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EXHIBIT 4.02
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CSK GROUP, LTD.
TO
AIBC SERVICES, N.V.
TRUSTEE
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INDENTURE
DATED AS OF OCTOBER 30, 1996
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$40,000,000
12% SUBORDINATED SERIES B NOTES DUE OCTOBER 31, 2008
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
ARTICLE ONE - DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL
APPLICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
SECTION 1.01. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
SECTION 1.02. Compliance Certificate and Opinions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
SECTION 1.03. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
SECTION 1.04. Acts of Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
SECTION 1.05. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
SECTION 1.06. Notice to Holders; Waiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
SECTION 1.07. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SECTION 1.08. Successors and Assigns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SECTION 1.09. Separability Clause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SECTION 1.10. Benefits of Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SECTION 1.11. GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SECTION 1.12. Execution in Counterparts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SECTION 1.13. Legal Holidays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
SECTION 1.14 Pari Passu Payments to Series B Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
ARTICLE TWO - THE SERIES B NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SECTION 2.01. Forms Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SECTION 2.02. Title and Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SECTION 2.03. Date and Denomination of Series B Notes; Interest; Place of Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SECTION 2.04. Execution, Authentication and Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
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SECTION 2.05. Temporary Series B Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
SECTION 2.06. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
SECTION 2.07. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Series B Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
SECTION 2.08. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SECTION 2.09. Persons Deemed Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
SECTION 2.10. Cancellation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
ARTICLE THREE - SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
SECTION 3.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
SECTION 3.02. Application of Trust Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
ARTICLE FOUR - REMEDIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
SECTION 4.01. Events of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
SECTION 4.02. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
SECTION 4.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by the Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
SECTION 4.04. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
SECTION 4.05. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Series B Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
SECTION 4.06. Application of Funds Collected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
SECTION 4.07. Limitation on Suits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
SECTION 4.08. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest . . . . . . . . . 30
SECTION 4.09. Restoration of Rights and Remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
SECTION 4.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
SECTION 4.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
SECTION 4.12. Control by Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
SECTION 4.13. Waiver of Past Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
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SECTION 4.14. Undertaking for Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
SECTION 4.15. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
ARTICLE FIVE - THE TRUSTEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
SECTION 5.01. Certain Duties and Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
SECTION 5.02. Notice of Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
SECTION 5.03. Certain Rights of Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
SECTION 5.04. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Series B Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
SECTION 5.05. May Hold Series B Notes; Paying Agent; Other Individual Rights of Trustee . . . . . . . . . 35
SECTION 5.06. Funds Held in Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
SECTION 5.07. Compensation and Reimbursement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
SECTION 5.08. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
SECTION 5.09. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of a Successor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
SECTION 5.10. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
SECTION 5.11. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
SECTION 5.12. Appointment of Authenticating Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
ARTICLE SIX - HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
SECTION 6.01. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
SECTION 6.02. Preservation of Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
SECTION 6.03. Reports by the Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
ARTICLE SEVEN - CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
SECTION 7.01. Company May Not Consolidate, Etc., on Certain Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
SECTION 7.02. Successor Corporation Substituted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
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ARTICLE EIGHT - SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
SECTION 8.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
SECTION 8.02. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
SECTION 8.03. Execution of Supplemental Indentures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
SECTION 8.04. Effect of Supplemental Indentures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
SECTION 8.05. Reference in Series B Notes to Supplemental Indentures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
ARTICLE NINE - COVENANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
SECTION 9.01. Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
SECTION 9.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
SECTION 9.03. Funds for Series B Note Payments to Be Held in Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
SECTION 9.04. Corporate Existence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
SECTION 9.05. Maintenance of Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
SECTION 9.06. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
SECTION 9.07. Provision of Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
SECTION 9.08. Waiver of Usury Defense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
SECTION 9.09. Waiver of Certain Covenants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
SECTION 9.10. Statement by Officers as to Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
SECTION 9.11. Limitation on Indebtedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
SECTION 9.12. Limitation on the Payment of Dividends and Purchase of Stock or Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 49
SECTION 9.13. Change of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
ARTICLE TEN - REDEMPTION OF SERIES B NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
SECTION 10.01. Applicability of Article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
SECTION 10.02. Optional Redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
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SECTION 10.03. Election to Redeem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
SECTION 10.04. Selection by Company of Series B Notes to be Redeemed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
SECTION 10.05. Notice of Redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
SECTION 10.06. Deposit of Redemption Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SECTION 10.07. Series B Notes Payable on Redemption Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SECTION 10.08. Series B Notes Redeemed in Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
ARTICLE ELEVEN - SUBORDINATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SECTION 11.01. Agreement of Subordination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SECTION 11.02. Payments to Holders of Series B Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
SECTION 11.03. Pari Passu Status with Series B Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
SECTION 11.04. Subrogation of Series B Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
SECTION 11.05. Authorization by Holders of Series B Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
SECTION 11.06. Notice to Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
SECTION 11.07. Trustee's Relation to Senior Indebtedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
SECTION 11.08. No Impairment of Subordination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
SECTION 11.09. Article Eleven Not to Prevent Events of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
SECTION 11.10. Continuing Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
SECTION 11.11. Individual Rights of Senior Lenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
SECTION 11.12. Article Applicable to Paying Agents and Depositaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
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This INDENTURE is dated as of October 30, 1996 from CSK GROUP, LTD., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), to AIBC SERVICES( N.V., a Netherlands
Antilles corporation (the "Trustee").
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
For its lawful corporate purposes, the Company has duly authorized the
issue of its 12% Subordinated Series B Notes due October 31, 2008 (the "Series
B Notes") of substantially the tenor and amount hereinafter set forth, and to
provide therefor the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of
this Indenture.
All acts and things necessary to make the Series B Notes, when
executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, as
provided in this Indenture, the valid, binding and legal obligations of the
Company, and to constitute this Indenture a valid agreement according to its
terms, have been done and performed, and the execution of this Indenture and
the issue hereunder of the Series B Notes in all respects have been duly
authorized.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
In consideration of the premises and the purchase and acceptance of
the Series B Notes by the Holders thereof, the Company covenants and agrees
with the Trustee for the equal and proportionate benefit of the Holders from
time to time of the Series B Notes as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 1.01. DEFINITIONS.
The terms defined in this Section 1.01 (except as herein otherwise
expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes
of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the
respective meanings specified in this Section 1.01. The words "herein,"
"hereof" and "hereunder" and words of similar import refer to this Indenture as
a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision. The
terms defined in this Article One include the plural as well as the singular.
Act, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified
in Section 1.04.
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Additional Series A Note means any Additional Series A Note issued in
lieu of cash payment of interest accrued on any outstanding Series A Note
(including an Additional Series A Note) pursuant to the Series A Indenture.
Additional Series B Note means any Additional Series B Note issued in
lieu of cash payment of interest accrued on any outstanding Series B Note
(including an Additional Series B Note) pursuant hereto.
Affiliate of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control", when used with respect to any specified Person, means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, proxy or
otherwise, and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings
correlative to the foregoing.
Authenticating Agent means any Person authorized by the Trustee to act
on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Series B Notes.
Bank Agent means (a) The Chase Manhattan Bank as long as The Chase
Manhattan Bank is the Administrative Agent under the Senior Credit Facility and
(b) thereafter, any other administrative agent under the Senior Credit
Facility.
Bankruptcy Law means Title 11 of the U.S. Code or any similar Federal
or state law for the relief of debtors.
Business Day means any day on which banking institutions in both
Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, and New York, New York are open for business.
Bridge Loan Agreement means (i) the Bridge Loan Agreement entered into
pursuant to the Commitment Letter dated as of September 27, 1996 among
Operating Company, DLJ Bridge Finance, Inc. and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Capital
Corporation, or (ii) the Note Purchase Agreement, as either may be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its
terms.
Bridge Subordinated Debt means the subordinated bridge loans, the notes
issued pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement and related indenture or any
notes issued in exchange for such notes pursuant to the Bridge Loan Agreement.
Change of Control means, (a) at any time prior to an initial Public
Offering by the Company, Investcorp and Investcorp's Affiliates together cease
to own, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate, a majority of the issued and
outstanding voting capital stock of the Company (any such indirect ownership of
the voting capital stock of the Company to be measured by multiplying (i)
Investcorp's and Investcorp's Affiliates' aggregate percentage interest in the
voting power of the voting stock of any other Person which holds voting stock
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of the Company by (ii) the percentage interest of the voting stock of the
Company held, directly or indirectly, by such other Person), and (b) at any
time after an initial Public Offering by the Company, if any Person (other than
(w) Investcorp, any of Investcorp's Affiliates, The Carmel Trust, any member of
The Carmel Group and any Person that is a member of senior management of the
Company, (x) any entity the majority of the equity ownership interests of which
is owned by Investcorp, any of Investcorp's Affiliates, The Carmel Trust, any
member of The Carmel Group or members of senior management of the Company, (y)
any Person acting in the capacity of an underwriter, and (z) any transferee who
acquires, either directly or indirectly, voting stock of the Company from The
Carmel Trust or any member of The Carmel Group (except to the extent such
transferee's shares were acquired on the public market)) whether singly or in
concert with one or more Persons, directly or indirectly, acquires 35% or more,
on a fully diluted basis, of the outstanding voting stock of the Company
(excluding, for purposes of such determination, the percentage, on a fully
diluted basis, of the voting stock of the Company outstanding on the date
hereof and owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person or Persons).
Change of Control Date has the meaning specified in Section 9.13.
Change of Control Offer has the meaning specified in Section 9.13.
Change of Control Payment Date has the meaning specified in Section
9.13.
Commission means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time
to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such
Commission is not existing, the body performing its duties at such time.
Company means CSK Group, Ltd., a Delaware corporation, and any
corporation that succeeds to CSK Group, Ltd. or any successor corporation
pursuant to the provisions of Article Seven, and thereafter "Company" shall
mean such successor corporation.
Company Order or Company Request means a written order or request
signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, a Vice
Chairman, its President or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant
Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the
Trustee.
Consolidated EBITDA means, for any period, the consolidated net income
of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period, plus, without duplication
and to the extent reflected as a charge in the statement of such consolidated
net income for such period, the sum of (a) taxes measured by income, (b)
interest expense, amortization or write-off of debt discount, debt issuance,
warrant and other equity issuance costs and commissions, discounts, redemption
premium and other fees and charges associated with Indebtedness under the
Senior Credit Facility, Series A Notes, Series B Notes, the Bridge Subordinated
Debt or any other Indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries permitted
hereunder (including the
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acquisition or repayment thereof), (c) cost of surety bonds, (d) depreciation
and amortization expense, (e) amortization of inventory write-up under APB 16,
amortization of intangibles (including, but not limited to, goodwill and costs
of interest-rate caps) and organization costs, (f) non-cash amortization of
financing leases, and (g) any other write- downs, write-offs, minority
interests and other non-cash charges in determining such consolidated net
income for such period.
Credit Agreement means the credit agreement dated as of October 30,
1996, among Operating Company, The Chase Manhattan Bank as Administrative
Agent, Xxxxxx Commercial Paper Inc., as Documentation Agent and Chase
Securities Inc., as Arranger, and the financial institutions which are parties
thereto from time to time, as amended from time to time including amendments
increasing the principal thereunder.
Custodian means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator,
sequestrator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
Defaulted Interest has the meaning specified in Section 2.08.
Event of Default has the meaning specified in Section 4.01.
Fiscal Year of the Company means the fiscal year of the Company in
effect at the time of any determination thereof.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in effect in the
United States of America on the date of this Indenture.
Holder means a Person in whose name at the time of any determination
thereof a particular Series B Note is registered on the Series B Note Register.
Indebtedness means the principal of and premium, if any, and interest
on, any of the following, whether outstanding at the date hereof or hereafter
incurred, created, assumed or guarantied:
(a) all indebtedness of the Company for borrowed money (including
any indebtedness secured by a Lien that is (i) given to secure all or part of
the purchase price of property subject thereto, whether given to the vendor of
such property or to another, or (ii) existing on property at the time of
acquisition thereof);
(b) all indebtedness and liabilities of the Company evidenced by
notes, Series A Notes, Series B Notes, bonds or other securities sold by the
Company for value;
(c) all liabilities under letters of credit issued for the account
of the Company, including without limitation reimbursement obligations;
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(d) all obligations of the Company under capital leases (the
capitalized amount of which is being deemed "principal" for purposes of this
definition);
(e) all indebtedness and liabilities of others of the kinds
described in any of the preceding clauses (a), (b) and (c) and all lease
obligations of others of the kind described in the preceding clause (d) or the
following clause (f) assumed by or guarantied in any manner by the Company or
in effect guarantied by the Company through an agreement to purchase,
contingent or otherwise;
(f) all Interest Swap Obligations in respect of Indebtedness
referred to in clause (a); and
(g) all renewals, extensions and refundings of indebtedness and
liabilities of the kinds described in any of the preceding clauses (a), (b),
(c), (e) and (f) and all renewals, extensions and refundings of lease
obligations of the kinds described in either of the preceding clauses (d) and
(e),
provided, however, that "Indebtedness" shall not in any event include (i) trade
and other accounts payable and accrued expenses payable in the ordinary course
of business which are not overdue for a period of more than 90 days or, if
overdue for more than 90 days, as to which a dispute exists and adequate
reserves in conformity with GAAP have been established on the books of such
Person, and (ii) letters of credit supporting the purchase of goods in the
ordinary course of business and expiring no more than six months from the date
of issuance.
Indenture means this instrument as originally executed or, if amended
or supplemented as herein provided, as so amended or supplemented.
Interest Coverage Ratio means, on the last day of any fiscal quarter of
the Company, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four fiscal
quarters ending on such day (or, if shorter, the period commencing on the first
day of the first fiscal quarter commencing on or after the date of this
Indenture and ending on such day) to (b) cash interest expense (including fees
payable on account of letters of credit and in respect of surety bonds, but
excluding, to the extent included in interest expense in accordance with GAAP,
amortization of interest rate caps and debt discount (including discount of
liabilities and reserves established under APB 16), costs of debt issuance and
interest expense on customer deposits) for such period net of interest income,
in each case on a consolidated basis for the Company and its Subsidiaries.
Interest Payment Date means each date on which payment of interest is
due in respect of the Series B Notes in accordance with the terms thereof, and
shall be April 30 and October 31 in each year, commencing April 30, 1997.
Interest Swap Obligations means the obligations of any Person pursuant
to any arrangement with any other Person whereby, directly or indirectly, such
Person is entitled to receive from time to time periodic payments calculated by
applying either a floating or a fixed
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rate of interest on a stated notational amount in exchange for periodic
payments made by such other Person calculated by applying a fixed or a floating
rate of interest on the same notational amount.
Investcorp means INVESTCORP S.A., a company organized under the laws
of Luxembourg and as of the date hereof having an address at 00 xxx Xxxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx.
Investcorp's Affiliates means (a) any Person which, directly or
indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control
with, Investcorp or (b) any Person who is a director or officer (i) of
Investcorp, (ii) of any wholly-owned Subsidiary of Investcorp or (iii) of any
Person described in clause (a) above, or (c) any Person which is a transferee
of any such Person described in clause (a) above, is a company incorporated in
the Cayman Islands and with which Investcorp or one of its affiliates has an
administrative relationship. For purposes of this definition, "control" of a
Person shall mean the power, directly or indirectly, (A) to vote more than 50%
of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of
such person, whether by ownership of securities, contract, proxy or otherwise,
or (B) to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such
Person, whether by ownership of securities, contract, proxy or otherwise.
Lien means, with respect to any property or assets, any mortgage or
deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, security
interest, lien, charge, encumbrance, preference, priority or other security
agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever on or
with respect to such property or assets (including, without limitation, any
conditional sale or other title retention agreement having substantially the
same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
Maturity, when used with respect to any Series B Note, means the date
on which the principal of such Series B Note becomes due and payable as therein
or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of
acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
Note Purchase Agreement means the Purchase Agreement dated October 23,
1996 among Operating Company and Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx Securities
Corporation and Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated and related
indenture as either may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time in accordance with its terms.
Officers' Certificate means a certificate signed by the Chairman of
the Board, a Vice Chairman, the President or a Vice President and by the
Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
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Operating Company means Northern Automotive Corporation, an Arizona
Corporation, and its successors and assigns.
Opinion of Counsel means an opinion in writing signed by legal counsel
acceptable to the Trustee.
Outstanding, when used with reference to Series B Notes, means, as of
the date of determination, all Series B Notes authenticated and delivered by
the Trustee under this Indenture, except:
(a) Series B Notes theretofore canceled by the Trustee or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(b) Series B Notes, or portions thereof, for the payment or
redemption of which funds in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in
trust with the Trustee or with any paying agent (other than the Company) or
shall have been set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the
Company shall act as its own paying agent), provided that if such Series B
Notes are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption shall have been given
pursuant to this Indenture or provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall have
been made for giving such notice; and
(c) Series B Notes in exchange for which, or in lieu of, other
Series B Notes which shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to
the terms of Section 2.07 unless proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented
that any such Series B Notes are held by bona fide holders in due course;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Series B Notes have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Series B Notes
owned by the Company, any other obligor on the Series B Notes or any Subsidiary
of the Company shall be deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only
Series B Notes that the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded.
Series B Notes so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as
Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the
pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Series B Notes and that the
pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor on the Series B Notes or a
Subsidiary of the Company.
Outstanding, when used with reference to Series A Notes, has the
meaning set forth in the Series A Indenture.
Person means a corporation, an association, a partnership, a joint
venture, an organization, a trust, an individual or a government or any agency
or political subdivision thereof.
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Principal Office of the Trustee means the principal office of the
Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be
administered.
Public Offering means the sale by the Company of at least 25% of its
then outstanding voting stock (after giving effect thereto) pursuant to an
effective registration statement (other than a registration statement on Form
X-0, X-0 or any successor or similar forms) filed under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and in compliance with all applicable state securities laws.
Redemption Date, when used with respect to any Series B Note to be
redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture.
Regular Record Date, for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date, means the April 15 or October 15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the
case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date.
Responsible Officer means any officer of the Trustee.
Senior Credit Facility means the credit facilities under the Credit
Agreement, including all obligations of Operating Company and its Subsidiaries
to be incurred thereunder, and, any related notes, collateral documents, letter
of credit applications and guaranties, and any increases, renewals, extensions,
refundings, deferrals, restructurings, amendments, modifications, replacements
or refinancings of any of the foregoing (whether or not provided by the lenders
under the original Credit Agreement).
Senior Indebtedness means, whether now existing or hereafter incurred,
(a) guaranties by the Company of Indebtedness and other monetary obligations of
Operating Company under the Senior Credit Facility pursuant to the Holdings
Guarantee and Holdings Pledge Agreement (as defined in the Credit Agreement
pursuant to which the Senior Credit Facility is provided), (b) renewals,
extensions, refundings, deferrals, restructurings, amendments and modifications
of any such indebtedness, obligation or guaranty up to an aggregate principal
amount of $200,000,000, (c) obligations of the Company pursuant to any pledge
agreements with respect to the capital stock of Operating Company owned by the
Company to support the guaranties described in clause (a) above, and (d) any
Interest Swap Obligations related to payment obligations on Indebtedness in
respect of the Senior Credit Facility incurred by the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary or guaranteed by the Company; unless, in the case of
(a), (b), (c) or (d), by the terms of the instrument creating, governing or
evidencing such indebtedness, obligation or guaranty, it is provided that such
indebtedness, obligation or guaranty is not senior or superior in right of
payment to both the Series A Notes and Series B Notes; and provided that Senior
Indebtedness shall not include any indebtedness, obligation or guaranty of the
Company (i) to or in favor of any Subsidiary of the Company, (ii) to trade
creditors for materials and supplies purchased in the ordinary course of
business (iii) to any Person arising out of any lawsuit against the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, including any settlement thereof or (iv) evidenced by
the Series A Notes or
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the Series B Notes. If any Senior Indebtedness under the Senior Credit
Facility is disallowed, avoided or subordinated pursuant to the provisions of
Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Law or any applicable state fraudulent conveyance
law, it shall nevertheless constitute Senior Indebtedness.
Senior Lender means the Person or Persons to whom the Company is
obligated under any Senior Indebtedness on any date.
Series A Holder means a Person in whose name at the time of any
determination thereof a particular Series A Note is registered on the Series A
Note Register.
Series A Indenture means certain Indenture dated October 30, 1996 as
originally executed or, if amended or supplemented as therein provided, as so
amended or supplemented.
Series A Note Register means the Series A Note Register maintained
pursuant to the Series A Indenture.
Series A Notes means the 12% Subordinated Series A Notes due October
31, 2008 issued under the Series A Indenture.
Series B Notes has the meaning specified in the Recitals hereto.
Series B Note Register and Series B Note Registrar have the respective
meanings specified in Section 2.06.
Significant Subsidiary means, on any date, any Subsidiary of the
Company (a) the book value of the assets of which amounts to 10% or more of the
book value of the consolidated total assets of the Company and its consolidated
Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or (b) the revenues of which for the most recent
fiscal quarter amount to 10% or more of the consolidated revenues of the
Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such quarter, in each case as
determined in accordance with GAAP on the basis of the Company's most recently
available consolidated financial statements.
Special Record Date, for the payment of any Defaulted Interest, means
a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.08.
Stated Maturity means the date specified in the Series B Notes as the
fixed date on which the principal of the Series B Notes is due and payable in
full.
Subsidiary, with respect to any Person, means a corporation more than
50% of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly,
by such Person or by one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person, or by such
Person and one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person. For the purposes of
this definition, "voting stock" means stock
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that ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors, whether at all
times or only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by
reason of any contingency.
The Carmel Trust means The Carmel Trust, a trust governed by the laws
of Canada.
The Carmel Group means (a) any Person which, directly or indirectly, is
in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, The Carmel
Trust, (b) any Person who is (i) a beneficiary or trustee of The Carmel Trust
(ii) an officer or director of any Company of which The Carmel Trust owns 100%
of the voting stock or (iii) an officer or director of any Person described in
clause (a) above. For purposes of this definition, "control" of a Person shall
mean the power, directly or indirectly, (A) to vote more than 50% of the
securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such
person, whether by ownership of securities, contract, proxy or otherwise, or
(B) to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such
Person, whether by ownership of securities, contract, proxy or otherwise.
Trustee means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph
of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to
the provisions of Article Five, and thereafter "Trustee" shall mean such
successor Trustee.
SECTION 1.02. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE AND OPINIONS.
Except for requests for authentication, upon any application or
request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any of the
provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee (a) an
Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided
for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with,
and (b) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all
such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the
case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such
documents specifically is required by any provision of this Indenture relating
to such particular application or request no additional certificate or opinion
shall be requested by the Trustee.
SECTION 1.03. FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by or
covered by an opinion of any specified Person, it is not necessary that all
such matters be certified by or covered by the opinion of only one such Person,
or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such
Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or
more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or
give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of or
representations by counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the
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certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon
which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate
or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters,
upon a certificate or opinion of or representations by an officer or officers
of the Company stating that the information with respect to such factual
matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in
the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or
representations with respect to such matters are erroneous and provided that
the Person issuing the certificate or opinion or representation is authorized
to issue the certificate or opinion or representation on behalf of the Person
in respect of which such certificate or opinion or representation is issued.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.
SECTION 1.04. ACTS OF HOLDERS.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken
by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders 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 expressly required by this Indenture,
to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied
therein and evidenced thereby) herein sometimes are referred to as the "Act" of
the Holders (or "Act of the Series A Holders") 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 conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company if made in the manner
provided in this Section 1.04.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such
instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by
law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing
such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where
such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual
capacity, such certificate also shall constitute sufficient proof of his
authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or
writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, also may be proved
in any other reasonable manner that the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The ownership of Series B Notes shall be proved by the Series
B Note Register.
(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or Act of the Holder of any Series B Note shall bind every
future Holder of the same Series B
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Note and the Holder of every Series B 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 Company in
reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such
Series B Note.
(e) Upon the Trustee's request, the Company shall certify as to
the identity of the then-current trustee under the Series A Indenture. For all
purposes of this Indenture, the certification of that trustee as to the Act of
the Series A Holders shall be conclusive.
SECTION 1.05. NOTICES, ETC., TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver, Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this
Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(a) the Trustee by any Holder, the trustee under the Series A
Indenture or the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if in
writing and sent to the Trustee in care of AMACO N.V. by personal delivery,
overnight courier or first-class mail, postage prepaid, return receipt
requested, at X.X. Xxx 0000, Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx #00, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx
Antilles, or by telecopier at 559-9-615-392, with a copy to Xxxxxx, Xxxx &
Xxxxxxxx, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000, or by telecopier at
(000) 000-0000, in each case addressed to the attention of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx,
Esq., and with copies to INVESTCORP International Inc., 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, or by telecopier (000) 000-0000 in each
case addressed to the attention of Xxx X. Xxxxxx or his designee, and to The
Carmel Trust, care of The Xxxxx Group, by personal delivery, overnight courier
or first-class mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, at 0 Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx N.J. 08816, or by telecopier at (000) 000-0000, in each
case sent to Xxxxx Xxxx or his designee or at such other address or telecopier
number as is set forth in a notice theretofore given by the Trustee to the
Holders, the trustee under the Series A Indenture and the Company,
(b) the Company by the Trustee, the trustee under the Series A
Indenture or any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if in
writing and sent to the Company by personal delivery, overnight courier or
first-class mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, at 000 X. Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000, or by telecopier (000) 000-0000, in each case
sent to the President, with a copy to Xxxxxx, Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000, or by telecopier at (000) 000-0000, in each case
addressed to the attention of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Esq., and with copies to
INVESTCORP International Inc., 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx
Xxxx 00000, or by telecopier (000) 000-0000 in each case addressed to the
attention of Xxx X. Xxxxxx or his designee, and to The Carmel Trust, care of
The Xxxxx Group, by personal delivery, overnight courier or first-class mail,
postage prepaid, return receipt requested, at 0 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
N.J. 08816, or by telecopier at (000) 000-0000, in each case sent to Xxxxx Xxxx
or his designee, or at such
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other address or telecopier number, or at such other address or telecopier
number, or to such other Person's attention, as is set forth in a notice
theretofore given by the Company to the Trustee, the trustee under the Series A
Indenture and the Holders, or
(c) the trustee under the Series A Indenture by the Trustee, the
Company or any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if in
writing and sent to trustee under the Series A Indenture, care of The Xxxxx
Group, by personal delivery, overnight courier or first-class mail, postage
prepaid, return receipt requested, at 0 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx N.J.
08816, or by telecopier at (000) 000-0000, in each case sent to Xxxxx Xxxx or
his designee, with a copy to Xxxxxx, Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000, or by telecopier at (212) 351- 4035, in each case
addressed to the attention of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Esq., and with copies to
INVESTCORP International Inc., 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx
Xxxx 00000, or by telecopier (000) 000-0000 in each case addressed to the
attention of Xxx X. Xxxxxx or his designee, or at such other address or
telecopier number, or to such other Person's attention, as is set forth in a
notice theretofore given by the trustee under the Series A Indenture to the
Company, the Trustee and the Holders.
SECTION 1.06. NOTICE TO HOLDERS; WAIVER.
Where this Indenture provides for notice of any event or report to
Holders, such notice or report shall be deemed to have been given (unless
otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class
postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to each Holder affected thereby, at
his address as it appears in the Series B Note Register, not later than the
latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving
of such notice or report. In any case where notice to Holders is to be given,
neither the failure to send such notice, nor any defect in any notice, to any
particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to
other Holders.
Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice
may be waived in writing by the 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 Holders 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.
If by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of
any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, such
notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute
a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
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SECTION 1.07. EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents and the titles and headings of the Articles and
Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only
and are not to be considered a part hereof and in no way shall modify or
restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
SECTION 1.08. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.
All the covenants and agreements of the Company in this Indenture
shall bind its successors and assigns whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 1.09. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE.
If any provision of this Indenture or in the Series B Notes shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions shall not be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 1.10. BENEFITS OF INDENTURE.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Series B Notes, express or
implied, shall give any Person any benefit or any legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim under this Indenture, other than the parties hereto (and except
for holders of Senior Indebtedness, who shall be third party beneficiaries of
this Indenture, and also except for Series A Holders to the extent of rights or
benefits specifically set forth herein as inuring to Series A Holders), any
paying agent, any Series B Note Registrar and their successors hereunder and
the Holders of Series B Notes.
SECTION 1.11. GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION.
THIS INDENTURE AND EACH SERIES B NOTE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE CONTRACTS
MADE UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF SUCH STATE. Any claim arising under
this Indenture shall be brought only in a state or Federal court in the City of
New York, State of New York, and the Company, the Trustee and any Holders of
Series B Notes issued pursuant to this Indenture hereby consent to the exercise
of the jurisdiction by any such court.
SECTION 1.12. EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS.
This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which shall be an original, but such counterparts together shall constitute but
one and the same instrument.
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SECTION 1.13. LEGAL HOLIDAYS.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Change
of Control Payment Date or the Stated Maturity of any Series B Note shall not
be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture
or the Series B Notes) payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest
on any Series B Note due on such date need not be made or effected on such date
but may be made or effected on the next succeeding Business Day with the same
force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or
Change of Control Payment Date or at the Stated Maturity, provided that no
interest shall accrue with respect to the payment of principal, premium, if
any, or interest that is due on such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date,
Change of Control Payment Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be, from
such date until such next succeeding Business Day.
SECTION 1.14 PARI PASSU PAYMENTS TO SERIES B NOTES
The Series A Notes and Series B Notes are pari passu, subject to the
provisions of this Section. Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture or any
Series B Note to the contrary, all payments of principal on Outstanding Series
B Notes (including Outstanding Additional Series B Notes) under this Indenture
shall be paid on a dollar-for-dollar basis with all payments of principal on
Series A Notes (including Outstanding Additional Series A Notes); provided,
however, that if the Holders of the Series A Notes have declined to be redeemed
to the fullest extent permitted under Section 9.13 of this Indenture upon any
Change of Control, then principal on the Outstanding Series A Notes (including
Outstanding Additional Series A Notes) and on the Outstanding Series B Notes
(including Outstanding Additional Series B Notes) thereafter shall be paid pro
rata (rather than on a dollar-for-dollar basis) among the holders of such
Series A Notes or Series B Notes in the proportion that the aggregate amount of
principal due under such Series A Notes (including Outstanding Additional
Series A Notes) or Series B Notes (including Outstanding Additional Series B
Notes) held by the holder thereof bears to the combined aggregate amount of
principal due under both the Series A Notes (including Outstanding Additional
Series A Notes) and the Series B Notes (including Outstanding Additional Series
B Notes). Thereafter the Series B Notes which remain Outstanding shall be
retired in accordance with the Series B Indenture. Thereafter the Series B
Notes which remain Outstanding shall be retired in accordance with this
Indenture.
Any payment upon the Series B Notes in violation of this Section or
any other Section of this Indenture impresses a constructive trust upon the
recipients of such payment in an aggregate amount equal to the portion of such
aggregate payment required to have been paid upon the Outstanding Series A
Notes under this Section or such other applicable Section, which trust may be
enforced by the trustee under the Series A Indenture on behalf of the
Outstanding Series A Notes.
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ARTICLE TWO
THE SERIES B NOTES
SECTION 2.01. FORMS GENERALLY.
The Series B Notes and the Trustee's certificate of authentication to
be borne by the Series B Notes shall be in substantially the form set forth on
Exhibit A, which is hereby incorporated in and made a part of this Indenture,
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 or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers
executing such Series B Notes, as evidenced by their execution of the Series B
Notes. Any portion of the text of any Series B Note may be set forth on the
reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the
Series B Note.
The definitive Series B Notes may be typed, printed, lithographed or
engraved or produced by any combination of these methods, but if listed on any
securities exchange shall be produced in a manner permitted by the rules of any
such securities exchange, all as may be determined by the officers executing
such Series B Notes, as evidenced by their execution of such Series B Notes.
SECTION 2.02. TITLE AND TERMS.
The Series B Notes shall be designated as "12% Subordinated Series B
Notes due October 31, 2008." Series B Notes in the principal amount specified
in the Company Order referred to in the third paragraph of Section 2.04 may be
executed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee for authentication upon
the execution of this Indenture, or from time to time thereafter, and the
Trustee thereupon shall authenticate and deliver such Series B Notes as
provided in such Company Order; provided that the aggregate principal amount of
all Series B Notes at any time Outstanding (except for Series B Notes issued in
lieu of or in substitution for destroyed, lost or stolen Series B Notes as
provided in Section 2.07) shall not exceed $40,000,000 plus the aggregate
principal amount of Additional Series B Notes issued by the Company pursuant to
the terms hereof in respect of interest accrued on outstanding Series B Notes.
SECTION 2.03. DATE AND DENOMINATION OF SERIES B NOTES; INTEREST; PLACE OF
PAYMENT.
The Stated Maturity of the Series B Notes shall be October 31, 2008,
and they shall bear interest at the rate of 12% per annum from the date upon
which such Series B Notes are originally issued under this Indenture or from
the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly
provided for, as the case may be, until Maturity. Interest on the Series B
Notes shall be computed on the basis of twelve 30-day months and to
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be paid on the actual number of days elapsed in a 360-day year. Interest shall
be paid in cash to the extent that (i) the Operating Company has funds legally
available to pay cash dividends on its preferred stock and payment of such cash
dividends is not prohibited under the Senior Indebtedness or the Bridge Loan
Agreement, and (ii) the making of such cash interest payment would not directly
or indirectly (with the passage of time or giving of notice) cause a default or
event of default under the Senior Indebtedness or the Bridge Loan Agreement.
To the extent that the cash interest payment required to be made (after giving
effect to the preceding sentence) is not sufficient to pay the interest
payments due upon any Interest Payment Date under both the Series A Notes and
Series B Notes in full in cash, then the cash shall be allocated to the
interest payments pro rata among the holders of such Series A Notes or Series B
Notes in the proportion that the aggregate amount of interest due under such
Series A Notes or Series B Notes held by the holder thereof bears to the
combined aggregate amount of interest due under both Series A Notes and Series
B Notes. To the extent any interest payment on Series B Notes due upon any
Interest Payment Date is not paid in full in cash, the Company shall pay such
interest payment by the issuance of Additional Series B Notes having a
principal amount equal to the amount of interest not paid in cash on such
Interest Payment Date. Interest shall be payable semi-annually in arrears on
each April 30 and October 31, commencing April 30, 1997 and at Maturity.
Interest shall be payable on any overdue principal and on any overdue interest,
to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable,
at the rate of 14% per annum.
The principal of and premium, if any, and cash interest on the Series
B Notes shall be payable, and any Additional Series B Notes shall be issued, at
the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose in Curacao,
Netherlands Antilles. To the extent such payments are to be made in cash, such
cash payment will be made in such coin or currency of the United States of
America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and
private debts; provided, however, that, at the option of the Company (and
provided that comparable payments on Series A Notes are to be paid in such
manner), any payments made in cash may be made by check mailed to the Person
entitled thereto at his address appearing on the Series B Note Register.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest, to the extent such interest is to be paid in cash, on any Series B
Note (other than the final payment of principal on a Series B Note) at the
option of the Holder thereof shall be paid directly to such Holder, by wire
transfer of immediately available funds, without presentment, to the address
designated by such Holder in writing. Before selling or otherwise transferring
any Series B Note, the Holder thereof shall make a notation thereon of the
aggregate amount of all payments of principal theretofore made, and of the date
to which interest has been paid; the failure of the Holder to do so shall not,
however, prejudice the right of the Company to demonstrate the payment of such
principal and interest. The issuance of Additional Series B Notes in lieu of
the payment of cash as specified herein on any Interest Payment Date shall
constitute full payment of accrued and unpaid interest with respect to such
Interest Payment Date.
The Series B Notes shall be issuable in registered form without
coupons in denominations of $1,000 or any integral multiple thereof, or, in the
case of Additional Series
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B Notes, $100 or any integral multiple thereof (or any lesser amount to the
extent necessary). Every Series B Note shall be dated the date of its
authentication, shall bear interest from the applicable date and shall be
payable on the dates specified on the face of the form of Series B Note.
The rate of interest payable on any Series B Note shall in no event
exceed the maximum rate permissible under applicable law. If interest would
otherwise be payable to the Holder of a Series B Note in excess of the maximum
lawful amount, the interest payable shall be reduced to the maximum amount
permitted under applicable law; and if the Holder shall ever receive anything
of value deemed interest under applicable law in excess of the maximum lawful
amount, an amount equal to any excessive interest shall be applied to the
reduction of the principal of the Series B Note and not to payment of interest,
or if such excessive interest exceeds the unpaid balance of principal on the
Series B Note, such excess shall be refunded to the Company.
SECTION 2.04. EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION AND DELIVERY.
The Series B Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its
Chairman of the Board, its Vice Chairman, its President or a Vice President,
under its corporate seal reproduced thereon attested to by its Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary. The signature of any of these officers on the Series B
Notes may be manual or facsimile.
Series B Notes bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of
individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind
the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased
to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Series B
Notes or did not hold such offices at the date of such Series B Notes.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of
this Indenture, the Company may deliver Series B Notes executed by the Company
to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the
authentication and delivery of such Series B Notes; and the Trustee in
accordance with such Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Series B
Notes as in this Indenture provided and not otherwise. In the case of a
Company Order relating to the issuance of Additional Series B Notes, such
Company Order shall also demonstrate the computation of the principal amount of
Additional Series B Notes issuable to each Holder.
No Series B Note shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture
or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Series B
Note a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for on
Exhibit A, manually executed by the Trustee, and such certificate upon any
Series B Note shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such
Series B Note has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.
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SECTION 2.05. TEMPORARY SERIES B NOTES.
Pending the preparation of definitive Series B Notes, the Company may
execute and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
temporary Series B Notes (which may be printed, lithographed, typewritten or
otherwise produced) in any authorized denomination and substantially in the
form of the definitive Series B Notes in lieu of which they are issued, but
with such appropriate omissions, insertions and variations as the officers
executing such Series B Notes may determine, as evidenced by their execution of
such Series B Notes. Every such temporary Series B Note shall be executed by
the Company and authenticated by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in
substantially the same manner, and with the same effect, as the definitive
Series B Notes. Without unreasonable delay the Company will execute and
deliver to the Trustee definitive Series B Notes and thereupon the temporary
Series B Notes may be surrendered in exchange for definitive Series B Notes at
the Principal Office of the Trustee without charge to the Holder. Upon
surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Series B Notes, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in
exchange for the temporary Series B Notes an equal aggregate principal amount
of definitive Series B Notes. Until so exchanged, the temporary Series B Notes
in all respects shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as
definitive Series B Notes.
SECTION 2.06. REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.
All of the Series B Notes issued under this Indenture shall be
registered as to both principal and interest as specified in the Series B
Notes. The Company shall cause to be kept at the Principal Office of the
Trustee a register (the "Series B Note Register") in which, subject to such
reasonable regulations as the Trustee may prescribe, Series B Notes shall be
registered and the transfer of Series B Notes shall be registered as provided
in this Article Two. The Series B Note Register shall be in written form or in
any other form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable
time. The Trustee hereby is appointed "Series B Note Registrar" for the
purpose of registering Series B Notes and transfers of Series B Notes as herein
provided.
Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of any Series B Note
at any such office or agency maintained by the Company for such purpose, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in the
name of the transferee or transferees a new Series B Note or Series B Notes for
an equal aggregate principal amount.
At the option of the Holder, Series B Notes may be exchanged for a
like aggregate principal amount of Series B Notes of other authorized
denominations. Series B Notes to be exchanged shall be surrendered at the
Principal Office of the Trustee and the Company shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor the Series B Note or Series
B Notes which the Holder making the exchange shall be entitled to receive.
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Every Series B Note presented for registration of transfer or for
exchange (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) shall be duly endorsed
by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory
to the Company and the Series B Note Registrar duly executed by, the Holder or
his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Series B Notes, but the Company may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection therewith, other than an exchange pursuant to Section 2.05, 8.05,
9.13 or 10.08.
The Company shall not be required to (a) issue, register the transfer
of or exchange any Series B Note during a period beginning at the opening of
business 15 days before the day of the mailing of (i) a notice of redemption of
Series B Notes selected for redemption or (ii) a Change of Control Offer
pursuant to Section 9.13, and ending at the close of business on the day of
such mailing or (b) register the transfer of or exchange any Series B Note
selected for redemption or to be repurchased pursuant to Section 9.13, in whole
or in part, except the unredeemed or unrepurchased portion of any Series B Note
being redeemed or repurchased in part.
All Series B Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or
exchange of Series B Notes shall be valid obligations of the Company,
evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture, as the Series B Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer
or exchange.
SECTION 2.07. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST OR STOLEN SERIES B NOTES.
If any Series B Note shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or
stolen, the Company in its discretion may execute, and upon its request the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, a new Series B Note, bearing a number
not contemporaneously Outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the
mutilated Series B Note, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Series B
Note so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the applicant for a
substitute Series B Note shall furnish to the Company and to the Trustee such
security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless
and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence to their
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Series B Note and of the
ownership thereof.
Upon the issuance of any substitute Series B Note, the Company may
require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expense connected
therewith. If any Series B Note that has matured or is about to mature or has
been called for redemption shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or
stolen, the Company, instead of issuing a substitute Series B Note, may pay or
authorize the payment of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case
of a mutilated Series B Note) if the applicant for such payment shall furnish
to the Company and to the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required
by them to save
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each of them harmless and, in case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence
satisfactory to them of the destruction, loss or theft of such Series B Note
and of the ownership thereof.
Every substitute Series B Note issued pursuant to the provisions of
this Section 2.07 by virtue of the fact that any Series B Note is destroyed,
lost or stolen shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the
Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Series B Note shall be
found at any time, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture
equally and proportionately with all other Series B Notes duly issued
hereunder.
To the extent permitted by law, all Series B Notes shall be held and
owned upon the express condition that the foregoing provisions are exclusive
with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Series B Notes and shall preclude any and all other rights or remedies
notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the
contrary with respect to the replacement or payment of negotiable instruments
or other securities without their surrender.
SECTION 2.08. PAYMENT OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED.
Interest on any Series B Note that is payable (including, without
limitation, by issuance of Additional Series B Notes), and is punctually paid
or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person
in whose name that Series B Note is registered at the close of business on the
Regular Record Date for such interest.
Any interest on any Series B Note that is payable (including, without
limitation, by issuance of Additional Series B Notes), but is not punctually
paid or otherwise duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date ("Defaulted
Interest") forthwith will cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant
Regular Record Date by virtue of his having been such Holder; and such
Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as
provided in clause (a) or (b) below:
(a) The Company may elect to make payment (including, without
limitation, by issuance of Additional Series B Notes) any Defaulted Interest to
the Persons in whose names the Series B Notes are registered on the Series B
Note Register at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment
of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The
Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest
proposed to be paid on each Series B Note and of the proposed payment date. At
the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee funds in an amount
(or, to the extent so provided herein, Additional Series B Notes in a principal
amount) equal to the aggregate amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be
paid, or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit
prior to the date of the proposed payment, such funds (or Additional Series B
Notes) when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled to such Defaulted Interest as provided in this clause (a). Thereupon
the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest which shall
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be not more than 15 days and not less than ten days prior to the date of the
proposed payment and not less than ten days after the receipt by the Trustee of
the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee promptly shall notify the
Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the
Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest
and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid
to each Holder at his address as it appears on the Series B Note Register, not
less than ten days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed
payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having
been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose
names the Series B Notes are registered at the close of business on such
Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following
clause (b).
(b) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any
other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange on which the Series B Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may
be required by such exchange if, after notice given by the Company to the
Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause (b), such manner of
payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.08, each Series
B Note delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer or in
exchange for or in lieu of any other Series B Note shall carry the rights of
interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, that were carried by such other
Series B Note.
SECTION 2.09. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS.
Prior to due presentment of a Series B Note for registration of
transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name such Series B Note is registered as the
owner of such Series B Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal
of and premium, if any, and (subject to Section 2.08) interest on such Series B
Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not the interest,
premium, if any, or principal of such Series B Note shall be or have become
due, and none of the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the
Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
SECTION 2.10. CANCELLATION.
All Series B Notes surrendered for payment, redemption, exchange or
registration of transfer, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee,
shall be surrendered to the Trustee and promptly canceled by it. The Company
at any time may deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Series B Note
previously authenticated and delivered hereunder that the Company may have
acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Series B Notes so delivered promptly
shall be canceled by the Trustee. No Series B Note shall be issued in lieu of
or in exchange for any Series B Note canceled as provided in this
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Section 2.10, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled
Series B Notes held by the Trustee shall be disposed of as directed by a
Company Order. If the Company shall acquire any of the Series B Notes, such
acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the
indebtedness represented by such Series B Notes unless and until the same are
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
ARTICLE THREE
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 3.01. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE.
This Indenture upon Company Request shall cease to be of further
effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or
exchange of Series B Notes herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee, at
the expense of the Company, shall execute such instruments as the Company
reasonably may request acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture, when:
(a) either
(i) all Series B Notes theretofore authenticated and
delivered (other than (A) Series B Notes that have been exchanged, mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid as provided in
Section 2.07 and (B) Series B Notes for whose payment funds theretofore have
been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and
thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in
Section 9.03) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(ii) all such Series B Notes not theretofore delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation
(A) have become due and payable,
(B) will become due and payable at their Stated
Maturity within one year, or
(C) are to be called for redemption within one
year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of
redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,
and the Company, in the case of (A), (B) or (C) above, has deposited or caused
to be deposited in accordance with this Indenture with the Trustee as trust
funds an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such
Series B Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for
principal, premium, if any, and interest to the date of such deposit (in the
case of Series B Notes that have become due and payable) or to the Stated
Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;
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(b) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other amounts
payable hereunder by the Company in accordance with this Indenture; and
(c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer's
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the
obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 5.07, the obligations
of the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 5.12 and, if funds
shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.01(a), the
obligations of the Trustee under Section 3.02 and the last paragraph of Section
9.03 shall survive.
SECTION 3.02. APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS.
Subject to the provisions of Section 9.03, all funds deposited with
the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.01 shall be held in trust and applied by it,
in accordance with the provisions of the Series B Notes and this Indenture, to
the payment, either directly or through any paying agent (including the Company
if acting as its own paying agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons
entitled thereto, of the principal, premium, if any, and interest for whose
payment such funds have been deposited with the Trustee.
ARTICLE FOUR
REMEDIES
SECTION 4.01. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
"Event of Default," wherever used herein, means any one or more of the
following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and 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):
(a) default in the payment of any interest (including interest
payable by the issuance of Additional Series B Notes pursuant to Section 2.03)
on any Series B Note when such interest becomes due and payable, and
continuance of such default for a period of 30 days;;
(b) default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any,
on any Series B Note at Maturity;
(c) default in the deposit of any payment when due pursuant to the
provisions of Section 9.13 or 10.06;
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(d) failure on the part of the Company duly to observe or perform
any of the covenants or agreements on the part of the Company to be performed
and set forth in Section 9.12 which continues for a period of 30 days after the
date on which there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the
Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 40% in aggregate principal
amount of the Series B Notes at the time Outstanding, a written notice
specifying such failure and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such
notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder;
(e) a default under any bond, debenture or other evidence of
Indebtedness of the Company (other than the Series A Notes and Series B Notes)
or any Significant Subsidiary, or under any mortgage, indenture or other
instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or
evidenced Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or such Significant
Subsidiary (including without limitation the Senior Credit Facility), whether
such Indebtedness now exists or hereafter shall be created, which Indebtedness
has a principal amount of $50,000,000 or more, and which default has resulted
in such Indebtedness being declared due and payable, without such acceleration
having been rescinded or annulled;
(f) failure on the part of the Company duly to observe or perform
any other of the covenants or agreements on the part of the Company set forth
in the Series B Notes or in this Indenture which continues for a period of 30
days after the date on which there has been given, by registered or certified
mail, to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 40% in
aggregate principal amount of the Series B Notes at the time Outstanding, a
written notice specifying such failure and requiring it to be remedied and
stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder;
(g) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, pursuant to or
within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
(A) commences a voluntary case or proceeding;
(B) consents to the entry of an order for relief
against it in an involuntary case or proceeding;
(C) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of
it or for all or substantially all of its property; or
(D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of
its creditors; or
(E) admits in writing its inability to pay its
debts generally as they become due;
(h) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree
under any Bankruptcy Law that:
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(A) is for relief against the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding;
(B) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of their
respective properties; or
(C) orders the liquidation of the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary;
(i) default in the payment of any interest (including interest
payable by the issuance of Additional Series A Notes pursuant to the Series A
Indenture) on any Series A Note when such interest becomes due and payable, and
continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; and
(j) if the principal of and premium, if any, and the accrued
interest on all of the Series A Notes has been declared immediately due and
payable due to an Event of Default under the Series A Indenture,
and, in each case under clause (g) or (h), such order or decree remains
unstayed, undismissed, undischarged or unbonded and in effect for 60 days.
SECTION 4.02. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default occurs under clause (g), (h) or (j) of Section
4.01 then the principal of and premium, if any, and the accrued interest on all
the Series B Notes shall become due and payable in cash immediately. If any
other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, then, and in every such case,
the Holders of not less than 40% in aggregate principal amount of the Series B
Notes then Outstanding, by notice in writing to the Company and to the Trustee,
may declare the principal amount of all the Series B Notes to be due and
payable in cash, and upon any such declaration such principal amount shall
become due and payable upon receipt by the Company and the Trustee of such
written notice given hereunder.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration has been made and
before a judgment or decree for the payment of the amount due has been obtained
by the Trustee as hereinafter provided in this Article Four, the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Series B Notes, by
written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such
declaration and its consequences if:
(a) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum (or
Additional Series B Notes to the extent any such amount was originally payable
by the issuance of Additional Series B Notes pursuant to Section 2.03)
sufficient to pay:
(i) the amount of all overdue installments of interest on
all Series B Notes in the case of an Event of Default specified in Section
4.01(a),
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(ii) the principal of and premium, if any, on all Series B
Notes that have become due to the extent such amounts have become due otherwise
than by such declaration of acceleration, and interest thereon (to the extent
that payment of such interest is lawful) at the applicable rate provided in
Section 2.03 in the case of an Event of Default specified in Section 4.01(b),
(iii) to the extent that payment of such interest is
lawful, interest upon overdue interest at the applicable rate provided in
Section 2.03, and
(iv) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder
and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel; and
(b) all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the
principal of Series B Notes that have become due solely by such declaration of
acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 4.13.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any
right consequent thereon.
SECTION 4.03. COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY THE
TRUSTEE.
The Company covenants that if:
(a) default is made in the payment of interest on any Series B
Note when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for
a period of 30 days, or
(b) default is made in the payment of the principal of or premium,
if any, on any Series B Note at the Maturity thereof,
the Company, upon demand of the Trustee, will pay to the Trustee in accordance
with this Indenture, for the benefit of the Holders of such Series B Notes, the
defaulted amount then due and payable on such Series B Notes for principal,
premium, if any, and interest, with interest (to the extent that payment of
interest on overdue interest is enforceable under applicable law) upon overdue
interest, at the applicable rate provided in Section 2.03, and, in addition
thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and
expenses of collection, including reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand,
the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, at the request
of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Series B Notes, will institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the
sums so due and unpaid, will prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final
decree and will enforce against the Company or any other
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obligor on the Series B Notes and collect the money adjudged or decreed to be
payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any
other obligor on the Series B Notes, wherever situated.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee at the
request of the Holders of not less than 40% in aggregate principal amount of
the Outstanding Series B Notes will proceed to protect and enforce its rights
and the rights of the Holders by such judicial proceedings as such Holders
shall request to protect and enforce such rights, whether for the specific
enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the
exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
SECTION 4.04. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation,
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other
judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor on the Series
B Notes or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their
creditors, the Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of the Series B
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 Company for the payment of overdue principal or interest, at the request of
a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Series B Notes, by
intervention in such proceedings or otherwise:
(a) will file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal,
premium, if any, and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Series B Notes
and file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in
order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceedings; and
(b) will collect and receive any funds or other property payable
or deliverable on any such claims and distribute the same;
and any Custodian or similar official in any such judicial proceeding hereby is
authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the
event that such payments shall be made directly to the Holders, to pay to the
Trustee any amount due 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 5.07.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Series B
Notes or the rights of any Holder or to authorize the Trustee to vote in
respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
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SECTION 4.05. TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF SERIES B NOTES.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Series B
Notes may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of
any of the Series B Notes or the production thereof in any proceeding relating
thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in
its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment,
after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, shall be for
the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Series B Notes in respect of which
such judgment has been recovered.
SECTION 4.06. APPLICATION OF FUNDS COLLECTED.
Any funds and Additional Series B Notes collected by the Trustee
pursuant to this Article Four shall be applied in the following order, at the
date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such
funds on account of principal, premium, if any, or interest, upon presentation
of the Series B Notes and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially
paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
First: to the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section
5.07;
Second: subject to Article 11 hereof, to the payment of the amounts
then due and unpaid for principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the
Series B Notes in respect of which or for the benefit of which such funds have
been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according
to the amounts due and payable on such Series B Notes for principal, premium,
if any, and interest, respectively; and
Third: the balance, if any, to the Company.
SECTION 4.07. LIMITATION ON SUITS.
No Holder of a Series B Note 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:
(a) such Holder previously has given to the Trustee written notice
of a continuing Event of Default;
(b) the Holders of not less than 40% in aggregate principal amount
of the Outstanding Series B 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;
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(c) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in
compliance with such request;
(d) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity shall have failed to institute any such
proceeding; and
(e) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been
given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of not less than
40% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Series B Notes;
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 Holder,
or to obtain or seek to obtain priority or preference over any other Holder or
to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided
and for the equal and ratable benefit of all the Holders.
SECTION 4.08. UNCONDITIonal Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and
INTEREST.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture (other than
Section 1.14), the Holder of any Series B Note shall have the right, which is
absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and premium,
if any, and (subject to Section 2.08) interest on such Series B Note at
Maturity, or on the applicable Interest Payment Date, as the case may be, as
provided in this Indenture (or, in the case of redemption or repurchase in
conformity with Section 9.13, on the Redemption Date or the Change of Control
Payment Date, respectively), and to institute suit for the enforcement of any
such payment and such rights shall not be impaired or affected without the
consent of such Holder.
SECTION 4.09. RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.
If the Trustee or any Holder 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 Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any
determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders
shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions
hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders
shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION 4.10. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE.
No right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or
the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every
right and remedy, to the extent permitted by law, shall 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
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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 4.11. DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER.
No delay or omission on the part of the Trustee or of any Holder of
any Series B Note to exercise any right or power 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 Four or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be
exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by or at
the direction of the Holders.
SECTION 4.12. CONTROL BY HOLDERS.
The Holders of not less than 40% in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Series B Notes shall have the right to direct the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. The Trustee shall not
take any actions under this Article Four except for actions taken to implement
the instructions of the Holders.
SECTION 4.13. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS.
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Series B Notes on behalf of the Holders of all of the Series B
Notes may waive any past default hereunder and its consequences except a
default
(a) in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or
interest on any Series B Note, or
(b) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof that under
Article Eight cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder
of each Outstanding Series B Note affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event
of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every
purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
No such waiver as to any default in any provision inuring to the
benefit of the Series A Holders shall be effective without the consent of
Series A Holders having a majority in aggregate principal amount of Outstanding
Series A Notes.
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SECTION 4.14. UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS.
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Series B
Note by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court
in its discretion may require, as a condition to initiating or maintaining any
suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or 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 in its discretion may assess
reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' 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 4.14 shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit
instituted by any Holder or group of Holders holding in the aggregate more than
40% in principal amount of the Outstanding Series B Notes or to any suit
instituted by any Holder pursuant to Section 4.07 hereof for the enforcement of
the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Series B
Note on or after the Stated Maturity, or on the applicable Interest Payment
Date, as the case may be, as provided in this Indenture (or, in the case of
redemption or repurchase, on or after the Redemption Date or Change of Control
Payment Date).
SECTION 4.15. WAIVER OF STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it lawfully may do so) that
it will not at any time insist upon, plead or in any manner whatsoever claim or
take the benefit or advantage of any stay or extension law wherever enacted,
now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the
performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it lawfully
may 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 or the Holders, but will suffer and permit the
execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE FIVE
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 5.01. CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
(a) 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 the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee
conclusively may 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 that by any provision hereof specifically
are required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty
to
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examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements
of this Indenture.
(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve
the Trustee from liability for its own grossly negligent action, its own
grossly negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) this Section 5.01(c) shall not be construed to limit
the effect of Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b);
(ii) 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 grossly negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(iii) 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 in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Series B 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; and
(iv) 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 ground for
believing that the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such
risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(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 5.01.
SECTION 5.02. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS.
Within 60 days after learning of the occurrence of a default
hereunder, the Trustee shall mail to all Holders, as their names and addresses
appear in the Series B Note Register, notice of all defaults known to the
Trustee, unless such defaults shall have been cured before the giving of such
notice. For the purpose of this Section 5.02, the term "default" means any
event that is, or after notice or lapse of time would become, an Event of
Default.
SECTION 5.03. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.
(a) The Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, note, Series
A Note, Series B Note or other paper or
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document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by
the proper party or parties.
(b) Any request, direction, order or demand of the Company
mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or
Company Order and any resolution of a majority of the entire Board of Directors
may be evidenced by a copy thereof certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company.
(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), in the absence of gross negligence or bad
faith on its part, may rely on an Officers' Certificate.
(d) The Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of
such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization
and protection 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 request, order or
direction of any of the Holders pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture,
unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred by
it in complying with such request, order 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,
approval, bond, debenture, note, Series A Note, Series B 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 Company, personally
or by agent or attorney.
(g) The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder
or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed by it with due care
hereunder.
SECTION 5.04. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF SERIES B NOTES.
The recitals contained herein and in the Series B Notes (except the
Trustee's certificate of authentication) shall be taken as the statements of
the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.
The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Indenture or of the Series B Notes. The Trustee shall not be accountable for
the use or application by the Company of Series B Notes or the proceeds
thereof.
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SECTION 5.05. MAY HOLD SEries B Notes; Paying Agent; Other Individual Rights
OF TRUSTEE.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any paying agent, the Series B
Note Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any
other capacity, may be or become the owner or pledgee of Series B Notes and
otherwise may deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it
were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, paying agent, Series B Note Registrar
or other agent. Until the Company shall appoint another paying agent
hereunder, the Trustee shall act as paying agent. The Trustee, the
Authenticating Agent and any paying agent may be an Affiliate of the Company.
SECTION 5.06. FUNDS HELD IN TRUST.
Funds held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be
under no liability for interest on any funds received by it hereunder except as
otherwise agreed with the Company.
SECTION 5.07. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT.
The Company agrees:
(a) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable
compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation
shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a
trustee of an express trust);
(b) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse
the Trustee upon its 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 its agents and counsel) except any such expense, disbursement
or advance as may be attributable to its gross negligence or willful
misconduct; and
(c) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against,
any loss, liability or expense incurred without gross negligence or willful
misconduct on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of this trust, including the 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 obligations of the Company under this Section 5.07 shall be
secured by a Lien prior to that of the Series B Notes upon all property and
funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for
the benefit of the Holders of particular Series B Notes.
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SECTION 5.08. CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which (unless also a
Holder or Affiliate thereof) shall be a corporation organized and doing
business under the laws of the Netherlands Antilles or the United States of
America, one of the States thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized
under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers. If at any time the Trustee
shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section
5.08, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
specified in this Article Five.
SECTION 5.09. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF A SUCCESSOR.
(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of
a successor Trustee shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment
by the successor Trustee under Section 5.10.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time by giving written notice
thereof to the Company. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee
required by Section 5.10 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.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time by the Act of the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Series B
Notes delivered to the Trustee and to the Company.
(d) If at any time the Trustee (i) shall cease to be eligible
under Section 5.08 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by
the Holders of at least 40% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Series B Notes, or (ii) shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged
a bankrupt or an 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, the Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Series B Notes may remove the
Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee by an Act of such Holders, in
triplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so
removed, the successor Trustee and to the Company or, subject to the provisions
of Section 4.14, the Holders of at least 40% in aggregate principal amount of
the Outstanding Series B Notes, on behalf of themselves and all others
similarly situated, may 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,
in each case unless replaced by a designee appointed by the Holders as
described below prior to the appointment
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of a successor Trustee by the Company, the Company, by order of a majority of
the entire Board of Directors, promptly shall appoint a successor Trustee. If,
within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the
occurrence of such a vacancy, a successor Trustee shall be appointed by Act of
the Holders of 40% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Series B
Notes delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee
so appointed, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment, shall become
the successor Trustee and supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the
Company. If no successor Trustee shall have been so appointed by the Company
or by the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter provided,
subject to Section 4.14, the Holders of at least 40% in aggregate principal
amount of the Outstanding Series B Notes, on behalf of themselves and all
others similarly situated, may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for
the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(f) The Company 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 all
Holders as their names and addresses appear in the Series B Note Register.
Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee and the address of
the Principal Office of the successor Trustee.
SECTION 5.10. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE.
Any successor Trustee appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge
and deliver to the Company and to its predecessor Trustee an instrument
accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the
predecessor 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 its predecessor Trustee hereunder; but, on request
of the Company or the successor Trustee, such predecessor Trustee, upon payment
of any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.07, shall
execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all
the rights and powers of such predecessor Trustee, and shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and funds held by
such predecessor Trustee hereunder. Upon request of any such successor
Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments in writing for more
fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all
such rights, powers and trusts. Any Trustee ceasing to act nevertheless shall
retain a Lien upon all property or funds held or collected by such Trustee
(except funds held in trust for the benefit of Holders of particular Series B
Notes) to secure any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section
5.07.
No successor Trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this
Section 5.10 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall
be eligible under the provisions of Section 5.08.
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SECTION 5.11. MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS.
Any corporation into which a corporate 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 such Trustee, shall be the successor to the Trustee
hereunder, provided such corporation shall be eligible under the provisions of
Section 5.08, without the execution or filing of any instrument or any further
act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Series B Notes shall
have been authenticated but not delivered by the Trustee then in office, any
successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee
may adopt such authentication and deliver the Series B Notes so authenticated
with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such
Series B Notes.
SECTION 5.12. APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT.
At any time the Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents
which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate
Series B Notes issued upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial
redemption or repurchase thereof or pursuant to Section 2.06 or 2.07, and the
Series B Notes so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if
authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this
Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Series B Notes by the Trustee
or the Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed
to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of
the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be
acceptable to the Company and shall be a corporation organized and doing
business under the laws of the Netherland Antilles or the United States of
America, one of the States thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized
under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent. If at any time an
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 5.12, such Authenticating Agent shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section 5.12.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of
the corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall be the successor
to the Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation otherwise shall be
qualified and eligible under this Section 5.12, without the execution or filing
of any instrument or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written
notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee at any time may
terminate the
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agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such
Authenticating Agent and the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of
resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be qualified and eligible in accordance
with the provisions of this Section 5.12, the Trustee may appoint a successor
Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall mail
written notice of such appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all
Holders as their names and addresses appear in the Series B Note Register. Any
successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder
shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor
hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent
herein.
The Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to
time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section 5.12, and the
Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments, subject to the
provisions of Section 5.07.
If an appointment is made pursuant to this Section 5.12, the Series B
Notes may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee's certificate of
authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication in the following
form:
"This is one of the Series B Notes described in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
AIBC Services, N.V.
As Trustee
By:
--------------------------
As Authenticating Agent
By: "
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Authorized Officer
ARTICLE SIX
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY
SECTION 6.01. COMPANY TO FURNISH TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS.
If the Trustee shall not be the Series B Note Registrar, the Company
will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
(a) semi-annually, not more than five days after each Regular
Record Date, a list, in such form as the Trustee reasonably may require, of the
names and addresses of the Holders as of each April 15 and October 15; and
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(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing,
within 30 days after receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of
similar form and content as of a date not more than five days prior to the time
such information is furnished.
At such times as the Trustee may request in writing within 30 days
after receipt by the Company of any such request, the Company shall promptly
furnish the Trustee with a copy of the then-current Series A Note Register, and
the identity of the then-current trustee under the Series A Indenture.
SECTION 6.02. PRESERVATION OF INFORMATION.
The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent
list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 6.01 or received by the
Trustee in its capacity as Series B Note Registrar. The Trustee may destroy
any list furnished to it as provided in Section 6.01 upon receipt of a new list
so furnished.
SECTION 6.03. REPORTS BY THE COMPANY.
The Company shall notify the Trustee and the trustee under the Series
B Indenture of any "Event of Default" under the Series B Indenture or under the
Series A Indenture promptly after becoming aware of any such "Event of
Default". In addition, if the Company shall be subject to the requirement to
file annual or other reports with the Commission or with any securities
exchange on which the Series B Notes are listed, it shall:
(a) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is
required to file the same with the Commission or with any securities exchange
on which the Series B Notes are listed, copies of such annual reports and of
such information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of
any of the foregoing as the Commission or any such exchange from time to time
by rules and regulations may prescribe) that the Company shall be required to
file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or such exchange; and
(b) file with the Trustee, in accordance with the rules and
regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission or by any securities
exchange on which the Series B Notes are listed, such additional information,
documents and reports as it shall file with the Commission or such securities
exchange with respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and
covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules
and regulations.
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ARTICLE SEVEN
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
SECTION 7.01. COMPANY MAY NOT CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ON CERTAIN TERMS.
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other
corporation or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless:
(a) the corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the
Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or
which leases, the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an
entirety shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the
United States, one of the States thereof or the District of Columbia and
expressly shall assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and
delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and
punctual payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on all
Series B Notes and the performance of every covenant of this Indenture on the
part of the Company to be performed or observed;
(b) said corporation shall have assumed, by an independent
supplemental indenture executed and delivered to the trustee under the Series A
Indenture, and in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual
payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on all Series A
Notes and the performance of every relevant covenant of the Series A Indenture
on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;
(c) immediately after giving effect to such transaction no Event
of Default, and no event that, after notice or lapse of time or both, would
become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(d) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation,
merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is
required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture
comply with this Article Seven and that all conditions precedent herein
provided for relating to such transaction have been met.
SECTION 7.02. SUCCESSOR CORPORATION SUBSTITUTED.
Upon any consolidation or merger by the Company with or into any other
corporation or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets
of the Company substantially as an entirety to any Person in accordance with
Section 7.01, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into
which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is
made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and
power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such
successor corporation had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter,
except in
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the case of a lease to another Person or where a comparable release does not
occur under the Series A Indenture and Series A Notes, the predecessor
corporation shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this
Indenture and the Series B Notes.
ARTICLE EIGHT
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 8.01. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
Without the consent of any of the Holders, the Company, when
authorized by a majority of its entire Board of Directors, and the Trustee from
time to time and at any time may enter into one or more indentures supplemental
hereto for any of the following purposes:
(a) to evidence the succession of another corporation to the
Company and the assumption by the successor corporation of the covenants,
agreements and obligations of the Company herein and in the Series B Notes and
in the Series A Indenture and in the Series A Notes;
(b) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the
Holders or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company
(in each case, only if comparable changes are made in the Series A Indenture);
(c) to add any additional Event of Default (in each case, only if
comparable changes are made in the Series A Indenture);
(d) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge to the
Trustee, as security for the Series B Notes, and to the trustee under the
Series A Indenture, as a security for the Series A Notes, pari passu, any
property or assets; or
(e) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any
provision herein that may be inconsistent with any other provision herein, or
to make such other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising under
this Indenture as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture
and as shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders or the Series A
Holders.
SECTION 8.02. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
With the consent of (i) the Holders of not less than a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Series B Notes, by Act of the
Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, and the consent of (ii) the
Series A Holders having not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Outstanding Series A Notes, by Act of such Series A Holders, the
Company, when authorized by a majority of its entire Board of Directors, and
the Trustee from time to time and at any time may enter into an indenture or
indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provision to or
changing in any
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manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying
in any manner the rights of the Holders under this Indenture; provided,
however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the
Holder of each Outstanding Series B Note affected thereby:
(a) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or the
Interest Payment Date with respect to any payment of interest on, any Series B
Note, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or
reduce the principal amount thereof or premium, if any, thereon, or impair the
right to institute suit for the payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof
(or, in the case of redemption or repurchase in conformity with Section 9.13,
on or after the Redemption Date or Change of Control Payment Date), or change
the place of payment where, or the coin or currency in which, the principal of
or premium, if any, or interest on any Series B Note is payable;
(b) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Series B Notes the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (or
compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults
hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture;
(c) modify any of the provisions of this Section 8.02 or Section
4.13;
(d) modify any of the Events of Default enumerated in Section
4.01; or
(e) modify any of the provisions of Section 9.13 or Article Ten in
a manner adverse to the Holders.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders or Act of Series A
Holders under this Section 8.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed
supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve
the substance thereof.
SECTION 8.03. EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any
supplemental indenture permitted by this Article Eight or the modification
thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled
to receive, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, 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 that affects the Trustee's own
rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 8.04. EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
Upon execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article Eight,
this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall
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form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Series B
Notes theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be
bound thereby.
SECTION 8.05. REFERENCE IN SERIES B NOTES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
Series B Notes authenticated and delivered after the execution of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article Eight may, and shall, if
required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to
any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall
so determine, new Series B Notes so modified as to conform, in the opinion of
the Trustee and a majority of the entire Board of Directors of the Company, to
any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for the Outstanding
Series B Notes.
ARTICLE NINE
COVENANTS
SECTION 9.01. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM, IF ANY, AND INTEREST.
The Company will duly and punctually pay the principal of and premium,
if any, and interest on each of the Series B Notes in accordance with the terms
of the Series B Notes and this Indenture.
SECTION 9.02. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY.
The Company will maintain in Curacao, Netherland Antilles, an office
or agency where Series B Notes may be presented for payment, redemption or
repurchase, where Series B Notes may be surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange, and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in
respect of the Series B Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Company
will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and of any
change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company
shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to
furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders,
notices and demands may be made or served at the Principal Office of the
Trustee and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all
such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
The Company from time to time also may designate one or more other
offices or agencies (in or outside of the above location) where the Series B
Notes may be presented or surrendered for such purposes and from time to time
may rescind such designation; provided, however, that no such designation or
rescission shall relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or
agency in Curacao, Netherland Antilles, for the payment of the Series B Notes.
The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such
designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other
office or agency.
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SECTION 9.03. FUNDS FOR SERIES B NOTE PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST.
If the Company at any time shall act as its own paying agent, on or
before each due date of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the
Series B Notes it will in accordance with this Indenture segregate and hold in
trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum (or Additional
Series B Notes to the extent provided herein) sufficient to pay the principal,
premium, if any, or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid (or
such Additional Series B Notes issued) to such Persons or otherwise disposed of
as herein provided and promptly will notify the Trustee of its action or
failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more paying agents, before each
due date of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Series B
Notes it will deposit with the principal paying agent a sum (or Additional
Series B Notes to the extent provided herein) sufficient to pay the principal,
premium, if any, or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for
the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium, if any, or
interest, and (unless such principal paying agent is the Trustee) the Company
promptly will notify the Trustee of its action or any failure so to act.
The Company will cause each paying agent other than the Trustee to
execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such paying agent
shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 9.03,
that such paying agent will:
(a) hold all sums and Additional Series B Notes held by it as such
agent for the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on
the Series B Notes in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto
until such sums and Additional Series B Notes shall be paid to such Persons or
otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
(b) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or by
any other obligor on the Series B Notes) in the making of any payment of
principal, premium, if any, or interest (including interest payable by issuance
of Additional Series B Notes); and
(c) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon
the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums and
Additional Series B Notes so held in trust by such paying agent.
The Company, at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, may pay
in accordance with this Indenture, or by Company Order direct any paying agent
to pay in accordance with this Indenture, to the Trustee all funds and
Additional Series B Notes held in trust by the Company or such paying agent
hereunder, such funds and Additional Series B Notes to be held by the Trustee
upon the same trusts as those upon which such funds and Additional Series B
Notes were held by the Company or such paying agent; and upon such payment by
the Company or any paying agent to the Trustee, the Company or such paying
agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such funds
and Additional Series B Notes.
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Any funds or Additional Series B Notes deposited with the Trustee or
any paying agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the
principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Series B Note and remaining
unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium, if any, or interest has
become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request or (if
then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder
of such Series B Note thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, shall look
only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or
such paying agent with respect to such funds and Additional Series B Notes, and
all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease;
provided, however, that the Trustee or such paying agent, before being required
to make any such payment or delivery, at the expense of the Company may cause
to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language,
customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in
Curacao, Netherland Antilles, and once in two Arab language newspapers,
customarily published on each Business Day (which is also a business day in the
Arabian Gulf) and of general circulation in the Arabian Gulf, notice that such
funds and/or Additional Series B Notes remain unclaimed and that, after a date
specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such
publication, any unclaimed balance of such funds then remaining will be repaid
to the Company.
SECTION 9.04. CORPORATE EXISTENCE.
Subject to the provisions of Article Seven, the Company will do or
cause to be done, and will cause each Significant Subsidiary to do or cause to
be done, all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its
corporate existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises; provided,
however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve or cause to be
preserved any such right or franchise if, in the judgment of the Company or the
relevant Significant Subsidiary, it is determined that the preservation thereof
is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company or the
Significant Subsidiary, as the case may be, and that the loss thereof is not
disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.
SECTION 9.05. MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES.
The Company will cause all properties used or useful in the conduct of
its and any Significant Subsidiary's business to be maintained and kept in good
condition, repair and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment
and will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements,
betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of the Company or
such Significant Subsidiary may be necessary so that the business carried on in
connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times;
provided, however, that nothing in this Section 9.05 shall prevent the Company
or any Significant Subsidiary from discontinuing the operation or maintenance
of any of such properties if such discontinuance, in the judgment of the
Company or such Significant Subsidiary, as the case may be, is desirable in the
conduct of its business and not disadvantageous in any material respect to the
Holders.
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SECTION 9.06. PAYMENT OF TAXES AND OTHER CLAIMS.
The Company will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged,
and will cause each Significant Subsidiary to pay, discharge or cause to be
paid or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, (a) all material
taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company
or such Significant Subsidiary or upon the income, profits or property of the
Company or such Significant Subsidiary and (b) all lawful, material claims for
labor, materials and supplies that, if unpaid, might by law become a Lien upon
the property of the Company or such Significant Subsidiary; provided, however,
that neither the Company nor any Significant Subsidiary shall be required to
pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment,
charge or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings.
SECTION 9.07. PROVISION OF REPORTS.
The Company shall furnish to the Trustee copies of semi-annual and
annual financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries, together with,
in the case of annual financial statements, the related auditors' reports. The
Trustee shall distribute such copies to Holders as soon as practicable after
its receipt thereof.
SECTION 9.08. WAIVER OF USURY DEFENSE.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Company agrees that it
will not assert, plead (as a defense or otherwise) or in any manner whatsoever
claim (and will actively resist any attempt to compel it to assert, plead or
claim) in any action, suit or proceeding that the effective interest rate on
the Series B Notes (or any interest or other amounts payable pursuant to
Section 2.03 hereof or the Series B Notes) violates present or future usury or
other laws relating to the interest payable on any indebtedness and will not
otherwise avail itself (and will actively resist any attempt to compel it to
avail itself) of the benefits or advantages of any such laws.
SECTION 9.09. WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS.
The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any
covenant or condition set forth in this Article Nine, other than any such
covenant or condition contained in Section 9.01, 9.02, 9.03, 9.04, 9.09 or
9.13, if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority
in principal amount of the Series B Notes at the time Outstanding shall, by Act
of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally
waive compliance with such covenant or condition, but no such waiver shall
extend to or affect such covenant or condition except to the extent so
expressly waived and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations
of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such covenant or
condition shall remain in full force and effect. If such covenant or condition
inures to the benefit of the Series B Note Holders, such waiver
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shall not be effective absent the consent of Series A Holders having at least a
majority in principal amount of Outstanding Series A Notes.
SECTION 9.10. STATEMENT BY OFFICERS AS TO DEFAULT.
The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the end
of each fiscal quarter of the Company, an Officers' Certificate stating whether
or not to the best knowledge of the signers thereof the Company is in default
in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and
conditions of Sections 9.01 through 9.07 or Sections 9.10 through 9.13, and if
the Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature
and status thereof.
SECTION 9.11. LIMITATION ON INDEBTEDNESS.
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will incur any
Indebtedness except that the Company and, if indicated below, its Subsidiaries
shall not be prohibited hereby from incurring:
(a) Indebtedness of the Company under the Series B Notes and this
Indenture, provided that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness
permitted to be outstanding on any date by this clause (a) shall not exceed
$40,000,000 less the aggregate principal amount of Series B Notes that would
have been redeemed, repurchased or otherwise repaid on or prior to such date
pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, as in effect on the date hereof, plus
the aggregate principal amount of any Additional Series B Notes issued under
this Indenture, and Indebtedness of the Company under the Series A Notes issued
under the Series A Indenture, provided that the aggregate principal amount of
such Indebtedness under the Series A Indenture permitted to be outstanding on
any date by this clause (a) shall not exceed $10,000,000 less the aggregate
principal amount of Series A Notes that would have been redeemed, repurchased
or otherwise repaid on or prior to such date pursuant to the terms of this
Indenture, as in effect on the date hereof, plus the aggregate principal amount
of any Additional Series A Notes issued under the Series A Indenture;
(b) Indebtedness of the Operating Company or the Company (which
may be guaranteed by any of its Subsidiaries) under the Senior Credit Facility,
provided that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted to be
outstanding (including pursuant to letters of credit and other contingent
obligations) on any date by this clause (b) shall not exceed $200,000,000 ;
(c) Indebtedness of Operating Company comprising Bridge
Subordinated Debt in an aggregate principal amount not in excess of
$125,000,000 plus additional Indebtedness in lieu of payment of cash interest;
(d) Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries that is
permitted under the Senior Credit Facility, as in effect from time to time
(including without limitation,
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the Permanent Subordinated Debt (as defined in the Credit Agreement pursuant to
which the Senior Credit Facility is provided));
(e) other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
so long as, and to the extent that, the Interest Coverage Ratio on the last day
of the last fiscal quarter of the Company ended prior to the incurrence of such
Indebtedness, giving pro forma effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness
and the application of the proceeds thereof (including, without limitation, by
giving pro forma effect in Consolidated EBITDA to earnings of or attributable
to any company or operating assets acquired with the proceeds of such
Indebtedness) on the first day of the four-quarter period then ended, is equal
to or greater than 1.00 to 1.00;
(f) Additional Indebtedness of the Company (which may comprise
Indebtedness under the Senior Credit Facility in addition to Indebtedness
otherwise herein permitted) in an aggregate principal amount at any time
outstanding not to exceed $50,000,000;
(g) Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under
Interest Swap Obligations relating to Indebtedness for money borrowed;
(h) Indebtedness of any wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company to
the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company or of the Company to any of
its wholly-owned Subsidiaries; and
(i) any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries the
proceeds of which are used to redeem, repurchase, retire for value, refinance
or refund any Indebtedness referred to in clauses (a) through (h) above.
SECTION 9.12. LIMITATION ON THE PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS AND PURCHASE OF STOCK OR
NOTES.
The Company will not:
(a) declare or pay, or make or set aside, any dividend or
distribution on any share of its common stock (other than dividends payable
solely in shares of common stock of the Company);
(b) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire any shares of
its capital stock except as provided in the Certificate of Incorporation of the
Company;
(c) set apart any sum for the purchase, redemption or other
acquisition or retirement of any shares of its capital stock; or
(d) make any other distribution, by reduction of capital or
otherwise, on or with respect to any shares of its capital stock;
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provided, however, that nothing in this Section 9.12 shall prohibit the Company
from repurchasing or redeeming any of its capital stock pursuant to the terms
of any subscription agreement entered into with any officer, director or
employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
The Company will not redeem, repay, prepay, purchase, retire or
otherwise acquire, refinance or refund any Series B Notes or Series A Notes
(without the consent of the Holders of a majority of Outstanding principal
under the Series B Notes and the consent of Series A Holders constituting a
majority of Outstanding principal amount of Series A Notes), and will not
permit any Subsidiary or other Person controlled by it to do so, except as
expressly permitted by this Indenture and the Series A Indenture.
SECTION 9.13. CHANGE OF CONTROL.
If at any time after the date hereof a Change of Control occurs (the
date on which the Change of Control occurs being referred to herein as the
"Change of Control Date"), then the Company shall promptly make an offer to
purchase for cash (the "Change of Control Offer"), which shall not constitute a
redemption for the purposes of Article Ten hereof except to the extent set
forth in Section 10.04(a), on the last day of the next fiscal quarter of the
Company commencing after the Change of Control Date (the "Change of Control
Payment Date"), all Series A Notes then Outstanding and all Series B Notes then
Outstanding at a purchase price equal to the price specified in the form of
Series A Note or the form of Series B Notes for optional redemptions, together
with all accrued interest to and including the Change of Control Payment Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing and further notwithstanding the last sentence of
Section 9.12, the Company's obligation to repurchase under this Section 9.13 is
limited to the extent (i) the Operating Company has funds legally available to
redeem its preferred stock and such redemption is not prohibited under the
Senior Indebtedness or the Bridge Loan Agreement, and (ii) such repurchase of
the Series A Notes and the Series B Notes would not directly or indirectly
(with the passage of time or giving of notice) cause a default or event of
default under the Senior Indebtedness or the Bridge Loan Agreement.
Notice of the Change of Control Offer shall be mailed by the Company
not less than 25 days before the Change of Control Payment Date to the Holders
of the Series B Notes at their last registered addresses with a copy to the
Trustee. At least five Business Days prior to the Company's mailing of a
notice of Change of Control Offer, the Company shall notify the Trustee of its
obligation to offer to repurchase all of the Series B Notes. The Change of
Control Offer shall remain open from the time of mailing until the Change of
Control Payment Date. The notice shall be accompanied by a copy of the most
recent financial statements furnished pursuant to Section 9.07 hereof. The
notice shall contain all instructions and materials reasonably necessary to
enable such Holders to tender Series B Notes pursuant to the Change of Control
Offer. The notice, which shall govern the terms of the Change of Control
Offer, shall state:
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(a) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to
this Section 9.13, that Series B Notes may be surrendered in whole or in part
(in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof, or, in the case of
Additional Series B Notes, in denominations of $100 and integral multiples
thereof), and that all Series B Notes will be accepted for payment;
(b) the purchase price and the Change of Control Payment Date;
(c) that any Series B Note not tendered will continue to accrue
interest;
(d) that any Series B Note (or part thereof) accepted for payment
pursuant to the Change of Control Offer shall cease to accrue interest after
the Change of Control Payment Date;
(e) that Holders electing to have a Series B Note purchased
pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender the Series
B Note, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Repurchase" on the
reverse of the Series B Note completed, to the place specified in the notice
prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Change of Control Payment Date;
(f) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if
the Person designated in the notice receives, not later than 5:00 p.m., New
York City time, on the Change of Control Payment Date, a telegram, telex,
facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the
principal amount of the Series B Note(s) the Holder delivered for purchase and
a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its election to have the Series B
Note(s) purchased;
(g) that Holders whose Series B Notes are purchased only in part
will be issued new Series B Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased
portion of the Series B Notes surrendered; and
(h) that the Company's obligation to repurchase is limited to the
extent (i) the Operating Company has funds legally available to redeem its
preferred stock and such redemption is not prohibited under the Senior
Indebtedness or the Bridge Loan Agreement, and (ii) such repurchase would not
directly or indirectly (with the passage of time or giving of notice) cause a
default or event of default under the Senior Indebtedness or the Bridge Loan
Agreement.
On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall (i) accept
for payment Series B Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Change
of Control Offer, (ii) deposit with the Trustee funds sufficient to pay the
purchase price of all Series B Notes or portions thereof so tendered and (iii)
deliver to the Trustee all Series B Notes so accepted for payment, and the
Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail to such Holders a new Series B
Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of any Series B Note
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surrendered. The Company will notify the Holders of the results of the Change
of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control
Payment Date.
ARTICLE TEN
REDEMPTION OF SERIES B NOTES
SECTION 10.01. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
Redemption of Series B Notes at the election of the Company or
otherwise, as permitted or required by any provision of this Indenture, shall
be made in accordance with such provision and this Article Ten.
SECTION 10.02. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.
Subject to the restrictions specified in this Indenture and in the
form of Series B Note, the Series B Notes may be redeemed as a whole at any
time or in part from time to time, at the redemption price and as otherwise
specified in such form of Series B Note for redemptions, together with all
accrued interest to the Redemption Date.
SECTION 10.03. ELECTION TO REDEEM.
The election by the Company to redeem Series B Notes pursuant to
Section 10.01 shall be evidenced by a resolution adopted by a majority of the
entire Board of Directors of the Company.
SECTION 10.04. SELECTION BY COMPANY OF SERIES B NOTES TO BE REDEEMED.
(a) Subject to Section 10.04(c) hereof, any Outstanding Series B
Notes (including any Outstanding Additional Series B Notes) to be redeemed
pursuant to Section 10.02 or repurchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer,
shall be redeemed or repurchased in the following manner:
(i) If the dollar-for-dollar payment basis set forth in Section
1.14 applies, the redemption or repurchase shall be made as provided in that
Section; provided, however, that the Outstanding Series A Notes and Outstanding
Series B Notes shall be selected for redemption in denomination of $1,000 or
integral multiples thereof unless such Series A Notes and Series B Notes shall
include Additional Series A Notes and Additional Series B Notes which shall be
in denomination of $100 or integral multiples thereof; and
(ii) All Outstanding Series A Notes and Series B Notes (including
Outstanding Additional Series A Notes and Outstanding Additional Series B
Notes) to be redeemed or repurchased in a redemption or repurchase for which
clause (i) does not apply, shall be redeemed or repurchased pro rata among the
holders of such Series A Notes and Series B Notes in the proportion that the
aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Series A Notes or
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Outstanding Series B Notes (including Outstanding Additional Series A Notes and
Outstanding Additional Series B Notes) held by the holder thereof bears to the
combined aggregate principal amount of all Outstanding Series A Notes and
Outstanding Series B Notes (including Additional Series A Notes and Additional
Series B Notes); provided, however, that the Series A Notes and Series B Notes
shall be selected for redemption in denomination of $1,000 or integral
multiples thereof unless such Series A Notes and Series B Notes shall include
Additional Series A Notes and Additional Series B Notes which shall be in
denomination of $100 or integral multiples thereof.
(b) The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing not more than
60 days nor less than 30 days prior to the Redemption Date, of the Series B
Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of any Series B Notes selected
for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
(c) For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context
otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Series B Notes
shall relate, in the case of any Series B Note redeemed or to be redeemed only
in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Series B Note that has
been or is to be redeemed.
SECTION 10.05. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.
Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, mailed not less than 30 or more than 60 days prior to the Redemption
Date, to each Holder of Series B Notes to be redeemed, at his address appearing
in the Series B Note Register.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(a) the Redemption Date;
(b) the redemption price;
(c) if less than all the Outstanding Series B Notes are to be
redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the
principal amounts) of the particular Series B Notes to be redeemed;
(d) that on the Redemption Date the redemption price will become
due and payable upon each such Series B Note to be redeemed and that interest
thereon will cease to accrue on and after such date; and
(e) the place or places where such Series B Notes are to be
surrendered for payment of the redemption price.
Notice of redemption of Series B Notes to be redeemed at the election
of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by
the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.
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SECTION 10.06. DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE.
Prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the
Trustee or with the paying agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own
paying agent, it shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 9.03)
funds sufficient to pay the redemption price of, and (except if the Redemption
Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Series B
Notes that are to be redeemed on that date.
SECTION 10.07. SERIES B NOTES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Series B
Notes so to be redeemed shall become due and payable on the Redemption Date, at
the redemption price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless
the Company shall default in the payment of the redemption price and accrued
interest) such Series B Notes shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of
any such Series B Note for redemption in accordance with such notice, such
Series B Note shall be paid by the Company at the redemption price, together
with all accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that
installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption
Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Series B Notes registered as such
at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms
and the provisions of Section 2.08.
If any Series B Note called for redemption shall not be so paid upon
surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and premium, if any, shall,
until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the applicable rate
specified in Section 2.03.
SECTION 10.08. SERIES B NOTES REDEEMED IN PART.
Any Series B Note that is to be redeemed only in part shall be
surrendered at an office or agency of the Company designated for that purpose
pursuant to Section 9.02 (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due
endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney
duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Series B Note, at the
expense of the Company, a new Series B Note or Series B Notes, of any
authorized denomination requested by such Holder, in an aggregate principal
amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal
amount of the Series B Note so surrendered.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
SUBORDINATION
SECTION 11.01. AGREEMENT OF SUBORDINATION.
The Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of Series B Notes by
his acceptance thereof likewise covenants and agrees, that all Series B Notes
shall be issued
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subject to the provisions of this Article Eleven; and each Person holding any
Series B Note, whether upon original issue or exchange or upon transfer or
assignment thereof, accepts and agrees to be bound by such provisions.
The payment of the principal of and premium, if any, interest and any
other amount due on all Series B Notes, to the extent and in the manner
hereinafter set forth, shall be subordinated and subject in right of payment to
the prior payment in full in cash of all Senior Indebtedness (including
interest accruing after the filing of a petition by or against the Company
under any Bankruptcy Law, whether or not allowed as a claim), whether
outstanding at the date hereof or hereafter incurred.
SECTION 11.02. PAYMENTS TO HOLDERS OF SERIES B NOTES.
In the event and during the continuation of any default in the payment
of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on or any other payment due under
any Senior Indebtedness, then, unless and until such default shall have been
cured or waived, no payment or distribution shall be made by or on behalf of
the Company with respect to the principal of or premium, if any, interest or
any other payment due on or with respect to the Series A Notes or the Series B
Notes.
In the event and during the continuation of any default (other than a
default of any payment due) with respect to any Senior Indebtedness permitting
the Senior Lenders thereunder to accelerate the maturity thereof, then, unless
and until such default shall have been cured or waived, no payment or
distribution shall be made by or on behalf of the Company with respect to the
principal of or premium, if any, interest or any other payment due on or with
respect to the Series A Notes or the Series B Notes, if written notice of such
default shall have been given to the Trustee and the Company by the Bank Agent,
during the period commencing on the date on which such notice is received by
the Company and the Trustee and ending on the earlier to occur of (a) the 179th
day thereafter or (b) the day on which such default is cured or waived;
provided, however, that this sentence shall not prohibit any payment of any
installment of principal of or premium, if any, interest or any other payment
due on the Series B Notes for more than 179 days in any 365-day period and
provided, further, that no default that once formed the basis for any such
notice by the Bank Agent shall form the basis of any subsequent notice under
this paragraph. For purposes of the preceding sentence, "default" shall mean
any default or failure to observe or perform any provision of any instrument
with respect to the Senior Indebtedness which ipso facto causes the principal
and interest to be immediately due and payable, or after the giving of notice,
the expiration of any grace periods, or both, so that the Senior Lenders or
administrative agent are entitled to accelerate the maturity thereof.
Upon any payment by the Company, or distribution of assets or
securities of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property
or securities, to creditors upon any dissolution, winding-up, total or partial
liquidation or reorganization of the Company or its property, whether voluntary
or involuntary, or any assignment for the benefit
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of creditors or any marshaling of assets and liabilities, or in bankruptcy,
insolvency, receivership or other proceedings, all amounts due or to become due
upon all Senior Indebtedness first shall be paid in full in cash, or payment
thereof provided for in cash in accordance with its terms, before any payment
is made on account of the principal of or premium, if any, interest or any
other amount due on or with respect to the Series B Notes; and upon any such
dissolution, winding-up, liquidation, reorganization, assignment, marshaling or
proceedings:
(a) the Senior Lenders shall be entitled to receive payment in
full in cash and cash equivalents of all Senior Indebtedness before the Holders
of the Series B Notes and the Trustee shall be entitled to receive any payment
of principal or premium, if any, or interest on or other amounts payable with
respect to the Series A Notes or the Series B Notes; and
(b) any payment by the Company, or distribution of assets or
securities of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property
or securities, to which the Holders of the Series B Notes or the Trustee would
be entitled except for the provisions of this Article Eleven, shall be paid by
the Company or by any custodian, agent or other Person making such payment or
distribution, or by any Holder, the Trustee, any paying agent or any depository
if received by it, directly to the Senior Lenders or their representative or
representatives, or the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to
which any instruments evidencing any such Senior Indebtedness may have been
issued, as their respective interests may appear, to the extent necessary to
pay all such Senior Indebtedness in full in cash or cash equivalents, after
giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the Senior
Lenders.
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment by or
distribution of assets or securities of the Company of any kind or character,
whether in cash, property or securities, prohibited by the foregoing, shall be
received by the Trustee or the Holders before all such Senior Indebtedness is
paid in full in cash, such payment or distribution shall be held in trust for
the benefit of and shall be paid over or delivered to the Senior Lenders or
their representative or representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under
any indenture pursuant to which any instrument evidencing any such Senior
Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear,
for application to the payment of all such Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid
to the extent necessary to pay all such Senior Indebtedness in full in cash or
cash equivalents in accordance with its terms, after giving effect to any
concurrent payment or distribution to or for the benefit of the Senior Lenders.
The consolidation of the Company with or the merger of the Company
into another corporation, or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company
following the conveyance or transfer of its property or assets as an entirety
or substantially as an entirety to another corporation, upon the terms and
conditions provided for in Article Seven, shall not be deemed a dissolution,
winding-up, liquidation or reorganization for the purposes of this Section
11.02 if such other corporation, as a part of such consolidation, merger,
conveyance
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or transfer, shall comply with the conditions stated in Article Seven. Nothing
in this Section 11.02 shall apply to claims of or payments to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 5.07.
The Senior Lenders, at any time and from time to time, without the
consent of or notice to the Holders, without incurring responsibility to the
Holders and without impairing or releasing the obligations of the Holders
hereunder to the Senior Lenders, may: (a) change the manner, place or terms of
payment or change or extend the time of payment of, or renew or alter, the
Senior Indebtedness, or otherwise amend in any manner Senior Indebtedness or
any instrument evidencing the same or any agreement under which the Senior
Indebtedness is outstanding; (b) sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with
any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing the Senior Indebtedness;
(c) release any Person liable in any manner for the collection or payment of
the Senior Indebtedness; and (d) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights
against the Company or any other Person.
For purposes of this Article Eleven, "payment" of or with respect to
the Series B Notes (or Series A Notes where applicable) includes any payment,
redemption, acquisition, deposit, segregation, retirement, sinking fund payment
and defeasance of or with respect to the Series B Notes, but does not include
the delivery of Outstanding or previously redeemed Series B Notes in
satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment.
SECTION 11.03. PARI PASSU STATUS WITH SERIES B NOTES
Upon any payment by the Company, or distribution of assets or
securities of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property
or securities, to creditors upon any dissolution, winding-up, total or partial
liquidation or reorganization of the Company or its property, whether voluntary
or involuntary, or any assignment for the benefit of creditors or any
marshaling of assets and liabilities, or in bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or other proceedings, all amounts due or to become due upon Series
B Notes shall be paid pari passu (or as otherwise provided for in Section 1.14)
with all amounts due or to become due upon the Series A Notes in a manner that
is in accordance, to the extent applicable, with the principles and relative
redemption rights of Series A Notes and Series B Notes set forth in Section
10.04(a).
The consolidation of the Company with or the merger of the Company
into another corporation, or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company
following the conveyance or transfer of its property or assets as an entirety
or substantially as an entirety to another corporation, upon the terms and
conditions provided for in Article Seven, shall not be deemed a dissolution,
winding-up, liquidation or reorganization for the purposes of this Section
11.03 if such other corporation, as a part of such consolidation, merger,
conveyance or transfer, shall comply with the conditions stated in Article
Seven. Nothing in this Section 11.03 shall apply to claims of or payments to
the Trustee pursuant to Section 5.07.
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SECTION 11.04. SUBROGATION OF SERIES B NOTES.
Subject to the payment in full in cash of all Senior Indebtedness at
the time outstanding, the Holders shall be subrogated to the rights of the
Senior Lenders to receive payments or distributions of cash, property or
securities of the Company applicable to the Senior Indebtedness until the
principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Series B Notes shall be
paid in full; and, for the purposes of such subrogation, no payments or
distributions to the Senior Lenders of any cash, property or securities to
which the Holders of the Series B Notes or the Trustee would be entitled except
for the provisions of this Article Eleven, and no payment over pursuant to the
provisions of this Article Eleven to or for the benefit of the Senior Lenders
by the Holders or the Trustee, shall, as between the Company, its creditors
other than the Senior Lenders and the Holders, be deemed to be a payment by the
Company to or on account of such Senior Indebtedness. It is understood that
the provisions of this Article Eleven are and are intended solely for the
purpose of defining the relative rights of the Holders on the one hand and the
Senior Lenders on the other hand.
Nothing contained in this Article Eleven or elsewhere in this
Indenture (except to the extent contemplated by Sections 1.14 and 4.02) or in
the Series B Notes is intended to or shall impair, as between the Company, its
creditors other than the Senior Lenders and the Holders, the obligation of the
Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay to the Holders the
principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Series B Notes as and
when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms, or
is intended to or shall affect the relative rights of the Holders and creditors
of the Company other than the Senior Lenders, nor shall anything herein (except
to the extent contemplated by Sections 1.14 and 4.02) or therein prevent the
Trustee or the Holder of any Series B Note from exercising all remedies
otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under this Indenture,
subject to the rights, if any, under this Article Eleven of the Senior Lenders
in respect of cash, property or securities of the Company received upon the
exercise of any such remedy.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets or securities of the
Company referred to in this Article Eleven, the Trustee, subject to the
provisions of Section 5.01, and the Holders shall be entitled to rely upon any
order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such
dissolution, winding-up, liquidation, reorganization, assignment, marshaling or
proceedings are pending, or a certificate of any Custodian, agent or other
Person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the
Holders, for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in
such payment or distribution, the Senior Lenders and the holders of other
indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount
or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or
to this Article Eleven.
SECTION 11.05. AUTHORIZATION BY HOLDERS OF SERIES B NOTES.
Each Holder of a Series B Note by his acceptance thereof authorizes
and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary
or appropriate to
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acknowledge or effectuate the subordination provided in this Article Eleven and
appoints the Trustee his attorney-in- fact for any and all such purposes
including, without limitation in the event of any dissolution, winding-up,
liquidation, marshaling of assets and liabilities or reorganization of the
Company (whether in bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, reorganization or
similar proceedings or upon an assignment for the benefit of creditors or
otherwise) tending towards liquidation of the business and assets of the
Company, the filing of a claim for the unpaid principal balance of and premium,
if any, and accrued interest on and other obligations with respect to the
Series B Notes in the form required in those proceedings.
SECTION 11.06. NOTICE TO TRUSTEE.
The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any
fact known to the Company that would prohibit the making of any payment or
distribution to or by the Trustee in respect of the Series B Notes pursuant to
the provisions of this Article Eleven. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Article Eleven or any other provision of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not
be charged with knowledge of the existence of any fact that would prohibit the
making of any payment or distribution to or by the Trustee in respect of the
Series B Notes pursuant to the provisions of this Article Eleven, unless and
until a Responsible Officer shall have received written notice thereof at the
Principal Office of the Trustee from the Company or a Senior Lender or from any
trustee for Senior Indebtedness, or for purposes of Section 11.03 from the
trustee for the Series A Notes; and prior to the receipt of any such written
notice the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 5.01, shall be
entitled in all respects to assume that no such facts exist; provided, however,
that if the Trustee shall not have received the notice provided for in this
Section 11.06 within one Business Day prior to the date upon which by the terms
hereof any funds may become payable for any purpose (including without
limitation the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on
any Series B Note), then, anything herein contained to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive
such funds and to apply the same to the purpose for which they were received
and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary that may be received by
it within one Business Day prior to such date.
The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 5.01, shall be
entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person
representing himself to be a Senior Lender (or a trustee or agent on behalf of
a Senior Lender) or from the trustee for the Series A Notes for purposes of
Section 11.03 to establish that such notice has been given by a Senior Lender
or a trustee or agent on behalf of any such Senior Lender. In the event that
the Trustee determines in good faith that further evidence is required with
respect to the right of any Person as a Senior Lender or a holder of the Series
A Notes to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article
Eleven, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the
reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Indebtedness
held by such Person, or the amount of Series A Notes held, , the extent to
which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution
and any other fact pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article
Eleven, and if such evidence is not furnished, the
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Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as
to the right of such Person to receive such payment or distribution.
SECTION 11.07. TRUSTEE'S RELATION TO SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS.
The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the
rights set forth in this Article Eleven in respect of any Senior Indebtedness
at any time held by it, to the same extent as any other Senior Lender, and no
provision of this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as
such Senior Lender.
With respect to the Senior Lenders, the Trustee undertakes to perform
or to observe only such covenants and obligations as are specifically set forth
in this Article Eleven, and no implied covenant or obligation with respect to
the Senior Lenders shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. The
Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the Senior Lenders.
Whenever a distribution is to be made or a notice given to Senior
Lenders, the distribution may be made and the notice given to their
representative(s).
SECTION 11.08. NO IMPAIRMENT OF SUBORDINATION.
No right of any present or future Senior Lender to enforce
subordination as herein provided at any time in any way shall be prejudiced or
impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company or by any act
or failure to act, in good faith, by any such Senior Lender, or by any
noncompliance by the Company with the terms, provisions and covenants of this
Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof which any such Senior Lender may
have or otherwise be charged with.
SECTION 11.09. ARTICLE ELEVEN NOT TO PREVENT EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
The failure to make a payment on account of principal, premium, if
any, interest or any other amount due hereunder or on the Series A Notes by
reason of any provision in this Article Eleven shall not be construed as
preventing the occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 4.01 but the
remedies in respect thereof are limited as set forth in Article Four and any
amounts realized through the exercise of such remedies shall be subject to the
provisions of this Article Eleven.
SECTION 11.10. CONTINUING EFFECT.
The foregoing provisions constitute a continuing offer to all Persons
who become, or continue to be, Senior Lenders; and such provisions are made for
the benefit of the Senior Lenders, and such Senior Lenders are hereby made
obligees hereunder the same as if their names were written herein as such, and
they and/or each of them may proceed to enforce such provisions and need not
prove reliance thereon.
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SECTION 11.11. INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS OF SENIOR LENDERS.
A Senior Lender in its individual or any other capacity may become the
owner or pledgee of Series B Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or
any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company with the same rights as if it were
not a Senior Lender.
SECTION 11.12. ARTICLE APPLICABLE TO PAYING AGENTS AND DEPOSITARIES.
In case at any time any paying agent or depository other than the
Trustee shall have been appointed by the Company and be then acting hereunder,
the term "Trustee" as used in this Article shall in such case (unless the
context otherwise requires) be construed as extending to and including such
paying agent or depository within its meaning as fully for all intents and
purposes as if such paying agent or depository were named in this Article in
addition to or in place of the Trustee; provided, however, that Section 11.07
shall not apply to the Company if it acts as paying agent.
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AIBC SERVICES, N.V. hereby accepts the trusts in this Indenture
declared and provided, upon the terms and conditions hereinabove set forth.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to
be duly signed, and their respective corporate seals, if any, to be hereunto
affixed and attested, all as of the date first written above.
CSK GROUP, LTD.
By:
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Name:
Title:
Attest:
By:
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Name:
Title:
AIBC SERVICES, N.V.
By:
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF SUBORDINATED SERIES B NOTE
THIS SERIES B NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED, OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT EXCEPT UPON DELIVERY OF AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL, SATISFACTORY IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE TO THE ISSUER, THAT ANY
SUCH SALE, PLEDGE, HYPOTHECATION OR OTHER TRANSFER MAY PROPERLY BE MADE WITHOUT
REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT.
CSK GROUP, LTD.
12% Subordinated Series B Note Due October 31, 2008
No.__________ $______________
AS STATED IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREIN , THE RIGHTS OF THE HOLDER HEREOF
ARE SUBJECT TO SUBORDINATION IN CERTAIN EVENTS TO ALL SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS (AS
DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE) OF THE COMPANY
CSK Group, Ltd., a Delaware corporation (the "Company", which term
includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred
to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to
______________________________________ , or registered assigns, the principal
sum of US $_______________________ on October 31, 2008, and to pay interest
thereon at the rate of 12% per annum from the date this Series B Note was
originally issued under the Indenture or from the most recent Interest Payment
Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, as the case may be,
until Maturity. Interest shall be computed for any Interest Payment Date by
annualizing the interest rate and dividing by two, or for any period other than
a full interest period, on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months
and to be paid according to the actual number of days elapsed. Interest at
such rate shall be payable in arrears on each April 30 and October 31,
commencing April 30, 1997 and at Maturity. Interest shall be payable at the
rate of 14% per annum on any overdue principal and on any overdue interest, to
the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable. The
interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest
Payment Date, will be paid in cash or by issuing Additional Series B Notes
having a principal amount equal to the amount of such interest so payable, as
provided in the Indenture, to the Person in whose name this Series B Note is
registered at the close of business on the Regular
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Record Date for such interest, which shall be the April 15 and October 15, as
the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest
not so punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date
forthwith will cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date by
virtue of his having been such Holder and shall be paid to the Person in whose
name this Series B Note is registered at the close of business on a Special
Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the
Trustee, notice of which shall be given to Holders not less than ten days prior
to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner
not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the
Series B Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such
exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Payment of the
principal of and premium, if any, and interest on this Series B Note will be
made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose in
Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, in such coin or currency of the United States of
America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and
private debts or by issuing Additional Series B Notes having a principal amount
equal to the amount of such interest so payable; provided, however, that at the
option of the Company payment may be made by check or Additional Series B Notes
having a principal amount equal to the amount of such interest so payable
mailed to the Person entitled thereto at his address appearing on the Series B
Note Register in accordance with this Indenture. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, at the option of the Holder hereof the principal of and premium, if
any, and interest on this Series B Note (other than the final payment of
principal) which is paid in cash shall be paid directly to such Holder, by wire
transfer of immediately available funds, without presentment, to the address
designated by such Holder in writing. Before selling or otherwise transferring
this Series B Note, such Holder will make a notation hereon of the aggregate
amount of all payments of principal theretofore made, and of the date to which
interest has been paid.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Series B Note set
forth on the reverse hereof. Such further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as though fully set forth on this front side of this
Series B Note.
THIS SERIES B NOTE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS THEREOF.
This Series B Note shall not be valid or become obligatory for any
purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been manually
signed by the Trustee as provided in the Indenture.
Capitalized terms used herein that are not defined herein but that are
defined in the Indenture are used as therein defined.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, CSK Group, Ltd. has caused this instrument to be
duly executed under its corporate seal.
CSK GROUP, LTD.
By:
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Title:
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Attest:
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Title: Secretary
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(REVERSE OF SERIES B NOTE)
This Series B Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Series B Notes
of the Company, designated as its 12% Subordinated Series B Notes due October
31, 2008 (the "Series B Notes"), limited in aggregate principal amount to not
more than $40,000,000, plus the aggregate principal amount of Additional Series
B Notes issued by the Company pursuant to the terms of an Indenture dated as of
October 30, 1996 (the "Indenture"), from the Company to AIBC Services, N.V.
(the "Trustee", which term includes any successor Trustee under the
Indenture),and to be issued under such Indenture and to which Indenture and all
indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of
the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities
thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders of Series B Notes and of
the terms upon which the Series B Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and
delivered.
Subject to the terms of Article Ten and Eleven of the Indenture, the
Series B Notes are subject to redemption at any time or from time to time, upon
not less than 30 days' nor more than 60 days' notice, as a whole or in part, at
the election of the Company, at any time hereafter at One Hundred and One
Percent (101%) of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued and unpaid
interest thereon to the date of such redemption on the amount redeemed.
Interest that is due and payable on or prior to any such Redemption
Date will be payable to the Holders of such Series B Notes of record at the
close of business on the relevant Record Date referred to on the face hereof,
all as provided in the Indenture.
In the event of redemption of this Series B Note in part only, a new
Series B Note or Series B Notes for the unredeemed portion hereof will be
issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.
The Indenture further provides that, upon the occurrence of a Change
of Control, the Company shall notify the Trustee in writing and shall promptly
make an offer to purchase, on the last day of the next fiscal quarter of the
Company commencing after the Change of Control Date (the "Change of Control
Payment Date"), all Series B Notes then Outstanding at a purchase price equal
to the price specified in this Series B Note for optional redemption, together
with accrued interest to and including the Change of Control Payment Date
subject to certain rights of the holders of the Series A Notes to participate
in such redemption.
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If an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall have
occurred and be continuing, the principal of all Series B Notes may be
declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in the
manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the
Indenture.
So long as any Senior Indebtedness is outstanding or the Company shall
have any outstanding obligation thereunder, the Company may not amend or modify
in certain respects any of the subordination provisions contained in the
Indenture as against any Senior Lender who has not consented thereto.
The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the
Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Series A Notes at the time Outstanding, and
the Series B Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Series B Notes at the time Outstanding, in each case evidenced as in the
Indenture provided, to execute supplemental indentures adding any provision to
or changing in any manner or eliminating any provision of the Indenture or of
any supplemental indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders
of the Series B Notes; provided that no such supplemental indenture shall,
without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Series B Note affected
thereby, (a) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or Interest
Payment Date with respect to any payment of interest on, any Series B Note, or
reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce
the principal amount thereof or premium, if any, thereon, or impair the right
to institute suit for the payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof or
Interest Payment Date therefor, as the case may be (or, in the case of
redemption or repurchase, on or after the Redemption Date or Change of Control
Payment Date), or change the place of payment where, or the coin or currency in
which, the principal, premium, if any, or interest is payable, (b) reduce the
aforesaid percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Series B Notes the
consent of whose Holders is required to waive compliance with certain
provisions of the Indenture or certain defaults thereunder or to consent to any
such supplemental indenture or (c) modify certain sections of the Indenture or
the Events of Default thereunder. The Indenture also provides that, prior to
any declaration accelerating the maturity of the Series B Notes, the Holders of
not less than 40% of the aggregate principal amount of the Series B Notes at
the time Outstanding on behalf of the Holders of all of the Series B Notes may
waive any past default or Event of Default under the Indenture and its
consequences except a default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if
any, or interest on any of the Series B Notes and certain other defaults. Any
such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Series B Note (unless revoked as
provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and
upon all future Holders of this Series B Note and any Series B Note that may be
issued in exchange or substitution herefor, irrespective of whether or not any
notation thereof is made upon this Series B Note or such other Series B Note.
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No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Series B
Note or of the Indenture (except to the extent contemplated by Sections 1.14
and 4.02 of the Indenture) shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company,
which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and premium, if
any, and interest on this Series B Note at the place, at the times, at the rate
and in the manner herein prescribed.
The Series B Notes are issuable only in registered form (pursuant to
Regulation Section 5f.103-1 of the Federal Income Tax Regulations) without
coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof and may be
transferred only by surrender of this Series B Note and the reissuance by the
Company of this Series B Note to the transferee or the issuance by the Company
of a new Series B Note or new Series B Notes to the transferee or transferees.
At the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose and in the
manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, Series B Notes
may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Series B Notes of
other authorized denominations.
Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Series B
Note at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, a new
Series B Note or Series B Notes of authorized denominations for an equal
aggregate principal amount will be issued to the transferee in exchange
herefor, subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without charge
except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection
therewith.
The Company, the Trustee, any paying agent, and any Series B Note
Registrar may deem and treat the Person in whose name this Series B Note is
registered as the absolute owner of this Series B Note (whether or not this
Series B Note shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or
other writing hereon made by anyone other than the Company or any Series B Note
Registrar), for the purpose of receiving payment hereof and for all other
purposes, and none of the Company, the Trustee, any paying agent or any Series
B Note Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. All payments
made to or upon the order of such registered Holder, to the extent of the sum
or sums paid, shall satisfy and discharge liability for amounts payable on this
Series B Note.
The rate of interest payable hereon shall in no event exceed the
maximum rate permissible under applicable law. If interest would otherwise be
payable to the Holder hereof in excess of the maximum lawful amount, the
interest payable shall be reduced to the maximum amount permitted under
applicable law; and if the Holder shall ever receive anything of value deemed
interest by applicable law in excess of the maximum lawful amount, an amount
equal to any excessive interest shall be applied to the reduction of the
principal hereof and not to payment of interest, or if such excessive interest
exceeds the unpaid balance of principal hereon, such excess shall be refunded
to the Company.
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[OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT REPURCHASE
IF YOU WISH TO HAVE THIS SERIES B NOTE REPURCHASED BY THE COMPANY
PURSUANT TO SECTION 9.13 (CHANGE OF CONTROL) OF THE INDENTURE, CHECK THE BOX:
[ ] IF YOU WISH TO HAVE A PORTION OF THIS SERIES A NOTE REPURCHASED BY THE
COMPANY PURSUANT TO SECTION 9.13 OF THE INDENTURE, STATE THE AMOUNT (WHICH MUST
BE $1,000 OR INTEGRAL MULTIPLES OF $1,000 UNLESS THIS SERIES A NOTE IS AN
ADDITIONAL NOTE, IN WHICH CASE SUCH AMOUNT MUST BE $100 OR INTEGRAL MULTIPLES
OF $100):
$
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DATE:
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YOUR SIGNATURE:
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SIGNATURE GUARANTEE:
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TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Series B Notes referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
AIBC SERVICES, N.V.,
as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Officer
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