EXHIBIT 4.2
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GLOBAL CROSSING HOLDINGS LTD.
$800,000,000
SERIES A AND SERIES B
9-5/8% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2008
INDENTURE
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Dated as of May 18, 1998
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UNITED STATES TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK
Trustee
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*
Trust Indenture Act Section Indenture Section
310 (a)(1)................................................. 7.10
(a)(2)..................................................... 7.10
(a)(3)..................................................... N.A.
(a)(4)..................................................... N.A.
(a)(5)..................................................... 7.10
(b)........................................................ 7.10
(c)........................................................ N.A.
311(a)..................................................... 7.11
(b)........................................................ 7.11
(i)(c)..................................................... N.A.
312 (a).................................................... 2.05
(b)........................................................ 12.03
(c)........................................................ 12.03
313(a)..................................................... 7.06
(b)(2)..................................................... 7.07
(c)........................................................ 7.06; 12.02
(d)........................................................ 7.06
314(a)..................................................... 4.03; 12.02
(c)(1)..................................................... 12.04
(c)(2)..................................................... 12.04
(c)(3)..................................................... N.A.
(e)........................................................ 12.05
(f)........................................................ N.A.
315 (a).................................................... 7.01
(b)........................................................ 7.05; 12.02
(A)(c)..................................................... 7.01
(d)........................................................ 7.01
(e)........................................................ 6.11
316 (a)(last sentence)..................................... 2.09
(a)(1)(A).................................................. 6.05
(a)(1)(B).................................................. 6.04
(a)(2)..................................................... N.A.
(b)........................................................ 6.07
(c)........................................................ 2.12
317 (a)(1)................................................. 6.08
(a)(2)..................................................... 6.09
(b)........................................................ 2.04
318 (a).................................................... 12.01
(b)........................................................ N.A.
(c)........................................................ 12.01
N.A. means not applicable.
*This Cross-Reference Table is not part of the Indenture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1. DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE........................................1
Section 1.01. Definitions.................................................................1
Section 1.02. Other Definitions..........................................................18
Section 1.03. Trust Indenture Act Definitions............................................19
Section 1.04. Rules of Construction......................................................19
ARTICLE 2. THE NOTES........................................................................19
Section 2.01. Form and Dating............................................................19
Section 2.02. Execution and Authentication...............................................21
Section 2.03. Registrar and Paying Agent.................................................21
Section 2.04. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust........................................22
Section 2.05. Holder Lists...............................................................22
Section 2.06. Transfer and Exchange......................................................22
Section 2.07. Replacement Notes..........................................................34
Section 2.08. Outstanding Notes..........................................................34
Section 2.09. Treasury Notes.............................................................35
Section 2.10. Temporary Notes............................................................35
Section 2.11. Cancellation...............................................................35
Section 2.12. Defaulted Interest.........................................................35
Section 2.13. CUSIP Numbers..............................................................36
ARTICLE 3. REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT........................................................36
Section 3.01. Notices to Trustee.........................................................36
Section 3.02. Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed..........................................36
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Section 3.03. Notice of Redemption.......................................................36
Section 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption.............................................37
Section 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price................................................37
Section 3.06. Notes Redeemed in Part.....................................................38
Section 3.07. Optional Redemption........................................................38
Section 3.08. Optional Tax Redemption....................................................39
Section 3.09. Payment of Additional Amounts..............................................39
Section 3.10. Mandatory Redemption.......................................................41
Section 3.11. Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds........................41
ARTICLE 4. COVENANTS........................................................................43
Section 4.01. Payment of Notes...........................................................43
Section 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency............................................43
Section 4.03. Reports....................................................................44
Section 4.04. Compliance Certificate.....................................................44
Section 4.05. Taxes......................................................................45
Section 4.06. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.............................................45
Section 4.07. Restricted Payments........................................................45
Section 4.08. Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted
Subsidiaries................................................................48
Section 4.09. Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.................49
Section 4.10. Asset Sales................................................................52
Section 4.11. Transactions with Affiliates...............................................53
Section 4.12. Liens......................................................................54
Section 4.13. Sale and Leaseback Transactions..........................................54
Section 4.14. Corporate Existence........................................................54
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Section 4.15. Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control.................................54
Section 4.16. Business Activities........................................................55
Section 4.17. Future AC Subsidiary Guarantees............................................55
Section 4.18. Additional Restricted Subsidiary Guarantees................................56
Section 4.19. Issuances and Sales of Equity Interests in Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiaries................................................................56
Section 4.20. Payments For Consent.......................................................56
Section 4.21. Money for Payments to Be Held In Trust.....................................56
ARTICLE 5. SUCCESSORS.......................................................................58
Section 5.01. Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets...................................58
Section 5.02. Successor Corporation Substituted..........................................58
ARTICLE 6. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES............................................................59
Section 6.01. Events of Default..........................................................59
Section 6.02. Acceleration...............................................................60
Section 6.03. Other Remedies.............................................................61
Section 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults....................................................61
Section 6.05. Control by Majority........................................................61
Section 6.06. Limitation on Suits........................................................61
Section 6.07. Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment..............................62
Section 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee.................................................62
Section 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim...........................................62
Section 6.10. Priorities.................................................................63
Section 6.11. Undertaking for Costs......................................................63
ARTICLE 7. TRUSTEE..........................................................................63
Section 7.01. Duties of Trustee..........................................................63
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Section 7.02. Rights of Trustee..........................................................64
Section 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee...............................................65
Section 7.04. Trustee's Disclaimer.......................................................65
Section 7.05. Notice of Defaults.........................................................65
Section 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes.................................65
Section 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity.................................................66
Section 7.08. Replacement of Trustee.....................................................67
Section 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger, etc...........................................67
Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification..............................................68
Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company..........................68
ARTICLE 8. LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE.........................................68
Section 8.01. Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance...................68
Section 8.02. Legal Defeasance and Discharge.............................................68
Section 8.03. Covenant Defeasance........................................................69
Section 8.04. Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.................................69
Section 8.05. Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other
Miscellaneous Provisions....................................................70
Section 8.06. Repayment to Company.......................................................71
Section 8.07. Reinstatement..............................................................71
Section 8.08. Survival...................................................................71
ARTICLE 9. AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER.................................................72
Section 9.01. Without Consent of Holders of Notes........................................72
Section 9.02. With Consent of Holders of Notes...........................................72
Section 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act........................................74
Section 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents..........................................74
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Section 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Notes...........................................74
Section 9.06. Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc............................................74
ARTICLE 10. GUARANTEES......................................................................75
Section 10.01. Guarantee.................................................................75
Section 10.02. Limitation on Guarantor Liability.........................................76
Section 10.03. Execution and Delivery of Guarantee.......................................76
Section 10.04. Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms........................76
Section 10.05. Releases Following Sale of Assets.........................................77
ARTICLE 11. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE......................................................78
Section 11.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture...................................78
Section 11.02. Application of Trust Money................................................78
ARTICLE 12. MISCELLANEOUS...................................................................79
Section 12.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls..............................................79
Section 12.02. Notices...................................................................79
Section 12.03. Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes.............80
Section 12.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent........................80
Section 12.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.............................81
Section 12.06. Rules by Trustee and Agents...............................................81
Section 12.07. No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and
Shareholders................................................................81
Section 12.08. Governing Law.............................................................81
Section 12.09. Currency Indemnity........................................................82
Section 12.10. Consent to Jurisdiction and Service.......................................82
Section 12.11. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.............................83
Section 12.12. Successors................................................................83
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Section 12.13. Severability..............................................................83
Section 12.14. Counterpart Originals.....................................................83
Section 12.15. Table of Contents, Headings, etc..........................................83
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A-1 FORM OF NOTE
Exhibit A-2 FORM OF REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE
Exhibit B FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
Exhibit C FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
Exhibit D FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF ACQUIRING INSTITUTIONAL
ACCREDITED INVESTOR
Exhibit E FORM OF NOTATION OF GUARANTEE
Exhibit F FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
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INDENTURE dated as of May 18, 1998 by and among Global Crossing
Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda company (the "Company"), the Guarantors (as herein
defined) and United States Trust Company of New York, as trustee (the
"Trustee").
The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee agree as follows for the
benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of
the 9-5/8% Series A Senior Notes due 2008 (the "Series A Notes") and the 9-5/8%
Series B Senior Notes due 2008 (the "Series B Notes" and, together with the
Series A Notes, the "Notes"):
ARTICLE 1.
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01. Definitions.
"144A Global Note" means a global note in the form of Exhibit A-1
hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and
deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or
its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding
principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 144A.
"AC-1 Credit Facility" means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as
of June 27, 1997 and amended as of December 15, 1997, between ACL and the
lenders named therein.
"AC" or "Atlantic Crossing" means the four fiber pair, self healing
ring, fiber optic submarine cable system known as "Atlantic Crossing" or "AC-1"
which will provide direct telecommunications service between the United States
and Northern Europe with landing stations in the United States, United Kingdom,
The Netherlands and Germany, and all extensions and upgrades thereto.
"ACL" means Atlantic Crossing Ltd., a Bermuda company.
"AC Subsidiaries" means GTH and all of its direct and indirect
Subsidiaries.
"AC-2" means the planned fiber optic submarine cable system known as
"AC-2" which will provide direct telecommunications service between the United
States and Europe.
"Acquired Debt" means, with respect to any specified Person, (i)
Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is
merged with or into or became a Subsidiary of such specified Person, including,
without limitation, Indebtedness incurred in connection with, or in
contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into or becoming a
Subsidiary of such specified Person, and (ii) Indebtedness secured by a Lien
encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling, controlled by or under direct or indirect common control
with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, "control"
(including, with correlative meanings, the terms "controlling," "controlled by"
and "under common control with"), as used with respect to any Person, shall mean
the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise; provided that
beneficial ownership of 10% or more of the Voting Stock of a Person shall be
deemed to be control.
"Agent" means any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-registrar.
"all or substantially all" shall have the meaning given such phrase in
the Revised Model Business Corporation Act.
"Applicable Premium" means, with respect to any Note on any Redemption
Date, the greater of (i) 1.0% of the principal amount of such Note or (ii) the
excess of (A) the present value at such Redemption Date of (1) the redemption
price of such Note at May 15, 2003 (such redemption price being set forth in the
table in Section 3.07 hereof) plus (2) all required interest payments due on
such Note through May 15, 2003 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest), computed
using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate and such Redemption Rate plus
50 basis points over (B) the principal amount of such Note, if greater.
"Applicable Procedures" means, with respect to any transfer or
exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and
procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and CEDEL that apply to such transfer or
exchange.
"Asset Sale" means (i) the sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other
disposition of any assets or rights (including, without limitation, by way of a
sale and leaseback) other than sales of inventory in the ordinary course of
business and other than any sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other
disposition of capacity on any cable system owned, controlled or operated by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or of telecommunications capacity or
transmission rights acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary for use
in a Permitted Business (provided that the sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or
other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole shall be governed by the provisions
of Section 5.01 hereof and not by the provisions of Section 4.10 hereof), and
(ii) the issue or sale by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of
Equity Interests of its Subsidiaries, in the case of either clause (i) or (ii),
whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions (a) that
have a fair market value in excess of $25.0 million or (b) for net proceeds in
excess of $25.0 million. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following items
shall not be deemed to be Asset Sales: (i) a transfer of assets by the Company
to a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary or by a Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiary to the Company or to another Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, (ii)
an issuance of Equity Interests by a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary to the
Company or to another Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, (iii) a Restricted
Payment that is permitted by Section 4.07 hereof, (iv) a transfer of assets by
the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified
Receivables Transaction and (v) a disposition of obsolete or worn out equipment
or equipment that is no longer useful in the conduct of a Permitted Business and
that is disposed of in the ordinary course of business.
"Attributable Debt" in respect of a sale and leaseback transaction
means, at the time of determination, the present value (discounted at the rate
of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP) of
the obligation of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term
of the lease included in such sale and leaseback transaction (including any
period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the
lessor, be extended).
"Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or
state law or any similar provisions of Bermuda law for the relief of debtors.
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"Board of Directors" means the board of directors or other governing
body of the Company or, if the Company is owned or managed by a single entity,
the board of directors or other governing body of such entity, or, in either
case, any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board or
governing body.
"Board Resolution" means a duly authorized resolution of the Board of
Directors.
"Business Day" means any day other than a Legal Holiday.
"Capital Lease Obligation" means, at the time any determination
thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease
that would at such time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet in
accordance with GAAP.
"Capital Stock" means (i) in the case of a corporation, corporate
stock, (ii) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all
shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however
designated) of corporate stock, (iii) in the case of a partnership or limited
liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or
limited) and (iv) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person
the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of
assets of, the issuing Person.
"Cash Equivalents" means (i) United States dollars, (ii) securities
issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States
government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full
faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof) having
maturities of not more than six months from the date of acquisition, (iii)
certificates of deposit and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of six
months or less from the date of acquisition, bankers' acceptances with
maturities not exceeding six months and overnight bank deposits, in each case
with any domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500
million and a Xxxxxxxx Bank Watch Rating of "B" or better, (iv) repurchase
obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of
the types described in clauses (ii) and (iii) above entered into with any
financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (iii)
above, (v) commercial paper having the highest rating obtainable from Xxxxx'x
Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor's Corporation and in each case
maturing within six months after the date of acquisition and (vi) money market
funds at least 95% of the assets of which constitute Cash Equivalents of the
kinds described in clauses (i)-(v) of this definition.
"CEDEL" means CEDEL Bank, SA.
"Change of Control" means the occurrence of any of the following: (i)
prior to the first public offering of Voting Stock of the Company, GCL or New
GCL, the Permitted Holders cease to be the "beneficial owner" (as such term is
defined in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in
calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular "person," such "person"
shall be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such person
has the right to acquire, whether such right is currently exercisable or is
exercisable only upon the occurrence of a subsequent condition), directly or
indirectly, of at least a majority of the Voting Stock (measured by voting power
rather than number of shares) of the Company, GCL or New GCL, (ii) following the
first public offering of Voting Stock of the Company, GCL or New GCL, any
"person" (as such term is unused in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other
than a Permitted Holder, is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or
indirectly, of 35% or more of the Voting Stock (measured by voting power rather
than number of shares) of the Company, GCL or New GCL, and the Permitted Holders
own, in the aggregate, a lesser percentage of the total Voting Stock (measured
by voting power rather than by number of shares)
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of the Company, GCL or New GCL than such person and do not have the right or
ability by voting power, contract or otherwise to elect or designate for
election a majority of the board of directors of the Company, GCL or New GCL
(for the purposes of this clause, such other person shall be deemed to
"beneficially own" any Voting Stock of a specified corporation held by a parent
corporation if such other person beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, more
than 35% of the Voting Stock (measured by voting power rather than by number of
shares) of such parent corporation and the Permitted Holders beneficially own,
directly or indirectly, in the aggregate a lesser percentage of Voting Stock
(measured by voting power rather than by number of shares) of such parent
corporation and do not have the right or ability by voting power, contract or
otherwise to elect or designate for election a majority of the board of
directors of such parent corporation), (iii) during any period of two
consecutive years, Continuing Directors cease for any reason to constitute a
majority of the Board of Directors of the Company, GCL or New GCL, (iv) the
Company, GCL or New GCL consolidates or merges with or into any other Person,
other than a consolidation or merger (a) of the Company into GCL or New GCL, GCL
or New GCL into the Company, or the Company, GCL or New GCL into a Wholly Owned
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or (b) pursuant to a transaction in which
the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company, GCL or New GCL is changed into or
exchanged for cash, securities or other property with the effect that the
beneficial owners of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company, GCL or New
GCL, respectively, immediately prior to such transaction, beneficially own,
directly or indirectly, more than 35% of the Voting Stock (measured by voting
power rather than number of shares) of the surviving corporation immediately
following such transaction or (v) the sale, transfer, conveyance or other
disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series
of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of GCL or New
GCL or the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any
person other than a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or a
Permitted Holder or a person more than 50% of the Voting Stock (measured by
voting power rather than by number of shares) of which is owned, directly or
indirectly, following such transaction or transactions by the Permitted Holders;
provided, however, that sales, transfers, conveyances or other dispositions in
the ordinary course of business of capacity on cable systems owned, controlled
or operated by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or of telecommunications
capacity or transmission rights acquired by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary for use in its business, including, without limitation. for sale,
lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition to any customer of the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed a disposition of assets for
purposes of this clause (v).
The definition of a Change of Control includes a phrase relating to
the sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of "all or
substantially all" of the assets of GCL or New GCL or the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, as such phrase is used in the Revised
Model Business Corporation Act. Although there is a developing body of case law
interpreting the phrase "substantially all," there is no precise established
definition of such phrase under applicable law. Accordingly, the ability of a
Holder of Notes to require the Company to purchase such Notes as a result of a
sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of less than all of the
assets of GCL or New GCL or the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as
a whole to another Person or group may be uncertain.
"Company" means Global Crossing Holdings Ltd., and any and all
successors thereto.
"Consolidated Capital Ratio" means, with respect to the Company as of
any date, the ratio of (i) the aggregate consolidated principal amount of
Indebtedness of the Company and its
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Restricted Subsidiaries then outstanding to (ii) the Consolidated Net Worth of
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date, in each case as
shown on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Cash Flow" means, with respect to the Company for any
period, the Consolidated Net Income of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period plus, to the extent that any of the following items
were deducted or added in computing such Consolidated Net Income, (i) an amount
equal to any extraordinary loss (less any gain) plus any net loss (less any
gain) realized in connection with any Asset Sale, plus (ii) provision for taxes
based on income or profits of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for
such period, plus (iii) consolidated interest expense of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued and whether or
not capitalized (including, without limitation, amortization of debt issuance
costs and original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest
component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all
payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed interest with
respect to Attributable Debt, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges
incurred in respect of Letter of Credit or bankers' acceptance financings, and
net payments (if any) pursuant to Hedging Obligations), plus (iv) depreciation,
amortization (including amortization of goodwill and other intangibles and the
amount of capacity available for sale (other than for backhaul capacity) charged
to cost of sales), but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were
paid in a prior period) and other non-cash expenses (excluding any such non-cash
expense to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash
expenses in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was
paid in a prior period) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such
period, minus (v) non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income for
such period (other than items that were accrued in the ordinary course of
business), in each case, on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance
with GAAP. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provision for taxes on the income
or profits of, and the depreciation and amortization and other non-cash expenses
of, a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company shall be added to Consolidated Net
Income to compute Consolidated Cash Flow of the Company only to the extent that
a corresponding amount would be permitted at the date of determination to be
dividended to the Company by such Restricted Subsidiary without prior
governmental approval (that has not been obtained), and without direct or
indirect restriction pursuant to the terms of its charter and all agreements
(excluding the AC-1 Credit Facility, to which this provision shall not apply),
instruments, judgments, decrees, orders, statutes, rules and governmental
regulations applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its shareholders.
"Consolidated Leverage Ratio" means, with respect to the Company, as
of any date, the ratio of (i) the aggregate consolidated principal amount of
Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries then outstanding to
(ii) the Consolidated Cash Flow of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
"Consolidated Net Income" means, with respect to the Company for any
period, the aggregate of the Net Income of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance
with GAAP; provided that (i) the Net Income (but not loss) of any Restricted
Subsidiary that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting shall be
included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions paid in
cash to the Company or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary thereof by such
Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) the Net Income of any Restricted Subsidiary shall be
excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar
distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that Net Income is not at the
date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (that
has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly,
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by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement (excluding the AC-1
Credit Facility, to which this clause (ii) shall not apply), instrument,
judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to
that Restricted Subsidiary or its shareholders, except that the Company's equity
in the net income of any such Restricted Subsidiary for such period shall be
included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash that
could have been distributed by such Restricted Subsidiary during such period to
the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend, (iii) the Net Income
of any Person acquired in a pooling of interests transaction for any period
prior to the date of such acquisition shall be excluded, (iv) the equity of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the net income of any Unrestricted
Subsidiary shall be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate
amount of cash actually distributed by such Unrestricted Subsidiary during such
period to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other
distribution (but not in excess of the amount of the Net Income of such
Unrestricted Subsidiary for such period) and (v) the cumulative effect of a
change in accounting principles shall be excluded.
"Consolidated Net Worth" means, with respect to the Company as of any
date, the sum of (i) the consolidated equity of the common shareholders of the
Company and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date plus (ii)
the respective amounts reported on the Company's balance sheet as of such date
with respect to any series of preferred stock (other than Disqualified Stock)
that by its terms is not entitled to the payment of dividends unless such
dividends may be declared and paid only out of net earnings in respect of the
year of such declaration and payment, but only to the extent of any cash
received by the Company upon issuance of such preferred stock, less (x) all
write-ups (other than write-ups resulting from foreign currency translations and
write-ups of tangible assets of a going concern business made within twelve
months after the acquisition of such business) subsequent to the date hereof in
the book value of any asset owned by the Company or a consolidated Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company, (y) all investments as of such date in unconsolidated
Restricted Subsidiaries and in Persons that are not Restricted Subsidiaries
(except, in each case, Permitted Investments), and (z) all unamortized debt
discount and expense and unamortized deferred charges as of such date, all of
the foregoing determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Tangible Assets" means the total amount of assets (less
applicable reserves and other properly deductible items) which under generally
accepted accounting principles would be included on a consolidated balance sheet
of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries after deducting therefrom all
goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount and
expense and other like intangibles, which in each case under generally accepted
accounting principles would be included on such consolidated balance sheet.
"Continuing Directors" means individuals who at the beginning of the
period of determination constituted the Board of Directors of the Company, GCL
or New GCL, as the case may be, together with any new directors whose election
by such Board of Directors or whose nomination for election by the shareholders
of the Company, GCL or New GCL, as the case may be, was approved by a vote of at
least a majority of the directors of the Company, GCL or New GCL, as the case
may be, then still in office who were either directors at the beginning of such
period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved
or is designee of any one of the Permitted Holders or any combination thereof or
was nominated or elected by any such Permitted Holder(s) or any of their
designees.
"Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee" shall be at the address of the
Trustee specified in Section 12.02 hereof or such other address as to which the
Trustee may give notice to the Company.
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"Currency Agreement" means, with respect to any Person, any foreign
exchange contract, currency swap agreement or other similar agreement as to
which such Person is a party or beneficiary.
"Default" means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the
giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.
"Definitive Note" means a certificated Note registered in the name of
the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.06 hereof, in the
form of Exhibit A-1 hereto except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note
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Legend and shall not have the "Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global
Note" attached thereto.
"Depositary" means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in
whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.03 hereof as
the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto
appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the
applicable provision of this Indenture.
"Disqualified Stock" means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by
the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is
exchangeable, in each case at the option of the holder thereof), or upon the
happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a
sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the Holder
thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is 91 days after the
date on which the Notes mature; provided, however, that any Capital Stock that
would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders thereof have the
right to require the Company to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the
occurrence of a Change of Control or an Asset Sale shall not constitute
Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock provide that the Company
may not repurchase or redeem any such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions
unless such repurchase or redemption complies with Section 4.07 hereof.
"Equity Interests" means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or
other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is
convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).
"Equity Offering" means an offering for cash by GCL, New GCL or the
Company of its common stock, or options, warrants or rights to acquire such
common stock.
"Euroclear" means Xxxxxx Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Brussels
office, as operator of the Euroclear system.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Exchange Notes" means the Series B Notes issued in the Exchange Offer
pursuant to Section 2.06(f) hereof.
"Exchange Offer" has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights
Agreement.
"Exchange Offer Registration Statement" has the meaning set forth in
the Registration Rights Agreement.
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"Existing Indebtedness" means Indebtedness of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness under the AC-1 Credit Facility)
in existence on the date hereof, until such amounts are repaid.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the
opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of
the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such
other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting
profession, which are in effect on the date hereof.
"GCL" means Global Crossing Ltd., LDC, a Cayman Islands company
limited by shares.
"GCL Expenses" means (i) costs (including all professional fees and
expenses) incurred by GCL or New GCL to comply with its reporting obligations
under federal or state laws or under this Indenture, including any reports filed
with respect to the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the respective rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder, (ii) indemnification obligations of GCL or
New GCL owing to directors, officers, employees or other Persons under its
charter or by-laws or pursuant to written agreements with any such Person, (iii)
fees and expenses payable by GCL or New GCL in connection with the issuance of
the Series A Notes and the Series B Notes, (iv) other operational expenses of
GCL or New GCL incurred in the ordinary course of business and (v) expenses
incurred by GCL or New GCL in connection with any public offering of Capital
Stock or Indebtedness (x) where the net proceeds of such offering are intended
to be received by or contributed or loaned to the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary, or (y) in a prorated amount of such expenses in proportion to the
amount of such net proceeds intended to be so received, contributed or loaned,
or (z) otherwise on an interim basis prior to completion of such offering so
long as GCL or New GCL shall cause the amount of such expenses to be repaid to
the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary out of the proceeds of such
offering promptly if completed.
"GTH" means Global Telesystems Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda company.
"GTH Preference Shares" means the Senior Increasing Rate Redeemable
Exchangeable Preference Shares of GTH.
"Global Note Legend" means the legend set forth in Section
2.06(g)(ii), which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under
this Indenture.
"Global Notes" means, individually and collectively, each of the
Restricted Global Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes, in the form of
Exhibit A-1 or A-2 hereto issued in accordance with Section 2.01, 2.06(b)(iv),
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2.06(d)(ii) or 2.06(f) hereof.
"Government Securities" means securities that are (a) direct
obligations (or certificates representing an ownership interest in such
obligations) of the United States of America (including any agency or
instrumentally thereof) of the payment of which the full faith and credit of the
United States of America is pledged, (b) obligations of a Person controlled or
supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of
America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and
credit obligation by the United States of America or (c) obligations of a Person
the payment
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of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by
the United States of America, which, in each case, are not callable or
redeemable at the issuer's option.
"Guarantee" means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable
instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or
indirect, in any manner (including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of
assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect
thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness.
"Guarantors" means each of (i) GCL (until such time, if any, that the
Guarantee of GCL may be terminated by GCL immediately prior to any liquidation
or dissolution of GCL in connection with an initial public offering of Capital
Stock of New GCL), New GCL, GTH, Global Crossing International, Ltd., Global
Crossing Holdings U.K. Ltd., Global Crossing Marketing U.K. Ltd., Global
Crossing Development Co. and Global Crossing Marketing USA Inc., and (ii) any
other Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that executes a Guarantee in
accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, and their respective
successors and assigns.
"Hedging Obligations" means, with respect to any Person, the
obligations of such Person under any Interest Rate Agreement or Currency
Agreement.
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Note is registered.
"IAI Global Note" means the global Note in the form of Exhibit A-1
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hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and
deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or
its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding
principal amount of the Notes sold to Institutional Accredited Investors.
"Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person, any indebtedness of
such Person, whether or not contingent, in respect of borrowed money or
evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of
credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof) or banker's acceptances
or representing Capital Lease Obligations or the balance deferred and unpaid of
the purchase price of any property or representing any Hedging Obligations,
except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable, if
and to the extent any of the foregoing (other than letters of credit and Hedging
Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of such Person
prepared in accordance with GAAP, as well as all Indebtedness of others secured
by a Lien on any asset of such Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is
assumed by such Person) and, to the extent not otherwise included, the guarantee
by such Person of any indebtedness of any other Person. The amount of any
Indebtedness outstanding as of any date shall be (i) the accreted value thereof,
in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount, and (ii)
the principal amount thereof, together with any interest thereon that is more
than 30 days past due, in the case of any other Indebtedness.
"Indenture" means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time
to time.
"Indirect Participant" means a Person who holds a beneficial interest
in a Global Note through a Participant.
"Initial Public Offering" means, as applicable, an initial public
offering of common stock by the Company, GCL or New GCL that results in gross
cash proceeds to the Company, GCL or New GCL, as applicable, of at least $200.0
million.
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"Initial Purchaser" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
the Offering Memorandum.
"Institutional Accredited Investor" means an institution that is an
"accredited investor" as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the
Securities Act, who are not also QIBs.
"Interest Rate Agreement" means, with respect to any Person, any
interest rate protection agreement, interest rate future agreement, interest
rate option agreement, interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap
agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate hedge agreement or
other similar agreement or arrangement to which such Person is a party or
beneficiary.
"Investments" means, with respect to any Person, all investments by
such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of direct or
indirect loans (including guarantees of Indebtedness or other obligations),
advances or capital contributions (excluding commission, travel and similar
advances to directors, officers and employees made in the ordinary course of
business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness,
Equity Interests or other securities, together with all items that are or would
be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with
GAAP. If the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries sells or otherwise
disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Subsidiary such that,
after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a
Subsidiary of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, the Company shall be
deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition
equal to the fair market value of the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary not
sold or disposed of in an amount determined as provided in the final paragraph
of Section 4.07 hereof.
"Legal Holiday" means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking
institutions in the City of New York or at a place of payment are authorized by
law, regulation or executive order to remain closed. If a payment date is a
Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the
next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue on
such payment for the intervening period.
"Letter of Transmittal" means the letter of transmittal to be prepared
by the Company and sent to all Holders of the Notes for use by such Holders in
connection with the Exchange Offer.
"Letters of Credit" means one or more irrevocable direct pay letters
of credit issued by a bank or other financial institution to support the payment
of equity obligations of the Company to its Project Subsidiaries.
"Lien" means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge,
charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset,
whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law
(including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in
the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security
interest in, and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement
under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction).
"MAC Subsidiaries" means Mid-Atlantic Crossing Holdings Ltd., a
Bermuda company, and all of its direct and indirect Subsidiaries.
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"Management Advances" means loans or advances made to directors,
officers or employees of GCL or New GCL, the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary (i) in respect of travel, entertainment or moving-related expenses
incurred in the ordinary course of business, (ii) in respect of moving-related
expenses incurred in connection with any closing or consolidation of any
facility or (iii) in the ordinary course of business not exceeding $2.5 million
in the aggregate at any time outstanding.
"Net Income" means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss)
of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in
respect of preferred stock dividends, excluding, however, (i) any gain (but not
loss), together with any related provision for taxes on such gain (but not
loss), realized in connection with (a) any Asset Sale (including, without
limitation, dispositions made pursuant to sale and leaseback transactions) or
(b) the disposition of any securities by such Person or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or the extinguishment of any Indebtedness of such Person or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries and (ii) any extraordinary gain or loss, together
with any related provision for taxes on such extraordinary gain or loss.
"Net Proceeds" means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale
(including, without limitation, any cash received upon the sale or other
disposition of any non-cash consideration received in any Asset Sale), net of
the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale (including, without limitation,
legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales commissions) and any
relocation expenses incurred as a result thereof, taxes paid or payable as a
result thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits or
deductions and any tax sharing arrangements), and any reserve for adjustment in
respect of the sale price of such asset or assets established in accordance with
GAAP.
"New GCL" means Global Crossing Ltd., a Bermuda company.
"Non-Recourse Debt" means Indebtedness (i) as to which neither the
Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary (a) provides any guarantee or credit
support of any kind (including any undertaking, guarantee, indemnity, agreement
or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness) or (b) is directly or
indirectly liable (as a guarantor or otherwise) and (ii) no default with respect
to which (including any rights that the holders thereof may have to take
enforcement action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary) would permit (upon
notice, lapse of time or both) any holder of any other Indebtedness of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to declare a default under such other
Indebtedness or cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to
its Stated Maturity.
"Non-U.S. Person" means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.
"Note Custodian" means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the
Notes in global form, or any successor entity thereto.
"Notes" has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this
Indenture.
"Obligations" means any principal, interest, penalties, fees,
indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under
the documentation governing any Indebtedness.
"Offering Memorandum" means the Offering Memorandum, dated May 13,
1998, pursuant to which the Series A Notes were offered and sold.
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"Officer" means, with respect to the Company or any Guarantor, any Co-
Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating
Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President, Vice President,
Treasurer or Secretary of such Person.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by two Officers.
"Opinion of Counsel" means an opinion from legal counsel who is
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, that meets the requirements of Section
11.05 hereof. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company, any
Subsidiary of the Company or the Trustee.
"PAC Subsidiaries" means Pan American Crossing Holdings Ltd., a
Bermuda company, and all of its direct and indirect Subsidiaries.
"PC-1 Subsidiaries" means Pacific Crossing Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda
company, and all of its direct and indirect Subsidiaries.
"Participant" means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or
CEDEL, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or CEDEL,
respectively (and, with respect to The Depository Trust Company, shall include
Euroclear and CEDEL).
"Permitted Business" means any business that is the same as or
related, ancillary or complementary to any of the businesses of the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries on the date hereof.
"Permitted Holder" means Pacific Capital Group, Inc. and CIBC
Xxxxxxxxxxx Corp., and their respective Affiliates.
"Permitted Investments" means (a) any Investment in the Company or in
a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is engaged in a
Permitted Business; (b) any Investment in Cash Equivalents; (c) any Investment
by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in a Person, if as a result
of such Investment (i) such Person becomes a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary
of the Company that is engaged in a Permitted Business or (ii) such Person is
merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys
substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a
Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is engaged in a Permitted
Business; (d) any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash
consideration from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance
with Section 4.10 hereof; (e) any acquisition of assets solely in exchange for
the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company;
(f) other Investments in any Project Subsidiary having an aggregate fair market
value (measured on the date each such Investment was made and without giving
effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all other
Investments made pursuant to this clause (f) that are at the time outstanding,
not to exceed $10.0 million; and (g) any Investment made in a Receivables Entity
in a Qualified Receivables Transaction.
"Permitted Liens" means (i) Liens to secure Indebtedness permitted by
clauses (d), (e), (m) and (n) of Section 4.09 hereof covering only the assets
acquired with such Indebtedness; (ii) Liens in favor of the Company; (iii) Liens
on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged with or into
or consolidated with the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided
that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such merger or
consolidation and do not extend to any
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assets other than those of the Person merged into or consolidated with the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary; (iv) Liens on property existing at the
time of acquisition thereof by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the
contemplation of such acquisition; (v) Liens to secure the performance of
statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds or other
obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business; (vi)
Liens existing on the date hereof; (vii) Liens for taxes, assessments or
governmental charges or claims that are not yet delinquent or that are being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and
diligently concluded, provided that any reserve or other appropriate provision
as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor;
(viii) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to obligations that do not exceed
$5.0 million at any one time outstanding and that (a) are not incurred in
connection with the borrowing of money or the obtaining of advances or credit
(other than trade credit in the ordinary course of business) and (b) do not in
the aggregate materially detract from the value of the property or materially
impair the use thereof in the operation of business by the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary; and (ix) Liens not otherwise permitted by the foregoing
clauses (i) through (viii) securing Indebtedness in an aggregate amount not to
exceed 10% of the Company's Consolidated Tangible Assets.
"Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness" means any Indebtedness of the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net
proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or
refund other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
(other than intercompany Indebtedness); provided that: (i) the principal amount
(or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness
does not exceed the principal amount of (or accreted value, if applicable), plus
accrued interest on, the Indebtedness so extended, refinanced, renewed,
replaced, defeased or refunded (plus the amount of reasonable expenses incurred
in connection therewith); (ii) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a
final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted
Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to
Maturity of, the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced,
defeased or refunded; (iii) if the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced,
renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded is subordinated in right of payment to
the Notes, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date
later than the final maturity date of, and is expressly subordinated in right of
payment to, the Notes on terms at least as favorable to the Holders of the Notes
as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being
extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded; and (iv) such
Indebtedness is incurred either by the Company, a Restricted Subsidiary that is
a Guarantor or the Restricted Subsidiary who is the obligor on the Indebtedness
being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, limited liability company, incorporated or unincorporated association,
joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or other
agency or political subdivision thereof or other entity of any kind.
"Project Subsidiary" means any of the AC Subsidiaries, PC-1
Subsidiaries, MAC Subsidiaries or PAC Subsidiaries, and any other Subsidiary of
the Company formed to develop, own and operate undersea fiber optic
telecommunications cable systems.
"Preferred Stock," of any person, means Capital Stock of such Person
of any class or series (however designated) that ranks prior, as to payment of
dividends or as to the distribution of assets
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upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of such
Person, to shares of Capital Stock of any other class or series of such Person.
"Private Placement Legend" means the legend set forth in Section
2.06(g)(i) to be placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture except where
otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Indenture.
"Purchase Money Indebtedness" means Indebtedness (including Acquired
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings and purchase money
obligations) incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the cost
of construction, installation, acquisition, lease, development or improvement of
any assets used or useful in a Permitted Business, including any related notes,
guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in
connection therewith, as the same may be amended, supplemented, modified or
restated from time to time.
"QIB" means a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined in Rule 144A.
"Qualified Receivables Transaction" means any transaction or series of
transactions that may be entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may sell, convey or
otherwise transfer to (a) a Receivables Entity (in the case of a transfer by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries) and (b) any other Person (in the case of a
transfer by a Receivables Entity), or may grant a security interest in, any
receivables (whether now existing or arising in the future) of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto including, without
limitation, all collateral securing such receivables, all contracts and all
guarantees or other obligations in respect of such receivables, and the proceeds
of such receivables.
"Receivables Entity" means a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company
(or another Person in which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company may
make an Investment and to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company
transfers receivables and related assets) which engages in no activities other
than in connection with the financing of receivables and which is designated by
the Board of Directors (as provided below) as a Receivables Entity, (a) no
portion of the Indebtedness or any other Obligations (contingent or otherwise)
of which (i) is guaranteed by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company
(excluding guarantees of Obligations (other than the principal of, and interest
on, Indebtedness) pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings), (ii) is
recourse to or obligates the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in any way
other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings or (iii) subjects
any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, directly
or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other
than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings, (b) with which neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company has any material contract,
agreement, arrangement or understanding other than on terms no less favorable to
the Company or such Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time
from Persons that are not Affiliates of the Company, other than fees payable in
the ordinary course of business in connection with servicing receivables, and
(c) to which neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company has any
obligation to maintain or preserve such entity's financial condition or cause
such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results. Any such designation
by the Board of Directors shall be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the
Trustee a certified copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors giving
effect to such designation and an Officers' Certificate certifying that such
designation complied with the foregoing conditions.
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"Related Taxes" means any taxes, charges or assessments, including,
but not limited to, sales, use, transfer, rental, ad valorem, value-added,
stamp, property, consumption, franchise, license, capital, net worth, gross
receipts, excise, occupancy, intangibles or similar taxes, charges or
assessments (other than taxes measured by income and withholding imposed on
payments made by GCL or New GCL required to be paid by GCL or New GCL by virtue
of its being incorporated or having Capital Stock outstanding (but not by virtue
of owning stock or other equity interests of any corporation or other entity
other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), or being a holding company
parent of the Company of receiving dividends from or other distributions in
respect of the Capital Stock of the Company, or having guaranteed any
obligations of the Company of any Subsidiary thereof, or having made any payment
in respect of any of the items for which the Company is permitted to make
payments to GCL or New GCL pursuant to the covenant described under Section 4.07
hereof.
"Registration Rights Agreement" means the Registration Rights
Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company and the other
parties named on the signature pages thereof, as such agreement may be amended,
modified or supplemented from time to time.
"Regulation S" means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities
Act.
"Regulation S Global Note" means a Regulation S Temporary Global Note
or Regulation S Permanent Global Note, as appropriate.
"Regulation S Permanent Global Note" means a permanent global Note in
the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private
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Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name
of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the
outstanding principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note upon
expiration of the Restricted Period.
"Regulation S Temporary Global Note" means a temporary global Note in
the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto bearing the Private Placement Legend and
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deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or
its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount
of the Notes initially sold in reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation S.
"Responsible Officer," when used with respect to the Trustee, means
any officer within the Corporate Trust Administration of the Trustee (or any
successor group of the Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter,
any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of
and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Restricted Broker-Dealer" has the meaning set forth in the
Registration Rights Agreement.
"Restricted Definitive Note" means a Definitive Note bearing the
Private Placement Legend.
"Restricted Global Note" means a Global Note bearing the Private
Placement Legend.
"Restricted Investment" means an Investment other than a Permitted
Investment.
"Restricted Period" means the 40-day restricted period as defined in
Regulation S.
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"Restricted Subsidiary" of a Person means any Subsidiary of the
referent Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary. As of the date hereof,
all of the Guarantors (except for GCL) and AC Subsidiaries will be Restricted
Subsidiaries; provided, however, that at no time may the AC Subsidiaries or any
successor to any of them or any entities that provide extensions, upgrades or
additions to AC-1 (including AC-2) be designated as Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
"Rule 144" means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.
"Rule 144A" means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.
"Rule 903" means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act.
"Rule 904" means Rule 904 promulgated the Securities Act.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Shelf Registration Statement" means the Shelf Registration Statement
as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement.
"Significant Subsidiary" means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be
a "significant subsidiary" as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X,
promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Regulation is in effect on
the date of this Indenture.
"Special Interest" means all special interest then owing pursuant to
Section 5 of the Registration Rights Agreement.
"Standard Securitization Undertakings" means representations,
warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company which are reasonably customary in securitization of
receivables transactions.
"Stated Maturity" means, with respect to any installment of interest
or principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which such payment of
interest or principal was scheduled to be paid in the original documentation
governing such Indebtedness, and shall not include any contingent obligations to
repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date
originally scheduled for the payment thereof.
"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 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 the 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).
"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. (S)(S) 77aaa-
77bbbb) as in effect on the date on which this Indenture is qualified under the
TIA.
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"Treasury Rate" means, as of any Redemption Date, the yield to
maturity as of such Redemption Date of United States Treasury securities with a
constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve
Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two
Business Days prior to the Redemption Date (or, if such Statistical Release is
no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most
nearly equal to the period from the Redemption Date to May 15, 2003; provided,
however, that if the period from the Redemption Date to May 15, 2003 is less
than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States
Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year shall be used.
"Trustee" means the party named as such above until a successor
replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and
thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.
"Unrestricted Definitive Note" means one or more Definitive Notes that
do not bear and are not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.
"Unrestricted Global Note" means a permanent global Note in the form
of Exhibit A-1 attached hereto that bears the Global Note Legend and that has
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the "Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note" attached thereto,
and that is deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the
Depositary, representing a series of Notes that do not bear the Private
Placement Legend.
"Unrestricted Subsidiary" means (i) any Subsidiary of the Company
(other than the AC Subsidiaries or any successor to any of them) that is
designated by the Board of Directors as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a
Board Resolution; but only to the extent that such Subsidiary: (a) has no
Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Debt; (b) is a Person with respect to which
neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct or
indirect obligation to maintain or preserve such Person's financial condition or
to cause such Person to achieve any specified levels of operating results; and
(c) has not guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly provided credit
support for any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries. Any such designation by the Board of Directors shall be evidenced
by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of the Board Resolution giving
effect to such designation and an Officers' Certificate certifying that such
designation complied with the foregoing conditions and was permitted by the
covenant described under Section 4.07 hereof. If, at any time, any Unrestricted
Subsidiary would fail to meet the foregoing requirements as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary, it shall thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for
purposes of this Indenture and any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary shall be
deemed to be incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company as of such date
(and, if such Indebtedness is not permitted to be incurred as of such date under
the covenant described under Section 4.09 hereof, the Company shall be in
default of such covenant). The Board of Directors of the Company may at any
time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary;
provided that such designation shall be deemed to be an incurrence of
Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of any outstanding
Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary and such designation shall only be
permitted if (i) such Indebtedness is permitted under Section 4.09 hereof,
calculated on a pro forma basis as if such designation had occurred at the
beginning of the four-quarter reference period, and (ii) no Default or Event of
Default would be in existence following such designation. As of the date hereof,
all of the PC-1 Subsidiaries, MAC Subsidiaries and PAC Subsidiaries are
Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
"U.S. Person" means a U.S. person as defined in Rule 902(o) under the
Securities Act.
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"Voting Stock" of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of
such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of
Directors of such Person.
"Weighted Average Life to Maturity" means, when applied to any
Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing (i) the sum
of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining
installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of
principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (b) the
number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between
such date and the making of such payment, by (ii) the then outstanding principal
amount of such Indebtedness.
"Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary" of any Person means a Restricted
Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Capital Stock or other
ownership interests of which (other than directors' qualifying shares) shall at
the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiaries of such Person and one or more Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries
of such Person.
Section 1.02. Other Definitions.
Defined in
Term Section
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"Additional Amounts" 3.09
"Affiliate Transaction" 4.11
"Asset Sale Offer" 4.10
"Authentication Order" 2.02
"Change in Tax Law" 3.08
"Change of Control Offer" 4.15
"Change of Control Payment" 4.15
"Change of Control Payment Date" 4.15
"Covenant Defeasance" 8.03
"Designation" 4.07
"Event of Default" 6.01
"Excess Proceeds" 4.10
"incur" 4.09
"Legal Defeasance" 8.02
"Offer Amount" 3.11
"Offer Period" 3.11
"Paying Agent" 2.03
"Permitted Indebtedness" 4.09
"Purchase Date" 3.11
"Redemption Date" 3.07
"Registrar" 2.03
"Restricted Payments" 4.07
"Revocation" 4.07
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Section 1.03. Trust Indenture Act Definitions
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the
provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.
The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following
meanings:
"indenture securities" means the Notes;
"indenture security Holder" means a Holder of a Note;
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture;
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the Trustee; and
"obligor" on the Notes means the Company and any successor obligor
upon the Notes.
All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA,
defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA
have the meanings so assigned to them.
Section 1.04. Rules of Construction.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning
assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;
(3) "or" is not exclusive;
(4) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural
include the singular;
(5) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and
(6) references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act
shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement of successor sections or
rules adopted by the SEC from time to time.
ARTICLE 2.
THE NOTES
Section 2.01. Form and Dating.
(a) General.
The Notes and the Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibits A-1 and A-2 hereto. The Notes may have
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notations, legends or endorsements required
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by law, stock exchange rule or usage or agreements to which the Company is
subject. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes
shall be in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.
The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and
are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the Company, the
Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture,
expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However,
to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of
this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be
controlling.
(b) Global Notes.
Notes issued in global form shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibits A-1 or A-2 attached hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon
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and the "Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note" attached
thereto). Notes issued in definitive form shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit A-1 attached hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and
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without the "Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note" attached
thereto). Each Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as
shall be specified therein and each shall provide that it shall represent the
aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed
thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented
thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to
reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect
the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of
outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Note
Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions
given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.06 hereof.
(c) Temporary Global Notes.
Notes offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S shall be issued
initially in the form of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note, which shall be
deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Notes represented thereby with the
Trustee, at its New York office, as custodian for the Depositary, and registered
in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary for the accounts
of designated agents holding on behalf of Euroclear or CEDEL Bank, duly executed
by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The
Restricted Period shall be terminated upon the receipt by the Trustee of (i) a
written certificate from the Depositary, together with copies of certificates
from Euroclear and CEDEL Bank certifying that they have received certification
of non-United States beneficial ownership of 100% of the aggregate principal
amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note (except to the extent of any
beneficial owners thereof who acquired an interest therein during the Restricted
Period pursuant to another exemption from registration under the Securities Act
and who will take delivery of a beneficial ownership interest in a 144A Global
Note or an IAI Global Note bearing a Private Placement Legend, all as
contemplated by Section 2.06(a)(ii) hereof), and (ii) an Officers' Certificate
from the Company. Following the termination of the Restricted Period,
beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note shall be
exchanged for beneficial interests in Regulation S Permanent Global Notes
pursuant to the Applicable Procedures. Simultaneously with the authentication
of Regulation S Permanent Global Notes, the Trustee shall cancel the Regulation
S Temporary Global Note. The aggregate principal amount of the Regulation S
Temporary Global Note and the Regulation S Permanent Global Notes may from time
to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the
Trustee and the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, in connection
with transfers of interest as hereinafter provided.
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(d) Euroclear and CEDEL Procedures Applicable.
The provisions of the "Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System"
and "Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear" and the "General Terms and
Conditions of CEDEL Bank" and "Customer Handbook" of CEDEL Bank shall be
applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary
Global Note and the Regulation S Permanent Global Notes that are held by
Participants through Euroclear or CEDEL Bank.
Section 2.02. Execution and Authentication.
Two Officers shall sign the Notes for the Company by manual or
facsimile signature.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office
at the time a Note is authenticated, the Note shall nevertheless be valid.
A Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature
of the Trustee. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has
been authenticated under this Indenture.
The Trustee shall, upon a written order of the Company signed by two
Officers (an "Authentication Order"), authenticate Notes for original issue up
to the aggregate principal amount stated in paragraph 4 of the Notes. The
aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed such
amount except as provided in Section 2.07 hereof.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the
Company to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes
whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to
authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An
authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an
Affiliate of the Company.
Section 2.03. Registrar and Paying Agent.
The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be
presented for registration of transfer or for exchange ("Registrar") and an
office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment ("Paying Agent"). The
Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange.
The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional
paying agents. The term "Registrar" includes any co-registrar and the term
"Paying Agent" includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change any
Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company shall
notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party
to this Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity
as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any
of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") to
act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and
Paying Agent and to act as Note Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.
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The Trustee is authorized to enter into a letter of representations
with DTC in the form provided to the Trustee by the Company and to act in
accordance with such letter.
Section 2.04. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.
The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to
agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of
Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of
principal, premium or Special Interest, if any, or interest on the Notes, and
will notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such
payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying
Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may
require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment
over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a
Subsidiary) shall have no further liability for the money. If the Company or a
Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust
fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon
any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the
Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.
Section 2.05. Holder Lists.
The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of
all Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA (S) 312(a). If the Trustee is
not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least seven
Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the
Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the
Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of
Notes and the Company shall otherwise comply with TIA (S) 312(a).
Section 2.06. Transfer and Exchange.
(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes.
A Global Note may not be transferred as a whole except by the
Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the
Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, the Depositary or any such
nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.
All Global Notes will be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes if (i)
the Company delivers to the Trustee notice from the Depositary that it is
unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary or that it is no longer a
clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a
successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 120 days after the
date of such notice from the Depositary or (ii) the Company in its sole
discretion determines that the Global Notes (in whole but not in part) should be
exchanged for Definitive Notes and delivers a written notice to such effect to
the Trustee; provided that in no event shall the Regulation S Temporary Global
Note be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes prior to (x) the
expiration of the Restricted Period and (y) the receipt by the Registrar of any
certificates determined by the Company to be required pursuant to Rule
903(c)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act. Upon the occurrence of either of the
preceding events in (i) or (ii) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such
names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may be
exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and
2.10 hereof. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu
of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or
Section 2.07 or 2.10 hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form
of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be
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exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a),
however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged
as provided in Section 2.06(b),(c) or (f) hereof.
(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes.
The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes
shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of
this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in the
Restricted Global Notes shall be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable
to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act.
Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also shall require
compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii) below, as applicable, as well as
one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:
(i) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial
interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted
Global Note in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the
Private Placement Legend; provided, however, that prior to the expiration of
the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial interests in the Temporary
Regulation S Global Note may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account
or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser). Beneficial
interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who
take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted
Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be
delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section
2.06(b)(i).
(ii) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global
Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests
that are not subject to Section 2.06(b)(i) above, the transferor of such
beneficial interest must deliver to the Depositary either (A) (1) a written
order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in
accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit
or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an
amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2)
instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing
information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such
increase or (B) (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect
Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable
Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in
an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and
(2) instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing
information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be
registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (1) above,
provided that in no event shall Definitive Notes be issued upon the transfer
or exchange of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note
prior to (x) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (y) the receipt by
the Registrar of any certificates determined by the Company to be required
pursuant to Rule 903 under the Securities Act. Upon consummation of an
Exchange Offer by the Company in accordance with Section 2.06(f) hereof, the
requirements of this Section 2.06(b)(ii) shall be deemed to have been
satisfied upon receipt by the Registrar of the instructions contained in the
Letter of Transmittal delivered by the Holder of such beneficial interests in
the Restricted Global Notes. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for
transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this
Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the
Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s)
pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof.
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(iii) Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Note.
A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a
Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in
another Restricted Global Note if the transfer complies with the requirements
of Section 2.06(b)(ii) above and the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial
interest in the 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a
certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications
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in item (1) thereof;
(B) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial
interest in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note or the Regulation S
Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form
of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;
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and
(C) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial
interest in the IAI Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a
certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications
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and certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if
applicable.
(iv) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global
Note for Beneficial Interests in the Unrestricted Global Note. A beneficial
interest in any Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any holder thereof
for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a
Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer complies with the
requirements of Section 2.06(b)(ii) above and:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange
Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the holder
of the beneficial interest to be transferred, in the case of an exchange,
or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable
Letter of Transmittal or via the Depositary's book-entry system that it
is not (1) a broker-dealer, (2) a Person participating in the
distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate
(as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration
Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer is effected by a Restricted Broker-Dealer pursuant
to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the
Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
(1) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global
Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial
interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in
the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(a)
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thereof; or
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(2) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global
Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall
take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
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and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar
so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of
Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that
such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that
the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement
Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the
Securities Act.
If any such transfer is effected pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (D)
above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the
Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance
with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more
Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to
subparagraph (B) or (D) above.
Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be
exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form
of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note.
(c) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes.
(i) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted
Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted
Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted
Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes
delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon
receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:
(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global
Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted
Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C
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hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(a) thereof;
(B) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in
accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(C) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a Non-U.S.
Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule
904, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including
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the certifications in item (2) thereof;
(D) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in
accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
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(E) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to an
Institutional Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed
in subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a certificate to the effect set
forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and
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Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable;
(F) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit
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B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or
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(G) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate
to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications
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in item (3)(c) thereof,
the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable
Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof,
and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in
the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange
for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this
Section 2.06(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such
authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial
interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the
Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall
make available for delivery such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose
names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange
for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this
Section 2.06(c)(i) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be
subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.
(ii) Notwithstanding Sections 2.06(c)(i)(A) and (C) hereof, a beneficial
interest in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note may not be exchanged for a
Definitive Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the
form of a Definitive Note prior to (x) the expiration of the Restricted Period
and (y) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates determined by the
Company to be required pursuant to Rule 903(c)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities
Act, except in the case of a transfer pursuant to an exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 903 or Rule
904.
(iii) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Unrestricted
Definitive Notes. A holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global
Note may exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note
or may transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery
thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note only if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange
Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the holder
of such beneficial interest, in the case of an exchange, or the
transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter
of Transmittal that it is not (1) a broker-dealer, (2) a Person
participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person
who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
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(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration
Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer is effected by a Restricted Broker-Dealer pursuant
to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the
Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
(1) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global
Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note
that does not bear the Private Placement Legend, a certificate from such
holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in
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item (1)(b) thereof; or
(2) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global
Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall
take delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note that does not bear
the Private Placement Legend, a certificate from such holder in the form of
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
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and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar
so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of
Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that
such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that
the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement
Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the
Securities Act.
(iv) Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted
Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted
Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive
Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery
thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the
conditions set forth in Section 2.06(b)(ii) hereof, the Trustee shall cause
the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced
accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof, and the Company shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery to the
Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate
principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial
interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(iii) shall be registered in such
name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the
holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through
instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant.
The Trustee shall make available for delivery such Definitive Notes to the
Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note
issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section
2.06(c)(iii) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.
(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests.
(i) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted
Global Notes. If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note proposes to
exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note or to
transfer such Restricted Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery
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thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note,
then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:
(A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to
exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note,
a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including
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the certifications in item (2)(b) thereof;
(B) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB
in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
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(C) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a Non-
U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or
Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto,
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including the certifications in item (2) thereof;
(D) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant
to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act
in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
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(E) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to an
Institutional Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed
in subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a certificate to the effect set
forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and
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Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable;
(F) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth
in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof;
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or
(G) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant
to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a
certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the
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certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,
the Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause
to be increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause
(A) above, the appropriate Restricted Global Note, in the case of clause
(B) above, the 144A Global Note, in the case of clause (c) above, the
Regulation S Global Note, and in all other cases, the IAI Global Note.
(ii) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted
Global Notes. A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note
for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such
Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form
of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange
Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the
Holder, in the case of an
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exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the
applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a broker-dealer, (2)
a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a
Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration
Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer is effected by a Restricted Broker-Dealer pursuant
to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the
Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
(1) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such
Notes for a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a
certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the
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certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or
(2) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such
Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a
beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from
such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications
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in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar
so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of
Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that
such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that
the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement
Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the
Securities Act.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this
Section 2.06(d)(ii), the Trustee shall cancel the Definitive Notes and
increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the
Unrestricted Global Note.
(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in
Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may
exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or
transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the
form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time.
Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall
cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be
increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global
Notes.
If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a
beneficial interest in a Global Note is effected pursuant to subparagraphs
(ii)(B), (ii)(D) or (iii) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has
not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an
Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall
authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred.
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(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes.
Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder's compliance
with the provisions of this Section 2.06(e), the Registrar shall register the
transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of
transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder shall present or surrender to the
Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written
instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by
such Holder or by his attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the
requesting Holder shall provide any additional certifications, documents and
information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of
this Section 2.06(e).
(i) Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. Any
Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to and registered in the name of
Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note
if the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 144A, then the
transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
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including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(B) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904,
then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B
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hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; and
(C) if the transfer will be made pursuant to any other exemption from
the registration requirements of the Securities Act, then the transferor
must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
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certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3)
thereof, if applicable.
(ii) Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Any
Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an
Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person or Persons who take
delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange
Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the
Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a
transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is
not (1) a broker-dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution
of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in
Rule 144) of the Company;
(B) any such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration
Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) any such transfer is effected by a Restricted Broker-Dealer
pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with
the Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
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(1) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to
exchange such Notes for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from
such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications
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in item (1)(d) thereof; or
(2) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to
transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form
of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the
form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
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and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar
so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the
Company to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with
the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein
and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to
maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A
Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person
who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note.
Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall
register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from
the Holder thereof.
(f) Exchange Offer.
Upon the occurrence of the Exchange Offer in accordance with the
Registration Rights Agreement, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an
Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall
authenticate (i) one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interests in the
Restricted Global Notes tendered for acceptance by Persons that certify in the
applicable Letters of Transmittal or via the Depositary's book-entry system that
(x) they are not broker-dealers, (y) they are not participating in a
distribution of the Exchange Notes and (z) they are not affiliates (as defined
in Rule 144) of the Company, and accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer and
(ii) Definitive Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal
amount of the Restricted Definitive Notes accepted for exchange in the Exchange
Offer. Concurrently with the issuance of such Notes, the Trustee shall cause
the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Notes to be
reduced accordingly, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and make available for delivery to the Persons designated by the
Holders of Definitive Notes so accepted Definitive Notes in the appropriate
principal amount.
(g) Legends. The following legends shall appear on the face of all
Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture unless
specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Indenture.
(i) Private Placement Legend.
(A) Except as permitted by subparagraph (B) below, each Global Note
and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or
substitution thereof) shall bear the legend in substantially the
following form:
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"THE NOTES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933 (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED
OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (A)(1) TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER
REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING
OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR THE
ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE
REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (2) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION MEETING THE
REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT, (3) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT
FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, (4) PURSUANT TO
AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE
144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE) OR (5) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL
APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER
JURISDICTIONS."
(B) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note
issued pursuant to subparagraphs (b)(iv), (c)(ii), (c)(iii), (d)(ii),
(d)(iii), (e)(ii), (e)(iii) or (f) to this Section 2.06 (and all Notes
issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall not bear the
Private Placement Legend.
(ii) Global Note Legend. Each Global Note shall bear a legend in
substantially the following form:
"THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE
GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS
MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.07 OF THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL
NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a)
OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE
FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS
GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR
WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY."
(iii) Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend. The Regulation S
Temporary Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
"THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE, AND THE
CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE FOR CERTIFICATED NOTES,
ARE AS SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED HEREIN). NEITHER THE HOLDER
NOR THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE SHALL
BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE PAYMENT OF INTEREST HEREON."
(h) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes.
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At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note
have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been
redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global
Note shall be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance
with Section 2.11 hereof. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any
beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person
who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another
Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented
by such Global Note shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be
made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of
the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being
exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the
form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note
shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global
Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to
reflect such increase.
(i) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.
(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes
upon the Company's order or at the Registrar's request.
(ii) No service charge shall be made to a holder of a beneficial interest
in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of
transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection
therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge
payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.06, 3.11, 4.10,
4.15 and 9.05 hereof).
(iii) The Registrar shall not be required to register the transfer of or
exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the
unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
(iv) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of
transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes shall be the valid
obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes
surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
(v) The Company shall not be required (A) to issue, to register the
transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the opening
of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of notice of redemption
under Section 3.02 hereof and ending at the close of business on such day, (B)
to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note so selected for redemption
in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed
in part or (c) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a
record date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.
(vi) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any
Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in
whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the
purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Notes and
for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Company
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
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(vii) The Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in
accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02 hereof.
(viii) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required
to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a
registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile.
(ix) Each Holder of a Note agrees to indemnify the Trustee and the
Registrar against any liability that may result from the transfer, exchange or
assignment of such Holder's Note in violation of any provision of this
Indenture and/or applicable United States federal or state securities law.
(x) Neither the Trustee nor the Registrar shall have any obligation or duty
to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on
transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to
any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or
among 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 examine the same to determine
substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.
Section 2.07. Replacement Notes
If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Company and
the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or
theft of any Note, the Company shall issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an
Authentication Order, shall authenticate a replacement Note if the Trustee's
requirements are met. If required by the Trustee or the Company, an indemnity
bond must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the
Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any
authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is
replaced. The Company may charge for its expenses in replacing a Note.
Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Company and
shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
Section 2.08. Outstanding Notes.
The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by
the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for
cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the
Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in this
Section as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.09 hereof, a Note
does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the
Company holds the Note; however, Notes held by the Company or a Subsidiary of
the Company shall not be deemed to be outstanding for purposes of Section
3.07(b) hereof.
If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof, it ceases to be
outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the
replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser or protected purchaser.
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If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section
4.01 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue.
If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an
Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on a redemption date or maturity date, money
sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date such
Notes shall be deemed to be no longer outstanding and shall cease to accrue
interest.
Section 2.09. Treasury Notes.
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of
Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the
Company, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or
under direct or indirect common control with the Company, shall be considered as
though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the
Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent,
only Notes that the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.
Section 2.10. Temporary Notes
Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the
Company may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order,
shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in
the form of certificated Notes but may have variations that the Company
considers appropriate for temporary Notes and as shall be reasonably acceptable
to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the
Trustee shall authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.
Holders of temporary Notes shall be entitled to all of the benefits of
this Indenture.
Section 2.11. Cancellation.
The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any
Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment.
The Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration
of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall destroy
cancelled Notes (subject to the record retention requirements of the Exchange
Act). Certification of the destruction of all canceled Notes shall be delivered
to the Company. The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it
has paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.12. Defaulted Interest.
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it
shall pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent
lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are
Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided
in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof. The Company shall notify the Trustee
in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note
and the date of the proposed payment. The Company shall fix or cause to be
fixed each such special record date and payment date, provided that no such
special record date shall be less than 10 days prior to the related payment date
for such defaulted interest. At least 15 days before the special record date,
the Company (or, upon the written request of the
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Company, the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company) shall mail
or cause to be mailed to Holders a notice that states the special record date,
the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.
Section 2.13. CUSIP Numbers.
The Company in issuing the Notes may use "CUSIP" numbers (if then
generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP numbers in notices of
redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state
that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as
printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that
reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the
Notes, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or the
omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any
change in the CUSIP numbers.
ARTICLE 3.
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
Section 3.01. Notices to Trustee.
If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional
redemption provisions of Section 3.07 hereof, it shall furnish to the Trustee,
at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, an
Officers' Certificate setting forth (i) the clause of this Indenture pursuant to
which the redemption shall occur, (ii) the redemption date, (iii) the principal
amount of Notes to be redeemed, (iv) the redemption price and (v) the CUSIP
numbers of the Notes to be redeemed.
Section 3.02. Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed
If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed or purchased in an
offer to purchase at any time, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed
or purchased among the Holders of the Notes in compliance with the requirements
of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are
listed or, if the Notes are not so listed, on a pro rata basis, by lot or in
accordance with any other method the Trustee considers fair and appropriate. In
the event of partial redemption by lot, the particular Notes to be redeemed
shall be selected, unless otherwise provided herein, not less than 30 nor more
than 60 days prior to the redemption date by the Trustee from the outstanding
Notes not previously called for redemption.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes
selected for redemption and, in the case of any Note selected for partial
redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. Notes and portions of
Notes selected shall be in amounts of $1,000 or whole multiples of $1,000;
except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed, the entire
outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder, even if not a multiple of
$1,000, shall be redeemed. Except as provided in the preceding sentence,
provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also
apply to portions of Notes called for redemption.
Section 3.03. Notice of Redemption
Subject to the provisions of Section 3.11 hereof, at least 30 days but
not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company shall mail or cause
to be mailed, by first class mail, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose
Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address.
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The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall state:
(a) the redemption date;
(b) the redemption price;
(c) if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal
amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date upon
surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the
unredeemed portion shall be issued upon cancellation of the original Note;
(d) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(e) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying
Agent to collect the redemption price;
(f) that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment,
interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the
redemption date;
(g) the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to
which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed; and
(h) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the
CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.
At the Company's request, the Trustee shall give the notice of
redemption in the Company's name and at its expense; provided, however, that the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee, at least 45 days prior to the
redemption date, an Officers' Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such
notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided
in the preceding paragraph.
Section 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption
Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.03
hereof, Notes called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the
redemption date at the redemption price. A notice of redemption may not be
conditional.
Section 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price
Prior to 10 a.m. on the redemption date, the Company shall deposit
with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption
price of and accrued interest on all Notes to be redeemed on that date. The
Trustee or the Paying Agent shall promptly return to the Company any money
deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the
amounts necessary to pay the redemption price of, and accrued interest on, all
Notes to be redeemed.
If the Company complies with the provisions of the preceding
paragraph, on and after the redemption date, interest shall cease to accrue on
the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption. If a Note is redeemed
on or after an interest record date but on or prior to the related interest
payment date, then any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person
in whose name such Note
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was registered at the close of business on such record date. If any Note called
for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender for redemption because of the
failure of the Company to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be
paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption date until such principal is
paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest not paid on such unpaid
principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01
hereof.
Section 3.06. Notes Redeemed in Part.
Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Company shall
issue and, upon the Company's written request, the Trustee shall authenticate
for the Holder at the expense of the Company a new Note equal in principal
amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered.
Section 3.07. Optional Redemption.
(a) Except as set forth in Sections 3.07(b) and (c) below and in
Section 3.08 hereof, the Notes shall not be redeemable at the Company's option
prior to May 15, 2003. Thereafter, the Notes shall be subject to redemption at
any time or from time to time at the option of the Company, in whole or in part,
upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice, at the redemption prices
(expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below, plus accrued and
unpaid interest thereon to the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during
the twelve-month period beginning on May 15 of the years indicated below:
Percentage of
Principal
Year Amount
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2003...................................... 104.813%
2004...................................... 103.208%
2005...................................... 101.604%
2006 and thereafter....................... 100.000%
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time prior to May 15, 2001,
the Company may, on any one or more occasions, redeem up to 25% of the aggregate
principal amount of Notes originally issued pursuant to this Indenture at a
redemption price of 109.625% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and
unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date, with the net cash proceeds
received from one or more Equity Offerings made by the Company, GCL or New GCL
(to the extent such net cash proceeds received by GCL or New GCL were
contributed to the Company as common equity capital); provided that at least 75%
of the aggregate principal amount of Notes originally issued pursuant to this
Indenture remain outstanding immediately after the occurrence of any such
redemption. The Company may make any such redemption upon not less than 30 nor
more than 60 days' notice (but in no event more than 90 days after the closing
of the related Equity Offering). Any such notice may be given prior to the
completion of the related Equity Offering and any such redemption may, at the
Company's discretion, be subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions
precedent, including, but not limited to, the completion of the related Equity
Offering.
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(c) In addition, at any time prior to May 15, 2003, the Notes may also
be redeemed at the option of the Company, in whole but not in part, upon the
occurrence of a Change of Control, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days'
prior notice (but in no event may any such redemption occur more than 90 days
after the occurrence of such Change of Control) mailed by first-class mail to
each Holder's registered address, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the
principal amount thereof plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and
unpaid interest, if any, to, the date of redemption (the "Redemption Date").
(d) Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be made
pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.
Section 3.08. Optional Tax Redemption
The Notes will be subject to redemption at the option of the Company
or a successor corporation at any time, in whole but not in part, upon not less
than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice, at a redemption price equal to the
principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the
redemption date if, as a result of any change in or amendment to the laws or any
regulations or ruling promulgated thereunder of (x) Bermuda or any political
subdivision or governmental authority thereof or therein having the power to
tax, (y) any jurisdiction, other than the United States, from or through which
payment on the Notes is made by the Company or a successor corporation, or its
paying agent in its capacity as such or any political subdivision or
governmental authority thereof or therein having the power to tax or (z) any
other jurisdiction, other than the United States, in which the Company or a
successor corporation is organized, or any political subdivision or governmental
authority thereof or therein having the power to tax, or any change in the
official application or interpretation of such laws, regulations or rulings, or
any change in the official application or interpretation of, or any execution of
or amendment to, any treaty or treaties affecting taxation to which such
jurisdiction (or such political subdivision or taxing authority) is a party (a
"Change in Tax Law"), which becomes effective on or after May 13, 1998, the
Company or a successor corporation is or would be required on the next
succeeding interest payment date to pay Additional Amounts with respect to the
Notes (as described under Section 3.09 hereof), and the payment of such
Additional Amounts cannot be avoided by the use of any reasonable measures
available to the Company or a successor corporation.
In addition, the Notes will be subject to redemption at the option of
the Company at any time, in whole but not in part, upon not less than 30 nor
more than 60 days' notice, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount
thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date, if the
Person formed by a consolidation or amalgamation of the Company or into which
the Company is merged or to which the Company conveys, transfers or leases its
properties and assets substantially as an entirety is required, as a consequence
of such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and
as a consequence of a Change in Tax Law occurring after the date of such
consolidation, amalgamation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease, to pay
Additional Amounts in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge
imposed on any Holder of Notes.
Section 3.09. Payment of Additional Amounts.
If any deduction or withholding for any present or future taxes,
assessments or other governmental charges of (x) Bermuda or any political
subdivision or governmental authority thereof or therein having power to tax,
(y) any jurisdiction, other than the United States, from or through which
payment on the Notes is made by the Company or a successor corporation, or its
paying agent in its
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capacity as such or any political subdivision or governmental authority thereof
or therein having the power to tax or (z) any other jurisdiction, other than the
United States, in which the Company or a successor corporation is organized, or
any political subdivision or governmental authority thereof or therein having
the power to tax shall at any time be required by such jurisdiction (or any such
political subdivision or taxing authority) in respect of any amounts to be paid
by the Company or a successor corporation under the Notes, the Company or a
successor corporation will pay to each Holder of Notes as additional interest,
such additional amounts ("Additional Amounts") as may be necessary in order that
the net amounts paid to such holder of such Notes who, with respect to any such
tax, assessment or other governmental charge, is not resident in, or a citizen
of, such jurisdiction, after such deduction or withholding, shall be not less
than the amount specified in such Notes to which such Holder is entitled;
provided, however, that the Company or a successor corporation shall not be
required to make any payment of Additional Amounts for or on account of:
(a) Any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have
been imposed but for (i) the existence of any present or former connection
between such Holder (or between a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or
shareholder of, or possessor of a power over, such Holder, if such Holder is an
estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company or corporation) and the
taxing jurisdiction or any political subdivision or territory or possession
thereof or area subject to its jurisdiction, including, without limitation, such
Holder (or such fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member, shareholder or
possessor) being or having been a citizen or resident thereof or being or having
been present or engaged in a trade or business therein or having or having had a
permanent establishment therein, (ii) the presentation of a Note (where
presentation is required) for payment on a date more than 30 days after (x) the
date on which such payment became due and payable or (y) the date on which
payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever occurs later, or (iii) the
presentation of a Note for payment in Bermuda or any political subdivision
thereof or therein, unless such Note could not have been presented for payment
elsewhere;
(b) Any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, personal property or
similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge;
(c) Any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is payable
otherwise than by withholding from payment of principal of, premium, if any, or
any interest on the Notes;
(d) Any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed or
withheld by reason of the failure by the Holder or the beneficial owner of the
Note to comply with a request of the Company addressed to the Holder (i) to
provide information, documents or other evidence concerning the nationality,
residence or identity of the Holder or such beneficial owner or (ii) to make and
deliver any declaration or other similar claim (other than a claim for refund of
a tax, assessment or other governmental charge withheld by the Company) or
satisfy any information or reporting requirements, which, in the case of (i) or
(ii), is required or imposed by a statute, treaty, regulation or administrative
practice of the taxing jurisdiction as a precondition to exemption from all or
part of such tax, assessment or other governmental charge; or
(e) Any combination of items (a), (b), (c) and (d) above;
nor shall Additional Amounts be paid with respect to any payment of
the principal of, or any premium or interest on, any Note to any Holder who is a
fiduciary or partnership or limited liability
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company or other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent
such payment would be required by the laws of (x) Bermuda or any political
subdivision or governmental authority thereof or therein having the power to
tax, (y) any jurisdiction, other than the United States, from or through which
payment on the Notes is made by the Company or a successor corporation, or its
paying agent in its capacity as such or any political subdivision or
governmental authority thereof or therein having the power to tax or (z) any
other jurisdiction, other than the United States, in which the Company or a
successor corporation is organized, or any political subdivision or governmental
authority thereof or therein having the power to tax to be included in the
income for tax purposes of a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such
fiduciary or a member of such partnership, limited liability company or
beneficial owner who would not have been entitled to such Additional Amounts had
it been the Holder of such Note.
The Company shall provide the Trustee with the official acknowledgment
of the relevant taxing authority (or, if such acknowledgment is not available, a
certified copy thereof) evidencing the payment of the withholding taxes, if any,
by the Company. Copies of such documentation shall be made available to the
Holders of the Notes or the Paying Agent, as applicable, upon request therefor.
All references in this Indenture to principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on the Notes shall include any Additional Amounts payable by the
Company in respect of such principal, such premium, if any, and such interest.
Section 3.10. Mandatory Redemption.
The Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption
payments with respect to the Notes.
Section 3.11. Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds.
In the event that, pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof, the Company shall
be required to commence an Asset Sale Offer, it shall follow the procedures
specified below.
The Asset Sale Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business
Days following its commencement and no longer, except to the extent that a
longer period is required by applicable law (the "Offer Period"). No later than
five Business Days after the termination of the Offer Period (the "Purchase
Date"), the Company shall purchase the principal amount of Notes required to be
purchased pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof (the "Offer Amount") or, if less than
the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered in response to the Asset
Sale Offer. Payment for any Notes so purchased shall be made in the same manner
as interest payments are made.
If the Purchase Date is on or after an interest record date and on or
before the related interest payment date, any accrued and unpaid interest shall
be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of
business on such record date, and no additional interest shall be payable to
Holders who tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer.
Upon the commencement of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company shall send,
by first class mail, a notice to the Trustee and each of the Holders, with a
copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials
necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale
Offer. The Asset Sale
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Offer shall be made to all Holders. The notice, which shall govern the terms of
the Asset Sale Offer, shall state:
(a) that the Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 3.11
and Section 4.10 hereof and the length of time the Asset Sale Offer shall remain
open;
(b) the Offer Amount, the purchase price and the Purchase Date;
(c) that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment shall continue to
accrue interest;
(d) that, unless the Company defaults in making such payment, any Note
accepted for payment pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer shall cease to accrue
interest after the Purchase Date;
(e) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to an Asset
Sale Offer may only elect to have all of such Note purchased and may not elect
to have only a portion of such Note purchased;
(f) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to any Asset
Sale Offer shall be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled
"Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Note completed, or
transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Company, a depositary, if appointed by
the Company, or a Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice at least
three days before the Purchase Date;
(g) that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the
Company, the depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, receives, not
later than the expiration of the Offer Period, a telegram, telex, facsimile
transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal
amount of the Note the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such
Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased;
(h) that, if the aggregate principal amount of Notes surrendered by Holders
exceeds the Offer Amount, the Company shall select the Notes to be purchased on
a pro rata basis (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the
Company so that only Notes in denominations of $1,000, or integral multiples
thereof, shall be purchased); and
(i) that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part shall be issued
new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes
surrendered (or transferred by book-entry transfer).
On or before 10:00 a.m. on the Purchase Date, the Company shall, to
the extent lawful, accept for payment, on a pro rata basis to the extent
necessary, the Offer Amount or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Asset
Sale Offer, or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes
tendered, and shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that
such Notes or portions thereof were accepted for payment by the Company in
accordance with the terms of this Section 3.11. The Company, the Depositary or
the Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall promptly (but in any case not later
than five days after the Purchase Date) mail or deliver to each tendering Holder
an amount equal to the purchase price of the Notes tendered by such Holder and
accepted by the Company for purchase, and the Company shall promptly issue a new
Note, and the Trustee, upon written request from the Company shall authenticate
and mail or deliver such new Note to such Holder, in a principal amount
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equal to any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered. Any Note not so
accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Company to the Holder
thereof. The Company shall publicly announce the results of the Asset Sale Offer
on the Purchase Date.
Other than as specifically provided in this Section 3.11, any purchase
pursuant to this Section 3.11 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of
Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.
ARTICLE 4.
COVENANTS
Section 4.01. Payment of Notes.
The Company shall pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium,
if any, and interest and Special Interest, if any, on the Notes on the dates and
in the manner provided in the Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and interest
and Special Interest, if any, shall be considered paid on the date due if the
Paying Agent, if other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, holds as of
10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the due date money deposited by the Company in
immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all
principal, premium, if any, and interest and Special Interest, if any, then due.
The Company shall pay all Special Interest, if any, in the same manner on the
dates and in the amounts set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in
any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal at the rate equal
to 1% per annum in excess of the then applicable interest rate on the Notes to
the extent lawful; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in
any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest and
Special Interest (without regard to any applicable grace period) at the same
rate to the extent lawful.
Section 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of
New York, an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an
affiliate of the Trustee, Registrar or co-registrar) where Notes may be
surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and
demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be
served. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the
location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any
time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or
shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other
offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or
all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided,
however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the
Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of
Manhattan, the City of New York for such purposes. The Company shall give
prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and
of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
The Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee as one such office or agency of the Company in accordance with Section
2.03 hereof.
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Section 4.03. Reports.
(a) Whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the SEC, so
long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company and the Guarantors will furnish
to the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes (i) all quarterly and annual
financial information that would be required to be contained in a filing with
the SEC on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Company and the Guarantors were required
to file such Forms, including a "Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations" that describes the financial
condition and results of operations of the Company and its consolidated
Subsidiaries and, with respect to the annual information only, a report thereon
by the Company's and the Guarantors' certified independent accountants, and (ii)
all current reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC on Form 8-K
if the Company and the Guarantors were required to file such reports, in each
case within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and regulations (with
the exception of the quarterly financial information that would be required to
be contained in a filing with the SEC on Form 10-Q for the three months ended
March 31, 1998, which will be required to be furnished on or prior to May 31,
1998). In addition, following the consummation of the Exchange Offer
contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, whether or not required by
the rules and regulations of the SEC, the Company and the Guarantors will file a
copy of all such information and reports with the SEC for public availability
within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and regulations (unless the
SEC will not accept such a filing) and make such information available to
securities analysts and prospective investors upon request. The Company and the
Guarantors shall be deemed to have satisfied such requirements if GCL or New GCL
files and provides reports, documents and information of the types otherwise so
required by the SEC, in each case within the applicable time periods, and the
Company and the Guarantors are not required by the SEC to file such reports,
documents and information separately under the applicable rules and regulations
of the SEC (after giving effect to any exemptive relief) because of the filings
by GCL or New GCL. The Company shall at all times comply with TIA (S) 314(a).
(b) For so long as any Series A Notes remain outstanding (and regardless of
the penultimate sentence of paragraph (a) above), the Company and the Guarantors
shall furnish to the Holders and to securities analysts and prospective
investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant
to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.
Section 4.04. Compliance Certificate.
(a) The Company and each Guarantor shall deliver to the Trustee (to the
extent that such Guarantor is so required under the TIA), within 90 days after
the end of each fiscal year, an Officers' Certificate stating that a review of
the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal
year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to
determining whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its
obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to each such Officer
signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge the Company
has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in
this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of
the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (or, if a Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of
Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Company is
taking or proposes to take with respect thereto) and that to the best of his or
her knowledge no event has occurred and remains in existence by reason of which
payments on account of the principal of or interest, if any, on the Notes is
prohibited or if such event has occurred, a description of the event and what
action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. For
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purposes of this paragraph, such compliance shall be determined without regard
to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided under this Indenture.
(b) So long as not contrary to the then current recommendations of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the year-end financial
statements delivered pursuant to Section 4.03(a) hereof shall be accompanied by
a written statement of the Company's independent public accountants (who shall
be a firm of established national reputation) that in making the examination
necessary for certification of such financial statements, nothing has come to
their attention that would lead them to believe that the Company has violated
any provisions of Article 4 or Article 5 hereof or, if any such violation has
occurred, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof, it being
understood that such accountants shall not be liable directly or indirectly to
any Person for any failure to obtain knowledge of any such violation.
(c) The Company shall, so long as any of the Notes are outstanding, deliver
to the Trustee, forthwith upon any Officer becoming aware of any Default or
Event of Default, an Officers' Certificate specifying such Default or Event of
Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect
thereto.
Section 4.05. Taxes.
The Company shall pay, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to
pay, prior to delinquency, all material taxes, assessments, and governmental
levies except such as are contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings
or where the failure to effect such payment is not adverse in any material
respect to the Holders of the Notes.
Section 4.06. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.
The Company and each of the Guarantors covenants (to the extent that
it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in
any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay,
extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force,
that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the
Company and each of the Guarantors (to the extent that it may lawfully do so)
hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants
that it shall not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the
execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and
permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.
Section 4.07. Restricted Payments.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly: (i) declare or pay any dividend or make
any other payment or distribution on account of the Company's or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries' Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any
payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) or to the direct or indirect holders of the
Company's or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries' Equity Interests (other than
dividends or distributions payable in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified
Stock) of the Company or to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company); (ii) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value
(including, without limitation, in connection with any merger or consolidation
involving the Company) any Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or
indirect parent of the Company (other than any such Equity Interests owned by
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the Company or any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company); (iii)
make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease or
otherwise acquire or retire for value any Indebtedness that is subordinated to
the Notes, except a payment of interest or principal at Stated Maturity; or (iv)
make any Restricted Investment (all such payments and other actions set forth in
clauses (i) through (iv) above being collectively referred to as "Restricted
Payments"), unless:
(a) at the time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment,
no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would
occur as a consequence thereof;
(b) the Company would, at the time of such Restricted Payment and
after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Restricted Payment had been
made at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, have been permitted
to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to either clause (i)
or (ii) of the first paragraph of Section 4.09 hereof; and
(c) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all
other Restricted Payments made by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
after the date hereof (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (ii),
(iii), (iv), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix) (but only to the extent that such
Restricted Payments are reflected as an expense on the income statement of GCL
or New GCL, as applicable) and (x) of the next succeeding paragraph), is less
than the sum, without duplication, of (i) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of
the Company for the period (taken as one accounting period) beginning on the
last day of the fiscal quarter immediately preceding the date hereof and ending
on the last day of the fiscal quarter immediately preceding the date of such
Restricted Payment (or, if such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a
deficit, less 100% of such deficit), plus (ii) 100% of the aggregate net cash
proceeds and the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors) of property or assets received by the Company since the date hereof
as a contribution to its common equity capital or from the issue or sale of
Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or from the
issue or sale of Disqualified Stock or debt securities of the Company that have
been converted into such Equity Interests (other than Equity Interests (or
Disqualified Stock or convertible debt securities) sold to a Subsidiary of the
Company), plus the amount of cash or the fair market value (as determined above)
of property or assets received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary upon
such conversion or exchange, plus (iii) the aggregate amount equal to the net
reduction in Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries resulting from (x)
dividends, distributions, interest payments, return of capital, repayments of
Investments or other transfers of assets to the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary from any Unrestricted Subsidiary, (y) proceeds realized by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary upon the sale of such Investment to a
Person other than GCL, New GCL, the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, or
(z) the redesignation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary,
not to exceed in the case of any of the immediately preceding clauses (x), (y)
or (z) the aggregate amount of Restricted Investments made by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary in such Unrestricted Subsidiary after the date hereof,
plus (iv) to the extent that any Restricted Investment that was made after the
date hereof is sold for cash or otherwise liquidated or repaid for cash, the
lesser of (A) the cash return of capital with respect to such Restricted
Investment (less the cost of disposition, if any) and (B) the initial amount of
such Restricted Investment; provided, however, that amounts determined pursuant
to subclauses (x) and (y) of clause (iii) or clause (iv) shall exclude amounts
arising from the reallocation of an Investment made in accordance with the
provisions described below in clause (vi) of the immediate following paragraph.
The foregoing provisions will not prohibit (i) the payment of any
dividend within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof, if at said date
of declaration such payment would have
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complied with the foregoing provisions; (ii) the redemption, repurchase,
retirement, defeasance or other acquisition of any subordinated Indebtedness or
Equity Interests of the Company in exchange for, or out of the net cash proceeds
of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company)
of, other Equity Interests of the Company (other than any Disqualified Stock);
provided that the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any
such redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition shall
be excluded from clause (c)(ii) of the preceding paragraph; (iii) the
defeasance, redemption, retirement, repurchase or other acquisition of
subordinated Indebtedness with the net cash proceeds from an incurrence of
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; (iv) the payment of any dividend by a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to the holders of its Equity Interests on a
pro rata basis; (v) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or
retirement for value of any Equity Interests of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries held by any member of the Company's or such Restricted
Subsidiary's management; provided that the aggregate price paid for all such
repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired Equity Interests shall not exceed
$5.0 million in any twelve-month period (with unused amounts being carried over
to succeeding twelve-month periods, subject to a maximum of $10.0 million in any
twelve-month period); (vi) Investments in Project Subsidiaries made with a
portion of the net proceeds of the Offering in an aggregate amount not to exceed
the amount identified in the Offering Memorandum under the caption "Use of
Proceeds" as `Investments in Cable Systems Under Development' made within one
year of the date hereof, or a reallocation of any such Investments to the extent
of any reduction of such Investment during such one-year period resulting from
an investment by any third party (including, without limitation, pursuant to a
Joint Venture) in the formation of such Project Subsidiary, provided that such
reallocation is made within one year from the date of such third party
Investment; (vii) Investments in Project Subsidiaries made with the net cash
proceeds received from an Equity Offering made by the Company, GCL or New GCL
(but only to the extent such net cash proceeds received by GCL or New GCL were
contributed to the Company as common equity capital); provided that the amount
of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any such Investment shall be
excluded from clause (c)(ii) of the preceding paragraph; (viii) Investments in
GTH of amounts necessary to effect the redemption of the outstanding GTH
Preference Shares in accordance with the terms thereof; (ix) the payment of any
dividend or the making of any distribution to GCL or New GCL by the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary to pay or permit GCL or New GCL to pay any GCL
Expenses or any Related Taxes; (x) any payments made pursuant to an incurrence
of Indebtedness pursuant to clause (i) of Section 4.09 hereof; and (xi) other
Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5.0 million prior to
an Initial Public Offering or $10.0 million subsequent to an Initial Public
Offering.
The Board of Directors may not designate any Subsidiary of the Company
(other than a newly created Subsidiary in which no Investment has previously
been made (other than the amount required to capitalize such Subsidiary in
connection with its organization)) as an Unrestricted Subsidiary (a
"Designation") unless: (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing at the time of or after giving effect to such Designation;
(ii) the Company would, immediately after giving effect to such Designation,
have been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant
to either clause (i) or (ii) of the first paragraph of Section 4.09 hereof and
(iii) the Company would not be prohibited under this Indenture from making an
Investment at the time of such Designation (assuming the effectiveness of such
Designation for purposes of clauses (a) and (b) of the first paragraph of this
Section 4.07) in an amount equal to the fair market value of the net Investment
of the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary in such Subsidiary on such
date; provided, however, that in no event will Atlantic Crossing be transferred
to or held by an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
In the event of any such Designation, all outstanding Investments
owned by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Subsidiary so
designated will be deemed to be an
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Investment made as of the time of such Designation and will reduce the amount
available for Restricted Payments under the first paragraph of this covenant or
Permitted Investments, as applicable. All such outstanding Investments will be
deemed to constitute Restricted Payments in an amount equal to the fair market
value of such Investments at the time of such Designation.
A Designation may be revoked (a "Revocation") by a resolution of the
Board of Directors delivered to the Trustee, provided that Company will not make
any Revocation unless: (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing at the time of or after giving effect to such Designation; and
(ii) all Liens and Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary outstanding
immediately following such Revocation would, if incurred at such time, have been
permitted to be incurred at such time for all purposes under this Indenture.
The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) shall be the
fair market value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or
securities proposed to be transferred or issued by the Company or (such
Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) pursuant to the Restricted Payment.
The fair market value of any asset(s) or securities that are required to be
valued by this covenant shall be determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors (such determination to be based upon an opinion or appraisal issued by
an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing if such
fair market value exceeds $15.0 million).
Section 4.08. Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted
Subsidiaries.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to
exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the
ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to (i)(a) pay dividends or make any other
distributions to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (1) on its
Capital Stock or (2) with respect to any other interest or participation in, or
measured by, its profits, or (b) pay any indebtedness owed to the Company or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries, (ii) make loans or advances to the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or (iii) transfer any of its properties or
assets to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries. However, the
foregoing restrictions shall not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing
under or by reason of (a) Existing Indebtedness as in effect on the date hereof,
(b) the AC-1 Credit Facility as in effect as of the date hereof, (c)
Indebtedness incurred in accordance with clause (e) of Section 4.09 hereof,
provided that any such encumbrances or restrictions contained in the agreements
governing such Indebtedness do not encumber or restrict the ability of any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to make any payments (as described in
clauses (i) through (iii) above) in an amount sufficient for the Company to make
the timely payment of interest on the Notes, (d) Indebtedness incurred in
accordance with clauses (m) or (n) of the second paragraph of Section 4.09
hereof, provided that such encumbrances or restrictions are customary with
respect to such types of Indebtedness (as determined in good faith by the Chief
Financial Officer of the Company), (e) this Indenture and the Notes, (f)
applicable law, (g) any instrument governing Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a
Person acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as in
effect at the time of such acquisition (except to the extent such Indebtedness
was incurred in connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition), which
encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or
assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of the
Person, so acquired, provided, that in the case of Indebtedness, such
Indebtedness was permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be incurred, (h)
customary non-assignment provisions in leases entered into in the ordinary
course of business and consistent with past practices, (i) purchase money
obligations for property
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acquired in the ordinary course of business that impose restrictions of the
nature described in clause (iii) above on the property so acquired, (j) any
agreement for the sale or other disposition of a Restricted Subsidiary that
restricts distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary pending its sale or other
disposition, (k) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, provided that the
restrictions contained in the agreements governing such Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those contained in
the agreements governing the Indebtedness being refinanced, (l) Liens securing
Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to the provisions of
Section 4.12 hereof that limit the right of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to dispose of the assets subject to such Lien, (m) provisions with
respect to the disposition or distribution of assets or property in joint
venture agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary
course of business and (n) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth
imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of
business.
Section 4.09. Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee
or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise,
with respect to (collectively, "incur") any Indebtedness (including Acquired
Debt) and the Company shall not issue any Disqualified Stock and shall not
permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any shares of preferred
stock; provided, however, that the Company may incur Indebtedness (including
Acquired Debt) or issue shares of Disqualified Stock and its Restricted
Subsidiaries that are Guarantors may incur Indebtedness or issue Disqualified
Stock if either:
(i) the Consolidated Leverage Ratio at the end of the Company's most
recently ended fiscal quarter for which a consolidated balance sheet of the
Company is available immediately preceding the date on which such additional
Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock is issued would have been
less than 5.5 to 1 (prior to May 15, 2001), or 5.0 to 1.0 (subsequent to May 15,
2001), determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the
net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred, or
the Disqualified Stock had been issued, as the case may be, at the beginning of
the four fiscal quarters ended on the date of such consolidated balance sheet;
or
(ii) the Consolidated Capital Ratio for the Company's most recently
ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are
available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness
is incurred or such Disqualified Stock is issued would have been less than 2.5
to 1.0, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of
the net proceeds therefrom) as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred,
or the Disqualified Stock had been issued, as the case may be, at the beginning
of such four-quarter period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of the paragraph set
forth above will not apply to the incurrence of any of the following items of
Indebtedness (collectively, "Permitted Indebtedness"):
(a) The incurrence by the Company of Indebtedness represented by the
Notes;
(b) The incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Existing Indebtedness;
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(c) The incurrence of Indebtedness by the Company to any Wholly Owned
Restricted Subsidiary or Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary to the
Company or any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary (but only for so long as such
Indebtedness is held by the Company or such Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary);
(d) The incurrence by the AC Subsidiaries of Indebtedness under the
AC-1 Credit Facility in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $500.0
million at any time outstanding, less the aggregate amount of all repayments,
mandatory or optional (including any repayments made pursuant to clause (m) of
this paragraph, but excluding any repayments of revolving credit borrowings
thereunder, provided that the maximum amount of revolving credit Indebtedness
permitted to be incurred under this clause shall not exceed $10.0 million at any
time outstanding), made by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
thereunder since the date hereof;
(e) The incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Indebtedness pursuant to the construction of extensions or
upgrades of Atlantic Crossing, including AC-2, not to exceed $150.0 million at
any time outstanding, less the aggregate amount of all repayments, mandatory or
optional (including any repayments made pursuant to clause (m) of this
paragraph, but excluding any repayments of revolving credit borrowings
thereunder, provided that the maximum amount of revolving credit Indebtedness
permitted to be incurred under this clause shall not exceed $10.0 million at any
time outstanding), made by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
thereunder; provided that such Indebtedness is incurred for the purpose of
financing all or any part of the cost of construction of such planned extensions
or upgrades of Atlantic Crossing;
(f) The incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Capital Lease Obligations (other than leases of backhaul
services), mortgage financings or purchase money obligations, in each case
incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or
cost of construction or improvement of property, plant or equipment used in the
business of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, in an aggregate principal
amount not to exceed $25.0 million at any time outstanding;
(g) The incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Indebtedness pursuant to acquisitions of backhaul capacity made
in the ordinary course of business;
(h) The incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Hedging Obligations that are incurred for the purpose of fixing
or hedging interest or foreign currency exchange rate risk with respect to any
floating rate Indebtedness that is permitted by the terms of this Indenture to
be outstanding;
(i) The incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary incurred and outstanding
on the date on which such Restricted Subsidiary was acquired by the Company;
provided, however, that at the time such Restricted Subsidiary is acquired by
the Company (giving effect to such acquisition), the Company would have been
able to incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the immediately
preceding paragraph;
(j) The incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net
proceeds of which are used to refund, refinance or replace Indebtedness (other
than intercompany Indebtedness) that was permitted by this
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Indenture to be incurred under the first paragraph hereof or clauses (a), (b),
(d), (e), (f), (i), (k), (l) or (n) of this paragraph;
(k) The incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of additional Indebtedness not otherwise permitted to be incurred
pursuant to this paragraph in an aggregate principal amount (or accreted value,
as applicable) at any time outstanding, including all Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or replace any Indebtedness incurred
pursuant to this clause (k), not to exceed $25.0 million;
(l) The incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries that are Guarantors of Indebtedness to finance the construction of
AC-2, provided that such Indebtedness is expressly subordinated to the Notes and
the Stated Maturity and Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Indebtedness
is not less than the Stated Maturity and Weighted Average Life to Maturity of
the Notes and, provided further, that such Indebtedness is incurred for the
purpose of financing all or any part of the cost of construction of AC-2;
(m) The incurrence of Indebtedness by a Receivables Entity in a
Qualified Receivables Transaction, provided that the proceeds thereof are
applied to the repayment of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by clause (d)
or (e) of this paragraph;
(n) The incurrence by any Project Subsidiary that is a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company (excluding the AC Subsidiaries) of Purchase Money
Indebtedness, provided that the amount of such Purchase Money Indebtedness does
not exceed 80% of the cost of construction, installation, acquisition, lease,
development or improvement of assets used in the business of such Restricted
Subsidiary;
(o) Letters of Credit in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$70.0 million at any time outstanding, provided that such Letters of Credit are
cash collateralized by a portion of the net proceeds received from the sale of
the Notes; and
(p) The guarantee by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
that are Guarantors of Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
of the Company that was permitted to be incurred by another provision of this
Section 4.09.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, incur any Indebtedness (including Permitted Indebtedness) that
is contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of
the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary unless such Indebtedness is also
contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Notes on substantially
identical terms; provided, however, that no Indebtedness of the Company shall be
deemed to be contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other
Indebtedness of the Company solely by virtue of being unsecured.
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Section 4.10. Asset Sales
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, consummate any Asset Sale unless, (i)
the Company (or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) receives
consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market
value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors (including as to
the value of all noncash consideration) and set forth in an Officer's
Certificate delivered to the Trustee) of the assets or Equity Interests issued
or sold or otherwise disposed of and (ii) at least 75% of the consideration
therefor is in the form of cash and/or Cash Equivalents, and (iii) the Net
Proceeds received by the Company (or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may
be) from such Asset Sale are applied within 360 days following the receipt of
such Net Proceeds (a) first, to the extent the Company (or such Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be) elects, to the redemption or repurchase of
outstanding Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clauses (d) and (e) of the second
paragraph of Section 4.09 hereof and (b) second, to the extent of the balance of
such Net Proceeds after application as described in (a) above and to the extent
the Company (or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) elects, to
reinvest, or enter into a legally binding agreement to reinvest, such Net
Proceeds (or any portion thereof) in assets that are used or useful in a
Permitted Business. The balance of such Net Proceeds, after the application of
such Net Proceeds as described in the immediately preceding clauses (a) and (b),
shall constitute "Excess Proceeds."
When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds equals or exceeds $15.0
million (taking into account income earned on such Excess Proceeds), the Company
will be required to make an offer to all Holders of Notes and pari passu
Indebtedness (an "Asset Sale Offer") to purchase the maximum principal amount of
Notes and pari passu Indebtedness that may be purchased out of the Excess
Proceeds, at a purchase price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the
principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date
of purchase, in accordance with the procedures set forth in Article 3 of this
Indenture and the agreements governing such pari passu Indebtedness. To the
extent that any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset Sale
Offer, the Company may use such Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise
prohibited by this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and
pari passu Indebtedness tendered into such Asset Sale Offer surrendered by
Holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select
the Notes and pari passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis. Upon
completion of such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be
reset at zero for purposes of the first sentence of this paragraph.
The amount of (x) any liabilities (as shown on the Company's (or such
Restricted Subsidiary's, as the case may be) most recent balance sheet) of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities and
liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or any guarantee
thereof) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets pursuant to an
agreement that releases the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from all
liability in respect thereof, (y) Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that
is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such Asset Sale, to the
extent that the Company and each other Restricted Subsidiary are released from
any guarantee of payment of the principal amount of such Indebtedness in
connection with such Asset Sale and (z) any securities, notes or other
obligations received by the Company (or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case
may be) from such transferee that are contemporaneously (subject to ordinary
settlement periods) converted by the Company (or such Restricted Subsidiary, as
the case may be) into cash and/or Cash Equivalents (to the extent of the cash
and/or Cash Equivalents received), will be deemed to be cash and/or Cash
Equivalents for purposes of this provision.
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To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or
regulations conflict with the Asset Sale provisions of this Indenture, the
Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and
shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Asset Sale
provisions of this Indenture by virtue thereof.
Section 4.11. Transactions with Affiliates.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise
dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or
assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract,
agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit
of, any Affiliate (each of the foregoing, an "Affiliate Transaction"), unless
(i) such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not materially less
favorable to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that
would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person and (ii) with respect to any
Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving
aggregate consideration in excess of $15.0 million, the Company delivers to the
Trustee a resolution of the Board of Directors set forth in an Officers'
Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with clause (i)
above and that such Affiliate Transaction is approved by a majority of the
disinterested members of the Board of Directors and an opinion as to the
fairness to the Holders of such Affiliate Transaction from a financial point of
view is obtained from an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of
national standing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following items shall not
be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions: (i) (a) the entering into, maintaining
or performance of any employment contract, collective bargaining agreement,
benefit plan, program or arrangement, related trust agreement or any other
similar arrangement for or with any employee, officer or director heretofore or
hereafter entered into in the ordinary course of business, including vacation,
health, insurance, deferred compensation, retirement, savings or other similar
plans, (b) the payment of compensation, performance of indemnification or
contribution obligations, or an issuance, grant or award of stock, options, or
other equity-related interests or other securities, to employees, officers or
directors in the ordinary course of business, (c) any transaction with an
officer or director in the ordinary course of business not involving more than
$100,000 in any one case, or (d) Management Advances and payments in respect
thereof, (ii) transactions between or among the Company and/or its Restricted
Subsidiaries or any Receivables Entity, (iii) payment of reasonable directors
fees, (iv) any sale or other issuance of Equity Interests (other than
Disqualified Stock) of the Company, (v) Affiliate Transactions in effect or
approved by the Board of Directors on the date hereof, including any amendments
thereto (provided that the terms of such amendments are not materially less
favorable to the Company than the terms of such agreement prior to such
amendment), (vi) transactions with respect to capacity between the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary and any Unrestricted Subsidiary or other Affiliate and
joint sales and marketing pursuant to an agreement or agreements between the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Unrestricted Subsidiary or other
Affiliate (provided that in the case of this clause (vi), such agreements are on
terms that are no less favorable to the Company or the relevant Restricted
Subsidiary than those that could have been obtained at the time of such
transaction in an arm's-length transaction with an unrelated third party or, in
the case of a transaction with an Unrestricted Subsidiary, are either (x)
entered into in connection with a transaction involving the selection by a
customer of cable system capacity entered into in the ordinary course of
business or (y) involve the provision by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary
to an Unrestricted Subsidiary of sales and marketing services, operations,
administration and maintenance services or development services for which the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary receives a fair rate of return (as
determined by the Board of Directors and set forth
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in an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee) above its expenses of
providing such services; and (vii) Restricted Payments that are permitted by
Section 4.07 hereof.
Section 4.12. Liens.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or
become effective any Lien of any kind (other than Permitted Liens) upon any of
their property or assets, now owned or hereafter acquired, unless all payments
due under this Indenture and the Notes are secured on an equal and ratable basis
with the obligations so secured until such time as such obligations are no
longer secured by a Lien.
Section 4.13. Sale and Leaseback Transactions.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, enter into any sale and leaseback transaction; provided that
the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may enter into a sale and
leaseback transaction if (i) the Company (or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the
case may be) could have (a) incurred Indebtedness in an amount equal to the
Attributable Debt relating to such sale and leaseback transaction pursuant to
either of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio or Consolidated Capital Ratio tests
set forth in the first paragraph of section 4.09 hereof and (b) incurred a Lien
to secure such Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.12 hereof, (ii) the gross cash
proceeds of such sale and leaseback transaction are at least equal to the fair
market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors and set
forth in an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee) of the property that
is the subject of such sale and leaseback transaction and (iii) the transfer of
assets in such sale and leaseback transaction is treated as an Asset Sale, and
the Company applies the proceeds of such transaction in compliance with, Section
4.10 hereof.
Section 4.14. Corporate Existence.
Subject to Article 5 hereof, the Company shall do or cause to be done
all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect (i) its
corporate existence, and the corporate, partnership or other existence of each
of its Subsidiaries, in accordance with the respective organizational documents
(as the same may be amended from time to time) of the Company or any such
Subsidiary and (ii) the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises
of the Company and its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Company shall
not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the
corporate, partnership or other existence of any of its Subsidiaries, if the
Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer
desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any material
respect to the Holders of the Notes.
Section 4.15. Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control.
(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder of Notes
will have the right to require the Company to purchase all or any part (equal to
$1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) of such Holder's Notes pursuant to the
offer described below (the "Change of Control Offer") at a purchase price in
cash (the "Change of Control Payment") equal to 101% of the aggregate principal
amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of purchase
(subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to
receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date); provided, however,
that the Company shall not be obligated to repurchase Notes pursuant to this
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covenant in the event that it has exercised its rights to redeem all of the
Notes as described in Section 3.07 hereof. Within 30 days following any Change
of Control, the Company will mail a notice to each Holder describing the
transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control and offering
to purchase Notes on the date specified in such notice, which date shall be no
earlier than 30 and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed
(the "Change of Control Payment Date"), in accordance with the procedures
required by this Indenture and described in such notice. The Company will
comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other
securities laws and regulations to the extent such laws and regulations are
applicable in connection with the purchase of Notes as a result of a Change of
Control. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations
conflict with any of the provisions of this Section 4.15, the Company will
comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will be deemed
not to have breached its obligations under this covenant by virtue thereof.
(b) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will, to the
extent lawful, (1) accept for payment all Notes or portions thereof properly
tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer, (2) deposit with the Paying
Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes
or portions thereof so tendered and (3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Trustee Notes so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate stating the
aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions thereof being purchased by the
Company. The Paying Agent will promptly mail or deliver to each Holder of Notes
so tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee will
promptly authenticate and mail or deliver (or cause to be transferred by book
entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased
portion of Notes surrendered, if any; provided that each such new Note will be
in a principal amount of $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof. The Company
will publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon
as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.15, the
Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon the
occurrence of a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control
Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the
requirements set forth in this Section 4.15, and purchases all Notes validly
tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer.
Section 4.16. Business Activities.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, engage in any business other than a Permitted Business.
Section 4.17. Future AC Subsidiary Guarantees.
The Company shall cause each of the AC Subsidiaries to become a
Guarantor (other than GTH, which is a Guarantor as of the date of this
Indenture) and execute a supplemental indenture in the form attached as Exhibit
F hereto and deliver an Opinion of Counsel, in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture, in each case when such action is permitted under the terms of the AC-
1 Credit Facility or the AC-1 Credit Facility has been retired.
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Section 4.18. Additional Restricted Subsidiary Guarantees.
If the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall acquire or
create another Restricted Subsidiary after the date of this Indenture, then such
newly acquired or created Restricted Subsidiary shall become a Guarantor and
execute a supplemental indenture and deliver an Opinion of Counsel, in
accordance with the terms hereof.
Section 4.19. Issuances and Sales of Equity Interests in Wholly Owned
Restricted Subsidiaries.
The Company (i) shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, transfer, convey, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any
Equity Interests in any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to any
Person (other than the Company or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company), unless (a) such transfer, conveyance, sale, lease or other disposition
is of all the Equity Interests in such Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary and
(b) the cash Net Proceeds from such transfer, conveyance, sale, lease or other
disposition are applied in accordance with Section 4.10 hereof, and (ii) shall
not permit any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to issue any of
its Equity Interests (other than, if necessary, shares of its Capital Stock
constituting directors' qualifying shares) to any Person other than to the
Company or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company.
Section 4.20. Payments For Consent.
Neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall,
directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration, whether by
way of interest, fee or otherwise, to any Holder of any Notes for or as an
inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions
of this Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid
or is paid to all Holders of the Notes that consent, waive or agree to amend
such terms or provisions of this Indenture or the Notes in the time frame set
forth in the solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or
agreement.
Section 4.21. Money for Payments to Be Held In Trust.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent, it will,
on or before each due date of the principal, premium, interest or Special
Interest, if any, with respect to the Notes, segregate and hold in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal,
premium, interest or Special Interest, if any, so becoming due until such sums
shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and
will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for the
Notes, it will, on or before each due date of the principal, premium, interest
or Special Interest, if any, with respect to the Notes, deposit with a Paying
Agent a sum in same day funds (or New York Clearing House funds if such deposit
is made prior to the date on which such deposit is required to be made)
sufficient to pay the principal, premium, interest or Special Interest, if any,
so becoming due (or at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be
mailed by check to the Holders of the Notes at their respective addresses set
forth in the register of Holders of Notes; provided that all payments with
respect to Notes represented by one or more permanent global Notes will be paid
by wire transfer of
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immediately available funds to the account of the Depository Trust Company or
any successor thereto) such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled to such principal, premium, interest or Special Interest, if
any, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly
notify the Trustee of such action or any failure so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to
execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent
shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that
such Paying Agent will:
(a) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of, premium,
if any, or interest on Notes in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of
as herein provided;
(b) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other
obligor upon the Notes) in the making of any payment of principal, premium,
interest or Special Interest, if any;
(c) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in
trust by such Paying Agent; and
(d) acknowledge, accept and agree to comply in all respects with the
provisions of this Indenture relating to the duties, rights and obligations of
such Paying Agent.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or
direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the
Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same
trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying
Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying
Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held
by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal, premium, interest or
Special Interest, if any, with respect to a Note and remaining unclaimed for two
years after such principal, premium, if any, or interest has become due and
payable shall be paid to the Company at the request of the Company or (if then
held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such
Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the
Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying
Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as
trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or
such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, shall at
the expense of the Company cause notice to be promptly sent to each Holder that
such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which
shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification any unclaimed
balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
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ARTICLE 5.
SUCCESSORS
Section 5.01. Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets.
The Company shall not, directly or indirectly, consolidate or merge
with or into (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation), or sell,
assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its
properties or assets, in one or more related transactions, to another Person
unless: (i) the Company is the surviving corporation or the Person formed by or
surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or to
which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition shall
have been made is a corporation organized or existing under the laws of the
United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, or Bermuda; (ii)
the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other
than the Company) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer,
conveyance or other disposition shall have been made assumes all the obligations
of the Company under the Registration Rights Agreement, the Notes and this
Indenture pursuant to a supplemental indenture in a form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee; (iii) immediately after such transaction
no Default or Event of Default exists; and (iv) except in the case of a merger
of the Company with or into a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company,
the Company or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or
merger (if other than the Company), or to which such sale, assignment, transfer,
conveyance or other disposition shall have been made (A) will have Consolidated
Net Worth immediately after the transaction equal to or greater than the
Consolidated Net Worth of the Company immediately preceding the transaction and
(B) will, immediately after such transaction and after giving pro forma effect
thereto and any related financing transactions as if the same had occurred at
the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, be permitted to incur at
least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to either clause (i) or (ii) of
the first paragraph Section 4.09 hereof. The Company shall not, directly or
indirectly, lease all or substantially all of its properties or assets, in one
or more related transactions, to any other Person. The provisions of this
covenant will not be applicable to a sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or
other disposition of assets between or among the Company and its Wholly Owned
Restricted Subsidiaries and any of the Guarantors.
Section 5.02. Successor Corporation Substituted.
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer,
lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets
of the Company in accordance with Section 5.01 hereof, the successor corporation
formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or to
which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition is
made shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date
of such consolidation, merger, sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the
provisions of this Indenture referring to the "Company" shall refer instead to
the successor corporation and not to the Company), and may exercise every right
and power of the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such
successor Person had been named as the Company herein; provided, however, that
the predecessor Company shall not be relieved from the obligation to pay the
principal of and interest on the Notes except in the case of a sale of all of
the Company's assets that meets the requirements of Section 5.01 hereof.
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ARTICLE 6.
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01. Events of Default.
"Event of Defaults" are:
(i) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on the
Notes;
(ii) default in the payment when due of the principal of, or premium,
if any, on, the Notes;
(iii) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to
comply with Sections 4.07, 4.09, 4.10 or 4.15;
(iv) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for
60 days after notice to comply with any of its other agreements in this
Indenture or the Notes;
(v) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which
there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any
Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries) whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists, or
is created after the date of this Indenture, which default results in the
acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express maturity and, in each
case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the principal
amount of any other such Indebtedness or the maturity of which has been so
accelerated, aggregates $15.0 million or more;
(vi) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to
pay final judgments not subject to appeal aggregating in excess of $15.0 million
(net of applicable insurance coverage which is acknowledged in writing by the
insurer), which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60
days;
(vii) except as permitted by this Indenture, any Guarantee shall be
held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or shall cease
for any reason to be in full force and effect (other than in the case of GCL as
the result of the liquidation or dissolution of GCL in connection with an
initial public offering of Capital Stock of New GCL) or any Guarantor, or any
Person acting on behalf of any Guarantor, shall deny or disaffirm its
obligations under its Guarantee;
(viii) the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries:
(a) commences a voluntary case,
(b) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an
involuntary case,
(c) consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for all or
substantially all of its property,
(d) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or
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(e) generally is not paying its debts as they become due;
(ix) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under
any Bankruptcy Law that:
(a) is for relief against the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries;
(b) appoints a custodian of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or for all or substantially all of the property of the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; or
(c) orders the liquidation of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries;
and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive
days; and
(x) failure by GCL or New GCL, upon an Initial Public Offering, to
contribute the net proceeds received thereby to the Company as common equity
capital within 30 days of the receipt of such net proceeds.
Section 6.02. Acceleration.
If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the
Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may
declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if an Event of Default specified in clause (viii) or (ix) of Section
6.01 hereof occurs with respect to the Company, any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries that constitutes a Significant Subsidiary or any group of
Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant
Subsidiary, all outstanding Notes shall be due and payable immediately without
further action or notice. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the then outstanding Notes by written notice to the Trustee may on
behalf of all of the Holders rescind an acceleration and its consequences if the
rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing
Events of Default (except nonpayment of principal, interest or premium that has
become due solely because of the acceleration) have been cured or waived.
If an Event of Default occurs by reason of any willful action (or
inaction) taken (or not taken) by or on behalf of the Company with the intention
of avoiding payment of the premium that the Company would have had to pay if the
Company then had elected to redeem the Notes pursuant to Section 3.07 hereof,
then, upon acceleration of the Notes, an equivalent premium shall also become
and be immediately due and payable, to the extent permitted by law, anything in
this Indenture or in the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding. If an Event of
Default occurs prior to May 15, 2003 by reason of any willful action (or
inaction) taken (or not taken) by or on behalf of the Company with the intention
of avoiding the prohibition on redemption of the Notes prior to such date, then,
upon acceleration of the Notes, an additional premium shall also become and be
immediately due and payable in an amount, for each of the years beginning on May
15 of the years set forth below, as set forth below (expressed as a percentage
of the aggregate principal amount to the date of payment that would otherwise be
due but for the provisions of this sentence):
YEAR PERCENTAGE
---- ----------
1998.......................... 109.625%
1999.......................... 108.662%
2000.......................... 107.700%
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2001.......................... 106.738%
2002.......................... 105.775%
Section 6.03. Other Remedies.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may
pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal, premium, if
any, and interest and Special Interest, if any, on the Notes or to enforce the
performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any
of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or
omission by the Trustee or any Holder of a Note in exercising any right or
remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or
constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies
are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
Section 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults.
Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the then outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders
of all of the Notes waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its
consequences hereunder, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the
payment of the principal of, premium and Special Interest, if any, or interest
on, the Notes (including in connection with an offer to purchase). Upon any
such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising
therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this
Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or
impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 6.05. Control by Majority.
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding
Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for
exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power
conferred on it. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that
conflicts with law or this Indenture that the Trustee determines may be unduly
prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of Notes or that may involve the
Trustee in personal liability.
Section 6.06. Limitation on Suits.
A Holder of a Note may pursue a remedy with respect to this Indenture
or the Notes only if:
(a) the Holder of a Note gives to the Trustee written notice of a
continuing Event of Default;
(b) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
(c) such Holder of a Note or Holders of Notes offer and, if requested,
provide to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss,
liability or expense;
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(d) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after
receipt of the request and the offer and, if requested, the provision of
indemnity; and
(e) during such 60-day period the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the then outstanding Notes do not give the Trustee a direction
inconsistent with the request.
A Holder of a Note may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights
of another Holder of a Note or to obtain a preference or priority over another
Holder of a Note.
Section 6.07. Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of
any Holder of a Note to receive payment of principal, premium and Special
Interest, if any, and interest on the Note, on or after the respective due dates
expressed in the Note (including in connection with an offer to purchase), or to
bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective
dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
Section 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee.
If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(i) or (ii) hereof
occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its
own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole
amount of principal of, premium and Special Interest, if any, and interest
remaining unpaid on the Notes and interest on overdue principal and, to the
extent lawful, interest and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover
the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
Section 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other
papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims
of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the
Holders of the Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company
(or any other obligor upon the Notes), its creditors or its property and shall
be entitled and empowered to participate as a member, voting or otherwise, of
any official committee of creditors appointed in such matter and shall be
entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other
property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such
judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to
the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of
such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to
it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under
Section 7.07 hereof. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and
any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof out of the estate in
any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall
be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions,
dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be
entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan
of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall
be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt
on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization,
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arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any
Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any
Holder in any such proceeding.
Section 6.10. Priorities.
If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article 6, it shall
pay out the money in the following order:
First: to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under
Section 7.07 hereof, including payment of all compensation, expense and
liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and
expenses of collection;
Second: to Holders of Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes
for principal, premium and Special Interest, if any, and interest, ratably,
without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and
payable on the Notes for principal, premium and Special Interest, if any, and
interest, respectively; and
Third: to the Company or to such party as a court of competent
jurisdiction shall direct.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to
Holders of Notes pursuant to this Section 6.10.
Section 6.11. Undertaking for Costs.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this
Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by
it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party
litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the
court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable
attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to
the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant.
This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder of
a Note pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in
principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.
ARTICLE 7.
TRUSTEE
Section 7.01. Duties of Trustee.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee
shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and
use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent man would
exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) the duties of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express
provisions of this Indenture and the Trustee need perform only those duties
that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no
implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the
Trustee; and
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(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively
rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions
expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and
conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However, the Trustee shall
examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform
to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the
accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein or
otherwise verify the contents thereof).
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own negligent
action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except
that:
(i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this
Section 7.01;
(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good
faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was
negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes
or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it
pursuant to Section 6.05 hereof.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this
Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a),
(b), and (c) of this Section 7.01.
(e) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or
risk its own funds or incur any liability. The Trustee shall be under no
obligation to exercise any of its rights and powers under this Indenture at the
request of any Holders, unless such Holder shall have offered to the Trustee
security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense
including reasonable attorneys' fees that might be incurred by it in compliance
with such request or direction.
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by
it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in
trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the
extent required by law.
Section 7.02. Rights of Trustee.
(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely upon any document believed by it to
be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The
Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document. The
Trustee shall receive and retain financial reports and statements of the Company
as provided herein, but it shall have no duty to review or analyze such reports
or statements to determine compliance with convenants or other obligations of
the Company.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an
Officers' Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee shall not
be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on
such Officers' Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with
counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of
Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability
in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good
faith and in reliance thereon.
(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall not be
responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due
care.
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(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to
take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or
powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.
(e) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand,
request, direction or notice from the Company shall be sufficient if signed by
an Officer of the Company.
(f) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights
or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of
the Holders unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable
security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be
incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.
Section 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the
owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or any
Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not
Trustee. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting
interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for
permission to continue as trustee or resign. Any Agent may do the same with
like rights and duties. The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11
hereof.
Section 7.04. Trustee's Disclaimer.
The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation
as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be
accountable for the Company's use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money
paid to the Company or upon the Company's direction under any provision of this
Indenture, it shall not be responsible for the use or application of any money
received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it shall not be
responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Notes or
any other document in connection with the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this
Indenture other than its certificate of authentication.
Section 7.05. Notice of Defaults.
(a) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event
of Default unless a Responsible 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.
(b) If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is
known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to Holders of Notes a notice of the
Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case
of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a
committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding
the notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Notes.
Section 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes.
Within 60 days after each May 15 beginning with the May 15 following
the date of this Indenture, and for so long as Notes remain outstanding, the
Trustee shall mail to the Holders of the Notes a brief report dated as of such
reporting date that complies with TIA (S) 313(a) (but if no event described
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in TIA (S) 313(a) has occurred within the twelve months preceding the reporting
date, no report need be transmitted). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA (S)
313(b)(2). The Trustee shall also transmit by mail all reports as required by
TIA (S) 313(c).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the Holders of
Notes shall be mailed to the Company and filed with the SEC and each stock
exchange on which the Notes are listed in accordance with TIA (S) 313(d). The
Company shall promptly notify the Trustee when the Notes are listed on any stock
exchange.
Section 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity.
The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such
compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder as the
parties shall agree from time to time. The Trustee's compensation shall not be
limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The
Company shall reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable
disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the
compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable
compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee's agents and counsel.
The Company shall indemnify the Trustee against any and all losses,
liabilities or expenses incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the
acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture, including the
costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Company (including
this Section 7.07) and defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by
the Company or any Holder or any other person) or liability in connection with
the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to
the extent any such loss, liability or expense may be attributable to its
negligence or bad faith. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any
claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the
Company shall not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder. The Company
shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The
Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees
and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made
without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed.
The obligations of the Company under this Section 7.07 shall survive
the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
To secure the Company's payment obligations in this Section, the
Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or
collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal and
interest on particular Notes. Such Lien shall survive the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of
Default specified in Section 6.01(viii) or (ix) hereof occurs, the expenses and
the compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses of its agents
and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any
Bankruptcy Law.
The Trustee shall comply with the provisions of TIA (S) 313(b)(2) to
the extent applicable.
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Section 7.08. Replacement of Trustee.
A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor
Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee's acceptance of
appointment as provided in this Section 7.08.
The Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be discharged from
the trust hereby created by so notifying the Company. The Holders of Notes of a
majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may remove the
Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing. The Company may
remove the Trustee if:
(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof;
(b) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for
relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;
(c) a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its
property; or
(d) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the
office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor
Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may appoint a
successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.
If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the
retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company, or
the Holders of Notes of at least 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding
Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor Trustee.
If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder of a Note who has
been a Holder of a Note for at least six months, fails to comply with Section
7.10 hereof, such Holder of a Note may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor
Trustee.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon, the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the
successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee
under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its
succession to Holders of the Notes. The retiring Trustee shall promptly
transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, provided
all sums owing to the Trustee hereunder have been paid and subject to the Lien
provided for in Section 7.07 hereof. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee
pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Company's obligations under Section 7.07
hereof shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
Section 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.
If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all
or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation,
the successor corporation without any further act shall be the successor
Trustee.
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Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation
organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or
of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate
trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state
authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at least $100.0
million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.
This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the
requirements of TIA (S) 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee is subject to TIA
(S) 310(b).
Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
The Trustee is subject to TIA (S) 311(a), excluding any creditor
relationship listed in TIA (S) 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been
removed shall be subject to TIA (S) 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.
ARTICLE 8.
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 8.01. Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The Company may, at the option of its Board of Directors evidenced by
a resolution set forth in an Officers' Certificate, at any time, elect to have
either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof applied to all outstanding Notes upon
compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article 8.
Section 8.02. Legal Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Company's exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option
applicable to this Section 8.02, the Company shall, subject to the satisfaction
of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be deemed to have been
discharged from its obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes on the
date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, "Legal
Defeasance"). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Company shall
be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the
outstanding Notes, which shall thereafter be deemed to be "outstanding" only for
the purposes of Section 8.05 hereof and the other Sections of this Indenture
referred to in (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all of its obligations
under such Notes and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the
expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the
same), except for the following provisions which shall survive until otherwise
terminated or discharged hereunder: (a) the rights of Holders of outstanding
Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on such Notes when such payments are due from the trust referred to
below; (b) the Company's obligations with respect to the Notes concerning
issuing temporary Notes, registration of Notes, mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Notes and the maintenance of an office or agency for payment and money
for security payments held in trust; (c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and
immunities of the Trustee, and the Company's obligations in connection
therewith; and (d) the Legal Defeasance provisions of this Indenture. Subject
to compliance with this Article 8, the Company may exercise its option under
this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section
8.03 hereof.
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Section 8.03. Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Company's exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option
applicable to this Section 8.03, the Company and each Guarantor shall, subject
to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be
released from their respective obligations under the covenants contained in
Article 5 and in Sections 4.03, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.15,
4.16, 4.17, 4.18, 4.19 and 4.20 hereof with respect to the outstanding Notes on
and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 are satisfied
(hereinafter, "Covenant Defeasance"), and the Notes shall thereafter be deemed
not "outstanding" for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or
declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in
connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed "outstanding"
for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes shall not
be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant
Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes, the Company may
omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term,
condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or
indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or
by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or
in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default
or an Event of Default under Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified
above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes shall be unaffected
thereby. In addition, upon the Company's exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of
the option applicable to this Section 8.03, subject to the satisfaction of the
conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, Sections 6.01(iii) through
6.01(vii) hereof and 6.01(x) hereof shall not constitute Events of Default.
Section 8.04. Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.
The following shall be the conditions to the application of either
Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof to the outstanding Notes:
In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance:
(a) the Company must irrevocably deposit, or cause to be deposited, with
the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, cash in U.S.
dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such
amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on the outstanding Notes on the stated maturity thereof or on the
applicable redemption date, as the case may be, and the Company must specify
whether the Notes are being defeased to maturity or to a particular redemption
date;
(b) in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Company must deliver to the
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee confirming that the Company has received from, or there has been
published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or since the Issue Date,
there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case
to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm
that, the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or
loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance, and
will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner
and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had
not occurred;
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(c) in the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Company must deliver to the
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee confirming that the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize
income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such
Covenant Defeasance, and such Holders will be subject to federal income tax on
the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been
the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;
(d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on
the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting
from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit) or insofar as Events
of Default from bankruptcy or insolvency events are concerned, at any time in
the period ending on the 91st day after the date of deposit;
(e) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a
breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or
instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries is bound;
(f) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an opinion of counsel in the
United States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee to the effect that after the
91st day following the deposit, the trust funds will not be subject to the
effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws
affecting creditors' rights and remedies generally;
(g) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of
preferring the Holders of the Notes over other creditors of the Company, or with
the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors of the
Company or others;
(h) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in
Bermuda reasonably acceptable to the Trustee to the effect that the Holders of
the outstanding Notes will not be adversely affected under Bermuda law; and
(i) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee,
each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to Legal
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as applicable, have been complied with.
Section 8.05. Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust;
Other Miscellaneous Provisions.
Subject to Section 8.06 hereof, all money and non-callable Government
Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other
qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 8.05, the
"Trustee") pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof in respect of the outstanding Notes
shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the
provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or
through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as Paying Agent) as the
Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to
become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest, but
such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required
by law.
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The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee
or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or non-callable
Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof or the principal
and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other
charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.
Anything in this Article 8 to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the request
of the Company any money or non-callable Government Securities held by it as
provided in Section 8.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized
firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification
thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under
Section 8.04(a) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be
required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance.
Section 8.06. Repayment to Company.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held
by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium, interest
or Special Interest, if any, on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years
after such principal, and premium, if any, or interest has become due and
payable shall be paid to the Company on its request or (if then held by the
Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall
thereafter, as a secured creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof,
and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust
money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon
cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being
required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to
be published once, in the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (national
edition), notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date
specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such
notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining
will be repaid to the Company.
Section 8.07. Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any United States
dollars or non-callable Government Securities in accordance with Section 8.02 or
8.03 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court
or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such
application, then the Company's obligations under this Indenture and the Notes
shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to
Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is
permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03
hereof, as the case may be; provided, however, that, if the Company makes any
payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note following the
reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights
of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the
Trustee or Paying Agent.
Section 8.08. Survival.
The Trustee's rights under this Article 8 shall survive termination of
this Indenture.
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ARTICLE 9.
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
Section 9.01. Without Consent of Holders of Notes.
Notwithstanding Section 9.02 hereof, the Company, the Guarantors and
the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes
without the consent of any Holder of a Note:
(a) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
(b) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of
certificated Notes or to alter the provisions of Article 2 hereof (including the
related definitions) in a manner that does not materially adversely affect any
Holder;
(c) to provide for the assumption of the Company's or any Guarantor's
obligations to the Holders of the Notes by a successor to the Company or a
Guarantor pursuant to Article 5 or Article 10 hereof;
(d) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits
to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights
hereunder of any Holder of the Note;
(e) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain
the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA; or
(f) to allow any Guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture and/or a
Guarantee with respect to the Notes.
Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its
Board of Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental
indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section
7.02 hereof, the Trustee shall join with the Company and the Guarantors in the
execution of any amended or supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by
the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and
stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be
obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental indenture that affects its
own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 9.02. With Consent of Holders of Notes.
Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Company, a
Guarantor (with respect to a Guarantee or the Indenture to which it is a party)
and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture (including Section 3.11,
4.10 and 4.15 hereof), the Notes and the Guarantees with the consent of the
Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes
then outstanding voting as a single class (including consents obtained in
connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the
Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, any existing Default or
Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, except a payment
default resulting from an acceleration that has been rescinded) or compliance
with any provision of this Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantees may be waived
with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes
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voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a
tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes).
Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its
Board of Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental
indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the
Trustee of the consent of the Holders of Notes as aforesaid, and upon receipt by
the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02 hereof, the Trustee shall
join with the Company in the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture
unless such amended or supplemental indenture directly affects the Trustee's own
rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case
the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into
such amended or supplemental indenture.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Notes
under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment
or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance
thereof.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02
becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders of Notes affected
thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any
failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not,
however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amended or
supplemental indenture or waiver. Subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then
outstanding voting as a single class may waive compliance in a particular
instance by the Company with any provision of this Indenture or the Notes.
However, without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment or waiver
under this Section 9.02 may not (with respect to any Notes held by a non-
consenting Holder):
(a) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an
amendment, supplement or waiver;
(b) reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of any Note or
alter or waive any of the provisions with respect to the redemption of the
Notes, other than provisions relating to Sections 3.11 or 4.15 hereof;
(c) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest,
including default interest, on any Note;
(d) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of or
premium or Special Interest, if any, or interest on the Notes (except a
rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at least a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes and a waiver of the
payment default that resulted from such acceleration;
(e) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the Notes;
(f) make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating to waivers
of past Defaults or the rights of Holders of Notes to receive payments of
principal of or premium, interest or Special Interest, if any, on the Notes;
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(g) waive a redemption payment with respect to any Note, other than a
payment required by Section 3.11 or 4.15 hereof;
(h) make any change in the foregoing amendment and waiver provisions.
Section 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.
Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes shall be
set forth in a amended or supplemental indenture that complies with the TIA as
then in effect.
Section 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents.
Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent
to it by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent by the Holder of a Note and
every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same
debt as the consenting Holder's Note, even if notation of the consent is not
made on any Note. However, any such Holder of a Note or subsequent Holder of a
Note may revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written
notice of revocation before the date the waiver, supplement or amendment becomes
effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance
with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder.
Section 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Notes.
The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment,
supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The Company in
exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an
Authentication Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment,
supplement or waiver.
Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not
affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
Section 9.06. Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.
The Trustee shall sign any amended or supplemental indenture
authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment or supplement does not
adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee.
The Company may not sign an amendment or supplemental indenture until the Board
of Directors approves it. In executing any amended or supplemental indenture,
the Trustee shall be entitled to receive and (subject to Section 7.01 hereof)
shall be fully protected in relying upon an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion
of Counsel stating that the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture
is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that such amendment is the
legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company and any Guarantors,
enforceable against them in accordance with their terms, subject to customary
exceptions, and complies with the provisions hereof (including Section 9.03).
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ARTICLE 10.
GUARANTEES
Section 10.01. Guarantee.
Subject to this Article 10, each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and
severally, unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns,
irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes or
the obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, that: (a) the principal
of and interest on the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at
maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue
principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other
obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder
will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms
hereof and thereof; and (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or
renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will be
promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the
extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.
Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so
guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors shall be jointly and severally
obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a
guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.
The Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder shall be
unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the
Notes or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any
waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions
hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action
to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a
legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby
waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court
in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a
proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever
and covenant that this Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete
performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and this Indenture.
If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to
return to the Company, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or
other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or the
Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder, this
Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full
force and effect.
Each Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of
subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed
hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby. Each
Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and
the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the
obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 hereof
for the purposes of this Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or
other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations
guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of
such obligations as provided in Article 6 hereof, such obligations (whether or
not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors
for the purpose of this Guarantee. The Guarantors shall have the right to seek
contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right
does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Guarantee.
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Section 10.02. Limitation on Guarantor Liability.
Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby
confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Guarantee of such
Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of
Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent
Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any
Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and
the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Guarantor
under its Guarantee and this Article 10 shall be limited to the maximum amount
as will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and
fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such laws, and after
giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or
payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the
obligations of such other Guarantor under this Article 10, result in the
obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent
transfer or conveyance.
Section 10.03. Execution and Delivery of Guarantee.
To evidence its Guarantee set forth in Section 10.01, each Guarantor
hereby agrees that a notation of such Guarantee substantially in the form
included in Exhibit E shall be endorsed by an Officer of such Guarantor on each
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Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and that this Indenture shall be
executed on behalf of such Guarantor by an Officer thereof.
Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Guarantee set forth in Section
10.01 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to
endorse on each Note a notation of such Guarantee.
If an Officer whose signature is on this Indenture or on the Guarantee
no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note on
which a Guarantee is endorsed, the Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless.
The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication
thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Guarantee set forth in
this Indenture on behalf of the Guarantors.
When permitted under the terms of the AC-1 Credit Facility or when the
AC-1 Credit Facility has been retired, if required by Section 4.17 hereof, the
Company shall cause each of the AC Subsidiaries (other than GTH, which is a
Guarantor as of the date of this Indenture) to execute supplemental indentures
to this Indenture and Guarantees in accordance with Section 4.17 hereof, and
this Article 10, to the extent applicable.
In the event that the Company creates or acquires any new Restricted
Subsidiaries subsequent to the date of this Indenture, if required by Section
4.18 hereof, the Company shall cause such Restricted Subsidiaries to execute
supplemental indentures to this Indenture and Guarantees in accordance with
Section 4.18 hereof, and this Article 10, to the extent applicable.
Section 10.04. Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms.
No Guarantor may consolidate with or merge with or into (whether or
not such Guarantor is the surviving Person) another Person whether or not
affiliated with such Guarantor unless:
(a) subject to Section 10.05 hereof, the Person formed by or surviving
any such consolidation or merger (if other than a Guarantor or the Company)
unconditionally assumes all the
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obligations of such Guarantor, pursuant to a supplemental indenture in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, under the Notes, this
Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Guarantee on the terms set
forth herein or therein; and
(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or
Event of Default exists.
In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and upon
the assumption by the successor Person, by supplemental indenture, executed and
delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the
Guarantee endorsed upon the Notes and the due and punctual performance of all of
the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Guarantor,
such successor Person shall succeed to and be substituted for the Guarantor with
the same effect as if it had been named herein as a Guarantor. Such successor
Person thereupon may cause to be signed any or all of the Guarantees to be
endorsed upon all of the Notes issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not
have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee. All the
Guarantees so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit
under this Indenture as the Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Guarantees had
been issued at the date of the execution hereof.
Notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) above, nothing contained in this
Indenture or in any of the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of a
Guarantor with or into the Company or another Guarantor, or shall prevent any
sale or conveyance of the property of a Guarantor as an entirety or
substantially as an entirety to the Company or another Guarantor.
Section 10.05. Releases Following Sale of Assets.
In the event of a sale or other disposition of all of the assets of
any Guarantor, by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise, or a sale or other
disposition of all of the capital stock of any Guarantor, then such Guarantor
(in the event of a sale or other disposition, by way of merger, consolidation or
otherwise, of all of the capital stock of such Guarantor) or the corporation
acquiring the property (in the event of a sale or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of such Guarantor) will be released and relieved
of any obligations under its Guarantee; provided that the Net Proceeds of such
sale or other disposition are applied in accordance with the applicable
provisions of this Indenture, including without limitation Section 4.10 hereof.
Upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Officers' Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such sale or other disposition was made by
the Company in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture,
including without limitation Section 4.10 hereof, the Trustee shall execute any
documents reasonably required in order to evidence the release of any Guarantor
from its obligations under its Guarantee.
Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under its Guarantee
shall remain liable for the full amount of principal of and interest on the
Notes and for the other obligations of any Guarantor under this Indenture as
provided in this Article 10.
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ARTICLE 11.
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 11.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture shall be discharged and will cease to be of further
effect as to all Notes issued hereunder, when either
(a) all such Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (except lost,
stolen or destroyed Notes which have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose
payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to
the Company) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(b) (i) all such Notes not theretofore delivered to such Trustee for
cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the making
of a notice of redemption or otherwise or will become due and
payable within one year and the Company or a Guarantor, has
irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with such Trustee
as trust funds in trust an amount of money sufficient to pay and
discharge the entire Indebtedness on such Notes not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium,
accrued interest and Special Interest, if any, to the date of
maturity or redemption;
(ii) no Default or Event of Default with respect to this Indenture or
the Notes shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of
such deposit or shall occur as a result of such deposit and such
deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the
Company or a Guarantor, is a party or by which the Company or a
Guarantor is bound;
(iii) the Company or a Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all sums
payable by it under this Indenture; and
(iv) the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee
under this Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the
payment of such Notes at maturity or the redemption date, as the
case may be.
In addition, the Company must deliver an Officers' Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to
satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied.
Section 11.02. Application of Trust Money
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 4.19
hereof, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 11.01 hereof
shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of
the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any
Paying Agent (including the Company acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may
determine, to Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any),
interest and Special Interest, if any, for whose payment such money has been
deposited with the Trustee.
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If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or
Government Securities in accordance with Section 11.01 hereof by reason of any
legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or
governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such
application, the Company's obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall
be revived and reinstated as though such deposit had occurred pursuant to
Section 11.01 hereof; provided that if the Company has made any payment of
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Notes because of 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 or
Government Securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE 12.
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 12.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with
the duties imposed by TIA (S) 318(c), the imposed duties shall control.
Section 12.02. Notices.
Any notice or communication by the Company, any Guarantor or the
Trustee to the others is duly given if in writing and delivered in Person or
mailed by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested),
telecopier or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the
others' address:
If to the Company and/or any Guarantor:
Global Crossing Holdings Ltd.
Wessex House
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx XX 00
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Secretary of the Company
With a copy to:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: D. Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Esq.
If to the Trustee:
United States Trust Company of New York
000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx - 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Telecopier No.:(000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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With a copy to:
Winston & Xxxxxx
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Telecopier No.:(000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq.
The Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee, by notice to the others may
designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or
communications.
All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders)
shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if
personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail,
postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and the
next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air
courier guaranteeing next day delivery.
Any notice or communication to a Holder shall be mailed by first class
mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air
courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the register kept
by the Registrar. Any notice or communication shall also be so mailed to any
Person described in TIA (S) 313(c), to the extent required by the TIA. Failure
to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not
affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.
If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above
within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee
receives it except that any notice or communication to the Trustee shall be
deemed to have been duly given to the Trustee when received at the Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee.
If the Company mails a notice or communication to Holders, it shall
mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.
Section 12.03. Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes.
Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA (S) 312(b) with other Holders
with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Company,
the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA (S)
312(c).
Section 12.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take
any action under this Indenture, except with respect to the initial
authentication of Notes on the date of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish
to the Trustee:
(a) an Officers' Certificate in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in
Section 12.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion
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of the signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in
this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been satisfied; and
(b) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in
Section 12.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such
conditions precedent and covenants have been satisfied.
Section 12.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate
provided pursuant to TIA (S) 314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions of TIA
(S) 314(e) and shall include:
(a) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has
read such covenant or condition;
(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
certificate or opinion are based;
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has or
they have made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him
to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition
has been satisfied; and
(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person,
such condition or covenant has been satisfied.
Section 12.06. Rules by Trustee and Agents.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of
Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set
reasonable requirements for its functions.
Section 12.07. No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and
Shareholders.
No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator
or shareholder of the Company or any Guarantor, as such, shall have any
liability for any obligations of the Company or such Guarantor under the Notes,
the Subsidiary Guarantees, this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect
of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by
accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release
are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
Section 12.08. Governing Law.
THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE GUARANTEES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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Section 12.09. Currency Indemnity.
U.S. dollars are the sole currency of account and payment for all sums
payable by the Company and the Guarantors under or in connection with the Notes,
including damages. Any account received or recovered in a currency other than
dollars (whether as a result of, or the enforcement of, a judgment or order of a
court of any jurisdiction, in the liquidation, dissolution or other winding-up
of the affairs of the Company or the Guarantors or otherwise) by any Holder of a
Note in respect of any sum expressed to be due to it from the Company or the
Guarantors shall only constitute a discharge to the Company and the Guarantors
to the extent of the dollar amount which the recipient is able to purchase with
the amount so received or recovered in that other currency on the date of that
receipt or recovery (or, if it is not practicable to make that purchase on that
date, on the first date on which it is practicable to do so). If that dollar
amount is less than the dollar amount expressed to be due to the recipient under
any Note, the Company and the Guarantors shall indemnify it against any loss
sustained by it as a result. In any event, the Company and the Guarantors shall
indemnify the recipient against the cost of making any such purchase. For the
purposes of this paragraph, it will be sufficient for the Holder of a Note to
certify in a satisfactory manner (indicating the sources of information used)
that it would have suffered a loss had an actual purchase of dollars been made
with the amount so received in that other currency on the date of receipt or
recovery (or, if a purchase of dollars on such date had not been practicable, on
the first date on which it would have been practicable, it being required that
the need for a change of date be certified in the manner mentioned above). These
indemnities constitute a separate and independent obligation from the Company's
and the Guarantors' other obligations, shall give rise to a separate and
independent cause of action, shall apply irrespective of any indulgence granted
by any Holder of a Note and shall constitute in full force and effect despite
any other judgment, order, claim or proof for a liquidated amount in respect of
any sum due under any Note.
Section 12.10. Consent to Jurisdiction and Service.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company and
each of the Guarantors hereby irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of any
Federal or State court located in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New
York, New York in any suit, action or proceeding based on or arising out of or
relating to this Agreement or any Notes or Exchange Notes, and irrevocably agree
that all claims in respect of such suit or proceeding may be determined in any
such court. The Company and each of the Guarantors irrevocably waive, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which they may have to the laying
of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such a court and
any claim that any suit, action or proceeding brought in such a court has been
brought in an inconvenient forum. The Company and each of the Guarantors agree
that final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such a
court shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company and each such Guarantor
and may be enforced in the courts of Bermuda (or any other courts to the
jurisdiction of which the Company or such Guarantor is subject) by a suit upon
such judgment, provided that service of process is effected upon the Company or
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such Guarantor in the manner specified herein or as otherwise permitted by law.
The Company and each of the Guarantors hereby irrevocably designate and appoint
CT Corporation System, 0000 Xxxxxxxx - 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx (the
"Process Agent"), as the authorized agent of the Company and each such Guarantor
upon whom process may be served in any such suit or proceeding, it being
understood that the designation and appointment of the Process Agent as such
authorized agent shall become effective immediately without any further action
on the part of the Company or any Guarantor. The Company and each of the
Guarantors hereby represent to each Initial Purchaser that they have notified
the Process Agent of such designation and appointment and that the Process Agent
has accepted the same in writing. The Company and each of the Guarantors
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hereby irrevocably authorize and direct the Process Agent to accept such
service. The Company and each of the Guarantors further agree that service of
process upon the Process Agent and written notice of said service to the Company
mailed by prepaid registered first class mail or delivered to the Process Agent
at its principal office, shall be deemed in every respect effective service of
process upon the Company and each Guarantor in any such suit or proceeding.
Nothing herein shall affect the right of any Initial Purchaser or any person
controlling any Initial Purchaser to serve process in any other matter permitted
by law. The Company and each of the Guarantors further agree to take any and all
action, including the execution and filing of any and all such documents and
instruments as may be necessary to continue such designation and appointment of
the Process Agent in full force and effect so long as the Company or any
Guarantor has any outstanding obligations under this Agreement, the Notes, the
Exchange Notes or the Indenture. To the extent that the Company or any Guarantor
has or hereafter may acquire any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from
any legal process (whether through service of note, attachment prior to
judgment, attachment in aid of execution, executor or otherwise) with respect to
itself or its property, the Company and each such Guarantor hereby irrevocably
waive such immunity in respect of their respective obligations under this
Agreement, to the extent permitted by law.
Section 12.11. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.
This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan
or debt agreement of the Company or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person.
Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this
Indenture.
Section 12.12. Successors.
All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes shall
bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind
its successors.
Section 12.13. Severability.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 12.14. Counterpart Originals.
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each
signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same
agreement.
Section 12.15. Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of the
Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of
reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and shall in
no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
[Indenture signature pages(s) follow]
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[Indenture signature pages(s)]
Dated as of May 18, 1998
Global Crossing Holdings Ltd.
By: /s/ Xxx XxXxxx
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Name: Xxx XxXxxx
Title:
Guarantors:
Global Crossing Ltd., LDC
By:
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Name:
Title:
Global Crossing Ltd.
By:
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Name:
Title:
Global Telesystems Holdings Ltd.
By: /s/ Xxx XxXxxx
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Name: Xxx XxXxxx
Title:
[Indenture signature pages(s)]
Dated as of May 18, 1998
GLOBAL CROSSING HOLDINGS LTD.
BY:
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Name:
Title:
Guarantors:
GLOBAL CROSSING LTD., LDC
BY: /s/
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Name:
Title:
GLOBAL CROSSING LTD.
BY: /s/
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Name:
Title:
GLOBAL TELESYSTEMS HOLDINGS LTD.
BY:
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Name:
Title:
Global Crossing International, Ltd.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title:
Global Crossing Holdings U.K. Ltd.
By: /s/ Xxx XxXxxx
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Name: Xxx XxXxxx
Title:
Global Crossing Marketing U.K. Ltd.
By: /s/ Xxx XxXxxx
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Name: Xxx XxXxxx
Title:
Global Crossing Development Co.
By:
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Name:
Title:
Global Crossing Marketing USA Inc.
By: /s/ Xxx XxXxxx
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Name: Xxx XxXxxx
Title:
Global Crossing International, Ltd.
By:
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Name:
Title:
Global Crossing Holdings U.K. Ltd.
By:
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Name:
Title:
Global Crossing Marketing U.K. Ltd.
By:
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Name:
Title:
Global Crossing Development Co.
By: /s/
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Name:
Title:
Global Crossing Marketing USA Inc.
By:
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Name:
Title:
United States Trust Company of New York,
as Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: XXXXX X. XXXXX
Title: Assistant Vice President
