EXHIBIT 4.1
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▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ PRODUCTS, INC.
$115,000,000
9 1/2% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2005
SERIES A AND SERIES B
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INDENTURE
Dated as of April 22, 1998
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STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee
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INDENTURE dated as of April 22, 1998, among ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Products, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), the Guarantors (as defined) party hereto
and State Street Bank and Trust Company, as trustee (the "Trustee").
The Company and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other
and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the 9 1/2% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2005 (the "Notes"):
ARTICLE 1.
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01. Definitions.
"144A Global Note" means a global note in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto
bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited
with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its
nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal
amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 144A.
"Affiliate" means any of the following: (i) any person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with the Company; (ii) any spouse, immediate family member or other
relative who has the same principal residence as any person described in clause
(i) above; (iii) any trust in which any such persons described in clause (i) or
(ii) above has a beneficial interest; and (iv) any corporation or other
organization of which any such persons described above collectively own 50% or
more of the equity of such entity.
"Agent" means any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-registrar.
"Applicable Procedures" means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of
or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the
Depositary, Euroclear and Cedel that apply to such transfer or exchange.
"Asset Sale" means the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition by
the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of assets or property whether owned on
the date of original issuance of the Notes or thereafter acquired, in a single
transaction or in a series of related transactions; provided that Asset Sales
will not include such sales, leases, conveyances or dispositions in connection
with (i) the sale or disposition of any Restricted Investment, (ii) any Equity
Offering by (a) the Company or (b) any Restricted Subsidiary if the proceeds
therefrom are used to make mandatory prepayments of Indebtedness under the
Credit Agreement or Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiaries or to redeem
Notes in accordance with Section 3.07 hereof, (iii) the sale or lease of
equipment, inventory, accounts receivable or other assets in the ordinary course
of business, (iv) the surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement,
release or surrender of contract, tort or other claims of any kind,
(v) the grant of any license of patents, trademarks, registration therefor and
other similar intellectual property, (vi) a transfer of assets by the Company or
a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary, (vii)
the designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as a Non-Restricted Subsidiary
pursuant to Section 4.13 hereof, (viii) the sale, lease, conveyance or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company as
permitted under Section 5.01 hereof, (ix) the sale or disposition of obsolete
equipment or other obsolete assets, (x) Restricted Payments permitted by Section
4.07 hereof, or (xi) the exchange of assets for other non-cash assets that (A)
are useful in the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and
(B) have a fair market value at least equal to the fair market value of the
assets being exchanged (as determined by the Board of Directors in good faith).
"Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state
law for the relief of debtors.
"Board of Directors" means the Company's board of directors or any
authorized committee of such board of directors.
"Business Day" means any day other than a Legal Holiday.
"Capital Stock" means any and all shares, interests, participations or
other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock, including any
preferred stock.
"Cash Flow Coverage Ratio" means, for any given period and person, the
ratio of (i) EBITDA, divided by (ii) the sum of Consolidated Interest Expense
and all dividend payments on any series of preferred stock of such person
(except dividends paid or payable in additional shares of Capital Stock (other
than Disqualified Stock) and except for accrued and unpaid dividends with
respect to preferred stock outstanding on the date of original issuance of the
Notes), in each case, without duplication; provided that, if any such
calculation includes any period during which an acquisition or sale of a person
or the incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness occurred, then such calculation
for such period shall be made on a Pro Forma Basis.
"Cedel" means Cedel Bank, societe anonyme.
"Change of Control" means the occurrence of each of the following: (i) any
"person" or "group" (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the
Exchange Act), excluding the Existing Stockholders, is or becomes the
"beneficial owner" (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act,
except that a person shall be deemed to have "beneficial ownership" of all
securities that such person has the right to acquire, whether such right is
exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or
indirectly, of more than 50% of the total Voting Stock of the Company; and (ii)
the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, another person or sells,
assigns, conveys, transfers, leases or otherwise disposes of all or
substantially all of its assets to any person, or any person consolidates with,
or merges with or into, the Company, in any such event pursuant to a transaction
in which the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company is converted into or
exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such
transaction where (A)
the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company is converted into or exchanged for
(1) Voting Stock (other than Redeemable Capital Stock) of the surviving or
transferee corporation or (2) cash, securities and other property in an amount
which could be paid by the Company as a Restricted Payment under this Indenture
and (B) immediately after such transaction no "person" or "group" (as such terms
are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), excluding the
Existing Stockholders, is the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and
13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that a person shall be deemed to have
"beneficial ownership" of all securities that such person has the right to
acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage
of time), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total Voting Stock of
the surviving or transferee corporation; and (iii) during any consecutive two-
year period, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the
Board of Directors of the Company (together with any new directors whose
election by such Board of Directors or whose nomination for election by the
stockholders of the Company was approved by a vote of a majority of the
directors then still in office who are entitled to vote to elect such new
director and were either directors at the beginning of such period or persons
whose election as directors or nomination for election was previously so
approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of
Directors of the Company then in office.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Company" means ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Products, Inc. and any and all successors thereto.
"Consolidated Interest Expense" means, for any given period and person, the
aggregate of the interest expense in respect of all Indebtedness of such person
and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis,
determined in accordance with GAAP (including amortization of original issue
discount on any such Indebtedness, all non-cash interest payments, the interest
portion of any deferred payment obligation and the interest component of capital
lease obligations, but excluding amortization of deferred financing fees if such
amortization would otherwise be included in interest expense); provided that,
for the purpose of the Cash Flow Coverage Ratio, Consolidated Interest Expense
shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis; and provided further that any
premiums, fees and expenses (including the amortization thereof) payable in
connection with the Offering and the application of the net proceeds therefrom
or any other refinancing of Indebtedness will be excluded.
"Consolidated Net Income" means, for any given period and person, the
aggregate of the Net Income of such person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for
such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP;
provided that: (i) the Net Income of any person acquired in a pooling of
interests transaction for any period prior to the date of such acquisition shall
be excluded; and (ii) Consolidated Net Income of any person will not include,
without duplication, any deduction for (A) any increased amortization or
depreciation resulting from the write-up of assets pursuant to Accounting
Principles Board Opinion Nos. 16 and 17, as amended or supplemented from time to
time, (B) the amortization of all intangible assets (including amortization
attributable to inventory write-ups, goodwill, debt and financing costs, and
Incentive Arrangements), (C) any non-capitalized transaction costs incurred in
connection with actual or proposed financings, acquisitions
or divestitures (including, but not limited to, financing and refinancing fees),
(D) any extraordinary or nonrecurring charges relating to any premium or penalty
paid, write-off or deferred financing costs or other financial recapitalization
charges in connection with redeeming or retiring any Indebtedness prior to its
stated maturity, and (E) any Restructuring Charges; and provided further that,
for purposes of determining the Cash Flow Coverage Ratio, Consolidated Net
Income shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis.
"Consolidated Net Worth" with respect to any person means, as of any date,
the consolidated equity of the common stockholders of such person (excluding the
cumulated foreign currency translation adjustment), all determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, but without any reduction in respect
of the payment of dividends on any series of such person's preferred stock if
such dividends are paid in additional shares of Capital Stock (other than
Disqualified Stock); provided that Consolidated Net Worth shall also include,
without duplication, (a) the amortization of all write-ups of inventory, (b) the
amortization of all intangible assets (including amortization of goodwill, debt
and financing costs, and Incentive Arrangements), (c) any non-capitalized
transaction costs incurred in connection with actual or proposed financings,
acquisitions or divestitures (including, but not limited to, financing and
refinancing fees), (d) any increased amortization or depreciation resulting from
the write-up of assets pursuant to Accounting Principles Board Opinion Nos. 16
and 17, as amended and supplemented from time to time, (e) any extraordinary or
nonrecurring charges or expenses relating to any premium or penalty paid, write-
off or deferred financing costs or other financial recapitalization charges
incurred in connection with redeeming or retiring any Indebtedness prior to its
stated maturity, (f) any Restructuring Charges, and (g) any extraordinary or
non-recurring charge arising out of the implementation of SFAS 106 or SFAS 109;
and provided further that Consolidated Net Worth shall be calculated on a Pro
Forma Basis.
"Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee" shall be at the address of the
Trustee specified in Section 12.02 hereof or such other address as to which the
Trustee may give notice to the Company.
"Credit Agreement" means the Credit Agreement, dated the date hereof, among
the Company, certain of its Subsidiaries, the lenders party thereto and
BankBoston, N.A., as agent, together with all loan documents and instruments
thereunder (including, without limitation, any guarantee agreements and security
documents), in each case, as such agreements may be amended, modified, extended,
restated, replaced, or (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, without limitation, increasing the amount of available borrowings
thereunder, and all Obligations with respect thereto, in each case, to the
extent permitted by Section 4.09 hereof, or adding 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.
"Crystaloid Holdback" means an amount equal to $500,000 plus accrued
interest thereon, payable in accordance with the terms of the stock purchase
agreement, dated as of March 31, 1998,
relating to the the Company's purchase of all of the outstanding capital stock
of Crystaloid Electronics Company (to be merged with and into Crystaloid
Technologies, Inc.) for $6.5 million, as contemplated by a stock purchase
agreement entered into by the Company, dated as of March 31, 1998.
"Custodian" means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar
official under any Bankruptcy Law.
"Default" means any event that is, or after notice or passage of time or
both would be, an Event of Default.
"Definitive Note" means a certificated Note registered in the name of the
Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.06 hereof, in the form of
Exhibit A-1 hereto except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend
and shall not have the "Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note"
attached thereto.
"Depositary" means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole
or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.03 hereof as the
Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto
appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the
applicable provision of this Indenture.
"Designated Senior Indebtedness" means (a) any Indebtedness outstanding
under the Credit Agreement and (b) any other Senior Indebtedness permitted under
this Indenture the principal amount of which is $25.0 million or more and that
has been designated by the Company and, for so long as the Credit Agreement is
in effect, the Representative in a written notice to the Trustee as "Designated
Senior Indebtedness."
"Disqualified Stock" means any Capital Stock that by its terms (or by the
terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is
exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily
redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable
at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part on, or prior to, the
maturity date of the Notes.
"Domestic Subsidiary" of a Person means any direct or indirect Subsidiary
of such Person that is organized under the laws of any jurisdiction within the
United States, any district or territoriality thereof and The Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico.
"EBITDA" means, for any given period and person, the sum of, without
duplication, Consolidated Net Income, plus (a) the portion of Net Income
attributable to the minority interests in its Restricted Subsidiaries, to the
extent not included in calculating Consolidated Net Income, plus (b) any
provision for taxes based on income or profits to the extent such income or
profits were included in computing Consolidated Net Income, plus (c)
Consolidated Interest Expense, to the extent deducted in computing Consolidated
Net Income, plus (d) the amortization of all intangible assets, to the extent
such amortization was deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income
(including, but not limited to, inventory write-ups, goodwill, debt and
financing costs, and Incentive Arrangements), plus (e) any non-capitalized
transaction costs incurred in connection with actual or proposed financings,
acquisitions or divestitures (including, but not limited to, financing and
refinancing fees, including those in connection with the Offering, to the extent
deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income), plus (f) all depreciation and
all other non-cash charges (including, without limitation, those charges
relating to purchase accounting adjustments and LIFO adjustments), to the extent
deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income, plus (g) any interest income, to
the extent such income was not included in computing Consolidated Net Income,
plus (h) all dividend payments on preferred stock (whether or not paid in cash)
to the extent deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income, plus (i) any
extraordinary or nonrecurring charge or expense arising out of the
implementation of SFAS 106 or SFAS 109 to the extent deducted in computing
Consolidated Net Income, plus (j) to the extent not covered in clause (e) above,
fees paid or payable in respect of the TJC Management Agreement to the extent
deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income, plus (k) the net loss of any
person, other than those of a Restricted Subsidiary, to the extent deducted in
computing Consolidated Net Income, plus (l) net losses in respect of any
discontinued operations as determined in accordance with GAAP, to the extent
deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income, plus (m) payments made in
connection with SAR Agreements and grants of stock options, plus (n) the portion
of Net Income attributable to the minority interests in other persons to the
extent received in cash by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided
that, if any such calculation includes any period during which an acquisition or
sale of a person or the incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness occurred, then
such calculation for such period shall be made on a Pro Forma Basis.
"Equity Interests" means Capital Stock or partnership interests or
warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock or partnership
interests (but excluding (i) any debt security that is convertible into, or
exchangeable for, Capital Stock or partnership interests, and (ii) any other
Indebtedness or Obligation); provided that Equity Interests will not include any
Incentive Arrangements or obligations or payments thereunder.
"Equity Offering" means a public or private offering by the Company for
cash of Capital Stock or other Equity Interests and all warrants, options or
other rights to acquire Capital Stock, other than (i) an offering of
Disqualified Stock or (ii) Incentive Arrangements or obligations or payments
thereunder.
"Euroclear" means ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Brussels
office, as operator of the Euroclear system.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Exchange Notes" means the Notes issued in the Exchange Offer pursuant to
Section 2.06(f) hereof.
"Exchange Offer" has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights
Agreement.
"Exchange Offer Registration Statement" has the meaning set forth in the
Registration Rights Agreement.
"Existing Stockholders" means (a) The Jordan Company and its affiliates,
and their respective principals, partners and employees, former employees,
family members of any of the foregoing and trusts for the benefit of any of the
foregoing, including, without limitation, MCIT PLC, Leucadia National
Corporation and Jordan Industries, Inc., and their respective Subsidiaries and
(b) the officers and directors of the Company on the date of original issuance
of the Notes and their respective affiliates and family members and trusts for
the benefit of any of the foregoing.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles, consistently
applied, as of the date of original issuance of the Notes. All financial and
accounting determinations and calculations under this Indenture will be made in
accordance with GAAP.
"Global Notes" means, individually and collectively, each of the Restricted
Global Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes, in the form of Exhibit A hereto
issued in accordance with Section 2.01, 2.06(b)(iv), 2.06(d)(ii) or 2.06(f)
hereof.
"Global Note Legend" means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(ii),
which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.
"Government Securities" means direct obligations of, or obligations
guaranteed by, the United States of America, and the payment for which the
United States pledges its full faith and credit.
"Guarantee" means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable
instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or
indirect, in any manner (including, without limitation, letters of credit and
reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any
Indebtedness.
"Guarantors" means (i) each of the Domestic Subsidiaries of the Company on
the date of this Indenture and (ii) any other subsidiary that executes a Note
Guarantee in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, and their
respective successors and assigns.
"Hedging Obligations" means, with respect to any person, the Obligations of
such persons under (i) interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap
agreements and interest rate collar agreements, (ii) foreign exchange contracts,
currency swap agreements or similar agreements, and (iii) other agreements or
arrangements designed to protect such person against fluctuations, or otherwise
to establish financial ▇▇▇▇▇▇ in respect of, exchange rates, currency rates or
interest rates.
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Note is registered.
"Incentive Arrangements" means any earn-out agreements, stock appreciation
rights, "phantom" stock plans, employment agreements, non-competition
agreements, subscription and
stockholders agreements and other incentive and bonus plans and similar
arrangements made in connection with acquisitions of persons or businesses by
the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries or the retention of executives,
officers or employees by the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries.
"Indebtedness" means, with respect to any person, any indebtedness, whether
or not contingent, in respect of borrowed money or evidenced by bonds, notes,
debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement
agreements in respect thereof) or representing the deferred and unpaid balance
of the purchase price of any property (including pursuant to capital leases),
except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or a trade payable,
and any Hedging Obligations, if and to the extent such indebtedness (other than
a Hedging Obligation) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of such
person prepared on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, and also
includes, to the extent not otherwise included, the guarantee of items that
would be included within this definition; provided that "Indebtedness" will not
include any Incentive Arrangements or obligations or payments thereunder.
"Indenture" means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to
time.
"Indirect Participant" means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a
Global Note through a Participant.
"Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding" means (i) any insolvency or
bankruptcy or similar case or proceeding, or any reorganization, receivership,
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, whether voluntary or
involuntary, or (ii) any assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other
marshalling of assets and liabilities of the Company.
"Institutional Accredited Investor" means an institution that is an
"accredited investor" as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the
Securities Act, who are not also QIBs.
"Investment" means any capital contribution to, or other debt or equity
investment in, any Person.
"Issue" means create, issue, assume, guarantee, incur or otherwise become
directly or indirectly liable for any Indebtedness or Capital Stock, as
applicable; provided that any Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a person existing
at the time such person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (whether by merger,
consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to be issued by such
Restricted Subsidiary at the time it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary. For this
definition, the terms "issuing," "issuer," "issuance" and "issued" have meanings
correlative to the foregoing.
"Legal Holiday" means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking
institutions in the City of New York (or where the principal corporate trust
office of the Trustee is located) or at a place of payment are authorized by
law, regulation or executive order to remain closed. If a payment date is a
Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the
next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue on
such payment for the intervening period.
"Letter of Transmittal" means the letter of transmittal to be prepared by
the Company and sent to all Holders of the Notes for use by such Holders in
connection with the Exchange Offer.
"Lien" means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge,
charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset,
whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law
(including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in
the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell and any filing of or
agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or
equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction).
"Liquidated Damages" means all liquidated damages then owing pursuant to
Section 5 of the Registration Rights Agreement.
"Net Income" means, with respect to any person, the net income (loss) of
such person, determined in accordance with GAAP, excluding, however, any gain or
loss, together with any related provision for taxes, realized in connection with
any Asset Sale (including, without limitation, dispositions pursuant to sale and
leaseback transactions).
"Net Proceeds" means, with respect to any Asset Sale, the aggregate amount
of cash proceeds (including any cash received by way of deferred payment
pursuant to a note receivable issued in connection with such Asset Sale, other
than the portion of such deferred payment constituting interest, and including
any amounts received as disbursements or withdrawals from any escrow or similar
account established in connection with any such Asset Sale, but, in either such
case, only as and when so received) received by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of such Asset Sale, net of (i) the cash
expenses of such Asset Sale (including, without limitation, the payment of
principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, Indebtedness required to be
paid as a result of such Asset Sale (other than the Notes) and legal,
accounting, management and advisory and investment banking fees and sales secs),
(ii) taxes paid or payable as a result thereof, (iii) any portion of cash
proceeds that the Company determines in good faith should be reserved for post-
closing adjustments, it being understood and agreed that on the day that all
such post-closing adjustments have been determined, the amount (if any) by which
the reserved amount in respect of such Asset Sale exceeds the actual post-
closing adjustments payable by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
shall constitute Net Proceeds on such date, (iv) any relocation expenses and
pension, severance and shutdown costs incurred as a result thereof, and (v) any
deduction or appropriate amounts to be provided by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries as a reserve in accordance with GAAP against any
liabilities associated with the asset disposed of in such transaction and
retained by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary after such sale or other
disposition thereof, including, without limitation, pension and other post-
employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters
or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction.
"Non-Restricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of the Company other than
a Restricted Subsidiary.
"Non-U.S. Person" means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.
"Note Custodian" means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Notes
in global form, or any successor entity thereto.
"Note Guarantee" means the Guarantee by each Guarantor of the Company's
payment obligations under this Indenture and the Notes, executed pursuant to the
provisions of this Indenture.
"Notes" has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this Indenture.
"Obligations" means, with respect to any Indebtedness, all principal,
interest (including post-petition interest thereon), premiums, penalties, fees,
indemnities, expenses (including legal fees and expenses), reimbursement
obligations (contingent or otherwise) and other liabilities payable to the
holder of such Indebtedness under the documentation governing such Indebtedness,
and any other claims of such holder arising in respect of such Indebtedness.
"Offering" means the offering of the Notes by the Company.
"Officer" means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board, the
Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief
Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the
secretary or any Vice-President of such Person.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed on behalf of the Company
by two Officers of the Company, one of whom must be the principal executive
officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer or the principal
accounting officer of the Company, that meets the requirements of Sections 12.04
and 12.05 hereof.
"Opinion of Counsel" means an opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee, that meets the requirements of Sections 12.04 and
12.05 hereof. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company, any
Subsidiary of the Company or the Trustee.
"Other Permitted Indebtedness" means:
(i) Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
existing as of the date of original issuance of the Notes and all related
Obligations as in effect on such date;
(ii) Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in
respect of bankers acceptances and letters of credit (including, without
limitation, letters of credit in respect of workers' compensation claims) issued
in the ordinary course of business, or other Indebtedness in respect of respect
to reimbursement-type obligations regarding workers' compensation claims;
(iii) Refinancing Indebtedness, provided that: (A) the principal
amount of such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not exceed the outstanding
principal amount of Indebtedness (including unused commitments) extended,
refinanced, renewed, replaced, substituted or refunded,
plus any amounts incurred to pay premiums, fees and expenses in connection
therewith; (B) the Refinancing Indebtedness shall have a Weighted Average Life
to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of
the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, substituted or
refunded; provided that this limitation in this clause (B) does not apply to
Refinancing Indebtedness of Senior Indebtedness; and (C) in the case of
Refinancing Indebtedness of Subordinated Indebtedness, such Refinancing
Indebtedness shall be subordinated to the Notes at least to the same extent as
the Subordinated Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced,
substituted or refunded;
(iv) intercompany Indebtedness of and among the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding guarantees by Restricted Subsidiaries of
Indebtedness of the Company not issued in compliance with Section 4.17 hereof);
(v) Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
incurred in connection with making permitted Restricted Payments under clauses
(iii), (iv) (but only to the extent that such Indebtedness is provided by the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) or (x) of Section 4.07 hereof; provided that
any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (v) is expressly subordinated
in right of payment to the Notes;
(vi) Indebtedness of any Non-Restricted Subsidiary created after the
date of original issuance of the Notes, provided that such Indebtedness is
nonrecourse to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries have no Obligations with respect to such
Indebtedness;
(vii) Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
under Hedging Obligations;
(viii) Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
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, which will not be, and will not be deemed to be, inadvertent) drawn
against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business;
(ix) Indebtedness of any person at the time it is acquired as a
Restricted Subsidiary, provided that such Indebtedness was not issued by such
person in connection with or in anticipation of such acquisition;
(x) guarantees by Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness of any
Restricted Subsidiary, if the Indebtedness so guaranteed is permitted under this
Indenture;
(xi) guarantees by a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness of the
Company, if the Indebtedness so guaranteed is permitted under this Indenture
and, to the extent required by Section 4. 17 hereof, guarantees of the Notes by
such Restricted Subsidiary;
(xii) guarantees by the Company of Indebtedness of any Restricted
Subsidiary, if
the Indebtedness so guaranteed is permitted under this Indenture;
(xiii) Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in
connection with performance, surety, statutory, appeal or similar bonds in the
ordinary course of business;
(xiv) Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in
connection with agreements providing for indemnification, purchase price
adjustments and similar obligations in connection with the sale or disposition
of any of their business, properties or assets; and
(xv) Indebtedness of the Company represented by the Notes and
Indebtedness of the Guarantors represented by the Note Guarantees.
"Participant" means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Cedel, a
Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Cedel, respectively
(and, with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and Cedel).
"Participating Broker-Dealer" has the meaning set forth in the Registration
Rights Agreement.
"Permitted Junior Securities" means Equity Interests in the Company or debt
securities of the Company that are subordinated to all Senior Indebtedness (and
any debt securities issued in exchange for Senior Indebtedness) to substantially
the same extent as, or to a greater extent than, the Notes are subordinated to
Senior Indebtedness.
"Permitted Liens" means:
(a) with respect to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries,
(1) Liens for taxes, assessments, governmental charges or claims
which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
promptly instituted and diligently conducted and if a reserve or other
appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required in conformity with
GAAP shall have been made therefor;
(2) statutory Liens of landlords and carriers', warehousemen's,
mechanics', suppliers', materialmen's, repairmen's or other like Liens
arising in the ordinary course of business and with respect to amounts
not yet delinquent or being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings, if a reserve or other appropriate provision, if any, as
shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made
therefor;
(3) Liens incurred on deposits made in the ordinary course of
business in connection with workers' compensation, unemployment
insurance and other types of social security;
(4) Liens incurred on deposits made to secure the performance of
tenders, bids,
leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, government
contracts, performance and return of money bonds and other obligations
of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business
(exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money);
(5) easements, rights-of-way, zoning or other restrictions, minor
defects or irregularities in title and other similar charges or
encumbrances not interfering in any material respect with the business
of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in the
ordinary course of business;
(6) Liens (including extensions, renewals and replacements thereof)
upon property acquired (the "Acquired Property") after the date of
original issuance of the Notes, provided that: (A) any such Lien is
created solely for the purpose of securing Indebtedness representing,
or issued to finance, refinance or refund, the cost (including the
cost of construction) of the Acquired Property, (B) the principal
amount of the Indebtedness secured by such Lien does not exceed 100%
of the cost of the Acquired Property, (C) such Lien does not extend to
or cover any property other than the Acquired Property and any
improvements on such Acquired Property, and (D) the issuance of the
Indebtedness to purchase the Acquired Property is permitted by Section
4.09 hereof;
(7) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a
matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with
the importation of goods;
(8) judgment and attachment Liens not giving rise to an Event of
Default;
(9) leases or subleases granted to others not interfering in any
material respect with the business of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries;
(10) Liens securing Indebtedness under Hedging Obligations;
(11) Liens encumbering deposits made to secure obligations arising
from statutory, regulatory, contractual or warranty requirements;
(12) Liens arising out of consignment or similar arrangements for the
sale of goods entered into by the Company or its Restricted
Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(13) any interest or title of a lessor in property subject to any
capital lease obligation or operating lease;
(14) Liens arising from filing Uniform Commercial Code financing
statements regarding leases;
(15) Liens existing on the date of original issuance of the Notes and
any extensions, refinancings, renewals, replacements, substitutions or
refundings thereof;
(16) any Lien granted to the Trustee and any substantially equivalent
Lien granted to any trustee or similar institution under any indenture
for Senior Indebtedness permitted by the terms of this Indenture; and
(17) additional Liens at any one time outstanding in respect of
properties or assets where aggregate fair market value does not exceed
$10,000,000 (the fair market value to be determined on the date such
Lien is granted on such properties or assets);
(b) with respect to the Restricted Subsidiaries,
(1) Liens securing Restricted Subsidiaries' reimbursement Obligations
with respect to letters of credit that encumber documents and other
property relating to such letters of credit and the products and
proceeds thereof;
(2) Liens securing Indebtedness issued by Restricted Subsidiaries if
such Indebtedness is (A) under the Credit Agreement, or (B) permitted
by Section 4.09(a), clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of Section 4.09(b)
hereof, or clauses (i), (iii) (to the extent the Indebtedness subject
to such Refinancing Indebtedness was subject to Liens), (vi), (vii),
(ix) or (x) of the definition of Other Permitted Indebtedness;
(3) Liens securing intercompany Indebtedness issued by any Restricted
Subsidiary to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary; and
(4) Liens securing guarantees by Restricted Subsidiaries of
Indebtedness issued by the Company if such guarantees permitted by
clause (xi) (but only in respect of the property, rights and assets of
the Restricted Subsidiaries issuing such guarantees) of the definition
of Other Permitted Indebtedness;
(c) with respect to the Company,
(1) Liens securing Indebtedness issued by the Company if such
Indebtedness is (A) under the Credit Agreement, or (B) if such
Indebtedness is permitted by Section 4.09 hereof (including, but not
limited to, Indebtedness issued by the Company under the Credit
Agreement pursuant to clause (i) and/or clause (iii) of Section
4.09(b) hereof);
(2) Liens securing Indebtedness of the Company if such Indebtedness
is permitted by clauses (i), (iii) (to the extent the Indebtedness
subject to such Refinancing Indebtedness was subject to Liens) or
(vii) of the definition of Other Permitted Indebtedness;
(3) Liens securing guarantees by the Company of Indebtedness issued
by Restricted Subsidiaries if such Indebtedness is permitted by
Section 4.09 hereof (including, but not limited to, Indebtedness
issued by Restricted Subsidiaries under the Credit Agreement pursuant
to clause (i) and/or clause (iii) of Section 4.09(b) hereof) and if
such guarantees are permitted by clause (xii) (but only in respect of
Indebtedness issued by the Restricted Subsidiaries under the Credit
Agreement pursuant to Section 4.09) of the definition of Other
Permitted Indebtedness; and
(4) Liens securing the Company's reimbursement obligations with
respect to letters of credit that encumber documents and other
property relating to such letters of credit and the products and
proceeds thereof.
provided that, notwithstanding any of the foregoing, the Permitted Liens
referred to in clause (c) of this definition shall not include any Lien on
Capital Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries held directly by the Company (as
distinguished from Liens on Capital Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries held by
other Restricted Subsidiaries) other than Liens securing (A) Indebtedness of the
Company issued under the Credit Agreement pursuant to Section 4.09 hereof and
any permitted Refinancing Indebtedness of such Indebtedness, and (B) guarantees
by the Company of Indebtedness issued by Restricted Subsidiaries under the
Credit Agreement pursuant to Section 4.09 hereof and any permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness of such Indebtedness.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or
government or agency or political subdivision thereof (including any subdivision
or ongoing business of any such entity or substantially all of the assets of any
such entity, subdivision or business).
"Private Placement Legend" means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(i)
to be placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture except where otherwise
permitted by the provisions of this Indenture.
"Pro Forma Basis" means, for purposes of determining Consolidated Net
Income in connection with the Cash Flow Coverage Ratio (including in connection
with Sections 4.07, 4.13 and 5.01(a), the incurrence of Indebtedness pursuant to
Section 4.09(b) and Consolidated Net Worth for purposes of Section 5.01(a))
giving pro forma effect to (x) any acquisition or sale of a person, business or
asset, related incurrence, repayment or refinancing of Indebtedness or other
related transactions, including any Restructuring Charges which would otherwise
be accounted for as an adjustment permitted by Regulation S-X under the
Securities Act or on a pro forma basis under GAAP, or (y) any incurrence,
repayment or refinancing of any Indebtedness and the application of the proceeds
therefrom, in each case, as if such acquisition or sale and related
transactions, restructurings, consolidations, cost savings, reductions,
incurrence, repayment or refinancing were realized on the first day of the
relevant period permitted by Regulation S-X under the Securities Act or on a pro
forma basis under GAAP. Furthermore, in calculating the Cash Flow Coverage
Ratio, (1) interest on outstanding Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating
basis as of the determination date and which will continue to be so determined
thereafter shall be deemed to have accrued at a
fixed rate per annum equal to the rate of interest on such Indebtedness in
effect on the determination date, (2) if interest on any Indebtedness actually
incurred on the determination date may optionally be determined at an interest
rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank
offered rate, or other rates, then the interest rate in effect on the
determination date will be deemed to have been in effect during the relevant
period, and (3) notwithstanding clause (1) above, interest on Indebtedness
determined on a fluctuating basis, to the extent such interest is covered by
agreements relating to interest rate swaps or similar interest rate protection
Hedging Obligations, shall be deemed to accrue at the rate per annum resulting
after giving effect to the operation of such agreements.
"QIB" means a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined in Rule 144A.
"Redeemable Preferred Stock" means preferred stock that by its terms or
otherwise is required to be redeemed or is redeemable at the option of the
holder thereof on, or prior to, the maturity date of the Notes.
"Refinancing Indebtedness" means (i) Indebtedness of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries issued or given in exchange for, or the proceeds of
which are used to, extend, refinance, renew, replace, substitute or refund any
Indebtedness permitted under this Indenture or any Indebtedness issued to so
extend, refinance, renew, replace, substitute or refund such Indebtedness, (ii)
any refinancings of Indebtedness issued under the Credit Agreement, and (iii)
any additional Indebtedness issued to pay premiums and fees in connection with
clauses (i) and (ii).
"Registration Rights Agreement" means the Registration Rights Agreement,
dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company and the other parties
named on the signature pages thereof, as such agreement may be amended, modified
or supplemented from time to time.
"Regulation S" means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.
"Regulation S Global Note" means a Regulation S Temporary Global Note or
Regulation S Permanent Global Note, as appropriate.
"Regulation S Permanent Global Note" means a permanent global Note in the
form of Exhibit A-1 hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private
Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name
of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the
outstanding principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note upon
expiration of the Restricted Period.
"Regulation S Temporary Global Note" means a temporary global Note in the
form of Exhibit A-2 hereto bearing the Private Placement Legend and deposited
with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its
nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of
the Notes initially sold in reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation S.
"Representative" means the agent or other representative in respect of the
Credit Agreement.
"Responsible Officer," when used with respect to the Trustee, means any
officer within the Corporate Trust Administration of the Trustee (or any
successor group of the Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter,
any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of
and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Restricted Definitive Note" means a Definitive Note bearing the Private
Placement Legend.
"Restricted Global Note" means a Global Note bearing the Private Placement
Legend.
"Restricted Investment" means any Investment in any person; provided that
Restricted Investments will not include: (i) Investments in marketable
securities and other negotiable instruments permitted by this Indenture; (ii)
any Incentive Arrangements; (iii) Investments in the Company; (iv) Investments
in any Restricted Subsidiary (provided that any Investment in a Restricted
Subsidiary was made for fair market value (as determined by the Board of
Directors in good faith)); or (v) other Investments in an aggregate amount not
to exceed $15,000,000 at any time outstanding. The amount of any Restricted
Investment shall be the amount of cash and the fair market value at the time of
transfer of all other property (as determined by the Board of Directors in good
faith) initially invested or paid for such Restricted Investment, plus all
additions thereto, without any adjustments for increases or decreases in value
of or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to, such Restricted
Investment.
"Restricted Period" means the 40-day restricted period as defined in
Regulation S.
"Restricted Subsidiary" means (i) any domestic Subsidiary of the Company
existing on the date of original issuance of the Notes, and (ii) any other
Subsidiary of the Company formed, acquired or existing after the date of
original issuance of the Notes that is designated as a "Restricted Subsidiary"
by the Company pursuant to a resolution approved a majority of the Board of
Directors, provided that the term Restricted Subsidiary shall not include any
Subsidiary of the Company that has been redesignated by the Company pursuant to
a resolution approved by a majority of the Board of Directors as a Non-
Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 4.13 hereof, unless such
Subsidiary shall have subsequently been redesignated a Restricted Subsidiary in
accordance with clause (ii) of this definition.
"Restructuring Charges" means any charges or expenses in respect of
restructuring or consolidating any business, operations or facilities, any
compensation or headcount reduction, or any other cost savings, of any persons
or businesses either alone or together with the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary, as permitted by GAAP or Regulation S-X under the Securities Act.
"Rule 144" means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.
"Rule 144A" means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.
"Rule 903" means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act.
"Rule 904" means Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities Act.
"SAR Agreements" means stock appreciation rights agreements, dated on or
prior to the date of this Indenture, between the Company and each of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇.
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circumstances, an aggregate payment to such persons of up to 3.0% of the equity
value of the Company.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Senior Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person, (a) all
Indebtedness of such Person outstanding under the Credit Agreement and all
guarantees thereof and all Hedging Obligations with respect thereto, (b) any
other Indebtedness of such person permitted to be incurred under the terms of
this Indenture, provided that Senior Indebtedness shall not include any
Indebtedness which by the terms of the instrument creating or evidencing the
same is subordinated or junior in right of payment to any other Senior
Indebtedness in any respect, and (c) all Obligations (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 allowable claim under applicable law) with respect to the
foregoing, in each case, whether outstanding on the date of this Indenture or
thereafter incurred. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing,
Senior Indebtedness will not include (i) any liability for federal, state, local
or other taxes owed or owing by the Company, (ii) any Indebtedness of such
Person to any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates (other than pursuant to
the Credit Facility), (iii) any trade payables or other liability to trade
creditors arising in the ordinary course of business (including guarantees
thereof or instruments evidencing such liabilities) or (iv) any Indebtedness
that is incurred in violation of this Indenture.
"SFAS 106" means Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 106.
"SFAS 109" means Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109.
"Shelf Registration Statement" means the Shelf Registration Statement as
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement.
"Significant Subsidiary" means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company
that would be a "significant subsidiary" as defined in clause (2) of the
definition of such term in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act
and the Exchange Act.
"Subordinated Indebtedness" means all Obligations with respect to
Indebtedness if the instrument creating or evidencing the same, or pursuant to
which the same is outstanding, designates such Obligations as subordinated or
junior in right of payment to Senior Indebtedness.
"Subsidiary" of any person means any entity of which the Equity Interests
entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes that may be cast by all Equity
Interests having ordinary voting power
for the election of directors or other governing body of such entity are owned
by such person (regardless of whether such Equity Interests are owned directly
by such person or through one or more Subsidiaries).
"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. (S)(S) 77aaa-77bbbb)
as in effect on the date on which this Indenture is qualified under the TIA.
"TJC Management Agreement" means the Management Consulting Agreement,
between the Company and The Jordan Company Management Corporation, as in effect
on the date of this Indenture.
"Trustee" means the party named as such above until a successor replaces it
in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter
means the successor serving hereunder.
"Unrestricted Global Note" means a permanent global Note in the form of
Exhibit A attached hereto that bears the Global Note Legend and that has the
"Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note" attached thereto, and
that is deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the
Depositary, representing a series of Notes that do not bear the Private
Placement Legend.
"Unrestricted Definitive Note" means one or more Definitive Notes that do
not bear and are not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.
"U.S. Person" means a U.S. person as defined in Rule 902(o) under the
Securities Act.
"Voting Stock" means any class or classes of Capital Stock pursuant to
which the holders thereof have the general voting power under ordinary
circumstances to elect the board of directors.
"Weighted Average Life to Maturity" means, when applied to any Indebtedness
at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing (i) the then outstanding
principal amount of such Indebtedness into (ii) the sum of the product(s)
obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining installment,
sinking fund, serial maturity or other requirement payment of principal,
including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (b) the number of
years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) which will elapse between such
date and the making of such payment.
Section 1.02. Other Definitions.
Defined in
Term Section
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"Affiliate Transaction" 4.11
"Asset Sale Disposition Date" 4.10
"Asset Sale Trigger Date" 4.10
"Authentication Order" 2.02
"Change of Control Offer" 4.15
"Change of Control Payment" 4.15
"Change of Control Payment Date" 4.15
"Change of Trigger Date" 4.14
"Covenant Defeasance" 8.03
"Event of Default" 6.01
"Excess Proceeds" 4.10
"incur" 4.09
"Legal Defeasance" 8.02
"Offer" 3.08
"Other Company Indebtedness" 4.17
"Other Company Indebtedness Guarantee" 4.17
"Paying Agent" 2.03
"Payment Blockage Notice" 10.04
"Purchase Date" 3.08
"Registrar" 2.03
"Restricted Payments" 4.07
Section 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is
incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.
The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
"indenture securities" means the Notes;
"indenture security Holder" means a Holder of a Note;
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture;
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the Trustee; and
"obligor" on the Notes and the Note Guarantees means the Company and the
Guarantors, respectively, and any successor obligor upon the Notes and the Note
Guarantees, respectively.
All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined
by TIA reference to another statute or defined by Commission rule under the TIA
have the meanings so assigned to them.
Section 1.04. Rules of Construction.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned
to it in accordance with GAAP;
(3) "or" is not exclusive;
(4) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural
include the singular;
(5) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and
(6) references to Sections of or rules under the Securities Act shall
be deemed to include substitute, replacement of successor
Sections or rules adopted by the Commission from time to time.
ARTICLE 2.
THE NOTES
Section 2.01. Form and Dating.
(a) General. The Notes and the Trustee's certificate of authentication
shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Notes may have
notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or
usage. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes
shall be in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.
The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are
hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the Company, the Guarantors
and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly
agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the
extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this
Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
(b) Global Notes. Notes issued in global form shall be substantially in
the form of Exhibits A-1 or A-2 attached hereto (including the Global Note
Legend thereon and the "Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note"
attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form shall be substantially in
the form of Exhibit A-1 attached hereto (but without the Global Note Legend
thereon and without the "Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note"
attached thereto). Each Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding
Notes as shall be specified therein and each shall provide that it shall
represent the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time
endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes
represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as
appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global
Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate
principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the
Trustee or the Note Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance
with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.06
hereof.
(c) Temporary Global Notes. Notes offered and sold in reliance on
Regulation S shall
be issued initially in the form of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note, which
shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Notes represented thereby
with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, and registered in the name of
the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary for the accounts of designated
agents holding on behalf of Euroclear or Cedel Bank, duly executed by the
Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The Restricted
Period shall be terminated upon the receipt by the Trustee of (i) a written
certificate from the Depositary, together with copies of certificates from
Euroclear and Cedel Bank certifying that they have received certification of
non-United States beneficial ownership of 100% of the aggregate principal amount
of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note (except to the extent of any
beneficial owners thereof who acquired an interest therein during the Restricted
Period pursuant to another exemption from registration under the Securities Act
and who will take delivery of a beneficial ownership interest in a 144A Global
Note bearing a Private Placement Legend, all as contemplated by Section
2.06(a)(ii) hereof), and (ii) an Officers' Certificate from the Company.
Following the termination of the Restricted Period, beneficial interests in the
Regulation S Temporary Global Note shall be exchanged for beneficial interests
in Regulation S Permanent Global Notes pursuant to the Applicable Procedures.
Simultaneously with the authentication of Regulation S Permanent Global Notes,
the Trustee shall cancel the Regulation S Temporary Global Note. The aggregate
principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note and the Regulation S
Permanent Global Notes may from time to time be increased or decreased by
adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary or its
nominee, as the case may be, in connection with transfers of interest as
hereinafter provided.
(d) Euroclear and Cedel Procedures Applicable. The provisions of the
"Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System" and "Terms and Conditions
Governing Use of Euroclear" and the "General Terms and Conditions of Cedel Bank"
and "Customer Handbook" of Cedel Bank shall be applicable to transfers of
beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note and the
Regulation S Permanent Global Notes that are held by Participants through
Euroclear or Cedel Bank.
Section 2.02. Execution and Authentication.
One Officer shall sign the Notes for the Company by manual or facsimile
signature. The Company's seal may be reproduced on the Notes and may be in
facsimile form.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at
the time a Note is authenticated, the Note shall nevertheless be valid.
A Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of
the Trustee. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been
authenticated under this Indenture.
The Trustee shall, upon a written order of the Company signed by one
Officer (an "Authentication Order"), authenticate Notes for original issue up to
the aggregate principal amount stated in paragraph 4 of the Notes. The
aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed such
amount except as provided in Section 2.07 hereof.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company
to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever
the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by
the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has
the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Company.
Section 2.03. Registrar and Paying Agent.
The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented
for registration of transfer or for exchange ("Registrar") and an office or
agency where Notes may be presented for payment ("Paying Agent"). The Registrar
shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The
Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying
agents. The term "Registrar" includes any co-registrar and the term "Paying
Agent" includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change any Paying
Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company shall notify the
Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this
Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as
Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of
its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") to act
as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and
Paying Agent and to act as Note Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.
Section 2.04. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.
The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree
in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Holders
or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal,
premium or Liquidated Damages, if any, or interest on the Notes, and will notify
the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. While any
such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money
held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent
to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee,
the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary) shall have no
further liability for the money. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying
Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of
the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or
reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee shall serve as
Paying Agent for the Notes.
Section 2.05. Holder Lists.
The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of
all Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA (S) 312(a). If the Trustee is
not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least seven
Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the
Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the
Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of
Notes and the Company shall otherwise comply with TIA (S) 312(a).
Section 2.06. Transfer and Exchange.
(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. A Global Note may not be
transferred as a whole except by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary,
by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the
Depositary, the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a
nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global Notes will be exchanged by the
Company for Definitive Notes if (i) the Company delivers to the Trustee notice
from the Depositary that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as
Depositary or that it is no longer a clearing agency registered under the
Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the
Company within 90 days after the date of such notice from the Depositary, (ii)
the Company in its sole discretion determines that the Global Notes (in whole
but not in part) should be exchanged for Definitive Notes and delivers a written
notice to such effect to the Trustee or (iii) there shall have occurred and be
continuing a Default or an Event of Default with respect to the Notes; provided
that in no event shall the Regulation S Temporary Global Note be exchanged by
the Company for Definitive Notes prior to (x) the expiration of the Restricted
Period and (y) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required
pursuant to Rule 903(c)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act. Upon the occurrence
of either of the preceding events in (i) or (ii) above, Definitive Notes shall
be issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global
Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in
Sections 2.07 and 2.10 hereof. Every Note authenticated and delivered in
exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to
this Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or 2.10 hereof, shall be authenticated and
delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be
exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a),
however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged
as provided in Section 2.06(b),(c) or (f) hereof.
(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The
transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be
effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Restricted
Global Notes shall be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those
set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of
beneficial interests in the Global Notes also shall require compliance with
either subparagraph (i) or (ii) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of
the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:
(i) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note.
Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to
Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in
the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer
restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend ; provided that,
prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial
interests in the Temporary Regulation S Global Note may not be made to a
U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an
Initial Purchaser). Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note
may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a
beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. No written orders or
instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect
the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(i).
(ii) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in
Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial
interests that are not subject to Section 2.06(b)(i) above, the transferor
of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either (A) (1) a
written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the
Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the
Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in
another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be
transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant
account to be credited with such increase or (B) (1) a written order from a
Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in
accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause
to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial
interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given by the
Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding the Person in
whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer
or exchange referred to in (1) above; provided that in no event shall
Definitive Notes be issued upon the transfer or exchange of beneficial
interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note prior to (x) the
expiration of the Restricted Period and (y) the receipt by the Registrar of
any certificates required
pursuant to Rule 903 under the Securities Act. Upon consummation of an
Exchange Offer by the Company in accordance with Section 2.06(f) hereof,
the requirements of this Section 2.06(b)(ii) shall be deemed to have been
satisfied upon receipt by the Registrar of the instructions contained in
the Letter of Transmittal delivered by the Holder of such beneficial
interests in the Restricted Global Notes. Upon satisfaction of all of the
requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global
Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable
under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of
the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof.
(iii) Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global
Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be
transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a
beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the transfer
complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(ii) above and the
Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a
beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note, then the transferor must
deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (1) thereof; and
(B) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a
beneficial interest in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note or the
Regulation S Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a
certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (2) thereof.
(iv) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted
Global Note for Beneficial Interests in the Unrestricted Global Note. A
beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any
holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or
transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a
beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or
transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(ii) above and:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the
Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement
and the holder of the beneficial interest to be transferred, in the
case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer,
certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a
broker-dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution of the
Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule
144) of the Company;
(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration
Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer is effected by a Participating Broker-Dealer
pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance
with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
(1) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial
interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global
Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C
hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(a) thereof; or
(2) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial
interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form
of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a
certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar
so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of
Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that
such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that
the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement
Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the
Securities Act.
If any such transfer is effected pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (D) above
at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company
shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with
Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted
Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal
amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (D)
above.
Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged
for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a
beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note.
(c) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes.
(i) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted
Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted
Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted
Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who
takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then,
upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:
(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted
Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a
Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form
of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(a)
thereof;
(B) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in
accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, a certificate to
the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications
in item (1) thereof;
(C) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a Non-
U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or
Rule 904 under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set
forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2)
thereof;
(D) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to
an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act
in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act, a certificate to
the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications
in item (3)(a) thereof;
(E) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to an
Institutional Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those
listed in subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a certificate to the
effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications,
certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if
applicable;
(F) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set
forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b)
thereof; or
(G) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to
an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a
certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,
the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable
Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof,
and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in
the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange
for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this
Section 2.06(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such
authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial
interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the
Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall
deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are
so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(i)
shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all
restrictions on transfer contained therein.
Notwithstanding Sections 2.06(c)(i)(A) and (C) hereof, a beneficial
interest in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note may not be exchanged for
a Definitive Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in
the form of a Definitive Note prior to (x) the expiration of the Restricted
Period and (y) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required
pursuant to Rule 903(c)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act, except in the
case of a transfer pursuant to an exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 903 or Rule 904.
(ii) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Unrestricted
Definitive Notes. A holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global
Note may exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive
Note or may transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes
delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note only if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the
Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement
and the holder of such beneficial interest, in the case of an
exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in
the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a broker-
dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange
Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of
the Company;
(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration
Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer is effected by a Participating Broker-Dealer
pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance
with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
(1) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial
interest for a Definitive Note that does not bear the Private
Placement Legend, a certificate from such holder in the form of
Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(b)
thereof; or
(2) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial
interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form
of a Definitive Note that does not bear the Private Placement
Legend, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar
so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of
Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that
such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that
the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement
Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the
Securities Act.
(iii) Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to
Unrestricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for
a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who
takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.06(b)(ii) hereof, the
Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global
Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof, and the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the
Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate
principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial
interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(iii) shall be registered in such
name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the
holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through
instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect
Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the
Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note
issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section
2.06(c)(iii) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.
(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests.
(i) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted
Global Notes. If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note proposes to
exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note or
to transfer such Restricted Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery
thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note,
then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:
(A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to
exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global
Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto,
including the certifications in item (2)(b) thereof;
(B) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a
QIB in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, a
certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (1) thereof;
(C) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a
Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903
or Rule 904 under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set
forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2)
thereof;
(D) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred
pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act, a
certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
(E) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to an
Institutional Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those
listed in subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a certificate to the
effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications,
certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof,
if applicable;
(F) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect
set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item
(3)(b) thereof; or
(G) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred
pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities
Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,
the Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause
to be increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause
(A) above, the appropriate Restricted Global Note, in the case of clause
(B) above, the 144A Global Note, in the case of clause (c) above, the
Regulation S Global Note.
(ii) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in
Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may
exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note
or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery
thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note
only if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the
Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement
and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the
case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal
that it is not (1) a broker-dealer, (2) a Person participating in the
distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate
(as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration
Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer is effected by a Participating Broker-Dealer
pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance
with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
(1) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to
exchange such Notes for a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted
Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C
hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or
(2) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to
transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the
form of a beneficial
interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such
Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications
in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar
so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of
Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that
such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that
the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement
Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the
Securities Act.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this
Section 2.06(d)(ii), the Trustee shall cancel the Definitive Notes and
increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the
Unrestricted Global Note.
(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in
Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may
exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note
or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in
the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any
time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the
Trustee shall cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and
increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of
the Unrestricted Global Notes.
If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial
interest is effected pursuant to subparagraphs (ii)(B), (ii)(D) or (iii) above
at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company
shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with
Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted
Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of
Definitive Notes so transferred.
(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. Upon
request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder's compliance with the
provisions of this Section 2.06(e), the Registrar shall register the transfer or
exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or
exchange, the requesting Holder shall present or surrender to the Registrar the
Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or
by his attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder
shall provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as
applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section
2.06(e).
(i) Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. Any
Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to and registered in the name
of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive
Note if the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 144A under the
Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the
form of Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(B) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule
904, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;
and
(C) if the transfer will be made pursuant to any other exemption
from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, then the
transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel
required by item (3) thereof, if applicable.
(ii) Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes.
Any Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for
an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person or Persons who
take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the
Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement
and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the
case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal
that it is not (1) a broker-dealer, (2) a Person participating in the
distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate
(as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
(B) any such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement;
(C) any such transfer is effected by a Participating Broker-
Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
(1) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes
to exchange such Notes for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a
certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto,
including the certifications in item (1)(d) thereof; or
(2) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes
to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in
the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such
Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications
in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar
so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the
Company to the effect that such
exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the
restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement
Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the
Securities Act.
(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes.
A Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a
Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive
Note. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar
shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes pursuant to the
instructions from the Holder thereof.
(f) Exchange Offer. Upon the occurrence of the Exchange Offer in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company shall issue and,
upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02, the
Trustee shall authenticate (i) one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial
interests in the Restricted Global Notes tendered for acceptance by Persons that
certify in the applicable Letters of Transmittal that (x) they are not broker-
dealers, (y) they are not participating in a distribution of the Exchange Notes
and (z) they are not affiliates (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company, and
accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer and (ii) Definitive Notes in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Restricted
Definitive Notes accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer. Concurrently with
the issuance of such Notes, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal
amount of the applicable Restricted Global Notes to be reduced accordingly, and
the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the
Persons designated by the Holders of Definitive Notes so accepted Definitive
Notes in the appropriate principal amount.
(g) Legends. The following legends shall appear on the face of all Global
Notes and Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture unless specifically
stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Indenture.
(i) Private Placement Legend.
(A) Except as permitted by subparagraph (B) below, each Global
Note and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in exchange
therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear the legend in
substantially the following form:
"THE NOTE (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) EVIDENCED HEREBY HAS NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
"SECURITIES ACT"), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED
OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED 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 OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE HOLDER
(1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" (AS
DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) (A "QIB"), (B) IT IS
ACQUIRING THIS NOTE IN AN
OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OR (C) IT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" (AS
DEFINED IN RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT (AN "ACCREDITED INVESTOR")), (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL
NOT RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE EXCEPT (A) TO THE COMPANY
OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (B) TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY
BELIEVES IS A QIB PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF
A QIB IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, (C) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION MEETING THE
REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) IN A
TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT, (E) TO AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER,
FURNISHES THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN
REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE
(THE FORM OF WHICH CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE) AND AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE
WITH THE SECURITIES ACT, (F) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM
THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY) OR (G) PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR
ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER
TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS NOTE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN IS TRANSFERRED
A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. AS USED HEREIN,
THE TERMS "OFFSHORE TRANSACTION" AND "UNITED STATES" HAVE THE MEANING
GIVEN TO THEM BY RULE 902 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
THE INDENTURE CONTAINS A PROVISION REQUIRING THE TRUSTEE TO REFUSE TO
REGISTER ANY TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE IN VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING."
(B) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive
Note issued pursuant to subparagraphs (b)(iv), (c)(ii), (c)(iii),
(d)(ii), (d)(iii), (e)(ii), (e)(iii) or (f) to this Section 2.06 (and
all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall
not bear the Private Placement Legend.
(ii) Global Note Legend. Each Global Note shall bear a legend in
substantially the following form:
"THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE
GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS
MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.07 OF THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL
NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a)
OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE
FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS
GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR
DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY."
(iii) Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend. The Regulation S
Temporary Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following
form:
"THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE, AND THE
CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE FOR CERTIFICATED NOTES,
ARE AS SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED HEREIN). NEITHER THE HOLDER
NOR THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE SHALL
BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE PAYMENT OF INTEREST HEREON."
(h) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all
beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for
Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or
cancelled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note shall be returned to
or retained and cancelled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11 hereof.
At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global
Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof
in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive
Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be
reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the
Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such
reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred
to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest
in another Global Note, such other Global Note shall be increased accordingly
and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the
Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
(i) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.
(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and
Definitive Notes upon the Company's order or at the Registrar's request.
(ii) No service charge shall be made to a holder of a beneficial
interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any
registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental
charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes
or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant
to Sections 2.10, 3.06, 3.08, 4.10, 4.15 and 9.05 hereof).
(iii) The Registrar shall not be required to register the transfer of
or exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except
the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
(iv) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any
registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes
shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt,
and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes
or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or
exchange.
(v) The Company shall not be required (A) to issue, to register the
transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the
opening of business 15 days before the day of any selection of Notes for
redemption under Section 3.02 hereof and ending at the close of business
on the day of selection, (B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any
Note so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed
portion of any Note being redeemed in part or (c) to register the transfer
of or to exchange a Note between a record date and the next succeeding
Interest Payment Date.
(vi) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of
any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the
Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such
Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on
such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent
or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(vii) The Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive
Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02 hereof.
(viii) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel
required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to
effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by
facsimile.
Section 2.07. Replacement Notes.
If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Company and the
Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft
of any Note, the Company shall issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an
Authentication Order, shall authenticate a replacement Note if the Trustee's
requirements are met. If required by the Trustee or the Company, an indemnity
bond must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the
Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any
authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is
replaced. The Company may charge for its expenses in replacing a Note.
Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Company and shall
be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately
with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
Section 2.08. Outstanding Notes.
The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the
Trustee except for those cancelled by it, those delivered to it for
cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the
Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in this
Section as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.09 hereof, a Note
does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the
Company holds the Note.
If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof, it ceases to be
outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the
replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser.
If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section 4.01
hereof, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue.
If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate
of any thereof) holds, on a redemption date or maturity date, money sufficient
to pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date such Notes shall
be deemed to be no longer outstanding and shall cease to accrue interest.
Section 2.09. Treasury Notes.
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of
Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the
Company, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or
under direct or indirect common control with the Company, shall be considered as
though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the
Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent,
only Notes that the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.
Section 2.10. Temporary Notes.
Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the Company
may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall
authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the
form of certificated Notes but may have variations that the Company considers
appropriate for temporary Notes and as shall be reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee
shall authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.
Holders of temporary Notes shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this
Indenture.
Section 2.11. Cancellation.
The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation.
The Registrar and Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes
surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The
Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of
transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall destroy
cancelled Notes (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange
Act). Certification of the destruction of all cancelled Notes shall be delivered
to the Company. The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has
paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.12. Defaulted Interest.
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it shall pay
the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest
payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Holders on a
subsequent special record date, in each case, at the rate provided in the Notes
and in Section 4.01 hereof. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of
the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date
of the proposed payment. The Company shall fix or cause to be fixed each such
special record date and payment date, provided that no such special record date
shall be less than 10 days prior to the related payment date for such defaulted
interest. At least 15 days before the special record date, the Company (or, upon
the written request of the Company, the Trustee in the name and at the expense
of the Company) shall mail or cause to be mailed to Holders a notice that states
the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such
interest to be paid.
ARTICLE 3.
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
Section 3.01. Notices to Trustee.
If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to Section 3.07, it shall
furnish to the Trustee, at least 45 days prior to the redemption date and at
least 10 days prior to the date notice of redemption is to be mailed to Holders,
an Officers' Certificate stating that the Company has elected to redeem Notes
pursuant to Section 3.07(a) or 3.07(b), as the case may be, the date notice of
redemption is to be mailed to Holders, the redemption date, the aggregate
principal amount of Notes to be redeemed, the redemption price for such Notes
and the amount of accrued and unpaid interest on and Liquidated Damages, if any,
with respect to such Notes as of the redemption date and such other information
as set forth in Section 3.03 hereof. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the
Company shall, concurrently with delivery of its notice to the Trustee of a
redemption, cause the Registrar to deliver to the Trustee a certificate (upon
which the Trustee may rely) setting forth the name of, and the aggregate
principal amount of Notes held by, each Holder.
If the Company is required to offer to purchase Notes pursuant to Section
4.10 or 4.15, it shall furnish to the Trustee, at least two Business Days before
notice of the Offer is to be mailed to Holders, an Officers' Certificate setting
forth that the Offer is being made pursuant to Section 4.10 or 4.15, as the case
may be, the Purchase Date, the maximum principal amount of Notes the Company is
offering to purchase pursuant to the Offer, the purchase price for such Notes,
and the amount of accrued and unpaid interest on and Liquidated Damages, if any,
with respect to such Notes as of the Purchase Date.
The Company will also provide the Trustee with any additional information
that the Trustee reasonably requests in connection with any redemption or Offer.
Section 3.02. Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed.
In the event of a redemption or purchase of less than all of the Notes, the
Notes to be redeemed or purchased will be chosen by the Trustee pro rata, by lot
or by any other method that the Trustee considers fair and appropriate and, if
the Notes are listed on any securities exchange, by a method that complies with
the requirements of such exchange; provided that, if less than all of a holder's
Notes are to be redeemed or accepted for payment, only principal amounts of
$1,000 or multiples thereof may be selected for redemption or accepted for
payment. On and after any redemption or purchase date, interest and Liquidated
Damages, if any, shall cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called
for redemption or accepted for payment. Notice of any redemption or offer to
purchase will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the
redemption or purchase date to each holder of Notes to be redeemed or purchased
at such holder's registered address.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes
selected for redemption and, in the case of any Note selected for partial
redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. Except as provided in
the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called
for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption.
Section 3.03. Notice of Redemption.
At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the
Company shall mail a notice of redemption to each Holder of Notes or portions
thereof that are to be redeemed.
The notice shall identify the Notes or portions thereof to be redeemed and
shall state:
(a) the redemption date;
(b) the redemption price for the Notes and separately stating the amount
of unpaid and accrued interest on, and Liquidated Damages, if any, with respect
to, such Notes as of the date of redemption;
(c) if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal
amount of such Notes to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date, upon
surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the
unredeemed portion will be issued;
(d) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(e) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying
Agent to collect the redemption price for, and any accrued and unpaid interest
on, and Liquidated Damages, if any, with respect to such Notes;
(f) that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment,
interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the
redemption date;
(g) the paragraph of the Notes pursuant to which the Notes called for
redemption are being redeemed; and
(h) the CUSIP number; provided that no representation is made as to the
correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number listed in such notice and printed on
the Notes.
At the Company's request, the Trustee shall (at the Company's expense) give
the notice of redemption in the Company's name at least 30 but not more than 60
days before a redemption; provided that the Company shall deliver to the
Trustee, at least 45 days prior to the redemption date and at least 10 days
prior to the date that notice of the redemption is to be mailed to Holders, an
Officers' Certificate that (i) requests the Trustee to give notice of the
redemption to Holders, (ii) sets forth the information to be provided to Holders
in the notice of redemption, as set forth in the preceding paragraph, (iii)
states that the Company has elected to redeem Notes pursuant to Section 3.07(a)
or 3.07(b), as the case may be, and (iv) sets forth the aggregate principal
amount of Notes to be redeemed and the amount of accrued and unpaid interest and
Liquidated Damages, if any, thereon as of the redemption date. If the Trustee
is not the Registrar, the Company shall, concurrently with any such request,
cause the Registrar to deliver to the Trustee a certificate (upon which the
Trustee may rely) setting forth the name of, the address of, and the aggregate
principal amount of Notes held by, each Holder.
Section 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption.
Once notice of redemption is mailed, Notes called for redemption become due
and payable on the redemption date at the price set forth in the Note. Upon
surrender to the Trustee or Paying Agent, such Notes called for redemption shall
be paid at the redemption price (which shall include 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.
Section 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price.
Prior to 10 a.m. on any redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the
Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption price
of, and accrued interest on, and Liquidated Damages, if any, with respect to all
Notes to be redeemed on that date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall
return to the Company any money that the Company deposited with the Trustee or
the Paying Agent in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption price
of, and accrued interest on, and Liquidated Damages, if any, with respect to all
Notes to be redeemed.
If the Company complies with the preceding paragraph, interest on the Notes
to be redeemed will cease to accrue on such Notes on the applicable redemption
date, whether or not such Notes are presented for payment. If a Note is
redeemed on or after an interest record date but on or prior to the related
interest payment date, then any accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated
Damages, if any, shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note was
registered at the close of business on such record date. If any Note called for
redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender for redemption because of the
failure of the Company to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest will be
paid on the unpaid principal, premium, if any, interest and Liquidated Damages,
if any, from the redemption date until such principal, premium, interest and
Liquidated Damages, if any, is paid, at the rate of interest provided in the
Notes and Section 4.01.
Section 3.06. Notes Redeemed in Part.
Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Company shall issue
and, upon the Company's written request, the Trustee shall authenticate for the
Holder at the expense of the Company a new Note equal in principal amount to the
unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered.
Section 3.07. Optional Redemption.
(a) Except as provided in Section 3.07(b), the Notes may not be redeemed
at the option of the Company prior to April 15, 2001. During the 12-month period
beginning on April 15 of the years indicated below, the Notes will be
redeemable, at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, on at least 30
but not more than 60 days' notice to each holder of Notes to be redeemed, at the
redemption prices in cash (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set
forth below, plus any accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if
any, to the redemption date:
YEAR PERCENTAGE
---- ----------
2001................................ 104.750%
2002................................ 103.167%
2003................................ 101.583%
2004 and thereafter................. 100.000%
(b) Prior to April 15, 2001, the Company may (but shall not have the
obligation to) redeem up to one-third of the aggregate principal amount of Notes
ever issued under this Indenture at a redemption price in cash of 109 1/2% of
the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated
Damages, if any, to the redemption date, with the net proceeds of one or more
Equity Offerings; provided that at least two-thirds of the aggregate principal
amount of Notes ever issued under this Indenture remains outstanding immediately
after the occurrence of any such redemption; and provided further that any such
redemption shall occur within 60 days of the date of the closing of any such
Equity Offering. The foregoing restrictions do not limit the Company's right to
separately make open market, privately negotiated or other purchases of Notes
from time to time.
(c) Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be made pursuant to
the provisions of
Section 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.
Section 3.08. Mandatory Offers to Purchase Notes.
(a) Within 30 days following any Change of Control Trigger Date or Asset
Sale Trigger Date, subject to the provisions of this Indenture, the Company
shall mail a notice to each holder of Notes at such holder's registered address
a notice stating: (a) that an offer (an "Offer") is being made pursuant to a
Change of Control (as required by Section 4.15 hereof) or an Asset Sale Trigger
Date (as required by Section 4.10 hereof), as the case may be, the length of
time the Offer shall remain open and the maximum principal amount of Notes that
will be accepted for payment pursuant to such Offer; (b) the purchase price (as
set forth in Section 4.15 or Section 4.10, as the case may be), the amount of
accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, as of the purchase
date, and the purchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later
than 40 days from the date such notice is mailed (the "Purchase Date")); (c)
that any Note not accepted for payment will continue to accrue interest and
Liquidated Damages, if any; (d) that, unless the Company fails to deposit with
the Paying Agent on the Purchase Date an amount sufficient to purchase all Notes
accepted by the Company for payment, interest shall cease to accrue on such
Notes after the Purchase Date; (e) that Holders electing to tender any Note or
portion thereof will be required to surrender their Note, with a form entitled
"Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" completed, to the Paying Agent at the
address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the Business
Day preceding the Purchase Date, provided that Holders electing to tender only a
portion of any Note must tender a principal amount of $1,000 or integral
multiples thereof; (f) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election
to tender Notes, if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the close of
business on the third Business Day preceding the Purchase Date, a telegram,
telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder,
the principal amount of Notes delivered for purchase, and a statement that such
Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased; and (g) that
Holders whose Notes are accepted for payment in part will be issued new Notes
equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of Notes surrendered;
provided that only Notes in a principal amount of $1,000 or integral multiples
thereof will be accepted for payment in part.
(b) On the Purchase Date for any Offer, the Company will, to the extent
required by this Indenture and such Offer, (1) in the case of an Offer resulting
from a Change of Control, accept for payment all Notes or portions thereof
tendered pursuant to such Offer and, in the case of an Offer resulting from an
Asset Sale Trigger Date, accept for payment the maximum principal amount of
Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to such Offer that can be purchased
out of Excess Proceeds, (2) deposit with the Paying Agent the aggregate purchase
price of all Notes or portions thereof accepted for payment and any accrued and
unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, on such Notes as of the Purchase
Date, and (3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee all Notes tendered
pursuant to the Offer.
(c) With respect to any Offer, if less than all of the Notes tendered
pursuant to an Offer are to be purchased by the Company, the Trustee shall
select on the Purchase Date the Notes or portions thereof to be accepted for
payment pursuant to Section 3.02.
(d) The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to each holder of Notes or
portions thereof accepted for payment an amount equal to the purchase price for
such Notes plus any accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any,
thereon, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be
transferred by book-entry) to such holder of Notes accepted for payment in part
a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes and
any Note not accepted for payment in whole or in part shall be promptly returned
to the holder thereof.
(e) The Company will publicly announce the results of the Offer on or as
soon as practicable after the Purchase Date.
(f) The Company will comply with any tender offer rules under the Exchange
Act which may then be applicable, including Rule 14e-1, in connection with an
offer required to be made by the Company to repurchase the Notes as a result of
a Change of Control or an Asset Sale Trigger Date. To the extent that the
provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with provisions of
this Indenture, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and
regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this
Indenture by virtue thereof.
(g) With respect to any Offer, if the Company deposits prior to 10 a.m.
New York City time with the Paying Agent on the Purchase Date an amount in
available funds sufficient to purchase all Notes accepted by the Company for
payment, interest shall cease to accrue on such Notes after the Purchase Date;
provided that, if the Company fails to deposit such amount on the Purchase Date,
interest shall continue to accrue on such Notes until such deposit is made.
Section 3.09. Mandatory Redemption.
The Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption payments
with respect to the Notes.
ARTICLE 4.
COVENANTS
Section 4.01. Payment of Notes.
The Company shall pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if
any, and interest on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the
Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be considered paid on the
date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof,
holds as of 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the due date money deposited by the
Company in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay
all principal, premium, if any, and interest then due. The Company shall pay all
Liquidated Damages, if any, in the same manner on the dates and in the amounts
set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any
proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal at the rate equal to
1% per annum in excess of the then applicable interest rate on the Notes to the
extent lawful; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any
proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest and
Liquidated Damages (without regard to any applicable grace period) at the same
rate to the extent lawful.
Section 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New
York, an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate
of the Trustee, Registrar or co-registrar) where Notes may be surrendered for
registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or
upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The
Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any
change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company
shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to
furnish the
Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and
demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices
or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such
purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided that no
such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its
obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, the City
of New York for such purposes. The Company shall give prompt written notice to
the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the
location of any such other office or agency.
The Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as
one such office or agency of the Company in accordance with Section 2.03.
Section 4.03. Reports.
(a) From June 1, 1998 and so long as the Notes are outstanding, whether or
not the Company is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act, the Company and the Guarantors shall submit for filing with
the Commission (unless the Commission will not accept such filing) the annual
reports, quarterly reports and other documents relating to the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries that the Company would have been required to file with
the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) if the Company were subject to
such reporting requirements. The Company and the Guarantors will also provide to
all holders of Notes and file with the Trustee copies of such annual reports,
quarterly reports and other documents required to be furnished to stockholders
generally under the Exchange Act.
(b) So long as any Notes remain outstanding, the Company and the
Guarantors shall furnish to the Holders and to securities analysts employed by
the Initial Purchasers and prospective investors, upon their request, the
information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the
Securities Act.
Section 4.04. Compliance Certificate.
(a) The Company and each Guarantor (to the extent that such Guarantor is
so required under the TIA) shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after
the end of each fiscal year, an Officers' Certificate stating that a review of
the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal
year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to
determining whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its
obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to each such Officer
signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge the Company
has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in
this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of
the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (or, if a Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of
Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Company is
taking or proposes to take with respect thereto) and that to the best of his or
her knowledge no event has occurred and remains in existence by reason of which
payments on account of the principal of or interest, if any, on the Notes is
prohibited or if such event has occurred, a description of the event and what
action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
(b) So long as not contrary to the then current recommendations of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the year-end financial
statements delivered pursuant to Section 4.03(a) above shall be accompanied by a
written statement of the Company's independent public accountants (who shall
be a firm of established national reputation) that in making the examination
necessary for certification of such financial statements, nothing has come to
their attention that would lead them to believe that the Company has violated
any provisions of Article 4 or Article 5 hereof or, if any such violation has
occurred, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof, it being
understood that such accountants shall not be liable directly or indirectly to
any Person for any failure to obtain knowledge of any such violation.
(c) The Company shall, so long as any of the Notes are outstanding,
deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon any Officer becoming aware of any Default
or Event of Default, an Officers' Certificate specifying such Default or Event
of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with
respect thereto.
Section 4.05. Taxes.
The Company shall pay, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay,
prior to delinquency, all material taxes, assessments, and governmental levies
except such as are contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings or
where the failure to effect such payment is not adverse in any material respect
to the Holders of the Notes.
Section 4.06. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.
The Company and each of the Guarantors covenants (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any
manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension
or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may
affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company and
each of the Guarantors (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby
expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it
shall not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of
any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the
execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.
Section 4.07. Limitation on Restricted Payments.
The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to,
directly or indirectly, (i) declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution
on account of the Company's or such Restricted Subsidiary's Capital Stock or
other Equity Interests (other than dividends or distributions payable in Capital
Stock or other Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company
or a Restricted Subsidiary and dividends or distributions payable by a
Restricted Subsidiary to another Restricted Subsidiary or to the Company); (ii)
purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Capital Stock or
other Equity Interests of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
(other than any such Equity Interests purchased from the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary for fair market value (as determined by the Board of
Directors in good faith)); (iii) voluntarily prepay any Subordinated
Indebtedness of the Company, whether any such Subordinated Indebtedness is
outstanding on, or issued after, the date of original issuance of the Notes
except as specifically permitted by the covenants of this Indenture as described
herein; or (iv) make any Restricted Investment (all such dividends,
distributions, purchases, redemptions, acquisitions, retirements, prepayments
and Restricted Investments being collectively referred to as "Restricted
Payments"), if, at the time of such Restricted Payment:
(a) a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing or shall occur as a consequence thereof; or
(b) immediately after such Restricted Payment and after giving effect
thereto on a Pro Forma Basis, the Company shall not be able to issue $1.00
of additional Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.09(a) hereof; or
(c) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate of all other
Restricted Payments made after the date of original issuance of the Notes,
without duplication, exceeds the sum of: (1) 50% of the aggregate
Consolidated Net Income (including, for this purpose, gains from Asset
Sales and, to the extent not included in Consolidated Net Income, any gain
from a sale or disposition of a Restricted Investment) of the Company (or,
in case such aggregate is a loss, 100% of such loss) for the period (taken
as one accounting period) from the beginning of the first fiscal quarter
commencing immediately after the date of original issuance of the Notes and
ended as of the Company's most recently ended fiscal quarter at the time of
such Restricted Payment; plus (2) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds
and the fair market value of any property or securities (as determined by
the Board of Directors in good faith) received by the Company from the
issue or sale of Capital Stock or other Equity Interests of the Company
subsequent to the date of original issuance of the Notes (other than (x)
Capital Stock or other Equity Interests issued or sold to a Restricted
Subsidiary and (y) the issuance or sale of Disqualified Stock); plus (3)
$5,000,000; plus (4) the amount by which the principal amount of and any
accrued interest on either (A) Senior Indebtedness of the Company or (B)
any Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary is reduced on the Company's
consolidated balance sheet upon the conversion or exchange other than by a
Restricted Subsidiary subsequent to the date of original issuance of the
Notes of any Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (not
held by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary) for Capital Stock or
other Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company (less
the amount of any cash, or the fair market value of any other property or
securities (as determined by the Board of Directors in good faith),
distributed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (to persons other
than the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary) upon such conversion
or exchange); plus (5) if any Non-Restricted Subsidiary is redesignated as
a Restricted Subsidiary, the value of the Restricted Payment that would
result if such Subsidiary were redesignated as a Non-Restricted Subsidiary
at such time, as determined in accordance with Section 4.13(a) hereof;
provided that for purposes of this clause (5), the value of any
redesignated Non-Restricted Subsidiary shall be reduced by the amount that
any such redesignation replenishes or increases the amount of Restricted
Investments permitted to be made pursuant to clause (ii) of the next
paragraph.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following are not Restricted Payments
prohibited by this Section 4.07:
(i) the payment of any dividend within 60 days after the date of
declaration thereof, if at said date of declaration, such payment would
comply with all covenants of this Indenture (including, but not limited to,
this Section 4.07);
(ii) making Restricted Investments at any time, and from time to time,
in an aggregate outstanding amount of $15,000,000 after the date of
original issuance of the Notes (it being understood that if any Restricted
Investment after the date of original issuance of the Notes pursuant to
this clause (ii) is sold, transferred or otherwise conveyed to any person
other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, the portion of the net
cash proceeds or fair market value of securities or properties paid or
transferred to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection
with such sale, transfer or conveyance that relates or corresponds to the
repayment or return of the original cost of such a Restricted Investment
will replenish or increase the amount of Restricted Investments
permitted to be made pursuant to this clause (ii), so that up to
$15,000,000 of Restricted Investments may be outstanding under this clause
(ii) at any given time); provided that, without otherwise limiting this
clause (ii), any Restricted Investment in a Subsidiary made pursuant to
this clause (ii) is made for fair market value (as determined by the Board
of Directors in good faith);
(iii) the repurchase, redemption, retirement or acquisition of the
Company's stock from the executives, management, employees or consultants
of the Company or its Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of any
subscription, stockholder or other agreement or plan, up to an aggregate
amount not to exceed $5,000,000;
(iv) any loans, advances, distributions or payments from the Company
to its Restricted Subsidiaries, or any loans, advances, distributions or
payments by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or to another Restricted
Subsidiary, in each case, pursuant to intercompany Indebtedness,
intercompany management agreements and other intercompany agreements and
obligations;
(v) the purchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition of
the Notes pursuant to Sections 4.10 or 4.15 hereof;
(vi) the payment of (a) consulting, financial and investment banking
fees under the TJC Management Agreement, provided, that no Default or Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or shall occur as a
consequence thereof, and the Company's Obligations to pay such fees under
the TJC Management Agreement shall be subordinated expressly to the
Company's Obligations in respect of the Notes, and (b) indemnities,
expenses and other amounts under the TJC Management Agreement;
(vii) the redemption, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of
any Capital Stock or other Equity Interests of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of, the
substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company)
of other Capital Stock or other Equity Interests of the Company (other than
any Disqualified Stock) or the redemption, repurchase, retirement or other
acquisition of any Capital Stock or other Equity Interests of any
Restricted Subsidiary in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of, the
substantially concurrent sale (other than to the Company or a Subsidiary of
the Company) of other Capital Stock or other Equity Interests of such
Restricted Subsidiary; provided that, in each case, any net cash proceeds
that are utilized for any such redemption, repurchase, retirement or other
acquisition, and any Net Income resulting therefrom, shall be excluded from
clauses (c)(1) and (c)(2) of Section 4.07(a) hereof;
(viii) the defeasance, redemption or repurchase of pari passu or
Subordinated Indebtedness with the net cash proceeds from an issuance of
permitted Refinancing Indebtedness or the substantially concurrent sale
(other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of Capital Stock or other
Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock); provided
that any net cash proceeds that are utilized for any such defeasance,
redemption or repurchase, and any Net Income resulting therefrom, shall be
excluded from clauses (c)(1) and (c)(2) of Section 4.07(a) hereof;
(ix) Restricted Investments made or received in connection with the
sale, transfer or disposition of any business, properties or assets of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, provided that, if such sale, transfer
or disposition constitutes an Asset Sale, the Company complies with Section
4.10 hereof;
(x) any Restricted Investment constituting securities or
instruments of a person issued in exchange for trade or other claims
against such person in connection with a financial reorganization or
restructuring of such person;
(xi) payments in connection with the application of the net proceeds
of the Offering as described under "Use of Proceeds" in the Offering
Circular relating to the Offering;
(xii) payments of fees, expenses and indemnities to the directors of
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(xiii) payments in respect of the Crystaloid Holdback; and
(xiv) payments with respect to the SAR Agreements.
Section 4.08. Limitation on Dividends and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting
Restricted Subsidiaries.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to
exist or become effective, any encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any
Restricted Subsidiary to: (a) pay dividends or make any other distributions on
its Capital Stock or any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its
profits, owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, or pay any
Indebtedness owed to, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, (b) make loans
or advances to the Company, or (c) transfer any of its properties or assets to
the Company, except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by
reason of:
(i) applicable law;
(ii) Indebtedness permitted (A) under Section 4.09(a) hereof, (B)
under clauses (i) and (iii) of Section 4.09(b) hereof and clauses (i), (v),
(vi), (vii), (ix), (x) and (xi) of the definition of Other Permitted
Indebtedness, or (C) by agreements and transactions permitted under Section
4.07 hereof;
(iii) customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment of
any lease or license of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(iv) customary provisions of any franchise, distribution or similar
agreement;
(v) any instrument governing Indebtedness or any other encumbrance
or restriction of a person acquired by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary at the time of such acquisition, which encumbrance or
restriction is not applicable to any person, or the properties or assets of
any person, other than the person, or the property or assets of the person,
so acquired;
(vi) Indebtedness or other agreements existing on the date of
original issuance of the Notes;
(vii) any Refinancing Indebtedness permitted under Section 4.09
hereof and clauses (i), (v), (vi), (vii), (ix), (x) and (xi) of the
definition of Other Permitted Indebtedness; provided that the encumbrances
and restrictions created in connection with such Refinancing Indebtedness
are no more
restrictive in any material respect with regard to the interests of the
holders of Notes than the encumbrances and restrictions in the refinanced
Indebtedness;
(viii) any restrictions, with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary,
imposed pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into for the sale or
disposition of the stock, business, assets or properties of such Restricted
Subsidiary;
(ix) the terms of any Indebtedness of the Company incurred in
connection with Section 4.09 hereof, provided that the terms of such
Indebtedness constitute no greater encumbrance or restriction on the
ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to pay dividends or make
distributions, make loans or advances or transfer properties or assets than
is otherwise permitted by this covenant; and
(x) the terms of purchase money obligations, but only to the extent
such purchase money obligations restrict or prohibit the transfer of the
property so acquired.
Nothing contained in this Section 4.08 shall prevent the Company from
entering into any agreement or instrument providing for the incurrence of
Permitted Liens or restricting the sale or other disposition of property or
assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that are subject to
Permitted Liens.
Section 4.09. Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary
to, issue any Indebtedness (other than the Indebtedness represented by the
Notes) unless the Company's Cash Flow Coverage Ratio for its four full fiscal
quarters next preceding the date such additional Indebtedness is issued would
have been at least 2.0 to 1 determined on a Pro Forma Basis (including, for this
purpose, any other Indebtedness incurred since the end of the applicable four
quarter period) as if such additional Indebtedness and any other Indebtedness
issued since the end of such four quarter period had been issued at the
beginning of such four-quarter period.
(b) The limitations set forth in Section 4.09(a) hereof will not apply to
the issuance of:
(i) Indebtedness of the Company and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries
under the Credit Agreement in an aggregate principal amount outstanding on
any such date of issuance not exceeding $135,000,000; provided that the
aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding under this clause
(i) together with the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness
outstanding under clause (iii) below shall not exceed $135,000,000 in
aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding;
(ii) Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in
connection with capital leases, sale and leaseback transactions, purchase
money obligations, capital expenditures or similar financing transactions
relating to: (A) their properties, assets and rights as of the date of
original issuance of the Notes up to $5,000,000 in aggregate principal
amount at any one time outstanding, or (B) their properties, assets and
rights acquired after the date of original issuance of the Notes, provided
that the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness under this clause
(ii)(B) does not exceed 100% of the cost of such properties, assets and
rights;
(iii) additional Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount up to $25,000,000 (all or any
portion of which may be issued as additional Indebtedness under the Credit
Agreement); provided that the aggregate principal amount
of Indebtedness outstanding under this clause (iii) together with the
aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding under clause (i)
above shall not exceed $135,000,000 in aggregate principal amount at any
one time outstanding; and
(iv) Other Permitted Indebtedness.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Restricted Subsidiary shall under any
circumstances issue a guarantee of any Indebtedness of the Company except for
guarantees issued by Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 4.17 hereof,
provided that the foregoing will not limit or restrict guarantees issued by
Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of Indebtedness of other Restricted
Subsidiaries.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.09, in the event
that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the
categories described in clauses (i) through (iv) above or is entitled to be
incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(a) hereof, the Company shall, in its sole
discretion, classify such item of Indebtedness in any manner that complies with
this Section 4.09 and such item of Indebtedness will be treated as having been
incurred pursuant to only one of such clauses or pursuant to the first paragraph
hereof. Accrual of interest, accretion or amortization of original issue
discount will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of
this Section 4.09.
Section 4.10. Asset Sales
The Company may not, and may not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to,
directly or indirectly, consummate an Asset Sale (including the sale of any of
the Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary) providing for Net Proceeds in
excess of $5,000,000 unless at least 75% of the Net Proceeds from such Asset
Sale are applied (in any manner otherwise permitted by this Indenture) to one or
more of the following purposes in such combination as the Company shall elect:
(a) an investment in another asset or business in the same line of business as,
or a line of business similar to that of, the line of business of the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries at the time of the Asset Sale; provided that
such investment occurs on or prior to the 365th day following the date of such
Asset Sale (the "Asset Sale Disposition Date"); (b) to reimburse the Company or
its Subsidiaries for expenditures made, and costs incurred, to repair, rebuild,
replace or restore property subject to loss, damage or taking to the extent that
the Net Proceeds consist of insurance proceeds received on account of such loss,
damage or taking; (c) the purchase, redemption or other prepayment or repayment
of outstanding Senior Indebtedness of the Company or Indebtedness of the
Company's Restricted Subsidiaries on or prior to the 365th day following the
Asset Sale Disposition Date; or (d) an Offer expiring on or prior to the
Purchase Date (as defined herein). In addition, the Company may not, and may not
permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, consummate an Asset
Sale unless at least 75% of the consideration thereof received by the Company or
such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash, cash equivalents or
marketable securities; provided that, solely for purposes of calculating such
75% of the consideration, the amount of (x) any liabilities (as shown on the
Company's or such Restricted Subsidiary's most recent balance sheet or in the
notes thereto, excluding contingent liabilities and trade payables) of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than liabilities that are by their
terms subordinated to the Notes) that are assumed by the transferee of any such
assets and (y) any notes or other obligations received by the Company or any
such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are promptly, but in no
event more than 30 days after receipt, converted by the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary into cash (to the extent of the cash received), shall be
deemed to be cash and cash equivalents for purposes of this provision. Any Net
Proceeds from any Asset Sale that are not applied or invested as provided in the
first sentence of this paragraph shall constitute "Excess Proceeds."
When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $10,000,000 (such date
being an "Asset Sale Trigger Date"), the Company shall make an Offer to all
holders of Notes to purchase the maximum principal amount of the Notes then
outstanding that may be purchased out of Excess Proceeds, at an offer price in
cash equal to 100% of principal amount thereof, plus any accrued and unpaid
interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, to the Purchase Date, in accordance
with the procedures set forth in this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
to the extent that any or all of the Net Proceeds of an Asset Sale is prohibited
or delayed by applicable local law from being repatriated to the United States,
the portion of such Net Proceeds so affected will not be required to be applied
as described in this or the preceding paragraph, but may be retained for so
long, but only for so long, as the applicable local law prohibits repatriation
to the United States.
To the extent that any Excess Proceeds remain after completion of an Offer,
the Company may use such remaining amount for general corporate purposes. If the
aggregate principal amount of Notes surrendered by holders thereof exceeds the
amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be purchased on
a pro rata basis. Upon completion of an Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess
Proceeds shall be reset at zero.
Section 4.11. Limitations on Transactions with Affiliates.
(a) Neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may make
any loan, advance, guarantee or capital contribution to, or for the benefit of,
or sell, lease, transfer or dispose of any properties or assets to, or for the
benefit of, or purchase or lease any property or assets from, or enter into any
or amend any contract, agreement or understanding with, or for the benefit of,
an Affiliate (each such transaction or series of related transactions that are
part of a common plan are referred to as an "Affiliate Transaction"), except in
good faith and on terms that are no less favorable to the Company or the
relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a
comparable transaction on an arm's length basis from an unrelated person. In
addition, the Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary
to, engage in any Affiliate Transaction involving aggregate payments or other
transfers by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in excess of $5,000,000
(including cash and non-cash payments and benefits valued at their fair market
value by the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith) unless the Company
delivers to the Trustee:
(i) a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company stating
that the Board of Directors (including a majority of the disinterested
directors, if any) has, in good faith, determined that such Affiliate
Transaction complies with the provisions of this Indenture; and
(ii) (A) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction involving the
incurrence of Indebtedness, a written opinion of a nationally recognized
investment banking or accounting firm experienced in the review of similar
types of transactions, (B) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction
involving the transfer of real property, fixed assets or equipment, either
directly or by a transfer of 50% or more of the Capital Stock of a
Restricted Subsidiary which holds any such real property, fixed assets or
equipment, a written appraisal from a nationally recognized appraiser,
experienced in the review of similar types of transactions or (C) with
respect to any Affiliate Transaction not otherwise described in (A) and (B)
above, a written certification from a nationally recognized professional or
firm experienced in evaluating similar types of transactions, in each case,
stating that the terms of such transaction are fair to the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from a financial point of view.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, Section 4.11(a) hereof will not apply
to:
(i) transactions between the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary
or between Restricted Subsidiaries;
(ii) any other payments or transactions permitted pursuant to Section
4.07 hereof;
(iii) (A) payments and transactions pursuant to employment agreements
between officers of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (B) reasonable compensation
paid to officers, employees or consultants of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors
or executives; and
(iv) payments and transactions in connection with the Offering and
the application of the net proceeds therefrom as described under "Use of
Proceeds" in the offering circular relating to the Offering.
Section 4.12. Limitation on Liens.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to
exist any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) upon any property or asset now owned
or hereafter acquired by them, or any income or profits therefrom, or assign or
convey any right to receive income therefrom; provided that, in addition to
creating Permitted Liens on its properties or assets, the Company and any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries may create any Lien upon any of their properties or
assets (including, but not limited to, any Capital Stock of its Subsidiaries) if
the Notes are equally and ratably secured until such time as such obligations
are no longer secured by a Lien; and provided further that, in any case
involving a Lien securing Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company, such Lien is
subordinated to the Lien securing the Notes to the same extent that such
Subordinated Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes.
Section 4.13. Designation of Restricted and Non-Restricted Subsidiaries.
(a) Subject to the exceptions described below, from and after the date of
original issuance of the Notes, the Company may designate any existing or newly
formed or acquired Subsidiary as a Non-Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i)
either (A) the Subsidiary to be so designated has total assets of $1,000,000 or
less or (B) immediately before and after giving effect to such designation on a
Pro Forma Basis: (1) the Company could incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness
pursuant to Section 4.09(a) hereof, determined on a Pro Forma Basis, and (2) no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and (ii) all
transactions between the Subsidiary to be so designated and its Affiliates
remaining in effect are permitted pursuant to Section 4.11 hereof. Any
Investment made by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary which is
redesignated from a Restricted Subsidiary to a Non-Restricted Subsidiary shall
thereafter be considered as having been a Restricted Payment (to the extent not
previously included as a Restricted Payment) made on the day such Subsidiary is
designated a Non-Restricted Subsidiary in the amount of the greater of (i) the
fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company in
good faith) of the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary held by the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, and (ii) the amount of the Investments
determined in accordance with GAAP made by the Company and any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries in such Subsidiary.
(b) A Non-Restricted Subsidiary may be redesignated as a Restricted
Subsidiary. The Company may not, and may not permit any Restricted Subsidiary
to, take any action or enter into any transaction or
series of transactions that would result in a Person becoming a Restricted
Subsidiary (whether through an acquisition, the redesignation of a Non-
Restricted Subsidiary or otherwise, but not including through the creation of a
new Restricted Subsidiary) unless, immediately before and after giving effect to
such action, transaction or series of transactions on a Pro Forma Basis, (a) the
Company could incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the
first sentence of Section 4.09(a) and (b) no Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing.
(c) The designation of a Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or the
removal of such designation is required to be made by a resolution adopted by a
majority of the Board of Directors of the Company stating that the Board of
Directors has made such designation in accordance with this Indenture, and the
Company is required to deliver to the Trustee such resolution together with an
Officers' Certificate certifying that the designation complies with this
Indenture. Such designation will be effective as of the date specified in the
applicable resolution, which may not be before the date the applicable Officers'
Certificate is delivered to the Trustee.
Section 4.14. Corporate Existence.
Subject to Article 5 hereof, the Company shall do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect (i) its corporate
existence, and the corporate, partnership or other existence of each of its
Subsidiaries, in accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the
same may be amended from time to time) of the Company or any such Subsidiary and
(ii) the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company
and its Subsidiaries; provided that the Company shall not be required to
preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership or
other existence of any of its Subsidiaries, if the Board of Directors shall
determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of
the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that the
loss thereof is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes.
Section 4.15. Change of Control.
(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control (such date being the
"Change of Control Trigger Date"), each holder of Notes shall have the right to
require the Company to purchase all or any part (equal to $1,000 or an integral
multiple thereof) of such holder's Notes pursuant to an Offer (as defined
herein) at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal
amount thereof, plus any accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if
any, to the date of purchase. At least two Business Days before notice of an
Offer is mailed to all holders of Notes pursuant to Section 3.08(a) hereof, the
Company shall furnish to the Trustee notice that the Offer is being made.
Although the failure of the Company to purchase all Notes tendered in such an
Offer shall be a Default, if the Company is unable to purchase all Notes
tendered in such an Offer, the Company shall nevertheless purchase the maximum
principal amount of Notes that it is able to purchase at that time.
(b) Prior to the mailing of the notice referred to in Section 3.08(a)
hereof, but in any event within 30 days following any Change of Control Trigger
Date, the Company shall (i) repay in full and terminate all commitments under
Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement and all other Senior Indebtedness the
terms of which require repayment upon a Change of Control or offer to repay in
full and terminate all commitments under all Indebtedness under the Credit
Agreement and all other such Senior Indebtedness 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 such other Senior Indebtedness 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 of
this Section 4.15. The Company's failure to comply with this covenant shall
constitute an Event of Default described in clause (a)(iii) and not in clause
(a)(ii) under Section 6.01 below.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.15, the
Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of
Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the
times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this
Section 4.15 and Section 3.09 hereof and purchases all Notes validly tendered
and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer.
(d) In the event of a Change of Control, the Company shall not offer to
purchase or redeem any Subordinated Indebtedness required or entitled by its
terms to be redeemed or purchased until the Change of Control Offer for the
Notes has been consummated and all Notes tendered pursuant to such Offer have
been accepted for payment.
Section 4.16. No Senior Subordinated Debt.
(a) The Company will not incur, create, issue, assume, guarantee or
otherwise become liable for any Indebtedness that is subordinate or junior in
right of payment to any Senior Indebtedness and senior in any respect in right
of payment to the Notes.
(b) No Guarantor will incur, create, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise
become liable for any Indebtedness that is subordinate or junior in right of
payment to any Senior Indebtedness and senior in any respect in right of payment
to the Note Guarantees.
Section 4.17. Limitation on Guarantees of Company Indebtedness by Restricted
Subsidiaries.
The Company will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary, directly or
indirectly, to guarantee any Indebtedness of the Company other than the Notes
(the "Other Company Indebtedness") unless (A) such Restricted Subsidiary
contemporaneously executes and delivers a supplemental indenture to this
Indenture providing for a guarantee of payment of the Notes then outstanding by
such Restricted Subsidiary to the same extent as the guarantee of payment (the
"Other Company Indebtedness Guarantee") of the Other Company Indebtedness
(including waiver of subrogation, if any) and (B) if the Other Company
Indebtedness guaranteed by such Restricted Subsidiary is (1) Senior
Indebtedness, the guarantee for the Notes shall be subordinated in right of
payment to the Other Company Indebtedness Guarantee to the same extent as the
Notes are subordinated to Senior Indebtedness of the Company and (2)
Subordinated Indebtedness, the guarantee for the Notes shall be senior in right
of payment to the Other Company Indebtedness Guarantee; provided that the
foregoing will not (i) limit or restrict guarantees issued by Restricted
Subsidiaries in respect of Indebtedness of other Restricted Subsidiaries or (ii)
apply to guarantees of Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement.
Each guarantee of the Notes created by a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to
the provisions described in the foregoing paragraph shall be in form and
substance satisfactory to the Trustee and shall provide, among other things,
that it will be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon
(i) any sale, exchange or transfer permitted by this Indenture of (a) all of the
Company's Capital Stock in such Restricted Subsidiary or (b) the sale of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Restricted Subsidiary and upon the
application of the Net Proceeds from such sale in accordance with Section 4.10
hereof or (ii) the release or discharge of the Other Company Indebtedness
Guarantee that resulted in the creation of such guarantee of
the Notes, except a discharge or release by or as a result of direct payment
under such Other Company Indebtedness Guarantee.
Section 4.18. Payments for Consent.
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall, directly or
indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration, whether by way of
interest, fee or otherwise, to any Holder of any Notes for or as an inducement
to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this
Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid or is
paid to all Holders of the Notes that consent, waive or agree to amend in the
time frame set forth in the solicitation documents relating to such consent,
waiver or agreement.
Section 4.19. Additional Note Guarantees.
If any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is a Domestic Subsidiary
guarantees any Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement, then such Restricted
Subsidiary shall become a Guarantor by executing a Supplemental Indenture in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit F and deliver an Opinion of Counsel to the
Trustee to the effect that such Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by such Subsidiary and constitutes a valid and binding
obligation of such Subsidiary, enforceable against such Subsidiary in accordance
with its terms (subject to customary exceptions).
ARTICLE 5.
SUCCESSORS
Section 5.01. Merger or Consolidation
(a) The Company shall not consolidate or merge with or into, or sell,
convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to, any
person (any such consolidation, merger or sale being a "Disposition") unless:
(i) the successor corporation of such Disposition or the corporation to which
such Disposition shall have been made is a corporation organized or existing
under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of
Columbia; (ii) the successor corporation of such Disposition or the corporation
to which such Disposition shall have been made expressly assumes the Obligations
of the Company, pursuant to a supplemental indenture in a form reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee, under this Indenture and the Notes; (iii)
immediately after such Disposition, no Default or Event of Default shall exist;
and (iv) the corporation formed by or surviving any such Disposition, or the
corporation to which such Disposition shall have been made, shall (a) have
Consolidated Net Worth (immediately after the Disposition but prior to giving
any pro forma effect to purchase accounting adjustments or Restructuring Charges
resulting from the Disposition) equal to or greater than the Consolidated Net
Worth of the Company immediately preceding the Disposition, (b) be permitted
immediately after the Disposition by the terms of this Indenture to issue at
least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness determined on a Pro Forma Basis, and (c)
have a Cash Flow Coverage Ratio, for the four fiscal quarters immediately
preceding the applicable Disposition, and determined on a Pro Forma Basis, equal
to or greater than the actual Cash Flow Coverage Ratio of the Company for such
four quarter period. In addition, the Company shall not lease all or
substantially all of its assets to any Person.
(b) Prior to the consummation of any proposed Disposition, the Company
shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate to the foregoing effect
and an opinion of counsel stating that the proposed
Disposition and such supplemental indenture comply with this Indenture.
Section 5.02. Successor Corporation Substituted.
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer,
conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company in accordance with Section 5.01 hereof, the successor corporation formed
by such consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or to which
such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition is made shall
succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such
consolidation, merger, sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the
provisions of this Indenture referring to the "Company" shall refer instead to
the successor corporation and not to the Company), and may exercise every right
and power of the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such
successor Person had been named as the Company herein; provided that the
predecessor Company shall not be relieved from the obligation to pay the
principal of and interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, on the Notes except in
the case of a sale of all of the Company's assets that meets the requirements of
Section 5.01 hereof.
ARTICLE 6.
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01. Events of Default.
(a) An Event of Default is:
(i) a default for 30 days in payment of interest or Liquidated
Damages, if any, on the Notes (whether or not prohibited by Article 10
hereof);
(ii) a default in payment when due of principal or premium, if any,
with respect to the Notes (whether or not prohibited by Article 10 hereof);
(iii) the failure of the Company to comply with any of its other
agreements or covenants in, or provisions of, this Indenture or the Notes
and the Default continues for the period, if applicable, and after the
notice specified in Section 6.01(b) hereof;
(iv) a default by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary under any
mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by
which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed
by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (or the payment of which is
guaranteed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary), whether such
Indebtedness or guarantee now exists or shall be created hereafter, if (A)
either (I) such default results from the failure to pay principal of or
interest on any such Indebtedness at or after the final maturity thereof
(after giving effect to any extensions thereof) and such default continues
for 30 days beyond any applicable grace period, or (II) as a result of such
default the maturity of such Indebtedness has been accelerated prior to its
expressed maturity, and (B) the principal amount of such Indebtedness,
together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness in
default for failure to pay principal or interest thereon at final maturity,
or, because of the acceleration of the maturity thereof, aggregates in
excess of $10,000,000;
(v) a failure by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to pay
final judgments (not covered by insurance) aggregating in excess of
$5,000,000, which judgments a court of competent
jurisdiction does not rescind, annul or stay within 45 days after their
entry and the Default or an Event of Default continues for such period and
after the notice specified in Section 6.01(b) hereof; and
(vi) in existence when the Company or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would
constitute a Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of
Bankruptcy Law:
(A) commences a voluntary case,
(B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in
an involuntary case,
(C) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all
or substantially all of its property,
(D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its
creditors, or
(E) generally is not paying its debts as they become due; or
(vii) in existence when a court of competent jurisdiction enters an
order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
(A) is for relief against the Company or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole,
would constitute a Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case;
(B) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken as a
whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary or for all or
substantially all of the property of the Company or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken as a
whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; or
(C) orders the liquidation of the Company or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken as a
whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary;
and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60
consecutive days; or
(viii) except as permitted by this Indenture, any Note Guarantee is
held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or shall
cease for any reason to be in full force and effect or any Guarantor, or
any Person acting on behalf of any Guarantor, shall deny or disaffirm its
obligations under such Guarantor's Note Guarantee.
(b) A Default or Event of Default under 6.01(a)(iii) hereof (other than an
Event of Default arising under Section 5.01 hereof which shall be an Event of
Default with the notice but without the passage of time specified in this
Section 6.01(b)) is not an Event of Default under this Indenture until the
Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes then
outstanding notify the Company of the Default and the Company does not cure the
Default within 30 days after receipt of the notice. The notice must specify
the Default, demand that it be remedied, and state that the notice is a "Notice
of Default."
(c) In the case of any Event of Default pursuant to Section 6.01(a)(i) or
(ii) hereof occurring by reason of any willful action (or inactions) taken (or
not taken) by or on behalf of the Company with the intention of avoiding payment
of the premium that the Company would have to pay if the Company then had
elected to redeem the Notes pursuant to Paragraph 5 of the Notes, an equivalent
premium shall also become and be immediately, due and payable to the extent
permitted by law anything in this Indenture or in the Notes to the contrary
notwithstanding.
Section 6.02. Acceleration.
(a) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default (other than an Event of
Default under Sections 6.01(a)(vi) and (vii) hereof), the Trustee or the holders
of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare
all Notes (i) to be due and payable immediately 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, upon receipt by
the Company of such Acceleration Notice, the principal of, premium, if any, and
any accrued and unpaid interest on, and Liquidated Damages, if any, with respect
to all Notes shall be due and payable immediately; or (ii) if there are any
amounts outstanding under the Credit Agreement, to be due and payable
immediately upon the first to occur of (A) an acceleration under the Credit
Agreement or (B) five business days after receipt by the Company and the
Representative of such Acceleration Notice, but only if such Event of Default is
then continuing; provided that if an Event of Default arises under Section
6.01(a)(vi) or (vii) hereof, the principal of, premium, if any, and any accrued
and unpaid interest on, and Liquidated Damages, if any, with respect to all
Notes, shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any
declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders of Notes.
(b) The holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then
outstanding under this Indenture, by notice to the Trustee, may rescind any
declaration of acceleration of such Notes and its consequences (if the
rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree) if all existing
Events of Default (other than the nonpayment of principal of or interest on such
Notes that shall have become due by such declaration) shall have been cured or
waived.
Section 6.03. Other Remedies.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any
available remedy to collect the payment of principal, premium, if any, and
interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the
Notes or this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of
the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or
omission by the Trustee or any Holder of a Note in exercising any right or
remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or
constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies
are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
Subject to certain limitations, holders of a majority in principal amount
of the Notes then outstanding under this Indenture may direct the Trustee in its
exercise of any trust or power. Holders of the Notes may not enforce this
Indenture, except as provided therein. The Trustee may withhold from holders of
Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or
an Event of Default in payment of
principal, premium, if any, or interest or Liquidated Damages, if any) if the
Trustee determines that withholding notice is in their interest.
Section 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults.
Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
then outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of
all of the Notes waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its
consequences hereunder, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the
payment of the principal of, premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, or interest
on, the Notes (including in connection with an offer to purchase) (provided that
the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding
Notes may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related
payment default that resulted from such acceleration). Upon any such waiver,
such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom
shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no
such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
Section 6.05. Control by Majority.
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may
direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising
any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred
on it. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts
with law or this Indenture that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial
to the rights of other Holders of Notes or that may involve the Trustee in
personal liability.
Section 6.06. Limitation on Suits.
A Holder of a Note may pursue a remedy with respect to this Indenture or
the Notes only if:
(a) the Holder of a Note gives to the Trustee written notice of a
continuing Event of Default;
(b) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding
Notes make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
(c) such Holder of a Note or Holders of Notes offer and, if requested,
provide to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss,
liability or expense;
(d) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after
receipt of the request and the offer and, if requested, the provision of
indemnity; and
(e) during such 60-day period the Holders of a majority in principal amount
of the then outstanding Notes do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent
with the request.
A Holder of a Note may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of
another Holder of a Note or to obtain a preference or priority over another
Holder of a Note.
Section 6.07. Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any
Holder of a Note to receive payment of principal, premium and Liquidated
Damages, if any, and interest on the Note, on or after the
respective due dates expressed in the Note (including in connection with an
offer to purchase), or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on
or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the
consent of such Holder.
Section 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee.
If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a) or (b) occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as
trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount of
principal of, premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, and interest remaining
unpaid on the Notes and interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful,
interest and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and
expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
Section 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or
documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the
Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the
Holders of the Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company
(or any other obligor upon the Notes), its creditors or its property and shall
be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other
property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such
judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to
the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of
such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to
it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under
Section 7.07 hereof. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and
any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof out of the estate in
any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall
be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions,
dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be
entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan
of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be
deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on
behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the
Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
Section 6.10. Priorities.
If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article, it shall pay
out the money in the following order:
First: to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under
Section 7.07 hereof, including payment of all compensation, expense and
liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and
expenses of collection;
Second: to Holders of Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for
principal, premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, and interest, ratably,
without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and
payable on the Notes for principal, premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, and
interest, respectively; and
Third: to the Company or to such party as a court of competent
jurisdiction shall direct.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to
Holders of Notes pursuant to this Section 6.10.
Section 6.11. Undertaking for Costs.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture
or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as a
Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant
in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its
discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees,
against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good
faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section does
not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder of a Note pursuant to
Section 6.07 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount
of the then outstanding Notes.
ARTICLE 7.
TRUSTEE
Section 7.01. Duties of Trustee.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee
shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and
use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent man would
exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) the duties of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the
express provisions of this Indenture and the Trustee need perform only
those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no
others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this
Indenture against the Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of
the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to
the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However,
the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine
whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own negligent
action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except
that:
(i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of
this Section;
(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made
in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the
Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it
takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction
received by it pursuant to Section 6.05 hereof.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this
Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a),
(b), (c), (e) and (f) of this Section 7.01 and Section 7.02 hereof.
(e) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or
risk its own funds or incur any liability. The Trustee shall be under no
obligation to exercise any of its rights and powers under this Indenture at the
request of any Holders, unless such Holder shall have offered to the Trustee
security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or
expense.
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by
it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in
trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the
extent required by law.
Section 7.02. Rights of Trustee.
(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely upon any document believed by it to
be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The
Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an
Officers' Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee shall not be
liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on
such Officers' Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with
counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall
be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of
any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in
reliance thereon.
(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall not be
responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due
care.
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to
take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or
powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.
(e) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand,
request, direction or notice from the Company shall be sufficient if signed by
an Officer of the Company.
(f) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights
or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of
the Holders unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable
security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be
incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.
(g) Except with respect to Section 4.01 hereof, the Trustee shall have no
duty to inquire as to the performance of the Company's covenants in Article 4
hereof. In addition, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any
Default or Event of Default except (i) any Event of Default occurring pursuant
to Sections 6.01(a)(i) or (ii) or Section 4.01 hereof or (ii) any Default or
Event of Default of which the Trustee shall have received written notification
or obtained actual knowledge.
(h) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matter stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order,
bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or
document, but the Trustee may, in its discretion, make such further inquiry or
investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit and if the Trustee
shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be
entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company personally or
by agent or attorney.
Section 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or
pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or any Affiliate of the
Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. However, in
the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest it must eliminate
such conflict within 90 days, apply to the Commission for permission to continue
as trustee or resign. Any Agent may do the same with like rights and duties.
The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11 hereof.
Section 7.04. Trustee's Disclaimer.
The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to
the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be
accountable for the Company's use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money
paid to the Company or upon the Company's direction under any provision of this
Indenture, it shall not be responsible for the use or application of any money
received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it shall not be
responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Notes or
any other document in connection with the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this
Indenture other than its certificate of authentication.
Section 7.05. Notice of Defaults.
If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is
known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to Holders of Notes a notice of the
Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case
of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a
committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding
the notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Notes.
Section 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes.
Within 60 days after each May 15 beginning with the May 15 following the
date of this Indenture, and for so long as Notes remain outstanding, the Trustee
shall mail to the Holders of the Notes a brief report dated as of such reporting
date that complies with TIA (S) 313(a) (but if no event described in TIA (S)
313(a) has occurred within the twelve months preceding the reporting date, no
report need be transmitted). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA (S)
313(b)(2). The Trustee shall also transmit by mail all reports as required by
TIA (S) 313(c).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the Holders of Notes
shall be mailed to the Company and filed with the Commission and each stock
exchange on which the Notes are listed in accordance with TIA (S) 313(d). The
Company shall promptly notify the Trustee when the Notes are listed on any stock
exchange.
Section 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity.
The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable
compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder. The
Trustee's compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a
trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee promptly
upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or
made by it in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses
shall include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the
Trustee's agents and counsel.
The Company and the Guarantors shall indemnify the Trustee (including its
directors, officers, employees and agents) against any and all losses,
liabilities or expenses incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the
acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture, including the
costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Company (including
this Section 7.07) and defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by
the Company or any Holder or any other person) or liability in connection with
the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to
the extent any such loss, liability or expense may be attributable to its
negligence or bad faith. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any
claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the
Company shall not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder. The Company
shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The
Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees
and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made
without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
The obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this Section 7.07
shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
To secure the Company's and the Guarantors' payment obligations in this
Section, the Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or
property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay
principal and interest on particular Notes. Such Lien shall survive the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of
Default specified in Section 6.01(a)(vi) or (vii) hereof occurs, the expenses
and the compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses of its
agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under
any Bankruptcy Law.
The Trustee shall comply with the provisions of TIA (S) 313(b)(2) to the
extent applicable.
Section 7.08. Replacement of Trustee.
A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor
Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee's acceptance of
appointment as provided in this Section.
The Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be discharged from the
trust hereby created by so notifying the Company. The Holders of Notes of a
majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may remove the
Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing. The Company may
remove the Trustee if:
(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof;
(b) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for
relief is entered with respect
to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;
(c) a Custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its
property; or
(d) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office
of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor
Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may appoint a
successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.
If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the
retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company, or
the Holders of Notes of at least 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding
Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor Trustee.
If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder of a Note who has been
a Holder of a Note for at least six months, fails to comply with Section 7.10,
such Holder of a Note may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment
to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon, the resignation or
removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor
Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this
Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to
Holders of the Notes. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property
held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, provided that all sums owing to
the Trustee hereunder have been paid and subject to the Lien provided for in
Section 7.07 hereof. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to
this Section 7.08, the Company's obligations under Section 7.07 hereof shall
continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
Section 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.
If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or
substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation, the
successor corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.
Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation
organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or
of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate
trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state
authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at least $100 million
as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.
This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements
of TIA (S) 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee is subject to TIA (S) 310(b).
Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
The Trustee is subject to TIA (S) 311(a), excluding any creditor
relationship listed in TIA (S) 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been
removed shall be subject to TIA (S) 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.
ARTICLE 8.
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 8.01. Discharge of Liability on Notes; Defeasance.
(a) When (i) the Company delivers to the Trustee all outstanding Notes
(other than Notes replaced pursuant to Section 2.07) for cancellation, or (ii)
all outstanding Notes have become due and payable and the Company irrevocably
deposits with the Trustee funds sufficient to pay at maturity all outstanding
Notes, including interest, premium and Liquidated Damages thereon (other than
Notes replaced pursuant to Section 2.07), and if in either case the Company pays
all other sums payable under this Indenture by the Company, then this Indenture
shall, subject to Sections 8.01(c) and 8.06, cease to be of further effect.
(b) Subject to Sections 8.01(c), 8.02, and 8.06, the Company at any time
may terminate (i) all its and the Guarantors' obligations under the Notes, the
Note Guarantees and this Indenture ("legal defeasance option") or (ii) its
obligations under Sections 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.15, 4.16,
4.17, 4.18 and 4.19 hereof, and the operation of Sections 5.01(a)(iii),
5.01(a)(iv), or 6.01(a)(iii) through (a)(v) ("covenant defeasance option"). The
Company may exercise its legal defeasance option notwithstanding its prior
exercise of its covenant defeasance option.
If the Company exercises its legal defeasance option, payment of the Notes
may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default. If the Company exercises
its covenant defeasance option, payment of the Notes shall not be accelerated
because of an Event of Default specified in Sections 6.01(a)(iii) through (a)(v)
hereof or because of the Company's failure to comply with Section 5.01(a)(iii)
and 5.01(a)(iv) hereof.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein and upon the Company's
request (and at the Company's expense), the Trustee shall acknowledge in writing
the discharge of those obligations that the Company has terminated.
(c) Notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) above, the Company's obligations
in Sections 2.03, 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 4.01, 4.02, 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06,
4.14, 7.07, 7.08, 8.04, 8.05 and 8.06, and the Trustee's and the Paying Agent's
obligations in Section 8.04 shall survive until the Notes have been paid in
full. Thereafter, the Company's obligations in Sections 7.07 and 8.05 and the
Company's, the Trustee's and the Paying Agent's obligations in Section 8.04
shall survive.
Section 8.02. Conditions to Defeasance.
The Company may exercise its legal defeasance option or its covenant
defeasance option only if:
(1) the Company irrevocably deposits in trust (the "defeasance trust")
with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations sufficient for
the payment in full of the principal of, premium, if any, and any
accrued and unpaid interest on, and Liquidated Damages, if any, with
respect to the Notes then outstanding, as of the maturity date, the
redemption date or the Purchase Date, as the case may be;
(2) the Company delivers to the Trustee a certificate from a nationally
recognized firm of
independent accountants or an investment bank expressing its opinion
that the payments of principal and interest when due and without
reinvestment of the deposited U.S. Government Obligations plus any
deposited money without investment will provide cash at such times and
in such amounts as will be sufficient to pay when due principal of,
premium, if any, and any accrued and unpaid interest on, and
Liquidated Damages, if any, with respect to all the Notes to maturity
or redemption, as the case may be;
(3) since the Company's irrevocable deposit provided for in Section
8.02(1) hereof, 91 days have passed;
(4) no Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of such deposit
and after giving effect to it;
(5) the deposit does not constitute a default under any other agreement
binding on the Company;
(6) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that the trust resulting from the deposit does not constitute,
or is qualified as, a regulated investment company under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
(7) in the case of the legal defeasance option, the Company shall have
delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (i) the
Company has received from, or there has been published by, the
Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (ii) under 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 deposit and defeasance and will be subject to federal
income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same
times as would have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred;
(8) in the case of the covenant defeasance option, the Company shall have
delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the
Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax
purposes as a result of such deposit and covenant defeasance and will
be subject to federal income tax on the same amount, in the same
manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such
covenant defeasance had not occurred (and, in the case of legal
defeasance only, such opinion of counsel must be based on a ruling of
the Internal Revenue Service or other change in applicable federal
income tax law); and
(9) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the
defeasance and discharge of the Notes contemplated by this Article 8
have been satisfied.
Before or after a deposit, the Company may make arrangements satisfactory
to the Trustee for the redemption or purchase of Notes at a future date in
accordance with Article 3.
Section 8.03. Application of Trust Money.
The Trustee shall hold in trust money or U.S. Government Obligations
deposited with it pursuant to this Article 8. It shall apply the deposited money
and the money from U.S. Government Obligations through the Paying Agent and in
accordance with this Indenture to the payment of principal of, premium, if any,
and
any accrued and unpaid interest on, and Liquidated Damages, if any, with respect
to the Notes.
Section 8.04. Repayment to the Company.
After the Notes have been paid in full, the Trustee and the Paying Agent
shall promptly turn over to the Company any excess money or securities they
hold.
The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon written
request by the Company any money they hold for the payment of principal,
premium, interest or Liquidated Damages that remains unclaimed for one year
after the date upon which such payment shall have become due; provided that the
Company shall have either caused notice of such payment to be mailed to each
Holder entitled thereto no less than 30 days prior to such repayment or within
such period shall have published such notice in a financial newspaper of
widespread circulation published in The City of New York (including, without
limitation, The Wall Street Journal). After payment to the Company, Holders
entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors
unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another Person, and all
liability of the Trustee and such Paying Agent with respect to such money shall
cease.
Section 8.05. Indemnity for Government Obligations.
The Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee
or other charge imposed on or assessed against deposited U.S. Government
Obligations or the principal and interest received on such U.S. Government
Obligations.
Section 8.06. Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S.
Government Obligations in accordance with this Article 8 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 this Article 8 until
such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or
U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with this Article 8; provided that, if
the Company has made any payment of principal of, premium, if any, and any
accrued and unpaid interest on, and Liquidated Damages, if any, with respect to
any Notes because of the reinstatement of its Obligations, the Company shall be
subrogated to the Holders' rights to receive such payment from the money or U.S.
Government Obligations the Trustee or Paying Agent holds.
ARTICLE 9.
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
Section 9.01. Without Consent of Holders of Notes.
Notwithstanding Section 9.02 of this Indenture, the Company, the Guarantors
and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Note Guarantees or
the Notes without the consent of any holder of Notes:
(a) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
(b) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of
certificated Notes or to alter
the provisions of Article 2 hereof (including the related definitions) in a
manner that does not materially adversely affect any Holder;
(c) to provide for the assumption of the Company's or a Guarantor's
obligations to the Holders of the Notes by a successor corporation in the case
of a Disposition;
(d) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or
benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal
rights hereunder of any Holder of the Note;
(e) to comply with requirements of the Commission in order to effect or
maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA; or
(f) to allow any Guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture and/or a
Note Guarantee with respect to the Notes.
Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its Board of
Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental
Indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section
7.02 hereof, the Trustee shall join with the Company and the Guarantors in the
execution of any amended or supplemental Indenture authorized or permitted by
the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and
stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be
obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental Indenture that affects its
own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 9.02. With Consent of Holders of Notes.
Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Company, the Guarantors
and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture (including Section 3.09,
4.10 and 4.15 hereof), the Note Guarantees and the Notes may be amended or
supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal
amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class (including
consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or
purchase of, the Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, any
existing Default or Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of Default
in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes,
except a payment default resulting from an acceleration that has been rescinded)
or compliance with any provision of this Indenture, the Note Guarantees or the
Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the then outstanding Notes voting as a single class (including
consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or
purchase of, the Notes).
Without the consent of at least 75% in aggregate principal amount of the
Notes then outstanding (including consents obtained in connection with a tender
offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, such Notes), no waiver or amendment
to this Indenture may make any change in the provisions of Article 10 of this
Indenture (which relate to subordination), if such amendment would adversely
affect the rights of Holders of Notes.
Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its Board of
Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental
Indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the
Trustee of the consent of the Holders of Notes as aforesaid, and upon receipt by
the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02 hereof, the Trustee shall
join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of such amended or
supplemental Indenture unless such amended or
supplemental Indenture directly affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in
its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such amended or
supplemental Indenture.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Notes under
this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or
waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance
thereof.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section becomes
effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders of Notes affected thereby a
notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of
the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in
any way impair or affect the validity of any such amended or supplemental
Indenture or waiver. Subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a
single class may waive compliance in a particular instance by the Company with
any provision of this Indenture or the Notes. However, without the consent of
each Holder affected, an amendment or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not
(with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder):
(a) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an
amendment to this Indenture or a waiver under this Indenture;
(b) reduce the rate of or change the interest payment time of the Notes, or
alter the redemption provisions with respect thereto (other than Sections 4.10
and 4.15 hereof) or the price at which the Company is required to offer to
purchase the Notes;
(c) reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of the Notes;
(d) make the Notes payable in money other than stated in the Notes;
(e) make any change in the provisions concerning waiver of Defaults or
Events of Default by holders of the Notes, or rights of holders of the Notes to
receive payment of principal or interest;
(f) waive any default in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or
unpaid interest on, or Liquidated Damages, if any, with respect to the Notes;
(g) make any change in Section 6.04 or 6.07 hereof or in the foregoing
amendment and waiver provisions; or
(h) release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Note
Guarantee or this Indenture, except in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture.
Section 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.
Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes shall be set
forth in a amended or supplemental Indenture that complies with the TIA as then
in effect.
Section 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents.
Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it
by a Holder of a Note
is a continuing consent by the Holder of a Note and every subsequent Holder of a
Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting
Holder's Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. However,
any such Holder of a Note or subsequent Holder of a Note may revoke the consent
as to its Note if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the
date the waiver, supplement or amendment becomes effective. An amendment,
supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms and
thereafter binds every Holder.
Section 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Notes.
The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment,
supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The Company in
exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an
Authentication Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment,
supplement or waiver.
Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not
affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
Section 9.06. Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.
The Trustee shall sign any amended or supplemental Indenture authorized
pursuant to this Article Nine if the amendment or supplement does not adversely
affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. The
Company may not sign an amendment or supplemental Indenture until the Board of
Directors approves it. In executing any amended or supplemental indenture, the
Trustee shall be entitled to receive and (subject to Section 7.01 hereof) shall
be fully protected in relying upon, in addition to the documents required by
Section 12.04 hereof, an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating
that the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture is authorized or
permitted by this Indenture.
ARTICLE 10.
SUBORDINATION
Section 10.01. Agreement to Subordinate.
The Company agrees, and each Holder by accepting a Note agrees, that the
payment of principal of, premium and interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, on
the Notes is subordinated in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner
provided in this Article 10, to the prior payment in full in cash of all Senior
Indebtedness (whether outstanding on the date hereof or thereafter created,
incurred, assumed or guaranteed), and that the subordination is for the benefit
of the holders of Senior Indebtedness.
Section 10.02. Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy.
The holders of Senior Indebtedness will be entitled to receive payment in
full in cash of all Obligations due in respect of such Senior Indebtedness
(including interest after the commencement of any such proceeding at the rate
specified in the applicable Senior Indebtedness whether or not a claim therefor
is allowed in such proceeding) before the Holders of Notes will be entitled to
receive any payment with respect to the Notes, and until all Obligations with
respect to Senior Indebtedness are paid in full in cash, any distribution to
which the Holders of Notes would be entitled shall be made to the holders of
Senior Indebtedness (except that Holders of Notes may receive and retain
Permitted Junior Securities and payments made from the trust referred to in
Article 8 hereof.
Upon any distribution to creditors of the Company in a liquidation or
dissolution of the Company or in a bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency,
receivership or similar proceeding relating to the Company or its property, an
assignment for the benefit of creditors or any marshaling of the Company's
assets and liabilities:
(a) holders of Senior Indebtedness will be entitled to receive payment in
full in cash of all Obligations due in respect of such Senior Indebtedness
(including interest after the commencement of any such proceeding at the rate
specified in the applicable Senior Indebtedness whether or not a claim therefor
is allowed in such proceeding) before Holders of the Notes shall be entitled to
receive any payment with respect to the Notes (except that Holders may receive
(i) Permitted Junior Securities and (ii) payments and other distributions made
from any defeasance trust created pursuant to Article 8 hereof); and
(b) until all Obligations with respect to Senior Indebtedness (as provided
in clause (a) above) are paid in full in cash, any distribution to which Holders
would be entitled but for this Article 10 shall be made to holders of Senior
Indebtedness (except that Holders of Notes may receive (i) Permitted Junior
Securities and (ii) payments and other distributions made from any defeasance
trust created pursuant to Article 8 hereof).
Section 10.03. Default on Designated Senior Indebtedness.
The Company may not make any payment upon or in respect of the Notes
(except (i) in Permitted Junior Securities or (ii) from payments and other
distributions made from any defeasance trust created pursuant to Article 8
hereof) or acquire any of the Notes (including repurchases of the Notes at the
option of the holders upon a Change of Control (pursuant to Section 4.15
hereof)) or on account of the redemption provisions of the Notes or on account
of any other obligations under the Notes or this Indenture, until all principal
and other Obligations with respect to the Senior Indebtedness have been paid in
full in cash if:
(a) a default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on Designated Senior Indebtedness occurs and is continuing beyond any
applicable period of grace; or
(b) a default, other than a payment default, occurs and is continuing with
respect to Designated Senior Indebtedness that permits holders of the Designated
Senior Indebtedness as to which such default relates to accelerate its maturity
and, as to this clause (b), the Trustee receives a written notice (with a copy
to the Company) of such default (a "Payment Blockage Notice") from the Company
or the holders of any Designated Senior Indebtedness.
Payments on the Notes may and shall be resumed: (i) in the case of a
payment default, upon the date on which such default is cured or waived in
writing and (ii) in case of a nonpayment default, the earlier of the date on
which such nonpayment default is cured or waived in writing or 179 days after
the date on which the applicable Payment Blockage Notice is received by the
Trustee, unless the maturity of any Designated Senior Indebtedness has been
accelerated. No new period of payment blockage under clause (b) above may be
commenced unless and until 360 days have elapsed since the date of receipt by
the Trustee of the immediately prior Payment Blockage Notice. No nonpayment
default that existed or was continuing on the date of delivery of any Payment
Blockage Notice to the Trustee shall be, or be made, the basis for a subsequent
Payment Blockage Notice, unless such default shall have been cured or waived for
a period of not less than 90 consecutive days (it being understood that any
subsequent action, or any breach of any covenant for a period commencing after
the date of receipt by the Trustee of such Payment Blockage Notice, that, in
either case, would give rise to such a default pursuant to any provisions under
which a default
previously existed or was continuing shall constitute a new default for this
purpose).
Section 10.04. Acceleration of Notes.
The Company shall promptly notify holders of Senior Indebtedness if payment
of the Notes is accelerated because of an Event of Default.
Section 10.05. When Distribution Must Be Paid Over.
In the event that the Trustee or any Holder receives any payment of any
Obligations with respect to the Notes at a time when the Trustee or such Holder,
as applicable, has actual knowledge that such payment is prohibited by Section
10.03 hereof, such payment shall be held by the Trustee or such Holder, in trust
for the benefit of, and shall be paid forthwith over and delivered, upon written
request, to, the holders of Senior Indebtedness as their interests may appear or
their Representative under the indenture or other agreement (if any) pursuant to
which Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective interests
may appear, for application to the payment of all Obligations with respect to
Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay such
Obligations in full in accordance with their terms, after giving effect to any
concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of Senior Indebtedness.
With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, the Trustee undertakes
to perform only such obligations on the part of the Trustee as are specifically
set forth in this Article 10, and no implied covenants or obligations with
respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be read into this Indenture
against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty
to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and shall not be liable to any such
holders if the Trustee shall pay over or distribute to or on behalf of Holders
or the Company or any other Person money or assets to which any holders of
Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article 10, except if
such payment is made as a result of the willful misconduct or gross negligence
of the Trustee.
Section 10.06. Notice by Company.
The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee and the Paying Agent of any
facts known to the Company that would cause a payment of any Obligations with
respect to the Notes to violate this Article 10, but failure to give such notice
shall not affect the subordination of the Notes to the Senior Indebtedness as
provided in this Article 10.
Section 10.07. Subrogation.
After all Senior Indebtedness is paid in full and until the Notes are paid
in full, Holders of Notes shall be subrogated (equally and ratably with all
other Indebtedness pari passu with the Notes) to the rights of holders of Senior
Indebtedness to receive distributions applicable to Senior Indebtedness to the
extent that distributions otherwise payable to the Holders of Notes have been
applied to the payment of Senior Indebtedness. A distribution made under this
Article 10 to holders of Senior Indebtedness that otherwise would have been made
to Holders of Notes is not, as between the Company and Holders, a payment by the
Company on the Notes.
Section 10.08. Relative Rights.
This Article 10 defines the relative rights of Holders of Notes and holders
of Senior Indebtedness.
Nothing in this Indenture shall:
(1) impair, as between the Company and Holders of Notes, the obligation of
the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay principal of and
interest on the Notes in accordance with their terms;
(2) affect the relative rights of Holders of Notes and creditors of the
Company other than their rights in relation to holders of Senior Indebtedness;
or
(3) prevent the Trustee or any Holder of Notes from exercising its
available remedies upon a Default or Event of Default, subject to the rights of
holders and owners of Senior Indebtedness to receive distributions and payments
otherwise payable to Holders of Notes.
If the Company fails because of this Article 10 to pay principal of or
interest on a Note on the due date, the failure is still a Default or Event of
Default.
Section 10.09. Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Company.
No right of any holder of Senior Indebtedness to enforce the subordination
of the Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes shall be impaired by any act or
failure to act by the Company or any Holder or by the failure of the Company or
any Holder to comply with this Indenture.
Section 10.10. Distribution or Notice to Representative.
Whenever a distribution is to be made or a notice given to holders of
Senior Indebtedness, the distribution may be made and the notice given to their
Representative.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in
this Article 10, the Trustee and the Holders of Notes shall be entitled to rely
upon any order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction or upon any
certificate of such Representative or of the liquidating trustee or agent or
other Person making any distribution to the Trustee or to the Holders of Notes
for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such
distribution, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness and other Indebtedness of
the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid
or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article
10.
Section 10.11. Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article 10 or any other provision of
this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence
of any facts that would prohibit the making of any payment or distribution by
the Trustee, and the Trustee and the Paying Agent may continue to make payments
on the Notes, unless the Trustee shall have received at its Corporate Trust
Office at least five Business Days prior to the date of such payment written
notice of facts that would cause the payment of any Obligations with respect to
the Notes to violate this Article 10. Only the Company or a Representative may
give the notice. Nothing in this Article 10 shall impair the claims of, or
payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 7.07 hereof.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may hold Senior
Indebtedness with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any
Agent may do the same with like rights.
Section 10.12. Authorization to Effect Subordination.
Each Holder of Notes, by the Holder's acceptance thereof, authorizes and
directs the Trustee on such Holder's behalf to take such action as may be
necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination as provided in this
Article 10, and appoints the Trustee to act as such Holder's attorney-in-fact
for any and all such purposes. If the Trustee does not file a proper proof of
claim or proof of debt in the form required in any proceeding referred to in
Section 6.09 hereof at least 30 days before the expiration of the time to file
such claim, the Representative is hereby authorized to file an appropriate claim
for and on behalf of the Holders of the Notes.
Section 10.13. Amendments.
The provisions of this Article 10 shall not be amended or modified without
the written consent of the holders of all Senior Indebtedness.
ARTICLE 11.
NOTE GUARANTEES
Section 11.01. Guarantee.
Subject to this Article 11, each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and
severally, unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns,
irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes or
the obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, that: (a) the principal
of and interest on the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at
maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue
principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other
obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder
will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms
hereof and thereof; and (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or
renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will be
promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the
extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.
Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so
guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors shall be jointly and severally
obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a
guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.
The Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder shall be
unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the
Notes or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any
waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions
hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action
to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a
legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby
waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court
in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a
proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever
and covenant that this Note Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete
performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and this Indenture.
If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to
return to the Company, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or
other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or the
Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder, this Note
Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full
force and effect.
Each Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of
subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed
hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby. Each
Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and
the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the
obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 hereof
for the purposes of this Note Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or
other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations
guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of
such obligations as provided in Article 6 hereof, such obligations (whether or
not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors
for the purpose of this Note Guarantee. The Guarantors shall have the right to
seek contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such
right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Guarantee.
Section 11.02. Subordination of Note Guarantee.
The Obligations of each Guarantor under its Note Guarantee pursuant to this
Article 11 shall be subordinated to prior payment in full of all Senior
Indebtedness of such Guarantor (including such Guarantor's guarantee of the
Credit Agreement) to the same extent that the Notes are subordinated to Senior
Indebtedness of the Company. For the purposes of the foregoing sentence, the
Trustee and the Holders shall have the right to receive and/or retain payments
by any of the Guarantors only at such times as they may receive and/or retain
payments in respect of the Notes pursuant to this Indenture, including Article
10 hereof.
Section 11.03. Limitation on Guarantor Liability.
Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby
confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Note Guarantee of
such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes
of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent
Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any
Note Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders
and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such
Guarantor under its Note Guarantee and this Article 11 shall be limited to the
maximum amount as will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other
contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such
laws, and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive
contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in
respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under this Article 11, result
in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Note Guarantee not constituting a
fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
Section 11.04. Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantee.
To evidence its Note Guarantee set forth in Section 11.01, each Guarantor
hereby agrees that this Indenture shall be executed on behalf of such Guarantor
by its President or one of its Vice Presidents.
Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Note Guarantee set forth in Section
11.01 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to
endorse on each Note a notation of such Note Guarantee.
If an Officer whose signature is on this Indenture no longer holds that
office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note, the Note Guarantee shall
be valid nevertheless.
The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof
hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Note Guarantee set forth in this
Indenture on behalf of the Guarantors.
In the event that the Company creates or acquires any new Subsidiaries
subsequent to the date of this Indenture, if required by Section 4.24 hereof,
the Company shall cause such Subsidiaries to execute supplemental indentures to
this Indenture in accordance with Section 4.24 hereof and this Article 11, to
the extent applicable.
Section 11.05. Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms.
No Guarantor may consolidate with or merge with or into (whether or not
such Guarantor is the surviving Person), another corporation, Person or entity
whether or not affiliated with such Guarantor unless:
(a) subject to Section 11.06 hereof, the Person formed by or surviving any
such consolidation or merger (if other than such Guarantor) assumes all the
obligations of such Guarantor pursuant to a supplemental indenture in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, under the Notes, this
Indenture, the Note Guarantee and the Registration Rights Agreement;
(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or
Event of Default exists;
(c) such Guarantor, or any Person formed by or surviving any such
consolidation or merger, would have Consolidated Net Worth (immediately after
giving effect to such transaction) equal to or greater than the Consolidated Net
Worth of such Guarantor immediately preceding such transaction; and
(d) the Company would be permitted by virtue of the Company's pro forma
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio, immediately after giving effect to such transaction,
to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Cash Flow
Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.07 hereof;
provided that the requirements of clauses (c) and (d) of this paragraph will not
apply in the case of a consolidation with or merger with or into the Company or
another Guarantor.
In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and upon the
assumption by the successor Person, by supplemental indenture, executed and
delivered to the Trustee in the form of Exhibt E attached hereto or otherwise
satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the due and punctual performance of all
of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the
Guarantor, such successor Person shall succeed to and be substituted for the
Guarantor with the same effect as if it had been named herein as a Guarantor.
All the Note Guarantees so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank
and benefit under this Indenture as the Note Guarantees theretofore and
thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all
of such Note Guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.
Except as set forth in Articles 4 and 5 hereof, and notwithstanding clauses
(a) and (b) above, nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Notes
shall prevent any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor with or into the
Company or another Guarantor, or shall prevent any sale or conveyance of the
property of a Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the
Company or another Guarantor.
Section 11.06. Releases Following Sale of Assets.
In the event of a sale or other disposition of all of the assets of any
Guarantor, by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise, or a sale or other
disposition of all of the capital stock of any Guarantor, then such Guarantor
(in the event of a sale or other disposition, by way of such a merger,
consolidation or otherwise, of all of the capital stock of such Guarantor) or
the corporation acquiring the property (in the event of a sale
or other disposition of all of the assets of such Guarantor) will be released
and relieved of any obligations under its Note Guarantee; provided that the Net
Proceeds of such sale or other disposition are applied in accordance with the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, including, without limitation, Sections
4.10 and 4.15 hereof. Upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such sale or
other disposition was made by the Company in accordance with the applicable
provisions of this Indenture, including, without limitation, Section 4.10
hereof, the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably required in order to
evidence the release of any Guarantor from its obligations under its Note
Guarantee.
Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under its Note Guarantee
shall remain liable for the full amount of principal of and interest on the
Notes and for the other obligations of any Guarantor under this Indenture as
provided in this Article 11.
ARTICLE 12.
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 12.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the
duties imposed by TIA (S) 318(c), the imposed duties shall control.
Section 12.02. Notices.
Any notice or communication by the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee to
the others is duly given if in writing and delivered in Person or mailed by
first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex,
telecopier or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the
others' address
If to the Company and/or any Guarantor:
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Products, Inc.
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Telecopier No.: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
With a copy to:
▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Telecopier No.: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Esq.
If to the Trustee:
State Street Bank and Trust Company
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Telecopier No.: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
The Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee, by notice to the others may
designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or
communications.
All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) shall be
deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally
delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage
prepaid, if mailed; when answered back, if telexed; when receipt acknowledged,
if telecopied; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier,
if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.
Any notice or communication to a Holder shall be mailed by first class
mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air
courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the register kept
by the Registrar. Any notice or communication shall also be so mailed to any
Person described in TIA (S) 313(c), to the extent required by the TIA. Failure
to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not
affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.
If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above within
the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
If the Company mails a notice or communication to Holders, it shall mail a
copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.
Section 12.03. Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes.
Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA (S) 312(b) with other Holders with
respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Company, the
Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA (S)
312(c).
Section 12.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any
action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:
(a) an Officers' Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 12.05
hereof) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent
and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed
action have been satisfied; and
(b) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 12.05
hereof) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions
precedent and covenants have been satisfied.
Section 12.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or
covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided
pursuant to TIA (S) 314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions of TIA (S)
314(e) and shall include:
(a) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read
such covenant or condition;
(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
certificate or opinion are based;
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has made
such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an
informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been
satisfied; and
(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such
condition or covenant has been satisfied.
Section 12.06. Rules by Trustee and Agents.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of
Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set
reasonable requirements for its functions.
Section 12.07. No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and
Stockholders.
No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or
stockholder of the Company or any Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability
for any obligations of the Company or such Guarantor under the Notes, the Note
Guarantees or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by
reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note
waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration for issuance of the Notes.
Section 12.08. Governing Law.
THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO
CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE NOTE GUARANTEES WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT
TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION
OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
Section 12.09. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.
This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or
debt agreement of the Company or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any
such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this
Indenture.
Section 12.10. Successors.
All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind
its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its
successors.
Section 12.11. Severability.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 12.12. Counterpart Originals.
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed
copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same
agreement.
Section 12.13. Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of the Articles
and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference
only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and shall in no way
modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
[Signatures on following page]
SIGNATURES
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Products, Inc.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Acquisition, Inc.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
Crystaloid Technologies, Inc.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
OSD Evnizion, Inc.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
Flex-O-Lite, Inc.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
State Street Bank and Trust Company
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Assistant Vice President
EXHIBIT A-1
(Face of Note)
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CUSIP __________
9 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2005
No. ____ $__________
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ PRODUCTS, INC.
promises to pay to ___________ or registered assigns, the principal sum of
_____________ Dollars on April 15, 2005.
Interest Payment Dates: April 15 and October 15
Record Dates: April 1 and October 1
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Dated:___________, 199__
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Products, Inc.
By: _________________________
Name:
Title:
This is one of the [Global]
Notes referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture:
State Street Bank and Trust Company,
as Trustee
By:___________________________________
Dated:________________________________
A-1-84
(Back of Note)
9 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2005
[THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE
GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL
OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.07 OF THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE
EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE,
(III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT
TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO
A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.]/1/
[THE NOTE (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) EVIDENCED HEREBY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND,
ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED 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 OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST
HEREIN, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER" (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) (A "QIB"), (B) IT IS
ACQUIRING THIS NOTE IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (C) IT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" (AS
DEFINED IN RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT (AN "ACCREDITED INVESTOR")), (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT RESELL OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFER THIS NOTE EXCEPT (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (B) TO
A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QIB PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN
ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF
RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION MEETING THE
REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING
THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E) TO AN ACCREDITED
INVESTOR THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER
CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF
THIS NOTE (THE FORM OF WHICH CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE) AND AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
SECURITIES ACT, (F) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL
ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY) OR (G) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS
OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND (3)
AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS NOTE OR AN INTEREST
HEREIN IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. AS
USED HEREIN, THE TERMS
______________________
/1/ This should be included only if the Note is being issued in global form.
A-1-85
"OFFSHORE TRANSACTION" AND "UNITED STATES" HAVE THE MEANING GIVEN TO THEM BY
RULE 902 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. THE INDENTURE CONTAINS A
PROVISION REQUIRING THE TRUSTEE TO REFUSE TO REGISTER ANY TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE
IN VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING.]
Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in
the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.
1. Interest. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Products, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at 9
1/2% per annum from April 22, 1998 until maturity and shall pay the Liquidated
Damages payable pursuant to Section 5 of the Registration Rights Agreement
referred to below. The Company will pay interest and Liquidated Damages semi-
annually on April 15 and October 15 of each year, or if any such day is not a
Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, an "Interest Payment
Date"). Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which
interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from April 22, 1998;
provided that if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if
this Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof
and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such
next succeeding Interest Payment Date; and provided further that the first
Interest Payment Date shall be October 15, 1998. The Company shall pay interest
(including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on
overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at a rate
that is 1% per annum in excess of the rate then in effect; it shall pay interest
(including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on
overdue installments of interest and Liquidated Damages (without regard to any
applicable grace periods) from time to time on demand at the same rate to the
extent lawful. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months.
2. Method of Payment. The Company will pay interest on the Notes (except
defaulted interest) and Liquidated Damages to the Persons who are registered
Holders of Notes at the close of business on the April 1 or October 1 next
preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are cancelled after such
record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in
Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes
will be payable as to principal, premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, and
interest at the office of the Paying Agent and Registrar. Holders of Notes must
surrender their Notes to the Paying Agent to collect principal payments, and the
Company may pay principal and interest and Liquidating Damages, if any, by check
and may mail checks to a Holder's registered address; provided that all payments
with respect to Global Notes and Definitive Notes, the Holders of which have
given wire transfer instructions to the Company, will be required to be made by
wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the
Holders thereof. Such payment shall be in such coin or currency of the United
States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of
public and private debts.
3. Paying Agent and Registrar. Initially, State Street Bank and Trust
Company, the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and
Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice
to any Holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such
capacity.
4. Indenture. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of
April 22, 1998 ("Indenture") among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee.
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,
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as amended (15 U.S. Code (S)(S) 77aaa-77bbbb). The Notes are subject to all
such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and such Act for a
statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts
with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture
shall govern and be controlling. The Notes are obligations of the Company
limited to $115.0 million in aggregate principal amount.
5. Optional Redemption.
(a) Except as provided in subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph 5, the Notes
may not be redeemed at the option of the Company prior to April 15, 2001.
During the 12-month period beginning on April 15 of the years indicated below,
the Notes will be redeemable, at the option of the Company, in whole or in part,
on at least 30 but not more than 60 days' notice to each Holder of Notes to be
redeemed, at the redemption prices in cash (expressed as percentages of the
principal amount) set forth below, plus any accrued and unpaid interest and
Liquidated Damages, if any, to the redemption date:
YEAR PERCENTAGE
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2001.......................... 104.750%
2002.......................... 103.167%
2003.......................... 101.583%
2004 and thereafter........... 100.000%
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph
5, prior to April 15, 2001, the Company may (but shall not have the obligation
to) redeem up to one-third of the aggregate principal amount of Notes ever
issued under the Indenture at a redemption price in cash of 109 1/2% of the
principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated
Damages, if any, to the redemption date, with the net proceeds of one or more
Equity Offerings (as defined in the Indenture); provided that at least two-
thirds of the aggregate principal amount of Notes ever issued under the
Indenture remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of any such
redemption; and provided further that any such redemption shall occur within 60
days of the date of the closing of any such Equity Offering.
6. Mandatory Redemption.
Except as set forth in paragraph 7 below, the Company shall not be required
to make mandatory redemption payments with respect to the Notes.
7. Repurchase at Option of Holder.
(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control (such date being the
"Change of Control Trigger Date"), each Holder of Notes shall have the right
to require the Company to purchase all or any part (equal to $1,000 or an
integral multiple thereof) of such Holder's Notes pursuant to an Offer (as
defined in the Indenture) pursuant to Section 3.08 of the Indenture at a
purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof,
plus any accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, to the date
of purchase. Within 30 days following any Change of Control Trigger Date,
subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Company shall mail a notice to
each Holder of Notes at such Holder's registered address setting forth the
procedures governing the Offer as required by the Indenture.
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(b) When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds (as defined in the
Indenture) in connection with an Asset Sale exceeds $10,000,000 (such date being
an "Asset Sale Trigger Date"), the Company shall make an Offer pursuant to
Section 3.08 of the Indenture to all Holders of Notes to purchase the maximum
principal amount of the Notes then outstanding that may be purchased out of
Excess Proceeds, at an offer price in cash equal to 100% of principal amount
thereof, plus any accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, to
the Purchase Date, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that any or all of the Net Proceeds
of an Asset Sale is prohibited or delayed by applicable local law from being
repatriated to the United States, the portion of such Net Proceeds so affected
will not be required to be applied as described in this or the preceding
paragraph, but may be retained for so long, but only for so long, as the
applicable local law prohibits repatriation to the United States. To the extent
that any Excess Proceeds remain after completion of an Offer, the Company may
use such remaining amount for general corporate purposes. If the aggregate
principal amount of Notes surrendered by Holders thereof exceeds the amount of
Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be purchased on a pro
rata basis. Holders of Notes that are subject to an offer to purchase will
receive an Asset Sale Offer from the Company prior to any related purchase date
and may elect to have such Notes purchased by completing the form entitled
"Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse side of this Note.
8. Notice of Redemption. Notice of any redemption or offer to purchase
will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption
or purchase date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed or purchased at such
Holder's registered address. Notes in denominations larger than $1,000 may be
redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes
held by a Holder are to be redeemed. On and after the redemption date interest
and Liquidated Damages, if any, will cease to accrue on Notes or portions
thereof called for redemption.
9. Denominations, Transfer, Exchange. The Notes are in registered form
without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000.
The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided
in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among
other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the
Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or
permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not exchange or register the
transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption, except for
the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, the Company
need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days
before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or during the period between a record
date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date.
10. Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of a Note may be treated
as its owner for all purposes.
11. Amendment, Supplement and Waiver. Subject to certain exceptions set
forth in the Indenture, the Indenture, the Note Guarantees or the Notes may be
amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority
in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding under the Indenture voting as
a single class and any existing default (other than a payment default) or
compliance with any provision of the Indenture, the Note Guarantees or the Notes
may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount
of the Notes then outstanding under the Indenture voting as a single class.
Without the consent of any Holder of Notes, the Company and the Trustee may
amend or supplement the Indenture, the Note Guarantees or the Notes to cure any
ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, to provide for uncertificated Notes in
addition to or in place of certificated Notes, to provide for the assumption by
a successor corporation of the Company's or Guarantors' obligations to Holders
of the Notes in case of a
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Disposition, to make any change that would provide any additional rights or
benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal
rights under the Indenture of any such Holder, to comply with the requirements
of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture
under the Trust Indenture Act or to allow any Guarantor to execute a
supplemental indenture to the Indenture and/or a Note Guarantee with respect to
the Notes.
12. Defaults and Remedies. Events of Default include: (a) a default for
30 days in payment of interest or Liquidated Damages, if any, on the Notes
(whether or not prohibited by the subordination provisions of the Indenture);
(b) a default in payment when due of principal or premium, if any, with respect
to the Notes (whether or not prohibited by the subordination provisions of the
Indenture); (c) the failure of the Company to comply with any of its other
agreements or covenants in, or provisions of, such Indenture or the Notes
outstanding under such Indenture and the Default continues for the period, if
applicable, and after the notice specified in the next paragraph; (d) a default
by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary under any mortgage, indenture or
instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or
evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary), whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists or
shall be created hereafter, if (1) either (A) such default results from the
failure to pay principal of or interest on any such Indebtedness at or after the
final maturity thereof (after giving effect to any extensions thereof) and such
default continues for 30 days beyond any applicable grace period, or (B) as a
result of such default the maturity of such Indebtedness has been accelerated
prior to its expressed maturity, and (2) the principal amount of such
Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness
in default for failure to pay principal or interest thereon at final maturity,
or, because of the acceleration of the maturity thereof, aggregates in excess of
$10,000,000; (e) a failure by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to pay
final judgments (not covered by insurance) aggregating in excess of $5,000,000
which judgments a court of competent jurisdiction does not rescind, annul or
stay within 45 days after their entry and the Default or an Event of Default
continues for such period and after the notice specified in the next paragraph;
(f) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency involving the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary; and (g) except as permitted by the Indenture, any Note
Guarantee shall be held in any judicial proceeding unenforceable or invalid or
shall cease for any reason to be in full force and effect or any Guarantor, or
any Person acting on behalf of any Guarantor, shall deny or disaffirm its
obligations under its Note Guarantee. A Default or Event of Default under
clause (c) of this Paragraph 12 (other than an Event of Default arising pursuant
to Section 5.01 of the Indenture which shall be an Event of Default with the
notice but without the passage of time specified in this paragraph) is not an
Event of Default under the Indenture until the Trustee or the Holders of at
least 25% in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding notify the Company
of the Default and the Company does not cure the Default within 30 days after
receipt of the notice. A Default or Event of Default under clause (f) of this
Paragraph 12 will result in the Notes automatically becoming due and payable
without further action or notice. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default
(other than under clause (f) of this Paragraph 12), the Trustee or the Holders
of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare
all Notes to be due and payable by notice in writing to the Company and the
Trustee as specified in the Indenture, and, upon receipt by the Company of such
notice, the principal of, premium, if any, and any accrued and unpaid interest
on, and Liquidated Damages, if any, with respect to all Notes shall be due and
payable immediately; or (ii) if there are any amounts outstanding under the
Credit Agreement, to be due and payable immediately upon the first to occur of
(A) an acceleration under the Credit Agreement or (B) five business days after
receipt by the Company of such notice, but only if such Event of Default is then
continuing.
13. Subordination. The payment of principal of, premium, and interest and
Liquidated Damages, if any, on the Notes will be subordinated in right of
payment, as set forth in the Indenture, to the
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prior payment in full in cash of all Senior Indebtedness, whether outstanding on
the date of the Indenture or thereafter incurred. The Company agrees, and each
Holder by accepting a Note agrees, that the payment of principal of, premium and
interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, on the Notes is subordinated in right
of payment, to the extent and in the manner provided in the Indenture, to the
prior payment in full in cash of all Senior Indebtedness (whether outstanding on
the date hereof or thereafter created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed), and
that the subordination is for the benefit of the holders of Senior Indebtedness.
14. Note Guarantees. The payment of principal of, premium, and interest
and Liquidated Damages, if any, on the Notes will be unconditionally guaranteed,
jointly and severally, on a senior subordinated basis by the Guarantors.
15. Additional Rights of Holders of Restricted Global Notes and Restricted
Definitive Notes. In addition to the rights provided to Holders of Notes under
the Indenture, Holders of Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive
Notes shall have the rights set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement dated
as of April 22, 1998, among the Company, the Guarantors and the parties named on
the signature pages thereof (the "Registration Rights Agreement").
16. Trustee Dealings with Company. The Trustee, in its individual or any
other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services
for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or
its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.
17. No Recourse Against Others. A director, officer, employee,
incorporator or stockholder, of the Company, as such, shall not have any
liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes or the Indenture or
for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or
their creation. Each Holder 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.
18. Authentication. This Note shall not be valid until authenticated by
the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
19. Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a
Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (=
tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship
and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts
to Minors Act).
20. CUSIP Numbers. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the
Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused
CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers
in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made
as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as
contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the
other identification numbers placed thereon.
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without
charge a copy of the Indenture and/or the Registration Rights Agreement.
Requests may be made to:
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Products, Inc.
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and transfer
this Note to
________________________________________________________________________________
(Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint_________________________________________________________
to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute
another to act for him.
________________________________________________________________________________
Date:_______________
Your Signature:___________________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of
this Note)
Signature Guarantee:
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to
Section 4.10 or 4.15 of the Indenture, check the box below:
[_] Section 4.10 [_] Section 4.15
If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.15 of the Indenture, state the amount you
elect to have purchased: $______________
Date:___________________ Your Signature:___________________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the
Note)
Tax Identification No:____________________________
Signature Guarantee:
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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE/2/
The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in
another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another
Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been
made:
Amount of Amount of
decrease in increase in Principal Amount Signature of
Principal Amount Principal of this Global Note authorized officer
of this Amount of this following such of Trustee or
Date of Exchange Global Note Global Note decrease (or increase) Note Custodian
---------------- ----------- ----------- ---------------------- --------------
_______________________
/2/ This should be included only if the Note is being issued in global form.
▇-▇-▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇-▇
(Face of Regulation S Temporary Global Note)
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CUSIP: __________
% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2005
No. _____ $_________
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ PRODUCTS, INC.
promises to pay to ____________ or registered assigns, the principal sum of
_______ Dollars on April 15, 2005.
Interest Payment Dates: April 15 and October 15.
Record Dates: April 1 and October 1.
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Dated:_____________, 199
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Products, Inc.
By: __________________________
Name:
Title:
This is one of the Global
Notes referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture:
State Street Bank and Trust Company,
as Trustee
By:___________________________________
Dated:________________________________
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(Back of Note)
9 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2005
THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE, AND THE
CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE FOR CERTIFICATED NOTES, ARE AS
SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED HEREIN). NEITHER THE HOLDER NOR THE
BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE ENTITLED
TO RECEIVE PAYMENT OF INTEREST HEREON.
THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE
GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL
OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.07 OF THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE
EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE,
(III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT
TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO
A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.
THE NOTE (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) EVIDENCED HEREBY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND,
ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED 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 OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST
HEREIN, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER" (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) (A "QIB"), (B) IT IS
ACQUIRING THIS NOTE IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (C) IT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" (AS
DEFINED IN RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT (AN "ACCREDITED INVESTOR")), (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT RESELL OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFER THIS NOTE EXCEPT (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (B) TO
A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QIB PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN
ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF
RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION MEETING THE
REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING
THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E) TO AN ACCREDITED
INVESTOR THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER
CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF
THIS NOTE (THE FORM OF WHICH CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE) AND AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
SECURITIES ACT, (F) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL
ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY) OR (G) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS
OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND (3)
AGREES THAT IT WILL
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DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS NOTE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN IS TRANSFERRED A
NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS
"OFFSHORE TRANSACTION" AND "UNITED STATES" HAVE THE MEANING GIVEN TO THEM BY
RULE 902 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. THE INDENTURE CONTAINS A
PROVISION REQUIRING THE TRUSTEE TO REFUSE TO REGISTER ANY TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE
IN VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING.
Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in
the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.
1. Interest. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Products, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at 9
1/2% per annum from April 22, 1998 until maturity and shall pay the Liquidated
Damages payable pursuant to Section 5 of the Registration Rights Agreement
referred to below. The Company will pay interest and Liquidated Damages semi-
annually on April 15 and October 15 of each year, or if any such day is not a
Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, an "Interest Payment
Date"). Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which
interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from April 22, 1998;
provided that if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if
this Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof
and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such
next succeeding Interest Payment Date; and provided further that the first
Interest Payment Date shall be October 15, 1998. The Company shall pay interest
(including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on
overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at a rate
that is 1% per annum in excess of the rate then in effect; it shall pay interest
(including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on
overdue installments of interest and Liquidated Damages (without regard to any
applicable grace periods) from time to time on demand at the same rate to the
extent lawful. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months.
2. Method of Payment. The Company will pay interest on the Notes (except
defaulted interest) and Liquidated Damages to the Persons who are registered
Holders of Notes at the close of business on the April 1 or October 1 next
preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are cancelled after such
record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in
Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes
will be payable as to principal, premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, and
interest at the office of the Paying Agent and Registrar. Holders of Notes must
surrender their Notes to the Paying Agent to collect principal payments, and the
Company may pay principal and interest and Liquidating Damages, if any, by check
and may mail checks to a Holder's registered address; provided that all payments
with respect to Global Notes and Definitive Notes, the Holders of which have
given wire transfer instructions to the Company, will be required to be made by
wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the
Holders thereof. Such payment shall be in such coin or currency of the United
States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of
public and private debts.
3. Paying Agent and Registrar. Initially, State Street Bank and Trust
Company, the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and
Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice
to any Holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such
capacity.
4. Indenture. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as
of April 22, 1998 ("Indenture") among the Company, the Guarantors and the
Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those
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stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S. Code (S)(S) 77aaa-77bbbb). The
Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture
and such Act for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this
Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of
the Indenture shall govern and be controlling. The Notes are obligations of the
Company limited to $115.0 million in aggregate principal amount.
5. Optional Redemption.
(a) Except as provided in subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph 5, the Notes
may not be redeemed at the option of the Company prior to April 15, 2001.
During the 12-month period beginning on April 15 of the years indicated below,
the Notes will be redeemable, at the option of the Company, in whole or in part,
on at least 30 but not more than 60 days' notice to each Holder of Notes to be
redeemed, at the redemption prices in cash (expressed as percentages of the
principal amount) set forth below, plus any accrued and unpaid interest and
Liquidated Damages, if any, to the redemption date:
YEAR PERCENTAGE
---- ----------
2001........................... 104.750%
2002........................... 103.167%
2003........................... 101.583%
2004 and thereafter............ 100.000%
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph
5, prior to April 15, 2001, the Company may (but shall not have the obligation
to) redeem up to one-third of the aggregate principal amount of Notes ever
issued under the Indenture at a redemption price in cash of 109 1/2% of the
principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated
Damages, if any, to the redemption date, with the net proceeds of one or more
Equity Offerings (as defined in the Indenture); provided that at least two-
thirds of the aggregate principal amount of Notes ever issued under the
Indenture remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of any such
redemption; and provided further that any such redemption shall occur within 60
days of the date of the closing of any such Equity Offering.
6. Mandatory Redemption.
Except as set forth in paragraph 7 below, the Company shall not be required
to make mandatory redemption payments with respect to the Notes.
7. Repurchase at Option of Holder.
(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control (such date being the
"Change of Control Trigger Date"), each Holder of Notes shall have the right to
require the Company to purchase all or any part (equal to $1,000 or an integral
multiple thereof) of such Holder's Notes pursuant to an Offer (as defined in the
Indenture) pursuant to Section 3.08 of the Indenture at a purchase price in cash
equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus any accrued and
unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, to the date of purchase. Within
30 days following any Change of Control Trigger Date, subject to the provisions
of the Indenture, the Company shall mail a notice to each Holder of Notes at
such Holder's registered address setting forth the procedures governing the
Offer as required by the Indenture.
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(b) When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds (as defined in the
Indenture) in connection with an Asset Sale exceeds $10,000,000 (such date being
an "Asset Sale Trigger Date"), the Company shall make an Offer pursuant to
Section 3.08 of the Indenture to all Holders of Notes to purchase the maximum
principal amount of the Notes then outstanding that may be purchased out of
Excess Proceeds, at an offer price in cash equal to 100% of principal amount
thereof, plus any accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, to
the Purchase Date, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that any or all of the Net Proceeds
of an Asset Sale is prohibited or delayed by applicable local law from being
repatriated to the United States, the portion of such Net Proceeds so affected
will not be required to be applied as described in this or the preceding
paragraph, but may be retained for so long, but only for so long, as the
applicable local law prohibits repatriation to the United States. To the extent
that any Excess Proceeds remain after completion of an Offer, the Company may
use such remaining amount for general corporate purposes. If the aggregate
principal amount of Notes surrendered by Holders thereof exceeds the amount of
Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be purchased on a pro
rata basis. Holders of Notes that are subject to an offer to purchase will
receive an Asset Sale Offer from the Company prior to any related purchase date
and may elect to have such Notes purchased by completing the form entitled
"Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse side of this Note.
8. Notice of Redemption. Notice of any redemption or offer to purchase
will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption
or purchase date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed or purchased at such
Holder's registered address. Notes in denominations larger than $1,000 may be
redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes
held by a Holder are to be redeemed. On and after the redemption date interest
and Liquidated Damages, if any, will cease to accrue on Notes or portions
thereof called for redemption.
9. Denominations, Transfer, Exchange. The Notes are in registered form
without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000.
The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided
in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among
other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the
Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or
permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not exchange or register the
transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption, except for
the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, the Company
need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days
before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or during the period between a record
date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date.
10. Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of a Note may be treated
as its owner for all purposes.
11. Amendment, Supplement and Waiver. Subject to certain exceptions set
forth in the Indenture, the Indenture, the Note Guarantees or the Notes may be
amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority
in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding under the Indenture voting as
a single class and any existing default (other than a payment default) or
compliance with any provision of the Indenture, the Note Guarantees or the Notes
may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount
of the Notes then outstanding under the Indenture voting as a single class.
Without the consent of any Holder of Notes, the Company and the Trustee may
amend or supplement the Indenture, the Note Guarantees or the Notes to cure any
ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, to provide for uncertificated Notes in
addition to or in place of certificated Notes, to provide for the assumption by
a successor corporation of the Company's or Guarantors' obligations to Holders
of the Notes in case of a
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Disposition, to make any change that would provide any additional rights or
benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal
rights under the Indenture of any such Holder, to comply with the requirements
of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture
under the Trust Indenture Act or to allow any Guarantor to execute a
supplemental indenture to the Indenture and/or a Note Guarantee with respect to
the Notes.
12. Defaults and Remedies. Events of Default include: (a) a default for
30 days in payment of interest or Liquidated Damages, if any, on the Notes
(whether or not prohibited by the subordination provisions of the Indenture);
(b) a default in payment when due of principal or premium, if any, with respect
to the Notes (whether or not prohibited by the subordination provisions of the
Indenture); (c) the failure of the Company to comply with any of its other
agreements or covenants in, or provisions of, such Indenture or the Notes
outstanding under such Indenture and the Default continues for the period, if
applicable, and after the notice specified in the next paragraph; (d) a default
by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary under any mortgage, indenture or
instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or
evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary), whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists or
shall be created hereafter, if (1) either (A) such default results from the
failure to pay principal of or interest on any such Indebtedness at or after the
final maturity thereof (after giving effect to any extensions thereof) and such
default continues for 30 days beyond any applicable grace period, or (B) as a
result of such default the maturity of such Indebtedness has been accelerated
prior to its expressed maturity, and (2) the principal amount of such
Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness
in default for failure to pay principal or interest thereon at final maturity,
or, because of the acceleration of the maturity thereof, aggregates in excess of
$10,000,000; (e) a failure by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to pay
final judgments (not covered by insurance) aggregating in excess of $5,000,000
which judgments a court of competent jurisdiction does not rescind, annul or
stay within 45 days after their entry and the Default or an Event of Default
continues for such period and after the notice specified in the next paragraph;
(f) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency involving the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary; and (g) except as permitted by the Indenture, any Note
Guarantee shall be held in any judicial proceeding unenforceable or invalid or
shall cease for any reason to be in full force and effect or any Guarantor, or
any Person acting on behalf of any Guarantor, shall deny or disaffirm its
obligations under its Note Guarantee. A Default or Event of Default under
clause (c) of this Paragraph 12 (other than an Event of Default arising pursuant
to Section 5.01 of the Indenture which shall be an Event of Default with the
notice but without the passage of time specified in this paragraph) is not an
Event of Default under the Indenture until the Trustee or the Holders of at
least 25% in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding notify the Company
of the Default and the Company does not cure the Default within 30 days after
receipt of the notice. A Default or Event of Default under clause (f) of this
Paragraph 12 will result in the Notes automatically becoming due and payable
without further action or notice. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default
(other than under clause (f) of this Paragraph 12), the Trustee or the Holders
of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare
all Notes to be due and payable by notice in writing to the Company and the
Trustee as specified in the Indenture, and, upon receipt by the Company of such
notice, the principal of, premium, if any, and any accrued and unpaid interest
on, and Liquidated Damages, if any, with respect to all Notes shall be due and
payable immediately; or (ii) if there are any amounts outstanding under the
Credit Agreement, to be due and payable immediately upon the first to occur of
(A) an acceleration under the Credit Agreement or (B) five business days after
receipt by the Company of such notice, but only if such Event of Default is then
continuing.
13. Subordination. The payment of principal of, premium, and interest and
Liquidated Damages, if any, on the Notes will be subordinated in right of
payment, as set forth in the Indenture, to the
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prior payment in full in cash of all Senior Indebtedness, whether outstanding on
the date of the Indenture or thereafter incurred. The Company agrees, and each
Holder by accepting a Note agrees, that the payment of principal of, premium and
interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, on the Notes is subordinated in right
of payment, to the extent and in the manner provided in the Indenture, to the
prior payment in full in cash of all Senior Indebtedness (whether outstanding on
the date hereof or thereafter created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed), and
that the subordination is for the benefit of the holders of Senior Indebtedness.
14. Note Guarantees. The payment of principal of, premium, and interest
and Liquidated Damages, if any, on the Notes will be unconditionally guaranteed,
jointly and severally, on a senior subordinated basis by the Guarantors.
15. Additional Rights of Holders of Restricted Global Notes and Restricted
Definitive Notes. In addition to the rights provided to Holders of Notes under
the Indenture, Holders of Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive
Notes shall have the rights set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement dated
as of April 22, 1998, among the Company, the Guarantors and the parties named on
the signature pages thereof (the "Registration Rights Agreement").
16. Trustee Dealings with Company. The Trustee, in its individual or any
other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services
for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or
its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.
17. No Recourse Against Others. A director, officer, employee,
incorporator or stockholder, of the Company, as such, shall not have any
liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes or the Indenture or
for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or
their creation. Each Holder 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.
18. Authentication. This Note shall not be valid until authenticated by
the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
19. Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a
Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (=
tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship
and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts
to Minors Act).
20. CUSIP Numbers. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the
Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused
CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers
in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made
as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as
contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the
other identification numbers placed thereon.
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without
charge a copy of the Indenture and/or the Registration Rights Agreement.
Requests may be made to:
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Products, Inc.
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and transfer
this Note to
________________________________________________________________________________
(Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint_________________________________________________________
to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute
another to act for him.
________________________________________________________________________________
Date:_____________________
Your Signature:___________________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of
this Note)
Signature Guarantee:
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to
Section 4.10 or 4.15 of the Indenture, check the box below:
[_] Section 4.10 [_] Section 4.15
If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.15 of the Indenture, state the amount you
elect to have purchased: $______________________
Date:_____________________ Your Signature:_____________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears
on the Note)
Tax Identification No:______________________
Signature Guarantee:
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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE
The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in
another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another
Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been
made:
Amount of Amount of Signature of
decrease in increase in Principal Amount authorized
Principal Amount Principal of this Global Note officer
of this Amount of this following such of Trustee or
Date of Exchange Global Note Global Note decrease (or increase) Note Custodian
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Products, Inc.
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
State Street Bank and Trust Company
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Re: 9 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2005 of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Products, Inc., a
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Delaware corporation
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Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of April 22, 1998 (the
"Indenture"), among ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Products, Inc., as issuer (the "Company"), the
guarantors party thereto and State Street Bank and Trust Company, as trustee.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to
them in the Indenture.
______________, (the "Transferor") owns and proposes to transfer the
Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified in Annex A hereto, in the
principal amount of $___________ in such Note[s] or interests (the "Transfer"),
to __________ (the "Transferee"), as further specified in Annex A hereto. In
connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby certifies that:
[CHECK ALL THAT APPLY]
1. [_] CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE
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144A GLOBAL NOTE OR A DEFINITIVE NOTE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A. The Transfer is
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being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the United
States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and,
accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the beneficial
interest or Definitive Note is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor
reasonably believed and believes is purchasing the beneficial interest or
Definitive Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to
which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each
such account is a "qualified institutional buyer" within the meaning of Rule
144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and such Transfer is
in compliance with any applicable blue sky Securities laws of any state of the
United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive
Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private
Placement Legend printed on the 144A Global Note and/or the Definitive Note and
in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
2. [_] CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE
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TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE, THE REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE OR A DEFINITIVE
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NOTE PURSUANT TO REGULATION S. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and
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in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and,
accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer is
not being made to a person in the United States and (x) at the time the buy
order was originated, the Transferee was outside the United States or such
Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes
that the Transferee was outside the United States or (y) the transaction was
executed in, on or through the facilities
of a designated offshore Securities market and neither such Transferor nor any
Person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was prearranged with a
buyer in the United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made in
contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S
under the Securities Act, (iii) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme
to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act and (iv) if the
proposed transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the Restricted
Period, the transfer is not being made to a U.S. Person or for the account or
benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser). Upon consummation
of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the
transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the
restrictions on Transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on
the Regulation S Global Note, the Temporary Regulation S Global Note and/or the
Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
3. [_] CHECK AND COMPLETE IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL
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INTEREST IN THE IAI GLOBAL NOTE OR A DEFINITIVE NOTE PURSUANT TO ANY PROVISION
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OF THE SECURITIES ACT OTHER THAN RULE 144A OR REGULATION S. The Transfer is
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being effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to
beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes
and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable
blue sky Securities laws of any state of the United States, and accordingly the
Transferor hereby further certifies that (check one):
(a) [_] such Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance
with Rule 144 under the Securities Act;
or
(b) [_] such Transfer is being effected to the Company or a subsidiary
thereof;
or
(c) [_] such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act and in compliance with the
prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act;
or
(d) [_] such Transfer is being effected to an Institutional Accredited
Investor and pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of
the Securities Act other than Rule 144A, Rule 144 or Rule 904, and the
Transferor hereby further certifies that it has not engaged in any general
solicitation within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act
and the Transfer complies with the transfer restrictions applicable to
beneficial interests in a Restricted Global Note or Restricted Definitive
Notes and the requirements of the exemption claimed, which certification is
supported by (1) a certificate executed by the Transferee in the form of
Exhibit D to the Indenture and (2) if such Transfer is in respect of a
principal amount of Notes at the time of transfer of less than $250,000, an
Opinion of Counsel provided by the Transferor or the Transferee (a copy of
which the Transferor has attached to this certification), to the effect
that such Transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act. Upon
consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be
subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement
Legend printed on the Definitive Notes and in the Indenture and the
Securities Act.
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2.. [_] Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note or of an Unrestricted Definitive Note.
(a) [_] CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO RULE 144. (i) The Transfer is
being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities
Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture
and any applicable blue sky Securities laws of any state of the United States
and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private
Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the
Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive
Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the
Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted
Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
(b) [_] CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO REGULATION S. (i) The Transfer is
being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the
Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the
Indenture and any applicable blue sky Securities laws of any state of the United
States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the
Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with
the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance
with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or
Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer
enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global
Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
(c) [_] CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO OTHER EXEMPTION. (i) The Transfer
is being effected pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or
Rule 904 and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the
Indenture and any applicable blue sky Securities laws of any State of the United
States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the
Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with
the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance
with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or
Definitive Note will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated
in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes or
Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your
benefit and the benefit of the Company.
____________________________________________
[Insert Name of Transferor]
By:_________________________________________
Name:
Title:
Dated:__________________,____
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ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
1. The Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the following:
[CHECK ONE OF (a) OR (b)]
(a) [_] a beneficial interest in the:
(i) [_] ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ (▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇-▇), ▇▇
(▇▇) [_] Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP V4684V-AA-1); or
(b) [_] a Restricted Definitive Note.
2. After the Transfer the Transferee will hold:
[CHECK ONE]
(a) [_] a beneficial interest in the:
(i) [_] ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ (▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇-▇), ▇▇
(▇▇) [_] Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP V4684V-AA-1), or
(iii) [_] Unrestricted Global Note (CUSIP 468694-AA-2); or
(b) [_] a Restricted Definitive Note; or
(c) [_] an Unrestricted Definitive Note,
in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Products, Inc.
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
State Street Bank and Trust Company
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Re: 9 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2005 of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Products, Inc., a
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Delaware corporation
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(CUSIP: )
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of April 22, 1998 (the
"Indenture"), among ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Products, Inc., as issuer (the "Company"), the
guarantors party thereto and State Street Bank and Trust Company, as trustee.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to
them in the Indenture.
____________, (the "Owner") owns and proposes to exchange the Note[s] or
interest in such Note[s] specified herein, in the principal amount of
$____________ in such Note[s] or interests (the "Exchange"). In connection with
the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that:
1. EXCHANGE OF RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN A
RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE FOR UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS
IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE
(a) [_] CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED
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GLOBAL NOTE TO BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. In
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connection with the Exchange of the Owner's beneficial interest in a Restricted
Global Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note in an equal
principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is
being acquired for the Owner's own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange
has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the
Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the United States Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), (iii) the restrictions on
transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not
required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the
beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note is being acquired in
compliance with any applicable blue sky Securities laws of any state of the
United States.
(b) [_] CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED
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GLOBAL NOTE TO UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE. In connection with the Exchange of
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the Owner's beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for an Unrestricted
Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Definitive Note is being
acquired for the Owner's own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has
been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the
Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities
Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the
Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with
the Securities Act and (iv) the Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance
with any applicable blue sky Securities laws of any state of the United States.
(c) [_] CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE TO
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BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. In connection with the
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Owner's Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest
is being acquired for the Owner's own account without transfer, (ii) such
Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions
applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with
the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the
Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain
compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest is being
acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky Securities laws of any state
of the United States.
(d) [_] CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE TO
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UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE. In connection with the Owner's Exchange of a
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Restricted Definitive Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby
certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner's
own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance
with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and
pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on
transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not
required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the
Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable
blue sky Securities laws of any state of the United States.
2. EXCHANGE OF RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN
RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES FOR RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS
IN RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES
(a) [_] CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED
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GLOBAL NOTE TO RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE. In connection with the Exchange of
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the Owner's beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a Restricted
Definitive Note with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies that
the Restricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner's own account
without transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture, the Restricted Definitive Note issued will continue
to be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private
Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture
and the Securities Act.
(b) [_] CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE TO
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BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. In connection with the
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Exchange of the Owner's Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in
the [CHECK ONE] " 144A Global Note, -- Regulation S Global Note, with an equal
principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is
being acquired for the Owner's own account without transfer and (ii) such
Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions
applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with
the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky Securities
laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed
Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the beneficial interest
issued will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private
Placement Legend printed on the relevant Restricted Global Note and in the
Indenture and the Securities Act.
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This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your
benefit and the benefit of the Company.
_____________________________
[Insert Name of Owner]
By:__________________________
Name:
Title:
Dated: ________________, ____
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF CERTIFICATE FROM
ACQUIRING INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Products, Inc.
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▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
State Street Bank and Trust Company
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Re: 9 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2005 of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Products, Inc., a
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Delaware corporation
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(CUSIP: 468694-AB-0)
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of April 22, 1998 (the
"Indenture"), among ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Products, Inc., as issuer (the "Company"), the
guarantors party thereto and State Street Bank and Trust Company, as trustee.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to
them in the Indenture.
In connection with our proposed purchase of $____________ aggregate
principal amount of:
(a) [_] a beneficial interest in a Global Note, or
(b) [_] a Definitive Note,
we confirm that:
1. We understand that any subsequent transfer of the Notes or any
interest therein is subject to certain restrictions and conditions set forth in
the Indenture and the undersigned agrees to be bound by, and not to resell,
pledge or otherwise transfer the Notes or any interest therein except in
compliance with, such restrictions and conditions and the United States
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
2. We understand that the offer and sale of the Notes have not been
registered under the Securities Act, and that the Notes and any interest therein
may not be offered or sold 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 the Notes or any interest therein,
we will do so only (A) to the Company or any subsidiary thereof, (B) in
accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act to a "qualified institutional
buyer" (as defined therein), (c) to an institutional "accredited investor" (as
defined below) that, prior to such transfer, furnishes (or has furnished on its
behalf by a U.S. broker-dealer) to you and to the Company a signed letter
substantially in the form of this letter and, if such transfer is in respect of
a principal amount of Notes, at the time of transfer of less than $250,000, an
Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Company to the effect
that such transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act, (D) outside the
United States in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities
Act, (E)
pursuant to the provisions of Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act or (F)
pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, and we
further agree to provide to any person purchasing the Definitive Note or
beneficial interest in a Global Note from us in a transaction meeting the
requirements of clauses (A) through (E) of this paragraph a notice advising such
purchaser that resales thereof are restricted as stated herein.
3. We understand that, on any proposed resale of the Notes or
beneficial interest therein, we will be required to furnish to you and the
Company such certifications, legal opinions and other information as you 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. We further understand that any
subsequent transfer by us of the Notes or beneficial interest therein acquired
by us must be effected through one of the Placement Agents.
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 its investment.
5. We are acquiring the Notes or beneficial interest therein
purchased by us for our own 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 and 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.
______________________________________
[Insert Name of Accredited Investor]
By:___________________________________
Name:
Title:
Dated: __________________, ____
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EXHIBIT E
FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS
Supplemental Indenture (this "Supplemental Indenture"), dated as of
________________, among __________________ (the "Guarantor"), a subsidiary of
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Products, Inc. (or its permitted successor), a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), the Company, the other Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture
referred to herein) and State Street Bank and Trust Company, as trustee under
the Indenture referred to below (the "Trustee").
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee
an indenture (the "Indenture"), dated as of April 22, 1998, providing for the
issuance of an aggregate principal amount of up to $115,000,000 of 9 1/2% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2005 (the "Notes");
WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the
Guarantor shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture
pursuant to which the Guarantor shall unconditionally guarantee all of the
Company's Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and
conditions set forth herein (the "Note Guarantee"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.06 of the Indenture, the Trustee is
authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the
Guarantor and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable
benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:
1. Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used herein without definition
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
2. Agreement to Guarantee. The Guarantor hereby agrees as follows:
(a) Along with all Guarantors named in the Indenture, to jointly and
severally Guarantee to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the
validity and enforceability of the Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of
the Company hereunder or thereunder, that:
(i) the principal of and interest on the Notes will be promptly paid
in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or
otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the
Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Company to the
Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in
full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and
(ii)) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any
Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will be promptly paid in
full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or
renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.
Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so
guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors shall be jointly and
severally obligated to pay the same immediately.
(b) The obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the
validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or the Indenture, the
absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder
of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of
any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other
circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or
defense of a guarantor.
(c) The following is hereby waived: 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.
(d) This Note Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete
performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and the Indenture.
(e) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to
return to the Company, the Guarantors, or any Custodian, Trustee, liquidator or
other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or the
Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder, this Note
Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full
force and effect.
(f) The Guarantor shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in
relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until
payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby.
(g) As between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the
Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed
hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 of the Indenture for the
purposes of this Note Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other
prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations
guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of
such obligations as provided in Article 6 of the Indenture, such obligations
(whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the
Guarantors for the purpose of this Note Guarantee.
(h) The Guarantors shall have the right to seek contribution from any non-
paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the
rights of the Holders under the Guarantee.
(i) Pursuant to Section 11.03 of the Indenture, after giving effect to any
maximum amount and any other contingent and fixed liabilities that are relevant
under any applicable Bankruptcy or fraudulent conveyance laws, and after giving
effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments
made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of
such other Guarantor under Article 11 of the Indenture shall result in the
obligations of such Guarantor under its Note Guarantee not constituting a
fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
3. Execution and Delivery. Each Guarantor agrees that the Note
Guarantees shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to
endorse on each Note a notation of such Note Guarantee.
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4. Guarantor May Consolidate, Etc. on Certain Terms.
(a) No Guarantor may consolidate with or merge with or into (whether or
not such Guarantor is the surviving Person), another corporation, Person or
entity whether or not affiliated with such Guarantor unless:
(i) subject to Section 11.06 of the Indenture, the Person formed
by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than such
Guarantor) assumes all the obligations of such Guarantor pursuant to a
supplemental indenture in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee, under the Notes, this Indenture, the Note Guarantee and the
Registration Rights Agreement;
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no
Default or Event of Default exists;
(iii)) such Guarantor, or any Person formed by or surviving any such
consolidation or merger, would have Consolidated Net Worth (immediately
after giving effect to such transaction) equal to or greater than the
Consolidated Net Worth of such Guarantor immediately preceding such
transaction; and
(iv) the Company would be permitted by virtue of the Company's pro
forma Cash Flow Coverage Ratio, immediately after giving effect to such
transaction, to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to
the Cash Flow Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.07 of the
Indenture;
provided that, the requirements of clauses (iii) and (iv) of this Section 4(a)
will not apply in the case of a consolidation with or merger with or into the
Company or another Guarantor.
(b) In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and upon
the assumption by the successor Person, by supplemental indenture, executed and
delivered to the Trustee in the form of Exhibit E to the Indenture or otherwise
satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the Note Guarantee endorsed upon the
Notes and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and
conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Guarantor, such successor
Person shall succeed to and be substituted for the Guarantor with the same
effect as if it had been named herein as a Guarantor. Such successor Person
thereupon may cause to be signed any or all of the Note Guarantees to be
endorsed upon all of the Notes issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not
have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee. All the Note
Guarantees so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit
under this Indenture as the Note Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Note
Guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.
(c) Except as set forth in Articles 4 and 5 of the Indenture, and
notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) above, nothing contained in this Indenture
or in any of the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor
with or into the Company or another Guarantor, or shall prevent any sale or
conveyance of the property of a Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an
entirety to the Company or another Guarantor.
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5. Releases.
(a) In the event of a sale or other disposition of all of the assets of
any Guarantor, by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise, or a sale or other
disposition of all of the capital stock of any Guarantor, then such Guarantor
(in the event of a sale or other disposition, by way of such a merger,
consolidation or otherwise, of all of the capital stock of such Guarantor) or
the corporation acquiring the property (in the event of a sale or other
disposition of all of the assets of such Guarantor) will be released and
relieved of any obligations under its Note Guarantee; provided that the Net
Proceeds of such sale or other disposition are applied in accordance with the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, including without limitation Sections
4.10 of the Indenture. Upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such sale or
other disposition was made by the Company in accordance with the applicable
provisions of the Indenture, including, without limitation, Section 4.10 of the
Indenture, the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably required in order
to evidence the release of any Guarantor from its obligations under its Note
Guarantee.
(b) Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under its Note
Guarantee shall remain liable for the full amount of principal of and interest
on the Notes and for the other obligations of any Guarantor under the Indenture
as provided in Article 11 of the Indenture.
6. No Recourse Against Others. No past, present or future director,
officer, employee, incorporator, stockholder or agent of the Guarantor, as such,
shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Guarantor
under the Notes, any Note Guarantees, the Indenture or this Supplemental
Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such
obligations or their creation. Each Holder of the Notes by accepting a Note
waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration for issuance of the Notes. Such waiver may not be effective to
waive liabilities under the federal securities laws and it is the view of the
Commission that such a waiver is against public policy.
7. NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE BUT WITHOUT
GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT
THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
8. Counterparts The parties may sign any number of copies of this
Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them
together represent the same agreement.
9. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience
only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
10. The Trustee. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner
whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental
Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which
recitals are made solely by the Guarantor and the Company.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental
Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
[Guarantor]
By: _________________________________
Name:
Title:
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ PRODUCTS, INC.
By: _________________________________
Name:
Title:
[EXISTING GUARANTORS]
By: _________________________________
Name:
Title
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee
By: _________________________________
Name:
Title:
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