SAMSONITE CORPORATION, as Issuer, and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee
SAMSONITE CORPORATION, as Issuer,
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee
Dated as of June 9, 2004
Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2010
CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
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TIA |
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Indenture |
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310 |
(a)(1) |
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7.10 |
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(a)(2) |
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7.10 |
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(a)(3) |
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N.A. |
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(a)(4) |
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N.A. |
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(b) |
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7.08; 7.10 |
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(b)(1) |
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7.10 |
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(b)(9) |
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7.10 |
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(c) |
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N.A. |
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311 |
(a) |
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7.11 |
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(b) |
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7.11 |
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(c) |
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N.A. |
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312 |
(a) |
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2.05 |
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(b) |
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N.A. |
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(c) |
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N.A. |
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313 |
(a) |
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7.06 |
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(b)(1) |
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7.06 |
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(b)(2) |
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7.06 |
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(c) |
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N.A. |
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(d) |
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7.06 |
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314 |
(a) |
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4.02; 4.04 |
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(b) |
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N.A. |
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(c)(1) |
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N.A. |
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(c)(2) |
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N.A. |
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(c)(3) |
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N.A. |
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(d) |
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N.A. |
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(e) |
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N.A. |
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(f) |
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N.A. |
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315 |
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7.01; 7.02 |
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(b) |
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7.05 |
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(c) |
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7.01 |
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6.05; 7.01; 7.02 |
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(e) |
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6.11 |
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N.A. |
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(a)(1)(A) |
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6.05 |
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(a)(1)(B) |
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6.04 |
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(a)(2) |
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8.02 |
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(b) |
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6.07 |
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(c) |
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8.04 |
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317 |
(a)(1) |
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6.08 |
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(a)(2) |
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6.09 |
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(b) |
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7.12 |
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318 |
(a) |
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N.A. |
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N.A. means Not Applicable
Note: This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of this Indenture
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Form of Certificate to Be Delivered in Connection with Transfers to Non-QIB Accredited Investors |
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Form of Certificate to Be Delivered in Connection with Transfers Pursuant to Regulation S |
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INDENTURE, dated as of June 9, 2004, between SAMSONITE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, as issuer (the “Company”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee (the “Trustee”).
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Company’s Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2010 (the “Securities”).
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01. Definitions.
“Acquired Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of a Person (including an Unrestricted Subsidiary) existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person.
“Additional Interest” is defined as set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Additional Securities” means Securities issued after the date of this Indenture in accordance with Section 2.02.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, a Person who, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such other Person. The term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided, however, that the ownership of at least 10% of the voting power of the Common Stock of a Person, either directly or indirectly, shall be deemed control.
“Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent, co-registrar or agent for service of notices and demands.
“Asset Sale” means the sale, transfer or other disposition (other than to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Emerging Market Subsidiary)) in any single transaction or series of related transactions involving assets with a fair market value in excess of $1,000,000 of (a) any Capital Stock of or other equity interest in any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company other than in a transaction where the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary receives therefor one or more properties with a fair market value equal to the fair market value of the Capital Stock issued, transferred or disposed of by the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary (with such fair market values being determined by the Board of Directors of the Company), (b) all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or of any Restricted Subsidiary thereof, (c) real property or (d) all or substantially all of the assets of any division, line of business or comparable business segment of the Company or of any Restricted Subsidiary thereof; provided that Asset Sales shall not include (x) sales, leases, conveyances, transfer or other dispositions to the Company or to a Restricted Subsidiary to any other Person if, after giving effect to such sale, lease, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, such other Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Emerging Market Subsidiary), (y) the
sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in a transaction complying with Section 5.01, in which case only the assets not so sold shall be deemed an Asset Sale, or (z) any sale, issuance or other disposition of Capital Stock or assets of any Joint Venture Subsidiary in compliance with Section 4.17.
“Asset Sale Proceeds” means, with respect to any Asset Sale, (i) cash received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from such Asset Sale (including cash received as consideration for the assumption of liabilities incurred in connection with or in anticipation of such Asset Sale), after (a) provision for all income or other taxes, estimated in good faith by the Company, measured by or resulting from such Asset Sale, (b) payment of all brokerage commissions, underwriting, accounting, legal and other fees and expenses related to such Asset Sale, (c) provision for minority interest holders in any Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such Asset Sale and (d) deduction of appropriate amounts to be provided by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any liabilities associated with the assets sold or disposed of in such Asset Sale and retained by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary after such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with the assets sold or disposed of in such Asset Sale, and (ii) promissory notes and other non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from such Asset Sale or other disposition upon the liquidation or conversion of such notes or non-cash consideration into cash.
“Available Asset Sale Proceeds” means, with respect to any Asset Sale, the aggregate Asset Sale Proceeds from such Asset Sale that have not been applied in accordance with clause (iii)(a) or (b) and that have not yet been the subject of an Excess Proceeds Offer in accordance with clause (iii)(c) of Section 4.09(a).
“Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company or any authorized committee thereof (a “Board Committee”); provided that the term “Board of Directors” as used in the definition of “Change of Control” shall not include any Board Committee.
“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company to be in full force and effect, and delivered to the Trustee.
“Borrowing Base Amount” means, as of any date, an amount equal to the greater of (x) the sum of:
(1) 85% of the aggregate book value of all accounts receivable (defined as trade receivable, notes and other receivables as reflected on the balance sheet of the Company) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter preceding such date; plus
(2) 60% of the aggregate book value of all inventory owned by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter preceding such date, less
(3) the aggregate amount of Liens permitted by clause (y) of the definition of “Permitted Liens”,
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and (y) the Borrowing Base Amount calculated in accordance with clause (x) above as of January 31, 2004, and in each case, calculated on a consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP.
“Capital Stock” means (i) with respect to any Person that is a corporation, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock, including each class of common stock and preferred stock of such Person and warrants or options to purchase any of the foregoing and (ii) with respect to any Person that is not a corporation, any and all partnership or other equity interests of such Person.
“Capitalized Lease Obligation” means, as to any Person, the obligation of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under a lease to which such Person is a party that is required to be classified and accounted for as capital lease obligations under GAAP and, for purposes of this definition, the amount of such obligations at any date shall be the capitalized amount of such obligations at such date, determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Cash Equivalents” means (i) marketable direct obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States Government or any member nation of the European Union or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States or any member nation of the European Union, in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof; (ii) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from either S&P or Xxxxx’x; (iii) commercial paper maturing no more than one year from the date of creation thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Xxxxx’x; (iv) certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof issued by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia or any U.S. branch of a foreign bank having at the date of acquisition thereof combined capital and surplus of not less than $250,000,000; (v) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of the types described in clause (i) above entered into with any bank meeting the qualifications specified in clause (iv) above; and (vi) investments in money market funds which invest substantially all of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (i) through (v) above.
“Change of Control” means, with respect to the Company, the occurrence of any of the following: (i) any Person (including a Person’s Affiliates), other than a Permitted Holder, becomes the beneficial owner (as defined under Rule 13d-3 or any successor rule or regulation promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 50% or more of the total voting power of the Company’s Common Stock unless, as a result of such transaction, the ultimate direct or indirect ownership of the Company is substantially the same immediately after such transaction as it was immediately prior to such transaction, (ii) there shall be consummated any consolidation or merger of the Company in which the Company is not the continuing or surviving corporation or pursuant to which the Common Stock of the Company would be converted into cash, securities or other property, other than a merger or consolidation of the Company in which the holders of the Common Stock of the Company outstanding immediately prior to the consolidation or merger hold, directly or indirectly, at least a majority of the voting power of the Common Stock of the surviving corporation immediately after such consolidation or merger or (iii) during any period of two consecutive years, 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 shareholders of the Company has been approved by a majority of the directors then still in office who either were directors at
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the beginning of such period or whose election or recommendation for election was previously so approved) cease to constitute a majority of the Board of the Directors of the Company.
“Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, a société anonyme, or any successor securities clearing agency.
“Common Depository” means, with respect to the Securities issued in the form of one or more Global Securities, The Bank of New York, London Branch, as common depository for Euroclear and Clearstream.
“Common Stock” of any Person means any and all shares, interests or other participations in, and other equivalents (however designated and whether voting or non-voting) of, such Person’s common stock, whether outstanding on the Issue Date or issued after the Issue Date, and includes, without limitation, all series and classes of such common stock.
“Company” means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces such party pursuant to Article 5 of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor obligor on the Securities.
“Company Request” means any written request signed in the name of the Company by the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer or the Treasurer and attested to by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company.
“Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, for any period, an amount equal to the sum of Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus, to the extent deducted from the revenues of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries in determining Consolidated Net Income, (i) the provision for taxes for such period based on income or profits and any provision for taxes utilized in computing a loss in Consolidated Net Income above, plus (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense (including, for this purpose, dividends on the Convertible Preferred Stock and any Redeemable Dividends in each case only to the extent that such dividends were deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income), plus (iii) Consolidated Non-Cash Charges, plus (iv) without duplication, for any four quarter period that includes one or more fiscal quarters of fiscal year 2004 or fiscal year 2005, cash restructuring charges to the extent actually incurred during each such applicable quarter, provided that with respect to fiscal year 2005, such cash restructuring charge shall not exceed $8,300,000 in an aggregate amount, and minus (vi) without duplication, the amount of all cash payments made by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period to the extent such payments relate to Consolidated Non-Cash Charges that were added back in determining Consolidated EBITDA for such period or any prior period, all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” on any date of determination (the “Transaction Date”) means, with respect to any Person, the ratio of (i) the aggregate amount of Consolidated EBITDA of such Person for the Reference Period to (ii) the aggregate amount of Consolidated Fixed Charges of such Person during the Reference Period; provided, that for purposes of such computation, in calculating Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Fixed Charges, (a) the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio will be assumed to have occurred (on a pro forma basis) on the first day of the Reference Period; (b) the incurrence of any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness incurred under any revolving credit or similar facility to the extent that the proceeds were used to finance working capital requirements in the ordinary course of business) or the issuance of any Disqualified Capital Stock or Preferred Stock during the
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Reference Period or subsequent thereto and on or prior to the Transaction Date (and the application of the proceeds therefrom (other than a repayment of Indebtedness outstanding under a revolving credit or similar facility to the extent that the proceeds were used to finance working capital requirements in the ordinary course of business) to the extent used to retire Indebtedness or Preferred Stock) will be assumed to have occurred (on a pro forma basis) on the first day of such Reference Period; (c) Consolidated Interest Expense attributable to any Indebtedness (whether existing or being incurred) bearing a floating interest rate shall be computed as if the rate in effect on the Transaction Date had been the applicable rate for the entire period, unless such Person or any of its Subsidiaries is a party to an Interest Rate Agreement (which shall remain in effect for the 12-month period after the Transaction Date) that has the effect of fixing the interest rate on the date of computation, in which case such rate (whether higher or lower) shall be used; (d) the repayment of any Indebtedness (other than under a revolving credit or similar facility to the extent that the proceeds were used to finance working capital requirements in the ordinary course of business), Disqualified Capital Stock or Preferred Stock during the Reference Period or subsequent thereto and on or prior to the Transaction Date with the proceeds of any sale or other disposition of assets or properties referred to in clause (f) below will be assumed to have occurred (on a pro forma basis) on the first day of the Reference Period; (e) the acquisition during the Reference Period or subsequent thereto and on or prior to the Transaction Date of any other Person which, as a result of such acquisition, becomes a Subsidiary, will be assumed to have occurred (on a pro forma basis) on the first day of the Reference Period; and (f) any sale or other disposition of assets or properties constituting an existing business (whether existing as a separate entity, subsidiary, division, unit or otherwise) outside the ordinary course of business occurring during the Reference Period or subsequent thereto and on or prior to the Transaction Date will be assumed to have occurred (on a pro forma basis) on the first day of the Reference Period.
“Consolidated Fixed Charges” of any Person for any period means (without duplication) the sum of (i) Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period (excluding amortization or write-off of deferred financing fees and expenses) and (ii) without duplication, Redeemable Dividends of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries (whether in cash or otherwise (except dividends payable solely in shares of Qualified Capital Stock)) with respect to Disqualified Capital Stock and Preferred Stock accrued during such period in accordance with GAAP (but in the case of such Preferred Stock, only to the extent that the aggregate amount of dividends paid or accrued from and after the Issue Date exceeds the aggregate net cash proceeds to such Person from the issuance and sale of such Preferred Stock), in each case excluding items eliminated in consolidation of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, that dividends accrued or paid on the Convertible Preferred Stock shall not be included in the calculation of Consolidated Fixed Charges.
“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person, for any period, the aggregate amount of interest which, in conformity with GAAP, would be set forth opposite the caption “interest expense” or any like caption on an income statement for such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, including, but not limited to, Redeemable Dividends, whether paid or accrued, on Restricted Subsidiary Preferred Stock, imputed interest included in Capitalized Lease Obligations, all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing, the net costs associated with hedging obligations, amortization of other financing fees and expenses, the interest portion of any deferred payment obligation, amortization of discount or premium, if any, and all other non-cash interest expense (other than interest amortized to cost of sales) plus, without duplication, all net capitalized interest for such period and all interest incurred or paid under any guarantee of Indebtedness (including a guarantee of principal, interest or any combination thereof) of any Person, plus the amount of all dividends or distributions
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paid on Disqualified Capital Stock (other than dividends paid or payable in shares of Capital Stock of the Company), minus interest income for such period.
“Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any Person, for any period, the aggregate of the net income (or loss) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that (a) the net income of any Person including of any Emerging Market Subsidiary or Unrestricted Subsidiary (each, an “Other Person”) in which the Person in question or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has less than a 100% interest (which interest does not cause the net income of such Other Person to be consolidated into the net income of the Person in question in accordance with GAAP) shall be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions paid to the Person in question or to any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, (b) the net income of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Person in question that is subject to any restriction or limitation on the payment of dividends or the making of other distributions (other than pursuant to the Securities) shall be excluded to the extent of such restriction or limitation, (c) any net gain or net loss resulting from an Asset Sale by the Person in question or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries other than in the ordinary course of business shall be excluded, (d) extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring gains and losses shall be excluded, (e) gains and losses associated with discontinued and terminated operations shall be excluded, (f) any Consolidated Non-Cash Charges constituting impairment charges resulting from the application of Statements of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142 and No. 144 and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141 shall be excluded and (g) Consolidated Non-Cash Charges constituting compensation expense determined in accordance with GAAP shall be excluded.
“Consolidated Non-Cash Charges” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate depreciation, amortization and other non-cash items (which do not reflect an accrual of a cash expense which may be incurred in the future) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries reducing Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries less any such non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Tangible Assets” means, at any date, with respect to any Person, the consolidated total assets of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries determined in accordance with GAAP (calculated after giving pro forma effect to any acquisition of assets on such date), less all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount, organization expense and other similar intangibles properly classified as intangibles in accordance with GAAP.
“Convertible Preferred Stock” means the 2003 Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.
“Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date of execution of this Indenture is specified in Section 11.02, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company).
“Credit Agreement” means (i) one or more credit agreements, loan agreements or similar agreements providing for working capital advances, term loans, letter of credit facilities or similar advances, loans, or facilities to the Company, any Subsidiary, domestic or foreign, or any or all of such Persons, including the Credit Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2003, among the Company and
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Samsonite Europe N.V., as borrowers, General Electric Capital Corporation and KBC Bank N.V., and certain other lenders party thereto from time to time, as the same may be amended, modified, restated or supplemented from time to time and (ii) any one or more agreements governing advances, loans or facilities provided to refund, refinance, replace or renew (including subsequent or successive refunding, refinancing, replacements and renewals) Indebtedness under the agreement or agreements referred to in the foregoing clause (i), as the same may be amended, modified, restated or supplemented from time to time.
“Currency Agreement” means any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement or other similar agreement designed to address fluctuations in currency values.
“Default” means an event or condition the occurrence of which is, or with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.
“Depositary” means Euroclear or Clearstream or a successor clearing agency to either or both of them, which must be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act.
“Disqualified Capital Stock” means any Capital Stock which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event, matures (excluding any maturity as the result of an optional redemption by the issuer thereof) or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the sole option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the final maturity date of the Securities. Without limitation of the foregoing, Disqualified Capital Stock shall be deemed to include (i) any Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and (ii) any Preferred Stock of the Company, with respect to either of which, under the terms of such Preferred Stock, by agreement or otherwise, such Restricted Subsidiary or the Company is obligated to pay current dividends or distributions in cash during the period prior to the maturity date of the Securities; provided, however, that Preferred Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof that is issued with the benefit of provisions requiring a change of control offer to be made for such Preferred Stock in the event of a change of control of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, which provisions have substantially the same effect as the provisions of Section 4.14 shall not be deemed to be Disqualified Capital Stock solely by virtue of such provisions; and provided, further, that the Convertible Preferred Stock shall not be considered Disqualified Capital Stock.
“Emerging Market Subsidiary” means (i) any Initial Emerging Market Subsidiary, (ii) any majority-owned Subsidiary of the Company the principal operations of which are not located in the United States, Canada or Western Europe that, at the time of determination, shall be an Emerging Market Subsidiary (as designated by the Board of Directors, as provided below) and (iii) any majority-owned Subsidiary of an Emerging Market Subsidiary. The Board of Directors may designate (1) any Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company to be an Emerging Market Subsidiary, and (2) any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary at or prior to the time it is so formed or acquired) to be an Emerging Market Subsidiary if it meets the geographic test set forth above and (a) no Default or Event of Default is existing or will occur as a consequence thereof, (b) with respect to previously existing Restricted Subsidiaries, immediately after giving effect to such designation, on a pro forma basis, the Company could incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) pursuant to Section 4.06 and (c) such Restricted Subsidiary does not own any Capital Stock of, or own or hold any Lien on any property of, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary of the Restricted Subsidiary to be so designated. At the time that a previously existing Restricted Subsidiary of the Company is designated an Emerging Market Subsidiary, the Company shall be deemed to make an “Investment” in such
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Emerging Market Subsidiary in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Interest in the fair market value of the net assets of such Restricted Subsidiary. A Restricted Subsidiary of the Company shall not be considered to be a “previously existing Restricted Subsidiary” for purposes of this definition if such Restricted Subsidiary is designated to be an Emerging Market Subsidiary at or prior to the time of the formation of such Restricted Subsidiary or at or prior to the time such Restricted Subsidiary is acquired by the Company. The Board of Directors may designate any Emerging Market Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary, provided that (i) no Default or Event of Default is existing or will occur as a consequence thereof and (ii) either (x) immediately after giving effect to such designation, on a pro forma basis, the Company could incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) pursuant to Section 4.06 or (y) the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company immediately after giving effect to such designation, on a pro forma basis, exceeds the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company immediately prior (and without giving effect) to such designation. Each such designation shall be evidenced by the filing with the Trustee of a certified copy of the Board Resolution giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing conditions.
“Equity Offering” means a sale by the Company of shares of its Qualified Capital Stock.
“EU Government Obligations” means securities that are (a) direct obligations of any member state of the European Union (as it exists on the Issue Date) for the payment of which its full faith and credit are pledged or (b) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of any member state of the European Union (as it exists on the Issue Date), the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by such member state of the European Union, which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any such EU Government Obligation or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such EU Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the EU Government Obligation or a specific payment of principal or interest on any such EU Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depository receipt.
“Euroclear” means the Euroclear Clearance System or any successor securities clearance agency.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Exchange Offer” means the Company’s offer to exchange the Exchange Securities for the Initial Securities pursuant to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Exchange Securities” means (i) the Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2010, as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, to be issued from time to time pursuant to the Indenture in connection with the Exchange Offer and (ii) Additional Securities, if any, issued (x) without the Private Placement Legend or (y) pursuant to a registration rights agreement substantially similar to the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Foreign Credit Agreement” means one or more Credit Agreements among one or more Foreign Restricted Subsidiaries and the lenders party thereto.
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“Foreign Restricted Subsidiary” means a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is incorporated or otherwise organized in a jurisdiction other than the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied as in effect in the United States from time to time.
“Holder” or “Securityholder” means the Person in whose name a Security is registered on the Registrar’s books.
“Incur” means, with respect to any Indebtedness or other obligation of any Person, to create, issue, incur (by conversion, exchange or otherwise), assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation or the recording, as required pursuant to GAAP or otherwise, of any such Indebtedness or other obligation on the balance sheet of such Person (and “incurrence,” “incurred,” “incurrable” and “incurring” shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing); provided that a change in GAAP that results in an obligation of such Person that exists at such time becoming Indebtedness shall not be deemed an incurrence of such Indebtedness; provided, further, that the amortization of original issue discount on Indebtedness issued with original issue discount or the accumulation of distributions on Disqualified Capital Stock shall not be deemed an incurrence of Indebtedness.
“Indebtedness” means (without duplication), with respect to any Person, any indebtedness at any time outstanding, secured or unsecured, contingent or otherwise, which is for borrowed money (whether or not the recourse of the lender is to the whole of the assets of such Person or only to a portion thereof) or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property (excluding, without limitation, any balances that constitute accounts payable or trade payables and other accrued liabilities or accrued expenses arising in the ordinary course of business) if and to the extent any of the foregoing indebtedness would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP, and shall also include, to the extent not otherwise included, (i) any Capitalized Lease Obligations, (ii) obligations secured by a Lien to which the property or assets owned or held by such Person are subject, whether or not the obligation or obligations secured thereby shall have been assumed (provided, however, that if such obligation or obligations shall not have been assumed, the amount of such Indebtedness shall be deemed to be the lesser of the principal amount of the obligation or the fair market value of the pledged property or assets), other than a Permitted Lien securing an obligation that is not Indebtedness, (iii) guarantees of items of other Persons which would be included within this definition for such other Persons (whether or not such items would appear upon the balance sheet of the guarantor), (iv) all obligations for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit, banker’s acceptance or similar credit transaction, (v) Disqualified Capital Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof and (vi) obligations of any such Person under any Interest Rate Agreement or Currency Agreement applicable to any of the foregoing (if and to the extent such Interest Rate Agreement or Currency Agreement obligations would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP). The amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any date shall be the outstanding balance at such date of all unconditional obligations as described above and, with respect to contingent obligations, the maximum liability upon the occurrence of the contingency giving rise to the obligation, provided that (i) the amount outstanding at any time of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount is the principal amount of such Indebtedness less the remaining unamortized portion of the original issue discount of such Indebtedness at such time as determined in conformity with GAAP and (ii) Indebtedness shall not include any liability for federal,
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state, local or other taxes. Notwithstanding any other provision of the foregoing definition, any trade payable arising from the purchase of goods or materials or for services obtained in the ordinary course of business or contingent obligations arising out of customary indemnification agreements with respect to the sale of assets or securities shall not be deemed to be “Indebtedness” of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiaries for purposes of this definition. Furthermore, guarantees of (or obligations with respect to letters of credit supporting) Indebtedness otherwise included in the determination of such amount shall not also be included.
“Indenture” means this Indenture as amended, restated or supplemented from time to time.
“Initial Emerging Market Subsidiary” means each of (i) Arife S.A., (ii) Samsonite Luggage (Ningbo) Co. Ltd., (iii) Samsonite Argentina S.A., (iv) Samsonite Brasil Ltda., (v) Samsonite India Private Limited, (vi) Samsonite Korea Limited, (vi) Samsonite Mercosur Limited, (viii) Samsonite Mauritius Limited, and (ix) Lonberg Express S.A.
“Initial Securities” means the Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2010, as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, issued from time to time under this Indenture, bearing the Private Placement Legend.
“Institutional Accredited Investor” means an institution that is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Interest Payment Date” means the stated maturity of any scheduled installment of interest on the Securities.
“Interest Rate Agreement” means, for any Person, any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement or other similar agreement.
“Invested Capital” in an Emerging Market Subsidiary means the sum (without duplication) of the aggregate net cash proceeds and non-cash consideration (other than services) received by such Emerging Market Subsidiary from (a) the issuance of any Qualified Capital Stock of such Emerging Market Subsidiary; (b) the issuance of Disqualified Capital Stock or Indebtedness securities of such Emerging Market Subsidiary to (and only so long as such securities are beneficially owned by) the Company, a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or any other Person that beneficially owns 20% or more of the Qualified Capital Stock of such Emerging Market Subsidiary (a “Significant Partner”); provided, that proceeds from the issuance of Disqualified Capital Stock and Indebtedness securities that are beneficially owned by a Significant Partner shall constitute Invested Capital only to the extent that the ratio of (w) the Invested Capital under the preceding clause (a) attributable to Capital Stock beneficially owned by such Significant Partner to (x) the proceeds from the issuance of Disqualified Capital Stock and Indebtedness of such Emerging Market Subsidiary beneficially owned by such Significant Partner is not greater than the ratio of (y) the Invested Capital under the preceding clause (a) attributable to Capital Stock beneficially owned by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to (z) the proceeds from the issuance of Disqualified Capital Stock and Indebtedness of such Emerging Market Subsidiary beneficially owned by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and (c) the issuance of Disqualified Capital Stock or Indebtedness securities of such Emerging Market Subsidiary convertible into Qualified Capital Stock of such Emerging Market Subsidiary, in each case upon such conversion thereof into Qualified Capital Stock of such Emerging Market Subsidiary and that is not considered Invested Capital pursuant to clause (b) above. For purposes
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of this definition, the amount attributable to non-cash consideration shall be the fair value thereof determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of such Emerging Market Subsidiary.
“Investment” by any Person in any other Person means, directly or indirectly, any advance, account receivable (other than an account receivable arising in the ordinary course of business), loan or capital contribution to (by means of transfers of property to others, payments for property or services for the account or use of others or otherwise), the purchase of any stocks, bonds, notes, debentures, partnership or joint venture interests or other securities of, the acquisition, by purchase or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the business or assets or stock or other evidence of beneficial ownership of, such other Person or the making of any investment by such Person in any other Person. Investments shall exclude extensions of trade credit on commercially reasonable terms in accordance with normal trade practices and repurchases or redemptions of the Securities or the Convertible Preferred Stock by the Company or any other security or evidence of Indebtedness issued by the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following shall not be considered Investments by a Person in any other Person: (i) trade receivables and prepaid expenses, in each case arising in the ordinary course of business; provided, that such receivables and prepaid expenses would be recorded as assets of such Person in accordance with GAAP, (ii) Investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers and customers or in good xxxxx xxxx fide settlement of delinquent ordinary course of business trade receivables of customers, (iii) endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business by such Person of bank drafts and similar negotiable instruments of such other Person received as payment for ordinary course of business trade receivables, (iv) an Interest Rate Agreement or Currency Agreement with an unaffiliated Person provided that such agreements comply with the requirements of clause (iv) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness, (v) Investments received as consideration for, or customary indemnities given in connection with, an Asset Sale in compliance with Section 4.09, and (vi) Investments for which the sole consideration provided is Qualified Capital Stock. The Company shall be deemed to make an “Investment” in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Interest in the fair market value of the net assets of any previously existing Restricted Subsidiary, at the time that such Restricted Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary or an Emerging Market Subsidiary, as the case may be; and any property transferred, directly or indirectly (whether by merger or otherwise) to an Unrestricted Subsidiary or an Emerging Market Subsidiary, as the case may be, from the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary after the time of such designation shall be deemed an Investment valued at its fair market value at the time of such transfer. A Restricted Subsidiary of the Company shall not be considered to be a “previously existing Restricted Subsidiary” for purposes of this definition if such Restricted Subsidiary is designated to be an Emerging Market Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, at or prior to the time of the formation of such Restricted Subsidiary or at or prior to the time such Restricted Subsidiary is acquired by the Company.
“Issue Date” means June 9, 2004.
“Joint Venture Subsidiary” means a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in which one or more Persons who have provided or are providing operating assets or services to such Restricted Subsidiary beneficially own not less than 50% of the Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary not owned by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company.
“Lien” means any consensual lien, mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof and any agreement to give any security interest).
“Maturity Date” means June 1, 2010.
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“Net Proceeds” means (a) in the case of any sale of Capital Stock by the Company, the aggregate net proceeds received by the Company, after payment of expenses, commissions and the like incurred in connection therewith, whether such proceeds are in cash or in property (valued at the fair market value thereof, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, at the time of receipt) and (b) in the case of any exchange, exercise, conversion or surrender of outstanding securities of any kind for or into shares of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company, the net book value of such outstanding securities on the date of such exchange, exercise, conversion or surrender (plus any additional amount required to be paid by the holder to the Company upon such exchange, exercise, conversion or surrender, less any and all payments made to the holders, e.g., on account of fractional shares and less all expenses incurred by the Company in connection therewith).
“Non-U.S. Person” means a person who is not a U.S. person, as defined in Regulation S.
“Obligations” means all obligations for principal, premium, interest (including post-petition interest and, in the case of the Securities, any additional interest or liquidated damages from time to time payable pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement), penalties, fees, costs, indemnifications, reimbursements, repurchase, redemption, retirement or defeasance obligations, damages and other liabilities and obligations payable under the documentation governing, or otherwise relating to, any Indebtedness.
“Offer Period” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.09(b).
“Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Controller or the Secretary of the Company, or any other officer designated by the Board of Directors, as the case may be.
“Officers’ Certificate” means, with respect to any Person, a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Vice President and the Chief Financial Officer, the Controller or any Treasurer of such Person that shall comply with applicable provisions of this Indenture.
“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel which counsel is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
“Original Credit Agreement” means the referenced Credit Agreement described in clause (i) of the definition of Credit Agreement dated on or as in effect on or about the Issue Date, as the same may be amended, modified, restated or supplemented from time to time, and any one replacement agreement or facility existing at any time provided to refund, refinance, replace or renew (including subsequent or successive refundings, refinancings, replacements and renewals) the Original Credit Agreement; such replacement agreement or facility to be designated by the Company and certified in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee.
“Pari Passu Debt” means any Indebtedness (secured or unsecured) of the Company that ranks pari passu in right of payment with the Securities.
“Permitted Denver Disposition” means the sale, disposition, lease or transfer by the Company of the real estate it owns in Denver, Colorado on the Issue Date.
“Permitted Holders” means each of Ares Management LLC, Xxxx Capital (Europe) LLC, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board and any Affiliate of any of the foregoing.
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“Permitted Indebtedness” means, without duplication, each of the following:
(i) Indebtedness under the Securities issued on the Issue Date under this Indenture;
(ii) Indebtedness incurred pursuant to any Credit Agreements (and the guarantees thereof) in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed the Borrowing Base Amount;
(iii) all other Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on the Issue Date, including, without limitation, the Senior Subordinated Notes;
(iv) (a) Obligations under Interest Rate Agreements of the Company covering Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that such Interest Rate Agreements are entered into to protect the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries from fluctuations in interest rates on Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred hereunder and not for speculative purposes to the extent the notional principal amount of such Interest Rate Agreement does not exceed the principal amount of the Indebtedness to which such Interest Rate Agreement relates and (b) Indebtedness under Currency Agreements incurred by the Company in the ordinary course of business to the extent that such obligations have been entered into to protect against fluctuations in currency exchange rates and not for speculative purposes; provided, that in the case of Currency Agreements which relate to Indebtedness, such Currency Agreements do not increase the Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding other than as a result of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates or by reason of fees, indemnities and compensation payable thereunder;
(v) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company for so long as such Indebtedness is owned by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, in each case with no Lien securing such Indebtedness held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided that if as of any date any Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company owns any such Indebtedness or holds a Lien securing any such Indebtedness, such date shall be deemed the incurrence of Indebtedness not constituting Permitted Indebtedness under this clause (v);
(vi) Indebtedness of the Company to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company for so long as such Indebtedness is owned by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, in each case with no Lien securing such Indebtedness; provided that (a) any Indebtedness of the Company to any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company is subordinated, pursuant to a written agreement, to the Company’s Obligations under this Indenture and the Securities at least to the same extent that the Senior Subordinated Notes are subordinated to the Securities, and (b) if as of any date any Person other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company owns any such Indebtedness or any Person holds a Lien securing any such Indebtedness, such date shall be deemed the incurrence of Indebtedness not constituting Permitted Indebtedness under this clause (vi);
(vii) Purchase Money Indebtedness and Capitalized Lease Obligations incurred to acquire property in the ordinary course of business which Indebtedness and Capitalized Lease Obligations do not in the aggregate exceed the greater of (x) $25,000,000 and (y) 5% of Consolidated Tangible Assets;
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(viii) Acquired Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiaries, provided that such Indebtedness was not incurred by a Person in connection with, or in anticipation or contemplation of, such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and provided, further, that after giving effect to such incurrence or assumption of such Acquired Indebtedness the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as whole, and the Restricted Subsidiary making such acquisition independently, are at least equal to 2:00:1 as calculated in accordance with Section 4.06;
(ix) Refinancing Indebtedness;
(x) Indebtedness solely in respect of performance bonds, surety agreements, documentary letters of credit used for payment of goods consistent with past practice, or other guarantees of performance (in each case other than an obligation for the payment of borrowed money) incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(xi) additional Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the sum of (A) $50,000,000 and (B) 100% of the Net Proceeds actually received by the Company following the Issue Date from the issue or sale of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company (other than to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) determined in accordance with clause (a)(iii)(B) of Section 4.08 to the extent that (x) such Net Proceeds have not been applied pursuant to clause (a)(iii)(B) to make Restricted Payments or to make other investments, payments or exchanges permitted pursuant to Section 4.08(b) or to make Permitted Investments (other than Permitted Investments specified in clauses (i) and (iii) of the definition thereof) and (y) (1) such Indebtedness is incurred within 180 days after the receipt of such Net Proceeds and (2) is designated as Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (xi) pursuant to an officers’ certificate on the date of the incurrence thereof, provided, however, that the aggregate amount of Indebtedness incurred by Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to this clause (xi) may not exceed $50,000,000 outstanding at any one time; and
(xii) Indebtedness incurred pursuant to any Foreign Credit Agreement in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $35,000,000.
“Permitted Investments” means, for any Person, Investments made on or after the Issue Date consisting of:
(i) Investments by the Company, or by a Restricted Subsidiary thereof, in the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof;
(ii) Cash Equivalents;
(iii) Investments by the Company, or by a Restricted Subsidiary thereof, in a Person (or in all or substantially all of the business or assets of a Person) if as a result of such Investment (a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, (b) such Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof or (c) such business or assets are owned by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(iv) Investments in Emerging Market Subsidiaries in the aggregate amount after the Issue Date not to exceed $50,000,000;
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(v) reasonable and customary loans made to employees not to exceed $500,000 to any employee, and not to exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding;
(vi) an Investment that is made by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in the form of any stock, bonds, notes, debentures, partnership or joint venture interests or other securities that are issued by a third party to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary solely as partial consideration for the consummation of an Asset Sale that is otherwise permitted under Section 4.09;
(vii) accounts receivable of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries generated in the ordinary course of business;
(viii) Investments deemed to have been made as a result of the acquisition of a Person that at the time of such acquisition held instruments constituting Investments that were not acquired in contemplation of the acquisition of such Person; and
(ix) additional Investments of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries from time to time of an amount not to exceed $20,000,000.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, amounts available for Investments under clauses (iv) and (ix) shall be increased by the aggregate amount of Returned Investments received by the Company on or before the date of such Investment.
“Permitted Liens” means (a) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims either (i) not delinquent or (ii) contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and as to which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have set aside on its books such reserves as may be required pursuant to GAAP; (b) statutory Liens of landlords and Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, suppliers, materialmen, repairmen and other Liens imposed by law or pursuant to customary reservations or retentions of title incurred in the ordinary course of business for sums not yet delinquent or being contested in good faith, if such reserve or other appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required by GAAP shall have been made in respect thereof; (c) Liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security, including any Lien securing letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice in connection therewith, or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, custom bonds, surety and appeal bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, performance and return-of-money bonds and other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money); (d) Liens arising by reason of any judgment, decree or order of any court, but not giving rise to an Event of Default so long as such Lien is adequately bonded and any appropriate legal proceedings which may have been duly initiated for the review of such judgment, decree or order shall not have been finally terminated or the period within which such proceedings may be initiated shall not have expired; (e) survey exceptions, easements, rights-of-way, zoning restrictions and other similar charges or encumbrances in respect of real property not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; (f) any interest or title of a lessor under any operating lease or any Capitalized Lease Obligation permitted pursuant to clause (vii) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness” or Liens securing any such Capitalized Lease Obligation; provided that such Liens do not extend to any property or assets which is not leased property subject to such Capitalized Lease Obligation; (g) Liens securing Purchase Money Indebtedness permitted pursuant to clause (vii) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness; provided, however, that (a) such Indebtedness shall not exceed the cost of the property or assets acquired, together with, in the case where such property or assets include real property or
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fixtures, the cost of the construction thereof and improvements thereto, and shall not be secured by any property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company other than such property and improvements thereto so acquired or constructed and (b) the Lien securing such Indebtedness shall be created within 180 days of such acquisition or construction or, in the case of a refinancing of such Indebtedness, within 180 days of such refinancing; (h) Liens upon specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods; (i) Liens securing reimbursement obligations with respect to commercial letters of credit which encumber documents and other property relating to such letters of credit and products and proceeds thereof; (j) Liens encumbering deposits made to secure obligations arising from statutory, regulatory, contractual, or warranty requirements of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including rights of offset and set-off; (k) Liens securing Interest Rate Agreements which Interest Rate Agreements relate to Indebtedness that is otherwise permitted pursuant clause (iv) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness; (l) Liens securing Currency Agreements that are permitted pursuant clause (iv) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness; (m) Liens securing Acquired Indebtedness incurred in accordance with clause (viii) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness; provided that: (i) such Liens secured such Acquired Indebtedness at the time of and prior to the incurrence of such Acquired Indebtedness by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and were not granted in connection with, or in anticipation of, the incurrence of such Acquired Indebtedness by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; and (ii) such Liens do not extend to or cover any property or assets of the Company or of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries other than the property or assets that secured the Acquired Indebtedness prior to the time such Indebtedness became Acquired Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and are no more favorable to the lien holders than those securing the Acquired Indebtedness prior to the incurrence of such Acquired Indebtedness by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; (n) Liens existing as of the Issue Date and securing Indebtedness permitted to be outstanding under clause (iii) of the definition of the term Permitted Indebtedness to the extent and in the manner such Liens are in effect on the Issue Date; (o) Liens securing letters of credit permitted under clause (x) of the definition of the term Permitted Indebtedness, provided, however, that such Lien is only secured by cash or Cash Equivalents; (p) Liens securing Indebtedness of Foreign Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent such Indebtedness is permitted under clause (xii) of the definition of the term Permitted Indebtedness; provided, however, that no asset of the Company or any Domestic Restricted Subsidiary shall be subject to any such Lien; (q) Liens in favor of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (v) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness; (r) leases, subleases, licenses and sublicenses granted to others that do not materially interfere with the ordinary course of business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries; (s) banker’s Liens, rights of setoff and similar Liens with respect to cash and Cash Equivalents on deposit in one or more bank accounts in the ordinary course of business; provided that such bank accounts are not cash collateral accounts; (t) Liens arising from the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements regarding leases; (u) Liens securing obligations with respect to operating leases and guarantees thereof; provided that such Liens do not extend to or cover any property of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries other than the property subject to such leases, any property or rights (including rights under subleases) relating to such leased property and the equity interests of the lessee in any such lease; (v) deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure liability to insurance carriers; (w) rights of a licensor of intellectual property; (x) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangement for the sale of goods entered into by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business; (y) Liens in favor of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (or any related entity) with respect to collateral also securing Obligations under any Credit Agreement; (z) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business of the
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Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company with respect to Obligations that (i) are not incurred in connection with the borrowing of money (other than trade credit in the ordinary course of business) and (ii) do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto; and (aa) Liens securing Refinancing Indebtedness which is incurred to refinance any Indebtedness which has been secured by a Lien permitted under this Indenture and which has been incurred in accordance with clause (ix) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness; provided, however, that such Liens: (i) are no less favorable to the Holders and are not more favorable to the lien holders with respect to such Liens than the Liens in respect of the Indebtedness being Refinanced; and (ii) do not extend to or cover any property or assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries not securing the Refinancing Indebtedness.
“Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, unincorporated organization, joint stock company, limited liability company, trust or joint venture, or a governmental agency or political subdivision thereof.
“Plan” means any employee benefit plan, retirement plan, deferred compensation plan, restricted stock plan, health, life, disability or other insurance plan or program, employee stock purchase plan, employee stock ownership plan, pension plan, stock option plan or similar plan or arrangement of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, or any successor plan thereof, and “Plans” shall have a correlative meaning.
“Preferred Stock” of any Person means any Capital Stock of such Person that has preferential rights to any other Capital Stock of such Person with respect to dividends or redemption or upon liquidation.
“Private Placement Legend” means the legend initially set forth on the Securities in the form set forth on Exhibit A hereto.
“Pro Rata Interest” of any Person in any other Person means a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount of the equity or other ownership interest in such other Person that is beneficially owned by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, and the denominator of which is the aggregate amount of all equity or other ownership interests in such other Person that is outstanding (for this purpose, equity or other ownership interests subject to presently exercisable options, warrants or other rights to acquire such interests shall be deemed to be outstanding and shall be included in both the numerator and denominator). The Pro Rata Interest of any Person in any item of income or expense or in the fair market value of the assets or liabilities of any other Person means the amount obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of such income or expense or the fair market value of the relevant asset or liability, as the case may be, of such other Person by (ii) the Pro Rata Interest of such Person in such other Person.
“Purchase Money Indebtedness” of any Person means any Indebtedness incurred or assumed by a Person to finance the cost (including the cost of construction) of an item of real or personal property or on the improvement of such property, the principal amount of which Indebtedness does not exceed the sum (i) 100% of such cost and (ii) reasonable fees and expenses of such Person incurred in connection therewith and provided that such Indebtedness is incurred or assumed within 90 days of the acquisition of, or improvement to, such property.
“Qualified Capital Stock” means any Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Capital Stock.
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“Qualified Institutional Buyer” or “QIB” shall have the meaning specified in Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Redeemable Dividend” means, for any dividend or distribution with regard to Disqualified Capital Stock or Preferred Stock, the quotient of the dividend or distribution divided by the difference between one and the maximum statutory United States federal income tax rate (expressed as a decimal number between 1 and 0) then applicable to the issuer of such Disqualified Capital Stock or Preferred Stock, as the case may be.
“Redemption Date” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed means the date fixed for such redemption pursuant to this Indenture.
“Reference Period” with regard to any Person means the four full fiscal quarters of such Person ended on or immediately preceding any date upon which any determination is to be made pursuant to the terms of the Securities or this Indenture; provided, that if the Transaction Date in question is more than 90 days after the end of such Person’s most recently completed fiscal year or more than 45 days after the end of such Person’s most recently completed fiscal quarter (other than the fourth fiscal quarter), then “Reference Period” shall mean the four full fiscal quarters ended on the last day of such fiscal year or fiscal quarter, as the case may be, unless financial information for a later period of four full fiscal quarters is available.
“Refinancing Indebtedness” means an extension, renewal, replacement, refinancing or refunding of any Indebtedness which is Permitted Indebtedness (other than pursuant to clauses (ii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (x), (xi) and (xii) of the definition thereof) or is otherwise incurred in accordance with Section 4.06 (such Indebtedness is collectively referred to as “Refinancing Indebtedness”); provided, that (1) the maximum principal amount of the relevant Refinancing Indebtedness (or, if such Refinancing Indebtedness (if not a revolving credit or similar arrangement) does not require cash payments prior to maturity or is otherwise issued at a discount, the original issue price of such Refinancing Indebtedness) may not exceed (x) the maximum principal amount of the relevant Indebtedness or Disqualified Capital Stock being extended, renewed, replaced, refinanced or refunded, plus unpaid interest, prepayment penalties, redemption premiums, fees, expenses and other amounts owing with respect thereto, plus reasonable financing fees and other reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection therewith (collectively, “Refinancing Costs”), or (y) if such Indebtedness or Disqualified Capital Stock being extended, renewed, replaced, refinanced or refunded was issued at an original issue discount, the original issue price, plus amortization of the original issue discount at the time of the incurrence of the Refinancing Indebtedness plus Refinancing Costs, (2) if Pari Passu Debt or Disqualified Capital Stock, such Refinancing Indebtedness has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity and a final maturity that is equal to or greater than the Pari Passu Debt or Disqualified Capital Stock being extended, renewed, replaced, refinanced or refunded at the time of such extension, renewal, replacement, refinancing or refunding, (3) with respect to Indebtedness or Disqualified Capital Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiaries, the relevant Refinancing Indebtedness shall rank in right of payment with respect to the Securities to an extent no less favorable in respect thereof to the holders of Securities than the Indebtedness or Disqualified Capital Stock being refinanced, extended, renewed, replaced or refunded and (4) Refinancing Indebtedness incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company shall only be used to refinance outstanding Indebtedness or Disqualified Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary or any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Company.
“Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of June 9, 2004 among the Company and Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Xxxxxx Brothers Inc. and UBS Securities LLC, as Initial Purchasers,
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relating to the Securities and any similar registration rights agreement entered into from time to time in connection with any Additional Securities.
“Regulation S” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Related Business” means (i) any line or lines of business or business activity conducted by the Company, its Subsidiaries and Emerging Market Subsidiaries on the Issue Date, including, without limitation, the licensing of brand names, (ii) any line or lines of business or business activity reasonably related thereto, and (iii) the manufacture, distribution, marketing, leasing and/or sale of consumer travel and luggage products.
“Responsible Officer” shall mean, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.
“Restricted Payment” means (i) the declaration or payment of any dividend or the making of any other distribution (other than dividends or distributions payable in Qualified Capital Stock) on shares of the Company’s Capital Stock, (ii) the purchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition for value of any Capital Stock of the Company, or any warrants, rights or options to acquire shares of Capital Stock of the Company, other than through the exchange of such Capital Stock or any warrants, rights or options to acquire shares of any class of such Capital Stock for Qualified Capital Stock or warrants, rights or options to acquire Qualified Capital Stock, (iii) the making of any principal payment on, or the purchase, defeasance, redemption, prepayment, decrease or other acquisition or retirement for value, prior to any scheduled final maturity, scheduled repayment or scheduled sinking fund payment, of, any Subordinated Debt of the Company or its Subsidiaries, (iv) the making of any Investment (other than a Permitted Investment) (provided that the amount of any Investment for purposes of this clause (iv) shall be calculated by subtracting the amount of any applicable Returned Investments, if any, on any such Investment), (v) any designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary on the basis of the fair market value of such Subsidiary utilizing standard valuation methodologies and approved by the Board of Directors or (vi) forgiveness of any Indebtedness of an Affiliate of the Company to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that the term “Restricted Payment” does not include (a) any defeasance, redemption, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement for value, in whole or in part, of Indebtedness of the Company payable solely in shares of Qualified Capital Stock or Subordinated Debt or (b) the repayment or retirement of Subordinated Debt with the proceeds of Refinancing Indebtedness incurred in accordance with clause (ix) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness. For purposes of determining the amount available to make Restricted Payments pursuant to clause (a)(iii) of Section 4.08, the amount of any Restricted Payments made pursuant to clauses (iv) or (v) above shall be calculated after giving effect to any Returned Investments.
“Restricted Security” has the meaning set forth in Rule 144(a)(3) promulgated under the Securities Act; provided that the Trustee shall be entitled to request and conclusively rely upon an Opinion of Counsel with respect to whether any Note is a Restricted Security.
“Restricted Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Company other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary and includes all of the Subsidiaries of the Company (other than the Initial Emerging
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Market Subsidiaries) existing as of the Issue Date, subject, however, to clause (v) of Section 4.16 providing for Emerging Market Subsidiaries to constitute Restricted Subsidiaries but only to the extent provided therein. The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Person that is to become a Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary if immediately after giving effect to such action (and treating any Acquired Indebtedness as having been incurred at the time of such action), the Company could have incurred at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) pursuant to Section 4.06; provided that the Company may not designate any Emerging Market Subsidiary to become a Restricted Subsidiary unless such designation complies with the requirements set forth in the definition of “Emerging Market Subsidiary” relating thereto.
“Returned Investments” mean, with respect to all Investments made in Emerging Market Subsidiaries or Unrestricted Subsidiaries pursuant to clauses (iv) or (ix), respectively, of the definition of “Permitted Investments” or pursuant to clauses (iv) or (v) of the definition of “Restricted Payment,” the aggregate amount of (i) all payments made in respect of such Investments, other than interest, dividends or other distributions not in the nature of a return or repurchase of capital or a repayment of principal, that have been paid or returned, without restriction, in cash to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (ii) the Pro Rata Interest of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the fair market value of the net assets of all Emerging Market Subsidiaries or Unrestricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, that have been designated a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company after the Issue Date, such fair market value to be determined as of the date of such designation; provided, that amounts under the foregoing clause (ii) with respect to each such Emerging Market Subsidiary or Unrestricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, shall not constitute Returned Investments to the extent that such amount exceeds the total amount of Investments by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Emerging Market Subsidiary or Unrestricted Subsidiary, as the case may be. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Returned Investments shall be credited to the amounts available for Investments pursuant to clauses (iv) or (ix) of the definition of “Permitted Investments” or Investments made pursuant to the provisions of clauses (iv) or (v) of the definition of “Restricted Payment,” as the case may be, only to the extent that such Returned Investments are in respect of Investments made pursuant to each such clause or provision.
“Rule 144A” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc. and its successors.
“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission as constituted from time to time or any successor performing substantially the same functions.
“Securities” means Initial Securities and Exchange Securities, including any Additional Securities.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Senior Subordinated Notes” means the Company’s 8.875% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2011.
“Significant Restricted Subsidiary” of the Company means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company which satisfies the requirements for being a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
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“Subordinated Debt” means Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary that is subordinated in right of payment by its express terms, or by the express terms of any related document, to the Securities.
“Subsidiary”, with respect to any Person, means (i) any corporation of which the outstanding Capital Stock having at least a majority of the votes entitled to be cast in the election of directors under ordinary circumstances shall at the time be owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person or (ii) any other Person of which at least a majority of the voting interest under ordinary circumstances is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by such Person.
“TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of this Indenture (except as provided in Section 8.03 hereof).
“Trustee” means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant to this Indenture and thereafter means the successor.
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means (a) any Emerging Market Subsidiary, (b) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or an Emerging Market Subsidiary and (c) any Subsidiary of the Company which is classified after the Issue Date as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or an Emerging Market Subsidiary by a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided that a Subsidiary organized or acquired after the Issue Date may be so classified as an Unrestricted Subsidiary only if such classification is in compliance with Section 4.08; and provided, further, that a Subsidiary may not be classified as an Emerging Market Subsidiary unless such classification would be in compliance with Section 4.16 and the provisions of the definition of “Emerging Market Subsidiary.” The Trustee shall be given prompt notice by the Company of each resolution adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company under this provision, together with a copy of each such resolution so adopted.
“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing (a) the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness into (b) the total of the product obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payment of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (ii) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) which will elapse between such date and the making of such payment.
“Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary all of the outstanding voting securities (other than directors’ qualifying shares) of which are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company.
Section 1.02. Other Definitions.
The definitions of the following terms may be found in the sections indicated as follows:
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Section 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the portion of such provision required to be incorporated herein in order for this Indenture to be qualified under the TIA is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
“Commission” means the SEC.
“indenture securities” means the Securities.
“indenture securityholder” means a Securityholder.
“indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture.
“indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee.
“obligor on the indenture securities” means the Company or any other obligor on the Securities.
All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined in the TIA by reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule have the meanings therein assigned to them.
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Section 1.04. Rules of Construction.
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ARTICLE 2
THE SECURITIES
Section 2.01. Dating; Incorporation of Form in Indenture.
The Securities and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A which is incorporated in and made part of this Indenture. The Securities may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. The Company may use “CUSIP” numbers, “ISIN” or “Common Codes” in issuing the Securities. The Company shall approve the form of the Securities. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
The terms and provisions contained in the Securities shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.
The Securities offered and sold in reliance on Rule 144A shall be issued initially in the form of one or more permanent Global Securities in registered form, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A (“Global Securities”), deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the Common Depository, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided and shall bear the legend set forth on Exhibit B. The aggregate principal amount of any Global Security may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as custodian for the Common Depository, as hereinafter provided.
Securities offered and sold in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S may be issued in the form of certificated Securities in registered form set forth in Exhibit A (the “Offshore Physical Securities”). Securities offered and sold in reliance on any other exemption from registration under the Securities Act other than as described in the preceding paragraph shall be issued, and Securities offered and sold in reliance on Rule 144A may be issued, in the form of certificated Securities in registered form in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A (the “U.S. Physical Securities”). The
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Offshore Physical Securities and the U.S. Physical Securities are sometimes collectively herein referred to as the “Physical Securities.”
Section 2.02. Execution and Authentication; Amount.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by two Officers of the Company or an Officer and an Assistant Secretary of the Company. Such signature may be either manual or facsimile.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Security, the Security shall be valid nevertheless.
A Security shall not be valid until the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Security. Such signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this Indenture.
The Trustee, upon a Company Request shall authenticate (i) Initial Securities for original issue on the Issue Date in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed €100,000,000 and (ii) subject to Section 4.06, Additional Securities. The Trustee, upon a Company Request, shall authenticate Exchange Securities; provided that such Exchange Securities shall be issuable only upon the valid surrender for cancellation of Initial Securities of a like aggregate principal amount in accordance with an exchange offer specified in any registration rights agreement relating to the Additional Securities or to be offered in connection with any issuance of Additional Securities pursuant to a registration statement filed pursuant to the Securities Act. Such Company Request shall specify the amount of Securities to be authenticated and the date on which the original issue of Securities is to be authenticated. Any Additional Securities shall be part of the same issue as the Initial Securities being issued on the Issue Date and will vote on all matters as one class with the Initial Securities being issued on the Issue Date, including, without limitation, waivers, amendments, redemptions, Change of Control Offers and Excess Proceeds Offers. For the purposes of this Indenture, except for Section 4.06 hereof, references to the Securities include Additional Securities, if any.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent to authenticate Securities. An authenticating agent may authenticate Securities 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 right as an Agent to deal with the Company or an Affiliate.
The Securities shall be issuable in fully registered form only, without coupons, in denominations of €5,000 and any integral multiple of €1,000.
Section 2.03. Registrar and Paying Agent.
The Company will maintain one or more paying agents (each, a “Paying Agent”) for the Securities in each of (i) the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York (the “Principal Paying Agent”) and (ii) Luxembourg, for so long as the Securities are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and its rules so require. If the European Council Directive 2003/48/EC or any other directive implementing the conclusions of the ECOFIN Council meeting of 26-27 November 2000 is implemented, the Company will use its best efforts to maintain a Paying Agent in a member state of the European Union that will not be obliged to withhold or deduct tax pursuant to any European Union Directive on the taxation of savings implementing such conclusions or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced to conform to, such directive. The initial Paying Agents will be The Bank
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of New York in New York and The Bank of New York Europe Limited Luxembourg Branch in Luxembourg.
The Company will also maintain one or more registrars (each, a “Registrar”) with offices in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York. The Company will also maintain a transfer agent in each of New York and Luxembourg, for so long as the Securities are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and the rules so require. The initial Registrar will be The Bank of New York in New York. The initial transfer agent will be The Bank of New York in New York and The Bank of New York Europe Limited Luxembourg Branch in Luxembourg. The Registrar and the transfer agent in New York and the transfer agent in Luxembourg will maintain a register reflecting ownership of Securities outstanding from time to time and will make payments on and facilitate transfer of notes on behalf of the Company. Each transfer agent shall perform the functions of a transfer agent. In addition, the Company shall appoint a calculation agent (the “Calculation Agent”) to determine the interest rate on the Securities. The Company may change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar without notice to any Holder. If, and for so long as, the Securities are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and its rules so require, the Company will publish a notice of any change of Paying Agent, Registrar or transfer agent in a newspaper having a general circulation in Luxembourg (which is expected to be the Luxemburger Wort). The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as a Paying Agent or Registrar.
The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar, Paying Agent or Calculation Agent not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of any such Agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent or Calculation Agent, or agent for service of notices and demands, or fails to give the foregoing notice, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar, Paying Agent, Calculation Agent and agent for service of notices and demands in connection with the Securities.
Section 2.04. Paying Agent To Hold Assets in Trust.
On or before each due date of the principal of and interest on any Securities, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such principal and interest so becoming due. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon doing so, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for such money.
Section 2.05. Securityholder 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 Securityholders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee on or before each June 1 and December 1 in each year, and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list as of the applicable Record Date and in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of Securityholders.
Section 2.06. Transfer and Exchange.
When a Security is presented to the Registrar with a request to register the transfer thereof, the Registrar shall register the transfer as requested if the requirements of applicable law are met and, when Securities are presented to the Registrar with a request to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Securities of other authorized denominations, the Registrar shall make the exchange
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as requested provided that every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing. To permit transfers and exchanges, upon surrender of any Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 2.03 hereof, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the Registrar’s request. Any exchange or transfer shall be without charge, except that the Company may require payment by the Holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation to a transfer or exchange, but this provision shall not apply to any exchange pursuant to Sections 2.09, 3.06 or 8.05 hereof. The Trustee shall not be required to register transfers of Securities or to exchange Securities for a period of 15 days before mailing notice to Holders of a redemption of Securities. The Trustee shall not be required to exchange or register transfers of any Securities called or being called for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.
Section 2.07. Replacement Securities.
If a mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee or if the Holder of a Security presents evidence to the satisfaction of the Company and the Trustee that the Security has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Security if the requirements of Section 8-405 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code as in effect on the date of this Indenture are met. An indemnity bond shall be required that is sufficient in the judgment of the Company and the Trustee to protect the Company, the Trustee or any Agent from any loss which any of them may suffer if a Security is replaced. In every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company and to the Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or the theft of such Security and the ownership thereof. The Company and the Trustee may charge for its expenses in replacing a Security. Every replacement Security is an additional obligation of the Company.
Section 2.08. Outstanding Securities.
Securities outstanding at any time are all Securities authenticated by the Trustee except for those cancelled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, and those described in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding.
If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07, it ceases to be outstanding until the Company and the Trustee receive proof satisfactory to each of them that the replaced Security is held by a bona fide purchaser.
If a Paying Agent holds on a Redemption Date or Maturity Date money sufficient to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest on Securities payable on that date, then on and after that date such Securities cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.
Subject to Section 11.06, a Security does not cease to be outstanding solely because the Company or an Affiliate holds the Security.
Section 2.09. Temporary Securities.
Until definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Company Request, authenticate temporary Securities. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form, and shall carry all rights, of definitive Securities but may
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have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Securities in exchange for temporary Securities presented to it.
Section 2.10. Cancellation.
The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee shall cancel and retain or, upon written request of the Company, may dispose of or return to the Company in accordance with its normal practice, all Securities surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation. Subject to Section 2.07 hereof, the Company may not issue new Securities to replace Securities in respect of which it has previously paid all principal, premium and interest accrued thereon, or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.11. Defaulted Interest.
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Securities, it shall pay the defaulted amounts, plus any interest payable on defaulted amounts pursuant to Section 4.01 hereof, to the persons who are Securityholders on a subsequent special record date. The Company shall fix the special record date and payment date in a manner satisfactory to the Trustee and provide the Trustee at least 20 days notice of the proposed amount of default interest to be paid and the special payment date. At least 15 days before the special record date, the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed to each Securityholder at his address as it appears on the Securities register maintained by the Registrar a notice that states the special record date, the payment date (which shall be not less than five nor more than ten days after the special record date), and the amount to be paid. In lieu of the foregoing procedures, the Company may pay defaulted interest in any other lawful manner satisfactory to the Trustee.
Section 2.12. Deposit of Moneys.
Prior to 10:00 a.m., London time, on each Interest Payment Date and Maturity Date, the Company shall have deposited with the Paying Agent in immediately available funds money sufficient to make cash payments, if any, due on such Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date, as the case may be, in a timely manner which permits the Trustee to remit payment to the Holders on such Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date, as the case may be.
Section 2.13. CUSIP, ISIN and/or Common Codes.
The Company in issuing the Securities may use a “CUSIP” number(s), ISIN and/or Common Codes and if so, the Trustee shall use the CUSIP number(s), ISIN and/or Common Codes in notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders, provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number(s), ISIN and/or Common Codes printed in the notice or on the Securities, and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities. The Company shall promptly inform the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP number(s), ISIN and/or Common Codes.
Section 2.14. Book-Entry Provisions for Global Securities.
(a) The Global Securities initially shall (i) be registered in the name of the Common Depository or its nominee, (ii) be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for such Common Depository and (iii) bear legends as set forth in Exhibit B.
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Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“Agent Members”) shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by the Common Depository, or the Trustee as its custodian, or under the Global Security, and the Common Depository may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of the Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Common Depository or impair, as between the Common Depository, the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Security.
(b) Transfers of Global Securities shall be limited to transfer in whole, but not in part, to the Common Depository, its successors or their respective nominees. Interests of beneficial owners in the Global Securities may be transferred or exchanged for Physical Securities in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Common Depository and the Depositary and the provisions of Section 2.15. In addition, Physical Securities shall be transferred to all beneficial owners in exchange for their beneficial interests in Global Securities if (i) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for any Global Security and a successor depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice or (ii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Registrar has received a written request from the Depository to issue Physical Securities.
(c) In connection with any transfer or exchange of a portion of the beneficial interest in any Global Security to beneficial owners pursuant to paragraph (b), the Registrar shall (if one or more Physical Securities are to be issued) reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease in the principal amount of the Global Security in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the Global Security to be transferred, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall upon receipt of a written order from the Company authenticate and make available for delivery, one or more Physical Securities of like tenor and amount.
(d) In connection with the transfer of Global Securities as an entirety to beneficial owners pursuant to paragraph (b), the Global Securities shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, to each beneficial owner identified by the Depositary in writing in exchange for its beneficial interest in the Global Securities, an equal aggregate principal amount of Physical Securities of authorized denominations.
(e) Any Physical Security constituting a Restricted Security delivered in exchange for an interest in a Global Security pursuant to paragraph (b), (c) or (d) shall, except as otherwise provided by paragraphs (a)(i)(x) and (c) of Section 2.15, bear the Private Placement Legend.
(f) The Holder of any Global Security may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Securities.
(g) With respect to any Global Security deposited with the Trustee as custodian for the Common Depository, the provisions of the operating procedures of Euroclear and Clearstream shall be applicable to the Global Securities.
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Section 2.15. Special Transfer Provisions.
(a) Transfers to Non-QIB Institutional Accredited Investors and Non-U.S. Persons. The following provisions shall apply with respect to the registration of any proposed transfer of a Security constituting a Restricted Security to any Institutional Accredited Investor which is not a QIB or to any Non-U.S. Person:
(i) the Registrar shall register the transfer of any Security constituting a Restricted Security, whether or not such Security bears the Private Placement Legend, if (x) the requested transfer is subsequent to a date which is two years after the later of the Issue Date and the last date on which the Company or any of its Affiliates was the owner of such Security or (y) (1) in the case of a transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor which is not a QIB (excluding Non-U.S. Persons), the proposed transferee has delivered to the Registrar a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto or (2) in the case of a transfer to a Non-U.S. Person (including a QIB), the proposed transferor has delivered to the Registrar a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto; and
(ii) if the proposed transferor is an Agent Member holding a beneficial interest in a Global Security, upon receipt by the Registrar of (x) the certificate, if any, required by paragraph (i) above and (y) instructions given in accordance with the Depositary’s and the Registrar’s procedures,
whereupon (a) the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and (if the transfer does not involve a transfer of outstanding Physical Securities) a decrease in the principal amount of a Global Security in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in a Global Security to be transferred, and (b) the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery one or more Physical Securities of like tenor and amount.
(b) Transfers to QIBs. The following provisions shall apply with respect to the registration of any proposed transfer of a Security constituting a Restricted Security to a QIB (excluding transfers to Non-U.S. Persons):
(i) the Registrar shall register the transfer if such transfer is being made by a proposed transferor who has checked the box provided for on the form of Security stating, or has otherwise advised the Company and the Registrar in writing, that the sale has been made in compliance with the provisions of Rule 144A to a transferee who has signed the certification provided for on the form of Security stating, or has otherwise advised the Company and the Registrar in writing, that it is purchasing the Security for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a QIB within the meaning of Rule 144A, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as it has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon its foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A; and
(ii) if the proposed transferee is an Agent Member, and the Securities to be transferred consist of Physical Securities which after transfer are to be evidenced by an interest in the Global Security, upon receipt by the Registrar of instructions given in accordance with the Depositary’s and the Registrar’s procedures, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the principal amount of the Global Security in an amount
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equal to the principal amount of the Physical Securities to be transferred, and the Trustee shall cancel the Physical Securities so transferred.
(c) Private Placement Legend. Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Securities not bearing the Private Placement Legend, the Registrar shall deliver Securities that do not bear the Private Placement Legend. Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Securities bearing the Private Placement Legend, the Registrar shall deliver only Securities that bear the Private Placement Legend unless (i) the circumstances contemplated by paragraph (a)(i)(x) of this Section 2.15 exist, (ii) there is delivered to the Registrar an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company to the effect that neither such legend nor the related restrictions on transfer are required in order to maintain compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act or (iii) such Security has been sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act.
(d) General. By its acceptance of any Security bearing the Private Placement Legend, each Holder of such a Security acknowledges the restrictions on transfer of such Security set forth in this Indenture and in the Private Placement Legend and agrees that it will transfer such Security only as provided in this Indenture, and each Holder agrees to indemnify the Company and the Trustee against any liability resulting from the transfer of such Holder’s Security in violation of the provisions hereof or of applicable federal or state securities laws.
The Registrar shall retain copies of all letters, notices and other written communications received pursuant to Section 2.14 hereof or this Section 2.15. The Company shall have the right to inspect and make copies of all such letters, notices or other written communications at any reasonable time upon the giving of reasonable notice to the Registrar.
(e) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Security (including any transfers between or among depositary participants or beneficial owners of interests in any Global Security), other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.
ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION
Section 3.01. Notices to Trustee.
If the Company elects to redeem Securities pursuant to Section 3.07, (i) at least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date in the case of a partial redemption, (ii) at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date in the case of a total redemption or (iii) during such other period as the Trustee may agree to, the Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the Redemption Date, the principal amount of Securities to be redeemed and the redemption price, and deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that such redemption will comply with the conditions contained in Section 3.07 hereof, as appropriate.
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Section 3.02. Selection by Trustee of Securities To Be Redeemed.
In the event that fewer than all of the Securities are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed, if the Securities are listed on a national securities exchange, in accordance with the rules of such exchange (including the Luxembourg Stock Exchange) or, if the Securities are not so listed, on either a pro rata basis or by lot, or such other method as it shall deem fair and equitable; provided, however, that a redemption pursuant to Section 3.07(b) shall be made by the Trustee on a pro rata basis, unless such method is prohibited. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. The Trustee may select for redemption portions of the principal of Securities that have denominations larger than €5,000. Securities and portions thereof the Trustee selects shall be redeemed in amounts of €1,000 or whole multiples of €1,000. For all purposes of this Indenture unless the context otherwise requires, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities called for redemption also apply to portions of Securities called for redemption.
Section 3.03. Notice of Redemption.
At least 30 days, and no more than 60 days, before a Redemption Date, the Company shall mail, or cause to be mailed, a notice of redemption by first-class mail to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed at his or her last address as the same appears on the registry books maintained by the Registrar pursuant to Section 2.03 hereof.
The notice shall identify the Securities to be redeemed (including the CUSIP number(s) thereof) and shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the redemption price;
(3) if any Security is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Security to be redeemed and that, after the Redemption Date and upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion will be issued;
(4) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(5) that Securities called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;
(6) that unless the Company defaults in making the redemption payment, interest on Securities called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the Redemption Date;
(7) the paragraph of the Securities pursuant to which the Securities are being redeemed; and
(8) the aggregate principal amount of Securities that are being redeemed.
At the Company’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at the Company’s sole expense.
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Section 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption.
Once the notice of redemption described in Section 3.03 is mailed, Securities called for redemption become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the redemption price, including any premium, plus interest accrued to the Redemption Date. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Securities shall be paid at the redemption price, including any premium, plus interest accrued to the Redemption Date, provided that if the Redemption Date is after a regular interest payment record date and on or prior to the Interest Payment Date, the accrued interest shall be payable to the Holder of the redeemed Securities registered on the relevant record date, and provided, further, that if a Redemption Date is a Legal Holiday, payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and no interest shall accrue for the period from such Redemption Date to such succeeding Business Day.
Section 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price.
On or prior to 10:00 A.M., London time, on each Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent in immediately available funds money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all Securities to be redeemed on that date other than Securities or portions thereof called for redemption on that date which have been delivered by the Company to the Trustee for cancellation.
On and after any Redemption Date, if money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on Securities called for redemption shall have been made available in accordance with the preceding paragraph, the Securities called for redemption will cease to accrue interest and the only right of the Holders of such Securities will be to receive payment of the redemption price of and, subject to the first proviso in Section 3.04, accrued and unpaid interest on such Securities to the Redemption Date. If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid, interest will be paid, from the Redemption Date until such redemption payment is made, on the unpaid principal of the Security and any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case, at the rate and in the manner provided in the Securities.
Section 3.06. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Upon surrender of a Security that is redeemed in part, the Trustee shall authenticate for a Holder a new Security equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Security surrendered.
Section 3.07. Optional Redemption.
(a) The Company may redeem the Securities, in whole or in part, at any time on or after June 1, 2006 at the following redemption prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount), together, in each case, with accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on June 1 of each year listed below:
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102.000 |
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101.000 |
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100.000 |
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(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, on or prior to June 1, 2006, the Company may, at its option, use the Net Proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings to redeem for cash up to an aggregate of 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities at a redemption price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount so redeemed plus a premium equal to the interest rate per annum of the Securities applicable on the date on which the notice of redemption is given, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that at least 65% of the principal amount of Securities issued under this Indenture remains outstanding immediately after any such redemption and the Company makes such redemption not more than 90 days after the receipt by the Company of the proceeds of each such Equity Offering.
ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
Section 4.01. Payment of Securities.
The Company shall pay the principal of and interest (including all Additional Interest (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement) on the Securities on the dates and in the manner provided in the Securities and this Indenture. An installment of principal of or interest on the Securities shall be considered paid on the date it is due if the Trustee or Paying Agent holds on that date on or prior to the time required by Section 2.12 money designated for and sufficient to pay the installment. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months and, for periods not involving a full calendar month, the actual number of days elapsed (but not to exceed 30 days). The Company shall deliver written notice to the Trustee of any Additional Interest owed.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal (including post-petition interest in a proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law), and overdue interest, to the extent lawful, at the rate specified in the Securities.
Section 4.02. SEC Reports.
(a) The Company will file with the SEC all information, documents and reports to be filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and will provide the Trustee and the Securityholders with copies of all such information, documents and reports within 15 days of filing thereof with the SEC; provided that if the Company is not required to file such information, documents or reports with the SEC, it will nonetheless continue to furnish (i) all quarterly and annual financial information that would be required to be contained in a filing with the SEC on forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Company were required to file such forms, including a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” if required by the SEC at such time and, with respect to the annual information only, a report thereon by the Company’s certified independent accountants; and (ii) all current reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC on Form 8-K if the Company were required to file such reports, to the Trustee and the Securityholders, in each case, within 15 days of the date on which filing with the SEC would have been required. The Company shall also comply with the provisions of TIA § 314(a). Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from
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information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).
(b) The Company will, upon request, provide to any Holder of Securities or any prospective transferee of any such Holder any information concerning the Company (including financial statements) necessary in order to permit such Holder to sell or transfer Securities in compliance with Rule 144 and Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
(c) Following the consummation of the exchange offer contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the Commission, the Company will file a copy of all such information and reports with the SEC for public availability within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations (unless the SEC will not accept such a filing) and make such information available to securities analysts and prospective investors upon request.
Section 4.03. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead (as a defense or otherwise) or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law or any usury law or other law which would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of, premium, if any, and/or interest on the Securities as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) the Company hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
Section 4.04. Compliance Certificate.
(a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, an Officers’ Certificate (one of the signers of which shall be the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Company) stating that a review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during such fiscal year or fiscal quarter, as the case may be, has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining whether each 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 each 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 hereof (or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all or such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action each 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 Securities is prohibited or if such event has occurred, a description of the event and what action each is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
(b) The Company will, so long as any of the Securities are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, within five Business Days of 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.
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Section 4.05. Taxes.
The Company shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay prior to delinquency all material taxes, assessments, and governmental levies except as contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings.
Section 4.06. Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to, directly or indirectly incur any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) other than Permitted Indebtedness. Notwithstanding the foregoing limitations, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may incur Indebtedness if (i) after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and the receipt and application of the proceeds thereof, the Company’s Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (determined on a pro forma basis for the last four full fiscal quarters of the Company for which financial information is available at the date of determination) is at least equal to 2:00:1; but no Restricted Subsidiary may incur Indebtedness which is not Permitted Indebtedness unless its Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is at least equal to 3:00:1; provided, however, that if the Indebtedness which is the subject of a determination under this provision is Acquired Indebtedness, or Indebtedness incurred in connection with the simultaneous acquisition of any Person, business, property or assets, then such ratio shall be determined by giving effect (on a pro forma basis, as if the transaction had occurred at the beginning of the four quarter period) to both the incurrence or assumption of such Acquired Indebtedness or such other Indebtedness by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary and the inclusion in the Company’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s Consolidated EBITDA of the Consolidated EBITDA of the acquired Person, business, property or assets; and provided, further, that in the event that the Consolidated EBITDA of the acquired Person, business, property or assets reflects an operating loss, no amounts shall be deducted from the Company’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s Consolidated EBITDA in making the determinations described above and (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time or as a consequence of the incurrence of such Indebtedness.
(b) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly incur any Indebtedness which by its terms (or by the terms of any agreement governing such Indebtedness) is expressly subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, unless such Indebtedness is also by its terms (or by the terms of any agreement governing such Indebtedness) made expressly subordinate to the Securities, as the case may be, to the same extent and in the same manner as such Indebtedness is subordinated to other Indebtedness of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be.
(c) For purposes of this Section 4.06, the phrase “subordinate in right of payment” means debt subordination only and not lien subordination, and accordingly, (i) unsecured indebtedness shall not be deemed to be subordinate in right of payment to secured indebtedness merely by virtue of the fact that it is unsecured and (ii) junior liens, second liens and other contractual arrangements that provide for priorities among holders of the same or different issues of indebtedness with respect to any collateral or the proceeds of collateral shall not constitute subordination in right of payment.
Section 4.07. Limitation on Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries.
The Company will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to issue any Preferred Stock (except to the Company or to a Restricted Subsidiary) or permit any Person (other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) to hold any such Preferred Stock unless the Company or such Restricted
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Subsidiary would be entitled to incur or assume Indebtedness in compliance with Section 4.06 in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation value of the Preferred Stock to be issued.
Section 4.08. Limitation on Restricted Payments.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make any Restricted Payment if at the time of such Restricted Payment and immediately after giving effect thereto:
(i) any Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; or
(ii) the Company could not incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) in compliance with Section 4.06; or
(iii) the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments declared or made after the Issue Date (the amount expended for such purposes, if other than in cash, being the fair market value of such property as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith) exceeds the sum of (A) 50% of the Company’s Consolidated Net Income for the period (taken as one accounting period) commencing with the first full fiscal quarter of the Company which commenced after the Issue Date to and including the fiscal quarter of the Company ended immediately prior to the date of each calculation (or in the event Consolidated Net Income is a deficit minus 100% of such deficit), plus (B) 100% of the aggregate Net Proceeds and the fair market value of securities or other property received by the Company from the issue or sale, after the Issue Date (other than Net Proceeds to the extent such Net Proceeds have been used to incur Indebtedness pursuant to clause (xi) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness), of Qualified Capital Stock (other than Capital Stock of the Company issued to any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) of the Company or any Indebtedness or other securities of the Company convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Qualified Capital Stock of the Company which have been so converted or exercised or exchanged, as the case may be, plus (C) without duplication, the sum of: (1) the aggregate Net Proceeds and the fair market value of securities or other property received by the Company with respect to Investments (other than Permitted Investments) made subsequent to the Issue Date whether through interest payments, principal payments, dividends or other distributions or payments; (2) the aggregate Net Proceeds and the fair market value of securities or other property received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from the disposition of all or any portion of such Investments (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company); and (3) upon redesignation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the fair market value of such Subsidiary; provided, however, that the sum of clauses (1), (2) and (3) of this subclause (C) shall not exceed the aggregate amount of all such Investments made subsequent to the Issue Date; plus (D) $25,000,000, provided, that the amount of Restricted Payments permitted by this clause (D) shall not be reduced by any negative amounts that occur under clause (A) above.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if no other Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or shall occur as a consequence thereof, the provisions set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph will not prohibit (A) payments with respect to the purchase or redemption of Capital Stock or Subordinated Debt of the Company made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company or an Emerging Market Subsidiary) of, Qualified Capital Stock; (B) payments in respect of any redemption, repurchase, acquisition, cancellation or other retirement for value of shares of Capital Stock of the Company
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or options, stock appreciation or similar rights, in each case held by officers, directors or employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or former officers, directors or employees) (or their estates or beneficiaries under their estates) or by an employee benefit plan, upon death, disability, retirement or termination of employment of any such Person pursuant to the terms of any employee benefit plan or any other agreement under which shares of Capital Stock or stock appreciation or similar rights were issued or acquired, and the purchase of shares of Capital Stock by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of contributing such shares to any employee benefit plan (provided, that all such payments and purchases referred to in this clause (B) may not exceed $2,000,000 in any calendar year, with any unused amounts in any calendar year being carried over to the next succeeding calendar year; provided that in no event shall such amount exceed $4,000,000 in any single calendar year); (C) the payment of any dividend within 60 days after the date of its declaration if such dividend could have been paid on the date of its declaration in compliance with the foregoing provisions; (D) any purchase or defeasance of Subordinated Debt upon a Change of Control or an Asset Sale to the extent required by this Indenture or other agreement or instrument pursuant to which such Subordinated Debt was issued, but only if the Company (i) in the case of a Change of Control, has complied with its obligations under Section 4.13 or (ii) in the case of an Asset Sale, has applied the Asset Sale Proceeds from such Asset Sale in accordance with Section 4.09; (E) on or after July 31, 2008, payments of regular cash dividends on the Convertible Preferred Stock, payable quarterly in arrears, at the rate per annum set forth in the certificate of designations relating to the Convertible Preferred Stock, as in effect on the Issue Date; or (F) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of the Senior Subordinated Notes with the Asset Sale Proceeds from the Permitted Denver Disposition within 180 days of the consummation of the Permitted Denver Disposition. Each Restricted Payment made or paid in accordance with this paragraph (b) shall be counted (without duplication) for purposes of computing amounts utilized for Restricted Payments pursuant to clause (a)(iii) of the immediately preceding paragraph. No payments made or paid pursuant to clause (C) of this paragraph shall be counted for purposes of computing amounts utilized for Restricted Payments pursuant to clause (a)(iii) of the immediately preceding paragraph to the extent such amount was already counted for such purposes.
Section 4.09. Limitation on Certain Asset Sales.
(a) The Company will not, and will not cause or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale or series of related Asset Sales unless (i) the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at least equal to the fair market value thereof on the date the Company or Restricted Subsidiary (as applicable) entered into the agreement to consummate such Asset Sale (as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors, and evidenced by a Board Resolution of such Board of Directors); (ii) not less than 75% of the consideration received by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents other than in the case where the Company is exchanging all or substantially all of the assets or one or more properties operated by the Company (including by way of the transfer of capital stock) for all or substantially all of the assets (including by way of the transfer of capital stock) constituting one or more properties operated by another Person, provided that at least 75% of the consideration received by the Company (50% with respect to Emerging Market Subsidiaries) in such exchange, other than the properties, is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents; and (iii) the Asset Sale Proceeds received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary are applied, at its option, (a) first, to the extent the Company elects or is required, to permanently reduce (1) Obligations under any Credit Agreement (and to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto), (2) Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities and is secured by a Lien on the assets subject to such Asset Sale, which Lien is permitted by this Indenture, (3) any Indebtedness of any Restricted
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Subsidiary (other than Indebtedness owed to the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) or (4) any other Indebtedness of the Company (other than Subordinated Debt); provided that if the Company shall so reduce Obligations under such Indebtedness set forth in this clause (4), it will equally and ratably reduce Obligations under the Securities by making an offer (in accordance with the procedures set forth below for an Excess Proceeds Offer) to all Holders of Securities to purchase at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, the pro rata principal amount of Securities, and, in each case, within 270 days following the receipt of the Asset Sales Proceeds from any Asset Sale; (b) second, to the extent of the balance of Asset Sale Proceeds after application as described above, to the extent the Company elects, to make an investment in assets (including Capital Stock or other securities purchased in connection with the acquisition of Capital Stock or property of another Person) used or useful in businesses similar or ancillary to the business of the Company or Restricted Subsidiary as conducted at the time of such Asset Sale, provided that such Investment occurs or the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary enters into contractual commitments to make such investment, subject only to customary conditions (other than the obtaining of financing), on or prior to the 270th day following receipt of such Asset Sale Proceeds (the “Reinvestment Date”) and Asset Sales Proceeds contractually committed are so applied within 360 days following the receipt of such Asset Sale Proceeds; and/or (c) third, if on the Reinvestment Date with respect to any Asset Sale, the Available Asset Sale Proceeds exceed $10,000,000, the Company shall apply an amount equal to such Available Asset Sale Proceeds to an offer to repurchase the Securities, at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase (an “Excess Proceeds Offer”).
(b) If the Company is required to make an Excess Proceeds Offer, the Company shall mail, within 30 days following the Reinvestment Date, a notice to the registered holders stating, among other things: (1) that such holders have the right to require the Company to apply the Available Asset Sale Proceeds to repurchase such Securities at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase; (2) the purchase date (the “Purchase Date”), which shall be no earlier than 30 days and not later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed; (3) the instructions, determined by the Company, that each holder must follow in order to have such Securities repurchased; and (4) the calculations used in determining the amount of Available Asset Sale Proceeds to be applied to the repurchase of such Securities. The Excess Proceeds Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days following its commencement (the “Offer Period”). The notice, which shall govern the terms of the Excess Proceeds Offer, shall also state:
(1) that the Excess Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.09 and the length of time the Excess Proceeds Offer will remain open;
(2) the purchase price and the Purchase Date;
(3) that any Security not tendered or accepted for payment will continue to accrue interest;
(4) that any Security accepted for payment pursuant to the Excess Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest on and after the Purchase Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Security purchased pursuant to any Excess Proceeds Offer will be required to surrender the Security, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Security completed, to the Company, a depositary,
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if appointed by the Company, or a Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice at least three Business Days before the Purchase Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Company, depositary or Paying Agent, as the case may be, receives, not later than the expiration of the Offer Period, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Security the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Xxxxxx is withdrawing his election to have the Security purchased;
(7) that, if the aggregate principal amount of Securities surrendered by Holders exceeds the Available Asset Sale Proceeds, the Company shall select the Securities to be purchased on a pro rata basis (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Securities in denominations of €5,000, or integral multiples of €1,000, shall be purchased); and
(8) that Holders whose Securities were purchased only in part will be issued new Securities equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Securities surrendered.
(c) On or before the Purchase Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful, accept for payment, on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary, Securities or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Excess Proceeds Offer, deposit with the Paying Agent U.S. legal tender sufficient to pay the purchase price plus accrued interest, if any, on the Securities to be purchased and deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that such Securities or portions thereof were accepted for payment by the Company in accordance with the terms of this Section 4.09. The Paying Agent shall promptly (but in any case not later than 5 days after the Purchase Date) mail or deliver to each tendering Holder an amount equal to the purchase price of the Security tendered by such Holder and accepted by the Company for purchase, and the Company shall promptly issue a new Security, and the Trustee shall authenticate and mail or make available for delivery such new Security to such Holder equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Security surrendered. Any Security not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Company to the Holder thereof. The Company will publicly announce the results of the Excess Proceeds Offer on the Purchase Date. If an Excess Proceeds Offer is not fully subscribed, the Company may retain that portion of the Available Asset Sale Proceeds not required to repurchase Securities.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing:
(i) the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company may, in the ordinary course of business, convey, sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of assets and license brand names in the ordinary course of business;
(ii) the Company may convey, sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of assets pursuant to and in accordance with Section 5.01;
(iii) the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may (a) sell damaged, worn out or other obsolete property in the ordinary course of business or other property no longer necessary for the proper conduct of the business or (b) abandon such property if it cannot, through reasonable efforts, be sold;
(iv) the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may consummate the Permitted Denver Disposition; and
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(v) the provisions of this Section 4.09 shall apply only with respect to the amount by which the aggregate Asset Sale Proceeds from all conveyances, sales, leases, transfers and other dispositions of assets by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries not otherwise permitted exceeds $10,000,000 in any fiscal year of the Company.
Section 4.10. Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates.
(a) The Company will not, and will not cause or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into any transaction or series of related transactions (including, without limitation, the sale, purchase, exchange or lease of assets, property or services) with any Affiliate of the Company (an “Affiliate Transaction”) or extend, renew, waive or otherwise modify the terms of any Affiliate Transaction entered into prior to the Issue Date unless (i) such Affiliate Transaction is between or among the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries; or (ii) such Affiliate Transaction is entered into in good faith and the terms of such Affiliate Transaction are fair and reasonable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be. In any Affiliate Transaction involving an amount or having a value in excess of $5,000,000 which is not permitted under clause (i) above, the Company must obtain a Board Resolution of the Board of Directors determining that such Affiliate Transaction complies with clause (ii) above. In transactions with a value in excess of $10,000,000 which are not permitted under clause (i) above, the Company must obtain a written opinion as to the fairness of such a transaction, from a financial point of view to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from an independent accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions set forth in paragraph (a) above will not apply to: (i) Restricted Payments that are not prohibited under Section 4.08; (ii) transactions permitted by, and complying with, the provisions described under Section 5.01; (iii) transactions in the ordinary course of business (including expense advances) between the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or Unrestricted Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any employee thereof, on the other hand; (iv) employment contracts existing on the Issue Date and employment contracts approved by the Board of Directors of the Company the terms of which are consistent with past practice; (v) the granting and performance of registration rights for shares of Capital Stock of the Company under a written registration rights agreement approved by a majority of directors of the Company that are disinterested with respect to such transaction; (vi) transactions with Affiliates solely in their capacity as holders of Indebtedness or Capital Stock of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or Unrestricted Subsidiaries, where such Affiliates are treated no more favorably than holders of such Indebtedness or such Capital Stock generally; (vi) any Permitted Investments; (viii) reasonable fees and compensation paid to, and indemnity provided on behalf of, officers, directors, employees or consultants of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors; (ix) transactions exclusively between or among the Company and any of its Subsidiaries, provided such transactions are not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture; (x) any agreement as in effect as of the Issue Date or any amendment thereto or any transaction contemplated thereby (including pursuant to any amendment thereto) in any replacement agreement thereto so long as any such amendment or replacement agreement is not more disadvantageous to the holders of the Securities in any material respect than the original agreement as in effect on the Issue Date; (xi) any payment, issuance of securities or other payments, awards or grants, in cash or otherwise, pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements and Plans approved by the Board of Directors; (xii) the grant of stock options or similar rights to employees and directors of the Company and its Subsidiaries (or any adjustment or amendment thereto) pursuant to Plans and employment contracts and stock option, stock bonus, restricted stock and similar agreements approved by the Board of Directors; (xiii) loans or advances to officers, directors or employees of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries
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not in excess of $5,000,000 at any one time outstanding; and (xiv) the payment to the Permitted Holders and any of their Affiliates of annual management, consulting, monitoring and advisory fees in an aggregate amount in any fiscal year not to exceed $2.5 million and related reasonable expenses.
Section 4.11. 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 Securities for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture or the Securities unless such consideration is offered to be paid or agreed to be paid to all Holders of the Securities which so consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.
Section 4.12. 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 its corporate existence, and the corporate, partnership or other existence of each Restricted Subsidiary, in accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of each Restricted Subsidiary and the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership or other existence of any of its Restricted 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 Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
Section 4.13. Change of Control.
(a) The Company shall notify the Trustee within five Business Days after the Company knows, or reasonably should know, of the occurrence of a Change of Control. Within 15 Business Days after the Company knows or reasonably should know, of the occurrence of each Change of Control, the Company will make an offer to purchase (the “Change of Control Offer”) the outstanding Securities at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Change of Control Payment Date (such applicable purchase price being hereinafter referred to as the “Change of Control Purchase Price”) in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 4.13.
(b) The Company will within 15 days after it knows, or reasonably should know, of the Change of Control (i) cause a notice of the Change of Control Offer to be sent at least once to the Dow Xxxxx News Service or similar business news service in the United States and (ii) send by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Trustee and to each Holder of the Securities, at the address appearing in the register maintained by the Registrar of the Securities, a notice stating:
(i) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.13 and that all Securities tendered will be accepted for payment, and otherwise subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein;
(ii) the Change of Control Purchase Price and the purchase date (which shall be a Business Day no earlier than 20 Business Days nor more than 60 Business Days from the date such notice is mailed (the “Change of Control Payment Date”));
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(iii) that any Security not tendered will continue to accrue interest;
(iv) that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Purchase Price, any Securities accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Change of Control Payment Date;
(v) that Holders accepting the offer to have their Securities purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender the Securities to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date;
(vi) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their acceptance if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the title of the Securities delivered for purchase, the principal amount of the Securities delivered for purchase, and a statement that such Xxxxxx is withdrawing his election to have such Securities purchased;
(vii) that Holders whose Securities are being purchased only in part will be issued new Securities equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Securities surrendered, provided that each Security purchased and each such new Security issued shall be in an original principal amount in denominations of €5,000 and integral multiples of €1,000;
(viii) a summary of any other procedures that a holder must follow to accept a Change of Control Offer or effect withdrawal of such acceptance; and
(ix) the name and address of the Paying Agent.
(c) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful, (i) accept for payment Securities or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the purchase price of all Securities or portions thereof so tendered and (iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee Securities so accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the Securities or portions thereof tendered to the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to each Holder of Securities so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price for such Securities, and the Company shall execute and issue, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail to such Holder, a new Security equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Securities surrendered; provided that each such new Security shall be issued in an original principal amount in denominations of €5,000 and integral multiples of €1,000.
(d) The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the purchase of Securities pursuant to a Change of Control Offer.
Section 4.14. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company shall maintain an office or agency as provided in Section 2.03 where Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation for payment and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture
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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 address of the Trustee as set forth in Section 11.02.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
The Company hereby initially designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee set forth in Section 11.02 as such office of the Company.
Section 4.15. Limitation on Liens.
The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) upon any of its property or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, that secures Subordinated Debt or Pari Passu Debt on any asset or property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, or any income or profits therefrom, or assign or convey any right to receive income therefrom, unless: (1) in the case of Liens securing Indebtedness subordinated to the Securities, the Securities are secured by a Lien on such property, assets or proceeds that is senior in priority to such Liens; or (2) in all other cases, the Securities are equally and ratably secured, except that the foregoing shall not apply to: (i) Liens securing the Securities, (ii) Liens securing Indebtedness under any Credit Agreement in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (ii) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness,” and (iii) Permitted Liens.
Section 4.16. Limitation on Emerging Market Subsidiaries.
(i) The Company or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary must designate Persons at all times constituting a majority of the directors (or members of the governing body) of, and at all times have the power to direct the management and policies of, each Emerging Market Subsidiary; (ii) the Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly own any Capital Stock or other ownership interests in an Emerging Market Subsidiary unless the Company and its Subsidiaries or Emerging Market Subsidiaries own, in the aggregate, Capital Stock or other ownership interests such that the Emerging Market Subsidiary at all times satisfies the conditions necessary for a Person to be a Subsidiary of the Company under the definition of “Subsidiary” in this Indenture; (iii) the Company will not permit any Emerging Market Subsidiary to incur Indebtedness or issue Disqualified Capital Stock (other than Indebtedness or Disqualified Capital Stock issued to or held by a Subsidiary of such Emerging Market Subsidiary or to another Emerging Market Subsidiary or any Subsidiary of another Emerging Market Subsidiary) if, immediately after giving effect thereto (including the redemption, repurchase, repayment or retirement of Indebtedness or Disqualified Capital Stock with the proceeds thereof), the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Indebtedness and liquidation or redemption value (whichever is the greater) of Disqualified Capital Stock (other than Capital Stock issued to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary and other than Indebtedness that constitutes Invested Capital) of all Emerging Market Subsidiaries on a combined consolidated basis would exceed the greater of (A) $50,000,000 and (B) the product of (x) the greater of (A) the combined consolidated stockholders’ equity (calculated in accordance with GAAP) of all Emerging Market Subsidiaries and
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(B) the aggregate amount, determined on a combined consolidated basis, of Invested Capital (whether by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company or any other Person or Persons) in all Emerging Market Subsidiaries and (y) 2.5; (iv) the Company will not permit any Emerging Market Subsidiary to directly or indirectly (A) make any material Investment or (B) engage to any material extent in, any line or lines of business activity, in each case, other than in a Related Business; and (v) each Emerging Market Subsidiary will be deemed to be a Restricted Subsidiary for purposes of Section 4.09 and the definitions as applicable thereto but only to the extent such definitions are used therein and only to the extent not specifically excluded therefrom.
Section 4.17. Limitation on Restricted Subsidiary Dividends; Restriction on Sale and Issuance of Subsidiary Stock.
The Company may not, and may not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or assume any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to pay dividends or make other distributions on the Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or pay any obligation to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is the parent of such Restricted Subsidiary or otherwise transfer assets or make or pay loans or advances to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is the parent of such Restricted Subsidiary (collectively, “Payment Restrictions”), except Payment Restrictions existing under (i) this Indenture and the Securities and the Senior Subordinated Notes or Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refinance the Securities or the Senior Subordinated Notes; provided, that such encumbrances and restrictions are no more restrictive than those contained in this Indenture, as the case may be, as in effect on the Issue Date, (ii) Indebtedness incurred under clause (ii) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness,” or Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) incurred under Section 4.06, provided, that such encumbrances and restrictions are no more restrictive than those set forth in the Original Credit Agreement as in effect on the Issue Date, (iii) Indebtedness incurred under clause (xi) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness or by Foreign Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with Section 4.06, provided, that any such encumbrances or restrictions are ordinary and customary with respect to the type of Indebtedness being incurred under the relevant circum-stances and do not, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, materially impair the Company’s ability to make payments on the Securities, (iv) Indebtedness existing on the Issue Date or Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refinance such existing Indebtedness; provided, that such encumbrances and restrictions are no more restrictive than those contained in the agreements governing Indebtedness existing on the Issue Date as in effect on the Issue Date, (v) leasing agreements as in effect on the Issue Date and (vi) any agreement of a Person acquired by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, which restrictions existed at the time of acquisition, were not put in place in anticipation of such acquisition and are not applicable to any Person or property, other than the Person or any property of the Person so acquired. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment of any lease or license entered into the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (b) Liens permitted under Section 4.15 on assets securing Indebtedness incurred in accordance with Section 4.06 shall not in and of themselves be considered a Payment Restriction. The Company will not sell, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue or sell, any shares of Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to any Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided, that the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may sell all (but not less than all) of the outstanding shares of Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company held by them in a single transaction or a series of substantially contemporaneous transactions if the provisions described under Section 4.09 are complied with. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the issuance or sale of shares of Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company shall not violate the provisions above if (i) such shares are issued or sold
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in connection with (x) the formation or capitalization of a Restricted Subsidiary which, at the time of such issuance or sale and after giving effect thereto, is a Joint Venture Subsidiary or (y) a single transaction or a series of substantially contemporaneous transactions whereby such Restricted Subsidiary becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company by reason of the acquisition of securities or assets from another Person or (ii) such shares constitute directors’ qualifying shares not exceeding one percent of the outstanding Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary.
ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
Section 5.01. Limitation on Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets.
The Company will not, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, consolidate with or merge with or into, or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to, another Person unless (i) either (1) the Company is the survivor of such merger, consolidation, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition, or (2) the surviving or transferee Person is a corporation, partnership or trust organized and existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and such surviving or transferee Person expressly assumes by supplemental indenture all the obligations of the Company under the Securities and this Indenture; (ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and the use of proceeds therefrom (on a pro forma basis, including any Indebtedness incurred or anticipated to be incurred in connection with such transaction), the Company or the surviving or transferee Person is able to incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) in compliance with Section 4.06; (iii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction (including any Indebtedness incurred or anticipated to be incurred in connection with the transaction) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; and (iv) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, lease or other disposition complies with this Indenture, that the surviving Person agrees by supplemental Indenture to be bound thereby, and that all conditions precedent in this Indenture relating to such transaction have been satisfied. For purposes of the foregoing, the transfer (by lease, assignment, sale or otherwise, in a single transaction or series of related transactions) of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of one or more Restricted Subsidiaries the Capital Stock of which constitutes all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company will be deemed to be the transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing clauses (ii) and (iii), but subject to clauses (i) and (iv) thereof, (a) the Company may consolidate with, merge into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to any Restricted Subsidiary so long as all assets of the Company immediately prior to such transaction are owned by such Restricted Subsidiary immediately after the consummation thereof, and (b) the Company may merge with an Affiliate that is a corporation that has no material assets or liabilities and that was incorporated solely for the purpose of (A) reincorporating the Company in the same or another jurisdiction of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia or (B) the creation of a holding company of the Company.
Section 5.02. Successor Person Substituted.
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in accordance with Section 5.01 above, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such transfer is made shall succeed to,
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and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor corporation had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter the predecessor corporation shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.
ARTICLE 6
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01. Events of Default.
An “Event of Default” occurs if
(1) there is a failure to pay the principal or premium, if any, on any Securities when such principal becomes due and payable, at maturity, upon acceleration, redemption or otherwise;
(2) there is a failure to pay interest on any Security when the same becomes due and payable and such Default continues for a period of 30 days;
(3) the Company defaults in the observance or performance of any other covenant or agreement in the Securities or this Indenture which default continues for a period of 60 days after the Company receives written notice thereof specifying the default from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of outstanding Securities;
(4) there is a default in the payment at final maturity of principal in an aggregate amount of $15,000,000 or more with respect to any Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof which default shall not be cured, waived or postponed pursuant to an agreement with the holders of such Indebtedness within 60 days after written notice, or the acceleration of any such Indebtedness aggregating $15,000,000 or more which acceleration shall not be rescinded or annulled within 30 days after written notice to the Company of such Default by the Trustee or any Holder;
(5) any final judgment or judgments which can no longer be appealed for the payment of money in excess of $15,000,000 shall be rendered against the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof, and shall not be discharged for a period of 60 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment shall not be in effect;
(6) the Company or any Significant Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of any 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,
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(D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or
(E) generally is not paying its debts as they become due; or
(7) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
(A) is for relief against the Company or any Significant Restricted Subsidiary in an involuntary case,
(B) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any Significant Restricted Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the property of the Company or any Significant Restricted Subsidiary, or
(C) orders the liquidation of the Company or any Significant Restricted Subsidiary,
and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days.
The term “Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar Federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors. The term “Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
The Trustee may withhold notice to the Holders of the Securities of any Default (except in payment of principal or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities) if the Trustee considers it to be in the best interest of the Holders of the Securities to do so.
Section 6.02. Acceleration.
Upon the happening of any Event of Default specified in Section 6.01, the Trustee may, and the Trustee upon the request of Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities shall or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of outstanding Securities may, declare the principal of and accrued but unpaid interest, if any, on all the Securities to be due and payable by notice in writing to the Company and the Trustee specifying the respective Event of Default and that it is a “notice of acceleration” (the “Acceleration Notice”), and the same shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default described under clauses (6) or (7) of Section 6.01 with respect to the Company occurs and is continuing, then such amount will ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder of Securities; provided, however, that at any time after a declaration of acceleration with respect to the Securities, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities then outstanding (by notice to the Trustee) may rescind and cancel such declaration and its consequences if (i) the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, (ii) all existing Events of Default have been cured or waived except nonpayment of principal or interest on the Securities that has become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, (iii) to the extent the payment of such interest is lawful, interest (at the same rate specified in the Securities) on overdue installments of interest and overdue principal which has become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration has been paid, (iv) the Company has paid the Trustee its reasonable compensation and reimbursed the Trustee for its expenses, disbursements and advances and (v) in the event of the cure or waiver of a Default or Event of Default (with respect to the Company) of the type described in Section 6.01(6) or (7), the Trustee has received an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel that
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such Default or Event of Default has been cured or waived. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities may waive any existing Default or Event of Default under this Indenture, and its consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of or interest on any Securities.
Section 6.03. Other Remedies.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to collect the payment of principal of, or premium, if any, and interest on the Securities or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Securities or this Indenture and may take any necessary action requested of it as Trustee to settle, compromise, adjust or otherwise conclude any proceedings to which it is a party.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Securities or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Securityholder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative.
Section 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults and Events of Default.
Subject to Sections 6.02, 6.07 and 8.02 hereof, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities then outstanding have the right to waive any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with any provision of this Indenture or the Securities. 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 Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
Section 6.05. Control by Majority.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities then outstanding may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee by this Indenture. The Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of another Securityholder not taking part in such direction, and the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that the action so directed may not lawfully be taken or if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer, determine that the proceedings so directed may involve it in personal liability; provided that the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.
Section 6.06. Limitation on Suits.
Subject to Section 6.07 below, a Securityholder may not institute any proceeding or pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Securities unless:
(1) the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default;
(2) the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
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(3) such Holder or Holders offer to the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;
(4) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer of indemnity; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60 day period by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding.
A Securityholder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Securityholder or to obtain a preference or priority over another Securityholder.
Section 6.07. Rights of Holders To Receive Payment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Security to receive payment of principal of, or premium, if any, and interest of the Security on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Security, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, is absolute and unconditional and shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
Section 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee.
If an Event of Default in payment of principal, premium or interest specified in Section 6.01(1) or (2) hereof occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company (or any other obligor on the Securities) for the whole amount of unpaid principal and accrued interest remaining unpaid, together with interest on overdue principal and, to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue installments of interest, in each case at the rate then borne by the Securities, and such further amounts 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 may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Securityholders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect and receive any monies or other securities or property payable or deliverable upon the conversion or exchange of the Securities or upon any such claims and to distribute the same after deduction of its charges and expenses to the extent that any such charges and expenses are not paid out of the estate in any such proceedings and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Securityholder 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 Securityholders, 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.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Securityholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement,
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adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Securityholder in any such proceeding.
Section 6.10. Priorities.
If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money in the following order:
FIRST: to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.07 hereof;
SECOND: to Securityholders for amounts due and unpaid on the Securities for principal, premium, if any, and interest as to each, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Securities; and
THIRD: to the Company.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Securityholders 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 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 and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the Securities then outstanding.
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 their exercise as a prudent man would exercise or use under the same circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(1) The Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee.
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(2) In the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(1) This paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section 7.01.
(2) The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts.
(3) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Sections 6.02 and 6.05 hereof.
(d) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its rights or powers if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity satisfactory to it against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(e) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this Section 7.01 shall govern every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee.
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money or assets received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money or assets held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds or assets except to the extent required by the law.
Section 7.02. Rights of Trustee.
Subject to Section 7.01 hereof:
(1) The Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting on any document reasonably 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.
(2) The Trustee may act through agents and attorney and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent or attorney appointed by it with due care.
(3) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it reasonably believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers.
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(4) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection, and the advice or opinion of such counsel as to matters of law shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.
(5) 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 Securityholders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Securityholders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.
(6) Whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, conclusively rely upon an Officers’ Certificate.
(7) Any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution.
(8) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.
(9) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Securities and this Indenture.
(10) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.
(11) The Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers’ Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officers’ Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.
Section 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may make loans to, accept deposits from, perform services for or otherwise deal with the Company, or any Affiliates thereof, with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights. The Trustee, however, shall be subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11 hereof.
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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 Securities, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the sale of Securities or any money paid to the Company pursuant to the terms of this Indenture and it shall not be responsible for any statement of the Company in this Indenture or any document issued in connection with the sale of Securities or any statement in the Securities other than the Trustee’s certificate of authentication.
Section 7.05. Notice of Defaults.
If a Default occurs and is continuing and if it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder notice of the Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default in payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on any Security the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as the board of directors of the Trustee, the executive committee or any trust committee of such board and/or any of its Trust Officers in good faith determine(s) that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Securityholders.
Section 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders.
If required by TIA § 313(a), within 60 days after May 15 of any year, commencing the May 15 following the date of this Indenture, the Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder a brief report dated as of such May 15 that complies with TIA § 313(a). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA § 313(b)(2). The Trustee shall also transmit by mail all reports as required by TIA § 313(c) and TIA § 313(d).
Reports pursuant to this Section 7.06 shall be transmitted by mail:
(1) to all registered Holders of Securities, as the names and addresses of such Holders appear on the Registrar’s books; and
(2) to such Holder of Securities as have, within the two years preceding such transmission, filed their names and addresses with the Trustee for that purpose.
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Securityholders shall be filed with the SEC and each stock exchange on which the Securities are listed. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee when the Securities are listed on any securities exchange.
Section 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity.
The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as shall be agreed in writing between the Company and the Trustee for its services hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust). The Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable disbursements, expenses and advances incurred or made by it in connection with its duties under this Indenture, including the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.
The Company shall indemnify each of the Trustee, any predecessor Trustee for, and hold them harmless against, any and all loss, damage, claim, liability or reasonable expense, including taxes (other than taxes based on the income of the Trustee) incurred by it in connection with the acceptance
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or performance of its duties under this Indenture including the reasonable costs and expenses of entering against the Company (including this Section 7.07) and of defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by any Securityholder or the Company) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder (including, without limitation, settlement costs). The Trustee shall notify the Company in writing promptly of any claim asserted against the Trustee for which it may seek indemnity. However, the failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder except to the extent the Company is prejudiced thereby.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company need not reimburse the Trustee for any expense or indemnify it against any loss or liability incurred by the Trustee through its negligence or bad faith. To secure the payment obligations of the Company in this Section 7.07, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee except such money or property held in trust to pay principal of and interest on particular Securities. The Trustee’s right to receive payment of any amounts due under this Section 7.07 shall not be subordinate to any other liability or indebtedness of the Company (even though the Securities may be so subordinated) and the Securities shall be subordinate to the Trustee’s right to receive such payment. The obligations of the Company under this Section 7.07 to compensate and indemnify the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances shall survive the resignation or removal of any Trustee, any rejection or termination under any Bankruptcy Law and 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(6) or (7) hereof occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
For purposes of this Section 7.07, the term “Trustee” shall include any trustee appointed pursuant to Article 9.
Section 7.08. Replacement of Trustee.
The Trustee may resign by so notifying the Company in writing. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities may remove the Trustee by notifying the removed Trustee in writing and may appoint a successor Trustee with the Company’s written consent which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Company may remove the Trustee at its election if:
(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof;
(2) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent under any Bankruptcy Law;
(3) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property;
(4) the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting; or
(5) a successor corporation becomes successor Trustee pursuant to Section 7.09 below.
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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.
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 a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities may petition any court of competent jurisdiction at the expense of the Company for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof, any Securityholder 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. Promptly following such delivery, the retiring Trustee shall, subject to its rights under Section 7.07 hereof, transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, 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. A successor Trustee shall mail notice of its succession to each Securityholder. 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 Consolidation, Merger or Conversion.
If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust assets to, another corporation, subject to Section 7.10 hereof, the successor corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.
Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification.
This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA § 310(a)(1) and (2) in every respect. The Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with TIA § 310(b), including the provision in § 310(b)(1); provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA § 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which other securities, or certificates of interest or participation in other securities, of the Company are outstanding, if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA § 310(b)(1) are met.
Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
The Trustee shall comply with TIA § 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA § 311 (b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA § 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.
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ARTICLE 8
AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS
Section 8.01. Without Consent of Holders.
The Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities without notice to or consent of any Securityholder:
(1) to comply with Section 5.01 hereof;
(2) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities;
(3) to comply with any requirements of the SEC under the TIA;
(4) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, or to make any other change that does not materially and adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder; or
(5) to make any other change that does not materially and adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder.
The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company in the execution of any supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations which may be therein contained; provided, however, that the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that such amendment or supplement complies with the provisions of this Section 8.01 and; provided, further, that the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into any such supplemental indenture which adversely affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture.
Section 8.02. With Consent of Holders.
The Company and the Trustee may modify or supplement this Indenture or the Securities with the written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities without notice to any Securityholder. The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities may waive compliance in a particular instance by the Company with any provision of this Indenture or the Securities without notice to any Securityholder. Without the consent of each Securityholder affected, however, an amendment, supplement or waiver, including a waiver pursuant to Section 6.04, may not:
(1) reduce the amount of Securities whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver to this Indenture or the Securities;
(2) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any Security;
(3) reduce the principal of or premium on or change the stated maturity of any Security;
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(4) make any Security payable in money other than that stated in the Security or change the place of payment;
(5) change the amount or time of any payment required by the Securities or reduce the premium payable upon any redemption of the Securities or change the time before which no redemption may be made (other than provisions relating to Section 4.09 or Section 4.13);
(6) after the time the Company is obligated to purchase Securities hereunder, amend, change or modify in any material respect the obligation of the Company to make and consummate a Change of Control Offer in the event of a Change of Control or make and consummate an Excess Proceeds Offer with respect to any Asset Sale that has been consummated or, after such Change of Control has occurred or such Asset Sale has been consummated, modify any of the provisions or definitions with respect thereto;
(7) waive a default in the payment of the principal of, or interest on, or redemption payment with respect to, any Security (including any obligation to make a Change of Control Offer or, after the Company’s obligation to purchase Securities arises thereunder, an Excess Proceeds Offer or modify any of the provisions or definitions with respect to such offers);
(8) make any changes in Sections 6.04 or 6.07 hereof or this sentence of Section 8.02;
(9) affect the ranking of the Securities in a manner adverse to the Holders; or
(10) take any other action otherwise prohibited by this Indenture to be taken without the consent of each Holder affected thereby.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 8.02 becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver.
Upon receipt of a Company Request, accompanied by a Board Resolution authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon the receipt by the Trustee of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Securityholders as aforesaid and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 8.06 hereof, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such supplemental indenture.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
Section 8.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.
Every amendment to or supplement of this Indenture or the Securities shall comply with the TIA as then in effect.
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Section 8.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents.
Until an amendment, supplement, waiver or other action becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Security is a continuing consent conclusive and binding upon such Holder and every subsequent Holder of the same Security or portion thereof, and of any Security issued upon the transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in place thereof, even if notation of the consent is not made on any such Security. Any such Holder or subsequent Holder, however, may revoke the consent as to his Security or portion of a Security, if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment, supplement, waiver or other action becomes effective.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement, or waiver. If a record date is fixed, then, notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only such Persons, shall be entitled to consent to such amendment, supplement, or waiver or to revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 90 days after such record date unless the consent of the requisite number of Holders has been obtained.
After an amendment, supplement, waiver or other action becomes effective, it shall bind every Securityholder, unless it makes a change described in any of clauses (1) through (9) of Section 8.02 hereof. In that case the amendment, supplement, waiver or other action shall bind each Holder of a Security who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security.
Section 8.05. Notation on or Exchange of Securities.
If an amendment, supplement, or waiver changes the terms of a Security, the Trustee may request the Holder of the Security to deliver it to the Trustee. In such case, the Trustee shall place an appropriate notation on the Security about the changed terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company or the Trustee so determines, the Company in exchange for the Security shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new security that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Security shall not affect the validity and effect of such amendment supplement or waiver.
Section 8.06. Trustee To Sign Amendments, etc.
The Trustee shall sign any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article 8 if the amendment, supplement or waiver does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the Trustee may, but need not, sign it. In signing or refusing to sign such amendment, supplement or waiver the Trustee shall be entitled to receive and, subject to (and to the extent provided in) Section 7.01 hereof, shall be fully protected in relying upon an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that such amendment, supplement or waiver is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that such amendment, supplement or waiver constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms (subject to customary enforceability exceptions). The Company may not sign an amendment or supplement until the Board of Directors of the Company approves it. In signing any amendment, supplement or waiver, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive an indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it.
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ARTICLE 9
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE
Section 9.01. Discharge of Indenture.
The Company may terminate its obligations under the Securities and this Indenture, except the obligations referred to in the last paragraph of this Section 9.01, if (A)(i) there shall have been cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than any Securities that are asserted to have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that shall have been replaced as provided in Section 2.07 hereof) or (ii) all Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (1) have become due and payable or (2) will become due and payable within one year, or are to be called for redemption within one year, under arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company, and the Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee funds in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities to the date of maturity or redemption, as the case may be, together with irrevocable instructions from the Company directing the Trustee to apply such funds to the payment thereof at maturity or redemption, as the case may be; (B) the Company has paid all sums payable by it hereunder or deposited all required sums with the Trustee; and (C) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions precedent under this Indenture relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.
After such delivery the Trustee upon request shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of the Company’s obligations under the Securities and this Indenture except for those surviving obligations specified below.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company in Sections 7.07, 9.05 and 9.06 hereof shall survive.
Section 9.02. Legal Defeasance.
The Company may at its option, by Board Resolution, be discharged from its obligations with respect to the Securities on the date the conditions set forth in Section 9.04 below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Legal Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the Securities and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as such Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall, subject to Section 9.06 hereof, execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (A) the rights of Holders of outstanding Securities to receive solely from the trust funds described in Section 9.04 hereof and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Securities when such payments are due, (B) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 2.02, 2.03, 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08 and 4.14 hereof, (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties, and immunities of the Trustee hereunder (including claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 7.07 hereof) and (D) this Article 9. Subject to compliance with this Article 9, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 9.02 with respect to the Securities
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notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 9.03 below with respect to the Securities.
Section 9.03. Covenant Defeasance.
At the option of the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, the Company shall be released from its obligations under Sections 4.02 through 4.18 hereof, inclusive, and clause (ii) of Section 5.01 hereof with respect to the outstanding Securities on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 9.04 hereof are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such specified Section or portion thereof, whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such specified Section or portion thereof or by reason of any reference in any such specified Section or portion thereof to any other provision herein or in any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture and the Securities shall be unaffected thereby.
Section 9.04. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The following shall be the conditions to application of Section 9.02 or Section 9.03 hereof to the outstanding Securities:
(1) the Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 7.10 hereof who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this Article 9 applicable to it) as funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of the Securities, (A) money in an amount, or (B) EU Government Obligations which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally-recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest on the outstanding Securities at the maturity date of such principal, premium, if any, or interest, or on dates for payment and redemption of such principal, premium, if any, and interest selected in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of the Securities;
(2) no Event of Default or Default with respect to the Securities shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit, or shall have occurred and be continuing at any time during the period ending on the 91st day after the date of such deposit or, if longer, ending on the day following the expiration of the longest preference period under any Bankruptcy Law applicable to the Company in respect of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period);
(3) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause the Trustee to have a conflicting interest for purposes of the TIA with respect to any securities of the Company;
(4) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute default under any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound;
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(5) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that, as a result of such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, neither the trust nor the Trustee will be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
(6) in the case of an election under Section 9.02 above, 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 to the effect that or (ii) there has been a change in any applicable Federal income tax law with the effect that, and such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding Securities or persons in their positions will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes solely as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount and in the same amounts, in the same manner, including as a result of prepayment, and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;
(7) in the case of an election under Section 9.03 hereof, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of the outstanding Securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;
(8) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for relating to either the Legal Defeasance under Section 9.02 above or the Covenant Defeasance under Section 9.03 hereof (as the case may be) have been complied with;
(9) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the deposit under clause (1) was not made by the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any creditors of the Company or others; and
(10) the Company shall have paid or duly provided for payment under terms mutually satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee all amounts then due to the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.07 hereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the opinion of counsel required by clause (6) above with respect to a defeasance need not be delivered if all Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (A) have become due and payable or (B) will become due and payable on the maturity date within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company.
Section 9.05. Deposited Money and EU Government Obligations To Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.
All money and EU Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 9.04 hereof in respect of the outstanding Securities shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities, of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal,
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premium, if any, and accrued interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the EU Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 9.04 hereof or the principal, premium, if any, and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Securities.
Anything in this Article 9 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or EU Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 9.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally-recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
Section 9.06. Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or EU Government Obligations in accordance with Section 9.01, 9.02 or 9.03 hereof by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Securities shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article 9 until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or EU Government Obligations in accordance with Section 9.01 hereof; provided, however, that if the Company has made any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or accrued interest on any Securities because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money or EU Government Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
Section 9.07. Moneys Held by Paying Agent.
In connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, all moneys then held by any Paying Agent under the provisions of this Indenture shall, upon demand of the Company, be paid to the Trustee, or if sufficient moneys have been deposited pursuant to Section 9.01 hereof, to the Company and thereupon such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such moneys.
Section 9.08. Moneys Held by Trustee.
Any moneys deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent or then held by the Company in trust for the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on any Security that are not applied but remain unclaimed by the Holder of such Security for two years after the date upon which the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on such Security shall have respectively become due and payable shall be repaid to the Company upon Company Request, or if such moneys are then held by the Company in trust, such moneys shall be released from such trust; and the Holder of such Security entitled to receive such payment shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for the payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or any such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may, at the expense of the Company, either mail to each Securityholder affected, at the address shown in the register of the Securities
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maintained by the Registrar pursuant to Section 2.03 hereof, or cause to be published once a week for two successive weeks, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published each Business Day and of general circulation in the City of Luxembourg, a notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such mailing or publication, any unclaimed balance of such moneys then remaining will be repaid to the Company. After payment to the Company or the release of any money held in trust by the Company, Securityholders entitled to the money must look only to the Company for payment as general creditors unless applicable abandoned property law designates another person.
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ARTICLE 11
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 11.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision which is required to be included in this Indenture by the TIA, the required provision shall control.
Section 11.02. Notices.
(a) Any notice or communication shall be given in writing and delivered in person, sent by telecopier, facsimile, delivered by overnight commercial courier service or mailed by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, addressed as follows:
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Such notices or communications shall be sufficiently given if so given within the time prescribed in this Indenture.
The Company or the Trustee by written notice to the others may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
Any notice or communication to the Company or the Trustee shall be deemed to have been given or made as of the date actually received.
Any notice or communication mailed to a Securityholder shall be mailed to him by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at his address shown on the register kept by the Registrar.
(b) Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Securityholder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Securityholders. If a notice or communication to a Securityholder is mailed in the manner provided above, it shall be deemed duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service, or by reason of any other cause, it shall be impossible to mail any notice as required by this Indenture, then such method of notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient mailing of such notice.
Section 11.03. Communications by Holders with Other Holders.
Securityholders may communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA § 312(c).
Section 11.04. 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:
(1) an Officers’ Certificate (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 11.05 below) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and
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(2) an Opinion of Counsel (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 11.05 below) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.
Section 11.05. Statements Required in Certificate and Opinion.
Each certificate and opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(1) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, it or he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable it or him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such covenant or condition has been complied with.
Section 11.06. When Treasury Securities Disregarded.
In determining whether the Holders of the required aggregate principal amount of Securities have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Securities owned by the Company or by any Affiliate of the Company shall be disregarded, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Securities which the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith shall not be disregarded if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to the Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any Affiliate of the Company.
Section 11.07. Rules by Trustee and Agents.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or meetings of Securityholders. The Registrar and Paying Agent may make reasonable rules for their functions.
Section 11.08. Business Days; Legal Holidays.
A “Business Day” is a day that is not a Legal Holiday. A “Legal Holiday” is a Saturday, a Sunday, a federally-recognized holiday or a day on which banking institutions are not required to be open in the City of New York, London or Luxembourg. 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 for the intervening period.
Section 11.09. Governing Law.
THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AS APPLIED
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TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES TO SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE OR THE SECURITIES.
Section 11.10. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.
This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan, security or debt agreement of the Company or any Subsidiary thereof. No such indenture, loan, security or debt agreement may be used to interpret this Indenture.
Section 11.11. No Recourse Against Others.
A director, officer, employee, stockholder or incorporator, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Securityholder by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. Such waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Securities.
Section 11.12. Successors.
All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee, any additional trustee and any Paying Agents in this Indenture shall bind its successor.
Section 11.13. Multiple Counterparts.
The parties may sign multiple counterparts of this Indenture. Each signed counterpart shall be deemed an original, but all of them together represent one and the same agreement.
Section 11.14. Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
The table of contents, cross-reference sheet and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section 11.15. Separability.
Each provision of this Indenture shall be considered separable and if for any reason any provision which is not essential to the effectuation of the basic purpose of this Indenture or the Securities 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 11.16. Judgment Currency.
Any payment on account of any amount that is payable in U.S. dollars with respect to the Securities (the “Required Currency”) which is made to or for the account of any Holder or the Trustee in lawful currency of any other jurisdiction (the “Judgment Currency”), whether as a result of any judgment or order or the enforcement thereof or the liquidation of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, shall constitute a discharge of the Company or such Restricted
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Subsidiary’s obligation under this Indenture and the Securities, as the case may be, only to the extent of the amount of the Required Currency which such Holder or the Trustee, as the case may be, could purchase in the New York foreign exchange markets with the amount of the Judgment Currency in accordance with normal banking procedures at the rate of exchange prevailing on the first business day following receipt of the payment in the Judgment Currency. If the amount of the Required Currency that could be so purchased is less than the amount of the Required Currency originally due to such Holder or the Trustee, as the case may be, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the Holder or the Trustee, as the case may be, from and against all loss or damage arising out of, or as a result of, such deficiency. This indemnity shall constitute an obligation separate and independent from the other obligations contained in this Indenture or the Securities, shall give rise to a separate and independent cause of action, shall apply irrespective of any indulgence granted by any Holder or the Trustee from time to time and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any judgment or order for a liquidated sum in respect of an amount due hereunder or under any judgment or order.
Section 11.17. Waiver of Jury Trial.
EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
Section 11.18. Force Majeure.
In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the date and year first written above.
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THE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANS-FERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, REGISTRATION AND SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE WHICH IS [IN THE CASE OF RULE 144A NOTES: TWO YEARS] [IN THE CASE OF REGULATION S NOTES: 40 DAYS] (OR SUCH SHORTER PERIOD THAT MAY HEREAFTER BE PROVIDED UNDER RULE 144(K) (OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION THEREOF) AS PERMITTING THE RESALE BY NON-AFFILIATES OF RESTRICTED SECURITIES WITHOUT RESTRICTION) AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE COMPANY OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE COMPANY WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF THIS SECURITY) (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”), ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OF FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES TO NON-U.S. PERSONS THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHERWISE IN COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS, SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY’S AND THE TRUSTEE’S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (D) OR (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATIONS AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THE LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF A HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.
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SAMSONITE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), for value received, promises to pay to The Bank of New York, London Branch or registered assigns the principal sum of Euros, on June 1, 2010.
Interest Payment Dates: March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1
Record Dates: February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Security contained herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Security to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.
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Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
This is one of the Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2010 referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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(REVERSE OF SECURITY)
Senior Floating Rate Note due 2010
1. Interest. SAMSONITE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security at a rate per annum, reset quarterly, equal to EURIBOR plus 4.375%, as determined by an agent appointed by the Company (the “Calculation Agent”). Interest will be payable quarterly on each March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1, commencing on September 1, 2004(1). The Company will pay interest to those persons who were holders of record on the February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15 immediately preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date. The Securities will bear interest from the Issue Date or, if interest has already been paid, from the date it was most recently paid.
For purposes of this Section 1, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below:
“Determination Date” with respect to an Interest Period, will be the day that is two TARGET Settlement Days preceding the first day of such Interest Period.
“EURIBOR”, with respect to an Interest Period, will be the rate (expressed as a percentage per annum) for deposits in euros for the three-month period beginning on the day that is two TARGET Settlement Days after the Determination Date that appears on Telerate Page 248 as of 11:00 a.m., Brussels time, on the Determination Date. If Telerate Page 248 does not include such a rate or is unavailable on a Determination Date, the Calculation Agent will request the principal London office of each of four major banks in the Euro-Zone inter-bank market, as selected by the Calculation Agent, to provide such bank’s offered quotation (expressed as a percentage per annum), as of approximately 11:00 a.m., Brussels time, on such Determination Date, to prime banks in the Euro-Zone interbank market for deposits in a Representative Amount in euro for a three-month period beginning on the day that is two TARGET Settlement Days after the Determination Date. If at least two such offered quotations are so provided, the rate for the Interest Period will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations. If fewer than two such quotations are so provided, the Calculation Agent will request each of three major banks in London, as selected by the Calculation Agent, to provide such bank’s rate (expressed as a percentage per annum), as of approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such Determination Date, for loans in a Representative Amount in euros to leading European banks for a three-month period beginning on the day that is two TARGET Settlement Days after the Determination Date. If at least two such rates are so provided, the rate for the Interest Period will be the arithmetic mean of such rates. If fewer than two such rates are so provided then the rate for the Interest Period will be the rate in effect with respect to the immediately preceding Interest Period.
“Euro-Zone” means the region composed of member states of the European Union that adopts the euro.
(1) Only with respect to the Securities issued on the Issue Date.
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“Interest Period” means the period commencing on and including an interest payment date and ending on and including the day immediately preceding the next succeeding interest payment date, with the exception that the first Interest Period shall commence on and include the Issue Date and end on and include September 1, 2004.
“Representative Amount” means the greater of (a) €1,000,000 and (b) an amount that is representative for a single transaction in the relevant market at the relevant time.
“TARGET Settlement Day” means any day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-Time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) System is open.
“Telerate Page 248” means the display page so designated on Bridge’s Telerate Service (or such other page as may replace that page on that service), or such other service as may be nominated as the information vendor.
The amount of interest for each day that the Securities are outstanding (the “Daily Interest Amount”) will be calculated by dividing the interest rate in effect for such day by 360 and multiplying the result by the principal amount of the senior notes. The amount of interest to be paid on the senior notes for each Interest Period will be calculated by adding the Daily Interest Amounts for each day in the Interest Period.
All percentages resulting from any of the above calculations will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with five one-millionths of a percentage point being rounded upwards (e.g., 9.876545% (or .09876545) being rounded to 9.87655% (or .0987655)) and all euro amounts used in or resulting from such calculations will be rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half cent being rounded upwards).
The interest rate on the Securities will in no event be higher than the maximum rate permitted by New York law as the same may be modified by United States law of general application.
The Calculation Agent will, upon the request of the holder of any Security, provide the interest rate then in effect with respect to the Securities. All calculations made by the Calculation Agent in the absence of manifest error will be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the Company and the holders of the Securities.
2. Method of Payment. The Company shall pay interest on the Securities (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are the registered Holders at the close of business on the February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15 immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date even if the Securities are cancelled on registration of transfer or registration of exchange after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.11 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. Holders must surrender Securities to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company shall pay principal and interest in money of any member state of the European Union (as it exists on the Issue Date) that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts (“EU Legal Tender”). However, the Company may pay principal and interest by its check payable in such EU Legal Tender. The Company may deliver any such interest payment to the Paying Agent or to a Holder at the Holder’s registered address.
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3. Paying Agent and Registrar. Initially, THE BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE LIMITED LUXEMBOURG BRANCH (an affiliate of The Bank of New York, the “Trustee”), a bank and trust company organized under the laws of Luxembourg, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to the Holders of the Securities. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
4. Indenture; Restrictive Covenants. The Company issued this Security under an Indenture dated as of June 9, 2004 (the “Indenture”) between the Company and the Trustee. The terms of this Security include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture. This Security is subject to all such terms, and the Holder of this Security is referred to the Indenture and said Trust Indenture Act for a statement of them. All capitalized terms in this Security, unless otherwise defined, have the meanings assigned to them by the Indenture.
The Securities are general unsecured obligations of the Company and, subject to compliance with the terms of the Indenture, unlimited in aggregate principal amount. The Indenture imposes certain restrictions on, among other things, the incurrence of indebtedness, the issuance of preferred stock by the Company and its subsidiaries, mergers and sale of assets, the payments of dividends on, or the repurchase of, capital stock of the Company and its subsidiaries, certain other restricted payments by the Company and its subsidiaries, certain transactions with, and investments in, its affiliates, and a provision regarding change of control transactions.
5. Optional Redemption. The Company may redeem the Securities, in the manner set forth in Section 3.07 of the Indenture.
6. Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed at such Holder’s registered address. In order to effect a redemption with the proceeds of an Equity Offering, the Company shall send the redemption notice not later than 90 days after the consummation of such Equity Offering. Securities in denominations larger than €5,000 may be redeemed in part.
7. Offers to Purchase. The Indenture requires that certain proceeds from Asset Sales be used, subject to further limitations contained therein, to make an offer to purchase certain amounts of Securities in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture. The Company is also required to make an offer to purchase Securities upon occurrence of a Change of Control in accordance with procedures set forth in the Indenture.
8. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange. The Securities are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of €5,000 and integral multiples of €1,000. A Holder shall register the transfer of or exchange Securities in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay certain transfer taxes or similar governmental charges payable in connection therewith as permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange any Securities during a period beginning 15 days before the mailing of a redemption notice for any Securities or portions thereof selected for redemption.
9. Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of this Security shall be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.
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10. Unclaimed Money. If money for the payment of principal, premium or interest on any Security remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee and the Paying Agent will pay the money back to the Company at its request. After that, Holders entitled to money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an “abandoned property” law designates another Person.
11. Amendment, Supplement and Waiver. Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Securities may be modified, amended or supplemented by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Securities then outstanding and any existing default or compliance with any provision may be waived in a particular instance with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities then outstanding. Without the consent of Holders, the Company and the Trustee may amend the Indenture or the Securities or supplement the Indenture for certain specified purposes including, without limitation, providing for uncertificated Securities in addition to certificated Securities, and curing any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, or making any other change that does not materially and adversely affect the rights of any Holder.
12. Successor Entity. When a successor corporation assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under the Securities and the Indenture and immediately before and thereafter no Default exists and certain other conditions are satisfied, the predecessor corporation will be released from those obligations.
13. Defaults and Remedies. Events of Default are set forth in the Indenture. Upon the happening of any Event of Default specified in Section 6.01, the Trustee may, and the Trustee upon the request of 25% in principal amount of the Securities shall or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of outstanding Securities may, declare the principal of and accrued but unpaid interest, if any, on all the Securities to be due and payable by notice in writing to the Company and the Trustee specifying the respective Event of Default and that it is a “notice of acceleration” (the “Acceleration Notice”), and the same shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default described under clauses (6) or (7) of Section 6.01 with respect to the Company occurs and is continuing, then such amount will ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder of Securities; provided, however, that at any time after a declaration of acceleration with respect to the Securities, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities then outstanding (by notice to the Trustee) may rescind and cancel such declaration and its consequences if (i) the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, (ii) all existing Events of Default have been cured or waived except nonpayment of principal or interest on the Securities that has become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, (iii) to the extent the payment of such interest is lawful, interest (at the same rate specified in the Securities) on overdue installments of interest and overdue principal which has become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration has been paid, (iv) the Company has paid the Trustee its reasonable compensation and reimbursed the Trustee for its expenses, disbursements and advances and (v) in the event of the cure or waiver of a Default or Event of Default (with respect to the Company) of the type described in Section 6.01(6) or (7), the Trustee has received an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel that such Default or Event of Default has been cured or waived. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities may waive any existing Default or Event of Default under this Indenture, and its consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of or interest on any Securities.
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14. Trustee Dealings With the Company. The Trustee under the Indenture, 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 Trustee.
15. No Recourse Against Others. A director, officer, employee, stockholder or incorporator, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creations. Each Securityholder by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. Such waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Securities.
16. Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance. The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance of the entire indebtedness on this Security (pursuant to Section 9.02 of the Indenture) and for defeasance of certain covenants in the Indenture (pursuant to Section 9.03 of the Indenture) upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.
17. Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of a Security 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).
18. CUSIP Numbers, ISIN and/or Common Codes. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Note Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP Numbers, ISIN and/or Common Codes to be printed on the Securities and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers, ISIN and/or Common Codes in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders of the Securities. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
19. Indenture Controls. If any provision of this Note limits, qualifies or conflicts with the provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall control.
20. Governing Law. THE INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AS APPLIED TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES TO SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE INDENTURE OR THE SECURITIES.
THE COMPANY WILL FURNISH TO ANY HOLDER OF A SECURITY UPON WRITTEN REQUEST AND WITHOUT CHARGE A COPY OF THE INDENTURE, REQUESTS MAY BE MADE TO:
SAMSONITE CORPORATION, 00000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: General Counsel.
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have all or any part of this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.09 or Section 4.13 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box:
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FORM OF LEGEND FOR GLOBAL SECURITIES
Any Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend (which would be in addition to any other legends required in the case of a Restricted Security) in substantially the following form:
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITORY. THIS NOTE IS NOT EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY OR ITS NOMINEE EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TO THE DEPOSITORY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BANK OF NEW YORK, LONDON BRANCH TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE BANK OF NEW YORK, LONDON BRANCH AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BANK OF NEW YORK, LONDON BRANCH (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO THE BANK OF NEW YORK, LONDON BRANCH SUCH ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BANK OF NEW YORK, LONDON BRANCH), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
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In connection with our proposed purchase of € aggregate principal amount of the Notes, we confirm that:
1. We understand that any subsequent transfer of the Notes is subject to certain restrictions and conditions set forth in the Indenture dated as of June 9, 2004 relating to the Notes and the undersigned agrees to be bound by, and not to resell, pledge or otherwise transfer the Securities except in compliance with, such restrictions and conditions and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).
2. We understand that the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act, and that the Notes 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 any Notes within two years after the original issuance of the Notes, we will do so only (A) to the Company or any subsidiary thereof, (B) pursuant to a registration statement which has been declared effective under the Securities Act, (C) for so long as the Notes are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144(A) (“Rule 144A”) to a person we reasonably believe to be a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A that purchases for its own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given that the transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, (D) outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in compliance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, or (E) pursuant to another available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and otherwise in compliance with other applicable laws, and we further agree to provide to any person purchasing any of the Notes from us a notice advising such purchaser that resales of the Notes are restricted as stated herein.
3. We understand that, on any proposed resale of any Notes, we will be required to furnish to 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.
4. We are an “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act) and have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as
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5. We are acquiring the Notes 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.
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Form of Certificate to Be Delivered in
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In connection with our proposed sale of € aggregate principal amount of the Notes, we confirm that such sale has been effected pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and, accordingly, we represent that:
(1) the offer of the Notes was not made to a person in the United States;
(2) either (a) at the time the buy offer was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or we and any person acting on our behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was outside the United States, or (b) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated off-shore securities market and neither we nor any person acting on our behalf knows that the transaction has been pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States;
(3) no directed selling efforts have been made in the United States in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable;
(4) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act;
(5) we understand that, on any proposed resale of any Notes, 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; and
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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. Terms used in this certificate have the meanings set forth in Regulation S.
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