EXHIBIT 4.1
T/SF COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION,
as Issuer
and
THE GUARANTORS named herein
and
IBJ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
as Trustee
_________________________
INDENTURE
Dated as of October 29, 1997
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$100,000,000
10 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007, Series A
10 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007, Series B
CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
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TIA Indenture
Section Section
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310(a)(1).............................................................. 7.10
(a)(2)........................................................... 7.10
(a)(3)........................................................... N.A.
(a)(4)........................................................... N.A.
(a)(5)........................................................... 7.08; 7.10
(b).............................................................. 7.08; 7.10; 11.02
(c).............................................................. N.A.
311(a)................................................................. 7.11
(b).............................................................. 7.11
(c).............................................................. N.A.
312(a)................................................................. 2.05
(b).............................................................. 11.03
(c).............................................................. 11.03
313(a)................................................................. 7.06
(b)(1)........................................................... N.A.
(b)(2)........................................................... 7.06
(c).............................................................. 7.06; 11.02
(d).............................................................. 7.06
314(a)................................................................. 4.07; 4.08
(b).............................................................. N.A.
(c)(1)........................................................... 11.04
(c)(2)........................................................... 11.04
(c)(3)........................................................... N.A.
(d).............................................................. N.A.
(e).............................................................. 11.05
(f).............................................................. N.A.
315(a)................................................................. 7.01(b)
(b).............................................................. 7.05
(c).............................................................. 7.01(a)
(d).............................................................. 7.01(c)
(e).............................................................. 6.11
316(a)(last sentence).................................................. 2.09
(a)(1)(A)........................................................ 6.05
(a)(1)(B)........................................................ 6.04
(a)(2)........................................................... N.A.
(b).............................................................. 6.07
(c).............................................................. 9.04
317(a)(1).............................................................. 6.08
(a)(2)........................................................... 6.09
(b).............................................................. 2.04
318(a)................................................................. N.A.
(c).............................................................. 11.01
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N.A. means Not Applicable
NOTE: This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a
part of the Indenture.
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ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01. Definitions....................................................................................1
SECTION 1.02. Incorporation by Reference of TIA.............................................................28
SECTION 1.03. Rules of Construction.........................................................................29
ARTICLE TWO
THE NOTES
SECTION 2.01. Form and Dating...............................................................................29
SECTION 2.02. Execution and Authentication; Aggregate Principal Amount......................................30
SECTION 2.03. Registrar and Paying Agent....................................................................31
SECTION 2.04. Paying Agent To Hold Assets in Trust..........................................................32
SECTION 2.05. Holder Lists..................................................................................33
SECTION 2.06. Transfer and Exchange.........................................................................33
SECTION 2.07. Replacement Notes.............................................................................34
SECTION 2.08. Outstanding Notes.............................................................................34
SECTION 2.09. Treasury Notes................................................................................35
SECTION 2.10. Temporary Notes...............................................................................35
SECTION 2.11. Cancellation..................................................................................35
SECTION 2.12. Defaulted Interest............................................................................36
SECTION 2.13. CUSIP Number..................................................................................37
SECTION 2.14. Deposit of Monies.............................................................................37
SECTION 2.15. Restrictive Legends...........................................................................37
SECTION 2.16. Book-Entry Provisions for Global Security.....................................................38
SECTION 2.17. Special Transfer Provisions...................................................................40
SECTION 2.18. Liquidated Damages Under Registration Rights Agreement........................................43
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ARTICLE THREE
REDEMPTION
SECTION 3.01. Notices to Trustee............................................................................43
SECTION 3.02. Selection of Notes To Be Redeemed.............................................................43
SECTION 3.03. Optional Redemption...........................................................................44
SECTION 3.04. Notice of Redemption..........................................................................44
SECTION 3.05. Effect of Notice of Redemption................................................................46
SECTION 3.06. Deposit of Redemption Price...................................................................46
SECTION 3.07. Notes Redeemed in Part........................................................................46
ARTICLE FOUR
COVENANTS
SECTION 4.01. Payment of Notes..............................................................................47
SECTION 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency...............................................................47
SECTION 4.03. Corporate Existence...........................................................................47
SECTION 4.04. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.............................................................48
SECTION 4.05. Maintenance of Properties and Insurance.......................................................48
SECTION 4.06. Compliance Certificate; Notice of Default.....................................................49
SECTION 4.07. Compliance with Laws..........................................................................50
SECTION 4.08. Reports to Holders............................................................................50
SECTION 4.09. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws.......................................................50
SECTION 4.10. Limitation on Restricted Payments.............................................................51
SECTION 4.11. Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates....................................................53
SECTION 4.12. Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness...........................................54
SECTION 4.13. Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted
Subsidiaries......................................................................55
SECTION 4.14. Modification of Holdings LLC Equity Interest ........................................56
SECTION 4.15. Change of Control.............................................................................56
SECTION 4.16. Limitation on Asset Sales.....................................................................59
SECTION 4.17. Limitation on Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries......................................63
SECTION 4.18. Limitation on Liens...........................................................................63
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SECTION 4.19. Conduct of Business...........................................................................64
SECTION 4.20. Additional Guarantees.........................................................................64
SECTION 4.21. Prohibition on Incurrence of Senior Subordinated Debt.........................................65
ARTICLE FIVE
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
SECTION 5.01. Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets......................................................65
SECTION 5.02. Successor Corporation Substituted.............................................................67
ARTICLE SIX
REMEDIES
SECTION 6.01. Events of Default.............................................................................67
SECTION 6.02. Acceleration..................................................................................69
SECTION 6.03. Other Remedies................................................................................70
SECTION 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults.......................................................................70
SECTION 6.05. Control by Majority...........................................................................71
SECTION 6.06. Limitation on Suits...........................................................................71
SECTION 6.07. Right of Holders To Receive Payment...........................................................72
SECTION 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee....................................................................72
SECTION 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim..............................................................72
SECTION 6.10. Priorities....................................................................................73
SECTION 6.11. Undertaking for Costs.........................................................................73
SECTION 6.12. Restoration of Rights and Remedies............................................................74
ARTICLE SEVEN
TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.01. Duties of Trustee.............................................................................74
SECTION 7.02. Rights of Trustee.............................................................................75
SECTION 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee..................................................................77
SECTION 7.04. Trustee's Disclaimer..........................................................................77
SECTION 7.05. Notice of Default.............................................................................77
SECTION 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders.................................................................78
SECTION 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity....................................................................78
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SECTION 7.08. Replacement of Trustee........................................................................79
SECTION 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc..............................................................81
SECTION 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification.................................................................81
SECTION 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company.........................................81
ARTICLE EIGHT
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE
SECTION 8.01. Termination of Company's Obligations..........................................................82
SECTION 8.02. Application of Trust Money....................................................................84
SECTION 8.03. Repayment to the Company......................................................................85
SECTION 8.04. Reinstatement.................................................................................85
SECTION 8.05. Acknowledgment of Discharge by Trustee........................................................86
ARTICLE NINE
MODIFICATION OF THE INDENTURE
SECTION 9.01. Without Consent of Holders....................................................................86
SECTION 9.02. With Consent of Holders.......................................................................87
SECTION 9.03. Compliance with TIA...........................................................................87
SECTION 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents.............................................................88
SECTION 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Notes..............................................................88
SECTION 9.06. Trustee To Sign Amendments, Etc...............................................................89
ARTICLE TEN
SUBORDINATION
SECTION 10.01. Notes Subordinated to Senior Indebtedness.....................................................89
SECTION 10.02. Suspension of Payment When Senior Debt is in Default..........................................90
SECTION 10.03. Notes Subordinated to Prior Payment of All Senior Debt on Dissolution,
Liquidation or Reorganization of Company..........................................91
SECTION 10.04. Holders To Be Subrogated to Rights of Holders of Senior Debt..................................93
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SECTION 10.05. Obligations of the Company Unconditional......................................................93
SECTION 10.06. Trustee Entitled to Assume Payments Not Prohibited in Absence of Notice.......................94
SECTION 10.07. Application by Trustee of Assets Deposited with It............................................95
SECTION 10.08. No Waiver of Subordination Provisions.........................................................95
SECTION 10.09. Holders Authorize Trustee To Effectuate Subordination of Notes................................96
SECTION 10.10. Right of Trustee to Hold Senior Debt..........................................................97
SECTION 10.11. This Article Ten Not To Prevent Events of Default.............................................97
SECTION 10.12. No Fiduciary Duty of Trustee to Holders of Senior Debt........................................97
ARTICLE ELEVEN
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 11.01. TIA Controls.................................................................................98
SECTION 11.02. Notices......................................................................................98
SECTION 11.03. Communications by Holders with Other Holders.................................................99
SECTION 11.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent..........................................100
SECTION 11.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion...............................................100
SECTION 11.06. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar...................................................101
SECTION 11.07. Legal Holidays..............................................................................101
SECTION 11.08. Governing Law...............................................................................101
SECTION 11.09. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements...............................................101
SECTION 11.10. No Personal Liability.......................................................................101
SECTION 11.11. Successors..................................................................................102
SECTION 11.12. Duplicate Originals.........................................................................102
SECTION 11.13. Severability................................................................................102
SECTION 11.14. Independence of Covenants...................................................................102
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ARTICLE TWELVE
GUARANTEE OF NOTES
SECTION 12.01. Unconditional Guarantee.....................................................................102
SECTION 12.02. Limitations on Guarantees...................................................................104
SECTION 12.03. Execution and Delivery of Guarantee.........................................................104
SECTION 12.04. Release of a Guarantor......................................................................105
SECTION 12.05. Waiver of Subrogation.......................................................................106
SECTION 12.06. Immediate Payment...........................................................................107
SECTION 12.07. No Set-Off..................................................................................107
SECTION 12.08. Obligations Absolute........................................................................107
SECTION 12.09. Obligations Continuing......................................................................107
SECTION 12.10. Obligations Not Reduced.....................................................................108
SECTION 12.11. Obligations Reinstated......................................................................108
SECTION 12.12. Obligations Not Affected....................................................................108
SECTION 12.13. Waiver......................................................................................110
SECTION 12.14. No Obligation To Take Action Against the Company............................................110
SECTION 12.15. Dealing with the Company and Others.........................................................110
SECTION 12.16. Default and Enforcement.....................................................................111
SECTION 12.17. Amendment, Etc..............................................................................111
SECTION 12.18. Acknowledgment..............................................................................111
SECTION 12.19. Costs and Expenses..........................................................................111
SECTION 12.20. No Merger or Waiver; Cumulative Remedies....................................................112
SECTION 12.21. Survival of Obligations.....................................................................112
SECTION 12.22. Guarantee in Addition to Other Obligations..................................................112
SECTION 12.23. Severability................................................................................112
SECTION 12.24. Successors and Assigns......................................................................113
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
SUBORDINATION OF GUARANTEE
SECTION 13.01. Guarantee Obligations Subordinated to Guarantor Senior Debt.................................113
SECTION 13.02. Suspension of Guarantee Obligations When Guarantor Senior Debt Is in Default................113
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SECTION 13.03. Guarantee Obligations Subordinated to Prior Payment of All Guarantor Senior
Debt on Dissolution, Liquidation or Reorganization of Such Guarantor.............115
SECTION 13.04. Holders of Guarantee Obligations To Be Subrogated to Rights of Holders of
Guarantor Senior Debt............................................................117
SECTION 13.05. Obligations of the Guarantors Unconditional.................................................118
SECTION 13.06. Trustee Entitled To Assume Payments Not Prohibited in Absence of Notice.....................119
SECTION 13.07. Application by Trustee of Assets Deposited with It..........................................119
SECTION 13.08. No Waiver of Subordination Provisions.......................................................120
SECTION 13.09. Holders Authorize Trustee To Effectuate Subordination of Guarantee Obligations..............121
SECTION 13.10. Right of Trustee To Hold Guarantor Senior Debt..............................................121
SECTION 13.11. No Suspension of Remedies...................................................................121
SECTION 13.12. No Fiduciary Duty of Trustee to Holders of Guarantor Senior Debt............................122
SIGNATURES............................................................................................127
EXHIBIT A - Form of Series A Note...........................................................................A-1
Exhibit B - Form of Series B Note...........................................................................B-1
Exhibit C - Form of Legend for Global Notes.................................................................C-1
Exhibit D - Form of Certificate To Be Delivered in Connection with Transfers
to Non-QIB Accredited Investors.................................................................D-1
Exhibit E - Form of Certificate To Be Delivered in Connection with Transfers
Pursuant to Regulation S........................................................................E-1
Exhibit F - Form of Guarantee...............................................................................F-1
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INDENTURE, dated as of October 29, 1997, by and among T/SF
Communications Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), each of the
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Guarantors named herein, as guarantors, and IBJ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Bank and Trust Company,
as Trustee (the "Trustee").
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The Company has duly authorized the creation of an issue of 10 3/8%
Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007, Series A, and 10 3/8% Senior Subordinated
Notes due 2007, Series B to be issued in exchange for the 10 3/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2007, Series A, pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement (as defined herein) and, to provide therefor, the Company has duly
authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture. All things necessary
to make the Notes, when duly issued and executed by the Company, and
authenticated and delivered hereunder, the valid obligations of the Company, and
to make this Indenture a valid and binding agreement of the Company, have been
done.
Each party hereto agrees as follows for the benefit of the other
parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Company's 10
3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007, Series A and Series B.
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01. Definitions.
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"Acquired Indebtedness" means Indebtedness of a Person or any of its
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Subsidiaries existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company or at the time it merges or consolidates with the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries or assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from
such Person, and in each case not incurred by such Person in connection with, or
in anticipation or contemplation of, the Company becoming a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company or such acquisition, merger or consolidation.
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"Additional Interest" shall have the meaning set forth in the
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Registration Rights Agreement.
"Affiliate" means, with respect to any specified Person, any other
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Person who directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls,
or is controlled by, or under common control with, such specified Person. The
term "control" means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative of the
foregoing.
"Affiliate Transaction" has the meaning provided in Section 4.11.
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"Agent" means any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-Registrar.
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"Agent Members" has the meaning provided in Section 2.16.
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"Asset Acquisition" means (a) an Investment by the Company or any
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Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in any other Person pursuant to which such
Person shall become a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company, or shall be merged with or into the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, or (b) the acquisition by the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of the assets of any Person (other than
a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) which constitute all or substantially
all of the assets of such Person or comprises any division or line of business
of such Person or any other properties or assets of such Person other than in
the ordinary course of business.
"Asset Sale" means any direct or indirect sale, issuance, conveyance,
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transfer, lease (other than operating leases entered into in the ordinary course
of business), assignment or other transfer for value by the Company or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries (including any Sale and Leaseback Transaction) to
any Person other than the Company or a Wholly Owned
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Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of (a) any Capital Stock of any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company; or (b) any other property or assets of the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company other than in the ordinary course of
business; provided, however, that Asset Sales shall not include (i) a
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transaction or series of related transactions for which the Company or its
Restricted Subsidiaries receive aggregate consideration of less than $500,000
and (ii) the sale, lease, conveyance, disposition or other transfer of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company as permitted under Section 5.01.
"Authenticating Agent" has the meaning provided in Section 2.02.
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"Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal,
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state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.
"Blockage Period" has the meaning provided in Section 10.02.
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"Board of Directors" means, as to any Person, the board of directors
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of such Person or any duly authorized committee thereof.
"Board Resolution" means, with respect to any Person, a copy of a
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resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Person
to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of such Person and to be in
full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the
Trustee.
"Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any
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other day on which banking institutions in the city of New York are required or
authorized by law or other governmental action to be closed.
"Capitalized Lease Obligation" means, as to any Person, the
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obligations of such Person under a lease that are required to be classified and
accounted for as capital lease ob-
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ligations under GAAP and, for purposes of this definition, the amount of such
obligations at any date shall be the capitalized amount of such obligations at
such date, determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Capital Stock" means (i) with respect to any Person that is a
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corporation, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents
(however designated and whether voting or non-voting) of corporate stock,
including each class of Common Stock and Preferred Stock of such Person and (ii)
with respect to any Person that is not a corporation, any and all partnership or
other equity interests of such Person.
"Cash Equivalents" means (i) marketable direct obligations issued by,
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or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States Government or issued by any
agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in
each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof; (ii)
marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of
America or any political subdivision of any such state or any public
instrumentality thereof maturing within one year from the date of acquisition
thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having one of the two highest ratings
obtainable from either Standard & Poor's Corporation ("S&P") or ▇▇▇▇▇'▇
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Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's"); (iii) commercial paper maturing no more
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than one year from the date of creation thereof and, at the time of acquisition,
having a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Moody's; (iv)
certificates of deposit or bankers' acceptances maturing within one year from
the date of acquisition thereof issued by any bank organized under the laws of
the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia or
any United States branch of a foreign bank having at the date of acquisition
thereof combined capital and surplus of not less than $250,000,000; (v)
repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying
securities of the types described in clause (i) above entered into with any bank
meeting the qualifications specified in clause (iv) above; and (vi) investments
in money market funds which invest substan-
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tially all their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (i)
through (v) above.
"Change of Control" means the occurrence of one or more of the
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following events: (i) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one
transaction or a series of related transactions) of all or substantially all of
the assets of the Company or Holdings LLC to any Person or group of related
Persons for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act (a "Group"), together
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with any Affiliates thereof, (whether or not otherwise in compliance with the
provisions of this Indenture); (ii) the approval by the holders of Capital Stock
of the Company or common Equity Interests of Holdings LLC of any plan or
proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company or Holdings LLC, as
the case may be (whether or not otherwise in compliance with the provisions of
this Indenture); (iii) any Person or Group (other than the Permitted Holders)
shall become the owner, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, of
shares representing more than 25% of the aggregate ordinary voting power
represented by the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of the Company or common
Equity Interests of Holdings LLC, as the case may be, and the Permitted Holders
shall own less than 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by
the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of the Company or common Equity
Interests of Holdings LLC, as the case may be; and (iv) the replacement of a
majority of the Board of Directors of the Company over a two-year period from
the directors who constituted the Board of Directors of the Company at the
beginning of such period and such replacement shall not have been approved by a
vote of at least a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company then still
in office who either were members of such Board of Directors at the beginning of
such period or whose election as a member of such Board of Directors was
previously so approved.
"Change of Control Offer" has the meaning provided in Section 4.15.
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"Change of Control Payment Date" has the meaning provided in Section
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4.15.
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"Commission" means the SEC.
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"Common Stock" of any Person means any and all shares, interests or
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other participations in, and other equivalents (however designated and whether
voting or non-voting) of such Person's common stock, whether outstanding on the
Issue Date or issued after the Issue Date, and includes, without limitation, all
series and classes of such common stock.
"Company" means T/SF Communications Corporation, a Delaware
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corporation.
"Consolidated EBITDA" means, with respect to any Person, for any
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period, the sum (without duplication) of (i) Consolidated Net Income and (ii) to
the extent Consolidated Net Income has been reduced thereby, (A) all income
taxes of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries (including the LLCs) paid
or accrued in accordance with GAAP for such period (other than income taxes
attributable to extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring gains or losses or taxes
attributable to sales or dispositions outside the ordinary course of business),
(B) Consolidated Interest Expense and (C) Consolidated Non-cash Charges, less
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any non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period, all as
determined on a consolidated basis for such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Interest Expense" means, with respect to any Person for
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any period, the sum of, without duplication: (i) the aggregate of all cash and
non-cash interest expense (minus amortization or write-off of deferred financing
costs included in cash or non-cash interest expense) of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP, including without limitation, (a) any amortization of debt
discount, (b) the net costs under Interest Swap Obligations, (c) all capitalized
interest and (d) the interest portion of any deferred payment obligation; and
(ii) the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations paid, accrued
and/or scheduled to be paid or accrued by such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries during
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such period as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Net Income" means, with respect to any Person for any
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period, the aggregate net income (or loss) of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance
with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded therefrom (a) after-tax gains
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and losses from Asset Sales or abandonments or reserves relating thereto, (b)
items classified as extraordinary, nonrecurring or unusual gains, losses or
charges, and the related tax effects, each determined in accordance with GAAP,
(c) the net income of any Person acquired in a "pooling of interests"
transaction accrued prior to the date it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the
referent Person or is merged or consolidated with the referent Person or any
Restricted Subsidiary of the referent Person, (d) the net income (but not loss)
of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than Holdings LLC) of the referent Person to
the extent that the declaration of dividends or similar distributions by that
Restricted Subsidiary of that income is restricted by a contract, operation of
law or otherwise, (e) the net income of any Person, other than a Restricted
Subsidiary of the referent Person, except to the extent of cash dividends or
distributions paid to the referent Person or to a Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiary of the referent Person, (f) any restoration to income of any
contingency reserve, except to the extent that provision for such reserve was
made out of Consolidated Net Income accrued at any time following the Issue
Date, (g) income or loss attributable to discontinued operations (including,
without limitation, operations disposed of during such period whether or not
such operations were classified as discontinued) and (h) in the case of a
successor to the referent Person by consolidation or merger or as a transferee
of the referent Person's assets, any earnings of the successor corporation prior
to such consolidation, merger or transfer of assets.
"Consolidated Net Worth" of any Person means the consolidated
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stockholders' equity of such Person, determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP, less (without du-
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plication) amounts attributable to Disqualified Capital Stock of such Person.
"Consolidated Non-Cash Charges" means, with respect to any Person, for
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any period, the aggregate depreciation, amortization and other non-cash expenses
of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries reducing Consolidated Net Income
of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (excluding any such charges
constituting an extraordinary item or loss or any such charge which requires an
accrual of or a reserve for cash charges for any future period).
"consolidation" means, with respect to any Person, the consolidation
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of the accounts of the Restricted Subsidiaries of such Person with those of such
Person, all in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that "consolidation"
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will not include consolidation of the accounts of any Unrestricted Subsidiary of
such Person with the accounts of such Person. The term "consolidated" has a
correlative meaning to the foregoing.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee at which at
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any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally
administered, which office at the date of execution of this Indenture is located
at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇.
"Covenant Defeasance" has the meaning set forth in Section 8.01.
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"Credit Agreement" means the Credit Agreement dated as of October 9,
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1997, between the Company, the lenders party thereto in their capacities as
lenders thereunder and First Union National Bank, as agent, together with the
related documents thereto (including, without limitation, any guarantee
agreements and security documents), in each case as such agreements may be
amended (including any amendment and restatement thereof), supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, including any agreement extending the
maturity of, refinancing, replacing or otherwise restructuring (including
increasing the amount of available borrowings thereunder (provided that such
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increase in borrowings is permitted by Section 4.12 or adding Restricted
Subsidiaries of the Company as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder)
all or any portion of the Indebtedness under such agreement or any successor or
replacement agreement and whether by the same or any other agent, lender or
group of lenders.
"Currency Agreement" means any foreign exchange contract, currency
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swap agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company against fluctuations in
currency values.
"Custodian" means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator,
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sequestrator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
"Default" means an event or condition the occurrence of which is, or
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with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of
Default.
"Defeasance Payment" means any distribution from any defeasance trust
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described under Section 8.01.
"Depository" means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and
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successors.
"Designated Senior Debt" means (i) Indebtedness under or in respect of
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the Credit Agreement and (ii) any other Indebtedness constituting Senior Debt
which, at the time of determination, has an aggregate principal amount of at
least $25.0 million and is specifically designated in the instrument evidencing
such Senior Debt as "Designated Senior Debt" by the Company.
"Disqualified Capital Stock" means that portion of any Capital Stock
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which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is
convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event
(other than an event which would constitute a Change of Control), matures or is
mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obliga-
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tion or otherwise, or is redeemable at the sole option of the holder thereof
(except upon the occurrence of a Change of Control) on or prior to the final
maturity date of the Notes.
"Equity Interest" of any Person means any and all shares, interests,
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rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or
interests in (however designated) corporate stock or other equity
participations, including partnership interests, whether general or limited, of
such person, including any Preferred Equity Interests.
"Event of Default" has the meaning provided in Section 6.01.
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"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
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or any successor statute or statutes thereto.
"Exchange Notes" means the 10 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007,
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Series B to be issued in exchange for the Initial Notes pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement.
"Exchange Offer" has the meaning provided in the Registration Rights
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Agreement.
"fair market value" means, with respect to any asset or property, the
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price which could be negotiated in an arm's-length, free market transaction, for
cash, between a willing seller and a willing and able buyer, neither of whom is
under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction. Fair market
value shall be determined by the Board of Directors of the Company acting
reasonably and in good faith and shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution of the
Board of Directors of the Company delivered to the Trustee.
"Fir Tree" means the Fir Tree Value Fund L.P., Fir Tree Institutional
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Value Fund L.P. and Fir Tree Partners L.D.C. and its Affiliates.
"Foreign Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of the Company organized
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under the laws of a country or jurisdiction
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other than the United States or any state or territory thereof or the District
of Columbia.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the
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opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of
the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such
other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting
profession of the United States, which are in effect on the Issue Date.
"Global Note" has the meaning provided in Section 2.01.
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"guarantee" means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any
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Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness 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
Indebtedness or other obligation of such other Person (whether arising by virtue
of partnership arrangements, or by agreement to keep-well, to purchase assets,
goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial
statement conditions or otherwise) or (ii) entered into for purposes of assuring
in any other manner the obligee of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the
payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in
whole or in part) (but if in part, only to the extent thereof); provided,
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however, that the term "guarantee" shall not include (A) endorsements for
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collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business and (B) guarantees
(other than guarantees of Indebtedness) by the Company in respect of assisting
one or more Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of their respective businesses,
including without limitation guarantees of trade obligations and operating
leases, on ordinary business terms. The term "guarantee" used as a verb has a
corresponding meaning.
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"Guarantee" means the guarantee of the obligations under this
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Indenture and the Notes by each of the Guarantors as set forth in Article Twelve
hereof.
"Guarantor" means: (i) ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Convention Publishing, Inc., a Missouri
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corporation, CORSEARCH, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Crimesearch, Inc., an
Oklahoma corporation, Expo Magazine, Inc., a Kansas corporation, Galaxy Design &
Printing, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Galaxy Registration, Inc., a Maryland
corporation, G.E.M. Communication, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation, Transportation
Communications Services, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation, T/SF Europe, Inc., an
Oklahoma corporation, T/SF Investment Co., a Delaware corporation, T/SF of
Nevada, Inc., a Nevada corporation and Transportation Information Services,
Inc., an Oklahoma corporation; (ii) upon their formation, Holdings LLC and each
of the Operating LLCs and (iii) each of the Company's Restricted Subsidiaries
that in the future executes a supplemental indenture in which such Restricted
Subsidiary agrees to be bound by the terms of this Indenture as a Guarantor;
provided that any Person constituting a Guarantor as described above shall cease
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to constitute a Guarantor when its respective Guarantee is released in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
"Guarantor Senior Debt" means with respect to any Guarantor (i) the
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principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including any interest accruing
subsequent to the filing of a petition of bankruptcy at the rate provided for in
the documentation with respect thereto, whether or not such interest is an
allowed claim under applicable law) on any Indebtedness of a Guarantor, whether
outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter created, incurred or assumed,
unless, in the case of any particular Indebtedness, the instrument creating or
evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding expressly
provides that such Indebtedness shall not be senior in right of payment to the
Guarantee of such Guarantor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
"Guarantor Senior Debt" shall also include the principal of, premium, if any,
interest (including any interest accruing subsequent to the filing of a petition
of bankruptcy at the rate provided for in the documen-
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tation with respect thereto, whether or not/to the extent such interest is an
allowed claim under applicable law) on, and all other amounts owing in respect
of, (x) all monetary obligations of every nature of the Company under the Credit
Agreement, including, without limitation, obligations to pay principal and
interest, reimbursement obligations under letters of credit, fees, expenses and
indemnities, (y) all Interest Swap Obligations and (z) all obligations under
Currency Agreements, in each case whether outstanding on the Issue Date or
thereafter incurred. Notwithstanding the foregoing, "Guarantor Senior Debt"
shall not include (i) any Indebtedness of such Guarantor to a Restricted
Subsidiary of such Guarantor or any Affiliate of such Guarantor or any of such
Affiliate's Subsidiaries, (ii) Indebtedness to, or guaranteed on behalf of, any
shareholder, director, officer or employee of such Guarantor or any Restricted
Subsidiary of such Guarantor (including, without limitation, amounts owed for
compensation), (iii) Indebtedness to trade creditors and other amounts incurred
in connection with obtaining goods, materials or services, (iv) Indebtedness
represented by Disqualified Capital Stock, (v) any liability for federal, state,
local or other taxes owed or owing by such Guarantor, (vi) Indebtedness incurred
in violation of Section 4.12, (vii) Indebtedness which, when incurred and
without respect to any election under Section 1111(b) of ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Code, is without recourse to the Company and (viii) any Indebtedness which is,
by its express terms, subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness
of such Guarantor.
"Holder" means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the
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Registrar's books.
"Holdings LLC" means T/SF Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
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company, whose common Equity Interests shall be owned by VS&A-T/SF and Fir Tree
in the same proportion as their ownership interest in the Common Stock of the
Company pursuant to the Recapitalization and whose preferred Equity Interests
shall be owned by the Company. For purposes of the Indenture, Holdings LLC
shall be treated as a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary.
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"Holdings LLC Preferred Equity Interests" as applied to the Equity
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Interests of Holdings LLC, means Equity Interests of any class or classes
(however designated) which is preferred as to the payment of dividends or
distributions, or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or
involuntary liquidation or dissolution of Holdings LLC over Equity Interests of
any other class of such Person.
"incur" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.12.
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"Indebtedness" means with respect to any Person, without duplication,
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(i) all Obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (ii) all Obligations of
such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments,
(iii) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person, (iv) all Obligations of
such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all
conditional sale obligations and all Obligations under any title retention
agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable and other accrued liabilities
arising in the ordinary course of business that are not overdue by 90 days or
more or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly
instituted and diligently conducted), (v) all Obligations for the reimbursement
of any obligor on any letter of credit, banker's acceptance or similar credit
transaction, (vi) guarantees and other contingent obligations in respect of
Indebtedness referred to in clauses (i) through (v) above and clause (viii)
below, (vii) all Obligations of any other Person of the type referred to in
clauses (i) through (vi) which are secured by any lien on any property or asset
of such Person, the amount of such Obligation being deemed to be the lesser of
the fair market value of such property or asset or the amount of the Obligation
so secured, (viii) all Obligations under currency agreements and interest swap
agreements of such Person and (ix) all Disqualified Capital Stock issued by such
Person with the amount of Indebtedness represented by such Disqualified Capital
Stock being equal to the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation
preference and its "maximum fixed repurchase price", but excluding accrued
dividends, if any. For purposes hereof, the "maximum fixed repurchase price" of
any Disqualified Capital Stock which
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does not have a fixed repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with
the terms of such Disqualified Capital Stock as if such Disqualified Capital
Stock were purchased on any date on which Indebtedness shall be required to be
determined pursuant to the Indenture, and if such price is based upon, or
measured by, the fair market value of such Disqualified Capital Stock, such fair
market value shall be determined reasonably and in good faith by the Board of
Directors of the issuer of such Disqualified Capital Stock.
"Indenture" means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time
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to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
"Independent Financial Advisor" means a firm (i) which does not, and
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whose directors, officers and employees or Affiliates do not, have a direct or
indirect financial interest in the Company and (ii) which, in the judgment of
the Board of Directors of the Company, is otherwise independent and qualified to
perform the task for which it is to be engaged.
"Initial Notes" means the 10 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007,
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Series A, of the Company.
"Initial Purchaser" means First Union Capital Markets Corp.
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"interest," when used with respect to any Note means the amount of all
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interest accruing on such Note, including any applicable defaulted interest
pursuant to Section 2.12 and any Additional Interest pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement.
"Interest Payment Date" means the stated maturity of an installment of
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interest on the Notes.
"Interest Swap Obligations" means the obligations of any Person
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pursuant to any arrangement with any other Person, whereby, directly or
indirectly, such Person is entitled to receive from time to time periodic
payments calculated by applying either a floating or a fixed rate of interest on
a stated
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notional amount in exchange for periodic payments made by such Person
calculated by applying a fixed or a floating rate of interest on the same
notional amount and shall include, without limitation, interest rate swaps,
caps, floors, collars and similar agreements.
"Internal Revenue Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
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amended to the date hereof and from time to time hereafter.
"Investment" means, with respect to any Person, any direct or indirect
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loan or other extension of credit (including, without limitation, a guarantee)
or capital contribution to (by means of any transfer of cash or other property
to others or any payment for property or services for the account or use of
others), or any purchase or acquisition by such Person of any Capital Stock,
bonds, notes, debentures or other securities or evidences of Indebtedness issued
by, any Person. "Investment" shall exclude extensions of trade credit by the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on commercially reasonable terms in
accordance with normal trade practices of the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be. For the purposes of Section 4.10, (i)
"Investment" shall include and be valued at the fair market value of the net
assets of any Restricted Subsidiary at the time such Restricted Subsidiary is
designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary and shall exclude the fair market value of
the net assets of any Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time that such Unrestricted
Subsidiary is designated a Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) the amount of any
Investment shall be the original cost of such Investment plus the cost of all
additional Investments by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
without any adjustments for increases or decreases in value, or write-ups,
write-downs or write-offs with respect to such Investment, reduced by the
payment of dividends or distributions in connection with such Investment or any
other amounts received in respect of such Investment; provided, that no such
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payment of dividends or distributions or receipt of any such other amounts shall
reduce the amount of any Investment if such payment of dividends or
distributions or receipt of any such amounts would be included in Consolidated
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Net Income. If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company sells or
otherwise disposes of any Common Stock of any direct or indirect Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company such that, after giving effect to any such sale or
disposition, the Company no longer owns, directly or indirectly, greater than
50% of the outstanding Common Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary, the Company
shall be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or
disposition equal to the fair market value of the Common Stock of such former
Restricted Subsidiary not sold or disposed of.
"Issue Date" means the date of original issuance of the Notes.
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"Legal Defeasance" has the meaning set forth in Section 8.01.
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"Legal Holiday" has the meaning provided in Section 11.07.
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"Lien" means any lien, mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, security
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interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof and any
agreement to give any security interest).
"LLCs" means Holdings LLC and the Operating LLCs. For purposes of
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this Indenture, the LLCs shall be treated as Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiaries.
"Maturity Date" means November 1, 2007.
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"Moody's" means ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Service, Inc. and its successors.
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"Net Cash Proceeds" means, with respect to any Asset Sale, the
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proceeds in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents including payments in respect
of deferred payment obligations when received in the form of cash or Cash
Equivalents (other than the portion of any such deferred payment constituting
interest) received by the Company or any of its Restricted Sub-
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sidiaries from such Asset Sale net of (a) reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and
fees relating to such Asset Sale (including, without limitation, legal,
accounting and investment banking fees and sales commissions), (b) taxes paid or
payable after taking into account any reduction in consolidated tax liability
due to available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements, (c)
repayment of Indebtedness that is required to be repaid in connection with such
Asset Sale and (d) appropriate amounts to be provided by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, as a reserve, in accordance with
GAAP, against any liabilities associated with such Asset Sale and retained by
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, after such Asset
Sale, including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit
liabilities, liabilities related to environmental matters and liabilities under
any indemnification obligations associated with such Asset Sale.
"Net Proceeds Offer" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.16.
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"Net Proceeds Offer Amount" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.16.
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"Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date" has the meaning set forth in Section
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4.16.
"Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date" has the meaning set forth in Section
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4.16.
"Non-U.S. Person" means a person who is not a U.S. person, as defined
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in Regulation S.
"Notes" means, collectively, the Initial Notes, the Private Exchange
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Notes, if any, and the Exchange Notes, treated as a single class of securities
under this Indenture.
"Obligations" means all obligations for principal, premium, interest,
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penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities
payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.
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"Officer" means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board
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of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President,
the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Controller, or the Secretary of
such Person, or any other officer designated by the Board of Directors serving
in a similar capacity and with respect to the Trustee or any agent of the
Trustee, a Trust Officer.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by two Officers of
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the Company.
"Operating LLCs" means, upon their formation, each of (i) Galaxy
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Registration LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, (ii) ▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company and (iii) GEM Gaming, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company, each of whose common Equity Interests is owned by Holdings
LLC. For purposes of this Indenture, the Operating LLCs shall be treated as
Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion from legal counsel who is
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reasonably acceptable to the Trustee complying with the requirements of Sections
11.04 and 11.05, as they relate to the giving of an Opinion of Counsel.
"Paying Agent" has the meaning provided in Section 2.03.
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"Permitted Holders" means Fir Tree and VS&A Fund II.
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"Permitted Indebtedness" means, without duplication, each of the
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following:
(i) Indebtedness under the Notes, this Indenture and the Guarantees;
(ii) Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the Credit Agreement in an
aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $25.0
million in the aggregate, reduced by any required permanent repayments
pursuant to Section 4.16 (which are accompanied by a corresponding
permanent commitment reduction) thereunder;
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(iii) other Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries outstanding on the Issue Date reduced by the amount of any
scheduled amortization payments or mandatory prepayments when actually paid
or permanent reductions thereon;
(iv) Interest Swap Obligations of the Company covering Indebtedness
of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and Interest Swap
Obligations of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company covering
Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that such
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Interest Swap Obligations are entered into to protect the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries from fluctuations in interest rates on Indebtedness
incurred in accordance with this Indenture to the extent the notional
principal amount of such Interest Swap Obligations does not exceed the
principal amount of the Indebtedness to which such Interest Swap Obligation
relates;
(v) Indebtedness under Currency Agreements; provided, that in the
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case of Currency Agreements which relate to Indebtedness, such Currency
Agreements do not increase the Indebtedness of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding other than as a result of fluctuations
in foreign currency exchange rates or by reason of fees, indemnities and
compensation payable thereunder;
(vi) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to the
Company or to a Guarantor of the Company for so long as such Indebtedness
is held by the Company or a Guarantor of the Company, in each case subject
to no Liens held by any Person other than the Company or a Guarantor of the
Company; provided, that if as of any date any Person other than the Company
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or a Guarantor of the Company owns or holds any such Indebtedness or holds
a Lien in respect of such Indebtedness, such date shall be deemed the
incurrence of Indebtedness not constituting Permitted Indebtedness by the
issuer of such Indebtedness;
(vii) Indebtedness of the Company to a Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company for so long as such
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Indebtedness is held by a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, in each case
subject to no Lien; provided, that (a) any Indebtedness of the Company to
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any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company is unsecured and
subordinated, pursuant to a written agreement, to the Company's obligations
under this Indenture and the Notes and (b) if as of any date any Person
other than a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company owns or
holds any such Indebtedness or any Person holds a Lien in respect of such
Indebtedness, such date shall be deemed the incurrence of Indebtedness not
constituting Permitted Indebtedness by the Company;
(viii) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other
financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently
(except in the case of daylight overdrafts) drawn against insufficient
funds in the ordinary course of business; provided, however, that such
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Indebtedness is extinguished within two Business Days of incurrence;
(ix) Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries represented by letters of credit for the account of the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in order to
provide security for workers' compensation claims, payment obligations in
connection with self-insurance or similar requirements in the ordinary
course of business;
(x) Refinancing Indebtedness; and
(xi) additional Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $5.0 million at
any one time outstanding.
"Permitted Investments" means each of the following: (i) Investments
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by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in any Person that is
or will become immediately after such Investment a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company or that will merge or consolidate into the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company; (ii) Investments in the Company by
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any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided, that any Indebtedness
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evidencing such Investment is unsecured and subordinated, pursuant to a written
agreement, to the Company's obligations under the Notes and this Indenture;
(iii) Investments in cash and Cash Equivalents; (iv) loans and advances to
employees and officers of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the
ordinary course of business for bona fide business purposes not in excess of
$500,000 at any one time outstanding; (v) Currency Agreements and Interest Swap
Obligations entered into in the ordinary course of the Company's or its
Restricted Subsidiaries' businesses and otherwise in compliance with this
Indenture; (vi) Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries or other entities not
to exceed $4.0 million at any one time outstanding; (vii) Investments in
securities of trade creditors or customers received pursuant to any plan of
reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of such
trade creditors or customers; and (viii) Investments made by the Company or its
Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of consideration received in connection with
an Asset Sale made in compliance with Section 4.16.
"Permitted Liens" means the following types of Liens:
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(i) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims
either (a) not delinquent or (b) contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and as to which the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries
shall have set aside on its books such reserves as may be required pursuant
to GAAP;
(ii) statutory Liens of landlords and Liens of carriers,
warehousemen, mechanics, suppliers, materialmen, repairmen and other Liens
imposed by law incurred in the ordinary course of business for sums not yet
delinquent or being contested in good faith, if such reserve or other
appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required by GAAP shall have been
made in respect thereof;
(iii) Liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of
business in connection with workers' compensation, unemployment insurance
and other types of social se-
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curity, including any Lien securing letters of credit issued in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice in connection
therewith, or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations,
surety and appeal bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, performance
and return-of-money bonds and other similar obligations (exclusive of
obligations for the payment of borrowed money);
(iv) judgment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default so long
as such Lien is adequately bonded and any appropriate legal proceedings
which may have been duly initiated for the review of such judgment shall
not have been finally terminated or the period within which such
proceedings may be initiated shall not have expired;
(v) easements, rights-of-way, zoning restrictions and other similar
charges or encumbrances in respect of real property not interfering in any
material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(vi) any interest or title of a lessor under any Capitalized Lease
Obligation; provided, that such Liens do not extend to any property or
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assets which is not leased property subject to such Capitalized Lease
Obligation;
(vii) purchase money Liens to finance property or assets of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary acquired in the ordinary course of
business; provided, however, that (A) the related purchase money
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Indebtedness shall not exceed the cost of such property or assets and shall
not be secured by any property or assets of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company other than the property and assets so acquired
and (B) the Lien securing such Indebtedness shall be created within 90 days
of such acquisition;
(viii) Liens upon specific items of inventory or other goods and
proceeds of any Person securing such Person's
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obligations in respect of bankers' acceptances issued or created for the
account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of
such inventory or other goods;
(ix) Liens securing reimbursement obligations with respect to
commercial letters of credit which encumber documents and other property
relating to such letters of credit and products and proceeds thereof;
(x) Liens encumbering deposits made to secure obligations arising
from statutory, regulatory, contractual, or warranty requirements of the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including rights of offset
and set-off;
(xi) Liens securing Interest Swap Obligations which Interest Swap
Obligations relate to Indebtedness that is otherwise permitted under this
Indenture;
(xii) Liens securing Indebtedness under Currency Agreements; and
(xiii) Liens securing Acquired Indebtedness incurred in accordance
with Section 4.12; provided, that (A) such Liens secured such Acquired
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Indebtedness at the time of and prior to the incurrence of such Acquired
Indebtedness by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and
were not granted in connection with, or in anticipation of, the incurrence
of such Acquired Indebtedness by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company and (B) such Liens do not extend to or cover any property or
assets of the Company or of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries other than
the property or assets that secured the Acquired Indebtedness prior to the
time such Indebtedness became Acquired Indebtedness of the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and are no more favorable to the
lienholders than those securing the Acquired Indebtedness prior to the
incurrence of such Acquired Indebtedness by the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company.
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"Permitted Tax Distributions" means, subject to Section 4.10,
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distributions by Holdings LLC to Fir Tree and VS&A-T/SF to the extent necessary
to permit the direct or indirect beneficial owners of the common Equity
Interests of Holdings LLC to pay federal and state income tax liabilities
arising from income of Holdings LLC irrespective of any other income or loss
such holders may have and attributable to them solely as a result of Holdings
LLC (and any intermediate entity through which such holder owns such Equity
Interests) being a partnership or similar pass-through entity for federal income
tax purposes.
"Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, unincorporated
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organization, trust or joint venture, or a governmental agency or political
subdivision thereof.
"Physical Notes" has the meaning provided in Section 2.01.
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"Preferred Stock" of any Person means any Capital Stock of such Person
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that has preferential rights to any other Capital Stock of such Person with
respect to dividends or redemptions or upon liquidation.
"principal" of any Indebtedness (including the Notes) means the
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principal amount of such Indebtedness plus the premium, if any, on such
Indebtedness.
"Private Exchange Notes" shall have the meaning provided in the
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Registration Rights Agreement.
"Private Placement Legend" means the legend initially set forth on the
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Initial Notes in the form set forth in Exhibit A.
"pro forma" means, with respect to any calculation made or required to
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be made pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, a calculation in accordance
with Article 11 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act.
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"Property" means, with respect to any Person, any interests of such
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Person in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or
tangible or intangible, including, without limitation, Capital Stock,
partnership interests and other equity or ownership interests in any other
Person.
"Public Equity Offering" means an underwritten public offering of
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Qualified Capital Stock of the Company pursuant to a registration statement
filed with the Commission in accordance with the Securities Act.
"Qualified Capital Stock" means any Capital Stock that is not
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Disqualified Capital Stock.
"Qualified Institutional Buyer" or "QIB" shall have the meaning
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specified in Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
"Recapitalization" means the recapitalization of the Company as
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contemplated by the Stock Purchase Agreement.
"Receivables" means any right of payment from or on behalf of any
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obligor, whether constituting an account, chattel paper, instrument, general
intangible or otherwise, arising from the financing by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of merchandise or services, and monies due
thereunder, security in the merchandise and services financed thereby, records
related thereto, and the right to payment of any interest or finance charges and
other obligations with respect thereto, proceeds from claims on insurance
policies related thereto, any other proceeds related thereto, and any other
related rights.
"Record Date" means the Record Dates specified in the Notes.
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"Redemption Date," when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed,
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means the date fixed for such redemption pursuant to this Indenture and the
Notes.
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"Redemption Price," when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed,
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means the price fixed for such redemption, including principal and premium, if
any, pursuant to this Indenture and the Notes.
"Reference Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.10.
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"Refinance" means, in respect of any security or Indebtedness, to
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refinance, extend, renew, refund, repay, prepay, redeem, defease or retire, or
to issue a security or Indebtedness in exchange or replacement for, such
security or Indebtedness in whole or in part. "Refinanced" and "Refinancing"
shall have correlative meanings.
"Refinancing Indebtedness" means any Refinancing by the Company or any
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Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of Indebtedness incurred in accordance with
Section 4.12 (other than pursuant to clauses (ii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii),
(viii), (ix) or (xi) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness), in each case
that does not (1) result in an increase in the aggregate principal amount of
Indebtedness of such Person as of the date of such proposed Refinancing (plus
the amount of any premium required to be paid under the terms of the instrument
governing such Indebtedness and plus the amount of reasonable expenses incurred
by the Company in connection with such Refinancing) or (2) create Indebtedness
with (A) a Weighted Average Life to Maturity that is less than the Weighted
Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced or (B) a final
maturity earlier than the final maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced;
provided, that (x) if such Indebtedness being Refinanced is Indebtedness of the
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Company, then such Refinancing Indebtedness shall be Indebtedness solely of the
Company and (y) if such Indebtedness being Refinanced is subordinate or junior
to the Notes, then such Refinancing Indebtedness shall be subordinate to the
Notes at least to the same extent and in the same manner as the Indebtedness
being Refinanced; provided, further that Indebtedness incurred concurrently with
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an irrevocable offer to purchase on a date not more than 60 days from the date
of incurrence of such Indebtedness an amount of Notes
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equal to such Indebtedness shall be deemed Refinancing Indebtedness.
"Registrar" has the meaning provided in Section 2.03.
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"Registration Rights Agreement" means the Registration Rights
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Agreement dated as of the Issue Date by and among the Company, the Guarantors
and the Initial Purchaser.
"Regulation S" means Regulation S under the Securities Act.
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"Regulation S Global Note" means a permanent global note in registered
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form representing the aggregate principal amount of Notes sold in reliance on
Regulation S under the Securities Act.
"Related Person" of any Person means any other Person directly or
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indirectly owning 10% or more of the outstanding voting Common Stock of such
Person (or, in the case of a Person that is not a corporation, 10% or more of
the equity interest in such Person).
"Replacement Assets" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.16.
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"Representative" means the indenture trustee or other trustee, agent
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or representative in respect of any Designated Senior Debt; provided that if,
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and for so long as, any Designated Senior Debt lacks such a representative, then
the Representative for such Designated Senior Debt shall at all times constitute
the holders of a majority in outstanding principal amount of such Designated
Senior Debt in respect of any Designated Senior Debt.
"Restricted Payment" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.10.
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"Restricted Security" has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule
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144(a)(3) under the Securities Act; provided, however, that the Trustee shall be
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entitled to request and con-
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clusively rely on an Opinion of Counsel with respect to whether any Note
constitutes a Restricted Security.
"Restricted Subsidiary" of any Person means any Subsidiary of such
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Person which at the time of determination is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
"Rule 144A" means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
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"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Rating Services, a division of The
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McGraw Hill Companies, Inc., and its successors.
"Sale and Leaseback Transaction" means any direct or indirect
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arrangement with any Person or to which any such Person is a party providing for
the leasing to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of any property, whether
owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary at the Issue Date or later
acquired, which has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary to such Person or to any other Person from whom funds have
been or are to be advanced by such Person on the security of such property.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the
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rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
"Senior Debt" means, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest
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(including any interest accruing subsequent to the filing of a petition of
bankruptcy at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto,
whether or not such interest is an allowed claim under applicable law) on any
Indebtedness of the Company, whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter
created, incurred or assumed, unless, in the case of any particular
Indebtedness, the instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to
which the same is outstanding expressly provides that such Indebtedness shall
not be senior in right of payment to the Notes. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, "Senior Debt" shall also include the principal of, premium, if
any, interest (including any in-
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terest accruing subsequent to the filing of a petition of bankruptcy at the rate
provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, to the extent such
interest is an allowed claim under applicable law) on, and all other amounts
owing in respect of, (x) all monetary obligations of every nature of the Company
under the Credit Agreement, including, without limitation, obligations to pay
principal and interest, reimbursement obligations under letters of credit, fees,
expenses and indemnities, (y) all Interest Swap Obligations and (z) all
obligations under Currency Agreements, in each case whether outstanding on the
Issue Date or thereafter incurred. Notwithstanding the foregoing, "Senior Debt"
shall not include (i) any Indebtedness of the Company to a Guarantor of the
Company or any Affiliate of the Company or any of such Affiliate's Subsidiaries,
(ii) Indebtedness to, or guaranteed on behalf of, any shareholder, director,
officer or employee of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (including,
without limitation, amounts owed for compensation), (iii) Indebtedness to trade
creditors and other amounts incurred in connection with obtaining goods,
materials or services, (iv) Indebtedness represented by Disqualified Capital
Stock, (v) any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing
by the Company, (vi) Indebtedness incurred in violation of the Indenture
provisions set forth under Section 4.12, (vii) Indebtedness which, when incurred
and without respect to any election under Section 1111(b) of ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇ Code is without recourse to the Company and (viii) any Indebtedness which
is, by its express terms, subordinated in right of payment to any other
Indebtedness of the Company.
"Significant Subsidiary" shall have the meaning set forth in Rule
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1.02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act.
"Stock Purchase Agreement" means the stock purchase agreement dated as
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of August 15, 1997, as amended, by and among VS&A-T/SF, VS&A Fund II and the
Company, relating to the Recapitalization.
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"Stockholders Agreement" means the stockholders agreement dated as of
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October 9, 1997 among VS&A-T/SF, Fir Tree and the Company.
"Subsidiary," with respect to any Person, means (i) any corporation of
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which the outstanding Capital Stock having at least a majority of the votes
entitled to be cast in the election of directors under ordinary circumstances
shall at the time be owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person or (ii) any
other Person of which at least a majority of the voting interest under ordinary
circumstances is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by such Person.
"Surviving Entity" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.01.
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"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. (S)(S) 77aaa-
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77bbbb), as amended, as in effect on the date of this Indenture, except as
otherwise provided in Section 9.03.
"Trustee" means the party named as such in this Indenture until a
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successor replaces it in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and
thereafter means such successor.
"Trust Officer" means any officer or assistant officer of the Trustee
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assigned by the Trustee to administer this Indenture, or in the case of a
successor trustee, an officer assigned to the department, division or group
performing the corporation trust work of such successor and assigned to
administer this Indenture.
"U.S. Government Obligations" mean direct obligations of, and
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obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America for the payment of which
the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged.
"U.S. Legal Tender" means such coin or currency of the United States
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of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of
public and private debts.
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"Unrestricted Subsidiary" of any Person means (i) any Subsidiary of
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such Person that at the time of determination shall be or continue to be
designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors of such Person
in the manner provided below and (ii) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted
Subsidiary. The Board of Directors may designate any Subsidiary (including any
newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary
unless such Subsidiary owns any Capital Stock of, or owns or holds any Lien on
any property of, the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company that is not
a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated; provided that (x) the
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Company certifies to the Trustee that such designation complies with Section
4.10 and (y) each Subsidiary to be so designated and each of its Subsidiaries
has not at the time of designation, and does not thereafter, create, incur,
issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable with
respect to any Indebtedness pursuant to which the lender has recourse to any of
the assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries. The Board of
Directors may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted
Subsidiary only if (x) immediately after giving effect to such designation, the
Company is able to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than
Permitted Indebtedness) in compliance with Section 4.12 and (y) immediately
before and immediately after giving effect to such designation, no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Any such designation by
the Board of Directors shall be evidenced to the Trustee by promptly filing with
the Trustee a copy of the Board Resolution giving effect to such designation and
an Officers' Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the
foregoing provisions.
"VS&A Fund II" means VS&A Communications Partners II, L.P., a Delaware
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limited partnership and its Affiliates.
"VS&A-T/SF" means VS&A-T/SF Inc., a Delaware corporation and, after
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the merger of VS&A-T/SF into the Company, VS&A-T/SF L.L.C.
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"Weighted Average Life to Maturity" means, when applied to any
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Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing (a) the then
outstanding aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness into (b) the sum of
the total of the products obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then
remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payment
of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (ii)
the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) which will elapse
between such date and the making of such payment.
"Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary" of any Person means any
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Restricted Subsidiary of such Person of which all the outstanding voting
securities (other than in the case of a foreign Restricted Subsidiary,
directors' qualifying shares or an immaterial amount of shares required to be
owned by other Persons pursuant to applicable law) are owned by such Person or
any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of such Person.
SECTION 1.02. Incorporation by Reference of TIA.
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Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, such
provision is incorporated by reference in, and made a part of, this Indenture.
The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
"indenture securities" means the Notes.
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"indenture security holder" means a Holder.
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"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture.
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"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the Trustee.
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"obligor" on the indenture securities means the Company or any other
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obligor on the Notes.
All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the
TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by Commission rule
and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them therein.
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SECTION 1.03. Rules of Construction.
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Unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning
assigned to it in accordance with GAAP of any date of determination;
(3) "or" is not exclusive;
(4) words in the singular include the plural, and words in the
plural include the singular;
(5) "herein," "hereof" and other words of similar import refer to
this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or
other subdivision; and
(6) any reference to a statute, law or regulation means that
statute, law or regulation as amended and in effect from time to time and
includes any successor statute, law or regulation; provided, however, that
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any reference to the Bankruptcy Law shall mean the Bankruptcy Law as
applicable to the relevant case.
ARTICLE TWO
THE NOTES
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SECTION 2.01. Form and Dating.
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The Initial Notes and the Trustee's certificate of authentication
relating thereto shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The
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Exchange Notes and the Trustee's certificate of authentication relating thereto
shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto. The Notes may have
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notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or
depository rule or usage. The Company and the Trustee shall approve the form of
the Notes and any notation,
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legend or endorsement on them. Each Note shall be dated the date of its issuance
and shall show the date of its authentication. Each Note shall have an executed
Guarantee endorsed thereon substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto.
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The terms and provisions contained in the Notes, annexed hereto as
Exhibits A and B, shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of
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this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by
their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms
and provisions and to be bound thereby.
Notes offered and sold in reliance on Rule 144A and Notes offered and
sold in reliance on Regulation S shall be issued initially in the form of one or
more permanent global Notes in registered form, substantially in the form set
forth in Exhibit A (the "Global Note"), deposited with the Trustee, as custodian
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for the Depository, duly executed by the Company (and having an executed
Guarantee endorsed thereon) and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter
provided and shall bear the legend set forth in Exhibit C. The aggregate
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principal amount of the Global Note may from time to time be increased or
decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as custodian for
the Depository, as hereinafter provided.
Notes issued in exchange for interests in a Global Note pursuant to
Section 2.16 may be issued in the form of permanent certificated Notes in
registered form in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A (the "Physical
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Notes").
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All Notes offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S shall remain in
the form of a Global Note until the consummation of the Exchange Offer pursuant
to the Registration Rights Agreement; provided, however, that all of the time
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periods specified in the Registration Rights Agreement to be complied with by
the Company and the Guarantors have been so complied with.
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SECTION 2.02. Execution and Authentication;
Aggregate Principal Amount.
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Two Officers of the Company and each Guarantor shall sign (each of
whom shall have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate actions) the
Notes for the Company and the Guarantees for the Guarantors by manual or
facsimile signature.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Note or a Guarantee was an
Officer at the time of such execution but no longer holds that office or
position at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note, the Note shall
nevertheless be valid.
A Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee
manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Note. The signature
shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this
Indenture.
The Trustee shall authenticate (i) Initial Notes for original issue in
the aggregate principal amount not to exceed $100,000,000, (ii) Private Exchange
Notes from time to time for issue only in exchange for a like principal amount
of Initial Notes and (iii) Exchange Notes for issue only in a Registered
Exchange Offer, pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, for a like
principal amount of Initial Notes, in each case upon a written order of the
Company in the form of an Officers' Certificate of the Company. Each such
written order shall specify the amount of Notes to be authenticated and whether
the Notes are to be issued as Physical Notes or Global Notes or such other
information as the Trustee may reasonably request. The aggregate principal
amount of Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed $100,000,000, except as
provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.08.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent (the "Authenticating
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Agent") reasonably acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. Unless
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otherwise provided in the appointment, an Authenticating Agent may authenticate
Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to
authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such Authenticating
Agent. An Authenticating Agent has the same
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rights as an Agent to deal with the Company or with any Affiliate of the
Company.
The Notes shall be issuable in fully registered form only, without
coupons, in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
SECTION 2.03. Registrar and Paying Agent.
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The Company shall maintain an office or agency (which shall be located
in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York, State of New York) where
(a) Notes may be presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for
exchange ("Registrar"), (b) Notes may be presented or surrendered for payment
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("Paying Agent") and (c) notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect
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of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Registrar shall keep a
register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Company, upon
prior written notice to the Trustee, may have one or more co-Registrars and one
or more additional paying agents reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. The term
"Paying Agent" includes any additional Paying Agent. The Company may act as
their own Paying Agent, except that for the purposes of payments on the Notes
pursuant to Sections 4.15 and 4.16, neither the Company nor any Affiliate of the
Company may act as Paying Agent.
The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any
Agent not a party to this Indenture, which agreement shall incorporate the
provisions of the TIA and implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate
to such Agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee, in advance, of the name
and address of any such Agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar or
Paying Agent, or fails to give the foregoing notice, the Trustee shall act as
such.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar, Paying Agent
and agent for service of demands and notices in connection with the Notes, until
such time as the Trustee has resigned or a successor has been appointed. Any of
the Registrar, the Paying Agent or any other agent may resign upon 30 days'
notice to the Company.
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SECTION 2.04. Paying Agent To Hold Assets in Trust.
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The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to
agree in writing that such Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of
the Holders or the Trustee all assets held by the Paying Agent for the payment
of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, the Notes (whether such assets
have been distributed to it by the Company or any other obligor on the Notes),
and the Company and the Paying Agent shall notify the Trustee of any Default by
the Company (or any other obligor on the Notes) in making any such payment. The
Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to distribute all assets held by
it to the Trustee and account for any assets disbursed and the Trustee may at
any time during the continuance of any payment Default, upon written request to
a Paying Agent, require such Paying Agent to distribute all assets held by it to
the Trustee and to account for any assets distributed. Upon distribution to the
Trustee of all assets that shall have been delivered by the Company to the
Paying Agent, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for such assets.
SECTION 2.05. Holder Lists.
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The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of
the Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA (S) 312(a). If the Trustee is
not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish or cause the Registrar to furnish
to the Trustee before each Record Date and at such other times as the Trustee
may request in writing a list as of such date and in such form as the Trustee
may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders, which list may
be conclusively relied upon by the Trustee.
SECTION 2.06. Transfer and Exchange.
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Subject to Sections 2.16 and 2.17, when Notes are presented to the
Registrar or a co-Registrar with a request to register the transfer of such
Notes or to exchange such Notes for an equal principal amount of Notes of other
authorized de-
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nominations, the Registrar or co-Registrar shall register the transfer or make
the exchange as requested if its requirements for such transaction are met;
provided, however, that the Notes presented or surrendered for registration of
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transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and the
Registrar or co-Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney
duly authorized in writing. To permit registration of transfers and exchanges,
the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Notes and the
Guarantors shall execute Guarantees thereon at the Registrar's or co-Registrar's
request. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
transfer tax, fee or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith
(other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon
exchanges or transfers pursuant to Section 2.10, 3.04, 4.15, 4.16 or 9.05, in
which event the Company shall be responsible for the payment of such taxes).
The Registrar or co-Registrar shall not be required to register the
transfer of or exchange of any Note (i) during a period beginning at the opening
of business 15 days before the mailing of a notice of redemption of Notes and
ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing and (ii) selected for
redemption in whole or in part pursuant to Article Three, except the unredeemed
portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
Any Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note shall, by
acceptance of such Global Note, agree that transfers of beneficial interests in
such Global Notes may be effected only through a book entry system maintained by
the Holder of such Global Note (or its agent), and that ownership of a
beneficial interest in the Note shall be required to be reflected in a book
entry system.
SECTION 2.07. Replacement Notes.
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If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or if the Holder of
a Note claims that the Note has been lost, de-
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stroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall
authenticate a replacement Note and the Guarantors shall execute a Guarantee
thereon if the Trustee's requirements are met. If required by the Trustee or the
Company, such Holder must provide an indemnity bond or other indemnity of
reasonable tenor, sufficient in the reasonable judgment of the Company, the
Guarantors and the Trustee, to protect the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee
or any Agent from any loss which any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced.
Every replacement Note shall constitute an additional obligation of the Company
and the Guarantors.
SECTION 2.08. Outstanding Notes.
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Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes that have been
authenticated by the Trustee except those canceled by it, those delivered to it
for cancellation and those described in this Section as not outstanding.
Subject to the provisions of Section 2.09, a Note does not cease to be
outstanding because the Company or any of its Affiliates holds the Note.
If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 (other than a mutilated
Note surrendered for replacement), it ceases to be outstanding unless the
Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a
bona fide purchaser. A mutilated Note ceases to be outstanding upon surrender
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of such Note and replacement thereof pursuant to Section 2.07.
If on a Redemption Date or the Maturity Date the Paying Agent holds
U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations sufficient to pay all of the
principal, premium, if any, and interest due on the Notes payable on that date
and is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders thereof pursuant to
the terms of this Indenture, then on and after that date such Notes shall be
deemed not to be outstanding and interest on them shall cease to accrue.
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SECTION 2.09. Treasury Notes.
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In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of
Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver, consent or notice, Notes owned by
the Company or an Affiliate of the Company shall be considered as though they
are not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the
Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent,
only Notes which a Trust Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned
shall be so considered. The Company shall notify the Trustee, in writing, when
it or, to its knowledge, any of its Affiliates repurchases or otherwise acquires
Notes, of the aggregate principal amount of such Notes so repurchased or
otherwise acquired and such other information as the Trustee may reasonably
request and the Trustee shall be entitled to rely thereon.
SECTION 2.10. Temporary Notes.
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Until definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare
and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Notes upon receipt of a written
order of the Company in the form of an Officers' Certificate. The Officers'
Certificate shall specify the amount of temporary Notes to be authenticated and
the date on which the temporary Notes are to be authenticated. Temporary Notes
shall be substantially in the form of definitive Notes but may have variations
that the Company consider appropriate for temporary Notes and so indicate in the
Officers' Certificate. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare,
the Trustee shall authenticate and the Guarantors shall execute Guarantees on,
upon receipt of a written order of the Company pursuant to Section 2.02,
definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.
SECTION 2.11. Cancellation.
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The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee
any Notes surrendered to them for transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee,
or at the direction of the Trustee, the Registrar or the Paying Agent, and no
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one else, shall cancel and, at the written direction of the Company, shall
dispose, in its customary manner, of all Notes surrendered for transfer,
exchange, payment or cancellation. Subject to Section 2.07, the Company may not
issue new Notes to replace Notes that they have paid or delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation. If the Company shall acquire any of the Notes, such
acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the
Indebtedness represented by such Notes unless and until the same are surrendered
to the Trustee for cancellation pursuant to this Section 2.11.
SECTION 2.12. Defaulted Interest.
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The Company will pay interest on overdue principal from time to time
on demand at the rate of interest then borne by the Notes. The Company shall,
to the extent lawful, pay interest on overdue installments of interest (without
regard to any applicable grace periods) from time to time on demand at the rate
of interest then borne by the Notes. Interest will be computed on the basis of
a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months, and, in the case of a partial
month, the actual number of days elapsed.
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it
shall pay the defaulted interest, plus (to the extent lawful) any interest
payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Holders on a
subsequent special record date, which special record date shall be the fifteenth
day next preceding the date fixed by the Company for the payment of defaulted
interest or the next succeeding Business Day if such date is not a Business Day.
The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted
interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment
(a "Default Interest Payment Date"), and at the same time the Company shall
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deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount
proposed to be paid in respect of such defaulted interest or shall make
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit on or prior to the
date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for
the benefit of the Persons entitled to such defaulted interest as provided in
this Section; provided, however, that in
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no event shall the Company deposit monies proposed to be paid in respect of
defaulted interest later than 11:00 a.m. New York City time of the proposed
Default Interest Payment Date. At least 15 days before the subsequent special
record date, the Company shall mail (or cause to be mailed) to each Holder, as
of a recent date selected by the Company, with a copy to the Trustee, a notice
that states the subsequent special record date, the payment date and the amount
of defaulted interest, and interest payable on such defaulted interest, if any,
to be paid. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any interest which is paid prior to
the expiration of the 30-day period set forth in Section 6.01(a) shall be paid
to Holders as of the regular record date for the Interest Payment Date for which
interest has not been paid. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may make
payment of any defaulted interest in any other lawful manner not inconsistent
with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be
listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange.
SECTION 2.13. CUSIP Number.
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The Company in issuing the Notes may use a "CUSIP" number, and, if so,
the Trustee shall use the CUSIP number in notices of redemption or exchange as a
convenience to Holders; provided, however, that no representation is hereby
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deemed to be made by the Trustee as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP
number printed in the notice or on the Notes, and that reliance may be placed
only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such
redemption or exchange shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of
such numbers. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change in
the CUSIP number.
SECTION 2.14. Deposit of Monies.
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Prior to 11:00 a.m. New York City time on each Interest Payment Date,
Maturity Date, Redemption Date, Change of Control Payment Date and Net Proceeds
Offer Payment Date, the Company shall have deposited with the Paying Agent in
immediately available funds money sufficient to make cash payments, if any, due
on such Interest Payment Date, Maturity Date, Re-
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demption Date, Change of Control Payment Date and Net Proceeds Offer Payment
Date, as the case may be, in a timely manner which permits the Paying Agent to
remit payment to the Holders on such Interest Payment Date, Maturity Date,
Redemption Date, Change of Control Payment Date and Net Proceeds Offer Payment
Date, as the case may be.
SECTION 2.15. Restrictive Legends.
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Each Global Note and Physical Note that constitutes a Restricted
Security shall bear the legend (the "Private Placement Legend") as set forth in
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Exhibit A on the face thereof until after the second anniversary of the later of
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the Issue Date and the last date on which the Company or any Affiliate of the
Company was the owner of such Note (or any predecessor security) (or such
shorter period of time as permitted by Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act or
any successor provision thereunder) (or such longer period of time as may be
required under the Securities Act or applicable state securities laws in the
opinion of counsel for the Company, unless otherwise agreed by the Company and
the Holder thereof).
Each Global Note shall also bear the legend as set forth in Exhibit C
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on the face thereof.
SECTION 2.16. Book-Entry Provisions
for Global Security.
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(a) The Global Notes initially shall (i) be registered in the name of
the Depository or the nominee of such Depository, (ii) be delivered to the
Trustee as custodian for such Depository and (iii) bear legends as set forth in
Exhibit C.
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Members of, or participants in, the Depository ("Agent Members") shall
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have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on
their behalf by the Depository, or the Trustee as its custodian, or under the
Global Notes, and the Depository may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and
any Agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global
Note for all purposes whatsoever.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the
Trustee or any Agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any
written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depository
or impair, as between the Depository and its Agent Members, the operation of
customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any
Note.
(b) Transfers of a Global Note shall be limited to transfers in
whole, but not in part, to the Depository, its successors or their respective
nominees. Interests of beneficial owners in a Global Note may be transferred or
exchanged for Physical Notes in accordance with the rules and procedures of the
Depository and the provisions of Section 2.17. In addition, Physical Notes
shall be transferred to all beneficial owners in exchange for their beneficial
interests in a Global Note if (i) the Depository notifies the Company that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for the Global Notes and a
successor depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such
notice or (ii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the
Registrar has received a written request from the Depository to issue Physical
Notes.
(c) In connection with any transfer or exchange of a portion of the
beneficial interest in a Global Note to beneficial owners pursuant to paragraph
(b), the Registrar shall (if one or more Physical Notes are to be issued)
reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease in the principal amount
of such Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial
interest in the Global Note to be transferred, and the Company shall execute,
the Guarantors shall execute Guarantees on, and the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver, one or more Physical Notes of like tenor and amount.
(d) In connection with the transfer of an entire Global Note to
beneficial owners pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 2.16, such Global
Note shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the
Company shall execute, the Guarantors shall execute Guarantees on and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, to each beneficial
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owner identified by the Depository in exchange for its beneficial interest in
the Global Note, an equal aggregate principal amount of Physical Notes of
authorized denominations.
(e) Any Physical Note constituting a Restricted Security delivered in
exchange for an interest in a Global Note pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of
this Section 2.16 shall, except as otherwise provided by paragraphs (a)(i)(x)
and (d) of Section 2.17, bear the Private Placement Legend.
(f) The Holder of a Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise
authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold
interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled
to take under this Indenture or the Notes.
(g) No Obligation of the Trustee. (i) The Trustee shall have no
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responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of a Global Security, a
member of, or a participant in the Depository or other Person with respect to
any ownership interest in the Securities, with respect to the accuracy of the
records of the Depository or its nominee or of any participant or member thereof
or with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or
other Person (other than the Depository) of any notice (including any notice of
redemption) or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such
Securities. All notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all
payments to be made to Holders under the Securities shall be given or made only
to the registered Holders (which shall be the Depository or its nominee in the
case of a Global Security). The rights of beneficial owners in any Global
Security in global form shall be exercised only through the Depository subject
to the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository. The Trustee may rely
and shall be fully protected and indemnified pursuant to Section 7.07 in relying
upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to any beneficial
owners, its members and participants.
(ii) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor,
determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed
under this Indenture or under
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applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Security
(including without limitation any transfers between or among Depository
participants, members or beneficial owners in any Global Security) other than to
require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are
expressly required by, and this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine
substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.
SECTION 2.17. Special Transfer Provisions.
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(a) Transfers to Non-QIB Institutional Accredited Investors and Non-
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U.S. Persons. The following provisions shall apply with respect to the
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registration of any proposed transfer of a Note constituting a Restricted
Security to any institutional accredited investor which is not a QIB or to any
Non-U.S. Person:
(i) the Registrar shall register the transfer of any Note
constituting a Restricted Security, whether or not such Note bears the
Private Placement Legend, if (x) the requested transfer is after the second
anniversary of the Issue Date (provided, however, that neither the Company
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nor any Affiliate of the Company has held any beneficial interest in such
Note, or portion thereof, at any time on or prior to the second anniversary
of the Issue Date) or (y) (1) in the case of a transfer to an Institutional
Accredited Investor which is not a QIB (excluding Non-U.S. Persons), the
proposed transferee has delivered to the Registrar a certificate
substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto or (2) in the case of a
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transfer to a Non-U.S. Person, the proposed transferor has delivered to the
Registrar a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto; and
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(ii) if the proposed transferor is an Agent Member seeking to
transfer an interest in the Global Note, upon receipt by the Registrar of
(x) written instructions given in accordance with the Depository's and the
Registrar's procedures and (y) the appropriate certificate, if any,
required by clause (y) of paragraph (i) above, the Regis-
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trar shall register the transfer and reflect on its books and records the
date and a decrease in the principal amount of the Global Note from which
such interests are to be transferred in an amount equal to the principal
amount of the Notes to be transferred.
(b) Transfers to QIBs. The following provisions shall apply with
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respect to the registration of any proposed transfer of a Note constituting a
Restricted Security to a QIB (excluding transfers to Non-U.S. Persons):
(i) the Registrar shall register the transfer of any Restricted
Security if such transfer is being made by a proposed transferor who has
checked the box provided for on the form of Note stating, or has otherwise
advised the Company and the Registrar in writing, that the sale has been
made in compliance with the provisions of Rule 144A to a transferee who has
signed the certification provided for on the form of Note stating, or has
otherwise advised the Company and the Registrar in writing, that it is
purchasing the Note for its own account or an account with respect to which
it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is
a QIB within the meaning of Rule 144A, and is aware that the sale to it is
being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received
such information regarding the Company as it has requested pursuant to Rule
144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware
that the transferor is relying upon its foregoing representations in order
to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A; and
(ii) if the proposed transferee is an Agent Member, and the Notes to
be transferred consist of Physical Notes which after transfer are to be
evidenced by an interest in a Global Note, upon receipt by the Registrar of
written instructions given in accordance with the Depository's and the
Registrar's procedures, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and
records the date and an increase in the principal amount of such Global
Note in an amount equal to the principal amount of the Physical Notes to be
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ferred, and the Trustee shall cancel the Physical Notes so transferred.
(c) Restrictions on Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes.
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Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, a Global Note may not be
transferred as a whole except by the Depository to a nominee of the Depository
or by a nominee of the Depository to the Depository or another nominee of the
Depository or by the Depository or any such nominee to a successor Depository or
a nominee of such successor Depository.
(d) Private Placement Legend. Upon the transfer, exchange or
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replacement of Notes not bearing the Private Placement Legend, the Registrar
shall deliver Notes that do not bear the Private Placement Legend. Upon the
transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes bearing the Private Placement Legend,
the Registrar shall deliver only Notes that bear the Private Placement Legend
unless (i) the requested transfer is after the second anniversary of the Issue
Date (provided, however, that neither the Company nor any Affiliate of the
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Company has held any beneficial interest in such Note, or portion thereof, at
any time prior to or on the third anniversary of the Issue Date), or (ii) there
is delivered to the Registrar an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to
the Company and the Trustee to the effect that neither such legend nor the
related restrictions on transfer are required in order to maintain compliance
with the provisions of the Securities Act.
(e) General. By its acceptance of any Note bearing the Private
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Placement Legend, each Holder of such a Note acknowledges the restrictions on
transfer of such Note set forth in this Indenture and in the Private Placement
Legend and agrees that it will transfer such Note only as provided in this
Indenture.
The Registrar shall retain copies of all letters, notices and other
written communications received pursuant to Section 2.16 or this Section 2.17.
The Company shall have the right to inspect and make copies of all such letters,
notices or other written communications at any reasonable time during
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the Registrar's normal business hours upon the giving of reasonable written
notice to the Registrar.
(f) Transfers of Notes Held by Affiliates. Any certificate (i)
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evidencing a Note that has been transferred to an Affiliate of the Company
within two years after the Issue Date, as evidenced by a notation on the
Assignment Form for such transfer or in the representation letter delivered in
respect thereof or (ii) evidencing a Note that has been acquired from an
Affiliate (other than by an Affiliate) in a transaction or a chain of
transactions not involving any public offering, shall, until two years after the
last date on which the Company or any Affiliate of the Company was an owner of
such Note, in each case, bear the Private Placement Legend, unless otherwise
agreed by the Company (with written notice thereof to the Trustee).
SECTION 2.18. Liquidated Damages Under
Registration Rights Agreement.
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Under certain circumstances, the Company shall be obligated to pay
certain liquidated damages to the Holders, all as set forth in Section 5 of the
Registration Rights Agreement. The terms thereof are hereby incorporated herein
by reference.
ARTICLE THREE
REDEMPTION
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SECTION 3.01. Notices to Trustee.
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If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to Paragraph 5 of the
Notes, it shall notify the Trustee and the Paying Agent in writing of the
Redemption Date and the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed.
The Company shall give each notice provided for in this Section 3.01
45 days before the Redemption Date (unless a shorter notice period shall be
satisfactory to the Trustee, as evidenced in a writing signed on behalf of the
Trustee), to-
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gether with an Officers' Certificate stating that such redemption shall comply
with the conditions contained herein and in the Notes. Any such notice may be
cancelled at any time prior to notice of such redemption being mailed to any
Holder and shall thereby be void and of no effect.
SECTION 3.02. Selection of Notes To Be Redeemed.
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In the event that less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any
time, selection of such Notes, or portions thereof, for redemption will be made
by the Trustee in compliance with the requirements of the principal national
securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed or, if the Notes are
not then listed on a national securities exchange, on a pro rata basis, by lot
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or by such other method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate;
provided, however, that no Notes of a principal amount of $1,000 or less shall
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be redeemed in part; and provided, further, that if a partial redemption is made
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with the proceeds of a Public Equity Offering, selection of the Notes or
portions thereof for redemption shall be made by the Trustee only on a pro rata
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basis or on as nearly a pro rata basis as is practicable (subject to the
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procedures of the Depository), unless such method is otherwise prohibited. A
new Note in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be
issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Note.
On and after the applicable Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on
Notes or portions thereof called for redemption as long as the Company has
deposited with the Paying Agent for the Notes funds in satisfaction of the
applicable Redemption Price.
SECTION 3.03. Optional Redemption.
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The Notes will be redeemable, at the Company's option, in whole at any
time or in part from time to time, on and after November 1, 2002, upon not less
than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice, at the following Redemption Prices
(expressed as percentages of the principal amount thereof) if redeemed during
the twelve-month period commencing on November 1 of the years set forth below,
plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the date of
redemption:
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Year Percentage
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2002............................ 105.188%
2003............................ 103.458%
2004............................ 101.729%
2005 and thereafter............. 100.000%
At any time, or from time to time, on or prior to November 1, 2000,
the Company may, at its option, use the net cash proceeds of one or more Public
Equity Offerings to redeem the Notes at a redemption price equal to 110.375% of
the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any,
to the date of redemption; provided, that at least 65% of the principal amount
of Notes originally issued remains outstanding immediately following such
redemption. In order to effect the foregoing redemption with the proceeds of
any Public Equity Offering, the Company shall make such redemption not more than
90 days after the consummation of any such Public Equity Offering.
SECTION 3.04. Notice of Redemption.
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At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a Redemption Date,
the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed a notice of redemption by first
class mail to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at its registered address,
with a copy to the Trustee and any Paying Agent. At the Company's request, the
Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company's name and at the
Company's expense. The Company shall provide such notices of redemption to the
Trustee at least five days before the intended mailing date.
Each notice of redemption shall identify (including the CUSIP number)
the Notes to be redeemed and shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the Redemption Price and the amount of accrued interest, if
any, to be paid;
(3) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
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(4) the subparagraph of the Notes pursuant to which such
redemption is being made;
(5) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the
Paying Agent to collect the Redemption Price plus accrued interest, if any;
(6) that, unless the Company defaults in making the redemption
payment, interest on Notes or applicable portions thereof called for
redemption ceases to accrue on and after the Redemption Date, and the only
remaining right of the Holders of such Notes is to receive payment of the
Redemption Price plus accrued interest as of the Redemption Date, if any,
upon surrender to the Paying Agent of the Notes redeemed;
(7) if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the
principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the Redemption
Date, and upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in the aggregate
principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued;
and
(8) if fewer than all the Notes are to be redeemed, the
identification of the particular Notes (or portion thereof) to be redeemed,
as well as the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and the
aggregate principal amount of Notes to be outstanding after such partial
redemption.
The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the
Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the
extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the purchase
of Notes.
SECTION 3.05. Effect of Notice of Redemption.
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Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.04,
such notice of redemption shall be irrevocable and Notes called for redemption
become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the Redemption Price plus
accrued
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interest as of such date, if any. Upon surrender to the Trustee or Paying Agent,
such Notes called for redemption shall be paid at the Redemption Price plus
accrued interest thereon to the Redemption Date, but installments of interest,
the maturity of which is on or prior to the Redemption Date, shall be payable to
Holders of record at the close of business on the relevant record dates referred
to in the Notes. Interest shall accrue on or after the Redemption Date and shall
be payable only if the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price.
SECTION 3.06. Deposit of Redemption Price.
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On or before the Redemption Date and in accordance with Section 2.14,
the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to
pay the Redemption Price plus accrued interest, if any, of all Notes to be
redeemed on that date. The Paying Agent shall promptly return to the Company
any U.S. Legal Tender so deposited which is not required for that purpose,
except with respect to monies owed as obligations to the Trustee pursuant to
Article Seven.
Unless the Company fails to comply with the preceding paragraph and
default in the payment of such Redemption Price plus accrued interest, if any,
interest on the Notes to be redeemed will cease to accrue on and after the
applicable Redemption Date, whether or not such Notes are presented for payment.
SECTION 3.07. Notes Redeemed in Part.
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Upon surrender of a Note that is to be redeemed in part, the Trustee
shall authenticate for the Holder a new Note or Notes equal in principal amount
to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered.
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ARTICLE FOUR
COVENANTS
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SECTION 4.01. Payment of Notes.
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(a) The Company shall pay the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes and
in this Indenture.
(b) An installment of principal of or interest on the Notes shall be
considered paid on the date it is due if the Trustee or Paying Agent (other than
the Company or any of its Affiliates) holds, prior to 11:00 a.m. New York City
time on that date, U.S. Legal Tender designated for and sufficient to pay the
installment in full and is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders
pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or the Notes.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Indenture, the Company may, to the extent it is required to do so by law, deduct
or withhold income or other similar taxes imposed by the United States of
America from principal or interest payments hereunder.
SECTION 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
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The Company shall maintain the office or agency required under Section
2.03. The Company shall give prior written notice to the Trustee of the
location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any
time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or
shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the address of the
Trustee set forth in Section 11.02.
SECTION 4.03. Corporate Existence.
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Except as otherwise permitted by Article Five, the Company shall do or
cause to be done, at its own cost and ex-
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pense, all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its
respective corporate existence and the corporate existence of each of its
Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with the respective organizational
documents of each such Restricted Subsidiary and the material rights (charter
and statutory) and franchises of the Company and each such Restricted
Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to
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preserve, with respect to itself, any material right or franchise and, with
respect to any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, any such existence, material
right or franchise, if the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in
good faith that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct
of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
SECTION 4.04. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.
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The Company shall pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged,
before the same shall become delinquent, (i) all material taxes, assessments and
governmental charges (including withholding taxes and any penalties, interest
and additions to taxes) levied or imposed upon it or any of its Subsidiaries or
properties of it or any of its Subsidiaries and (ii) all material lawful claims
for labor, materials and supplies that, if unpaid, might by law become a Lien
upon the property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; provided, however,
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that the Company shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid
or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount,
applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate
negotiations or proceedings properly instituted and diligently conducted for
which adequate reserves, to the extent required under GAAP, have been taken.
SECTION 4.05. Maintenance of Properties
and Insurance.
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(a) The Company shall, and shall cause each of the Restricted
Subsidiaries to, maintain all properties used or useful in the conduct of its
business in good working order and condition (subject to ordinary wear and tear)
and make all nec-
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▇▇▇▇▇▇ repairs, renewals, replacements, additions, betterments and improvements
thereto and actively conduct and carry on its business; provided, however, that
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nothing in this Section 4.05 shall prevent the Company or any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries from discontinuing the operation and maintenance of any of its
properties, if such discontinuance is (i) in the ordinary course of business
pursuant to customary business terms or (ii) in the good faith judgment of the
respective Boards of Directors or other governing body of the Company or
Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, desirable in the conduct of their
respective businesses and is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the
Holders.
(b) The Company shall provide or cause to be provided, for itself and
each of the Restricted Subsidiaries, insurance (including appropriate self-
insurance) against loss or damage of the kinds that, in the good faith judgment
of the Company, are adequate and appropriate for the conduct of the business of
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in a prudent manner, with reputable
insurers.
SECTION 4.06. Compliance Certificate;
Notice of Default.
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(a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after
the end of each of the Company's fiscal years, an Officers' Certificate of the
Company (provided, however, that one of the signatories to each such Officers'
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Certificate shall be the Company's principal executive officer, principal
financial officer or principal accounting officer), as to such Officers'
knowledge, without independent investigation, of the Company's compliance with
all conditions and covenants under this Indenture (without regard to any period
of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and in the event any
Default of the Company's exists, such Officers shall specify the nature of such
Default. Each such Officers' Certificate shall also notify the Trustee should
the Company elect to change the manner in which it fixes its fiscal year end.
(b) So long as not contrary to the then current recommendations of
the American Institute of Certified Public Ac-
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countants, the annual financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 4.08
shall be accompanied by a written report of the Company's independent certified
public accountants (who shall be a firm of established national reputation)
stating (A) that their audit examination has included a review of the terms of
this Indenture and the form of the Notes as they relate to accounting matters,
and (B) whether, in connection with their audit examination, any Default or
Event of Default has come to their attention and if such a Default or Event of
Default has come to their attention, specifying the nature and period of
existence thereof; provided, however, that, without any restriction as to the
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scope of the audit examination, such independent certified public accountants
shall not be liable by reason of any failure to obtain knowledge of any such
Default or Event of Default that would not be disclosed in the course of an
audit examination conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards.
(c) (i) If any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing or (ii) if any Holder seeks to exercise any remedy hereunder with
respect to a claimed Default under this Indenture or the Notes, the Company
shall deliver to the Trustee, at its address set forth in Section 11.02 hereof,
by registered or certified mail or by facsimile transmission followed by hard
copy by registered or certified mail an Officers' Certificate specifying such
event, notice or other action within 10 days of its becoming aware of such
occurrence.
SECTION 4.07. Compliance with Laws.
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The Company shall comply, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to
comply, with all applicable statutes, rules, regulations, orders and
restrictions of the United States of America, all states and municipalities
thereof, and of any governmental department, commission, board, regulatory
authority, bureau, agency and instrumentality of the foregoing, in respect of
the conduct of their respective businesses and the ownership of their respective
properties, except for such noncompliances as could not singly or in the
aggregate reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
financial condition or
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results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
SECTION 4.08. Reports to Holders.
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The Company will deliver to the Trustee within 15 days after filing of
the same with the Commission, copies of the quarterly and annual reports and of
the information, documents and other reports, if any, which the Company is
required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act. Notwithstanding that the Company may not be subject to the
reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company
will file with the Commission, to the extent permitted, and provide the Trustee
and Holders with such annual reports and such information, documents and other
reports specified in Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The Company
will also comply with the other provisions of Section 314(a) of the TIA.
SECTION 4.09. Waiver of Stay, Extension
or Usury Laws.
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The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that
it will not at any time insist upon, 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 or interest on the Notes as contemplated herein,
wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the
covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) the Company hereby expressly waives 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.
SECTION 4.10. Limitation on Restricted Payments.
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The Company will not, and will not cause or permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly,
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(a) declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution on any
Capital Stock of the Company or Holdings LLC (other than, in the case of
the Company, dividends or distributions payable in Qualified Capital Stock
of the Company or in the case of Restricted Subsidiaries, dividends or
distributions payable to the Company or any Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company);
(b) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value any
Capital Stock of the Company or any warrants, rights or options to purchase
or acquire shares of any class of such Capital Stock;
(c) make any principal payment on, purchase, defease, redeem, prepay,
decrease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, prior to any scheduled
final maturity, scheduled repayment or scheduled sinking fund payment, any
Indebtedness of the Company that is subordinate or junior in right of
payment to the Notes; or
(d) make any Investment (other than a Permitted Investments)
(each of the foregoing actions set forth in clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) being
referred to as a "Restricted Payment"), if at the time of such Restricted
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Payment or immediately after giving effect thereto, (i) a Default or an Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, or (ii) the Company is not able
to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted
Indebtedness) in compliance with Section 4.12, or (iii) the aggregate amount of
Restricted Payments (including such proposed Restricted Payment) made subsequent
to the Issue Date (the amount expended for such purposes, if other than in cash,
being the fair market value of such property as determined reasonably and in
good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company) shall exceed the sum of:
(x) 50% of the cumulative Consolidated Net Income (or if
cumulative Consolidated Net Income shall be a loss, minus 100% of such
loss) of the Company earned subsequent to the Issue Date and on or prior to
the date the Re-
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stricted Payment occurs (the "Reference Date") (treating such period as a
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single accounting period) minus the aggregate amount of Permitted Tax
Distributions paid subsequent to the Issue Date; plus
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(y) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds received by the
Company from any Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Company) from the
issuance and sale subsequent to the Issue Date and on or prior to the
Reference Date of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company, including
treasury stock; plus
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(z) without duplication of any amounts included in clause
(iii)(y) above, 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds of any equity
contribution received by the Company from a holder of the Company's Capital
Stock (excluding, in the case of clauses (iii) (y) and (z), any net cash
proceeds from a Public Equity Offering to the extent used to redeem the
Notes pursuant to the redemption provisions herein).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions set forth above will not prohibit:
(1) the payment of any dividend within 60 days after the date of
declaration of such dividend if the dividend would have been permitted on
the date of declaration;
(2) if no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, the acquisition of any shares of Capital Stock of the Company,
either (i) solely in exchange for shares of Qualified Capital Stock of the
Company or (ii) through the application of net proceeds of a substantially
concurrent sale for cash (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of
shares of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company;
(3) if no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, the acquisition of any Indebtedness of the Company that is
subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Notes, either (i) solely
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shares of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company, or (ii) through the
application of net proceeds of a substantially concurrent sale for cash
(other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of (A) shares of Qualified
Capital Stock of the Company or (B) Refinancing Indebtedness;
(4) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing, repurchases by the Company of Common Stock of the
Company or payments by the Company to enable VS8A-T/SF to repurchase common
Equity Interests of VS8A-T/SF, in either case, without duplication, from
employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their authorized
representatives upon the death, disability or termination of employment of
such employees, in an aggregate amount not to exceed in any calendar year
the sum of (A) $750,000 and (B) any amounts permitted to have been paid in
any preceding calendar years under subclause (A) above to the extent such
amounts were not so paid in any such prior calendar years; provided that
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such payments shall not exceed $3.0 million in the aggregate;
(5) if no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, or would result from any such distribution, Permitted Tax
Distributions; and
(6) payments in connection with the Recapitalization.
In determining the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made
subsequent to the Issue Date in accordance with clause (iii) of this Section
4.10, amounts expended pursuant to clauses (1), (2), (4) and (5) shall be
included in such calculation.
SECTION 4.11. Limitation on Transactions
with Affiliates.
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(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into, or permit to exist any
transaction or series of related transactions (including, without limitation,
the purchase,
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sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any
service) with, or for the benefit of, any of its Affiliates (each an "Affiliate
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Transaction"), other than (x) Affiliate Transactions permitted under paragraph
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(b) of this Section 4.11 and (y) Affiliate Transactions on terms that are no
less favorable than those that might reasonably have been obtained in a
comparable transaction at such time on an arm's-length basis from a Person that
is not an Affiliate of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary. All Affiliate
Transactions (and each series of related Affiliate Transactions which are
similar or part of a common plan) involving aggregate payments or other property
with a fair market value in excess of $250,000 shall be approved by the Board of
Directors of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, such
approval to be evidenced by a Board Resolution stating that such Board of
Directors has determined that such transaction complies with the foregoing
provisions. If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary enters into an
Affiliate Transaction (or a series of related Affiliate Transactions related to
a common plan) that involves an aggregate payment or other property with a fair
market value of more than $3.0 million, the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be, shall, prior to the consummation thereof, obtain
a favorable opinion as to the fairness of such transaction or series of related
transactions to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary, as the case
may be, from a financial point of view, from an Independent Financial Advisor
and file the same with the Trustee.
(b) The restrictions set forth in clause (a) shall not apply to (i)
reasonable fees and compensation paid to and indemnity provided on behalf of,
officers, directors, employees or consultants of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of
Directors or senior management; (ii) transactions exclusively between or among
the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or exclusively between or
among such Restricted Subsidiaries, provided, such transactions are not
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otherwise prohibited by this Indenture; (iii) any agreement as in effect as of
the Issue Date or any amendment thereto or any transaction contemplated thereby
(including pursuant to any amendment
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thereto) or in any replacement agreement thereto so long as any such amendment
or replacement agreement is not more disadvantageous to the Holders in any
material respect than the original agreement as in effect on the Issue Date;
(iv) Restricted Payments permitted by this Indenture; and (v) payments as
contemplated by the Stockholders Agreement.
SECTION 4.12. Limitation on Incurrence of
Additional Indebtedness.
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The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume, guarantee,
acquire, become liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to, or otherwise
become responsible for payment of (collectively, "incur") any Indebtedness
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(other than Permitted Indebtedness); provided, however, if no Default or Event
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of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of or as a
consequence of the incurrence of any such Indebtedness, the Company or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries may incur Indebtedness (including, without
limitation, Acquired Indebtedness) and subsidiaries of the Company may incur
Acquired Indebtedness, in each case if on the date of the incurrence of such
Indebtedness, after giving effect to the incurrence thereof, the ratio of the
total Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding any
Indebtedness owed to a Restricted Subsidiary by any other Restricted Subsidiary
or the Company and any Indebtedness owed to the Company by any Restricted
Subsidiary) to the Company's Consolidated EBITDA (determined on a pro forma
basis for the last four fiscal quarters of the Company for which financial
statements are available at the date of determination) is less than 6.0 to 1;
provided, however, that if the Indebtedness which is the subject of a
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determination under this provision is Acquired Indebtedness, or Indebtedness
incurred in connection with the simultaneous acquisition of any Person,
business, property or assets, then such ratio shall be determined by giving
effect to (on a pro forma basis, as if the transaction had occurred at the
beginning of the four-quarter period) both the incurrence or assumption of such
Acquired Indebtedness or such other Indebtedness by the Issuers and the
inclusion in the Company's
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Consolidated EBITDA of the Consolidated EBITDA of the acquired Person, business,
property or assets and any pro forma expense and cost reductions calculated on a
basis consistent with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act as in effect and
as applied as of the date hereof.
SECTION 4.13. Limitation on Dividend and Other
Payment Restrictions Affecting
Subsidiaries.
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The Company will not, and will not cause or permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or
permit to exist or become effective any encumbrance or restriction on the
ability of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to: (a) pay dividends or
make any other distributions on or in respect of its Capital Stock (other than
dividends or distributions in respect to the common Equity Interest in Holdings
LLC); (b) make loans or advances, or pay any Indebtedness or other obligation
owed to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; or (c)
transfer any of its property or assets to the Company or any other Restricted
Subsidiary, except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by
reason of: (1) applicable law; (2) this Indenture; (3) customary non-assignment
provisions of any contract or any lease governing a leasehold interest of any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; (4) any instrument governing Acquired
Indebtedness, which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person,
or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person or the
properties or assets of the Person so acquired; (5) agreements existing on the
Issue Date to the extent and in the manner such agreements are in effect on the
Issue Date; or (6) an agreement governing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance the
Indebtedness issued, assumed or incurred pursuant to an agreement referred to in
clause (2), (4) or (5) above; provided, however, that the provisions relating to
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such encumbrance or restriction contained in any such Indebtedness are no less
favorable to the Company in any material respect as determined by the Board of
Directors of the Company in their reasonable and good faith judgment than the
provisions relating to such encumbrance or
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restriction contained in the applicable agreements referred to in such clause
(2), (4) or (5).
SECTION 4.14. Modification of Holdings LLC Equity
Interest.
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The Company will not and will not permit any of the Guarantors to
amend or modify in any material respect or in any manner adverse to the Company
or the Holders or permit such an amendment or modification of any provisions of
the Holdings LLC Preferred Equity Interest, including but not limited to, the
provisions granting voting control of Holdings LLC to the Company or its
termination prior to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
SECTION 4.15. Change of Control.
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(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder will have
the right to require that the Company purchase all or a portion of such Holder's
Notes pursuant to the offer described below (the "Change of Control Offer"), at
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a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued
interest to the date of purchase.
(b) Prior to the mailing of the notice referred to below, but in any
event within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company covenants to
(i) repay in full and terminate all commitments under Indebtedness under the
Credit Agreement and all other Senior Debt the terms of which require repayment
upon a Change of Control or offer to repay in full and terminate all commitments
under Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement and all other such Senior Debt and
to repay the Indebtedness owed to each lender which has accepted such offer or
(ii) obtain the requisite consents under the Credit Agreement and all other
Senior Debt to permit the repurchase of the Notes as provided below. The
Company shall first comply with the covenant in the immediately preceding
sentence before it shall be required to repurchase Notes pursuant to the
provisions described below. The Company's failure to comply with the
immediately preceding sentence shall constitute an Event of Default under
Section 6.01(iii) and not under Section 6.01(iv).
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(c) Within 30 days following the date upon which the Change of
Control occurred, the Company must send, by first class mail, a notice to each
Holder at such Holder's last registered address, with a copy to the Trustee,
which notice shall govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer. The notice
to the Holders shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable
such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Change of Control Offer. Such
notice shall state:
(i) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this
Section 4.15, that all Notes tendered and not withdrawn will be accepted
for payment and that the Change of Control Offer shall remain open for a
period of 20 Business Days or such longer period as may be required by law;
(ii) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued interest)
and the purchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later
than 45 days from the date such notice is mailed, other than as may be
required by law) (the "Change of Control Payment Date");
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(iii) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest;
(iv) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment therefor,
any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer shall
cease to accrue interest after the Change of Control Payment Date;
(v) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to a
Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender the Note, with the
form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the
Note completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice
prior to the close of business on the third Business Day prior to the
Change of Control Payment Date;
(vi) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the
Paying Agent receives, not later than the second Business Day prior to the
Change of Control Payment
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Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the
name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Notes the Holder delivered
for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election
to have such Notes purchased;
(vii) that Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part will be
issued new Notes in a principal amount equal to the unpurchased portion of
the Notes surrendered; provided, however, that each Note purchased and each
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new Note issued shall be in an original principal amount of $1,000 or
integral multiples thereof; and
(viii) the circumstances and relevant facts regarding such Change
of Control.
On or before the Change of Control Payment Date, the Commpany shall
(i) accept for payment Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Change
of Control Offer, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent in accordance with Section
2.14 U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to pay the purchase price plus accrued
interest, if any, of all Notes so tendered and (iii) deliver to the Trustee
Notes so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate stating the Notes or
portions thereof being purchased by the Company. Upon receipt by the Paying
Agent of the monies specified in clause (ii) above and a copy of the Officers'
Certificate specified in clause (iii) above, the Paying Agent shall promptly
mail to the Holders of Notes so accepted payment in an amount equal to the
purchase price plus accrued interest, if any, and the Trustee shall promptly
authenticate and mail to such Holders new Notes equal in principal amount to any
unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered. Any Notes not so accepted shall
be promptly mailed by the Company to the Holder thereof. For purposes of this
Section 4.15, the Trustee shall act as the Paying Agent.
Neither the Board of Directors of the Company nor the Trustee may
waive the provisions of this Section 4.15 relating to a Holder's right to
redemption upon a Change of Control Offer.
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The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the
Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the
extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the
repurchase of Notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer. To the extent that
the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the
provisions of this Section 4.15, the Company shall comply with the applicable
securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached their
obligations under the provisions of this Section 4.15 by virtue thereof.
SECTION 4.16. Limitation on Asset Sales.
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(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(i) the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case
may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least
equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of
(as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors);
(ii) at least 75% of the consideration received by the Company or
the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall
be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of
such disposition; and
(iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company shall
apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds
relating to such Asset Sale within 270 days of receipt thereof either (A)
to prepay any Senior Debt and, in the case of any Senior Debt under any
revolving Credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability
under such revolving credit facility, (B) to make an investment in
properties and assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in
properties and assets that will be used in the business of the Company and
its Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or
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in businesses reasonably related thereto ("Replacement Assets") or (C) a
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combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses
(iii)(A) and (iii)(B); or
(iv) the Company makes the offer described in the following
sentence. On the 271st day after an Asset Sale or such earlier date, if
any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Restricted
Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such
Asset Sale as set forth in clauses (iii)(A) through (iii)(C) of the
preceding paragraph (each a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date"), such
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aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or
before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses
(iii)(A) through (iii)(C) of the preceding paragraph (each a "Net Proceeds
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Offer Amount") shall be applied by the Company or such Restricted
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Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase (a "Net Proceeds Offer") on a date
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(the "Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date") not less than 30 nor more than 45
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days following the applicable Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, from all
Holders on a pro rata basis, that amount of Notes equal to the Net Proceeds
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Offer Amount at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes
to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the
date of purchase; provided, however, that if at any time any non-cash
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consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted
into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest
received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such
conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale
hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance
with this Section 4.16. The Company may defer the Net Proceeds Offer until
there is an aggregate unutilized Net Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in
excess of $5.0 million resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which
time, the entire unutilized Net Proceeds Offer Amount, and not just
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the amount in excess of $5.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant
to this paragraph).
In the event of the transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the
property and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as an
entirety to a Person in a transaction permitted under Section 5.01, the
successor corporation shall be deemed to have sold the properties and assets of
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of
this Section 4.16, and shall comply with the provisions of this Section 4.16
with respect to such deemed sale as if it were an Asset Sale. In addition, the
fair market value of such properties and assets of the Company or its Restricted
Subsidiaries deemed to be sold shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds for
purposes of this Section 4.16.
(b) Notwithstanding the two immediately preceding paragraphs, the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will be permitted to consummate an Asset
Sale without complying with such paragraphs to the extent (i) at least 80% of
the consideration for such Asset Sale constitutes Replacement Assets and (ii)
such Asset Sale is for fair market value; provided, that any consideration not
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constituting Replacement Assets received by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries in connection with any Asset Sale permitted to be consummated under
this paragraph shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds subject to the provisions of
the preceding paragraphs.
(c) Each Net Proceeds Offer pursuant to this Section 4.16 shall be
mailed or caused to be mailed, by first class mail, by the Company within 25
days after the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date to all Holders at their last
registered addresses, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all
instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes
pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer and shall state the following terms:
(i) that the Net Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to this
Section 4.16, that all Notes tendered will be accepted for payment;
provided, however, that if the aggregate principal amount of Notes tendered
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ceeds Offer plus accrued interest at the expiration of such offer exceeds
the aggregate amount of the Net Proceeds Offer, the Company shall select
the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis (with such adjustments as may
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be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Notes in denominations of
$1,000 or multiples thereof shall be purchased) and that the Net Proceeds
Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days or such longer
period as may be required by law;
(ii) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued interest)
and the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date (which shall be not less than 30
nor more than 45 days following the applicable Net Proceeds Offer Trigger
Date and which shall be at least five business days after the Trustee
receives notice thereof from the Company);
(iii) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest;
(iv) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment therefor,
any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer shall
cease to accrue interest after the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date;
(v) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to a Net
Proceeds Offer will be required to surrender the Note, with the form
entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Note
completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice
prior to the close of business on the third Business Day prior to the Net
Proceeds Offer Payment Date;
(vi) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the
Paying Agent receives, not later than the second Business Day prior to the
Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission
or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the
Notes the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is
withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased; and
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(vii) that Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part will be
issued new Notes in a principal amount equal to the unpurchased portion of
the Notes surrendered; provided, however, that each Note purchased and each
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new Note issued shall be in an original principal amount of $1,000 or
integral multiples thereof;
On or before the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date, the Company shall
(i) accept for payment Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Net
Proceeds Offer which are to be purchased in accordance with item (b)(i) above,
(ii) deposit with the Paying Agent in accordance with Section 2.14 U.S. Legal
Tender sufficient to pay the purchase price plus accrued interest, if any, of
all Notes to be purchased and (iii) deliver to the Trustee Notes so accepted
together with an Officers' Certificate stating the Notes or portions thereof
being purchased by the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the
Holders of Notes so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price
plus accrued interest, if any. For purposes of this Section 4.16, the Trustee
shall act as the Paying Agent. The Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail
to such Holders new Notes equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion
of the Notes surrendered. Upon the payment of the purchase price for the Notes
accepted for purchase, the Trustee shall return the Notes purchased to the
Company for cancellation. Any monies remaining after the purchase of Notes
pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer shall be returned within three Business Days by
the Trustee to the Company except with respect to monies owed as obligations to
the Trustee pursuant to Article Seven. For purposes of this Section 4.16, the
Trustee shall act as the Paying Agent.
To the extent the amount of Notes tendered pursuant to any Net
Proceeds Offer is less than the amount of Net Cash Proceeds subject to such Net
Proceeds Offer, the Company may use any remaining portion of such Net Cash
Proceeds not required to fund the repurchase of tendered Notes for general
corporate purposes and such Net Proceeds Offer Amount shall be reset to zero.
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(d) The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under
the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the
extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the
repurchase of Notes pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer. To the extent that the
provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of
this Section 4.16, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws
and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached their obligations under
the provisions of this Section 4.16 by virtue thereof.
SECTION 4.17. Limitation on Preferred Stock
of Restricted Subsidiaries.
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The Company will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to
issue any Preferred Stock (other than to the Company or to a Wholly Owned
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) or permit any Person (other than the
Company or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) to own any
Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company.
SECTION 4.18. Limitation on Liens.
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The Company will not, and will not cause or permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or
permit or suffer to exist any Liens of any kind against or upon any property or
assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries whether owned on the
Issue Date or acquired after the Issue Date or any proceeds therefrom, or assign
or otherwise convey any right to receive income or profits therefrom unless (i)
in the case of Liens securing Indebtedness that is expressly subordinate or
junior in right of payment to the Notes, the Notes are secured by a Lien on such
property, assets or proceeds that is senior in priority to such Liens and (ii)
in all other cases, the Notes are equally and ratably secured, except for (A)
Liens existing as of the Issue Date to the extent and in the manner such Liens
are in effect on the Issue Date; (B) Liens securing Senior Debt and Liens
securing Guarantor Senior Debt; (C) Liens securing the Notes and the Guarantees;
(D) Liens of the Company or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company
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any Subsidiary of the Company; (E) Liens securing Refinancing Indebtedness which
is incurred to Refinance any Indebtedness which has been secured by a Lien
permitted under the Indenture and which has been incurred in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture; provided, however, that such Liens (1) are no less
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favorable to the Holders and are not more favorable to the lienholders with
respect to such Liens than the Liens in respect of the Indebtedness being
Refinanced and (2) do not extend to or cover any property or assets of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries not securing the Indebtedness so Refinanced;
and (F) Permitted Liens.
SECTION 4.19. Conduct of Business.
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The Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will not engage in any
businesses which are not the same, similar or related to the businesses in which
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries are engaged on the Issue Date.
SECTION 4.20. Additional Subsidiary Guarantees.
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If the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries transfers or
causes to be transferred, in one transaction or a series of related
transactions, any property to any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor,
or if the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall organize, acquire
or otherwise invest additional monies in (x) another Restricted Subsidiary
having total assets with a book value in excess of $500,000 or (y) a Foreign
Subsidiary designated as a Restricted Subsidiary having total assets with a book
value in excess of $3.0 million, then such transferee or acquired or other
Restricted Subsidiaries shall (a) execute and deliver to the Trustee a
supplemental indenture in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee pursuant
to which such Restricted Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the
Company's obligations under the Notes and this Indenture on the terms set forth
in this Indenture and (b) deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating
that such supplemental indenture has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by such Restricted Subsidiary and constitutes a legal, valid, binding
and enforceable obligation of such Restricted Subsidiary thereafter, such
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Restricted Subsidiary shall be a Guarantor for all purposes of the Indenture.
SECTION 4.21. Prohibition on Incurrence of Senior
Subordinated Debt.
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Neither the Company nor any Guarantor will incur, create, issue,
assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable for any Indebtedness that is
expressly by its terms subordinate or junior in right of payment to any
Indebtedness of such person and senior in any respect of payment to the Notes or
the Guarantee of such Guarantor, as the case may be.
ARTICLE FIVE
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
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SECTION 5.01. Merger, Consolidation
and Sale of Assets.
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(a) The Company will not, in a single transaction or series of
related transactions, consolidate or merge with or into any Person, or sell,
assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of (or cause or permit any
Restricted Subsidiary to sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise
dispose of) all or substantially all of the Company's assets (determined on a
consolidated basis for the Company and the Company's Restricted Subsidiaries)
whether as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any Person unless:
(i) either (1) the Company shall be the surviving or continuing corporation or
(2) the Person (if other than the Company) formed by such consolidation or into
which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by sale, assignment,
transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition the properties and assets of
the Company and the Company's Restricted Subsidiaries substantially as an
entirety (the "Surviving Entity") (x) shall be a corporation organized and
validly existing under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the
District of Columbia and (y) shall expressly assume, by supplemental inden-
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ture (in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee), executed and delivered
to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if
any, and interest on all of the Notes and the performance of every covenant of
the Notes, this Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement on the part of
the Company to be performed or observed; (ii) immediately after giving effect to
such transaction and the assumption contemplated by clause (i)(2)(y) above
(including giving effect to any Indebtedness and Acquired Indebtedness incurred
or anticipated to be incurred in connection with or in respect of such
transaction), the Company or such Surviving Entity, as the case may be, (1)
shall have a Consolidated Net Worth equal to or greater than the Consolidated
Net Worth of the Company immediately prior to such transaction and (2) shall be
able to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted
Indebtedness) pursuant to Section 4.12 hereof; (iii) immediately before and
immediately after giving effect to such transaction and the assumption
contemplated by clause (i)(2)(y) above (including, without limitation, giving
effect to any Indebtedness and Acquired Indebtedness incurred or anticipated to
be incurred and any Lien granted in connection with or in respect of the
transaction), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred or be
continuing; and (iv) the Company or the Surviving Entity shall have delivered to
the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating
that such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance
or other disposition and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection
with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with the applicable
provisions of this Indenture and that all conditions precedent in this Indenture
relating to such transaction have been satisfied.
(b) For purposes of the foregoing, the transfer (by lease,
assignment, sale or otherwise, in a single transaction or series of
transactions) of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of one or
more Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company, the Capital Stock of which
constitutes all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the
Company,
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shall be deemed to be the transfer of all or substantially all of the properties
and assets of the Company.
(c) Each Guarantor (other than any Guarantor whose Guarantee is to be
released in accordance with the terms of the Guarantee and this Indenture in
connection with any transaction complying with the provisions of Section 4.16 of
this Indenture) will not, and the Company will not cause or permit any Guarantor
to, consolidate with or merge with or into any Person other than the Company or
another Guarantor unless: (a) the entity formed by or surviving any such
consolidation or merger (if other than the Guarantor) or the entity to which
such sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made is a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any
state thereof or the District of Columbia; (b) such entity assumes by
supplemental indenture all of the obligations of the Guarantor under its
Guarantee; (c) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default
or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and (d) immediately
after giving effect to such transaction and the use of any net proceeds
therefrom on a pro forma basis, the Company could satisfy the provisions of
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clause (ii) of the first paragraph of this Section 5.01. Any merger or
consolidation of a Guarantor with and into the Company (with the Company being
the surviving entity) or another Guarantor that is a Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiary need only comply with clause (iv) of paragraph (a) of this Section
5.01.
SECTION 5.02. Successor Corporation Substituted.
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Upon any consolidation, combination or merger or any transfer of all
or substantially all of the assets of the Company in accordance with Section
5.01, in which the Company is not the continuing corporation, the successor
Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to
which such conveyance, lease or transfer is made shall 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 had been
named as the Company herein.
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ARTICLE SIX
REMEDIES
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SECTION 6.01. Events of Default.
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An "Event of Default" means any of the following events:
(i) the failure to pay interest on any Notes when the same becomes
due and payable and the default continues for a period of 30 days (whether
or not such payment is prohibited by Article Ten of this Indenture);
(ii) the failure to pay the principal on any Notes, when such
principal becomes due and payable, at maturity, upon redemption or
otherwise (including the failure to make a payment to purchase Notes
tendered pursuant to a Change of Control Offer or a Net Proceeds Offer)
(whether or not such payment shall be prohibited by Article Ten of this
Indenture);
(iii) a default in the observance or performance of any other
covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture which default continues
for a period of 30 days after the Company receives written notice
specifying the default (and demanding that such default be remedied) from
the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% of the outstanding principal
amount of the Notes (except in the case of a default with respect to
observance or performance of any of the terms or provisions of Section
5.01, which will constitute an Event of Default with such notice
requirement but without such passage of time requirement);
(iv) the failure to pay at final maturity (giving effect to any
applicable grace periods and any extensions thereof) the principal amount
of any Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company, or the acceleration of the final stated maturity of any such
Indebtedness if the aggregate principal amount of such In-
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debtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such
Indebtedness in default for failure to pay principal at final maturity or
which has been accelerated, aggregates $5.0 million or more at any time;
(v) one or more judgments in an aggregate amount in excess of $2.0
million shall have been rendered against the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries and such judgments remain undischarged, unpaid or
unstayed for a period of 60 days after such judgment or judgments become
final and non-appealable;
(vi) the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries pursuant to
or under or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
(a) commences a voluntary case or proceeding;
(b) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in
an involuntary case or proceeding;
(c) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all
or substantially all of its property;
(d) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;
or
(e) shall generally not pay its debts when such debts become due
or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally;
(vii) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree
under any Bankruptcy Law that:
(a) is for relief against the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding,
(b) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary of the Company for all or substantially all of its
Properties, or
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(c) orders the liquidation of the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary of the Company,
and in each case the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60
days; or
(viii) any of the Guarantees cease to be in full force and effect
or any of the Guarantees are declared to be null and void or invalid and
unenforceable or any of the Guarantees is found to be invalid or any of the
Guarantors denies its liability under its Guarantees (other than by reason
of release of a Guarantor in accordance with the terms of this Indenture).
SECTION 6.02. Acceleration.
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(a) If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01 (other than an
Event of Default specified in clause (vi) or (vii) of Section 6.01 with respect
to the Company) shall occur and be continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at
least 25% in principal amount of outstanding Notes may declare the principal of
and accrued interest on all the Notes to be due and payable by notice in writing
to the Company and the Trustee specifying the respective Event of Default and
that it is a "notice of acceleration" (the "Acceleration Notice") and the same
(i) shall become immediately due and payable or (ii) if there are any amounts
outstanding under the Credit Agreement, shall become immediately due and payable
upon the first to occur of an acceleration under the Credit Agreement or five
Business Days after receipt by the Company and the Representative under the
Credit Agreement of such Acceleration Notice. If an Event of Default of the
type described in clause (vi) or (vii) above with respect to the Company occurs
and is continuing, then such amount will ipso facto become and be immediately
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due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee
or any Holder.
(b) At any time after a declaration of acceleration with respect to
the Notes as described in the preceding paragraph, the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Notes may rescind and cancel such declaration and its
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quences (i) if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree,
(ii) if all existing Events of Default have been cured or waived except
nonpayment of principal or interest that has become due solely because of such
acceleration, (iii) to the extent the payment of such interest is lawful,
interest on overdue installments of interest and overdue principal, which has
become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, has been paid,
(iv) if the Company has paid the Trustee its reasonable compensation and
reimbursed the Trustee for its expenses, disbursements and advances and (v) in
the event of the cure or waiver of an Event of Default of the type described in
clause (vi) of the description of Events of Default above, the Trustee shall
have received an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel that such Event
of Default has been cured or waived. No such rescission shall affect any
subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
SECTION 6.03. Other Remedies.
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If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may
pursue any available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to collect the
payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes or to
enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Notes may
be enforced by the Trustee even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does
not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee
or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of
Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or
acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other
remedy. All available remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
SECTION 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults.
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Prior to the declaration of acceleration of the Notes, the Holders of
not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then
outstanding by notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders of all the
Notes, waive
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any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under this
Indenture, except a Default or Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(i) or
(ii) or in respect of any provision hereof which cannot be modified or amended
without the consent of the Holder so affected pursuant to Section 9.02. When a
Default or Event of Default is so waived, it shall be deemed cured and shall
cease to exist. This Section 6.04 shall be in lieu of (S) 316(a)(1)(B) of the
TIA and such (S) 316(a)(1)(B) of the TIA is hereby expressly excluded from this
Indenture and the Notes, as permitted by the TIA.
SECTION 6.05. Control by Majority.
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Subject to Section 2.09, the Holders of the Notes may not enforce this
Indenture or the Notes except as provided in this Article Six and under the TIA.
The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Notes shall have the right to 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, provided, however, that the Trustee
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may refuse to follow any direction (a) that conflicts with any rule of law or
this Indenture, (b) that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the
rights of another Holder, or (c) that may expose the Trustee to personal
liability for which reasonable indemnity provided to the Trustee against such
liability shall be inadequate in the judgment of the Trustee; provided, further,
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however, that the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee
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that is not inconsistent with such direction or this Indenture. This Section
6.05 shall be in lieu of (S) 316(a)(1)(A) of the TIA, and such (S) 316(a)(1)(A)
of the TIA is hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture and the Notes, as
permitted by the TIA.
SECTION 6.06. Limitation on Suits.
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No Holder of any Notes shall have any right to institute any
proceeding with respect to this Indenture or the Notes or any remedy hereunder,
unless the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Notes have made written request, and offered reasonable indemnity,
to the Trus-
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tee to institute such proceeding as Trustee under the Notes and this Indenture,
the Trustee has failed to institute such proceeding within 25 days after receipt
of such notice, request and offer of indemnity and the Trustee, within such 25-
day period, has not received directions inconsistent with such written request
by Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Notes.
The foregoing limitations shall not apply to a suit instituted by a
Holder of a Note for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on, such Note on or after the respective due dates
expressed or provided for in such Note.
A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of any
other Holders or to obtain priority or preference over such other Holders.
SECTION 6.07. Right of Holders To Receive Payment.
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Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the right of
any Holder of a Note to receive payment of the principal of, premium, if any,
and interest on such Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed or
provided for in such Note, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such
payment on or after the respective due dates, is absolute and unconditional and
shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of the Holder.
SECTION 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee.
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If an Event of Default specified in clause (i) or (ii) of Section 6.01
occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and
as trustee of an express trust against the Company, or any other obligor on the
Notes for the whole amount of the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued
interest remaining unpaid, together with interest on overdue principal and, to
the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue
installments of interest, in each case at the rate per annum provided for by the
Notes and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the
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costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
SECTION 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
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The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or
documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the
Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents, counsel, accountants and
experts) and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the
Company or Restricted Subsidiaries (or any other obligor upon the Notes), their
creditors or their property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect and
receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims
and to distribute the same, and any Custodian in any such judicial proceedings
is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in
the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly
to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agent and
counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07. The
Company's payment obligations under this Section 6.09 shall be secured in
accordance with the provisions of Section 7.07. Nothing herein contained shall
be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt
on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, 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.
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If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article Six it
shall pay out such money in the following order:
First: to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.07;
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Second: to Holders for interest accrued on the Notes, ratably, without
preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and
payable on the Notes for interest;
Third: to Holders for the principal amounts (including any premium) owing
under the Notes, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind,
according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for the principal
(including any premium); and
Fourth: the balance, if any, to the Company.
The Trustee, upon prior written notice to the Company, may fix a
record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section
6.10.
SECTION 6.11. Undertaking for Costs.
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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 in its discretion require the filing by any party
litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the
court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable
attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to
the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant.
This Section 6.11 does not apply to any suit by the Trustee, any suit by a
Holder pursuant to Section 6.07, or a suit by a Holder or Holders of more than
10% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes.
SECTION 6.12. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
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If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce
any right or remedy under this Indenture or any Note and such proceeding has
been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely
to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case the Company, the
Trustee and the Holders shall, subject to any determination in
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such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former
positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and
the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
ARTICLE SEVEN
TRUSTEE
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SECTION 7.01. Duties of Trustee.
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(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Trustee may exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Indenture and shall use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise
thereof as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the
conduct of his own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(1) The Trustee need perform only those duties as are specifically
set forth in this Indenture and no covenants or obligations shall be
implied in this Indenture that are adverse to the Trustee.
(2) In the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of
the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to
the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However,
in the case of any such certificates or opinions that by any provision
hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the
Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or
not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained, the
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its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful
misconduct, except that:
(1) This paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of
this Section 7.01.
(2) The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made
in good faith by a Trust Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was
negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts.
(3) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it
takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction
received by it pursuant to Section 6.02, 6.04 or 6.05.
(d) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its
rights or powers if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that
repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is
not reasonably assured to it.
(e) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the
Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this Section 7.01 and
Section 7.02.
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money or
assets received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the
Company. Assets held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other
assets except to the extent required by law.
SECTION 7.02. Rights of Trustee.
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Subject to Section 7.01:
(a) The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any document believed by it to be genuine and
to have been signed
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or presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need not investigate any
fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may consult
with counsel of its selection and may require an Officers' Certificate or
an Opinion of Counsel, which shall conform to Sections 11.04 and 11.05.
The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in
good faith in reliance on such Officers' Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.
(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall
not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed
with due care.
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action that it takes or
omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within
its rights or powers.
(e) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond,
debenture, or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion,
may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters
as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further
inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled, upon reasonable notice to
the Company, to examine the books, records, and premises of the Company,
personally or by agent or attorney and to consult with the officers and
representatives of the Company, including the Company's accountants and
attorneys.
(f) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or
direction of any of the Holders pursuant to the provisions of this
Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security
or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the
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costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred by it in
compliance with such request, order or direction.
(g) The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in
respect of the performance of its powers and duties hereunder.
(h) Delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee
under Section 4.08 is for informational purposes only and the Trustee's
receipt of the foregoing shall not constitute constructive notice of any
information contained therein or determinable from information contained
therein, including the Company's compliance with any of their covenants
hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on
Officers' Certificates).
SECTION 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee.
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The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the
owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company, any of their
Subsidiaries, or their respective Affiliates with the same rights it would have
if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights. However,
the Trustee must comply with Sections 7.10 and 7.11.
SECTION 7.04. Trustee's Disclaimer.
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The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of
this Indenture or the Notes, and it shall not be accountable for the Company's
use of the proceeds from the Notes, and it shall not be responsible for any
statement of the Company in this Indenture or the Notes other than the Trustee's
certificate of authentication.
SECTION 7.05. Notice of Default.
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If a Default or an Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it
is known to a Trust Officer, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder notice of the
uncured Default or Event of Default within 90 days after obtaining knowledge
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thereof. Except in the case of a Default or an Event of Default in payment of
principal of, or interest on, any Note, including an accelerated payment, a
Default in payment on the Change of Control Payment Date pursuant to a Change of
Control Offer or on the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date pursuant to a Net
Proceeds Offer and a Default in compliance with Article Five hereof, the Trustee
may withhold the notice if and so long as its Board of Directors, the executive
committee of its Board of Directors or a committee of its directors and/or Trust
Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interest
of the Holders. The foregoing sentence of this Section 7.05 shall be in lieu of
the proviso to (S) 315(b) of the TIA and such proviso to (S) 315(b) of the TIA
is hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture and the Notes, as permitted by
the TIA.
SECTION 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders.
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Within 60 days after August 1 of each year beginning with 1997, the
Trustee shall, to the extent that any of the events described in TIA (S) 313(a)
occurred within the previous twelve months, but not otherwise, mail to each
Holder a brief report dated as of such date that complies with TIA (S) 313(a).
The Trustee also shall comply with TIA (S)(S) 313(b), (c) and (d).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Holders shall be
mailed to the Company and filed with the Commission and each stock exchange, if
any, on which the Notes are listed.
The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee if the Notes become
listed on any stock exchange and the Trustee shall comply with TIA (S) 313(d).
SECTION 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity.
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The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such
compensation for its services as has been agreed to in writing signed by the
Company and the Trustee. The Trustee's compensation shall not be limited by any
law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall
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▇▇▇▇▇ the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
incurred or made by it in connection with the performance of its duties under
this Indenture. Such expenses shall include the reasonable fees and expenses of
the Trustee's agents, counsel, accountants and experts.
The Company shall indemnify each of the Trustee (or any predecessor
Trustee) and its agents, employees, stockholders, Affiliates and directors and
officers for, and hold them each harmless against, any and all loss, liability,
damage, claim or expense (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel),
including taxes (other than taxes based on the income of the Trustee) incurred
by them except for such actions to the extent caused by any negligence, bad
faith or willful misconduct on their part, arising out of or in connection with
the acceptance or administration of this trust including the reasonable costs
and expenses of defending themselves against any claim or liability in
connection with the exercise or performance of any of their rights, powers or
duties hereunder. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim
asserted against the Trustee for which it may seek indemnity; provided, however,
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that any failure to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of its
indemnity obligations hereunder except to the extent the Company's ability to
defend such claim shall be prejudiced thereby. At the Trustee's sole
discretion, the Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate
and may participate in the defense; provided, however, that any settlement of a
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claim shall be approved in writing by the Trustee if such settlement would
result in an admission of liability by the Trustee or if such settlement would
not be accompanied by a full release of the Trustee for all liability arising
out of the events giving rise to such claim. Alternatively, the Trustee may at
its option have separate counsel of its own choosing and the Company shall pay
the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel.
To secure the Company's payment obligations in this Section 7.07, the
Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Notes on all assets or money held or
collected by the Trustee, in its capacity as Trustee, except assets or money
held in trust to
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pay principal of or premium, if any, or interest on particular Notes.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of
Default specified in Section 6.01(vi) or (vii) occurs, such expenses and the
compensation for such services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
The provisions of this Section 7.07 shall survive the termination of
this Indenture.
SECTION 7.08. Replacement of Trustee.
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The Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Company in
writing at least 10 days in advance of such resignation. The Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee and
appoint a successor Trustee with the Company's consent, by so notifying the
Company and the Trustee. The Company may remove the Trustee if:
(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;
(2) the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent or an order for
relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;
(3) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee
or its property; or
(4) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the
office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall notify each Holder of such
event and shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the
successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the outstanding Notes may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the
successor Trustee appointed by the Company.
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A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Immediately after that,
the retiring Trustee shall transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the
successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided in Section 7.07, the resignation
or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor
Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this
Indenture. The Company shall mail notice of such successor Trustee's
appointment to each Holder.
If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the
retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the
Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes
may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor Trustee.
If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, any Holder may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and
the appointment of a successor Trustee.
Notwithstanding any resignation or replacement of the Trustee pursuant
to this Section 7.08, the Company's obligations under Section 7.07 shall
continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
SECTION 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.
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If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or
transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another
corporation, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without any
further act shall, if such resulting, surviving or transferee corporation is
otherwise eligible hereunder, be the successor Trustee; provided, however, that
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such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article
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SECTION 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification.
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This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the
requirement of TIA (S)(S) 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee (or, in the case
of a Trustee that is a corporation included in a bank holding company system,
the related bank holding company) shall have a combined capital and surplus of
at least $100 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of
condition, and have a Corporate Trust Office in the City of New York. In
addition, if the Trustee is a corporation included in a bank holding company
system, the Trustee, independently of such bank holding company, shall meet the
capital requirements of TIA (S) 310(a)(2). The Trustee shall comply with TIA
(S) 310(b); provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation
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of TIA (S) 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which other securities,
or certificates of interest or participation in other securities, of the Company
are outstanding, if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA (S)
310(b)(1) are met. The provisions of TIA (S) 310 shall apply to the Company, as
obligors of the Notes.
SECTION 7.11. Preferential Collection of
Claims Against the Company.
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The Trustee shall comply with TIA (S) 311(a), excluding any creditor
relationship listed in TIA (S) 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been
removed shall be subject to TIA (S) 311(a) to the extent indicated therein. The
provisions of TIA (S) 311 shall apply to the Company, as obligor on the Notes.
ARTICLE EIGHT
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE
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SECTION 8.01. Termination of Company's Obligations.
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This Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further
effect (except as to surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of
the Notes, as expressly pro-
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vided for in this Indenture) as to all outstanding Notes when (i) either (a) all
Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (except lost, stolen or destroyed
Notes which have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has
theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the
Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust) have
been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or (b) all Notes not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable and the
Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee
funds in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on
the Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes to the date of deposit
together with irrevocable instructions from the Company directing the Trustee to
apply such funds to the payment thereof at maturity or redemption, as the case
may be; (ii) the Company has paid all other sums payable under this Indenture by
the Company; and (iii) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions precedent
under this Indenture relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture have been complied with.
The Company may, at its option and at any time, elect to have its
obligations and the corresponding obligations of the Guarantors discharged with
respect to the outstanding Notes ("Legal Defeasance"). Such Legal Defeasance
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means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire
indebtedness represented by the outstanding Notes, except for (i) the rights of
Holders to receive payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on the Notes when such payments are due, (ii) the Company's obligations
with respect to the Notes concerning issuing temporary Notes, registration of
Notes, mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and the maintenance of an
office or agency for payments, (iii) the rights, powers, trust, duties and
immunities of the Trustee and the Company's obligations in connection therewith
and (iv) the Legal Defeasance provisions of this Section 8.01. In addition, the
Company may, at its option and at any time, elect to have the obligations of the
Company and the Guarantors, if any,
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released with respect to covenants contained in Sections 4.04, 4.08 and 4.10
through 4.20 and Article Five ("Covenant Defeasance") and thereafter any
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omission to comply with such obligations shall not constitute a Default or Event
of Default with respect to the Notes. In the event of Covenant Defeasance, those
events described under Section 6.01 (except those events described in Section
6.01(i),(ii),(vi) and (vii)) will no longer constitute an Event of Default with
respect to the Notes.
In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance:
(i) the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust,
for the benefit of the Holders cash in United States dollars, non-callable
U.S. Government Obligations, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as
will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, premium, if any,
and interest on the Notes on the stated date for payment thereof or on the
applicable Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(ii) in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Company shall have
delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that (A) the Company has
received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service
a ruling or (B) since the date of this Indenture, there has been a change
in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect
that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the
Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax
purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to
federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same
times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not
occurred;
(iii) in the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Company shall have
delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee
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confirming that the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for
federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and
will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same
manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant
Defeasance had not occurred;
(iv) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing on the date of such deposit or insofar as Events of Default
under Section 6.01(vi) or (vii) from bankruptcy or insolvency events are
concerned, at any time in the period ending on the 91st day after the date
of deposit;
(v) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall 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 or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
is bound;
(vi) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the
intent of preferring the Holders over any other creditors of the Company or
with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other
creditors of the Company or others;
(vii) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent provided for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant
Defeasance, as the case may be, have been complied with;
(viii) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion
of Counsel to the effect that (A) the trust funds will not be subject to
any rights of holders of Senior Debt, including, without limitation, those
arising under the Indenture and (B) after the 91st day following the
deposit, the trust funds will not be subject to the effect
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of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws
affecting creditors' rights generally; and
(ix) certain other customary conditions precedent are satisfied.
SECTION 8.02. Application of Trust Money.
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The Trustee or Paying Agent shall hold in trust U.S. Legal Tender or
U.S. Government Obligations deposited with it pursuant to Section 8.01, and
shall apply the deposited U.S. Legal Tender and the money from U.S. Government
Obligations in accordance with this Indenture to the payment of the principal of
and interest on the Notes. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to invest
said U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations except as it may agree in
writing with the Company.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee
or other charge imposed on or assessed against the Legal Tender or U.S.
Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 8.01 or the principal and
interest received in respect thereof.
SECTION 8.03. Repayment to the Company.
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Subject to Section 8.01, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall
promptly pay to the Company upon request any excess U.S. Legal Tender or U.S.
Government Obligations held by them at any time and thereupon shall be relieved
from all liability with respect to such money. The Trustee and the Paying Agent
shall pay to the Company upon request any money held by them for the payment of
principal or interest that remains unclaimed for one year; provided, however,
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that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any
payment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once in a
newspaper of general circulation in the City of New York or mail to each Holder
entitled to such money notice that such money remains unclaimed and that after a
date specified therein which shall be at least 30 days from the date of such
publication or mailing any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will
be repaid to the Company. After payment to the
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Company, Holders entitled to such money must look to the Company for payment as
general creditors unless an applicable law designates another Person.
SECTION 8.04. Reinstatement.
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If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any U.S. Legal
Tender or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 8.01 by reason
of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or
governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such
application, the Company's obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall
be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section
8.01 until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all
such U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section
8.01; provided, however, that if the Company has made any payment of interest on
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or principal of any Notes because of the reinstatement of their obligations, the
Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to
receive such payment from the U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations
held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
SECTION 8.05. Acknowledgment of Discharge
by Trustee.
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After (i) the conditions of Section 8.01 have been satisfied, (ii) the
Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the
Company and (iii) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent referred to in clause (i) above relating to the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture have been complied with, the Trustee upon request
shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of the Company's obligations under
this Indenture except for those surviving obligations specified in Section 8.01,
provided the legal counsel delivering such Opinion of Counsel may rely as to
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matters of fact on one or more Officers' Certificates of the Company.
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ARTICLE NINE
MODIFICATION OF THE INDENTURE
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SECTION 9.01. Without Consent of Holders.
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Subject to the provisions of Section 9.02, the Company, the Guarantors
and the Trustee may amend, waive or supplement this Indenture without notice to
or consent of any Holder: (a) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
(b) to comply with Section 4.20 or 5.01 of this Indenture; (c) to provide for
uncertificated Notes in addition to certificated Notes; (d) to comply with any
requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the qualification
of this Indenture under the TIA; or (e) to make any change that would provide
any additional benefit or rights to the Holders or that does not adversely
affect the rights of any Holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee and
the Company may not make any change that adversely affects the rights of any
Holder under this Indenture without the consent of such Holder. In formulating
its opinion on such matters, the Trustee will be entitled to rely on such
evidence as it deems appropriate, including, without limitation, solely on an
Opinion of Counsel.
SECTION 9.02. With Consent of Holders.
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All other modifications and amendments of this Indenture may be made
with the consent of the Holders of a majority in the then outstanding principal
amount of the then outstanding Notes, except that, without the consent of each
Holder of the Notes affected thereby, no amendment may, directly or indirectly:
(i) reduce the amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to any amendment; (ii)
reduce the rate of or change or have the effect of changing the time for payment
of interest, including defaulted interest, on any Notes; (iii) reduce the
principal of or change or have the effect of changing the fixed maturity of any
Notes, or change the date on which any Notes may be subject to redemption or
repurchase, or reduce the redemption or repurchase price therefor; (iv) make any
Notes payable in money other than that stated in the Notes; (v) make any
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change in provisions of this Indenture protecting the right of each Holder of a
Note to receive payment of principal of and interest on such Note on or after
the due date thereof or to bring suit to enforce such payment or permitting
Holders of a majority in principal amount of Notes to waive Defaults or Events
of Default; (vi) amend, change or modify in any material respect the obligation
of the Company to make and consummate a Change of Control Offer in the event of
a Change of Control or make and consummate a Net Proceeds Offer with respect to
any Asset Sale that has been consummated or modify in any material respect any
of the provisions or definitions with respect thereto; (vii) modify or change
any provision of this Indenture affecting the ranking of the Notes or any
Guarantee in a manner which adversely affects the Holders; or (viii) release any
Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Guarantee or this Indenture
otherwise than in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02
becomes effective (as provided in Section 9.04), the Company shall mail to the
Holders affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement
or waiver. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect
therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any
such supplemental indenture.
SECTION 9.03. Compliance with TIA.
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Every amendment, waiver or supplement of this Indenture or the Notes
shall comply with the TIA as then in effect; provided, however, that this
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Section 9.03 shall not of itself require that this Indenture or the Trustee be
qualified under the TIA or constitute any admission or acknowledgment by any
party hereto that any such qualification is required prior to the time this
Indenture and the Trustee are required by the TIA to be so qualified.
SECTION 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents.
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Until an amendment, waiver or supplement becomes effective, a consent
to it by a Holder is a continuing consent by
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the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that
evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder's Note, even if notation of the
consent is not made on any Note. Subject to the following paragraph, any such
Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to such Holder's Note or
portion of such Note by notice to the Trustee or the Company received before the
date on which the Trustee receives an Officers' Certificate certifying that the
Holders of the requisite principal amount of Notes have consented (and not
theretofore revoked such consent) to the amendment, supplement or waiver. An
amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective upon receipt by the Trustee of
such Officers' Certificate and evidence of consent by the Holders of the
requisite percentage in principal amount of outstanding Notes.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a Record Date for
the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment,
supplement or waiver, which Record Date shall be at least 30 days prior to the
first solicitation of such consent. If a Record Date is fixed, then
notwithstanding the second sentence of the immediately preceding paragraph,
those Persons who were Holders at such Record Date (or their duly designated
proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to revoke any consent
previously given, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such
Record Date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 90 days
after such Record Date unless consents from Holders of the requisite percentage
in principal amount of outstanding Notes required hereunder for the
effectiveness of such consents shall have also been given and not revoked within
such 90 day period.
SECTION 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Notes.
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If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Note, the
Trustee may require the Holder of such Note to deliver it to the Trustee. The
Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Note about the changed terms
and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company or the Trustee so
determine, the Company in exchange for the Note shall issue and the Trustee
shall authenticate a new Note that reflects the changed terms.
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SECTION 9.06. Trustee To Sign Amendments, Etc.
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The Trustee shall execute any amendment, supplement or waiver
authorized pursuant to this Article Nine; provided, however, that the Trustee
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may, but shall not be obligated to, execute any such amendment, supplement or
waiver which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this
Indenture. In executing such supplement or waiver the Trustee shall be entitled
to receive indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it, and shall be fully protected
in relying upon an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers' Certificate of the
Company, stating that no event of default shall occur as a result of such
amendment, supplement or waiver and that the execution of any amendment,
supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article Nine is authorized or
permitted by this Indenture, provided the legal counsel delivering such Opinion
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of Counsel may rely as to matters of fact on one or more Officers' Certificates
of the Company. Such Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee.
ARTICLE TEN
SUBORDINATION
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SECTION 10.01. Notes Subordinated to Senior Debt.
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The Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of the Notes, by its
acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that all Notes shall be
issued subject to the provisions of this Article Ten; and each Person holding
any Note, whether upon original issue or upon transfer, assignment or exchange
thereof, accepts and agrees that the payment of all Obligations on the Notes by
the Company shall, to the extent and in the manner herein set forth, be
subordinated and junior in right of payment to the prior payment in full in cash
or Cash Equivalents of all Obligations on the Senior Debt, including, without
limitation, the Company's obligations under the Credit Agreement; that the
subordination is for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable directly by, the
holders of Senior Debt, and that each holder of Senior Debt whether now
outstanding or
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hereafter created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed shall be deemed to have
acquired Senior Debt in reliance upon the covenants and provisions contained in
this Indenture and the Notes.
SECTION 10.02. Suspension of Payment When Senior Debt
is in Default.
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(a) If any default occurs and is continuing in the payment when due,
whether at maturity, upon redemption, by declaration or otherwise, of any
principal of, interest on, unpaid drawings for letters of credit issued in
respect of, or regularly accruing fees with respect to, any Senior Debt, no
payment of any kind or character shall be made by, or on behalf of, the Company
or any other Person on its or their behalf with respect to any Obligations on
the Notes, or to acquire any of the Notes for cash or property or otherwise. In
addition, if any other event of default occurs and is continuing with respect to
any Designated Senior Debt, as such event or default is defined in the
instrument creating or evidencing such Designated Senior Debt, permitting the
holders of such Designated Senior Debt then outstanding to accelerate the
maturity thereof and if the Representative for the respective issue of
Designated Senior Debt gives notice of the event of default to the Trustee (a
"Default Notice"), then, unless and until all events of default have been cured
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or waived or have ceased to exist or the Trustee receives notice thereof from
the Representative for the respective issue of Designated Senior Debt
terminating the Blockage Period (as defined below), during the 180 days after
the delivery of such Default Notice (the "Blockage Period"), neither the Company
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nor any other Person on its behalf shall (x) make any payment of any kind or
character with respect to any Obligations on the Notes or (y) acquire any of the
Notes for cash or property or otherwise. Notwithstanding anything therein to
the contrary, in no event will a Blockage Period extend beyond 180 days from the
date the payment on the notes was due and only one such Blockage Period may be
commenced within any 360 consecutive days. No event of default which existed or
was continuing on the date of the commencement of any Blockage Period with
respect to the Designated Senior Debt shall be, or be made, the basis for the
commencement of a second Blockage
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Period by the Representative of such Designated Senior Debt whether or not
within a period of 360 consecutive days, unless such event of default shall have
been cured or waived for a period of not less than 90 consecutive days (it being
acknowledged that any subsequent action, or any breach of any financial
covenants for a period commencing after the date of commencement of such
Blockage Period that, in either case would give rise to an event of default
pursuant to any provisions under which an event of default previously existed or
was continuing shall constitute a new event of default for this purpose).
(b) In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment
shall be received by the Trustee or any Holder when such payment is prohibited
by Section 10.02(a), such payment shall be held for the benefit of, and shall be
paid over or delivered to, the holders of Senior Debt (pro rata to such holders
on the basis of the respective amount of Senior Debt held by such holders) or
their respective Representatives, as their respective interests may appear. The
Trustee shall be entitled to rely on information regarding amounts then due and
owing on the Senior Debt, if any, received from the holders of Senior Debt (or
their Representatives) or, if such information is not received from such holders
or their Representatives, from the Company and only amounts included in the
information provided to the Trustee shall be paid to the holders of Senior Debt.
Nothing contained in this Article Ten shall limit the right of the
Trustee or the Holders of Notes to take any action to accelerate the maturity of
the Notes pursuant to Section 6.02 or to pursue any rights or remedies
hereunder; provided that all Senior Debt thereafter due or declared to be due
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shall first be paid in full in cash or Cash Equivalents before the Holders are
entitled to receive any payment of any kind or character with respect to
Obligations on the Notes.
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SECTION 10.03. Notes Subordinated to Prior Payment of
All Senior Indebtedness on
Dissolution, Liquidation or
Reorganization of Company.
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(a) Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any
kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to creditors upon
any total or partial liquidation, dissolution, winding-up, reorganization,
assignment for the benefit of creditors or marshaling of assets of the Company
or in a bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or other similar
proceeding relating to the Company or its property, whether voluntary or
involuntary, all Obligations due or to become due upon all Senior Debt shall
first be paid in full in cash or Cash Equivalents, or such payment duly provided
for to the satisfaction of the holders of Senior Debt, before any payment or
distribution of any kind or character is made on account of any Obligations on
the Notes, or for the acquisition of any of the Notes for cash or property or
otherwise. Upon any such dissolution, winding-up, liquidation, reorganization,
receivership or similar proceeding, any payment or distribution of assets of the
Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to
which the Holders of the Notes or the Trustee under this Indenture would be
entitled, except for the provisions hereof, shall be paid by the Company or by
any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other Person
making such payment or distribution, or by the Holders or by the Trustee under
this Indenture if received by them, directly to the holders of Senior Debt (pro
rata to such holders on the basis of the respective amounts of Senior Debt held
by such holders) or their respective Representatives, or to the trustee or
trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any of such Senior Debt may have
been issued, as their respective interests may appear, for application to the
payment of Senior Debt remaining unpaid until all such Senior Indebtedness has
been paid in full in cash or Cash Equivalents after giving effect to any
concurrent payment, distribution or provision therefor to or for the holders of
Senior Debt.
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(b) To the extent any payment of Senior Debt (whether by or on behalf
of the Company, as proceeds of security or enforcement of any right of setoff or
otherwise) is declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required
to be paid to any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or
other similar Person under any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, fraudulent
conveyance or similar law, then, if such payment is recovered by, or paid over
to, such receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other
similar Person, the Senior Debt or part thereof originally intended to be
satisfied shall be deemed to be reinstated and outstanding as if such payment
has not occurred.
(c) In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment or
distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash,
property or securities, shall be received by any Holder when such payment or
distribution is prohibited by this Section 10.03, such payment or distribution
shall be held in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid over or delivered
to, the holders of Senior Debt (pro rata to such holders on the basis of the
respective amount of Senior Debt held by such holders) or their respective
Representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to
which any of such Senior Debt may have been issued, as their respective
interests may appear, for application to the payment of Senior Debt remaining
unpaid until all such Senior Debt has been paid in full in cash or Cash
Equivalents, after giving effect to any concurrent payment, distribution or
provision therefor to or for the holders of such Senior Debt.
(d) The consolidation of the Company with, or the merger of the
Company with or into, another corporation or the liquidation or dissolution of
the Company following the conveyance or transfer of all or substantially all of
its assets, to another corporation upon the terms and conditions provided in
Article Five hereof and as long as permitted under the terms of the Senior Debt
shall not be deemed a dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization for
the purposes of this Section if such other corporation shall, as a part of such
consolida-
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tion, merger, conveyance or transfer, assume the Company's obligations hereunder
in accordance with Article Five hereof.
SECTION 10.04. Holders To Be Subrogated to Rights of
Holders of Senior Debt.
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Subject to the payment in full in cash or Cash Equivalents of all
Senior Debt, the Holders of the Notes shall be subrogated to the rights of the
holders of Senior Debt to receive payments or distributions of cash, property or
securities of the Company applicable to the Senior Debt until the Notes shall be
paid in full; and, for the purposes of such subrogation, no such payments or
distributions to the holders of the Senior Debt by or on behalf of the Company
or by or on behalf of the Holders by virtue of this Article Ten which otherwise
would have been made to the Holders shall, as between the Company and the
Holders of the Notes, be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or on account
of the Senior Debt, it being understood that the provisions of this Article Ten
are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of
the Holders of the Notes, on the one hand, and the holders of the Senior Debt,
on the other hand.
SECTION 10.05. Obligations of the Company
Unconditional.
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Nothing contained in this Article Ten or elsewhere in this Indenture
or in the Notes is intended to or shall impair, as between the Company and the
Holders, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to
pay to the Holders the principal of and interest on the Notes as and when the
same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms, or is intended
to or shall affect the relative rights of the Holders and creditors of the
Company other than the holders of the Senior Debt, nor shall anything herein or
therein prevent the Trustee or any Holder from exercising all remedies otherwise
permitted by applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject to the
rights, if any, under this Article Ten of the holders of Senior Debt in respect
of cash, property or Notes of the Company received upon the exercise of any such
remedy. Upon any payment or distribution of assets or securi-
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ties of the Company referred to in this Article Ten, the Trustee, subject to the
provisions of Sections 7.01 and 7.02, and the Holders shall be entitled to rely
upon any order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction in which
any liquidation, dissolution, winding-up or reorganization proceedings are
pending, or a certificate of the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating
trustee or agent or other Person making any payment or distribution to the
Trustee or to the Holders for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled
to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of Senior Debt and
other Indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the
amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent
thereto or to this Article Ten. Nothing in this Article Ten shall apply to the
claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 7.07. The
Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a
Person representing himself or itself to be a holder of any Senior Debt (or a
trustee on behalf of, or other representative of, such holder) to establish that
such notice has been given by a holder of such Senior Debt or a trustee or
representative on behalf of any such holder.
In the event that the Trustee determines in good faith that any
evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of
Senior Debt to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this
Article Ten, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the
reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Debt held by
such Person, the extent to which such person is entitled to participate in such
payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of such
Person under this Article Ten, and if such evidence is not furnished, the
Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as
to the right of such Person to receive such payment.
SECTION 10.06. Trustee Entitled to Assume Payments
Not Prohibited in Absence of Notice.
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The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any
fact known to the Company which would prohibit the making of any payment to or
by the Trustee in respect of
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the Notes pursuant to the provisions of this Article Ten. Regardless of anything
to the contrary contained in this Article Ten or elsewhere in this Indenture,
the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any default
or event of default with respect to any Senior Debt or of any other facts which
would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the Trustee unless and until
the Trustee shall have received notice in writing from the Company, or from a
holder of Senior Debt or a Representative therefor, together with proof
satisfactory to the Trustee of such holding of Senior Debt or of the authority
of such Representative, and, prior to the receipt of any such written notice,
the Trustee shall be entitled to assume conclusively that no such facts exist.
SECTION 10.07. Application by Trustee of Assets
Deposited with It.
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U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations deposited in trust
with the Trustee pursuant to and in accordance with Sections 8.01 and 8.02 shall
be for the sole benefit of the Holders of the Notes and, to the extent allocated
for the payment of Notes, shall not be subject to the subordination provisions
of this Article Ten. Otherwise, any deposit of assets or securities by or on
behalf of the Company with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (whether or not in
trust) for the payment of principal of or interest on any Notes shall be subject
to the provisions of this Article Ten; provided, however, that if prior to the
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second Business Day preceding the date on which by the terms of this Indenture
any such assets may become distributable for any purpose (including, without
limitation, the payment of either principal of or interest on any Note) the
Trustee or such Paying Agent shall not have received with respect to such assets
the notice provided for in Section 10.06, then the Trustee or such Paying Agent
shall have full power and authority to receive such assets and to apply the same
to the purpose for which they were received, and shall not be affected by any
notice to the contrary received by it on or after such date. The foregoing
shall not apply to the Paying Agent if the Company or any Subsidiary or
Affiliate of the Company is acting as Paying Agent. Nothing contained in this
Section 10.07 shall
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limit the right of the holders of Senior Debt to recover payments from any
Holder as contemplated by this Article Ten.
SECTION 10.08. No Waiver of Subordination Provisions.
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(a) No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Debt to
enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time in any way be
prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company
or by any act or failure to act by any such holder, or by any non-compliance by
the Company with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture,
regardless of any knowledge thereof any such holder may have or be otherwise
charged with.
(b) Without limiting the generality of subsection (a) of this Section
10.08, the holders of Senior Debt may, at any time and from time to time,
without the consent of or notice to the Trustee or the Holders of the Notes,
without incurring responsibility to the Holders of the Notes and without
impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Article Ten or the
obligations hereunder of the Holders of the Notes to the holders of Senior Debt,
do any one or more of the following: (1) change the manner, place, terms or
time of payment of, or renew or alter, Senior Debt or any instrument evidencing
the same or any agreement under which Senior Debt is outstanding; (2) sell,
exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or
otherwise securing Senior Debt; (3) release any Person liable in any manner for
the collection or payment of Senior Debt; and (4) exercise or refrain from
exercising any rights against the Company and any other Person.
SECTION 10.09. Holders Authorize Trustee To
Effectuate Subordination of Notes.
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Each Holder of the Notes by such Holder's acceptance thereof
authorizes and expressly directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action
as may be necessary or appropriate to effect the subordination provisions
contained in this Article Ten, and appoints the Trustee such Holder's attorney-
in-fact for such purpose, including, in the event of any liquidation,
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dissolution, winding-up, reorganization, assignment for the benefit of creditors
or marshaling of assets of the Company tending towards liquidation or
reorganization of the business and assets of the Company, the immediate filing
of a claim for the unpaid balance of such Holder's Notes in the form required in
said proceedings and cause said claim to be approved. If the Trustee does not
file a proper claim or proof of debt in the form required in such proceeding
prior to 30 days before the expiration of the time to file such claim or claims,
then any of the holders of the Senior Debt or their Representative is hereby
authorized to file an appropriate claim for and on behalf of the Holders of said
Notes. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee or the
holders of Senior Debt or their Representative 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 or the holders of Senior Debt or their
Representative to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such
proceeding.
SECTION 10.10. Right of Trustee to Hold Senior Debt.
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The Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be
entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article Ten with respect to any
Senior Debt which may at any time be held by it in its individual or any other
capacity to the same extent as any other holder of Senior Debt and nothing in
this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee or any such agent of any of its rights
as such holder.
With respect to the holders of Senior Debt, the Trustee undertakes to
perform or to observe only such of its covenants and obligations as are
specifically set forth in this Article Ten, and no implied covenants or
obligations with respect to the holders of Senior Debt shall be read into this
Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any
fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Debt.
Whenever a distribution is to be made or a notice given to holders or
owners of Senior Debt, the distribution may
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be made and the notice may be given to their Representative, if any.
SECTION 10.11. This Article Ten Not To Prevent Events
of Default.
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The failure to make a payment on account of principal of or interest
on the Notes by reason of any provision of this Article Ten will not be
construed as preventing the occurrence of an Event of Default.
Nothing contained in this Article Ten shall limit the right of the
Trustee or the Holders of Notes to take any action to accelerate the maturity of
the Notes pursuant to Article Six or to pursue any rights or remedies hereunder
or under applicable law, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article Ten
of the holders, from time to time, of Senior Debt.
SECTION 10.12. No Fiduciary Duty of Trustee to
Holders of Senior Debt.
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The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the
holders of Senior Debt, and it undertakes to perform or observe such of its
covenants and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Article Ten, and
no implied covenants or obligations with respect to the Senior Debt shall be
read into this Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be liable
to any such holders (other than for its willful misconduct or gross negligence)
if it shall pay over or deliver to the Holders of Notes or the Company or any
other Person money or assets in compliance with the terms of this Indenture.
Nothing in this Section 10.12 shall affect the obligation of any Person other
than the Trustee to hold such payment for the benefit of, and to pay such
payment over to, the holders of Senior Debt or their Representative.
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ARTICLE ELEVEN
MISCELLANEOUS
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SECTION 11.01. TIA Controls.
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If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies, or conflicts
with another provision which is required to be included in this Indenture by the
TIA, the required provision shall control; provided, however, that this Section
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11.01 shall not of itself require that this Indenture or the Trustee be
qualified under the TIA or constitute any admission or acknowledgment by any
party hereto that any such qualification is required prior to the time this
Indenture and the Trustee are required by the TIA to be so qualified.
SECTION 11.02. Notices.
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Any notices or other communications required or permitted hereunder
shall be in writing, and shall be sufficiently given if made by hand delivery,
by telex, by telecopier or registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return
receipt requested, addressed as follows:
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if to the Company or any Guarantor:
T/SF Communications Corporation
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Telecopier Number: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attn: Chief Executive Officer
if to the Trustee:
IBJ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Bank and Trust Company
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Telecopier Number: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: Corporate Trust Department
Each of the Company and the Trustee by written notice to the other may
designate additional or different addresses for notices to such Person. Any
notice or communication to the Company or the Trustee shall be deemed to have
been given or made as of the date so delivered if hand delivered; when answered
back, if telexed; when receipt is acknowledged, if faxed; and five (5) calendar
days after mailing if sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid
(except that a notice of change of address shall not be deemed to have been
given until actually received by the addressee).
Any notice or communication mailed to a Holder shall be mailed to him
by first class mail or other equivalent means at his address as it appears on
the registration books of the Registrar ten (10) days prior to such mailing and
shall be sufficiently given to him if so mailed within the time prescribed.
Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in
it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. If a notice
or communication is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given,
whether or not the addressee receives it.
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SECTION 11.03. Communications by Holders
with Other Holders.
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Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA (S) 312(b) with other Holders
with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Company,
the Trustee, the Registrar and any other Person shall have the protection of TIA
(S) 312(c).
SECTION 11.04. Certificate and Opinion as
to Conditions Precedent.
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Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take
any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:
(1) an Officers' Certificate, in form and substance satisfactory
to the Trustee, stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions
precedent to be performed by the Company, if any, provided for in this
Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and
(2) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel, all such conditions precedent to be performed by the Company, if
any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have
been complied with (which counsel, as to factual matters, may rely on an
Officers' Certificate).
SECTION 11.05. Statements Required in
Certificate or Opinion.
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Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture, other than the Officers'
Certificate required by Section 4.06, shall include:
(1) a statement that the Person making such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements
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or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he has made
such examination or investigation as is reasonably necessary to enable him
to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or
condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of each such
Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 11.06. Rules by Trustee, Paying
Agent, Registrar.
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The Trustee may make reasonable rules in accordance with the Trustee's
customary practices for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Paying Agent
or Registrar may make reasonable rules for its functions.
SECTION 11.07. Legal Holidays.
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A "Legal Holiday" used with respect to a particular place of payment
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is a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in New York, New
York or at such place of payment are not required to be open. If a payment date
is a Legal Holiday at such place, payment may be made at such place on the next
succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the
intervening period.
SECTION 11.08. Governing Law.
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THIS INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AS APPLIED TO CONTRACTS MADE
AND PERFORMED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF
CONFLICT OF LAWS. Each of the parties hereto agrees to submit to the
jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York in any action or proceeding
arising out of or relating to this Indenture.
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SECTION 11.09. No Adverse Interpretation
of Other Agreements.
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This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or
debt agreement of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Any such indenture,
loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.
SECTION 11.10. No Personal Liability.
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No director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company
or any Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the
Company or any Guarantor under the Notes, this Indenture, the Guarantees or the
Registration Rights Agreement or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by
reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by
accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release
are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.
SECTION 11.11. Successors.
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All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes shall
bind their successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall
bind its successors.
SECTION 11.12. Duplicate Originals.
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All parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each
signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together shall represent the
same agreement.
SECTION 11.13. Severability.
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In case any one or more of the provisions in this Indenture or in the
Notes shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, in any respect for any
reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every
other respect and of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected
or impaired thereby, it being intended that all of the provisions hereof shall
be enforceable to the full extent permitted by law.
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SECTION 11.14. Independence of Covenants.
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All covenants and agreements in this Indenture and the Notes shall be
given independent effect so that if any particular action or condition is not
permitted by any of such covenants, the fact that it would be permitted by an
exception to, or otherwise be within the limitations of, another covenant shall
not avoid the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default if such action is
taken or condition exists.
ARTICLE TWELVE
GUARANTEE OF NOTES
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SECTION 12.01. Unconditional Guarantee.
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Subject to the provisions of this Article Twelve, each Guarantor, if
any, hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees,
on a senior subordianted basis (such guarantee to be referred to herein as a
"Guarantee") to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee
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and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity
and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the
Company or any other Guarantors to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or
thereunder, that: (a) the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the
Notes (and any Additional Interest payable thereon) shall be duly and punctually
paid in full when due, whether at maturity, upon redemption at the option of
Holders pursuant to the provisions of the Notes relating thereto, by
acceleration or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal and (to the
extent permitted by law) interest, if any, on the Notes and all other
obligations of the Company or the Guarantors to the Holders or the Trustee
hereunder or thereunder (including amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07
hereof) and all other obligations shall be promptly paid in full or performed,
all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and (b) in case of any
extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other
obligations, the same shall
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be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of
the extension or renewal, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.
Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed, or failing performance of
any other obligation of the Company to the Holders under this Indenture or under
the Notes, for whatever reason, each Guarantor shall be obligated to pay, or to
perform or cause the performance of, the same immediately. An Event of Default
under this Indenture or the Notes shall constitute an event of default under
this Guarantee, and shall entitle the Holders of Notes to accelerate the
obligations of the Guarantors hereunder in the same manner and to the same
extent as the obligations of the Company.
Each of the Guarantors hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder
shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or
enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the absence of any action to
enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect
to any provisions hereof or thereof, any release of any other Guarantor, the
recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same,
whether or not a Guarantee is affixed to any particular Note, or any other
circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or
defense of a guarantor. Each of the Guarantors hereby waives the benefit of
diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the
event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a
proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever
and covenants that its Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete
performance of the obligations contained in the Notes, this Indenture and this
Guarantee. This Guarantee is a guarantee of payment and not of collection. If
any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the
Company or to any Guarantor, or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other
similar official acting in relation to the Company or such Guarantor, any amount
paid by the Company or such Guarantor to the Trustee or such Holder, this
Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full
force and effect. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between it, on the one
hand, and the Holders of Notes and the
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Trustee, on the other hand, (a) subject to this Article Twelve, the maturity of
the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article Six
hereof for the purposes of this Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction
or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations
guaranteed hereby, and (b) in the event of any acceleration of such obligations
as provided in Article Six hereof, such obligations (whether or not due and
payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the
purpose of this Guarantee.
No stockholder, officer, director, employee or incorporator, past,
present or future, of any Guarantor, as such, shall have any personal liability
under this Guarantee by reason of his, her or its status as such stockholder,
officer, director, employee or incorporator.
Each Guarantor that makes a payment or distribution under its
Guarantee shall be entitled to a contribution from each other Guarantor,
determined in accordance with GAAP.
SECTION 12.02. Limitations on Guarantees.
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The obligations of each Guarantor under its Guarantee will be limited
to the maximum amount which, after giving effect to all other contingent and
fixed liabilities of such Guarantor and after giving effect to any collections
from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the
obligations of such other Guarantor under its Guarantee or pursuant to its
contribution obligations under the Indenture, will result in the obligations of
such Guarantor under the Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or
fraudulent transfer under federal or state law.
SECTION 12.03. Execution and Delivery of Guarantee.
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To further evidence the Guarantee set forth in Section 12.01, each
Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Guarantee, substantially in the
form of Exhibit F herein, shall be endorsed on each Note authenticated and
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delivered by the Trustee. Such Guarantee shall be executed on behalf of
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each Guarantor by either manual or facsimile signature of two Officers of each
Guarantor, each of whom, in each case, shall have been duly authorized to so
execute by all requisite corporate action. The validity and enforceability of
any Guarantee shall not be affected by the fact that it is not affixed to any
particular Note.
Each of the Guarantors hereby agrees that its Guarantee set forth in
Section 12.01 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure
to endorse on each Note a notation of such Guarantee.
If an Officer of a Guarantor whose signature is on this Indenture or a
Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the
Note on which such Guarantee is endorsed or at any time thereafter, such
Guarantor's Guarantee of such Note shall be valid nevertheless.
The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication
thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of any Guarantee set forth in
this Indenture on behalf of each Guarantor.
SECTION 12.04. Release of a Guarantor.
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(a) If no Default exists or would exist under this Indenture, upon
the sale or disposition of all of the Capital Stock of a Guarantor by the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in a transaction constituting
an Asset Sale the Net Cash Proceeds of which are applied in accordance with
Section 4.16, or upon the consolidation or merger of a Guarantor with or into
any Person in compliance with Article Five (in each case, other than to the
Company or an Affiliate of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary), or if any
Guarantor is dissolved or liquidated in accordance with this Indenture, or if a
Guarantor is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section
4.14, such Guarantor and each Subsidiary of such Guarantor that is also a
Guarantor shall be deemed released from all obligations under this Article
Twelve without any further action required on the part of the Trustee or any
Holder; provided, however, that each such Guarantor is sold or
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disposed of in accordance with this Indenture. Any Guarantor not so released or
the entity surviving such Guarantor, as applicable, shall remain or be liable
under its Guarantee as provided in this Article Twelve.
(b) The Trustee shall deliver an appropriate instrument evidencing
the release of a Guarantor upon receipt of a request by the Company or such
Guarantor accompanied by an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel
certifying as to the compliance with this Section 12.04, provided the legal
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counsel delivering such Opinion of Counsel may rely as to matters of fact on one
or more Officers' Certificates of the Company.
The Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably requested by the
Company or a Guarantor in order to evidence the release of such Guarantor from
its obligations under its Guarantee endorsed on the Notes and under this Article
Twelve.
Except as set forth in Articles Four and Five and this Section 12.04,
nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Notes shall prevent any
consolidation or merger of a Guarantor with or into the Company or another
Guarantor or shall prevent any sale or conveyance of the property of a Guarantor
as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the Company or another
Guarantor.
SECTION 12.05. Waiver of Subrogation.
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Until this Indenture is discharged and all of the Notes are discharged
and paid in full, each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives and agrees not to
exercise any claim or other rights which it may now or hereafter acquire against
the Company that arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement
of the Company's obligations under the Notes or this Indenture and such
Guarantor's obligations under this Guarantee and this Indenture, in any such
instance including, without limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement,
exoneration, contribution, indemnification, and any right to participate in any
claim or remedy of the Holders against the Company, whether or not such claim,
remedy or right arises in
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equity, or under contract, statute or common law, including, without limitation,
the right to take or receive from the Company, directly or indirectly, in cash
or other property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or security on
account of such claim or other rights. If any amount shall be paid to any
Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence and any amounts owing to the
Trustee or the Holders of Notes under the Notes, this Indenture, or any other
document or instrument delivered under or in connection with such agreements or
instruments, shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall have been
deemed to have been paid to such Guarantor for the benefit of, and held in trust
for the benefit of, the Trustee or the Holders and shall forthwith be paid to
the Trustee for the benefit of itself or such Holders to be credited and applied
to the obligations in favor of the Trustee or the Holders, as the case may be,
whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
Each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits
from the financing arrangements contemplated by this Indenture and that the
waiver set forth in this Section 12.05 is knowingly made in contemplation of
such benefits.
SECTION 12.06. Immediate Payment.
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Each Guarantor agrees to make immediate payment to the Trustee on
behalf of the Holders of all Obligations owing or payable to the respective
Holders upon receipt of a demand for payment therefor by the Trustee to such
Guarantor in writing.
SECTION 12.07. No Set-Off.
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Each payment to be made by a Guarantor hereunder in respect of the
Obligations shall be payable in the currency or currencies in which such
Obligations are denominated, and shall be made without set-off, counterclaim,
reduction or diminution of any kind or nature.
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SECTION 12.08. Obligations Absolute.
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The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are and shall be absolute
and unconditional and any monies or amounts expressed to be owing or payable by
each Guarantor hereunder which may not be recoverable from such Guarantor on the
basis of a Guarantee shall be recoverable from such Guarantor as a primary
obligor and principal debtor in respect thereof.
SECTION 12.09. Obligations Continuing.
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The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall be continuing and
shall remain in full force and effect until all the obligations have been paid
and satisfied in full. Each Guarantor agrees with the Trustee that it will from
time to time deliver to the Trustee suitable acknowledgments of this continued
liability hereunder and under any other instrument or instruments in such form
as counsel to the Trustee may advise and as will prevent any action brought
against it in respect of any default hereunder being barred by any statute of
limitations now or hereafter in force and, in the event of the failure of a
Guarantor so to do, it hereby irrevocably appoints the Trustee the attorney and
agent of such Guarantor to make, execute and deliver such written acknowledgment
or acknowledgments or other instruments as may from time to time become
necessary or advisable, in the judgment of the Trustee on the advice of counsel,
to fully maintain and keep in force the liability of such Guarantor hereunder.
SECTION 12.10. Obligations Not Reduced.
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The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be satisfied,
reduced or discharged solely by the payment of such principal, premium, if any,
interest, fees and other monies or amounts as may at any time prior to discharge
of this Indenture pursuant to Article 8 be or become owing or payable under or
by virtue of or otherwise in connection with the Notes or this Indenture.
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SECTION 12.11. Obligations Reinstated.
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The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall continue to be
effective or shall be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment
which would otherwise have reduced the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder
(whether such payment shall have been made by or on behalf of the Company or by
or on behalf of a Guarantor) is rescinded or reclaimed from any of the Holders
upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization of the Company or
any Guarantor or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made. If
demand for, or acceleration of the time for, payment by the Company is stayed
upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization of the Company,
all such Indebtedness otherwise subject to demand for payment or acceleration
shall nonetheless be payable by each Guarantor as provided herein.
SECTION 12.12. Obligations Not Affected.
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The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected,
impaired or diminished in any way by any act, omission, matter or thing
whatsoever, occurring before, upon or after any demand for payment hereunder
(and whether or not known or consented to by any Guarantor or any of the
Holders) which, but for this provision, might constitute a whole or partial
defense to a claim against any Guarantor hereunder or might operate to release
or otherwise exonerate any Guarantor from any of its obligations hereunder or
otherwise affect such obligations, whether occasioned by default of any of the
Holders or otherwise, including, without limitation:
(a) any limitation of status or power, disability, incapacity or
other circumstance relating to the Company or any other person, including
any insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation, reorganization, readjustment,
composition, dissolution, winding up or other proceeding involving or
affecting the Company or any other person;
(b) any irregularity, defect, unenforceability or invalidity in
respect of any indebtedness or other obliga-
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tion of the Company or any other person under this Indenture, the Notes or
any other document or instrument;
(c) any failure of the Company, whether or not without fault on their
part, to perform or comply with any of the provisions of this Indenture or
the Notes, or to give notice thereof to a Guarantor;
(d) the taking or enforcing or exercising or the refusal or neglect
to take or enforce or exercise any right or remedy from or against the
Company or any other person or their respective assets or the release or
discharge of any such right or remedy;
(e) the granting of time, renewals, extensions, compromises,
concessions, waivers, releases, discharges and other indulgences to the
Company or any other Person;
(f) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any
other term of, any of the Notes, or any other amendment, variation,
supplement, replacement or waiver of, or any consent to departure from, any
of the Notes or this Indenture, including, without limitation, any increase
or decrease in the principal amount of or premium, if any, or interest on
any of the Notes;
(g) any change in the ownership, control, name, objects, businesses,
assets, capital structure or constitution of the Company or a Guarantor;
(h) any merger or amalgamation of the Company or a Guarantor with any
Person or Persons;
(i) the occurrence of any change in the laws, rules, regulations or
ordinances of any jurisdiction by any present or future action of any
governmental authority or court amending, varying, reducing or otherwise
affecting, or purporting to amend, vary, reduce or otherwise affect, any of
the Obligations or the obligations of a Guarantor under its Guarantee; and
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(j) any other circumstance, including release of the Guarantor
pursuant to Section 12.04 (other than by complete, irrevocable payment)
that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense
of the Company under this Indenture or the Notes or of a Guarantor in
respect of its Guarantee hereunder.
SECTION 12.13. Waiver.
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Without in any way limiting the provisions of Section 11.01 hereof,
each Guarantor hereby waives notice of acceptance hereof, notice of any
liability of any Guarantor hereunder, notice or proof of reliance by the Holders
upon the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder, and diligence, presentment,
demand for payment on the Company, protest, notice of dishonor or non-payment of
any of the Obligations, or other notice or formalities to the Company or any
Guarantor of any kind whatsoever.
SECTION 12.14. No Obligation To Take Action Against
the Company.
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Neither the Trustee nor any other Person shall have any obligation to
enforce or exhaust any rights or remedies or to take any other steps under any
security for the Obligations or against the Company or any other Person or any
Property of the Company or any other Person before the Trustee is entitled to
demand payment and performance by any or all Guarantors of their liabilities and
obligations under their Guarantees or under this Indenture.
SECTION 12.15. Dealing with the Company and Others.
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The Holders, without releasing, discharging, limiting or otherwise
affecting in whole or in part the obligations and liabilities of any Guarantor
hereunder and without the consent of or notice to any Guarantor, may
(a) grant time, renewals, extensions, compromises, concessions,
waivers, releases, discharges and other indulgences to the Company or any
other Person;
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(b) take or abstain from taking security or collateral from the
Company or from perfecting security or collateral of the Company;
(c) release, discharge, compromise, realize, enforce or otherwise
deal with or do any act or thing in respect of (with or without
consideration) any and all collateral, mortgages or other security given by
the Company or any third party with respect to the obligations or matters
contemplated by this Indenture or the Notes;
(d) accept compromises or arrangements from the Company;
(e) apply all monies at any time received from the Company or from
any security upon such part of the Obligations as the Holders may see fit
or change any such application in whole or in part from time to time as the
Holders may see fit; and
(f) otherwise deal with, or waive or modify their right to deal with,
the Company and all other Persons and any security as the Holders or the
Trustee may see fit.
SECTION 12.16. Default and Enforcement.
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If any Guarantor fails to pay in accordance with Section 12.06 hereof,
the Trustee may proceed in its name as trustee hereunder in the enforcement of
the Guarantee of any such Guarantor and such Guarantor's obligations thereunder
and hereunder by any remedy provided by law, whether by legal proceedings or
otherwise, and to recover from such Guarantor the obligations.
SECTION 12.17. Amendment, Etc.
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No amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this
Indenture relating to any Guarantor or consent to any departure by any Guarantor
or any other Person from any such provision will in any event be effective
unless it is signed by such Guarantor and the Trustee.
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SECTION 12.18. Acknowledgment.
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Each Guarantor hereby acknowledges communication of the terms of this
Indenture and the Notes and consents to and approves of the same.
SECTION 12.19. Costs and Expenses.
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Each Guarantor shall pay on demand by the Trustee any and all costs,
fees and expenses (including, without limitation, legal fees) incurred by the
Trustee, its agents, advisors and counsel or any of the Holders in enforcing any
of their rights under any Guarantee.
SECTION 12.20. No Merger or Waiver; Cumulative
Remedies.
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No Guarantee shall operate by way of merger of any of the obligations
of a Guarantor under any other agreement, including, without limitation, this
Indenture. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of
the Trustee or the Holders, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or
under the Indenture or the Notes, shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall
any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege
hereunder or under this Indenture or the Notes preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege.
The rights, remedies, powers and privileges in the Guarantee and under this
Indenture, the Notes and any other document or instrument between a Guarantor
and/or the Company and the Trustee are cumulative and not exclusive of any
rights, remedies, powers and privilege provided by law.
SECTION 12.21. Survival of Obligations.
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Without prejudice to the survival of any of the other obligations of
each Guarantor hereunder, the obligations of each Guarantor under Section 12.01
shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and shall be enforceable
against such Guarantor without regard to and without giving effect to any
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defense, right of offset or counterclaim available to or which may be asserted
by the Company or any Guarantor.
SECTION 12.22. Guarantee in Addition to Other
Obligations.
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The obligations of each Guarantor under its Guarantee and this
Indenture are in addition to and not in substitution for any other obligations
to the Trustee or to any of the Holders in relation to this Indenture or the
Notes and any guarantees or security at any time held by or for the benefit of
any of them.
SECTION 12.23. Severability.
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Any provision of this Article Twelve which is prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate the remaining provisions
and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not
invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction
unless its removal would substantially defeat the basic intent, spirit and
purpose of this Indenture and this Article Twelve.
SECTION 12.24. Successors and Assigns.
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Each Guarantee shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of each
Guarantor and the Trustee and the other Holders and their respective successors
and permitted assigns, except that no Guarantor may assign any of its
obligations hereunder or thereunder.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
SUBORDINATION OF GUARANTEE
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SECTION 13.01. Guarantee Obligations Subordinated to
Guarantor Senior Debt.
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Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each of the
Guarantors, for itself and its successors, and each
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Holder, by his or her acceptance of Guarantees, agrees that the payment of all
Obligations owing to the Holders in respect of its Guarantee (collectively, as
to any Guarantor, its "Guarantee Obligations") is subordinated, to the extent
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and in the manner provided in this Article Thirteen, to the prior payment in
full in cash or Cash Equivalents, or such payment duly provided for to the
satisfaction of the holders of Guarantor Senior Debt, of all Obligations on
Guarantor Senior Debt of such Guarantor, including without limitation, the
Guarantors' obligations under the Credit Agreement.
This Article Thirteen shall constitute a continuing offer to all
Persons who become holders of, or continue to hold, Guarantor Senior Debt, and
such provisions are made for the benefit of the holders of Guarantor Senior Debt
and such holders are made obligees hereunder and any one or more of them may
enforce such provisions.
SECTION 13.02. Suspension of Guarantee Obligations
When Guarantor Senior Debt Is in
Default.
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(a) If any default occurs and is continuing in the payment when due,
whether at maturity, upon redemption, by declaration or otherwise, of any
principal or interest on, unpaid drawings for letters of credit issued in
respect of, or regularly accruing fees with respect to, any Designated Senior
Debt of a Guarantor or guaranteed by a Guarantor (which Designated Senior Debt
or guarantee, as the case may be, constitutes Guarantor Senior Debt of such
Guarantor), no payment of any kind or character shall be made by, or on behalf
of, the Company or any other Person on its or their behalf with respect to any
Obligations on the Notes, or to acquire any of the Notes for cash or property or
otherwise. In addition, if any other event of default occurs and is continuing
with respect to any Guarantor Senior Debt, as such event of default is defined
in the instrument creating or evidencing such Guarantor Senior Debt, permitting
the holders of such Guarantor Senior Debt then outstanding to accelerate the
maturity thereof and if the Representative for the respective issue of Guarantor
Senior Debt gives notice of the event of default to the Trustee (a "Default
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Notice"),
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then, unless and until all events of default have been cured or waived
or have ceased to exist or the Trustee receives notice thereof from the
Representative for the respective issue of Guarantor Senior Debt terminating the
Blockage Period (as defined below), during the 180 days after the delivery of
such Default Notice (the "Blockage Period"), neither the Company nor any other
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Person on its behalf shall (x) make any payment of any kind or character with
respect to any Obligations on the Notes or (y) acquire any of the Notes for cash
or property or otherwise. Notwithstanding anything therein to the contrary, in
no event will a Blockage Period extend beyond 180 days from the date the payment
on the Notes was due and only one such Blockage Period may be commenced within
any 360 consecutive days. No event of default which existed or was continuing
on the date of the commencement of any Blockage Period with respect to the
Guarantor Senior Debt shall be, or be made, the basis for the commencement of a
second Blockage Period by the Representative of such Guarantor Senior Debt
whether or not within a period of 360 consecutive days, unless such event of
default shall have been cured or waived for a period of not less than 90
consecutive days (it being acknowledged that any subsequent action, or any
breach of any financial covenants for a period commencing after the date of
commencement of such Blockage Period, that in either case would give rise to an
event of default pursuant to any provisions under which an event of default
previously existed or was continuing shall constitute a new event of default for
this purpose).
(b) In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment
shall be received by the Trustee or any Holder when such payment is prohibited
by Section 13.02(a), such payment shall be held in trust for the benefit of, and
shall be paid over or delivered to, the holders of Guarantor Senior Debt (pro
rata to such holders on the basis of the respective amount of Guarantor Senior
Debt held by such holders) or their respective Representatives, as their
respective interests may appear. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely on
information regarding amounts then due and owing on the Guarantor Senior Debt,
if any, received from the holders of Guarantor Senior Debt (or their
Representatives) or, if such information is not received
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from such holders or their Representatives, from the Company and only amounts
included in the information provided to the Trustee shall be paid to the holders
of Guarantor Senior Debt.
Nothing contained in this Article Thirteen shall limit the right of
the Trustee or the Holders of Notes to take any action to accelerate the
maturity of the Notes pursuant to Section 6.02 or to pursue any rights or
remedies hereunder; provided that all Guarantor Senior Debt thereafter due or
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declared to be due shall first be paid in full in cash or Cash Equivalents
before the Holders are entitled to receive any payment of any kind or character
with respect to Obligations on the Notes.
SECTION 13.03. Guarantee Obligations Subordinated to
Prior Payment of All Guarantor
Senior Debt on Dissolution,
Liquidation or Reorganization of
Such Guarantor.
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Upon any payment or distribution of assets of any Guarantor of any
kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities to creditors upon any
liquidation, dissolution, winding up, reorganization, assignment for the benefit
of creditors or marshaling of assets of such Guarantor, whether voluntary or
involuntary, or in a bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or
other similar proceeding relating to any Guarantor or its property, whether
voluntary or involuntary, but excluding any liquidation or dissolution of a
Guarantor into the Company or into another Guarantor):
(a) the holders of all Guarantor Senior Debt of such Guarantor shall
first be entitled to receive payments in full in cash or Cash Equivalents,
or such payment duly provided for to the satisfaction of the holders of
Guarantor Senior Debt, of all amounts payable under Guarantor Senior Debt
before the Holders will be entitled to receive any payment or distribution
of any kind or character on account of the Guarantee of such Guarantor, and
until all Obligations with respect to the Guarantor Senior Debt are paid in
full in cash or Cash Equivalents, or such payment
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duly provided for to the satisfaction of the holders of Guarantor Senior
Debt, any distribution to which the Holders would be entitled shall be made
to the holders of Guarantor Senior Debt of such Guarantor;
(b) any payment or distribution of assets of such Guarantor of any
kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to which the
Holders or the Trustee on behalf of the Holders would be entitled except
for the provisions of this Article Thirteen shall be paid by the
liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making such a payment or
distribution, directly to the holders of Guarantor Senior Debt of such
Guarantor or their representatives, ratably according to the respective
amounts of such Guarantor Senior Debt remaining unpaid held or represented
by each, until all such Guarantor Senior Debt remaining unpaid shall have
been paid in full in cash or Cash Equivalents, or such payment duly
provided for to the satisfaction of the holders of Guarantor Senior Debt,
after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to the
holders of such Guarantor Senior Debt;
(c) in the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment or
distribution of assets of such Guarantor of any kind or character, whether
such payment shall be in cash, property or securities, and such Guarantor
shall have made payment to the Trustee or directly to the Holders or any
Paying Agent in respect of payment of the Guarantees before all Guarantor
Senior Debt of such Guarantor is paid in full in cash or Cash Equivalents,
or such payment duly provided for to the satisfaction of the holders of
Guarantor Senior Debt, such payment or distribution (subject to the
provisions of Sections 13.06 and 13.07) shall be received, segregated from
other funds, and held in trust by the Trustee or such Holder or Paying
Agent for the benefit of, and shall immediately be paid over by the Trustee
(if the notice required by Section 13.06 has been received by the Trustee)
or by the Holder to, the holders of such Guarantor Senior Debt or their
representatives, ratably according to the respective amounts of such
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antor Senior Debt held or represented by each, until all such Guarantor
Senior Debt remaining unpaid shall have been paid in full in cash or Cash
Equivalents, or such payment duly provided for to the satisfaction of the
holders of Guarantor Senior Debt, after giving effect to any concurrent
payment or distribution to the holders of Guarantor Senior Debt.
Each Guarantor shall give prompt notice to the Trustee prior to any
dissolution, winding up, total or partial liquidation or total or partial
reorganization (including, without limitation, in bankruptcy, insolvency, or
receivership proceedings or upon any assignment for the benefit of creditors or
any other marshaling of such Guarantor's assets and liabilities).
SECTION 13.04. Holders of Guarantee Obligations To
Be Subrogated to Rights of Holders
of Guarantor Senior Debt.
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Subject to the payment in full in cash or Cash Equivalents, or such
payment duly provided for to the satisfaction of the holders of Guarantor Senior
Debt, of all Guarantor Senior Debt, the Holders of Guarantee Obligations of a
Guarantor shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of Guarantor Senior
Debt of such Guarantor to receive payments or distributions of assets of such
Guarantor applicable to such Guarantor Senior Debt until all amounts owing on or
in respect of the Guarantee Obligations shall be paid in full in cash or Cash
Equivalents, and for the purpose of such subrogation no payments or
distributions to the holders of such Guarantor Senior Debt by or on behalf of
such Guarantor, or by or on behalf of the Holders by virtue of this Article
Thirteen, which otherwise would have been made to the Holders shall, as between
such Guarantor and the Holders, be deemed to be payment by such Guarantor to or
on account of such Guarantor Senior Debt, it being understood that the
provisions of this Article Thirteen are and are intended solely for the purpose
of defining the relative rights of the Holders, on the one hand, and the holders
of such Guarantor Senior Debt, on the other hand.
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If any payment or distribution to which the Holders would otherwise
have been entitled but for the provisions of this Article Thirteen shall have
been applied, pursuant to the provisions of this Article Thirteen, to the
payment of all amounts payable under such Guarantor Senior Debt, then the
Holders shall be entitled to receive from the holders of such Guarantor Senior
Debt any such payments or distributions received by such holders of such
Guarantor Senior Debt in excess of the amount sufficient to pay all amounts
payable under or in respect of such Guarantor Senior Debt in full in cash or
Cash Equivalents, or such payment duly provided for to the satisfaction of the
holders of Guarantor Senior Debt.
Each Holder by purchasing or accepting a Note waives any and all
notice of the creation, modification, renewal, extension or accrual of any
Guarantor Senior Debt of the Guarantors and notice of or proof of reliance by
any holder or owner of Guarantor Senior Debt of the Guarantors upon this Article
Thirteen and the Guarantor Senior Debt of the Guarantors shall conclusively be
deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred in reliance upon this
Article Thirteen, and all dealings between the Guarantors and the holders and
owners of the Guarantor Senior Debt of the Guarantors shall be deemed to have
been consummated in reliance upon this Article Thirteen.
SECTION 13.05. Obligations of the Guarantors
Unconditional.
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Nothing contained in this Article Thirteen or elsewhere in this
Indenture or in the Guarantees is intended to or shall impair, as between the
Guarantors and the Holders, the obligation of the Guarantors, which is absolute
and unconditional, to pay to the Holders all amounts due and payable under the
Guarantees as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with
their terms, or is intended to or shall affect the relative rights of the
Holders and creditors of the Guarantors other than the holders of the Guarantor
Senior Debt, nor shall anything herein or therein prevent the Trustee or any
Holder from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon
default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article
Thirteen, of the holders of
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Guarantor Senior Debt in respect of cash, property or securities of the
Guarantors received upon the exercise of any such remedy. Upon any payment or
distribution of assets of any Guarantor referred to in this Article Thirteen,
the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections 7.01 and 7.02, and the
Holders shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree made by any court of
competent jurisdiction in which any liquidation, dissolution, winding up or
reorganization proceedings are pending, or a certificate of the receiver,
trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making any
payment or distribution to the Trustee or to the Holders for the purpose of
ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such payment or
distribution, the holders of Guarantor Senior Debt and other Indebtedness of any
Guarantor, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or
distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article
Thirteen. Nothing in this Article Thirteen shall apply to the claims of, or
payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 7.07. The Trustee shall be
entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person
representing himself or itself to be a holder of any Guarantor Senior Debt (or a
trustee on behalf of, or other representative of, such holder) to establish that
such notice has been given by a holder of such Guarantor Senior Debt or a
trustee or representative on behalf of any such holder.
In the event that the Trustee determines in good faith that any
evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of
Guarantor Senior Debt to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to
this Article Thirteen, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence
to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Guarantor
Senior Debt held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to
participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the
rights of such Person under this Article Thirteen, and if such evidence is not
furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial
determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment.
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SECTION 13.06. Trustee Entitled To Assume Payments
Not Prohibited in Absence of Notice.
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The Trustee shall not at any time be charged with knowledge of the
existence of any facts that would prohibit the making of any payment to or by
the Trustee unless and until the Trustee or any Paying Agent shall have received
notice thereof from the Company or any Guarantor or from one or more holders of
Guarantor Senior Debt or from any Representative therefor and, prior to the
receipt of any such notice, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections
7.01 and 7.02, shall be entitled in all respects conclusively to assume that no
such fact exists.
SECTION 13.07. Application by Trustee of Assets
Deposited with It.
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U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations deposited in trust
with the Trustee pursuant to and in accordance with Sections 8.01 and 8.02 shall
be for the sole benefit of Holders of the Notes and, to the extent allocated for
the payment of Notes, shall not be subject to the subordination provisions of
this Article Thirteen. Otherwise, any deposit of assets or securities by or on
behalf of a Guarantor with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (whether or not in
trust) for payment of the Guarantees shall be subject to the provisions of this
Article Thirteen; provided, however, that if prior to the second Business Day
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preceding the date on which by the terms of this Indenture any such assets may
become distributable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment
of either principal of or interest on any Note) the Trustee or such Paying Agent
shall not have received with respect to such assets the notice provided for in
Section 13.06, then the Trustee or such Paying Agent shall have full power and
authority to receive such assets and to apply the same to the purpose for which
they were received, and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary
received by it on or after such date. The foregoing shall not apply to the
Paying Agent if the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company is
acting as Paying Agent. Nothing contained in this Section 13.07 shall limit the
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right of the holders of Guarantor Senior Debt to recover payments as
contemplated by this Article Thirteen from any Holder.
SECTION 13.08. No Waiver of Subordination
Provisions.
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(a) No right of any present or future holder of any Guarantor Senior
Debt to enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time in any way be
prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of any Guarantor
or by any act or failure to act, by any such holder, or by any non-compliance by
any Guarantor with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture,
regardless of any knowledge thereof any such holder may have or be otherwise
charged with.
(b) Without limiting the generality of subsection (a) of this Section
13.08, the holders of Guarantor Senior Debt may, at any time and from time to
time, without the consent of or notice to the Trustee or the Holders of the
Notes, without incurring responsibility to the Holders of the Notes and without
impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Article Thirteen or
the obligations hereunder of the Holders of the Notes to the holders of
Guarantor Senior Debt, do any one or more of the following: (1) change the
manner, place, terms or time of payment of, or renew or alter, Guarantor Senior
Debt or any instrument evidencing the same or any agreement under which
Guarantor Senior Debt is outstanding; (2) sell, exchange, release or otherwise
deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing Guarantor Senior
Debt; (3) release any Person liable in any manner for the collection or payment
of Guarantor Senior Debt; and (4) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights
against the Guarantors and any other Person.
SECTION 13.09. Holders Authorize Trustee To
Effectuate Subordination of
Guarantee Obligations.
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Each Holder of the Guarantee Obligations by his acceptance thereof
authorizes and expressly directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action
as may be necessary or appropriate to effect the subordination provisions
contained in this
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Article Thirteen, and appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for such
purpose, including, in the event of any liquidation, dissolution, winding up,
reorganization, assignment for the benefit of creditors or marshaling of assets
of any Guarantor tending towards liquidation or reorganization of the business
and assets of any Guarantor, the immediate filing of a claim for the unpaid
balance under its or his Guarantee Obligations in the form required in said
proceedings and cause said claim to be approved. If the Trustee does not file a
proper claim or proof of debt in the form required in such proceeding prior to
30 days before the expiration of the time to file such claim or claims, then any
of the holders of the Guarantor Senior Debt or their Representative is hereby
authorized to file an appropriate claim for and on behalf of the Holders of said
Guarantee Obligations. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the
Trustee or the holders of Guarantor Senior Debt or their Representative to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any holder of Guarantee
Obligations any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition
affecting the Guarantee Obligations or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to
authorize the Trustee or the holders of Guarantor Senior Debt or their
Representative to vote in respect of the claim of any holder of Guarantee
Obligations in any such proceeding.
SECTION 13.10. Right of Trustee To Hold Guarantor
Senior Debt.
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The Trustee shall be entitled to all of the rights set forth in this
Article Thirteen in respect of any Guarantor Senior Debt at any time held by it
to the same extent as any other holder of Guarantor Senior Debt, and nothing in
this Indenture shall be construed to deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as
such holder.
SECTION 13.11. No Suspension of Remedies.
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The failure to make a payment in respect of the Guarantees by reason
of any provision of this Article Thirteen shall not be construed as preventing
the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01.
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Nothing contained in this Article Thirteen shall limit the right of
the Trustee or the Holders of Notes to take any action to accelerate the
maturity of the Notes pursuant to Article Six or to pursue any rights or
remedies hereunder or under applicable law, subject to the rights, if any, under
this Article Thirteen of the holders, from time to time, of Guarantor Senior
Debt.
SECTION 13.12. No Fiduciary Duty of Trustee to
Holders of Guarantor Senior Debt.
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The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the
holders of Guarantor Senior Debt, and it undertakes to perform or observe such
of its covenants and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Article
Thirteen, and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to the Guarantor
Senior Debt shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee
shall not be liable to any such holders (other than for its willful misconduct
or gross negligence) if it shall pay over or deliver to the holders of Guarantee
Obligations or the Guarantors or any other Person, money or assets in compliance
with the terms of this Indenture. Nothing in this Section 13.12 shall affect
the obligation of any Person other than the Trustee to hold such payment for the
benefit of, and to pay such payment over to, the holders of Guarantor Senior
Debt or their Representative.
SIGNATURES
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to
be duly executed, all as of the date first written above.
T/SF COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
By:
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Name:
Title:
▇▇▇▇▇▇ CONVENTION PUBLISHING, INC.
CORSEARCH, INC.
CRIMESEARCH, INC.
EXPO MAGAZINE, INC.
GALAXY DESIGN & PRINTING, INC.
GALAXY REGISTRATION, INC.
G.E.M. COMMUNICATION, INC.
TRANSPORTATION COMMUNICATIONS
SERVICES, INC.
T/SF EUROPE, INC.
T/SF INVESTMENT CO.
T/SF OF NEVADA, INC.
TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION
SERVICES, INC.
T/SF HOLDINGS, LLC
▇▇▇▇▇▇, LLC
GALAXY REGISTRATION, LLC
GEM GAMING, LLC
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By:
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Name:
Title:
IBJ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ BANK AND TRUST
COMPANY, as Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT A
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[FORM OF SERIES A NOTE]
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THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE "ACT"), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE
UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS EXCEPT AS
SET FORTH BELOW. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A)
IT IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE ACT)
OR (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS NOTE IN AN OFFSHORE
TRANSACTION, (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT WITHIN TWO YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL
ISSUANCE OF THIS NOTE RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE EXCEPT (A) TO THE
COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, (▇) ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ TO AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES
(OR HAS FURNISHED ON ITS BEHALF BY A U.S. BROKER-DEALER) TO THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED
LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE
RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE (THE FORM OF WHICH LETTER CAN BE OBTAINED
FROM THE TRUSTEE), (D) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN
COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE ACT, (E) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE ACT (IF AVAILABLE), OR (F) PURSUANT
TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL
GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS NOTE IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO
THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE WITHIN
TWO YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF THIS NOTE, IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE
IS AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR, THE HOLDER MUST, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISH TO
THE TRUSTEE AND THE COMPANY SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER
INFORMATION AS EITHER OF THEM MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT SUCH
TRANSFER IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT
SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT. AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS
"OFFSHORE TRANSACTION," "UNITED STATES" AND "U.S. PERSON" HAVE THE MEANING GIVEN
TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE ACT.
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CUSIP No.: [ ]
T/SF COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
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10 3/8% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTE DUE 2007, SERIES A
No. [ ] $100,000,000
T/SF COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company," which term includes any successor entities), for value received
promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered assigns the principal sum of ONE
HUNDRED MILLION Dollars ($100,000,000) on November 1, 2007.
Interest Payment Dates: May 1 and November 1, commencing May 1, 1998
Record Dates: April 15 and October 15
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note contained
herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this
place.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed
manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.
T/SF COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
By:
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Name:
Title:
By:
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Name:
Title:
Dated:
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Certificate of Authentication
This is one of the 10 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007, Series
A, referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
IBJ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ BANK AND TRUST
COMPANY, as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Signatory
Date of Authentication:
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(REVERSE OF SECURITY)
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10 3/8% Senior Subordinated Note due 2007, Series A
(1) Interest. T/SF COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation
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(the "Company"), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note
at the rate per annum shown above. Interest on the Notes will accrue from the
most recent date on which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been
paid, from October 29, 1997. The Company will pay interest semi-annually in
arrears on each Interest Payment Date, commencing May 1, 1998. Interest will be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and, in the case
of a partial month, the actual number of days elapsed.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and on overdue
installments of interest from time to time on demand at the rate borne by the
Notes and on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable
grace periods) to the extent lawful.
(2) Method of Payment. The Company shall pay interest on the Notes
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(except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are the registered Holders at the
close of business on the Record Date immediately preceding the Interest Payment
Date even if the Notes are cancelled on registration of transfer or registration
of exchange (including pursuant to an Exchange Offer (as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement)) after such Record Date. Holders must surrender
Notes to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company shall pay
principal and interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment
is legal tender for payment of public and private debts ("U.S. Legal Tender").
However, the Company may pay principal and interest by their check payable in
such U.S. Legal Tender. The Company may deliver any such interest payment to
the Paying Agent or to a Holder at the Holder's registered address.
(3) Paying Agent and Registrar. Initially, IBJ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Bank and
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Trust Company (the "Trustee") will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The
Company may change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar without notice to
the Holders.
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(4) Indenture. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture, dated
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as of October 29, 1997 (the "Indenture"), by and among the Company, the
Guarantors and the Trustee. This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of
Notes of the Company designated as its 10 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due
2007, Series A (the "Initial Notes"), limited (except as otherwise provided in
the Indenture) in aggregate principal amount to $100,000,000 which may be issued
under the Indenture. The Notes include the Initial Notes, the Private Exchange
Notes and the Exchange Notes, as defined below, issued in exchange for the
Initial Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement. The Initial Notes,
the Private Exchange Notes and the Exchange Notes are treated as a single class
of securities under the Indenture. Capitalized terms herein are used as defined
in the Indenture unless otherwise defined herein. The terms of the Notes
include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by
reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code (S)(S) 77aaa-77bbbb)
(the "TIA"), as in effect on the date of the Indenture. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, the Notes are subject to all such terms, and
Holders of Notes are referred to the Indenture and said Act for a statement of
them. The Notes are general unsecured obligations of the Company. Payment on
each Note is guaranteed on a senior basis by the Guarantors pursuant to Article
12 of the Indenture. Each Holder, by accepting a Note, agrees to be bound by
all of the terms and provisions of the Indenture, as the same may be amended
from time to time in accordance with its terms.
(5) Redemption. The Notes will be redeemable, at the Company's
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option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, on and after November
1, 2002, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice, at the following
Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount thereof) if
redeemed during the twelve-month period commencing on November 1 of the years
set forth below, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest, if any,
thereon to the date of redemption:
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Year Percentage
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2002............................ 105.188%
2003............................ 103.458%
2004............................ 101.729%
2005 and thereafter............. 100.000%
At any time, or from time to time, on or prior to November 1, 2000,
the Company may, at its option, use the net cash proceeds of one or more Public
Equity Offerings to redeem the Notes at a redemption price equal to 110.375% of
the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any,
to the date of redemption; provided that at least 65% of the principal amount of
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the Notes originally issued remains outstanding immediately following such
redemption. In order to effect the foregoing redemption with the proceeds of
any Equity Offering, the Company shall make such redemption not more than 90
days after the consummation of any such Public Equity Offering.
(6) Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption will be mailed at
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least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each
Holder of Notes to be redeemed at such Holder's registered address. Notes in
denominations larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part.
Except as set forth in the Indenture, if monies for the redemption of
the Notes called for redemption shall have been deposited with the Paying Agent
for redemption on such Redemption Date, then, unless the Company defaults in the
payment of such Redemption Price plus accrued interest, if any, the Notes called
for redemption will cease to bear interest from and after such Redemption Date
and the only right of the Holders of such Notes will be to receive payment of
the Redemption Price plus accrued interest, if any.
(7) Offers to Purchase. Sections 4.15 and 4.16 of the Indenture
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provide that, after certain Asset Sales (as defined in the Indenture) and upon
the occurrence of a Change of Control (as defined in the Indenture), and subject
to further limitations contained therein, the Company will make an offer to
purchase certain amounts of the Notes in accordance with the procedures set
forth in the Indenture.
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(8) Registration Rights. Pursuant to the Registration Rights
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Agreement by and among the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchaser,
the Company and the Guarantors will be obligated to consummate an exchange offer
pursuant to which the Holder of this Note shall have the right to exchange this
Note for the Company's 10 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007, Series B (the
"Exchange Notes"), which have been registered under the Securities Act, in like
principal amount and having terms identical in all material respects as the
Initial Notes. The Holders of the Initial Notes shall be entitled to receive
certain additional interest payments in the event such exchange offer is not
consummated and upon certain other conditions, all pursuant to and in accordance
with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement.
(9) Denominations; Transfer; Exchange. The Notes are in registered
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form, without coupons, and (except Notes issued as payment of Interest) in
denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. A Holder shall
register the transfer of or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture.
The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate
endorsements and transfer documents and to pay certain transfer taxes or similar
governmental charges payable in connection therewith as permitted by the
Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange of any
Notes or portions thereof selected for redemption.
(10) Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of a Note shall be
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treated as the owner of it for all purposes.
(11) Unclaimed Money. If money for the payment of principal or
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interest remains unclaimed for one year, the Trustee and the Paying Agent will
pay the money back to the Company. After that, all liability of the Trustee and
such Paying Agent with respect to such money shall cease.
(12) Discharge Prior to Redemption or Maturity. If the Company at any
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time deposits with the Trustee U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations
sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes to redemption or
maturity and complies with the other provisions of the Indenture relating
thereto, the Company will be discharged from certain provisions of the Indenture
and the Notes (including certain
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covenants, but including, under certain circumstances, its obligation to pay the
principal of and interest on the Notes but without affecting the rights of the
Holders to receive such amounts from such deposits).
(13) Amendment; Supplement; Waiver. Subject to certain exceptions set
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forth in the Indenture, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or
supplemented with the written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, and any past
Default or Event of Default or noncompliance with any provision may be waived
with the written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. Without notice to or consent of
any Holder, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture or the
Notes to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency,
provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated
Notes, comply with any requirements of the Commission in order to effect or
maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA or comply with Article
Five of the Indenture or make any other change that does not adversely affect
the rights of any Holder of a Note.
(14) Restrictive Covenants. The Indenture imposes certain limitations
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on the ability of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries to, among other
things, incur additional Indebtedness, make payments in respect of their Capital
Stock or certain Indebtedness, make certain Investments, create or incur liens,
enter into transactions with Affiliates, create dividend or other payment
restrictions affecting Restricted Subsidiaries, issue Preferred Stock of its
Restricted Subsidiaries, and on the ability of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries to merge or consolidate with any other Person or sell, assign,
transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the
Company's and its Restricted Subsidiaries' assets or adopt a plan of
liquidation. Such limitations are subject to a number of important
qualifications and exceptions. Pursuant to Section 4.06 of the Indenture, the
Company must annually report to the Trustee on compliance with such limitations.
(15) Subordination. The Notes are subordinated in right of payment,
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in the manner and to the extent set forth in
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the Indenture, to the prior payment in full in cash or Cash Equivalents of all
Senior Debt of the Company, whether outstanding on the date of the Indenture or
thereafter created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed. Each Holder by his
acceptance hereof agrees to be bound by such provisions and authorizes and
expressly directs the Trustee, on his behalf, to take such action as may be
necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination provided for in the
Indenture and appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for such purposes.
(16) Successors. When a successor assumes, in accordance with the
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Indenture, all the obligations of its predecessor under the Notes and the
Indenture, the predecessor, subject to certain exceptions, will be released from
those obligations.
(17) Defaults and Remedies. Except as set forth in the Indenture, if
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an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of not
less than 25% in principal amount of Notes then outstanding may declare all the
Notes to be due and payable in the manner, at the time and with the effect
provided in the Indenture. Holders of Notes may not enforce the Indenture or
the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee is not obligated to
enforce the Indenture or the Notes unless it has received indemnity reasonably
satisfactory to it. The Indenture permits, subject to certain limitations
therein provided, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Notes then outstanding to direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or
power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of Notes notice of any continuing
Default or Event of Default (except a Default in payment of principal or
interest when due, for any reason or a Default in compliance with Article Five
of the Indenture) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest.
(18) Trustee Dealings with Company. The Trustee under the Indenture,
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in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of
Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company, its Subsidiaries or its
respective Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.
(19) No Recourse Against Others. No partner, director, officer,
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employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company or any Guarantor, as such,
shall have any liability for any ob-
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ligations of the Company or any Guarantor under the Notes, the Indenture, the
Guarantees or the Registration Rights Agreement or for any claim based on, in
respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of
Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and
release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.
(20) Guarantees. This Note will be entitled to the benefits of
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certain Guarantees, if any, made for the benefit of the Holders. Reference is
hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights,
limitations of rights, duties and obligations thereunder of the Guarantors, the
Trustee and the Holders.
(21) Authentication. This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee
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or Authenticating Agent manually signs the certificate of authentication on this
Note.
(22) Governing Law. This Note and the Indenture shall be governed by
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and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, as applied
to contracts made and performed within the State of New York, without regard to
principles of conflict of laws. Each of the parties hereto agrees to submit to
the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York in any action or
proceeding arising out of or relating to this Note.
(23) Abbreviations and Defined Terms. Customary abbreviations may be
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used in the name of a Holder of a Note 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).
(24) CUSIP Numbers. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the
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Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused
CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes as a convenience to the Holders of the
Notes. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers as printed
on the Notes and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers
printed hereon.
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The Company will furnish to any Holder of a Note upon written request
and without charge a copy of the Indenture, which has the text of this Note.
Requests may be made to: T/SF COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
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If you the Holder want to assign this Note, fill in the form below and
have your signature guaranteed:
I or we assign and transfer this Note to:
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(Print or type name, address and zip code and
social security or tax ID number of assignee)
and irrevocably appoint _______________________________________, agent to
transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute
another to act for him.
Dated: _____________________ Signed:___________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears
on the other side of this Note)
Signature Guarantee:
In connection with any transfer of this Note occurring prior to the
date which is the earlier of (i) the date of the declaration by the Commission
of the effectiveness of a registration statement under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") covering resales of this Note (which
effectiveness shall not have been suspended or terminated at the date of the
transfer) and (ii) [ ], the undersigned confirms that it has not utilized
any general solicitation or general advertising in connection with the transfer:
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[Check One]
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(1) __ to the Company or a subsidiary thereof; or
(2) __ pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended; or
(3) __ to an institutional "accredited investor" (as defined in Rule
501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended) that has furnished to the Trustee a signed letter containing
certain representations and agreements (the form of which letter can
be obtained from the Trustee); or
(4) __ outside the United states to a "foreign person" in compliance with
Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended; or
(5) __ pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; or
(6) __ pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended; or
(7) __ pursuant to another available exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
and unless the box below is checked, the undersigned confirms that such Note is
not being transferred to an "affiliate" of the Company as defined in Rule 144
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (an "Affiliate"):
[ ] The transferee is an Affiliate of the Company.
Unless one of the items is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of
the Notes evidenced by this certificate in the name of any person other than the
registered Holder thereof; provided, however, that if item (3), (4), (5) or (7)
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is checked, the Company or the Trustee may require, prior to registering any
such transfer of the Notes, in their sole discretion, such written legal
opinions, certifications (including an investment letter in the case of box (3)
or (4)) and other in-
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formation as the Trustee or the Company have reasonably requested to confirm
that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a
transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended.
If none of the foregoing items are checked, the Trustee or Registrar
shall not be 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 Section 2.17 of the Indenture shall have
been satisfied.
Dated: _____________________ Signed:
(Sign exactly as your name appears
on the other side of this Note)
Signature Guarantee:_________________________________________________
TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (2) ABOVE IS CHECKED
The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this
Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole
investment discretion and that it and any such account is a "qualified
institutional buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on
Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the
Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined
not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is
relying upon the undersigned's foregoing representations in order to claim the
exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.
Dated: __________________
NOTICE: To be executed by
an executive officer
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EXHIBIT B
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CUSIP No.: [ ]
T/SF COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
10 3/8% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTE DUE 2007, SERIES B
No. [ ] $100,000,000
T/SF COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company," which term includes any successor entities), for value received
promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered assigns the principal sum of ONE
HUNDRED MILLION Dollars ($100,000,000) on November 1, 2007.
Interest Payment Dates: May 1 and November 1, commencing May 1, 1998
Record Dates: April 15 and October 15
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note contained
herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this
place.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed
manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.
T/SF COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
By:
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Name:
Title:
By:
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Name:
Title:
Dated:
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Certificate of Authentication
This is one of the 10 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007, Series
B, referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
IBJ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ BANK AND TRUST
COMPANY, as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Signatory
Date of Authentication:
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(REVERSE OF SECURITY)
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10 3/8% Senior Subordinated Note due 2007, Series B
(1) Interest. T/FS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation
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(the "Company"), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note
at the rate per annum shown above. Interest on the Notes will accrue from the
most recent date on which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been
paid, from October 29, 1997. The Company will pay interest semi-annually in
arrears on each Interest Payment Date, commencing May 1, 1998. Interest will be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and, in the case
of a partial month, the actual number of days elapsed.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and on overdue
installments of interest from time to time on demand at the rate borne by the
Notes and on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable
grace periods) to the extent lawful.
(2) Method of Payment. The Company shall pay interest on the Notes
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(except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are the registered Holders at the
close of business on the Record Date immediately preceding the Interest Payment
Date even if the Notes are cancelled on registration of transfer or registration
of exchange after such Record Date. Holders must surrender Notes to a Paying
Agent to collect principal payments. The Company shall pay principal and
interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts ("U.S. Legal Tender"). However,
the Company may pay principal and interest by their check payable in such U.S.
Legal Tender. The Company may deliver any such interest payment to the Paying
Agent or to a Holder at the Holder's registered address.
(3) Paying Agent and Registrar. Initially, IBJ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Bank and
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Trust Company (the "Trustee") will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The
Company may change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar without notice to
the Holders.
(4) Indenture. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture, dated
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as of October 29, 1997 (the "Indenture"), by and among the Company, the
Guarantors and the Trustee. This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of
Exchange Notes of the Company designated as it 10 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes
due
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2007, Series B (the "Exchange Notes"), limited (except as otherwise provided
in the Indenture) in aggregate principal amount to $100,000,000, which may be
issued under the Indenture. The Notes include the 10 3/8% Senior Subordinated
Notes due 2007, Series A (the "Initial Notes"), the Private Exchange Notes, and
the Exchange Notes, issued in exchange for the Initial Notes pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement. The Initial Notes, the Private Exchange Notes
and the Exchange Notes are treated as a single class of securities under the
Indenture. Capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless
otherwise defined herein. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the
Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code (S)(S) 77aaa-77bbbb) (the "TIA"), as in
effect on the date of the Indenture. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein, the Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders of Notes are
referred to the Indenture and said Act for a statement of them. The Notes are
general unsecured obligations of the Company. Payment on each Note is
guaranteed on a senior basis by the Guarantors pursuant to Article 12 of the
Indenture. Each Holder, by accepting a Note, agrees to be bound by all of the
terms and provisions of the Indenture, as the same may be amended from time to
time in accordance with its terms.
(5) Redemption. The Notes will be redeemable, at the Company's
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option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, on and after November
1, 2002, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice, at the following
Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount thereof) if
redeemed during the twelve-month period commencing on November 1 of the years
set forth below, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest, if any,
thereon to the date of redemption:
Year Percentage
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2002............................ 105.188%
2003............................ 103.458%
2004............................ 101.729%
2005 and thereafter............. 100.000%
At any time, or from time to time, on or prior to November 1, 2000,
the Company may, at its option, use the net cash proceeds of one or more Public
Equity Offerings to redeem the Notes at a redemption price equal to 110.375% of
the prin-
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cipal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon
to the date of redemption; provided, that at least 65% of the principal amount
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of the Notes originally issued remains outstanding immediately following such
redemption. In order to effect the foregoing redemption with the proceeds of
any Equity Offering, the Company shall make such redemption not more than 60
days after the consummation of any such Public Equity Offering.
(6) Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption will be mailed at
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least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each
Holder of Notes to be redeemed at such Holder's registered address. Notes in
denominations larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part.
Except as set forth in the Indenture, if monies for the redemption of
the Notes called for redemption shall have been deposited with the Paying Agent
for redemption on such Redemption Date, then, unless the Company defaults in the
payment of such Redemption Price plus accrued interest, if any, the Notes called
for redemption will cease to bear interest from and after such Redemption Date
and the only right of the Holders of such Notes will be to receive payment of
the Redemption Price plus accrued interest, if any.
(7) Offers to Purchase. Sections 4.15 and 4.16 of the Indenture
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provide that, after certain Asset Sales (as defined in the Indenture) and upon
the occurrence of a Change of Control (as defined in the Indenture), and subject
to further limitations contained therein, the Company will make an offer to
purchase certain amounts of the Notes in accordance with the procedures set
forth in the Indenture.
(8) Denominations; Transfer; Exchange. The Notes are in registered
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form, without coupons, and (except Notes issued as payment of Interest) in
denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. A Holder shall
register the transfer of or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture.
The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate
endorsements and transfer documents and to pay certain transfer taxes or similar
governmental charges payable in connection therewith as permitted by the
Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange of any
Notes or portions thereof selected for redemption.
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(9) Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of a Note shall be
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treated as the owner of it for all purposes.
(10) Unclaimed Money. If money for the payment of principal or
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interest remains unclaimed for one year, the Trustee and the Paying Agent will
pay the money back to the Company. After that, all liability of the Trustee and
such Paying Agent with respect to such money shall cease.
(11) Discharge Prior to Redemption or Maturity. If the Company at any
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time deposits with the Trustee U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations
sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes to redemption and
complies with the other provisions of the Indenture relating thereto, the
Company will be discharged from certain provisions of the Indenture and the
Notes (including certain covenants, including, under certain circumstances, its
obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes but without
affecting the rights of the Holders to receive such amounts from such deposit).
(12) Amendment; Supplement; Waiver. Subject to certain exceptions set
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forth in the Indenture, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or
supplemented with the written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, and any past
Default or Event of Default or noncompliance with any provision may be waived
with the written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. Without notice to or consent of
any Holder, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture or the
Notes to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency,
provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated
Notes, comply with any requirements of the Commission in order to effect or
maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA or comply with Article
Five of the Indenture or make any other change that does not adversely affect
the rights of any Holder of a Note.
(13) Restrictive Covenants. The Indenture imposes certain limitations
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on the ability of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries to, among other
things, incur additional Indebtedness, make payments in respect of their Capital
Stock or certain Indebtedness, make certain Investments, create or incur liens,
enter into transactions with Affiliates, create dividend or other payment
restrictions affecting Restricted
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Subsidiaries, issue Preferred Stock of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and on the
ability of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries to merge or consolidate
with any other Person or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise
dispose of all or substantially all of the Company's and its Restricted
Subsidiaries' assets or adopt a plan of liquidation. Such limitations are
subject to a number of important qualifications and exceptions. Pursuant to
Section 4.06 of the Indenture, the Company must annually report to the Trustee
on compliance with such limitations.
(14) Subordination. The Notes are subordinated in right of payment,
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in the manner and to the extent set forth in the Indenture, to the prior payment
in full in cash or Cash Equivalents of all Senior Debt of the Company, whether
outstanding on the date of the Indenture or thereafter created, incurred,
assumed or guaranteed. Each Holder by his acceptance hereof agrees to be bound
by such provisions and authorizes and expressly directs the Trustee, on his
behalf, to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the
subordination provided for in the Indenture and appoints the Trustee his
attorney-in-fact for such purposes.
(15) Successors. When a successor assumes, in accordance with the
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Indenture, all the obligations of its predecessor under the Notes and the
Indenture, the predecessor, subject to certain exceptions, will be released from
those obligations.
(16) Defaults and Remedies. Except as set forth in the Indenture, if
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an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of not
less than 25% in principal amount of Notes then outstanding may declare all the
Notes to be due and payable in the manner, at the time and with the effect
provided in the Indenture. Holders of Notes may not enforce the Indenture or
the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee is not obligated to
enforce the Indenture or the Notes unless it has received indemnity reasonably
satisfactory to it. The Indenture permits, subject to certain limitations
therein provided, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Notes then outstanding to direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or
power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of Notes notice of any continuing
Default or Event of Default (except a Default in payment of principal or
interest when due, for any reason or a Default in compliance with Article Five
of the Indenture) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest.
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(17) Trustee Dealings with the Company. The Trustee under the
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Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or
pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company, its Subsidiaries or
its respective Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.
(18) No Recourse Against Others. No partner, director, officer,
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employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company or any Guarantor, as such,
shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Guarantor
under the Notes, the Indenture, the Guarantees or the Registration Rights
Agreement or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such
obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives
and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration for the issuance of the Notes.
(19) Guarantees. This Note will be entitled to the benefits of
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certain Guarantees, if any, made for the benefit of the Holders. Reference is
hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights,
limitations of rights, duties and obligations thereunder of the Guarantors, the
Trustee and the Holders.
(20) Authentication. This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee
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or Authenticating Agent manually signs the certificate of authentication on this
Note.
(21) Governing Law. This Note and the Indenture shall be governed by
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and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, as applied
to contracts made and performed within the State of New York, without regard to
principles of conflict of laws. Each of the parties hereto agrees to submit to
the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York in any action or
proceeding arising out of or relating to this Note.
(22) Abbreviations and Defined Terms. Customary abbreviations may be
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used in the name of a Holder of a Note 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).
(23) CUSIP Numbers. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the
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Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused
CUSIP numbers to be printed
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on the Notes as a convenience to the Holders of the Notes. No representation is
made as to the accuracy of such numbers as printed on the Notes and reliance may
be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.
The Company will furnish to any Holder of a Note upon written request
and without charge a copy of the Indenture, which has the text of this Note.
Requests may be made to: T/SF COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
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If you the Holder want to assign this Note, fill in the form below and
have your signature guaranteed:
I or we assign and transfer this Note to:
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(Print or type name, address and zip code and
social security or tax ID number of assignee)
and irrevocably appoint _______________________________________, agent to
transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute
another to act for him.
Dated: _____________________ Signed:___________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears
on the other side of this Note)
Signature Guarantee:____________________________________________
In connection with any transfer of this Note occurring prior to the
date which is the earlier of (i) the date of the declaration by the Commission
of the effectiveness of a registration statement under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") covering resales of this Note (which
effectiveness shall not have been suspended or terminated at the date of the
transfer) and (ii) [ ], the undersigned confirms that it has not utilized
any general solicitation or general advertising in connection with the transfer:
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[OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE]
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If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 4.15 or Section 4.16 of the Indenture, check the appropriate
box:
Section 4.15 [ ]
Section 4.16 [ ]
If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the
Company pursuant to Section 4.15 or Section 4.16 of the Indenture, state the
amount you elect to have purchased:
$___________________
Dated: _________________ __________________________________________________
NOTICE: The signature on this assignment must
correspond with the name as it appears upon the face
of the within Note in every particular without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever
and be guaranteed.
Signature Guarantee:__________________________
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EXHIBIT C
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UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE
FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TO A
NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY, OR BY ANY SUCH NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TO THE
DEPOSITORY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY, OR BY THE DEPOSITORY OR ANY
SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR
DEPOSITORY. 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 SUCH OTHER NAME AS
IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON 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 SHALL BE 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 SHALL BE LIMITED TO
TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 2.17 OF
THE INDENTURE.
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EXHIBIT D
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Form of Certificate To Be
Delivered in Connection with
Transfers to Non-QIB Accredited Investors
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[ ], [ ]
[ ]
[ ]
[ ]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our proposed purchase of 10 3/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2007 (the "Notes") of T/SF COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, we
confirm that:
1. We understand that any subsequent transfer of the Notes is subject
to certain restrictions and conditions set forth in the indenture relating
to the Notes (the "Indenture") and the undersigned agrees to be bound by,
and not to resell, pledge or otherwise transfer the Notes except in
compliance with, such restrictions and conditions and the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and all applicable State
securities laws.
2. We understand that the offer and sale of 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 account or benefit of,
U.S. persons except as permitted in the following sentence. We agree, on
our own behalf and on behalf of any accounts for which we are acting as
hereinafter stated, that if we should sell any Notes, we will do so only
(i) to the Company or any subsidiary thereof, (ii) inside the United States
in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act to a "qualified
institutional buyer" (as defined in Rule 144A promulgated under the
Securities Act) that, prior to such transfer, furnishes (or has furnished
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on its behalf by a U.S. broker-dealer) to the Trustee (as defined in the
Indenture) a signed letter containing certain representations and
agreements relating to the restrictions on transfer of the Notes (the form
of which letter can be obtained from the Trustee), (iii) outside the United
States in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S promulgated under the
Securities Act, (iv) pursuant to the exemption from registration provided
by Rule 144 under the Securities Act (if available), or (v) pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the Securities Act, and we further
agree to provide to any person purchasing any of the Notes from us a notice
advising such purchaser that resales of the Notes are restricted as stated
herein.
3. We understand that, on any proposed resale of any Notes, we will
be required to furnish to the Trustee and the Company such certification,
legal opinions and other information as the Trustee and the Company may
reasonably require to confirm that the proposed sale complies with the
foregoing restrictions. We further understand that the Notes purchased by
us will bear a legend to the foregoing effect.
4. We are an institutional "accredited investor" (as defined in Rule
501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act) and
have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to
be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in the
Notes, and we and any accounts for which we are acting are each able to
bear the economic risk of our or their investment, as the case may be.
5. We are acquiring the Notes purchased by us for our account or for
one or more accounts (each of which is an institutional "accredited
investor") as to each of which we exercise sole investment discretion.
You, the Company, the Trustee and others are entitled to rely upon
this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy
hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or
official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.
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Very truly yours,
[Name of Transferee]
By:
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT E
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Form of Certificate To Be Delivered
in Connection with Transfers
Pursuant to Regulation S
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[ ], [ ]
[ ]
[ ]
[ ]
[ ]
Re: T/SF COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION. (the "Company")
10 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007 (the
"Notes")
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our proposed sale of $[ ] aggregate
principal amount of the Notes, we confirm that such sale has been effected
pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and, accordingly, we represent that:
(1) the offer of the Notes was not made to a person in the United
States;
(2) either (a) at the time the buy offer was originated, the
transferee was outside the United States or we and any person acting on our
behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was outside the United
States, or (b) the transaction was executed in, on or through the
facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither we nor
any person acting on our behalf knows that the transaction has been
prearranged with a buyer in the United States;
(3) no directed selling efforts have been made in the United States in
contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of
Regulation S, as applicable;
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(4) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the
registration requirements of the Securities Act; and
(5) we have advised the transferee of the transfer restrictions
applicable to the Notes.
You, the Company and counsel for the Company are entitled to rely upon
this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy
hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or
official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. Terms used in this
certificate have the meanings set forth in Regulation S.
Very truly yours,
[Name of Transferee]
By:
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Authorized Signature
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EXHIBIT F
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GUARANTEE
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For value received, the undersigned hereby unconditionally guarantees,
as principal obligor and not only as a surety, to the Holder of this Note the
cash payments in United States dollars of principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on this Note (and including Additional Interest payable thereon) in the
amounts and at the times when due and interest on the overdue principal,
premium, if any, and interest, if any, of this Note, if lawful, and the payment
or performance of all other obligations of the Company under the Indenture or
the Notes, to the Holder of this Note and the Trustee, all in accordance with
and subject to the terms and limitations of this Note, Article Twelve of the
Indenture and this Guarantee. This Guarantee will become effective in
accordance with Article Twelve of the Indenture and its terms shall be evidenced
therein. The validity and enforceability of any Guarantee shall not be affected
by the fact that it is not affixed to any particular Note.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings
ascribed to them in the Indenture dated as of October 29, 1997, by and among
T/SF COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, and IBJ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Bank
and Trust Company, as trustee (the "Trustee"), as amended or supplemented (the
"Indenture").
The obligations of the undersigned to the Holders of Notes and to the
Trustee pursuant to this Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in
Article Twelve of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture
for the precise terms of the Guarantee and all of the other provisions of the
Indenture to which this Guarantee relates.
THIS GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH,
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO PRINCIPLES OF
CONFLICTS OF LAW. Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees to submit to the
jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York in any action or proceeding
arising out of or relating to this Guarantee.
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This Guarantee is subject to release upon the terms set forth in the
Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Guarantor has caused its Guarantee to be duly
executed.
Date: October 29, 1997
▇▇▇▇▇▇ CONVENTION PUBLISHING, INC.
CORSEARCH, INC.
CRIMESEARCH, INC.
EXPO MAGAZINE, INC.
GALAXY DESIGN & PRINTING, INC.
GALAXY REGISTRATION, INC.
G.E.M. COMMUNICATION, INC.
TRANSPORTATION COMMUNICATIONS
SERVICES, INC.
T/SF EUROPE, INC.
T/SF INVESTMENT CO.
T/SF OF NEVADA, INC.
TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION
SERVICES, INC.,
as Guarantors
By:
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Name:
Title:
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