Exhibit 4.1
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IP HOLDINGS LLC,
as Issuer
and
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee
THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED
INDENTURE
Dated as of September 1, 2005
$103,000,000
IP HOLDINGS LLC ASSET-BACKED NOTES
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PRELIMINARY STATEMENT............................................................................................2
GRANTING CLAUSES.................................................................................................2
ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION...............................................2
Section 1.1. Definitions................................................................................2
Section 1.2. Acts of Noteholders........................................................................2
Section 1.3. Notices, etc. to Trustee, Issuer and IPHM..................................................2
Section 1.4. Notices to Noteholders; Waiver.............................................................2
Section 1.5. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents...................................................2
Section 1.6. Successors and Assigns.....................................................................2
Section 1.7. Severability...............................................................................2
Section 1.8. Benefits of Indenture......................................................................2
Section 1.9. Governing Law..............................................................................2
Section 1.10. Counterparts..............................................................................2
Section 1.11. Consents..................................................................................2
Section 1.12. Effective Date............................................................................2
ARTICLE II. NOTE FORM............................................................................................2
Section 2.1. Form Generally.............................................................................2
Section 2.2. Form of Note...............................................................................2
ARTICLE III. THE NOTES...........................................................................................2
Section 3.1. Designation of Notes; Certain Related Provisions...........................................2
Section 3.2. Denominations..............................................................................2
Section 3.3. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.............................................2
Section 3.4. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange........................................2
Section 3.5. Limitation on Transfer and Exchange........................................................2
Section 3.6. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes.................................................2
Section 3.7. Payment of Principal and Interest..........................................................2
Section 3.8. Persons Deemed Owners......................................................................2
Section 3.9. Cancellation...............................................................................2
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ARTICLE IV. DELIVERY OF THE NOTES................................................................................2
ARTICLE V. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE............................................................................2
Section 5.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture....................................................2
Section 5.2. Application of Trust Money.................................................................2
Section 5.3. Discharge of Security Interest.............................................................2
ARTICLE VI. EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES.......................................................................2
Section 6.1. Events of Default..........................................................................2
Section 6.2. Acceleration of Maturity, Rescission and Annulment.........................................2
Section 6.3. Remedies...................................................................................2
Section 6.4. Trustee May File Claim.....................................................................2
Section 6.5. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Notes.....................................2
Section 6.6. Allocation of Money Collected..............................................................2
Section 6.7. Limitation on Suits........................................................................2
Section 6.8. Unconditional Right of Noteholders to Receive Principal and Interest.......................2
Section 6.9. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.........................................................2
Section 6.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative............................................................2
Section 6.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver..............................................................2
Section 6.12. Control by Noteholders....................................................................2
Section 6.13. Waiver of Past Defaults...................................................................2
Section 6.14. Undertaking for Costs.....................................................................2
Section 6.15. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws..........................................................2
Section 6.16. Sale of Collateral........................................................................2
Section 6.17. Action on Notes...........................................................................2
ARTICLE VII. THE TRUSTEE; RESIGNATION OF TRUSTEE AND SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE...........................................2
Section 7.1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee.............................................2
Section 7.2. Notice of Default, Cure or Waiver..........................................................2
Section 7.3. Certain Rights of Trustee..................................................................2
Section 7.4. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Notes..........................................2
Section 7.5. May Hold Notes.............................................................................2
Section 7.6. Money Held in Trust........................................................................2
Section 7.7. Compensation and Reimbursement.............................................................2
Section 7.8. Corporate Trustee Requirement Eligibility..................................................2
Section 7.9. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor..........................................2
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Section 7.10. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor....................................................2
Section 7.11. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business of Trustee....................2
Section 7.12. Co-trustees and Separate Trustees.........................................................2
Section 7.13. Rights of Trustee in Capacity of Payment Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar...............2
ARTICLE VIII. CONSOLIDATION AND MERGER...........................................................................2
ARTICLE IX. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES..............................................................................2
Section 9.1. Supplemental Indentures Only with Consent of Noteholders...................................2
Section 9.2. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.......................................................2
Section 9.3. Effect of Supplemental Indentures..........................................................2
Section 9.4. Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indenture...............................................2
Section 9.5. Solicitation of Holders of Notes...........................................................2
ARTICLE X. REDEMPTION OF NOTES...................................................................................2
Section 10.1. Redemption at the Option of the Issuer....................................................2
Section 10.2. Notice of Redemption by the Issuer........................................................2
Section 10.3. Deposit of the Redemption Price...........................................................2
Section 10.4. Notes Payable on Redemption Date; Less than All Notes to be Redeemed......................2
Section 10.5. Defeasance................................................................................2
ARTICLE XI. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS............................................................2
Section 11.1. Payment of Principal and Interest.........................................................2
Section 11.2. Maintenance of Office or Agency...........................................................2
Section 11.3. Money for Note Payments to Be Held in Trust...............................................2
Section 11.4. Continued Existence; Observance of Organizational Documents...............................2
Section 11.5. Protection of Collateral..................................................................2
Section 11.6. Biennial Opinion as to Collateral.........................................................2
Section 11.7. Negative Covenants........................................................................2
Section 11.8. Statement as to Compliance................................................................2
Section 11.9. Inspection................................................................................2
Section 11.10. Limited Purpose..........................................................................2
Section 11.11. Issuer Ownership.........................................................................2
Section 11.12. Enforcement of Transaction Documents.....................................................2
Section 11.13. Representations and Warranties...........................................................2
Section 11.14. Certain Covenants........................................................................2
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Section 11.15. Submission to Jurisdiction...............................................................2
Section 11.16. Representations with Respect to Assets...................................................2
Section 11.17. Survival of Indenture Representations and Warranties.....................................2
ARTICLE XII. ACCOUNTS, ACCOUNTINGS AND RELEASES..................................................................2
Section 12.1. Collection of Money.......................................................................2
Section 12.2. Accounts..................................................................................2
Section 12.3. Release of Assets.........................................................................2
Section 12.4. Accounting by Trustee to Issuer and the Noteholders.......................................2
Section 12.5. Collateral................................................................................2
Section 12.6. Opinion of Counsel........................................................................2
ARTICLE XIII. APPLICATION OF MONIES..............................................................................2
Section 13.1. Disbursements of Monies out of Collection Account.........................................2
Section 13.2. Disbursement of Monies out of the Liquidity Reserve Account...............................2
Section 13.3. Advertising Reserve Account...............................................................2
Section 13.4. Disbursements of Monies out of the Lockbox Account........................................2
Section 13.5. Disbursement of Monies out of the Renewal Reserve Account.................................2
Section 13.6. Disbursement of Monies out of Prepaid Fee and Royalty Account.............................2
Section 13.7. Eligible Investments......................................................................2
ARTICLE XIV. COVENANTS OF IP HOLDINGS AND MANAGEMENT CORPORATION.................................................2
Section 14.1. Continued Existence; Organizational Documents.............................................2
Section 14.2. Negative Covenant.........................................................................2
Section 14.3. No Bankruptcy Petition....................................................................2
APPENDIX A Standard Definitions
EXHIBIT A Form of Assignment of Note
EXHIBIT B Form of Servicer's Report
EXHIBIT C Form of Investment Letter
EXHIBIT D Substitute Form W-9
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EXHIBIT E Assets
EXHIBIT E-1: Trademarks
EXHIBIT E-1A: Registered Trademarks
EXHIBIT E-1B: Unregistered Trademarks
EXHIBIT E-1C: Additional Registrations and Pending
Applications
EXHIBIT E-2: Licenses
EXHIBIT E-3: Copyrights
EXHIBIT E-4: Patents
EXHIBIT E-5: Pending Intent-to-Use Applications
EXHIBIT F Claims
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...................This THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED INDENTURE (as amended from
time to time as permitted hereby, this "Indenture") is dated as of September 1,
2005, is by and between IP HOLDINGS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(together with its permitted successors and assigns, the "Issuer"), and
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a Delaware banking corporation (together with its
permitted successors and assigns, the "Trustee") and amends and restates in its
entirety the Second Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of July 1, 2005
(the "Second Amended and Restated Indenture"), by the parties hereto, which
amended and restated in its entirety the Amended and Restated Indenture, dated
as of April 1, 2004 (the "First Amended and Restated Indenture"), by the parties
hereto, which amended and restated in its entirety, the Indenture, dated as of
August 20, 2002 (the "Original Indenture"), by the parties hereto.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
...................The Issuer duly authorized the execution and delivery of the
Original Indenture to provide for the issuance of a single class of 7.93% IP
Holdings LLC Asset-Backed Notes (as the same may be amended pursuant to the
terms hereof, the "Original Notes").
...................The Issuer duly authorized the execution and delivery of the
First Amended and Restated Indenture to provide for the issuance of a
subordinate class of Floating Rate IP Holdings LLC Subordinate Asset-Backed
Notes (as the same may be amended pursuant to the terms hereof, the "Subordinate
Notes").
...................The Issuer duly authorized the execution and delivery of the
Second Amended and Restated Indenture to provide for the issuance of a single
class of 8.45% IP Holdings LLC Asset-Backed Notes (the "July Notes"), and for
the exchange of the Original Notes and the Subordinate Notes for the July Notes.
The Issuer now has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture
to provide for the issuance of a single class of IP Holdings, LLC Asset-Backed
Notes (the "Notes") and for the exchange of the July Notes for the Notes.
...................All covenants and agreements made by the Issuer herein are for
the benefit and security of the Noteholders. The Issuer is entering into this
Indenture, and the Trustee is accepting the trust created hereby, for good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged.
GRANTING CLAUSES
...................The Issuer hereby Grants to the Trustee for the exclusive
benefit of the Holders of the Notes a Lien upon and a security interest in all
of the Issuer's right, title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired, (but none of the obligations) in and to the following (collectively,
the "Collateral"), subject, however, in each case, to any applicable Lien:
(a) the Assets;
(b) all cash, securities, instruments and other property held
from time to time in the Collection Account, the Liquidity Reserve Account, the
Revenue Reduction Account, the JNCO Escrow Account, the Prepaid Fee and Royalty
Account and the Renewal Reserve Account or otherwise transferred to the Trustee
hereunder (but excluding any amounts payable to or deposited in the Advertising
Reserve Account);
(c) the Contribution Agreement, the Xxx Xxxxx Contribution
Agreement, the Rampage Contribution Agreement, the JNCO Contribution Agreement
(to the extent the JNCO Acquisition occurs), the Management Agreement, the
Back-Up Management Agreement and the Servicing Agreement, in each case as the
same may be modified, amended, supplemented or restated from time to time;
(d) all books and records concerning the foregoing property
(including without limitation all tapes, disks and related items containing any
such information);
(e) all after acquired property of the Issuer, including, if
the JNCO Acquisition occurs, any assets acquired by the Issuer pursuant to the
JNCO Contribution Agreement; and
(f) all proceeds of the foregoing of any nature whatsoever,
including without limitation proceeds and the conversion, voluntary or
involuntary, of any thereof.
...................Such Grants are only made, however, in trust, solely to secure
(i) the Notes equally and ratably, except as otherwise may be provided in this
Indenture, without prejudice, priority or distinction among the Notes by reason
of differences in time of authentication or delivery or otherwise, (ii) the
payment of all other sums payable under this Indenture, and (iii) compliance
with the provisions of this Indenture, all as provided in this Indenture.
...................It is expressly agreed that anything herein contained to the
contrary notwithstanding, the Issuer shall not, other than as required by
applicable law, be released from any of its obligations under any of the
Collateral, and the Trustee and the Holders shall have no obligation or
liability under any Collateral by reason of or arising out of the assignment
hereunder, nor shall the Trustee or the Holders be required or obligated in any
manner to perform or fulfill any obligations of the Issuer under or pursuant to
any of the Collateral or such other documents or to make any payment, subject,
however, to any applicable Liens, or to make any inquiry as to the nature or
sufficiency of any payment received by them, or present or file any claim, or
take any action to collect or enforce the payment of any amounts which may have
been assigned to them or to which they may be entitled at any time or times.
...................The Issuer does hereby warrant and represent that (i) except
for Liens described in Exhibit B to each of the Contribution Agreement, the Xxx
Xxxxx Contribution Agreement, the Rampage Contribution Agreement, and, to the
extent the JNCO Acquisition occurs, the JNCO Contribution Agreement, it has not
permitted and hereby covenants that it will not permit, the creation of any Lien
other than the Lien of this Indenture with respect to any part of the
Collateral, so long as this Indenture shall remain in effect, to anyone other
than the Trustee, and (ii) the representations and warranties of the Issuer
contained in this Indenture are true and correct.
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...................The Trustee acknowledges such Grant, accepts the trusts
hereunder in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and agrees to
perform the duties herein required. So long as any Note remains Outstanding, the
Trustee shall act for the benefit of the Noteholders as their interests may
appear to the extent provided herein.
...................The Trustee agrees to maintain in its possession each item of
Collateral constituting a contract or chattel paper under the UCC delivered to
it unless and until such item of Collateral is released from the lien hereof
pursuant to Article V or Section 12.3 hereof.
...................All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement
of the Issuer in accordance with its terms have been done. The Trustee hereby
acknowledges receipt of the July Note in connection with the authentication and
delivery of the Note.
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 1.1 Definitions
(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or unless
the context otherwise requires, the capitalized terms used in this Indenture
shall have the respective meanings specified in the Third Amended and Restated
Standard Definitions set forth as Appendix A hereto, which is incorporated
herein by reference. The definitions of such terms are equally applicable both
to the singular and plural forms of such terms.
(b) All references in this instrument to designated
"Articles," "Sections," "Subsections" and other subdivisions are to the
designated Articles, Sections, Subsections and other subdivisions of this
instrument as originally executed or if amended or supplemented, as so amended
and supplemented. The words "herein," "hereof," "hereunder" and other words of
similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular
Article, Section, Subsection or other subdivision.
Section 1.2 Acts of Noteholders
(a) If, at any time, there is more than one Holder of the
Notes, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by the Noteholders
shall, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, be taken by the Holders of
51% of the aggregate Note Principal Balance of Notes Outstanding (the "Majority
Holders") and, whether to be taken by all or less than all of the Holders, may
be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar
tenor signed by such Noteholders in person or by an agent duly appointed in
writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall
become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the
Trustee, and, where it is herein expressly required, to the Issuer. Such
instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced
thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Noteholders
signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such
instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any
purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 7.1) conclusive in favor of
the Trustee and the Issuer, if made in the manner provided in this Section 1.2.
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(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any
such instrument or writing may be proved in any manner which the Trustee
reasonably deems sufficient.
(c) The ownership of Notes shall be proved by the Note
Register.
(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action by the Holder of any Note shall bind the Holder
of every Note issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange
therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to
be done by the Trustee or the Issuer in reliance thereon, whether or not
notation of such action is made upon such Note.
Section 1.3. Notices, etc. to Trustee, Issuer and IPHM
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(a) Except as otherwise provided, any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Noteholders or other
document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or
furnished to, or filed with
(1) the Trustee by any Noteholder, by the Issuer or by IPHM shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or
filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office;
or
(2) the Issuer or IPHM by the Trustee or by any Noteholder shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder if in writing and mailed,
registered mail return receipt requested or by overnight courier or
hand delivery, to the Issuer addressed to it at 000 Xxxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, and the Manager at the same address or at
any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by
the Issuer.
(b) Without duplication, a party to this Indenture sending or
delivering a notice of any kind hereunder shall also provide a copy of the
notice in any manner authorized herein to each Noteholder at the Noteholder's
address as it appears on the Note Register upon receiving such address from the
Trustee or the Noteholder and, in any event, each such party shall also in
similar fashion send a copy of such notice to PartnerRe New Solutions Inc., at
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000.
Section 1.4. Notices to Noteholders; Waiver
...................Where this Indenture provides for notice to Noteholders of any
event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein
expressly provided) if in writing and mailed by registered mail return receipt
requested or by overnight courier or hand delivery, to each Noteholder, at its
address as it appears on the Note Register, not later than the latest date, and
not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice.
Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed
effective upon receipt or refusal.
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...................Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such
notice may be waived in writing by any Person entitled to receive such notice,
either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of
such notice. Waivers of notice by the Noteholders shall be filed with the
Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of
any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
...................In case, by reason of the suspension of regular mail service
as a result of a strike, work stoppage or similar activity, it shall be
impractical to mail notice of any event to the Noteholders when such notice is
required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any
manner of giving such notice as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee
shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice.
Section 1.5. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents
...................The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of
Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 1.6. Successors and Assigns
...................All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Issuer
shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 1.7. Severability
...................In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall
be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability
of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby.
Section 1.8. Benefits of Indenture
...................Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, expressed or
implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, and any of
their successors hereunder and the Noteholders, any benefit or any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 1.9. Governing Law
...................This Indenture and each Note shall be construed in accordance
with and governed by the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements
made and to be performed therein without reference to its conflicts of laws
rules.
Section 1.10. Counterparts
...................This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts,
each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
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Section 1.11 Consents
...................Any consent of any of the parties hereto required pursuant to
this Indenture shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
Section 1.12. Effective Date
This Indenture shall not be effective until the Closing Date
of the Notes.
ARTICLE II.
NOTE FORM
Section 2.1. Form Generally
...................The Notes and the certificate of authentication shall be in
substantially the form set forth in Section 2.2 with such appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or
permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks
of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon, as may be
required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange on which the Notes
may be listed, or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers
executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of the Notes. Any portion
of the text of any Note may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an
appropriate reference thereto on the face of the Note.
Section 2.2. Form of Note
THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND THE ISSUER HAS
NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED (THE
"INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT"), AND THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE OR
OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS EXCEPT IN A TRANSACTION THAT IS EXEMPTED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT (INCLUDING TRANSFER MADE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT ("RULE 144A")) AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
EACH HOLDER OF THIS NOTE MUST BE, AND BY VIRTUE OF HOLDING THIS NOTE SHALL BE
DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED THAT IT IS, AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR
WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) and (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
AND THAT IS WAS NOT FORMED TO PURCHASE NOTES.
THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS NOTE IS PAYABLE ON THE PAYMENT DATES AND IN THE AMOUNTS
DESCRIBED HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING NOTE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS
NOTE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF AND MAY BE
ASCERTAINED ONLY BY OBTAINING A CONFIRMATION THEREOF FROM THE TRUSTEE NAMED
HEREIN OR ITS SUCCESSOR.
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...................The Notes may not be acquired or transferred to an employee
benefit plan subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended ("ERISA"), a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code, or any
entity deemed to hold plan assets of a benefit plan or plan unless the acquiror
or the transferee represents that its acquisition and holding of the Notes will
at all times be exempt from the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA and
Section 4975 of the Code under XXX 00-00, XXX 00-0, XXX 00-00, XXX 95-60 or PTE
96-23 or a similar exemption.
...................The Trustee and the Note Registrar shall not permit a transfer
of a Note if such transfer would result in the Issuer having more than eight (8)
registered Noteholders as shown in the Note Register or five (5) registered
Noteholders excluding the initial Noteholder and its direct transferees.
...................The Holder of this Note is not a partnership, grantor trust or
S corporation of which (i) substantially all of the value of the interest of a
person owning an interest in such entity is attributable to the entity's (direct
or indirect) interest in the Note, and (ii) a principal purpose of the use of
the tiered arrangement is to permit the Issuer to satisfy the 100-person
limitation in paragraph (h)(1)(ii) of Section 1.7704-1 of the Treasury
Regulations.
No.[___]
Initial Note Principal
Balance of the
Notes: $[ ]
Initial Note Principal
Balance of this Note:
$[ ]
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IP HOLDINGS LLC
ASSET-BACKED NOTES
ISSUE DATE: September 16, 2005
LEGAL MATURITY DATE: November 22, 2015
...................IP HOLDINGS LLC, a limited liability company duly organized
and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Issuer," which term
includes any successor entity under the Indenture referred to below), for value
received, hereby promises to pay to [PAYEE], or registered assigns (the
"Payee"), the principal sum of [ Dollars ($ )] payable on each Payment Date in
distributions of principal and interest as set forth in the Indenture, but in no
event less than the amounts set forth in the amortization schedule attached
hereto on each Payment Date (which, in connection with an Unscheduled
Amortization Events, shall be amended and restated by the Servicer such that the
Notes will continue to amortize on a level debt service basis from the date of
such Unscheduled Amortization Event to the Legal Maturity Date (with the
concurrence of the Noteholders that the revised schedule has been properly
determined)); provided, however, that the Issuer shall only be required to make
the principal payment under the heading "Reserve Payments" on the amortization
schedule attached hereto to the extent of funds on deposit in the Liquidity
Reserve Account and in accordance with the provisions of Sections 13.1(a)(vi)
and 13.2(b) of the Indenture. This Note shall be a limited obligation of the
Issuer, payable solely from and to the extent of the Collateral subject to the
Lien of the Indenture (defined below). This Note shall bear interest on the
outstanding unpaid principal balance at a rate equal to the Note Interest Rate;
provided, however, that interest on any amount of principal or interest that is
not timely paid when due shall accrue interest until paid at a rate per annum
equal to 2% per annum in excess of the Note Interest Rate then in effect to the
extent allowed by law (the "Default Rate"); and, provided, further, that if a
Default shall have occurred under, and as defined in, the Indenture, interest
shall accrue from that time forward at the Default Rate, to the extent allowed
by law, until such Default is cured. All unpaid principal of and accrued
interest on the Notes shall be due and payable on November 22, 2015. The
interest and principal so payable on any Payment Date shall, as provided in the
Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note is registered in the
Note Register on the Record Date for such Payment Date which shall be the close
of business on the last day of the month prior to such Payment Date (whether or
not a Business Day). All terms used in this Note which are defined in the
Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. Certain
provisions of the Indenture are described in this Note.
...................The principal of and interest on this Note are payable solely
by wire transfer to the Person whose name appears as the Registered Holder of
this Note on the Note Register on the Record Date for the Payment Date, 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.
...................Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee whose name appears below by manual signature, this Note
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.
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...................This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the
Issuer designated as its IP Holdings LLC Asset-Backed Notes (the "Notes") issued
under a Third Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of September 1, 2005
(herein, called the "Indenture"), by and between the Issuer and Wilmington Trust
Company, as trustee (the "Trustee"), which term includes any successor Trustee
under the Indenture, to which Indenture reference is hereby made for a statement
of the respective rights thereunder of the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders
of the Notes, and the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be,
authenticated and delivered.
...................As provided in the Indenture, the Notes are secured by and
payable solely from Assets (the "Assets") conveyed to the Issuer by its present
and former members, proceeds thereof and other amounts, if any, held by the
Trustee as security for the Notes, (the "Collateral") described in the
Indenture. The Notes are equally and ratably secured by the Collateral pledged
therefor to the extent provided by the Indenture.
...................Unless earlier declared due and payable by reason of an Event
of Default, the Notes are payable at the time and in the manner provided in the
Indenture and are redeemable at the option of the Issuer before such time in
whole or in part, on either a Payment Date or on the first Business Day of any
calendar month if there is no Payment Date occurring in such calendar month. The
Notes shall be redeemed at a Redemption Price equal to the Note Principal
Balance or portion thereof to be redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to the
Redemption Date, plus the Redemption Premium in the amount established under the
Indenture (unless the redemption is an Extraordinary Optional Redemption, a JNCO
Redemption or a Liquidity Reserve Fund Redemption, in which case no Redemption
Premium shall be payable). If an Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture)
shall occur and be continuing, the principal of all the Notes may become or be
declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture.
...................The Issuer may remove all or a portion of the Assets relating
to any or all Primary Marks from the Lien of the Indenture in accordance with
Section 12.3 of the Indenture upon giving notice to the Trustee and delivering
the Release Price of the Assets to be removed to the Trustee. Any such election
to remove Assets shall be deemed to be an exercise of the option to redeem Notes
as provided in the Indenture.
...................As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note may be registered on
the Note Register of the Issuer, upon surrender of this Note for registration of
transfer at the office or agency of the Trustee in the United States of America,
duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form and
content satisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder
hereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new
Notes, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate Initial Note
Principal Balance, shall be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
...................Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of this
Note, the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee may
treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for
the purpose of receiving payment as herein provided and for all other purposes
whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Trustee, nor
any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
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...................The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Issuer and the rights of the Holders of the Notes under the
Indenture at any time by the Issuer subject to procedures and approvals set
forth in the Indenture. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the
Noteholders to waive compliance by the Issuer with certain provisions of the
Indenture and certain past defaults and their consequences under the Indenture.
Any such consent or waiver shall be conclusive and binding upon the Noteholder
and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the
registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof
whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.
...................The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons
in such authorized denominations as provided in Section 3.2 of the Indenture and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth. The Notes are exchangeable for
Notes of a like Initial Note Principal Balance of a different authorized
denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering same.
...................This Note and the Indenture shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without reference to its
conflicts of laws rules.
...................No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this
Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer,
which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on
this Note in accordance with the Indenture at the times, place and rate, and in
the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
...................IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to
be signed, manually or in facsimile, by its President or a Vice President.
IP HOLDINGS LLC
By: IP Holdings and Management
Corporation, its Manager
By: ________________________
Name:
Title:
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[FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION]
This is one of the Notes referred to in the within
mentioned Indenture.
Dated:
[TRUSTEE],
not in its individual capacity, but solely
as Trustee
By ________________________
Authorized Signatory
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ARTICLE III.
THE NOTES
Section 3.1. Designation of Notes; Certain Related Provisions
The Notes shall be designated generally as the "IP
Holdings LLC Asset-Backed Notes" of the Issuer.
The Notes and all accrued interest thereon shall be due and
payable on the Legal Maturity Date to the extent not paid before such date.
All calculations of interest on the Notes are to be determined
as set forth in the definitions of the Candie's/Xxx Xxxxx Note Interest Rate,
the JNCO Note Interest Rate and the Rampage Note Interest Rate.
The aggregate Initial Note Principal Balance of the Notes that
may be authenticated and delivered hereunder is limited to $103,000,000, except
for Notes issued and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange
for, or in lieu of, other Notes, pursuant to Sections 3.4, 3.6 or 10.4 hereof.
The Notes are limited obligations of the Issuer, payable
solely from and to the extent of the Collateral subject to the Lien of the
Indenture.
Section 3.2 Denominations
The Notes are available in a minimum denomination of
$2,500,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
Section 3.3. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating
The July Notes are hereby exchanged for Notes issued pursuant
to this Indenture. For the avoidance of doubt, the indebtedness evidenced by the
July Notes remains outstanding and is consolidated with the indebtedness
evidenced by the Notes issued hereunder.
The Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Issuer by the
President or one of its Vice Presidents which may be in facsimile form or
otherwise reproduced thereon. The signature of any of these officers on the
Notes may be manual or facsimile. The Notes may be printed, lithographed,
typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced. The Notes need not be sealed.
Notes bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of
individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Issuer shall bind
the Issuer, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to
hold such offices prior to the authentication or delivery of such Notes or did
not hold such offices at the date of authentication or delivery of such Notes.
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At any time and from time to time after the execution and
delivery of this Indenture, the Issuer may deliver Notes executed by the Issuer
together with an Issuer Order authorizing authentication thereof to the Trustee
for authentication; and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such Notes as
in this Indenture, provided, having an aggregate Initial Note Principal Balance
not in excess of the amount stated in Section 3.1, and not otherwise.
Each Note shall bear on its face the Issue Date and the Legal
Maturity Date and be dated as of the date of its authentication.
No Note shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture
or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Note a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein,
executed by the Trustee by the manual signature of one of its authorized
officers, and such certificate upon any Note shall be conclusive evidence, and
the only evidence, that such Note has been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder. Each Holder shall provide the Trustee for recordation in the Note
Register its mailing address for notices under the Indenture.
Section 3.4. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange
The Trustee is hereby appointed as registrar of the Notes (the
"Note Registrar"), as agent of the Issuer for transfer of the Notes (the
"Transfer Agent") and as the agent of the Issuer for the payment of the Notes
(the "Paying Agent") and the Trustee accepts such appointments. The Trustee in
its capacity as the Note Registrar shall cause to be kept a register (the "Note
Register") in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe,
the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Notes and the registration of
transfers of Notes.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the
office or agency of the Trustee to be maintained as provided in Section 11.2,
the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the
name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes of any
authorized denominations and of a like principal amount.
At the option of the Holder, Notes may be exchanged for other
Notes of any authorized denominations and of a like principal amount, upon
surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any
Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver the Notes which the Noteholder making the
exchange is entitled to receive.
All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange
of Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same debt,
entitled to the same benefits and subject to all the terms and conditions of
this Indenture, as the Notes surrendered upon such registration of such transfer
or exchange.
Every Note presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Issuer or the Trustee) be duly
endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form and
content satisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustee duly executed, by the Holder
thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing. The form of assignment set
forth at Exhibit A hereof shall be deemed to be satisfactory for purposes of the
last preceding sentence. Concurrently with any transfer, the transferring Holder
shall provide the Trustee for recordation in the Note Register the mailing
address of such transferee for service of any notices to be delivered pursuant
to this Indenture and the payment of amounts due to such transferee.
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No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any
registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Issuer or the Trustee may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any expense, tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of
transfer or exchange of Notes, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 10.4 not
involving any registration of transfer.
Prior to any sale or other disposition of any Note the Holder
transferring such Note will, at its election, either endorse thereon the amount
of principal paid thereon and the last date to which interest has been paid
thereon or surrender such Note to the Trustee in exchange for a new Note or
Notes pursuant to this Section.
Section 3.5. Limitation on Transfer and Exchange
The Notes have not been registered or qualified under the
Securities Act or the securities laws of any state. No transfer of any Note
shall be made unless such transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act and registration or qualification under
applicable state securities laws or is exempt from such registration or
qualification. In the event that a transfer is to be made in reliance upon an
exemption from the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, the
Issuer shall require, in order to assure compliance with the Securities Act,
that the prospective transferee certify to the Issuer and the Trustee in writing
the facts surrounding the transfer in the form of the investment letter
described in Exhibit C hereto or such other form as the Issuer may agree to
accept, in its sole discretion (each such letter, an "Investment Letter").
Neither the Issuer nor the Trustee is obligated to register or qualify the
Issuer or Notes (or any offering or sale thereof) under the Securities Act or
any other securities law.
While not conceding that the Issuer is an investment company
within the meaning of the Investment Company Act, in no event shall the transfer
of a Note be permitted if the transfer would cause the loss to the Issuer of a
necessary exemption under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
The Notes may not be acquired or transferred to an employee
benefit plan subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended ("ERISA"), a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code, or any
entity deemed to hold plan assets of a benefit plan or plan unless the acquiror
or the transferee represents that its acquisition and holding of the Notes will
at all times be exempt from the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA and
Section 4975 of the Code under XXX 00-00, XXX 00-0, XXX 00-00, XXX 95-60 or PTE
96-23 or a similar exemption.
The Trustee and the Note Registrar shall not permit a transfer
of a Note if such transfer would result in the Issuer having more than eight (8)
registered Noteholders as shown in the Note Register or five (5) registered
Noteholders excluding the initial Noteholder and its direct transferees.
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Further, if its absence will be deemed adverse to the Issuer
pursuant to an opinion of counsel to that effect, each Purchaser of a Note other
than the initial purchaser of the Notes will be required to represent that it is
not a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation of which (i) substantially all
of the value of the interest of a person owning an interest in such entity is
attributable to the entity's (direct or indirect) interest in a Note, and (ii) a
principal purpose of the use of the tiered arrangement is to permit the Issuer
to satisfy the 100-person limitation in paragraph (h)(1)(ii) of Section 1.7704-1
of the Treasury Regulations.
The Issuer and the Trustee shall have no liability to the
Noteholders or otherwise arising from a transfer of any such Note in reliance
upon the Investment Letter delivered in connection therewith.
Section 3.6. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes
If (i) any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee, or
the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or
theft of any Note, and (ii) there is delivered to the Trustee such security or
indemnity as may be required by the Trustee to indemnify and hold the Issuer and
the Trustee harmless (which in the case of any Holder that is, or is a
subsidiary of, a bank or other institutional buyer with a net worth of at least
$50,000,000, and whose claims paying ability or long-term debt is rated at least
investment grade or better by a Rating Agency, need only be such bank's or
institutional buyer's unsecured written promise of indemnity), then, in the
absence of notice to the Issuer or the Note Registrar that such Note has been
acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Issuer shall execute and upon its request
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any
such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a new Note of the same tenor and
principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding; provided,
however, that if any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall have
become or shall be about to become due and payable the Issuer in its discretion
may, instead of issuing a new Note, pay such Note.
Upon the issuance of any new Note under this Section, the
Issuer or the Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto, but no
service charge may be imposed in connection therewith.
Every new Note issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any
destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall constitute an original additional
contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the destroyed, lost or
stolen Note shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to
all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all
other Notes duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall
preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to
the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes.
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Section 3.7. Payment of Principal and Interest
The principal of and interest on the Notes are payable by wire
transfer in immediately available funds to the account specified in directions
delivered at least five (5) Business Days prior to such Payment Date by a
Registered Holder to the Person whose name appears as the Registered Holder of
such Note on the Record Date on the Note Register. Such payment shall be in such
coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of tender is
legal tender for the payment of public and private debts. Payments pursuant to
Section 13.1 shall be made to each Noteholder based on the Percentage Interests
represented by Notes held by such Noteholder. Upon the final payment in full of
any Note, the Holder shall promptly surrender such Note at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee.
To prevent backup withholding on payments made with respect to
the Notes, each Noteholder is required to provide the Trustee with (i) the
Noteholder's correct TIN by completing the form at Exhibit D (Substitute Form
W-9), certifying that the TIN provided on the Substitute Form W-9 is correct (or
that such Noteholder is awaiting a TIN) and that (A) such Noteholder is exempt
from backup withholding, (B) the Noteholder has not been notified by the IRS
that the Noteholder is subject to backup withholding as a result of failure to
report all interest or dividends or (C) the IRS has notified the Noteholder that
the Noteholder is no longer subject to backup withholding, or (ii) if
applicable, an adequate basis for exemption. A Foreign Noteholder may qualify as
an exempt recipient by submitting to the Trustee a properly completed IRS Form
W-8BEN or W-8ECI, as applicable, signed under penalties of perjury, attesting to
that Noteholder's exempt status.
Section 3.8. Persons Deemed Owners
Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any
Note, the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee may
treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the owner of such Note
for the purpose of receiving payments of principal of and interest on such Note
(subject to Section 3.7) and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not
such Note be overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Trustee nor any agent of the
Issuer or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Section 3.9. Cancellation
All Notes surrendered to the Trustee following payment or for
registration of transfer or exchange (including Notes surrendered to any Person
other than the Trustee which shall be delivered to the Trustee) shall be
promptly canceled and destroyed by the Trustee in accordance with its customary
procedures.
ARTICLE IV.
DELIVERY OF THE NOTES
The Notes shall be executed by the Issuer and delivered to the
Trustee for authentication and thereupon the same shall be authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee upon Issuer Order, and upon delivery to the Trustee of
the following:
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(a) a certificate, certified by the Issuer, authorizing the
execution and delivery of this Indenture and the Notes;
(b) either (i) a certificate or other official document
evidencing the due authorization, approval or consent of any government body or
bodies, at the time having jurisdiction in the premises, and that the
authorization, approval or consent of no other governmental body is required for
valid issuance of the Notes, or (ii) an Opinion of Counsel that no such
authorization, approval or consent of any governmental body is required;
(c) an Officer's Certificate from the Issuer stating that the
Issuer is not, as of the Issue Date, in Default under this Indenture and that
the issuance of the Notes will not result in any breach of any of the terms,
conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, the Issuer's
organizational documents or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other
agreement or instrument to which the Issuer is a party or by which it is bound,
or any order of any court or administrative agency entered in any proceeding to
which the Issuer is a party or by which it may be bound or to which it may be
subject; and that all conditions precedent provided in this Indenture relating
to the authentication and delivery of the Notes have been complied with;
(d) duly executed copies of all Transaction Documents; and
(e) such other documents as the Trustee may reasonably
require.
ARTICLE V.
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 5.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as
to any surviving rights of indemnification, payment of fees and registration of
transfer and exchange or payment) with respect to the Notes and the Trustee, on
demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the
Notes and shall pay, assign, transfer and deliver to the Issuer upon Issuer
Order all cash, securities and all other property held by it as part of the
Collateral (except for amounts required to pay and discharge the entire
indebtedness of the Notes), when
(a) either:
(i) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered
(other than (i) Notes which have been destroyed, lost
or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as
provided in Section 3.6, and (ii) Notes for whose
payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust
or segregated and held in trust by the Issuer and
thereafter repaid to the Issuer or discharged from
such trust, as provided in Section 11.3) have been
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
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(ii) all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation have become due and payable and the
Issuer has irrevocably deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee, in trust for the purpose,
an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire
indebtedness on such Notes together with all accrued
interest thereon not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation;
(b) the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all other
sums payable hereunder by the Issuer; and
(c) the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officer's
Certificate stating that all conditions precedent
herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes
have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture, the Issuer's obligations in Sections 3.4, 3.6, 7.7, 11.2 and 11.3,
the Trustee's obligations hereunder and the Paying Agent's obligations in
Section 5.2 and the rights and immunities of the Trustee under this Indenture
shall survive until the Notes are no longer Outstanding. Thereafter, the
obligations of the Issuer in Section 7.7 and the Trustee in Section 5.2 and the
rights and immunities of the Trustee under this Indenture shall survive the
discharge of this Indenture or the earlier resignation or removal of the
Trustee.
Section 5.2. Application of Trust Money
All monies deposited with the Paying Agent pursuant to Section
12.1 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions
of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, to the Persons entitled
thereto, of the principal and interest for whose payment such money has been
deposited with the Paying Agent and such money shall be segregated from all
other funds as required herein or required by law.
Section 5.3. Discharge of Security Interest
Upon satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture as specified
in Section 5.1, the Trustee shall execute a release of the Collateral provided
by and at the expense of the Issuer. Further, on demand of and at the expense of
the Issuer and upon being supplied with instruments appropriate for the purpose,
the Trustee shall execute and the Issuer shall file all documents (including
without limitation UCC Form 3) necessary to discharge all liens, mortgages,
chattel mortgages and other security interests filed with any governmental board
or body with respect to the Collateral, and the Trustee shall otherwise
cooperate in any way reasonably necessary to restore full unencumbered title in
the Collateral to the Issuer or its designee.
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ARTICLE VI.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
Section 6.1. Events of Default
"Event of Default" wherever used herein means any one of the
following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and without
regard to whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by
operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or
any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body) and
when used with respect to the Notes shall mean the same occurring at any time
while there are Notes Outstanding (except that no event of default under the
Management Agreement or the Back-Up Management Agreement shall, in and of
itself, constitute an Event of Default):
(1) the Issuer shall fail to comply with Section
11.7(iii)(a) of this Indenture or IPHM shall fail to
comply with Section 14.2 of this Indenture;
(2) failure by the Issuer to make payments of principal
of and interest on the Notes as and when due pursuant
to the terms and provisions of the Notes and this
Indenture;
(3) default in the performance by, or breach of any
covenant of, the Issuer in any Transaction Document
to which it is a party (not referenced in clause (1)
or clause (2) above) and continuance of such default
or breach for a period of thirty (30) days after the
earlier of (A) the date on which an officer of the
Managing Member of the Issuer first has actual,
personal knowledge (or, in the exercise of reasonable
care, should have known) of such default or breach
and (B) the date on which written notice, specifying
in reasonable detail, such default or breach and
requiring it to be remedied and stating that such
notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder shall have
been given to the Issuer;
(4) a failure of any representation or warranty of the
Issuer in this Indenture to be true and correct as
and when made, which failure has a material adverse
effect on the interests of the Noteholders and which,
if susceptible of being cured, remains uncured after
the earlier of (A) thirty (30) days after the date on
which an officer of the Managing Member of the Issuer
first has actual, personal knowledge (or, in the
exercise of reasonable care, should have known) of
such failure and (B) the date which is thirty (30)
days after written notice, specifying in reasonable
detail, such breach and requiring it to be remedied
and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default"
hereunder shall have been given to the Issuer;
provided, however, any such failure of a
representation or warranty as to an Asset that is set
forth in Section 11.16 hereof shall not result in an
Event of Default unless the cure or payment of the
Release Price for such Asset by the Issuer is
required in accordance with Section 12.3 of this
Indenture and is not achieved or paid as and when
required;
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(5) the entry of a decree or order for relief by a court
having jurisdiction in respect of the Issuer in an
involuntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws,
as now or hereafter in effect, or any other present
or future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or
similar law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator,
assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other
similar official of the Issuer or of any substantial
part of its property, or ordering the winding up or
liquidation of the affairs of the Issuer and the
continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and
in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days;
(6) the commencement by the Issuer of a voluntary case
under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or
hereafter in effect, or any other present or future
federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar
law, or the consent by the Issuer to the appointment
of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator,
assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other
similar official of the Issuer or any substantial
part of its property or the making by the Issuer of
an assignment for the benefit of creditors or the
failure by the Issuer generally to pay its debts as
such debts become due or the taking of partnership
action by the Issuer in furtherance of any of the
foregoing; or
(7) any Note remains Outstanding on the first Payment
Date following the Payment Date on which the DSCR is
1.0 or less (as set forth in the related Servicer
Report).
Section 6.2. Acceleration of Maturity, Rescission and Annulment
If an Event of Default of the kind specified in clauses (5),
(6) and (7) of Section 6.1 occurs, the unpaid principal amount of all of the
Notes shall automatically become immediately due and payable without notice,
presentment or demand of any kind. If an Event of Default (other than an Event
of Default of the kind specified in clauses (5), (6) and (7) of Section 6.1)
occurs and is continuing of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has
actual knowledge, then and in every such case the Trustee or Majority Holders
pursuant to an Act may declare the principal of all of the Notes to be
immediately due and payable, by a notice in writing to the Issuer (and to the
Trustee if given by Noteholders and upon any such declaration (in accordance
with this sentence or the preceding sentence)) that the Notes shall become
immediately due and payable together with accrued and unpaid interest and a
Redemption Premium.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration has been
made, but before any Sale of the Collateral has been made or a judgment or
decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as
hereinafter in this Article provided, the Majority Holders by an Act and
evidenced by a written notice delivered to the Issuer and the Trustee, may
rescind and annul such declaration and its consequence if:
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(i) the Issuer has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay:
(1) all overdue installments of interest on all
Notes;
(2) the principal of any of the Notes which has
become due other than by such declaration of
acceleration and interest thereon at the Default Rate
(to the extent permitted by applicable law);
(3) to the extent that payment of such interest is
lawful, interest upon overdue installments of
interest on the Notes at the rate specified therefor
in the Notes;
(4) in connection with the preservation of the
Collateral and enforcement of its rights all sums
paid or advanced by the Noteholders hereunder and the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; and
(5) all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment
of the principal of the Notes which have become due
solely by such acceleration, have been cured or
waived as provided in Section 6.13.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
Subsequent to any such declaration of acceleration and so long
as such declaration and its consequences has not been rescinded and annulled,
prior to the exercise by the Trustee of the remedies set forth in Section 6.3
the Trustee shall give the Issuer and the Noteholders ten (10) days notice of
its intention to take such actions.
Section 6.3. Remedies
If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
the Trustee may, and by an Act of the Majority Holders and subject to Article
VII herein pursuant to specific instruction shall, do one or more of the
following:
(a) institute Proceedings for the collection of all amounts
then payable on the Notes or under this Indenture, whether by declaration or
otherwise, enforce any judgment obtained, and collect from the Collateral
securing the Notes (including any amounts in the Liquidity Reserve Account, the
Renewal Reserve Account, the JNCO Escrow Account and the Prepaid Fee and Royalty
Account) the monies adjudged due;
(b) sell the Collateral or any portion thereof or rights or
interest therein, at one or more Sales called and conducted in any manner
permitted by law;
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(c) institute Proceedings from time to time for the complete
or partial foreclosure of this Indenture with respect to any portion of the
Collateral securing the Notes; and
(d) exercise any remedies of a secured party under the Uniform
Commercial Code or other applicable law and take any other appropriate action to
protect and enforce the rights and remedies of the Trustee or the Holders of the
Notes hereunder;
provided, however, that if there is more than one Holder of Outstanding Notes
and if less than all of the Holders of Outstanding Notes have approved a Sale of
the Collateral and if the proceeds of any such Sale will be less than the amount
required to retire all of the Outstanding Notes in full, then, in any such
event, the Trustee may not sell or otherwise liquidate any of the Collateral
unless after consultation with an independent accounting firm or another Person
approved by Act of the Majority Holders of national reputation in the field of
appraisal of assets of the type constituting the Collateral, such Person
provides the Trustee with a written report that the proceeds of such Sale
reflect a reasonable approximation of the fair market value of the Collateral.
The Trustee shall have no liability for any public Sale or private Sale
conducted in reliance upon the advice, with respect to the commercial
reasonableness of the sale, of a Person of national reputation in the field of
appraisal. In the event that the Trustee does not sell or otherwise liquidate
the Collateral, it shall continue to hold such Collateral and make distributions
therefrom pursuant to Article XIII hereof.
Section 6.4. Trustee May File Claim
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency,
liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or
other judicial Proceeding, relating to the Issuer or any other obligor upon the
Notes or the property of the Issuer or of such other obligor or their creditors,
the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Notes shall then be
due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and
irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Issuer for
the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered,
to intervene in such proceeding or otherwise:
(i) to file and prove a claim for all amounts owing and
unpaid in respect of the Notes and to file such other
papers or documents and take such other action
including participating as a member, voting or
otherwise, in any committee of creditors appointed in
the matter, 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 of the Noteholders allowed in such
judicial Proceeding;
(ii) to petition for lifting of the automatic stay and
thereupon to foreclose upon the Collateral as
elsewhere provided herein; and
(iii) to collect and receive any monies or other property
payable or deliverable on any such claims and to
distribute the same;
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and any receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, or sequestrator (or other
similar official) in any such judicial Proceeding is hereby authorized by each
Noteholder 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
Noteholders, 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 7.7.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the
Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any
Noteholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition
affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the
Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Noteholder in any such
Proceeding.
Section 6.5. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Notes
All rights of actions and claims under this Indenture or the
Notes may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of
any of the Notes or the production thereof in any Proceeding relating thereto,
and any such Proceedings instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own
name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after
provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the
benefit of the Holders of the Notes in respect of which such judgment has been
recovered applied to payments on the Notes in the order set forth in Section
6.6.
Section 6.6. Allocation of Money Collected
If the Notes have been declared due and payable following an
Event of Default and such declaration and its consequences have not been
rescinded and annulled, any money collected by the Trustee with respect to the
Notes pursuant to this Article (and any funds then held or thereafter received
by the Paying Agent) shall be applied in the following order, at the date or
dates fixed by the Paying Agent:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee;
SECOND: To the payment of all amounts due the Servicer
under the Servicing Agreement, including all earned and due but unpaid Senior
Servicing Fees and Servicer Costs;
THIRD: To the payment of all reasonable costs and
expenses incurred by any Noteholder in connection with the enforcement of
its rights hereunder or under the Notes, ratably, without preference or
priority of any kind;
FOURTH: To the payment of accrued interest on and the Note
Principal Balance of the Notes, including interest at the Default Rate (to the
extent such interest has been collected by the Paying Agent or a sum sufficient
therefor has been so collected and payment thereof is legally enforceable at the
rate prescribed therefor in the Notes or in this Indenture) on overdue
installments of principal and interest, ratably, without preference or priority
of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes;
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FIFTH: To the payment of all earned and due but unpaid fees
and expenses of the Manager and the Back-Up Manager, if any;
SIXTH: To the payment of all earned and due but unpaid Junior
Servicing Fee;
SEVENTH: To the payment of all earned and due but unpaid
Structuring Fee amounts.
EIGHTH: To the payment of any surplus to or at the
written direction of the Issuer or any other person legally entitled thereto.
Section 6.7. Limitation on Suits
No Holder shall have any right to institute any Proceeding,
judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of
a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of
a continuing Event of Default;
(2) the Holders of 25% or more of the aggregate Note Principal
Balance of the Outstanding Notes shall have made written request
to the Trustee to institute Proceedings in respect of such Event
of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity
satisfactory to it (which, in the case of a holder that is, or is
a subsidiary of, a bank or other institutional buyer with a net
worth of at least $50,000,000 and whose claims paying ability or
long-term debt is rated at least investment grade or better by a
Rating Agency need only be such bank's or institutional buyer's
unsecured written promise of indemnity) against the costs,
expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such
request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request
and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such
Proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been
given to the Trustee during such 60 day period by the Majority
Holders;
it being understood and intended that no one or more Holders shall have any
right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of
this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holders
or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein
provided.
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Section 6.8. Unconditional Right of Noteholders to Receive Principal
and Interest
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the
Holder of any Note shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to
receive payment of the principal of and interest on such Note as such principal
and interest becomes due and payable and to institute suit for the enforcement
of any such payment, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of
such Holder; provided, however, that neither the Holder of any Note nor the
Trustee shall, if requested by the Noteholders, petition or otherwise invoke the
process of any court or government authority for the purpose of commencing or
sustaining a case against the Issuer under any federal or state bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Issuer or any
substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of
the affairs of the Issuer.
Section 6.9. Restoration of Rights and Remedies
If the Trustee or any Noteholder has instituted any Proceeding
to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such Proceeding has been
discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to
the Person who instituted the Proceeding, then and in every such case the
Issuer, the Trustee and the Noteholders shall, subject to any determination in
such Proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former
positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and
the Noteholders shall continue as though no such Proceeding has been instituted.
Section 6.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative
No right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the
Trustee or to the Noteholders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or
remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or
now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or
employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the
concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
Section 6.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Noteholder to
exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any
such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an
acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to
the Trustee or to the Noteholders, or any of them, may be exercised from time to
time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the
Noteholder or Noteholders, as the case may be.
Section 6.12. Control by Noteholders
The Majority Holders shall have the right to direct the
decision whether to conduct, and the time, method and place of conducting, any
Proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee with respect to the Notes or
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the
Notes; provided that:
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(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with
any rule of law or with this Indenture; and
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed
proper by the Trustee which is not
inconsistent with such direction; provided,
however, that, subject to Section 7.1, the
Trustee need not take any action which it
determines might involve it in liability or
be unjustly prejudicial to the Noteholders
not consenting.
Section 6.13. Waiver of Past Defaults
The Noteholders may waive any past Default with respect to the
Notes hereunder and its consequences, except a Default
(1) described in Sections 6.1(5) and (6), or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof
which under Article IX cannot be modified or
amended without the consent of the Holder of
each Outstanding Note affected thereby.
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. Upon receipt of notice of such waiver, the
Trustee shall transmit by mail to the Issuer and the Servicer notice of such
waiver specifying the date on which the Default was waived promptly after the
occurrence of such waiver.
Section 6.14. Undertaking for Costs
All parties to the Indenture and each Noteholder by its
acceptance of a Note shall be deemed to have agreed that any court may in its
discretion require, 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,
suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such
suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in
its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorney's fees
against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and
good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the
provisions of this Section 6.14 shall not apply to any suit instituted by the
Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Noteholder, or the Majority Holders or to
any suit instituted by any Noteholder for the enforcement of the payment of
principal of or interest on any Notes on or after the Legal Maturity Date (or,
in the case of redemption of Notes, on or after the applicable Redemption Date).
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Section 6.15. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws
The Issuer covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do
so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner
whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law
wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the
covenants or the performance by the Issuer under this Indenture; and the Issuer
(to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit
or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or
impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer
and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been
enacted.
Section 6.16. Sale of Collateral
(a) The power to effect any sale (a "Sale") of any portion of
the Collateral pursuant to Section 6.3 shall not be exhausted by any one or more
Sales as to any portion of the Collateral remaining unsold, but shall continue
unimpaired until the entire Collateral securing the Notes shall have been sold
or all amounts payable under this Indenture with respect thereto shall have been
paid. Any Sale conducted hereunder shall be completed in accordance with the
applicable terms and provisions of the New York State Uniform Commercial Code.
The Trustee may from time to time postpone any Sale by public announcement made
at the time and place of such Sale. It is hereby expressly agreed that the
Trustee is not limited to any amount fixed by law as compensation for any Sale,
so long as the same shall be reasonable.
(b) Any Noteholder may bid for and acquire any portion of the
Collateral securing the Notes in connection with any Sale thereof. In lieu of
paying cash for the entire purchase price therefor, such Noteholder, after
deducting the costs, charges and expenses (including reasonable attorney's fees
and expenses) incurred by the Trustee in connection with such Sale may make
settlement for any portion of the purchase price remaining by crediting against
amounts owing on the Notes held by it or other amounts owing to such Noteholder
secured by this Indenture, the portion of the net proceeds of such Sale to which
such Noteholder would be entitled hereunder.
(c) The Issuer covenants and agrees that ten (10) Business
Days prior notice of a Sale of the entirety of the Collateral by a public Sale
is a commercially reasonable notice.
(d) The Trustee shall execute and deliver an appropriate
instrument of conveyance transferring its interest in any portion of the
Collateral in connection with a Sale thereof, which Sale shall be at the expense
of the Issuer. In addition, the Servicer is hereby irrevocably appointed the
agent and attorney-in-fact of the Issuer to cause the transfer and conveyance of
the Issuer's interest in any portion of the Collateral in connection with a Sale
thereof pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, and to take all action
necessary to effect such Sale. No purchaser or transferee at such a sale shall
be bound to ascertain the Servicer's or the Trustee's authority, inquire into
the satisfaction of any conditions precedent or see to the application of any
monies.
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(e) Any amounts received by the Noteholders in connection with
a public or private sale pursuant this Section shall be deemed to be conclusive
and binding upon the parties hereto and the Noteholders shall have no liability
in respect hereto.
Section 6.17. Action on Notes
The Noteholder's right to seek and recover judgment on the
Notes or under this Indenture shall not be affected by the seeking, obtaining or
application of any other relief under or with respect to this Indenture. Neither
the lien of this Indenture nor any rights or remedies of the Noteholders shall
be impaired by the recovery of any judgment by the Noteholders against the
Issuer or by the levy of any execution under such judgment upon any portion of
the Collateral or upon any of the assets of the Issuer.
ARTICLE VII.
THE TRUSTEE; RESIGNATION OF TRUSTEE AND SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE
Section 7.1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee
(a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default, the
Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or
obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee.
(b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
and is actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall
exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use
the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would
exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to
relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own
negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(1) this Subsection shall not be construed to
limit the effect of Subsection (a) of this
Section;
(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any
error of judgment made in good faith by a
Responsible Officer, unless it shall be
proved that the Trustee was negligent in
ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect
to any action taken or omitted to be taken
by it in good faith in accordance with the
direction of the Holders of a majority of
aggregate Note Principal Balance of
Outstanding Notes relating to the time,
method and place of conducting any
Proceeding for any remedy available to the
Trustee, or exercising any trust or power
conferred upon the Trustee, under this
Indenture with respect to the Notes;
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(4) no provision of this Indenture shall require
the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds
or otherwise incur any financial liability
in the performance of any of its duties
hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its
rights or powers, if it shall have
reasonable grounds for believing that
repayment of such funds or indemnity
satisfactory to it against such risk or
liability is not reasonably assured to it
(which, in the case of a Holder that is, or
is a subsidiary of, a bank or other
institutional buyer with a net worth of at
least $50,000,000 and whose long-term debt
or claims paying ability is rated at least
investment grade by a Rating Agency need
only be such bank's or institutional buyer's
unsecured written promise of indemnity),
provided, that nothing herein contained
shall excuse the Trustee for failure to
perform its duties as Trustee under this
Indenture;
(5) the Trustee shall not be charged with
knowledge of any default hereunder or unless
one of its Responsible Officers has actual
knowledge thereof;
(6) the Trustee shall have no obligation to
ascertain whether any payment of interest on
an overdue installment of interest is
legally enforceable; and
(7) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the
Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the
truth of the statements and the correctness
of the opinions expressed therein, upon
certificates or opinions furnished to the
Trustee and conforming to the requirements
of this Indenture; but in the case of any
such certificates or opinions which by any
provision hereof are specifically required
to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee
shall be under a duty to examine the same to
determine whether or not they conform to the
requirements of this Indenture.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every
provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability
of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of
this Section.
(e) The Trustee is hereby authorized to execute the Servicing
Agreement and the Security Agreements.
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Section 7.2. Notice of Default, Cure or Waiver
Promptly after the occurrence of any Default actually known to
a Responsible Officer of Trustee, the Trustee shall transmit to all Holders, as
their names and addresses appear on the Note Register, notice of such Default
hereunder known to the Trustee.
Section 7.3. Certain Rights of Trustee
Subject to Section 7.1:
(a) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully
protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent,
order, bond, note or other obligation, paper or document believed by it to be
genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) any request or direction of the Issuer mentioned herein
shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Issuer Request or Issuer Order;
(c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the
Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to
taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other
evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on
its part, rely upon an Officers' Certificate of the Issuer;
(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of
such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization
and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it
hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any
of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the written request or
direction of any of the Noteholders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such
Noteholders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory
to it (which, in the case of a holder that is, or is a subsidiary of, a bank or
other institutional buyer with a net worth of at least $50,000,000 and whose
claims paying ability or long-term debt is rated at least investment grade or
better by a Rating Agency need only be such bank's or institutional buyer's
unsecured written promise of indemnity) against the costs, expenses and
liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or
direction;
(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation
into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond,
note or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make
such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see
fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or
investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises
of the Issuer, personally or by agent, attorney, custodian or nominee; and
(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through
agents, attorneys, custodians or nominees and the Trustee shall not be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent, attorney,
custodian or nominee appointed with due care by it hereunder.
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Except as otherwise agreed in writing, the Trustee shall not
be responsible for the payment of any interest on amounts deposited with it
hereunder.
Section 7.4. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Notes
(a) The recitals contained herein and in the Notes, except the
certificates of authentication on the Notes, shall be taken as the statements of
the Issuer, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The
Trustee makes no representations as to the validity, adequacy or condition of
the Collateral or any part thereof, or as to the title of the Issuer thereto or
as to the security afforded thereby or hereby, or as to the validity or
genuineness of any securities at any time pledged and deposited with the Trustee
hereunder or as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the
Notes. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the
Issuer of the Notes or the proceeds thereof or of any money paid to the Issuer
upon Issuer Order.
(b) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein and without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee shall have no
responsibility or liability for or with respect to the existence or validity of
any Collateral or validity of the assignment of any portion of the Collateral to
the Trustee or of any intervening assignment.
(c) The Trustee shall not have any obligation or liability
under any Collateral by reason of or arising out of this Indenture or the
granting of a security interest in such Collateral hereunder or the receipt by
the Trustee of any payment relating to any Collateral pursuant thereto, nor
shall the Trustee be required or obligated in any manner to perform or fulfill
any of the obligations of the Issuer under or pursuant to any Collateral, or to
make any payment, or to make any inquiry as to the nature or the sufficiency of
any payment received by it, or the sufficiency of any performance by any party,
under any Collateral.
Section 7.5. May Hold Notes
The Trustee, Note Registrar or any other agent of the Issuer,
in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of
Notes and if operative, may otherwise deal with the Issuer with the same rights
it would have if it were not Trustee, Note Registrar or such other agent.
Section 7.6. Money Held in Trust
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder shall be
segregated from other funds held by the Trustee. The Trustee shall be under no
liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise
agreed in writing with the Issuer.
Section 7.7. Compensation and Reimbursement
The Issuer agrees:
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(1) to pay the Trustee in accordance with a
separate fee agreement and such fees in
accordance with Section 13.1 hereof, as
reasonable compensation for all services
rendered by it hereunder (which Trustee Fee
shall not be limited by any provision of law
in regard to the compensation of a trustee
of an express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided
herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its
written request for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made
by the Trustee in accordance with any
provision of this Indenture (including the
reasonable compensation and the expenses and
disbursements of the Trustee's agents and
counsel), except any such expense,
disbursement or advance as may be
attributable to its negligence or bad faith;
and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee its officers,
directors, employees and agents for, and to
hold them harmless against, any loss,
liability, obligation, damage, penalty, tax,
claim, action, investigation, proceeding,
cost, disbursement or expense incurred
without negligence or bad faith on their
part, arising out of or in connection with
the acceptance or administration of this
trust and performance hereunder, including
the reasonable costs and expenses of
defending itself against any claim or
liability in connection with the exercise or
performance of any of its powers or duties
hereunder.
The provisions of this Section 7.7 shall survive any
expiration or termination of this Indenture.
Section 7.8. Corporate Trustee Requirement Eligibility
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall
(a) be a depository institution, banking corporation or trust company organized
and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any
state, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and (b)
meet the requirements of an Eligible Financial Institution. If at any time the
Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this
Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
hereinafter specified in this Article.
Section 7.9. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no
appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become
effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee under
Section 7.10.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time by giving written
notice thereof to the Issuer and the Noteholders. If an instrument of acceptance
by a successor Trustee shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30
days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
Trustee.
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(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time by Act of the
Majority Holders, delivered to the Trustee and to the Issuer.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under
Section 7.8 and shall fail to resign after
written request therefor by the Issuer or by
the Majority Holders; or
(2) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting
or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent
or a receiver of the Trustee or of its
property shall be appointed or any public
officer shall take charge or control of the
Trustee or of its property or affairs for
the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation
or liquidation;
then, in any such case, (i) the Issuer by a Board Resolution may remove the
Trustee, or (ii) subject to Section 6.14, any Noteholder who has been a bona
fide Holder of a Note for at least two months may, on behalf of himself and all
others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become
incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of the Trustee
for any cause, the Issuer, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a
successor Trustee that meets the requirements set forth in Section 7.8 and is
approved by an Act of the Majority Holders. If no successor Trustee shall have
been so appointed by the Issuer within 30 days after such resignation or
removal, any Noteholder who has been a bona fide Holder of Notes for at least
two months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition
any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(f) The Issuer shall give notice of each resignation and each
removal of the Trustee and each appointment of a successor Trustee by mailing
written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the
Holders of Notes as their names and addresses appear in the Note Register. Each
notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee and the address of its
corporate trust office.
Section 7.10. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor
Every successor Trustee appointed hereunder shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to the Issuer and the retiring Trustee an instrument
accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the
retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any
further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights,
powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on request of the Issuer
or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, execute and deliver an
instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and
trusts of the retiring Trustee, and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to
such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee
hereunder. Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Issuer shall execute
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any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming
to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts. The predecessor
Trustee shall not be liable for the actions or the failure to act of any
successor Trustee hereunder, but each retiring Trustee shall remain liable for
its actions or failure to act during its tenure as Trustee hereunder.
No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at
the time of such acceptance, such successor Trustee shall be qualified and
eligible under this Article.
Section 7.11. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business of Trustee
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a
party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the
corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee
hereunder, provided, such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible
under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further
act on the part of any of the parties hereto.
Section 7.12. Co-trustees and Separate Trustees
At any time or times, for the purpose of meeting the legal
requirements of any jurisdiction in which any portion of the Collateral may at
the time be located, the Issuer and the Trustee shall have power to appoint,
and, upon the written request of the Trustee or of the Holders of Notes
representing at least 25% of the aggregate Note Principal Balance of Outstanding
Notes, the Issuer shall for such purpose join with the Trustee in the execution,
delivery and performance of all instruments and agreements necessary or proper
to appoint, one or more Persons approved by the Trustee either to act as
co-trustee, jointly with the Trustee, of all or any part of such Collateral, or
to act as separate trustee of any such property, in either case with such powers
as may be provided in the instrument of appointment, and to vest in such Person
or Persons in the capacity aforesaid, any property, title, right or power deemed
necessary or desirable, subject to the other provisions of this Section. If the
Issuer does not join in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it
of a request to do so, or in case an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Trustee alone shall have power to make such appointment.
Should any written instrument from the Issuer be required by
any co-trustee or separate trustee so appointed for more fully confirming to
such co-trustee or separate trustee such property, title, right or power, any
and all such instruments shall, on request, be executed, acknowledged and
delivered by the Issuer.
Every co-trustee or separate trustee shall, to the extent
permitted by law, but to such extent only, be appointed subject to the following
terms, namely:
(1) The Notes shall be authenticated and
delivered and all rights, powers, duties and
obligations hereunder in respect of the
custody of securities, cash and other
personal property held by, or required to be
deposited or pledged with, the Trustee
hereunder, shall be exercised solely by the
Trustee.
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(2) The rights, powers, duties and obligations
hereby conferred or imposed upon the Trustee
in respect of any property covered by such
appointment shall be conferred or imposed
upon and exercised or performed by the
Trustee or by the Trustee and such
co-trustee or separate trustee jointly, as
shall be provided in the instrument
appointing such co-trustee or separate
trustee, except to the extent that under any
law of any jurisdiction in which any
particular act is to be performed, the
Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified
to perform such act, in which event such
rights, powers, duties and obligations shall
be exercised and performed by such
co-trustee or separate trustee.
(3) The Trustee at any time, by an instrument in
writing executed by it, with the concurrence
of the Issuer evidenced by a Board
Resolution, may accept the resignation of or
remove any co-trustee or separate trustee
appointed under this Section, and, in case
an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Trustee shall have power to
accept the resignation of, or remove, any
such co-trustee or separate trustee without
the concurrence of the Issuer. Upon the
written request of the Trustee, the Issuer
shall join with the Trustee in the
execution, delivery and performance of all
instruments and agreements necessary or
proper to effectuate such resignation or
removal. A successor to any co-trustee or
separate trustee that has so resigned or
been removed may be appointed in the manner
provided in this Section.
(4) No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder
shall be personally liable by reason of any
act or omission of the Trustee or any other
such trustee hereunder nor shall the Trustee
be liable by reason of any act or omission
of any co-trustee or separate trustee
hereunder, so long as such co-trustee or
separate trustee has been appointed by the
Trustee with due care.
(5) Any Act of Noteholders delivered to the
Trustee shall be deemed to have been
delivered to each such co-trustee and
separate trustee.
Section 7.13. Rights of Trustee in Capacity of Payment Agent, Transfer
Agent or Registrar
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In the event that the Trustee is also acting as Paying Agent
or Transfer Agent or Registrar hereunder, the rights and protections afforded to
the Trustee pursuant to this Article VII shall also be afforded to the Paying
Agent, Transfer Agent and Registrar and to any successor serving in any such
capacity.
ARTICLE VIII
CONSOLIDATION AND MERGER
The Issuer shall not consolidate or merge with or into any
other Person or convey or transfer its properties and assets substantially as an
entirety to any Person.
ARTICLE IX.
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 9.1. Supplemental Indentures Only with Consent of Noteholders
With the written consent of the Noteholders by Act of the
Noteholders delivered to the Issuer and the Trustee, the Issuer, when authorized
by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into one or more supplemental
indentures for the purpose of adding any provisions to, or changing in any
manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, this Indenture or modifying in
any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes under this Indenture;
provided, however, no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of
all of the Noteholders:
(1) reduce the Note Principal Balance of any
Note or the Note Interest Rate thereon or
change the amount or priority or time of any
payment on any Note or any place of payment
where, or the coin or currency in which, any
Note or the interest thereon is payable, or
impair the right to institute suit for the
enforcement of any such payment; or
(2) modify or release the Collateral in any
material respect except as otherwise
permitted herein; or
(3) modify or alter the definition of the term
"Outstanding"; or
(4) modify or alter the provisions of the
proviso to Section 6.3; or
(5) modify any of the provisions of this Section
9.1, except to increase any such percentage
or to provide that certain other provisions
of this Indenture cannot be modified or
waived without the consent of the Holder of
each Outstanding Note; or
(6) permit the creation of any Lien ranking
prior to or on a parity with the Lien of
this Indenture with respect to any part of
the Collateral, or, except as permitted
under this Indenture, terminate the Lien of
this Indenture on any property at any time
subject hereto or, except as permitted under
this Indenture, deprive the Holder of any
Note of the security afforded by the Lien of
this Indenture.
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Promptly after the execution by the Issuer and the Trustee of
any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Section, the Issuer shall, if
requested by any Noteholder, mail to the each of the Holders of the Notes, a
notice setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental
indenture together with a copy of such supplemental indenture. Any failure of
the Issuer to mail such notice and copy, or any defect therein, shall not,
however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental
indenture.
Section 9.2. Execution of Supplemental Indentures
In executing or accepting the additional trusts created by any
supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of
the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to be
supplied with, and prior to executing any supplemental indenture pursuant to
Section 9.1, the Trustee shall require an Opinion of Counsel stating that the
execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this
Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such
supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own duties, immunities,
rights or indemnities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 9.3. Effect of Supplemental Indentures
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this
Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such
supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and
every Holder of Notes theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered
hereunder shall be bound thereby.
Section 9.4. Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indenture
Notes issued and delivered after the execution of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and if required by the
Issuer shall, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter
provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Issuer shall so determine,
new Notes so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Issuer, to any such
supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Issuer and
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Notes.
Section 9.5. Solicitation of Holders of Notes
(a) Solicitation. The Issuer shall provide each Noteholder
(irrespective of the amount of Notes then owned by it) with sufficient
information, at least five (5) Business Days in advance of the date a decision
is required, to enable such Holder to make an informed and considered decision
with respect to any proposed amendment, waiver or consent in respect of any of
the provisions hereof or of the Notes. The Issuer shall deliver to the Servicer
executed or true and correct copies of each amendment, waiver or consent
effected pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture and the Servicer shall
deliver copies of the same to each Noteholder promptly following the date on
which it is executed and delivered by the Issuer; provided, however, nothing in
this Section 9.5(a) shall, in the absence of affirmative consent of a
Noteholder, be construed as deemed consent.
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(b) Payment. The Issuer will not directly or indirectly pay or
cause to be paid any remuneration, whether by way of supplemental or additional
interest, fee or otherwise, or grant any security, to any Noteholder as
consideration for or as an inducement to the entering into by any Noteholder of
any waiver or amendment of any of the terms and provisions hereof or of the
Notes unless such remuneration is concurrently paid, or security is concurrently
granted, on the same terms, ratably to each Noteholder then Outstanding even if
such Noteholder did not consent to such waiver or amendment.
ARTICLE X.
REDEMPTION OF NOTES
Section 10.1. Redemption at the Option of the Issuer
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The Notes are redeemable (1) at the option of the Issuer or
(2) pursuant to the provisions of Section 12.3(d), in whole, or in part at only
one time during the term hereof, at the Redemption Price on any Redemption Date
with such option, unless deemed exercised hereunder, to be exercised by delivery
of an Issuer Order to the Trustee; provided, that (i) no Event of Default has
occurred and remains uncured and (ii) except in the case of an Extraordinary
Optional Redemption, the Redemption Date must be the first available Redemption
Date for which the Trustee can give a proper Redemption Notice after receipt of
such Issuer Order by the Trustee; provided, further, that any redemption in part
pursuant to clause (1) above is in an amount equal to 50% of the Note Principal
Balance outstanding on the Redemption Date and shall be applied pro rata among
each of the Candie's/Xxx Xxxxx Note Principal Balance, the Rampage Note
Principal Balance and the JNCO Note Principal Balance of each Note; and
provided, further, that any redemption pursuant to clause (2) above with respect
to any Asset relating to (i) the Primary Xxxx CANDIES or XXX XXXXX, (ii) the
Primary Xxxx RAMPAGE, or (iii) the Primary Xxxx JNCO shall be applied in
reduction of the Candie's/Xxx Xxxxx Note Principal Balance, the Rampage Note
Principal Balance or the JNCO Note Principal Balance, respectively, of each
Note. Note Principal Payments shall not constitute payments to redeem Notes and
the reduction in the Note Principal Balance of any Note with any such payment
shall not be a redemption of such Note within the meaning and for any purposes
of this Indenture.
Section 10.2. Mandatory Redemption
(a) In the event that there is to be a payment of the Release
Price for an Asset as described in Section 12.3(c) of this Indenture, upon such
payment, the affected Asset shall be released from the Lien of this Indenture.
The Release Price of the affected Asset shall be deposited in the Collection
Account by the Trustee upon receipt and shall be applied to the redemption of
Notes on the next ensuing Redemption Date for which a proper Redemption Notice
can be given in a principal amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the total
of Initial Asset Values of all affected Assets over (ii) the total of the
Amortization Amounts of the affected Assets, which principal amount shall be
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applied to the reduction of the Candie's/Xxx Xxxxx Note Principal Balance, the
Rampage Note Principal Balance or the JNCO Note Principal Balance of each Note,
depending on whether the affected Asset relates to the (i) Primary Xxxx CANDIES
or XXX XXXXX, (ii) Primary Xxxx RAMPAGE or (iii) Primary Xxxx JNCO,
respectively. Deposit of such Release Price in the Collection Account shall be
deemed to be an exercise of the option to redeem Notes on such Redemption Date
in such principal amount and at the Redemption Price.
(b) In accordance with Section 13.2(b) of this Indenture,
specified funds are to be withdrawn from the Liquidity Reserve Account and
applied to the redemption of Notes. Such funds shall be set aside by the Trustee
in the Collection Account and applied to the redemption of Notes on the next
ensuing Redemption Date for which a proper Redemption Notice can be given in a
principal amount equal, as nearly as practicable, to the amount of the funds
available after withdrawing therefrom all funds needed to pay accrued interest
on the Notes to be redeemed to the applicable Redemption Date plus the related
Redemption Premium, if applicable. The Issuer shall be deemed to have elected
any such redemption.
(c) If, pursuant to the provisions of Section 13.7(b) of this
Indenture, specified funds are to be withdrawn from the JNCO Escrow Account and
applied to the redemption of the Notes, such funds shall be withdrawn from the
JNCO Escrow Account and deposited in the Collection Account on the Business Day
immediately preceding the next ensuing Redemption Date for which a proper
Redemption Notice can be given. The Redemption Price for the Notes redeemed
pursuant to this Section 10.2(c) shall be an amount equal, as nearly as
practicable, to the amount of funds available after withdrawing therefrom all
funds needed to pay interest on the JNCO Note Principal Balance of the Notes
being redeemed to the applicable Redemption Date. No Redemption Premium shall be
payable in connection with the redemption described in this clause.
Section 10.3 Notice of Redemption by the Issuer
Notice of redemption pursuant to Section 10.1 or Section 10.2
if not waived in writing by a Noteholder delivered to the Trustee, shall be
given by U.S. registered mail, return receipt requested, or by nationally
recognized overnight private mail delivery service, postage prepaid, mailed not
less than 30 days or more than 60 days prior to the applicable Redemption Date
to each Holder of Notes whose Notes are to be redeemed, at its address in the
Note Register. It shall be assumed for purposes of this Indenture that the
Trustee can and will mail a notice of redemption 5 days after receipt of an
Issuer Order to redeem Notes or a deemed election by the Issuer to redeem Notes.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed
and the allocation of such principal amount
among the Candie's/Xxx Xxxxx Note Principal
Balance, the Rampage Note Principal Balance
and the JNCO Note Principal Balance;
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(3) a pro forma Redemption Price for each Note
redeemed, calculated as of the date of the
notice of redemption;
(4) that on the Redemption Date, the Redemption
Price shall become due and payable upon each
Note called for redemption, and that
interest thereon shall cease to accrue on
such date; and
(5) the place where such Notes to be redeemed
are to be surrendered on or within 30 days
after the Redemption Date, which shall be
the office or agency of the Issuer to be
maintained as provided in Section 11.2.
Notice of redemption of Notes shall be given by the Issuer or,
at the Issuer's request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the
Issuer. Failure to give notice of redemption, or any defect therein, to any
Holder of any Note selected for redemption shall not impair or affect the
validity of the redemption of any other Note.
Section 10.4 Deposit of the Redemption Price
On or before 1:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the Business
Day immediately preceding any Redemption Date, the Issuer shall remit to the
Trustee for deposit into the Collection Account an amount of monies sufficient
to pay the Redemption Price of all Notes which are to be redeemed on such
Redemption Date (less any portion of such payment set aside from monies in the
Collection Account or the Liquidity Reserve Account for the Notes to be
redeemed).
Section 10.5 Notes Payable on Redemption Date; Less than All Notes
to be Redeemed
(a) Notice of redemption having been given as provided in
Section 10.3, the Notes to be redeemed shall, on the applicable Redemption Date,
become due and payable at the Redemption Price and on such Redemption Date such
Notes shall cease to bear interest on the portion of the Notes actually
redeemed. On the Redemption Date, the Holders of such Notes shall be paid the
Redemption Price by the Trustee from funds available to the Trustee pursuant to
Section 10.4, Section 13.2 or otherwise; provided, however, that installments of
principal and interest which are due on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be
payable to the Holders of such Notes registered as such on the relevant Record
Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 3.7.
(b) If a Holder of any Note called in whole or in part for
redemption shall not be so paid due to a failure of the Trustee to remit funds
timely deposited by the Issuer, the Issuer shall have no liability as a result
of such failure and the principal amount thereof shall, until paid, continue to
bear interest from the Redemption Date at the related Note Interest Rate until
payment of principal is made.
(c) If less than the principal amount of all Notes Outstanding
are to be redeemed on any Redemption Date, such Notes shall be redeemed pro rata
from available funds as nearly as practicable in the judgment of the Trustee,
observing in the process authorized denominations in accordance with Section 3.2
of this Indenture and shall be applied in installments of principal payable on
the affected Note in the reverse order of maturity in accordance with the
schedule attached to such Note.
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(d) Installments of interest and principal due on or prior to
a Redemption Date shall continue to be payable to the Holders of Notes called
for redemption as of the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the
provisions of Section 3.7. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the
election of the Issuer to redeem any Notes pursuant to this Section shall be
evidenced by an Issuer Order directing the Trustee to make the payment of the
Redemption Price on all of the Notes to be redeemed from monies deposited with
the Trustee pursuant to Section 10.4 or otherwise available to the Trustee in
accordance with this Indenture for the purpose of redeeming Notes.
Section 10.6 Defeasance
(a) If, on any Payment Date, there is held by the Trustee
Defeasance Collateral (which may include the balance on deposit in the Liquidity
Reserve Account, to the extent it is invested in cash and Defeasance Collateral,
if so elected by the Issuer), and in such principal amounts bearing interest at
such rates and with such maturities as will provide, according to verification
by a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants,
sufficient funds to pay (1) all scheduled principal of and interest (if Notes
are to be redeemed before the Maturity Date), on the Notes to the Redemption
Date or the Maturity Date as shall be elected by the Issuer, and (2) all
Defeasance Expenses (in cash) due to the Noteholders, the Trustee and the
Servicer, then upon written notice from the Issuer to the Trustee and to the
Noteholders, the Trustee and the Noteholders shall cease to be entitled to any
benefit or security under this Indenture except for the right to receive payment
of the funds so held and other rights which by their nature cannot be satisfied
prior to or simultaneously with termination of the lien hereof, the security
interests created by this Indenture (except in such funds and investments) shall
terminate, and the Issuer and the Trustee shall execute and deliver such
instruments as may be necessary to discharge the Trustee's lien and security
interests created hereunder for the benefit of the Trustee and the Noteholders.
Upon such defeasance, the funds and investments required to pay the Notes and to
pay the Defeasance Expenses shall be irrevocably set aside for that purpose, and
money held for defeasance shall be invested only as provided above in this
section and applied by the Trustee to the retirement of the Notes and payment of
the Defeasance Expenses. Any funds or property held by the Trustee and not
required for payment or redemption of Notes and payment of Defeasance Expenses
shall be distributed to the order of the Issuer upon such indemnification, if
any, as the Trustee may reasonably require. If any Notes are to be defeased to a
Redemption Date before the Maturity Date, the Notes to be defeased shall be
subject to redemption on such Redemption Date at the Redemption Price, and the
Trustee shall be deemed to have been instructed to distribute and shall
distribute a notice of redemption of such Notes as and when required hereunder.
(b) Upon defeasance of all of the Notes Outstanding, the
Issuer shall pay to the Servicer, a fee in the amount of 0.25% per annum of the
aggregate Note Principal Balance of Outstanding Notes.
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ARTICLE XI.
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
Section 11.1 Payment of Principal and Interest
The Issuer shall duly and punctually pay the principal of and
interest on the Notes, subject to and in accordance with the terms of the Notes
and this Indenture.
Section 11.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency
The Issuer shall maintain an office or agency within the
United States of America where Notes may be presented or surrendered for
payment, where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange
and where notices in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The
Issuer hereby initially appoints the Trustee its office or agency for each of
said purposes. The Issuer shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the
location, and of any change in the location, of any such office or agency. If at
any time the Issuer shall fail to maintain any such office or agency or shall
fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations,
surrenders or exchanges may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office. As
of the date hereof, on the Issue Date, and at all times since its formation, the
chief executive office and place of business of the Issuer is and has been
located at 000 Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000.
Section 11.3 Money for Note Payments to Be Held in Trust
Subject to any applicable escheat law, any money deposited
with the Trustee in trust for payment to the Noteholders on any Payment Date and
remaining unclaimed for three years after such payment has become due and
payable shall be paid to the Issuer on Issuer Request; and any Noteholder with a
right to or interest in such money shall thereafter, as an unsecured general
creditor, look only to the Issuer for payment thereof, and all liability of the
Trustee with respect to such trust money, shall thereupon cease; provided,
however, that the Trustee, before being required to make any such repayment,
shall at the expense of the Issuer send by first class mail to each Noteholder
with a right to or interest in monies due and payable but not claimed, at the
last address as shown on the Note Register for such Noteholders, and cause to be
published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily
published on each Business Day and of general circulation in the city in which
the Trustee's Office is located, notice that such money remains unclaimed and
that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 60 days from
the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining
shall be repaid to the Issuer. The Trustee may also adopt and employ, at the
expense of the Issuer, any other reasonable means of notification of such
repayment (including, but not limited to, mailing notice of such repayment to
each Noteholder whose right to or interest in monies due and payable but not
claimed is determinable from the records of the Trustee, at the last address as
shown on the Note Register for such Noteholder).
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Section 11.4. Continued Existence; Observance of Organizational
Documents
The Issuer shall keep in full effect its existence, rights and
franchises as a limited liability company under the laws of the State of
Delaware, shall operate in accordance with, and subject to the limitations set
forth in, its Organizational Documents and shall obtain and preserve its
qualification to do business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in
which the failure to be so qualified shall have a material adverse effect on the
validity and enforceability of this Indenture or the Notes.
Section 11.5. Protection of Collateral
(a) The Issuer covenants to file or cause to be filed all UCC
Financing Statements and any related forms necessary or desirable
to be filed with respect to the Collateral in the United States
Patent and Trademark Office within ten (10) Business Days of the
applicable Closing Date and in the United States Copyright Office
within thirty (30) days of the applicable Closing Date.
(b) The Issuer shall from time to time execute and deliver to the
Trustee, the Servicer and such other parties as the Issuer shall
deem appropriate all such supplements and amendments hereto and
all such financing statements, continuation statements,
instruments of further assurance and other instruments, and shall
take such other action as is necessary or advisable to:
(i) ensure a first priority, perfected security interest in all
or any portion of the Collateral;
(ii) maintain or preserve the lien of this Indenture or carry out
the purposes hereof;
(iii) protect the validity of any Grant made by this Indenture;
(iv) enforce any of the Collateral or, where appropriate, any
security interest in the Collateral and the proceeds
thereof;
(v) preserve and defend the Issuer's title to the Collateral and
the rights of the Noteholders therein against the claims of
all persons and parties subject to the rights of licensees
under the Licenses; or
(vi) record or register the Issuer's ownership of all of the
Trademarks of record in the Territory;
but in the foregoing cases of items (i) through (v), only to the extent the same
can be achieved by recordation or filing under the laws of the Covered
Jurisdictions, and in the foregoing case of item (vi), only to the extent the
same can be achieved by recordation or filing under the laws of the Territory.
(c) For avoidance of doubt, the Issuer agrees that:
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(i) In the event that, on any Payment Date following any Closing
Date, the DSCR is less than 1.6 to 1.0 (i.e., 160%), it
shall, promptly, but in no event more than 180 days, (i)
cause the recordation of its title to the Primary Marks
BONGO, XXX XXXXX, RAMPAGE and, if and when acquired by the
Issuer, JNCO, in all jurisdictions in which such title has
not previously been recorded and (ii) file in all
jurisdictions in which a filing can be made to perfect the
lien of the Indenture on the Primary Marks BONGO, CANDIE'S,
XXX XXXXX, RAMPAGE and, if and when acquired by the Issuer,
JNCO;
(ii) In the event that the aggregate Individual Asset Earned
Income for Assets related to any one of the Primary Marks
BONGO, XXX XXXXX, RAMPAGE or, if and when acquired by the
Issuer, JNCO in a single jurisdiction exceeds $10,000 in any
single fiscal year of the Issuer, the Issuer shall, on or
before the first Payment Date following such fiscal year,
cause the recordation of its title to such Primary Xxxx in
such jurisdiction unless such title has been previously been
recorded therein; and
(iii) In the event that the aggregate Individual Asset Earned
Income for Assets related to any of the Primary Marks BONGO,
CANDIE'S, XXX XXXXX RAMPAGE or, if and when acquired by the
Issuer, JNCO (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not in the
case where such income is taken in the aggregate for all
Primary Marks) in a single jurisdiction exceeds $250,000 in
any single fiscal year of the Issuer, the Issuer shall, on
or before the first Payment Date following such fiscal year,
cause a filing to be made in such jurisdiction, to the
extent legally possible, to perfect the lien of the
Indenture on such Primary Xxxx and, if it is customary
practice in such jurisdiction, deliver to the Trustee and
Noteholders a customary opinion of counsel in such
jurisdiction confirming that such filing was sufficient to
perfect such lien to the extent the same can be accomplished
by filing.
Section 11.6. Biennial Opinion as to Collateral
On or before November 22nd in each second succeeding calendar
year, commencing in 2007, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee, and to the
Noteholders an Opinion of Counsel (which shall be independent counsel) either
(i) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such action has been taken
with respect to the recording, filing, re-recording and refiling of any
requisite documents as is necessary to maintain the lien and security interest
created by this Indenture and the perfection and priority thereof as the same
originally existed under and in accordance with this Indenture and reciting the
details of such action or (ii) stating that in the opinion of such counsel no
such action is necessary to maintain such lien and security interest; but in
each of the foregoing cases, only to the extent the same can be achieved under
the law of the United States or any state within the United States or the law of
Canada or (if and to the extent such opinions are customarily given in Material
Jurisdictions other than the United States and Canada) any other Material
Jurisdiction, as applicable. Such Opinion of Counsel shall also describe the
recording, filing, re-recording and refiling of such requisite documents that
shall, in the opinion of such counsel, be required to maintain the lien and
security interest of this Indenture and the perfection and priority thereof
until November 22, 2015 in the second succeeding calendar year, based upon the
state of the law and facts in existence at the time of delivering the opinion.
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Section 11.7. Negative Covenants
The Issuer shall not:
(i) sell, transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of any of the
Collateral (except as expressly permitted by the Management
Agreement or this Indenture); or
(ii) claim any credit on, or make any deduction from, the
principal or interest payable in respect of the Notes by
reason of the payment of any taxes levied or assessed upon
any of the Collateral; or
(iii) amend (a) either Section 7, Section 8(g) or Section 25 of
its Limited Liability Company Agreement or (b) any
Transaction Document without receiving approval thereof by
Act of the Noteholders (which may not be unreasonably
withheld); or
(iv) (a) permit the validity or effectiveness of this Indenture
to be impaired, or permit this Indenture to be amended,
hypothecated, subordinated, terminated or discharged, or
permit any Person to be released from any covenants or
obligations of this Indenture, except as may be expressly
permitted hereby and thereby, (b) permit any lien, charge,
security interest, mortgage or other encumbrances, other
than the Lien of this Indenture and Licenses, to be created
on or extended to or otherwise arise upon or burden the
Collateral or any part thereof or any interest therein or
the proceeds thereof or incur any indebtedness other than
the Notes, or (c) permit this Indenture not to constitute a
valid first priority security interest in the Collateral to
the extent the same can be achieved by filing under the laws
of the Covered Jurisdictions, as applicable; or
(v) change the state of its organization without thirty days'
prior written notice to the Trustee, accompanied by such
evidence of actions to be taken as shall be necessary to
continue the perfection of the lien on the Collateral to the
extent the same can be achieved by filing under the laws of
the Covered Jurisdictions, as applicable; or
(vi) (i) institute, or consent to the institution of, bankruptcy
or insolvency proceedings in respect to the Issuer, or file
a petition seeking or consenting to reorganization or relief
under any applicable federal or state law relating to
bankruptcy, or seek or consent to the appointment of a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or
other similar official) of the Issuer or any substantial
part of its assets, or make any assignment for the benefit
of creditors, or admit in writing its inability to pay its
debts generally as they become due, or take any corporate
action in furtherance of any such action; or (ii)
consolidate, merge, dissolve or liquidate, in whole or in
part; or
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(vii) except for Indebtedness as may be expressly permitted under
this Indenture, incur, assume or guaranty any Indebtedness
except for such Indebtedness as has been approved by the
Noteholders; or
(viii) except as contemplated in the Management Agreement, enter
into any material amendment or supplement to or modification
of the Assets or grant any material waiver or consent under
the Assets; or
(ix) issue any bonds, notes or other obligations other than the
Notes.
Section 11.8. Statement as to Compliance
The Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee, the Noteholders and
the Servicer, on or before each January 31 (commencing January 31, 2006), a
written statement signed by the President or a Vice President and by the
Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
of the Issuer stating, as to each signer thereof, that
(1) a review of the activities of the Issuer during the
preceding calendar year (or such lesser period in the case
of the first such statement) and of performance under this
Indenture has been made under his supervision; and
(2) the Issuer has fulfilled all its obligations in all material
respects under this Indenture throughout such period, or, if
there has been a default in the fulfillment of any such
obligation, specifying each such Default known to him and
the nature and status thereof.
Section 11.9. Inspection
At any time and from time to time, the Issuer shall permit the
Trustee, the Servicer and the Noteholders, or their respective agents or
representatives, during regular business hours and without charge: (i) to
examine and make copies of and abstracts from the books and records (financial
and corporate) of the Issuer, and (ii) to visit the offices and properties of
the Issuer for the purpose of reviewing and examining such books and records and
discussing matters relating thereto and to the performance of the Issuer under
this Indenture with any of the officers or employees of the Issuer having
knowledge of such matters or with the Issuer's outside auditors.
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Section 11.10. Limited Purpose
The Issuer shall not engage in any business other than the
transactions permitted by its Organizational Documents.
Section 11.11. Issuer Ownership
The Issuer agrees that its books and records will reflect its
ownership of the Collateral, subject to the liens and security interests created
by this Indenture.
Section 11.12. Enforcement of Transaction Documents
The Issuer shall take all actions necessary, and diligently
pursue all remedies available to it, to enforce the obligations of each other
party to a Transaction Document to secure its and the Noteholders' rights
thereunder, provided, that prior to taking any action in the name of the
Noteholders, it shall receive the written consent of the Noteholders.
Section 11.13. Representations and Warranties
The Issuer, as of the date hereof and as of each Closing Date,
hereby represents and warrants the following:
(a) Except for the interests created by Licenses, the Issuer
is the owner of all of the Collateral free of liens and encumbrances, the Issuer
has not assigned any interest or participation in any Collateral, and the Issuer
has full right to Grant such Collateral to the Trustee for the benefit of the
Noteholders.
(b) The Issuer has Granted a security interest in all of its
right, title, and interest in the Collateral to the Noteholders.
(c) The Notes have not been registered under the Securities
Act nor pursuant to the securities or blue sky laws of any State.
(d) The Trustee will, upon proper filing and/or recording of
UCC financing statements, copyright documents and trademark documents, as
applicable, in the Covered Jurisdictions by the Issuer or the Servicer on the
Issuer's behalf, have a perfected first priority security interest in each item
of Collateral, free from any lien, security interest encumbrance or other right,
title or interest of any Person, except for any Lien created by this Indenture
and the Licenses, but in all cases only to the extent the same can be achieved
by filing under the laws of the Covered Jurisdictions, as applicable.
(e) The Issuer has its chief executive office at 000
Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000.
(f) The Issuer, (i) is a limited liability company, duly
organized, validly existing in good standing under the laws of Delaware; (ii)
has requisite power and authority and all licenses and permits to own and
operate its properties to carry on its business as now conducted, and to enter
into and perform its obligations under each Transaction Document to which it is
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a party and the transactions contemplated thereby, including, the issuance and
sale of the Notes and the performance of its obligations thereunder; and (iii)
has been duly qualified and is authorized to do business and, if applicable, is
in good standing as a foreign corporation (or is exempt from such requirements)
and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in each jurisdiction where
the failure to be so qualified would have a material adverse effect on its
ability to conduct its business.
(g) Each Transaction Document (other than the Notes) to which
the Issuer is a party has been duly authorized and, when executed and delivered
by the Issuer will constitute valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the
Issuer in accordance with its terms, subject, as to the enforcement of remedies,
to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws
affecting the enforceability of creditors' rights generally applicable in the
event of the bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Issuer and to
general principles of equity.
(h) No event has occurred and is continuing that constitutes a
Default or an Event of Default under, and as defined in, this Indenture, the
Servicing Agreement or any other Transaction Document. Neither the execution and
delivery of any Transaction Document by the Issuer, the consummation of the
transactions contemplated thereby nor the satisfaction of the terms and
conditions of the Transaction Documents (i) conflicts with or results in any
breach or violation of any provision of the Organizational Documents of the
Issuer, or any law, rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree,
determination or award currently in effect having applicability to the Issuer,
or any of its properties, including regulations issued by an administrative
agency or other governmental authority having supervisory powers over the
Issuer; or (ii) constitutes a default by the Issuer under or a breach of any
provision of this Indenture or any contract, agreement, mortgage or other
instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties are or
may be bound or affected or (iii) results in the creation or imposition of any
lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Issuer pursuant to the terms of
any mortgage, deed of trust, contract, agreement, charter instrument, by-law or
other instrument.
(i) The Notes have been duly and validly authorized by the
Issuer and, when duly and validly executed in accordance with this Indenture,
will be validly issued and outstanding and entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the
Issuer, enforceable against the Issuer in accordance with their terms, subject,
as to the enforcement of remedies, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium and other similar laws affecting the enforceability of creditors'
rights generally applicable in the event of the bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization of the Issuer and to general principles of equity.
(j) The Issuer had at all relevant times and now has full
power and authority to originate, own and, has full power and authority to Grant
the Collateral, has duly authorized such Grant by all necessary action, and does
not require any member approval, or approval or consent of any trustee or
holders of any indebtedness or obligations of the Issuer other than such as have
been obtained.
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(k) There is no pending action, suit, proceeding or
investigation, including, but not limited to, any such proceeding or
investigation resulting from the ownership or use of any of the Collateral,
against or affecting the Issuer before any administrative agency, arbitrator or
governmental body or, to the best knowledge of the Issuer, any threatened action
or proceeding, including but not limited to any such proceeding or investigation
resulting from the ownership or use of any of the Collateral, against or
affecting the Issuer before any of the foregoing which, if decided adversely to
the Issuer, would materially affect (i) the condition (financial or otherwise),
business, properties, prospects, profits or operations of the Issuer, (ii) the
ability of the Issuer to perform its obligations under, or the validity or
enforceability of, any Transaction Document to which it is a party or (iii) the
Noteholders' ability to foreclose or otherwise enforce their interest in the
Collateral as contemplated under this Indenture and the Servicing Agreement.
This Issuer is not subject to any order of any court, governmental authority or
agency or arbitration board of tribunal.
(l) No consent, approval, authorization, order of, or filing,
registration, application with any court or other governmental authority in
respect of the Issuer is necessary or required under the law of the United
States or any state within the United States (or other Covered Jurisdictions in
the case of filings to perfect the Lien of the Indenture) in connection with the
authorization, execution, delivery or performance by the Issuer of this
Indenture or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party or any of the
other documents or transactions contemplated thereby, including without
limitation, the pledge of the Collateral to the Noteholders, the servicing of
the Collateral, or the offer, issue, sale, delivery or performance of the Notes,
other than that consent, approval, authorization, order, filing, registration or
qualification which has been, or will be promptly, made or obtained in the
United States (or the other Covered Jurisdictions in the case of filings to
perfect the Lien of the Indenture); provided that no representation is made with
respect to filings of qualifications under the "Blue Sky" laws of the various
states within the United States.
(m) None of the transactions contemplated herein (including,
without limitation thereof, the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes)
will result in a violation of Section 7 of the Securities Exchange Act, or any
regulations thereto, including, without limitation, Regulations T, U and X of
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 12 C.F.R., Chapter II;
provided that the Issuer is not responsible for any such violation that results
from the status of a Noteholder. The Issuer does not own or intend to carry or
purchase, and no proceeds from the sale of the Notes will be used by the Issuer
to purchase, any "margin stock" within the meaning of said Regulation U.
(n) The representations and warranties of the Issuer in each
of the Servicing Agreement, the Note Purchase Agreement, the 2005 Note Purchase
Agreement, the 2005-B Note Purchase Agreement, this Indenture and the other
Transaction Documents to which it is a party are true and correct and are hereby
incorporated by reference as if each such representation and warranty were
specifically made herein.
(o) The Issuer is not a party to any contract or agreement, or
subject to any charter or other legal restriction, which materially and
adversely affects its business as contemplated in the Transaction Documents. The
Issuer has not agreed to cause or permit in the future (upon the happening of a
contingency or otherwise) any of its properties or any of the Collateral, other
than as otherwise set forth in this Indenture, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired, to be subject to a lien not permitted by this Indenture.
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(p) For so long as any of the Notes are Outstanding and are
"restricted securities" within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the
Securities Act, the Issuer will cause to be provided to the Noteholders and any
prospective purchaser of Notes designated by a Holder of such Notes, upon the
request of such Holder or prospective purchaser, the information required to be
provided to such Holder or prospective purchaser by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the
Securities Act.
(q) The Issuer does not intend to treat the Notes and related
transactions as being a "reportable transaction" (within the meaning of Treasury
Regulation Section 1.6011-4). In the event the Issuer determines to take any
action inconsistent with such intention, it will promptly notify the Noteholders
hereof. If the Issuer so notifies the Noteholders, the Issuer acknowledges that
one or more of the Noteholders may treat its Notes as part of a transaction that
is subject to Treasury Regulations 301.6112-1, and that such Noteholder or
Noteholders, as applicable, will maintain the lists and other records required
by such Treasury Regulation.
(r) The Issuer is not (i) a country, territory, organization,
person or entity name on an OFAC list; (ii) a Person that resides or has a place
of business in a country or territory named on such lists or which is designated
as a Non-Cooperative Jurisdiction by the Financial Action Task Force on Money
Laundering ("FATF"), or whose subscription funds are transferred from or through
such a jurisdiction; (iii) a "Foreign Shell Lender" within the meaning of the
USA PATRIOT Act, i.e., a foreign bank that does not have a physical presence in
any country and that is not affiliated with a bank that has a physical presence
and an acceptable level of regulation and supervision; or (iv) a person or
entity that resides in or is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction
designated by the United States Secretary of this Treasury under Section 311 or
312 of the USA PATRIOT Act as warranting special measures due to money
laundering.
Section 11.14. Certain Covenants
(a) The Issuer agrees that any Person, designated in writing
by a Noteholder may, upon reasonable prior written notice, consult with proper
officials of the Issuer and (subject to consent by the Servicer under the
Servicing Agreement) the Servicer at such times during normal business hours and
as often as such Person may reasonably request regarding the information
required to be furnished pursuant to the Servicing Agreement or regarding the
performance of the Issuer's covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture
or any of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party.
(b) The Issuer will comply in all material respects with all
requirements of law applicable to the Issuer relating to the performance of its
obligations under this Indenture and the Notes.
(c) The Issuer agrees to furnish the Noteholders copies of
each of the Transaction Documents and any documents to be furnished pursuant to
the terms of the Transaction Documents and such other information and documents
relating to the Notes and the Collateral any Noteholder may reasonably request.
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(d) The Issuer will pay or cause to be paid all present and
future recording and filing fees, and all legal, financial and miscellaneous
out-of-pocket expenses and costs incurred by the Issuer in connection with the
negotiation of and consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Indenture and the issuance and sale of the Notes. The Issuer further agrees that
it will pay or cause to be paid, promptly upon demand, any reasonable out of
pocket expense incurred by the Noteholders in connection with the making of
amendment to, or the giving of any release, consent or waiver in respect of,
this Indenture and any document executed pursuant hereto or thereto, whether or
not consummated, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for
the Noteholders in connection therewith. The obligations of the Issuer under the
preceding sentences shall be subject to the priority of distributions set forth
in Section 13.1 hereof and shall survive the termination of this Indenture, the
transfer of any Note or portion thereof or interest therein by a Noteholder and
the payment of any Note.
(e) The Issuer will add to Schedule 1 to the Second Amended
and Restated Standard Definitions, included herein as Appendix A, a description
of and required information pertaining to: (i) each separate and identifiable
Asset in which it has ownership rights but which was not listed thereon at a
Closing Date (whether or not it was in existence on a Closing Date) promptly
after the jurisdiction in which it generates income for the Issuer becomes a
Material Jurisdiction and (ii) without duplication, each separate and
identifiable Asset not listed on such Schedule 1 at a Closing Date promptly
after the same is conveyed to the Issuer pursuant to Section 2.2(b) of the
Contribution Agreement or Section 2.2(b) of the Xxx Xxxxx Contribution
Agreement.
(f) The Issuer will promptly following the conveyance of an
Asset to the Issuer (or Release of an Asset) or upon the loss, sale or
defeasance of an Asset from the Issuer, update the schedules and exhibits
attached to the Transaction Documents, with copies to the Servicer, Trustee and
Noteholders.
(g) The Issuer will comply with, and obey the terms and
provisions of, its Organizational Documents and will not take any action which
it is prohibited from taking under its Organizational Documents.
(h) The Issuer will maintain, or be a subject insured party
under, insurance of the type that is customarily maintained by business entities
of the same type and scale as the Issuer.
(i) For so long as any of the Notes remain Outstanding, the
Issuer will not (x) merge or consolidate with or into any other entity or engage
in any other business combination with any other entity or (y) sell or transfer
all or substantially all of its assets other than in conformity with the
Transaction Documents.
(j) The Issuer shall seek to enter into Licenses in the future
that permit the Obligors thereunder to be audited with respect to performance
under such Licenses.
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(k) The Issuer shall notify the Noteholders of any litigation
in which the Issuer is a party, promptly upon the Issuer's receipt of notice of
the filing of such litigation, in writing by delivery by a reputable courier
service or by registered mail (return receipt requested), all charges prepaid.
Section 11.15. Submission to Jurisdiction
THIS INDENTURE SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE STATE
OF NEW YORK AND ITS VALIDITY, CONSTRUCTION AND EFFECT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE
INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS WHOLLY PERFORMED
THEREIN. THE VENUE FOR ANY AMOUNT, SUIT OR PROCEEDING ARISING FROM OR BASED UPON
THIS INDENTURE SHALL BE THE APPROPRIATE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE
COUNTY OF NEW YORK IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. ACCORDINGLY, THE ISSUER AGREES THAT
ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING ARISING FROM OR BASED ON THIS INDENTURE SHALL BE
COMMENCED IN AND DETERMINED BY THOSE APPROPRIATE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS
LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK; THE PARTIES HEREBY
WAIVE ANY OBJECTION TO THE PROPRIETY OR CONVENIENCE OF VENUE IN SUCH COURTS OR
TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OVER EITHER PARTY AND AGREE THAT ANY JUDGMENT
ENTERED THEREIN MAY BE ENFORCED WITH NO FURTHER DEFENSE OR OFFSET IN ANY
JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE DEFENDANT IS A CITIZEN, RESIDES OR OWNS PROPERTY.
Section 11.16. Representations with Respect to Assets. On and as of the
date of this Indenture, and on and as of each date on which an Asset becomes
subject to the Lien of this Indenture, the Issuer represents with respect to
such Asset which the Issuer pledges to the Trustee hereunder, that:
(a) Payments After a Closing Date. No monies or other contingent
compensation shall be payable after a Closing Date to any
person, firm or corporation with respect to any exploitation
of the Assets which occurred prior to a Closing Date.
(b) No Defaults. The execution and implementation of this
Indenture shall not result in the breach of any conditions
or constitute a default (with or without notice or the lapse
of time, or both) under any license or agreement
constituting a portion of the Assets pledged hereunder or to
which any of the Assets pledged hereunder is subject.
Neither the Issuer nor, to the Issuer's knowledge, any
person, firm or corporation associated with or deriving
rights through or from the Issuer, is in breach or is in
default of any applicable agreement constituting a portion
of the Assets which the Issuer pledges to the Trustee or to
which any of such Assets are subject on the date of
execution of this Indenture.
(c) Advances. No advances or other charges heretofore received
by the Issuer in connection with the Assets which the Issuer
pledges to the Trustee remain recoupable at any time from
and after a Closing Date from any License Income earned at
any time either before or after the date of this Indenture,
except as listed on Exhibit C to each of the Contribution
Agreement, the Xxx Xxxxx Contribution Agreement, the Rampage
Contribution Agreement and, to the extent the JNCO
Acquisition occurs, the JNCO Contribution Agreement.
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(d) Non-Contravention. Neither the Issuer's exercise of any of
the rights, licenses, privileges and properties regarding
the Assets pledged hereunder nor the Issuer's right, title
and interest in and to the Assets pledged hereunder will
violate or infringe on any common law or statutory rights of
any person, firm or corporation, except such violations or
infringements outside the First Stage Covered Jurisdictions
as would not have a material adverse effect on the business
of the Issuer.
(e) [RESERVED].
(f) Exhibits and Schedules Accurate. All of the information set
forth in the exhibits and schedules attached hereto and the
Third Amended and Restated Standard Definitions is complete
and accurate in all material respects. No information
supplied in writing by, or on behalf of, the Issuer in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Indenture, in each case as of each Closing Date or on a
future date on which an Asset becomes subject to the Lien of
this Indenture, as the case may be, contains any untrue
statement of a material fact or omits a material fact
necessary to make the statements contained therein or
herein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.
(g) Ownership of the Trademarks.
(i) Exhibit E-1A contains a true and complete list of all
registrations and pending applications for the Trademarks in
the First Stage Territory owned by the Issuer, with the
exception of intent-to-use applications filed within the
United States, all of which registrations exist, are
subsisting and are validly registered except as provided
therein and all of which applications are validly pending.
Exhibit E-1B contains a true and complete list of all
registrations and pending applications in the Second Stage
Territory. Exhibit E-1C contains a true and complete list of
additional registrations and pending applications owned by
Xxxxxx and not in the First Stage Territory. All of the
Trademarks set forth in Exhibit E-1A, except to the extent
otherwise provided therein, are currently in use on the
goods set forth in the registrations for Trademarks in the
First Stage Covered Jurisdictions.
(ii) Notwithstanding anything contained in Exhibit F, (i) the
Issuer owns all right, title and interest in and to the
Trademarks related to and including the Primary Marks
CANDIE'S, BONGO, XXX XXXXX and RAMPAGE for use in the First
Stage Territory; (ii) the Issuer has the full and exclusive
right, subject to the related Licenses, to use and to
license the use of the Trademarks related to and including
the Primary Marks CANDIE'S, BONGO, XXX XXXXX in the First
Stage Territory; and (iii) the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents will
not alter or impair any of the foregoing such rights. The
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use by the Issuer in the First Stage Territory of the
Trademarks related to and including the Primary Marks
CANDIE'S, BONGO, XXX XXXXX and RAMPAGE will not infringe on
the rights of any Person, except such infringements outside
the First Stage Covered Jurisdictions as would not have a
material adverse effect on the business of the Issuer.
(iii) Except as provided in Exhibit F, no claim has been asserted
against the Issuer or any Affiliate thereof by any Person to
the use of, and the Issuer has no knowledge of the use by
any person (other than the licensees under the Licenses) of,
any of the Trademarks related to and including the Primary
Marks CANDIE'S, BONGO, XXX XXXXX and RAMPAGE in the First
Stage Territory, and there is no valid basis for such claim
with respect to the Trademarks or for any person (other than
the licensees under the Licenses) to use any of the
Trademarks related to and including the Primary Marks
CANDIE'S, BONGO, XXX XXXXX and RAMPAGE in the First Stage
Territory, except such claims or uses outside the First
Stage Covered Jurisdictions as would not have a material
adverse effect on the business of the Issuer.
(iv) Each of the Trademarks related to and including the Primary
Marks CANDIE'S, BONGO, XXX XXXXX and RAMPAGE is valid,
subsisting and enforceable in the First Stage Territory,
with the exception of such Trademarks the lack of
enforceability of which outside the First Stage Covered
Jurisdictions would not have a material adverse effect on
the business of the Company. There is vested in the Issuer
title to the Trademarks related to and including the Primary
Marks CANDIE'S, BONGO, XXX XXXXX and RAMPAGE and related
Trademarks for use in the First Stage Territory, free and
clear of all Liens (other than such Liens with respect to
the Licenses and such Liens as may arise from actions or
inactions of the Issuer).
(h) Additional Representations with Respect to the Licenses.
(i) Exhibit E-2 lists all licenses and other agreements relating
to the use of any of the Trademarks, respectively, in the
Territory. All of the Licenses are valid and in full force
and effect, except as set forth in Exhibit E-2, there are no
existing defaults (or events that, with notice or lapse of
time or both, would constitute a default) by any party
thereunder. No claim has been asserted by any Person
challenging or questioning the validity or effectiveness of
any of the Licenses and there is no valid basis for any such
claim. The Issuer has not, other than pursuant to the
Licenses, licensed or authorized any other Person to use the
Primary Marks CANDIE'S, BONGO, XXX XXXXX or RAMPAGE, or any
related Trademarks, respectively, in the First Stage
Territory, or granted to any other Person any other right
with respect thereto. Except for the Licenses, no agreement
to which the Issuer is a party or by which its assets are
bound restricts or in any way affects the Primary Marks
CANDIE'S, BONGO, XXX XXXXX or RAMPAGE, or any related
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Trademarks, respectively, or the right to use thereof in the
First Stage Territory. There is vested in the Issuer title
to all of the Licenses free and clear of all Liens (other
than such liens with respect to the Licenses and such Liens
as may arise from actions or inactions of the Issuer).
(ii) The Issuer has considered the activities of all of the
licensees under the Licenses and has verified that the
products manufactured, sold or offered for sale under the
Trademarks by such licensees meet the quality control
standards set forth in such Licenses and all other such
standards promulgated by the Issuer.
(iii) No License is a Defaulted Contract Asset.
(iv) All required consents, assignment and/or assumption
agreements or notices, if any, have been obtained or
delivered in the manner required by each License.
(v) To the Issuer's best knowledge, the Obligors under Canadian
Licenses have not sold products bearing the trademarks
covered by such Licenses in the United States.
Section 11.17. Survival of Indenture Representations and Warranties
The Issuer hereby agrees that each representation and warranty
made by it in the Original Indenture, the First Amended and Restated Indenture
and the Second Amended and Restated Indenture shall survive notwithstanding the
exchange and cancellation of the Original Notes and the Subordinate Notes and
the issuance of the July Notes or the exchange and cancellation of the July
Notes and the issuance of the Notes. Each of the representations and warranties
of the Issuer in the Original Indenture, the First Amended and Restated
Indenture and the Second Amended and Restated Indenture are true and correct as
of the date thereof and are hereby incorporated by reference.
ARTICLE XII.
ACCOUNTS, ACCOUNTINGS AND RELEASES
Section 12.1. Collection of Money
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Trustee
shall be forwarded all money and other property payable to or receivable by the
Issuer pursuant to the Collateral from the Servicer as provided in Section
2.2(c) of the Servicing Agreement and as otherwise provided in this Indenture.
The Trustee shall hold all such money and property so received by it as part of
the Collateral, shall deposit the same into the Collection Account, and shall
apply it as provided in this Indenture.
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Section 12.2. Accounts
(a) Liquidity Reserve Account. The Issuer shall establish with
the Trustee and the Trustee shall maintain a segregated trust account (the
"Liquidity Reserve Account"), which shall be in the name of the Trustee "as
trustee on behalf of the Holders of the IP Holdings LLC Asset-Backed Notes," and
which shall be in an Eligible Financial Institution, for the receipt of funds
deposited into the Liquidity Reserve Account. On or before the applicable
Closing Date, the Issuer shall deposit or cause to be deposited into the
Liquidity Reserve Account an amount equal to the related Initial Liquidity
Reserve Deposit Amount, such that the total amount on deposit therein shall
equal $4,610,000. Thereafter, the Trustee shall deposit to the Liquidity Reserve
Account the amounts referred to in Section 13.1. If the bank with which the
Liquidity Reserve Account is held ceases to be an Eligible Financial
Institution, the Trustee shall within five (5) days of obtaining actual
knowledge of such cessation and the identity of the replacement Eligible
Financial Institution selected by the Issuer, transfer the Liquidity Reserve
Account to an account maintained with a replacement Eligible Financial
Institution selected by the Issuer (unless an Event of Default shall have
occurred and not been waived, in which case, such Eligible Financial Institution
shall be selected by the Trustee). The Issuer shall promptly (within two
Business Days) notify the Trustee of any such selection. Funds in the Liquidity
Reserve Account shall not be commingled with any other monies. All payments to
be made from time to time by the Trustee to the Noteholders out of funds in the
Liquidity Reserve Account pursuant to this Indenture shall be made by the
Trustee as Paying Agent. Funds on deposit in the Liquidity Reserve Account shall
be invested in Eligible Investments at the written direction of the Issuer. On
the day preceding each Payment Date, any interest or other earnings realized on
funds on deposit in the Liquidity Reserve Account shall be transferred and
credited to the Collection Account. The maximum permissible maturity or, if
applicable, the latest redemption date of any Eligible Investments made with
amounts on deposit in the Liquidity Reserve Account shall be not later than the
Business Day preceding the next succeeding Payment Date or Redemption Date. All
monies deposited from time to time in the Liquidity Reserve Account pursuant to
this Indenture shall be held by the Trustee as part of the Collateral for the
exclusive benefit of the Holders as herein provided. Monies in the Liquidity
Reserve Account shall be subject to withdrawal pursuant to this Indenture,
including Section 13.2 of this Indenture.
(b) Collection Account. The Issuer shall establish with the
Trustee and the Trustee shall maintain a segregated trust account (the
"Collection Account") which shall be in the name of the Trustee "as trustee on
behalf of the Holders of the IP Holdings LLC Asset-Backed Notes," and which
shall be in an Eligible Financial Institution, for the receipt of, and there
shall be deposited into the Collection Account, payments to be deposited therein
as provided herein. If the bank with which the Collection Account is maintained
ceases to be an Eligible Financial Institution, the Trustee shall transfer the
Collection Account to an account maintained with an Eligible Financial
Institution selected by the Issuer (unless an Event of Default shall have
occurred and not been waived, in which case, such Eligible Financial Institution
shall be selected by the Trustee). The Collection Account shall relate solely to
the transactions contemplated in this Indenture, and funds in such account shall
not be commingled with any other monies. All payments to be made from time to
time by the Trustee to the Noteholders out of funds in the Collection Account
pursuant to this Indenture shall be made by the Trustee as Paying Agent. Funds
on deposit in the Collection Account shall be invested in Eligible Investments
at the written direction of the Issuer. The maximum permissible maturity or, if
applicable, the latest redemption date of any Eligible Investments made with
amounts on deposit in the Collection Account shall be not later than the
Business Day preceding the next succeeding Payment Date or a Redemption Date, as
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applicable. All monies deposited from time to time in the Collection Account
pursuant to this Indenture shall be held by the Trustee as part of the related
Collateral as herein provided. Monies in the Collection Account shall be subject
to withdrawals pursuant to this Indenture, including Section 13.1 and Section
10.3 of this Indenture. The Paying Agent agrees to make withdrawals from the
Collection Account upon direction from the Servicer as set forth in Section
2.2(d) of the Servicing Agreement.
(c) Lockbox Account The Trustee is hereby authorized to
establish and maintain with an Eligible Financial Institution in Delaware, which
may be the Wilmington Trust Company, in the name of the Trustee "as trustee for
benefit of the Holders of the IP Holdings LLC Asset-Backed Notes", from time to
time, such sub-accounts, sub-ledger accounts and lockbox accounts (collectively,
the "Lockbox Account") as part of, for the purposes of administering the
payments to, the Collection Account, remitted by the obligated parties under the
Collateral. All of the Trustee's rights, powers, immunities, indemnities and
protections afforded herein shall also be afforded to it with respect to its
administration of the Lockbox Account. The Eligible Financial Institution at
which the Lockbox Account is established shall be under standing instructions
from the Trustee to the effect that funds on deposit in the Lockbox Account if
any, shall be deposited into the Collection Account pursuant to Section 13.4 of
this Indenture.
(d) Revenue Reduction Account. The Issuer shall establish with
the Trustee and the Trustee shall maintain a segregated trust account (the
"Revenue Reduction Account") which shall be in the name of the Trustee "as
trustee on behalf of the Holders of the IP Holdings LLC Asset-Backed Notes," and
which shall be in an Eligible Financial Institution. All payments relating to
the Issuer Revenue Reduction Cure shall be deposited by the Issuer into the
Revenue Reduction Account. If the bank with which the Revenue Reduction Account
is held ceases to be an Eligible Financial Institution, the Trustee shall within
five (5) days of obtaining actual knowledge of such cessation and the identity
of the replacement Eligible Financial Institution selected by the Issuer,
transfer the Revenue Reduction Account to an account maintained with a
replacement Eligible Financial Institution selected by the Issuer (unless an
Event of Default shall have occurred and not been waived, in which case, such
Eligible Financial Institution shall be selected by the Trustee). The Issuer
shall promptly (within two Business Days) notify the Trustee of any such
selection. Funds in the Revenue Reduction Account shall not be commingled with
any other monies. All moneys deposited from time to time in the Revenue
Reduction Account pursuant to this Indenture shall be held by the Trustee as
part of the related Collateral as herein provided. Any interest or other
earnings realized on funds on deposit in the Revenue Reduction Account shall be
transferred and credited to the Collection Account within one Business Day of
receipt by the Trustee. Investments on deposit in the Revenue Reduction Account,
which were specifically intended by the Issuer to be liquidated in order to
effect an Issuer Revenue Reduction Cure, shall be liquidated and transferred
pursuant to a direction of the Servicer by the Trustee to the Collection Account
on each Payment Date as may be necessary to pay the Issuer's obligations in
connection with an Issuer Revenue Reduction.
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(e) Renewal Reserve Account. The Issuer shall establish with
the Trustee and the Trustee shall maintain a segregated trust account (the
"Renewal Reserve Account"), which shall be in the name of the Trustee "as
trustee on behalf of the Holders of the IP Holdings LLC Asset-Backed Notes," and
which shall be in an Eligible Financial Institution, for the receipt of funds
deposited into the Renewal Reserve Account. The Trustee shall deposit to the
Renewal Reserve Account the amounts referred to in Section 13.1(a)(xi). If the
bank with which the Renewal Reserve Account is held ceases to be an Eligible
Financial Institution, the Trustee shall within five (5) days of obtaining
actual knowledge of such cessation and the identity of the replacement Eligible
Financial Institution selected by the Issuer, transfer the Renewal Reserve
Account to an account maintained with a replacement Eligible Financial
Institution selected by the Issuer (unless an Event of Default shall have
occurred and not been waived, in which case, such Eligible Financial Institution
shall be selected by the Trustee). The Issuer shall promptly (within two
Business Days) notify the Trustee of any such selection. Funds in the Renewal
Reserve Account shall not be commingled with any other monies. All payments to
be made from time to time by the Trustee to the Noteholders out of funds in the
Renewal Reserve Account pursuant to this Indenture shall be made by the Trustee
as Paying Agent. Funds on deposit in the Renewal Reserve Account shall be
invested in Eligible Investments at the written direction of the Issuer. On the
day preceding each Payment Date, any interest or other earnings realized on
funds on deposit in the Renewal Reserve Account shall be transferred and
credited to the Collection Account. The maximum permissible maturity or, if
applicable, the latest redemption date of any Eligible Investments made with
amounts on deposit in the Renewal Reserve Account shall be not later than the
Business Day preceding the next succeeding Payment Date or Redemption Date. All
monies deposited from time to time in the Renewal Reserve Account pursuant to
this Indenture shall be held by the Trustee as part of the Collateral for the
exclusive benefit of the Holders as herein provided. Monies in the Renewal
Reserve Account shall be subject to withdrawal pursuant to this Indenture.
(f) Prepaid Fee and Royalty Account. The Issuer shall
establish with the Trustee and the Trustee shall maintain a segregated trust
account (the "Prepaid Fee and Royalty Account"), which shall be in the name of
the Trustee "as trustee on behalf of the Holders of the IP Holdings LLC
Asset-Backed Notes," and which shall be in an Eligible Financial Institution,
for the receipt of funds deposited into the Prepaid Fee and Royalty Account. The
Trustee shall deposit to the Prepaid Fee and Royalty Account the amounts
referred to in Section 13.1(a). If the bank with which the Prepaid Fee and
Royalty Account is held ceases to be an Eligible Financial Institution, the
Trustee shall within five (5) days of obtaining actual knowledge of such
cessation and the identity of the replacement Eligible Financial Institution
selected by the Issuer, transfer the Prepaid Fee and Royalty Account to an
account maintained with a replacement Eligible Financial Institution selected by
the Issuer (unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and not been waived,
in which case, such Eligible Financial Institution shall be selected by the
Trustee). The Issuer shall promptly (within two Business Days) notify the
Trustee of any such selection. Funds in the Prepaid Fee and Royalty Account
shall not be commingled with any other monies. All payments to be made from time
to time by the Trustee to the Noteholders out of funds in the Prepaid Fee and
Royalty Account pursuant to this Indenture shall be made by the Trustee as
Paying Agent. Funds on deposit in the Prepaid Fee and Royalty Account shall be
invested in Eligible Investments at the written direction of the Issuer. On the
day preceding each Payment Date, any interest or other earnings realized on
funds on deposit in the Prepaid Fee and Royalty Account shall be transferred and
credited to the Collection Account. The maximum permissible maturity or, if
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applicable, the latest redemption date of any Eligible Investments made with
amounts on deposit in the Prepaid Fee and Royalty Account shall be not later
than the Business Day preceding the next succeeding Payment Date or Redemption
Date. All monies deposited from time to time in the Prepaid Fee and Royalty
Account pursuant to this Indenture shall be held by the Trustee as part of the
Collateral for the exclusive benefit of the Holders as herein provided. Monies
in the Prepaid Fee and Royalty Account shall be subject to withdrawal pursuant
to this Indenture.
(g) JNCO Escrow Account. The Issuer shall establish with the
Trustee and the Trustee shall maintain a segregated trust account (the "JNCO
Escrow Account"), which shall be in the name of the Trustee "as trustee on
behalf of the Holders of the IP Holdings LLC Asset-Backed Notes," and which
shall be in an Eligible Financial Institution, for the receipt of funds
deposited into the JNCO Escrow Account. On the Closing Date, using proceeds
received from the issuance of the Notes, the Issuer shall deposit or cause to be
deposited into the JNCO Escrow Account an amount equal to $12,000,000. If the
bank with which the JNCO Escrow Account is held ceases to be an Eligible
Financial Institution, the Trustee shall within five (5) days of obtaining
actual knowledge of such cessation and the identity of the replacement Eligible
Financial Institution selected by the Issuer, transfer the JNCO Escrow Account
to an account maintained with a replacement Eligible Financial Institution
selected by the Issuer (unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and not
been waived, in which case, such Eligible Financial Institution shall be
selected by the Trustee). The Issuer shall promptly (within two Business Days)
notify the Trustee of any such selection. Funds in the JNCO Escrow Account shall
not be commingled with any other monies. All payments to be made by the Trustee
to the Noteholders out of funds in the JNCO Escrow Account pursuant to this
Indenture shall be made by the Trustee as Paying Agent. Funds on deposit in the
JNCO Escrow Account shall be invested in Eligible Investments at the written
direction of the Issuer. On the day preceding each Payment Date, any interest or
other earnings realized on funds on deposit in the JNCO Escrow Account shall be
transferred and credited to the Collection Account. The maximum permissible
maturity or, if applicable, the latest redemption date of any Eligible
Investments made with amounts on deposit in the JNCO Escrow Account shall be not
later than the Business Day preceding the next succeeding Payment Date or
Redemption Date. All monies deposited from time to time in the JNCO Escrow
Account pursuant to this Indenture shall be held by the Trustee as part of the
Collateral for the exclusive benefit of the Holders as herein provided. Monies
in the JNCO Escrow Account shall be subject to withdrawal pursuant to this
Indenture
Section 12.3. Release of Assets
(a) If at any time the Issuer, the Servicer or any Noteholder
has actual knowledge (or if the Trustee has received notice) that a Release
Event with respect to any particular Asset has occurred, the party discovering
such event shall notify the other parties.
(b) Upon receipt of notification or upon actual knowledge of a
Release Event described in clause (a) of this Section 12.3, and if the Asset
DSCR Test is not met, the Issuer shall exercise commercially reasonable efforts
to eliminate or otherwise cure such Release Event.
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(c) If the Issuer fails or is unable to eliminate or cure the
Release Event within 60 days of actual knowledge thereof, then the Issuer shall
pay the Release Price of the affected Asset on the Business Day next preceding
the Redemption Date next following the expiration of such 60 day period. Upon
payment of the Release Price of such Asset (as determined by the Servicer, which
shall also be the Redemption Price of the Notes) to the Collection Account, the
Asset shall be released from the Lien of this Indenture. The Release Price for
the release of the affected Asset shall be deposited in the Collection Account
and shall be applied to the redemption of Notes on such Redemption Date in
accordance with Section 10.1 of this Indenture. The Issuer's obligation to pay
any Release Price shall be limited to funds available therefor under the
Contribution Agreement, the Xxx Xxxxx Contribution Agreement, the Rampage
Contribution Agreement or, to the extent the JNCO Acquisition occurs, the JNCO
Contribution Agreement, as applicable, or this Indenture.
(d) The Issuer, may, with the prior written consent of the
Noteholders, such consent to be given in the Noteholders' sole discretion,
obtain a release of Asset(s) from the Lien of this Indenture by providing at
least 45 days' prior written notice (the "Issuer's Notice") to the Trustee and
the Noteholders setting forth (i) the Asset(s) to be released, (ii) the
Redemption Date on which such Asset(s) will be released and (iii) an estimate of
the Release Price to be deposited on the Redemption Date specified in such
notice. Upon payment to the Collection Account of the Release Price of such
Asset(s) (which shall also be the Redemption Price for the Notes), the Asset(s)
specified in the Issuer's Notice shall be released from the Lien of this
Indenture. The Release Price for the release of such Asset(s) shall be applied
to the redemption of Notes on such Redemption Date in accordance with Section
10.1 of this Indenture.
Section 12.4. Accounting by Trustee to Issuer and the Noteholders
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Within five (5) Business Days following each Payment Date and
Redemption Date, the Trustee shall render to the Issuer and the Servicer an
accounting (the "Trustee Report"), certified by an authorized officer of the
Trustee, of:
(i) the aggregate funds deposited in the Collection
Account, the Liquidity Reserve Account, the Revenue
Reduction Account, the Renewal Reserve Account, the
JNCO Escrow Account and the Prepaid Fee and Royalty
Account subsequent to the immediately preceding
Payment Date or Redemption Date, as applicable;
(ii) the amount of principal (the total amount of
principal and each amount allocable to the
Candie's/Xxx Xxxxx Principal Component, the Rampage
Principal Component and the JNCO Principal Component)
and the amount of interest paid to the Holders of the
Notes;
(iii) any funds remaining in the Collection Account, the
Liquidity Reserve Account, the Revenue Reduction
Account, the Renewal Reserve Account, the JNCO Escrow
Account and the Prepaid Fee and Royalty Account after
payments of interest and principal as set forth
pursuant to clause (ii) above; and
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(iv) any discrepancy between the aggregate amount of
principal remaining on the Notes after giving effect
to the principal payment on the Notes on such Payment
Date and the aggregate amount of principal remaining
on the Notes as set forth on the Servicer's Report.
Section 12.5. Collateral
(a) The Trustee may, and when required by the provisions of
Articles V, X and XII of this Indenture or otherwise hereunder shall, execute
instruments to release property from the Lien of this Indenture, or convey the
Trustee's interest in the same, in a manner and under circumstances which are
not in violation of the provisions of this Indenture. No party relying upon an
instrument executed by the Trustee as provided in this Article XII shall be
bound to ascertain the Trustee's authority, inquire into the satisfaction of any
conditions precedent or see to the application of any monies.
(b) At the written request and expense of the Issuer and upon
being supplied by the Issuer with appropriate forms therefor, the Trustee shall,
at such time as there are no Notes Outstanding and all amounts due under this
Indenture have been paid and the Lien of the Indenture has been discharged in
accordance with Section 5.1 hereof, release the Collateral from the Lien of this
Indenture and promptly deliver all Collateral held by it to the Issuer.
Section 12.6. Opinion of Counsel
The Trustee shall be entitled to receive at least ten (10)
days' notice of any action to be taken pursuant to Section 12.5(a), accompanied
by copies of any instruments involved, and the Servicer and the Noteholders
shall also be entitled to receive, upon request, an Opinion of Counsel, in form
and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, outlining the steps required to
complete such action and stating that such action is permitted hereunder. The
Trustee shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any such Opinion of Counsel as
to the opinions expressed therein.
ARTICLE XIII
APPLICATION OF MONIES
Section 13.1. Disbursements of Monies out of Collection Account
(a) On each Payment Date, the Trustee, shall, first, upon
direction of the Manager withdraw funds from the
Collection Account and transfer such funds to the
Advertising Reserve Account in accordance with
Section 13.3 hereof, shall, second, in accordance
with the Servicer's Report, withdraw any Nonrecurring
Fees or Prepaid Royalty Amounts from the Collection
Account and transfer the same to the Prepaid Fee and
Royalty Account, and shall, third, pursuant to the
Servicer's Report, withdraw funds from the Collection
Account, and pay the following amounts from such
funds in the following order of priority in all cases
to the extent of the remaining Available Funds
(except in the case of 13.1(a)(xi)) in the Collection
Account on such Payment Date:
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(i) to the Trustee, the Trustee Fee and all Trustee Costs
up to $1,000 (the "Capped Trustee Costs");
(ii) to the Back-Up Manager, if then engaged, (A) the
Back-Up Management Fee and, to the extent not
previously distributed, the Back-Up Management Fee
due on each prior Payment Date and (B) the Back-Up
Manager Costs up to $1,000 (the "Capped Back-Up
Manager Costs") and, to the extent not previously
distributed, the amount of Back-Up Manager Costs
outstanding on each prior Payment Date;
(iii) to the Manager, (A) the Management Fee and, to the
extent not previously distributed, the Management Fee
due on each prior Payment Date and (B) the Manager
Costs up to $1,000 (the "Capped Manager Costs") and,
to the extent not previously distributed, the Manager
Costs outstanding on each prior Payment Date;
(iv) to the Servicer, (A) the Senior Servicing Fee and to
the extent not previously distributed, the Senior
Servicing Fee due on each prior Payment Date and (B)
to the Servicer, the Servicer Costs up to $1,000 (the
"Capped Services Costs") and to the extent not
previously distributed, the amount of Servicer Costs
outstanding on each prior Payment Date;
(v) to the Noteholders, interest accrued on the Notes for
the related Interest Period plus any accrued interest
thereon remaining unpaid from any previous Interest
Period, and interest on such overdue interest to the
date such payment is made, at the Note Interest Rate,
but only to the extent that payment of such interest
on interest shall be legally enforceable;
(vi) (A) prior to the Payment Date occurring in August
2012, to the Noteholders, the amount referred to in
clause (i) of the definition of the term "Note
Principal Payment" for such Payment Date in reduction
of the Note Principal Balance of the Notes and (B) on
and after the Payment Date occurring in August 2012
after giving effect to payments in respect of
principal from the Liquidity Reserve Account pursuant
to Section 13.2(b), all Available Funds until the
Note Principal Balance of the Notes is reduced to
zero;
(vii) to the Manager for application in accordance with
Licenses all Advertising Royalties received and on
deposit in the Collection Account;
(viii) to the Trustee, the Back-Up Manager, the Manager and
the Servicer, in that order of priority, the positive
difference, if any, for such Payment Date, between
the Trustee Costs and the Capped Trustee Costs, the
Bank-Up Manager Costs and the Capped Back-Up Manager
Costs, the Manager Costs and the Capped Manager Costs
and the Servicer Costs and the Capped Servicer Costs,
respectively;
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(ix) to the Liquidity Reserve Account, the Liquidity
Reserve Deposit Amount, if any;
(x) upon the occurrence of the Renewal Trigger Event
until the earliest to occur of (A) the date the
Renewal Trigger Event has been cured and is no longer
continuing, (B) the receipt by the Trustee and the
Noteholders of a Non-Cure Notice or (C) the
expiration of the Renewal Cure Period, to the Renewal
Reserve Account, the Renewal Reserve Deposit Amount;
(xi) if amounts on deposit in the Renewal Reserve Account
are withdrawn therefrom in accordance with the
provisions of Section 13.5(a), such amounts shall be
applied in reduction of the Candie's/Xxx Xxxxx Note
Principal Balance;
(xii) on each Payment Date after the Payment Date
disbursement made pursuant to clause (xi) above, and
prior to the date the Noteholders deliver a written
notice to the Trustee stating that the Issuer has
cured the Renewal Trigger Event, an amount equal to
the applicable Quarterly Reserve Cap Amount shall be
applied to reduce the Candie's/Xxx Xxxxx Note
Principal Balance of the Notes; provided, however,
that the sum of the amounts disbursed pursuant to
clause (xi) above and this clause (xii) shall not
exceed $26,250,000;
(xiii) to the Servicer, the Junior Servicing Fee and to the
extent not previously distributed, the Junior
Servicing Fee due on each prior Payment Date;
(xiv) to the Structuring Agent, the Structuring Fee; and
(xv) to the Issuer or such party as the Issuer may direct,
all remaining Available Funds.
(b) The foregoing provisions of this Section 13.1
notwithstanding, any monies deposited in the
Collection Account for purposes of redeeming Notes
pursuant to Article X shall, subject to Section 11.3,
remain in the Collection Account until paid for the
purpose of such redemption.
Section 13.2. Disbursement of Monies out of the Liquidity Reserve
Account
(a) (i) In the event that on any Payment Date Available
Funds in the Collection Account are not sufficient to
make the payments specified in clauses (i) through
(vi) of Section 13.1(a), the Paying Agent, shall, on
such Payment Date, (x) withdraw funds from the
Liquidity Reserve Account, to the extent funds are
available therein and (y) apply the funds so
withdrawn to such payments due on such Payment Date
pursuant to and in the order of clauses (i) through
(vi) of Section 13.1(a).
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(ii) On each Payment Date on which the Notes are
being amortized in connection with Section
13.1(a)(xi) or (xii), the Trustee shall withdraw the
Liquidity Reserve Withdrawal Amount from the
Liquidity Reserve Account and deposit such amount
into the Collection Account.
(iii) In connection with a Management Transition, the
Trustee shall withdraw amounts from the Liquidity
Reserve Account to pay related Management Transition
Expenses up to but not in excess of the Management
Transition Expense Cap Amount. The Trustee shall
thereupon disburse such amounts in payment of such
Management Transition Expenses in accordance with a
written direction of the Issuer that is approved in
writing by an Act of Noteholders.
(b) On the Payment Date on or after which (i) the amount on
deposit in the Liquidity Reserve Account, together with all other funds
available to the Trustee is equal to or greater than the sum of (x) the
Redemption Price of all Notes Outstanding on the next Redemption Date for which
a proper Redemption Notice can be given plus (y) all other obligations of the
Company under this Indenture that will be due and owing from such Payment Date
through such Redemption Date, and (ii) all payments to be made on such date
pursuant to Section 13.1(a) hereof have been paid or funds for their payment
have been reserved and are on deposit with the Trustee, the Trustee shall, on
such date, withdraw funds from the Liquidity Reserve Account and transfer them
to the Collection Account to redeem all of the Notes then Outstanding pursuant
to Section 10.2(b) of this Indenture. If all of the Notes have not been redeemed
pursuant to the immediately preceeding sentence on or prior to the Payment Date
occurring in August 2012, the Trustee shall, on such date, withdraw funds on
deposit in the Liquidity Reserve Account and transfer them to the Collection
Account to be allocated to the payment of the Note Principal Balance in
accordance with Section 13.2(a)(vi).
(c) At such time as no Notes remain Outstanding and the Lien
of this Indenture has been discharged in accordance with Section 5.1 hereof,
upon the request of the Issuer, the Trustee shall withdraw from the Liquidity
Reserve Account any excess funds remaining after payment of all other amounts
required under this Indenture and remit any such excess to or at the direction
of the Issuer.
Section 13.3. Advertising Reserve Account
(a) Prior to any other disbursements from the Collection
Account, the Trustee shall withdraw from the Collection Account and set aside in
a separate trust account which the Issuer hereby establishes with the Trustee,
the "Advertising Reserve Account," the advertising and marketing expenses for
advertising contributions collected from the Issuer's Licensees that, pursuant
to the provisions of the applicable contract, require mandatory expense of their
advertising contribution (the "Advertising Cost Reimbursement"). Any such
deposit shall be based upon a written instruction from the Manager and confirmed
by the Servicer in the Servicer Report. Amounts on deposit in the Advertising
Reserve Account shall be paid out by the Trustee on each Payment Date as
directed by the Manager in a writing that also certifies that all such amounts
paid out to the Manager on the immediately preceding Payment Date have been
fully applied as required.
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(b) At such time as no Notes remain Outstanding and the Lien
of this Indenture has been discharged in accordance with Section 5.1 hereof,
upon the request of the Issuer, the Trustee shall withdraw from the Advertising
Reserve Account any excess funds remaining after payment of all other amounts
required under this Indenture and remit any such excess to or at the direction
of the Issuer.
Section 13.4. Disbursements of Monies out of the Lockbox Account
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Collateral funds on deposit in the Lockbox Account which are
collected funds at the end of each Business Day shall be swept to and deposited
in the Collection Account at such time.
Section 13.5. Disbursement of Monies out of the Renewal Reserve Account
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(a) Upon the earlier to occur of (i) receipt by the Trustee
and the Noteholders of a Non-Cure Notice from the Issuer or (ii) the failure of
the Issuer to have cured the Renewal Trigger Event on or before the expiration
of the Renewal Cure Period, then all amounts on deposit in the Renewal Reserve
Account shall be withdrawn therefrom and deposited into the Collection Account
for application in accordance with Section 13.1(a)(xi).
(b) If the Issuer cures the Renewal Trigger Event, upon
receipt by the Trustee of written notice from the Noteholders stating that such
cure has been effected, provided no Event of Default shall have occurred and has
not been waived, the Trustee shall withdraw funds on deposit in the Renewal
Reserve Account and deposit the same in the Collection Account.
Section 13.6. Disbursement of Monies out of Prepaid Fee and Royalty
Account
(a) On each Payment Date, the Trustee, shall (x) withdraw any
Nonrecurring Release Amounts and the Prepaid Release Amounts from the Prepaid
Fee and Royalty Account, as set forth in the Servicer's report, to the extent
funds are available therein, and (y) deposit such funds in the Collection
Account for application to payments due on such Payment Date in accordance with
Section 13.1(a).
(b) At such time as no Notes remain Outstanding, all amounts
due under this Indenture have been paid and the Lien of this Indenture has been
discharged in accordance with Section 5.1 hereof, upon the request of the
Issuer, the Trustee shall withdraw from the Prepaid Fee and Royalty Account any
excess funds remaining after payment of all other amounts required under this
Indenture and remit any such excess to or at the direction of the Issuer.
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Section 13.7 Disbursement of Monies out of the JNCO Escrow Account
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(a) Provided that no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing and if the JNCO Acquisition Date occurs on or before November 15,
2005, the Trustee upon notice from the Issuer setting forth the JNCO Escrow
Withdrawal Amount shall withdraw such amount from the JNCO Escrow Account and
remit such amount to Iconix on the JNCO Acquisition Date.
(b) If, (i) there are funds remaining on the JNCO Escrow
Account after the withdrawal has been made pursuant to clause (a) above, (ii)
the JNCO Acquisition Date does not occur on or prior to November 15, 2005 or
(iii) the Issuer advises the Trustee and the Noteholders that such transactions
are no longer contemplated by the Issuer, then, in any such event, the Trustee
shall withdraw the remaining funds on deposit in the JNCO Escrow Account and
apply the same in redemption of the Notes as provided in Section 10.2(c).
Section 13.8. Eligible Investments
Upon an Issuer Order, the Trustee shall invest the funds in
the Collection Account, the Lockbox Account, the Revenue Reduction Account, the
Liquidity Reserve Account, the Renewal Reserve Account, the JNCO Escrow Account
and the Prepaid Fee and Royalty Account and in Eligible Investments; provided,
however, that, unless the Issuer and the Trustee shall receive an opinion of
counsel selected by the Issuer to the effect that the limitation is not
necessary for the Issuer to avoid registration under the Investment Company Act,
at no time may the Issuer allow the total aggregate principal amount of the
Tested Securities to exceed the Investment Company Act Limit. In the event, at
the close of each Business Day, the Trustee has not received an Issuer Order, or
is not in possession of a standing Issuer Order, the Trustee may invest such
funds in the type of Eligible Investment specified in clause (i) or clause (v)
of the definition of Eligible Investments. No Eligible Investment shall mature
later than the Business Day preceding the next following Payment Date.
Any income or other realized gain from Eligible Investments in
the Collection Account, the Liquidity Reserve Account, the Revenue Reduction
Account, the Renewal Reserve Account, the JNCO Escrow Account or the Prepaid Fee
and Royalty Account shall be transferred and credited to the Collection Account.
The Trustee shall not be liable for any loss incurred on any funds invested in
Eligible Investments pursuant to the provisions of this Section 13.8.
The Trustee shall have no liability in respect of losses
incurred as a result of the liquidation of any Eligible Investment prior to its
stated maturity or the failure of the Issuer to provide timely written
investment direction.
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ARTICLE XIV
COVENANTS OF IP HOLDINGS AND MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
Section 14.1. Continued Existence; Organizational Documents
IP Holdings and Management Corporation ("IPHM") shall keep in
full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a special purpose
corporation under the laws of the State of Delaware, shall operate in accordance
with, and subject to the limitations set forth in, its Organizational Documents
and shall obtain and preserve its qualification to do business as a foreign
corporation in each jurisdiction in which the failure to be so qualified shall
have a material adverse effect on IPHM.
Section 14.2. Negative Covenant
IPHM shall not amend its Organizational Documents without
receiving approval thereof by Act of the Noteholders (which may not be
unreasonably withheld).
Section 14.3. No Bankruptcy Petition.
The Trustee and the Noteholders by entering into this
Agreement covenants and agrees that, prior to the date which is one year and one
day after the payment in full of the Notes, it will not institute against, or
join any other Person in instituting, against IPHM, any bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other
proceedings under any federal or state bankruptcy or similar law.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer and Trustee have caused this Indenture
to be duly executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized and
their respective seals, duly attested, to be hereunto affixed, all as of the day
and year first above written.
IP HOLDINGS LLC, as Issuer
By: IP Holdings and Management Corporation,
as Manager
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: President
ILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual capacity, but solely
as Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice Presiden
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, IP Holdings and Management Corporation hereby
joined this Indenture but solely for purposes of Article XIV of this Indenture
in consideration of the benefit to be derived by the Issuer and therefore IP
Holdings and Management Corporation, which is the Manager of the Issuer, from
this Indenture and the issuance and sale of the Notes.
IP HOLDINGS AND MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
By:/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: President
LIST OF OMITTED APPENDICES AND EXHIBITS
1. APPENDIX A - DEFINITIONS
2. EXHIBIT A - FORM OF ASSIGNMENT OF NOTE
3. EXHIBIT B - FORM OF SERVICER'S REPORT
4. EXHIBIT C - FORM OF INVESTMENT LETTER
5. EXHIBIT D - SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9
6. EXHIBIT E - ASSETS
EXHIBIT E-1: Trademarks
EXHIBIT E-1A: Registered Trademarks
EXHIBIT E-1B: Unregistered Trademarks
EXHIBIT E-1C: Additional Registrations and Pending Applications
EXHIBIT E-2: Licenses
EXHIBIT E-3: Copyrights
EXHIBIT E-4: Patents
EXHIBIT E-5: Pending Intent-to-Use Applications
7. EXHIBIT F - CLAIMS
