JOHNSONDIVERSEY, INC. and each of the Guarantors named herein U.S. $300,000,000 SERIES A AND SERIES B 9.625% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2012
Exhibit 4.1
EXECUTION COPY
JOHNSONDIVERSEY, INC.
and each of the Guarantors named herein
U.S. $300,000,000
SERIES A AND SERIES B
9.625% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2012
Dated as of May 3, 2002
BNY Midwest Trust Company
Trustee
CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*
Trust Indenture |
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Act Section |
Indenture Section | |||
310 |
(a)(1) |
7.10 | ||
(a)(2) |
7.10 | |||
(a)(3) |
N.A. | |||
(a)(4) |
N.A. | |||
(a)(5) |
7.10 | |||
(b) |
7.10 | |||
(c) |
N.A. | |||
311 |
(a) |
7.11 | ||
(b) |
7.11 | |||
(c) |
N.A. | |||
312 |
(a) |
2.05 | ||
(b) |
13.03 | |||
(c) |
13.03 | |||
313 |
(a) |
7.06 | ||
(b)(1) |
N.A. | |||
(b)(2) |
7.06; 7.07 | |||
(c) |
7.06; 13.02 | |||
(d) |
7.06 | |||
314 |
(a) |
4.03;13.02; 13.05 | ||
(b) |
N.A. | |||
(c)(1) |
13.04 | |||
(c)(2) |
13.04 | |||
(c)(3) |
N.A. | |||
(d) |
N.A. | |||
(e) |
13.05 | |||
(f) |
N.A. | |||
315 |
(a) |
7.01 | ||
(b) |
7.05,13.02 | |||
(c) |
7.01 | |||
(d) |
7.01 | |||
(e) |
6.11 | |||
316 |
(a) (last sentence) |
2.09 | ||
(a)(1)(A) |
6.05 | |||
(a)(1)(B) |
6.04 | |||
(a)(2) |
N.A. | |||
(b) |
6.07 | |||
(c) |
2.12 | |||
317 |
(a)(1) |
6.08 | ||
(a)(2) |
6.09 | |||
(b) |
2.04 | |||
318 |
(a) |
13.01 | ||
(b) |
N.A. | |||
(c) |
13.01 |
N.A. means not applicable.
* |
This Cross Reference Table is not part of the Indenture. |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1. |
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DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION |
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BY REFERENCE |
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Section 1.01 |
Definitions |
1 | ||
Section 1.02 |
Other Definitions |
24 | ||
Section 1.03 |
Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act |
24 | ||
Section 1.04 |
Rules of Construction |
25 | ||
ARTICLE 2. |
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THE NOTES |
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Section 2.01 |
Form and Dating |
25 | ||
Section 2.02 |
Execution and Authentication |
26 | ||
Section 2.03 |
Registrar and Paying Agent |
27 | ||
Section 2.04 |
Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust |
27 | ||
Section 2.05 |
Holder Lists |
27 | ||
Section 2.06 |
Transfer and Exchange |
28 | ||
Section 2.07 |
Replacement Notes |
39 | ||
Section 2.08 |
Outstanding Notes |
39 | ||
Section 2.09 |
Treasury Notes |
40 | ||
Section 2.10 |
Temporary Notes |
40 | ||
Section 2.11 |
Cancellation |
40 | ||
Section 2.12 |
Defaulted Interest |
40 | ||
Section 2.13 |
Additional Notes |
41 | ||
Section 2.14 |
CUSIP Numbers |
41 | ||
ARTICLE 3. |
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REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT |
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Section 3.01 |
Notices to Trustee |
41 | ||
Section 3.02 |
Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased |
42 | ||
Section 3.03 |
Notice of Redemption |
42 | ||
Section 3.04 |
Effect of Notice of Redemption |
43 | ||
Section 3.05 |
Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price |
43 | ||
Section 3.06 |
Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part |
43 | ||
Section 3.07 |
Optional Redemption |
44 | ||
Section 3.08 |
Mandatory Redemption |
44 | ||
Section 3.09 |
Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds |
44 | ||
ARTICLE 4. |
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COVENANTS |
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Section 4.01 |
Payment of Notes |
46 | ||
Section 4.02 |
Maintenance of Office or Agency |
46 | ||
Section 4.03 |
Reports |
47 | ||
Section 4.04 |
Compliance Certificate |
47 | ||
Section 4.05 |
Taxes |
48 | ||
Section 4.06 |
Stay, Extension and Usury Laws |
48 | ||
Section 4.07 |
Restricted Payments |
48 |
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Section 4.08 |
Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries |
51 | ||
Section 4.09 |
Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock |
53 | ||
Section 4.10 |
Asset Sales |
56 | ||
Section 4.11 |
Transactions with Affiliates |
57 | ||
Section 4.12 |
Liens |
59 | ||
Section 4.13 |
Business Activities |
59 | ||
Section 4.14 |
Corporate Existence |
59 | ||
Section 4.15 |
Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control |
60 | ||
Section 4.16 |
Anti-Layering |
61 | ||
Section 4.17 |
Additional Subsidiary Guarantees |
61 | ||
Section 4.18 |
Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries |
62 | ||
Section 4.19 |
Payments for Consent |
62 | ||
ARTICLE 5. |
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SUCCESSORS |
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Section 5.01 |
Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets |
62 | ||
Section 5.02 |
Successor Corporation Substituted |
63 | ||
ARTICLE 6. |
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DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES |
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Section 6.01 |
Events of Default |
63 | ||
Section 6.02 |
Acceleration |
65 | ||
Section 6.03 |
Other Remedies |
65 | ||
Section 6.04 |
Waiver of Past Defaults |
66 | ||
Section 6.05 |
Control by Majority |
66 | ||
Section 6.06 |
Limitation on Suits |
66 | ||
Section 6.07 |
Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment |
67 | ||
Section 6.08 |
Collection Suit by Trustee |
67 | ||
Section 6.09 |
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim |
67 | ||
Section 6.10 |
Priorities |
67 | ||
Section 6.11 |
Undertaking for Costs |
68 | ||
ARTICLE 7. |
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TRUSTEE |
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Section 7.01 |
Duties of Trustee |
68 | ||
Section 7.02 |
Rights of Trustee |
69 | ||
Section 7.03 |
Individual Rights of Trustee |
70 | ||
Section 7.04 |
Trustee’s Disclaimer |
70 | ||
Section 7.05 |
Notice of Defaults |
70 | ||
Section 7.06 |
Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes |
70 | ||
Section 7.07 |
Compensation and Indemnity |
71 | ||
Section 7.08 |
Replacement of Trustee |
71 | ||
Section 7.09 |
Successor Trustee by Merger, etc. |
72 | ||
Section 7.10 |
Eligibility; Disqualification |
72 | ||
Section 7.11 |
Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company |
73 | ||
ARTICLE 8. |
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LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE |
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Section 8.01 |
Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance |
73 | ||
Section 8.02 |
Legal Defeasance and Discharge |
73 | ||
Section 8.03 |
Covenant Defeasance |
73 |
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Section 8.04 |
Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance |
74 | ||
Section 8.05 |
Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions |
75 | ||
Section 8.06 |
Repayment to Company |
75 | ||
Section 8.07 |
Reinstatement |
76 | ||
ARTICLE 9. |
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AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER |
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Section 9.01 |
Without Consent of Holders of Notes |
76 | ||
Section 9.02 |
With Consent of Holders of Notes |
77 | ||
Section 9.03 |
Compliance with Trust Indenture Act |
78 | ||
Section 9.04 |
Revocation and Effect of Consents |
78 | ||
Section 9.05 |
Notation on or Exchange of Notes |
78 | ||
Section 9.06 |
Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc. |
79 | ||
ARTICLE 10. |
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SUBORDINATION |
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Section 10.01 |
Agreement to Subordinate |
79 | ||
Section 10.02 |
Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy |
79 | ||
Section 10.03 |
Default on Designated Senior Debt |
80 | ||
Section 10.04 |
Acceleration of Notes |
80 | ||
Section 10.05 |
When Distribution Must Be Paid Over |
80 | ||
Section 10.06 |
Notice by Company |
81 | ||
Section 10.07 |
Subrogation |
81 | ||
Section 10.08 |
Relative Rights |
81 | ||
Section 10.09 |
Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Company |
82 | ||
Section 10.10 |
Distribution or Notice to Representative |
82 | ||
Section 10.11 |
Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent |
82 | ||
Section 10.12 |
Authorization to Effect Subordination |
82 | ||
Section 10.13 |
Amendments |
82 | ||
Section 10.14 |
Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Debt |
83 | ||
ARTICLE 11. |
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SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES |
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Section 11.01 |
Guarantee |
83 | ||
Section 11.02 |
Subordination of Subsidiary Guarantee |
84 | ||
Section 11.03 |
Limitation on Guarantor Liability |
84 | ||
Section 11.04 |
Execution and Delivery of Subsidiary Guarantee |
84 | ||
Section 11.05 |
Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms |
85 | ||
Section 11.06 |
Releases Following Sale of Assets |
86 | ||
ARTICLE 12. |
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SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE |
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Section 12.01 |
Satisfaction and Discharge |
86 | ||
Section 12.02 |
Application of Trust Money |
87 | ||
ARTICLE 13. |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 13.01 |
Trust Indenture Act Controls |
88 | ||
Section 13.02 |
Notices |
88 | ||
Section 13.03 |
Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes |
89 |
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Section 13.04 |
Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent |
89 | ||
Section 13.05 |
Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion |
89 | ||
Section 13.06 |
Rules by Trustee and Agents |
90 | ||
Section 13.07 |
No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders |
90 | ||
Section 13.08 |
Governing Law |
90 | ||
Section 13.09 |
Jurisdiction |
90 | ||
Section 13.10 |
No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements |
90 | ||
Section 13.11 |
Successors |
90 | ||
Section 13.12 |
Severability |
90 | ||
Section 13.13 |
Counterpart Originals |
91 | ||
Section 13.14 |
Table of Contents, Headings, etc. |
91 | ||
EXHIBITS |
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Exhibit A1 |
FORM OF NOTE | |||
Exhibit A2 |
FORM OF REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE | |||
Exhibit B |
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER | |||
Exhibit C |
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE | |||
Exhibit D |
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF ACQUIRING INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR | |||
Exhibit E |
FORM OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE | |||
Exhibit F |
FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE |
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INDENTURE dated as of May 3, 2002 among JohnsonDiversey, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the
subsidiary guarantors listed on Schedule 1 hereto (the “Guarantors”) and BNY Midwest Trust Company, an Illinois trust company, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders (as defined) of the 9.625% Series A
Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012 (the “Series A Notes”) and the 9.625 % Series B Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012 (the “Series B Notes” (or Exchange Notes) and, together with the Series A Notes, the
“Notes”):
ARTICLE 1.
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01 Definitions.
“144A Global
Note” means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A1 hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee that
will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 144A.
“Acquired Debt” means, with respect to any specified Person:
(1)
Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged with or into or became a Subsidiary of that specified Person, whether or not that Indebtedness is incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, that other
Person’s merging with or into, or becoming a Subsidiary of, that specified Person; and
(2)
Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.
“Acquisition
Agreement” means the Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 20, 2001, by and among Holdings, the Company and Conopco, Inc., a New York corporation, as amended by the First Amendment to the Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 11,
2002, the Second Amendment to the Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 5, 2002 and the Third Amendment to the Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 3, 2002.
“Additional Notes” means additional notes (other than the Initial Notes) issued from time to time under this Indenture in accordance with Sections 2.02 and 4.09 hereof, as part of the same
series as the Initial Notes.
“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with that specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control,” as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of
the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise; provided that beneficial ownership of 10% or more of the Voting Stock of a
Person will be deemed to be control. For purposes of this definition, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with” have correlative meanings. No Person (other than the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company) in whom a Receivables Subsidiary makes an Investment in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction will be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries solely by reason of such Investment.
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“Agent” means any Registrar, co-registrar, Paying Agent or additional
paying agent.
“Ancillary Documents” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Acquisition
Agreement.
“Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for
beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream that apply to such transfer or exchange.
“Asset Sale” means:
(1) the sale, lease, conveyance,
transfer or other disposition of any assets or rights, other than sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices; provided that the sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially
all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be governed by the provisions of Section 4.15 hereof and/or the provisions of Section 5.01 hereof and not by the provisions of Section 4.10 hereof; and
(2) the issuance of Equity Interests by any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries or the sale of Equity Interests
in any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Notwithstanding the preceding, none of the following items will be deemed to be an
Asset Sale:
(1) any single transaction or series of related transactions that:
(a) involves assets having a fair market value of less than $5.0 million; or
(b) results in net proceeds to the Company and its Subsidiaries of less than $5.0 million;
(2) a transfer of assets between or among the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(3) an issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or to another Restricted Subsidiary;
(4) the sale or lease of equipment, inventory, accounts receivable or other assets in the ordinary course of business;
(5) the sale or other disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents;
(6) sales of accounts receivable and related assets of the type specified in the definition of “Qualified Receivables Transaction” to a Receivables
Subsidiary of the fair market value thereof, including cash in an amount at least equal to 75% of the book value thereof as determined in accordance with GAAP, it being understood that, for the purposes of this clause (6), notes received in exchange
for the transfer of accounts receivable and related assets will be deemed cash if the Receivables Subsidiary or other payor is required to repay those notes as soon as practicable from available cash collections less amounts required to be
established as reserves pursuant to contractual agreements with entities that are not Affiliates of the Company entered into as part of a Qualified Receivables Transaction;
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(7) any sale or other transfer of assets in connection with
plant closings as described in the Offering Circular under the caption “Offering Circular Summary—Strategy—Focus on Operating Efficiencies and Improving Margins”;
(8) transfers of accounts receivable and related assets of the type specified in the definition of “Qualified Receivables Transaction” (or a
fractional undivided interest therein) by a Receivables Subsidiary in a Qualified Receivables Transaction;
(9) a Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is permitted by Section 4.07 hereof;
(10) the sale or grant of any license in the ordinary course of business to use the patents, trade secrets, know-how and or intellectual property of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent such license does
not generally prohibit the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from using the technologies licensed or require the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay any fees for that use;
(11) the sale or other disposition in the ordinary course of business of obsolete or worn-out assets or assets that management
determines are no longer necessary to operate the business; and
(12) the Xxxxxxxx Sale.
“Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
“Beneficial Owner” has the meaning assigned to that term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except
that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), that “person” will be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that that
“person” has the right to acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities, whether that right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only upon the occurrence of a subsequent condition. The terms “Beneficially Owns” and
“Beneficially Owned” have a corresponding meaning.
“Board of Directors” means:
(1) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation;
(2) with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of the partnership; and
(3) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of that Person serving a similar function.
“Broker-Dealer” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Legal Holiday.
“Capital Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at such time be
required to be capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP.
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“Capital Stock” means:
(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;
(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate
stock;
(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests
(whether general or limited); and
(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the
right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.
“Cash
Equivalents” means:
(1) euros and United States dollars;
(2) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by any of the United Kingdom, any other member state of the
European Union as currently constituted other than Greece, or the United States government or any agency or instrumentality of the foregoing (provided that the full faith and credit of the United Kingdom, any other member state of the
European Union as currently constituted other than Greece, or the United States, respectively, is pledged in support of those securities) having maturities of not more than six months from the date of acquisition;
(3) certificates of deposit and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition,
bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding six months and overnight bank deposits, in each case, with any domestic or foreign commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500.0 million and a Thomson Bank Watch Rating of
“B” or better;
(4) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying
securities of the types described in clauses (2) and (3) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (3) above;
(5) commercial paper having the highest rating obtainable from Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, Inc. and in each
case maturing within six months after the date of acquisition of such commercial paper; and
(6) money
market funds at least 95% of the assets of which constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (1) through (5) of this definition.
“Cayman Subsidiary” means Xxxxxxx Diversey Cayman, Inc., a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands.
“Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, S.A.
“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:
(1) the
sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition (other than by way of merger, amalgamation or consolidation) of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of Holdings,
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the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any “person” (as such term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than any member of the Xxxxxxx
Family Group or any Guarantor, shall have occurred;
(2) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation
or dissolution of either of Holdings or the Company;
(3) any “person” (as such term is used in
Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than any member of the Xxxxxxx Family Group, becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of more than 50% of the total voting power of all classes of the
Voting Stock of Holdings or the Company, calculated on a fully diluted basis;
(4) at any time after a
Public Market shall exist, during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board of Directors of Holdings or the Company (together with (a) any directors whose election or appointment by
the Board of Directors of Holdings or the Company, as applicable, or whose nomination for election by the stockholders of Holdings or the Company, as applicable, was approved by a vote of a majority of the directors then still in office who were
either directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, (b) any directors whose election or appointment by the Board of Directors of Holdings or the Company, as applicable, or whose
nomination for election by the stockholders of Holdings or the Company, as applicable, was approved by any member of the Unilever Group pursuant to the terms of the Stockholders’ Agreement or any member of the Xxxxxxx Family Group, and (c) any
directors elected pursuant to the terms of any stockholders’ agreement among the stockholders of Holdings or the Company, as applicable) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of Holdings or the Company, as
applicable, then in office; or
(5) the merger, amalgamation or consolidation of Holdings or the Company, as
applicable, with or into another Person or the merger of another Person with or into Holdings or the Company, as applicable (each, a “Business Combination”), shall have occurred, and the securities of Holdings or the Company, as
applicable, that are outstanding immediately prior to such transaction and which represent 100% of the aggregate voting power of the Voting Stock of Holdings or the Company, as applicable, are changed into or exchanged for cash, securities or
property, unless pursuant to such transaction those securities are changed into or exchanged for, in addition to any other consideration, securities of the corporation or entity resulting from such Business Combination (including an entity which as
a result of the Business Combination owns Holdings or the Company either directly or through one or more Subsidiaries) that represent immediately after giving effect to such transaction, greater than 50% of the outstanding Voting Stock of the
corporation or entity resulting from such Business Combination (including an entity which as a result of the Business Combination owns Holdings or the Company either directly or through one or more Subsidiaries).
“Consolidated Cash Flow” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of that Person for
that period, plus:
(1) an amount equal to any extraordinary loss plus any net loss realized by such
Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale, to the extent that losses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
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(2) provision for taxes based on income or profits of that Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for that period, to the extent that the provision for taxes was deducted in computing that Consolidated Net Income; plus
(3) consolidated interest expense of that Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued and whether or not capitalized (including,
without limitation, amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease
Obligations, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers’ acceptance financings, and net of the effect of all payments made or received pursuant to Hedging Obligations), to the extent
that any such expense was deducted in computing that Consolidated Net Income; plus
(4) depreciation,
amortization (including amortization of goodwill and other intangibles but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior period) and other non-cash expenses (excluding any non-cash expense to the extent that it represents
an accrual of or reserve for cash expenses in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period) of that Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for that period to the extent that that depreciation,
amortization and other non-cash expenses were deducted in computing that Consolidated Net Income; plus
(5) unrealized non-cash losses resulting from foreign currency balance sheet adjustments required by GAAP to the extent those losses were deducted in computing that Consolidated Net Income; plus
(6) all non-recurring adjustments used in connection with the calculation of Pro Forma EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA as set forth in
the Offering Circular under the caption “Unaudited Pro Forma and Historical Condensed Combined Financial Data” to the extent those adjustments are not fully reflected in the applicable period and continue to be applicable; minus
(7) non-cash items increasing that Consolidated Net Income for that period, other than the accrual of
revenue in the ordinary course of business,
in each case, on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance with GAAP.
Notwithstanding the preceding, the provision for taxes based on the income or profits of, and the depreciation and amortization and other non-cash
expenses of, a Subsidiary of the Company will be added to Consolidated Net Income to compute Consolidated Cash Flow of the Company only to the extent that a corresponding amount would be permitted at the date of determination to be dividended to the
Company by that Subsidiary without prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained), and without direct or indirect restriction pursuant to the terms of its charter and all agreements, instruments, judgments, decrees, orders, statutes, rules
and governmental regulations applicable to that Subsidiary or its stockholders.
“Consolidated Net Income”
means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of that Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for that period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that:
(1) the Net Income (but not loss) of any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or that is accounted
for by the equity method of accounting will be included only to the extent of the
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amount of dividends or distributions paid in cash to the specified Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Person;
(2) the Net Income of any Restricted Subsidiary will be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that
Restricted Subsidiary of that Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement,
instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to such Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders unless such restriction to the payment of dividends has been permanently waived;
(3) the Net Income of any Person acquired in a pooling of interests transaction for any period prior to the date of that acquisition
will be excluded;
(4) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles will be excluded; and
(5) the Net Income (but not loss) of any Unrestricted Subsidiary will be excluded, whether or not
distributed to the specified Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee” shall be at the address of the Trustee specified in Section 13.02 hereof or such other address as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Company.
“Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement, dated as of May 3, 2002, by and among Holdings, the Company, the other borrowers thereunder, the several banks and
other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties thereto, Citicorp USA, Inc., as Administrative Agent, Xxxxxxx Sachs Credit Partners, L.P., as Syndication Agent, and ABN AMRO Bank N.A., Bank One, NA, Royal Bank of Scotland plc, New
York Branch and General Electric Capital Corporation, as Co-documentation Agents, including any related notes, collateral documents, letters of credit and documentation and guarantees and any appendices, exhibits or schedules to any of the foregoing
as any or all of such agreements may be in effect from time to time, in each case, as any or all of such agreements (or any other agreement that renews, refunds, refinances, restructures, replaces, repays or extends any or all of such agreements)
may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, or renewed, refunded, refinanced, restructured, replaced, repaid or extended from time to time, whether with the original agents and lenders or other agents and lenders or
otherwise, and whether provided under the original credit agreement or one or more other credit agreements or otherwise.
“Credit Facilities” means, one or more debt facilities (including, without limitation, facilities under the Credit Agreement) or commercial paper facilities, in each case with banks or other institutional lenders
providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to such lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from such lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, in
each case, as any or all of such facilities (or any other facility that renews, refunds, refinances, restructures, replaces, repays or extends any or all of such facilities) may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, or
renewed, refunded, refinanced, restructured, replaced, repaid or extended from time to time, whether with the original agents and lenders or other agents and lenders or otherwise, and whether provided under the original credit agreement or one or
more other credit agreements or otherwise.
“Custodian” means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to
the Notes in global form, or any successor entity thereto.
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“Default” means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the
giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.
“Definitive Note” means a certificated Note
registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.06 hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit A1 hereto except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the “Schedule of
Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto.
“Depositary” means, with respect to the
Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.03 hereof as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become that
pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture.
“Designated Senior Debt” means:
(1) all Obligations under the Credit Agreement; and
(2) after payment in full of all Obligations under the Credit Agreement and termination of the commitments thereunder, any other Senior Debt permitted under this
Indenture the principal amount of which is $25.0 million or more and that has been designated by the Company as “Designated Senior Debt.”
“Disqualified Stock” means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each case at the option of the holder of the
Capital Stock), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock, in whole or in part, on or prior to the
date that is 91 days after the date on which the Notes mature. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders of the Capital Stock have the right to require the Company
to repurchase that Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change of control or an asset sale will not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of that Capital Stock provide that the Company may not repurchase or redeem that Capital Stock pursuant
to those provisions unless that repurchase or redemption complies with the provisions of Section 4.07 hereof.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company that was formed under the laws of the United States or any state of the United States or the District of Columbia or that guarantees or otherwise provides direct credit support
for any Indebtedness of the Company.
“Equity Interests” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or
other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).
“Equity Offering” means any underwritten public offering of common stock of Holdings or the Company; provided that with respect to any underwritten public offering of Holdings, the net proceeds of that
offering are substantially concurrently contributed to the Company as cash.
“Euro Exchange Notes”
means the Euro Notes issued in an exchange offer pursuant to Section 2.06(f) of the Euro Indenture.
“Euro
Indenture” means the indenture, dated the date hereof, between the Company, the guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York, as trustee, governing the Euro Notes.
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“Euro Notes” means the Company’s euro-denominated 9.625% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2012, issued pursuant to the Euro Indenture.
“Euro Registration Rights Agreement”
means the Euro Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of May 3, 2002, among the Company, the Guarantors and the other parties named on the signature pages thereof, as such agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and,
with respect to any additional Euro Notes issued under the Euro Indenture, one or more registration rights agreements among the Company, the Guarantors and the other parties thereto, as such agreement(s) may be amended, modified or supplemented from
time to time, relating to rights given by the Company to the purchasers of those additional Euro Notes to register those additional Euro Notes under the Securities Act.
“Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Exchange Notes” means the Notes issued in the Exchange Offer pursuant to Section 2.06(f) hereof.
“Exchange Offer” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Exchange Offer Registration Statement” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Existing Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement) in existence on the date of this Indenture, including the Indebtedness under the
Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of March 2, 2001, as amended or supplemented from time to time, among JWPR Corporation, as seller and servicer, the financial institutions party thereto, Falcon Asset Securitization Corporation and Bank One,
NA (Main Office Chicago), as agent, until those amounts are repaid.
“Financial Covenant Period” means (a)
if prior to the date on which the Company’s financial statements for the second quarter of 2003 are available, the Company’s most recently ended full fiscal quarter or quarters, as applicable, that commenced after the date of this
Indenture for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which the applicable Restricted Payment is made, additional Indebtedness is incurred or Disqualified Stock or preferred stock is issued or (b) if after
the date on which the Company’s financial statements for the second quarter of 2003 are available, the Company’s most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the
date on which the applicable Restricted Payment is made, additional Indebtedness is incurred or Disqualified Stock or preferred stock is issued.
“Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:
(1) the consolidated interest expense of that Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for that period, whether paid or accrued, including, without limitation,
amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, commissions,
discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers’ acceptance financings, and net of the effect of all payments made or received pursuant to Hedging Obligations entered into with respect to interest rates;
plus
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(2) the consolidated interest of that Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period; plus
(3) any interest expense on Indebtedness
of another Person that is Guaranteed by that Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on assets of such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether or not such Guarantee or Lien is called upon; plus
(4) the product of (a) all dividends, whether paid or accrued and whether or not in cash, on any series of
preferred stock of that Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than dividends on Equity Interests payable solely in Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company, times (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then-current combined federal, state and local statutory tax rate of that Person, expressed as a decimal, in each case, on a consolidated
basis and in accordance with GAAP.
“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means with respect to any specified
Person for any period, the ratio of the Consolidated Cash Flow of that Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for that period to the Fixed Charges of that Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for that period. In the event that the specified Person
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurs, assumes, Guarantees, repays, repurchases or redeems any Indebtedness (other than ordinary working capital borrowings) or issues, repurchases or redeems preferred stock subsequent to the commencement of
the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated and on or prior to the date on which the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the “Calculation Date”), then the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, Guarantee, repayment, repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness, or that issuance, repurchase or redemption of preferred stock, and the use of the proceeds
therefrom as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable Financial Covenant Period.
In addition, for
purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio:
(1) acquisitions that have been made by the
specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through mergers or consolidations and including any related financing transactions, during the Financial Covenant Period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to the
Calculation Date will be given pro forma effect as if they had occurred on the first day of the Financial Covenant Period and Consolidated Cash Flow for that reference period will be calculated on a pro forma basis in accordance with Regulation S-X
under the Securities Act, but without giving effect to clause (3) of the proviso set forth in the definition of Consolidated Net Income;
(2) the Consolidated Cash Flow attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded; and
(3) the Fixed Charges attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and
operations or businesses disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded, but only to the extent that the obligations giving rise to those Fixed Charges will not be obligations of the specified Person or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries following the Calculation Date.
“Foreign Subsidiaries” means any Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
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“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the
opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in those other statements by any other entity
that has been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in effect from time to time.
“Global Notes” means, individually and collectively, each of the Restricted Global Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit A1 or A2 hereto issued in accordance with Section 2.01,
2.06(b)(3), 2.06(b)(4), 2.06(d)(2) or 2.06(f) hereof.
“Global Note Legend” means the legend set
forth in Section 2.06(g)(2), which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.
“Government Securities” means direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America, and the payment for which the United States pledges its full faith and credit.
“Guarantee” means a guarantee other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of
business, direct or indirect, in any manner including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness.
“Guarantors” means each direct and indirect wholly owned Domestic Subsidiary (other than the Receivables Subsidiary), the Cayman
Subsidiary and any other subsidiary that executes a Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, and their respective successors and assigns.
“Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any specified Person, the obligations of that Person under any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement
and interest rate collar agreement, foreign currency exchange rate agreement, commodity price protection agreement or other agreement or arrangement designed to protect that Person against fluctuations in interest rates, foreign currency exchange
rates or commodity prices.
“Holder” means a Person in whose name a Note is registered.
“Holdings” means Xxxxxxx Professional Holdings, Inc.
“IAI Global Note” means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A1 hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited
with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold to Institutional Accredited Investors.
“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specified Person, any indebtedness of that Person, whether or not contingent:
(1) in respect of borrowed money;
(2) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);
(3) in respect of banker’s acceptances;
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(4) representing Capital Lease Obligations;
(5) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property, except any such balance that constitutes an
accrued expense or trade payable; or
(6) representing any Hedging Obligations,
if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of the specified
Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the term “Indebtedness” includes all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of the specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by the specified Person)
and, to the extent not otherwise included, the Guarantee by the specified Person of any indebtedness of any other Person.
The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date will be:
(1) the accreted value
of the Indebtedness, in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount; and
(2) the
principal amount of the Indebtedness, together with any interest on the Indebtedness that is more than 30 days past due, in the case of any other Indebtedness.
“Indenture” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
“Indirect Participant” means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a Participant.
“Initial Notes” means the first $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Indenture on the date hereof.
“Institutional Accredited Investor” means an institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the
Securities Act, who are not also QIBs.
“Investments” means, with respect to any Person, all direct or
indirect investments by that Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of loans (including Guarantees or other obligations), advances or capital contributions (excluding commission, travel and similar advances to officers and
employees made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities, together with all items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet
prepared in accordance with GAAP. If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company such that, after giving effect to that sale or
disposition, that Person is no longer a Subsidiary of the Company, the Company will be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of that sale or disposition equal to the fair market value of the Company’s Investments in that Subsidiary that
were not sold or disposed of in an amount determined as provided in the final paragraph of Section 4.07 hereof. The acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of a Person that holds an Investment in a third Person will be
deemed to be an Investment by the Company or that Restricted Subsidiary in that third Person in an amount equal to the fair market value of the Investments held by the acquired Person in that third Person in an amount determined as provided in the
final paragraph of Section 4.07 hereof.
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“Xxxxxxx Family Group” means:
(1) a lawful lineal descendant of Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx. or Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx or the spouse of any such descendant;
(2) an estate, trust (including a revocable trust, declaration of trust or a voting trust), guardianship or
custodianship for the primary benefit of one or more individuals described in clause (1) above; and
(3) an
entity controlled directly or indirectly by one or more individuals or entities described in clauses (1) or (2) above.
“Joint Liabilities” means the Company’s obligations in respect of certain joint ERISA, environmental and product liability obligations of the Company and S.C. Xxxxxxx & Son, Inc., up to a maximum aggregate
cash payment amount of $8.0 million.
“Legal Holiday” means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which
banking institutions in the City of New York or at a place of payment are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at such place on the next
succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue on such payment for the intervening period.
“Letter of Transmittal” means the letter of transmittal to be prepared by the Company and sent to all Holders of the Notes for use by such Holders in connection with the Exchange Offer.
“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in
respect of that asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a
security interest in and, except in connection with any Qualified Receivables Transaction, any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction.
“Net Income” means, with respect to any specified Person, the net income (loss) of that Person, determined in accordance
with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends, excluding, however:
(1) any
gain (but not loss), together with any related provision for taxes on that gain (but not loss), realized in connection with: (a) any Asset Sale; or (b) the disposition of any securities by that Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or the
extinguishment of any Indebtedness of that Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; and
(2) any
extraordinary gain (but not loss), together with any related provision for taxes on that extraordinary gain (but not loss).
“Net Proceeds” means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale (including, without limitation, any cash received upon the sale or other
disposition of any non-cash consideration received in any Asset Sale), net of the direct costs relating to that Asset Sale, including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales commissions, and any relocation
expenses incurred as a result of the Asset Sale, taxes paid or payable as a result of the Asset Sale, in each case, after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements, and amounts required to be
applied to the repayment of
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Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the asset or assets that were the subject of that Asset Sale and any reserve for adjustment in respect of the sale price of that asset or assets established in
accordance with GAAP.
“Non-U.S. Person” means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.
“Non-Recourse Debt” means Indebtedness:
(1) as to which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (a) provides credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument
that would constitute Indebtedness), (b) is directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise or (c) constitutes the lender;
(2) no default with respect to which (including any rights that the holders of the Indebtedness may have to take enforcement action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary) would permit upon notice, lapse of time or both any
holder of any other Indebtedness (other than the Notes) of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or cause the payment of the Indebtedness to be accelerated or payable prior to its stated
maturity; and
(3) as to which the lenders have been notified in writing that they will not have any
recourse to the stock or assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Notes” has
the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this Indenture. The Initial Notes and the Additional Notes shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture, and unless the context otherwise requires, all references to the Notes
shall include the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes.
“Obligations” means any principal, interest,
penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.
“Offering Circular” means that certain offering circular, dated as of April 29, 2002, used by the Company in connection with the offering of the Notes and the Euro Notes.
“Officer” means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief
Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or any Vice-President of such Person.
“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by two Officers of the Company, one of whom must be the principal executive officer, the principal financial
officer, the treasurer or the principal accounting officer of the Company, that meets the requirements of Section 13.05 hereof.
“Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion from legal counsel, that meets the requirements of Section 13.05 hereof. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company.
“Participant” means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account
with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).
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“Permitted Business” means the businesses engaged in by the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries on the date of this Indenture and/or activities that are reasonably similar, ancillary, incidental, complementary or related to, or a reasonable extension, development or expansion of, the businesses in which the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries are engaged on the date of this Indenture.
“Permitted Investments” means:
(1) any Investment in the Company or in a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
(2) any Investment in Cash Equivalents;
(3) any Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in a Person, if as a result of that Investment:
(a) that Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; or
(b) that 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 of the Company;
(4) any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash
consideration from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with Section 4.10 hereof;
(5)
any acquisition of assets solely in exchange for the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company;
(6) any Investments received in compromise of obligations incurred in the ordinary course of trade creditors or customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business, including pursuant to any plan of
reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer;
(7) Hedging Obligations;
(8) the acquisition by a Receivables Subsidiary in connection with
a Qualified Receivables Transaction of Equity Interests of a trust or other Person established by that Receivables Subsidiary to effect that Qualified Receivables Transaction; and any other Investment by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company in
a Receivables Subsidiary or any Investment by a Receivables Subsidiary in any other Person in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction; provided, that the other Investment is in the form of a note or other instrument that the
Receivables Subsidiary or other Person is required to repay as soon as practicable from available cash collections less amounts required to be established as reserves pursuant to contractual agreements with entities that are not Affiliates of the
Company entered into as part of a Qualified Receivables Transaction;
(9) any Investments in joint ventures
having an aggregate fair market value (measured on the date each such Investment was made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (9) since the date of
this Indenture not to exceed $25.0 million;
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(10) advances with respect to ordinary course receivables made by the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to Unilever pursuant to the Sales Agency Agreement;
(11) any
Investments in endorsements of negotiable instruments and similar negotiable documents in the ordinary course of business; and
(12) any Investments existing on the date of this Indenture.
“Permitted Junior
Securities” means:
(1) Equity Interests in the Company or any Guarantor; or
(2) debt securities that are subordinated to all Senior Debt and any debt securities issued in
exchange for Senior Debt to substantially the same extent as, or to a greater extent than, the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees are subordinated to Senior Debt under this Indenture and that have a stated maturity after (and do not provide for
scheduled principal payments prior to) the stated maturity of any Senior Debt and any debt securities issued in exchange for Senior Debt;
provided, however, that, if such Equity Interests or debt securities are distributed in a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding of the Company or any Guarantor, such Equity Interests or debt securities are distributed pursuant
to a plan of reorganization.
“Permitted Liens” means:
(1) Liens securing Senior Debt (and intercompany loans pledged as security for Senior Debt) that was permitted by the
terms of this Indenture to be incurred;
(2) Liens in favor of the Company or the Guarantors;
(3) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time that Person is merged with or into or
consolidated with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided that those Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such merger or consolidation and do not extend to any assets other than those of the Person
merged into or consolidated with the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary;
(4) Liens on
property existing at the time of acquisition of the property by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, provided that those Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of that acquisition;
(5) Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) permitted by clause (4) of the second paragraph
of Section 4.09 hereof covering only the assets acquired with that Indebtedness;
(6) Liens
existing on the date of this Indenture;
(7) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental
charges or claims that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently concluded, provided that any reserve or other appropriate provision as is required in
conformity with GAAP has been made therefor;
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(8) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company with respect to obligations that do not exceed $10.0 million at any one time outstanding;
(9) Liens to secure Indebtedness permitted by clause (10) of the second paragraph of Section 4.09 hereof;
(10) Liens on assets of the Company or a Receivables Subsidiary incurred in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction;
(11) Liens on assets of Unrestricted Subsidiaries that secure Non-Recourse Debt of Unrestricted Subsidiaries;
(12) Liens to secure Hedging Obligations permitted under Section 4.09 hereof;
(13) Liens securing Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, provided that those Liens do not extend to or cover any assets or
property other than the collateral securing the Indebtedness to be refinanced;
(14) Liens arising by
operation of law in connection with judgments, which do not give rise to an Event of Default with respect thereto;
(15) Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, vendors (solely to the extent arising by operation of law), laborers and materialmen incurred in the ordinary course of business for sums not yet due or being contested in good faith,
if reserves or other appropriate provision shall have been made therefor;
(16) easements, rights of way,
zoning restrictions and other similar encumbrances or title defects that do not materially detract from the value of the property or the assets subject thereto or interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company and it
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(17) encumbrances arising under leases or subleases of real property that
do not, in the aggregate over all such encumbrances, materially detract from the value of such real property or interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business conducted and proposed to be conducted at such real property;
(18) pledges or deposits securing:
(i) the performance of bids, tenders, leases or contracts (other than for the repayment of borrowed money) or leases to which the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries is a party as lessee made in the ordinary course of business;
(ii) indemnity, performance or
other similar bonds for the performance of bids, tenders or contracts (other than for the repayment of borrowed money);
(iii) public or statutory obligations or surety, custom or appeal bonds; or
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(iv) indemnity, performance or other similar bonds in the ordinary course
of business;
(19) Liens arising from any transactions pursuant to, contemplated by or in connection with
the Acquisition Agreement or any of the Ancillary Documents (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement), in each case, as the same may be renewed, extended, or modified from time to time in any manner not materially less favorable to holders of the
Notes; and
(20) Liens in favor of S.C. Xxxxxxx & Son, Inc. securing the Joint Liabilities.
“Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness);
provided that:
(1) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of that
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded (plus all accrued interest on the Indebtedness and the
amount of all expenses and premiums incurred in connection therewith);
(2) the Indebtedness has
a final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or
refunded;
(3) if the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or
refunded is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, that Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and is subordinated in right of payment to, the Notes on terms at least as favorable
to the Holders of Notes as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded; and
(4) the Indebtedness is incurred either by the Company or by the Restricted Subsidiary who is the obligor on the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced,
renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded.
“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or government or other entity.
“Private Placement Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(1) to be placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture except where otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Indenture.
“Public Market” means any time after:
(1) an Equity Offering has been consummated; and
(2) at least 15% of the total issued and outstanding common stock of Holdings or the Company, as applicable, has been distributed by means of an effective registration statement under the Securities
Act.
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“QIB” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in
Rule 144A.
“Qualified Receivables Transaction” means any transaction or series of transactions entered
into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries sells, conveys or otherwise transfers to (i) a Receivables Subsidiary (in the case of a transfer by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) and
(ii) any other Person (in the case of a transfer by a Receivables Subsidiary), or grants a security interest in, any accounts receivable (whether now existing or arising in the future) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and any assets
related thereto including, without limitation, all collateral securing those accounts receivable, all contracts and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of those accounts receivable, proceeds of those accounts receivable and other assets
which are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transactions involving accounts receivable.
“Receivables Subsidiary” means JWPR Corporation, a Nevada corporation and wholly owned Subsidiary of CMI, and any other Subsidiary of the Company which engages in
no activities other than in connection with the financing of accounts receivable and which is designated by the Board of Directors of the Company (as provided below) as a Receivables Subsidiary (a) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other
Obligations (contingent or otherwise) of which (i) is guaranteed by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (excluding guarantees of Obligations (other than the principal of, and interest on, Indebtedness) pursuant to representations,
warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into in the ordinary course of business in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction), (ii) is recourse to or obligates the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in any way other than
pursuant to representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into in the ordinary course of business in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction or (iii) subjects any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company (other than accounts receivable and related assets as provided in the definition of “Qualified Receivables Transaction”), directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to
representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into in the ordinary course of business in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction, (b) with which neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company has any material
contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than on terms no less favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not Affiliates of the Company, other than fees payable in
the ordinary course of business in connection with servicing accounts receivable and (c) with which neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company has any obligation to maintain or preserve such Subsidiary’s financial condition or cause
such Subsidiary to achieve specified levels of operating results. Any such designation by the Board of Directors of the Company shall be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors
of the Company giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that the designation complied with the foregoing conditions.
“Registration Rights Agreement” means the Dollar Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of May 3, 2002, among the Company, the Guarantors and the other parties named on the signature pages
thereof, as such agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and, with respect to any Additional Notes, one or more registration rights agreements among the Company, the Guarantors and the other parties thereto, as such
agreement(s) may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, relating to rights given by the Company to the purchasers of Additional Notes to register such Additional Notes under the Securities Act.
“Regulation S” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Regulation S Global Note” means a Regulation S Temporary Global Note or Regulation S Permanent Global Note, as appropriate.
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“Regulation S Permanent Global Note” means a permanent Global Note in the
form of Exhibit A1 hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal
amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note upon expiration of the Restricted Period.
“Regulation S Temporary
Global Note” means a temporary Global Note in the form of Exhibit A2 hereto deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of
the Notes initially sold in reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation S.
“Representative” means the trustee,
agent or representative expressly authorized to act in such capacity, if any, for an issue of Designated Senior Debt.
“Responsible Officer,” when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the Corporate Trust Administration of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee
customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of
and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.
“Restricted Definitive Note” means a Definitive Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.
“Restricted Global Note” means a Global Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.
“Restricted Investment” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
“Restricted Period” means the 40-day distribution compliance period as defined in Regulation S.
“Restricted Subsidiary” of a Person means any Subsidiary of the referent Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Rule 144A” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Rule
903” means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Rule 904” means Rule 904 promulgated
the Securities Act.
“Sales Agency Agreement” means the master sales agency agreement, dated November 20,
2002, by and between Unilever and the Company.
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Seller Notes” means the Senior Discount Notes due 2013 of Xxxxxxx Professional Holdings, Inc., issued pursuant to the Seller Notes
Indenture and outstanding on the date of this Indenture, and any Exchange Notes and Special Interest Notes (as such terms are defined in the Seller Notes Indenture) issued pursuant to the Seller Notes Indenture after the date of this Indenture, as
the terms of the Seller
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Notes and/or the Seller Notes Indenture may be amended or modified from time to time and as such Seller Notes may be renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced from time to time; provided
that any such amendment, modification, renewal, refunding, replacement or refinancing (1) does not provide for cash interest payments on the Seller Notes in an amount greater than the cash interest payment provided by the terms of the Seller Notes
as in effect on the date of this Indenture and (2) provides that the Seller Notes have a final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and have a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to
Maturity of, the Seller Notes as in effect on the date of this Indenture.
“Seller Notes Indenture” means
the Indenture with respect to the Seller Notes between Holdings and BNY Midwest Trust Company, as trustee, dated as of the date of this Indenture.
“Seller Notes Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement with respect to the Seller Notes between Unilever and Holdings, dated as of the date of this Indenture and any exchange
and registration rights agreement that Holdings is required to enter into thereunder with respect to the Seller Notes.
“Senior Debt” means:
(1) all Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor
outstanding under Credit Facilities and all Hedging Obligations with respect thereto;
(2) any other
Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor permitted to be incurred under the terms of this Indenture, unless the instrument under which that Indebtedness is incurred expressly provides that it is on a parity with or subordinated in right of
payment to the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee; and
(3) all Obligations with respect to the items listed
in the preceding clauses (1) and (2) (including, without limitation, all interest accruing on or after the commencement of any bankruptcy proceeding at the rate specified in the applicable Indebtedness, whether or not such interest is allowed in
such proceeding).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding, Senior Debt will not include:
(1) any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by the Company;
(2) any intercompany Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the Company or any of its Affiliates;
(3) any trade payables; or
(4) the portion of any Indebtedness that is incurred in violation of this Indenture.
To the extent that any payment of Senior Debt (whether by or on behalf of the Company, as proceeds of security or enforcement or any right of setoff or otherwise) is declared to be
fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required to be paid to a trustee, receiver or other similar party under any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law, then if such payment is recovered by, or paid over to, such trustee, receiver
or other similar party, the Senior Debt or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied will be deemed to be reinstated and outstanding as if such payment had not occurred.
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“Shelf Registration Statement” means the Shelf Registration Statement as
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that would be
a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Regulation is in effect from time to time.
“Special Interest” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Stated Maturity” means, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which the payment of interest or
principal was scheduled to be paid in the original documentation governing that Indebtedness, and will not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date originally scheduled for
the payment thereof.
“Stockholders’ Agreement” means that certain stockholders’ agreement, dated
as of May 3, 2002, by and among Holdings, Commercial Markets Holdco, Inc. and Marga B.V., an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Unilever N.V.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any specified Person:
(1) any
corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees
of the corporation, association or other business entity is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and
(2) any partnership:
(a) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of that Person; or
(b) the only general partners of which are that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person (or any combination thereof).
“Subsidiary Guarantee” means the Guarantee by each Guarantor of the Company’s payment obligations under this Indenture and on
the Notes, executed pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture.
“TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of
1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date on which this Indenture is qualified under the TIA.
“Trustee” means the party named as such in the preamble to this Indenture until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving
hereunder.
“Unilever” means Unilever N.V., Unilever PLC and their respective Affiliates.
“Unrestricted Definitive Note” means one or more Definitive Notes that do not bear and are not required to
bear the Private Placement Legend.
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“Unrestricted Global Note” means a permanent global Note substantially in
the form of Exhibit A1 attached hereto that bears the Global Note Legend and that has the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto, and that is deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of
the Depositary, representing a series of Notes that do not bear the Private Placement Legend.
“Unrestricted
Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company or any successor to any of them that is designated by the Board of Directors of the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a resolution by the Board of Directors, but only to the
extent that the Subsidiary:
(1) has no Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Debt;
(2) is not party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company unless the terms of such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding are no less favorable to the Company or that Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not Affiliates of the Company;
(3) is a Person with respect to which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has any
direct or indirect obligation (a) to subscribe for additional Equity Interests or (b) to maintain or preserve such Person’s financial condition or to cause such Person to achieve any specified levels of operating results;
(4) has not guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly provided credit support for any Indebtedness of the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; and
(5) has at least one director on its Board of Directors that is not
a director or executive officer of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and has at least one executive officer that is not a director or executive officer of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Any designation of a Subsidiary of the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a
certified copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that that designation complied with the preceding conditions and was permitted by Section 4.07
hereof. If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the preceding requirements as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it shall thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Indenture and any Indebtedness of that
Subsidiary will be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company as of that date and, if such Indebtedness is not permitted to be incurred as of such date under Section 4.09 hereof, the Company will be in default of such covenant.
The Board of Directors of the Company may at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that the designation will be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company of any outstanding Indebtedness of that Unrestricted Subsidiary and the designation shall only be permitted if (1) that Indebtedness is permitted under Section 4.09 hereof, calculated on a pro forma basis as if that designation had occurred
at the beginning of the reference period; and (2) no Default or Event of Default would be in existence following the designation.
“U.S. Person” means a U.S. Person as defined in Rule 902(o) under the Securities Act.
“Voting Stock” of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of that Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.
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“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any
Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing:
(1) the sum of the products obtained by
multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect of the Indebtedness, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the
nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by
(2) the
then-outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
“Xxxxxxxx Sale” means the sale of all or
substantially all of the assets or Voting Stock of Xxxxxxxx Micro-Gen Research Laboratories, Inc.
Section
1.02 Other Definitions.
Term |
Defined in Section | |
“Affiliate Transaction” |
4.11 | |
“Asset Sale Offer” |
3.09 | |
“Authentication Order” |
2.02 | |
“Change of Control Offer” |
4.15 | |
“Change of Control Payment” |
4.15 | |
“Change of Control Payment Date” |
4.15 | |
“Covenant Defeasance” |
8.03 | |
“DTC” |
2.03 | |
“Event of Default” |
6.01 | |
“Excess Proceeds” |
4.10 | |
“incur” |
4.09 | |
“Legal Defeasance” |
8.02 | |
“Offer Amount” |
3.09 | |
“Offer Period” |
3.09 | |
“Paying Agent” |
2.03 | |
“Permitted Debt” |
4.09 | |
“Purchase Date” |
3.09 | |
“Registrar” |
2.03 | |
“Restricted Payments” |
4.07 |
Section 1.03 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture
Act.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in
and made a part of this Indenture.
The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
“indenture securities” means the Notes;
“indenture security holder” means a Holder of a Note;
“indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture;
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“indenture trustee” or “institutional
trustee” means the Trustee; and
“obligor” on the Notes and the Subsidiary
Guarantees means the Company and the Guarantors, respectively, and any successor obligor upon the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees, respectively.
All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA have the meanings so assigned to them.
Section 1.04 Rules of Construction.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has
the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;
(3) “or” is not exclusive;
(4) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;
(5) “will” shall be interpreted to express a command;
(6) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and
(7) references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act will be deemed to include substitute, replacement of successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC
from time to time.
ARTICLE 2.
THE NOTES
Section 2.01 Form and Dating.
(a) General. The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A1 or
A2 hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.
The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture
and the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express
provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
(b) Global Notes. Notes issued in global form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibits A1 or A2 attached hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the
“Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Definitive Notes shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A1 attached hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the “Schedule of
Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Each Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as will be specified therein and each shall provide that it represents the aggregate principal amount of outstanding
Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate
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principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to
reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the
Holder thereof as required by Section 2.06 hereof.
(c) Temporary Global
Notes. Notes offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S shall be issued initially in the form of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note, which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Notes represented
thereby with the Trustee, at its New York office, as custodian for the Depositary, and registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary for the accounts of designated agents holding on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream,
duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The Restricted Period shall be terminated upon the receipt by the Trustee of:
(1) a written certificate from the Depositary, together with copies of certificates from Euroclear and Clearstream certifying that they have received certification of
non-United States beneficial ownership of 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note (except to the extent of any beneficial owners thereof who acquired an interest therein during the Restricted Period pursuant
to another exemption from registration under the Securities Act and who will take delivery of a beneficial ownership interest in a 144A Global Note or an IAI Global Note bearing a Private Placement Legend, all as contemplated by Section 2.06(b)
hereof); and
(2) an Officers’ Certificate from the Company.
Following the termination of the Restricted Period, beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note shall be exchanged for beneficial
interests in Regulation S Permanent Global Notes pursuant to the Applicable Procedures. Simultaneously with the authentication of Regulation S Permanent Global Notes, the Trustee shall cancel the Regulation S Temporary Global Note. The aggregate
principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note and the Regulation S Permanent Global Notes may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary or its nominee, as the case
may be, in connection with transfers of interest as hereinafter provided.
(d) Euroclear and Clearstream Procedures Applicable. The provisions of the “Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System” and “Terms and Conditions
Governing Use of Euroclear” and the “General Terms and Conditions of Clearstream Banking” and “Customer Handbook” of Clearstream shall be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global
Note and the Regulation S Permanent Global Notes that are held by Participants through Euroclear or Clearsteam.
Section
2.02 Execution and Authentication.
One Officer must sign the Notes for the
Company by manual or facsimile signature.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the
time a Note is authenticated, the Note shall nevertheless be valid.
A Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the
manual signature of the Trustee. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.
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The Trustee shall, upon receipt of a written order of the Company signed by any Officer (an
“Authentication Order”), authenticate Notes for original issue up to $300,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Notes.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to
authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Company.
Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying Agent.
The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“Registrar”) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (“Paying
Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Registrar” includes any
co-registrar and the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of
any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) to act as Depositary with respect to
the Global Notes.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and Paying Agent at its offices in New
York and Luxembourg and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes; provided, however, that for so long as the Notes are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and the rules of such exchange so require, the Company shall
maintain a Paying Agent in Luxembourg and shall publish notice of the change in the Paying Agent in Luxembourg in a daily newspaper with general circulation in Luxembourg (which is expected to be the Luxemburger Wort).
Section 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.
The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money
held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal, premium or Special Interest, if any, or interest on the Notes, and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the
Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the
Company or a Subsidiary) shall have no further liability for the money. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent.
Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.
Section
2.05 Holder Lists.
The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is
reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least seven
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before each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and
addresses of the Holders of Notes and the Company shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a).
Section
2.06 Transfer and Exchange.
(a) Transfer and
Exchange of Global Notes. A Global Note may not be transferred as a whole except by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary,
or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global Notes will be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes if:
(1) the Company delivers to the Trustee notice from the Depositary that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary or that it is no longer a clearing
agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 120 days after the date of such notice from the Depositary; or
(2) the Company in its sole discretion determines that the Global Notes (in whole but not in part) should be exchanged for Definitive Notes and delivers a written
notice to such effect to the Trustee; provided that in no event shall the Regulation S Temporary Global Note be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes prior to (x) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (y) the receipt by the
Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act.
Upon the occurrence of
either of the preceding events in (1) or (2) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and
2.10 hereof. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or 2.10 hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall
be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a), however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.06(b), (c) or (f) hereof.
(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global
Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests
in the Restricted Global Notes shall be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also will require compliance with
either subparagraph (1) or (2) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:
(1) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a
beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend; provided, however, that prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial
interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser). Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons
who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(1).
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(2) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global
Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.06(b)(1) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either:
(A) both:
(i) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial
interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and
(ii) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase; or
(B) both:
(i) a written
order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred
or exchanged; and
(ii) instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information
regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (1) above; provided that in no event shall Definitive Notes be issued upon the transfer or exchange of beneficial interests
in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note prior to (A) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (B) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903 under the Securities Act. Upon consummation of an Exchange Offer by
the Company in accordance with Section 2.06(f) hereof, the requirements of this Section 2.06(b)(2) will be deemed to have been satisfied upon receipt by the Registrar of the instructions contained in the Letter of Transmittal delivered by the Holder
of such beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the
Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof.
(3) Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form
of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(2) above and the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(B) if the transferee will take
delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note or the Regulation S Global Note, then the
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transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; and
(C) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the IAI Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable.
(4) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be
exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer complies
with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(2) above and:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant
to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of the beneficial interest to be transferred, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of
Transmittal that it is not (i) a Broker-Dealer, (ii) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (iii) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
(i) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such
beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(a) thereof; or
(ii) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a
Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of
Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer
required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
If any such transfer is effected pursuant
to subparagraph (B) or (D) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or
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Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests
transferred pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (D) above.
Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be
exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note.
(c) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes.
(1) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a
Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:
(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a
Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(a) thereof;
(B) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(C) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in
accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;
(D) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a
certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
(E) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to an Institutional Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (B) through
(D) above, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable;
(F) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including
the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or
(G) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant
to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,
the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof, and the Company shall execute and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to
this Section 2.06(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized
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denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the
Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted
Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(1) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.
(2) Beneficial Interests in Regulation S Temporary Global Note to Definitive Notes. Notwithstanding Sections 2.06(c)(1)(A) and (C)
hereof, a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note may not be exchanged for a Definitive Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note prior to (A) the expiration of the Restricted
Period and (B) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act, except in the case of a transfer pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act
other than Rule 903 or Rule 904.
(3) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Unrestricted
Definitive Notes. A holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes
delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note only if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is
effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of such beneficial interest, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of
Transmittal that it is not (i) a Broker-Dealer, (ii) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (iii) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
(i) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such
beneficial interest for a Definitive Note that does not bear the Private Placement Legend, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(b) thereof; or
(ii) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a
Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note that does not bear the Private Placement Legend, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an
Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the
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Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
(4) Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. If any holder
of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.06(b)(2) hereof, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof, and the Company shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(4)
shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest requests through instructions to the Registrar from or through the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect
Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(4) will not bear the Private
Placement Legend.
(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests.
(1) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global
Notes. If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery
thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:
(A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto,
including the certifications in item (2)(b) thereof;
(B) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being
transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(C) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to
the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;
(D) if such
Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in
item (3)(a) thereof;
(E) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to an Institutional
Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable;
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(F) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or
(G) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,
the Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause to be
increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause (A) above, the appropriate Restricted Global Note, in the case of clause (B) above, the 144A Global Note, in the case of clause (C) above, the Regulation S Global Note, and in all
other cases, the IAI Global Note.
(2) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in
Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery
thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if:
(A) such exchange or
transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that
it is not (i) a Broker-Dealer, (ii) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (iii) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the
Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
(i) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global
Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or
(ii) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in
the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this
subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and
that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
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Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this
Section 2.06(d)(2), the Trustee shall cancel the Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note.
(3) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may
exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a
request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.
If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest is effected pursuant to subparagraphs (2)(B),
(2)(D) or (3) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more
Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred.
(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this
Section 2.06(e), the Registrar shall register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder must present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or
accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder must provide any additional certifications,
documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.06(e).
(1) Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a
Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the transfer will be made
pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(B) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (2) thereof; and
(C) if the transfer will be made pursuant to any other exemption
from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable.
(2) Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Any
Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note if:
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(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (i) a broker-dealer, (ii) a Person
participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (iii) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
(B) any such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) any such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
(i) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form
of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(d) thereof; or
(ii) if the Holder of such
Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in
item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so requests, an Opinion of
Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Company to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer
required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
(3) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to
Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register
such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.
(f) Exchange Offer. Upon the occurrence of the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication
Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate:
(1) one or more Unrestricted
Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes tendered into the Exchange Offer by Persons that certify in the applicable Letters of Transmittal that (A) they
are not Broker-Dealers, (B) they are not participating in a distribution of the Exchange Notes and (z) they are not affiliates (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company; and
(2) Unrestricted Definitive Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Restricted Definitive Notes accepted for exchange in the
Exchange Offer.
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Concurrently with the issuance of such Notes, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate
principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Notes to be reduced accordingly, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Persons designated by the Holders of Definitive Notes so accepted Unrestricted
Definitive Notes in the appropriate principal amount.
(g) Legends. The
following legends shall appear on the face of all Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Indenture.
(1) Private Placement Legend.
(A) Except as permitted by subparagraph (B) below, each Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall
bear the legend in substantially the following form:
“THE NOTES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933 (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (A) (1) TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (2) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, (3) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE), (4) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
SECURITIES ACT OR (5) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES.”
(B) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to subparagraphs (b)(4), (c)(3), (c)(4), (d)(2), (d)(3), (e)(2), (e)(3) or
(f) of this Section 2.06 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) will not bear the Private Placement Legend.
(2) Global Note Legend. Each Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
“THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (3)
THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF JOHNSONDIVERSEY, INC.
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UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE
TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE
OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 XXXXX XXXXXX, XXX XXXX, XXX XXXX) (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER,
EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.”
(3) Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend. The Regulation S Temporary Global Note shall
bear a legend in substantially the following form:
“THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE, AND THE CONDITIONS AND
PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE FOR CERTIFICATED NOTES, ARE AS SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED HEREIN). NEITHER THE HOLDER NOR THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE PAYMENT OF INTEREST
HEREON.”
(h) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At
such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note shall be returned to or
retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11 hereof. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form
of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the
Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such
other Global Note shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
(i) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.
(1) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of
an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 or at the Registrar’s request.
(2) No service
charge shall be made to a Holder of a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge
payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.06, 3.09, 4.10, 4.15 and 9.05 hereof).
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(3) The Registrar shall not be required to register the transfer of or
exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
(4) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the
same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
(5) The Company shall not be required:
(A) to issue, to register the
transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of any selection of Notes for redemption under Section 3.02 hereof and ending at the close of business on the day of selection;
(B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except
the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part; or
(C) to register the transfer of or to
exchange a Note between a record date and the next succeeding interest payment date.
(6) Prior to due
presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of
principal of and interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(7) The Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02 hereof.
(8) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06
to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile.
Section 2.07 Replacement
Notes.
If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Company and the Trustee receives evidence
to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, the Company shall issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate a replacement Note if the Trustee’s requirements are met. If required by the
Trustee or the Company, an indemnity bond must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may
suffer if a Note is replaced. The Company may charge for its expenses in replacing a Note.
Every replacement Note is an
additional obligation of the Company and shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
Section 2.08 Outstanding Notes.
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The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for
those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in this Section as not outstanding. Except as set
forth in Section 2.09 hereof, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note; however, Notes held by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company shall not be deemed to be outstanding for
purposes of Section 3.07(a) hereof.
If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding
unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser.
If the
principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section 4.01 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue.
If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on a redemption date or maturity date, money sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date such Notes will
be deemed to be no longer outstanding and shall cease to accrue interest.
Section 2.09 Treasury
Notes.
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any
direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Company, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company, shall be considered as though not outstanding, except that
for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.
Section 2.10 Temporary Notes.
Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate temporary Notes.
Temporary Notes will be substantially in the form of certificated Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes and as may be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Company
shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.
Holders of temporary
Notes shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture.
Section 2.11 Cancellation.
The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent shall forward
to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall
dispose of such canceled Notes in its customary manner. The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.12 Defaulted Interest.
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it shall pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who
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are Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof. The Company shall notify the
Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment. The Company shall fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment date, provided that no such
special record date may be less than 10 days prior to the related payment date for such defaulted interest. At least 15 days before the special record date, the Company (or, upon the written request of the Company, the Trustee in the name and at the
expense of the Company) shall mail or cause to be mailed to Holders a notice that states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.
Section 2.13 Additional Notes
The
Company shall be entitled, subject to its compliance with Section 4.09, to issue Additional Notes under this Indenture which shall have identical terms as the Initial Notes issued on the date of this Indenture, other than with respect to the date of
issuance and issue price. The Initial Notes issued on the date of this Indenture, any Additional Notes and all Exchange Notes or private exchange notes issued in exchange therefor shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this
Indenture.
With respect to any Additional Notes, the Company shall set forth in a resolution of the Board of Directors and
an Officers’ Certificate, a copy of each which shall be delivered to the Trustee, the following information:
(a) the aggregate principal amount of such Additional Notes to be authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture;
(b) the issue price, the issue date and the CUSIP number of such Additional Notes; and
(c) whether such Additional Notes shall be transfer restricted Notes and issued in the form of Initial Notes as set forth in Section 2.02 of this Indenture or shall be issued in the form of Exchange Notes.
Section 2.14 CUSIP Numbers
The Company in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a
convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed
only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP numbers.
ARTICLE 3.
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
Section 3.01 Notices to Trustee.
If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of Section 3.07 hereof, it must furnish to the Trustee, at least 30 days but not more than 60
days before a redemption date, an Officers’ Certificate setting forth:
(1) the clause of this
Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur;
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(2) the redemption date;
(3) the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed; and
(4) the redemption price.
Section
3.02 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased.
If less than all of
the Notes are to be redeemed or purchased in an offer to purchase at any time, the Trustee shall select Notes for redemption or purchase as follows:
(1) if the Notes are listed on any national securities exchange, in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange on which the Notes
are listed; or
(2) if the Notes are not listed on any national securities exchange, on a pro rata
basis, by lot or by such method as the Trustee shall deem appropriate.
In the event of partial redemption or purchase by
lot, the particular Notes to be redeemed or purchased shall be selected, unless otherwise provided herein, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption or purchase date by the Trustee from the outstanding Notes not previously
called for redemption or purchase.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes selected for
redemption or purchase and, in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption or purchase, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed or purchased. Notes and portions of Notes selected will be in amounts of $1,000 or whole multiples of
$1,000; except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed or purchased, the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder, even if not a multiple of $1,000, shall be redeemed or purchased. Except as provided in the preceding
sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption or purchase also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption or purchase.
Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption.
Subject to the
provisions of Section 3.09 hereof, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its
registered address, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Articles
8 or 12 of this Indenture.
The notice shall identify the Notes (including CUSIP numbers) to be redeemed and shall state:
(1) the redemption date;
(2) the redemption price;
(3) if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the
unredeemed portion shall be issued upon cancellation of the original Note;
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(4) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(5) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;
(6) that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases
to accrue on and after the redemption date;
(7) the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture
pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed; and
(8) that no representation is
made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.
At the
Company’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at its expense; provided, however, that the Company has delivered to the Trustee, at least 45 days prior to the redemption date, an
Officers’ Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in the preceding paragraph.
In case of any redemption, so long as the Notes are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, the Company shall notify the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and a notice, including the
redemption price, shall be published.
Section 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption.
Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof, Notes called for redemption become
irrevocably due and payable on the redemption date at the redemption price. A notice of redemption may not be conditional.
Section
3.05 Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price.
One Business Day prior to the
redemption or purchase price date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption or purchase price of and accrued interest and Special Interest, if any, on all Notes to be redeemed or
purchased on that date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall promptly return to the Company any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption or purchase price of, and
accrued interest and Special Interest, if any, on, all Notes to be redeemed or purchased.
If the Company complies with the
provisions of the preceding paragraph, on and after the redemption or purchase date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption or purchase. If a Note is redeemed or purchased on or after an interest
record date but on or prior to the related interest payment date, then any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note was registered at the close of business on such record date. If any Note called for redemption
or purchase is not so paid upon surrender for redemption or purchase because of the failure of the Company to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption or purchase date until such
principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof.
Section 3.06 Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part.
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Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed or purchased in part, the Company shall issue
and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Company a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed or unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered.
Section 3.07 Optional Redemption.
(a) At any time prior to May 15, 2005, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under
this Indenture at a redemption price of 109.625% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest, if any, to the redemption date, with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings; provided
that:
(1) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Indenture remains
outstanding immediately after the occurrence of that redemption (excluding Notes held by the Company and its Subsidiaries); and
(2) the redemption must occur within 45 days of the date of the closing of the Equity Offering.
(b) Except pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Notes are not redeemable at the Company’s option prior to May 15, 2007.
(c) On or after May 15, 2007, the Company may redeem at any time or from time to time all or a part of the Notes upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at the
redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest, if any, on the Notes to be redeemed, to the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month
period beginning on May 15 of the years indicated below:
Year |
Percentage |
||
2007 |
104.813 |
% | |
2008 |
103.208 |
% | |
2009 |
101.604 |
% | |
2010 and thereafter |
100.000 |
% |
(d) Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall
be made pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.
Section 3.08 Mandatory
Redemption.
The Company is not required to make mandatory redemption payments with respect to the Notes.
Section 3.09 Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds.
In the event that, pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof, the Company is required to commence an offer to all Holders to purchase Notes (an “Asset
Sale Offer”), it shall follow the procedures specified below.
The Asset Sale Offer shall be made to all Holders
and all holders of other Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes containing provisions similar to those set forth in this Indenture with respect to offers to purchase or redeem with the proceeds of sales and assets. The Asset Sale
Offer will remain open for a period of at least 20 Business Days following its commencement and not more than 30 Business Days, except to the extent that a longer period is required by applicable law (the “Offer Period”). No
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later than three Business Days after the termination of the Offer Period (the “Purchase Date”), the Company shall apply all Excess
Proceeds (the “Offer Amount”) to the purchase of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness (on a pro rata basis, if applicable) or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes and other Indebtedness tendered
in response to the Asset Sale Offer. Payment for any Notes so purchased shall be made in the same manner as interest payments are made.
If the Purchase Date is on or after an interest record date and on or before the related interest payment date, any accrued and unpaid interest, and Special Interest, if any, shall be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is
registered at the close of business on such record date, and no additional interest shall be payable to Holders who tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer.
Upon the commencement of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company shall send, by first class mail, a notice to the Trustee and each of the Holders, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice
shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer. The notice, which will govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer, shall state:
(1) that the Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 3.09 and Section 4.10 hereof and the length of time the Asset
Sale Offer shall remain open;
(2) the Offer Amount, the purchase price and the Purchase Date;
(3) that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment shall continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making such payment, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer shall
cease to accrue interest after the Purchase Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased
pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer may elect to have Notes purchased in integral multiples of $1,000 only;
(6)
that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to any Asset Sale Offer shall be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Note completed, or transfer by
book-entry transfer, to the Company, a Depositary, if appointed by the Company, or a Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice at least three days before the Purchase Date;
(7) that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, receives, not later than the
expiration of the Offer Period, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election
to have such Note purchased;
(8) that, if the aggregate principal amount of Notes and other pari
passu Indebtedness surrendered by Holders exceeds the Offer Amount, the Company shall select the Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the principal amount of Notes and such other
pari passu Indebtedness surrendered (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Notes in denominations of $1,000, or integral multiples thereof, shall be purchased); and
(9) that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part shall be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased
portion of the Notes surrendered (or transferred by book-entry transfer).
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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, the Offer Amount of Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer, or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered, and shall deliver to the
Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that such Notes or portions thereof were accepted for payment by the Company in accordance with the terms of this Section 3.09. The Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall
promptly (but in any case not later than five days after the Purchase Date) mail or deliver to each tendering Holder an amount equal to the purchase price of the Notes tendered by such Holder and accepted by the Company for purchase, and the Company
shall promptly issue a new Note, and the Trustee, upon written request from the Company shall authenticate and mail or deliver such new Note to such Holder, in a principal amount equal to any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered. Any Note not
so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Company to the Holder thereof. The Company shall publicly announce the results of the Asset Sale Offer on the Purchase Date.
Other than as specifically provided in this Section 3.09, any purchase pursuant to this Section 3.09 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.
ARTICLE 4.
COVENANTS
Section 4.01 Payment of Notes.
The Company shall pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, and interest and Special Interest, if any, on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the
Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and interest and Special Interest, if any, shall be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, holds as of 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the due date money
deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest then due. The Company shall pay all Special Interest, if any, in the same manner on the dates and in the
amounts set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in
any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal at the rate equal to 1% per annum in excess of the then applicable interest rate on the Notes to the extent lawful; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any
proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest and Special Interest (without regard to any applicable grace period) at the same rate to the extent lawful.
Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee, Registrar or co-registrar) where Notes may be surrendered for
registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in
the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company fails to maintain any such required office or agency or fails to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or
served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other
offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve
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the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, for such purposes. The Company shall give
prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
The Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as one such office or agency of the Company in accordance with Section 2.03 hereof.
Section 4.03 Reports.
(a) At any time on or after November 11, 2002, whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the SEC, so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company shall furnish to the Holders of Notes, within
the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations:
(1) all quarterly and annual financial
information that would be required to be contained in a filing with the SEC on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Company were required to file such forms, including a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations” and, with respect to the annual information only, a report thereon by the Company’s certified independent accountants; and
(2) 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.
If the Company has designated any of its Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries, then the quarterly and annual financial information required by the preceding paragraph shall
include a reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face of the financial statements or in the footnotes thereto, and in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, of the financial condition and
results of operations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results of operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Company.
In addition, following the consummation of the Exchange Offer contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, whether or not required by the SEC, the Company shall file a copy of
all of the information and reports referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above with the SEC for public availability within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations (unless the SEC will not accept such a filing) and make such
information available to securities analysts and prospective investors upon request. The Company shall at all times comply with TIA § 314(a).
(b) For so long as any Notes remain outstanding, the Company and the Guarantors shall furnish to the Holders and to securities analysts and prospective investors, upon their request, the information
required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.
Section 4.04 Compliance
Certificate.
(a) The Company and each Guarantor (to the extent that such Guarantor is
so required under the TIA) shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, an Officers’ Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has
been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such
certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions
and conditions of this Indenture (or, if a Default or Event of Default has occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of
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Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto) and that to the best of his
or her knowledge no event has occurred and remains in existence by reason of which payments on account of the principal of or interest, if any, on the Notes is prohibited or if such event has occurred, a description of the event and what action the
Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
(b) So long as not contrary to the
then-current recommendations of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the year-end financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 4.03(a) above shall be accompanied by a written statement of the Company’s independent
public accountants (who shall be a firm of established national reputation) that in making the examination necessary for certification of such financial statements, nothing has come to their attention that would lead them to believe that the Company
has violated any provisions of Article 4 or Article 5 hereof or, if any such violation has occurred, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof, it being understood that such accountants shall not be liable directly or indirectly to any
Person for any failure to obtain knowledge of any such violation.
(c) So long as any of the Notes
are outstanding, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon any Officer becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, an Officers’ Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Company is taking
or proposes to take with respect thereto.
Section 4.05 Taxes.
The Company shall pay, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay, prior to delinquency, all material taxes, assessments, and governmental
levies except such as are contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings or where the failure to effect such payment is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes.
Section 4.06 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.
The Company and each of the Guarantors covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay,
extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company and each of the Guarantors (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby
expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it shall not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of
every such power as though no such law has been enacted.
Section 4.07 Restricted Payments.
(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly
or indirectly:
(1) declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution on account of the
Company’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) or to the direct or
indirect holders of the Company’s Equity Interests in their capacity as such (other than dividends or distributions payable in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or dividends or distributions payable to the Company
or a Subsidiary of the Company);
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(2) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including,
without limitation, in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company) any Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company;
(3) make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Indebtedness that is subordinated to the Notes
or the Subsidiary Guarantees, except a payment of interest or principal at the Stated Maturity thereof; or
(4) make any Restricted Investment (all such payments and other actions set forth in these clauses (1) through (4) above being collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”),
unless, at the time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment:
(1) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur as a consequence of that Restricted Payment; and
(2) the Company would, at the time of that Restricted Payment and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if that Restricted
Payment had been made at the beginning of the applicable Financial Covenant Period, have been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a) hereof; and
(3) that Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries after the date of this Indenture (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (2), (3) and (4) of paragraph (b) below) is less than the sum, without duplication, of:
(a) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Company for the period (taken as one accounting period) from the beginning of the
first fiscal quarter commencing after the date of this Indenture to the end of the Company’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of that Restricted Payment (or, if such
Consolidated Net Income for that period is a deficit, less 100% of that deficit), plus
(b) 100% of
the aggregate net cash proceeds received by the Company since the date of this Indenture as a contribution to its common equity capital or from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or from the issue or
sale of convertible or exchangeable Disqualified Stock or convertible or exchangeable debt securities of the Company that have been converted into or exchanged for that Equity Interests (other than Equity Interests (or Disqualified Stock or debt
securities) sold to a Subsidiary of the Company), plus
(c) to the extent that any Restricted
Investment that was made after the date of this Indenture is sold for cash or otherwise liquidated or repaid for cash, the cash return of capital with respect to that Restricted Investment (less the cost of disposition, if any), plus
(d) 50% of any dividends received by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary after the date of this
Indenture from an Unrestricted
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Subsidiary of the Company, to the extent that the dividends are not otherwise included in Consolidated Net Income of the Company
for that period, plus
(e) to the extent that any Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company is
redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary after the date of this Indenture, the fair market value of the Company’s Investment in that Subsidiary as of the date of such redesignation.
(b) So long as no Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused thereby, the provisions of Section 4.07(a) shall not prohibit:
(1) the payment of any dividend within 60 days after the date of declaration of the dividend, if at the date of
declaration the dividend payment would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture;
(2) the
redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition of any subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor or of any Equity Interests of the Company in exchange for, or out of the net cash proceeds of the substantially
concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of, Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock); provided that the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any such redemption, repurchase,
retirement, defeasance or other acquisition shall be excluded from clause (3)(b) of the preceding paragraph;
(3) the defeasance, redemption, repurchase or other acquisition of subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor with the net cash proceeds from an incurrence of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness;
(4) the payment of any dividend by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to the holders of its Equity Interests on a
pro rata basis;
(5) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any
Equity Interests of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company held by any member of the Company’s (or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’) management pursuant to any management equity subscription agreement, stock option
agreement or similar agreement; provided that the aggregate price paid for all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired Equity Interests shall not exceed $250,000 in any twelve-month period; and
(6) cash dividends or other distributions to Holdings in amounts equal to:
(a) payments required to be made by Holdings and Commercial Markets Holdco, Inc. in respect of foreign, United States federal, state or local taxes owed by
Holdings and Commercial Markets Holdco, Inc. (a) in respect of themselves, and (b) in respect of the Company and its Subsidiaries, but, in the case of this clause (b), only to the extent those taxes are consistent with its activities permitted under
this Indenture and not greater than the amount that would be payable by the Company, on a consolidated basis, if the Company were the taxpayer;
(b) payments necessary to permit Holdings to satisfy (1) its obligations under the Seller Notes Registration Rights Agreement, (2) its obligation
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as a reporting company under United States securities laws and (3) regulatory compliance costs and other miscellaneous
administrative expenses, in an aggregate amount for this clause (3) only not to exceed $500,000 per annum;
(c) amounts required to permit Holdings to make interest payments on the Seller Notes from and after the fifth anniversary of the date of this Indenture in accordance with the terms of the Seller Notes; provided that the
Company would, at the time of that dividend or distribution and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if that dividend or distribution had been made at the beginning of the applicable Financial Covenant Period, have been permitted to incur at
least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in the first paragraph of Section 4.09 hereof;
(d) amounts required to permit Holdings to make dividend payments or other distributions to (1) Commercial Markets Holdco, Inc. and (2) Unilever, in an aggregate amount for clauses (1) and (2) not to exceed
$25.0 million;
(7) payments made to purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any
Equity Interests or Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company pursuant to provisions requiring the Company to offer to purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value those Equity Interests or Subordinated Indebtedness upon the
occurrence of a “change of control,” as defined in the charter provisions, agreements or instruments governing those Equity Interests or Subordinated Indebtedness; provided, however, that the Company has made a Change of Control
Offer and has purchased all Notes tendered in connection with that Change of Control; and
(8) additional
Restricted Payments in an amount not to exceed $25.0 million.
The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) will
be deemed to be the fair market value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or securities proposed to be transferred or issued by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment. The
fair market value of any assets or securities that are required to be valued by Section 4.07 hereof shall be determined by the Board of Directors whose resolution with respect thereto shall be delivered to the Trustee. The Board of Directors’
determination must be based upon an opinion or appraisal issued by an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing if the fair market value exceeds $25.0 million. Not later than the date of making any Restricted Payment, the
Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the Restricted Payment is permitted and setting forth the basis upon which the calculations required by this Section 4.07 were computed, which calculations may be based
upon the Company’s latest available financial statements together with a copy of any fairness opinion or appraisal required by this Indenture.
Section 4.08 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries.
(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on
the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:
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(1) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock to
the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, or pay any indebtedness owed to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(2) make loans or advances to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; or
(3) transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
(b) The restrictions in Section 4.08(a) shall not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:
(1) agreements governing Existing Indebtedness and Credit Facilities and other agreements, including
without limitation agreements entered into on the date of this Indenture in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Acquisition Agreement, as in effect on the date of this Indenture and any amendments, modifications, restatements,
renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of those agreements, provided that the amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are no more
restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in those agreements on the date of this Indenture;
(2) this Indenture, the Euro Indenture, the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees, the Exchange Notes and the related Subsidiary Guarantees, the Euro Notes and the
related subsidiary guarantees and the Euro Exchange Notes and the related subsidiary guarantees;
(3)
applicable law;
(4) any instrument governing Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person acquired by the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as in effect at the time of such acquisition (except to the extent that Indebtedness or Capital Stock was incurred in connection with or in contemplation of that acquisition), which encumbrance or
restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of the Person, so acquired, provided that, in the case of Indebtedness, that Indebtedness was permitted
to be incurred by the terms of this Indenture;
(5) customary non-assignment provisions in contracts entered
into in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices;
(6) Capital Lease Obligations,
mortgage financings or purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business that impose restrictions on that property of the nature described in clause (3) of Section 4.08(a);
(7) any agreement for the sale or other disposition of a Restricted Subsidiary that restricts distributions by that Restricted
Subsidiary pending its sale or other disposition;
(8) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, provided
that the restrictions contained in the agreements governing that Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness being refinanced;
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(9) Liens securing Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be
incurred under Section 4.12 hereof that limit the right of a Person to dispose of the assets subject to those Liens;
(10) provisions with respect to the disposition or distribution of assets or property in joint venture agreements, asset sale agreements, stock sale agreements and other similar agreements;
(11) Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by clause (10) of Section 4.09(b) hereof;
(12) Indebtedness or other contractual requirements of a Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Receivables
Transaction, provided that such restrictions apply only to that Receivables Subsidiary; and
(13)
restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business.
Section 4.09 Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.
(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable,
contingently or otherwise, with respect to (collectively, “incur”) any Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt), and the Company shall not issue any Disqualified Stock and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue
any shares of preferred stock; provided, however, that the Company may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue Disqualified Stock, and the Guarantors may incur Indebtedness or issue preferred stock, in each case, if the Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio for the applicable Financial Covenant Period would have been at least 2.0 to 1 determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been
incurred or the Disqualified Stock or preferred stock had been issued, as the case may be, at the beginning of that Financial Covenant Period.
(b) The first paragraph of this Section 4.09 shall not prohibit the incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness (collectively, “Permitted Debt”):
(1) the incurrence by the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of additional Indebtedness and letters of credit under
Credit Facilities in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding under this clause (1) (with letters of credit being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the outstanding face amount thereof that has not been reimbursed) not to
exceed $1.3 billion (provided that such amount shall be reduced to the extent of any reduction or elimination of any commitment under any Credit Facility resulting from or relating to the formation of any Receivables Subsidiary or the
completion of any Qualified Receivables Transaction) less the aggregate amount of all Net Proceeds of Assets Sales applied by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries since the date of this Indenture to repay any Indebtedness under a
Credit Facility and effect a corresponding commitment reduction thereunder pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof;
(2) the incurrence by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries of Existing Indebtedness;
(3) the incurrence by the Company and the Guarantors of Indebtedness represented by the Notes to be issued on the date of this Indenture and the related Subsidiary Guarantees, the Euro Notes to be issued on the date of the Euro
Indenture and the related subsidiary guarantees, the Exchange Notes and the related Subsidiary Guarantees to be issued as contemplated by the
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Registration Rights Agreement and the Euro Exchange Notes and the related subsidiary guarantees to be issued as contemplated by the
Euro Registration Rights Agreement;
(4) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
of Indebtedness represented by Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings or purchase money obligations, in each case, incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of construction or improvement of
property, plant or equipment used in the business of the Company or that Restricted Subsidiary, in an aggregate principal amount, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or replace any Indebtedness incurred
pursuant to this clause (4), not to exceed $25.0 million at any time outstanding;
(5) the incurrence by the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to refund, refinance or replace Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness) that was permitted by this
Indenture to be incurred under the first paragraph of this Section 4.09 or clauses (2), (3), (4), (5), (14), (15) or (17) of this Section 4.09(b);
(6) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Company and any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries; provided, however, that
(a) if the Company or any Guarantor is the obligor on the
Indebtedness, that Indebtedness (unless pledged as security for Obligations under the Credit Facilities) must be expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all Obligations with respect to the Notes, in the case of the Company, or
the Subsidiary Guarantees, in the case of a Guarantor; and
(b) (i) any subsequent issuance or transfer of
Equity Interests that results in that Indebtedness being held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (other than as security for Obligations under the Credit Facilities) and (ii) any sale or other transfer
(other than as security for Obligations under the Credit Facilities) of that Indebtedness by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to a Person that is not either the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, will be deemed,
in each case, to constitute an incurrence, as of the date of issuance, transfer or sale, as the case may be, of that Indebtedness by the Company or that Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, that is not permitted by this clause (6);
(7) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Hedging Obligations entered into
the ordinary course of business to hedge or mitigate risks to which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is exposed in the conduct of its business or the management of its liabilities and not for speculative purposes;
(8) the guarantee by the Company or any of the Guarantors of Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company that was permitted to be incurred by another provision of this Section 4.09;
(9) the accrual of
interest, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest on any Indebtedness in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms, and the payment of dividends on Disqualified Stock in the form of additional
shares of the
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same class of Disqualified Stock shall not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of Disqualified Stock for
purposes of this Section 4.09; provided, in each such case, to the extent relevant to any calculation under this Indenture, that the amount thereof is included in Fixed Charges of the Company as accrued;
(10) the incurrence by Foreign Subsidiaries of the Company of Indebtedness in the ordinary course of business for working capital
purposes in an amount not to exceed $100.0 million at any time outstanding;
(11) the incurrence by a
Receivables Subsidiary of Indebtedness in a Qualified Receivables Transaction that is without recourse to the Company or to any other Subsidiary of the Company or their assets (other than that Receivables Subsidiary and its assets and, as to the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, other than pursuant to representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities customary for those transactions) and is not guaranteed by the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company (other than that
Receivables Subsidiary);
(12) the incurrence by the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary of statutory
obligations, surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds or other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company or that Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be;
(13) Indebtedness incurred by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries consisting of advances received in the ordinary
course of business for cash management purposes from any Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(14) the incurrence by
the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness issuable upon the conversion or exchange of shares of Disqualified Stock issued in accordance with the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a) hereof;
(15) start-up working capital advances from Unilever to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to
the Sales Agency Agreement;
(16) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial
institution of a check, draft, or similar instrument (except in the case of daylight overdrafts) drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided, however, that the Indebtedness is extinguished within five business days
of incurrence; and
(17) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of additional
Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount (or, with respect to Indebtedness issued at a discount, the original principal amount at the date of incurrence) at any time outstanding, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to
refund, refinance or replace any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (17), not to exceed $10.0 million.
For
purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.09:
(1) in the event that an item of
proposed Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses (1) through (17) above, or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(a) hereof, the Company shall be permitted to (a)
classify that item of Indebtedness on the date of its incurrence in any manner that complies with this Section 4.09 and (b) after the incurrence of any Permitted Indebtedness pursuant to the provisions described in this Section 4.09(b), reclassify
such Indebtedness to any other type of Permitted
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Indebtedness permitted by the provisions described in this Section 4.09(b), provided, that the Indebtedness, at the time of
reclassification, could have been incurred as such other type of Permitted Indebtedness;
(2) Indebtedness
under Credit Facilities outstanding on the date on which Notes are first issued and authenticated under this Indenture will be deemed to have been incurred on that date in reliance on the exception provided by clause (1) of the definition of
Permitted Debt; and
(3) for purposes of determining compliance with any dollar-denominated restriction on
the incurrence of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, the dollar-equivalent principal amount of that Indebtedness incurred pursuant thereto shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date that such
Indebtedness is incurred, in the case of term Indebtedness, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit Indebtedness; provided that if that Indebtedness is incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency,
and that refinancing would cause the applicable U.S. dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of that refinancing, the U.S. dollar-denominated restriction will be deemed
not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of that refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of that Indebtedness being refinanced. The principal amount of any Indebtedness incurred to refinance other Indebtedness,
if incurred in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced, will be calculated based on the currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which that refinancing Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on the date of
the refinancing.
Section 4.10 Asset Sales.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(1) the Company (or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) receives consideration at the time of the Asset Sale at least
equal to the fair market value of the assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of;
(2) the fair market value is determined in good faith by (a) the Company’s management, if the fair market value of the assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of is less than or equal to $10.0 million, or
(b) by the Company’s Board of Directors and evidenced by a resolution of the Board of Directors set forth in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee, if the fair market value of the assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or
otherwise disposed of exceeds $10.0 million; and
(3) at least 75% of the consideration therefore received
by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash. For purposes of this provision, each of the following shall be deemed to be cash:
(A) any liabilities, as shown on the Company’s most recent consolidated balance sheet, of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent
liabilities and liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets pursuant to a customary novation agreement that releases the Company or that Restricted
Subsidiary from further liability; and
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(B) any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Company or
that Restricted Subsidiary from the transferee that are contemporaneously, subject to ordinary settlement periods, converted by the Company or that Restricted Subsidiary into cash, to the extent of the cash received in that conversion.
Within 270 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale, the Company may apply those Net Proceeds at its option:
(1) to repay Senior Debt and, if the Senior Debt repaid is revolving credit Indebtedness, to
correspondingly permanently reduce commitments with respect thereto;
(2) to acquire all or substantially
all of the assets of, or a majority of the Voting Stock of, another Permitted Business;
(3) to make a
capital expenditure; or
(4) to acquire other long-term assets that are used or useful in a Permitted
Business.
Pending the final application of any such Net Proceeds, the Company may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings or otherwise
invest the Net Proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited by this Indenture.
Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that are
not applied or invested as provided in the preceding paragraph will constitute “Excess Proceeds.” When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $15.0 million, within five days thereof, the Company shall make an Asset Sale Offer to
all Holders of Notes, and all holders of other Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes containing provisions similar to those set forth in this Indenture with respect to offers to purchase or redeem with the proceeds of sales of assets
in accordance with Section 3.09 hereof, to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds. The offer price in any Asset Sale Offer to Holders of Notes
shall be equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes offered to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest, if any, to the date of purchase, and shall be payable in cash. If any Excess Proceeds remain after the
completion of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company may use those Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness tendered into an Asset Sale
Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis. Upon the completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset
at zero.
The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws
and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with any repurchase of Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the
provisions of Section 3.09 or 4.10, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under those provisions of this Indenture by virtue of such conflict.
Section 4.11 Transactions with Affiliates.
(a) the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise
dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement,
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understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate (each, an “Affiliate Transaction”), unless:
(1) the Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not materially less favorable to the Company or the
relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that might reasonably have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Company or that Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person; and
(2) the Company delivers to the Trustee:
(a) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $5.0 million, a resolution of the Board of Directors set forth in an Officers’ Certificate
certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with clause (1) of this Section 4.11(a) and that such Affiliate Transaction has been approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors; and
(b) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in
excess of $25.0 million, an opinion as to the fairness to the Company of such Affiliate Transaction from a financial point of view issued by an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing.
The following items shall not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions and, therefore, shall not be subject to the provisions of Section 4.11(a):
(1) any employment agreement, stock option plan or other compensation plan entered into by the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(2) transactions between or among
the Company and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries or transactions between a Receivables Subsidiary and any Person in which the Receivables Subsidiary has an Investment;
(3) transactions with a Person that is an Affiliate of the Company solely because the Company owns an Equity Interest in, or controls, that Person
(4) payment of reasonable fees, expense reimbursements and customary indemnification, advances and similar agreements to
directors and officers of Holdings, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(5) sales of Equity
Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) to Affiliates of the Company;
(6) transactions pursuant to any
agreement in effect on the date of this Indenture as any such agreement may be amended from time to time; provided that such modifications, taken as a whole, do not contain terms materially less advantageous to the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary;
(7) Restricted Payments that are permitted by the provisions of Section 4.07 hereof;
(8) loans or advances (but excluding commission, travel and similar advances) to employees of the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business of
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the Company or that Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, not to exceed $3.0 million per annum;
(9) purchases and sales of raw materials, inventory and services in the ordinary course of business;
(10) transactions with Unilever or any of its Subsidiaries that are (a) entered into in the ordinary course of business
or (b) pursuant to, contemplated by or entered into in connection with the Acquisition Agreement, any of the Ancillary Documents (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement), the Seller Note Indenture, or the Seller Note Registration Rights Agreement,
in each case, as the same may be renewed, extended, amended or modified from time to time; provided that such modifications, taken as a whole, do not contain terms materially less advantageous to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(11) transactions with S.C. Xxxxxxx & Son, Inc. or any of its Affiliates that are (a) entered into in
the ordinary course of business or (b) pursuant to, contemplated by or entered into in connection with the Acquisition Agreement or any of the agreements set forth in Exhibit 1 to the Stockholders’ Agreement, in each case, as the same may be
renewed, extended, amended or modified from time to time; provided that such modifications, taken as a whole, do not contain terms materially less advantageous to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; and
(12) the acquisition of 100% of the assets or interests in certain non-separated foreign entities currently owned by S.C. Xxxxxxx
& Son, Inc.
Section 4.12 Liens.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any Lien of any kind securing
Indebtedness or trade payables upon any of their property or assets, now owned or hereafter acquired other than Permitted Liens.
Section
4.13 Business Activities.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any
Restricted Subsidiary to, engage in any business other than a Permitted Business, except to that extent as would not be material to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
Section 4.14 Corporate Existence.
Subject to Article 5 hereof, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect:
(1) its corporate existence, and the corporate, partnership or other existence of each of its Subsidiaries, in accordance with the respective organizational documents
(as the same may be amended from time to time) of the Company or any such Subsidiary; and
(2) the rights
(charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company and its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership or other existence
of any of its Subsidiaries, if the Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer
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desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that the loss thereof is not
adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes.
Section 4.15 Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of
Control.
(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company shall make an
offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder to repurchase all or any part (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000) of each Holder’s Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount
thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased, to the date of repurchase (the “Change of Control Payment”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company shall mail a
notice to each Holder describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control and stating:
(1) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.15 and that all Notes tendered will be accepted for payment;
(2) the purchase price and the purchase date, which shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the
“Change of Control Payment Date”);
(3) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue
interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Payment, all Notes
accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue interest after the Change of Control Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have any Notes purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender the Notes, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the
Notes completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the close of business on the second Business Day preceding
the Change of Control Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of Notes delivered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have
the Notes purchased; and
(7) that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part will be issued new
Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, which unpurchased portion must be equal to $1,000 in principal amount or an integral multiple thereof.
The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations
are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change in Control. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of Sections 3.09 or 4.15 of this Indenture, the
Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under Section 3.09 or this Section 4.15 by virtue of such conflict.
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(b) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the
extent lawful:
(1) accept for payment all Notes or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the
Change of Control Offer;
(2) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment
in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered; and
(3) deliver or cause to be delivered to
the Trustee the Notes so accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being purchased by the Company.
The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail (or
cause to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any; provided that each new Note shall be in a principal amount of $1,000 or an integral
multiple thereof. The Company shall publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date.
Prior to complying with any of the provisions of this Section 4.15, but in any event within 90 days following a Change of Control, the Company shall either repay all outstanding
Senior Debt or obtain the requisite consents, if any, under all agreements governing outstanding Senior Debt to permit the repurchase of Notes required by this Section 4.15.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.15, the Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control
if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 4.15 and Section 3.09 hereof and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under
the Change of Control Offer.
Section 4.16 Anti-Layering.
The Company shall not incur, create, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable for any Indebtedness that is subordinate or junior in right
of payment to any Senior Debt of the Company and senior in any respect in right of payment to the Notes. No Guarantor shall incur, create, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable for any Indebtedness that is subordinate or junior in
right of payment to the Senior Debt of that Guarantor and senior in any respect in right of payment to that Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guarantees.
Section 4.17 Additional Subsidiary Guarantees.
If any
existing or newly acquired or created Subsidiary of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is not already a Guarantor (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) guarantees any Indebtedness of the Company (other than intercompany Indebtedness of the
Company) after the date of this Indenture, then that existing or newly acquired or created Subsidiary shall become a Guarantor and execute a supplemental indenture and deliver an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Trustee within 10 Business Days
of the date on which it guaranteed that Indebtedness; provided that this Section 4.17 does not apply to all Subsidiaries that have properly been designated as Unrestricted Subsidiaries in accordance with this Indenture for so long as they
continue to constitute Unrestricted Subsidiaries. The form of that Subsidiary Guarantee is attached as Exhibit E hereto.
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Section 4.18 Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted
Subsidiaries.
The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any Restricted Subsidiary to be an
Unrestricted Subsidiary if such designation would not cause a Default. If a Restricted Subsidiary is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the aggregate fair market value of all outstanding Investments owned by the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries in the Subsidiary properly designated will be deemed to be an Investment made as of the time of the designation and shall reduce the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 4.07(a) hereof or Permitted Investments, as
determined by the Company. Such designation shall only be permitted if the Investment would be permitted at that time and if the Restricted Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Board of Directors of the
Company may redesignate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary if the redesignation would not cause a Default.
Section
4.19 Payments for Consent.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any
of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration to or for the benefit of any Holder of Notes for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture or
the Notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid and is paid to all Holders of the Notes that consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in the solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.
ARTICLE 5.
SUCCESSORS
Section 5.01 Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets.
The Company shall not, directly or indirectly: (1) consolidate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation); (2) or sell,
assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to another Person; unless:
(1) either:
(a) the Company is the surviving corporation; or
(b) the Person
formed by or surviving any that consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or to which that sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made is a corporation organized or existing under the laws of the United
States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia;
(2) the Person formed by or surviving
that consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or the Person to which that sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made assumes all the obligations of the Company under the Notes, this Indenture and the
Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;
(3)
immediately after that transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists; and
(4) the Company or the
Person formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company), or to which that sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other
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disposition has been made will, on the date of that transaction after giving pro forma effect thereto and any related financing
transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable Financial Covenant Period, be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a)
hereof.
In addition, the Company shall not, directly or indirectly, lease all or substantially all of its properties or
assets, in one or more related transactions, to any other Person. This Section 5.01 shall not apply to a sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of assets between or among the Company and any of the Guarantors.
Section 5.02 Successor Corporation Substituted.
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in a transaction
that is subject to, and that complies with the provisions of, Section 5.01 hereof, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or
other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such consolidation, merger, sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the provisions of this Indenture referring to the “Company”
shall refer instead to the successor corporation and not to the Company), and may exercise every right and power of the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein; provided,
however, that the predecessor Company shall not be relieved from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes except in the case of a sale of all of the Company’s assets in a transaction that is subject to, and that
complies with the provisions of, Section 5.01 hereof.
ARTICLE 6.
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01 Events of Default.
Each of the following is an “Event of Default”:
(1) the Company defaults for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on, or Special Interest with respect to, the Notes whether or not prohibited by the
subordination provisions of this Indenture;
(2) the Company defaults in the payment when due (at maturity,
upon redemption or otherwise) of the principal of, or premium, if any, on the Notes, whether or not prohibited by the subordination provisions of this Indenture;
(3) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to comply with the provisions of Section 4.07, 4.09, 4.10, 4.15 or 5.01 hereof, which failure cannot
be remedied or, if that failure can be remedied, is not remedied within 30 days after the date on which notice thereof requiring the Company to remedy the default has been given to the Company in accordance with this Indenture;
(4) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for 60 days after notice to comply with any of the other
agreements in this Indenture or the Notes;
(5) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under
which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the
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Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries), whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists, or is created after the date of this Indenture, if that default:
(A) is caused by a failure to pay at maturity principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on that Indebtedness (a “Payment Default”); or
(B) results in the acceleration of that Indebtedness prior to its express maturity, and, in each case, the principal amount of that Indebtedness, together with the
principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $25.0 million or more;
(6) a final non-appealable judgment or judgments for the payment of money are entered by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction against the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries, which judgment or judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60 days; provided that the aggregate of all such undischarged judgments exceeds $25.0 million (exclusive of amounts covered by insurance
other than self-insurance);
(7) the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant
Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of Bankruptcy Law:
(A) commences a voluntary case,
(B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,
(C)
consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property,
(D) makes
a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or
(E) generally is not paying its debts as they
become due; or
(8) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law
that:
(A) is for relief against the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant
Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case;
(B) appoints a custodian of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant
Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the property of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary;
or
(C) orders the liquidation of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant
Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary;
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and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days; or
(9) except as permitted by this Indenture, any Subsidiary Guarantee is held in any judicial proceeding to
be unenforceable or invalid or shall cease for any reason to be in full force and effect or any Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of any Guarantor, denies or disaffirms its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee.
Section 6.02 Acceleration.
In the case of an Event of Default specified in clause (7) or (8) of Section 6.01 hereof, with respect to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of
Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, all outstanding Notes shall become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the
Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately.
Upon any such declaration, the Notes shall become due and payable immediately. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default specified in clause (7) or (8) of Section 6.01 hereof occurs with respect to
the Company, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, all outstanding Notes shall be due and payable immediately
without further action or notice. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes by written notice to the Trustee may on behalf of all of the Holders rescind an acceleration and its consequences if the
rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing Events of Default (except nonpayment of principal, interest or premium that has become due solely because of the acceleration) have been cured or waived.
If an Event of Default occurs on or after May 15, 2007 by reason of any willful action or inaction taken or not taken by or on behalf of
the Company with the intention of avoiding payment of the premium that the Company would have had to pay if the Company then had elected to redeem the Notes pursuant to Section 3.07 hereof, then, upon acceleration of the Notes, an equivalent premium
shall also become and be immediately due and payable to the extent permitted by law, anything in this Indenture or in the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding. If an Event of Default occurs prior to May 15, 2007 by reason of any willful action (or
inaction) taken (or not taken) by or on behalf of the Company with the intention of avoiding the prohibition on redemption of the Notes prior to May 15, 2007, then, upon acceleration of the Notes, an additional premium shall also become and be
immediately due and payable in an amount, for each of the years beginning on May 15 of the years set forth below, as set forth below (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount of the Notes on the date of payment that would otherwise be due
but for the provisions of this sentence):
Year |
Percentage |
||
2002 |
12.833 |
% | |
2003 |
11.229 |
% | |
2004 |
9.625 |
% | |
2005 |
8.021 |
% | |
2006 |
6.417 |
% |
Section 6.03 Other Remedies.
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If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available
remedy to collect the payment of principal, premium and Special Interest, if any, and interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder
of a Note in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
Section 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults.
Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive
an existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences hereunder, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium and Special Interest, if any, or interest on, the Notes (including in connection with
an offer to purchase); provided, however, that the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from
such acceleration. Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other
Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 6.05 Control by Majority.
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture that the Trustee determines may be
prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of Notes or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability.
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6.06 Limitation on Suits.
A Holder of a Note may pursue a remedy with
respect to this Indenture or the Notes only if:
(1) the Holder of a Note gives to the Trustee written
notice of a continuing Event of Default;
(2) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the
then-outstanding Notes make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
(3) such Holder of a
Note or Holders of Notes offer and, if requested, provide to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;
(4) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer and, if requested, the provision of indemnity; and
(5) during such 60-day period the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes
do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request.
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A Holder of a Note may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder of
a Note or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder of a Note.
Section 6.07 Rights of Holders of
Notes to Receive Payment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of
a Note to receive payment of principal, premium and Special Interest, if any, and interest on the Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Note (including in connection with an offer to purchase), or to bring suit for the
enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
Section 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee.
If an Event of
Default specified in Section 6.01(1) or (2) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount of principal of, premium and Special
Interest, if any, and interest remaining unpaid on the Notes and interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest and such further amount as will 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.
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6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
The Trustee is authorized to file
such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel) and the Holders of the Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the Notes), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money
or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of
such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07
hereof. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof out of the estate in any such proceeding,
shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding
whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained will be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
Section 6.10 Priorities.
If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money in the following order:
First: to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 7.07 hereof, including payment of all compensation,
expense and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;
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Second: to Holders of Notes for amounts due
and unpaid on the Notes for principal, premium and Special Interest, if any, and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal, premium and Special Interest, if any
and interest, respectively; and
Third: to the Company or to such party as a
court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders
of Notes pursuant to this Section 6.10.
Section 6.11 Undertaking for Costs.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or
omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable
attorneys’ fees 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 of a Note pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes.
ARTICLE 7.
TRUSTEE
Section
7.01 Duties of Trustee.
(a) If an Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in
the conduct of such person’s own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of
Default:
(1) the duties of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this
Indenture and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However, in the case of certificates or opinions specifically required by any provision
hereunder to be furnished to it, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they substantially conform to the requirements of this Indenture.
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except
that:
(1) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section 7.01;
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(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; and
(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05 hereof.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is
subject to paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this Section 7.01.
(e) No provision of this Indenture
shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights and powers under this Indenture at the request of any Holders, unless such Holder has offered to
the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other
funds except to the extent required by law.
Section 7.02 Rights of Trustee.
(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely upon any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or
presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in
good faith in reliance on such Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with counsel of its own selection and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and
protection from liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.
(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or
powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.
(e) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this
Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company will be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company.
(f) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders have offered to the
Trustee reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.
(g) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof
or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Notes and this Indenture;
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(h) 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 by the Trustee to
act hereunder.
(i) 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 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 Notes and may otherwise deal
with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for
permission to continue as trustee or resign. Any Agent may do the same with like rights and duties. The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11 hereof.
Section 7.04 Trustee’s Disclaimer.
The Trustee
shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Company or upon
the Company’s direction under any provision of this Indenture, it shall not be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it shall not be responsible for any statement or recital
herein or any statement in the Notes or any other document in connection with the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of authentication.
Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults.
If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to Holders of Notes a notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days
after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of, premium or Special Interest, if any, or interest on any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Responsible
Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Notes.
Section
7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes.
(a) Within 60 days after each May 15 beginning with the May 15 following the date of this Indenture, and for so long as Notes remain outstanding, the Trustee shall mail to the Holders of the Notes a brief
report dated as of such reporting date that complies with TIA § 313(a) (but if no event described in TIA § 313(a) has occurred within the twelve months preceding the reporting date, no report need be transmitted). 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).
(b) A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the Holders of Notes shall be mailed by the Trustee to the Company and filed by the Trustee with the SEC and each stock exchange on which the Notes are
listed in accordance with TIA § 313(d). The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange or delisted therefrom.
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Section 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity.
(a) The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its acceptance of this
Indenture and services hereunder. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements,
advances and expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses will include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.
(b) The Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, shall indemnify the Trustee against any and all losses,
liabilities, claims, damages or expenses incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Company and
the Guarantors (including this Section 7.07) and defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, the Guarantors or any Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers
or duties hereunder, except to the extent any such loss, liability or expense is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been caused by its own negligence or willful misconduct. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any
claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company or any of the Guarantors of their respective obligations hereunder. The Company or such Guarantors shall defend the claim and the
Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. Neither the Company nor any Guarantors need pay for any settlement made without its consent,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(c) The obligations of the Company and the
Guarantors under this Section 7.07 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and resignation or removal of the Trustee.
(d) To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section 7.07, the Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held
in trust to pay principal and interest on particular Notes. Such Lien shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
(e) When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(7) or (8) hereof occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services (including the fees and
expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
(f) The Trustee shall comply with the provisions of TIA § 313(b)(2) to the extent applicable.
Section 7.08 Replacement of Trustee.
(a) A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.08.
(b) The Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be discharged from the trust hereby created by
so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing. The Company may remove the Trustee if:
(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof;
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(2) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for
relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;
(3) a custodian or public officer
takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or
(4) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
(c) If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the
Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor
Trustee appointed by the Company.
(d) If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days
after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company, or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes may petition at the expense of the Company any court of competent jurisdiction for
the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(e) If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder who
has been a Holder for at least six months, fails to comply with Section 7.10, such Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(f) A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company.
Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its
succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, provided all sums owing to the Trustee hereunder have been paid and subject to the Lien provided for in Section
7.07 hereof. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.07 hereof shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
Section 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.
If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation, the successor corporation without
any further act shall be the successor Trustee.
Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of
the United States of America or of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of
at least $100 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.
This Indenture shall always
have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA § 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee is subject to TIA § 310(b).
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Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
The Trustee is subject to 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.
ARTICLE 8.
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section
8.01 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The Company
may, at the option of its Board of Directors evidenced by a resolution set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, at any time, elect to have either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof be applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions
set forth below in this Article 8.
Section 8.02 Legal Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.02, the Company and each of the
Guarantors shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes (including the Subsidiary Guarantees) on the date the
conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Company and the Guarantors will be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented
by the outstanding Notes (including the Subsidiary Guarantees), which will thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 8.05 hereof and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (1) and (2)
below, and to have satisfied all their other obligations under such Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same),
except for the following provisions which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:
(1) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of, or interest or premium and Special Interest, if any, on the Notes when these payments are due from the trust referred to in Section
8.04 hereof;
(2) the Company’s obligations with respect to the Notes under Article 2 and Section 4.02
hereof;
(3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the
Company’s and the Guarantors’ obligations in connection therewith; and
(4) this Article 8.
Subject to compliance with this Article 8, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the
prior exercise of its option under Section 8.03 hereof.
Section 8.03 Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, the Company
and the Guarantors shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be released from each of their obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.15, 4,16,
4.17, 4.18 and 4.19 hereof and clause (4) of Section
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5.01 hereof with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof are satisfied (hereinafter,
“Covenant Defeasance”), and the Notes will thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with
such covenants, but will continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes will not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that,
with respect to the outstanding Notes and Subsidiary Guarantees, the Company and the Guarantors may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or
indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an
Event of Default under Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and that Notes and Subsidiary Guarantees shall be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof
of the option applicable to this Section 8.03 hereof, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, Sections 6.01(3) through 6.01(5) hereof shall not constitute Events of Default.
Section 8.04 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.
In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance under either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof:
(1) the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, cash in United States dollars, non-callable Government
Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, together with the interest or increment to accrue thereon (but without further reinvestment), in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public
accountants, to pay the principal of, or interest and premium and Special Interest, if any, on those outstanding Notes on the stated maturity or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, and the Company must specify whether those Notes
are being defeased to maturity or to a particular redemption date;
(2) in the case of an election under
Section 8.02 hereof, the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that (a) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue
Service a ruling or (b) since the date of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon that Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the
outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of that Legal Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been
the case if the Legal Defeasance had not occurred;
(3) in the case of an election under Section 8.03
hereof, the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax
purposes as a result of that 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 the Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;
(4) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of that deposit (other than a Default or
Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to that deposit);
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(5) that Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a
breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries is bound;
(6) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating
that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of Notes over the other creditors of the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Company or others; and
(7) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each
stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.
Section 8.05 Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.
Subject to Section 8.06 hereof, all money and non-callable Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee,
collectively for purposes of this Section 8.05, the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof in respect of the outstanding Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this
Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal,
premium and Special Interest, if any, and 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 cash or non-callable Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof or the principal
and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.
Notwithstanding anything in this Article 8 to the contrary, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the request of the Company any money or non-callable Government Securities held
by it as provided in Section 8.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section
8.04(1) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
Section 8.06 Repayment to Company.
Any money deposited
with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium or Special Interest, if any, or interest on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium or
Special Interest, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on its request or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter be permitted to look only
to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or
such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal (national edition) and Luxemburger Wort, notice that such money remains
unclaimed and that,
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after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such
money then remaining shall be repaid to the Company.
Section 8.07 Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any United States dollars or non-callable Government Securities in accordance with
Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Company’s and the Guarantor’s obligations
under this Indenture and the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such
money in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be; provided, however, that, if the Company makes any payment of principal of, premium or Special Interest, if any, or interest on any Note following the reinstatement of
its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE 9.
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders of Notes.
Notwithstanding Section 9.02 of this Indenture, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes without the consent of any Holder of a Note:
(1) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
(2) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes or to alter the provisions of Article 2 hereof (including the related
definitions) in a manner that does not materially adversely affect any Holder;
(3) to provide for the
assumption of the Company’s or Guarantor’s obligations to the Holders of the Notes by a successor to the Company pursuant to Article 5 or Article 11 hereof;
(4) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights hereunder
of any Holder of the Note;
(5) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the
qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;
(6) to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in
accordance with the limitations set forth in this Indenture as of the date hereof; or
(7) to allow any
Guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture and/or Subsidiary Guarantee with respect to the Notes.
Upon the request of
the Company accompanied by a resolution of its Board of Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental Indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02 hereof, the Trustee shall join with
the Company and
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the Guarantors in the execution of any amended or supplemental Indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further
appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental Indenture that affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders of Notes.
Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture (including, without limitation,
Sections 3.09, 4.10 and 4.15 hereof), the Subsidiary Guarantees and the Notes with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes (including, without limitation, Additional Notes, if any) voting
as a single class (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with the purchase of, or a tender offer or exchange offer for, the Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, any existing Default or Event of Default
(other than a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium or Special Interest, if any, or interest on the Notes, except a payment default resulting from an acceleration that has been rescinded) or compliance with any
provision of this Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection
with the purchase of, or a tender offer or exchange offer for, the Notes. Section 2.08 hereof shall determine which Notes are considered to be “outstanding” for purposes of this Section 9.02.
Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its Board of Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental
Indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders of Notes as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02 hereof, the Trustee shall join
with the Company in the execution of such amended or supplemental Indenture unless such amended or supplemental Indenture directly affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the
Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental Indenture.
It is not
necessary for the consent of the Holders of Notes under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or waiver, but it is sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders of Notes affected thereby
a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amended or supplemental Indenture or
waiver. Subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class may waive compliance in a particular instance by the Company with any provision of this
Indenture or the Notes. However, without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not (with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder):
(1) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
(2) reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of any Note or alter or waive any of the provisions with respect to the redemption of the Notes (except
as provided above with respect to Sections 3.09, 4.10 and 4.15 hereof);
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(3) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest,
including default interest, on any Note;
(4) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of
principal of or premium or Special Interest, if any, or interest on the Notes (except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes and a waiver of the
payment default that resulted from such acceleration);
(5) make any Note payable in money other than that
stated in the Notes;
(6) make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating to waivers of past
Defaults or the rights of Holders of Notes to receive payments of principal of, or interest or premium or Special Interest, if any, on the Notes;
(7) make any change in Section 6.04 or 6.07 hereof or in the foregoing amendment and waiver provisions;
(8) waive a redemption payment with respect to any Notes (other than a payment required by Section 4.10 or 4.15 hereof); or
(9) release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee or this Indenture, except in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
In addition, any amendment to, or waiver of, Article 10 hereof that adversely affects the rights of the Holders of Notes
shall require the consent of the Holders of at least 75% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, voting as a single class (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or a tender offer or
exchange offer for, the Notes).
Section 9.03 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.
Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes shall be set forth in an amended or supplemental Indenture that complies
with the TIA as then in effect.
Section 9.04 Revocation and Effect of Consents.
Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent by the Holder
of a Note and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder of a Note or subsequent Holder
of a Note may revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date the waiver, supplement or amendment becomes effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its
terms and thereafter binds every Holder.
Section 9.05 Notation on or Exchange of Notes.
The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter
authenticated. The Company in exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver.
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Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not affect the validity
and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
Section 9.06 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.
The Trustee shall sign any amended or supplemental Indenture authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment or
supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. The Company may not sign an amendment or supplemental Indenture until the Board of Directors approves it. In executing any amended or supplemental
indenture, the Trustee shall be provided with and shall be fully protected in relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section 13.04 hereof, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such
amended or supplemental Indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture.
ARTICLE 10.
SUBORDINATION
Section 10.01 Agreement to
Subordinate.
The Company agrees, and each Holder by accepting a Note agrees, that the Indebtedness evidenced
by the Notes is subordinated in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner provided in this Article 10, to the prior payment in full in cash of all Senior Debt (whether outstanding on the date hereof or hereafter created, incurred, assumed or
guaranteed), and that the subordination is for the benefit of the holders of Senior Debt. The Obligations of each Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee shall be junior and subordinated to the Senior Debt of such Guarantor on the same basis as the
Notes are junior and subordinated to Senior Debt of the Company.
Section 10.02 Liquidation; Dissolution;
Bankruptcy.
Upon any distribution to creditors of the Company or any Guarantor in a liquidation or
dissolution of the Company or any Guarantor or in a bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding relating to the Company or any Guarantor or their respective property or in an assignment for the benefit of creditors or
any marshaling of the Company’s or any Guarantor’s assets and liabilities:
(1) holders of Senior
Debt shall be entitled to receive payment in full in cash of all Obligations due in respect of Senior Debt (including interest accruing on or after the commencement of any bankruptcy proceeding at the rate specified in the applicable Senior Debt,
whether or not such interest is allowed in such proceeding) before the Holders of Notes shall be entitled to receive any payment with respect to the Notes and Subsidiary Guarantees (except such Holders of Notes may receive and retain Permitted
Junior Securities and payments made from any defeasance trust created pursuant to Section 8.01 hereof); and
(2) until all Obligations with respect to Senior Debt (as provided in clause (1) above) are paid in full in cash, any distribution to which Holders would be entitled but for this Article 10 shall be made to holders of Senior Debt
(except that Holders of Notes may receive and retain Permitted Junior Securities and payments made from any defeasance trust created pursuant to Section 8.01 hereof), as their interests may appear.
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Section 10.03 Default on Designated Senior Debt.
(a) The Company and the Guarantors may not make any payment or distribution to the Trustee or any Holder in
respect of Obligations with respect to the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees and may not acquire from the Trustee or any Holder any Notes for cash or property (other than Permitted Junior Securities and payments made from any defeasance trust
created pursuant to Section 8.01 hereof) until all principal and other Obligations with respect to the Senior Debt have been paid in full in cash if:
(1) payment default on Designated Senior Debt occurs and is continuing beyond any applicable grace period in the agreement, indenture or other document governing such
Designated Senior Debt; or
(2) any other default occurs and is continuing on any series of Designated
Senior Debt that permits holders of that series of Designated Senior Debt to accelerate its maturity and the Trustee receives a notice of such default (a “Payment Blockage Notice”) from the Representative of the holders of any
Designated Senior Debt. If the Trustee receives any such Payment Blockage Notice, no subsequent Payment Blockage Notice shall be effective for purposes of this Section unless and until (A) at least 360 days have elapsed since the effectiveness of
the immediately prior Payment Blockage Notice and (B) all scheduled payments of principal, premium and Special Interest, if any, and interest on the Notes that have come due (other than any payment in respect of which the Payment Blockage Notice is
given) have been paid in full in cash.
No nonpayment default that existed or was continuing on the date of delivery of any
Payment Blockage Notice to the Trustee may be, or may be made, the basis for a subsequent Payment Blockage Notice.
(b) The Company and the Guarantors may and shall resume payments on and distributions in respect of the Notes and Subsidiary Guarantees:
(1) in the case of a payment default, upon the date upon which that default is cured or waived, and
(2) in the case of a nonpayment default, upon the earlier of the date on which that nonpayment default is cured or waived or 179 days after the date on which the
applicable Payment Blockage Notice is received, unless the maturity of any Designated Senior Debt has been accelerated,
if this Article 10
otherwise permits the payment, distribution or acquisition at the time of such payment or acquisition.
Section
10.04 Acceleration of Notes.
If payment of the Notes is accelerated because
of an Event of Default, the Company shall promptly notify holders of Senior Debt of the acceleration.
Section
10.05 When Distribution Must Be Paid Over.
In the event that the Trustee or
any Holder receives any payment of any Obligations with respect to the Notes or Subsidiary Guarantees (other than Permitted Junior Securities and payments made from any defeasance trust created pursuant to Section 8.01 hereof) at a time when the
Trustee, has actual
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knowledge that such payment is prohibited by Section 10.03 hereof, such payment shall be held by the Trustee or such Holder, in trust for the benefit of,
and shall be paid forthwith over and delivered, upon written request, to, the holders of Senior Debt as their interests may appear or their Representative under the agreement, indenture or other document (if any) pursuant to which Senior Debt may
have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, for application to the payment of all Obligations with respect to Senior Debt remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay such Obligations in full in accordance with their terms, after
giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of Senior Debt.
With respect to the holders
of Senior Debt, the Trustee undertakes to perform only those obligations on the part of the Trustee as are specifically set forth in this Article 10, and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of Senior Debt shall be read
into this Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Debt, and shall not be liable to any such holders if the Trustee pays over or distributes to or on behalf of Holders or the
Company or any other Person money or assets to which any holders of Senior Debt are then entitled by virtue of this Article 10, except if such payment is made as a result of the willful misconduct or gross negligence of the Trustee.
Section 10.06 Notice by Company.
The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee and the Paying Agent of any facts known to the Company that would cause a payment of any Obligations with respect to the Notes or the
Subsidiary Guarantees to violate this Article 10, but failure to give such notice shall not affect the subordination of the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees to the Senior Debt as provided in this Article 10.
Section 10.07 Subrogation.
After all Senior Debt is paid in full and until the Notes are paid in full, Holders of Notes shall be subrogated (equally and ratably with all other Indebtedness pari passu with the Notes) to the rights
of holders of Senior Debt to receive distributions applicable to Senior Debt to the extent that distributions otherwise payable to the Holders of Notes have been applied to the payment of Senior Debt. A distribution made under this Article 10 to
holders of Senior Debt that otherwise would have been made to Holders of Notes is not, as between the Company and Holders, a payment by the Company on the Notes.
Section 10.08 Relative Rights.
This Article 10 defines
the relative rights of Holders of Notes and holders of Senior Debt. Nothing in this Indenture shall:
(1)
impair, as between the Company and Holders of Notes, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay principal of, premium and interest and Special Interest, if any, on the Notes in accordance with their terms;
(2) affect the relative rights of Holders of Notes and creditors of the Company other than their rights in
relation to holders of Senior Debt; or
(3) prevent the Trustee or any Holder of Notes from exercising its
available remedies upon a Default or Event of Default, subject to the rights of holders and owners of Senior Debt to receive distributions and payments otherwise payable to Holders of Notes.
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If the Company fails because of this Article 10 to pay principal of, premium or interest or
Special Interest, if any, on a Note on the due date, the failure is still a Default or Event of Default.
Section
10.09 Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Company.
No right of any holder
of Senior Debt to enforce the subordination of the Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees may be impaired by any act or failure to act by the Company or any Holder or by the failure of the Company or any Holder to comply
with this Indenture.
Section 10.10 Distribution or Notice to Representative.
Whenever a distribution is to be made or a notice given to holders of Senior Debt, the distribution may be made and the notice given to
their Representative.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article 10, the Trustee
and the Holders of Notes shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction or upon any certificate of such Representative or of the liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making any distribution to
the Trustee or to the Holders of Notes for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of the Senior Debt and other Indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount
or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article 10.
Section
10.11 Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent.
Notwithstanding the provisions of
this Article 10 or any other provision of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts that would prohibit the making of any payment or distribution by the Trustee, and the Trustee and the Paying
Agent may continue to make payments on the Notes, unless the Trustee has received at its Corporate Trust Office at least five Business Days prior to the date of such payment written notice of facts that would cause the payment of any Obligations
with respect to the Notes to violate this Article 10. Only the Company or a Representative may give the notice. Nothing in this Article 10 shall impair the claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 7.07 hereof.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may hold Senior Debt with the same rights it would have if it were not
Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights.
Section 10.12 Authorization to Effect
Subordination.
Each Holder of Notes, by the Holder’s acceptance thereof, authorizes and directs the
Trustee on such Holder’s behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination as provided in this Article 10, and appoints the Trustee to act as such Holder’s attorney-in-fact for any and all such
purposes. If the Trustee does not file a proper proof of claim or proof of debt in the form required in any proceeding referred to in Section 6.09 hereof at least 30 days before the expiration of the time to file such claim, the Representatives are
hereby authorized to file an appropriate claim for and on behalf of the Holders of the Notes.
Section
10.13 Amendments.
The provisions of this Article 10 may not be amended or
modified without the written consent of the holders of all Senior Debt. In addition, any amendment to, or waiver of, the provisions of this Article
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10 that adversely affects the rights of the Holders of the Notes shall require the consent of the Holders of at least 75% in aggregate principal amount of
Notes then outstanding.
Section 10.14 Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Debt
The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Debt and shall not be liable to any
such holders if the Trustee shall in good faith mistakenly pay over or distribute to Holders of Notes or to the Company or to any other person cash, property or securities to which any holders of Senior Debt shall be entitled by virtue of this
Article or otherwise. With respect to the holders of Senior Debt, the Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants or obligations as are specifically set forth in this Article and no implied covenants or obligations with
respect to holders of Senior Debt shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee.
ARTICLE 11.
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
Section
11.01 Guarantee.
(a) Subject to this Article 11,
each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability
of this Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, that:
(1) the
principal of, premium and Special Interest, if any, and interest on the Notes shall be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the Notes,
if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder shall be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and
(2) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same shall be
promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.
Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor
agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.
(b) The Guarantors
hereby agree that their obligations hereunder are unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the
Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a
guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice
and all demands whatsoever and covenant that this Subsidiary Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and this Indenture.
(c) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other
similar official acting in relation to either the
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Company or the Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder, this Subsidiary Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall
be reinstated in full force and effect.
(d) Each Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to
any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the
Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (1) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 hereof for the purposes of this Subsidiary Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other
prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (2) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6 hereof, such obligations (whether or not due and payable)
shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of this Subsidiary Guarantee. The Guarantors shall have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the
rights of the Holders under the Subsidiary Guarantee.
Section 11.02 Subordination of Subsidiary
Guarantee.
The Obligations of each Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to this Article 11
shall be junior and subordinated to the Senior Debt of such Guarantor on the same basis as the Notes are junior and subordinated to Senior Debt of the Company. For the purposes of the foregoing sentence, the Trustee and the Holders shall have the
right to receive and/or retain payments by any of the Guarantors only at such times as they may receive and/or retain payments in respect of the Notes pursuant to this Indenture, including Article 10 hereof.
Section 11.03 Limitation on Guarantor Liability.
Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Subsidiary Guarantee of such Guarantor not
constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any Subsidiary Guarantee. To
effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Guarantor shall, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such
Guarantor that are relevant under such laws, and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under
this Article 11, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
Section 11.04 Execution and Delivery of Subsidiary Guarantee.
To evidence its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in Section 11.01, each Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee substantially in the form attached as Exhibit E hereto shall be endorsed by an Officer of such
Guarantor on each Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and that this Indenture shall be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by one of its Officers.
Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in Section 11.01 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Subsidiary
Guarantee.
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If an Officer whose signature is on this Indenture or on the Subsidiary Guarantee no longer
holds such office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note on which a Subsidiary Guarantee is endorsed, the Subsidiary Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless.
The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf
of the Guarantors.
In the event that any existing or newly acquired or created Subsidiary of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries that is not already a Guarantor (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) guarantees any Indebtedness of the Company (other than intercompany Indebtedness of the Company) after the date of this Indenture, if required by Section 4.17 hereof,
the Company shall cause that existing or newly acquired or created Subsidiary to comply with the provisions of Section 4.17 hereof and this Article 11, to the extent applicable.
Section 11.05 Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 11.06, no Guarantor may sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to, or consolidate with or merge with or into (whether or not that Guarantor is
the surviving Person) another Person, other than the Company or another Guarantor, unless:
(1) immediately
after giving effect to that transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists; and
(2) either:
(a) subject to Section 11.06 hereof, the Person acquiring the property in any such sale or disposition or
the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger unconditionally assumes all obligations of that Guarantor, pursuant to a supplemental indenture in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, under the Notes, this
Indenture, its Subsidiary Guarantees and the Registration Rights Agreement on the terms set forth herein or therein; and
(b) the Net Proceeds of such sale or other disposition are applied in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture, including without limitation, Section 4.10 hereof.
In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and upon the assumption by the successor Person, by supplemental indenture, executed
and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the Subsidiary Guarantee endorsed upon the Notes and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Guarantor,
such successor Person shall succeed to and be substituted for the Guarantor with the same effect as if it had been named herein as a Guarantor. Such successor Person thereupon may cause to be signed any or all of the Subsidiary Guarantees to be
endorsed upon all of the Notes issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee. All the Subsidiary Guarantees so issued will in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this
Indenture as the Subsidiary Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Subsidiary Guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.
Except as set forth in Articles 4 and 5 hereof, and notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) above, nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the
Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of a
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Guarantor with or into the Company or another Guarantor, or shall prevent any sale or conveyance of the property of a Guarantor as an entirety or
substantially as an entirety to the Company or another Guarantor.
Section 11.06 Releases Following Sale of
Assets.
In the event of any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of any
Guarantor, by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise, or a sale or other disposition of all of the Capital Stock of any Guarantor, in each case to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transactions) a Subsidiary of
the Company, then such Guarantor (in the event of a sale or other disposition, by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise, of all of the capital stock of such Guarantor) or the corporation acquiring the property (in the event of a sale or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of such Guarantor) shall be released and relieved of any obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee; provided that the Net Proceeds of such sale or other disposition are applied in
accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture, including without limitation Section 4.10 hereof. Upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such sale or
other disposition was made by the Company in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, including without limitation Section 4.10 hereof, the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably required in order to evidence the release of any
Guarantor from its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee.
In the event that the Company designates any Restricted
Subsidiary that is a Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, then such Guarantor will be released and relieved from any obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee; provided that such designation is in accordance with the applicable
provisions of this Indenture, including without limitation Section 4.07 and Section 4.10 hereof. Upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such designation was made by
the Company in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, including without limitation Section 4.07 and Section 4.10 hereof, the Trustee will execute any documents reasonably requested by the Company in order to evidence the release of such
Guarantor from its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee.
Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under its
Subsidiary Guarantee shall remain liable for the full amount of principal of and interest on the Notes and for the other obligations of any Guarantor under this Indenture as provided in this Article 11.
ARTICLE 12.
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 12.01 Satisfaction and Discharge.
This Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect as to all Notes issued hereunder, when:
(1) either:
(a) all
Notes that have been authenticated except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes that have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company have been delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation; or
(b) all Notes that have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
have become due and payable by reason of the mailing of a notice of
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redemption or otherwise or will become due and payable within one year and the Company or any Guarantor has irrevocably deposited
or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, together with the
interest or increment to accrue thereon (but without consideration of any further reinvestment), to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on the Notes not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium and Special Interest, if
any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption;
(2) no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing on the date of that deposit or will occur as a result of such deposit and such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Company or any Guarantor
is a party or by which the Company or any Guarantor is bound;
(3) the Company or any Guarantor has paid or
caused to be paid all sums payable by it under this Indenture; and
(4) the Company has delivered
irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under this Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at maturity or the redemption date, as the case may be.
In addition, the Company must deliver an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, if money has been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (b)
of clause (1) of this Section, the provisions of Section 12.02 and Section 8.06 will survive. In addition, nothing in this Section 12.01 will be deemed to discharge those provisions of Section 7.07 hereof, that, by their terms, survive the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
Section 12.02 Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of Section 8.06, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 12.01 shall be held
in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the
Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or Government Securities in accordance with Section 12.01 by
reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s and any Guarantor’s obligations under this
Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 12.01; provided that if the Company has made any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Notes because of the
reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or Government Securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
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ARTICLE 13.
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 13.01 Trust Indenture Act Controls.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by TIA § 318(c), the imposed duties shall
control.
Section 13.02 Notices.
Any notice or communication by the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee to the others is duly given if in writing and delivered in Person or mailed by first class mail (registered
or certified, return receipt requested), telex, telecopier or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the others’ address:
If to the Company and/or any Guarantor:
JohnsonDiversey, Inc.
0000 00xx Xxxxxx, X.X. Xxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: General Counsel
With a copy to:
Xxxxx, Day, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
If to the Trustee:
BNY Midwest Trust Company
0 Xxxxx XxXxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
The Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee, by notice to the
others may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
All notices and
communications (other than those sent to Holders) will be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when answered back,
if telexed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.
Any notice or communication to a Holder shall be mailed by first class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day
delivery to its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar. Any notice or communication shall also be so mailed
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to any Person described in TIA § 313(c), to the extent required by the TIA. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it
shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.
If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner
provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
If the Company mails
a notice or communication to Holders, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.
Section
13.03 Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes.
Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA §
312(c).
Section 13.04 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the
Trustee:
(1) an Officers’ Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee
(which must include the statements set forth in Section 13.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been satisfied;
and
(2) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which must
include the statements set forth in Section 13.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been satisfied.
Section 13.05 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided pursuant to TIA § 314(a)(4)) must comply with the provisions of TIA §
314(e) and must 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, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been satisfied; and
(4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been satisfied.
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Section 13.06 Rules by Trustee and Agents.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules
and set reasonable requirements for its functions.
Section 13.07 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers,
Employees and Stockholders.
No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or
stockholder of the Company or any Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Notes, this Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason
of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. The waiver may not be effective to waive
liabilities under the federal securities laws.
Section 13.08 Governing Law.
THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
Section 13.09 Jurisdiction.
To the fullest
extend permitted by applicable law, the Company irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of any federal or state court in the City, County and State of New York, United States of America, in any suit or proceeding based on or arising under this
Indenture (solely in connection with any such suit or proceeding), and irrevocably agrees that all claims in respect of such suit or proceeding may be determined in any such court.
Section 13.10 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.
This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to
interpret this Indenture.
Section 13.11 Successors.
All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind
its successors. All agreements of each Guarantor in this Indenture shall bind its successors, except as otherwise provided in Section 11.06.
Section 13.12 Severability.
In case any provision in
this Indenture or in the Notes is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 13.13 Counterpart Originals.
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy will be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.
Section 13.14 Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and will in no way
modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
[Signatures on following page]
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SIGNATURES
Dated as of May 3,
2002
JOHNSONDIVERSEY, INC. | ||
XXXXXXX POLYMER, INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXX
| |
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
XXXXXX INTERNATIONAL, INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXX
| |
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx Title: President |
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Dated as of May 3, 2002
AUTO-C, LLC | ||
INTEGRATED SANITATION MANAGEMENT, INC. | ||
JD REAL ESTATE SUBSIDIARY, LLC | ||
XXXXXXX DIVERSEY CAYMAN, INC. | ||
XXXXXXX DIVERSEY PUERTO RICO, INC. | ||
XXXXXXX DIVERSEY SHAREHOLDINGS, INC. | ||
XXXXXXX DIVERSEY SUBSIDIARY #1 LLC | ||
XXXXXXX WAX DIVERSEY SHAREHOLDINGS, INC. | ||
PROFESSIONAL SHAREHOLDINGS, INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ XXXXXX
XXXXXXX | |
Name: XxXxxx Xxxxxxx Title: President |
PRISM SANITATION MANAGEMENT, LLC | ||
By: |
/s/ XXXXXX
XXXXXXX | |
Name: XxXxxx Xxxxxxx Title: Secretary |
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Dated as of May 3, 2002
CHEMICAL METHODS ASSOCIATES, INC. | ||
CHEMICAL METHODS LEASCO, INC. | ||
U S CHEMICAL CORPORATION | ||
WHITEMIRE MICRO-GEN RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC.
| ||
By: |
/s/ XXXXX X. XXXXX | |
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx Title: Secretary |
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Dated as of May 3, 2002
THE BUTCHER COMPANY | ||
JWP INVESTMENTS, INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ XXXX X. XXXXXXX | |
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx Title: Vice President and Secretary |
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Dated as of May 3, 2002
BNY MIDWEST TRUST COMPANY | ||
By: |
/s/ XXXXXXX X.
XXXXXXXXX | |
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx Title: Assistant Vice President |
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SCHEDULE I
SCHEDULE OF GUARANTORS
The following schedule lists each Guarantor under the Indenture as of the date of the Indenture:
Auto-C, LLC
Chemical Methods Associates, Inc.
Chemical Methods Leasco, Inc.
XxXxxx International, Inc.
Integrated Sanitation Management, Inc.
JD Real Estate Subsidiary, LLC
Xxxxxxx Diversey Cayman, Inc.
Xxxxxxx Diversey Puerto Rico, Inc.
Xxxxxxx Diversey Shareholdings, Inc.
Xxxxxxx Diversey Subsidiary #1 LLC
Xxxxxxx Polymer, Inc.
Xxxxxxx Wax Diversey Shareholdings, Inc.
JWP Investments, Inc.
Prism Sanitation Management, LLC
Professional Shareholdings, Inc.
The Butcher Company
U S Chemical Corporation
Xxxxxxxx Micro-Gen Research
Laboratories, Inc.
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EXHIBIT A1
[Face of Note]
CUSIP
Common Code
ISIN
9.625%
[Series A] [Series B] Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012
No. |
$ |
JOHNSONDIVERSEY, INC.
promises to pay to CEDE & CO.
or registered assigns,
the principal sum of
Dollars on May 15, 2012.
Interest Payment Dates: May 15 and November
15
Record Dates: May 1 and November 1
Dated: May 3, 2002
JOHNSONDIVERSEY, INC. | ||
By: |
||
| ||
Name: |
||
Title: |
This is one of the Notes referred to
in the within-mentioned Indenture:
BNY MIDWEST TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee
| ||
By: |
||
| ||
Authorized Signatory |
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[Back of Note]
9.625% [Series A] [Series B] Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012
[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant
to the provisions of the Indenture]
[Insert the Private Placement Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]
Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise
indicated.
(1) Interest. JohnsonDiversey, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at 9.625% per annum from May 3, 2002 until maturity and shall pay the Special Interest, if any, payable pursuant to Section 2(c) of the
Registration Rights Agreement referred to below. The Company shall pay interest and Special Interest, if any, semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 15 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business
Day (each, an “Interest Payment Date”). Interest on the Notes shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance; provided that if there is no existing
Default in the payment of interest, and if this Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date;
provided, further, that the first Interest Payment Date shall be November 15, 2002. The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, from
time to time on demand at a rate that is 1% per annum in excess of the rate then in effect; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest and Special Interest,
if any, (without regard to any applicable grace periods) from time to time on demand at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
(2) Method of Payment. The Company shall pay interest on the Notes (except
defaulted interest) and Special Interest, if any, to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the May 1 or November 1 next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date
and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes will be payable as to principal, premium and Special Interest, if any, and interest at the office of the
Paying Agent or, subject to applicable laws and regulations, at the office of the Paying Agent in Luxembourg. Payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds will be required with respect to principal of and interest, premium and Special
Interest, if any, on all Notes. Such payment shall be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.
(3) Paying Agent and Registrar. Initially, BNY Midwest Trust Company, the Trustee under the Indenture, will
act as principal Paying Agent and Registrar and The Bank of New York (Luxembourg) S.A. shall initially act as an additional Paying Agent in Luxembourg. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company or
any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.
(4) Indenture. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of May 3, 2002 (the “Indenture”) among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee. The terms of
the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the
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Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb). The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and such Act for a statement
of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling. The Notes are unsecured obligations of the Company.
(5) Optional Redemption.
(a) Except as set forth in subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph 5, the Company shall not have the option to redeem the Notes prior to May 15, 2007. Thereafter, the
Company shall have the option to redeem at any time or from time to time the Notes, in whole or in part, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth
below plus accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest, if any, on the Notes to be redeemed to the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on May 15 of the years indicated below:
Year |
Percentage |
||
2007 |
104.813 |
% | |
2008 |
103.208 |
% | |
2009 |
101.604 |
% | |
2010 and thereafter |
100.000 |
% |
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (a) of
this Paragraph 5, at any time prior to May 15, 2005, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under the Indenture at a redemption price of 109.625% of the principal amount
thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest, if any, to the redemption date, with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings; provided that at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under the
Indenture remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of that redemption (excluding Notes held by the Company and its Subsidiaries) and occurs within 45 days of the date of the closing of that Equity Offering.
(6) Mandatory Redemption.
The Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption payments with respect to the Notes.
(7) Repurchase at Option of Holder.
(a) If there is a Change of Control, the Company shall be required to make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to repurchase all or any part (equal to
$1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) of each Holder’s Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest thereon, if any, to the date of purchase (the
“Change of Control Payment”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company shall mail a notice to each Holder setting forth the procedures governing the Change of Control Offer as required by the Indenture.
(b) If the Company or a Subsidiary consummates one or more Asset Sales, within five days of each date on which the
aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $15.0 million, the Company shall commence an offer to all Holders of Notes and all holders of other Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes containing provisions
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similar to those set forth in the Indenture with respect to offers to purchase or redeem with the proceeds of sales of assets (an “Asset Sale Offer”) pursuant to Section 3.09 of the
Indenture to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes (including any Additional Notes) and other pari passu Indebtedness that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the
principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest thereon, if any, to the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture. To the extent that the aggregate amount of
Notes (including any Additional Notes) and other pari passu Indebtedness tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Company (or such Subsidiary) may use such deficiency for any purpose not otherwise
prohibited by the Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness surrendered by holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes and other pari passu
Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis. Holders of Notes that are the subject of an offer to purchase shall receive an Asset Sale Offer from the Company prior to any related purchase date and may elect to have such Notes purchased
by completing the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Notes.
(8) Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption shall be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed
at its registered address. Notes in denominations larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder are to be redeemed. On and after the redemption date interest ceases to
accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.
(9) Denominations,
Transfer, Exchange. The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the
Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the
Indenture. The Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, the Company need not exchange or register the
transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or during the period between a record date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date.
(10) Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as its owner for all purposes.
(11) Amendment, Supplement and Waiver. Subject to
certain exceptions, the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes and Additional Notes, if any, voting as
a single class, and any existing default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes and
Additional Notes, if any, voting as a single class. Without the consent of any Holder of a Note, the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes may be amended or supplemented to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, to provide for
uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes or to alter the provisions of Article 2 of the Indenture (including the related definitions) in a manner that does not materially adversely affect any Holder, to provide
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for the assumption of the Company’s or any Guarantor’s obligations to Holders of the Notes in case of a merger or consolidation, to make any change that would provide any additional
rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any such Holder, to comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture
under the Trust Indenture Act, to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the limitations set forth in the Indenture, or to allow any Guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture to the Indenture and/or a Subsidiary
Guarantee with respect to the Notes.
(12) Defaults and
Remedies. Events of Default include: (i) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest or Special Interest on the Notes; (ii) default in payment when due of principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes when the
same becomes due and payable at maturity, upon redemption (including in connection with an offer to purchase) or otherwise, (iii) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to comply with Section 4.07, 4.09, 4.10, 4.15 or 5.01 of
the Indenture, which failure cannot be remedied or, if that failure can be remedied, is not remedied within 30 days after the date on which notice thereof requiring the Company to remedy the default has been given to the Company in accordance with
the Indenture; (iv) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for 60 days after notice to comply with any of the other agreements in the Indenture or the Notes; (v) default under certain other agreements relating to Indebtedness
of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries which default results in the acceleration of that Indebtedness prior to its express maturity; (vi) certain final judgments for the payment of money that remain undischarged for a period of 60
days; (vii) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant
Subsidiary; and (viii) except as permitted by the Indenture, any Subsidiary Guarantee shall be held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or shall cease for any reason to be in full force and effect or any Guarantor or any Person
acting on its behalf shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under such Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guarantee. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then-outstanding
Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable without further
action or notice. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to specified limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its
exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal or interest or Special Interest) if it
determines that withholding notice is in their interest. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by notice to the Trustee, may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or
Event of Default and its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of interest or Special Interest on, or the principal of, the Notes. The Company is required to deliver to the Trustee annually a
statement regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Company is required upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying that Default or Event of Default.
(13) Subordination. Payment of principal, interest and premium and Special
Interest, if any, on the Notes is subordinated to the prior payment of Senior Debt on the terms provided in the Indenture.
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(14) Trustee Dealings with
Company. The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as
if it were not the Trustee.
(15) No Recourse Against
Others. A director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder, of the Company or any of the Guarantors, as such, shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company or such Guarantor under the Notes, the
Subsidiary Guarantees or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration for the issuance of the Notes.
(16) Authentication. This Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
(17) Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder
or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
(18) Additional Rights of Holders of Restricted Global Notes and Restricted
Definitive Notes. In addition to the rights provided to Holders of Notes under the Indenture, Holders of Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes will have all the rights set forth in the Dollar Registration
Rights Agreement dated as of May 3, 2002, among the Company, the Guarantors and the other parties named on the signature pages thereof or, in the case of Additional Notes, Holders of Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes will have
the rights set forth in one or more registration rights agreements, if any, among the Company, the Guarantors and the other parties thereto, relating to rights given by the Company and the Guarantors to the purchasers of any Additional Notes
(collectively, the “Registration Rights Agreement”).
(19) CUSIP
Numbers. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers in
notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification
numbers placed thereon.
The Company shall furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the
Indenture and/or the Registration Rights Agreement. Requests may be made to:
JohnsonDiversey, Inc.
0000 00xx Xxxxxx, X.X. Xxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: General Counsel
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EXHIBIT A1
ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:
(Insert assignee’s legal name)
(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D.
no.)
(Print or type assignee’s name, address
and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint
to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to
act for him.
Date:
Your Signature:
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)
Signature Guarantee*:
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* |
Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee). |
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EXHIBIT A1
OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Note
purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or 4.15 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box below:
¨ Section 4.10 |
¨ Section 4.15 |
If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.15 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:
$
Date:
Your Signature:
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)
Tax Identification No.:
Signature Guarantee*:
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* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other
signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).
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EXHIBIT A1
SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE*
The following exchanges of a part of this
Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:
Date of Exchange |
Amount of decrease in Principal Amount of this Global Note |
Amount of increase in Principal Amount of this Global Note |
Principal Amount of this Global Note following such decrease (or increase) |
Signature of authorized signatory of Trustee or Custodian |
* |
This schedule should be included only if the Note is issued in global form. |
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[EXHIBIT A2]
[Face of Regulation S Temporary Global Note]
CUSIP
Common Code
ISIN
9.625% [Series A] [Series B] Senior Subordinated
Notes due 2012
No. |
$ |
JOHNSONDIVERSEY, INC.
promises to pay to CEDE & CO.
or registered assigns,
the principal sum of
Dollars on May 15, 2012.
Interest Payment Dates: May 15 and November 15
Record Dates: May 1 and November 1
Dated: May 3, 2002
JOHNSONDIVERSEY, INC. | ||
By: |
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Name: |
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Title: |
This is one of the Notes referred to
in the within-mentioned Indenture:
BNY MIDWEST TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee
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By: |
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Authorized Signatory |
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[Back of Regulation S Temporary Global Note]
9.625% [Series A] [Series B] Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012
THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THIS
REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE, AND THE CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE FOR CERTIFICATED NOTES, ARE AS SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED HEREIN). NEITHER THE HOLDER NOR THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY
GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE PAYMENT OF INTEREST HEREON.
THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE
GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE
INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF JOHNSONDIVERSEY, INC.
UNLESS AND
UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 XXXXX XXXXXX, XXX XXXX,
XXX XXXX) (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE
REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
THE NOTES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (A) (1) TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (2) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (3) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE), (4) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR (5) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND (B) IN
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ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES.
Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.
(1) Interest. JohnsonDiversey, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at 9.625% per annum from May 3, 2002 until maturity and shall pay the Special Interest, if any, payable pursuant to Section 2(c) of the Registration Rights Agreement
referred to below. The Company shall pay interest and Special Interest, if any, semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 15 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, an “Interest
Payment Date”). Interest on the Notes shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance; provided that if there is no existing Default in the payment of
interest, and if this Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided, further, that the
first Interest Payment Date shall be November 15, 2002. The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at a rate that
is 1% per annum in excess of the rate then in effect; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest and Special Interest, if any, (without regard to any
applicable grace periods) from time to time on demand at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
Until this Regulation S Temporary Global Note is exchanged for one or more Regulation S Permanent Global Notes, the Holder hereof shall not be entitled to receive
payments of interest hereon; until so exchanged in full, this Regulation S Temporary Global Note shall in all other respects be entitled to the same benefits as other Notes under the Indenture.
(2) Method Of Payment. The Company shall pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) and Special
Interest, if any, to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the May 1 or November 1 next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest
Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes will be payable as to principal, premium and Special Interest, if any, and interest at the office of the Paying Agent or, subject to
applicable laws and regulations, at the office of the Paying Agent in Luxembourg. Payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds will be required with respect to principal of and interest, premium and Special Interest, if any, on all Notes.
Such payment shall be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.
(3) Paying Agent And Registrar. Initially, BNY Midwest Trust Company, the Trustee under the Indenture, will act
as principal Paying Agent and Registrar and The Bank of New York (Luxembourg) S.A. shall initially act as an additional Paying Agent in Luxembourg. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company or any
of its Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.
(4) Indenture. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of May 3, 2002 (the “Indenture”) among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee. The terms of
the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to
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the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb). The
Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and such Act for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the
Indenture shall govern and be controlling. The Notes are unsecured obligations of the Company.
(5) Optional Redemption.
(a) Except as set forth in
subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph 5, the Company shall not have the option to redeem the Notes prior to May 15, 2007. Thereafter, the Company shall have the option to redeem at any time or from time to time the Notes, in whole or in part, upon not
less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest, if any, on the Notes to be redeemed to the applicable
redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on May 15 of the years indicated below:
Year |
Percentage |
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2007 |
104.813 |
% | |
2008 |
103.208 |
% | |
2009 |
101.604 |
% | |
2010 and thereafter |
100.000 |
% |
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (a) of
this Paragraph 5, at any time prior to May 15, 2005, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under the Indenture at a redemption price of 109.625% of the principal amount
thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest, if any, to the redemption date; with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings; provided that at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under the
Indenture remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of that redemption (excluding Notes held by the Company and its Subsidiaries) and occurs within 45 days of the date of the closing of that Equity Offering.
(6) Mandatory Redemption.
The Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption payments with respect to the Notes.
(7) Repurchase at Option of Holder.
(a) If there is a Change of Control, the Company shall be required to make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to repurchase all or any part (equal to
$1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) of each Holder’s Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest thereon, if any, to the date of purchase (the
“Change of Control Payment”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company shall mail a notice to each Holder setting forth the procedures governing the Change of Control Offer as required by the Indenture.
(b) If the Company or a Subsidiary consummates one or more Asset Sales, within five days of each date on which the
aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $15.0 million, the Company shall commence an offer to all Holders of Notes and all holders of other Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes containing provisions
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similar to those set forth in the Indenture with respect to offers to purchase or redeem with the proceeds of sales of assets (an “Asset Sale Offer”) pursuant to Section 3.09 of the
Indenture to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes (including any Additional Notes) and other pari passu Indebtedness that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the
principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest thereon, if any, to the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture. To the extent that the aggregate amount of
Notes (including any Additional Notes) and other pari passu Indebtedness tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Company (or such Subsidiary) may use such deficiency for any purpose not otherwise
prohibited by the Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness surrendered by holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes and other pari passu
Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis. Holders of Notes that are the subject of an offer to purchase shall receive an Asset Sale Offer from the Company prior to any related purchase date and may elect to have such Notes purchased
by completing the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Notes.
(8) Notice Of Redemption. Notice of redemption shall be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed
at its registered address. Notes in denominations larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder are to be redeemed. On and after the redemption date interest ceases to
accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.
(9) Denominations,
Transfer, Exchange. The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the
Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the
Indenture. The Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, the Company need not exchange or register the
transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or during the period between a record date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date.
(10) Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as its owner for all purposes.
(11) Amendment, Supplement And Waiver. Subject to
certain exceptions, the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes and Additional Notes, if any, voting as
a single class, and any existing default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes and
Additional Notes, if any, voting as a single class. Without the consent of any Holder of a Note, the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes may be amended or supplemented to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, to provide for
uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes or to alter the provisions of Article 2 of the Indenture (including the related definitions) in a manner that does not materially adversely affect any Holder, to provide
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for the assumption of the Company’s or any Guarantor’s obligations to Holders of the Notes in case of a merger or consolidation, to make any change that would provide any additional
rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any such Holder, to comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture
under the Trust Indenture Act, to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the limitations set forth in the Indenture, or to allow any Guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture to the Indenture and/or a Subsidiary
Guarantee with respect to the Notes.
(12) Defaults And
Remedies. Events of Default include: (i) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest or Special Interest on the Notes; (ii) default in payment when due of principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes when the
same becomes due and payable at maturity, upon redemption (including in connection with an offer to purchase) or otherwise, (iii) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to comply with Section 4.07, 4.09, 4.10, 4.15 or 5.01 of
the Indenture, which failure cannot be remedied or, if that failure can be remedied, is not remedied within 30 days after the date on which notice thereof requiring the Company to remedy the default has been given to the Company in accordance with
the Indenture; (iv) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for 60 days after notice to comply with any of the other agreements in the Indenture or the Notes; (v) default under certain other agreements relating to Indebtedness
of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries which default results in the acceleration of that Indebtedness prior to its express maturity; (vi) certain final judgments for the payment of money that remain undischarged for a period of 60
days; (vii) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant
Subsidiary; and (viii) except as permitted by the Indenture, any Subsidiary Guarantee shall be held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or shall cease for any reason to be in full force and effect or any Guarantor or any Person
acting on its behalf shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under such Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guarantee. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then-outstanding
Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable without further
action or notice. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to specified limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its
exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal or interest or Special Interest) if it
determines that withholding notice is in their interest. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by notice to the Trustee, may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or
Event of Default and its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of interest or Special Interest on, or the principal of, the Notes. The Company is required to deliver to the Trustee annually a
statement regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Company is required upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying that Default or Event of Default.
(13) Subordination. Payment of principal, interest and premium and Special
Interest, if any, on the Notes is subordinated to the prior payment of Senior Debt on the terms provided in the Indenture.
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(14) Trustee Dealings With
Company. The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as
if it were not the Trustee.
(15) No Recourse Against
Others. A director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder, of the Company or any of the Guarantors, as such, shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company or such Guarantor under the Notes, the
Subsidiary Guarantees or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration for the issuance of the Notes.
(16) Authentication. This Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
(17) Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder
or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
(18) Additional Rights Of Holders Of Restricted Global Notes And Restricted
Definitive Notes. In addition to the rights provided to Holders of Notes under the Indenture, Holders of Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes will have all the rights set forth in the Dollar Registration
Rights Agreement dated as of May 3, 2002, among the Company, the Guarantors and the other parties named on the signature pages thereof or, in the case of Additional Notes, Holders of Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes will have
the rights set forth in one or more registration rights agreements, if any, among the Company, the Guarantors and the other parties thereto, relating to rights given by the Company and the Guarantors to the purchasers of any Additional Notes
(collectively, the “Registration Rights Agreement”).
(19) Cusip
Numbers. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers in
notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification
numbers placed thereon.
The Company shall furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the
Indenture and/or the Registration Rights Agreement. Requests may be made to:
JohnsonDiversey, Inc.
0000 00xx Xxxxxx, X.X. Xxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: General Counsel
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to: |
(Insert assignee’s legal name) | |
(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.) | ||
| ||
| ||
| ||
(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code) |
and irrevocably appoint to
transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Date
:
Your
Signature:
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)
Signature Guarantee*:
* |
Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee). |
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or 4.15 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box below:
¨ Section 4.10 |
¨ Section 4.15 |
If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.15 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:
$
Date:
Your Signature:
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)
Tax Identification No.:
Signature Guarantee*:
* |
Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee). |
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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE
The following exchanges of a part of this Regulation S Temporary Global Note for an interest in another Global Note, or of other Restricted Global
Notes for an interest in this Regulation S Temporary Global Note, have been made:
Date of Exchange |
Amount of decrease in Principal Amount of this Global Note |
Amount of increase in Principal Amount of this Global Note |
Principal Amount of this Global Note following such decrease (or increase) |
Signature of authorized signatory of Trustee or Custodian | ||||
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
JohnsonDiversey, Inc.
0000 00xx Xxxxxx, X.X. Xxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxx, Wisconsin 53177-0902
BNY
Midwest Trust Company
0 Xxxxx XxXxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Re: 9.625 % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of May 3, 2002 (the “Indenture”), among JohnsonDiversey, Inc., as issuer (the
“Company”), the Guarantors named on the signature pages thereto and BNY Midwest Trust Company, as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
, (the “Transferor”) owns and proposes to
transfer the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified in Annex A hereto, in the principal amount of $ in such Note[s] or interests (the “Transfer”), to
(the “Transferee”), as further specified in Annex A hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby certifies that:
[CHECK ALL THAT APPLY]
1. ¨ Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note or a Definitive Note Pursuant to Rule 144A. The Transfer is being
effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the beneficial interest or Definitive Note is
being transferred to a Person that the Transferor reasonably believed and believes is purchasing the beneficial interest or Definitive Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment
discretion, and such Person and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and such Transfer is in compliance with any applicable blue sky
securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer
enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the 144A Global Note and/or the Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
2. ¨ Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Global Note, the Regulation S Global Note or a Definitive Note pursuant to Regulation
S. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer is not being made to a
Person in the United States and (x) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee was outside the United States or such Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the Transferee was outside the
United States or (y) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither such Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was prearranged with a buyer in
the United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (iii) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the
registration requirements of the Securities Act and (iv) if the proposed
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transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, the transfer is not being made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of
a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser). Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on Transfer
enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Regulation S Global Note, the Temporary Regulation S Global Note and/or the Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
3. ¨ Check and complete if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the IAI Global Note or a Definitive Note
pursuant to any provision of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A or Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in Restricted Global
Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States, and accordingly the Transferor hereby further certifies that (check one):
(a) ¨ such Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance
with Rule 144 under the Securities Act;
or
(b) ¨ such Transfer is being effected to the Company or a subsidiary thereof;
or
(c) ¨ such
Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and in compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act;
or
(d) ¨ such
Transfer is being effected to an Institutional Accredited Investor and pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A, Rule 144 or Rule 904, and the Transferor hereby further certifies that it
has not engaged in any general solicitation within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act and the Transfer complies with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in a Restricted Global Note or Restricted Definitive
Notes and the requirements of the exemption claimed, which certification is supported by (1) a certificate executed by the Transferee in the form of Exhibit D to the Indenture and (2) an Opinion of Counsel provided by the Transferor or the
Transferee (a copy of which the Transferor has attached to this certification), to the effect that such Transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the
transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the IAI Global Note and/or the Definitive Notes and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
4. ¨ Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note or of an Unrestricted Definitive Note.
(a) ¨ Check if Transfer is pursuant to Rule 144. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act and in
compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement
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Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred
beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
(b) ¨ Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Regulation
S. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and
any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend
printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
(c) ¨ Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Other Exemption. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption
from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United
States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the
terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes or Restricted Definitive Notes and
in the Indenture.
This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the
Company.
[Insert Name of Transferor] |
By: |
| |
Name: | ||
Title: |
Dated:
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ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
1. The Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the following:
[CHECK ONE OF (a) OR (b)]
(a) |
¨ a beneficial interest in the: |
(i) |
¨ 144A Global Note (CUSIP ) (Common Code
) (ISIN ), or |
(ii) |
¨ Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP ) (Common Code
) (ISIN ), or |
(iii) |
¨ IAI Global Note (CUSIP ) (Common Code
) (ISIN ); or |
(b) |
¨ a Restricted Definitive Note. |
2. After the Transfer the Transferee will hold:
[CHECK ONE]
(a) |
¨ a beneficial interest in the: |
(i) |
¨ 144A Global Note (CUSIP ) (Common Code
) (ISIN ), or |
(ii) |
¨ Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP ) (Common Code
) (ISIN ), or |
(iii) |
¨ IAI Global Note (CUSIP ) (Common Code
) (ISIN ); or |
(iv) |
¨ Unrestricted Global Note (CUSIP ) (Common Code
) (ISIN ); or |
(b) |
¨ a Restricted Definitive Note; or |
(c) |
¨ an Unrestricted Definitive Note, |
in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
JohnsonDiversey, Inc.
0000 00xx Xxxxxx, X.X. Xxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
BNY
Midwest Trust Company
0 Xxxxx XxXxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Re: 9.625 % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012
(CUSIP )(Common Code
)(ISIN )
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of May 3, 2002 (the “Indenture”), among JohnsonDiversey, Inc., as issuer (the “Company”), the Guarantors named on the
signature pages thereto and BNY Midwest Trust Company, as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
, (the “Owner”) owns and proposes to
exchange the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified herein, in the principal amount of $ in such Note[s] or interests (the “Exchange”). In connection
with the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that:
1. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or
Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Unrestricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note
(a) ¨ Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global
Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies
(i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act
and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
(b) ¨ Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to Unrestricted Definitive
Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Definitive Note is being acquired for the
Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions
on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities
laws of any state of the United States.
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(c) ¨ Check if Exchange is from
Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, the
Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and
pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial
interest is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
(d) ¨ Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to Unrestricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive
Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer
restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain
compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
2. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes for Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in
Restricted Global Notes
(a) ¨ Check if Exchange is from
beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to Restricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a Restricted Definitive Note with an
equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies that the Restricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the
Restricted Definitive Note issued will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
(b) ¨ Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in the [CHECK ONE] ¨144A Global Note, ¨Regulation S Global Note, ¨IAI Global Note with an
equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to
the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture, the beneficial interest issued will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the relevant Restricted Global Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
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This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the
benefit of the Company.
[Insert Name of Transferor] | ||
By: |
| |
Name: | ||
Title: |
Dated:
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF CERTIFICATE FROM ACQUIRING INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR
JohnsonDiversey, Inc.
0000 00xx Xxxxxx, X.X. Xxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
BNY Midwest Trust Company
0 Xxxxx XxXxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Re: 9.625% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of May 3, 2012 (the “Indenture”), among JohnsonDiversey, Inc., as issuer (the
“Company”), the Guarantors named on the signature pages thereto and BNY Midwest Trust Company, as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
In connection with our proposed purchase of $ aggregate principal
amount of:
(a) |
¨ a beneficial interest in a Global Note, or |
(b) |
¨ a Definitive Note, |
we confirm that:
1. We understand that any subsequent transfer of the Notes or any
interest therein is subject to certain restrictions and conditions set forth in the Indenture and the undersigned agrees to be bound by, and not to resell, pledge or otherwise transfer the Notes or any interest therein except in compliance with,
such restrictions and conditions and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).
2. We understand that the offer and sale of the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act, and that the Notes and any interest therein may not be offered or sold except as permitted in the
following sentence. We agree, on our own behalf and on behalf of any accounts for which we are acting as hereinafter stated, that if we should sell the Notes or any interest therein, we will do so only (A) to the Company or any subsidiary thereof,
(B) in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined therein), (C) to an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined below) that, prior to such transfer, furnishes (or has
furnished on its behalf by a U.S. broker-dealer) to you and to the Company a signed letter substantially in the form of this letter and an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Company to the effect that such transfer is in
compliance with the Securities Act, (D) outside the United States in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (E) pursuant to the provisions of Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act or (F) pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act, and we further agree to provide to any Person purchasing the Definitive Note or beneficial interest in a Global Note from us in a transaction meeting the requirements of clauses (A) through (E) of
this paragraph a notice advising such purchaser that resales thereof are restricted as stated herein.
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3. We understand that, on any proposed resale of the Notes or
beneficial interest therein, we will be required to furnish to you and the Company such certifications, legal opinions and other information as you and the Company may reasonably require to confirm that the proposed sale complies with the foregoing
restrictions. We further understand that the Notes purchased by us will bear a legend to the foregoing effect.
4. We are an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act) and have such knowledge and experience in financial and
business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in the Notes, and we and any accounts for which we are acting are each able to bear the economic risk of our or its investment.
5. We are acquiring the Notes or beneficial interest therein purchased by us for our own account or for one or more accounts
(each of which is an institutional “accredited investor”) as to each of which we exercise sole investment discretion.
You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to
the matters covered hereby.
[Insert Name of Accredited Investor] |
By: |
| |
Name: | ||
Title: |
Date:
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EXHIBIT E
[FORM OF NOTATION OF GUARANTEE]
For value received, each Guarantor (which term
includes any successor Person under the Indenture) has, jointly and severally, unconditionally guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the Indenture and subject to the provisions in the Indenture dated as of May 3, 2002 (the
“Indenture”) among JohnsonDiversey, Inc., (the “Company”), the Guarantors listed on Schedule I thereto and BNY Midwest Trust Company, as trustee (the “Trustee”), (a) the due and punctual payment of
the principal of, premium and Special Interest, if any, and interest on the Notes (as defined in the Indenture), whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on overdue principal of and
interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee all in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and (b) in case of any extension of time of
payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.
The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holders of Notes and to the Trustee pursuant to the Subsidiary Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article 11 of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise
terms of the Subsidiary Guarantee. Each Holder of a Note, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions, (b) authorizes and directs the Trustee, on behalf of such Holder, to take such action as may be necessary or
appropriate to effectuate the subordination as provided in the Indenture and (c) appoints the Trustee attorney-in-fact of such Holder for such purpose; provided, however, that the Indebtedness evidenced by this Subsidiary Guarantee shall
cease to be so subordinated and subject in right of payment upon any defeasance of this Note in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.
[NAME OF GUARANTOR(S)] | ||
By: |
| |
Name: | ||
Title: |
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EXHIBIT F
[FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS]
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of ,
200 , among (the “Guaranteeing Subsidiary”), a subsidiary of
(or its permitted successor), a [Delaware] corporation (the “Company”), the Company, the other Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture referred to herein) and
, as trustee under the indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an
indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of May 3, 2002 providing for the issuance of 9.625% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012 (the “Notes”);
WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the
Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Company’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein (the “Subsidiary Guarantee”); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:
1. Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
2. Agreement to Guarantee. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees as follows:
(a) Along with all Guarantors named in the Indenture, to jointly and severally Guarantee to each Holder of a Note
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, the Notes or the obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, that:
(i) the principal of, and premium and Special Interest, if any, and interest on the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by
acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in
full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and
(ii) in case of any extension
of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so
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guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately.
(b) The obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or the
Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any
other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a Guarantor.
(c) The following is hereby waived: diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company,
protest, notice and all demands whatsoever.
(d) This Subsidiary Guarantee shall not be discharged except by
complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and the Indenture, and the Guaranteeing Subsidiary accepts all obligations of a Guarantor under the Indenture.
(e) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company, the Guarantors, or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other
similar official acting in relation to either the Company or the Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder, this Subsidiary Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect.
(f) The Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the
Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby.
(g) As between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 of the Indenture for the purposes
of this Subsidiary Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as
provided in Article 6 of the Indenture, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of this Subsidiary Guarantee.
(h) The Guarantors shall have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of
the Holders under the Subsidiary Guarantee.
(i) Pursuant to Section 11.02 of the Indenture, after giving
effect to any maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities that are relevant under any applicable Bankruptcy or fraudulent conveyance laws, and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or
payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under Article 11 of the Indenture, this new Subsidiary Guarantee shall be limited to the maximum amount permissible such that the obligations
of such Guarantor under this Subsidiary Guarantee will not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
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3. Execution And Delivery. Each
Guaranteeing Subsidiary agrees that the Subsidiary Guarantees shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee.
4. Guaranteeing Subsidiary May Consolidate, Etc. on Certain Terms.
(a) The Guaranteeing Subsidiary may not sell or otherwise dispose of all substantially all of its assets to, or consolidate with or merge with or into (whether or not
such Guarantor is the surviving Person) another Person, other than the Company or another Guarantor unless:
(i) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists; and
(ii) either (A) subject to Section 11.06 of the Indenture, the Person acquiring the property in any such sale or disposition or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger unconditionally assumes all the
obligations of that Guarantor, pursuant to a supplemental indenture in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, under the Notes, the Indenture, its Subsidiary Guarantees and the Registration Rights Agreement on the terms set forth
herein or therein; or (B) the Net Proceeds of that sale or other disposition are applied in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Indenture, including without limitation, Section 4.10 thereof.
(b) In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and upon the assumption by the successor Person, by supplemental
indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the Subsidiary Guarantee endorsed upon the Notes and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of the Indenture to be
performed by the Guarantor, such successor Person shall succeed to and be substituted for the Guarantor with the same effect as if it had been named herein as a Guarantor. Such successor Person thereupon may cause to be signed any or all of the
Subsidiary Guarantees to be endorsed upon all of the Notes issuable under the Indenture which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee. All the Subsidiary Guarantees so issued shall in all respects have the
same legal rank and benefit under the Indenture as the Subsidiary Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of the Indenture as though all of such Subsidiary Guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution
hereof.
(c) Except as set forth in Articles 4 and 5 and Section 11.05 of Article 11 of the Indenture, and
notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) above, nothing contained in the Indenture or in any of the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor with or into the Company or another Guarantor, or shall prevent any sale or conveyance of
the property of a Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the Company or another Guarantor.
5. Releases.
(a) In the event of any sale or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of any Guarantor, by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise, or a sale or other disposition of all of the capital stock of any Guarantor, in each case to a Person that is not (either before or
after giving effect to such transaction) a Subsidiary of the
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Company, then such Guarantor (in the event of a sale or other disposition, by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise, of all of the capital stock of such Guarantor) or the corporation
acquiring the property (in the event of a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of such Guarantor) will be released and relieved of any obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee; provided that the Net Proceeds
of such sale or other disposition are applied in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Indenture, including without limitation Section 4.10 of the Indenture. Upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Officers’ Certificate and
an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such sale or other disposition was made by the Company in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, including without limitation Section 4.10 of the Indenture, the Trustee shall execute any documents
reasonably required in order to evidence the release of any Guarantor from its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee.
(b) In the event that the Company designates any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, then such Guarantor will be released and relieved from any obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee;
provided that such designation is in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture, including without limitation Section 4.07 and Section 4.10 hereof. Upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Officers’ Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such designation was made by the Company in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, including without limitation Section 4.07 and Section 4.10 hereof, the Trustee will execute any documents
reasonably requested by the Company in order to evidence the release of any Guarantor from its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee.
(c) Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee shall remain liable for the full amount of principal of and interest on the Notes and for the other obligations of any Guarantor
under the Indenture as provided in Article 11 of the Indenture.
6. No Recourse Against
Others. No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, stockholder or agent of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Guaranteeing
Subsidiary under the Notes, any Subsidiary Guarantees, the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of the Notes by accepting a Note waives
and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. Such waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws and it is the view of the SEC that such a waiver
is against public policy.
7. NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. THE INTERNAL LAW
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED
THEREBY.
8. Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of
copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.
9. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
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10. The Trustee. The Trustee shall not
be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and
the Company.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly
executed and attested, all as of the date first above written.
Dated: ,
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[GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY] | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
JOHNSONDIVERSEY, INC. | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
[EXISTING GUARANTORS] | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
BNY MIDWEST TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE | ||
By: |
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Authorized Signatory |
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