354
Xxxx Xxxxxx Space $ 390,261 $ 401,928 $ 431,679
Tri-Don Space $ 771,123 $ 794,176 $ 852,961
Astoria Space $ 470,909 $ 484,987 $ 520,886
Power Color Space $ 406,217 $ 418,361 $ 449,328
Xxxxx Tender Space $ 346,475 $ 356,833 $ 383,246
Total Fixed Rent $6,465,522 $6,656,569 $7,143,739
(b) Fixed rent shall be payable in advance on the first day of each
month during the term of this lease at the offices of the Landlord or at such
other place as the Landlord may designate. The Tenant shall pay the fixed rent
without demand therefor and without any set-off, deduction, abatement or offset
whatsoever, except that the Tenant shall pay the first monthly installment of
fixed rent (with respect to the Initial Premises only) upon the execution of
this lease. If the Commencement Date applicable to any portion of the Premises
occurs on a day other than the first day of a calendar month, the fixed rent for
such calendar month shall be pro-rated based on the number of days in the month.
All rent payments shall be paid in lawful money of the United States of America,
which shall be legal tender in payment of any debts and dues, public and
private, at the time of payment by good and sufficient check subject to
collection and drawn on a New York City bank or trust company which is a member
of the New York Clearinghouse Association.
(c) All sums and charges other than fixed rent due and payable by the
Tenant pursuant to this lease, including, without limitation, charges for
electricity (as defined in Article TEN), escalation charges (as defined in
Article THIRTY) and late charges assessed pursuant to this lease are called
"additional rent". All regularly recurring items of additional rent, including,
without limitation, escalation charges which are payable on a monthly basis
pursuant to the provisions of Article
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THIRTY, shall be due and payable together with the fixed rent on the first day
of each month during the term of this lease. All other items of additional rent
shall be paid to the Landlord within fifteen days after delivery of a notice or
demand therefor, unless otherwise set forth herein. Fixed rent and additional
rent are collectively referred to herein as "rent". The failure of the Tenant to
make any payment of additional rent shall entitle the Landlord to exercise all
of the rights and remedies provided herein for the non-payment of fixed rent.
(d) Intentionally omitted.
(e) If any installment of rent shall not be paid within ten (10) days
following the date on which the same shall be due and payable pursuant to this
lease then, in addition to, and without waiving or releasing any other rights
and remedies of the Landlord, the Tenant shall pay to the Landlord a late charge
of one and one-half (1 1/2%) percent per month computed (on the basis of a
30-day month) from the date on which each such installment became due and
payable to the date of payment of the installment on the amount of each such
installment or installments, as liquidated damages for the Tenant's failure to
make prompt payment, and the same may be collected on demand.
(f) In the event any check issued by the Tenant is dishonored for any
reason, the Tenant shall submit a replacement check within three (3 ) business
days following notice from the Landlord that the check was dishonored. Tenant's
failure to submit a replacement check within such time period shall constitute
an Event of Default under this lease.
(g) Notwithstanding the foregoing, provided no Event of Default shall
have occurred which shall remain uncured, the Tenant shall not be required to
pay fixed rent with respect to a particular portion of the Premises (i) subject
to the last sentence of this paragraph (g), for the period beginning on the
Commencement Date for that portion of the Premises and ending three months after
the completion of the Landlord's Initial Work applicable to such Premises (as
described in the Work Sheet attached hereto and made a part hereof) and (ii) for
the seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth calendar months following
completion of such Landlord's Initial Work; provided, however, that the Tenant
shall during such abatement period pay all other amounts due under this lease
including, but not limited to, any additional rent payable pursuant to Article
THIRTY of this lease and any service charges for electric current, and overtime
elevator, air-conditioning or heat services. Upon the occurrence of an Event of
Default, the fixed rent at the monthly rate set forth in this lease shall be
payable during the period in which the Tenant would otherwise be entitled to the
use of the Premises free of fixed rent. Any such rent payment shall be paid
within five days after demand therefore and shall constitute additional rent
under this lease. After the date on which any existing tenant shall surrender
its portion of the Premises and prior to the Commencement Date applicable to
that portion of the Premises, Landlord shall afford to Tenant access to such
portion of the Premises for the purpose of taking measurements and planning its
initial alterations. Notwithstanding the first sentence of this paragraph (g),
with respect to the Initial Premises, the free rent period shall be one full
month following the completion of Landlord's Initial Work with respect to the
Initial Premises, and for the second month following the completion of
Landlord's Initial Work, Tenant shall pay the sum of $11,537.33.
ARTICLE TWO
USE
(a) The Tenant shall use the Premises (other than the Basement Space)
only for executive and general offices in connection with Tenant's business of
providing high-quality photography, moving images, art prints and related
products, except that if all or a portion of the Premises (other than the
Basement Space) shall be sublet in accordance with the terms of this lease, or
if this lease shall be assigned in accordance with the terms of this lease, then
the use shall be for executive and general offices in connection with the
business of the permitted subtenant or permitted assignee. The Basement Space
shall be used solely for "dead" storage purposes.
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(b) If any portion of the Premises consists of basement space, such
portion shall be used only for storage purposes.
(c) No auction sale and no other sale of all or substantially all of
the Tenant's property, stock, fixtures and machinery, except a sale made in
connection with an assignment of this lease to another tenant for which the
Landlord's consent shall have been obtained, shall be held at the Premises
unless the provisions of Article THIRTY-ONE (g) of this lease shall have been
complied with.
(d) Tenant shall take reasonable steps to limit the number of
messengers having access to the Premises, including, but not limited to,
installing a messenger center on the Canal Street side of the ground floor of
the building in a location to be designated by the Landlord. Construction of the
messenger center shall be subject to the provisions of Article Four hereof.
ARTICLE THREE
REPAIRS; NOISE AND VIBRATION
(a) The Tenant shall take good care of the Premises and the fixtures,
appurtenances, equipment and facilities therein and shall make, as and when
needed, all repairs in and about the Premises required to keep them in good
order and condition; such repairs to be equal in quality to the original work
provided that the Tenant shall not be obligated for structural or exterior
repairs to the building or for repairs to the systems and facilities of the
building for the use or service of tenants generally, except where structural or
exterior repairs or repairs to such systems and facilities are made necessary by
reason of one or more of the occurrences described below in clauses (i) through
(iv) of this Article THREE (a). All repairs for which the Tenant is responsible
pursuant to this Article shall be made by a contractor reasonably approved by
the Landlord. Should the Tenant fail to repair any condition in or about the
Premises or the fixtures, appurtenances, equipment and facilities therein which
is of such a nature that its neglect would result in damage or danger to the
building, its fixtures, appurtenances, facilities and equipment, or to its
occupants (of which Landlord's judgment, reasonably exercised, shall be
conclusive) or, in the case of repairs of any other nature, should the Tenant
have failed to make the required repairs or to have begun in good faith, the
work necessary to make them within five business days after notice from the
Landlord of the condition requiring repair, the Landlord may, in either such
case, immediately enter the Premises and make the required repairs at the
expense of the Tenant. The Landlord may make, at the expense of the Tenant, any
repairs to the building or to its fixtures, appurtenances, facilities or
equipment, whether of a structural or any other nature, which are required by
reason of damage or injury due (i) to the negligence or willful misconduct of
the Tenant or its employees, agents, licensees or visitors; (ii) to the moving
into or out of the building, of property being delivered to the Tenant or taken
from the Premises by or on behalf of the Tenant; (iii) to the installation,
repair or removal, use or operation of the property of the Tenant in the
Premises; or (iv) to the faulty operation of any machinery, equipment, or
facility installed in the Premises by or for the Tenant. The Tenant will pay the
cost of any repairs made by the Landlord pursuant to this paragraph within
fifteen days after presentation of bills therefor, or the Landlord may, at its
option, add such amounts to any installment or installments of rent due under
this lease and collect the same as additional rent. The liability of the Tenant
under this Article THREE shall survive the expiration or other termination of
this lease for a period of one year.
(b) Except to the extent hereinabove set forth, and subject to the
provisions of Article SIXTEEN, the Landlord shall maintain in working order and
repair the exterior and the structural portions of the building, including the
structural portions of the Premises, and the public portions of the building
interior and the building plumbing, electrical, heating, fire protection, life
safety, sprinkler and ventilating systems, (excluding all ductwork, diffusers,
thermostat controls and any other part of the ventilating system located outside
of the machine room, if any, on the floor) serving the Premises. The Tenant
shall give prompt notice of any defective condition in the Premises for which
the Landlord may be responsible hereunder. There shall be no allowance to the
Tenant for diminution in rental value and no liability on the part of the
Landlord by reason of inconvenience, annoyance or injury to business arising
from the Landlord or others making repairs, alterations, additions or
improvements in or to any portion of the building or the Premises or in and to
the
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fixtures, appurtenances or equipment thereof. It is specifically agreed that the
Tenant shall not be entitled to any set off or reduction of rent by reason of
any failure of the Landlord to comply with the provisions of this or any other
Article of the lease. Landlord shall use reasonable commercial efforts to
minimize any interference with the conduct of Tenant's business on account of
the work undertaken by Landlord in accordance with this Article Three, but
Landlord shall not be required to perform any such work on an overtime basis.
(c) Tenant shall not install or maintain equipment, machinery or
manufacturing equipment of any description in the Premises, the operation of
which produces noise or vibration which is transmitted beyond the Premises. If
the Tenant does install such equipment or machinery and the Landlord deems it
necessary that the noise or vibration of such machinery or equipment be
diminished, eliminated, prevented or confined to the Premises, the Landlord may,
at its election, give written notice to the Tenant, requiring that the Tenant
provide and install rubber or other approved settings for absorbing, preventing
or decreasing the noise or vibration of such machinery or equipment within
fifteen days and if such measures are unsuccessful that the Tenant immediately
remove said equipment from the Premises within fifteen days. The judgment of the
Landlord of the necessity of such installation shall be conclusive, and the
installation shall be made in such manner and of such material as the Landlord
may direct. Should the Tenant fail to comply with such request within fifteen
days, the Landlord may do the work necessary to absorb, prevent or decrease the
noise or vibration of such machinery or equipment and the Tenant will pay to the
Landlord the cost of such work within fifteen days after demand or such cost
may, at the option of the Landlord, be added to any installment or installments
of rent under this lease and shall be payable by the Tenant as additional rent.
ARTICLE FOUR
ALTERATIONS AND FIXTURES
(a) The Tenant shall not make any alteration, addition or improvement
in or upon the Premises, nor incur any expense therefor, without having first
obtained the written consent of the Landlord therefor. The Tenant shall not be
required to obtain the Landlord's consent for alterations, additions or
improvements which are decorative in nature, such as painting or carpeting
(although the Tenant shall give the Landlord prior written notice of the
performance of such work). If the Tenant shall desire to make alterations,
additions or improvements to fit out the Premises for the Tenant's use which
will not affect the exterior of the building or adversely affect the structure
of the building or the operation of any of the systems or facilities of the
building for the use of any tenant or violate the requirements of government
hereafter referred to, the Landlord's approval will not be unreasonably withheld
or delayed. In no event shall the Tenant make any alteration at any time when an
Event of Default is outstanding. Any and all alterations may be made only
subject to and in compliance with the following, as well as all other reasonable
rules and regulations promulgated by the Landlord with respect to the
performance of alterations:
(i) Prior to the commencement of any alteration, the Tenant shall,
except in an emergency, give at least 30 days' notice to Landlord for
all alterations and shall obtain the Landlord's prior approval of the
licensed architect and/or licensed professional engineer and the
contractors and/or mechanics selected by the Tenant, as well as the
Landlord's prior written approval of detailed plans and specifications
prepared by the approved architect and/or engineer and shall reimburse
the Landlord for its out-of-pocket expenses for outside consultants to
review such plans and specifications; and no alterations shall be made
except as are in all material respects in accordance with such plans
and specifications or any approved changes thereto. If requested by the
Landlord, the Tenant shall submit a copy of the general contractor's
contract or other contract for the alterations which shall show the
cost thereof.
(ii) No alteration shall be commenced until the Tenant shall have
obtained and paid for all required permits and authorizations of any
City, State or Federal governmental agency or any board, bureau,
department or body thereof, having or asserting jurisdiction, copies of
which shall be supplied to the Landlord. Landlord shall reasonably and
diligently cooperate with
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Tenant in connection with the performance of its alterations, additions
or improvements, and with respect to alterations approved by Landlord,
shall cooperate (but at no expense to Landlord) with Tenant and execute
such documents as may be reasonably required by Tenant to obtain such
permits and authorizations, including, without limitation, alteration
applications.
(iii) Prior to the commencement of any alteration, the Tenant shall
submit to the Landlord duplicate original policies or certificates
thereof of worker's compensation insurance covering all persons
employed in connection with the work, and builder's all risk and
comprehensive general public liability insurance in such reasonable and
customary amounts and with such companies as may be reasonably approved
by the Landlord and such coverage shall be maintained until all such
alterations have been completed. Such policies shall name the Landlord
and any mortgagee or holder of any ground or underlying lease as
additional named insureds.
(iv) Upon completion of the alterations, the Tenant, at the Tenant's
expense shall obtain certificates of final approval as may be required
by any governmental agency, board, bureau, department or body thereof,
and shall deliver such approvals to the Landlord, together with
"as-built" plans and specifications for such alterations. In addition,
one copy of final drawings shall be delivered to the Landlord in
AutoCad, Release 14 format, either on a 3 1/2" disk or CD Rom, or such
other format as shall from time to time be reasonably designated by the
Landlord.
(v) The cost of all alterations shall be paid when due so that the
Premises shall at all times be free of liens for labor and materials
supplied or claimed to have been supplied to the Premises and free from
any encumbrances, or security interests.
(vi) All alterations, additions or improvements shall be made and
installed in a good and workmanlike manner and shall comply with all
requirements, by law, regulation or rule, of the Federal, State and
City Governments and all subdivisions and agencies thereof, and with
the requirements of the New York Fire Insurance Exchange, New York
Board of Fire Underwriters and all other bodies exercising similar
functions, and shall conform to any particular reasonable requirements
of the Landlord expressed in its consent for the making of any such
alterations, additions, and improvements. The Landlord's review and
approval of the Tenant's plans shall not constitute, nor be deemed to
constitute a representation or agreement by the Landlord that such
plans and specifications comply with such requirements. Such compliance
shall be the sole responsibility of the Tenant.
Any such work once begun shall be completed with all reasonable
dispatch, but shall be done at such time and in such manner as not to interfere
unreasonably with the occupancy of any other tenant or the progress of any work
being performed by or on account of the Landlord. If requested to do so by the
Tenant in connection with the Landlord's approval of any alteration, addition or
improvement, the Landlord will advise the Tenant whether the alteration,
addition or improvement will be required to be removed by the Tenant at the
expiration or earlier termination of this lease or may remain upon the Premises
to become the property of the Landlord. If no such advice is given by the
Landlord, the provision of subdivision (b) of this Article shall apply.
(b) All alterations, additions or improvements, which may be made or
installed in or upon the Premises (whether made during or prior to the term of
this lease or during the term of any prior lease of the Premises by the
Landlord, the Tenant or any previous tenant), except the furniture, trade
fixtures, stock in trade, and like personal property of the Tenant, shall be
conclusively deemed to be part of the freehold and the property of the Landlord,
and shall remain upon the Premises, and, upon the expiration or any termination
of the term of this lease, shall be surrendered therewith as a part thereof,
except for any Specialty Alterations which shall, unless the Landlord advises
the Tenant to the contrary, be removed by the Tenant, at the Tenant's expense,
upon the expiration or earlier termination of this lease, provided, however,
that alterations, additions and improvements installed by the Tenant at Tenant's
expense shall remain the property of Tenant until the expiration or earlier
termination of this lease, but Tenant shall not remove, destroy or alter such
alterations, additions and improvement without Landlord's consent and, in any
event, shall replace such alterations, additions
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and improvements with alterations, additions or improvements of equal or greater
value. A "Specialty Alteration" shall mean an alteration which is in excess of
standard office installations such as kitchens, cafeterias, vaults, sloping,
terraced or raised floors, internal staircases, and other slab penetrations,
data centers, fire suppression or uninterrupted power supply systems,
generators, fuel tanks, dumbwaiters, and other improvements of a similar nature.
The Tenant, at or prior to the expiration or any termination of the term of this
lease shall, at its own expense, remove all its furniture, trade fixtures, stock
in trade and like personal property. The Tenant shall restore and repair, at its
own cost and expense, any damage or disfigurement of the Premises occasioned by
any such removals or remaining after such removals, so as to leave the Premises
in good order and condition or, the Landlord, at its option, may do such
restoration and repair and the Tenant will pay the reasonable cost thereof upon
demand. If any furniture, trade fixtures, stock in trade or other personal
property of the Tenant shall not be removed at the expiration or any termination
of this lease, the Landlord, at the Landlord's option, may treat the same as
having been irrevocably abandoned, in which the Tenant shall have no further
right, title or interest therein and the Landlord may remove the same from the
Premises, disposing of them in any way which the Landlord sees fit to do, and
the Tenant shall, on demand, pay to the Landlord the expense incurred by the
Landlord for the removal thereof, as well as the cost of any restoration of the
Premises above provided. The Tenant's obligations under this subdivision (b) of
this Article FOUR shall survive the expiration of this lease for a period of one
year.
(c) The Landlord may at any time during the term of this lease, change
the arrangement or location of the entrance or passageways, doors and doorways,
and the corridors, elevators, stairs, toilets or other parts of the building
used by the public or in common by the Tenant and other tenants (including,
without limitation, the conversion of elevators from a manually-operated to an
automatic self-service basis) and may alter staffing of the building and the
scale and manner of the operation thereof, provided that the services to which
the Tenant is entitled as specified in this lease are not diminished and may
alter the facilities, fixtures, appurtenances and equipment of the building as
it may deem the same advisable, or as it may be required so to do by any
governmental authority, law, rule or regulation, and provided further that
Landlord shall use commercially reasonable efforts to minimize interference with
the conduct of Tenant's business in making such changes and provided that such
changes do not materially reduce the accessibility of the Premises. The Landlord
may change the name, street number or designation by which the building is
commonly known.
(d) The Tenant shall not at any time prior to or during the term of
this lease, directly or indirectly, employ or permit the employment of any
contractor, mechanic or laborer in or about the Premises, whether in connection
with any alteration or improvement or the providing of any services or
otherwise, if such employment would, in the reasonable judgment of the Landlord,
disrupt, or interfere or cause any conflict with, any other contractors,
mechanics, or laborers engaged by the Landlord or any other tenant in the
building. In the event of any such disruption, interference or conflict, the
Tenant, upon demand of the Landlord, shall immediately cause all contractors,
mechanics or laborers causing such disruption, interference or conflict to leave
the building.
(e) The Tenant, at its own sole cost and expense, shall defend the
Premises and the Landlord against all suits for the enforcement of any mechanics
lien or any bond in lieu of such lien, and the Tenant hereby indemnifies the
Landlord and the Premises against any and all damages, expenses, or liabilities
resulting from any such lien or suit. Should the Tenant fail to commence or
diligently proceed to timely discharge any such lien, the Landlord may do so by
payment, bond, or otherwise on thirty days' prior written notice to the Tenant
and the amount paid or incurred therefor by the Landlord shall be payable by the
Tenant as additional rent. Tenant represents and warrants that it has not
performed any alterations in the Premises prior to the Initial Premises
Commencement Date.
(f) If, in connection with the performance of any alterations,
additions or improvements to the Premises, there is any violation against the
building, the curing of which shall be the responsibility of Landlord, which
shall result in actual delay to Tenant or prevent Tenant from obtaining any
governmental permits, consents, approvals or other documentation to commence or
complete Tenant's alterations, additions or improvements, or prevent the
physical (as opposed to legal) occupancy of the Premises, or if any governmental
agency with jurisdiction orders Tenant not
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to occupy the Premises, then Landlord shall promptly and diligently proceed to
cure and remove of record such violations and Tenant shall be entitled to an
abatement of rent equal to the fixed rent and additional rent allocable to the
portion of the Premises in which such alterations, additions or improvements are
prevented from being performed or completed, or with respect to which Tenant has
been ordered not to occupy, for the period during which Tenant shall be so
prevented from performing such alterations, additions or improvements. Such
abatement period shall not commence any earlier than the date which is ten
business days following notice from Tenant to Landlord of a violation which
prevents Tenant from proceeding with its alterations, additions or improvements,
and such abatement period shall only commence if Landlord has not cured such
violation within the ten-business-day period following Tenant's notice.
ARTICLE FIVE
COMPLIANCE WITH GOVERNMENTAL RULES AND REGULATIONS
The Tenant shall promptly comply, at the Tenant's own expense, with all
laws, ordinances, regulations and requirements now or hereinafter enacted, of
the City, State and Federal Government, and all subdivisions and agencies
thereof, and the New York Fire Insurance Exchange, the New York Board of Fire
Underwriters, and of any fire insurance rating organization, and of all other
departments, bureaus, officials, boards and commissions with regard to the
Premises or the use thereof by the Tenant, and (if the Premises are situated on
the ground floor) the sidewalks adjoining the same in so far as such compliance
is made necessary by the Tenant's use of the sidewalks, provided that the Tenant
shall not be required to make structural alterations or additions to the
Premises, alterations to any building systems servicing the Premises, or
alterations to any common areas in the building utilized by Tenant and other
tenants, except where the same are required by reason of the nature of the
Tenant's use of the Premises, the alterations performed in the Premises by the
Tenant, the manner in which its business is carried on in the Premises, or a
failure on the part of the Tenant to conform to the provisions of this lease.
Tenant shall not be required to comply with any such laws, ordinances,
regulations and requirements for so long as Tenant shall be contesting,
diligently and in good faith, Tenant's obligation to comply therewith through
appropriate proceedings brought in accordance with applicable law, provided that
Tenant's failure to comply shall have no adverse effect on Landlord or on other
tenants in the building. The Tenant will not permit the maintenance of any
nuisance upon the Premises or permit its employees, licensees or visitors to do
any illegal act therein, or in and about the building after notice thereof from
the Landlord. If any such law, ordinance, regulation or requirement shall not be
promptly complied with by the Tenant, then the Landlord may, at its option,
enter upon the Premises to comply therewith, and should any fine or penalty be
imposed for failure to comply therewith or by reason of any such illegal act,
the Tenant agrees that the Landlord may, at its option, pay such fine or
penalty, which the Tenant agrees to repay to the Landlord, with interest (as set
forth in Article Twenty-Four) from the date of payment, as additional rent.
ARTICLE SIX
RULES AND REGULATIONS
The Tenant and the Tenant's employees, and any other persons subject to
the control of the Tenant, shall well and faithfully observe all the rules and
regulations annexed hereto as SCHEDULE A, and also any and all reasonable rules
and regulations affecting the Premises, the building or the equipment,
appurtenances, facilities and services thereof, hereafter promulgated by the
Landlord. The Landlord may at any time, and from time to time, prescribe and
regulate the placing of safes, machinery and other things, and regulate which
elevator and entrance shall be used by the Tenant's employees, and for the
Tenant's shipping; and may make such other and further rules and regulations as
in its reasonable judgment may, from time to time, be needed or desirable for
the safety, care or cleanliness of the building and for the preservation of good
order therein. The Landlord shall not be liable to the Tenant for violations of
any rules and regulations by any other tenant, its servants, employees, agents,
visitors or licensees. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Landlord agrees that
it shall not discriminate against the Tenant in the enforcement of the rules and
regulations promulgated by the Landlord for the building.
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ARTICLE SEVEN
PLATE GLASS
The Landlord may, at its option, either (i) at the Tenant's expense,
keep the plate glass, if any, in the Premises insured in the name of the
Landlord against loss or damage, the premium for which, whether by separate
policy or as a part of a schedule of another policy, shall be paid by the Tenant
to the Landlord, upon demand, or (ii) require the Tenant, at the Tenant's
expense, to keep the plate glass, if any, in the Premises insured in the name of
the Landlord against loss or damage, in which event, the Tenant shall deliver
such policy and evidence of due payment of the premium therefor to the Landlord.
The Tenant shall promptly replace, at its own expense, any and all plate and
other glass damaged or broken from any cause whatsoever in and about the
Premises. If the Tenant fails to do so, the Landlord shall have the right to
replace such glass at the Tenant's expense.
ARTICLE EIGHT
CARE OF SIDEWALKS
If the Premises, or any part thereof, consist of a first floor or any
part thereof, the Tenant shall, at the Tenant's own expense, keep the sidewalk,
gutter and curb in front thereof in a clean condition, but Tenant shall not be
responsible for removal of snow and ice from the sidewalk.
ARTICLE NINE
LANDLORD'S ACCESS TO THE PREMISES
(a) The Tenant shall, without in any way affecting the Tenant's
obligations hereunder, and without constituting any eviction, permit the
Landlord and its agents and designees: (i) at all reasonable hours, upon
reasonable notice, to enter the Premises and have access thereto, for the
purpose of inspecting or examining them and to show them to other persons; or
(ii) to enter the Premises (including, specifically, all mechanical and air
conditioning rooms located therein) to make repairs and alterations, and to do
any work on the Premises or any adjoining premises and any work in connection
with excavation or construction on any adjoining premises or property
(including, but not limited to, the shoring up of the building) and to take in
any of the foregoing instances, any space needed therefor, provided that any
space so taken shall not be material to the conduct of Tenant's business in the
Premises. The Tenant shall permit the Landlord to erect and maintain ducts,
pipes and conduits in and through the Premises. In the exercise of the rights of
the Landlord reserved under this Article NINE, the Landlord will do so in a
manner which minimizes, so far as is practicable, the interference with the
Tenant's use of the Premises or Tenant's wiring or improvements to the Premises
and where ducts, pipes or conduits are to be erected through the Premises will
locate them along walls or ceilings wherever practicable.
(b) In the event that the Premises shall, in the Landlord's reasonable
judgment, become substantially vacated before the expiration of this lease, or
in the event the Tenant shall be removed by summary proceedings or in the event
that, during the last month of the term, the Tenant shall have removed all or
substantially all of the Tenant's property therefrom, the Landlord may
immediately enter into and upon said Premises for the purpose of decorating,
renovating or otherwise preparing same for a new tenant, without thereby causing
any abatement of rent or liability on the Landlord's part for other
compensation, and such acts shall have no effect upon this lease.
(c) If the Tenant or an officer or authorized employee of the Tenant
shall not be personally present to open and permit an entry into said Premises,
at any time, when for any reason an entry therein shall be necessary or
permissible hereunder, the Landlord or the Landlord's agents, may enter the same
by a master key, or may forcibly enter the same without rendering the Landlord
or such agents liable therefor (if during such entry the Landlord shall accord
reasonable care to the Tenant's property) and without in any manner affecting
the obligations and covenants of this lease and in no event shall any such entry
by the Landlord or its agents be deemed an acceptance of a surrender of this
lease, either expressed or implied, nor a waiver by the Landlord of any covenant
of this lease on the part of the Tenant to be performed.
ARTICLE TEN
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ELECTRIC CURRENT; LIVE STEAM
(a) So long as electric current is to be supplied by the Landlord, the
Tenant covenants and agrees to purchase the Tenant's requirements therefor at
the Premises from the Landlord or the Landlord's designated agent at a price
equal to 108% of the Rates (as hereinafter defined) set forth in the rate
schedule of Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. applicable to the
building (or the conjunctional group in which the building is included), plus an
amount equal to all sales, use and gross receipt taxes and other governmental
charges or levies, generally applicable to the purchase and sale of electricity
in New York City (and without regard to whether the Landlord is exempt from
paying or collecting any such tax, charge or levy), including any adjustment for
time-of-day for either demand or consumption. As used herein, the term "Rates"
shall mean the rates for all components of the aggregate cost of purchasing
electricity for the building, including, without limitation, all charges related
to the generation, transmission, distribution and service and all charges for
consumption and demand (including, without limitation, all seasonal and
time-of-day adjustments and fuel escalation charges relating to such consumption
and demand charges). All amounts payable under this Article TEN shall constitute
additional rent for the purpose of the enforcement of the Landlord's rights.
(b) Where more than one meter measures the service of the Tenant in the
building, the service rendered through each meter may be computed and billed
separately in accord with the rates herein provided for. No current shall be
furnished until the equipment of the Tenant has been approved by the proper
authorities, and after such approval, no changes shall be made in such equipment
without the written consent of the Landlord. The Tenant shall pay, upon demand,
the bills for electric current furnished and the use of meters or the Landlord
may, at its option, add such amounts to any installment or installments of fixed
rent due under this lease and collect the same as additional rent. The Tenant
shall comply with such rules, regulations and contract provisions as are
customarily prescribed by public service corporations supplying such services,
for consumption similar to that of the Tenant.
(c) The Landlord may discontinue the supply of electric current under
subdivision (a) at any time on sixty (60) days' notice to the Tenant without
being liable to the Tenant therefor or without in any way affecting this lease
or the liability of the Tenant hereunder or causing the diminution of rent, and
the same shall not be deemed to be a lessening or diminution of services within
the meaning of any law, rule, or regulation now or hereafter enacted,
promulgated, or issued. Should the Landlord give such notice of discontinuance,
the Tenant shall make the Tenant's own arrangements to receive such service
direct from such public utility corporation serving the building and the
Landlord shall permit the Landlord's wires, conduits and meters, to the extent
to which they are safely available for such use and to the extent to which they
may be used under any applicable governmental regulations or the regulations of
such public utility, to be used for the purpose. Should any additional or other
wiring, conduits, meters or any other or different distribution equipment be
required in order to permit the Tenant to receive such service directly from the
public utility, the same will be installed, as the Landlord shall elect, either
by the Landlord or by the Tenant, the cost of which shall be shared equally by
Landlord and Tenant. In the case of central distribution equipment which is used
in connection with the distribution or metering of current supplied to the
Tenant and other tenants of the building, and which is required to be installed
under governmental regulations or the regulations of such utility, the cost of
installation thereof will be prorated among the several tenants, serviced
through the distribution facility in the proportion which their average
consumption of electric current over the next preceding period of not less than
six month's duration bears to the total consumption of electric current by all
tenants during such period, and the Tenant shall pay to the Landlord the fifty
percent (50%) of Tenant's share of such cost of installation, apportioned as
above, within five (5) days following receipt of a statement showing the cost of
the distribution equipment and the manner in which the cost has been allocated
to the Tenant. (The costs described in the immediately preceding sentence are
not intended to include the costs of the upgrading of the building by Landlord
currently in progress.) All such facilities installed by the Tenant shall be
installed in a workmanlike manner which complies with applicable governmental
regulations and the regulations of the public utility. The Landlord will in any
such case permit any pipe-chases or channels available in the building to be
used by the Tenant for the Tenant's cables and conduits, to the extent that the
same may be available and may be safely used for the purpose.
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(d) The Landlord shall not in any way be liable or responsible to the
Tenant for any loss or damage or expense which the Tenant may sustain or incur
if either the quantity or character or electric service is changed or is no
longer available or suitable for the Tenant's requirements, nor shall the
Landlord be in any way responsible for any interruption of service due to
breakdowns, repairs, malfunction of electrical equipment or any other cause
relating to electrical service which is beyond the Landlord's reasonable
control. The Tenant covenants and agrees that at all times its use of electric
current shall never exceed the capacity of existing feeders to the Tenant's
floor(s) or space (if less than an entire floor) or the capacity of the risers
or wiring installation in the building. The Tenant agrees not to connect any
additional electrical equipment to the building electrical distribution system,
other than lamps, typewriters, computers, scanners, printers, servers, copiers,
and other small office machines which consume comparable amounts of electricity,
without the Landlord's prior written consent. If, in the Landlord's sole
judgment, reasonably exercised, the Tenant's electrical requirements necessitate
installation of an additional riser, risers or other necessary equipment, the
same may be installed by the Landlord at the sole cost and expense of the Tenant
(together with Tenant's Proportionate Share of any electrical panels which are
required to be installed as a result of the installation of such additional
risers), which shall be chargeable and collectible as additional rent. If the
Tenant makes written request to install a riser or risers to supply the Tenant's
electrical requirements, such request shall be subject to the prior written
consent of the Landlord in each instance, and such riser, risers or other
equipment shall be installed by the Landlord at the sole cost and expense of the
Tenant, if in the Landlord's sole judgment, reasonably exercised, the same are
necessary and will not cause or create a dangerous or hazardous condition or
entail excessive or unreasonable alterations, repairs or expense or interfere
with or disturb other tenants or occupants. If the Tenant is not utilizing the
full electrical capacity available to the Premises, the Landlord shall have the
right to make such excess capacity available to other occupants of the building.
Prior to taking such excess capacity, Landlord shall notify Tenant of its
intention to do so, and Tenant shall have two weeks in which to demonstrate that
Tenant has an impending need for such electrical capacity. If in Landlord's
reasonable judgment, Tenant fails to demonstrate an impending need for such
electrical capacity, Landlord shall be entitled to proceed to make such excess
capacity available to other occupants of the building.
(e) If there be any facilities for the supply of live steam in the
building, such steam shall be supplied to the Tenant only if separate agreements
are made therefor and pursuant to such arrangements. In the event that such
separate agreements shall be made, the appropriate provisions of this Article
TEN shall be applicable thereto.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
CONDEMNATION AND DEMOLITION
If the Premises or any part thereof, shall be taken or condemned for
any public or quasi public use (other than for temporary use or occupancy), this
lease and the term hereby granted shall terminate as of the date of vesting of
title by reason of such taking. If any other part of the building shall be so
taken and such taking shall, in the reasonable judgment of the Landlord, make
the operation of the building impractical, unprofitable or uneconomical or would
make substantial structural alterations or reconstruction of the building
necessary (even though no part of the Premises be taken), the Landlord may, at
its option, give to the Tenant, at any time after the vesting of title and prior
to the actual taking of possession, thirty (30) days' notice of intention to
terminate this lease, and upon the date designated in such notice, this lease
and the term hereby granted shall terminate. Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, if ten (10%) percent or less of the Premises shall be so
acquired or condemned, the Landlord, at its option, may elect not to terminate
this lease and, in such case, the Landlord shall, at its expense, restore that
part of the Premises not so acquired or condemned to a self-contained rental
unit exclusive of the Tenant's alterations. In no event shall any condemnation
award be apportioned, and the Tenant hereby assigns to the Landlord all right
and claim to any part of such award, but the rent, and all other sums payable by
the Tenant, shall be apportioned as of the date of any such termination of this
lease with respect to all or part of the
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Premises, as the case may be, and in the case of a partial taking, prospective
rent obligations which are based on square footage shall be adjusted
accordingly. Nothing contained in the foregoing portion of this Article ELEVEN
shall be deemed to prevent the Tenant's making claim for and retaining an award
for the damage to or loss of value of its trade fixtures and such of the
installations made by the Tenant as remain the Tenant's property or from making
claim for and retaining any award which may be made to the Tenant for the
Tenant's moving expenses if, and to the extent that, the award to be claimed and
retained by the Tenant is independent of and does not result in a diminution of
the award, and is not payable out of the award to the Landlord for the taking of
the land, building and the Landlord's other property.
ARTICLE TWELVE
MECHANIC'S LIENS
The Tenant will not permit, during the term hereby granted, any
mechanic's or other lien or order for payment of work, labor, services, or
materials furnished or to be furnished to attach to or affect the Premises or
any portion thereof, and agrees that no such lien or order shall under any
circumstances attach to or affect the fee, leasehold or other estate of the
Landlord herein, or the building. The Tenant's obligation to keep the Premises
in repair, and its right to make alterations therein, if any, shall not be
construed as the consent of the Landlord to the furnishing of any such work,
labor or materials within the meaning of any present or future lien law. Notice
is hereby given that the Tenant has no power, authority or right to do any act
or to make any contract which may create, or be the foundation for, any lien
upon the fee or leasehold estate of the Landlord in the Premises or upon the
land or building of which they are a part or the improvements now erected or
hereafter to be erected upon the Premises or the land, or building of which the
Premises are a part; and if any such mechanic's or other lien or order shall be
filed against the Premises or the land or building of which the Premises are a
part, the Tenant shall, within sixty (60) days thereafter, discharge said lien
or order by payment, deposit or by bond fixed in a proper proceeding according
to law. If the Tenant shall fail to take such action, or shall not cause such
lien or order to be discharged within sixty (60) days after the filing thereof,
the Landlord may, after five (5) days' notice to Tenant, pay the amount of such
lien or discharge the same by deposit or by bond or in any other manner
according to law, and pay any judgment recovered in any action to establish or
foreclose such lien or order, and any amount so paid, together with the expenses
incurred by the Landlord, including all reasonable attorneys' fees and
disbursements incurred in any defense of any such action, bonding or other
proceeding, shall be deemed additional rent. Any reasonable expenses incurred by
the Landlord in connection with the examination of title to the Premises in
order to ascertain the existence of any lien or encumbrance and the discharge of
record thereof, shall be payable by the Tenant to the Landlord on demand,
together with interest as aforesaid as additional rent.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
SUBORDINATION
(a) Subject to the Tenant obtaining a non-disturbance agreement as
provided in paragraph (d) of this Article THIRTEEN from any existing or future
mortgagee(s) or underlying lessors, this lease, and all the rights of the Tenant
hereunder, are and shall be subject and subordinate to any and all mortgages now
or hereafter liens either in whole or in part on the building, or the land on
which it stands, and also to any and all other mortgages covering other lands or
lands and buildings, which may now or hereafter be consolidated with any
mortgage or mortgages upon the building and the land on which it stands or which
may be consolidated and spread to cover the building and such land and any such
other lands or lands and buildings, and any extension, renewal or modification
of any such mortgages, and to any and all ground or underlying leases which may
now or hereafter affect the buildings or the land on which it stands, and any
extensions, renewals or modifications thereof. This clause shall be
self-operative and no further instrument of subordination (other than the
non-disturbance agreement referred to above and in paragraph (d) below) shall be
required by any ground or underlying lessor or by any mortgagee, affecting any
lease or the building or the land on which it stands. In confirmation of such
subordination, the Tenant shall execute promptly any certificate, in recordable
form, that the Landlord may reasonably request.
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(b) The Tenant hereby agrees that, in the event that any mortgagee
shall succeed to the rights of the Landlord, or if any Landlord of any
underlying lease shall succeed to the position of the Landlord under this lease,
then the Tenant will recognize such successor Landlord as the Landlord of this
lease and pay the rent and attorn to and perform the provisions of this lease
for the benefit of any such successor Landlord. No documentation other than this
lease shall be necessary to evidence such attornment but the Tenant agrees to
execute any documents, in recordable form, reasonably requested by the successor
Landlord to confirm such attornment or to otherwise carry out the intent and
purposes of this Article THIRTEEN.
(c) If, in connection with obtaining financing or refinancing for the
building of which the Premises form a part, a lender shall request modifications
to this lease as a condition to such financing or refinancing, the Tenant will
not unreasonably withhold, delay or defer its consent thereto, provided that
such modifications do not increase the obligations of the Tenant hereunder or
adversely affect the Tenant's leasehold interest. A provision requiring the
Tenant to give notices of any defaults by the Landlord to such lender and/or
permit the curing of such defaults by such lender together with the granting of
such additional time for such curing as may be reasonably required for such
lender to get possession of the building shall not be deemed to increase the
Tenant's obligations or adversely affect the Tenant's leasehold interest. In no
event shall a requirement that the consent (not to be unreasonably withheld) of
any such lender be given for any modification, termination or surrender of this
lease be deemed to materially adversely affect the leasehold interest hereby
created.
(d) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Landlord
represents and warrants to the Tenant that as of the date of this lease there is
no mortgage or superior lease encumbering the Premises. The Landlord, at no cost
to Tenant, shall obtain from any future mortgagee or from any future lessor of
any underlying lease, an agreement to the effect that, so long as no Event of
Default shall at the time have occurred and be continuing hereunder, the Tenant
shall not be made party to any proceeding to foreclose the mortgage or to
terminate the underlying lease; that the Tenant's possession of the Premises
under the term of this lease, shall not be terminated or disturbed as a result
of the foreclosure of any mortgage or termination of any underlying lease; that
such mortgagee or underlying lessor, as the case may be, will recognize the
Tenant as the direct tenant of such mortgagee or lessor on all of the terms and
conditions of this lease subject to the provisions hereinafter set forth;
together with such other terms as are customarily contained in a subordination,
non-disturbance and attornment agreement (any such agreement from a mortgagee or
lessor is called a "Nondisturbance Agreement"). The Tenant agrees it will
execute any agreement consistent with the foregoing provisions which may be
required to confirm the subordination of this lease subject to the
non-disturbance provisions above outlined. In any such agreement the Tenant
shall agree that, in the event that the mortgagee shall succeed to the rights of
the Landlord herein named, or if any landlord of any underlying lease shall
succeed to the position of the Landlord under this lease, then the Tenant will
recognize such successor landlord as the Landlord of this lease and pay the rent
and attorn to and perform the provisions of this lease for the benefit of any
such successor Landlord.
(e) Any Nondisturbance Agreement may be made on the condition that, and
the Tenant hereby agrees that, neither the mortgagee nor the lessor, as the case
may be, nor anyone claiming by, through or under such mortgagee or lessor, as
the case may be, including a purchaser at a foreclosure sale, shall be:
(i) liable for any previous act or omission of the Landlord under this
lease, except to the extent that a default continues after the date of
foreclosure or purchase of the Premises (in which case such default shall be
deemed to have occurred on the date of transfer of title to the Premises); or
(ii) subject to any credit, claim, counterclaim, demand, defense or
offset that previously accrued to the Tenant against the Landlord under the
lease; or
(iii) bound by any previous modification of this lease (after notice to
Tenant of the existence of such mortgage or underlying lease), or by any
previous prepayment of rent for a period greater than one month, unless such
modification or prepayment shall have been expressly approved in
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writing by any lessor or any mortgagee who shall have succeeded to the rights of
the Landlord under this lease; or
(iv) obligated to perform any alteration or improvements of the
Premises not expressly required under this lease; or
(v) be responsible for (1) the performance or completion of any
construction work to be performed by the Landlord under the lease, or (2) any
reimbursement or payment required by the Landlord to the Tenant or its designees
pursuant to the Lease on account of work performed by, or for the account of,
the Tenant; or
(vi) be liable for the repayment of any monies owed by the Landlord to
the Tenant; or
(vii) have any obligation with respect to any security deposited under
the lease unless and to the extent such security shall have been transferred to
the mortgagee or lessor, as the case may be, or anyone claiming by, through or
under such party.
(f) The provisions of paragraph (e) shall not be deemed to vitiate the
obligations of any mortgagee or lender succeeding to the Landlord's obligations
hereunder from and after the date such party succeeds to the Landlord's interest
under this lease.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY
(a) A true copy of the Certificate of Occupancy of the building is
annexed hereto as EXHIBIT B.
(b) The Tenant shall immediately discontinue any use of the Premises,
which may, at any time, be claimed or declared by the City or State of New York
or other governmental authority to be in violation of or contrary to the
Certificate of Occupancy of the building, or by reason of which any attempt may
be made to penalize the Landlord or require the Landlord to secure any
Certificate of Occupancy other than the one, if any, now issued for the
building.
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
VAULTS
Notwithstanding anything herein contained, or shown on any sketch, plan
or schedule hereto attached, to the contrary, if any vault space forms a part of
the Premises, or adjoins the same, or any part or portion of the Premises is not
within the property line of the building or Premises, and if the use of the said
space shall hereafter be prevented or curtailed by exercise of any governmental
authority, the Tenant shall have no claim whatever upon the Landlord for the
loss of such space, by any abatement of the rent, or otherwise, nor shall the
Tenant be relieved from any obligations under this lease, and the Landlord's
covenant of quiet enjoyment hereinafter contained, shall not be deemed to apply
to any such space. The Landlord makes no representation as to the location of
the property line of the building. The Tenant shall reimburse the Landlord for
the vault charge or tax, if any, imposed by the City of New York in respect of
any such vault space.
ARTICLE SIXTEEN
FIRE AND OTHER CASUALTY
(a) If the Premises shall be damaged by fire, action of the elements or
other casualty or cause which is within the risks covered by standard fire and
extended coverage insurance, the Tenant shall give immediate notice thereof to
the Landlord, and said damage shall be repaired by the Landlord, at the
Landlord's expense, with all reasonable speed, making due allowance for delay
due to labor troubles, settlement of loss and other causes beyond the control of
the Landlord, and the Tenant shall, in every reasonable way, facilitate the
making of such repairs, and the rent shall be suspended
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during such period as the Premises shall have been rendered wholly untenantable
until five (5) days after the Landlord notifies the Tenant that the Premises are
substantially ready for the Tenant's occupancy (or the Premises are sooner
occupied by the Tenant) and, in the event that the Premises are rendered
partially untenantable, the rent shall be abated during such period, in the
proportion which the area of the Premises which is rendered untenantable bears
to the area of the whole Premises. In addition to the foregoing rental
abatement, provided that (i) Tenant promptly commences and diligently prosecutes
such alterations to the Premises as are necessary for Tenant to recommence
operations within the Premises, and (ii) Landlord continues to be reimbursed by
Landlord's insurance company for its rental loss, then Tenant shall be entitled
to a further abatement of rent during Tenant's refixturing of the Premises,
which abatement shall be coextensive with the rental loss reimbursement received
by Landlord from Landlord's insurance company. The decision of Landlord's
insurance company shall be conclusive and Landlord shall have no obligation to
contest the same, by litigation or otherwise. No damage to the Premises or the
building by fire, or other cause, however extensive, shall terminate this lease,
or give the Tenant the right to quit and surrender the Premises, or impair any
obligations of the Tenant hereunder, except with respect to the payment of rent
(and with respect thereto to the extent above provided) and except that (i) if
the damage shall be so extensive that the Landlord shall determine to demolish
or substantially alter the building, whether or not the Premises are affected,
the Landlord may at any time within one hundred twenty (120) days following the
occurrence of the damage give to the Tenant thirty (30) days' notice of
intention to terminate this lease; (ii) if the damage to the Premises is
substantial so that the whole or substantially the whole of the Premises is
rendered untenantable by the Tenant or if 50% or more of the common areas of the
building are destroyed or substantially damaged and the Landlord does not within
60 days following the occurrence of the damage notify the Tenant of the
Landlord's intention to repair the damage to the Premises so that the Premises
are again useable by the Tenant within a period of not more than 180 days
following the occurrence of the damage subject to delays due to settlement of
loss or causes of the kinds described in Article THIRTY-FOUR of this lease, the
Tenant may cancel this lease by notice given within 10 days following the
expiration of the said 60-day period for the Landlord's notice of election to
repair, time being of the essence; (iii) if the Landlord has given notice of its
intention to restore the Premises, but fails to substantially complete such
restoration within 180 days following the occurrence of the damage, subject to
delays due to settlement of loss or delays of the kind described in Article
THIRTY-FOUR of this lease, the Tenant may cancel this lease by notice given
within 10 days following the expiration of the said 180-day period, time being
of the essence; and (iv) in the event of the occurrence of damage to the
Premises of the degree described above in clause (ii) of this paragraph (a), the
Landlord may also elect to terminate this lease by notice of election to do so
given within 60 days following the occurrence of the damage. If notice of
election to terminate this lease shall be given as above provided, then, upon
the date for termination designated in any such notice, this lease and the term
hereby granted shall terminate and the rent shall be apportioned as of the date
of the damage or as of such later date as the Tenant may actually surrender
possession. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to obligate the Landlord to
restore the Tenant's trade fixtures, equipment, stocks, furnishings,
improvements or other property remaining the property of the Tenant. The Tenant
acknowledges that the Landlord will not carry insurance on the Tenant's
furniture or any fixtures or equipment, improvements or appurtenances removable
by Tenant and agrees that the Landlord will not be obligated to repair any
damage thereto or replace the same. The Tenant hereby waives the provisions of
Section 227 of the Real Property Law and agrees that the provisions of this
Article SIXTEEN shall govern and control in lieu thereof.
(b) The Tenant shall conduct its business and use the Premises in such
a manner and so as not to increase the rate of fire insurance applicable to the
building or any property located therein over the rates in effect prior to the
commencement of the Tenant's occupancy, and the Tenant shall install and
maintain all its furniture, fixtures, equipment, stocks and materials in such a
manner as to accomplish the foregoing purposes. The Tenant further agrees not to
permit any act to be done or anything brought into or kept upon the Premises
which will void or avoid the insurer's liability under any contract of fire
insurance on the building or its contents. Should the fire insurance rate on the
building be increased beyond the present rate, by reason of the Tenant's
occupancy or character of its business, or the Tenant's failure to comply with
the terms hereof, the Tenant agrees to pay to the Landlord, on demand, the
additional cost of such insurance, or, at the option of the Landlord, the same
may be added to any installment of rent and be payable as additional rent. The
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schedule of the makeup of a rate issued by an authorized rating organization
shall be conclusive evidence of the facts therein stated and of the items in the
rate applicable to the Premises.
(c) The Landlord, as to the Premises, and the Tenant, as to the
improvements made therein at the Tenant's expense and all of the Tenant's stock,
trade fixtures and other property in the Premises shall each look first to any
insurance in its favor before making any claim against the other party for
recovery for loss or damage resulting from fire or other casualty, and to the
extent that such insurance is in force and collectible and to the extent
permitted by law, the Landlord and the Tenant each hereby release one another or
any one claiming through or under each of them by way of subrogation or
otherwise from all liability for any loss or damage caused by fire or any of the
risks enumerated in standard extended coverage insurance. This foregoing release
and waiver shall be in force only if both releasors' insurance policies contain
a clause providing that such a release or waiver shall not invalidate the
insurance, and also provided that such a policy can be obtained without
additional premiums. The Landlord and Tenant agree that their respective
insurance policies will include the aforesaid clause so long as the same is
obtainable without extra cost or if extra cost be charged, so long as the party
for whose benefit the clause is obtained shall pay such extra cost. If extra
cost shall be chargeable therefor the party so affected shall advise the other
thereof, of the amount of the extra cost and the other party at its election may
pay the same or decline to so pay, in which event the release from liability
given to said party by this Article SIXTEEN shall be deemed to be withdrawn and
of no force and effect.
(d) The Landlord shall keep in full force and effect a policy of
insurance against loss or damage by fire and such other risks and hazards as are
insurable under standard forms of "all risk" insurance policies, with extended
coverage, covering the building, in an amount sufficient to avoid the effects of
co-insurance, in such amounts as the Landlord, acting reasonably, may deem
appropriate.
(e) If notwithstanding the recovery of insurance proceeds by the Tenant
for loss, damage or destruction to its property, the Landlord is liable to the
Tenant with respect thereto or is obligated under this lease to repair or
restore such damage to Tenant's property, the amount of the net proceeds paid to
the Tenant shall either be offset against the Landlord's liability to the
Tenant, or shall be made available to the Landlord to pay for the cost of such
repair or restoration.
ARTICLE SEVENTEEN
CHANGE IN USE OF PREMISES, SUBLETTING AND ASSIGNMENT
(a) The use to be made of the Premises by the Tenant and the identity
of the Tenant being among the inducements to the making of this lease by the
Landlord, the Tenant shall not (except as otherwise permitted herein), without
first having obtained the Landlord's prior written consent thereto, and
otherwise in accordance with the terms of this lease, (i) sublet or underlet, or
permit the subletting or underletting of the Premises or any part thereof; (ii)
assign or transfer, by operation of law or transfer of stock or otherwise, this
lease or any interest therein; (iii) use or permit the Premises or any part
thereof to be used for any purposes other than those specified in the lease;
(iv) permit the Premises or any part thereof to be occupied by anyone other than
the Tenant or its officers or employees; or (v) mortgage or encumber this lease
or any interest therein.
(b) If the Tenant shall desire to assign this lease or to sublet the
Premises, in whole or in part, the Tenant shall send to the Landlord a written
notice (the "Tenant's Notice") stating (i) the action which the Tenant proposes;
(ii) the portion of the Premises with respect to which the Tenant proposes to
take such action (the "Affected Premises"); (iii) the principal terms and
conditions of the desired assignment or subletting, including without
limitation, the rent payable, the proposed commencement and expiration dates of
the terms of the desired subletting, or the effective date of the desired
assignment; and (iv) such other information as the Landlord shall reasonably
request. The Tenant's Notice shall also contain a statement directing the
Landlord's attention to the provisions of Article SEVENTEEN (c) of the lease.
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(c) Within sixty (60) days after receipt of Tenant's Notice which
contains all the information required in paragraph (b) above, the Landlord shall
notify the Tenant (the "Landlord's Notice") whether it elects to (i) terminate
the lease in its entirety, if the desired transaction is an assignment of lease
or a subletting of all or substantially all of the Premises or (ii) terminate
the lease as to the Affected Premises only if the desired transaction is a
subletting of less than substantially all of the Premises. For purposes of this
Article SEVENTEEN, a Tenant shall be deemed to be subletting "substantially all
of the Premises" if the Affected Premises constitutes seventy five (75%) percent
or more of the rentable square footage of the Premises. Landlord's recapture
rights specified above shall not apply (y) to any subletting of five years or
less (unless such term exceeds 75% of the remaining term of this lease), or (z)
to any subletting where the subtenant's space is not separately demised (this
does not include sublettings of all or substantially all of Tenant's space on a
given floor), provided in either case that Tenant is subletting not more than
one third of the total rentable area of the Premises.
(d) If the Landlord exercises the option set forth in paragraph (c) (i)
above to terminate this lease in its entirety, then (i) the term of this lease
shall end and expire with respect to the entire Premises on the ninetieth (90th)
day following the date of Landlord's Notice and (ii) the Tenant shall surrender
the entire Premises to the Landlord on such date, in the same manner and
condition as is required by this lease, as if such date were the Expiration Date
set forth in this lease, and (iii) fixed rent and additional rent shall be
apportioned as of such expiration date. Instead of terminating the lease, the
Landlord may, at its option, elect to have the Tenant assign all of its right,
title and interest in and to this lease to the Landlord, such assignment to be
effective as of the date such lease termination would be effective and otherwise
on the terms and conditions set forth in this paragraph (d). Upon such
assignment, the Tenant shall be relieved of all liability accruing under this
lease after the effective date of such assignment, and the Landlord may
thereafter further assign this lease or sublet all or part of the Premises to
any party and the Tenant shall have no right to any proceeds derived from such
assignment or subletting. In no event shall the provisions of this paragraph (d)
relieve the Tenant of any obligations which accrued prior to the termination of
this lease or the assignment to the Landlord, as the case may be.
(e) If the Landlord exercises the option set forth in paragraph (c)(ii)
above to terminate the lease with respect to the Affected Premises, then (i) the
term of this lease shall end and expire with respect to the Affected Premises on
the ninetieth (90th) day following the date of the Landlord's Notice and (ii)
the Tenant shall surrender the Affected Premises to the Landlord on such date,
in the same manner and condition as is required by this lease, as if such date
were the Expiration Date set forth in this lease and (iii) fixed rent and
additional rent with respect to the Affected Premises shall be apportioned as of
such Expiration Date and the Tenant's prospective rent obligations which are
based on square footage (including, without limitation, fixed rent and
additional rent payable pursuant to Article THIRTY of this lease) shall be
reduced accordingly, and (iv) at the Landlord's election, either the Landlord,
at the Tenant's expense, or the Tenant, at its own expense, shall erect the
partitioning required to separate the Affected Premises from the remainder of
the Premises, create any doors required to provide an independent means of
access to the Affected Premises from elevators and lavatories and segregate the
wiring and meters and electric current facilities, so that the Affected Premises
may be used as a unit for commercial purposes, separate from the remainder of
the Premises. If the remaining Premises contain the core lavatories, the
occupant of the Affected Premises shall have the right to use such lavatories in
common with the Tenant. If the Tenant performs such work, it shall commence such
work promptly upon receipt of Landlord's Notice and shall proceed to complete
such work in a diligent and workmanlike manner. Instead of terminating the lease
with respect to the Affected Premises, the Landlord may, at its option, elect to
have the Tenant assign all of its right, title and interest with respect to the
Affected Premises to the Landlord, such assignment to be effective as of the
date such lease termination would be effective and otherwise on the terms and
conditions set forth in this paragraph (e). Upon the assignment of the lease to
the Landlord with respect to the Affected Premises, the Landlord may further
assign the lease or sublet all or part of the Affected Premises to any party and
the Tenant shall have no right to any proceeds derived from such assignment or
subletting. In no event shall the provisions of this paragraph (e) relieve the
Tenant of any obligations with respect to the Affected Premises which accrued
with respect to the Affected Premises prior to the termination of the lease or
the assignment to the Landlord, as the case may be.
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(f) In the event the Landlord does not elect either of the alternatives
set forth in paragraph (c) (i) or (ii) above, or in the event the Landlord fails
to timely deliver the Landlord's Notice, the Landlord agrees not to unreasonably
withhold or delay its consent to any proposed assignment or subletting,
provided, however, that the Landlord shall have the right to condition its
consent to any proposed assignment or sublease on the following:
(1) No Event of Default shall have theretofore occurred and be
continuing under this lease beyond any applicable notice or cure
period.
(2) The Tenant shall have delivered to the Landlord the Tenant's Notice
as required by paragraph (b) above.
(3) With respect to a sublease, the Tenant shall collaterally assign to
the Landlord, and grant the Landlord a security interest in, the
sublease and the rents payable thereunder and shall take all necessary
steps required to perfect such assignment and security interest.
(4) The sublease shall include provisions to the effect that (i) if the
Landlord shall notify the sublessee that the Tenant is in default in
the payment of rent or in the performance of its other obligations
under this lease, the subtenant shall, if so requested by the Landlord,
pay all rent and other amounts due under the sublease directly to the
Landlord, (ii) notwithstanding any such payment by the subtenant
directly to the Landlord, the term of the sublease shall terminate
simultaneously with the termination of the term of this lease and the
subtenant shall surrender the subleased premises upon such termination,
(iii) the sublease shall be subject and subordinate to this lease and
to all matters to which this lease is or shall be subordinate, and (iv)
any act or omission by the subtenant which, if performed by the Tenant
would constitute an Event of Default under the lease, shall also
constitute an Event of Default under the sublease provided notice
thereof shall have been provided to the Tenant named herein.
(5) The proposed subtenant or assignee shall have a financial standing,
be of a character, be engaged in a business, and propose to use the
Premises in a manner, which in the Landlord's reasonable judgment, is
in keeping with the Landlord's standards in such respect of the other
office tenancies in the building. The parties acknowledge that the
Landlord, as a religious institution, may have special considerations
in determining if the business or proposed use of a proposed subtenant
or assignee is objectionable, and the parties agree that the Landlord's
judgment in such matters shall be conclusive.
(6) The proposed assignee or subtenant shall not then be a tenant,
subtenant or assignee of any space in the building or any other
building then owned, directly or indirectly, by the Landlord, provided
that Landlord then has comparable space available in any of its
buildings, nor shall the proposed subtenant or assignee be a person or
entity with whom the Landlord is then negotiating to lease space in the
building or any other building then owned, directly or indirectly, by
the Landlord.
(7) The Premises shall not, without the Landlord's prior consent, have
been publicly advertised (but may be listed with brokers) for
subletting at a rental rate less than the prevailing asking rental rate
then set by the Landlord for comparable space in the building, and if
no comparable space is then available, at the prevailing rental rate
set by the Landlord.
(8) The character of the business to be conducted or the proposed use
of the Premises by the proposed assignee or subtenant shall not (i) be
likely to increase the Landlord's operating expenses beyond that which
would be incurred for use by the Tenant or for use in accordance with
the standards of use of other tenancies in the
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building, (ii) materially increase the burden on elevators over the
burden prior to such proposed assignment or subletting, (iii)
unreasonably interfere with the use and enjoyment by other tenants in
the building of their premises, or (iv) violate or be likely to violate
any provisions or restrictions contained herein relating to the use or
occupancy of the Premises.
(9) Any proposed sublease shall provide that in the event of the
termination of this lease, or the re-entry or dispossession of the
Tenant by the Landlord under this lease, such subtenant shall, at the
Landlord's option, attorn to the Landlord as its sublessor pursuant to
the then applicable terms of such sublease for the remaining term
thereof, except that the Landlord shall not be (i) liable for any
previous act or omission of Tenant as sublessor under such sublease,
(ii) subject to any offset which theretofore accrued to such subtenant
against the Tenant, (iii) bound by any modification of such sublease
not consented to in writing by the Landlord or by any prepayment of
rent more than one month in advance, (iv) bound to return such
subtenant's security deposit until it has come into its actual
possession and the subtenant would be entitled to its return pursuant
to the terms of the sublease, and (v) bound by any obligation to make
any payment to any subtenant or perform any work in the Premises.
(10) The proposed assignee or subtenant is not entitled, directly or
indirectly, to diplomatic or sovereign immunity, and/or is subject to
the service or process in, and the jurisdiction of the courts of New
York.
(11) At any time during the term of the lease, there shall be no more
than three (3) occupants in the Premises on any floor where Tenant has
leased half or more than half of the rentable area of such floor, or
two (2) occupants in the Premises on any floor where Tenant has leased
less than half the rentable area of such floor, in both such cases,
"occupants" includes Tenant if Tenant is actually occupying any portion
of such floor.
(12) The subletting shall end no later than one (1) day before the
Expiration Date and shall be for a term of no less than two (2) years,
unless it commences less than two (2) years before the Expiration Date
of the term.
(13) Intentionally omitted.
(14) The assignee shall assume, in writing, all obligations of the
Tenant under this lease from and after the date of such assignment.
(15) A fully executed counterpart of the assignment or sublease shall
be delivered to the Landlord within five (5) days after execution
thereof.
(g) In the event the Landlord waives its rights set forth in paragraph
(c) (i) and (ii) above, or consents to any assignment or subletting pursuant to
this Article SEVENTEEN, and the Tenant fails to execute and deliver an
assignment or sublease document, as approved by the Landlord, within six (6)
months after the date of Landlord's Notice, then the Tenant shall again comply
with all of the requirements of this Article SEVENTEEN before assigning its
interest in this lease, or subletting all or part of the Premises, respectively.
(h) The Tenant shall pay all of the reasonable Landlord's costs
(including, without limitation, attorneys' fees and expenses) related to the
Landlord's review of a proposed sublease or assignment and the preparation,
review and approval of any assignment of rents, financing statement and other
documents related to such sublease or assignment, irrespective of whether
consent is granted or the transaction is ultimately consummated. The Tenant
shall also pay the cost of recording or filing any assignment of rents and
financing statements.
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(i) Provided no Event of Default shall have theretofore occurred and be
continuing under this lease beyond any applicable notice or cure period, the
Tenant named herein is authorized to (1) assign the lease to any entity
succeeding to the business and assets of the Tenant, whether by way of merger or
consolidation or by way of acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets
of the Tenant, provided that the acquiring entity shall have assumed in writing
the Tenant's obligations under this lease; or (2) to sublease all or a portion
of the Premises or assign the lease to an entity which shall (x) control, (y) be
under the control of, or (z) be under common control with the Tenant (an entity
described in (x), (y) or (z) being a "Related Entity"). "Control" shall mean
direct or indirect ownership of more than fifty percent (50%) of each class of
stock which is authorized to vote of a corporation or other majority equity and
control interest if not a corporation, or the possession, directly or
indirectly, of power to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policy of such corporation or other entity, whether through the ownership of
voting securities, by statute or according to the provisions of a contract. Upon
making a sublease or assignment to any Related Entity, the Tenant shall notify
the Landlord and certify to the Landlord the manner in which such Related Entity
is related to the Tenant and the purposes for which the Premises will be used.
Any subletting or assignment described in this paragraph (i) shall be on notice
to Landlord but shall not require the prior written consent of the Landlord and
may only be made on the condition that (a) the subtenant or assignee shall
continue to use the Premises for executive and general offices (except for the
Basement Space, which shall only be used for the specific purpose set forth
herein), and (ii) the principal purpose of such sublease or assignment is not
the acquisition of the Tenant's interest in this lease, or to circumvent the
provisions of paragraph (a) of this Article SEVENTEEN. In the event of an
assignment pursuant to the provisions of clause (1) of this paragraph (i), the
successor entity, after giving effect to such merger, consolidation or
acquisition, shall have a tangible net worth, exclusive of good will, computed
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ("Net Worth") at
least equal to the Net Worth of the Tenant as of the date of this lease. The
provisions of paragraph (c) of this Article and the provisions of paragraph (k)
of this Article shall not apply to a subleasing or assignment made pursuant to
the provisions of this paragraph (i).
(j) For purposes of this Article SEVENTEEN, an "assignment" shall be
deemed to include, whether occurring at one time or over a period of time
through a series of transfers, a sale or transfer of fifty (50%) percent or more
of beneficial interest in the Tenant (whether stock, partnership or otherwise),
or of any guarantor of the Tenant's obligations under this lease, or the
issuance of additional stock where the issuance of such additional stock will
result in a change of "control" (as defined in paragraph (i)) in the Tenant or
guarantor, if applicable. The transfer of shares or issuance of additional stock
of the Tenant or any guarantor for purposes of this Article SEVENTEEN shall not
include the sale of shares by persons other than those deemed "insiders" within
the meaning of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which sale
is effected through the "over-the-counter market" or through any nationally
recognized exchange.
(k) In the event the Landlord, in its sole discretion, authorizes the
Tenant to assign the lease or to sublet all or a portion of the Premises (other
than an assignment or subleasing authorized by paragraph (i) above), the Tenant
named herein shall pay to the Landlord, monthly, as additional rent, 50% of all
Tenant's Profit. "Tenant's Profit" shall mean all consideration received by the
Tenant (other than rental or consideration received by the Tenant under a
sublease or assignment entered into pursuant to paragraph (i) of this Article),
less (i) the rent, payable by the Tenant under this lease for the period in
question (exclusive of any amount payable by the Tenant under this subparagraph
(k)), such rent to be pro-rated if less than all of the Premises are sublet,
(ii) any brokerage commissions (not exceeding 110% of those set forth in
Landlord's brokerage commission schedule as published from time to time) and
reasonable legal fees paid by the Tenant in connection with such subletting or
assignment, (iii) any sums payable by the Tenant to the Landlord pursuant to the
provisions of paragraph (h) of this Article, (iv) any payments made by the
Tenant in connection with
the assignment of its interest in this lease pursuant to Article 31-B
of the Tax Law of the State of New York or any real property transfer tax of the
United States or the City or State of New York (other than income taxes), (v)
free rent granted to the assignee or subtenant, and (vi) the cost of work or
alterations or payment therefor to separate the subleased space from the balance
of the Premises or to prepare the Affected Premises for the assignee's or
subtenant's occupancy. In the case of a sublease, the expenses set forth in (ii)
and (iii) shall be amortized on a straight-line basis over the term of the
sublease. In the case of an assignment, if the consideration to be paid to the
Tenant shall
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be paid in installments, the expenses set forth in (ii) through (iv) shall be
amortized over the period during which the installments are to be paid.
(l) No consent given by the Landlord shall be deemed to permit any act
except the act to which it specifically refers, or to render unnecessary any
subsequent consent, and any assignment or subletting of the Premises shall not
relieve the Tenant or any mesne assignee from any obligations, duty or covenant
under this lease. No assignment, transfer, mortgage, encumbrance, subletting or
arrangement in respect of the occupancy of the Premises shall create any right
in the assignee, transferee, mortgagee, subtenant or occupant, unless the
consent of the Landlord shall first have been obtained, in accordance with the
provisions of this Article SEVENTEEN (except as provided in paragraph (i)
above). Any assignee by accepting an assignment shall nevertheless be
conclusively deemed to have assumed this lease and all obligations already
accrued or to accrue thereunder and further to have agreed to fully and duly
perform all the Tenant's covenants herein contained. If the Tenant shall, at any
time, be in default in the payment of rent, the Landlord shall have the right to
collect rent from any assignee or subtenant, and credit the same to the account
of the Tenant, and no such collection shall constitute a waiver of the foregoing
covenant or the acceptance of anyone other than the Tenant, as tenant, or shall
otherwise release, impair or otherwise affect any obligation of the Tenant under
this lease.
(m) The Tenant shall remain fully liable for the performance of all of
the Tenant's obligations hereunder notwithstanding anything provided for herein,
and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, shall remain fully
responsible and liable to the Landlord for all acts and omissions of any
subtenant or assignee or anyone claiming under or through any such person which
shall be in violation of any of the obligations of this lease and any such
violation shall be deemed to be a violation by the Tenant. Provided that the
Tenant named herein shall have provided Landlord with an address for notices, if
such address is different from the Premises, Landlord shall send copies of any
default notices given to an assignee or subtenant to the Tenant named herein,
and the Tenant named herein shall have the same cure period with respect to such
default as provided herein with respect to Tenant's own defaults. Landlord may
not terminate this lease for a default of an assignee or subtenant until the
Tenant named herein is given copies of such default notices and the cure period
to cure such default shall have expired. Upon any termination of this lease, it
is expressly agreed that the Tenant shall deliver to the Landlord all subleases,
security deposits (including interest), contracts, documents, rent rolls and
other records used in the operation of the Premises and, unless the sublease
shall have previously terminated and the security deposit returned to subtenant
or applied as provided by the sublease, all security deposits held by the
Tenant.
(n) With respect to any present or future subleases, the Tenant shall
not accept prepayment of rent prior to its due date in excess of one month (but
the provisions of the foregoing shall not prohibit the Tenant from collecting
from any subtenant a security deposit provided such security deposit is
delineated in the sublease as being not advance rent, but security, returnable
to the subtenant after the termination of the term of the sublease). The Tenant
agrees to indemnify and save the Landlord harmless from and against any claim or
lien against the Landlord or the Premises for the return of any security under
any subleases with a subtenant which was not previously delivered to the
Landlord and agrees further that all subleases hereafter made with subtenants
shall provide that the lease security deposited by the subtenant shall not be a
lien or claim against the interest of the Landlord.
(o) (i) If the Tenant assumes this lease and proposes to assign the
same pursuant to the provisions of 11 U.S.C. Section 101 et. seq (the
"Bankruptcy Code") to any person or entity who shall have made a bona fide offer
to accept an assignment of this lease on terms acceptable to the Tenant, then
notice of such proposed assignment shall be given to the Landlord by the Tenant
no later than twenty (20) days after receipt by the Tenant of such bona fide
offer, but in any event no later than ten (10) days prior to the date that the
Tenant shall make application to a court of competent jurisdiction for authority
and approval to enter into such assignment and assumption. Such notice shall set
forth (x) the name and address of such person, (y) all of the terms and
conditions of such offer, and (z) adequate assurance of future performance by
such person under this lease, including, without limitation, the assurance
referred to in Section 365 (b)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code. The Landlord shall
have the prior right and option, to be exercised by notice to the Tenant
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given at any time prior to the effective date of such proposed assignment, to
accept an assignment of this lease upon the same terms and conditions and for
the same consideration, if any, as the bona fide offer made by such person, less
any brokerage commission which would be payable in connection with such
assignment.
(ii) The term "adequate assurance of future performance" as used in
this lease shall mean that any proposed assignee shall, among other things: (a)
deposit with the Landlord on the assumption of this lease an amount equal to the
then-fixed rent and additional rent as security for the faithful performance and
observance by such assignee of the terms and obligations of this lease, which
sum shall be held in accordance with the provisions of Article TWENTY-NINE
hereof; (b) furnish the Landlord with financial statements of such assignee for
the prior three (3) fiscal years, as finally determined after an audit and
certified as correct by a certified public accountant, which financial
statements shall show a Net Worth of at least two (2) times the Net Worth of the
Tenant named herein as of the date of this lease for each of such three (3)
years; (c) grant to the Landlord a security interest in such property of the
proposed assignee as the Landlord shall deem necessary to secure such assignee's
future performance under this lease; and (d) provide such other information or
take such action as the Landlord, in its reasonable judgment, shall determine is
necessary to provide adequate assurance of the performance by such assignee of
its obligations under this lease.
(p) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no
assignment or subletting by the Tenant, nor any other transfer or vesting of the
Tenant's interest hereunder (whether by merger, operation of law or otherwise),
shall be permitted if the proposed assignment or sublease (i) provides for a
rental or other payment for the leasing, use, occupancy or utilization of all or
any part of the Premises based, in whole or in part, on the income or profits
derived by any person from the property so leased, used, occupied or utilized
other than an amount based on a fixed percentage or percentages of gross
receipts or sales or (ii) does not provide that such assignee or subtenant shall
not enter into any lease, sublease, license, concession or other agreement for
the use, occupancy or utilization of all or any portion of the Premises which
provides for a rental or other payment for such use, occupancy or utilization
based, in whole or in part, on the income or profits derived by any person from
the property so leased, used, occupied or utilized other than an amount based on
a fixed percentage or percentages of gross receipts or sales.
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ARTICLE EIGHTEEN
WAIVER AND SURRENDER; REMEDIES CUMULATIVE
No consent or waiver of any provision hereof or acceptance of any
surrender shall be implied from any act or forbearance by the Landlord. No
agreement purporting to accept a surrender of this lease, or to modify, alter,
amend or waive any term or provision thereof, shall have any effect or validity
whatever, unless the same shall be in writing, and executed by the Landlord and
by the Tenant (or, in the case of a waiver, by the party waiving such term or
provision), and be duly delivered, nor shall the delivery of any keys to anyone
have any legal effect, any rule or provision of law to the contrary
notwithstanding. Any consent, waiver or acceptance of surrender, in writing, and
properly executed and delivered as aforesaid, shall be limited to the special
instance for which it is given, and no superintendent or employee, other than an
officer of the Landlord or of its managing agent, and no renting representative
shall have any authority to accept a surrender of the Premises, or to make any
agreement or modification of this lease, or any of the terms and provisions
hereof. No provision of any lease made by the Landlord to any other tenant of
the building shall be taken into consideration in any manner whatever in
determining the rights of the Tenant herein. No payment by the Tenant or receipt
by the Landlord of a lesser amount than the monthly rent herein stipulated shall
be deemed to be other than on account of the stipulated rent, nor shall any
endorsement on any check, nor any letter accompanying any such payment of rent
be deemed an accord and satisfaction (unless an agreement to accept a lesser
amount be signed by the Landlord), but the Landlord may accept such payment
without prejudice to the Landlord's full right to recover the balance of such
rent and to institute summary proceedings therefor. If the Tenant is in arrears
in the payment of fixed rent or additional rent or any other sum which may
become payable under this lease, the Tenant waives its right, if any, to
designate the items in arrears against which any payments made by Tenant are to
be credited and Landlord may apply any of such payments to any such items in
arrears as the Landlord, in its sole discretion, shall determine, irrespective
of any such designation or request by the Tenant as to the items against which
any such payments shall be credited. The receipt by the Landlord of any fixed
rent, or additional rent or of any other sum of money which may be payable under
this lease, or of any portion thereof, shall not be deemed a waiver of the right
of the Landlord to enforce the payment of any sum of any kind previously due or
which may thereafter become due under this lease, or of the right to forfeit
this lease by such remedies as may be appropriate, or to terminate this lease or
to exercise any of the rights and remedies reserved to the Landlord hereunder,
and the failure of the Landlord to enforce any covenant or condition (although
the Tenant shall have repeatedly or continuously broken the same without
objection from the Landlord) shall not estop the Landlord at any time from
taking any action with respect to such breach which may be authorized by this
lease, or by law, or from enforcing said covenant or any other covenant or
condition on the occasion of any subsequent breach or default. The various
rights, remedies, powers and elections of the Landlord, as provided in this
lease or created by law, are cumulative, and none of them shall be deemed to be
exclusive of the others, or of such other rights, remedies, powers or elections
as are now or may hereafter be conferred upon the Landlord by law or equity.
ARTICLE NINETEEN
NO REPRESENTATIONS AS TO PREMISES,
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND USE
The Tenant represents to the Landlord that the Tenant has made, or
caused to be made, a careful inspection of the Premises and that the Tenant has
made an examination of the certificate of occupancy of the building and that the
area and present condition of the Premises are in all respects satisfactory to
the Tenant, except (if at all) as may herein otherwise be expressly stated in
the Work Sheet (Exhibit C) annexed hereto. The Tenant acknowledges that no
representations or promises have been made by the Landlord or the Landlord's
agents with respect to the Premises or the building or the Certificate of
Occupancy thereof, except as in this lease set forth, and no rights, easements
or licenses are acquired by the Tenant except as expressly set forth herein. The
statements contained in this lease regarding the use of the Premises by the
Tenant shall not be deemed a representation or warranty by the Landlord that
such use is lawful or permitted by the Certificate of Occupancy of the building.
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ARTICLE TWENTY
LIMITATION OF LANDLORD'S LIABILITY
(a) The Tenant shall make no claim upon the Landlord for abatement of
rent, constructive eviction, rescission, or otherwise, and the Landlord shall be
exempt from all liability, except for injuries to the Tenant's person or
property which are due to the negligence of the Landlord, its agents, servants
or employees in the management of the Premises or the real property of which the
Premises are a part, for or on account of any annoyance, inconvenience,
interference with business, or other damage, caused by: (i) any interruption,
malfunction or curtailment of the operation of the elevator service, heating
plant, sprinkler system, gas, water, sewer or steam supply, plumbing, machinery,
electric equipment or other appurtenances, facilities, equipment and
conveniences in the building, whether such interruption, malfunction or
curtailment be due to breakdowns, or repairs, or strikes or inability to obtain
electricity, fuel or water due to any such cause or any other cause beyond the
Landlord's control; (ii) any work of repair, alteration, renovation or
replacement done by or on behalf of the Landlord or any other tenant; (iii) any
water, rain, snow, steam, gas, electricity or other element, which may enter,
flow from or into the Premises or any part of the building, or any noise or
vibration audible in, or transmitted to the Premises; (iv) any vermin; (v) any
falling paint, plaster or cement; (vi) any interference with light or with other
easements or incorporeal hereditaments; (vii) any latent defect or deterioration
in the building or the appurtenances thereof, whether or not the Landlord shall
have been notified of any condition allegedly causing same; (viii) any zoning
ordinance or other acts of governmental or public authority now or hereafter in
force; and (ix) any act or omission of any other occupant of the building or
other person temporarily therein. The Tenant will not hold the Landlord liable
for any loss or theft of, or damage to, any property in the Premises done or
caused by any employee, servant, or agent of the Landlord who is invited into
the Premises by the Tenant for purposes outside the normal scope of such
employee's, servant's or agent's duties, nor for the loss, damage or theft of
any property stored or left in the basement or in any other part of the
building, which is not enclosed within the Premises or of any property, left
with any employee of the Landlord, notwithstanding such theft, loss or damage
may occur through carelessness or negligence of the Landlord's employees; and
the Tenant agrees that any employee in entering the Premises at the invitation
of the Tenant for purposes outside the normal scope of such employee's,
servant's or agent's duties or accepting custody of property shall be then
deemed agent of the Tenant or other person at whose instance he may be acting,
and not agent of the Landlord. Employees are not permitted to receive or accept
packages or property for account of Tenants. The use of storerooms or storage
space for personal property (if provided) shall be at the Tenant's risk and the
Tenant will not hold the Landlord liable for any loss of or damage to person or
property therein or thereby. Nothing in this lease contained shall impose any
obligation upon the Landlord with respect to any real property other than the
building, whether said other real property be owned by the Landlord or
otherwise, or shall in any way limit the Landlord's right to build upon or
otherwise use said other real property in such manner as the Landlord may see
fit. The Tenant shall make no claim upon the Landlord for abatement of rent,
constructive eviction or rescission, and the Landlord shall have no liability by
reason of the Landlord's failure to enforce the provisions of the lease to any
other tenant against such other tenant.
(b) Any right and authority reserved by and granted to the Landlord
under this lease, to enter upon and make repairs in the Premises shall not be
taken as obligating the Landlord to inspect and to repair the Premises and the
Landlord hereby assumes no responsibility or liability for the care, inspection,
maintenance, supervision, alteration or repair of the Premises except as herein
specifically provided. The Tenant assumes possession and control of the Premises
and exclusively the whole duty of care and repair thereof, except as herein
specifically provided, and the duty of care, if any, owed by the Tenant to the
persons on the sidewalks or in the corridors of the building.
(c) The officers, directors, employees, partners, shareholders, and
principals, direct or indirect, comprising the Landlord (collectively, the
"Parties") shall not be liable for the performance of the Landlord's obligations
under this lease. The Tenant shall look solely to the Landlord to enforce the
Landlord's obligations under this lease and shall not seek any damages against
any of the Parties. The liability of the Landlord for the Landlord's obligations
under this lease shall be limited to Landlord's Equity in the building.
"Landlord's Equity" as used herein means the lesser of (i) the interest of the
Landlord in and to the building and (ii) the interest the Landlord would have
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in the building if it were encumbered by an indebtedness held by a person not a
party to this lease in an amount equal to 75% of the then-current fair market
value of the building (as such value of such interest is determined in good
faith by the Landlord). The Tenant shall not look to any other property or
assets of the Landlord, other than Landlord's Equity, or the property or assets
of any of the Parties in seeking either to enforce the Landlord's obligations
under this lease or to satisfy a judgment for the Landlord's failure to perform
such obligations.
(d) The term "Landlord" as used in this lease, means only the owner for
the time being of the Premises. If the Landlord shall hereafter sell, exchange
or lease the entire building or the land and building wherein the Premises are
located, or, being the lessee thereof, shall assign its lease, the grantee,
lessee, or assignee thereof, as the case may be, shall, without further
agreement by any party, be conclusively deemed to be the Landlord of this lease
and to have assumed and undertaken to carry out all of the obligations hereof on
the part of the Landlord to be performed, and the Tenant does hereby release the
above-named Landlord from any claim or liability arising or accruing hereunder
subsequent to such transfer of ownership or possession, for breach of the
covenant of quiet enjoyment, or otherwise.
(e) If the lease provides that the Landlord's consent is not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed, and it is the final order of any court having
jurisdiction thereof that the Landlord has been unreasonable, the only effect
shall be that the Landlord shall be deemed to have given such consent; but in no
event shall the Landlord be liable to the Tenant for any monetary damages by
reason of the withholding or delaying of its consent.
ARTICLE TWENTY-ONE
INDEMNITY BY TENANT
The Tenant hereby indemnifies and agrees forever to save harmless the
Landlord against any and all liabilities, penalties, claims, damages, expenses
(including, without limitation, attorneys' fees whether in a proceeding between
the Landlord and the Tenant or between the Landlord and any third party) or
judgments, arising from injury to person or property of any kind, occasioned
wholly or in part by the Tenant's failure to perform or abide by any of the
covenants of this lease or occasioned wholly or in part by any act or acts,
omission or omissions of the Tenant, or of the employees, customers, agents,
assigns, invitees or licensees or under-tenants of the Tenant, or based on any
matter or thing growing out of the Tenant's use or occupation of the Premises or
any part of the building. The Tenant shall not do or permit any act or thing to
be done upon the Premises which may subject the Landlord to any liability or
responsibility for injury, damages to persons or property or to any liability by
reason of any violations of any requirements of law with which the Tenant is
obligated to comply under this lease, and the Tenant shall exercise such control
over the Premises as to protect the Landlord against any such liability. In case
any claim, action or proceeding is made or brought against the Landlord by
reason of any such claim, the Tenant, upon written notice from the Landlord,
shall, at the Tenant's sole cost and expense, resist or defend such action or
proceeding by counsel approved by the Landlord in writing. The Landlord agrees
that counsel for the Tenant's insurance carrier shall be deemed satisfactory. If
the damages sought by the party asserting such claim exceed the limits of the
Tenant's insurance coverage, the Landlord shall be entitled to have its own
counsel participate with the Tenant's counsel in resisting or defending such
action and the Tenant shall reimburse the Landlord for any reasonable cost it
incurs in connection therewith. The provisions of this Article TWENTY-ONE shall
survive the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease.
ARTICLE TWENTY-TWO
NOTICES
Any notice which is to be given by either party to the other pursuant
to this lease shall be in writing and shall be given as follows: (a) if such
notice is to be given by the Landlord to the Tenant, such notice may be given
personally by delivering the same to the Tenant, or if the Tenant be a
corporation or partnership, to any officer, partner or other employee of the
Tenant, at the Premises or at any other place, or by registered or certified
mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or by nationally recognized
overnight service providing evidence of delivery, addressed to the Tenant
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at its address given in this lease or at the Premises, or such other address as
the Tenant shall hereafter designate in writing, provided, however, that notices
of default may not be given solely by personal delivery, but shall be given by
mail or overnight service as set forth above, with a copy of such default notice
sent to Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq., Stadtmauer Bailkin LLP, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000; (b) if such notice is to be given by the Tenant to the Landlord,
such notice shall be given by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid,
return receipt requested, or by nationally recognized overnight service
providing evidence of delivery, addressed to the Landlord at 00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, 00000, Attention: Director of Commercial Real Estate
Leasing, or at such other address as the Landlord shall hereafter designate in
writing. Notices given by overnight service shall be specified for next business
day delivery. Any notice shall be deemed to have been given on the date when
same shall have been delivered, in the case of personal delivery, or two days
after the same shall have been properly mailed in the case of certified or
registered mail, or on the first following business day if sent by overnight
mail service. The attorneys for either party shall have the right, but not the
obligation, to send notices on behalf of their respective clients.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, all bills may be sent directly to the Tenant by
regular mail.
ARTICLE TWENTY-THREE
INSOLVENCY
(a) Each of the following shall be a "Bankruptcy Event" hereunder:
(1) if the Tenant shall generally not, or shall be unable to, or shall
admit its inability to, pay its debts as they become due; or
(2) if the Tenant shall make a general assignment for the benefit of
creditors; or
(3) if the Tenant shall commence or institute any case, proceeding or
other action (i) seeking relief on its behalf as debtor, or to
adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution,
composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts under any
existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign,
relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of
debtors, or (ii) seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian
or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of
its property; or
(4) if any case, proceeding or other action shall be commenced against
or instituted against the Tenant (i) seeking an order for relief
entered against the debtor or to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent,
or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up,
liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to
its debts under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction,
domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization
or relief of debtors, or (ii) seeking appointment of a receiver,
trustee, custodian or other similar official for it or for all or any
substantial part of its property, which in either case (x) results in
the entry of any order for relief, adjudication of bankruptcy or
insolvency, or such an appointment or the issuance or entry of any
other order having a similar effect or (y) remains undismissed for a
period of sixty (60) days; or
(5) if any case, proceeding or other action shall be commenced or
instituted against the Tenant seeking issuance of a warrant of
attachment, execution, distraint or similar process against all or any
substantial part of the Tenant's property which results in the entry of
an order for such relief which is not vacated, discharged, or stayed or
bonded pending appeal within sixty (60) days from the entry thereof; or
(6) if the Tenant shall take shall take any action in furtherance of,
or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any of
the acts set forth in any of clauses (2) through (5) above; or
(7) if a trustee, receiver or other custodian is appointed for any
substantial part of the assets of the Tenant and such appointment is
not vacated or stayed within seven days.
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(b) If at any time (i) the Tenant shall be comprised of two or more
people; or (ii) the Tenant's obligations under this lease have been guaranteed
by any party other than the Tenant, or (iii) the Tenant's interest in this lease
has been assigned, the word "Tenant" as used in this Article TWENTY-THREE shall
be deemed to mean any one or more of the persons primarily or secondarily liable
for the Tenant's obligations under this lease. Any moneys received by the
Landlord from or on behalf of the Tenant during the pendency of any Bankruptcy
Event shall be deemed paid as compensation for the use and occupation of the
Premises and the acceptance of any such compensation by the Landlord shall not
be deemed an acceptance of rent or a waiver by the Landlord of any rights under
Articles TWENTY-THREE or TWENTY-FIVE.
(c) If a Bankruptcy Event occurs at any time after the execution and
delivery of this lease, whether such event occurs prior or subsequent to the
Commencement Date or the Tenant's entry into possession, such an event shall be
deemed an Event of Default and the Landlord shall have the right to terminate
this lease in the manner hereinafter provided. In the event of such termination,
the Tenant or any person claiming under, by or through the Tenant, by virtue of
any statute or of an order of any court, shall not be entitled to possession or
to remain in possession of the Premises but shall forthwith quit and surrender
same. Exclusive of and in addition to any other rights or remedies the Landlord
may have through any other portion or provision of this lease or by virtue of
any rule of law or statute, said Landlord may keep and retain, as damages, any
rent, security, deposit or other moneys or consideration received by the
Landlord from the Tenant, or others on behalf of the Tenant. Also, in the event
of termination of this lease as aforesaid, the Landlord shall be entitled, as
and for liquidated damages, and not as a penalty, from the Tenant for breach of
the unexpired term of this lease, to a sum equal to the amount by which the rent
for the period of the unexpired portion of the lease term exceeds the then fair
and reasonable rental value for the same period, both discounted to present
value at six percent (6%). If at any time within a reasonable period following
the date of the termination of the lease, as aforesaid, the Premises should be
re-rented by the Landlord, the rent realized by any re-letting shall be deemed
prima facie to be the rental value. In the event of the occurrence of any
Bankruptcy Event occasioned solely through the invocation by the Tenant or by
third parties of the laws of the State of New York, judicial or statutory, as
distinguished from the invocation of Federal laws relating to bankruptcy,
reorganization, or otherwise, the Landlord, in addition to the foregoing, may
accelerate the full amount of rent reserved for the remainder of the lease,
discounted to present value at 6%, and the same shall forthwith become due and
payable to the Landlord. Nothing herein provided shall be deemed to prevent or
restrict the Landlord from proving and receiving as damages herein the maximum
permitted by any rule of law or statute prevailing when such damages are to be
proved, whether they be greater or less than those referred to above.
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ARTICLE TWENTY-FOUR
REMEDIES OF THE LANDLORD
ON DEFAULT IN PERFORMANCE BY THE TENANT
(a) If the Tenant shall default in the full and due performance of any
covenant of this lease, the Landlord shall have the right, upon ten (10) days'
notice to the Tenant (except in an emergency or unless a shorter period of
notice or provision for the performance of such work without notice is elsewhere
established), to perform the same for the account of the Tenant, and in such
event all xxxxxxx employed by the Landlord shall be deemed the agents of the
Tenant, and any reasonable payment made, and expense incurred, by the Landlord
in this connection, shall become due and payable by the Tenant to the Landlord
within fifteen (15) days after receipt of invoices for same. If the Landlord is
compelled to incur any expenses or incur any obligation for the payment of
money, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees in instituting,
prosecuting or defending any action or proceeding instituted by the Tenant or
any third party by reason of any Event of Default hereunder, the sum or sums so
paid by the Landlord with all interest, costs and damages, shall be deemed
immediately due to the Landlord upon demand as additional rent. Any and all sums
payable by the Tenant to the Landlord shall bear interest at the lesser of (x)
one and one-half per cent (1_%) per month or (y) the maximum rate permitted by
applicable law from the due date to the date of actual payment, and any and all
such sums (except the fixed rent hereinabove expressly reserved) shall be deemed
to be additional rent for the period prior to such due date, and the Landlord
shall have the same remedies for default in the payment of such additional rent
as for default in the payment of the rent expressly reserved. If the Tenant's
term shall have expired at the time of the making of such expenditures or
incurring such obligations, such sums shall be recoverable by the Landlord as
damages.
(b) In the event that under the provisions of this lease the Landlord
shall have the privilege of performing any covenant in respect of which the
Tenant may be in default and of recovering the expenses so involved from the
Tenant as additional rent or otherwise, such remedy shall not be the exclusive
remedy of the Landlord but the Landlord may, at its option, treat such default
as a breach of substantial obligation of this lease and shall have all the other
remedies in respect thereof provided in this or any other Article of this lease.
ARTICLE TWENTY-FIVE
DEFAULT
(a) Each of the following events shall be an "Event of Default"
hereunder:
(1) if the Tenant shall default in the payment when due of any
installment of fixed rent or any item of additional rent when same
shall be due and such default shall continue for a period of five
business days after notice to Tenant; provided, however, that if
Landlord shall give such notice two or more times in any twelve-month
period, Tenant shall not thereafter be entitled to any such notice; or
(2) if the Tenant shall default in the observance or performance of any
term, covenant or condition of any other lease with the Landlord or the
Landlord's predecessor in interest beyond the expiration of any grace
period set forth in such other lease; or
(3) if the Premises shall be abandoned or deserted; or
(4) if a Bankruptcy Event shall occur; or
(5) if the conduct of the Tenant or any of its employees, agents or
visitors or any occupant of the Premises shall reasonably be deemed
objectionable by the Landlord or the Landlord's managing agent; or
(6) if the Tenant's interest or any portion thereof in this lease shall
devolve upon or pass to any person, whether by operation of law or
otherwise, except as expressly permitted by Article SEVENTEEN hereof;
or
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(7) if the lease is assigned, or all or part of the Premises are
sublet, to a Related Entity and such Related Entity shall no longer (x)
control, (y) be under the control of, or (z) be under common control
with the Tenant (except for a permitted successor by merger,
consolidation or purchase as may be permitted by Article SEVENTEEN) and
such Related Entity has not vacated or been approved by Landlord within
six months following the date on which it ceases to be a Related
Entity; or
(8) if the Tenant's obligations under this lease have been guaranteed
by any party and if the guarantor shall default in the observance or
performance of any of the terms of the guaranty or if the guarantor
shall repudiate the guaranty, or if the guaranty shall terminate or be
terminated for any reason without the prior written consent of the
Landlord or in accordance with the terms thereof; or
(9) if the Tenant shall default in the observance or performance of any
other term, covenant or condition of this lease and the Tenant shall
fail to remedy such default within thirty (30) days after notice from
the Landlord to the Tenant of such default, except that if the default
is of such a nature that it cannot with due diligence by remedied
within such thirty-day period, the Tenant shall not be in default if
the Tenant shall commence within said thirty-day period and thereafter
diligently proceed to complete all steps necessary to remedy such
default, and further, so long as the extension of such cure period
shall not (i) subject the Landlord or any superior lessor or mortgagee
to prosecution for a crime or any other fine or charge, (ii) subject
the Premises, the building or the land upon which the building is
located to being condemned or vacated, (iii) subject the land or the
building to any lien or encumbrance, or (iv) result in the termination
of any superior lease or mortgage.
(b) If an Event of Default shall occur, the Landlord may, at any time
thereafter and at its option, give the Tenant ten (10) days written notice of
its intention to terminate this lease, and in such event, on the tenth day
following the giving of such notice, this lease and the term and all rights of
the Tenant under this lease shall expire and terminate as if that were the
Expiration Date and the Tenant shall immediately quit and surrender the
Premises, but the Tenant shall nonetheless be liable for all of its obligations
hereunder, as provided for in Article TWENTY-SIX.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such termination is stayed by
order of any court having jurisdiction over any proceeding which constitutes a
Bankruptcy Event, or by federal or state statute, then, following the expiration
of any such stay, or if the trustee appointed in any such proceeding, the Tenant
or the Tenant as debtor-in-possession shall fail to assume the Tenant's
obligations under this lease within the period provided therefor by law or
within one hundred twenty (120) days after entry of the order for relief or as
may be allowed by the court, or if the trustee, the Tenant or the Tenant as
debtor-in-possession shall fail to provide adequate assurance of the complete
and continuous future performance of the Tenant's obligations under this lease
as provided in Article SEVENTEEN (o), the Landlord, to the extent permitted by
law or by leave of the court having jurisdiction over the proceeding
constituting the Bankruptcy Event, shall have the right, as its election, to
terminate this lease on five (5) days' notice to the Tenant, the Tenant as
debtor-in-possession or said trustee and upon the expiration of said five (5)
day period this lease shall cease and expire as aforesaid the Tenant, the Tenant
as debtor-in-possession or said trustee shall immediately quit and surrender the
Premises as aforesaid.
(d) If an Event of Default described in clause (a)(1) shall occur, or
if this lease shall be terminated in accordance with the provisions of clauses
(b) and (c) above, the Landlord, without notice, may reenter and repossess the
Premises using such force for that purpose as may be necessary without being
liable to indictment, prosecution or damages therefor and may dispossess the
Tenant by summary proceedings or otherwise.
(e) If an Event of Default shall occur prior to the date fixed as the
commencement of any renewal or extension of this lease, and shall remain uncured
as of such date, the Landlord may cancel and terminate such right of renewal or
extension by written notice to the Tenant.
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ARTICLE TWENTY-SIX
REMEDIES AND DAMAGES
(a) If an Event of Default shall occur and if this lease shall be
terminated as provided in Article TWENTY-FIVE:
(i) The Landlord and its agents may immediately, or at any time
thereafter, re-enter the Premises and remove all persons and property
therefrom, either by summary dispossess proceedings, or by any suitable
action or proceeding at law, or by force or otherwise, without being
liable to indictment, prosecution or damages therefor, and repossess
and enjoy the Premises, together with all additions, alterations,
installations and improvements, and no entry by the Landlord shall be
deemed an acceptance of surrender.
(ii) The Landlord may, at its option, re-let the Premises in whole or
in part, for such term or terms and for such rentals and upon such
other conditions, which may include concessions and free rent periods
as the Landlord, in its sole discretion, determine, even though the
same may extend beyond the Expiration Date. The Landlord shall have no
liability to the Tenant to re-let the Premises and the failure or
refusal of the Landlord to re-let the Premises or any part thereof, or
if the Premises are re-let, the failure of the Landlord to collect the
rent under such re-letting, shall not relieve the Tenant of any
liability under this lease. The Landlord may, at its option, make such
repairs, replacements, alterations, additions, improvements and other
physical changes in and to the Premises as the Landlord, in its sole
discretion, considers advisable or necessary in connection with any
such re-letting. Any such re-letting shall, as the Landlord's option,
be either for the Landlord's own account, or as the agent for the
Tenant.
(b) The Tenant, on its behalf and on behalf of all persons claiming
through or under the Tenant, including all creditors, hereby expressly waives
(i) any and all right to regain possession of the Premises or to reinstate or
redeem this lease under any present or future law; (ii) the service of any
notice demanding rent or stating an intention to re-enter or to institute legal
proceedings to that end which may otherwise be required to be given under any
present or future law; and (iii) any and all rights of redemption and all other
rights to regain possession or to reinstate this lease, after (x) the Tenant
shall have been dispossessed by a judgment or by warrant of any court or judge,
or (y) any re-entry by the Landlord, or (z) any expiration or termination of
this lease, whether such dispossess, re-entry, expiration or termination shall
be by operation of law or pursuant to the provisions of this lease. Except as
otherwise provided by law, the Tenant and Landlord waive and will waive all
right to trial by jury in any summary proceedings and in any other proceeding or
action at law hereafter instituted by the Landlord against the Tenant in respect
of this lease, and also in any action or proceeding between the parties hereto
for any cause; and it is hereby agreed, that in any of such events, the matter
in dispute shall be tried before a judge without a jury. In the event the
Landlord shall commence any action or summary proceeding for non-payment of
rent, or other breach of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of this
lease, the Tenant agrees not to interpose any counterclaim of whatever nature or
description in any such action or proceeding, other than compulsory
counterclaims which would be deemed waived if not asserted by the Tenant. The
words "re-enter" and "re-entry" as used in this lease are not restricted to
their technical legal meaning. In the event of a breach or threatened breach by
the Tenant, or anyone claiming by, through or under the Tenant, of any of the
covenants or provisions hereof, the Landlord shall have the right to obtain an
injunction and the right to invoke any remedy allowed at law or in equity as if
re-entry, summary proceedings and other remedies were not herein provided for.
The remedies set forth herein are cumulative and the mention in this lease of
any remedy shall not preclude the Landlord from exercising any other remedy
allowed at law or in equity.
(c) If this lease and the term shall expire as provided in Article
TWENTY-FIVE, or by or under any summary proceeding or any other action or
proceeding by the Landlord against the Tenant or any person claiming by, through
or under the Tenant, or if the Landlord shall re-enter the Premises as provided
in paragraph (a) above, or by or under any summary proceeding or any other
action or proceeding, then, in any of said events:
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(i) The Tenant shall pay to the Landlord all fixed rent and additional
rent and other charges payable under this lease by the Tenant to the
Landlord to the date upon which this lease and the term shall have
expired or has been terminated by the Landlord;
(ii) The Tenant shall also be liable for and shall pay to the Landlord,
as liquidated damages, any deficiency (the "Deficiency") between the
fixed rent and additional rent reserved in this lease for the period
which would have constituted the unexpired portion of the term
(including any renewal term exercised by the Tenant prior to the
termination of this lease or re-entry by the Landlord, and in such case
the additional rent for the renewal term shall be assumed to be the
same as was payable for the year immediately preceding such termination
or re-entry) and the net amount, if any, actually received by the
Landlord from any re-letting of the Premises pursuant to paragraph
(a)(ii) above. The Landlord shall be entitled to deduct from the
rentals actually collected under any re-letting all of the expenses
which Landlord incurred by reason of the Tenant's default and in
connection with such re-entry and re-letting, including, but not
limited to, all repossession costs, legal expenses, brokerage
commissions, attorneys' fees, court costs and disbursements, the cost
of repairs, re-decoration and alterations in preparing the Premises for
re-letting, and the amount of rent concessions and work allowances and
the like granted in connection with such re-letting. The Deficiency
shall be paid in monthly installments by the Tenant on the days
specified in this lease for payment of installments of fixed rent, and
the Tenant shall not be entitled to withhold any such payment until the
Expiration Date set forth in this Lease. The Landlord shall be entitled
to recover from the Tenant each monthly Deficiency as the same arises,
and no suit to collect the amount of the Deficiency for any month shall
prejudice the Landlord's right to collect the Deficiency for any
subsequent month by a similar proceeding.
(iii) Whether or not the Landlord shall have collected any monthly
Deficiency, the Landlord shall be entitled to recover from the Tenant,
and the Tenant shall pay to the Landlord on demand, in lieu of any
further Deficiency as and for liquidated and agreed final damages, and
not as a penalty, a sum equal to the amount by which the rent for the
period of the unexpired portion of the lease term (commencing on the
date immediately succeeding the last day with respect to which a
Deficiency payment, if any, was collected) exceeds the then fair and
reasonable rental value of the Premises for the same period, both
discounted to present value at six percent (6%). If, before
presentation of proof of such liquidated damages to any court, the
Premises, or any part thereof, shall have been relet by the Landlord
for the period which would have constituted the unexpired portion of
the term, or any part thereof, the amount of rent reserved upon such
reletting shall be deemed, prima facie, to be the fair and reasonable
rental value for the part or the whole of the Premises so relet.
(d) The liability of the Tenant shall survive the issuance of a final
order and warrant of dispossess, and re-entry by the Landlord, and any other
termination of this lease as a result of an Event of Default, and the granting
by the Landlord of a new lease upon the Premises to another tenant, and the
Tenant hereby waives any defense which might be predicated upon any of said acts
or events. If the Premises are re-let together with any other space in the
building, the rental collected and the expenses incurred in connection with such
re-letting shall be apportioned as reasonably determined by the Landlord. In no
event shall the Tenant be entitled to receive any rents collected or payable
under any re-letting, whether or not such rents exceed the fixed rent reserved
under this lease. Nothing contained in Articles TWENTY-FIVE or TWENTY-SIX shall
be deemed to limit or preclude the recovery by the Landlord from the Tenant of
the maximum amount allowed to be obtained as damages by any statute or rule of
law, or of any sums or damages to which the Landlord may be entitled in addition
to the damages set forth in paragraph (c) above.
ARTICLE TWENTY-SEVEN
SURRENDER AT EXPIRATION
Upon the expiration or any termination of the term of this lease, the
Tenant shall quit and surrender the Premises, together with any fixtures,
equipment or appurtenances installed in the Premises at the commencement of this
lease, and any alterations, decorations, additions and improvements which are
not to be removed in compliance with the provisions of Article FOUR
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hereof, to the Landlord, in good order and condition, ordinary wear excepted.
The Tenant shall remove all its furnishings, trade fixtures, stock in trade and
like personal property in accord with the requirements of Article FOUR, so as to
leave the Premises broom-clean and in an orderly condition. If the last day of
the term of this lease falls on Saturday or Sunday, this lease shall expire on
the business day immediately preceding. The Tenant's obligation to observe and
perform this covenant shall survive the expiration or other termination of the
term of this lease. The Tenant expressly waives, for itself and for any person
claiming by, through or under the Tenant, any rights which the Tenant or any
such person may have under the provisions of Section 2201 of the New York Civil
Practice Law and Rules or any law of like import then in force in connection
with any holdover summary proceedings when the Landlord may institute to enforce
the provisions of this Article. The Tenant acknowledges that possession of the
Premises must be surrendered to the Landlord on the Expiration Date. The parties
recognize that the damage to the Landlord resulting from any failure by the
Tenant to timely surrender possession of the Premises will be substantial, will
exceed the amount of the monthly installments of the fixed rent and additional
rent payable hereunder and will be impossible to accurately measure. The Tenant
agrees that if possession of the Premises is not delivered to the Landlord on
the Expiration Date (or any sooner termination date), in addition to any other
rights or remedies the Landlord may have hereunder or in equity or at law, and
without in any manner limiting the Landlord's right to demonstrate and collect
any damages suffered by the Landlord, the Tenant shall pay to the Landlord on
account of use and occupancy of the Premises for each month and for each portion
of any month during which the Tenant holds over in the Premises after the
Expiration Date, (a) for the first month following the Expiration Date, a sum
equal to 125% of the aggregate of the fixed rent and additional rent which was
payable under this lease during the last month of the term, (b) for the second
month following the Expiration Date, a sum equal to 150% of the aggregate of the
fixed rent and additional rent which was payable under this lease during the
last month of the term, and (c) for any month thereafter, a sum equal to 200% of
the aggregate of the fixed rent and additional rent which was payable under this
lease during the last month of the term, provided, however, that in no event
shall the amount payable in any month be less than the fair market value of the
Premises. In addition, and without in any manner limiting the Landlord's right
to demonstrate and collect any damages suffered by the Landlord and arising from
the Tenant's failure to surrender the Premises as provided herein, the Tenant
shall indemnify and hold the Landlord harmless from and against all cost,
liability, damages and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable
attorneys' fees and disbursements) resulting from a delay of three months or
more by the Tenant in so surrendering the Premises, including, without
limitation, any claims made by any succeeding or prospective tenant as a result
of such delay. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to permit the Tenant to
retain possession of the Premises after the Expiration Date (or sooner
termination) of this lease or to limit in any manner the Landlord's right to
regain possession of the Premises through summary proceedings, or otherwise, and
no acceptance by the Landlord of payments from the Tenant after the Expiration
Date shall be deemed to be other than on account of the amount to be paid by the
Tenant in accordance with the provisions of this Article. The provisions of this
Article shall survive the expiration of the term of this lease.
ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT
QUIET ENJOYMENT
The Landlord covenants that, if the Tenant shall duly keep and perform
all the terms and conditions hereof, the Tenant shall peaceably and quietly
have, hold and enjoy the Premises for the term aforesaid, free from interference
from the Landlord or anyone claiming by, through or under the Landlord, subject
however to ground leases, underlying leases and mortgages as hereinbefore
described, and to the lien, rights and estate by virtue of unpaid taxes of any
government having jurisdiction of the Premises of which the herein Premises are
a part.
ARTICLE TWENTY-NINE
SECURITY DEPOSIT
(a) The Tenant has deposited with the Landlord the sum of Five Million,
Seven Hundred Ninety-six Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($5,796,000) to secure the
faithful performance by the Tenant of all the terms, conditions, covenants and
agreements of this lease, and to make good to the Landlord any damage which it
may sustain by reason of any act or omission of the Tenant. The
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Landlord shall segregate the said security deposit as a trust fund not to be
mingled with other funds of the Landlord, and if, during the term of this lease,
the Landlord shall sell, exchange or lease the entire building, subject to this
lease, or, being the lessee thereof, shall assign its lease, the Landlord shall
have the right to pay or transfer the said deposit to such grantee, lessee, or
assignee, as the case may be, and, in such event, the Landlord shall be released
from all responsibility and liability in connection therewith, and the Tenant
will look solely to said grantee, lessee, or assignee for its return. Tenant may
request that cash security be invested in Treasury Securities with a maturity of
not more than 92 days. If the aforesaid security deposit shall be deposited with
a bank or trust company, savings bank or savings and loan association, the
Landlord shall advise the Tenant of the name and address thereof. The Tenant
shall not be entitled to the payment of any interest on the aforesaid security
deposit unless earned and any interest earned upon such deposit, less the amount
equal to the lesser of $5,000 or 1% of the deposit, which shall be paid to
Landlord as an administration expense, shall, at Tenant's request, be paid
annually to Tenant. The Tenant's interest in said deposit shall not be assigned
or encumbered without the written consent of the Landlord and neither the
Landlord nor its successors or assigns shall be bound by any such attempted
assignment or attempted encumbrance, and within sixty (60) days after the
expiration of the term, the amount of said deposit shall be repaid to the
Tenant, less any proper charges against the same, as hereinabove or hereinafter
provided. If the Tenant shall at any time be in default with respect to any
payment of rent or of additional rent or of any other payment due from the
Tenant to the Landlord under this lease, or if the Landlord shall be damaged by
any act or omission of the Tenant the Landlord may, at its option, apply such
portion of said deposit as may be adequate to cure such default or to make good
such damage, including, but not by way of limitation, interest, costs, fees and
other expenses, paid or incurred by the Landlord, and thereafter such portion so
applied shall be free from any claim by the Tenant for its return. If the
Landlord shall re-enter, pursuant to the provisions of this lease (other than in
the event of insolvency in which event the provisions of Article TWENTY-THREE of
the lease shall apply), the Landlord shall continue to hold the said deposit, as
security for the performance of the Tenant's obligations, until the date herein
expressly fixed for the expiration of the term, and apply the same from time to
time to the unpaid obligations of the Tenant, under the same terms and
conditions as if the said lease were still in full force and effect. No
termination of this lease or re-entry by the Landlord for default of the Tenant
shall entitle the Tenant to the return of any part of said deposit, nor shall
the retention of such deposit, after such re-entry, impair or otherwise affect
the Tenant's liability to the Landlord during the balance of the term originally
provided for. If, at any time, the said deposit shall be diminished, by reason
of the Landlord's having applied any part thereof in accordance with the
provisions of this paragraph, the Tenant shall pay over to the Landlord upon
demand, the equivalent of such decrease, to be added to said deposit and to be
held and applied in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph.
Provided that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the
time of the scheduled reduction hereinafter set forth, then the security deposit
shall be reduced on anniversaries of the Initial Premises Rent Commencement Date
in accordance with the following schedule:
Through June 30, 2001 $5,796,000
Thereafter until June 30, 2002 $5,071,500
Thereafter until June 30, 2003 $4,347,000
Thereafter until June 30, 2004 $3,622,500
Thereafter until the Expiration Date $2,898,000
(b) In lieu of delivering cash as the security deposit, the Tenant may
deliver to the Landlord an unconditional, irrevocable and transferable letter of
credit (such letter of credit or any extension or replacement thereof, being
hereinafter referred to as the "Letter of Credit") issued for the account of the
Landlord by a New York Clearing House bank acceptable to the Landlord, in
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Landlord, which Letter of Credit is to
be held by Landlord in accordance with the terms of this Article TWENTY-NINE.
The Letter of Credit shall permit the Landlord or its duly authorized
representative (1) to draw thereon up to the full amount of the credit evidenced
thereby upon presentation of the Letter of Credit and a sight draft in the
amount to be drawn and (2) to draw the full amount thereof to be held as cash
security pursuant to this Article if for any reason the Letter of Credit is not
renewed within sixty (60) days prior to its expiration date.
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The Letter of Credit shall be fully transferable by the Landlord and its
successors and assigns without charge to the Landlord. In the event that the
expiration date of the Letter of Credit is prior to sixty (60) days after the
Expiration Date (or sixty days after any subsequent date through which the term
of this lease may be extended), if the Landlord receives notice from the bank or
the Tenant that the Letter of Credit is not being renewed or in the event that
the Tenant has not delivered a replacement cash security deposit or Letter of
Credit to the Landlord by thirty (30) days before the expiration of the Letter
of Credit, then the Landlord, acting through one of its duly authorized
representatives, shall be entitled to present the Letter of Credit for immediate
payment of the then potential amount available pursuant to the Letter of Credit,
and the amount of the Letter of Credit shall become the Deposit hereunder and
shall be held, applied and returned by the Landlord in accordance with the terms
provided by the lease for the holding, application and return of the Deposit. If
the Letter of Credit is not being renewed but the Tenant does deliver a
replacement Deposit or a similar Letter of Credit by thirty (30) days before
expiration of the Letter of Credit, then the Landlord shall not thereafter be
entitled to present the expiring Letter of Credit for payment of any amounts.
ARTICLE THIRTY
REAL ESTATE TAX AND OPERATING EXPENSE ESCALATION
(a) REAL ESTATE TAXES ESCALATION. In order to adjust, during the term
of this lease, for increases in the expenses of the Landlord for Real Estate
Taxes, the Tenant, commencing on April 1, 2001 and in each year thereafter,
shall pay to the Landlord, as additional rent, the Tenant's Proportionate Share
of any Increase in such Real Estate Taxes, all in accordance with paragraphs (c)
through (g) below.
(b) OPERATING EXPENSE ESCALATION. In order to adjust, during the term
of this lease, for increases in the expenses of the Landlord in operating the
building, the Tenant shall pay to the Landlord, as additional rent, commencing
on April 1, 2001 and on each April 1 thereafter, the amount indicated in
Schedule 1 as the Operating Expense Payment, such amount to be paid (in addition
to the annual fixed rent) in twelve equal monthly installments.
(c) DEFINITIONS. As used in this Article the following capitalized
words or expressions shall have the meaning ascribed to them below:
1. "REAL ESTATE TAXES" shall mean and include all expenditures of the
Landlord for taxes or assessments payable by the Landlord, as finally
determined, upon or with respect to the building and the land upon
which it is located, imposed by Federal, State or local government
(plus all reasonable expenditures for fees and expenses incurred in the
course of obtaining a reduction in any tentative assessed valuation),
but shall not include income, franchise, inheritance or capital stock
or like taxes.
2. "INCREASE IN REAL ESTATE TAXES" shall mean the amount by which Real
Estate Taxes in any Subsequent Year, exceed the real estate taxes in
the Base Year (the "Base Real Estate Taxes").
3. "PROJECTED REAL ESTATE TAXES" shall mean the Landlord's reasonable
estimate of Real Estate Taxes for the particular Subsequent Year.
4. "COMPARATIVE STATEMENT" shall mean a statement, in writing signed by
the Landlord, or on its behalf by an officer of any corporation acting
as its managing agent, showing (i) a comparison of (a) Real Estate
Taxes for the Base Year with (b) Projected Real Estate Taxes for the
upcoming Subsequent Year, (ii) if the Tenant paid additional rent
pursuant to this Article with respect to the immediately preceding
Subsequent Year as a result of Increase in Real Estate Taxes, any
adjustment necessitated by a variance between Projected Real Estate
Taxes for such immediately preceding Subsequent Year (as shown in the
current Comparative Statement) and the actual Real Estate Taxes for
such immediately preceding Subsequent Year (as shown in the last
Comparative Statement) and (iii) the Operating Expense Payment for the
then current Subsequent Year. At the request of
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the Tenant, the Comparative Statement shall be accompanied by a copy of
the most recent statement for real estate taxes for the Premises
received by Landlord from the City of New York.
5. "TENANT'S PROPORTIONATE SHARE" shall mean 8.64% initially and shall
be adjusted appropriately as additional space is added.
6. "BASE YEAR" shall mean the calendar year 2000. The Base Real Estate
Taxes shall be computed as the average of the Real Estate Taxes for the
1999/2000 and 2000/2001 fiscal years.
7. "SUBSEQUENT YEAR" shall mean each twelve-month period commencing
April 1, starting with the period commencing April 1, 2001.
(d) STATEMENTS FOR THE TENANT. Prior to April 1, 2001, and on or before
that day in each Subsequent Year, the Landlord will furnish a Comparative
Statement to the Tenant. The failure of the Landlord to furnish a Comparative
Statement shall be without prejudice to the right of the Landlord to furnish a
Comparative Statement at any time in the future.
Every Comparative Statement furnished by the Landlord pursuant to this
Article shall be conclusive and binding upon Tenant unless within the later of
(i) ninety (90) days after the receipt of such Comparative Statement, or (ii)
ninety (90) days after the Tenant has received a copy of the tax xxxx if the
Tenant has requested a copy of the tax xxxx within ninety days after receipt of
the Comparative Statement, Tenant shall notify Landlord that it disputes the
correctness thereof, specifying the particular respects in which such
Comparative Statement is claimed to be incorrect. Pending the determination of
such dispute, Tenant shall pay additional rent in accordance with such
Comparative Statement and such payment shall be without prejudice to Tenant's
position and to the Tenant's rights to a refund of any overpayment. If the
dispute shall be determined in Tenant's favor, Landlord shall within five
business days after Landlord's receipt of the notice of such determination, pay
Tenant the amount of Tenant's overpayment of additional rent resulting from
compliance with such Comparative Statement. This provision shall survive the
expiration or termination of the lease and shall be binding on the successors of
each party.
(e) COMPUTATION OF INCREASES IN RENT PAYABLE BY TENANT. When the
Landlord shall furnish the Tenant with any Comparative Statement in accordance
with this Article which shall show an Increase in Projected Real Estate Taxes,
then commencing April 1, 2001, and on April 1 of each Subsequent Year in
question, in addition to the increase in rent attributable to the Operating
Expense Payment for such Subsequent Year, the rent payable under the lease shall
be increased by the Tenant's Proportionate Share of the increase in the
Projected Real Estate Taxes. Such increases shall be payable (with payment on
account of such increases) as follows: on the first day for the payment of rent
under this lease following the receipt of the Comparative Statement, the Tenant
shall pay to the Landlord the sum equal to (1) the aggregate of one-twelfth of
the Tenant's Proportionate Share of the increase in Projected Real Estate Taxes,
plus or minus, as the case may be, (2) any adjustment necessitated by a variance
between (x) the Projected Real Estate Taxes for such immediately preceding
Subsequent Year and (y) the actual Real Estate Taxes for such immediately
preceding Subsequent Year, plus (3) one-twelfth of the Tenant's Operating
Expenses payment. Until a different Comparative Statement shall be submitted as
above provided, the monthly installments or rent payable under this lease due to
an Increase in Projected Real Estate Taxes shall continue to be increased by
such amount; however, notwithstanding any other provision herein, the failure of
the Landlord to submit a Comparative Statement in any Subsequent Year shall not
affect the amounts payable by Tenant as Operating Expense Payment in such
Subsequent Year.
With respect to the Comparative Statement furnished to the Tenant in
the Subsequent Year following the year in which the term of this lease
terminates, if such Comparative Statement shall indicate an adjustment
necessitated by a variance of the type referred to in clauses (x) and (y) in the
immediately preceding paragraph, then the Tenant shall promptly pay to the
Landlord, or the Landlord promptly shall pay to the Tenant, as the case may be,
the amount of any such adjustment as indicated in such Comparative Statement.
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(f) INSPECTION OF BOOKS. The Tenant or its authorized representative
shall have a right to examine the books of the Landlord showing the Real Estate
Taxes with respect to the building during regular business hours for the purpose
of verifying the information set forth in any Comparative Statement relating to
any Increase in Real Estate Taxes shown in such Comparative Statement; provided
that a written request for such inspection is made by the Tenant within 120 days
of the receipt of any such Comparative Statement.
(g) DECREASES IN REAL ESTATE TAXES. In no event shall any decrease in
the Real Estate Taxes in any way reduce the fixed rent or additional rent
payable by the Tenant under this lease, except to the extent to which a decrease
in Real Estate Taxes shall result in a decrease in the additional rent payable
pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Article; provided, however, that no decrease
in Real Estate taxes shall in any way reduce any additional rent payable on
account of any Operating Expense Payment.
ARTICLE THIRTY-ONE
SERVICES
(a) For purposes of this lease, "Business Hours" shall mean normal
building operation hours of eight a.m. to six p.m. and "Business Days" shall
mean Monday through Friday, except for those days designated as legal holidays
by the Federal or State government or by the unions now or hereafter
representing the Landlord's building personnel.
(b) During the term of this lease, the Landlord shall furnish during
Business Hours on Business Days passenger and freight elevator service with the
elevators now or hereafter in the building sufficient heat during the cold
season to heat the Premises, and condenser water from the Landlord's cooling
tower equipment located on the roof of the building. The Landlord shall maintain
in service and available for the non-exclusive use of the Tenant at least one
passenger elevator at all times. If the Tenant requires freight elevator
service, heat on non-Business Days or during non-Business Hours on Business
Days, the Landlord will furnish the additional requested service upon notice of
the Tenant's need therefor. Such notice may be written or oral and shall be
given prior to 2 p.m. on the day upon which such service is requested or by 2
p.m. of the last preceding Business Day if service is requested on other than a
Business Day. The Tenant will pay for any overtime freight elevator service,
heat at the prevailing rate per hour as established from time to time by the
Landlord for such services at the building or in the buildings of the Landlord,
generally, for each hour during which the additional service is supplied. All
charges for such overtime service shall constitute additional rent and shall be
payable within fifteen (15) days after presentation of a xxxx, and in the event
of default of payment therefor, the Landlord may refuse further service and the
Landlord shall have all remedies available to it for collection herein specified
with respect to rent. The failure on the part of the Landlord to furnish
elevator service, heat or condenser water, if due to breakdowns, repairs,
maintenance, strikes or other causes beyond the control of the Landlord, shall
involve no liability on the part of the Landlord and shall not constitute an
actual or constructive eviction, nor relieve the Tenant from any of its
obligations under this lease nor entitle the Tenant to an abatement of rent.
(c) The Landlord shall provide 190 tons of condenser water service per
floor to the 4th and 6th floors of the premises (and a pro rata share to the
fifth floor) (the "Base Condenser Water Service") from the Landlord's cooling
tower equipment located on the roof of the building, such service to be
available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The Tenant shall pay an annual charge
for the provision of Base Condenser Water Service at the rate of $750 per ton
per year, such rate to increase 3% each year, commencing May 1, 2001. Such
charges shall constitute additional rent. The Tenant shall, at its own expense,
maintain all supplemental air-conditioning systems now or hereafter installed in
the Premises in good condition and repair, using a contractor approved by the
Landlord. The Landlord shall maintain in good order and repair those portions of
the building air-conditioning system serving the Premises, excluding all
ductwork, diffusers, thermostat controls, and any other part of the air-
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conditioning system located outside of the machine room within the Premises. In
all events, the Tenant shall be responsible for any repairs required to be made
to any part of the air-conditioning system when the need for such repairs arises
from the causes set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) of Article THREE (a).
Upon written request of the Tenant, the Landlord shall provide up to a
maximum of forty additional tons of condenser water service above the Base
Condenser Water Service for the Premises, at an annual cost per ton in effect at
the time such additional condenser water service is provided. Tenant shall also
reimburse Landlord for the hard and soft costs actually incurred by Landlord in
providing condenser water service in excess of the Base Condenser Water Service.
(d) Provided the Tenant shall keep the Premises in order, the Landlord,
at the Landlord's expense, shall cause the Premises, excluding any portions
thereof used for the storage, preparation, service or consumption of food or
beverages, to be cleaned on Business Days substantially in accordance with the
Specifications set forth as SCHEDULE B annexed hereto. The Tenant, at the
Tenant's sole cost and expense, shall cause all portions of the Premises used
for the storage, preparation, service or consumption of food or beverages to be
cleaned daily in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Landlord, and to be
exterminated against infestation by vermin, rodents or roaches regularly and, in
addition, whenever there shall be evidence of any infestation. Any such
extermination shall be done at the Tenant's sole cost and expense and by
contractors reasonably approved by the Landlord. If the Tenant shall perform any
additional cleaning services in addition to the services provided by the
Landlord, the Tenant shall employ such cleaning contractor providing services to
the building on behalf of the Landlord or such other cleaning contractor as
shall be approved by the Landlord. The Tenant shall, at its sole cost and
expense, comply with all present and future laws, ordinances, regulations and
requirements of the City, State or Federal Government or any agency having
jurisdiction over the building, or any rules which the Landlord may reasonably
impose, with respect to the recycling or sorting of refuse and rubbish. The
Landlord reserves the right to refuse to collect or accept from the Tenant any
refuse or rubbish which is not separated and sorted as required and to require
the Tenant to arrange for such collection, at the Tenant's sole cost and
expense, using a contractor reasonably satisfactory to the Landlord. The Tenant
shall indemnify the Landlord from all liability arising from the Tenant's
failure to comply with the provisions of this Article. The Tenant shall pay to
the Landlord the cost of removal of any of the Tenant's refuse and rubbish from
the building which exceeds normal office requirements.
(e) The Landlord shall provide to the Premises hot and cold water for
ordinary drinking, cleaning and lavatory purposes. If the Tenant uses or
consumes water for any other purposes or in unusual quantities (of which fact
the Landlord shall be the sole judge), the Landlord may, at the Tenant's
expense, install a water meter or require the Tenant to install a meter. The
Tenant shall thereafter maintain the meter in good working order at the Tenant's
expense and the Tenant shall pay for water consumed as shown on said meter as
additional rent as and when bills are rendered at 110% of the Landlord's cost
therefor. In default in making such payment, the Landlord may pay such charges
and collect the same from the Tenant. The Tenant shall pay the New York City
sewer rents, charges or any other tax apportioned to the Tenant's metered
consumption of water at the Premises. The apportionment of the sewer rent to the
Premises shall be made in accord with the measurement or apportionment of water
consumed at the Premises as provided herein. The sewer rents shall be billed
with the water charges and shall constitute additional rent.
(f) The Landlord may suspend any service which it is required to
provide hereunder, if it should become necessary or proper so to do, at any
time. The Landlord shall restore such service within a reasonable time, making
due allowance for labor troubles, acts of God, or any cause beyond the
Landlord's control. Should the Tenant be in default in the payment of any rent
hereunder, the Landlord may, upon not less than three days' notice, and without
diminution of the liability of the Tenant hereunder, and without constituting an
eviction, constructive or otherwise, suspend or refuse the Tenant freight
elevator service and should the Tenant, after notice, violate the provisions of
Rule 11, the Landlord may, without any diminution of such liability or
constituting such eviction, suspend or refuse the Tenant freight elevator
service until the conditions in violation of Rule 11 have been fully remedied.
(g) The Landlord shall be entitled to refuse to furnish passenger or
freight elevator service in connection with any sale at auction of the Tenant's
fixtures, machinery, stock in trade and other
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property or a sale in any other manner of all or substantially all of such
property unless the Landlord shall have been given not less than two days'
notice of the intention to hold the auction or other sale and unless the
Landlord shall be given an undertaking by a person, firm or corporation of
satisfactory financial resources wherein the Landlord shall be indemnified
against (i) all expense incurred by the Landlord in connection with the removal
by purchasers of any property sold to them at the auction or other sale, (ii)
all expense for removal or storage of any property sold at the auction or other
sale which is not removed by the purchaser within two days following the sale,
and (iii) all expenses which the Landlord may incur for the removal of property
not sold and waste and rubbish from the Premises.
(h) The Tenant shall have access to and the main entry to the building
shall be open and staffed by a doorman, security guard, concierge or attendant
twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week. During Business Hours on
Business Days, messengers shall have access to the Premises through the
passenger elevators, or, if bulky packages are being delivered, through the
freight elevator. During non-Business Hours or on non-Business Days, messengers
shall have access to the Premises. The Landlord reserves the right, during the
term of this lease, to designate an area in the building for packages to be
delivered, either for transmittal to the Tenant, or notification to the Tenant
of the delivery of same.
ARTICLE THIRTY-TWO
INSURANCE
(a) The Tenant shall obtain and keep in full force and effect during
the term of this lease, at the Tenant's sole cost and expense, (i) a policy of
comprehensive general public liability and property damage insurance on an
occurrence basis, with a broad form contractual liability endorsement and a
completed operations endorsement with minimum limits with a combined single
limit with respect to each occurrence in an amount of not less than $5,000,000
for injury (or death) to persons and damage to property; (ii) an "all risk"
insurance policy, with extended coverage, covering all of Tenant's personal
property and alterations for 100% of the replacement cost thereof, as well as
business interruption insurance adequate to cover the Tenant's loss of income as
a result of a loss sustained by a peril covered under the policy; (iii) Worker's
Compensation Insurance, as required by law; and (iv) such other insurance in
such amounts as Landlord may reasonably require from time to time. Such policies
shall provide that the Tenant is named as the insured. Landlord and any managing
agent, lessors and mortgagees (whose names have been furnished to the Tenant)
shall be named as additional insureds, as their respective interests may appear.
The Tenant shall have the right to insure and maintain the insurance coverages
required under this Article under blanket insurance policies covering other
premises occupied by the Tenant so long as such blanket policies comply as to
terms and amounts with the requirements set forth in this Article; provided
that, upon request, the Tenant shall deliver to the Landlord a certificate from
the Tenant's insurer evidencing the portion of such blanket insurance allocable
to the Premises.
(b) All insurance required to be carried by Tenant hereunder shall be
written in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Landlord and issued
by a reputable and independent insurer permitted to do business in the State of
New York, and rated in Best's Insurance Guide (or any successor thereto) as
having a general policyholder rating of not less than "A" and a financial rating
of at least "XIII". The policy required to be carried pursuant to paragraph (a)
(i) above shall contain a provision that (1) the policy shall be non-cancelable
with respect to the Landlord and such managing agents, lessors and mortgagees
(whose names and addresses have been furnished to the Tenant) unless thirty (30)
days' prior written notice shall be given to the Landlord by certified mail,
return receipt requested, which notice shall contain the policy number and the
name of the insured and additional insureds, and (2) no act or omission of the
Tenant shall affect or limit the obligation of the insurer to pay the amount of
any loss sustained. Certificates of insurance (including endorsements and
evidence of the waivers of subrogation required pursuant to Article SIXTEEN
hereof), or evidence of renewal of such coverage, shall be delivered to the
Landlord prior to the Commencement Date (or any earlier entry upon the Premises
by the Tenant or any of the Tenant's employees, agents or contractors prior to
the Commencement Date), and at least thirty (30) days prior
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to the expiration of such policy. If the Tenant fails to obtain or keep in force
the insurance required by this Article, or to pay the premiums thereof, provided
the Tenant is afforded written notice of the Landlord's intention to pay such
premium ten (10) days prior thereto, in addition to all other rights the
Landlord may have under this lease, the Landlord may, from time to time, and as
often as such failure shall occur, pay the premiums therefor, and any and all
sums so paid for insurance by the Landlord shall be and become, and are hereby
declared to be, additional rent under this lease and shall be due and payable
within fifteen (15) days after rendition of a xxxx therefor.
ARTICLE THIRTY-THREE
DEFAULT UNDER OTHER LEASES
Intentionally omitted.
ARTICLE THIRTY-FOUR
WORK TO BE DONE BY LANDLORD
If work of any nature is agreed herein to be done by the Landlord, the
Tenant agrees that it may be done after the Commencement Date and that no rebate
of rent or allowance will be granted therefor, except as set forth in paragraph
(g) of Article One hereof. The Landlord shall not be required to furnish any
work or materials to the Premises, except as expressly provided in the Work
Letter attached to this lease EXHIBIT C. In case the Landlord is prevented from
making any repairs, improvements, decorations or alterations, installing any
fixtures or articles of equipment, furnishing any services or performing any
other covenant herein contained to be performed on the Landlord's part, due to
the Landlord's inability to obtain, or difficulty in obtaining, labor or
materials necessary therefor, or due to any governmental rules and regulations
relating to the priority of national defense requirements or strikes, or due to
labor troubles, accident or due to any other cause beyond the Landlord's
control, the Landlord shall not be liable to the Tenant for damages resulting
therefrom, nor (except as expressly otherwise provided in Article SIXTEEN hereof
in respect of damage to the Premises due to fire), shall the Tenant be entitled
to any abatement or reduction of rent by reason thereof, nor shall the same give
rise to a claim in the Tenant's favor that such failure constitutes actual or
constructive, total or partial, eviction from the Premises.
ARTICLE THIRTY-FIVE
CONSENT TO JURISDICTION
This lease shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State
of New York. The Tenant irrevocably consents and submits to the jurisdiction of
any Federal, State, or county court sitting in the State of New York in any
action or proceeding arising out of this lease and/or the use and occupation of
the Premises. The Tenant agrees that any action or proceeding brought by the
Tenant against the Landlord in respect of any matters arising out of or relating
to this lease may only be brought in the State of New York, County of New York.
The Tenant hereby irrevocably designates Colby Attorneys Service Co., Inc., 00
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 to accept service of process on
the Tenant's behalf and agrees that such service shall be deemed sufficient. If
the Tenant is not a New York partnership or corporation or a foreign corporation
qualified to do business in the State of New York, it shall designate in
writing, an agent in New York County for service under the laws of the State of
New York.
ARTICLE THIRTY-SIX
TENANT LIABILITY
(a) If more than one tenant is named as the tenant under this lease,
each of the named tenants shall be jointly and severally liable for the
performance of all of the terms, covenants and agreements on the Tenant's part
to be performed under this lease.
(b) If the Tenant (or any permitted assignee of Tenant) is a
partnership (or is comprised of two or more persons, individually or as
co-partners of a partnership or shareholders of a professional corporation) the
following provisions shall apply to each tenant: (i) the liability of each of
the partners comprising the Tenant shall be joint and several; (ii) each of the
parties comprising the Tenant hereby consents in advance to, and agrees to be
bound by, any modification, termination,
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discharge or surrender of this lease which may hereafter be made and by any
notices, or other communications which may hereafter be given by the Tenant or
any of the parties comprising the Tenant; (iii) all statements, notices or other
communications given to the Tenant or to any of the parties comprising the
Tenant shall be deemed given to the Tenant and all parties; (iv) if the Tenant
shall admit new partners, all such new partners shall, by their admission to the
Tenant, be deemed to have assumed performance of all of the terms, covenants and
conditions of this lease on Tenant's part to be observed and performed, and (v)
the Tenant shall give to the Landlord notice of the admission of any new
partners, and upon demand of the Landlord, such new partners shall execute and
deliver to the Landlord an agreement in form satisfactory to the Landlord,
wherein each new partner shall assume performance of all of the terms, covenants
and conditions of this lease on Tenant's part to be performed (but the
Landlord's failure to request such an agreement nor the partners failure to
deliver such an agreement shall relieve the partner of its liability hereunder).
(c) If the Tenant is a partnership, it shall not convert to or become a
corporation, limited liability company, registered limited liability partnership
or any other form of business organization (such entity being referred to as a
"Successor Entity") , without the Landlord's prior written consent. The Landlord
shall not unreasonably withhold its consent to the Tenant's conversion to a
Successor Entity provided that (i) the Tenant shall cause each partner of the
Tenant to execute and deliver to the Landlord an agreement, in a form reasonably
satisfactory to the Landlord, pursuant to which each partner of the Tenant
agrees to remain personally liable jointly and severally for all of the terms,
covenants and conditions of the lease that are to be performed by the Successor
Entity; (ii) the Successor Entity shall have a Net Worth (as hereinbefore
defined) of not less than the Net Worth of the Tenant on the date of execution
of the lease; (iii) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
hereunder; (iv) the Successor Entity succeeds to all of the business and assets
of the Tenant; (v) the Tenant shall deliver to the Landlord such documentation
as may be reasonably required by the Landlord to evidence compliance with the
requirements set forth above; and (vi) the Tenant shall reimburse the Landlord
for all reasonable costs and expenses, including, without limitation, attorneys'
fees, that may be incurred by the Landlord in connection with the conversion of
the Tenant to a Successor Entity.
ARTICLE THIRTY-SEVEN
ADJACENT EXCAVATION-SHORING
If an excavation shall be made upon land adjacent to the Premises, or
shall be authorized to be made, the Tenant shall afford to the person causing or
authorized to cause such excavation, license to enter upon the Premises for the
purpose of doing such work as said person shall deem necessary to preserve the
wall or the building from injury or damage and to support the same by proper
foundations without any claim for damages or indemnity against the Landlord, or
diminution or abatement of rent.
ARTICLE THIRTY-EIGHT
FAILURE TO GIVE POSSESSION
In the event the Landlord, for any reason, shall be unable to give
possession of the Premises by the date set forth in this lease for the
commencement of the term, this lease shall nevertheless continue in full force
and effect and the Landlord shall tender and the Tenant shall take possession of
said Premises under the terms of this lease as soon as the Landlord shall have
tendered possession thereof to the Tenant; the rent, however, to begin on the
date upon which such possession is tendered to the Tenant, subject to the free
rent provisions of paragraph (g) of Article One. This is intended to constitute
an "express provision to the contrary" within the meaning of Section 223-a of
the New York Real Property Law. No such failure to give possession on the date
set forth in this lease for the commencement of this term shall affect the
validity of this lease or give rise to any claim for damages by the Tenant or
claim for rescission of this lease, nor shall the same be construed in any way
to extend the term of this lease. In the event that any tenant holds over in
Premises demised to the Tenant hereunder, Landlord shall use reasonably
commercial efforts, including the institution of summary proceedings, to obtain
possession of such Premises.
ARTICLE THIRTY-NINE
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BROKER
The Tenant represents and warrants to the Landlord that all of the
Tenant's negotiations respecting this lease which were conducted with or through
any person, firm or corporation, other than the officers of the Landlord, were
conducted through Plymouth Partners, Ltd. (the "Broker"). The Landlord agrees to
pay the commission due to the Broker pursuant to the terms of a separate
agreement. Landlord and Tenant agree to indemnify and hold one another harmless
from and against all demands, liabilities, losses, causes of action, damages,
costs and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees and
disbursements) suffered or incurred in connection with any claims for a
brokerage commission, finder's fee, consultation fees or other compensation
arising out of any conversations or negotiations had by the party against whom
indemnification is claimed with any broker or other party except for the Broker.
ARTICLE FORTY
RENT RESTRICTIONS
If at the commencement of, or at any time or times during the term of
this lease, the fixed rent or additional rent reserved in this lease shall be or
become uncollectible by virtue of any law, governmental order or regulation, the
Tenant shall enter into such agreements and take such other steps (without
additional expense to the Tenant) as the Landlord may reasonably request and as
may be legally permissible to permit the Landlord to collect the maximum amounts
which may from time to time be legally collectible while such restrictions are
in effect (and not in excess of the amounts reserved for under this lease). Upon
the termination of such rent restrictions (a) the fixed rent and additional rent
shall become and thereafter be payable in accordance with the terms of this
lease, and (b) the Tenant shall pay to the Landlord, if legally permissible, an
amount equal to (i) the rent which would have been paid during the period had
such restrictions not been in effect, less (ii) the rents which were paid by the
Tenant to the Landlord during the period such restrictions were in effect.
ARTICLE FORTY-ONE
CERTIFICATES BY TENANT
At any time and from time to time, the Tenant, for the benefit of the
Landlord or any other entity specified by the Landlord, within fifteen business
days after request, shall deliver to the Landlord a duly executed and
acknowledged certificate, certifying that this lease is not modified and is in
full force and effect (or if there shall have been modifications that the same
is in full force and effect as modified and stating the modifications); the
commencement and expiration dates of the lease; the dates to which rent and
additional rent have been paid; whether or not, to the best knowledge of the
Tenant, there are any existing defaults on the part of either the Landlord or
the Tenant in the performance of the terms, covenants and conditions of the
lease to be performed by such party, and if so, specifying the default; and such
other information as the Landlord may reasonably request with respect to this
lease.
ARTICLE FORTY-TWO
RESTRICTIONS ON TENANT'S USE
(a) The Tenant agrees that the value of the Premises and the building
of which the Premises form a part and the reputation of the Landlord will be
seriously injured if the Premises are used for any obscene or pornographic
purposes or any sort of commercial sex establishment. The Tenant covenants and
agrees not to sell, display or post, or knowingly allow to be sold, displayed or
posted any obscene or pornographic material on the Premises. The Tenant agrees
that if at any time the Tenant violates any of the provisions of this Article,
such violation shall be deemed a breach of a substantial obligation of the terms
of this lease.
(b) The Tenant covenants and agrees that during the term of this lease,
it will not use the Premises or any part thereof, or permit the Premises or any
part thereof to be used (1) for banking, trust company or safe deposit business;
(2) as or by a commercial or savings bank, a trust company, a savings and loan
association, a loan company, or a credit union; (3) for the sale or travelers
checks, money orders and/or foreign exchange; (4) as a restaurant and/or bar
and/or for the sale of soda
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and/or beverage and/or sandwiches and/or ice cream and/or baked goods; (5) by
the United States Government, the City or State of New York, any foreign
government, the United Nations or any agency or department of any of the
foregoing, or any other person or entity having sovereign or diplomatic
immunity; (6) as an employment agency, search firm or similar enterprise, school
or vocational training center (except for the training of employees of the
Tenant intended to be employed at the Premises); (7) as a xxxxxx shop or beauty
salon; or (8) as a diagnostic medical center and/or for the practice of
medicine.
ARTICLE FORTY-THREE
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
The Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be
used, stored, transported, released, handled, produced or installed in, on or
from the Premises or the building. "Hazardous Materials" shall mean any
flammable, explosives, radioactive materials, hazardous wastes, hazardous and
toxic substances, asbestos or any material containing asbestos, or any other
substance or material which would be defined as a hazardous or toxic substance,
contaminant, or pollutant, or otherwise regulated by any Federal, state or local
environmental law, rule or regulation, including without limitation, the
Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as
amended. In the event of a violation of the foregoing provisions of this
Article, the Landlord may, without notice and without regard to any grace period
contained in this lease, take all remedial action deemed necessary by the
Landlord to correct such condition and the Tenant shall reimburse the Landlord
for the cost thereof, upon demand, as additional rent. Nothing contained herein
shall prevent the Tenant from maintaining customary and normal cleaning supplies
and office equipment and supplies, provided such items are used and stored in
compliance with the requirements of all applicable laws.
ARTICLE FORTY-FOUR
MISCELLANEOUS
(a) This lease contains the entire agreement between the parties and
all prior negotiations and agreements are merged into this lease.
(b) This lease may not be recorded.
(c) The covenants, conditions and agreements contained in this lease
shall bind and inure to the benefit of the Landlord and the Tenant and their
respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and permitted assigns.
(d) If any term, covenant or provision of this lease, or the
application thereof, shall be held invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of
this lease, or the application thereof to situations other than that as to which
it is invalid or unenforceable, shall not be affected thereby, and each term,
covenant and provision shall be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent
permitted by law.
(e) The submission of this lease for execution by the Tenant shall not
be binding upon the Landlord or the Tenant unless and until both the Landlord
and the Tenant have executed and unconditionally delivered a fully executed copy
of this lease to each other.
(f) The captions in this lease are inserted for convenience only and
shall not define, limit or describe the scope of the provisions to which any of
them apply. The use of any pronoun referring to either of the parties to this
lease shall be construed to include any or no gender and any number.
(g) If the Tenant is a corporation, the person executing this lease on
behalf of the Tenant represents and warrants that the Tenant is duly
incorporated and, if applicable, is duly qualified and authorized to conduct
business in the State of New York, and the person executing this lease on behalf
of the Tenant has been duly authorized to do so. The Tenant shall provide the
Landlord with a copy of a resolution to this effect, and evidence of its due
incorporation and qualification, if applicable, upon request of the Landlord.
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ARTICLE FORTY-FIVE
TENANT'S OPTION TO EXPAND
(a) Fifth Floor Expansion Space.
(i)The remainder of the 5th floor, other than the Fifth Floor Initial
Space and the Xxxxx Tenders Space (such remainder is referred to hereinafter as
the "5th Floor Expansion Space"), is presently leased to the Trustees of Home
Care Industry Local 32B/32J ("32B/32J") which occupies the Fifth Floor Expansion
Space pursuant to a lease (the "32B/32J Lease") which expires January 5, 2008.
If the Tenant wishes to lease the Fifth Floor Expansion Space, it shall give
written notice (the "First Notice") to the Landlord no later than March 31,
2007. Time shall be of the essence with respect to the delivery of the First
Notice. If the Tenant timely delivers the First Notice, the parties shall
endeavor to agree on a rental therefor. If the parties are unable to agree on a
rental for such Fifth Floor Expansion Space by six months prior to the
expiration date of the 32B/32J Lease for such space, or if the Tenant fails to
timely deliver the First Notice for such space, the Landlord shall be free to
lease such Fifth Floor Expansion Space to any unaffiliated third party free of
the rights of the Tenant hereunder, and the Landlord shall have no further
obligation under this Article Forty-Five with respect to the Fifth Floor
Expansion Space, except as set forth in the balance of this paragraph (a). If
the parties are unable to agree on a rental for such Fifth Floor Expansion Space
and the Landlord thereafter offers to lease such space to a third party, the
Landlord shall give the Tenant written notice of the financial terms upon which
it is offering to lease the space to the third party (the "Third Party Offer").
If the present value of the net effective rent set out in the Third Party Offer
(discounted at the rate of 2% over the prime rate then announced by Chase
Manhattan Bank, N.A., or any successor thereto), is less than 90% of the present
value of the net effective rent last offered by the Landlord to the Tenant for
such space, the Tenant shall have a period of five (5) business days in which to
notify the Landlord as to whether it wishes to lease the relevant Fifth Floor
Expansion Space on the terms set forth in the Third Party Offer, (such notice
from Tenant being referred to as the "Second Notice") time being of the essence
with respect to the delivery of the Second Notice. If the Tenant timely delivers
the Second Notice, the Landlord shall promptly prepare an amendment to this
lease reflecting the addition of the Fifth Floor Expansion Space upon the terms
set forth in the Third Party Offer and the Tenant shall then have a period of
fifteen (15) days in which to execute and return the lease amendment to the
Landlord. If the Tenant does not execute and return the lease amendment to the
Landlord within 15 days, or if the Tenant fails to timely deliver the Second
Notice, the Landlord may thereafter lease the relevant Fifth Floor Expansion
Space to a third party at any terms it wishes, free of the Tenant's rights
hereunder and thereafter, the Landlord shall have no further obligation to the
Tenant under paragraph (a) of this Article with respect to such Fifth Floor
Expansion Space.
(ii) If the 32B/32J Lease is terminated prior to its present expiration
date, the Landlord will notify the Tenant of the date such Fifth Floor Expansion
Space will be available for lease. The Tenant shall notify the Landlord within
thirty (30) days after receipt of the Landlord's notice as to whether it wishes
to lease the Fifth Floor Expansion Space, time being of the essence with respect
to the delivery of such notice. If the Tenant notifies the Landlord that it
wishes to lease such space, the parties shall endeavor to agree on a rental
therefor. If the parties are unable to agree on a rental for such Fifth Floor
Expansion Space within sixty (60) days after the date of the Tenant's notice, or
if the Tenant fails to timely deliver such notice, the Landlord shall be free to
lease such Fifth Floor Expansion Space to any unaffiliated third party free of
the rights of the Tenant hereunder, and the Landlord shall have no further
obligation with respect to the Fifth Floor Expansion Space under this Article
Forty-Five, except that the Landlord shall be obligated to send the Tenant a
Third Party Offer for such space and the Tenant shall have the same rights as
set forth in paragraph (a) above if the net effective rent as set out in the
Third Party Offer is less than 90% of the net effective rent last offered by the
Landlord to the Tenant for such space.
(iii) The Fifth Floor Expansion Space shall be leased for a term
expiring on the Expiration Date, and otherwise on the terms and conditions set
forth in this lease (with a current Base Year for computing Real Estate Tax
Escalation and with Operating Expense escalation calculated in accordance with
Schedule 2 attached hereto), except as otherwise agreed between the parties or
as set forth in the Third Party Offer.
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(b) Third Floor Expansion Space.
(i) The entire 3rd floor of the building (the "Third Floor Expansion
Space") is presently leased to the same tenant ("Xxxx Xxxxxx") which occupies
the Xxxx Xxxxxx Premises on the 4th floor pursuant to a lease (the "Xxxx Xxxxxx
Lease") which expires January 31, 2002. Unlike the Xxxx Xxxxxx Premises, the
Third Floor Expansion Space is subject to a renewal option. If the Tenant wishes
to lease the Third Floor Expansion Space (which right shall be subject, in all
events, to the right of renewal contained in the Xxxx Xxxxxx lease), it shall
give written notice (the "First Notice") to the Landlord no later than April 30,
2001. If Xxxx Xxxxxx exercises its option to renew, Tenant shall have no further
rights under this Article Forty-Five with respect to the Third Floor Expansion
Space. Time shall be of the essence with respect to the delivery of the First
Notice. If the Tenant timely delivers the First Notice, the parties shall
endeavor to agree on a rental therefor. If the parties are unable to agree on a
rental for such Third Floor Expansion Space by six months prior to the
expiration date of the Xxxx Xxxxxx Lease for such space, or if the Tenant fails
to timely deliver the First Notice for such space, the Landlord shall be free to
lease such Third Floor Expansion Space to any unaffiliated third party free of
the rights of the Tenant hereunder, and the Landlord shall have no further
obligation under this Article Forty-Five with respect to the Third Floor
Expansion Space, except as set forth in the balance of this paragraph (a). If
the parties are unable to agree on a rental for such Third Floor Expansion Space
and the Landlord thereafter offers to lease such space to a third party, the
Landlord shall give the Tenant written notice of the financial terms upon which
it is offering to lease the space to the third party (the "Third Party Offer").
If the present value of the net effective rent set out in the Third Party Offer
(discounted at the rate of 2% over the prime rate then announced by Chase
Manhattan Bank, N.A., or any successor thereto), is less than 90% of the present
value of the net effective rent last offered by the Landlord to the Tenant for
such space, the Tenant shall have a period of five (5) business days in which to
notify the Landlord as to whether it wishes to lease the relevant Third Floor
Expansion Space on the terms set forth in the Third Party Offer, (such notice
from Tenant being referred to as the "Second Notice") time being of the essence
with respect to the delivery of the Second Notice. If the Tenant timely delivers
the Second Notice, the Landlord shall promptly prepare an amendment to this
lease reflecting the addition of the Third Floor Expansion Space upon the terms
set forth in the Third Party Offer and the Tenant shall then have a period of
fifteen (15) days in which to execute and return the lease amendment to the
Landlord. If the Tenant does not execute and return the lease amendment to the
Landlord within 15 days, or if the Tenant fails to timely deliver the Second
Notice, the Landlord may thereafter lease the relevant Third Floor Expansion
Space to a third party at any terms it wishes, free of the Tenant's rights
hereunder and thereafter, the Landlord shall have no further obligation to the
Tenant under paragraph (a) of this Article with respect to such Third Floor
Expansion Space.
(ii) If the Xxxx Xxxxxx Lease is terminated prior to its present
expiration date, the Landlord will notify the Tenant of the date such Third
Floor Expansion Space will be available for lease. The Tenant shall notify the
Landlord within fifteen (15) business days after receipt of the Landlord's
notice as to whether it wishes to lease the Third Floor Expansion Space, time
being of the essence with respect to the delivery of such notice. If the Tenant
notifies the Landlord that it wishes to lease such space, the parties shall
endeavor to agree on a rental therefor. If the parties are unable to agree on a
rental for such Third Floor Expansion Space within sixty (60) days after the
date of the Tenant's notice, or if the Tenant fails to timely deliver such
notice, the Landlord shall be free to lease such Third Floor Expansion Space to
any unaffiliated third party free of the rights of the Tenant hereunder, and the
Landlord shall have no further obligation under this Article Forty-Five with
respect to the Third Floor Expansion Space, except that the Landlord shall be
obligated to send the Tenant a Third Party Offer for such space and the Tenant
shall have the same rights as set forth in paragraph (a) above if the net
effective rent as set out in the Third Party Offer is less than 90% of the net
effective rent last offered by the Landlord to the Tenant for such space.
(iii) The Third Floor Expansion Space shall be leased for a term
expiring on the Expiration Date, and otherwise on the terms and conditions set
forth in this lease, except as otherwise agreed between the parties or as set
forth in the Third Party Offer.
ARTICLE FORTY-SIX
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LANDLORD'S CONTRIBUTION
It is agreed that the Tenant will modify and improve the Premises to
make them better suited for use as offices, and that the Landlord will reimburse
the Tenant for the cost of improving the specific portions of the Premises
listed in the schedule below only up to the maximum amounts listed in the
schedule (and the Tenant will pay the cost of any modifications or improvements,
in excess of such amount), all in accordance with, and subject to the
limitations set forth in subparagraphs (a) through (d) below:
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Unit of Maximum
Space Contribution
Initial Premises $1,429,150
Europadisk Space $ 728,840
Xxxx Xxxxxx Space $ 233,340
Tri-Don Space $ 230,530
Astoria Space $ 140,780
Power Color Space $ 121,440
Xxxxx Tenders Space $ 103,580
In addition, Landlord shall reimburse Tenant an amount not to exceed $75,000 for
Tenant's improvements to the public corridors, in lieu of Landlord's creating
new common corridors.
(a) The Tenant will select an architect to design the office
improvements for the Premises (which improvements, for purposes of calculating
Tenant's reimbursable costs, shall not include any furniture, or telephone,
computer or other office systems or equipment (other than cables for any
telephone or data processing systems), or any furniture or decorations (other
than carpeting, wall coverings and window blinds)) (the "Improvements"). As soon
as practicable after the Commencement Date applicable to each portion of the
Premises listed above, the Tenant shall submit to the Landlord for review and
approval plans and specifications (including all necessary mechanical,
electrical, engineering and working drawings) for the Improvements and such
plans shall be sufficient (i) to comply with all applicable laws, rules,
regulations and requirements of any governmental authority having jurisdiction
over the building, (ii) to permit the Tenant to apply for and obtain all
necessary permits, licenses and approvals necessary in connection with the
Improvements, and (iii) to permit the contractor to commence and complete the
work relating to the Improvements. The Landlord shall review and approve or
comment on such plans within twenty (20) business days of receipt thereof, and
the Tenant shall pay the reasonable fees, expenses and charges of the Landlord
paid to Landlord's outside consultants in connection with such review. As soon
as practical thereafter, the Tenant shall submit to the Landlord for approval
complete and final plans and specifications (including all necessary mechanical,
electrical, engineering and working drawings) for the Improvements, sufficient
to meet the requirements set forth in clauses (i) through (iii) above (such
plans as approved by the Landlord are hereinafter referred to as the "Final
Plans"). The Tenant agrees to reimburse the Landlord for its reasonable fees and
expenses for reviewing plans and specifications.
(b) All professional fees (including those for architectural and design
costs and appraisals) and the cost of all permits, licenses and approvals
required in connection with the construction and installation of the
Improvements shall be borne solely by the Tenant.
(c) The Landlord shall reimburse the Tenant from time-to-time (but not
more often than monthly) for work done in connection with the installation and
construction of the Improvements, up to an aggregate maximum specified for each
portion of the Premises listed above, provided that the Landlord's obligation to
make any such or reimbursement shall be subject to the satisfaction of the
following conditions:
(i) the work done must conform to the design set forth in
the Final Plans in all material respects and the
quality and workmanship of the work done must be
reasonably satisfactory to the Landlord and the
Tenant (and the Tenant shall have so stated in its
request for reimbursement);
(ii) with respect to the reimbursement of any partial
payment made on the basis of the percentage of
completion of any work, the Landlord shall have been
furnished a form by the Tenant's architect indicating
the percentage of completion of the work in question;
(iii) the Landlord shall have been furnished with invoices
from the vendors, supplier, or contractor evidencing
the amount for which payment or
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reimbursement is sought, such invoices, if submitted
for reimbursement, to be marked "paid in full" by
such vendor, supplier or contractor (or, in lieu
thereof, the Landlord shall be furnished other
documentation satisfactory to the Landlord evidencing
payment in full); and
(iv) the Landlord shall have received, with respect to the
work done for which payment or reimbursement is
claimed hereunder, a written waiver from the
contractor or vendor in question (and all
subcontractors and subvendors involved in the work in
question) waiving any right to assert any vendor's,
mechanic's or other lien on the building, the
Premises or any fixtures, machinery, equipment or
other installation therein.
If so requested by the Tenant, in lieu of reimbursing the Tenant, the
Landlord will make payment directly to the Tenant's vendors, suppliers and
contractors (no more often than monthly and not for amounts which aggregate less
than $50,000), provided that the Landlord's obligation to make any such payment
shall be subject to the conditions set forth above (except that the invoices to
be paid need not be marked "paid in full").
(d) It is understood and agreed that the Landlord shall have no
responsibility for the performance of the contractor installing the Improvements
(including matters of quality or timeliness), and in the event that for any
reason the Improvements are not completed in a timely fashion and/or there is
any delay in the date on which the Premises are ready for occupancy by the
Tenant for the purposes of conducting business, this lease shall nevertheless
continue in full force and effect, and the Tenant shall have no right, remedy or
claim (including any claim for actual, punitive or consequential damages)
against the Landlord.
ARTICLE FORTY-SIX
GENERATOR
(a) The Tenant has advised the Landlord that it may wish to install a
standby generator with associated equipment. Provided that Landlord is able to
provide space on the roof to Tenant, Tenant shall have the right to install a
generator with a capacity of no more than 250 kVA, and related equipment
(colllectively, the "Generator") on the roof of the building in an area to be
designated by the Landlord (the "Roof Space"). The Landlord shall have no
obligation to provide the Roof Space until it has completed construction of the
additional floors on the building, and shall have no obligation at all to
provide Roof Space if, in good faith, Landlord determines that there is no
suitable Roof Space available. As of the date the Landlord delivers the Roof
Space to the Tenant, (i) the Roof Space shall be added to and be deemed to be
part of the premises upon all of the terms of the lease, except as otherwise set
forth herein; (ii) the Landlord shall have no obligation to perform any work on
the Roof Space and shall deliver the same in its then "as-is" condition, (iii)
the annual fixed rent shall be increased by a sum equal to $50 per rentable
square foot (the "Roof Rent"), which rent shall be increased as of the first
anniversary of the date on which the Roof Space was added to the premises and on
each succeeding anniversary thereafter, by 3% over the Roof Rent payable during
the immediately preceding twelve-month period.
(b) Pending the delivery of the Roof Space, Tenant shall be permitted
to install the Generator on the 4th floor, provided that the Generator may only
be vented through louvers located in the two windows directly above the louvers
used by Xxxx Xxxxxx on the 3rd floor, and only through January 31, 2002. On or
before January 31, 2002, Tenant shall remove the Generator from the 4th floor
and remove the louvers installed in the windows, restoring the windows so as to
maintain a uniform appearance of the building. In the event that Landlord has
not been able to provide Roof Space, Tenant shall have no right to maintain a
Generator at the Premises. If Tenant has previously installed a Generator in the
Premises and Landlord subsequently provides Roof Space, Tenant shall be
responsible, at Tenant's cost, to move the Generator from the 4th floor to the
Roof Space.
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(c) The Generator shall be installed and maintained at the sole cost
and expense of the Tenant and shall be installed and maintained in compliance
with all Legal Requirements, including, without limitation, all Environmental
Laws. The Landlord's written approval of the plans and specifications for the
Generator installation must be obtained before the Tenant may proceed with any
work in connection with the Generator installation. The Generator installation
shall be governed by the provisions of this lease. The Landlord and its agents
and employees shall have reasonable access to the Roof Space as required for the
maintenance, repair or operation of the building or building systems. The Tenant
shall be responsible for any taxes which may be now or hereafter levied on the
Generator. The Landlord may require that its personnel or contractor be present
during the installation and removal of the Generator, and any maintenance and
repair thereof, and the Tenant shall reimburse the Landlord for the charges
incurred by the Landlord in connection therewith. If the Generator is to be
connected to any building system or equipment, the Landlord may, at is option,
either require that the Landlord's contractor physically connect the wiring from
the Generator to such system or equipment, or require its personnel or
contractor to be present when such work is done, and in either case, the Tenant
shall reimburse the Landlord for the costs incurred by the Landlord in
connection therewith.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this agreement has been signed and sealed by the
parties hereto as of the date set forth above.
THE XXXXXX, CHURCH-WARDENS AND
VESTRYMEN OF TRINITY CHURCH IN THE
CITY OF NEW YORK
By:
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Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx
By:
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Director of Leasing
By:
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Executive Vice President of Real Estate
By:
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Finance Department
Attest: PHOTODISC, INC.
As to the Tenant:
By: (L.S.)
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An Authorized Officer
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legislation currently in force relating to Town and Country Planning
3:15:3 Not to leave the demised premises continuously unoccupied for more
than one month without:-
3:15:3:1 notifying the Landlord in writing
3:15:3:2 providing such security arrangements as the Landlord shall
reasonably require
3:15:3:3 providing such security or other arrangements as the insurers of
the Building shall require in order to protect the demised
premises from vandalism theft damage or unlawful occupation
3:15:4 not to play or use in the demised premises and musical instrument
loudspeakers tape recorder gramophone radio or other equipment or
apparatus that produces sound that may be heard in nearby premises or
outside the demised premises
3:15:5 Not to hold any sale or auction on the demised premises
3:15:6 Not to do on the demised premises or any part thereof or the Building
or any part thereof any act matter or thing whatsoever which may or
may tend to depreciate the value of the demised premises or the
Building or which may be or tend to be detrimental to the letting of
the same or individual units therein
3:16 Not to store or bring upon the demised premises or any part thereof
any articles or substance or a specially combustible inflammable
explosive or dangerous nature other than those used by the Tenant in
the usual course of its business at the demised
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premises and to comply with all recommendations of any Fire Officer
and of the Insurers of the Building as to fire precautions relating
to the demised premises
3:17:1 Not to being or permit or suffer to be brought in or upon
the demised premises or any part thereof any goods nor to do or permit
or suffer to be done in or upon the demised premises or any part
thereof anything which in either case may invalidate any insurance for
the time being effected on the demised premises or any part thereof or
the Building or whereby any such insurance may be in any way affected
or made void or voidable nor without the consent of the Landlord to do
or allow to be done anything whereby any additional premium may become
payable for the insurance of the demised premises or any other part of
the Building and to repay to the Landlord on demand all sums paid by
way of increased premiums and all expenses incurred by it in
consequence of a breach of this sub-clause
3:17:2 To keep the demised premises sufficiently supplied and equipped with
such fire fighting and extinguishing appliances as shall from time to
time be required by law or by the Local or other competent authority
or by the Landlord's insurers of the Building and not to obstruct or
permit or suffer to be obstructed the access to or means of working
such appliances or the means of escape from the demised premises in
the case of fire or other emergency
3:18 Not to stop up or obstruct or permit or suffer to be stopped up or
obstructed in any way whatsoever or permit or suffer oil grease or
other deleterious or noxious matter or substance to enter the drains
sewers gutters pipes channels or watercourses of or
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serving the demised premises or the Building and in the event of any
breach of this covenant by the Tenant forthwith to make good any
damage to the reasonable satisfaction of the Landlord
3:19 Not to overload or permit or suffer to be overloaded the electrical
system serving the demised premises or the Building (whether serving
the same exclusively or in common with adjoining or neighbouring units
in the Building)
3:20 Within seven days of the receipt of notice of the same to give full
particulars to the Landlord of any notice direction license consent or
permission or order or proposal for a notice or order relating to the
demised premises made given or issued to the Tenant by any government
department local or public authority under or by virtue of any
statutory powers and to produce such notice direction license consent
or permission or order or proposal for a notice or order to the
Landlord AND ALSO without delay to take all necessary steps to comply
with the same AND ALSO at the request of the Landlord to make or join
with the Landlord in making such objections or representations
against or in respect of any such notice direction license consent or
permission or order or proposal as aforesaid as the Landlord shall
deem reasonably expedient
3:21 To be responsible for and to indemnify the Landlord against all damage
occasioned to any part of the Building or to any person chattel or
property (whether or not upon the demised premises) caused by any act
default or negligence of the Tenant or the servants agents or
licensees of the Tenant
3:22:1 At all times to comply with the requirements of the Planning Acts
insofar as they affect the demised
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premises and in particular (but without prejudice to the generality
of the foregoing) so often as occasion shall require at the expense
in all respects of the Tenant to obtain from the Local Authority the
Local Planning Authority and/or the Secretary of State for the
Environment (or other appropriate Minister) all such licences
consents and permissions (if any) as may be required for the
carrying out by the Tenant of any operations on the demised premises
or the institution or continuance by the Tenant of any use thereof
which may constitute development within the meaning of the Planning
Acts
3:22:2 Not without the prior written consent of the Landlord (which shall
not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to apply for permission to
carry out on the demised premises any development requiring
permission under the Planning Acts and upon obtaining any such
permission immediately to produce the same to the Landlord
3:22:3 Not without the prior written consent of the Landlord (which shall
not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to implement any planning
permission relating to the demised premises
3:22:4 To comply with any conditions attached to any temporary planning
permission that the Tenant implements and which are intended to be
complied with when the demised premises cease to be used in
accordance with such planning permission even though the period for
which the permission was granted extends beyond the date of
termination of this Lease
3:22:5 Forthwith upon receipt of any notice relating to the development of
the demised premises or any neighbouring property to deliver a copy
thereof to
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the Landlord and if so required by the Landlord to join with the
Landlord in making representations concerning the same
3:22:6 Whenever reasonably required to permit the Landlord to enter upon the
demised premises to comply with any requirement lawfully made of it
under the Planning Acts by any competent authority notwithstanding
that any action reasonably necessary for compliance interferes with
the Tenant's enjoyment of the demised premises
3:22:7 At all times hereafter to indemnify and keep indemnified the Landlord
against all actions proceedings costs expenses claims and demands in
respect of any contravention of the provisions of the Planning Acts
3:22:8 For the purposes of this sub-clause "the Planning Acts" shall mean
the Town and Country Planning Xxx 0000 the Planning (Listed Buildings
and Conservation Areas) Xxx 0000 and the Planning and Compensation Xxx
0000 and the rules regulations and orders which are either made under
one of them or are continued by the Planning (Consequential
Provisions) Xxx 0000 as they apply from time to time
3:23:1 To preserve so far as the Tenant is able all rights of light and
other easements enjoyed by the demised premises and at all times at
the Tenant's cost to afford to the Landlord such facilities and
assistance as may enable the Landlord to prevent anyone acquiring any
right of light or other easement over the demised premises and/or the
Building and in addition but without prejudice to the generality of
the foregoing to permit the Landlord to bring all such actions as it
may reasonably and properly think
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fit in the name of the Tenant in respect of any obstruction of the
access of light or air to any windows or openings in the demised
premises or in respect of any encroachment upon the demised premises or
the obstruction of any other easement enjoyed by the demised premises
3:23:2 Without prejudice to the generality of Clause 3:23:1 hereof not to give
to any third party any acknowledgement that the Tenant enjoys the
access of light or air to any of the windows or openings in the demised
premises by the consent of such third party or to pay any sum of money
to or to enter into any agreement with such third party for the purpose
of inducing or binding him to abstain from obstructing the access of
light or air to any such windows or openings and in the event of any
such third party doing or threatening to do anything which obstructs or
would obstruct such access of light or air to notify the same forthwith
in writing to the Landlord
3:24:1 To pay the Landlord's reasonable and proper expenses (including legal
costs bailiffs fees and Surveyor's fees) incidental to any notice or
proceedings preparatory to forfeiture of this Lease for a breach of its
terms even if forfeiture is avoided without a Court Order
3:24:2 To pay the Landlord's reasonable and proper expenses (including legal
costs and Surveyor's fees) properly incurred by the Landlord incidental
to the preparation and service of any notice and/or Schedule relating
to a Schedule of Dilapidations and whether or not the same is served
during or after the expiry of the Term (howsoever determined) but
relating in all cases only to dilapidations which accrued prior to the
expiry of the Term
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3:24:3 In the event of the Tenant committing any material breach of any
covenant on the part of the Tenant herein contained whether for
payment of rent or otherwise then if the Landlord shall incur any
expenses (including legal costs bailiffs fees and Surveyor's fees) to
fully and effectively indemnify the Landlord in respect thereof
3:25 Not to store either permanently or temporarily any goods in the
Building other than within the demised premises or (in respect of
refuse only) in the Bin Store located in the basement of the Building
3:26 To comply with the Landlord's reasonable regulations which may be
imposed from time to time by the Landlord for the proper and
efficient management of the Building (including the demised premises)
together with the Superior Landlords regulations as referred to in
Clause 3(10) of the Superior Lease Provided that nothing in any
regulations imposed by the Landlord shall purport to amend the terms
of this Lease and in the event of any inconsistency between the terms
of this Lease and any such regulations the terms of this Lease shall
prevail
3:27:1 Not to obstruct or otherwise prevent the use by the Landlord or any
others entitled thereto of the Common Parts including (without
prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) the Pedestrian Public
Access Areas and the Emergency Vehicular Public Access Areas defined
in the Superior Lease
3:27:2 Without prejudice to the generality of Clause 3:27:1 hereof not to
load or unload any goods or materials onto or from vehicles and
convey the same from and into the Building and the demised premises
except through such entrances as may from time to time be
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designated by the Landlord (acting reasonably) as service entrances
and by means of any lift designated from time to time by the Landlord
for such purposes
3:28 To take all reasonable precautions to prevent the occurrence or
outbreak (as the case may be) of any fire explosion or other
occurrence which might cause damage to the demised premises or the
Building
3:29 If at any time the Tenant is entitled to the benefit of any insurance
on the demised premises or any part or parts thereof or on the
Landlord's fixtures and fittings therein the Tenant shall without
delay apply all monies received by virtue of such insurance in making
good the loss or damage in respect of which the same shall have been
received
3:30 Upon the expiry of the Term (howsoever determined) to give up all
keys of the demised premises to the Landlord
3:31 To use the Common Parts for their proper purposes only and to
indemnify the Landlord against the costs of making good any damage
done thereto by the Tenant or any employee or Licensee of the Tenant
3:32 Not to keep any animals whatsoever in the demised premises
3:33:1 Not to do anything which interferes with the heating cooling or
ventilation of the Common Parts or which imposes an additional load
on any heating cooling or ventilation plant and equipment in the
Building
3:33:2 Not to operate the ventilation equipment in the demised premises
otherwise than:-
3:33:2:1 during the Permitted Hours
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3:33:2:2 in accordance with the reasonable regulations for such purpose
made by the Landlord from time to time
3:34 Whether or not any notices have been served under the Landlord and
Xxxxxx Xxx 0000 to permit the Landlord at any time during the last
six months of the Term to enter upon the demised premises to affix
and retain without interference upon any part of the demised premises
a notice for selling or disposing of the same PROVIDED ALWAYS that
such notice shall not obstruct or interfere unreasonably with the
Tenants use of the demised premises And to permit persons with
authority from the Landlord or the Agent of the Landlord at all
reasonable times of the day but upon prior appointment to enter and
view the demised premises or any part thereof
3:35 To pay in addition to any monies due from the Tenant under the
provisions of this Lease such Value Added Tax (at the rate for the
time being in force) as shall be chargeable in respect of any such
monies all of which shall be deemed exclusive of Value Added Tax
3:36 Throughout the period from and including 1st October to and including
30th April in every year of the Term and to provide and maintain
during the Permitted Hours an air temperature within the demised
premises of not less than 65 degrees Fahrenheit whether or not the
demised premises are unoccupied temporarily or otherwise for any
periods during the Term
3:37 To comply at all times with the additional covenants (if any) set
forth in the Third Schedule hereto
3:38 To indemnify the Landlord against any liability arising directly or
indirectly out of the Tenants occupation and/or use of the demised
premises
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3:39 Not to use or permit or suffer to be used any parking spaces within
the Building (or the curtilage thereof and whether forming part of
the demised premises or the Common Parts) otherwise than for the
temporary parking (meaning parking for a period not exceeding 8 hours
in any 24 hour period) of motor vehicles Provided that:-
3:39:1 No motor vehicles shall be parked within the Building (as aforesaid)
other than those serving the demised premises
3:39:2 All motor vehicles shall be parking in the relevant parking spaces in
a proper orderly and tidy manner
3:40 To give to the Landlord at least 2 weeks prior notice in writing of
any creditors meeting intended to be held for the purpose of
considering or implementing any compromise or proposal under the
provisions of the Insolvency Xxx 0000
3:41 Not to lodge with the district valuer or the Local Authority any
appeal in respect of the rateable value of the demised premises (or
any similar valuation of the same for the purposes of assessing the
demised premises for liability as to rates or any similar tax or
outgoing replacing the same from time to time) without the consent in
writing of the Landlord and if reasonably required by the Landlord to
allow the Landlord to conduct any such appeal as agent for any at the
cost in all respects of the Tenant
3:42 To indemnify the Landlord against all rates (or any similar tax or
outgoing replacing the same from time to time) which are payable by
the Landlord as a result of the Tenant vacating the demised premises
at any date prior to the termination of the Term to the intent that
this sub-clause shall remain in force notwithstanding such termination
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3:43 If the Landlord should suffer any loss of rating relief which may be
applicable to empty premises after the termination of the Term by
reason of such relief being allowed to the Tenant in respect of any
period before such termination to immediately make good such loss to
the Landlord on demand
3:44 Upon making any application for any written consent or approval of the
Landlord which is required by this Lease to declare to and provide the
Landlord with such information as the Landlord shall reasonably
require
3:45 To pay the Landlord's reasonable and proper legal expenses and
Surveyor's fees (including disbursements and Stamp Duty) on all
licences and duplicate copies thereof resulting from all applications
to the Landlord for any consent or approval of the Landlord required
by this Lease including charges fees and disbursements actually
incurred in cases where consent is refused or the application is
withdrawn
3:46 To observe and perform the covenants and the conditions on the part of
the lessee contained in the Superior Lease (except insofar as the same
relate to matters of repair and maintenance but without prejudice to
the Tenant's obligations in respect of such matters hereinbefore
contained) so far as the same relate to the demised premises and
except insofar also as the Landlord expressly covenants in this Lease
to observe and perform the same and to indemnify the Landlord from and
against any actions proceedings claims damages costs expenses losses
or other liability arising from any breach non-observance or
non-performance of such covenants and conditions and furthermore not
to do omit suffer
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or permit in relation to the demised premises any act or thing which
would or might cause the Landlord to be in breach of the Superior
Lease or which if done omitted suffered or permitted by the Landlord
would or might constitute a breach of the covenants on the part of the
lessee and the conditions contained in the Superior Lease
4. The Landlord HEREBY COVENANTS with the Tenant that :-
4:1 The Tenant paying the rents hereinbefore reserved and observing and
performing the several covenants conditions agreements and
stipulations on the part of the Tenant hereinbefore contained shall
and may peaceably and quietly hold and enjoy the demised premises
during the Term without interruption or disturbance from or by the
Landlord or any person or persons rightfully claiming by through under
or in trust for the Landlord or by title paramount
4:2 To keep in a good and substantial state of repair and condition the
Common Parts (damage by fire and other perils specified in Clause 3 of
the Eighth Schedule hereto excepted)
4:3 To insure or cause to be insured the Building in accordance with the
provisions of the Eighth Schedule hereto Provided that the Landlord
shall not be obliged to insure or cause to be insured any fixtures and
fittings which may be installed by the Tenant in the demised premises
and which may become fixtures and fittings of the Landlord until the
Tenant has in writing informed the Landlord of the re-instatement
value thereof but the Landlord may in its discretion increase the
amount of insurance in respect of such fixtures and fittings
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4:4 If the demised premises shall be destroyed or damaged by any of the risks
specified in Clause 3 of the Eighth Schedule hereto then (unless any such
insurance shall be vitiated or payment of the Policy monies refused in
whole or in part in consequence of any act or default of or permitted by
the Tenant) the Landlord will as soon as reasonably practicable re-instate
or repair such destruction or damage Provided that as regards fixtures and
fittings which have been installed by the Tenant and become fixtures and
fittings of the Landlord the Landlord shall only be responsible to
re-instate or repair the same to the extent of the re-instatement value
thereof notified by the Tenant to the Landlord pursuant to Clause 4:3
hereof or (if any) to the amount of the increased insurance thereof
effected at the discretion of the Landlord
4:5 Subject to the Tenant duly and punctually paying the Advance Service Charge
to provide the services specified in the Fifth Schedule hereto for the
benefit of the demised premises
4:6 To pay the rent reserved by the Superior Lease (if demanded) and to perform
so far as the Tenant or any other tenant or occupier within the Building is
not liable for such performance under the terms of this Lease or any other
lease of any part of the Building or otherwise (as appropriate) the
covenants and the conditions on the part of the lessee contained in the
Superior Lease and to indemnify the Tenant from and against all actions
claims proceedings costs expenses and demands incurred by the Tenant as a
result of any failure by the Landlord so to do
4:7 At the request and cost of the Tenant to use its best endeavours to
enforce:-
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4:7:1 the covenants on the part of the Superior Landlord contained in the
Superior Lease
4:7:2 the covenants on the part of other tenants/occupiers of the Building
(other than the demised premises) contained in their respective leases
of the relevant parts of the Building provided that the Tenant shall
upon the Landlord's reasonable demand in that behalf deposit with the
Landlord such security for costs incurred or to be incurred by the
Landlord in respect thereof as the Landlord shall reasonably require
4:8 To use its reasonable endeavors to obtain the consent of the Superior
Landlord whenever the Tenant makes application for any consent required
under the Lease where the consent of both the Landlord and the Superior
Landlord is needed by virtue of the Lease and the Superior Lease
5. PROVIDED ALWAYS and notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained to
the contrary :-
5:1 That if the rents hereby reserved or any part thereof or following an
assignment of this Lease by the said Visual Communications Group
Limited the Telephone Charge and/or the Private Charge or any part
thereof respectively shall be unpaid for the space of 14 days next
after any of the days hereinbefore appointed for payment thereof
(whether such rents shall have been legally demanded or not) or if
default shall be made in the performance or observance of any of the
covenants stipulations conditions or agreements on the part of the
Tenant herein contained or if the Tenant being a Company shall go into
liquidation whether compulsory or voluntarily (otherwise than for the
purpose of amalgamation or reconstruction without insolvency) or shall
pass a resolution for winding up
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(save as aforesaid) or is unable to pay its debts or has no
reasonable prospect of being able to pay its debts within the meaning
of Sections 122 and 123 of the Insolvency Act of 1986 or summons a
meeting of its creditors or any of them under Part I of the said Act
or suffers a petition for an Administration Order in respect of it to
be filed in Court or suffers a receiver or administrative receiver to
be appointed or if the Tenant being an individual (or being
individuals any one of them) shall become bankrupt or is unable to
pay his debts or has no reasonable prospect of being able to pay his
debts within the meaning of Sections 267 and 268 of the said
Insolvency Act or shall enter into any composition with his or their
creditors or if the Tenant shall suffer any distress or execution to
be levied upon his or their goods or if an interim order is made
under Part VIII of the said Insolvency Act then and in any such case
it shall be lawful for the Landlord or any person or persons duly
authorised by it in that behalf into and upon the demised premises or
any part thereof in the name of the whole to re-enter and the same to
have again repossess and enjoy as in its first and former estate
anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding and
thereupon the Term shall immediately cease but without prejudice to
any right of action or remedy of the Landlord in respect of any
antecedent breach of any of the covenants stipulations conditions or
agreements on the part of the Tenant herein contained.
5:2 The Tenant shall not (save as hereinbefore is expressly granted to it
and then subject to the rights herein reserved to the Landlord and
the Superior Landlord and the rights subject to which this demise is
made) be entitled to any right of light air way or other easement or
to exercise any
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right to other easement over or against the Building or any adjoining
or neighbouring property of the Landlord and/or the Superior Landlord
and this Lease shall be deemed expressly to preclude the grant of any
such right of easement.
5:3 If the demised premises or any part thereof or the access thereto are
destroyed or damaged by any of the risks specified in Clause 3 of the
Eighth Schedule hereto or because of an Inherent Defect so as to
render the demised premises unfit or unsafe for occupation or use and
the demised premises are not rendered fit and safe for occupation or
use within seven days of the event giving rise to such destruction or
damage then (unless any insurance effected or caused to be effected by
the Landlord shall have been vitiated or payment of the policy monies
refused in whole or in part in consequence of some act or default of
or permitted by the Tenant) (a) the yearly rent hereby Firstly
reserved and for the time being payable hereunder or a fair proportion
thereof according to the nature and extent of the damage sustained
shall be suspended from the expiration of such seven days until the
demised premises shall be again rendered fit and safe for occupation
and use or until the expiration of 3 years from such date whichever
shall be the earlier and (b) the rent hereby secondly reserved and for
the time being payable hereunder or a fair proportion thereof
according to the nature and extent of the damage sustained shall be
suspended from the expiration of such seven days until the demised
premises shall be again rendered fit and safe for occupation and use
or until the expiration of 3 years from such date whichever shall be
the earlier but so that the Tenant shall remain liable to pay any
balance due in respect of such rent for any period prior to the
expiration
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of such seven days when the same shall have been certified AND in case
of any difference between the parties under this present sub-clause
the same shall be referred to an independent surveyor acting as an
expert and not as an arbitrator to be agreed upon by the Landlord and
by the Tenant or (in the event of failure so to agree) to be nominated
on the application of either party by the President of the Royal
Institution of Chartered Surveyors or his deputy and the decision of
that independent surveyor (including any decision as to the costs of
the determination) shall be final and binding on the parties Provided
that in the event of any such damage to or disturbance of the demised
premises or the access thereto not being made good so as to render the
demised premises fit and safe for occupation or use within three years
of the date of occurrence of the same either party may within six
months thereafter (time being of the essence) determine the Lease by
giving to the other notice in writing pursuant to this clause and
upon service of any such notice this Lease and the Term shall
immediately expire and determine but without prejudice to the rights
and remedies of either party against the other in respect of any
antecedent breach or non-observance of any of the provisions of this
Lease and in the event of service of such a notice the said period of
3 years hereinbefore referred to shall be extended to the expiration
of the Term
5:4 Subject to the provisions of Section 38(2) of the Landlord and Xxxxxx
Xxx 0000 neither the Tenant nor any assignee of the Tenant shall be
entitled on quitting the demised premises to any compensation under
Section 37 of the same Act
5:5 All monies received in respect of loss of rents by virtue of any
policy of insurance effected or caused
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[ARTICLE] 5
[LEGEND]
THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM THE GETTY
IMAGES INC. FORM 10Q FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2000.
[/LEGEND]
[MULTIPLIER] 1,000
[PERIOD-TYPE] 3-MOS
[FISCAL-YEAR-END] DEC-31-2000
[PERIOD-START] JAN-01-2000
[PERIOD-END] MAR-31-2000
[CASH] 105,055
[SECURITIES] 0
[RECEIVABLES] 104,635
[ALLOWANCES] 17,900
[INVENTORY] 5,868
[CURRENT-ASSETS] 243,439
[PP&E] 109,979
[DEPRECIATION] 75,737
[TOTAL-ASSETS] 1,183,954
[CURRENT-LIABILITIES] 116,038
[BONDS] 284,587
[PREFERRED-MANDATORY] 0
[PREFERRED] 15
[COMMON] 479
[OTHER-SE] 783,636
[TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY] 1,183,954
[SALES] 104,825
[TOTAL-REVENUES] 104,825
[CGS] 30,518
[TOTAL-COSTS] 60,429
[OTHER-EXPENSES] 47,733
[LOSS-PROVISION] 1,440
[INTEREST-EXPENSE] 1,082
[INCOME-PRETAX] (33,855)
[INCOME-TAX] 1,134
[INCOME-CONTINUING] (32,721)
[DISCONTINUED] 0
[EXTRAORDINARY] 384
[CHANGES] 0
[NET-INCOME] (32,337)
[EPS-BASIC] (.68)
[EPS-DILUTED] 0
300
to be effected by the Landlord shall be paid to the Landlord for its own
use and benefit.
5:6 Notwithstanding anything herein contained the Landlord shall not be
responsible for any delay or failure in connection with the performance or
observance of its obligations herein contained or implied or for any
omission to perform the same nor for any loss or inconvenience arising
from any such delay failure or omission if such delay failure or omission
shall be due to causes beyond the control of the Landlord or if the
Landlord has not been at fault or negligent nor shall the Landlord be
responsible to the Tenant or the Tenant's licensees servants agents or
other persons in the demised premises or calling upon the Tenant for any
accident happening or injury suffered or damage to or loss of any chattel
or property sustained in the demised premises or in the Building
5:7 The Landlord shall be entitled to alter add to execute works on and
rebuild the Landlord's adjoining and nearby suites situated in the
Building notwithstanding that the access of light and air to the demised
premises may be interfered with Provided that the Landlord shall cause as
little damage and/or disturbance as practicable and shall as soon as
practicable make good all damage to the demised premises caused by its
works to the reasonable satisfaction of the Tenant but shall not otherwise
be liable for any damage or inconvenience caused to the Tenant
5:8 If at the end of the Term any furniture or effects belonging to the Tenant
are left in the demised premises for more than seven days the Landlord
shall have power to sell the same as agent for and on
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behalf of the Tenant and the Landlord shall on demand pay or account
to the Tenant for the proceeds of sale (but not any interest thereon)
less any costs of storage and sale reasonably incurred by the Landlord
and the Tenant will indemnify the Landlord against any liability
incurred by the Landlord to any third party whose property shall have
been sold by the Landlord in the mistaken belief held in good faith
(which shall be presumed unless the contrary be proved) that such
property belonged to the Tenant
5:9 Each of the Tenant's covenants herein contained shall remain in full
force both at law and in equity notwithstanding that the Landlord
shall have waived or released temporarily or permanently revocably or
irrevocably or otherwise howsoever a similar covenant or similar
covenants affecting adjoining or neighbouring suites within the
Building
5:10:1 If any part of the rents sums or other payments payable hereunder
(including for the avoidance of doubt the Service Charge the Insurance
Rent and the Advance Service Charge) shall be in arrear for twenty-one
days whether legally demanded or not it shall be lawful for the
Landlord to enter into and upon the demised premises or any part
thereof and distrain and the distress or distresses then and there
found to dispose of in due course of law and to apply the proceeds
thereof in or towards payment of the said rents sums or other payments
so in arrear and all costs charges and expenses occasioned by the
non-payment thereof and so that the power of the Landlord to distrain
upon the demised premises for rents or other monies in arrear shall
extend to and include any Tenant's fixtures and fittings not otherwise
by law distrainable which may from time to time be thereon
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5:10:2 If any rent or other payments referred to in Clause 5:10:1 hereof
shall be in arrear for more than twenty-one days beyond the days
appointed for payment (whether formally demanded or not) and shall be
paid only after the Landlord or the Landlord's Solicitors have
instructed or caused distress to be levied therefor then the Tenant
shall pay to the Landlord within 21 days of written demand the
Landlord's reasonable Solicitors costs and expenses incurred by reason
of the foregoing including but without prejudice to the generality of
the foregoing Bailiff's fees and commission
5:11 The internal division walls that divide the demised premises from the
adjoining suites in the Building shall be deemed to be party walls
within the meaning of Section 38 of the Law of Property Xxx 0000 and
shall be maintained at the equally shared expense of the Tenant and
the tenants of such adjoining suites
5:12 The Tenant hereby warrants and acknowledges:-
5:12:1 that prior to the execution of this Lease the Tenant has disclosed to
the Landlord in writing any conviction judgment or finding of any
Court or tribunal relating to the Tenant (or any director or officer
or major shareholder of the Tenant) of such a nature as to be likely
to affect the decision of any insurer or underwriter to grant or to
continue insurance of the demised premises and/or the Building
5:12:2 that this Lease has not been entered into in reliance wholly or
partially on any statement or representation made by or on behalf of
the Landlord except any such statement or representation that is
expressly set out in this Lease or in the Landlord's Solicitors
replies to the Tenant's Solicitors enquiries raised before the grant
hereof
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5:13 This Lease embodies the entire understanding of the parties relating to
the demised premises and to all the matters dealt with by any of the
provisions of this Lease
5:14 The Schedules to this Lease shall be deemed to be incorporated in this
Lease and form part hereof
5:15 The index to this Lease shall not be taken into account for the purpose of
its construction or interpretation
5:16 Any Notice under this Lease shall be in writing. Any Notice to the
Landlord shall be sufficiently served if sent by registered or recorded
delivery post addressed to the registered office or such other address as
the Landlord may from time to time designate for such purpose. Any Notice
to the Tenant who is a Company shall be sufficiently served if delivered
personally (by the Landlord's employee servant or agent) to or sent by
registered or recorded delivery post addressed to its registered office or
to the demised premises and in the case of a Tenant who is not a Company
if delivered to the Tenant (or if more than one the first named)
personally (as aforesaid) or sent to the Tenant (or if more than one the
first named) by registered or recorded delivery post addressed to the
Tenant at the demised premises or to the Tenant's last known address in
Great Britain or Ireland (whether Eire or Northern Ireland)
6:1 Either the Landlord or the Tenant shall be entitled to determine this
Lease on any of the Break Dates by giving to the other at least six months
previous written notice Provided that in the event of the Tenant serving
such a notice upon the Landlord to determine this Lease upon the 29th
September 1996 the
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Tenant shall concurrently with the service of such notice pay to the
Landlord the sum of Three thousand five hundred pounds (L3,500.00) and in
the event of the Landlord failing to receive such payment concurrently with
service of such notice for the avoidance of doubt such notice shall be
deemed invalid
6:2 In the case of a notice by the Tenant it shall be a pre-condition that
there is not any material outstanding breach of any of the Tenant's
covenants contained in this Lease or that any breach of covenant by the
Tenant that may have occurred has been so far as possible remedied so that
no material prejudice to the Landlord has resulted
6:3 Upon the expiry of any such notice as aforesaid provided that upon the
expiry thereof in the case of notice by the Tenant there shall be no
arrears of the Rent the Service Charge (provided that the same shall not be
the subject of a material dispute) the Insurance Rent or the Advance
Service Charge or following an assignment of the Lease by the said Visual
Communications Group Limited the Telephone Charge and/or the Private Charge
and upon the Tenant giving up vacant possession of the demised premises
(subject to clause 6:4 below) this Lease shall expire and determine but
without prejudice to the rights and remedies of either party against the
other in respect of any antecedent breach or non-observance of any of the
provisions of this Lease
6:4 In the event of the parties entering into new arrangements under which the
Tenant is to be entitled to remain in occupation following the expiry and
determination of this Lease such new arrangements shall not prejudice the
validity of any notice served under the provisions of this clause
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