EXHIBIT 4.5
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J. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, S.A.
AS ISSUER
THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO
AND
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
AS TRUSTEE
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INDENTURE
DATED AS OF DECEMBER 9, 2003
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11%
SENIOR SECURED NOTES
DUE 2013
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
TIA Sections Indenture Sections
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Section 310 (a)........................................................... 7.10
(b)........................................................... 7.08
(c)........................................................... N/A
Section 311 (a)........................................................... 7.03
(b)........................................................... 7.03
(c)........................................................... N/A
Section 312 .............................................................. 13.02
(b)........................................................... 13.02
(c)........................................................... 13.02
Section 313 (a)........................................................... 7.06
(b)........................................................... 7.06
(c)........................................................... 7.06
(d)........................................................... 7.06
Section 314 (a)........................................................... 4, 4.02
(b)........................................................... 10.02
(c)........................................................... 13.04
(d)........................................................... 10.03, 10.05, 13.04
(e)........................................................... 13.05
(f)........................................................... N/A
Section 315 (a)........................................................... 7.01, 7.02
(b)........................................................... 7.02, 7.05
(c)........................................................... 7.01
(d)........................................................... 7.02
(e)........................................................... 6.12, 7.02
Section 316 (a)........................................................... 2.05, 6.02, 6.04, 6.05
(b)........................................................... 6.06, 6.07
(c)........................................................... 13.02
Section 317 (a) (1)....................................................... 6.08
(a) (2)....................................................... 6.09
(b)........................................................... 2.03
Section 318 .............................................................. 13.01
RECITALS
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01. Definitions.................................................................... 2
ARTICLE 2
THE NOTES
Section 2.01. Form, Dating and Denominations; Legends........................................ 28
Section 2.02. Execution and Authentication; Exchange Notes................................... 29
Section 2.03. Registrar, Paying Agent and Authenticating Agent; Paying
Agent to Hold Money in Trust.......................................................... 30
Section 2.04. Replacement Notes.............................................................. 30
Section 2.05. Outstanding Notes.............................................................. 31
Section 2.06. Temporary Notes................................................................ 31
Section 2.07. Cancellation................................................................... 32
Section 2.08. CUSIP and CINS Numbers......................................................... 32
Section 2.09. Registration, Transfer and Exchange............................................ 32
Section 2.10. Restrictions on Transfer and Exchange.......................................... 35
ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION; OFFER TO PURCHASE
Section 3.01. Optional Redemption............................................................ 38
Section 3.02. Redemption with Proceeds of Public Equity Offering............................. 38
Section 3.03. Method and Effect of Redemption................................................ 38
Section 3.04. Offer to Purchase.............................................................. 39
ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
Section 4.01. Payment Of Notes............................................................... 42
Section 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency................................................ 42
Section 4.03. Existence...................................................................... 43
Section 4.04. Payment of Taxes and other Claims.............................................. 43
Section 4.05. Maintenance of Properties and Insurance; Maintenance of
Temporary Interest Reserve............................................................ 43
Section 4.06. Limitation on Debt and Disqualified or Preferred Stock......................... 44
Section 4.07. Limitation on Restricted Payments.............................................. 48
Section 4.08. Limitation on Liens............................................................ 51
Section 4.09. Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions.................................. 51
Section 4.10. Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions
Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries..................................................... 52
Section 4.11. Limitation on Sale or Issuance of Equity Interests of Restricted Subsidiaries.. 53
Section 4.12. Additional Note Guaranties and Collateral After the Issue Date................. 54
Section 4.13. Repurchase of Notes Upon a Change of Control................................... 55
Section 4.14. Limitation on Asset Sales...................................................... 55
Section 4.15. Limitation on Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates.................... 58
Section 4.16. Line of Business............................................................... 59
Section 4.17. Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries........................ 59
Section 4.18. Financial Reports.............................................................. 61
Section 4.19. Reports to Trustee............................................................. 62
Section 4.20. Impairment of Security Interest; Security Document Covenants...................
ARTICLE 5
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER OR SALE OF ASSETS
Section 5.01. Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets by the Company; No Lease
of All or Substantially All Assets.................................................... 63
Section 5.02. Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets by a Guarantor......................... 64
ARTICLE 6
DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01. Events of Default.............................................................. 65
Section 6.02. Acceleration................................................................... 67
Section 6.03. Other Remedies................................................................. 67
Section 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults........................................................ 67
Section 6.05. Control by Majority............................................................ 67
Section 6.06. Limitation on Suits............................................................ 68
Section 6.07. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment........................................... 68
Section 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee..................................................... 68
Section 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim............................................... 69
Section 6.10. Priorities..................................................................... 69
Section 6.11. Restoration of Rights and Remedies............................................. 70
Section 6.12. Undertaking for Costs.......................................................... 70
Section 6.13. Rights and Remedies Cumulative................................................. 70
Section 6.14. Delay or Omission Not Waiver................................................... 70
Section 6.15. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws........................................ 70
ARTICLE 7
THE TRUSTEE
Section 7.01. General........................................................................ 71
Section 7.02. Certain Rights of Trustee...................................................... 71
Section 7.03. Trustee May Hold Notes......................................................... 73
Section 7.04. Trustee's Disclaimer........................................................... 74
Section 7.05. Notice of Default.............................................................. 74
Section 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders.................................................. 74
Section 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity..................................................... 74
Section 7.08. Replacement of Trustee......................................................... 75
Section 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger.................................................... 76
Section 7.10. Eligibility.................................................................... 76
Section 7.11. Money Held in Trust............................................................ 77
Section 7.12. Appointment of Co-Trustee...................................................... 77
ARTICLE 8
DEFEASANCE AND DISCHARGE
Section 8.01. Discharge of Company's Obligations............................................. 78
Section 8.02. Legal Defeasance............................................................... 79
Section 8.03. Covenant Defeasance............................................................ 80
Section 8.04. Application of Trust Money..................................................... 81
Section 8.05. Repayment to Company........................................................... 81
Section 8.06. Reinstatement.................................................................. 81
ARTICLE 9
AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS
Section 9.01. Amendments Without Consent of Holders.......................................... 81
Section 9.02. Amendments With Consent of Holders............................................. 82
Section 9.03. Effect of Consent.............................................................. 84
Section 9.04. Trustee's Rights and Obligations............................................... 84
Section 9.05. Conformity With Trust Indenture Act............................................ 84
Section 9.06. Payments for Consents.......................................................... 84
ARTICLE 10
COLLATERAL ARRANGEMENTS
Section 10.01. Collateral Documents.......................................................... 85
Section 10.02. Recordings and Opinions....................................................... 85
Section 10.03. Release of Collateral......................................................... 86
Section 10.04. Eminent Domain, Expropriation and Other Governmental Takings.................. 89
Section 10.05. Permitted Releases Not To Impair Lien; Trust Indenture Act Requirements....... 90
Section 10.06. Suits To Protect the Collateral............................................... 91
Section 10.07. Purchaser Protected........................................................... 91
Section 10.08. Powers Exercisable by Receiver or Trustee..................................... 91
Section 10.09. Disposition of Obligations Received........................................... 91
Section 10.10. Determinations Relating to Collateral......................................... 92
Section 10.11. Release upon Termination of the Company's Obligations......................... 92
Section 10.12. Collateral Agent's Duties..................................................... 93
Section 10.13. Additional Secured Obligations................................................ 93
Section 10.14. Pledge of Trust Moneys........................................................ 93
ARTICLE 11
APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEYS
Section 11.01. "Trust Moneys" Defined........................................................ 93
Section 11.02. Retirement of Notes........................................................... 94
Section 11.03. Withdrawals of Trust Moneys................................................... 95
Section 11.04. Powers Exercisable Notwithstanding Event of Default........................... 97
Section 11.05. Powers Exercisable by Trustee or Receiver..................................... 97
Section 11.06. Disposition of Notes Retired.................................................. 98
Section 11.07. Investment and Use of Trust Moneys............................................ 98
ARTICLE 12
GUARANTIES
Section 12.01. The Guaranties................................................................ 99
Section 12.02. Guaranty Unconditional........................................................ 99
Section 12.03. Discharge; Reinstatement...................................................... 100
Section 12.04. Waiver by the Guarantors...................................................... 100
Section 12.05. Subrogation and Contribution.................................................. 100
Section 12.06. Stay of Acceleration.......................................................... 100
Section 12.07. Limitation on Amount of Guaranty.............................................. 100
Section 12.08. Execution and Delivery of Guaranty............................................ 101
Section 12.09. Release of Guaranty........................................................... 101
ARTICLE 13
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 13.01. Trust Indenture Act of 1939................................................... 101
Section 13.02. Noteholder Communications; Noteholder Actions................................. 102
Section 13.03. Notices....................................................................... 102
Section 13.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent............................ 103
Section 13.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion................................. 103
Section 13.06. Payment Date Other Than a Business Day........................................ 104
Section 13.07. Governing Law................................................................. 104
Section 13.08. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements................................. 104
Section 13.09. Successors.................................................................... 104
Section 13.10. Duplicate Originals........................................................... 104
Section 13.11. Separability.................................................................. 104
Section 13.12. Table of Contents and Headings................................................ 105
Section 13.13. No Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees, Incorporators,
Members and Stockholders.............................................................. 105
Section 13.14. Submission to Jurisdiction.................................................... 105
Section 13.15. Appointment of Agent.......................................................... 105
EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT A Form of Note
EXHIBIT B Form of Supplemental Indenture
EXHIBIT C Restricted Legend
EXHIBIT D DTC Legend
EXHIBIT E Regulation S Certificate
EXHIBIT F Rule 144A Certificate
EXHIBIT G Institutional Accredited Investor Certificate
EXHIBIT H Certificate of Beneficial Ownership
INDENTURE, dated as of December 9, 2003, between J. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
S.A., a Panamanian corporation, as the Company, the Guarantors party hereto and
The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee.
RECITALS
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance of up to $200,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of the Company's 11% Senior Secured Notes Due 2013, together with any
Exchange Notes issued therefor as provided herein (the "NOTES"). All things
necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance
with its terms, have been done, and the Company has done all things necessary to
make the Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by
the Trustee and duly issued by the Company, the valid obligations of the Company
as hereinafter provided.
In addition, the Guarantors party hereto have duly authorized the
execution and delivery of this Indenture as guarantors of the Notes. All things
necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of each Guarantor, in
accordance with its terms, have been done, and each Guarantor has done all
things necessary to make the Note Guarantees, when the Notes are executed by the
Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and duly issued by the
Company, the valid obligations of such Guarantor as hereinafter provided.
This Indenture is subject to, and will be governed by, the provisions
of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be a part of and govern
indentures qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.
THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes
by the Holders thereof, the parties hereto covenant and agree, for the equal and
proportionate benefit of all Holders, as follows:
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ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01. Definitions.
"ACQUIRED DEBT" means Debt of a Person (1) assumed by such Person from
another Person in connection with an Asset Acquisition from such other Person or
(2) existing at the time the Person merges with or into the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary, or becomes a Restricted Subsidiary and not Incurred in
connection with, or in contemplation of, the Person merging with or into the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or becoming a Restricted Subsidiary.
"ADDITIONAL INTEREST" means additional interest owed to the Holders
pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.
"AFFILIATE" means, with respect to any Person, any other Person
directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect
common control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition, "control"
(including, with correlative meanings, the terms "controlling," "controlled by"
and "under common control with") with respect to any Person, means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, a Joint Venture that is not a Subsidiary of the Company shall not be
considered an "Affiliate" of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary.
"AGENT" means any Registrar, Paying Agent or Authenticating Agent.
"AGENT MEMBER" means a member of, or a participant in, the Depositary.
"ASSET ACQUISITION" means the acquisition by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary of the assets of any Person which constitute the assets of
such Person substantially as an entirety or the assets of any division,
operating unit or line of business of such Person substantially as an entirety.
"ASSET SALE" means any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of
any assets outside the ordinary course of business by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary, including by means of a merger, consolidation or similar
transaction and including any sale or issuance of the Equity Interests of any
Restricted Subsidiary (each of the above referred to in this definition as a
"disposition"), provided that the following (excluding, except in the case of
clauses (1) and (7) below, any disposition of Collateral) are not included in
the definition of "Asset Sale":
(1) a disposition to the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary, including the sale or issuance by the Company or any
Restricted
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Subsidiary of any Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary to the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(2) the disposition by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business of (i) cash and cash
management investments, (ii) inventory and other assets acquired and
held for resale in the ordinary course of business, (iii) damaged, worn
out or obsolete assets, or (iv) rights granted to others pursuant to
leases or licenses;
(3) the sale or discount of accounts receivable arising
in the ordinary course of business in connection with the compromise or
collection thereof;
(4) a disposition governed by the provisions of Section
5.01 or 5.02;
(5) a Restricted Payment permitted under the provisions
of Section 4.07 or a Permitted Investment;
(6) any charter (bareboat or otherwise) or other lease of
assets or property entered into in the ordinary course of business and
with respect to which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary is the
charterer or lessor, except any such charter or lease that provides for
the acquisition of such assets or property by the lessee during or at
the termination thereof for an amount that is less than the Fair Market
Value thereof as determined at the time the right to acquire such
assets or property is exercised, in which case an Asset Sale shall be
deemed to occur at the time such right is exercised;
(7) the grant of any Permitted Lien and the exercise by
any Person in whose favor a Permitted Lien is granted of any of its
rights in respect of that Permitted Lien;
(8) any Sale and Leaseback Transaction;
(9) any disposition of the DB 17 vessel to CMM, for so
long as CMM is a Joint Venture, provided that (x) such disposition is
for Fair Market Value and (y) any note or other instrument of CMM
received as consideration for such disposition shall bear interest at a
market rate, to be paid at least quarterly, have a maturity of not more
than three years after its date of issuance and be secured by a lien on
the DB 17 vessel so disposed of;
(10) the assignment of the insurance rights of the Company
and the Restricted Subsidiaries contemplated by the Third Amended Joint
Plan of Reorganization dated as of June 25, 2003 in the Chapter 11
reorganization proceedings involving The ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Company in
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the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of
Louisiana and the related Plan Documents (as defined therein); and
(11) any disposition in a transaction or series of related
transactions of assets with a Fair Market Value of less than
$10,000,000.
"ATTRIBUTABLE DEBT" means, in respect of a Sale and Leaseback
Transaction the present value, discounted at the interest rate implicit in the
Sale and Leaseback Transaction, of the total obligations of the lessee for
rental payments during the remaining term of the lease in the Sale and Leaseback
Transaction.
"AUTHENTICATING AGENT" refers to a Person engaged to authenticate the
Notes in the stead of the Trustee.
"AVERAGE LIFE" means, with respect to any Debt, the quotient obtained
by dividing (i) the sum of the products of (x) the number of years from the date
of determination to the dates of each successive scheduled principal payment of
such Debt and (y) the amount of such principal payment by (ii) the sum of all
such principal payments.
"BANKRUPTCY DEFAULT" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
6.01.
"BOARD OF DIRECTORS" means the board of directors or comparable
governing body of the Company, or any committee thereof duly authorized to act
on its behalf.
"BOARD RESOLUTION" means a resolution duly adopted by the Board of
Directors which is certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Company and remains in full force and effect as of the date of its
certification.
"BUSINESS DAY" means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on
which commercial banks in New York City or in the city where the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee is located are authorized by law to be closed for
business.
"CAPITAL LEASE" means, with respect to any Person, any lease of any
property which, in conformity with GAAP, is required to be capitalized on the
balance sheet of such Person.
"CAPITAL STOCK" means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares
of stock of a corporation, partnership interests or other equivalent interests
(however designated, whether voting or non-voting) in such Person's equity,
entitling the holder to receive a share of the profits and losses, and a
distribution of assets, after liabilities, of such Person.
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"CASH EQUIVALENTS" means:
(1) United States dollars, or money in foreign currencies
received in the ordinary course of business that are readily
convertible into United States dollars;
(2) U.S. Government Obligations with maturities not
exceeding one year from the date of acquisition;
(3) (i) demand deposits, (ii) time deposits and
certificates of deposit with maturities of one year or less from the
date of acquisition, (iii) bankers' acceptances with maturities not
exceeding one year from the date of acquisition, and (iv) overnight
bank deposits, in each case with any bank or trust company organized or
licensed under the laws of the United States or any state thereof
having capital, surplus and undivided profits in excess of $250 million
whose short-term debt is rated "A-2" or higher by S&P or "P-2" or
higher by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ or at least an equivalent rating category of another
nationally recognized securities rating agency;
(4) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than
seven days for underlying securities of the type described in clauses
(2) and (3) above entered into with any financial institution meeting
the qualifications specified in clause (3) above;
(5) commercial paper rated at least P-1 by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ or A-1
by S&P or at least an equivalent rating category of another nationally
recognized securities rating agency and maturing within 270 days after
the date of acquisition;
(6) money market funds at least 95% of the assets of
which consist of investments of the type described in clauses (1)
through (5) above; and
(7) in the case of a Foreign Restricted Subsidiary,
substantially similar investments, of comparable credit quality,
denominated in the currency of any jurisdiction in which such Person
conducts business.
"CERTIFICATE OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP" means a certificate substantially
in the form of Exhibit H.
"CERTIFICATED NOTE" means a Note in registered individual form without
interest coupons.
"CHANGE OF CONTROL" means:
(1) any "person" or "group" (as such terms are used for
purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than
Permitted
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Holders, is or becomes the "beneficial owner" (as such term is used in
Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more
than 35% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company
or, for so long as the Company is a Subsidiary of MII, MII; or
(2) with respect to each of (a) the Company and (b) for
so long as the Company is a Subsidiary of MII, MII, individuals who on
the Issue Date constituted the board of directors of such Person,
together with any new directors whose election by the board of
directors of such Person or whose nomination for election by the
stockholders of such Person was approved by a majority of the directors
then still in office who were either directors of such Person or whose
election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease
for any reason to constitute a majority of the board of directors of
such Person then in office; or
(3) MII ceases to own, directly or indirectly, at least
51% of the Capital Stock of the Company; or
(4) the adoption by the Board of Directors of the Company
of a plan contemplating the liquidation or dissolution of the Company.
"CMM" means Construcciones Maritimas Mexicanas, S.A. de C.V., a Mexican
corporation.
"CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
"COLLATERAL" means all property of the Company and the Guarantors,
whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired, upon which a Lien is
purported to be created hereunder or under the Collateral Documents.
"COLLATERAL AGENT" means the Trustee in its capacity as collateral
agent or mortgagee (as applicable) under the Collateral Documents.
"COLLATERAL DOCUMENTS" means (i) the Pledge Agreement dated as of the
Issue Date among the Company, the Material Guarantors party thereto and the
Collateral Agent, (ii) each of the mortgages of the Mortgaged Vessels dated as
of the Issue Date among the applicable Mortgaged Vessel Owning Subsidiaries and
the Trustee, (iii) any replacements for or supplements to any of the foregoing,
and any other instruments or documents entered into in connection with the
establishment of rights with respect to the Collateral for the benefit of the
Trustee and the Holders, in each case as each of the foregoing may from time to
time be amended.
"COMMISSION" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"COMMON STOCK" means Capital Stock not entitled to any preference on
dividends or distributions, upon liquidation or otherwise.
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"COMPANY" means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this
Indenture or any successor obligor under this Indenture and the Notes pursuant
to Section 5.01.
"CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME" means, for any period, the aggregate net
income (or loss) of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period
determined on a consolidated basis in conformity with GAAP, provided that the
following (without duplication) will be excluded in computing Consolidated Net
Income:
(1) the portion of the net income (or loss) for such
period of any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary allocable to
Equity Interests in such Person other than the Equity Interests owned
by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that
the portion of the net income (but not loss) of such Person for such
period allocable to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall be
included in Consolidated Net Income only to the extent of the dividends
or other distributions actually paid in cash to the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary by such Person during such period; provided,
further, that there shall be included in Consolidated Net Income for
such period any dividends or other distributions paid in cash to the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary by such Person in such period
with respect to any portion of the net income of such Person allocable
to the Company on such Restricted Subsidiary excluded from Consolidated
Net Income in a previous fiscal period pursuant preceding provisions of
this clause (1);
(2) the net income (but not loss) of any Restricted
Subsidiary to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends
or similar distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary of such net
income would not have been permitted for the relevant period by charter
or by any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule
or governmental regulation applicable to such Restricted Subsidiary;
(3) any net after-tax gains (but not losses) attributable
to Asset Sales, but not any fees and expenses relating to the
transaction giving rise thereto;
(4) any net after-tax extraordinary gains (but not
losses); but not any fees and expenses relating to the transaction
giving rise thereto; and
(5) the cumulative effect of any change in accounting
principles since September 30, 2003.
"CONSOLIDATED NET WORTH" means, at any date of determination, the
consolidated stockholder's equity of the Company and the Restricted
Subsidiaries, calculated excluding:
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(1) any amounts attributable to Disqualified Stock;
(2) treasury stock;
(3) all write-ups (other than (i) write-ups resulting
from foreign currency translations, (ii) write-ups of tangible assets
of a going concern business made in accordance with GAAP as a result of
the acquisition of such business and (iii) write-ups that are reflected
in consolidated net income of the Company and the Restricted
Subsidiaries for any period ending on or before such date of
determination) subsequent to the date of this Indenture in the book
value of any asset; and
(4) the cumulative effect of any change in accounting
principles since September 30, 2003.
"CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE" means the office of the Trustee at which the
corporate trust business of the Trustee is principally administered, which at
the date of this Indenture is located at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇.
"CREDIT FACILITIES" means one or more credit facilities with banks or
other lenders, whether entered into on or after the Issue Date, providing for
revolving credit loans or term loans or the issuance of letters of credit or
bankers' acceptances or the like, together with any related documents (including
any security documents and guarantee agreements).
"DEBT" means, with respect to any Person, without duplication,
(1) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money;
(2) all obligations of such Person evidenced by
debentures, notes or other similar instruments;
(3) all obligations of such Person in respect of letters
of credit, bankers' acceptances or other similar instruments, excluding
obligations in respect of trade letters of credit, bankers' acceptances
or other similar instruments issued in respect of trade payables or
similar obligations to the extent not drawn upon or presented, or, if
drawn upon or presented, the resulting obligation of the Person is paid
within 20 Business Days;
(4) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred
and unpaid purchase price of property or services which are recorded as
liabilities under GAAP, excluding trade payables, advances on
contracts, deferred compensation and similar liabilities arising in the
ordinary course of business;
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(5) all rent obligations of such Person as lessee under
Capital Leases;
(6) all Debt of other Persons Guaranteed by such Person
to the extent so Guaranteed;
(7) all Debt of other Persons secured by a Lien on any
asset of such Person, whether or not such Debt is assumed by such
Person; and
(8) all obligations of such Person under Hedging
Agreements.
The amount of Debt of any Person will be deemed to be:
(A) with respect to contingent obligations, the maximum
liability upon the occurrence of the contingency giving rise to the
obligation;
(B) with respect to Debt secured by a Lien on an asset of
such Person but not otherwise the obligation, contingent or otherwise,
of such Person, the lesser of (x) the Fair Market Value of such asset
and (y) the amount of such Debt;
(C) with respect to any Debt issued with original issue
discount, the face amount of such Debt less the remaining unamortized
portion of the original issue discount of such Debt;
(D) with respect to any Hedging Agreement, the net amount
payable if such Hedging Agreement terminated at that time due to
default by such Person; and
(E) otherwise, the outstanding principal amount thereof.
"DEFAULT" means any event that is, or after notice or passage of time
or both would be, an Event of Default.
"DEPOSITARY" means the depositary of each Global Note, which will
initially be DTC.
"DISQUALIFIED EQUITY INTERESTS" means Equity Interests that by their
terms or upon the happening of any event are:
(1) required to be redeemed or redeemable at the option
of the holder prior to the Stated Maturity of the Notes for
consideration other than Qualified Equity Interests; or
(2) convertible at the option of the holder into
Disqualified Equity Interests or exchangeable for Debt prior to the
Stated Maturity of the Notes (including, upon the occurrence of any
contingency);
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provided that Equity Interests will not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests
solely because of provisions giving holders thereof the right to require
repurchase or redemption upon an "asset sale" or "change of control" occurring
prior to the Stated Maturity of the Notes if those provisions
(A) are no more favorable to the holders than those set
forth in Section 4.13 and Section 4.14; and
(B) specifically provide that repurchase or redemption
pursuant thereto will not be required prior to the Company's repurchase
of the Notes as required by this Indenture.
"DISQUALIFIED STOCK" means Capital Stock constituting Disqualified
Equity Interests.
"DTC" means The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation, and
its successors.
"DTC LEGEND" means the legend set forth in Exhibit D.
"EBITDA" means, for any period, the sum of
(1) Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus
(2) Fixed Charges for such period, to the extent deducted
in calculating Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus
(3) to the extent deducted in calculating Consolidated
Net Income for such period and as determined on a consolidated basis
for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in conformity with
GAAP:
(A) income taxes and income tax adjustments
(whether positive or negative) for such period, other than
income taxes or income tax adjustments (whether positive or
negative) attributable to Asset Sales or extraordinary gains
or losses; and
(B) depreciation, amortization and all other
noncash items reducing Consolidated Net Income for such period
(including impairment loss on long-lived assets, but not
including noncash charges in a period which reflect cash
expenses paid or to be paid in another period), less all
noncash items increasing Consolidated Net Income;
provided that, with respect to any Restricted Subsidiary, such items
will be added only to the extent and in the same proportion that the
relevant Restricted Subsidiary's net income was included in calculating
Consolidated Net Income.
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"EQUITY INTERESTS" means all Capital Stock and all warrants or options
with respect to, or other rights to purchase, Capital Stock, but excluding Debt
convertible into or exchangeable for equity.
"EVENT OF DEFAULT" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
6.01.
"EXCESS PROCEEDS" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
4.14.
"EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
"EXCHANGE NOTES" means the Notes of the Company issued pursuant to this
Indenture in exchange for, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to, the
Initial Notes in compliance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement
and containing terms substantially identical to the Initial Notes (except that
(i) such Exchange Notes will be registered under the Securities Act and will not
be subject to transfer restrictions or bear the Restricted Legend, and (ii) the
provisions relating to Additional Interest will be eliminated).
"EXCHANGE OFFER" means an offer by the Company to the Holders of the
Initial Notes to exchange outstanding Notes for Exchange Notes, as provided for
in the Registration Rights Agreement.
"EXCHANGE OFFER REGISTRATION STATEMENT" means the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement.
"FAIR MARKET VALUE" with respect to any asset or property means the
sale value that would be obtained in an arm's-length transaction between an
informed and willing seller under no compulsion to sell and an informed and
willing buyer under no compulsion to buy. Fair Market Value shall be determined
by the Board of Directors acting in good faith, which determination shall be
conclusive for all purposes of this Indenture; provided that such determination
shall not preclude the need to obtain an opinion when otherwise required in
accordance with clause (b) of the covenant set forth in Section 4.15.
"FIXED CHARGE COVERAGE RATIO" means, on any date (the "TRANSACTION
DATE"), the ratio of:
(x) the aggregate amount of EBITDA for the four most
recent full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are
available immediately preceding the date of the transaction giving rise
to the need to calculate the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (the
"REFERENCE PERIOD"); to
(y) the aggregate Fixed Charges during such reference
period.
In making the foregoing calculation:
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(1) pro forma effect will be given to any Debt,
Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock Incurred during or after the
reference period to the extent the Debt is outstanding or is to be
Incurred on the transaction date as if the Debt, Disqualified Stock or
Preferred Stock had been Incurred on the first day of the reference
period;
(2) pro forma calculations of interest on Debt bearing a
floating interest rate will be made as if the rate in effect on the
transaction date (taking into account any Hedging Agreement applicable
to the Debt if the Hedging Agreement has a remaining term of at least
12 months) had been the applicable rate for the entire reference
period;
(3) Fixed Charges related to any Debt, Disqualified Stock
or Preferred Stock no longer outstanding or to be repaid or redeemed on
the transaction date, except for Consolidated Interest Expense accrued
during the reference period under a revolving credit to the extent of
the commitment thereunder (or under any successor revolving credit) in
effect on the transaction date, will be excluded;
(4) pro forma effect will be given to
(A) the creation, designation or redesignation
of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries,
(B) the acquisition or disposition of companies,
divisions or lines of businesses by the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries, including any acquisition or
disposition of a company, division or line of business since
the beginning of the reference period by a Person that became
a Restricted Subsidiary after the beginning of the reference
period, and
(C) the discontinuation of any discontinued
operations but, in the case of Fixed Charges, only to the
extent that the obligations giving rise to the Fixed Charges
will not be obligations of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary following the transaction date
that have occurred since the beginning of the reference period as if such events
had occurred, and, in the case of any disposition, the proceeds thereof applied,
on the first day of the reference period. To the extent that pro forma effect is
to be given to an acquisition or disposition of a company, division or line of
business, the pro forma calculation will be based upon the most recent four full
fiscal quarters for which the relevant financial information is available.
"FIXED CHARGES" means, for any period, the sum of:
(1) Interest Expense for such period; and
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(2) the product of
(x) cash and noncash dividends paid, declared,
accrued or accumulated on any Disqualified or Preferred Stock
of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, except for
dividends payable in the Company's Qualified Stock or paid to
the Company or to a Restricted Subsidiary, and
(y) a fraction, the numerator of which is one
and the denominator of which is one minus the sum of the
currently effective combined Federal, state, local and foreign
tax rate applicable to the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries.
"FOREIGN RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARY" means any Restricted Subsidiary that is
not formed under the laws of, or 50% or more of the assets of which are not
located in, the United States of America or any state or other political
subdivision thereof.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the United
States of America as in effect from time to time.
"GLOBAL NOTE" means a Note in registered global form without interest
coupons.
"GUARANTEE" means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any
Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Debt or other obligation of any
other Person and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any
obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person (i) to
purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such
Debt or other obligation of such other Person or (ii) entered into for purposes
of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Debt or other obligation of
the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof,
in whole or in part; provided that the term "Guarantee" does not include
endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The
term "Guarantee" used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
"GUARANTOR" means (i) a Material Guarantor or (ii) a Restricted
Subsidiary that is a party to this Indenture or that executes a supplemental
indenture in the form of Exhibit B to this Indenture providing for the guaranty
of the payment of the Notes, or any successor obligor under a Note Guaranty
pursuant to Section 5.02, in each case unless and until such Guarantor is
released from its Note Guaranty pursuant to this Indenture.
"GUARANTOR GROUP" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
6.01.
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"HEDGING AGREEMENT" means (i) any interest rate swap agreement,
interest rate cap agreement or other agreement designed to protect against
fluctuations in interest rates or (ii) any foreign exchange forward contract,
currency swap agreement or other agreement designed to protect against
fluctuations in foreign exchange rates
"HOLDER" or "NOTEHOLDER" means the registered holder of any Note.
"INCUR" means, with respect to any Debt or Capital Stock, to incur,
create, issue, assume or Guarantee such Debt or Capital Stock. If any Person
becomes a Restricted Subsidiary on any date after the date of this Indenture
(including by redesignation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or failure of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary to meet the qualifications necessary to remain an
Unrestricted Subsidiary), the Debt and Capital Stock of such Person outstanding
on such date will be deemed to have been Incurred by such Person on such date
for purposes of the covenant set forth in Section 4.06 but will not be
considered the sale or issuance of Equity Interests for purposes of the
covenants set forth in Section 4.11 or Section 4.14. The accretion of original
issue discount or payment of interest in kind will not be considered an
Incurrence of Debt.
"INDENTURE" means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time
to time pursuant to the provisions hereof.
"INITIAL NOTES" means the Notes issued on the Issue Date and any Notes
issued in replacement thereof, but not including any Exchange Notes issued in
exchange therefor.
"INITIAL PURCHASER" means the initial purchaser party to a purchase
agreement with the Company relating to the sale of the Initial Notes by the
Company.
"INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR CERTIFICATE" means a certificate
substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto.
"INTERCOMPANY NOTE" means the promissory note dated as of the Issue
Date, as amended, issued by the Company in the aggregate principal amount of
$90,000,000 and held by MII; provided that the Intercompany Note shall at all
times when any of the Notes are outstanding (i) not have a Stated Maturity or
otherwise require any payments thereon prior to ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇, ▇▇▇▇, (▇▇) be
subordinated to the Notes in right of payment on terms no less favorable to the
holders of the Notes than those in effect on the Issue Date and (iii) not bear
interest.
"INTEREST", in respect of the Notes, unless the context otherwise
requires, refers to interest and Additional Interest, if any.
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"INTEREST EXPENSE" means, for any period, the consolidated interest
expense of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, excluding fees related
to the issuance of the Notes, plus, to the extent not included in such
consolidated interest expense, and to the extent incurred, accrued or payable by
the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries, without duplication, (i) interest
expense attributable to Sale and Leaseback Transactions, (ii) amortization of
debt discount and debt issuance costs but excluding amortization of deferred
financing charges incurred in respect of the Notes and the Credit Facilities,
(iii) capitalized interest, (iv) noncash interest expense, (v) commissions,
discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and
bankers' acceptance financing (other than in respect of letters of credit
relating to bid, performance and advance payment obligations incurred in the
ordinary course of business), (vi) net costs associated with Hedging Agreements
(including the amortization of fees) and (vii) any of the above expenses with
respect to Debt of another Person Guaranteed by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries, as determined on a consolidated basis and in accordance
with GAAP.
"INTEREST PAYMENT DATE" means each June 15 and December 15 of each
year, commencing June 15, 2004.
"INVESTMENT" means:
(1) any direct or indirect advance, loan or other
extension of credit to another Person;
(2) any capital contribution to another Person, by means
of any transfer of cash or other property or in any other form;
(3) any purchase or acquisition of Equity Interests,
bonds, notes or other Debt, or other instruments or securities issued
by another Person, including the receipt of any of the above as
consideration for the disposition of assets or rendering of services;
or
(4) any Guarantee of any obligation of another Person.
If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (x) sells or otherwise
disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary
so that, after giving effect to that sale or disposition, such Person is no
longer a Subsidiary of the Company, or (y) designates any Restricted Subsidiary
as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture, the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may
be, shall be deemed to have made an Investment in such Person at such time in an
amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the remaining Equity Interests in such
Person held by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary.
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"ISSUE DATE" means the date on which the Original Notes are originally
issued under this Indenture.
"JOINT VENTURE" means any Person (i) in which the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, owns at least 33% or more of the
Equity Interests of such Person, (ii) as to which the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be, has either (a) the power to control, directly or
indirectly (whether through the exercise of voting rights, representation on the
board of directors or other governing body of such Person, the exercise of veto
rights or otherwise), any decisions by such Person with respect to the payment
of dividends or the making of distributions by such Person or (b) the right (by
contract, applicable law or otherwise) to cause the dissolution and liquidation
of such Person (including pursuant to contractual provisions governing deadlock
that may require good faith efforts to resolve any deadlock prior to any such
dissolution or liquidation), (iii) a portion of whose Equity Interests (other
than directors' qualifying shares or investments in nominal share interests with
no significant economic value by foreign nationals as mandated by applicable law
or governmental regulation) are owned by one or more Persons other than the
Company or any Affiliates of the Company and (iv) is engaged in a Permitted
Business. As of the Issue Date, the following persons constituted Joint
Ventures: Construcciones Maritimas Mexicanas, S.A. de C.V.; Initec, Astano y
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ International Inc., S.A.; Malmac Sdn. Bhd.; ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ Dhabi
Offshore Construction Company; McDermott Arabia Company Limited; Offshore
Hyundai International, Ltd.; Offshore Hyundai International Limited; Offshore
Pipelines Nigeria Limited; P.T. Bataves Fabricators; P.T. McDermott Indonesia;
Saudi OPMI Company Limited; Spars International, Inc.; Deep Oil Technology,
Inc.; Tallares Navales del Golfo, S.A. de C.V.; TL Marine Sdn. Bhd.; WD 140
Platform LLC; and Barmada McDermott Sdn. Bhd.
"LIEN" means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien
or charge of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement or Capital Lease); provided, however that for the avoidance of doubt,
the interest of a Person as owner or lessor under charters or leases of property
shall not constitute "Liens" on or in respect of such property.
"MATERIAL GUARANTOR" means an obligor under a Note Guaranty that is (i)
a Mortgaged Vessel Owning Subsidiary, (ii) a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary
that is, or after the Issue Date becomes, a Significant Subsidiary of the
Company or (iii) a Restricted Subsidiary which directly or indirectly owns a
majority of the outstanding Capital Stock of a Mortgaged Vessel Owning
Subsidiary.
"MATERIAL SUBSIDIARY" means, at any time, a Restricted Subsidiary which
is not at such time an obligor under a Note Guaranty but which otherwise at such
time meets the definition of "Material Guarantor."
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"MII" means ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ International, Inc., a corporation organized
under the laws of the Republic of Panama.
"MOODY'S" means ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Service, Inc. and its successors.
"MORTGAGED VESSEL OWNING SUBSIDIARY" means at any time any Restricted
Subsidiary that owns a marine vessel that is or is required to become a
Mortgaged Vessel under the terms of this Indenture and the Collateral Documents.
As of the Issue Date, the Mortgaged Vessel Owning Subsidiaries are J. ▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation; J. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Inc., a
Delaware corporation; Hydro Marine Services, Inc., a Panamanian corporation; and
J. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ International Vessels, Ltd., a Cayman Islands company.
"MORTGAGED VESSELS" means at any time the Vessels of the Company and
the Guarantors that are required to be subject to a lien under the Collateral
Documents at such time. The Mortgaged Vessels shall consist of the following as
of the Issue Date:
Vessel Name Flag
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DB 16 U.S.A.
DB 27 Panama
DB 30 Panama
DB 50 Panama
DB ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Intermac ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇.▇.▇.
Oceanic 93 U.S.A.
"NET CASH PROCEEDS" means, with respect to any Asset Sale, the proceeds
of such Asset Sale in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents (including (i)
payments in respect of deferred payment obligations, when received in the form
of cash or Cash Equivalents, and (ii) proceeds from the conversion of other
consideration received when converted to cash or Cash Equivalents), net of
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(1) brokerage commissions and other fees and expenses
related to such Asset Sale, including fees and expenses of counsel,
accountants and investment bankers and sales commissions;
(2) relocation expenses resulting from such Asset Sale;
(3) provisions for taxes payable as a result of such
Asset Sale;
(4) payments required to be made to holders of minority
interests in Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of such Asset Sale or
to repay Debt outstanding at the time of such Asset Sale that is
secured by a Lien on the property or assets sold; and
(5) appropriate amounts to be provided as a reserve
against liabilities associated with such Asset Sale, including pension
and other post-employment benefit liabilities, liabilities related to
environmental matters and indemnification obligations associated with
such Asset Sale, with any subsequent reduction of the reserve other
than by payments made and charged against the reserved amount to be
deemed a receipt of cash.
"NON-U.S. PERSON" means a Person that is not a U.S. person, as defined
in Regulation S.
"NOTES" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals.
"NOTE GUARANTY" means the guaranty of the Notes by a Guarantor pursuant
to this Indenture.
"OBLIGATIONS" means, with respect to any Debt, all obligations (whether
in existence on the Issue Date or arising afterwards, absolute or contingent,
direct or indirect) for or in respect of principal (when due, upon acceleration,
upon redemption, upon mandatory repayment or repurchase pursuant to a mandatory
offer to purchase, or otherwise), premium, interest, penalties, fees,
indemnification, reimbursement and other amounts payable and liabilities with
respect to such Debt, including all interest accrued or accruing after the
commencement of any bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or similar case or
proceeding at the contract rate (including, without limitation, any contract
rate applicable upon default) specified in the relevant documentation, whether
or not the claim for such interest is allowed as a claim in such case or
proceeding.
"OFFER TO PURCHASE" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
3.04.
"OFFICER" means the chairman of the Board of Directors, the president
or chief executive officer, any vice president, the chief financial officer, the
treasurer or any assistant treasurer, or the secretary or any assistant
secretary, of the Company.
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"OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE" means a certificate signed in the name of the
Company (i) by the chairman of the Board of Directors, the president or chief
executive officer or a vice president and (ii) by the chief financial officer,
the treasurer or any assistant treasurer or the secretary or any assistant
secretary.
"OFFSHORE GLOBAL NOTE" means a Global Note representing Notes issued
and sold pursuant to Regulation S.
"OPINION OF COUNSEL" means a written opinion signed by legal counsel,
who may be an employee of or counsel to the Company.
"ORIGINAL NOTES" means the Initial Notes and any Exchange Notes issued
in exchange therefor.
"PAYING AGENT" refers to a Person engaged to perform the obligations of
the Trustee in respect of payments made or funds held hereunder in respect of
the Notes.
"PERMITTED DEBT" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.06.
"PERMITTED BUSINESS" means any of the businesses in which the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries are engaged on the Issue Date, and any business
reasonably related, incidental, complementary or ancillary thereto.
"PERMITTED ENCUMBRANCES" means:
(1) Liens securing the Notes or any Note Guaranties;
(2) Liens imposed by law, such as maritime, landlords',
carriers', vendors', warehousemen's and mechanics' liens, in each case
for sums not yet due or being contested in good faith and by
appropriate proceedings;
(3) Liens in respect of taxes and other governmental
assessments and charges which are not yet due or which are being
contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings;
(4) judgment liens, and Liens securing appeal bonds or
letters of credit issued in support of or in lieu of appeal bonds, so
long as no Event of Default then exists under paragraph (6) of Section
6.01;
(5) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities
arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in
connection with the importation of goods; and
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(6) Liens on assets of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary arising as a result of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction
otherwise permitted under this Indenture.
"PERMITTED HOLDERS" means MII and its controlled Affiliates.
"PERMITTED INVESTMENTS" means:
(1) Investments existing on the Issue Date;
(2) any Investment in the Company (including any
Investment in the Notes) or in a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company
that is a Guarantor that is engaged in a Permitted Business;
(3) any Investment in Cash Equivalents;
(4) any Investment by the Company or any Subsidiary of
the Company in a Person, if as a result of such Investment,
(A) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary
of the Company that is a Guarantor engaged in a Permitted
Business, or
(B) such Person is merged or consolidated with
or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all its assets
to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary that is a Guarantor engaged in a Permitted
Business;
(5) Investments received as noncash consideration in an
Asset Sale made pursuant to and in compliance with the provisions of
Section 4.14;
(6) Investments received from CMM as noncash
consideration in the disposition transaction referred to in clause (9)
of the definition of "Asset Sale";
(7) any Investment acquired (or to the extent acquired)
in exchange for Qualified Stock of the Company;
(8) Hedging Agreements otherwise permitted under this
Indenture;
(9) (i) receivables owing to the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary, and contracts in progress of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary, in either case if created or acquired in the
ordinary course of business, (ii) prepaid expenses and deposits created
or made in the ordinary course of business, (iii) Cash Equivalents or
other cash management investments or liquid or portfolio securities
pledged as
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collateral pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.08, (iv)
endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of
business, and (v) securities, instruments or other obligations received
in compromise or settlement of debts created in the ordinary course of
business, or by reason of a composition or readjustment of debts or
reorganization of another Person, or in satisfaction of claims or
judgments;
(10) extensions of credit to customers and suppliers in
the ordinary course of business (other than those referred to in clause
(8) above), not in excess of $2,000,000 outstanding at any time;
(11) charters of marine vessels in the ordinary course of
business;
(12) payroll, travel and other loans or advances to, or
Guarantees issued to support the obligations of, officers and
employees, in each case in the ordinary course of business, not in
excess of $5,000,000 outstanding at any time;
(13) Investments in evidences of indebtedness, securities
or other property received from another Person by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary in connection with any bankruptcy proceeding or
by reason of a composition or readjustment of Debt or a reorganization
of such Person or as a result of foreclosure, perfection or enforcement
of any Lien in exchange for evidences of indebtedness, securities or
other property of such Person held by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary, or for other liabilities or obligations of such other
Person to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that were created in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture;
(14) Investments in Joint Ventures made after the Issue
Date pursuant to binding agreements (including, without limitation, put
or call arrangements and right of first refusal arrangements with
respect to Equity Interests in Joint Ventures) existing on the Issue
Date, not in excess of $10,000,000 for all such Investments;
(15) in addition to Investments listed above, Investments
in an aggregate amount, taken together with all other Investments made
in reliance on this clause, not to exceed $30,000,000 (net of, with
respect to the Investment in any particular Person made pursuant to
this clause, the cash return thereon received after the Issue Date as a
result of any sale for cash, repayment, redemption, liquidating
distribution or other cash realization (not included in Consolidated
Net Income) not to exceed the amount of such Investments in such Person
made after the Issue Date in reliance on this clause); and
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(16) any Guarantee of the Debt of any Person, so long as
such Guarantee is permitted by Section 4.06.
"PERMITTED LIENS" means
(1) Liens existing on the Issue Date;
(2) Liens in favor of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary;
(3) Liens on assets or properties, other than Collateral,
securing Obligations under or with respect to the Credit Facilities and
Hedge Agreements entered into with respect to Debt under the Credit
Facilities;
(4) pledges or deposits under worker's compensation laws,
unemployment insurance laws or similar legislation, or good faith
deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts or leases, or to
secure public or statutory obligations, surety bonds, customs duties
and the like, or for the payment of rent, in each case incurred in the
ordinary course of business and not securing Debt;
(5) Permitted Encumbrances;
(6) Liens securing reimbursement obligations with respect
to letters of credit that encumber documents and other property
relating to such letters of credit and the proceeds thereof;
(7) Liens securing obligations relating to performance,
surety and customs bonds and other similar instruments obtained in the
ordinary course of business;
(8) survey exceptions, encumbrances, easements or
reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights of way,
sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar
purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real
property, not interfering in any material respect with the conduct of
the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(9) Liens securing assets under construction arising from
progress or partial payments by a customer of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary relating to such assets;
(10) licenses or leases or subleases as licensor, lessor
or sublessor of any of its property, including intellectual property,
in the ordinary course of business;
(11) customary Liens in favor of trustees and escrow
agents, and netting and setoff rights, banker's liens and the like in
favor of financial
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institutions and counterparties to financial obligations and
instruments, including Hedging Agreements;
(12) Liens on assets pursuant to merger agreements, stock
or asset purchase agreements and similar agreements in respect of the
disposition of such assets;
(13) options, put and call arrangements, rights of first
refusal and similar rights (i) relating to Investments in Subsidiaries,
Joint Ventures, partnerships and the like or (ii) provided for in
contracts or agreements entered into the ordinary course of business;
(14) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business
securing obligations not in excess of $10,000,000 not securing Debt and
not in the aggregate materially detracting from the value of the
properties or their use in the operation of the business of the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(15) Liens (including the interest of a lessor under a
Capital Lease) on property that secure Debt Incurred for the purpose of
financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of construction
or improvement of such property and which attach within 365 days after
the date of such purchase or the completion of construction or
improvement;
(16) Liens on property of a Person at the time such Person
becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, provided such Liens
were not created in contemplation thereof and do not extend to any
other property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(17) Liens on property at the time the Company or any of
the Restricted Subsidiaries acquires such property, including any
acquisition by means of a merger or consolidation with or into the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person, provided such Liens
were not created in contemplation thereof and do not extend to any
other property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(18) Liens securing Debt or other obligations of the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary;
(19) Liens securing Hedging Agreements so long as such
Hedging Agreements relate to Debt that is, and is permitted to be under
this Indenture, secured by a Lien on (i) the same property securing
such Hedging Agreements or (ii) the property described in clause (b)(1)
under Section 4.06;
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(20) any pledge of the Capital Stock of an Unrestricted
Subsidiary to secure Debt of such Unrestricted Subsidiary, to the
extent such pledge constitutes an Investment permitted under Section
4.07;
(21) Liens incurred or assumed in connection with the
issuance of revenue bonds the interest on which is tax-exempt under the
Internal Revenue Code;
(22) extensions, renewals or replacements of any Liens
referred to in clauses (1), (2), (14), (15) or (16) of this definition,
or in clause (4) of the definition of Permitted Encumbrances, in
connection with the refinancing of the obligations secured thereby,
provided that such Lien does not extend to any other property and,
except as contemplated by the definition of "Permitted Refinancing
Debt," the amount secured by such Lien is not increased;
(23) Liens with respect to Joint Ventures or other similar
arrangements to secure the obligations of one Joint Venture party to
another, provided that such Liens do not secure Debt;
(24) Liens resulting from the deposit of funds or
evidences of Debt in trust for the purpose of defeasing Debt of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, which defeasance is otherwise
permitted under this Indenture; and
(25) other Liens not permitted by the foregoing securing
obligations in an aggregate amount not exceeding $30,000,000 at any
time outstanding.
"PERMITTED REFINANCING DEBT" has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 4.06.
"PERSON" means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a limited
liability company, an association, a trust or any other entity, including a
government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof.
"PREFERRED STOCK" means, with respect to any Person, any and all
Capital Stock which is preferred as to the payment of dividends or
distributions, upon liquidation or otherwise, over another class of Capital
Stock of such Person.
"PRINCIPAL" of any Debt means the principal amount of such Debt (or if
such Debt was issued with original issue discount, the face amount of such Debt
less the remaining unamortized portion of the original issue discount of such
Debt), together with, unless the context otherwise indicates, any premium then
payable on such Debt.
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"PUBLIC EQUITY OFFERING" means an underwritten primary public offering,
after the Issue Date, of Qualified Stock of the Company pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act other than an issuance
registered on Form S-4 or S-8 or any successor thereto or any issuance pursuant
to employee benefit plans or otherwise in compensation to officers, directors or
employees.
"QUALIFIED EQUITY INTERESTS" means all Equity Interests of a Person
other than Disqualified Equity Interests.
"QUALIFIED STOCK" means all Capital Stock of a Person other than
Disqualified Stock.
"REFINANCE" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.06.
"REGISTER" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09.
"REGISTRAR" means a Person engaged to maintain the Register.
"REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT" means the Registration Rights Agreement
dated on or about the Issue Date between the Company and the Initial Purchaser
with respect to the Initial Notes.
"REGULAR RECORD DATE" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date means the June 1 or December 1 (whether or not a Business Day) next
preceding such Interest Payment Date.
"REGULATION S" means Regulation S under the Securities Act.
"REGULATION S CERTIFICATE" means a certificate substantially in the
form of Exhibit E hereto.
"RESTRICTED LEGEND" means the legend set forth in Exhibit C.
"RESTRICTED PAYMENT" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
4.07.
"RESTRICTED PERIOD" means the relevant 40-day distribution compliance
period as defined in Regulation S.
"RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARY" means any Subsidiary of the Company other than
a Joint Venture or an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
"RULE 144A" means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
"RULE 144A CERTIFICATE" means a certificate substantially in the form
of Exhibit F hereto.
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"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Group, a division of McGraw Hill,
Inc. and its successors.
"SALE AND LEASEBACK TRANSACTION" means, with respect to any Person, an
arrangement whereby such Person enters into a lease of property sold by such
Person to the lessor in contemplation of such lease (other than a lease entered
into solely for the purpose of permitting such Person to complete its
commitments under any contractual arrangement with a customer of such Person in
existence at the time of the sale to the lessor).
"SECURED OBLIGATIONS" means the due and punctual payment by the Company
of (i) the Obligations and (ii) all other monetary obligations of the Company to
any Secured Party, in each case under this Indenture, the Notes and each of the
Collateral Documents, including obligations to pay fees, expense reimbursement
obligations and indemnification obligations, whether primary, secondary, direct,
contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during
the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar
proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding).
"SECURED PARTY" means the Trustee, each Holder, the beneficiaries of
each indemnification obligation undertaken by the Company or any Guarantor
hereunder or under any Collateral Document and the successors and assigns of
each of the foregoing
"SECURITIES ACT" means the Securities Act of 1933.
"SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT" means the Shelf Registration Statement
as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement.
"SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARY" means any Subsidiary that would be a
"significant subsidiary" as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 (w) of Regulation
S-X promulgated under the Securities Act, as such regulation is in effect on the
Issue Date.
"STATED MATURITY" means (i) with respect to any Debt, the date
specified as the fixed date on which the final installment of principal of such
Debt is due and payable or (ii) with respect to any scheduled installment of
principal of or interest on any Debt, the date specified as the fixed date on
which such installment is due and payable as set forth in the documentation
governing such Debt, not including any contingent obligation to repay, redeem or
repurchase prior to the regularly scheduled date for payment.
"SUBORDINATED DEBT" means any Debt of the Company or any Guarantor
which is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the Note Guaranty, as
applicable, pursuant to a written agreement to that effect.
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"SUBSIDIARY" means with respect to any Person, any corporation,
association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the outstanding
Voting Stock is owned, directly or indirectly, by, or, in the case of a
partnership, the sole general partner or the managing partner or the only
general partners of which are, such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such
Person (or a combination thereof). Unless otherwise specified, "Subsidiary"
means a Subsidiary of the Company.
"TRUST MONEYS" has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01.
"TRUSTEE" means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this
Indenture or any successor trustee under this Indenture pursuant to Article 7.
"TRUST INDENTURE ACT" or "TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.
"U.S. GLOBAL NOTE" means a Global Note that bears the Restricted Legend
representing Notes issued and sold pursuant to Rule 144A.
"U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS" means obligations issued or directly and
fully guaranteed or insured by the United States of America or by any agency or
instrumentality thereof, provided that the full faith and credit of the United
States of America is pledged in support thereof.
"UNRESTRICTED SUBSIDIARY" means any Subsidiary of the Company that at
the time of determination has previously been designated, and continues to be,
an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.17.
"VOTING STOCK" means, with respect to any Person, Capital Stock of any
class or kind ordinarily having the power to vote for the election of directors,
managers or other voting members of the governing body of such Person.
"WHOLLY OWNED RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARY" means any Restricted Subsidiary of
which 100% of the outstanding Equity Interests is owned by the Company and/or
another Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary. For purposes of this definition, any
directors' qualifying shares or investments by foreign nationals mandated by
applicable law or governmental regulation shall be disregarded in determining
the ownership of a Restricted Subsidiary.
SECTION 1.02. Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise
requires or except as otherwise expressly provided,
(1) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the
meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;
(2) "herein," "hereof" and other words of similar import
refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Section,
Article or other subdivision;
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(3) all references to Sections or Articles or Exhibits
refer to Sections or Articles or Exhibits of or to this Indenture
unless otherwise indicated;
(4) references to agreements or instruments, or to
statutes or regulations, are to such agreements or instruments, or
statutes or regulations, as amended from time to time (or to successor
statutes and regulations); and
(5) in the event that a transaction meets the criteria of
more than one category of permitted transactions or listed exceptions
the Company may classify such transaction as it, in its sole
discretion, determines.
ARTICLE 2
THE NOTES
Section 2.01 . Form, Dating and Denominations; Legends. (a) The Notes
and the Trustee's certificate of authentication will be substantially in the
form attached as Exhibit A. The terms and provisions contained in the form of
the Notes annexed as Exhibit A constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part
of this Indenture. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements
required by law, rules of or agreements with national securities exchanges to
which the Company is subject, or usage. Each Note will be dated the date of its
authentication. The Notes will be issuable in denominations of $1,000 in
principal amount and any multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.
(b) (1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c), Section
2.10(b)(3), (b)(5), or (c) or Section 2.09(b)(4), each Initial Note will bear
the Restricted Legend.
(2) Each Global Note, whether or not an Initial Note,
will bear the DTC Legend.
(3) Initial Notes offered and sold in reliance on any
exception under the Securities Act other than Regulation S and Rule
144A will be issued, and upon the request of the Company to the
Trustee, Initial Notes offered and sold in reliance on Rule 144A may be
issued, in the form of Certificated Notes.
(4) Exchange Notes will be issued, subject to Section
2.09(b), in the form of one or more Global Notes.
(c) (1) If the Company determines (upon the advice of counsel and such
other certifications and evidence as the Company may reasonably require) that a
Note is eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act (or
a
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successor provision) and that the Restricted Legend is no longer necessary or
appropriate in order to ensure that subsequent transfers of the Note (or a
beneficial interest therein) are effected in compliance with the Securities Act,
or
(2) after an Initial Note is
(x) sold pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act, pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement or otherwise, or (y) is validly
tendered for exchange into an Exchange Note pursuant to an
Exchange Offer
the Company may instruct the Trustee to cancel the Note and issue to the Holder
thereof (or to its transferee) a new Note of like tenor and amount, registered
in the name of the Holder thereof (or its transferee), that does not bear the
Restricted Legend, and the Trustee will comply with such instruction.
(d) By its acceptance of any Note bearing the Restricted Legend
(or any beneficial interest in such a Note), each Holder thereof and each owner
of a beneficial interest therein acknowledges the restrictions on transfer of
such Note (and any such beneficial interest) set forth in this Indenture and in
the Restricted Legend and agrees that it will transfer such Note (and any such
beneficial interest) only in accordance with this Indenture and such legend.
Section 2.02 . Execution and Authentication; Exchange Notes. (a) An
Officer shall execute the Notes for the Company by facsimile or manual signature
in the name and on behalf of the Company. If an Officer whose signature is on a
Note no longer holds that office at the time the Note is authenticated, the Note
will still be valid.
(b) A Note will not be valid until the Trustee manually signs the
certificate of authentication on the Note, with the signature conclusive
evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.
(c) At any time and from time to time after the execution and
delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Notes executed by the
Company to the Trustee for authentication. The Trustee will authenticate and
deliver
(i) Initial Notes for original issue in the aggregate
principal amount not to exceed $200,000,000, and
(ii) Exchange Notes from time to time for issue in
exchange for a like principal amount of Initial Notes
after the following conditions have been met:
(1) Receipt by the Trustee of an Officers' Certificate
specifying
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(A) the amount of Notes to be authenticated and
the date on which the Notes are to be authenticated,
(B) whether the Notes are to be Initial Notes or
Exchange Notes,
(C) whether the Notes are to be issued as one or
more Global Notes or Certificated Notes, and
(D) other information the Company may determine
to include or the Trustee may reasonably request.
(2) In the case of Exchange Notes, effectiveness of an
Exchange Offer Registration Statement and consummation of the exchange
offer thereunder (and receipt by the Trustee of an Officers'
Certificate to that effect). Initial Notes exchanged for Exchange Notes
will be cancelled by the Trustee.
Section 2.03. Registrar, Paying Agent and Authenticating Agent; Paying
Agent to Hold Money in Trust. (a) The Company may appoint one or more Registrars
and one or more Paying Agents, and the Trustee may appoint an Authenticating
Agent, in which case each reference in this Indenture to the Trustee in respect
of the obligations of the Trustee to be performed by that Agent will be deemed
to be references to the Agent. The Company may act as Registrar or (except for
purposes of Article 8) Paying Agent. In each case the Company and the Trustee
will enter into an appropriate agreement with the Agent implementing the
provisions of this Indenture relating to the obligations of the Trustee to be
performed by the Agent and the related rights. The Company initially appoints
the Trustee as Registrar and Paying Agent.
(b) The Company will require each Paying Agent other than the
Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the
benefit of the Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the
payment of principal of and interest on the Notes and will promptly notify the
Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. The Company at
any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee
and account for any funds disbursed, and the Trustee may at any time during the
continuance of any payment default, upon written request to a Paying Agent,
require the Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to
account for any funds disbursed. Upon doing so, the Paying Agent will have no
further liability for the money so paid over to the Trustee.
Section 2.04. Replacement Notes. If a mutilated Note is surrendered to
the Trustee or if a Holder claims that its Note has been lost, destroyed or
wrongfully taken, the Company will issue and the Trustee will authenticate a
replacement Note of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not
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contemporaneously outstanding. Every replacement Note is an additional
obligation of the Company and entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. If
required by the Trustee or the Company, an indemnity must be furnished that is
sufficient in the judgment of both the Trustee and the Company to protect the
Company and the Trustee from any loss they may suffer if a Note is replaced. The
Company may charge the Holder for the expenses of the Company and the Trustee in
replacing a Note. In case the mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken
Note has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its
discretion may pay the Note instead of issuing a replacement Note.
Section 2.05 . Outstanding Notes. (a) Notes outstanding at any time are
all Notes that have been authenticated by the Trustee except for
(1) Notes cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to it for
cancellation;
(2) any Note which has been replaced pursuant to Section
2.04 unless and until the Trustee and the Company receive proof
satisfactory to them that the replaced Note is held by a bona fide
purchaser; and
(3) on or after the maturity date or any redemption date
or date for purchase of the Notes pursuant to an Offer to Purchase,
those Notes payable or to be redeemed or purchased on that date for
which the Trustee (or Paying Agent, other than the Company or an
Affiliate of the Company) holds money sufficient to pay all amounts
then due.
(b) A Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or
one of its Affiliates holds the Note, provided that in determining whether the
Holders of the requisite principal amount of the outstanding Notes have given or
taken any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other action hereunder, Notes owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the
Company will be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, (it being
understood that in determining whether the Trustee is protected in relying upon
any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other action, only Notes which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually
knows to be so owned will be so disregarded). Notes so owned which have been
pledged in good faith may be regarded as outstanding if the pledgee establishes
to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to
such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Company or any Affiliate of the
Company.
Section 2.06 . Temporary Notes. Until definitive Notes are ready for
delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee will authenticate temporary
Notes. Temporary Notes will be substantially in the form of definitive Notes but
may have insertions, substitutions, omissions and other variations determined to
be appropriate by the Officer executing the temporary Notes, as evidenced by the
execution of the temporary Notes. If temporary Notes are issued, the Company
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will cause definitive Notes to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the
preparation of definitive Notes, the temporary Notes will be exchangeable for
definitive Notes upon surrender of the temporary Notes at the office or agency
of the Company designated for the purpose pursuant to Section 4.02, without
charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any temporary Notes the
Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver in exchange
therefor a like principal amount of definitive Notes of authorized
denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary Notes will be entitled to the
same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Notes.
Section 2.07. Cancellation. The Company at any time may deliver to the
Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated and delivered
hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may
deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated
hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold. Any Registrar or the Paying
Agent will forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to it for transfer,
exchange or payment. The Trustee will cancel all Notes surrendered for transfer,
exchange, payment or cancellation and dispose of them in accordance with its
normal procedures or the written instructions of the Company. The Company may
not issue new Notes to replace Notes it has paid in full or delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.08. CUSIP and CINS Numbers. The Company in issuing the Notes
may use "CUSIP" and "CINS" numbers, and the Trustee will use CUSIP numbers or
CINS numbers in notices of redemption or exchange or in Offers to Purchase as a
convenience to Holders, the notice to 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 redemption or exchange or Offer to Purchase. The Company will
promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP or CINS numbers.
Section 2.09. Registration, Transfer and Exchange. (a) The Notes will
be issued in registered form only, without coupons, and the Company shall cause
the Trustee to maintain a register (the "REGISTER") of the Notes, for
registering the record ownership of the Notes by the Holders and transfers and
exchanges of the Notes.
(b)(1) Each Global Note will be registered in the name of
the Depositary or its nominee and, so long as DTC is serving as the
Depositary thereof, will bear the DTC Legend.
(2) Each Global Note will be delivered to the Trustee as
custodian for the Depositary. Transfers of a Global Note (but not a
beneficial interest therein) will be limited to transfers thereof in
whole, but not in part, to the Depositary, its successors or their
respective nominees, except (1) as set forth in Section 2.09(b)(4) and
(2) transfers of portions
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thereof in the form of Certificated Notes may be made upon request of
an Agent Member (for itself or on behalf of a beneficial owner) by
written notice given to the Trustee by or on behalf of the Depositary
in accordance with customary procedures of the Depositary and in
compliance with this Section and Section 2.10.
(3) Agent Members will have no rights under this
Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the
Depositary, and the Depositary may be treated by the Company, the
Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute
owner and Holder of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Depositary or its nominee may grant
proxies and otherwise authorize any Person (including any Agent Member
and any Person that holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note
through an Agent Member) to take any action which a Holder is entitled
to take under this Indenture or the Notes, and nothing herein will
impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation
of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a holder
of any security.
(4) If (x) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for a Global Note and a
successor depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of
the notice or (y) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
and the Trustee has received a request from the Depositary, the Trustee
will promptly exchange each beneficial interest in the Global Note for
one or more Certificated Notes in authorized denominations having an
equal aggregate principal amount registered in the name of the owner of
such beneficial interest, as identified to the Trustee by the
Depositary, and thereupon the Global Note will be deemed canceled. If
such Note does not bear the Restricted Legend, then the Certificated
Notes issued in exchange therefor will not bear the Restricted Legend.
If such Note bears the Restricted Legend, then the Certificated Notes
issued in exchange therefor will bear the Restricted Legend, provided
that any Holder of any such Certificated Note issued in exchange for a
beneficial interest in an Offshore Global Note will have the right upon
presentation to the Trustee of a duly completed Certificate of
Beneficial Ownership after the Restricted Period to exchange such
Certificated Note for a Certificated Note of like tenor and amount that
does not bear the Restricted Legend, registered in the name of such
Holder.
(c) Each Certificated Note will be registered in the name of the
Holder thereof or its nominee.
(d) A Holder may transfer a Note (or a beneficial interest
therein) to another Person or exchange a Note (or a beneficial interest therein)
for another Note or Notes of any authorized denomination by presenting to the
Trustee a
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written request therefor stating the name of the proposed transferee or
requesting such an exchange, accompanied by any certification, opinion or other
document required by Section 2.10. The Trustee will promptly register any
transfer or exchange that meets the requirements of this Section by noting the
same in the register maintained by the Trustee for the purpose; provided that
(x) no transfer or exchange will be effective until it is
registered in such register and
(y) the Trustee will not be required (i) to issue,
register the transfer of or exchange any Note for a period of 15 days
before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or purchased pursuant to an
Offer to Purchase, (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any
Note so selected for redemption or purchase in whole or in part,
except, in the case of a partial redemption or purchase, that portion
of any Note not being redeemed or purchased, or (iii) if a redemption
or a purchase pursuant to an Offer to Purchase is to occur after a
Regular Record Date but on or before the corresponding Interest Payment
Date, to register the transfer of or exchange any Note on or after the
Regular Record Date and before the date of redemption or purchase.
Prior to the registration of any transfer, the Company, the Trustee and
their agents will treat the Person in whose name the Note is registered
as the owner and Holder thereof for all purposes (whether or not the
Note is overdue), and will not be affected by notice to the contrary.
From time to time the Company will execute and the Trustee will
authenticate additional Notes as necessary in order to permit the registration
of a transfer or exchange in accordance with this Section.
No service charge will be imposed in connection with any transfer or
exchange of any Note, 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 a transfer tax or other similar governmental charge
payable upon exchange pursuant to subsection (b)(4)).
(e) (1) Global Note to Global Note. If a beneficial
interest in a Global Note is transferred or exchanged for a beneficial
interest in another Global Note, the Trustee will (x) record a decrease
in the principal amount of the Global Note being transferred or
exchanged equal to the principal amount of such transfer or exchange
and (y) record a like increase in the principal amount of the other
Global Note. Any beneficial interest in one Global Note that is
transferred to a Person who takes delivery in the form of an interest
in another Global Note, or exchanged for an interest in another Global
Note, will, upon transfer or exchange, cease to be an interest in such
Global Note and become an interest in the other Global Note and,
accordingly, will thereafter be subject to all transfer and
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exchange restrictions, if any, and other procedures applicable to
beneficial interests in such other Global Note for as long as it
remains such an interest.
(2) Global Note to Certificated Note. If a beneficial
interest in a Global Note is transferred or exchanged for a
Certificated Note, the Trustee will (x) record a decrease in the
principal amount of such Global Note equal to the principal amount of
such transfer or exchange and (y) deliver one or more new Certificated
Notes in authorized denominations having an equal aggregate principal
amount to the transferee (in the case of a transfer) or the owner of
such beneficial interest (in the case of an exchange), registered in
the name of such transferee or owner, as applicable.
(3) Certificated Note to Global Note. If a Certificated
Note is transferred or exchanged for a beneficial interest in a Global
Note, the Trustee will (x) cancel such Certificated Note, (y) record an
increase in the principal amount of such Global Note equal to the
principal amount of such transfer or exchange and (z) in the event that
such transfer or exchange involves less than the entire principal
amount of the canceled Certificated Note, deliver to the Holder thereof
one or more new Certificated Notes in authorized denominations having
an aggregate principal amount equal to the untransferred or unexchanged
portion of the canceled Certificated Note, registered in the name of
the Holder thereof.
(4) Certificated Note to Certificated Note. If a
Certificated Note is transferred or exchanged for another Certificated
Note, the Trustee will (x) cancel the Certificated Note being
transferred or exchanged, (y) deliver one or more new Certificated
Notes in authorized denominations having an aggregate principal amount
equal to the principal amount of such transfer or exchange to the
transferee (in the case of a transfer) or the Holder of the canceled
Certificated Note (in the case of an exchange), registered in the name
of such transferee or Holder, as applicable, and (z) if such transfer
or exchange involves less than the entire principal amount of the
canceled Certificated Note, deliver to the Holder thereof one or more
Certificated Notes in authorized denominations having an aggregate
principal amount equal to the untransferred or unexchanged portion of
the canceled Certificated Note, registered in the name of the Holder
thereof.
Section 2.10. Restrictions on Transfer and Exchange. (a) The transfer
or exchange of any Note (or a beneficial interest therein) may only be made in
accordance with this Section and Section 2.09 and, in the case of a Global Note
(or a beneficial interest therein), the applicable rules and procedures of the
Depositary. The Trustee shall refuse to register any requested transfer or
exchange that does not comply with the preceding sentence.
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(b) Subject to paragraph (c), the transfer or exchange of any Note
(or a beneficial interest therein) of the type set forth in column A below for a
Note (or a beneficial interest therein) of the type set forth opposite in column
B below may only be made in compliance with the certification requirements (if
any) described in the clause of this paragraph set forth opposite in column C
below.
A B C
U.S. Global Note U.S. Global Note (1)
U.S. Global Note Offshore Global Note (2)
U.S. Global Note Certificated Note (3)
Offshore Global Note U.S. Global Note (4)
Offshore Global Note Offshore Global Note (1)
Offshore Global Note Certificated Note (5)
Certificated Note U.S. Global Note (4)
Certificated Note Offshore Global Note (2)
Certificated Note Certificated Note (3)
(1) No certification is required.
(2) The Person requesting the transfer or exchange must
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee a duly completed
Regulation S Certificate; provided that if the requested transfer or
exchange is made by the Holder of a Certificated Note that does not
bear the Restricted Legend, then no certification is required.
(3) The Person requesting the transfer or exchange must
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee (x) a duly completed
Rule 144A Certificate, (y) a duly completed Regulation S Certificate or
(z) a duly completed Institutional Accredited Investor Certificate,
and/or an Opinion of Counsel and such other certifications and evidence
as the Company may reasonably require in order to determine that the
proposed transfer or exchange is being made in compliance with the
Securities Act and any applicable securities laws of any state of the
United States; provided that if the requested transfer or exchange is
made by the Holder of a Certificated Note that does not bear the
Restricted Legend, then no certification is required. In the event that
(i) the requested transfer or exchange takes place after the Restricted
Period and a duly completed Regulation S Certificate is delivered to
the Trustee or (ii) a Certificated Note that does not bear the
Restricted Legend is surrendered for transfer or exchange, upon
transfer or exchange the Trustee will deliver a Certificated Note that
does not bear the Restricted Legend.
(4) The Person requesting the transfer or exchange must
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee a duly completed Rule
144A Certificate.
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(5) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, no such exchange is permitted if the requested exchange
involves a beneficial interest in an Offshore Global Note during the
Restricted Period. If the requested transfer involves a beneficial
interest in an Offshore Global Note during the Restricted Period, the
Person requesting the transfer must deliver or cause to be delivered to
the Trustee (x) a duly completed Rule 144A Certificate or (y) a duly
completed Institutional Accredited Investor Certificate and/or an
Opinion of Counsel and such other certifications and evidence as the
Company may reasonably require in order to determine that the proposed
transfer is being made in compliance with the Securities Act and any
applicable securities laws of any state of the United States. If the
requested transfer or exchange involves a beneficial interest in an
Offshore Global Note following expiration of the Restricted Period, no
certification is required and the Trustee will deliver a Certificated
Note that does not bear the Restricted Legend.
(c) No certification is required in connection with any transfer
or exchange of any Note (or a beneficial interest therein)
(1) after such Note is eligible for resale pursuant to Rule
144(k) under the Securities Act (or a successor provision); provided
that the Company has provided the Trustee with an Officer's Certificate
to that effect, and the Company may require from any Person requesting
a transfer or exchange in reliance upon this clause (1) an opinion of
counsel and any other reasonable certifications and evidence in order
to support such certificate; or
(2)(x) sold pursuant to an effective registration statement,
pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement or otherwise or (y) which
is validly tendered for exchange into an Exchange Note pursuant to an
Exchange Offer.
Any Certificated Note delivered in reliance upon this paragraph will
not bear the Restricted Legend.
(d) The Trustee will retain copies of all certificates, opinions
and other documents received in connection with the transfer or exchange of a
Note (or a beneficial interest therein), and the Company will have the right to
inspect and make copies thereof at any reasonable time upon written notice to
the Trustee.
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ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION; OFFER TO PURCHASE
Section 3.01. Optional Redemption. At any time and from time to time
on or after December 15, 2008, the Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in
part, at a redemption price equal to the percentage of principal amount set
forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date.
12-MONTH PERIOD
COMMENCING
DECEMBER 15
IN YEAR PERCENTAGE
------------------- ----------
2008 105.500%
2009 103.667%
2010 101.833%
2011 and thereafter 100.000%
Section 3.02. Redemption with Proceeds of Public Equity Offering. At
any time and from time to time prior to December 15, 2006, the Company may
redeem Notes with the net cash proceeds received by the Company from any Public
Equity Offering at a redemption price equal to 111% of the principal amount plus
accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date, in an aggregate principal
amount for all such redemptions not to exceed 35% of the original aggregate
principal amount of the Notes, provided that
(1) in each case the redemption takes place not later than 60 days
after the closing of the related Public Equity Offering, and
(2) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes
remains outstanding immediately thereafter (excluding Notes held by the Company
and its Subsidiaries).
Section 3.03. Method and Effect of Redemption. (a) If the Company
elects to redeem Notes, it must notify the Trustee of the redemption date and
the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed by delivering an Officers'
Certificate at least 45 days before the redemption date (unless a shorter period
is satisfactory to the Trustee). If fewer than all of the Notes are being
redeemed, the Officers' Certificate must also specify a record date not less
than 10 days after the date of the notice of redemption is given to the Trustee,
and the Trustee will select the Notes to be redeemed pro rata, by lot or by any
other method the Trustee in its sole discretion deems fair and appropriate, in
denominations of $1,000 principal amount and multiples thereof. The Trustee will
notify the Company promptly of the Notes or portions of Notes to be called for
redemption. Notice of redemption must be sent by the Company or at the Company's
request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company, to
Holders whose Notes are to be
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redeemed at least 20 Business Days but not more than 60 days before the
redemption date.
(b) The notice of redemption will identify the Notes to be
redeemed and will include or state the following:
(1) the redemption date;
(2) the redemption price, including the portion thereof
representing any accrued interest;
(3) the place or places where Notes are to be surrendered
for redemption;
(4) Notes called for redemption must be so surrendered in
order to collect the redemption price;
(5) on the redemption date the redemption price will
become due and payable on Notes called for redemption, and interest on
Notes called for redemption will cease to accrue on and after the
redemption date;
(6) if any Note is redeemed in part, on and after the
redemption date, upon surrender of such Note, new Notes equal in
principal amount to the unredeemed portion will be issued; and
(7) if any Note contains a CUSIP or CINS number, no
representation is being made as to the correctness of the CUSIP or CINS
number either as printed on the Notes or as contained in the notice of
redemption and that the Holder should rely only on the other
identification numbers printed on the Notes.
(c) Once notice of redemption is sent to the Holders, Notes called
for redemption become due and payable at the redemption price on the redemption
date, and upon surrender of the Notes called for redemption, the Company shall
redeem such Notes at the redemption price. Commencing on the redemption date,
Notes redeemed will cease to accrue interest. Upon surrender of any Note
redeemed in part, the Holder will receive a new Note equal in principal amount
to the unredeemed portion of the surrendered Note.
Section 3.04. Offer to Purchase. (a) An "OFFER TO PURCHASE" means an
offer by the Company to purchase Notes as required by this Indenture. An Offer
to Purchase must be made by written offer (the "OFFER") sent to the Holders. The
Company will notify the Trustee at least 15 days (or such shorter period as is
acceptable to the Trustee) prior to sending the offer to Holders of its
obligation to make an Offer to Purchase, and the offer will be sent by the
Company or, at the Company's request, by the Trustee in the name and at the
expense of the Company.
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(b) The offer must include or state the following as to the terms
of the Offer to Purchase:
(1) the provision of this Indenture pursuant to which the
Offer to Purchase is being made;
(2) the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding
Notes offered to be purchased by the Company pursuant to the Offer to
Purchase (including, if less than 100%, the manner by which such amount
has been determined pursuant to this Indenture) (the "PURCHASE
AMOUNT");
(3) the purchase price, including the portion thereof
representing accrued interest;
(4) an expiration date (the "EXPIRATION DATE") not less
than 20 Business Days or more than 60 days after the date of the offer,
and a settlement date for purchase (the "PURCHASE DATE") not more than
five Business Days after the expiration date;
(5) information concerning the business of the Company
and its Subsidiaries which the Company in good faith believes will
enable the Holders to make an informed decision with respect to the
Offer to Purchase, at a minimum to include
(A) the most recent annual and quarterly
financial statements and "Management's Discussion and Analysis
of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" for the
Company,
(B) a description of material developments in
the Company's business subsequent to the date of the latest of
the financial statements (including a description of the
events requiring the Company to make the Offer to Purchase),
and
(C) if applicable, appropriate pro forma financial
information concerning the Offer to Purchase and the events
requiring the Company to make the Offer to Purchase;
(6) a Holder may tender all or any portion of its Notes,
subject to the requirement that any portion of a Note tendered must be
in a multiple of $1,000 principal amount;
(7) the place or places where Notes are to be surrendered
for tender pursuant to the Offer to Purchase;
(8) each Holder electing to tender a Note pursuant to the
offer will be required to surrender such Note at the place or places
specified in the offer prior to the close of business on the expiration
date (such Note
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being, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, duly endorsed or
accompanied by a duly executed written instrument of transfer);
(9) interest on any Note not tendered, or tendered but
not purchased by the Company pursuant to the Offer to Purchase, will
continue to accrue;
(10) on the purchase date the purchase price will become
due and payable on each Note accepted for purchase, and interest on
Notes purchased will cease to accrue on and after the purchase date;
(11) Holders are entitled to withdraw Notes tendered by
giving notice, which must be received by the Company or the Trustee not
later than the close of business on the expiration date, setting forth
the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the tendered Notes, the
certificate number of the tendered Notes and a statement that the
Holder is withdrawing all or a portion of the tender;
(12) (i) if Notes in an aggregate principal amount less
than or equal to the purchase amount are duly tendered and not
withdrawn pursuant to the Offer to Purchase, the Company will purchase
all such Notes, and (ii) if the Offer to Purchase is for less than all
of the outstanding Notes and Notes in an aggregate principal amount in
excess of the purchase amount are duly tendered and not withdrawn
pursuant to the offer, the Company will purchase Notes having an
aggregate principal amount equal to the purchase amount on a pro rata
basis, with adjustments made in the Company's discretion so that only
Notes in multiples of $1,000 principal amount will be purchased;
(13) if any Note is purchased in part, new Notes equal in
principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Note will be issued;
and
(14) if any Note contains a CUSIP or CINS number, no
representation is being made as to the correctness of the CUSIP or CINS
number either as printed on the Notes or as contained in the offer and
that the Holder should rely only on the other identification numbers
printed on the Notes.
(c) Prior to the purchase date, the Company will accept tendered
Notes for purchase as required by the Offer to Purchase and deliver to the
Trustee all Notes so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate specifying
which Notes have been accepted for purchase. On the purchase date the purchase
price will become due and payable on each Note accepted for purchase, and
interest on Notes purchased will cease to accrue on and after the purchase date.
The Trustee will promptly return to Holders any Notes not accepted for purchase
and send to
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Holders new Notes equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of any
Notes accepted for purchase in part.
(d) The Company will comply with Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act
and all other applicable laws in making any Offer to Purchase, and the above
procedures will be deemed modified as necessary to permit such compliance.
ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
Section 4.01. Payment Of Notes. (a) The Company agrees to pay the
principal of and interest on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided
in the Notes and this Indenture. Not later than 9:00 A.M. (New York City time)
on the due date of any principal of or interest on any Notes, or any redemption
or purchase price of the Notes, the Company will deposit with the Trustee (or
Paying Agent) money in immediately available funds sufficient to pay such
amounts, provided that if the Company or any Affiliate of the Company is acting
as Paying Agent, it will, on or before each due date, segregate and hold in a
separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders a sum of money sufficient to
pay such amounts until paid to such Holders or otherwise disposed of as provided
in this Indenture. In each case the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of
its compliance with this paragraph.
(b) An installment of principal or interest will be considered
paid on the date due if the Trustee (or Paying Agent, other than the Company or
any Affiliate of the Company) holds on that date money designated for and
sufficient to pay the installment. If the Company or any Affiliate of the
Company acts as Paying Agent, an installment of principal or interest will be
considered paid on the due date only if paid to the Holders.
(c) The Company agrees to pay interest on overdue principal, and
overdue installments of interest at the rate per annum specified in the Notes.
(d) Payments in respect of the Notes represented by the Global
Notes are to be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the
accounts specified by the Holders of the Global Notes. With respect to
Certificated Notes, the Company will make all payments by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Holders thereof or,
if no such account is specified, by mailing a check to each Holder's registered
address.
Section 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company will
maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, an office or agency
where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for
presentation for payment and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in
respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Company hereby
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initially designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as such office of
the Company. The Company will 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 fails to maintain any such required office or agency or fails
to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders,
notices and demands may be made or served to the Trustee.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other
offices or agencies where the Notes may be surrendered or presented for any of
such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations. The Company
will 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.
Section 4.03. Existence. The Company will do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence and
the existence of each of its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with their
respective organizational documents, and the material rights, licenses and
franchises of the Company and each Restricted Subsidiary; provided that the
Company is not required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the
existence of any Restricted Subsidiary (including any Guarantor, subject to any
applicable provisions of Article 5), if the maintenance or preservation thereof
is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole; and provided further that this Section
does not prohibit any transaction otherwise permitted by Sections 4.14, 5.01 or
5.02.
Section 4.04. Payment of Taxes and other Claims. The Company will pay
or discharge, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay or discharge before the
same become delinquent (i) all material taxes, assessments and governmental
charges levied or imposed upon the Company or any Subsidiary or its income or
profits or property, and (ii) all material lawful claims for labor, materials
and supplies that, if unpaid, might by law become a Lien (other than a Permitted
Lien) upon the property of the Company or any Subsidiary, other than any such
tax, assessment, charge or claim the amount, applicability or validity of which
is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which
adequate reserves (to the extent required in accordance with GAAP) have been
established.
Section 4.05. Maintenance of Properties and Insurance; Maintenance of
Temporary Interest Reserve. (a) The Company will cause all tangible personal
properties used in the conduct of its business or the business of any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and
working order as in the judgment of the Company may be necessary so that the
business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may be properly
conducted at all times; provided that nothing in this Section prevents the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from discontinuing the use, operation or
maintenance of any of such property or disposing of any such property, if such
discontinuance or disposal is, in the judgment of the Company, desirable in the
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conduct of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as
a whole; provided further that, with respect to the Mortgaged Vessels, the
Company will, or will cause the Mortgaged Vessel Owning Subsidiaries to,
maintain and keep such Mortgaged Vessels in such condition, repair and working
order as is required by the Collateral Documents (in lieu of complying with this
Section 4.05(a)).
(b) The Company will provide or cause to be provided, for itself
and its Restricted Subsidiaries, insurance (including appropriate
self-insurance) against loss or damage of the kinds customarily insured against
by corporations similarly situated and owning like properties, including, but
not limited to, commercial general liability insurance, with reputable insurers,
in such amounts, with such deductibles and by such methods as are customary for
corporations similarly situated in the industry in which the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries are then conducting business; provided that, with
respect to the Mortgaged Vessels, the Company shall be required to provide or
cause to be provided only such insurance as is required by the Collateral
Documents (in lieu of complying with this Section 4.05(b)).
(c) At all times from the Issue Date until the last to occur of
(i) the acceptance by the customer under the existing construction contract for
the offshore production platform known as Devils Tower to which the Company or
one or more of its Subsidiaries is a party (as such contract may hereafter be
amended or supplemented) and (ii) the acceptance by the customer under the
existing construction contract for the offshore production platform known as
Front Runner to which the Company or one or more of its Subsidiaries is a party
(as such contract may hereafter be amended or supplemented), the Company shall
maintain, in a separate account, cash reserves sufficient to pay, in full, the
next two succeeding payments of interest on the Notes as provided in the Notes
and this Indenture.
Section 4.06. Limitation on Debt and Disqualified or Preferred Stock.
ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. The Company
(1) will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, Incur any Debt; and
(2) will not, and will not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to, Incur any Disqualified Stock, and will not permit any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries to Incur any Preferred Stock (other than
Disqualified or Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries held by the
Company and/or a Restricted Subsidiary, so long as it is so held);
provided that the Company or any Guarantor may Incur Debt and the Company or any
Guarantor may Incur Disqualified Stock if, on the date of the Incurrence, after
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giving effect to the Incurrence and the receipt and application of the proceeds
therefrom, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is not less than 2.25:1.0.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and, to the extent
provided below, any Restricted Subsidiary may Incur any of the following
("PERMITTED DEBT"):
(1) Debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
pursuant to Credit Facilities; provided that the aggregate principal
amount at any time outstanding does not exceed the greater of (X)
$100,000,000 and (Y) the sum for the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries of 80% of accounts receivable and 50% of inventory,
including Guarantees of such Debt by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary; provided, further, that, for purposes of this limitation,
borrowings under the Credit Facilities that are used to provide cash
collateral for letters of credit issued under the Credit Facilities
will not be considered to be Debt for purposes of this clause (1) to
the extent that the Obligations under such letters of credit are
considered to be Debt under this clause (1);
(2) Debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary so long as such Debt continues
to be owed to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary and which, if the
obligor is the Company or a Guarantor, is subordinated in right of
payment to the Notes;
(3) Debt of the Company pursuant to the Notes and Debt of
any Guarantor pursuant to a Note Guaranty of the Notes;
(4) (i) Debt of the Company under the Intercompany Note
and (ii) any other Debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
outstanding on the Issue Date (and, for purposes of clause (5)(D)
below, not otherwise constituting Permitted Debt)
(5) Debt ("PERMITTED REFINANCING DEBT") constituting an
extension or renewal of, replacement of, or substitution for, or issued
in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to repay,
redeem, repurchase, refinance or refund, including by way of defeasance
(all of the above, for purposes of this clause, "refinance") then
outstanding Debt in an amount not to exceed the principal amount of the
Debt so refinanced, plus any associated premiums, fees and expenses;
provided that
(A) in case the Debt to be refinanced is
subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, the new Debt,
by its terms or by the terms of any agreement or instrument
pursuant to which it is outstanding, is expressly made
subordinate in right of payment to
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the Notes at least to the extent that the Debt to be
refinanced is subordinated to the Notes,
(B) the new Debt does not have a Stated Maturity
prior to the Stated Maturity of the Debt to be refinanced, and
the Average Life of the new Debt is at least equal to the
remaining Average Life of the Debt to be refinanced,
(C) in no event may Debt of the Company or any
Guarantor be refinanced pursuant to this clause by means of
any Debt of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor,
and
(D) Debt Incurred pursuant to clauses (1), (2),
(6), (7), (10), (11), (12), (13) and (14) may not be
refinanced pursuant to this clause;
(6) Hedging Agreements of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary entered into in the ordinary course of business for the
purpose of limiting risks associated with the business of the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries and not for speculation;
(7) Debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary with
respect to letters of credit, bankers' acceptances, bonds and other
similar instruments issued in the ordinary course of business and not
supporting other Debt, including letters of credit supporting
performance, surety, customs, appeal or similar bonds or
indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations
incurred in connection with the acquisition or disposition of any
business or assets;
(8) Acquired Debt, provided that after giving effect to
the Incurrence thereof, the Company could Incur at least $1.00 of Debt
under the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in paragraph (a)
of this covenant;
(9) Debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary,
which may include Capital Leases, Incurred on or after the Issue Date
no later than 180 days after the date of purchase or completion of
construction or improvement of property for the purpose of financing
all or any part of the purchase price or cost of construction or
improvement, provided that the principal amount of any Debt Incurred
pursuant to this clause may not exceed (a) $20,000,000 less (b) the
aggregate outstanding amount of Permitted Refinancing Debt Incurred to
refinance Debt Incurred pursuant to this clause;
(10) up to $2,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Debt
of the Company issued in connection with the purchase, redemption,
acquisition
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or other retirement for value of Equity Interests of MII held by
officers, directors or employees or former directors, officers or
employees (or their estates or beneficiaries under their estates), upon
death, disability, retirement, severance or termination of employment
or service or pursuant to any agreement under which the Equity
Interests were issued, provided that payments in respect of such Debt
are treated when made as Restricted Payments;
(11) Debt of the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary
consisting of the Guarantee of Debt of Joint Ventures not to exceed
$25,000,000 in aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding;
provided that as and to the extent the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be, shall be entitled pursuant to the terms
of any agreement then in effect, to reimbursement, indemnity or
contribution from any Person (other than the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or the Joint Ventures) that the Company reasonably deems
to be solvent for amounts as to which the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be, may become liable for or have to pay
pursuant to such guarantee of Debt of a Joint Venture, such amount, but
not the remaining amount, shall not be treated for the purpose of the
foregoing limitation as having been guaranteed;
(12) Debt of the Company or any Guarantor consisting of
Guarantees of Debt of the Company or any Guarantor Incurred under any
other clause of this covenant; and
(13) additional Debt of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary incurred on or after the Issue Date not otherwise permitted
hereunder in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not
to exceed $25,000,000 (which may include any Debt incurred for any
purpose, including but not limited to the purposes referred to in
clauses (1) through (12) above).
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.06:
(a) in the event that an item of proposed Debt (including
Acquired Debt) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of
Permitted Debt described in clauses (1) through (13) above, or is
entitled to be incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of this
covenant, the Company will be permitted to classify (or later
reclassify in whole or in part) such item of Debt in any manner that
complies with this covenant;
(b) the accrual of interest, the accretion or
amortization of original issue discount and the payment of interest on
any Debt in the form of additional Debt with the same terms will not be
deemed to be an incurrence of Debt for purposes of this covenant;
provided, in each such
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case, that the amount thereof is included in the computation of Fixed
Charges as accrued; and
(c) for the purposes of determining compliance with any
dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of Debt denominated in
a foreign currency, the dollar-equivalent principal amount of such Debt
incurred pursuant thereto shall be calculated based on the relevant
currency exchange rate in effect on the date that such Debt was
Incurred.
Section 4.07. Limitation on Restricted Payments. ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT
DEFINED. The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to,
directly or indirectly (the payments and other actions described in the
following clauses being collectively "RESTRICTED PAYMENTS"):
(i) declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution
on its Equity Interests (other than dividends or distributions paid in
the Company's Qualified Equity Interests) held by Persons other than
the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(ii) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for
value any Equity Interests of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
held by Persons other than the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries;
(iii) repay, redeem, repurchase, defease or otherwise
acquire or retire for value, or make any payment on or with respect to
the Intercompany Note or any other Subordinated Debt except payments of
interest and principal at Stated Maturity; or
(iv) make any Investment other than a Permitted
Investment;
unless, at the time of, and after giving effect to, the proposed Restricted
Payment:
(1) no Default has occurred and is continuing,
(2) the Company could Incur at least $1.00 of Debt under
the first paragraph of Section 4.06, and
(3) the aggregate amount expended for all Restricted
Payments made on or after the Issue Date would not, subject to
paragraph (c), exceed the sum of
(A) 50% of the aggregate amount of the
Consolidated Net Income (or, if the Consolidated Net Income is
a loss, minus 100% of the amount of the loss) accrued on a
cumulative basis during the period, taken as one accounting
period, beginning on October 1, 2003 and ending on the last
day of the Company's most recently
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completed fiscal quarter for which internal financial
statements are available, plus
(B) subject to paragraph (c), the aggregate net
cash proceeds received by the Company (other than from a
Subsidiary) after the Issue Date
(i) from the issuance and sale of its
Qualified Equity Interests, including by way of
issuance of its Disqualified Equity Interests or Debt
to the extent since converted into Qualified Equity
Interests of the Company, or
(ii) as a contribution to its common
equity (excluding in any event any such contribution
that may be effected through a conversion of the
Intercompany Note to equity), plus
(C) an amount equal to the sum, for all
Unrestricted Subsidiaries, of the following:
(x) the cash return, after the Issue
Date, on Investments in an Unrestricted Subsidiary
made after the Issue Date pursuant to this paragraph
(a) as a result of any sale for cash, repayment,
redemption, liquidating distribution or other cash
realization (not included in Consolidated Net
Income), plus
(y) the portion (proportionate to the
Company's equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the
Fair Market Value of the assets less liabilities of
an Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time such
Unrestricted Subsidiary is designated a Restricted
Subsidiary,
not to exceed, in the case of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, the
amount of Investments made after the Issue Date by the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Unrestricted
Subsidiary pursuant to this paragraph (a), plus
(D) the cash return, after the Issue
Date, on any other Investment made after the Issue
Date pursuant to this paragraph (a), as a result of
any sale for cash, repayment, redemption, liquidating
distribution or other cash realization (not included
in Consolidated Net Income), not to exceed the amount
of such Investment so made.
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The amount expended in any Restricted Payment, if other than in cash,
will be deemed to be the Fair Market Value of the relevant noncash assets.
(b) The foregoing will not prohibit:
(1) the payment of any dividend within 60 days after the
date of declaration thereof if, at the date of declaration, such
payment would comply with paragraph (a);
(2) dividends or distributions by a Restricted Subsidiary
payable, on a pro rata basis or on a basis more favorable to the
Company, to all holders of any class of Capital Stock of such
Restricted Subsidiary a majority of which is held, directly or
indirectly through Restricted Subsidiaries, by the Company;
(3) the repayment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance or
other acquisition or retirement of Subordinated Debt with the proceeds
of, or in exchange for, Permitted Refinancing Debt;
(4) the purchase, redemption or other acquisition or
retirement of Equity Interests of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of a substantially
concurrent offering of, Qualified Equity Interests of the Company or of
a cash contribution to the common equity of the Company;
(5) the repayment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance or
other acquisition or retirement of Subordinated Debt of the Company in
exchange for, or out of the proceeds of, a substantially concurrent
offering of, Qualified Equity Interests of the Company or of a cash
contribution to the common equity of the Company;
(6) any Investment made in exchange for, or out of the
net cash proceeds of, a substantially concurrent offering of Qualified
Equity Interests of the Company or of a cash contribution to the common
equity of the Company;
(7) Investments not otherwise permitted by the other
clauses of this paragraph (b) made after the Issue Date not to exceed
in the aggregate $10,000,000 (net of, with respect to the Investment in
any particular Person, the cash return thereon received after the Issue
Date as a result of any sale for cash, repayment, redemption,
liquidating distribution or other cash realization (not included in
Consolidated Net Income), not to exceed the amount of Investments in
such Person made after the Issue Date in reliance on this clause);
(8) any Investment consisting of Guarantees of loans or
advances made by one or more third-parties to any Joint Venture,
provided
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that the aggregate amount of Investments under this clause (8) shall at
no time exceed $15,000,000;
(9) the purchase, redemption or other acquisition or
retirement for value of Equity Interests of the Company or MII held by
officers, directors or employees or former officers, directors or
employees (or their estates or beneficiaries under their estates), upon
death, disability, retirement, severance or termination of employment
or pursuant to any agreement or employee benefit or welfare plan under
which the Equity Interests were issued; provided that the aggregate
cash consideration paid therefor in any twelve-month period after the
Issue Date does not exceed an aggregate amount of $2,000,000; and
(10) the assignment of insurance rights contemplated by
clause (10) of the definition of "Asset Sale."
provided that, in the case of clauses (6), (7), (8) and (9), no Default has
occurred and is continuing or would occur as a result thereof.
(c) Proceeds of the issuance of Qualified Equity Interests will be
included under clause (3) of paragraph (a) only to the extent they are not
applied as described in clause (4), (5) or (6) of paragraph (b). Restricted
Payments permitted pursuant to clause (3), (4), (5) or (6) will not be included
in making the calculations under clause (3) of paragraph (a).
Section 4.08. Limitation on Liens. The Company will not, and will not
permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, incur or permit to
exist any Lien of any nature whatsoever on any of its properties or assets,
whether owned at the Issue Date or thereafter acquired, other than Permitted
Liens, provided that the foregoing shall not apply, with respect to any such
property or assets (other than the Collateral), to the extent that the Company
or such Restricted Subsidiary effectively provides that the Notes are secured
equally and ratably with (or, if the obligation to be secured by the Lien is
subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or any Note Guaranty, prior to)
the obligations so secured for so long as such obligations are so secured.
Section 4.09. Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions. The
Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into
any Sale and Leaseback Transaction with respect to any property or asset unless
the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary would be entitled to
(A) Incur Debt in an amount equal to the Attributable
Debt with respect to such Sale and Leaseback Transaction pursuant to
Section 4.06, and
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(B) create a Lien on such property or asset securing such
Attributable Debt without equally and ratably securing the Notes
pursuant to Section 4.08.
Section 4.10 . Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions
Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), the
Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create or
otherwise cause or permit to exist or become effective any consensual
restriction of any kind on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to
(1) pay dividends or make any other distributions on any
Equity Interests of the Restricted Subsidiary owned by the Company or
any other Restricted Subsidiary,
(2) pay any Debt or other obligation owed to the Company
or any other Restricted Subsidiary,
(3) make loans or advances to the Company or any other
Restricted Subsidiary, or
(4) transfer any of its property or assets to the Company
or any other Restricted Subsidiary.
(b) The provisions of paragraph (a) do not apply to any
encumbrances or restrictions
(1) existing on the Issue Date in this Indenture or any
other agreements in effect on the Issue Date, and any extensions,
renewals, replacements or refinancings of any of the foregoing;
provided that the encumbrances and restrictions in the extension,
renewal, replacement or refinancing, taken as a whole, are not
materially less favorable to the Noteholders than the encumbrances or
restrictions being extended, renewed, replaced or refinanced;
(2) existing in the Credit Facilities;
(3) existing under or by reason of applicable law or
governmental regulation;
(4) existing
(A) with respect to any Person, or to the
property or assets of any Person, at the time the Person is
acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, or
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(B) with respect to any Unrestricted Subsidiary
at the time it is designated or is deemed to become a
Restricted Subsidiary,
which encumbrances or restrictions (i) are not applicable to
any other Person or the property or assets of any other Person
and (ii) were not put in place in anticipation of such event
and any extensions, renewals, replacements or refinancings of
any of the foregoing; provided the encumbrances and
restrictions in the extension, renewal, replacement or
refinancing are, taken as a whole, no less favorable in any
material respect to the Noteholders than the encumbrances or
restrictions being extended, renewed, replaced or refinanced;
(5) of the type described in clause (a)(4) arising or
agreed to in the ordinary course of business (i) that restrict in a
customary manner the chartering, subletting, assignment or transfer of
any property or asset that is subject to a lease or license, (ii) by
virtue of any Lien on, or agreement to transfer, option or similar
right with respect to any property or assets of, the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary or (iii) not relating to Debt and that do not,
individually or in the aggregate, detract from the value of property or
assets of the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries in any manner
material to the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole;
(6) with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary and imposed
pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into for the sale or
disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock of, or
property and assets of, the Restricted Subsidiary that is permitted by
Section 4.11 and Section 4.14; or
(7) required pursuant to this Indenture or any Security
Document.
Section 4.11. Limitation on Sale or Issuance of Equity Interests of
Restricted Subsidiaries. The Company will not, and will not permit any
Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, sell or issue any Equity
Interests of a Restricted Subsidiary unless
(1) the sale or issuance is to the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary,
(2) the sale or issuance is of Capital Stock representing
directors' qualifying shares or Capital Stock required by applicable
law to be held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary, or
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(3) (i) if, after giving effect to the sale or issuance,
the Restricted Subsidiary would no longer be a Restricted Subsidiary,
all remaining Investments of the Company and the Restricted
Subsidiaries in such Person (valued at an amount equal to the Company's
remaining proportional share of the Fair Market Value of such Person's
assets less liabilities), if deemed made at that time, would be
permitted under Section 4.06 and (ii) the Company complies with Section
4.14 with respect to the sale or issuance.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and its applicable Restricted
Subsidiaries may effect an issuance or transfer of up to 25% of the Equity
Interests (after giving effect to such transaction) of P.T. J. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Indonesia, a company organized under the laws of Indonesia that is, as of the
Issue Date, a Restricted Subsidiary, to P.T. Sarana Interfab Mandiri, in
connection with the existing P.T. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Indonesia Shareholders Agreement.
Following that issuance or transfer, P.T. J. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Indonesia will be a
Joint Venture.
Section 4.12 . Additional Note Guaranties and Collateral After the
Issue Date. (a) If and for so long as any Restricted Subsidiary, directly or
indirectly, Guarantees any Debt of the Company after the Issue Date, the Company
shall concurrently cause such Restricted Subsidiary to provide a Note Guaranty,
and, if the guaranteed Debt of the Company is Subordinated Debt, the Guarantee
of such guaranteed Debt must be subordinated in right of payment to the Note
Guaranty to at least the extent that the guaranteed Debt is subordinated to the
Notes.
(b) If at any time after the Issue Date any Restricted Subsidiary
that is not a Guarantor on the Issue Date is or becomes a Material Subsidiary,
the Company shall cause such Restricted Subsidiary to enter into a Note Guaranty
and comply with the requirements of Section 4.12(d) applicable to it, in each
case within 10 Business Days of the date on which such Restricted Subsidiary
first becomes a Material Subsidiary.
(c) A Restricted Subsidiary required to provide a Note Guaranty
pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) above shall execute a supplemental indenture in
the form of Exhibit B, and deliver an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee to the
effect that, in the opinion of such counsel, the supplemental indenture has been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Restricted Subsidiary and
constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Restricted Subsidiary,
enforceable against the Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with its terms
(subject to customary exceptions); provided that such Opinion of Counsel may
rely on an Officers' Certificate or certificates of public officials with
respect to matters of fact.
(d) If after the Issue Date the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary (i) acquires any Capital Stock of a Material Subsidiary or (ii)
acquires any marine
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vessel that is a Mortgaged Vessel or is required to become a Mortgaged Vessel
under the terms of this Indenture or the Collateral Documents, then the Company
or such Restricted Subsidiary (as applicable) shall, within 10 Business Days of
such acquisition, (i) execute and deliver such mortgages, pledge agreements,
other security instruments and financing statements as shall be necessary to
cause such Capital Stock or marine vessel to become Collateral subject to the
Lien of the Collateral Documents for the benefit of the Noteholders, subject
only to Permitted Encumbrances, and (ii) cause to be delivered one or more
Opinions of Counsel with respect to such Collateral substantially to the effect
that, in the opinion of such counsel, subject to customary qualifications, the
Company has taken the actions referred to in Section 10.02(a).
Section 4.13. Repurchase of Notes Upon a Change of Control. (a) Not
later than 30 days following a Change of Control, the Company will make an Offer
to Purchase all outstanding Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the
principal amount plus accrued interest to the date of purchase.
Section 4.14. Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Asset Sales of
Collateral. The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary
to, make any Asset Sale of Collateral unless the following conditions are met:
(1) The Asset Sale is for Fair Market Value.
(2) Except, in the case of the Asset Sale of one or more
Mortgaged Vessels, to the extent that the Company or a Guarantor
receives one or more marine vessels from another Person in trade or
exchange for such Mortgaged Vessel or Mortgaged Vessels so disposed of,
at least 75% of the consideration for such Asset Sale consists of cash
or Cash Equivalents received at closing. (For purposes of this clause
(2), instruments or securities received from the purchaser that are
promptly, but in any event within 30 days of the closing, converted by
the Company to cash or Cash Equivalents, to the extent of the cash or
Cash Equivalents actually so received, shall be considered cash
received at closing.)
(3) in the case of the Asset Sale of one or more
Mortgaged Vessels, any marine vessel received from another Person in
trade or exchange for such Mortgaged Vessel or Mortgaged Vessels so
disposed of shall concurrently with its acquisition be added to the
Collateral pursuant to arrangements substantially similar to those made
with respect to the Mortgaged Vessels on the Issue Date;
(4) An amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds from
such Asset Sale is paid directly to the Trustee to be held in trust
pursuant to Article 11 hereof and applied by the Company or a Guarantor
(including any Restricted Subsidiary that elects to become a Guarantor
in
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accordance with the provisions of this Indenture), at the Company's
election, either:
(A) to acquire one or more additional marine
vessels or Capital Stock, which such vessel or vessels or
Capital Stock shall concurrently with their acquisition become
Collateral pursuant to arrangements substantially similar to
those made with respect to the Collateral of the relevant type
on the Issue Date, or to make capital expenditures to improve
or repair existing Mortgaged Vessels; provided that to the
extent that the Collateral disposed of in such Asset Sale was
one or more Mortgaged Vessels or the Capital Stock of a
Subsidiary which directly or indirectly owned one or more
Mortgaged Vessels, any additional Collateral acquired pursuant
to this clause (A) with such Net Cash Proceeds shall be one or
more marine vessels;
(B) to make an Offer to Purchase Notes, pro
rata, rounded down to the nearest $1,000, pursuant to and
subject to the conditions contained in this Indenture,
in each case within 12 months from the later of the date of such Asset
Sale of Collateral or the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this paragraph (a), the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries shall not be required to apply any Net Cash Proceeds
in accordance with clauses (4)(A) or (4)(B) of this paragraph (a) except to the
extent that the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds from all Asset Sales of Collateral
which is not applied in accordance with this covenant exceeds $10,000,000. Upon
completion of any Offer to Purchase under this paragraph (a), the Trustee shall
release to the Company or the relevant Guarantor any amounts by which the
aggregate amount of such Offer to Purchase exceeds the aggregate principal
amount of Notes tendered and purchased pursuant thereto.
(b) Asset Sales not Involving Collateral. The Company will not, and
will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, make any Asset Sale (excluding any
Asset Sale of Collateral, which shall be governed by paragraph (a) above) unless
the following conditions are met:
(1) The Asset Sale is for Fair Market Value.
(2) Except, in the case of the Asset Sale of one or more
Vessels (other than Mortgaged Vessels), to the extent that the Company
or a Guarantor receives one or more Vessels from another Person in
trade or exchange for the Vessel or Vessels disposed of, at least 75%
of the consideration for such Asset Sale consists of cash or Cash
Equivalents received at closing. (For purposes of this clause (2), the
assumption by the
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purchaser of Debt or other obligations (other than Subordinated Debt)
of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to a customary
novation agreement, and instruments or securities received from the
purchaser that are promptly, but in any event within 30 days of the
closing, converted by the Company to cash or Cash Equivalents, to the
extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents actually so received, shall be
considered cash received at closing.)
(3) Within 12 months after the receipt of any Net Cash
Proceeds from an Asset Sale, the Net Cash Proceeds may be used
(A) to permanently repay Debt other than
Subordinated Debt of the Company or a Guarantor or any Debt of
a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor (and in the
case of a revolving credit, permanently reduce the commitment
thereunder by such amount), in each case owing to a Person
other than the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, or
(B) to acquire all or substantially all of the
assets of a Permitted Business, or a majority of the Voting
Stock of another Person that thereupon becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary engaged in a Permitted Business, or to make capital
expenditures or otherwise acquire long-term assets that are to
be used in a Permitted Business.
(4) The Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale under this
paragraph (b) not applied pursuant to clause (3) within 12 months of
the Asset Sale constitute "EXCESS PROCEEDS". Excess Proceeds of less
than $10,000,000 will be carried forward and accumulated. When
accumulated Excess Proceeds equals or exceeds $10,000,000, the Company
must, within 30 days thereafter, make an Offer to Purchase Notes having
a principal amount equal to
(A) accumulated Excess Proceeds, multiplied by
(B) a fraction (x) the numerator of which is equal to
the outstanding principal amount of the Notes and (y) the
denominator of which is equal to the outstanding principal
amount of the Notes and all pari passu Debt similarly required
to be repaid, redeemed or tendered for in connection with the
Asset Sale,
rounded down to the nearest $1,000. Upon completion of the Offer to
Purchase under this paragraph (b), Excess Proceeds will be reset at
zero.
(c) Offer to Purchase Notes. The purchase price for the Notes for any
offer under paragraph (a) or (b) above will be 100% of the principal amount plus
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accrued interest to the date of purchase. If the Offer to Purchase is for less
than all of the outstanding Notes and Notes in an aggregate principal amount in
excess of the purchase amount are duly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to
the offer, the Company will purchase Notes having an aggregate principal amount
equal to the purchase amount on a pro rata basis, with adjustments so that only
Notes in multiples of $1,000 principal amount will be purchased.
Section 4.15. Limitation on Transactions with Shareholders and
Affiliates. (a) the Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, enter into, renew or extend any
transaction or arrangement including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of
property or assets, or the rendering of any service with (x) any holder, or any
Affiliate of any holder, of 10% or more of any class of Capital Stock of the
Company or (y) any Affiliate of either the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
(a "RELATED PARTY TRANSACTION"), except upon fair and reasonable terms no less
favorable to the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary than could be obtained in
a comparable arm's-length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate of
the Company.
(b) Prior to entering into any Related Party Transaction or series
of related Related Party Transactions with an aggregate value in excess of
$25,000,000, the Company must obtain and deliver to the Trustee a favorable
written opinion from a nationally recognized investment banking firm as to the
fairness of the transaction to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries from
a financial point of view.
(c) The foregoing paragraphs do not apply to
(1) any transaction between the Company and any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries or between Restricted Subsidiaries of the
Company;
(2) the payment of reasonable and customary regular fees
to directors of the Company who are not employees of the Company;
(3) any Restricted Payments of a type described in either
clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of paragraph (a) of Section 4.07 if permitted
by that section;
(4) transactions or payments pursuant to any employee,
officer or director compensation or benefit plans or arrangements
entered into in the ordinary course of business, and loans, advances
and Guarantees that constitute Permitted Investments pursuant to clause
(12) of the definition of that term;
(5) transactions pursuant to any contract or agreement in
effect on the date of this Indenture, as any such contract or agreement
may be amended, modified or replaced (including successive
replacements) from
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time to time, so long as the amended, modified or new contract or
agreement, taken as a whole, is no less favorable to the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries than the contract or agreement being
amended, modified or replaced, as in effect on the date of this
Indenture;
(6) the purchase, redemption, acquisition or other
retirement for value of Equity Interests of MII held by officers,
directors or employees or former directors, officers or employees (or
their estates or beneficiaries under their estates), upon death,
disability, retirement, severance or termination of employment or
service or pursuant to any agreement under which the Equity Interests
were issued, provided that the aggregate amount of all such payments
does not exceed $2,000,000; or
(7) the assignment of insurance rights contemplated by
clause (10) of the definition of "Asset Sale."
Section 4.16. Line of Business. The Company will not, and will not
permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, to engage in any business other than
a Permitted Business, except to an extent that so doing would not be material to
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
Section 4.17. Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
(a) The Board of Directors may designate any Subsidiary, including a newly
acquired or created Subsidiary, to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if it meets the
following qualifications and the designation would not cause a Default.
(1) (A) The Subsidiary does not own any Disqualified
Stock of the Company or Disqualified or Preferred Stock of a Restricted
Subsidiary or hold any Debt of, or any Lien on any property of, the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, if such Disqualified or Preferred
Stock or Debt could not be Incurred under the provisions of Section
4.06 or such Lien would violate the provisions of Section 4.08; and
(B) the Subsidiary does not own any Voting Stock of a
Restricted Subsidiary, and all of its Subsidiaries are Unrestricted
Subsidiaries.
Once so designated the Subsidiary will remain an Unrestricted Subsidiary,
subject to paragraph (b).
(b) (1) A Subsidiary previously designated an Unrestricted
Subsidiary which fails at any time to meet the qualifications set forth in
paragraph (a) will be deemed to become at that time a Restricted Subsidiary,
subject to the consequences set forth in paragraph (d).
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(2) The Board of Directors may designate an Unrestricted
Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary if the designation would not
cause a Default.
(c) Upon a Restricted Subsidiary becoming an Unrestricted
Subsidiary,
(1) all existing Investments of the Company and the
Restricted Subsidiaries therein (valued at the Company's proportional
share of the Fair Market Value of its assets less liabilities) will be
deemed made at that time;
(2) all existing Capital Stock or Debt of the Company or
a Restricted Subsidiary held by such Unrestricted Subsidiary will be
deemed Incurred at that time, and all Liens on property of the Company
or a Restricted Subsidiary held by such Unrestricted Subsidiary will be
deemed incurred at that time;
(3) all existing transactions between such Unrestricted
Subsidiary and the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary will be deemed
entered into at that time;
(4) such Unrestricted Subsidiary will be released at that
time from its Note Guaranty, if any; and
(5) such Unrestricted Subsidiary will cease to be subject
to the provisions of this Indenture as a Restricted Subsidiary.
(d) Upon an Unrestricted Subsidiary becoming, or being deemed to
become, a Restricted Subsidiary,
(1) all of its Debt and Disqualified or Preferred Stock
will be deemed Incurred at that time for purposes of the covenant set
forth in Section 4.06, but will not be considered the sale or issuance
of Equity Interests for purposes of the covenants set forth in Section
4.11 or Section 4.14;
(2) Investments therein previously charged under the
covenant set forth in Section 4.07 will be credited thereunder;
(3) it may be required to issue a Note Guaranty pursuant
to Section 4.12; and
(4) it will become subject to the provisions of this
Indenture as a Restricted Subsidiary.
(e) Any designation by the Board of Directors of the Company of a
Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or Unrestricted Subsidiary will be
evidenced
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to the Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the Board
Resolution giving effect to the designation and an Officer's Certificate
certifying that the designation complied with the foregoing provisions.
Section 4.18. Financial Reports. (a) Whether or not the Company is
subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act, the Company must provide the Trustee and Noteholders within the time
periods specified in those sections with
(1) all quarterly and annual financial information that
would be required to be contained in a filing with the SEC on Forms
10-Q and 10-K if the Company were required to file such forms,
including a "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations" and, with respect to annual
information only, a report on the Company's consolidated financial
statements by the Company's certified independent accountants; provided
that the Company shall not be required to provide separate financial
statements of the Guarantors under this or any other provision of this
Indenture; provided, further, that, at any time during which the
Company is not subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company will not be required to provide
separate financial statements or condensed consolidating financial
information with respect to the Guarantors when providing other
financial reports for any date or period if the Company provides an
Officers' Certificate to the Trustee which states that (i) the combined
consolidating total assets of the Company and all Guarantors is 75% or
more of the consolidated total assets of the Company and its
consolidated Subsidiaries and (ii) the combined consolidating revenues
less cost of operations of the Company and all Guarantors is 75% or
more of the consolidated revenues less cost of operations of the
Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, considered for such date or
period as applicable; and
(2) all current reports on Form 8-K that would be
required to be filed with the SEC if the Company were required to file
such reports, provided that, for so long as the Company is a
consolidated subsidiary of MII, the Company may satisfy this obligation
by delivering all such current reports of MII.
In addition, the Company will make such information and reports
available to securities analysts and prospective investors upon request.
(b) For so long as any of the Initial Notes remain outstanding and
constitute "restricted securities" under Rule 144, the Company will furnish to
the holders of such Notes and prospective investors, upon their request, the
information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the
Securities Act.
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(c) All obligors on the Notes will comply with Section 314(a) of
the Trust Indenture Act.
(d) Delivery of these reports and information to the Trustee is
for informational purposes only and the Trustee's receipt of them will not
constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or
determinable from information contained therein, including the Company's
compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is
entitled to rely exclusively on Officers' Certificates).
Section 4.19. Reports to Trustee. (a) The Company will deliver to the
Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year a certificate from the
principal executive or financial officer of the Company stating that such
officer has conducted or supervised a review of the activities of the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries and their performance under this Indenture and
that, based upon such review, the Company has fulfilled its obligations
hereunder or, if there has been a Default during such fiscal year, specifying
the Default and its nature and status.
(b) The Company will deliver to the Trustee, as soon as possible
and in any event within 30 days after the president or chief executive officer
or the chief financial officer of the Company becomes aware of the occurrence of
a Default, an Officers' Certificate setting forth the details of the Default,
and the action which the Company proposes to take with respect thereto.
(c) The Company will notify the Trustee when any Notes are listed
on any national securities exchange and of any delisting.
Section 4.20. Impairment of Security Interest; Security Document
Covenants. The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, to take any action, or knowingly or negligently omit to take any
action, which action or omission might or would have the result of materially
impairing the security interest with respect to the Collateral for the benefit
of the Trustee and the Noteholders; provided that any release of Collateral in
accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Collateral Documents
(or any other action taken by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
which is expressly permitted by the provisions of this Indenture or any of the
Collateral Documents) will not be deemed to impair the security under this
Indenture. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company will and will cause each
Guarantor party to any of the Collateral Documents (for so long as it is a
Guarantor) to perform its obligations and covenants under the Collateral
Documents.
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ARTICLE 5
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER OR SALE OF ASSETS
Section 5.01. Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets by the Company;
No Lease of All or Substantially All Assets. (a) The Company will not
(i) consolidate with or merge with or into any Person, or
(ii) sell, convey, transfer, or otherwise dispose of its
assets as an entirety or substantially an entirety, in one transaction
or a series of related transactions, to any Person or
(iii) permit any Person to merge with or into the Company
unless
(1) either (x) the Company is the continuing
Person or (y) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person is
a corporation organized and validly existing under the laws of
Panama or the United States of America or any jurisdiction
thereof and expressly assumes all of the obligations of the
Company under this Indenture, the Collateral Documents, the
Notes and, if the Exchange Offer with respect to the Initial
Notes has not been completed, the Registration Rights
Agreement, pursuant to a supplemental indenture and other
appropriate documents;
(2) immediately after giving effect to the
transaction, no Default has occurred and is continuing;
(3) immediately after giving effect to the
transaction on a pro forma basis, the Company or the
resulting, surviving or transferee Person has a Consolidated
Net Worth without taking into account any purchase accounting
adjustments equal to or greater than the Consolidated Net
Worth of the Company immediately prior to such transaction;
(4) immediately after giving effect to the
transaction on a pro forma basis, the Company or the resulting
surviving or transferee Person could Incur at least $1.00 of
Debt under the covenant set forth in the first paragraph of
Section 4.06; and
(5) the Company delivers to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating
that the consolidation, merger or transfer and the
supplemental indenture (if any) comply with this Indenture;
provided that, such Opinion of Counsel may rely on an
Officers' Certificate or certificates of public officials with
respect to matters of fact;
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provided, that clauses (2) through (4) do not apply (i) to the consolidation or
merger of the Company with or into a Restricted Subsidiary or the consolidation
or merger of a Restricted Subsidiary with or into the Company or (ii) if, in the
good faith determination of the Board of Directors, whose determination is
evidenced by a Board Resolution, the purpose of the transaction is to change the
jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company.
(b) the Company shall not lease its assets as an entirety or
substantially as an entirety, whether in one transaction or a series of related
transactions, to one or more other Persons.
(c) Upon the consummation of any transaction effected in
accordance with these provisions, if the Company is not the continuing Person,
the resulting, surviving or transferee Person will succeed to, and be
substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under
this Indenture and the Notes with the same effect as if such successor Person
had been named as the Company in this Indenture. Upon such substitution, and
except in the case of a sale, conveyance, transfer or disposition of less than
all its assets to one Person, the Company will be released from its obligations
under this Indenture, the Collateral Documents, the Registration Rights
Agreement, and the Notes.
Section 5.02. Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets by a Guarantor.
(a) No Guarantor may
(i) consolidate with or merge with or into any Person, or
(ii) sell, convey, transfer or dispose of its assets as an
entirety or substantially as an entirety, in one transaction or a
series of related transactions, to any Person, or
(iii) permit any Person to merge with or into the Guarantor
unless
(A) the other Person is the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary that is Guarantor or becomes a Guarantor
concurrently with the transaction); or
(B) (1) either (x) the Guarantor is the
continuing Person or (y) the resulting, surviving or
transferee Person expressly assumes all of the obligations of
the Guarantor under its Note Guaranty and under any applicable
Collateral Documents, pursuant to a Supplemental Indenture and
other appropriate documents; and
(2) immediately after giving effect to
the transaction, no Default has occurred and is
continuing; or
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(C) the transaction constitutes a sale or other
disposition (including by way of consolidation or merger) of
the Guarantor or the sale or disposition of the assets of the
Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety (in
each case other than to the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary) otherwise permitted by this Indenture.
ARTICLE 6
DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01. Events of Default. An "EVENT OF DEFAULT" occurs if
(1) the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of any
Note when the same becomes due and payable at its Stated Maturity, upon
acceleration or redemption, or otherwise (other than pursuant to an Offer to
Purchase);
(2) the Company defaults in the payment of interest (including any
Additional Interest) on any Note when the same becomes due and payable, and the
default continues for a period of 30 days;
(3) the Company fails to make an Offer to Purchase and thereafter
accept and pay for Notes tendered when and as required pursuant to Section 4.13
or Section 4.14 or the Company fails to comply with the provisions of Section
5.01;
(4) the Company or any Material Guarantor defaults in the
performance of or breaches any other covenant or agreement of the Company or
such Guarantor in this Indenture or under the Notes or the Collateral Documents
and the default or breach continues for a period of 60 consecutive days after
written notice to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee
by the holders of 25% or more in aggregate principal amount of the Notes;
(5) there occurs with respect to any Debt of the Company or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries having an outstanding principal amount of
$10,000,000 or more in the aggregate for all such Debt of all such Persons (i)
an event of default that results in such Debt being due and payable prior to its
scheduled maturity or (ii) failure to make a principal payment when due and such
defaulted payment is not made, waived or extended within the applicable grace
period;
(6) one or more final judgments or orders of any court or courts
for the payment of money are rendered against the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries and are not paid or discharged, settled or fully bonded
and there is a period of 60 consecutive days following entry of the final
judgment or order that causes the aggregate amount for all such final judgments
or orders outstanding and not paid or discharged against all such Persons to
exceed $10,000,000 (in
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excess of amounts which the Company's insurance carriers have agreed to pay
under applicable policies) during which a stay of enforcement, by reason of a
pending appeal or otherwise, is not in effect;
(7) an involuntary case or other proceeding is commenced against
the Company or any Material Guarantor (or any group of Guarantors that would,
taken together, be a "Material Guarantor" as defined in clause (iii) of the
definition of "Material Guarantor" (for purposes of this Section 6.01, a
"GUARANTOR GROUP")) with respect to it or its debts under any bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect seeking the
appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar
official of it or any substantial part of its property, and such involuntary
case or other proceeding remains undismissed and unstayed for a period of 60
days; or an order for relief is entered against the Company or any Material
Guarantor (or Guarantor Group) under the U.S. federal bankruptcy laws as now or
hereafter in effect;
(8) the Company or any Material Guarantor (or Guarantor Group) (i)
commences a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other
similar law now or hereafter in effect, or consents to the entry of an order for
relief in an involuntary case under any such law, (ii) consents to the
appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Company or any
Material Guarantor (or Guarantor Group) or for all or substantially all of the
property and assets of the Company or any Material Guarantor (or Guarantor
Group) or (iii) effects any general assignment for the benefit of creditors (an
event of default specified in clause (7) or (8) a "BANKRUPTCY DEFAULT");
(9) any Note Guaranty of a Material Guarantor ceases to be in full
force and effect, other than in accordance the terms of this Indenture, and such
ineffectiveness continues for a period of 30 consecutive days after written
notice to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the
holders of 25% or more in aggregate principal amount of the Notes; or a Material
Guarantor denies or disaffirms its obligations under its Note Guaranty, or
(10) with respect to any Collateral with an aggregate fair market
value of $10,000,000 or more, (A) the security interest under the Security
Documents, at any time, ceases to be in full force and effect or is
unenforceable for any reason other than in accordance with their terms and the
terms of this Indenture and other than the satisfaction in full of all
obligations under this Indenture and discharge of this Indenture, and such
ineffectiveness continues for a period of 30 consecutive days after written
notice to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the
holders of 25% or more in aggregate principal amount of the Notes, or (B) the
Company or any Material Guarantor asserts in writing that any such security
interest is invalid or unenforceable.
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Section 6.02. Acceleration. (a) If an Event of Default, other than a
bankruptcy default with respect to the Company, occurs and is continuing under
this Indenture, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by written notice to the Company
(and to the Trustee if the notice is given by the Holders), may, and the Trustee
at the request of such Holders shall, declare the principal of and accrued
interest on the Notes to be immediately due and payable. Upon a declaration of
acceleration, such principal and interest will become immediately due and
payable. If a bankruptcy default occurs with respect to the Company, the
principal of and accrued interest on the Notes then outstanding will become
immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of
the Trustee or any Holder.
(b) The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Notes by written notice to the Company and to the Trustee may waive
all past defaults and rescind and annul a declaration of acceleration and its
consequences if
(1) all existing Events of Default, other than the
nonpayment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the
Notes that have become due solely by the declaration of acceleration,
have been cured or waived, and
(2) the rescission would not conflict with any judgment
or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction.
Section 6.03. Other Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee may pursue, in its own name or as Trustee of an express
trust, any available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to collect the
payment of principal of and interest 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.
Section 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults. Except as otherwise provided in
Sections 6.02, and 9.02, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Notes may, by notice to the Trustee, waive an existing Default and
its consequences. Upon such waiver, the Default will cease to exist, and any
Event of Default arising therefrom will be deemed to have been cured, but no
such waiver will extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
Section 6.05. Control by Majority. The Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes may direct the time, method
and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee
or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. However, the Trustee
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may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or
any Collateral Document, that may involve the Trustee in personal liability, or
that the Trustee determines in good faith may be unduly prejudicial to the
rights of Holders of Notes not joining in the giving of such direction, and may
take any other action it deems proper that is not inconsistent with any such
direction received from Holders of Notes.
Section 6.06. Limitation on Suits. A Holder may not institute any
proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, the Notes or
the Collateral Documents, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or
for any other remedy under this Indenture or the Notes, unless:
(1) the Holder has previously given to the Trustee
written notice of a continuing Event of Default;
(2) Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount
of outstanding Notes have made written request to the Trustee to
institute proceedings in respect of the Event of Default in its own
name as Trustee under this Indenture;
(3) Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against any costs, liabilities
or expenses to be incurred in compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such
notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such
proceeding; and
(5) during such 60-day period, the Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes have not given
the Trustee a direction that is inconsistent with such written request.
Section 6.07. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary, the right of a Holder of a Note to receive payment of
principal of or interest on its Note on or after the Stated Maturities thereof,
or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such
respective dates, may not be impaired or affected without the consent of that
Holder.
Section 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee. If an Event of Default in
payment of principal or interest specified in clause (1) or (2) of Section 6.01
occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and
as trustee of an express trust for the whole amount of principal and accrued
interest remaining unpaid, together with interest on overdue principal and
overdue installments of interest, in each case at the rate specified in the
Notes, and such further amount as is sufficient to cover the costs and expenses
of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements
and advances of
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the Trustee, its agents and counsel and any other amounts due the Trustee
hereunder.
Section 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee may file
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
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee hereunder) and the Holders
allowed in any judicial proceedings relating to the Company or any Guarantor or
their respective creditors or property, and is entitled and empowered to
collect, receive and distribute any money, securities or other property payable
or deliverable upon conversion or exchange of the Notes or upon any such claims.
Any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other
similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each
Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, if the Trustee consents 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 agent and counsel, and any other amounts due the
Trustee hereunder. Nothing in this Indenture will be deemed to empower the
Trustee to authorize or consent to, or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder,
any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the
Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof, 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 or the Collateral Agent collects any amounts pursuant to any
Collateral Document, such amounts shall be paid in the following order:
First: to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, for all
amounts due hereunder or under the Collateral Documents;
Second: to Holders for amounts then due and unpaid for
principal of and interest on the Notes, ratably, without preference or
priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the
Notes for principal and interest;
Third: to the ratable payment of all other Obligations under
this Indenture until all obligations shall have been paid in full; and
Fourth: to the Company or as a court of competent jurisdiction
may direct.
provided that the Collateral owned by a Guarantor and any proceeds
thereof shall be applied pursuant to the foregoing clauses first, second and
third only to the extent permitted by the limitation in Section 12.07. The
Trustee, upon
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written notice to the Company, may fix a record date and payment date for any
payment to Holders pursuant to this Section.
Section 6.11. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or
any Holder has instituted a proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this
Indenture and the proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason,
or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to the Holder, then, subject
to any determination in the proceeding, the Company, any Guarantors, the Trustee
and the Holders will be restored severally and respectively to their former
positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Company, any
Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders will continue as though no such
proceeding had been instituted.
Section 6.12. Undertaking for Costs. In any suit for the enforcement
of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee
for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require any party
litigant in such suit (other than the Trustee) to file an undertaking to pay the
costs of the suit, and the court may assess reasonable costs, including
reasonable attorneys fees and expenses, against any party litigant (other than
the Trustee) in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the
claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section does not apply to a
suit by a Holder to enforce payment of principal of or interest on any Note on
the respective due dates, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal
amount of the outstanding Notes.
Section 6.13. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. No right or remedy
conferred or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders under this Indenture is
intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and all such rights and
remedies are, to the extent permitted by law, cumulative and in addition to
every other right and remedy hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in
equity or otherwise. The assertion or exercise of any right or remedy hereunder,
or otherwise, will not prevent the concurrent assertion or exercise of any other
appropriate right or remedy.
Section 6.14. Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of
the Trustee or of any Holder to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any
Event of Default will impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of
any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy
given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be
exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the
Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.
Section 6.15. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws. The Company
covenants, to the extent that it may lawfully do so, that it will not at any
time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the
benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law or any usury law or other law
that would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the
principal of,
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or interest on the Notes as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any
time hereafter in force, or that may affect the covenants or the performance of
this Indenture. The Company hereby expressly waives, to the extent that it may
lawfully do so, all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it
will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to
the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as
though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE 7
THE TRUSTEE
Section 7.01. General. (a) The duties and responsibilities of the
Trustee are as provided by the Trust Indenture Act and as set forth herein.
Whether or not expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating
to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the
Trustee is subject to this Article.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default, the
Trustee and Collateral Agent need perform only those duties that are
specifically set forth in this Indenture or the Collateral Documents and no
others, and no implied covenants or obligations will be read into this Indenture
or the Collateral Documents against the Trustee and Collateral Agent. In case an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee or Collateral Agent
shall exercise those rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture or the
Collateral Documents, and use the same degree of care and skill in their
exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the
conduct of his own affairs.
(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve
the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent
failure to act or its own willful misconduct.
Section 7.02. Certain Rights of Trustee. Subject to Trust Indenture
Act Sections 315(a) through (d):
(1) The Trustee may conclusively rely, and will be
protected in acting or refraining from acting, upon any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or 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, but, in
the case of any document which is specifically required to be furnished
to the Trustee pursuant to any provision hereof, the Trustee shall
examine the document to determine whether it conforms to the
requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the
accuracy of mathematical calculations or other
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facts stated therein). The Trustee, in its discretion, may make further
inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it sees fit.
(2) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting on a
request or direction from the Company, it may require an Officers'
Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel conforming to Section 13.05 and
the Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take
in good faith in reliance on the certificate or opinion.
(3) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents
and will not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any
agent appointed with due care.
(4) The Trustee will 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 have
offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to
it against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred
by it in compliance with such request or direction.
(5) The Trustee will not be liable for any action it
takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized
or within its rights or powers or for any action it takes or omits to
take in accordance with the direction of the Holders in accordance with
Section 6.05 relating to the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any
trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture.
(6) The Trustee may consult with counsel, and the advice
of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel will be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered
or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.
(7) No provision of this Indenture will require the
Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any
financial liability in the performance of its duties hereunder, or in
the exercise of its rights or powers, unless it receives indemnity
satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.
(8) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken,
suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and reasonably
believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or
powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.
(9) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or
liable for special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any
kind whatsoever
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(including, but not limited to, loss of profit), irrespective of
whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or
damage and regardless of the form of action.
(10) 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, and such notice references the Notes and this
Indenture.
(11) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and
benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right
to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the
Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder (including, for the
avoidance of doubt, its capacity as Collateral Agent), and each agent,
custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.
(12) The Trustee may request that the Company deliver an
Officers' Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or
titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions
pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers' Certificate may be signed
by any Person authorized to sign an Officers' Certificate, including
any Person specified as so authorized in any such certificate
previously delivered and not superseded.
Section 7.03. Trustee May Hold Notes. 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 its Affiliates with the same rights it would
have if it were not the Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights.
However, the Trustee is subject to Trust Indenture Act Sections 310(b) and 311.
For purposes of Trust Indenture Act Section 311(b)(4) and (6):
(a) "CASH TRANSACTION" means any transaction in which
full payment for goods or securities sold is made within seven days
after delivery of the goods or securities in currency or in checks or
other orders drawn upon banks or bankers and payable upon demand; and
(b) "SELF-LIQUIDATING PAPER" means any draft, ▇▇▇▇ of
exchange, acceptance or obligation which is made, drawn, negotiated or
incurred for the purpose of financing the purchase, processing,
manufacturing, shipment, storage or sale of goods, wares or merchandise
and which is secured by documents evidencing title to, possession of,
or a lien upon, the goods, wares or merchandise or the receivables or
proceeds arising from the sale of the goods, wares or merchandise
previously constituting the security, provided the security is received
by the Trustee simultaneously with the creation of the creditor
relationship arising from the making,
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drawing, negotiating or incurring of the draft, ▇▇▇▇ of exchange,
acceptance or obligation.
Section 7.04. Trustee's Disclaimer. The Trustee (i) makes no
representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes,
(ii) is not accountable for the Company's use or application of the proceeds
from the Notes and (iii) is not responsible for any statement in the Notes other
than its certificate of authentication.
Section 7.05. Notice of Default. If any Default occurs and is
continuing and is known to the Trustee, the Trustee will send notice of the
Default to each Holder within 90 days after it occurs, unless the Default has
been cured or waived; provided that, except in the case of a default in the
payment of the principal of or interest on any Note, the Trustee may withhold
the notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or
a trust committee of directors of the Trustee in good faith determines that
withholding the notice is in the interest of the Holders. Notice to Holders
under this Section will be given in the manner and to the extent provided in
Trust Indenture Act Section 313(c).
Section 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders. Within 60 days after each
May 15, beginning with May 15, 2005, the Trustee will mail to each Holder, as
provided in Trust Indenture Act Section 313(c), a brief report dated as of such
May 15, if required by Trust Indenture Act Section 313(a), and file such reports
with each stock exchange upon which its Notes are listed and with the Commission
as required by Trust Indenture Act Section 313(d). The Trustee shall also comply
with Section 313(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity. (a) The Company will pay the
Trustee compensation as agreed upon in writing for its services. The
compensation of the Trustee is not limited by any law on compensation of a
Trustee of an express trust. The Company will reimburse the Trustee upon request
for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, disbursements and advances incurred
or made by the Trustee, whether hereunder, under the Notes or under the
Collateral Documents, including
(i) the reasonable compensation and expenses of the
Trustee's agents and counsel, except for any such expense, disbursement
or advances as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith;
(ii) the amount of any taxes that the Collateral Agent may
have been required to pay by reason of the Liens granted pursuant to
the Collateral Documents or to free any Collateral from any Lien
thereon other than Permitted Encumbrances; and
(iii) transfer taxes and fees and expenses of counsel and
other experts that the Collateral Agent may reasonably incur in
connection with
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(x) the administration or enforcement of the Collateral Documents,
including such expenses as are incurred to preserve the value of the
Collateral or any validity, perfection, rank or value of any Lien
granted pursuant to the Collateral Documents, (y) the collection, sale
or other disposition of any Collateral or (z) the exercise by the
Collateral Agent of any of its rights or powers under the Collateral
Documents.
(b) The Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, will
indemnify the Trustee for, and hold it harmless against, any loss or liability
or expense incurred by it without negligence or bad faith on its part arising
out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this Indenture
and the Collateral Documents and its duties under this Indenture, the Notes and
the Collateral Documents, including the costs and expenses of defending itself
against any claim or liability and of complying with any process served upon it
or any of its officers in connection with the exercise or performance of any of
its powers or duties under this Indenture, the Notes and the Collateral
Documents.
(c) To secure the Company's payment obligations in this Section,
the Trustee will have a lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or
collected by the Trustee, in its capacity as Trustee, except money or property
held in trust to pay principal of, and interest on particular Notes.
Section 7.08. Replacement of Trustee. (a) (1) The Trustee may resign
at any time by written notice to the Company.
(2) The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by written notice to the
Trustee and the Company.
(3) If the Trustee is no longer eligible under Section
7.10 or in the circumstances described in Trust Indenture Act Section
310(b), any Holder that satisfies the requirements of Trust Indenture
Act Section 310(b) may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for
the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(4) The Company may remove the Trustee if: (i) the
Trustee is no longer eligible under Section 7.10; (ii) the Trustee is
adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent; (iii) a receiver or other public
officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or (iv) the
Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee
will become effective only upon the successor Trustee's acceptance of
appointment as provided in this Section.
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(b) If the Trustee resigns or is removed, or if a vacancy exists
in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company will promptly appoint a
successor Trustee. If the successor Trustee does not deliver its written
acceptance within 30 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the
retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of a majority in principal amount
of the outstanding Notes may petition at the expense of the Company any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(c) Upon delivery by the successor Trustee of a written acceptance
of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company, (i) the retiring
Trustee will transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor
Trustee, subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.07, (ii) the resignation
or removal of the retiring Trustee will become effective, and (iii) the
successor Trustee will have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee
under this Indenture. Upon request of any successor Trustee, the Company will
execute any and all instruments for fully and vesting in and confirming to the
successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts. The Company will give
notice of any resignation and any removal of the Trustee and each appointment of
a successor Trustee to all Holders, and include in the notice the name of the
successor Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
(d) Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this
Section, the Company's obligations under Section 7.07 will continue for the
benefit of the retiring Trustee.
(e) The Trustee agrees to give the notices provided for in, and
otherwise comply with, Trust Indenture Act Section 310(b).
Section 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger. If the Trustee consolidates
with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its
corporate trust business to, another corporation or national banking
association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation or national
banking association without any further act will be the successor Trustee with
the same effect as if the successor Trustee had been named as the Trustee in
this Indenture, provided, however, that in the case of a corporation succeeding
to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee, such
successor corporation shall expressly assume all of the Trustee's liabilities
hereunder. In case any Notes shall have been authenticated, but not delivered,
by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or
consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and
deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such
successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Notes.
Section 7.10. Eligibility. This Indenture must always have a Trustee
that satisfies the requirements of Trust Indenture Act Section 310(a) and has a
combined capital and surplus of at least $25,000,000 as set forth in its most
recent published annual report of condition.
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Section 7.11. Money Held in Trust. The Trustee will not be liable for
interest on any money received by it except as it may agree with the Company.
Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by law and except for money held in trust under
Article 8.
Section 7.12. Appointment of Co-Trustee. (a) Notwithstanding any other
provisions of this Indenture, at any time, for the purpose of meeting any legal
requirement of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Collateral may at the
time be located, the Trustee shall have the power and may execute and deliver
all instruments necessary to appoint one or more Persons to act as a co-trustee
or co-trustees, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of
the Collateral, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity and for
the benefit of the Holders, such title to the Collateral, or any part hereof,
and subject to the other provisions of this Section, such powers, duties,
obligations, rights and trusts as the Trustee may consider necessary or
desirable. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet
the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under Section 7.08 and no notice
to Holders of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be
required under that section.
(b) Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent
permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and
conditions:
(1) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred
or imposed upon the trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and
exercised or performed by the Trustee and such separate trustee or
co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate trustee or
co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without the trustee
joining in such act), except to the extent that under any law of any
jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed
the Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or
acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations
(including the holding of title to the Collateral or any portion
thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed
singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the
direction of the Trustee;
(2) no trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by
reason of any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder; and
(3) the Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of
or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.
(c) Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee
shall be deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and
co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument
appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Indenture and
the conditions of this Section
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7.12. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of the trusts
conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified in its
instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Trustee or separately, as may
be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Indenture,
specifically including every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct
of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection or rights (including the
rights to compensation, reimbursement and indemnification hereunder) to, the
Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed with the Trustee.
(d) Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time constitute
the Trustee its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the
extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this
Indenture on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee
shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates,
properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the
Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or
successor trustee.
ARTICLE 8
DEFEASANCE AND DISCHARGE
Section 8.01. Discharge of Company's Obligations. (a) Subject to
paragraph (b), the Company's obligations under the Notes and this Indenture, and
each Guarantor's obligations under its Note Guaranty, will terminate if:
(1) all Notes previously authenticated and delivered
(other than (i) destroyed, lost or stolen Notes that have been replaced
or (ii) Notes that are paid pursuant to Section 4.01 or (iii) Notes for
whose payment money or U.S. Government Obligations have been held in
trust and then repaid to the Company pursuant to Section 8.05) have
been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation and the Company has paid
all sums payable by it hereunder; or
(2) (A) the Notes mature within one year, or all
of them are to be called for redemption within one year under
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for giving the notice
of redemption,
(B) the Company irrevocably deposits in trust
with the Trustee, as trust funds solely for the benefit of the
Holders, money or U.S. Government Obligations or a combination
thereof sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized
firm of independent public accountants or a nationally
recognized investment banking or appraisal firm, expressed in
a written certificate delivered to the Trustee, without
consideration of any reinvestment, to pay principal of and
interest on the Notes to
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maturity or redemption, as the case may be, and to pay all
other sums payable by it hereunder,
(C) no Default has occurred and is continuing on
the date of the deposit,
(D) the deposit will not result in a breach or
violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or
any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a
party or by which it is bound, and
(E) the Company delivers to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, in each case
stating that all conditions precedent provided for herein
relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture
have been complied with; provided that, such Opinion of
Counsel may rely on an Officers' Certificate or certificates
of public officials with respect to matters of fact.
(b) After satisfying the conditions in clause (1), only the
Company's obligations under Section 7.07 will survive. After satisfying the
conditions in clause (2), only the Company's obligations in Sections 2.04, 4.01,
4.02, 7.07, 7.08, 8.05 and 8.06 will survive. In either case, the Trustee upon
request will acknowledge in writing the discharge of the Company's obligations
under the Notes and this Indenture other than the surviving obligations.
Section 8.02. Legal Defeasance. After the 91st day following the
deposit referred to in clause (1), the Company will be deemed to have paid and
will be discharged from its obligations in respect of the Notes and this
Indenture, other than its obligations in Sections 2.02, 2.03, 2.04, 2.09, 2.10,
4.01, 4.02, 7.07, 7.08, 8.05 and 8.06, and each Guarantor's obligations under
its Note Guaranty will terminate, provided the following conditions have been
satisfied:
(1) The Company has irrevocably deposited in trust with
the Trustee, as trust funds solely for the benefit of the Holders,
money or U.S. Government Obligations or a combination thereof
sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants or a nationally recognized investment
banking or appraisal firm, expressed in a written certificate delivered
to the Trustee, without consideration of any reinvestment, to pay
principal of and interest on the Notes to maturity or redemption, as
the case may be, provided that any redemption before maturity has been
irrevocably provided for under arrangements satisfactory to the
Trustee.
(2) No Default has occurred and is continuing on (i) the
date of the deposit or (ii) the last day of the 91-day period following
the deposit.
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(3) The deposit will not result in a breach or violation
of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other
agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it
is bound.
(4) The Company has delivered to the Trustee
(A) either (x) a ruling received from the
Internal Revenue Service to the effect that the Holders will
not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax
purposes as a result of the defeasance and will be subject to
U.S. federal income tax on the same amount and in the same
manner and at the same times as would otherwise have been the
case or (y) an Opinion of Counsel, based on a change in law
after the date of this Indenture, to the same effect as the
ruling described in clause (x), and
(B) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (i)
the creation of the defeasance trust does not violate the
Investment Company Act of 1940, (ii) the Holders have a valid
first priority Note interest in the trust funds (subject to
customary exceptions), and (iii) after the passage of 91 days
following the deposit, the trust funds will not be subject to
the effect of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Bankruptcy Code
or Section 15 of the New York Debtor and Creditor Law.
(5) The Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, in each case stating that all
conditions precedent provided for herein relating to the defeasance
have been complied with; provided that any such Opinion of Counsel may
rely on an Officers' Certificate or certificates of public officials
with respect to matters of fact.
Prior to the end of the 91-day period, none of the Company's
obligations under this Indenture will be discharged. Thereafter, the Trustee
upon request will acknowledge in writing the discharge of the Company's
obligations under the Notes and this Indenture except for the surviving
obligations specified above.
Section 8.03. Covenant Defeasance. After the 91st day following the
deposit referred to in clause (1), the Company's obligations set forth in
Section 4.03 through 4.20, inclusive, and Article 5, and each Guarantor's
obligations under its Note Guaranty, will terminate, and clauses (2), (3), (4),
(5), (6), (9) and (10) of Section 6.01 will no longer constitute Events of
Default, provided the following conditions have been satisfied:
(1) The Company has complied with clauses (1), (2), (3),
4(B) and (5) of Section 8.02; and
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(2) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion
of Counsel to the effect that the Holders will not recognize income,
gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of the
defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same
amount and in the same manner and at the same times as would otherwise
have been the case.
Except as specifically stated above, none of the Company's obligations
under this Indenture will be discharged.
Section 8.04. Application of Trust Money. Subject to Section 8.05,
the Trustee will hold in trust the money or U.S. Government Obligations
deposited with it pursuant to Section 8.01, 8.02 or 8.03, and apply the
deposited money and the proceeds from deposited U.S. Government Obligations to
the payment (either directly or through any Paying Agent, other than the Company
or any Affiliate of the Company) of principal of and interest on the Notes in
accordance with the Notes and this Indenture. Such money and U.S. Government
Obligations need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent
required by law.
Section 8.05. Repayment to Company. Subject to Sections 7.07, 8.01,
8.02 and 8.03, the Trustee will promptly pay to the Company upon request any
excess money held by the Trustee at any time and thereupon be relieved from all
liability with respect to such money. The Trustee will pay to the Company upon
request any money held for payment with respect to the Notes that remains
unclaimed for two years. After payment to the Company, Holders entitled to such
money must look solely to the Company for payment, unless applicable law
designates another Person, and all liability of the Trustee with respect to such
money will cease.
Section 8.06. Reinstatement. If and for so long as the Trustee is
unable to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations held in trust pursuant
to Section 8.01, 8.02 or 8.03 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 will be reinstated as though no such deposit
in trust had been made. If the Company makes any payment of principal of or
interest on any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, it will
be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment
from the money or U.S. Government Obligations held in trust.
ARTICLE 9
AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS
Section 9.01. Amendments Without Consent of Holders. (a) The Company
and the Trustee (including in its capacity as Collateral Agent) may
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amend or supplement this Indenture, the Notes and the Collateral Documents
without notice to or the consent of any Noteholder
(1) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency in
this Indenture, the Notes or the Collateral Documents;
(2) to comply with Section 5.01 or 5.02;
(3) to comply with any requirements of the Commission in
connection with the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust
Indenture Act;
(4) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of an
appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee;
(5) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or
in place of certificated Notes, provided that the uncertificated Notes
are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the
Code, or in a manner such that the uncertificated Notes are described
in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code;
(6) to provide for any Guarantee of the Notes, to secure
the Notes or to confirm and evidence the release, termination or
discharge of any Guarantee of or Lien securing the Notes when such
release, termination or discharge is permitted by this Indenture; or
(7) to make any other change that does not materially and
adversely affect the rights of any Holder.
Section 9.02. Amendments With Consent of Holders. (a) Except as
otherwise provided in Sections 6.02, 6.04 and 6.07 or paragraph (b), the Company
and the Trustee may amend this Indenture and the Notes with the written consent
of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes, and
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes by
written notice to the Trustee may waive future compliance by the Company with
any provision of this Indenture or the Notes.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a), without the
consent of each Holder affected, an amendment or waiver may not
(1) reduce the principal amount of or change the Stated
Maturity of any installment of principal of any Note,
(2) reduce the rate of or change the Stated Maturity of
any interest payment on any Note,
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(3) reduce the amount payable upon the redemption of any
Note or change the time of any mandatory redemption or, in respect of
an optional redemption, the times at which any Note may be redeemed or,
once notice of redemption has been given, the time at which it must
thereupon be redeemed,
(4) after the time an Offer to Purchase is required to
have been made, reduce the purchase amount or purchase price, or extend
the latest expiration date or purchase date thereunder,
(5) make any Note payable in money other than that stated
in the Note,
(6) impair the right of any Holder to receive any
principal payment or interest payment on such Holder's Notes, on or
after the Stated Maturity thereof, or to institute suit for the
enforcement of any such payment,
(7) make any change in the percentage of the principal
amount of the Notes required for amendments or waivers,
(8) modify or change any provision of this Indenture
affecting the ranking of the Notes or any Note Guaranty in a manner
adverse to the Holders of the Notes,
(9) make any change to provisions of Article 10 or the
Collateral Documents that would effect a release (other than releases
effected in accordance with the terms in effect on the Issue Date of
this Indenture and Collateral Documents) of all or any substantial part
of the Collateral or
(10) make any change in any Note Guaranty that would
adversely affect the Noteholders or effect a release of all or any
substantial portion of the Note Guaranties (in either case, other than
releases effected in accordance with the terms of this Indenture in
effect on the Issue Date);
provided that the provisions of Section 4.13 and Section 4.14 may, except as
provided above, be amended or waived with the consent of Holders holding not
less than 66?% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes.
(c) It is not necessary for Noteholders to approve the particular
form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but is sufficient if their
consent approves the substance thereof.
(d) An amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section will
become effective on receipt by the Trustee of written consents from the Holders
of the requisite percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Notes. After
an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section becomes effective, the
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Company will send to the Holders affected thereby a notice briefly describing
the amendment, supplement or waiver. The Company will send supplemental
indentures to Holders upon request. Any failure of the Company to send such
notice, or any defect therein, will not, however, in any way impair or affect
the validity of any such supplemental indenture or waiver.
Section 9.03. Effect of Consent. (a) After an amendment, supplement
or waiver becomes effective, it will bind every Holder unless it is of the type
requiring the consent of each Holder affected pursuant to the provisions of this
Indenture. If the amendment, supplement or waiver is of the type requiring the
consent of each Holder affected, the amendment, supplement or waiver will bind
each Holder that has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Note that
evidences the same debt as the Note of the consenting Holder.
(b) If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a
Note, the Trustee may require the Holder to deliver it to the Trustee so that
the Trustee may place an appropriate notation of the changed terms on the Note
and return it to the Holder, or exchange it for a new Note that reflects the
changed terms. The Trustee may also place an appropriate notation on any Note
thereafter authenticated. However, the effectiveness of the amendment,
supplement or waiver is not affected by any failure to annotate or exchange
Notes in this fashion.
Section 9.04. Trustee's Rights and Obligations. The Trustee is
entitled to receive, and will be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of
Counsel stating that the execution of any amendment, supplement or waiver
authorized pursuant to this Article is authorized or permitted by this
Indenture. If the Trustee has received such an Opinion of Counsel, it shall sign
the amendment, supplement or waiver so long as the same does not adversely
affect the rights of the Trustee. The Trustee may, but is not obligated to,
execute any amendment, supplement or waiver that affects the Trustee's own
rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture.
Section 9.05. Conformity With Trust Indenture Act. Every supplemental
Indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the applicable
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 9.06. Payments for Consents. Neither the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries or Affiliates may, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be
paid any consideration, whether by way of interest, fee or otherwise, to any
Holder for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the
terms or provisions of this Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is
offered to be paid or agreed to be paid to all Holders of the Notes that
consent, waive or agree to amend such term or provision within the time period
set forth in the solicitation documents relating to the consent, waiver or
amendment.
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ARTICLE 10
COLLATERAL ARRANGEMENTS
Section 10.01. Collateral Documents. (a) The due and punctual payment
of the principal and interest on the Notes when and as the same shall be due and
payable, whether on an interest payment date, at maturity, by acceleration,
repurchase, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of
and interest on the Notes and performance of all other Secured Obligations of
the Company and the Guarantors to the Holders or the Trustee under this
Indenture, the Notes and the Collateral Documents, according to the terms
hereunder or thereunder, are secured as provided in the Collateral Documents,
which define the terms of the Liens that secure the Secured Obligations. The
Trustee and the Company hereby acknowledge and agree that the Trustee or the
Collateral Agent, as the case may be, holds the Collateral in trust for the
benefit of the Trustee and the Holders, in each case pursuant to the terms of
the Collateral Documents. Each Holder, by accepting a Note, consents and agrees
to the terms of the Collateral Documents (including the provisions providing for
foreclosure and release of Collateral) as the same may be in effect or may be
amended from time to time in accordance with its terms and authorizes and
directs the Collateral Agent to enter into the Collateral Documents and to
perform its obligations and exercise its rights thereunder in accordance
therewith. The Company will do or cause to be done all such acts and things as
may be required by the next sentence of this Section 10.01, to assure and
confirm to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent the security interest in the
Collateral contemplated hereby, by the Collateral Documents or any part thereof,
as from time to time constituted, so as to render the same available for the
security and benefit of this Indenture and of the Notes secured hereby,
according to the intent and purposes herein expressed. The Company shall take,
and shall cause its Restricted Subsidiaries to take, any and all actions
reasonably required to cause the Collateral Documents to create and maintain (to
the extent contemplated hereunder or thereunder), as security for the Secured
Obligations of the Company and the Guarantors, a valid and enforceable perfected
first-priority Lien and security interest (subject to Permitted Encumbrances) in
and on all the Collateral, in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of
the Holders; it being understood that the Trustee and Collateral Agent shall
have no duty with respect to such actions.
(b) The Trustee hereby appoints the Collateral Agent as its agent
under the Collateral Documents, and the Collateral Agent is hereby authorized to
act on behalf of the Trustee, with full authority and powers of the Trustee
hereunder.
Section 10.02. Recordings and Opinions. (a) Promptly following the
Issue Date, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that (i) in the opinion of such counsel, such action has been taken
with respect to the recording, registering and filing of or with respect to this
Indenture and the Collateral Documents and all other instruments of further
assurance as is necessary to make effective the Lien of the Collateral Documents
in the Collateral
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and referencing the details of such action; or (ii) in the opinion of such
counsel, no such action is necessary to make such Lien effective; provided that
any such Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officers' Certificate or certificates
of public officials with respect to matters of fact.
(b) The Company shall furnish to the Trustee on or before December
15 in each year beginning with December 15, 2004, an Opinion of Counsel dated as
of such date, either: (i) to the effect that, in the opinion of such counsel,
such action has been taken with respect to the recordings, registerings,
filings, re-recordings, re-registerings and re-filings of or with respect to
this Indenture and the Collateral Documents as is necessary to maintain the Lien
of the Collateral Documents in the Collateral and reciting the details of such
action or referencing to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such details are
given; or (ii) to the effect that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such
action is necessary to maintain such Lien.
(c) All Opinions of Counsel delivered pursuant to this Section
10.02 may contain assumptions, qualifications, exceptions and limitations as are
appropriate and customary for similar opinions relating to the nature of the
Collateral.
(d) The Company shall otherwise comply with the provisions of TIA
314(b).
Section 10.03. Release of Collateral. (a) Upon the request of the
Company to the Trustee pursuant to an Officers' Certificate certifying that all
conditions precedent hereunder have been met and that no Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, the Company and the Guarantors will be entitled,
without the consent of the Holders, to the release of any Collateral from the
Liens securing the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees
(1) to enable the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to
consummate any sale, conveyance or other disposition of any assets
(other than Trust Moneys, which are subject to release from the Lien of
this Indenture and the Collateral Documents as provided under Article
11) in compliance with Section 4.14 (or in a transaction not subject to
Section 4.14) to any Person other than the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Lien of this Indenture and the
Collateral Documents will not be released pursuant to this Section
10.03(a) if such sale, conveyance or disposition is made as part of a
transaction governed by Section 5.01;
(2) pursuant to an amendment, waiver or supplement
effected in accordance with Article 9.
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(b) Any Officers' Certificate requesting a release of Collateral
under Section 10.03(a) shall (i) describe with particularity the items of
property proposed to be covered by the release, (ii) state that such release is
in compliance with the terms of this Indenture and (iii) be accompanied by an
Opinion of Counsel, which may be rendered by internal counsel to the Company, to
the effect that, in the opinion of such counsel, the Company has complied with
the requirements of TIA Section 314(d); provided that any such Opinion of
Counsel may rely on an Officers' Certificate or certificates of public officials
with respect to matters of fact. In the event of any release of any Collateral
from Liens securing the Notes pursuant to Section 10.03(a), promptly after the
receipt of such Officers' Certificate and accompanying Opinion of Counsel, the
Trustee and the Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver such documents as the
Company shall reasonably request to effectuate the release of such Liens and to
evidence such release.
(c) Subject to Section 10.03(d), in the event of any release of
Collateral in connection with the sale, conveyance or disposition of Collateral,
the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company shall deposit with the
Trustee the Net Cash Proceeds from such sale, conveyance or disposition (except
Net Cash Proceeds from any sale, conveyance or disposition which is not
required, or cannot be required through the passage of time or otherwise, to be
used to repurchase or redeem or make an Offer to Purchase Notes hereunder). All
cash or Cash Equivalents received by the Trustee pursuant to this Section 10.03
shall be held by the Trustee as Trust Moneys under Article 11 subject to
application as therein provided.
(d) (i) In the event of any sale, exchange or disposition of
Collateral that results in the release of such Collateral pursuant to clause (a)
of this Section 10.03:
(A) to the extent that the amount of Net Cash Proceeds
resulting from such sale, exchange or disposition is less than
$10,000,000, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing and subject to the limitations set forth in clause (iii)
below, the Company is not required to deposit such Net Cash Proceeds
with the Trustee as Trust Moneys as contemplated by this Section 10.03;
and
(B) to the extent that the amount of Net Cash Proceeds
resulting from such sale, exchange or disposition is greater than or
equal to $10,000,000, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will
be required to deposit the full amount of such Net Cash Proceeds with
the Trustee as Trust Moneys as contemplated by this Section 10.03;
provided, however, that so long as no Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing and subject to the limitations set forth in
clause (iii) below, the Company may withdraw Net Cash Proceeds (either
in one withdrawal or a series of withdrawals) from the amounts held by
the Trustee or Collateral Agent
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pursuant to Article 11 and apply such Net Cash Proceeds in any manner
not prohibited by the terms of this Indenture.
(ii) Net Cash Proceeds arising from the sale, exchange or disposition
of Collateral that is not deposited with the Trustee pursuant to clause (A)
above or is withdrawn pursuant to clause (B) above are referred to collectively
as "RELEASED PROCEEDS". Released Proceeds shall not be subject to the Lien and
security interest created hereunder or by the Collateral Documents.
(iii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this
Section 10.03(d), at no time may the aggregate amount of Released Proceeds which
have not yet been applied in accordance with the terms of this Indenture exceed
$10,000,000.
(iv) The Company shall be permitted to retain Net Cash Proceeds from
the sale, exchange or other disposition of Collateral pursuant to clause
(d)(i)(A), and such Net Cash Proceeds shall be released from the Lien and
security interest created hereunder or by the Collateral Documents, only to the
extent that, simultaneously with the consummation of such sale, lease,
conveyance or disposition, the Company has delivered to the Trustee and the
Collateral Agent an Officers' Certificate that contains:
(1) a statement that a sale, lease, conveyance or other
disposition of Collateral has occurred;
(2) a description of the Collateral that was the subject of
the transaction and the consideration received in respect of such
Collateral in the transaction;
(3) a statement that no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing;
(4) a statement that the aggregate amount of Released Proceeds
outstanding immediately following the consummation of such transaction
will not exceed $10,000,000; and
(5) a covenant on behalf of the Company that the Released
Proceeds that are the subject of the transaction will be applied by the
Company in the manner contemplated by Section 4.14 within the time
periods specified in such section.
(v) The Company shall be permitted to withdraw Net Cash Proceeds from
the sale, exchange or other disposition of, or other proceeds from, Collateral
pursuant to clause (d)(i)(B), and the Trustee and Collateral Agent shall release
such Net Cash Proceeds from the Lien and security interest created hereunder or
by the Collateral Documents, only to the extent that, at least three Business
Days
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prior to the date of such withdrawal and release, the Company has delivered to
the Trustee and Collateral Agent an Officers' Certificate that contains:
(1) a statement as to the aggregate amount of Net Cash
Proceeds to be withdrawn and released pursuant to clause (d)(i)(B);
(2) a statement that no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing;
(3) a statement that the aggregate amount of Released Proceeds
outstanding immediately following such withdrawal and release will not
exceed $10,000,000; and
(4) a covenant on behalf of the Company that the Released
Proceeds that are the subject of such withdrawal and release will be
applied by the Company in the manner contemplated by Section 4.14
within the time periods specified in such section.
(vi) Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, the Company shall
immediately deposit all Released Proceeds that have not yet been applied in the
manner contemplated by Section 4.14 with the Trustee and the Collateral Agent as
Trust Moneys pursuant to Article 11, and such Released Proceeds shall
immediately become part of the Collateral and become subject to the Lien and
security interest created hereunder or by the Collateral Documents.
Section 10.04. Eminent Domain, Expropriation and Other Governmental
Takings. If any of the Collateral is taken by eminent domain, expropriation or
other similar governmental taking or is sold pursuant to the exercise by any
governmental authority of any right which it may then have to purchase, or to
designate a purchaser or to order a sale of, all or any part of the Collateral,
the Trustee and the Collateral Agent shall release the property so taken or
purchased from the Liens of this Indenture and the Collateral Documents (and to
execute and deliver such documents as the Company shall reasonably request to
effectuate the release of such Liens) at the Company's sole cost and expense,
but only upon receipt by the Trustee and the Collateral Agent of the following:
(1) an Officers' Certificate stating that such property has
been taken by eminent domain, expropriation or other similar
governmental taking and the amount of the award therefor, or that such
property has been sold pursuant to a right vested in a governmental
authority to purchase, or to designate a purchaser, or order a sale of
such property and the amount of the proceeds of such sale, that the
amount of the proceeds of the property so sold is not less than the
amount to which the Company or the applicable Guarantor is legally
entitled under the terms of such right to purchase or designate a
purchaser, or under the order or orders directing
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such sale, as the case may be, and that all conditions precedent herein
provided for relating to such release have been complied with;
(2) an undertaking by the Company to hold as Trust Moneys,
subject to the disposition thereof pursuant to Article 11 hereof (and,
at the election of the Company, subject to Section 10.03(d)), the award
for such property or the proceeds of such sale to the extent provided
under the Collateral Documents; and
(3) an Opinion of Counsel substantially to the effect that all
conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such release have
been complied with.
In any proceedings for the taking or purchase or sale of any part of the
Collateral, by eminent domain, expropriation or other similar governmental
taking or by virtue of any such right to purchase or designate a purchaser or to
order a sale, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, may be
represented by counsel who may be counsel, at the Company's expense, for the
Company.
All cash or Cash Equivalents received by the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as
the case may be, pursuant to this Section 10.04 shall be held by the Trustee or
the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, as Trust Moneys under Article 11
subject to application as therein provided and, at the election of the Company,
subject to Section 10.03(d). All purchase money and other obligations received
by the Trustee pursuant to this Section 10.04 shall be held by the Trustee or
the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, as Collateral subject to application
as provided in Section 10.09.
Section 10.05. Permitted Releases Not To Impair Lien; Trust Indenture
Act Requirements. The release of any Collateral from the terms hereof and of the
Collateral Documents or the release of, in whole or in part, the Liens created
by the Collateral Documents, will not be deemed to impair the Lien on the
Collateral in contravention of the provisions hereof if and to the extent the
Collateral or Liens are released pursuant to the applicable Collateral Documents
and pursuant to the terms of this Article 10. The Trustee and each of the
Holders acknowledge that a release of Collateral or a Lien strictly in
accordance with the terms of the Collateral Documents and of this Article 10
will not be deemed for any purpose to be an impairment of the Lien on the
Collateral in contravention of the terms of this Indenture. To the extent
applicable, the Company shall cause Section 314(d) of the TIA (as modified by
exemptive relief and no-action positions issued by the Staff of the SEC from
time to time, including, without limitation, the positions set forth in Arch
Wireless Holdings, Inc. dated May 24, 2002 and Algoma Steel Inc. dated December
23, 2002) relating to the release of property or securities from the Lien hereof
and of the Collateral Documents to be complied with. Any certificate or opinion
required by Section 314(d) of the TIA may be made by an officer of
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the Company, except in cases which Section 314(d) of the TIA requires that such
certificate or opinion be made by an independent person.
Section 10.06. Suits To Protect the Collateral. Subject to the
provisions of the Collateral Documents, the Trustee shall have the power (but
not the obligation) to institute and to maintain such suits and proceedings as
it may deem expedient to prevent any impairment of the Collateral by any acts
which may be unlawful or in violation of any of the Collateral Documents or this
Indenture, and such suits and proceedings as the Trustee, in its sole
discretion, may deem expedient to preserve or protect its interests and the
interests of the Holders in the Collateral (including power to institute and
maintain suits or proceedings to restrain the enforcement of or compliance with
any legislative or other governmental enactment, rule or order that may be
unconstitutional or otherwise invalid if the enforcement of, or compliance with,
such enactment, rule or order would impair the Lien on the Collateral or be
prejudicial to the interests of the Holders or the Trustee).
Section 10.07. Purchaser Protected. In no event shall any purchaser
in good faith of any property purported to be released hereunder be bound to
ascertain the authority of the Trustee to execute the release or to inquire as
to the satisfaction of any conditions required by the provisions hereof for the
exercise of such authority or to see to the application of any consideration
given by such purchaser or other transferee; nor shall any purchaser or other
transferee of any property or rights permitted by this Article 10 to be sold be
under obligation to ascertain or inquire into the authority of the Company or
the applicable Guarantor to make any such sale or other transfer.
Section 10.08. Powers Exercisable by Receiver or Trustee. In case the
Collateral shall be in the possession of a receiver or trustee, lawfully
appointed, the powers conferred in this Article 10 upon the Company or a
Guarantor with respect to the release, sale or other disposition of such
property may be exercised by such receiver or trustee, and an instrument signed
by such receiver or trustee shall be deemed the equivalent of any similar
instrument of the Company or a Guarantor or of any officer or officers thereof
required by the provisions of this Article 10, and any such instrument need not
state that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; and if the
Trustee shall be in the possession of the Collateral under any provision of this
Indenture, then such powers may be exercised by the Trustee.
Section 10.09. Disposition of Obligations Received. All purchase
money and other obligations received by the Trustee or the Collateral Agent
under this Article shall be held by the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as the
case may be and shall be added to the Collateral. Upon payment in cash or Cash
Equivalents by or on behalf of the Company to the Trustee or the Collateral
Agent of an amount equal to the entire unpaid principal amount of any such
obligation, to the extent not constituting Net Cash Proceeds which may be
required, through the
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passage of time or otherwise, to be used to redeem or repurchase or to make an
Offer to Purchase Notes, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as appropriate,
shall release and transfer such obligation and any mortgage securing the same
upon receipt of any documentation that the Trustee or the Collateral Agent may
reasonably require. Any cash or Cash Equivalents received by the Trustee or the
Collateral Agent in respect of the principal of any such obligations shall be
held by the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, as Trust Moneys
under Article 11 subject to application as therein provided and as provided in
the Collateral Documents. Until the Notes are accelerated pursuant to Section
6.02, all interest and other income on any such obligations, when received by
the Trustee shall be paid to the Company from time to time in accordance with
Section 11.07. If the Notes have been accelerated pursuant to Section 6.02, any
such interest or other income not theretofore paid, when collected by the
Trustee, shall be applied by the Trustee in accordance with Section 6.10.
Section 10.10. Determinations Relating to Collateral. In the event
(a) the Trustee shall receive any written request from the Company, a Guarantor
or the Collateral Agent under any Collateral Document for consent or approval
with respect to any matter or thing relating to any Collateral or the Company's
or a Guarantor's obligations with respect thereto or (b) there shall be due to
or from the Trustee or the Collateral Agent under the provisions of any
Collateral Document any material performance or the delivery of any material
instrument or (c) the Trustee shall become aware of any material nonperformance
by the Company or a Guarantor of any covenant or any material breach of any
representation or warranty of the Company or a Guarantor set forth in any
Collateral Document, then, in each such event, the Trustee shall be entitled to
hire, at the sole reasonable cost and expense of the Company, experts,
consultants, agents and attorneys to advise the Trustee on the manner in which
the Trustee should respond, or direct the Collateral Agent to respond, to such
request or render any requested performance or response to such nonperformance
or breach. The Trustee shall be fully protected in accordance with Article 7
hereof in the taking of any action recommended or approved by any such expert,
consultant, agent or attorney and by indemnification provided in accordance with
Section 6.05 and other sections of this Indenture if such action is agreed to by
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes pursuant to Section 6.05
and, the Trustee may, in its sole discretion, prior to taking such action if
such action could subject it to environmental liabilities or taxation, require
(1) direction from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes in
accordance with Section 6.05 hereof and (2) indemnification in accordance with
Section 6.05.
Section 10.11. Release upon Termination of the Company's Obligations.
In the event that the Company delivers to the Trustee, in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to it, an Officers' Certificate certifying that either (1)
all the obligations under this Indenture, the Notes and the Collateral Documents
have been satisfied and discharged by complying with the provisions of Article 8
and Section 7.07 (except for unmatured or unasserted indemnity claims pursuant
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Section 7.07) or by the payment in full of the Company's obligations under the
Notes, this Indenture and the Collateral Documents, and all such obligations
have been so satisfied, or (2) the Notes have been defeased pursuant to Article
8, in either case the Trustee shall deliver to the Company and the Collateral
Agent a notice stating that the Trustee, on behalf of the Holders, disclaims and
gives up any and all rights it has in or to the Collateral (other than with
respect to funds held by the Trustee pursuant to Article 8), and any rights it
has under the Collateral Documents, and upon receipt by the Collateral Agent of
such notice, the Collateral Agent shall be deemed not to hold a Lien in the
Collateral on behalf of the Trustee and the Trustee and Collateral Agent shall
release the Collateral (other than funds held by the Trustee pursuant to Article
8) from such Liens at the Company's sole cost and expense and, upon written
request by the Company, shall promptly execute and deliver such documents as the
Company shall reasonably request to effectuate the release of such Liens.
Section 10.12. Collateral Agent's Duties. The Collateral Agent,
acting in its capacity as such, shall have only such duties with respect to the
Collateral as are set forth herein and in the Collateral Documents.
Section 10.13. Additional Secured Obligations. If the Company at any
time Incurs any Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the Collateral, the Trustee
and the Collateral Agent are empowered to enter into such security, collateral,
intercreditor and other similar agreements as are necessary to set forth the
relative rights and obligations of the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, on the
one hand, and the agent or representative for the lenders of such Indebtedness,
on the other hand, in the Collateral.
Section 10.14. Pledge of Trust Moneys. Upon the deposit with the
Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, of any amount as Trust Moneys as
required hereunder or any purchase money and other obligations received by the
Trustee under this Article, the Company and the Guarantors shall execute such
documents and take all such other actions as shall be necessary to grant to the
Collateral Agent for and on behalf of the Trustee and the Noteholders a
perfected first-priority Lien and security interest (subject only to Permitted
Encumbrances) in and on such Trust Moneys or purchase money or other
obligations, securing the payment in full of the Secured Obligations hereunder
and, in the case of Trust Moneys, subject to application only as set forth in
Article 11.
ARTICLE 11
APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEYS
Section 11.01. "Trust Moneys" Defined. All cash or Cash Equivalents
received by the Trustee or the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Trustee:
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(1) upon the release of Collateral from the Lien of this
Indenture and the Collateral Documents, including all moneys received
in respect of the principal of all purchase money, governmental and
other obligations that constitute Collateral;
(2) as compensation for, or proceeds of sale of, any part of
the Collateral taken by eminent domain or purchased by, or sold
pursuant to an order of, a governmental authority or otherwise disposed
of;
(3) as proceeds of insurance upon any part of the Collateral
(other than any liability insurance proceeds payable to the Trustee or
the Collateral Agent for any loss, liability or expense incurred by
it); or
(4) for application under this Article as elsewhere provided
in this Indenture or any Collateral Document;
(all such moneys being herein sometimes called "TRUST MONEYS"), shall be held by
the Trustee (or the Collateral Agent as the agent of the Trustee) for the
benefit of the Holders as a part of the Collateral, shall be held in United
States dollars or U.S. dollar denominated obligations, and, upon any entry upon
or sale of the Collateral or any part thereof pursuant to Article 6, said Trust
Moneys shall be applied in accordance with Section 6.10; but, prior to any such
entry or sale, all or any part of the Trust Moneys may be withdrawn, and shall
be released, paid or applied by the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as
appropriate, from time to time as provided in Sections 11.02 to 11.05,
inclusive, and may be applied by the Trustee as provided in Section 11.07(b).
Section 11.02. Retirement of Notes. The Trustee or the Collateral
Agent, as appropriate, shall apply Trust Moneys from time to time to the payment
of the principal of and interest on any Notes, at final maturity or to the
redemption thereof or the purchase thereof upon tender or in the open market or
at private sale or upon any exchange or in any one or more of such ways,
including pursuant to a redemption under Article 3 or a required Offer to
Purchase pursuant to Section 4.13 or Section 4.14, as the Company shall request,
upon receipt by the Trustee of the following:
(1) a resolution of the Board of Directors directing the
application pursuant to this Section of a specified amount of Trust
Moneys (denominated in U.S. dollars) and in case any such moneys are to
be applied to payment, designating any Notes so to be paid and, in case
any such moneys are to be applied to the purchase of any Notes,
prescribing the method of purchase, the price or prices to be paid and
the maximum principal amount at maturity of any Notes, to be purchased
and any other provisions of this Indenture governing such purchase;
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(2) additional cash (denominated in U.S. dollars) to the
extent necessary to fund the entire payment amount or purchase price,
which cash shall be held by the Trustee in trust for such purpose;
(3) an Officers' Certificate, dated not more than five days
prior to the date of the relevant application, stating that:
(A) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; and
(B) all conditions precedent and covenants herein provided for
relating to such application of Trust Moneys have been
complied with; and
(4) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel, all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such
application of Trust Moneys have been complied with; provided that any
such Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officers' Certificate or
certificates of public officials with respect to matters of fact.
Upon compliance with the foregoing provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall
apply Trust Moneys available therefor as directed and specified by such
resolution, up to, but not exceeding, the principal amount at maturity of the
Notes to be so paid, redeemed or purchased.
A resolution of the Board of Directors expressed to be irrevocable directing the
application of Trust Moneys under this Section to the payment of the principal
of particular Notes shall for all purposes of this Indenture be deemed the
equivalent of the deposit of money with the Trustee in trust for such purpose.
Such Trust Moneys and any cash held by the Trustee pursuant to clause (b) of
this Section shall not, after compliance with the foregoing provisions of this
Section, be deemed to be part of the Collateral or Trust Moneys.
Section 11.03. Withdrawals of Trust Moneys. (a) Trust Moneys may be
withdrawn by the Company or any Guarantor and shall be paid by the Trustee upon
a request by the Company to the Trustee by the proper officer or officers of the
Company or the applicable Guarantor to either (x) reimburse the Company or the
applicable Guarantor for expenditures made, or to pay costs incurred or to be
incurred, by the Company or the applicable Guarantor to repair, rebuild or
replace Collateral that was destroyed, damaged or taken by eminent domain,
expropriation or other similar government action or (y) be used in accordance
with the provisions of Section 4.14(a)(4)(A) hereof, in each case upon receipt
by the Trustee of the following:
(1) an Officers' Certificate dated not more than 30 days prior
to the date of the application for the withdrawal and payment of such
Trust Moneys, setting forth:
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(A) that expenditures have been made, or costs incurred, or
will be made or incurred concurrently with such withdrawal of
Trust Moneys, by the Company or the applicable Guarantor in a
specified amount for the purpose of making repairs,
rebuildings, improvements or replacements of the Collateral,
which shall be briefly described, or in accordance with
Section 4.14 (a)(4)(A) hereof (or reimbursing the Company for
out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Company and directly
related to such acquisition) that will be added to the
Collateral immediately upon their acquisition;
(B) that no part of such expenditures, in any previous or then
pending application, has been or is being made the basis for
the withdrawal of any Trust Moneys pursuant to this Section
11.03;
(C) that no part of such expenditures or costs has been paid
out of either the proceeds of insurance upon any part of the
Collateral not required to be paid to the Trustee or the
Collateral Agent, as appropriate, under the Collateral
Documents or any award for or the proceeds from any of the
Collateral being taken as described in Section 10.04 hereof,
as the case may be;
(D) that there is no outstanding indebtedness or other
obligation, other than costs for which payment is being
requested, known to the Company, after due inquiry, for the
purchase price or construction of such repairs, improvements
or replacements, or for labor, wages, materials or supplies in
connection with the making thereof, which, if unpaid, might
become the basis of a vendor's, mechanics', laborer's,
materialmen's, statutory or other similar Lien upon any of
such repairs, rebuildings, improvements or replacement, which
Lien would, in the opinion of the signers of such certificate,
materially impair the security afforded by such repairs,
improvements or replacement; and
(E) that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
(b) To the extent applicable, in connection with any withdrawal of
Trust Moneys pursuant to Section 11.03(a), the Company and each obligor shall
cause Section 314(d) of the TIA (as modified by exemptive relief and no-action
positions issued by the Staff of the SEC from time to time, including, without
limitation, the positions set forth in Arch Wireless Holdings, Inc. dated May
24, 2002 and Algoma Steel Inc. dated December 23, 2002) relating to the release
of property or securities from the Lien hereof and of the Collateral Documents
to be complied with. Any certificate or opinion required by Section 314(d) of
the TIA may be made by an officer of the Company, except in cases in which
Section
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314(d) of the TIA requires that such certificate or opinion be made by an
independent person.
(c) Upon compliance with the foregoing provisions of this Section, the
Trustee shall pay on Company request an amount of Trust Moneys of the character
aforesaid equal to the amount of the expenditures or costs stated in the
Officers' Certificate required by paragraph (A) of subsection (1) of this
Section 11.03. Unless the Collateral Agent and Trustee shall otherwise agree,
all insurance covering the Collateral must name the Collateral Agent and Trustee
as an insured, but without liability for premiums, calls or assessments, and all
amounts of whatsoever nature payable under any insurance (to the extent covering
the Collateral) must be payable to the Collateral Agent and Trustee for
distribution, first to itself and thereafter to the relevant Guarantor, as owner
of such Collateral or others as their interests may appear. All amounts payable
under any insurance with respect to a Mortgaged Vessel involving any damage to a
Mortgaged Vessel not constituting an actual or constructive or an agreed or
compromised total loss, the insurers may pay directly for the repair, salvage or
other charges involved or, if the relevant Guarantor shall have first fully
repaired the damage or paid all of the salvage or other charges, may pay the
relevant Guarantor as reimbursement therefore; provided, however, that if such
amounts (including any franchise or deductible) are in excess of one million
United States dollars ($1,000,000), the insurers shall make such payment to the
Collateral Agent and Trustee. All payments of insurance in respect of Collateral
shall be made to the Collateral Agent and the Trustee if an Event of Default
shall have occurred or any event which with the giving of notice or the lapse of
time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
Section 11.04. Powers Exercisable Notwithstanding Event of Default.
IN case an Event of Default shall have occurred and shall be continuing, the
Company, while in possession of the Collateral (other than cash, Cash
Equivalents, securities and other personal property held by, or required to be
deposited or pledged with, the Trustee hereunder or under the Collateral
Documents), may do any of the things enumerated in Section 11.02 and Section
11.03 if the Trustee in its discretion, or the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount at maturity of the outstanding Notes, by appropriate
action of such Holders, shall consent to such action, in which event any
certificate filed under any of such Sections shall omit the statement to the
effect that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. This Section
11.04 shall not apply, however, during the continuance of an Event of Default of
the type specified in Section 6.01(1) or Section 6.01 (2).
Section 11.05. Powers Exercisable by Trustee or Receiver. In case the
Collateral (other than any cash, Cash Equivalents, securities and other personal
property held by, or required to be deposited or pledged with, the Trustee
hereunder or under the Collateral Documents) shall be in the possession of a
receiver or trustee lawfully appointed, the powers hereinbefore in this Article
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conferred upon the Company and the Guarantors with respect to the withdrawal or
application of Trust Moneys may be exercised by such receiver or trustee, in
which case a certificate signed by such receiver or trustee shall be deemed the
equivalent of any Officers' Certificate required by this Article 11. Such
certificate need not state that no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing. If the Trustee shall be in possession of any of the Collateral
hereunder or under the Collateral Documents, such powers may be exercised by the
Trustee in its sole discretion.
Section 11.06. Disposition of Notes Retired. All Notes received by
the Trustee and for whose purchase Trust Moneys are applied under this Article
11, if not otherwise canceled, shall be promptly canceled and disposed of by the
Trustee in its customary manner.
Section 11.07. Investment and Use of Trust Moneys. (a) Except as may
be otherwise required by the terms of the Collateral Documents or Collateral
Agency Agreement, all or any part of any Trust Moneys held by the Trustee
hereunder (except such as may be held for the account of any particular Notes)
or by the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Trustee, shall from time to time at
the direction of the Company be invested or reinvested in Cash Equivalents.
Unless an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, any interest on such Cash
Equivalents (in excess of any accrued interest paid at the time of purchase)
which may be received by the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as appropriate,
shall be paid periodically to the Company. Such Cash Equivalents shall be held
by the Trustee as a part of the Collateral, subject to the same provisions
hereof as the cash used by it to purchase such Cash Equivalents. The Trustee
shall not be liable or responsible for any loss resulting from such investments
or sales except only for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to
act or its own willful misconduct in complying with this Section 11.07.
(b) If the Company or any Guarantor shall fail to perform any of its
covenants in this Indenture or under any Collateral Document, the Trustee may
(but shall not be required to), direct the Collateral Agent to, at any time and
from time to time, use, apply and advance any Trust Moneys held by it under this
Article 11 or make advances to effect performance of any such covenant on behalf
of the Company or such Guarantor as contemplated by this Indenture or the
Collateral Documents; provided, however, that the Trustee or the Collateral
Agent, as appropriate, shall not be required under any circumstances to expend
its own funds; provided further, however, that all moneys so used or advanced by
the Trustee, together (in the case of funds advanced by the Trustee) with
interest at the rate borne by the Notes shall be repaid by the Company or the
applicable Guarantor upon demand and such advances shall be secured under the
Collateral Documents prior to the Notes. For repayment of all such advances the
Trustee shall have the right to use and apply any Trust Moneys at any time held
by it under Article 11 but no such use of Trust Moneys or advance shall relieve
the Company or such Guarantor from any Default.
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(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or any of the
Collateral Documents, the Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of any
receipt by the Trustee or the Collateral Agent of any Trust Moneys from any
source other than any direct payment by the Company or any of the Guarantors.
ARTICLE 12
GUARANTIES
Section 12.01. The Guaranties. Subject to the provisions of this
Article, each Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees,
jointly and severally, the full and punctual payment (whether at Stated
Maturity, upon redemption, purchase pursuant to an Offer to Purchase or
acceleration, or otherwise) of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest
on, and all other amounts payable under, each Note, and the full and punctual
payment of all other amounts payable by the Company under this Indenture. Upon
failure by the Company to pay punctually any such amount, each Guarantor shall
forthwith on demand pay the amount not so paid at the place and in the manner
specified in this Indenture.
Section 12.02. Guaranty Unconditional. Subject to the provisions of
Section 12.09, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are unconditional and
absolute and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, will not be
released, discharged or otherwise affected by
(1) any extension, renewal, settlement, compromise,
waiver or release in respect of any obligation of the Company under
this Indenture or any Note, by operation of law or otherwise;
(2) any modification or amendment of or supplement to
this Indenture or any Note;
(3) any change in the corporate existence, structure or
ownership of the Company, or any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization
or other similar proceeding affecting the Company or its assets or any
resulting release or discharge of any obligation of the Company
contained in this Indenture or any Note;
(4) the existence of any claim, set-off or other rights
which the Guarantor may have at any time against the Company, the
Trustee or any other Person, whether in connection with this Indenture
or any unrelated transactions, provided that nothing herein prevents
the assertion of any such claim by separate suit or compulsory
counterclaim;
(5) any invalidity or unenforceability relating to or
against the Company for any reason of this Indenture or any Note, or
any provision
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of applicable law or regulation purporting to prohibit the payment by
the Company of the principal of or interest on any Note or any other
amount payable by the Company under this Indenture; or
(6) any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind
by the Company, the Trustee or any other Person or any other
circumstance whatsoever which might, but for the provisions of this
paragraph, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of or defense to
such Guarantor's obligations hereunder.
Section 12.03. Discharge; Reinstatement. Subject to the provisions of
Section 12.09, (i) each Guarantor's obligations hereunder will remain in full
force and effect until the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the
Notes and all other amounts payable by the Company under this Indenture have
been paid in full and (ii) if at any time any payment of the principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on any Note or any other amount payable by the
Company under this Indenture is rescinded or must be otherwise restored or
returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or
otherwise, each Guarantor's obligations hereunder with respect to such payment
will be reinstated as though such payment had been due but not made at such
time.
Section 12.04. Waiver by the Guarantors. Each Guarantor irrevocably
waives acceptance hereof, presentment, demand, protest and any notice not
provided for herein, as well as any requirement that at any time any action be
taken by any Person against the Company or any other Person.
Section 12.05. Subrogation and Contribution. Upon making any payment
with respect to any obligation of the Company under this Article, the Guarantor
making such payment will be subrogated to the rights of the payee against the
Company with respect to such obligation, provided that the Guarantor may not
enforce either any right of subrogation, or any right to receive payment in the
nature of contribution, or otherwise, from any other Guarantor, with respect to
such payment so long as any amount payable by the Company hereunder or under the
Notes remains unpaid.
Section 12.06. Stay of Acceleration. If acceleration of the time for
payment of any amount payable by the Company under this Indenture or the Notes
is stayed upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company, all
such amounts otherwise subject to acceleration under the terms of this Indenture
are nonetheless payable by the Guarantors hereunder forthwith on demand by the
Trustee or the Holders.
Section 12.07. Limitation on Amount of Guaranty. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Article, each Guarantor, and by its acceptance
of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such
parties that the Note Guaranty of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent
conveyance or transfer under applicable fraudulent conveyance or
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transfer provisions of the United States Bankruptcy Code or any comparable
provision of foreign or state law. To effectuate that intention, the Trustee,
the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of
each Guarantor under its Note Guaranty are limited to the maximum amount that
would not render the Guarantor's obligations subject to avoidance under
applicable fraudulent conveyance or transfer provisions of the United States
Bankruptcy Code or any comparable provision of foreign or state law.
Section 12.08. Execution and Delivery of Guaranty. The execution by
each Guarantor of this Indenture (or a supplemental indenture in the form of
Exhibit B) evidences the Note Guaranty of such Guarantor, whether or not the
person signing as an officer of the Guarantor still holds that office at the
time of authentication of any Note. The delivery of any Note by the Trustee
after authentication constitutes due delivery of the Note Guaranty set forth in
this Indenture on behalf of each Guarantor.
Section 12.09. Release of Guaranty. The Note Guaranty of a Guarantor
will terminate upon
(1) a sale or other disposition (including by way of
consolidation or merger) of the Guarantor or the sale or disposition of
the Guarantor's assets substantially as an entirety (other than to the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) or the dissolution of the
Guarantor, in each case as permitted by this Indenture,
(2) the designation in accordance with this Indenture of
the Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or
(3) defeasance or discharge of the Notes, as provided in
Article 8.
Upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel to the foregoing effect, the Trustee will execute any
documents reasonably required in order to evidence the release of the Guarantor
from its obligations under its Note Guaranty.
ARTICLE 13
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 13.01. Trust Indenture Act of 1939. This Indenture shall
incorporate and be governed by the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that
are required to be part of and to govern indentures qualified under the Trust
Indenture Act.
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Section 13.02. Noteholder Communications; Noteholder Actions. (a) The
rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to this
Indenture or the Notes are as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and the
Company and the Trustee shall comply with the requirements of Trust Indenture
Act Sections 312(a) and 312(b). Neither the Company nor the Trustee will be held
accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses
of Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.
(b) (1)Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent to amendment, supplement or waiver or other action provided by
this Indenture to be given or taken by a Holder (an "act") may be
evidenced by an instrument signed by the Holder delivered to the
Trustee. The fact and date of the execution of the instrument, or the
authority of the person executing it, may be proved in any manner that
the Trustee deems sufficient.
(2) The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by
or at a meeting of Holders, which will be binding on all the Holders.
(c) Any act by the Holder of any Note binds that Holder and every
subsequent Holder of a Note that evidences the same debt as the Note of the
acting Holder, even if no notation thereof appears on the Note. Subject to
paragraph (d), a Holder may revoke an act as to its Notes, but only if the
Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment or
waiver or other consequence of the act becomes effective.
(d) The Company may, but is not obligated to, fix a record date
(which need not be within the time limits otherwise prescribed by Trust
Indenture Act Section 316(c)) for the purpose of determining the Holders
entitled to act with respect to any amendment or waiver or in any other regard,
except that during the continuance of an Event of Default, only the Trustee may
set a record date as to notices of default, any declaration or acceleration or
any other remedies or other consequences of the Event of Default. If a record
date is fixed, those Persons that were Holders at such record date and only
those Persons will be entitled to act, or to revoke any previous act, whether or
not those Persons continue to be Holders after the record date. No act will be
valid or effective if such act is taken more than 90 days after the record date,
if any, set for that act pursuant to this Section 13.02(d).
Section 13.03. Notices. (a) Any notice or communication to the
Company will be deemed given if in writing (i) when delivered in person or (ii)
five days after mailing when mailed by first class mail, or (iii) when sent by
facsimile transmission, with transmission confirmed. Notices or communications
to a Guarantor will be deemed given if given to the Company. Any notice to the
Trustee will be effective only upon receipt. In each case the notice or
communication should be addressed as follows:
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if to the Company:
J. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, S.A.
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Telecopier No.: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: General Counsel
if to the Trustee or the Collateral Agent:
The Bank of New York
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Telecopier No.: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
The Company or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or
different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
(b) Except as otherwise expressly provided with respect to
published notices, any notice or communication to a Holder will be deemed given
when mailed to the Holder at its address as it appears on the Register by first
class mail or, as to any Global Note registered in the name of DTC or its
nominee, as agreed by the Company, the Trustee and DTC. Copies of any notice or
communication to a Holder, if given by the Company, will be mailed to the
Trustee at the same time. Defect in mailing a notice or communication to any
particular Holder will not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.
(c) Where this Indenture provides for notice, the notice may be
waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before
or after the event, and the waiver will be the equivalent of the notice. Waivers
of notice by Holders must be filed with the Trustee, but such filing is not a
condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such
waivers.
Section 13.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action
under this Indenture, the Company will furnish to the Trustee such certificates
and opinions as may be required under the Trust Indenture Act. Each such
certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of an Officers' Certificate,
if to be given by an officer of the Company, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be
given by counsel, and shall comply with the requirements of the Trust Indenture
Act and any applicable requirements set forth in this Indenture.
Section 13.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. Each
certificate or opinion with respect to compliance by the Company with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture must include:
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(1) a statement that each person signing the certificate
or opinion has read the covenant or condition and the related
definitions;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statement or opinion
contained in the certificate or opinion is based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such person,
that person has made such examination or investigation as is necessary
to enable the person to express an informed opinion as to whether or
not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of
each such person, such condition or covenant has been complied with,
provided that an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officers'
Certificate or certificates of public officials with respect to matters
of fact.
Section 13.06. Payment Date Other Than a Business Day. If any payment
with respect to a payment of any principal of, premium, if any, or interest on
any Note (including any payment to be made on any date fixed for redemption or
purchase of any Note) is due on a day which is not a Business Day, then the
payment need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next Business Day
with the same force and effect as if made on such date, and no interest will
accrue for the intervening period.
Section 13.07. Governing Law. This Indenture, including any Note
Guaranties, and the Notes shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
with, the laws of the State of New York.
Section 13.08. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements. This
Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture or loan or debt
agreement of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and no such indenture
or loan or debt agreement may be used to interpret this Indenture.
Section 13.09. Successors. All agreements of the Company or any
Guarantor in this Indenture and the Notes will bind its successors. All
agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture will bind its successor.
Section 13.10. Duplicate 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 13.11. Separability. In case any provision in this Indenture
or in the Notes is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions will not in any way be affected or
impaired thereby.
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Section 13.12. Table of Contents and Headings. 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 in no way modify or restrict any of the
terms and provisions of this Indenture.
Section 13.13. No Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees,
Incorporators, Members and Stockholders. No director, officer, employee,
incorporator, member or stockholder of the Company or any Guarantor, as such,
will have any liability for any obligations of the Company or such Guarantor
under the Notes, any Note Guaranty or this Indenture or for any claim based on,
in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations. Each Holder of Notes by
accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. This waiver and release
are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
Section 13.14. Submission to Jurisdiction. To the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, the Company hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
submits to the jurisdiction of any New York State or United States Federal court
sitting in New York City over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or
relating to this Indenture or any Note. The Company irrevocably and
unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any
objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any
such suit, action or proceeding brought in such a court and any claim that any
such suit, action or proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in an
inconvenient forum. To the extent that the Company has or hereafter may acquire
any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process with
respect to itself or its property, the Company irrevocably waives, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, such immunity in respect of its
obligations hereunder or under any Note. The Company agrees that final judgment
in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such a court shall be
conclusive and binding upon the Company and, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, may be enforced in any court to the jurisdiction of which the
Company is subject by a suit upon such judgment or in any manner provided by
applicable law; provided that service of process is effected upon the Company in
the manner specified in the following subsection or as otherwise permitted by
applicable law.
Section 13.15. Appointment of Agent. As long as any of the Notes
remain outstanding, the Company will at all times have an authorized agent in
the United States, upon whom process may be served in any legal action or
proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture or any Note. Service of
process upon such agent and written notice of such service mailed or delivered
to the Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be
deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company in any
such legal action or proceeding. The Company hereby irrevocably appoints CT
Corporation System as its agent for such purpose, and covenants and agrees that
service of process in any suit, action or proceeding may be made upon it at the
office of such agent at 111
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foregoing, the Company may, with prior written notice to the Trustee, terminate
the appointment of CT Corporation System and appoint another agent for the above
purposes so that the Company shall at all times have an agent for the above
purposes in the United States.
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SIGNATURES
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be
duly executed as of the date first written above.
J. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, S.A.
as Issuer
By: /s/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
as Trustee
By: /s/▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
CHARTERING COMPANY (SINGAPORE) PTE.
LTD.
EASTERN MARINE SERVICES, INC.
HYDRO MARINE SERVICES, INC.
J. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, INC.
J. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (AUST.) HOLDING PTY.
LIMITED
J. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ENGINEERING
HOLDINGS, INC.
J. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ FAR EAST, INC.
J. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ HOLDINGS, INC.
J. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ INTERNATIONAL, INC.
J. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ INTERNATIONAL
SERVICES LIMITED
J. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ INTERNATIONAL
VESSELS, LTD.
J. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ INVESTMENTS B.V.
J. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ MIDDLE EAST, INC.
MCDERMOTT CASPIAN CONTRACTORS,
NC.
MCDERMOTT FAR EAST, INC.
MCDERMOTT GULF OPERATING
COMPANY, INC.
MCDERMOTT INDUSTRIES (AUST.) PTY
LIMITED
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ INTERNATIONAL MARINE
INVESTMENTS N.V.
MCDERMOTT OLD JV OFFICE, INC.
MCDERMOTT SOUTH EAST ASIA PTE. LTD.
MCDERMOTT WEST INDIES COMPANY
MENTOR ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS
LIMITED
MENTOR SUBSEA TECHNOLOGY SERVICES,
INC.
NORTH ATLANTIC VESSEL, INC.
OPI VESSELS, INC.
SPARTEC, INC.
VARSY INTERNATIONAL N.V.
By: /s/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Authorized Representative
FIRST EMIRATES TRADING CORPORATION
J. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ DIVING
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
J. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ EASTERN
HEMISPHERE LIMITED
J. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ENGINEERING, LLC
J. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ UNDERWATER
SERVICES, INC.
MCDERMOTT MARINE CONSTRUCTION
LIMITED
MCDERMOTT MARINE UK LIMITED
MCDERMOTT OVERSEAS, INC.
By: /s/▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title:Authorized Representative
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ HOLDINGS (U.K.) LIMITED
By: /s/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇.
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇.
Title: Authorized Representative
J. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ CONTRACTORS, INC.
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ OFFSHORE SERVICES
COMPANY, INC.
OCEANIC RED SEA COMPANY
By: /s/▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Authorized Representative
EXHIBIT A
[FACE OF NOTE]
J. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, S.A.
11% Senior Secured Note Due 2013
[CUSIP] [CINS] _____________
No. $____________
J. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, S.A., a Panamanian corporation (the "COMPANY", which
term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for
value received, promises to pay to ____________________, or its registered
assigns, the principal sum of ____________ DOLLARS ($______) [or such other
amount as indicated on the Schedule of Exchange of Notes attached hereto] on
December 15, 2013.
Interest Rate:....11% per annum.
Interest Payment Dates: June 15 and December 15, commencing June 15,
2004.
Regular Record Dates: June 1 and December 1.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set
forth on the reverse hereof, which will for all purposes have the same effect as
if set forth at this place.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed
manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.
Date: J. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, S.A.
By: __________________________________________
Name:
Title:
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(Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication)
This is one of the 11% Senior Secured Notes Due 2013 described in the
Indenture referred to in this Note.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee
By: ____________________________
Authorized Signatory
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[REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]
J. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, S.A.
11% Senior Secured Note Due 2013
1. Principal and Interest.
The Company promises to pay the principal of this Note on December 15,
2013.
The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this
Note on each interest payment date, as set forth on the face of this Note, at
the rate of 11% per annum (subject to adjustment as provided below).
Interest will be payable semiannually (to the holders of record of the
Notes at the close of business on the June 1 or December 1 immediately preceding
the interest payment date) on each interest payment date, commencing June 15,
2004.
The Holder of this Note is entitled to the benefits of the Registration
Rights Agreement, dated December 9, 2003, between the Company and the Initial
Purchasers named therein (the "REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT"). In the event
that neither the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement) nor the Shelf Registration Statement (as defined
in the Registration Rights Agreement) is declared effective on or prior to June
6, 2004 (the "EFFECTIVENESS DEADLINE"), the interest rate on this Note will
increase by a rate of 0.50% per annum until the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective by the
Commission. Unless the Shelf Registration Statement shall have become effective,
in the event that the Exchange Offer is not consummated on or prior to July 6,
2004, or 30 days after the Effectiveness Deadline, the interest rate on this
Note will increase by a rate of 0.50% per annum until the Exchange Offer is
consummated; provided, however, that on the effectiveness of the Shelf
Registration Statement, any such increased interest will cease to accrue. The
interest rate on this Note will not increase by more than 0.50% per annum
notwithstanding the Company's failure to meet more than one of these
requirements.
Interest on this Note will accrue from the most recent date to which
interest has been paid on this Note (or, if there is no existing default in the
payment of interest and if this Note is authenticated between a regular record
date and the next interest payment date, from such interest payment date) or, if
no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance. Interest will be computed
in the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
The Company will pay interest on overdue principal, premium, if any,
and interest at a rate per annum that is 2% in excess of the rate of interest
that is
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applicable to the Notes. Interest not paid when due and any interest on
principal, premium or interest not paid when due will be paid to the Persons
that are Holders on a special record date, which will be the 15th day preceding
the date fixed by the Company for the payment of such interest, whether or not
such day is a Business Day. At least 15 days before a special record date, the
Company will send to each Holder and to the Trustee a notice that sets forth the
special record date, the payment date and the amount of interest to be paid.
2. Indentures; Note Guaranty.
This is one of the Notes issued under an Indenture dated as of December
9, 2003 (as amended from time to time, the "INDENTURE"), among the Company, the
Guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York, as Trustee. Capitalized terms
used herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise indicated. The
terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of
the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act. The Notes are subject to
all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the Trust
Indenture Act for a statement of all such terms. To the extent permitted by
applicable law, in the event of any inconsistency between the terms of this Note
and the terms of the Indenture, the terms of the Indenture will control.
The Notes are general unsecured obligations of the Company. The
Indenture limits the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes to
$200,000,000. This Note is guaranteed, as set forth in the Indenture.
3. Redemption and Repurchase; Discharge Prior to Redemption or Maturity.
This Note is subject to optional redemption, and may be the subject of
an Offer to Purchase, as further described in the Indenture. There is no sinking
fund or mandatory redemption applicable to this Note.
If the Company deposits with the Trustee money or U.S. Government
Obligations sufficient to pay the then outstanding principal of, premium, if
any, and accrued interest on the Notes to redemption or maturity, the Company
may in certain circumstances be discharged from the Indenture and the Notes or
may be discharged from certain of its obligations under certain provisions of
the Indenture.
4. Registered Form; Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.
The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of
$1,000 principal amount and any multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder
may register the transfer or exchange of Notes in accordance with the Indenture.
The Trustee may require a Holder to furnish appropriate endorsements and
transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by
the Indenture. Pursuant to the Indenture, there are certain periods during which
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the Trustee will not be required to issue, register the transfer of or exchange
any Note or certain portions of a Note.
5. Defaults and Remedies.
If an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal
amount of the Notes then outstanding may declare all the Notes to be due and
payable. If a bankruptcy or insolvency default with respect to the Company
occurs and is continuing, the Notes automatically become due and payable.
Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the
Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to it before it
enforces the Indenture or the Notes. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of
a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may
direct the Trustee in its exercise of remedies.
6. Amendment and Waiver.
Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture and the Notes may be
amended, or default may be waived, with the consent of the Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. Without notice to
or the consent of any Holder, the Company and the Trustee may amend or
supplement the Indenture or the Notes to, among other things, cure any
ambiguity, defect or inconsistency.
7. Authentication.
This Note is not valid until the Trustee (or Authenticating Agent)
signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.
8. Governing Law.
This Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the
laws of the State of New York.
9. Abbreviations.
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an
assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the
entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as
tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian) and U/G/M/A/ (= Uniform Gifts to Minors
Act).
The Company will furnish a copy of the Indenture to any Holder upon
written request and without charge.
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[FORM OF TRANSFER NOTICE]
FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned registered holder hereby sell(s),
assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
Insert Taxpayer Identification No.
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
Please print or typewrite name and address including zip code of
assignee
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting
and appointing
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
attorney to transfer said Note on the books of the Company with full power of
substitution in the premises.
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[THE FOLLOWING PROVISION TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL CERTIFICATES BEARING A RESTRICTED
LEGEND]
In connection with any transfer of this Note occurring prior to
______________, the undersigned confirms that such transfer is made without
utilizing any general solicitation or general advertising and further as
follows:
Check One
[ ] (1) This Note is being transferred to a "qualified institutional buyer"
in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and
certification in the form of Exhibit F to the Indenture is being furnished
herewith.
[ ] (2) This Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in compliance
with the exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, provided by Regulation S thereunder, and certification in the form of
Exhibit E to the Indenture is being furnished herewith.
or
[ ] (3) This Note is being transferred other than in accordance with (1)
or (2) above and documents are being furnished which comply with the conditions
of transfer set forth in this Note and the Indenture.
If none of the foregoing boxes is checked, the Trustee is not obligated
to register this Note in the name of any Person other than the Holder hereof
unless and until the conditions to any such transfer of registration set forth
herein and in the Indenture have been satisfied.
Date:
_________________________
___________________________________________
Seller
By ________________________________________
NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must
correspond with the name as written upon the face of
the within-mentioned instrument in every particular,
without alteration or any change whatsoever.
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Signature Guarantee:(5)
By _________________________________________
To be executed by an executive officer
_______________________
(5)Signatures must be guaranteed by an "ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION"
meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership
or participation in the Securities Transfer Association Medallion Program
("STAMP") or such other "SIGNATURE GUARANTEE PROGRAM" as may be determined by
the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance
with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you wish to have all of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant
to Section 4.13 or Section 4.14 of the Indenture, check the box:9
If you wish to have a portion of this Note purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 4.13 or Section 4.14 of the Indenture, state the amount (in
original principal amount) below:
$___________________.
Date:_____________
Your Signature:______________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note)
Signature Guarantee:(1)______________________________
__________________
(5)Signatures must be guaranteed by an "ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION"
meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership
or participation in the Securities Transfer Association Medallion Program
("STAMP") or such other "SIGNATURE GUARANTEE PROGRAM" as may be determined by
the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance
with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF NOTES
The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for Physical Notes or a
part of another Global Note have been made:
AMOUNT OF DECREASE AMOUNT OF INCREASE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF
IN PRINCIPAL IN PRINCIPAL THIS GLOBAL NOTE
AMOUNT AMOUNT FOLLOWING SUCH SIGNATURE OF
OF THIS GLOBAL OF THIS GLOBAL DECREASE (OR AUTHORIZED OFFICER OF
DATE OF EXCHANGE NOTE NOTE INCREASE) TRUSTEE
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EXHIBIT B
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
dated as of __________, ____
among
J. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, S.A.,
The Guarantor(s) Party Hereto
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
______________________
11%
Senior Secured Notes due
2013
THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this "SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE"), entered
into as of __________, ____, among J. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, S.A., a Panamanian
corporation (the "COMPANY"), [insert each Guarantor executing this Supplemental
Indenture and its jurisdiction of incorporation] (each an "Undersigned") and The
Bank of New York, as trustee (the "TRUSTEE").
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company, the Guarantors party thereto and the Trustee
entered into the Indenture, dated as of December 9, 2003 (the "INDENTURE"),
relating to the Company's 11% Senior Secured Notes Due 2013 (the "NOTES");
WHEREAS, as a condition to the Trustee entering into the Indenture and
the purchase of the Notes by the Holders, the Company agreed, under certain
circumstances described in the Indenture, to cause certain newly acquired or
created Restricted Subsidiaries to provide Note Guaranties.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants
herein contained and intending to be legally bound, the parties to this
Supplemental Indenture hereby agree as follows:
Section 1. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined
herein are used as defined in the Indenture.
Section 2. Each Undersigned, by its execution of this Supplemental
Indenture, agrees to be a Guarantor under the Indenture and to be bound by the
terms of the Indenture applicable to Guarantors, including, but not limited to,
Article 12 thereof.
Section 3. This Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
Section 4. This Supplemental Indenture may be signed in various
counterparts which together will constitute one and the same instrument.
Section 5. This Supplemental Indenture is an amendment supplemental to
the Indenture and the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture will henceforth
be read together.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental
Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
J. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, S.A., as Issuer
By: __________________________________
Name:
Title:
[GUARANTOR]
By: __________________________________
Name:
Title:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee
By: __________________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT C
RESTRICTED LEGEND
THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION
HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A)
IT AND ANY ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER"
(WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND THAT IT EXERCISES
SOLE INVESTMENT DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO EACH SUCH ACCOUNT, (B) IT IS AN
INSTITUTIONAL "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2),
(3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) (AN "INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR") OR
(C) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON (WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT) AND (2) AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF J. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, S.A. THAT IT
WILL NOT OFFER, SELL PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE OR ANY BENEFICIAL
INTEREST HEREIN, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ONLY (A) TO J. ▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, S.A., (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BECOME
EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN
COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) IN AN OFFSHORE
TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT, (E) IN A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOT LESS THAN $100,000, TO AN INSTITUTIONAL
ACCREDITED INVESTOR THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A DULY
COMPLETED AND SIGNED CERTIFICATE (THE FORM OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE
TRUSTEE) RELATING TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE, OR (F) PURSUANT
TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OR ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
SECURITIES ACT.
PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH (2)(C) ABOVE OR
(2)(D) ABOVE, A DULY COMPLETED AND SIGNED CERTIFICATE (THE FORM OF WHICH MAY BE
OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE) MUST BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE. PRIOR TO THE
REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH (2)(E) OR (F) ABOVE, THE COMPANY
RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS,
CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO
DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE
AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY RULE 144 EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.
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EXHIBIT D
DTC LEGEND
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE COMPANY OR
ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
[TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE ARE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT
NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF CEDE & CO. OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH
SUCCESSOR'S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE ARE LIMITED TO
TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TRANSFER PROVISIONS OF THE INDENTURE.]
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EXHIBIT E
Regulation S Certificate
__________,______
The Bank of New York
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Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Re: J. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, S.A.
11% Senior Secured
Notes due 2013 (the "NOTES")
Issued under the Indenture (the "INDENTURE") dated as
as of December 9, 2003 relating to the Notes
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Terms are used in this Certificate as used in Regulation S ("Regulation
S") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), except
as otherwise stated herein.
[CHECK A OR B AS APPLICABLE.]
[ ] A. This Certificate relates to our proposed transfer of $____ principal
amount of Notes issued under the Indenture. We hereby certify as
follows:
1. The offer and sale of the Notes was not and will not
be made to a person in the United States (unless such
person is excluded from the definition of "U.S.
person" pursuant to Rule 902(k)(2)(vi) or the account
held by it for which it is acting is excluded from
the definition of "U.S. person" pursuant to Rule
902(k)(2)(i) under the circumstances described in
Rule 902(h)(3)) and such offer and sale was not and
will not be specifically targeted at an identifiable
group of U.S. citizens abroad.
2. Unless the circumstances described in the
parenthetical in paragraph 1 above are applicable,
either (a) at the time the buy order was originated,
the buyer was outside the United States or we and any
person acting on our behalf reasonably believed that
the buyer was outside the United States or (b) the
transaction was executed in, on or through the
facilities
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of a designated offshore securities market, and
neither we nor any person acting on our behalf knows
that the transaction was pre-arranged with a buyer in
the United States.
3. Neither we, any of our affiliates, nor any person
acting on our or their behalf has made any directed
selling efforts in the United States with respect to
the Notes.
4. The proposed transfer of Notes is not part of a plan
or scheme to evade the registration requirements of
the Securities Act.
5. If we are a dealer or a person receiving a selling
concession, fee or other remuneration in respect of
the Notes, and the proposed transfer takes place
during the Restricted Period (as defined in the
Indenture), or we are an officer or director of the
Company or an Initial Purchaser (as defined in the
Indenture), we certify that the proposed transfer is
being made in accordance with the provisions of Rule
904(b) of Regulation S.
[ ]B. This Certificate relates to our proposed exchange of $____ principal
amount of Notes issued under the Indenture for an equal principal
amount of Notes to be held by us. We hereby certify as follows:
1. At the time the offer and sale of the Notes was made
to us, either (i) we were not in the United States or
(ii) we were excluded from the definition of "U.S.
person" pursuant to Rule 902(k)(2)(vi) or the account
held by us for which we were acting was excluded from
the definition of "U.S. person" pursuant to Rule
902(k)(2)(i) under the circumstances described in
Rule 902(h)(3); and we were not a member of an
identifiable group of U.S. citizens abroad.
2. Unless the circumstances described in paragraph 1(ii)
above are applicable, either (a) at the time our buy
order was originated, we were outside the United
States or (b) the transaction was executed in, on or
through the facilities of a designated offshore
securities market and we did not pre-arrange the
transaction in the United States.
3. The proposed exchange of Notes is not part of a plan
or scheme to evade the registration requirements of
the Securities Act.
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You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this Certificate and are
irrevocably authorized to produce this Certificate or a copy hereof to any
interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry
with respect to the matters covered hereby.
Very truly yours,
[NAME OF SELLER (FOR TRANSFERS)
OR OWNER (FOR EXCHANGES)]
By:__________________________________
Name:
Title:
Address:
Date: _________________
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_________, ______
The Bank of New York
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Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Re: J. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, S.A.
11% Senior Secured
Notes due 2013 (the "NOTES")
Issued under the Indenture (the "INDENTURE") dated as
as of December 9, 2003 relating to the Notes
Ladies and Gentlemen:
TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (1) ABOVE IS CHECKED.
This Certificate relates to:
[CHECK A OR B AS APPLICABLE.]
[ ] A. Our proposed purchase of $____ principal amount of Notes issued
under the Indenture.
[ ] B. Our proposed exchange of $____ principal amount of Notes
issued under the Indenture for an equal principal amount of
Notes to be held by us.
We and, if applicable, each account for which we are acting in the
aggregate owned and invested more than $100,000,000 in securities of issuers
that are not affiliated with us (or such accounts, if applicable), as of
_________, 200_, which is a date on or since close of our most recent fiscal
year. We and, if applicable, each account for which we are acting, are a
qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A ("Rule 144A")
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). If we are
acting on behalf of an account, we exercise sole investment discretion with
respect to such account. We are aware that the transfer of Notes to us, or such
exchange, as applicable, is being made in reliance upon the exemption from the
provisions of Section 5 of the Securities Act provided by Rule 144A. Prior to
the date of this Certificate we have received such information regarding the
Company as we have requested pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) or have determined not
to request such information.
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You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this Certificate and are
irrevocably authorized to produce this Certificate or a copy hereof to any
interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry
with respect to the matters covered hereby.
Very truly yours,
[NAME OF PURCHASER (FOR
TRANSFERS) OR OWNER (FOR
EXCHANGES)]
By:___________________________________
Name:
Title:
Address:
Date: _________________
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EXHIBIT G
Institutional Accredited Investor Certificate
The Bank of New York
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▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Re: J. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, S.A.
11% Senior Secured
Notes due 2013 (the "NOTES")
Issued under the Indenture (the "INDENTURE") dated as
as of December 9, 2003 relating to the Notes
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This Certificate relates to:
[CHECK A OR B AS APPLICABLE.]
[ ] A. Our proposed purchase of $____ principal amount of Notes
issued under the Indenture.
[ ] B. Our proposed exchange of $____ principal amount of Notes
issued under the Indenture for an equal principal amount of
Notes to be held by us.
We hereby confirm that:
1. We are an institutional "accredited investor" within the
meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") (an
"Institutional Accredited Investor").
2. Any acquisition of Notes by us will be for our own account or
for the account of one or more other Institutional Accredited
Investors as to which we exercise sole investment discretion.
3. We have such knowledge and experience in financial and
business matters that we are capable of evaluating the merits
and risks of an investment in the Notes and we and any
accounts for which we are acting are able to bear the economic
risks of and an entire loss of our or their investment in the
Notes.
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4. We are not acquiring the Notes with a view to any distribution
thereof in a transaction that would violate the Securities Act
or the securities laws of any State of the United States or
any other applicable jurisdiction; provided that the
disposition of our property and the property of any accounts
for which we are acting as fiduciary will remain at all times
within our and their control.
5. We acknowledge that the Notes have not been registered under
the Securities Act and that the Notes may not be offered or
sold within the United States or to or for the benefit of U.S.
persons except as set forth below.
6. The principal amount of Notes to which this Certificate
relates is at least equal to $100,000.
We agree for the benefit of the Company, on our own behalf and on behalf
of each account for which we are acting, that such Notes may be offered, sold,
pledged or otherwise transferred only in accordance with the Securities Act and
any applicable securities laws of any State of the United States and only (a) to
the Company, (b) pursuant to a registration statement which has become effective
under the Securities Act, (c) to a qualified institutional buyer in compliance
with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, (d) in an offshore transaction in
compliance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (e) in a
principal amount of not less than $100,000, to an Institutional Accredited
Investor that, prior to such transfer, delivers to the Trustee a duly completed
and signed certificate (the form of which may be obtained from the Trustee)
relating to the restrictions on transfer of the Notes or (f) pursuant to an
exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any
other available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities
Act.
Prior to the registration of any transfer in accordance with (c) or (d)
above, we acknowledge that a duly completed and signed certificate (the form of
which may be obtained from the Trustee) must be delivered to the Trustee. Prior
to the registration of any transfer in accordance with (e) or (f) above, we
acknowledge that the Company reserves the right to require the delivery of such
legal opinions, certifications or other evidence as may reasonably be required
in order to determine that the proposed transfer is being made in compliance
with the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. We acknowledge
that no representation is made as to the availability of any Rule 144 exemption
from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
We understand that the Trustee will not be required to accept for
registration of transfer any Notes acquired by us, except upon presentation of
evidence satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee that the foregoing
restrictions on transfer have been complied with. We further understand that the
Notes acquired by us will be in the form of definitive physical certificates and
that
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such certificates will bear a legend reflecting the substance of the preceding
paragraph. We further agree to provide to any person acquiring any of the Notes
from us a notice advising such person that resales of the Notes are restricted
as stated herein and that certificates representing the Notes will bear a legend
to that effect.
We agree to notify you promptly in writing if any of our acknowledgments,
representations or agreements herein ceases to be accurate and complete.
We represent to you that we have full power to make the foregoing
acknowledgments, representations and agreements on our own behalf and on behalf
of any account for which we are acting.
You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this Certificate and are
irrevocably authorized to produce this Certificate or a copy hereof to any
interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry
with respect to the matters covered hereby.
Very truly yours,
[NAME OF PURCHASER (FOR
TRANSFERS) OR OWNER (FOR
EXCHANGES)]
By:___________________________________
Name:
Title:
Address:
Date: _________________
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Upon transfer, the Notes would be registered in the name of the new
beneficial owner as follows:
By: _________________________________
Date: ________________________________
Taxpayer ID number: __________________
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EXHIBIT H
[COMPLETE FORM I OR FORM II AS APPLICABLE.]
[FORM I]
Certificate of Beneficial Ownership
To: The Bank of New York
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Attention: Corporate Trust Administration OR
[Name of DTC Participant]
Re: J. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, S.A.
11% Senior Secured
Notes due 2013 (the "NOTES")
Issued under the Indenture (the "INDENTURE") dated as
as of December 9, 2003 relating to the Notes
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We are the beneficial owner of $____ principal amount of Notes issued under
the Indenture and represented by an Offshore Global Note (as defined in the
Indenture).
We hereby certify as follows:
[CHECK A OR B AS APPLICABLE.]
[ ] A. We are a non-U.S. person (within the meaning of Regulation S under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended).
[ ] B. We are a U.S. person (within the meaning of Regulation S under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended) that purchased the Notes in a
transaction that did not require registration under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended.
You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this Certificate and are
irrevocably authorized to produce this Certificate or a copy hereof to any
interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry
with respect to the matters covered hereby.
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Very truly yours,
[NAME OF BENEFICIAL OWNER]
By:___________________________________
Name:
Title:
Address:
Date: _________________
[FORM II]
Certificate of Beneficial Ownership
To: The Bank of New York
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Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Re: J.▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, S.A.
11% Senior Secured
Notes due 2013 (the "NOTES")
Issued under the Indenture (the "INDENTURE") dated as
as of December 9, 2003 relating to the Notes
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This is to certify that based solely on certifications we have received in
writing or by electronic transmission from Institutions appearing in our records
as persons being entitled to a portion of the principal amount of Notes
represented by an Offshore Global Note issued under the above-referenced
Indenture, that as of the date hereof, $____ principal amount of Notes
represented by the Offshore Global Note being submitted herewith for exchange is
beneficially owned by persons that are either (i) non-U.S. persons (within the
meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) or (ii)
U.S. persons that purchased the Notes in a transaction that did not require
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
We further certify that (i) we are not submitting herewith for exchange any
portion of such Offshore Global Note excepted in such certifications and (ii) as
of the date hereof we have not received any notification from any Institution to
the effect that the statements made by such Institution with respect to any
portion of
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such Offshore Global Note submitted herewith for exchange are no longer true and
cannot be relied upon as of the date hereof.
You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this Certificate and are
irrevocably authorized to produce this Certificate or a copy hereof to any
interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry
with respect to the matters covered hereby.
Yours faithfully,
[Name of DTC Participant]
By: __________________________________
Name:
Title:
Address:
Date: _________________
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